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The Leiman
Maisel Family
Shabbaton 5779
Fri–Sat
Jan 25–26
see p. 3
Bulletin
טבת–שבט–אדר אJanuary-February 2019
WANDERING AND
WONDERING:
BABYLON AND BEYOND
FROM THE RABBI
RABBI ETHAN H. WITKOVSKY
of reality. Not to be too sappy, but alone in a field but are more often
when I think of “home,” one of the found in forests, groves, and orchards,
images in my head is this tree and so too are we humans at our best
the wind chimes dangling from its when we grow in communities.
branches.
As we celebrate Tu BiShvat, we would
I think of that tree more as we do well to remember our connection
As Trees in the
approach Tu BiShvat, which falls on to the natural world. At PAS we will
January 21. Known as the New Year begin conversations about what our
of the Trees, although it came into community can do to organize around
Field existence essentially for ancient tax
purposes, the holiday has become over
the issue of the environment. (See
p. 16.) As we come together to learn
the years a celebration of trees and about the environment and what we
ecology. The image of trees permeates can do to protect and preserve it, we
O
ne of my favorite trees in our tradition. Every Shabbat we sing should remember that we are like
the world stands in the front that the Torah is a “tree of life to all trees. We rely on natural resources
yard of my ancestral home in who grasp it” and that the righteous to be healthy and grow, and we can
Wisconsin. While I am not sure what are like palm trees and cedars. The provide goods and deeds to help
variety of tree it is, I am sure that it is Torah makes an explicit comparison sustain those resources. We must be
perfect. Some of its branches are low when it says, “for a person is a tree planted in reality but with lofty goals
and easy for a small child to climb. in the field.” (Deuteronomy 20:19) of what our community can do for the
The tree also offers loftier heights to The commentaries on this verse planet. Most importantly, while we
be attained with age, strength, and try to understand how humans are can act alone, we will be that much
disregard for a mother’s warning. like trees. Rabbi Jacob ben Isaac more powerful if we act together as a
About halfway up the tree there is Ashkenazi claims we are like trees community. Only by organizing and
a curvature of branches forming a because we grow and bear fruit – our growing together can we make our
seat as comfortable as any easy chair. children and our good deeds. Rabbi orchard flourish.
In that tree I sat and watched the Judah Loew thinks we are like trees
driveway as I waited for my parents because we are planted in the earthly
to come home from work. When I soil, but our branches reach toward
needed to think, I climbed that tree, heaven. I would like to add another
feet dangling just above the pressures interpretation: just as trees can grow
JDAIM – Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month
Throughout the month of February
• Community members will speak from the bimah during Kabbalat Shabbat
• Lecture and discussion on a weeknight to be announced
• Film Screening & Talkback with Director Lara Stolman: Swim Team | Sun | Feb 10 | 3:00 pm | PAS@87th
For more information about Inclusion at PAS and details about Swim Team, see the January–June issue of Mah Hadash.
Bulletin
VOLUME 72 · NO.3 · JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2019 · TEVET-SHEVAT-ADAR I 5779 · טבת–שבט–אדר א
From the Rabbi....................................................................2 Congregational School....................................................13
Shabbaton 2019...................................................................3 Postcard from Camp.......................................................13
Schedule of Religious Services & Shabbat at PAS..............4 Youth/RJNHS.................................................................14
Transition Update...............................................................6 College Connections..........................................................16
Synagogue Family................................................................6 PAS 20s & 30s...................................................................16
From the Education Team...................................................9 Caring Network..................................................................16
Adult Classes & Events......................................................10 Contributions & Kol Nidrei Appeal 5779 ......................... 17
PAS Library........................................................................10 Arts Engagement...............................................................21
Youth Education & Events................................................12 Calendars.......................................................................... 22
Young Family Education.................................................12 A Look Ahead.......................................................Back cover
PASECC...........................................................................12 Shapiro Audio Archive........................................Back cover
2 Park Avenue Synagogue Bulletin
Community Program
The Leiman Maisel Family Shabbaton 5779/2019
Wandering and Wondering: Babylon and Beyond
Fri–Sat | Jan 25–26
T
he Shabbaton will launch our yearlong theme, Wandering and Wondering. Through generations of landlessness, what
has enabled Jewish communities around the world to not just survive, but thrive? How have our experiences as a
people without a homeland contributed to who we are today, and how does it shape our identity today as American
Jews? We will explore these questions and more over course of the weekend with our guest speakers.
$ RSVP Registration fee includes the Oneg Shabbat, Kiddush Luncheon and all Shabbaton programming. While there is no fee for Saturday-only events, registration
is requested.
SPEAKERS
Sir Simon Schama Bari Weiss is a Dara Horn is an
CBE is a Professor writer and editor American novelist
of Art History for The New York and scholar of
and History Times opinion Yiddish and
at Columbia section, writing Hebrew literature.
University, a about culture and In 2007, a year
Fellow of the British politics. Previously after completing her
Academy and the Royal she was an op-ed PhD, she was chosen by
Society of Literature and Contributing and book review editor at The Wall Granta magazine as one of 20 “Best
Editor at the Financial Times. Among Street Journal. She was also senior Young American Novelists.” She is the
his publications is Rough Crossings: editor at Tablet, the online magazine author of five novels, including two
Britain, the Slaves and the American of Jewish news, politics and culture, National Jewish Book Award winners.
Revolution (2006), which won the where she edited the site’s political Her most recent book, Eternal Life,
National Book Critics Circle Award for and news coverage. She regularly is a 2018 New York Times Notable
nonfiction in 2007. His latest book, appears on shows like Morning Joe Book. Her work appears in The New
Belonging, volume 2 of The Story and Bill Maher. Bari is also the winner York Times, The Wall Street Journal,
of the Jews, was short-listed for the of the Reason Foundation’s 2018 The Washington Post, The Atlantic,
Baillie-Gifford Prize and was among Bastiat Prize, which annually honors Tablet, and many other publications.
The Economist’s Best Books of 2017. writing that “best demonstrates She has taught at Harvard University
His award-winning 15-part television the importance of freedom with and Sarah Lawrence College and has
series, “A History of Britain,” was originality, wit, and eloquence.” She is lectured at universities and cultural
broadcast on the BBC and the History a graduate of Columbia University and institutions throughout North
Channel and won Broadcast Critics a proud Pittsburgh native. America, as well as in Israel and
Guild Awards. Australia.
SCHEDULE
Fri | Jan 25 Sat | Jan 26
• 5:30 pm | Kabbalat Shabbat | PAS@87th • 9:00 am | Shaharit & Parashat HaShavua | PAS@89th
• 6:45 pm | Sir Simon Schama: The Story of the Jews | • 9:45 am | Shabbat Morning Service | PAS@87th
PAS@87th • 11:30 am | Presentation by Bari Weiss | PAS@87th
• 7:45 pm | Oneg Shabbat Reception | PAS@90th • 12:15 pm | Kiddush | Darlington Hall
• 12:45 pm | Minha | PAS@90th, Library
• 1:00 pm | Dara Horn: Founding Legends of Diaspora
Communities | PAS@87th
• 1:45 pm | Panel Discussion: Dara Horn and Bari Weiss |
PAS@87th
• 5:00 pm | YFE Havdalah | PAS@90th
January-February 2019 Tevet-Shvat-Adar I 5779 3
Schedule of Religious Services
Every week, from Friday evening through Saturday evening,
Shabbat at PAS includes lively communal worship in the Sanctuary, Tuesday, January 1 • 23 Tevet
alternative services, parashah study, music, dinners, and other 9:00 am Shaharit
programs to refresh your spirit.
• EVERY SHABBAT: Friday, January 4 • 27 Tevet
KABBALAT SHABBAT AND SANCTUARY SHABBAT MORNING SERVICE | PAS@87th 6:15 pm | Kabbalat Shabbat
Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove, Rabbi Neil Zuckerman, and Rabbi Ethan Witkovsky preach and conduct
the service together with Cantor Azi Schwartz and Cantor Rachel Brook, with Music Director Colin
Fowler and the Synagogue Ensemble: Elisa Singer Strom, soprano; Kristin Gornstein, alto; Jason Saturday, January 5 • 28 Tevet
Weisinger, tenor; Tim Krol, bass; Gil Smuskowitz, double bass; Mike Cohen, woodwinds; Ronen
Itzik, percussion. Our Ritual Director is Rabbi Rachel Salston. Our regular Torah readers are Isroel Va-era/Shabbat M’varkhim
Kogan, Kenny Altman, Eliana Fisher, and Sharon Litwinoff. 9:00 am | Shaharit & Parashat
HaShavua
SHAHARIT & PARASHAT HASHAVUA | PAS@89th 9:45 am | Shabbat Morning service
P’sukei d’Zimrah and Shaharit, a light Kiddush, and an engaging study of the morning’s Torah with Bar Mitzvah of Alexander
portion, ending in time to join the community in the Sanctuary for the Torah service. When there is Kalimian and Bat Mitzvah of Sophia
Havurah, this service merges with that one. Kalimian
30 minutes after services | Minha
HASHKAMAH (EARLY RISERS) MINYAN | PAS@89th
A service with repetition of the Amidah and annual cycle Torah reading, all in Hebrew, at a pace
that is comfortable for experienced daveners, and a Kiddush afterwards.
Monday, January 7 • 1 Shevat
• JAN 11, FEB 8 • FEB 2 Rosh Hodesh Shevat
7:15 am | Shaharit
RAMAH MINYAN | PAS@89th HAZZAN’S TISCH | Cantor Schwartz’s home
A spirit-filled service for Camp Ramah alumni Savor the last part of Shabbat – schmooze,
and any and all other young adults, followed snack, sing, say ma’ariv (the evening service) Friday, January 11 • 5 Shevat
by drinks, snacks, and oneg Shabbat. together, and end with Havdalah.
RSVP 6:15 pm | Kabbalat Shabbat
• JAN 12, FEB 9 7:15 pm | Ramah Minyan
7:30 pm | Day School Community
HAVURAH | PAS@89th Shabbat Dinner | PAS@90th | RSVP
A lay-led, child-friendly, intimate, and informal For a full listing of:
Torah reading and discussion and musaf • YFE programs, see p. 12.
service open to individuals and families of all • CS Shabbat programs, see p. 13. Saturday, January 12 • 6 Shevat
ages. People of all skill levels are encouraged • Youth/Teen programs, see p. 14.
to participate by leading a part of the service, • Visit pasyn.org for all worship information. Bo
reading Torah or Haftarah, or by facilitating a 9:00 am | Shaharit & Parashat
Torah discussion. Contact Rabbi Witkovsky at HaShavua and Havurah
ewitkovsky@pasyn.org or x123. 9:45 am | Shabbat Morning service
with Bat Mitzvah of Ella Plotko and
Bar Mitzvah of Josh Atlas
30 minutes after services | Minha
DAILY MINYAN | PAS@89th
• SHAHARIT Monday–Friday at 7:15 am. Sundays and January 21 and February 18 at 9:00 am.
• MINHA/MA’ARIV Sunday–Thursday at 5:45 pm, except where noted. Friday, January 18 • 12 Shevat
• SHABBAT MINHA 30 minutes after the end of morning services.
6:15 pm | Kabbalat Shabbat
Can’t make it to the synagogue? Park Avenue Synagogue services are livestreamed. Visit pasyn.org/webcast.
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SCHEDULE OF RELIGIOUS SERVICES טבת–שבט–אדר א JANUARY-FEBRUARY
At Kabbalat Shabbat on Fridays in
Saturday, January 19 • 13 Shevat February, in recognition of JDAIM, Saturday, February 9 • 4 Adar I
members of PAS will speak from the
B’shallah/Shabbat Shirah bimah about their personal experiences T’rumah
9:00 am | Shaharit & Parashat with inclusion issues. 9:00 am | Shaharit & Parashat
HaShavua HaShavua and Havurah
9:45 am | Shabbat Morning service 9:45 am | Shabbat Morning service
with Bat Mitzvah of Sadie Wolf and with Bat Mitzvah of Katie Steinberg
Friday, February 1 • 26 Shevat
Bar Mitzvah of Lewis Greenberg 30 minutes after services | Minha
30 minutes after services | Minha 6:15 pm | Kabbalat Shabbat 4:45 pm | Minha with Bar Mitzvah of
Noah Gruber
Monday, January 21 • 15 Shevat Saturday, February 2 • 27 Shevat
Friday, February 15 • 11 Adar I
Tu BiShvat/Martin Luther King Day of Mishpatim/Shabbat M’varkhim
Service 9:00 am | Shaharit & Parashat 6:15 pm | Kabbalat Shabbat
9:00 am | Shaharit HaShavua
9:45 am | Shabbat Morning service
with Bat Mitzvah of Roan Roth and Saturday, February 16 • 12 Adar I
Friday, January 25 • 19 Shevat Bat Mitzvah of Julia Kurtzberg and
T’tzavveh
UJA Shabbat with Rabbi Menachem
6:15 pm | Kabbalat Shabbat 9:00 am | Shaharit & Parashat
Creditor
HaShavua
30 minutes after services | Minha
9:45 am | Shabbat Morning service
4:30 pm | Hazzan’s Tisch
Saturday, January 26 • 20 Shevat with Bat Mitzvah of Daniella Ginsberg
and Bar Mitzvah of Noah Ginsberg
Yitro, Shabbaton
30 minutes after services | Minha
9:00 am | Shaharit & Parashat Tuesday, February 5 • 30 Shevat
HaShavua
Rosh Hodesh Adar I
9:45 am | Shabbat Morning service
7:15 am | Shaharit Friday, February 22 • 17 Adar I
30 minutes after services | Minha
6:15 pm | Kabbalat Shabbat
Wednesday, February 6 • 1 Adar I
Rosh Hodesh Adar I Saturday, February 23 • 18 Adar I
7:15 am | Shaharit
Ki Tissa
9:00 am | Shaharit & Parashat
HaShavua
Friday, February 8 • 3 Adar I
9:45 am | Shabbat Morning service
6:15 pm | Kabbalat Shabbat with Bar Mitzvah of Max Fenster and
7:15 pm | Ramah Minyan Bat Mitzvah of Samantha Katz
30 minutes after services | Minha
4:45 pm | Minha with Bat Mitzvah of
Kira Moses
PAS is an inclusive community. We are interested in discussing with you any
All Are Welcome accommodations you might need to make your visits and involvement more comfortable.
Please contact Rachel Zorbaron, Director of Membership, at rzorbaron@pasyn.org or x195.
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TRANSITION AT PAS
Synagogue Fami
בני מצוהBNEI MITZVAH
Benjamin Max Barr | Jan 3 | Va-era
A Space of Welcoming Son of Lisa & Michael Barr
P
AS seeks to ensure that all members of our
community have the opportunity to fully Alexander Oliver Kalimian | Jan 5 |
participate in synagogue life. With JDAIM, Va-era
Jewish Disabilities and Inclusion Awareness Month, Son of Jessica Kalimian and Robert
on the horizon in February (p. 2), we are sharing some Kalimian
of the ways we will continue to welcome everyone into
the PAS community when we return to the revitalized
87th Street building.
Sophia Isabella Kalimian | Jan 5 | Va-era
Many of the welcoming features in the Eli M. Black Daughter of Jessica Kalimian and Robert
Center for Lifelong Learning will also be incorporated Kalimian
at 87th Street. The elevators will provide high-speed
movement throughout the building, and wayfinding
signage will include braille. As recommended by
the Inclusion Committee, mezuzot will be placed on
Josh Tobey Atlas | Jan 12 | Bo
doorways at two heights, so our youngest members as
Son of Amy & Rick Atlas
well as those who utilize mobility devices can reach
them.
While the Sanctuary is not the focus of the
revitalization, it will offer improved accessibility Ella Joy Plotko | Jan 12 | Bo
in several dimensions. The steps and ramp that Daughter of Karina & Gregory Plotko
previously provided access to the Sanctuary from the
lobby will be replaced by a gently graduated incline
that will eliminate the need for a ramp. The sound
system has been updated, and we offer assistive
hearing devices as well as magnification devices
and large-print siddurim. The amud (podium) Lewis Arthur Greenberg | Jan 19 |
has been rebuilt to be ADA-compliant, lowering B’shallah
to accommodate members who read Torah from a Son of Jennifer & Gregg Greenberg
wheelchair or scooter. We will continue to provide
access to the bimah with a ramp for wheelchairs and
scooters.
Sadie Beth Wolf | Jan 19 | B’shallah
The new chapel on the third floor will have a built-in Daughter of Alissa & Jeffrey Wolf
ramp to the bimah. The temporary bimah used for
High Holiday services in the lower level will also have
a ramp. These spaces will also have ADA-compliant
amudim.
We look forward to sharing highlights of the
construction and move back to 87th Street in future
issues of the Bulletin, by email, and at pasyn.org/
transition.
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Noah Davis Ginsberg | Feb 16 | T’tzavveh
Son of Gabrielle Davis Ginsberg & Jeffrey
Julia Hope Kurtzberg | Feb 2 | Mishpatim
I. Ginsberg
Daughter of Holly & Joel Kurtzberg
Grandson of Joanne V. Davis & Morton
M. Davis, z”l
Max Ben-Israel Fenster | Feb 23 | Ki
Roan Jade Roth | Feb 2 | Mishpatim Tissa
Daughter of Margaret & David Roth Son of Jennifer & David Fenster
Grandson of Roslyn & Robert Haber
Katie Steinberg | Feb 9 | T’rumah
Samantha Kiva Katz | Feb 23 | Ki Tissa
Daughter of Elizabeth & Michael
Daughter of Stacy & Henry Katz
Steinberg
Noah Ryan Gruber | Feb 9, minha | Kira Emily Moses | Feb 23, minha |
T’tzavveh Va-yak·hel
Son of Rebecca & Andrew Gruber Daughter of Hilary & Jeffrey Moses
Daniella Davis Ginsberg | Feb 16 |
T’tzavveh | Daughter of Gabrielle Davis
Ginsberg & Jeffrey Ginsberg
Granddaughter of Joanne V. Davis &
Morton M. Davis, z”l
ברוכים הבאיםWELCOME NEW MEMBERS
Gavriel Chichester
Tiffany & Steven Cohen
Alexandra West Glerum & Benjamin Glerum
Jessica Tisch & Daniel Levine
Solomon Mendel
Stephanie & Eric Nortman
Michelle & Reuben Pinner
Sheryl & Larry Pinner
Leora & Adam Rosenberg
Anita Shulman
To make a celebratory or memorial donation to PAS, please visit pasyn.org/giving or contact Sam Hopkins at shopkins@pasyn.org or 212-369-4900, x101.
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SYNAGOGUE FAMILY
מזל טובMAZAL TOV המקום ינחםCONDOLENCES
Sue Schwartz & Howard Muchnick on the Stacy & Jason Helfstein Rona Kurtz on the loss
engagement of their daughter Sara Muchnick to Isaac on the loss of his father, of her husband, Irving
Zafarani Lewis Helfstein Weinstein
Sheri & Jimmy Rosenfeld on the birth of a Ronni & Louis Thomas & Susan Brock,
grandson, Arden Jay Jakobi, and to his parents, Alexa Davidowitz on the on the loss of his mother,
& Robert Jakobi loss of his father, Max Marjorie Brock
Davidowitz
Maxine Dovere on the birth of a grandson, Oliver Janet Weisberg-
Lev Dovere Ellen & Bruce Ressler, Samuels on the loss of
and Matthew Ressler, on her husband, Richard
Lisa Silverstein & Tal Kerret on the marriage of the loss of their father Samuels
their daughter Ariel Silverstein to Robert Fleiss and grandfather,
J. Lawrence Werther Andrea Judelson and
Shelley & Robert Greebel on the birth of a son, David Judelson on the
Spencer Benjamin Greebel, and to big sister Harlow Jodie & Jonathan loss of their mother,
Elyachar on the loss of Carol Judelson
Lindsey & Joshua Green on the birth of a daughter, his mother, Pat Sylvia
Barrett Lowey Green, and to big brother Noah Karyn Ginsberg-
Beth Jacobs & Keith Greenwald & Bruce
Jennifer Stern Granowitz & Daniel Granowitz Gottesdiener on the loss Greenwald on the loss
on the birth of a daughter, Emma Stern Granowitz, of his mother, Barbara of Karyn’s sister, Robin
and to big sister Abigail Gottesdiener Milstein
Nina & Andrew Gaspar on the marriage of their Carol Silverstein Ethel Rubinstein & Elias
son Jeremy to Samantha Cohen and Kimberly & Paul Feuer on the loss of his
Silverstein on the loss of mother, Olga Feuer
Meryl Weiner & Barry Bryer on the marriage of their husband and father,
their son Maxwell to Molly Dince Leo Silverstein Family and friends of
Rabbi Isidoro Aizenberg
Jennifer Brandt & Terrence Coscino on their Michael Karafiol and
marriage his children, Blake and Hope & Glenn Taitz on
Ella, on the loss of their the loss of his father,
Jennifer Stern Granowitz on being selected as wife and mother, Lauren Arthur Taitz
a Ruskay Fellow for 2019. The Ruskay Institute for Karafiol
Jewish Professional Leadership is a unique program
dedicated to preparing superlative leaders to guide the Meg & David Roth on the
future of the Jewish community. loss of her mother, Sally
Stiefel
Geet Engel & Hersh Wolf on the birth of a
grandson, Oscar Goldburt Marcia & Ronald
Schechter on the loss
of his mother, Selma
Schechter
To make a celebratory or memorial donation to PAS, please visit pasyn.org/giving or contact Sam Hopkins at shopkins@pasyn.org or 212-369-4900, x101.
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FROM THE EDUCATIONAL TEAM
MARA BERNSTEIN, DIRECTOR OF SYNAGOGUE PROGRAMMING AND ADULT EDUCATION
On Wandering
and Wondering
L
ast year, we celebrated Israel
at 70, immersing ourselves in
learning about our homeland.
This year we turn our focus to another
long-standing aspect of our Jewish
experience: what did it mean to be a
people without a homeland? For over
2,000 years, the Jewish people have
traveled across the globe. As we settled
in our many adopted homelands, we
managed not only to survive the ups
and downs of history, but to thrive and
renew. How have we managed that?
What has sustained us, and how do
we relate to those factors in a modern and Saturday, January 26 (p. 3). We In bringing together these diverse
context, as American Jews living are honored to welcome Sir Simon perspectives, we hope to begin an
in today’s complex world? How did Schama as our Friday evening speaker. ongoing conversation about our own
landlessness shape our outlook and Sir Simon is a world-renowned personal wanderings and wonderings
identities around the globe as we were historian of European history, a as well as about our communal
“strangers in a strange land?” These professor at Columbia University, and journey. We hope our Shabbaton
questions will frame our learning at the author of over fifteen scholarly weekend will inspire you to continue
PAS this year, a theme which we are works, including the two-volume your wonderings with us, as we
calling Wandering and Wondering. The Story of the Jews. Sir Simon will embark upon this year of exploration.
provide us with a grounding in history
We originally conceived of this theme as we begin to examine the many
to mirror our year of transition facets of our diaspora experience.
when we are displaced from our
permanent home on 87th Street. On Saturday we will turn toward our
Unfortunately, November’s tragic contemporary experience in America
massacre in Pittsburgh and the rise and our questions of faith, identity,
of anti-Semitism in America have continuity, and stability. Bari Weiss,
given new relevance to the question, op-ed staff editor and writer for The
What does it mean to live as a Jew New York Times, will lead us in a
in the 21st century? We may not be conversation about the central issues
physically wandering, but many of us we face today, from our relationship
are certainly wondering how to make with Israel to the recent rise in anti-
sense of the present and what the Semitism at home. We will also learn
future holds for us as American Jews. from Dara Horn, author of several
novels inspired by Jewish history,
We will kick off our theme with text, and culture, and hear about her
the annual Leiman Maisel Family experience using her identity to find
Shabbaton on Friday, January 25 her voice through our tradition.
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Classes
RSVP = Advance registration required | $ = There is a cost for the class | Closed = Registration has closed | Classes meet weekly unless otherwise indicated.
To register for classes, go to pasyn.org/classes and click on the appropriate link. For assistance and further information, including being added to the waitlist
for closed Melton classes, contact Rebecca Cushman at rcushman@pasyn.org or x159.
SUNDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY Wednesday
• iEngage: Tribes • Essential Essays | • Daf Shevui – • From Mill Street
of Israel | A Shalom Resumes Jan 8 | 8:00 Women’s Talmud to Park Avenue:
Hartman Institute Lecture am | Rabbi Cosgrove | Study | Resumes Jan The History of the
and Study Series | Jan 13, PAS@89th 9 | 8:30 am | Rabbi Synagogues of NYC |
Feb 24 | 10:00 am | Rabbi Witkovsky Begins Feb 13 | 7:00 pm
Zuckerman | PAS@89th • Contemporary | 10 sessions – This is a
Closed Jewish Thought | • Rambam II – repeat, not a continuation
Resumes Jan 8 | 12:00 Letter about Tehiyat of the fall semester course.
pm | Rabbi Zuckerman | HaMeitim | Jan 9, 16, | Dr. David Kaufman |
PAS@89th 23 (make-up, if needed) | PAS@89th
6:45 pm | Rabbi Shmuel $ RSVP
• Pathways: An Afek | PAS@89th
Introduction to Closed
Judaism | Resumes
Jan 8 | 6:30 pm | Rabbi • Melton: Year 2 |
Zuckerman and Shayna Resumes Jan 9 | 7:00 pm
Golkow, Rabbinical Intern | Rabbi Ethan Witkovsky
| PAS@89th and Rabbi Shmuel Afek |
PAS@89th
• A Very Short Guide to Closed
Zionism and Israel |
A Tzion Curriculum | Tue • Bereshit I – From
| Jan 15, Feb 5 | 7:15 pm Adam to Abraham: The
| Rabbi Cosgrove | First 20 Generations
PAS@89th | Rachel Wasserman
Scholars Curriculum of
• The Unknown We Melton | Jan 9, 16, 23
Fear – Exploring (make-up, if needed) |
Mortality in Art and 7:00 pm | Rabbi Savenor |
Culture | Feb 12 | 7:15 PAS@89th
pm | Rabbi Zuckerman | Closed
PAS@89th (p. 16)
RSVP • The Star and the
Crescent: The Long
Relationship of
Judaism and Islam
| Rachel Wasserman
Scholars Curriculum of
Melton | Begins Feb 13 |
6:45 pm | 10 Sessions |
Rabbi Shmuel Afek
Closed
Library at PAS
Mon–Thu: 10:00 am–6:30 pm |
The library is continually adding new books to support living an enriching Jewish life. Search
the catalog at pasyn.org/paslibrary to browse the virtual shelves, and visit the library soon.
Fri: 10:00 am–3:00 pm | PAS@90th For more information, contact Marga Hirsch at mhirsch@pasyn.org
10 Park Avenue Synagogue BulletinJanuary-February at PAS ADULT CLASSES & EVENTS
THURSDAY Thursday FRIDAY
Israel Education Event
• Melton: Year 1 | • BeMidbar: • Talmud Torah | | Sponsored by Men’s Club
Resumes Jan 10 | 9:15 Leadership Defied Resumes Jan 4 | 8:00 | Mon | Jan 14 | 7:30 pm |
am | Rabbi Cosgrove and Defended | Rachel am | Rabbi Witkovsky | PAS@89th
and Debbie Cosgrove | Wasserman Scholars PAS@89th
PAS@89th Curriculum of Melton
Closed | Begins Feb 14 | 9:15 • Women in the Bible
am | Rabbi Savenor | | Jan 11, Feb 8 | 9:15 Jewish
• Vayikra (Leviticus) PAS@89th am | Debbie Cosgrove | Environmentalism:
– A Call to Holiness $ RSVP PAS@89th Planted in Reality and
| Rachel Wasserman Closed Reaching for the Sky
Scholars Curriculum of • Dilemmas of Faith | A Thu | Jan 17 | 7:30 pm
Melton | Jan 10, 17, 24 Shalom Hartman Institute | Rabbi Witkovsky |
(make-up, if needed) | 9:15 Lecture and Study Series SHABBAT/SATURDAY PAS@89th (p. 16)
am | Rabbi Zuckerman | | Begins Feb 14 | 9:15 RSVP | Open to all
PAS@89th am | Rabbi Zuckerman | • Parashat HaShavua |
Closed PAS@89th Every Shabbat | 9:00 am |
Closed PAS Clergy | PAS@89th
• From Mill Street • Jan 12, Feb 9 | When
to Park Avenue: there is Havurah, this class
The History of the merges with Havurah |
Synagogues of NYC | PAS@89th
Jan 10, 17, 24 (make-up, if
needed) | 9:15 am | These
are the final sessions of ANYTIME
the fall semester course.
| Dr. David Kaufman | • Study Circles | Days,
PAS@89th dates, and times vary
Closed by group | For more Sponsored by PAS Library
information, visit pasyn. Evening Book
• Insights from Israel org/studycircles. Discussion Group
| Jan 10, Feb 14 | 12:00 Jan 28 | 7:30 pm | Pat
pm | Rabbi Michael Graetz • Grandparents Circle Davidson | The Weight of
(via Skype from Israel) | | Dates TBA | 5 sessions | Ink by Rachel Kadish
PAS@89th Rabbi Zuckerman and Liz
Offenbach
• Shulhan Ivrit | Jan 24, This class runs based
Feb 28 | 7:00 pm| on interest. To learn Men’s Club Annual
PAS@89th more, please email Rabbi Financial Forum | Mon |
Zuckerman at nzucker- Feb 25 | 7:00 pm | Open to
man@pasyn.org. all | PAS@90th
Wondering what to do with surplus books? You can donate them to You may bring prayer books, haggadahs, benschers, and other sacred texts
Reading Reflections, an organization that gives gently used books to the library. Our ritual director will make certain they are respectfully
to children and adults who do not have easy access to them. Visit disposed of by burial, according to Jewish custom.
readingreflections.com.
www.pasyn.org 212–369–2600 January-February 2019 Tevet-Shvat-Adar I 5779 11Youth Education & Events
For additional information about all youth events, please visit pasyn.org | RSVP = Advance registration required | $ = There is a cost for the class or event
Young Family Education PASECC
For the latest information, sign up to receive YFE email: For more information, contact Pamela Schwartz, Director,
visit pasyn.org and click on Email Sign up. Questions? Visit at pschwartz@pasyn.org or x150.
pasyn.org/yfe or contact Jamie Diamond, Director, at jdia-
mond@pasyn.org or x140.
To register for any YFE program, go to pasyn.org/yfe; • Admissions Play Sessions
under Upcoming Events, click on the event. · Fri | Jan 11 | School closed, please find child care
· Thu | Jan 24 | 9:30–10:00 am | Make-up session |
School open
BABY & TODDLER CLASSES CAMP KESHET SUMMER 2019
• Rainbow Time
Choose from a variety of Camp Keshet will not · Fri | Jan 18 |10:00 am | Tu BiShvat
classes for babies, tod- be in session in summer · Mon | Feb 13| 10:00 am
dlers, and young children. 2019. It will relaunch in
Bring your friends and summer 2020. Looking • Class Visits
meet new ones! Classes forward to seeing you Once a year, parents are invited to join their child for 20
begin the week of January there! minutes at the start of the school day.
2. If you have not yet · Yellow Room Parents | Tue | Jan 8 | 9:00―9:20 am
registered, check online • Taste of Keshet · Purple Room Parents | Tue | Feb 12 | 9:00―9:20 am
whether there are still Our summer program for
spots open. children 18-35 months
(as of June 1, 2019) meets • Photo Day
SHABBAT three days a week. This · Wed | Jan 23 | All day
innovative program allows · Thu | Jan 24 | All day
• Shirat Shabbat | Fri | young campers to get a
Jan 11; Feb 15 | 9:10–9:35 taste of what they can • Coffee and Conversation Series
am | For toddlers 3 and experience next summer · Fri | Jan 18 | 9:15 am | Lindsay Sklar & Samantha
under with an adult | in our five-day-a-week Tanenbaum, PA Chairs | PAS@90th
PAS@89th Camp Keshet program. · Fri | Feb 8 | 9:15 am | Larry Schwartz on Mindfulness &
Parenting | PAS@90th
• Tot Tefillah: Young
Family Shabbat • PASECC Benefit
Morning Services | Sat Thu | Jan 31 | 6:30 pm | The Pierre
| Jan 12 | 11:15 am–12:00
pm | PAS@90th • Special Visitors Day
· Blue Room | Fri | Feb 1 | 9:00 am
• Kabbalat Shabbat · Yellow Room | Fri | Feb 1 | 11:00 am
and Pasta Dinner for · Green Room | Mon | Feb 4 | 9:00 am
Families with Young · Red Room | Mon | Feb 4 | 1:00 pm
Children | Fri | Feb 8 · Purple Room | Tue | Feb 5 | 12:00 pm
| 5:00 pm, Service with · Rainbow Room | Wed | Feb 6 | 11:00 am
Rabbi Witkovsky and Josh · White Cloud Room | Wed | Feb 6 | 11:00 am
Rosenberg. Approx. 5:30– · Orange Room | Thu | Feb 7 | 11:00 am
6:30 pm, Dinner with
musical entertainment by
Joanie Leeds | PAS@90th
$ RSVP
• YFE Shabbaton
Havdalah | Sat | Jan 26 |
5:00 pm | Josh Rosenberg
| PAS@90th
12 Park Avenue Synagogue BulletinPOSTCARD FROM CAMP
Congregational School
The Congregational School office is in the Eli M. Black
Lifelong Learning Center at 11 East 89th St., and most classes
take place there. If you have any questions, please contact the
office at x139. For up-to-date information about the school’s
schedule, please rely on the weekly school newsletter.
CS Schedule
School Resumes after Winter Break | Mon | Jan 7
Living 10 for 2:
Gimel & Dalet (Gr 3 & Gan, Alef & Bet (Gr
4) Shabbat Experience K–2) Family Shabbat A Mom’s Report
Programs | Sat | Jan 12, Experiences | Sat | Jan 26,
26; Feb 2, 9 | 10:00 am– Feb 9 | 11:00 am–12:00 pm |
12:00 pm | PAS@89th PAS@90th FROM ALANA SEROTA
M
y daughters Sloane and Tanys embody living
Hey & Vav (Gr 5 & 6) Hey (Gr 5) Milestone 10 for 2 – regarding the fall, winter, and
Shabbat Experience Moment | Fri | Feb 1 | 5:15 spring as a barely tolerable interruption
Programs | Sat | Jan 12, pm | PAS@90th | Followed between summers at camp. Our apartment is their
26; Feb 2, 9 | 10:00 am– by CS Kabbalat Shabbat and home away from their true home, Camp Modin. They
12:00 pm | PAS@90th Dinner start the countdown to camp on the drive back from
bus pickup. Dave and I try not to take it too personally.
Their phones chime all night long with chat alerts from
Dalet (Gr 4) Trip Hey, Vav & Zayin (Gr Apes 2021 and Apes 2023, their respective summer
• Mon | Jan 14 | During 5–7) Shabbat Dinner for units. Family dinners are filled with inside jokes from
class | The Jewish Museum Families | Fri | Feb 1 | 7:30 camp and Color War break comparisons. No ice cream
• Thu | Jan 17 | During class pm | After Kabbalat Shabbat compares to Waterville's Gifford's and no amusement
| The Jewish Museum | PAS@90th park delights as much as Funtown Splashtown USA. At
camp, raucous Shabbat sing-alongs are preceded by a
delicious brisket I can never hope to match. We have
Congregational School Congregational School schlepped all over the tristate area for camp sleepovers
Closed for MLK Closed for Presidents and all over the country for camp Bnei Mitzvah. One
Weekend Day Week summer, we offered a trip to Australia in lieu of a
• Sat–Mon | Jan 19–21 | No • Sat–Sat | Feb 16–23 second month at camp. The answer: “It's okay. We have
classes, tutoring sessions, • Feb 25 | Classes resume a lot of Australian counselors, so I think I will just stay
or Shabbat Experience at camp.” Both girls are riflery champs and Krav Maga
Programs. enthusiasts thanks to Modin. The owners Howie and
• Tue | Jan 22 | Classes Grade 6 Bnei Mitzvah Lisa work tirelessly to make the camp a place that is
resume Family Program | Wed both magical and safe, imbued with Jewish traditions
| Feb 27 | 5:45–7:00 pm | and camp traditions. Our only serious complaint is that
PAS@90th they don't have camp for parents.
If you are exploring options for your child’s next summer adventure, and
if you have any questions, please contact Jewish Camping Committee
chair Lynne Bermont at lynnebermont@yahoo.com or PAS Director of
Youth Engagement Niki Fleishman at youth@pasyn.org.
www.pasyn.org 212–369–2600 January-February 2019 Tevet-Shvat-Adar I 5779 13YOUTH EDUCATION & EVENTS
PAS Youth & RJNHS
3RD–8TH GRADERS RABBI JUDAH NADICH HIGH SCHOOL
(8TH–12TH GRADERS)
Grades 3–5
• Movie Night | Sat | Jan 12 | 6:00 Let’s Learn/Classes
pm | PAS@90th Sign up now if you have not already
registered!
Grades 6–8
Grades 10–11
• Pre-Super Bowl Flag Football |
• Scholars Circle | Tue |
Sun | Feb 3 | 11:00 am | PAS@90th
6:00 pm | Jan 8, 22; Feb 5, 26 | Rabbi
Witkovsky and Niki Fleishman |
Happy Grades 3–5
• Basketball Tournament | Sun |
PAS@89th
Feb 10 | 11:00 am | PAS@90th
New Grades 6–8
Grades 8–9
• 22 Weeks & 22 Topics | Wed |
Year!
Jan 9, 16, 23, 30; Feb 6, 13, 20, 27
• Film Screening and Director’s
| 6:00 pm | Rabbi Witkovsky, Niki
Talkback: Swim Team | Sun |
Fleishman, and Pauline Zablow |
Feb 10 | 3:00 pm | PAS@90th
PAS@89th
N
ew Year means new things! • Parent/Teen Study with Rabbi
Rabbi Judah Nadich High Cosgrove | Sat | Jan 12, Feb 9 |
School has over 30 programs 4:00–5:00 pm | Rabbi Cosgrove’s
that you can be a part of, from Food home
Pantry to classes to Broadway shows.
Try something new this semester! If Grade 12
you have ideas or questions about • 12th Grade Seminar | Wed | 6:45
being involved, if you want more pm | Rabbi Cosgrove and Guests |
information, or to register for an PAS@89th
event, see the Teen or Youth email, · Jan 16 | Dylan Lauren
visit pasyn.org/youth-rjnhs, or contact · Feb 6 | Caryn Seidman-Becker
Niki Fleishman, Director of Youth
Programming and Engagement, at • Shabbaton | Fri–Sat | Jan 25–26
nfleishman@pasyn.org or x147. Dip into an exciting weekend of
multigenerational learning. See p. 3.
Please visit pasyn.org/calendar for up-to-date information and additional details on all PAS programming.
14 Park Avenue Synagogue BulletinLet’s Do Let’s Lead Let’s Go
• Tu BiShvat Gift Bag Making for • PASTA: PAS Teacher Assistants • Trip to Spain | Pre-trip Fiesta |
the elderly | Mon–Thu | Follows Congregational Wed | Jan 9 | 6:15 pm | PAS@90th
Wed | Jan 9 | 7:15 pm | PAS@89th School calendar | 4:00–6:00 pm Registration for the Spain Trip (Feb 14–19) is
closed.
• PAS Food Pantry and PAS PALs • Teen Leadership Council
PACKING WITH PAS PALS Meeting | Tue | Jan 8, Feb 5 | 7:15 • Film Screening and Director’s
Wed | Jan 9, 16, 23, 30; Feb 6, 13, 20, pm | PAS@89th Talkback: Swim Team | Sun | Feb
27 | 4:00–5:00 pm 10 | 3:00 pm | PAS@90th
DISTRIBUTION • Parkapellas, Teen A Cappella |
Fri | Jan 11, 18, 25; Feb 1, 8, 15, 22| Thu | Jan 10, 17, 24, 31; Feb 7, 14, 28 | • “Ripped” Exercise Class | Thu |
3:45–beginning of Shabbat 5:30 pm | PAS@90th Feb 12 | 7:30 pm | Offsite
• Teen Beit Cafe • PAS Teen Rock Band | Thu | Jan • Nosh with Niki | Anytime | Niki
Tue | Jan 15 | 7:30 pm | PAS@90th 10, 17, 24, 31; Feb 7, 14, 28 | 6:15 pm | invites anyone out for a treat and a
Grab a drink, a sweet bite to eat, and a PAS@90th chat. Contact her to set a time for
chair at our open-mic night, featuring Pianist needed! Please contact Josh yourself or a teen in your life.
musical and theatrical performances Rosenberg at jrosenberg@pasyn.org
by talented teens from our own PAS or x134 if you or anyone you know
community. If you are interested is looking to be a part of an amazing
in sharing a short performance of band!
your own, contact Josh Rosenberg at
jrosenberg@pasyn.org.
www.pasyn.org 212–369–2600 January-February 2019 Tevet-Shvat-Adar I 5779 15College Connections 20s & 30s at PAS
Our college students are still a part Come to Ramah Minyan on the first
of the PAS community, even while Friday evening of the month, bond
they are away at school. We send care with others in a Study Circle, or
packages during the school year and have coffee with a rabbi anytime.
keep in touch via a monthly email Programs are open to all PAS young
from our clergy with words of wisdom, adults and their friends. They need
not be members. For information, visit
Caring
holiday messages, and even a joke or
two! To include your student(s) in this pasyn.org/20s30s, or contact Rabbi
program, please visit visit pasyn.org/ Witkovsky at ewitkovsky@pasyn.org
or x123.
Network
collegeconnections to submit their
contact information. Note: We update
our list every school year, so please • Jewish Environmentalism:
fill out the form even if a student has
Planted in Reality and Reaching
been included in the past and even if
their address has not changed. For for the Sky
more information, please contact Niki Thu | Jan 17 | 7:30 pm | Rabbi
Fleishman. Witkovsky | PAS@89th The Caring Network seeks to nurture
Learn what Judaism says about our individuals and families during times
responsibility to maintain the earth, of illness, suffering, loss, and grief
and discuss how we can take action and also during joyful transitions
as individuals and as a community. of birth, adolescence, marriage,
Open to all. and beyond. Our “What Matters:
RSVP Caring Conversations About End
of Life” initiative offers guidance
about advance care planning, helping
participants clarify their wishes
and talk with their families about
their choices for future healthcare.
For information about the Caring
Network’s professional support,
support groups, and educational
opportunities, please visit
pasyn.org/caringnetwork.
If you or anyone you know could
benefit from the Caring Network,
or if you would like to volunteer,
please contact Rabbi Zuckerman at
nzuckerman@pasyn.org or x121.
What Matters
• The Unknown We Fear –
Exploring Mortality in Art and
Culture
Tue | Feb 12, Apr 30,
May 21 | 7:15 pm |
Rabbi Zuckerman |
PAS@89th
RSVP
Please visit pasyn.org/calendar for up-to-date information and additional details on all PAS programming.
16 Park Avenue Synagogue BulletinContributions
September 6–November 15, 2018
ADULT EDUCATION FUND The Lindower Family, with gratitude to the Darcy Dalton, in honor of Natalie & Brett
Doris & Henry Murad, in memory of Peggy clergy. Barth on the Bnei Mitzvah of Benjamin and
Peress’s daughter, Susan. Jimmy Rosenfeld, in memory of Bernice Brian.
Rosenfeld. Bernie Feinberg, in honor of his 80th
BIKUR CHOLIM FUND Lauren Sachs. birthday.
Barbara Weinstein & Louis Bernstein, in Stephanie & Stuart Saft, in honor of the Gail Furman, in honor of Theo Morgan
memory of Helen Schwartz, mother of Carol birth of Jonah Malcolm Saft. becoming a Bar Mitzvah.
Schwartz Sills. Rosalyn Tauber Scheidlinger, in honor of Marc Karimzadeh.
Gabrielle Davis, in memory of Morton the Bar Mitzvah of Alan Matthew Breslin, Doris Katz, in honor of the Bnei Mitzvah of
Davis. grandson of Constance & Bernard Breslin. Benjamin and Brian Barth, sons of Natalie
Dena & Mark Hirsch, in honor of the Bar Barbara Benerofe & Harvey Schulweis, in & Brett Barth.
Mitzvah of Graham Smith. memory of Melvin Schulweis. Doris Katz, in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of
Dena & Mark Hirsch, in honor of the birth Mark Schwartz, in memory of Hannah Graham Smith, son of Rachel Bluth & Derek
of Arden Jay Jakobi, grandson of Sheri & Schwartz. Smith.
Jimmy Rosenfeld. Carolyn & Mark Schwartz, in honor of Stanley Kreinik, in honor of his birthday.
Frances Stewart, in memory of her beloved Cantor Brook for helping Alexa Schwartz Stanley Kreinik, in memory of Walter
father, Fred Hahn. prepare for her Bat Mitzvah. Kreinik.
Sara Stone. Jane & Stanley Kreinik, in honor of their
CLERGY DISCRETIONARY & WELFARE FUND* Bonnie & Alan Ulan, in honor of Rabbi anniversary.
Anonymous (3). Witkovsky upon the occasion of the Lionel, Alexander, Evan, Phyllis & Bernard
Natalie & Brett Barth, in honor of the Clergy marriage of their daughter, Melissa Ulan, to Leventhal, in loving memory of Vicki K.
Team. Matthew Shapiro. Wimpfheimer.
Joan Burger, in memory of her brother, Merryl & Stephen Weber. Phyllis & Bernard Leventhal, in honor of
Joseph Olener. The Wolitzer Family, with gratitude to the Dylan Kassin and the responsible young
Martha & Jonathan Cohen. clergy. citizens running the synagogue food pantry.
Darcy Dalton, in honor of Sam Silverman’s Mason Zablow, in honor of Milt Zablow’s Sharon & Michael Oberman, in honor of
engagement to Danielle Gassman. birthday. their anniversary.
Joanne Davis, in honor of Rabbi Neil Pauline & Milt Zablow, in honor of Cory & Sharon Oberman, in memory of Lillian
Zuckerman with thanks for his kindness. Mark Zablow’s anniversary. Land.
Rebecca Raphael & Eric Feuerstein, in Pauline & Milt Zablow, in honor of Mark Stefanie & James Rothman, in honor of the
memory of Sally Stiefel. Zablow’s birthday. birth of Arden Jay Jakobi, grandson of Sheri
James Goldman, in memory of Ida Gilbert. Kirk Zachary, in honor of his wife Susan & Jimmy Rosenfeld.
James Goldman, in memory of Jack Smirnoff. Stefanie, James, and Benjamin Rothman.
Goldman. Susan Smirnoff & Kirk Zachary, in memory Nan & Howard Rubin, in honor of Jordan
James Goldman, in memory of Mandel of Helen Schwartz, mother of Carol Klein’s Bar Mitzvah.
Goldman. Schwartz. Rosalyn Tauber Scheidlinger, in memory of
James Goldman, in memory of Mary *Note: Individual Clergy Discretionary Funds Clara Berman Tauber.
Goldman. have been merged into one fund and combined Susan & Jeffrey Silverman, in honor of
Meredith, Glenn, Jacob, and Caroline with the Welfare Fund as of July 1, 2018. Sheri & Jimmy Rosenfeld on the birth of
Greenberg, in honor of Rabbi Witkovsky their grandson, Arden Jay Jakobi.
and Cantor Schwartz in appreciation of their FOOD PANTRY AND SOCIAL ACTION FUND Susan & Jeffrey Silverman, in honor
kindness and warmth to Richard Samuels. Anonymous (4). of Rabbi Neil Zuckerman & Cantor Azi
Sarahbeth Grossman, in memory of Rebecca Nadine Habousha Cohen, in honor of Dena Schwartz for conducting a beautiful
Grossman. Hirsch’s milestone birthday. celebration in honor of the engagement of
Erica & Phil Hermann, in memory of Sally Nadine Habousha Cohen, in memory of Danielle Gassman to Sam Silverman.
Stiefel. Hayim V. Habousha. Florence Silvers, in loving memory of her
Floy & Amos Kaminski. Ed Cohen, in memory of Arline Cohen. beloved husband, Arnold Silvers; mother
Lauren & Alan Klein, in honor of Rabbi Nadine Habousha Cohen & Ed Cohen, in and father, Elizabeth & Nathan A. Laveson;
Cosgrove in appreciation for his incredible memory of Helen Schwartz, mother of Carol sister and brother-in-law, Claire & Alan J.
support of the AJC’s Judge Learned Hand Schwartz. Lobis; and brother, Sol Rosner Laveson.
dinner. Nadine Habousha Cohen & Ed Cohen, in Leonard Weintraub.
Linda Kloner, in honor of Rabbi Ethan honor of Mel Schweitzer, Hatan Torah. Pauline & Milt Zablow, in honor of Theo
Witkovsky. Anita & Stephen Comite, in memory of Morgan’s Bar Mitzvah.
Jane & Stanley Kreinik, in honor of Rabbi Yvette Burke, mother of Geri Haupt. Susan Smirnoff & Kirk Zachary, in honor of
Witkovsky. Anne & Paul Corwin, in memory of Helen Amy & Gary Churgin’s anniversary.
Phyllis & Bernard Leventhal, in honor of Schwartz, mother of Carol Schwartz.
Cantor Rachel Brook. Anne & Paul Corwin, in honor of Lisa INCLUSION FUND
Phyllis Leventhal, in memory of her dear Grinberg, Kallat B’reishit. Anonymous.
mother, Gladys Braun. Anne & Paul Corwin, in honor of Mel Suzanne & James Aisenberg, in honor of
Melissa Frey & Malcolm Levine, in honor of Schweitzer, Hatan Torah. Lisa Grinberg, Kallat B’reishit.
Rabbi Witkovsky officiating Tabitha’s baby Anne & Paul Corwin, in memory of Beverly Darcy Dalton, in honor of Lisa Grinberg,
naming. Gasner. Kallat B’reishit.
To make a donation, please contact Sam Hopkins at shopkins@pasyn.org or 212-369-4900, x101.
www.pasyn.org 212–369–2600 January-February 2019 Tevet-Shvat-Adar I 5779 17Contributions
September 6–November 15, 2018
The Grinberg and Phalen Families, in honor YOUNG FAMILY EDUCATION FUND Joan Felder, in memory of Irving
of Lisa Grinberg, Kallat B’reishit. Michelle & Paul Kaplan, in honor of their Schlesinger.
Ki Hwang, in honor of Rabbi Ethan anniversary. Rhetta Felton, in memory of Iolabee Berson.
Witkovsky. Laraine Fischer, in honor of her birthday.
Andrea & Ivan Lustig, in honor of Lisa YOUTH AND TEEN ENGAGEMENT FUND Alan Fischer, in memory of Sande Fischer-
Grinberg, Kallat B’reishit. Sandra First, in honor of her son, Mark Cass.
Sheri & Jimmy Rosenfeld, in honor of Lisa First, chanting torah on Rosh Hashanah. Susan Fischer, in memory of Joseph
Grinberg, Kallat B’reishit. Glatzer.
Janice Shachter. GENERAL CONTRIBUTIONS Marissa Forsted, in memory of Dr.
Anonymous. Joseph Weiss, beloved husband, father,
JEWISH CAMPING FUND Deanna Adler, in memory of Michael grandfather.
Heidi Silverstone, in memory of Barbara Zeitlin. Karen & Barry Frankel, in honor of Ivan
Michels. Lea Avigdor, in memory of Miriam Levy. Lustig’s special birthday.
Michael Bales, in memory of Andrew Bales. Karen Freedberg, in memory of Fay Hertz.
LIBRARY FUND Erica & Scott Belsky. Eleanor Frommer.
Anonymous. Nicole Ben-Dor, in honor of her birthday. Marilyn Garcy, in memory of Celia Staum.
Edith Bergen, in memory of Arthur Bergen. Sarah Gelber, in honor of her birthday.
MUSIC FUND Daniel Bernstein, in honor of his birthday. Barbara Gerstel, in memory of Leonard
Anonymous (4). Louis Bernstein, in memory of Leonard Frank.
Linda Schreiber, in gratitude for Bernstein. Marshall Gluck, in memory of Ruth Rubin
livestreaming services. Anna & Matt Bloom, in memory of their Gluck.
father, Julian Jadow, with much love and Barbara Gertel Goltzer, in memory of Rifka
PRAYER BOOK FUND admiration. Gertel.
Phyllis & Bernard Leventhal, in gratitude. E.J. Borrack, in memory of Edith Zitwer, Susan & Jerry Goodman, in honor of their
The Lewis Family, in memory of Sally beloved mother of Mary Zitwer Millman. anniversary.
Stiefel, mother of their dear friend, Meg E.J. Borrack, in memory of Willy Martin, Candy Gould, in memory of Mary Mazza.
Roth. beloved father of Neva Anton. Naomi Grabel, in honor of the Bar Mitzvah
Sandy & Jonathan Merrill. Michael Brenner, in loving memory of his of Jordan Klein.
Ronnie & David Parker, in honor of sister, Patti Brenner Pellegrini. Naomi Grabel, in loving memory of Sharon
Ronnie’s birthday. Constance Breslin, in memory of Eli Lane. Weidberg.
Ronnie & David Parker, in memory of David Brous, in honor of his birthday. Naomi Grabel, in honor of Rachel Brook’s
David’s mother, Beatrice D. Parker. Susan Cantor, in honor of Mia Goldblum’s installation as Cantor.
Susan Smirnoff & Kirk Zachary. Bat Mitzvah. Richard Green, in memory of William
Charles Charrow, in honor of his birthday. Green.
SHAPIRO AUDIO ARCHIVE FUND Charles Charrow, in memory of Saul Steven Gutwillig, in memory of Anna
Joanne V. Davis, in memory of Herbert Charrow. Gutwillig.
Frommer, husband of Eleanor Frommer. Ronald Cohen, in memory of Benjamin Louise Hamilton, in memory of Frances
Joanne V. Davis, in memory of Arnold Cohen. Myers.
Sabin, husband of Lite Sabin. Caren Constantiner, in memory of Esther The Hampton Family, in memory of Walter
Joanne V. Davis, in memory of Bertram D. Sturza. Schindler.
Weiss, father of Ronnie Parker. Caren & Arturo Constantiner, in honor of David Helfgott, in memory of Howard
Joanne V. Davis, in memory of Phyllis their anniversary. Helfgott.
Kreinik, sister of Stanley Kreinik. Rosalind & Irwin Cooper, in memory of Lawrence Heller, in memory of Gertrude
Joanne V. Davis, in memory of Judith Norman Gottridge, beloved brother of Heller.
Victorsohn Rosenberg. George Gottridge. Ellen & Lawrence Heller, in memory of
Ruth Levenson, in memory of Milton Samuel Cooper, in honor of his birthday. Ferdinand Heller.
Levenson. Samuel Cooper, in memory of Thelma Sapir. Erica & Philip Hermann, in honor of the
Samuel Cooper, in memory of William Bnei Mitzvah of Benjamin and Brian Barth,
TIKKUN OLAM FUND Cooper. sons of Natalie & Brett Barth.
Anonymous. Bradley Corben, in memory of Jacob Cohen. Dena Hirsch, in memory of her beloved
Rosalind & Irwin Cooper, in memory of Linda Daitz, in memory of Jenny mother, Drazel Penberg.
Audrey Holtzman, a wonderful person and Rosenberg. Lewis Honig, in honor of his birthday and
longtime friend. Juliet Diller, in memory of Manya Cooper. the 70th anniversary of his Bar Mitzvah at
Bonnie Olsen, in honor of the Bnei Mitzvah Louis Ehrenberg, in memory of Sol PAS.
of Allison and Jakob Markman. Ehrenberg. Lewis Honig, in memory of Lillian Honig.
Colette Setton, in memory of Leon Medini. Uri Evan, in memory of Abraham Milstein. Allyson Horowitz, in memory of Joseph
Aaron Stern, in memory of Robert Stern. Phyllis Feinberg. Weiss.
Richard Feinbloom, in honor of his Fern Hurst, in memory of Dr. Stanley
YOM HASHOAH CANDLE PROGRAM birthday. Karesh.
Ruth Levenson, in memory of Juan Levi. Elizabeth Feiner, in memory of George Rita Kaplan, in honor of Gina Belsky & Alex
Cooper. Modell.
Harriet Feiwel, in loving memory of her
mother, Libby Rich.
To make a donation, please contact Sam Hopkins at shopkins@pasyn.org or 212-369-4900, x101.
18 Park Avenue Synagogue BulletinContributions
September 6–November 15, 2018
Joseph Kekst, in memory of Michelle Kekst. Robert Matthews, in memory of Rose Marvin Sandler, in memory of Donna
Ronnie & Arthur Kirsch, in honor of their Matthews. Blaine.
anniversary. Dana Meltzer, in memory of Irwin Meltzer. Mimi Sandler, in memory of Percy A.
Ronnie & Arthur Kirsch, in honor of Rabbi Robert Miller, in memory of Horst Urban. Berman.
Zuckerman on Danielle Zuckerman’s Bat Robert Miller, in honor of his birthday. Joan & Sylvan Schefler, in memory of Leo
Mitzvah. Sheila Miller, in memory of Pauline Werbin. Silverstein.
Dorothy Kirsch, in honor of her birthday. Ed Mintz, in memory of Sydell Mintz. Joan & Sylvan Schefler, in memory of Irving
Susan Koeppel, in honor of her dear friend, Robin & David Mitchell, in memory of Weinstein.
Dena Hirsch. Joseph Maxwell Karpf. Rosalyn Tauber Scheidlinger, in memory of
Jody & Steve Konstadt, in honor of Lisa Muriel Mitzman. Helen Schwartz, mother of Carol Schwartz.
Grinberg, Kallat B’reishit. Rita Moser, in memory of William Ungar. Michele Schrader, in memory of Henri
Dora Kooby, in memory of Fred Kooby. Howard Muchnick, in memory of Meyer Viterbo.
Lynette & Steven Koppel, in memory of Pat Muchnick. Michele Schrader, in memory of Rose
Sylvia, mother of Jonathan Elyachar. Felice Muchnick, in honor of her birthday. Schroder.
Ellen Koppelman, in memory of her Carol Mutterperl, in memory of William Joan Schreiber, in memory of Isidore
parents, Dorothy & Melvin Match. Frieser. Perlmutter.
Stephanie Later, in memory of Meyer Later. William Mysels, in honor of his birthday. Harvey Schulweis, in memory of Irving
Stephanie Later, in memory of Frances Suzanne Nederlander, in memory of Martin Schulweis.
Later. Meirowitz. Harvey Schulweis, in memory of Rosalind
Cantor David Lefkowitz, in memory of Risë Norman, in memory of Herbert Schulweis.
Alexander Lorber. Norman. Erica & Eric Schwartz, in honor of their
Joan & Cantor David Lefkowitz, in honor Michael Norwich, in memory of Isadore 30th anniversary.
of Carol Kekst on the Bar Mitzvah of her Norwich. Michelle Schwartz, in memory of her
grandson, Alexander Kekst. Avivith Oppenheim, in memory of Michael mother, Ruth Schwartz.
Joan & Cantor David Lefkowitz, in honor of Teicher. Melvin Schweitzer, in memory of Irving
Joan & Paul Schreiber on the birth of their Brian Pollack, in memory of Jacques Schweitzer.
grandson, Maverick Archer Cohen. Pollack. Melvin Schweitzer, in honor of his birthday.
Joan & Cantor David Lefkowitz, in honor of Carolyn & Rubin Ptak, in memory of Ida Debra Seidel, in memory of Tom Salmon.
Natalie & Brett Barth on the Bnei Mitzvah & Milton Segal, Sylvia & Harry Ptak, and Florence Seligman, in memory of Benjamin
of their sons, Brian and Benjamin. Brent Pasternak. Seligman.
Joan Leiman, in memory of Sally Joffe. Mordecai Rochlin, in memory of Ruth Florence Seligman, in memory of Sophie
Joan Leiman, in memory of Leonard Rochlin. Seligman.
Leiman. Mordecai Rochlin, in memory of Bessie Colette Setton, in honor of her birthday.
Sandy Lenger, in honor of her birthday. Rochlin. Betsy Shuster, in honor of Shereen Rutman
Steven Lenger, in memory of Paul Lenger. Joan Rosen, in memory of Rosalind in appreciation for her kindness to Nancy &
Jay Lerman, in memory of Morris Lerman. Bleecker. Ray Treiger.
Bernard Leventhal, in memory of Alvin A. Brant Rosenberg, in honor of his birthday. Betsy & Richard Shuster, in honor of Rabbi
Leventhal. Jill Rosenberg, in honor of the Bnei Mitzvah Elliot Cosgrove and his touching care for
Phyllis & Bernard Leventhal, in honor of of Allison and Jacob Markman. their parents, Nancy & Ray Treiger.
Joan & Paul Schreiber on the birth of their Jimmy Rosenfeld, in honor of his birthday. Dianne Siegelbaum, in memory of Adelle
grandson. Estelle Roth, in honor of her birthday. Mahler.
The Levey Family, in honor of Jordan Robert de Rothschild, in memory of Alain Stanley Siegelbaum, in memory of Frances
Klein’s Bar Mitzvah. de Rothschild. Siegelbaum.
Alan Levine, in memory of Jacques Levine. Robert de Rothschild, in memory of Debra Dianne Siegelbaum, in memory of Harold
Rochelle Levine, in honor of her birthday. de Rothschild. Mahler.
Debbie Levinson. Shereen & Howard Rutman, in memory Esther Silver, in memory of Murray Altfeld.
Carol Levitt, in memory of Lawrence Levitt. of Yvette Burke, beloved mother of Geri Susan Smirnoff, in memory of Nathan
Lucy Lipiner, in memory of Rose Haupt. Smirnoff.
Mandelbaum. Shereen & Howard Rutman, in honor of Carol Spiegel, in memory of Irwin Spiegel.
Lucy Lipiner, in memory of Edward Lipiner. Lisa Grinberg, Kallat B’reishit. Faith & Robert St. Claire.
Miriam London, in memory of Selma Shereen & Howard Rutman, in memory Amy Steiner, in honor of her birthday.
London. of Sharon Weidberg, beloved mother of Neil Steiner, in honor of his birthday.
Miriam London, in honor of her birthday. Suzanne Klein. Amy & Neil Steiner, in honor of their
Miriam London, in memory of Pearl Shereen & Howard Rutman, in honor of the anniversary.
Schechterson. Barth Family on the occasion of the Bnei Aaron Stern, in honor of his birthday.
Andy Baumann Lustig & Ivan Lustig, in Mitzvah of Brian and Benjamin. Marilyn Tobias, in memory of her father,
memory of Sally Stiefel. Shereen & Howard Rutman, in memory of Henry Tobias, on his yahrzeit.
Ann Lyons, in memory of Julius Moskowitz. Shereen’s beloved father, Leon Gertel. Marilyn Tobias, in honor of her birthday.
Andy Marcus, in memory of Gerda Marcus. Lite Sabin, in memory of Beverly Diamond. Helene Torker, in memory of Elsie
Roger Markfield, in memory of Max Lite Sabin, in memory of Wulf Peter Goldberg.
Markfield. Bielenberg. Ray Treiger, in memory of Sam Treiger.
Rita Matthews, in memory of Pearl Rolnick. Henry Salmon, in honor of his birthday. Ray Treiger, in memory of Irwin Treiger.
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