Shana tova u'metuka! High Holy Days 5779 - Temple Israel of Scranton
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Sept/Oct - Elul/Tishrei 5779
High Holy Days 5779
Shana tova u’metuka!
Break the Fast @ Temple
RSVP by Sept 15th
Celebrate Sukkot & Simchat Torah
Our Holiday to Rejoice
From the Rabbi
There is an expression in Hebrew, "Ein Navi B'Eero"- meaning, no one is a prophet in his/her
own city. Many years ago, when Rabbi Harold Kushner became famous for his book, "When
Bad Things Happen to Good People", he was asked if his congregation realized how fortu-
nate they were to have such a person as their spiritual leader. He responded, "I still receive
complaints from congregants that I either speak too long, too short, or overshadow the Bar
Mitzvah, and, by the way Rabbi, when are we bringing in the next out-of-town scholar?"
The famous Torah portion’s account of the Golden Calf: “And when the people saw that
Moses delayed to come down from Mt. Sinai, the people gathered themselves unto Aaron and said to him:
'Up, make us a god who shall go before us; as for this Moses, the man brought us out of the land of Egypt, we
know not what has become of him' " (Ex. 32:1). Some Biblical commentators suggest Moses was only six hours
late, and already the Israelites were clamoring to replace him. Rabbi Shmuel Moholiver, an early Zionist of the
late 19th century, asked, "When the Israelites lost faith in Moses' return from Sinai, why did they not
appoint Aaron in his place? Instead, they construct a Golden Calf. This teaches us that people seek someone
from the outside, even if he is but a senseless calf, rather than choose one from among themselves, even if he
is as great and experienced as Aaron, their acclaimed High Priest."
How many organizations, corporations, or companies, have failed because they overlooked local talent to
choose someone from the "outside". Granted, some have succeeded, but the "grass is always greener on the
other side" axiom is too often the rule rather than exception. Because one comes from New York City does not
make him/her brighter, more capable, or even worldlier than one from Spokane, Washington. The tendency
to dismiss even ourselves as lesser beings because of who or where we live is to deny that everyone is equally
endowed with the same infusion of Godliness. Our "local" talents are too often overlooked, underestimated,
and unused; this is a real shame!
Storyteller and Tzedakah Maven, Danny Siegel, teaches that one should always assume the person sitting next
to him/her is the Messiah, waiting for some simple act of human kindness to reveal oneself. A whole lot of the
answers for living and loving are, in fact, right next to us. Remember this the next time you sit next to someone
in a group, a committee meeting, or a large gathering. The answer to a problem could be sitting right next to
us, or could be you! Rabbi Moshe Saks
President’s Message
Friends:
I am honored and to be honest, slightly overwhelmed to be serving as President of Temple Israel. I am learning
that it is a daunting task to meet the expectations and the needs of so many on such varied levels.
Many of you may not know that as a profession, I am a Speech and Language Pathologist. This career has led
me to work with children from birth to 3 years old, preschoolers, school age students with regular and special
needs and adults, all with many different presentations of communication disorders. I am currently on the
faculty of Marywood University as a Field Supervisor.
Among the many issues I hope to address during my tenure here is that of communication and its importance
to our congregation. Rather than being unhappy or disgruntled about an issue that we at Shul may not even
know about, call me, call the Rabbi, call the Cantor, call the office, call a committee chairperson and express
your concern. If you know of someone in need; be it a Pastoral visit, a phone call, a ride, a minyan, a meal,
please contact someone here at Temple. Even better, if you are pleased about something, do the same,
contact us. Do you have a suggestion or an idea? Please, share it with us. It is the best way for us to serve you
as our congregants. Listening, speaking, and sharing conversation will all lead to better communication.
As I have long learned; “I don’t know the road to success, but the road to failure is to try to please EVERYONE”.
That being said, I will give my best effort to do my best for Temple Israel.
I am looking forward to working and communicating with you!
Annie Monsky
570-587-2665
annlmonsky@gmail.com
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Events to Remember
Saturday, Sept 1st @ 9 pm Wednesday, September 19th
Immediately following Havdalah Service
Selichot Break the Fast
We join together for a Havdalah service,
followed by a very special Selichot, Menu includes:
conducted by Cantor Aronzon, with Hot Dish, Salad, Tuna & Egg Salad, Lox, Bagels &
our Temple choir, accompanied by Cream Cheese, Fresh Fruit, Dessert, Coffee & Tea
pianist, Linda Houck and violinist, Mark $15 for Adults/Children 12 & under n/c-
Woodyatt. The service will be preceded $40 Family Cap
by refreshments and a special program
by Rabbi Saks. Open to all congregants & their guests
Please RSVP to the office by September 15th
Monday, Sept 10th @ 6:00 pm Sunday, September 23rd @ 10:00 am
Castaway your sins! Minyan at 9:00 a.m.
Tashlikh Sukkah building
at the Iron Furnaces Help us decorate and build the Temple
Sukkah and be rewarded with breakfast.
Monday, October 1st @ 7:00 pm
Dance with the Torahs!
Tuesday, October 2nd @ 9:30 am
Louis Nivert, Hatan Torah
&
Richard Bishop, Hatan Bereshit
Kiddush Luncheon to follow
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High Holy Days Benefactors
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Cantor’s Message
Elul,the last month of the Jewish calendar,
will begin on Rosh Hodesh, August 11&12.
Sunday August 12th is the first day we will
begin blowing the shofar every morning
and also reciting penitential prayers.
According to Jewish tradition, the arrival of Elul marks the
beginning of each Jew’s preparation for the upcoming
High Holidays. This year Rosh Hashanah begins the evening
of Sunday, September 9. Our annual “Slichot “ Service will
be held Saturday night September 1st. This year Slichot is
on the 22nd day of Elul. The word Elul means search. This
makes sense because Elul is the time of the year when we
are supposed to do a lot of soul searching. The Slichot
Service is a beautiful musical experience marked by the
participation of the Temple Israel choir accompanied by
the piano, violin & flute. As the conductor of the choir, I
am very proud of all our very talented participants. I am
looking forward to our rehearsals. I am very excited about
the many events that are planned for our congregation
for the new year 5779.
My family and I wish everyone a happy & healthy New
Year. Shana Tovah U Metukah
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CONTRIBUTIONS In Honor of:
Prayer Book Fund In Honor of:
In Memory of:
Elaine Bernstein Temple Get Well wishes to:
Beautification Fund
Happiness Fund
In Honor of:
Reba & Art Douglass Religious School Get Well wishes to:
In Memory of:
Minyan Fund
In Memory of:
In Honor of:
Norman H. Hollander Mem. Fund
In Memory of:
Irving & Fraydel Eisentat
Leadership Development Fund
In Memory of: M.L. Hodin Scholar-in-Residence Fund
In Memory of: In Honor of:
Levy Hall Fund
Yahrzeit of:
Harry & Marion Nivert Programming Fund
In Memory of:
In Memory of:
In Honor of:
In Honor of: In Honor of:
Temple Fund
Get Well wishes to: In Memory of:
Get Well wishes to:
Sara Morris Mitzvah Fund
In Memory of:
Michael L. & Sara R. Goodman Fund
Yahrzeit of:
In Memory of:
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CONTRIBUTIONS Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund Tree of Life
In Memory of: A leaf was purchased for
In Honor of:
by Eileen Baine in honor of Dorothy’s
special birthday
Todah Rabah to:
Yahrzeit Donations to Temple Fund Mrs. Barbara Ehrenpreis &
Yahrzeit of: Susan & Richard Jacobson
for providing beautiful flowers on the Bima
for the High Holidays.
Lewis Sare
for his generous donation to Temple for
the new boiler.
In Honor of:
Mark Greenfield and Family
for their generous donation to the Shabbat Dinner
Fund in memory of his mother, Ruth Greenfield
Temple Israel Sisterhood
for their generous donation to Temple
Anita Pinkus
for the generous donation in memory
Get Well wishes to: of her beloved husband Myron and beloved
parents Emanuel & Mary Lebowitz
To all who sponsored a
Shabbat Kiddush
Cantor & Mila Aronzon, Faye & Rick Bishop
Temple Israel Preservation Fund Daniel Bubnis, Jay & Paula Demerer
Yahrzeit of: Donald & Joyce Douglass, Sheryl & Seth Gross
Ronald Laster, Rabbi & Meira Saks
To those who have enriched our services by
In Memory of:
reading Torah, chanting Haftorah, or giving a
D’var Torah in 5778
Elizabeth Aronzon, Howard Becker,
Richard Bishop, Jared Cohen, Lindsey Cohen,
Jay Demerer, Stephanie Douglass, David Fallk,
Murray Fallk, Alan Firestone, Patrick Forrest,
Murray Glick, Seth Gross, Miriam Litvak,
Henry Litvak, Michael Mardo, Ronna Manglaviti,
Ed Monsky, Sam Myers, Barbara Nivert,
Louis Nivert, Howard Platt, Vera Platt, Seth Pollock,
Dani Saks, Rika Schaffer, Jay Schectman,
Ben Simon, Jeremy Sohn, Steven Sugarman,
Adam Vale, Michael Weinberg
In Memoriam
We recall those of our congregation and those who
were related to members of our congregation who
were taken from our midst this past year.
May their memory be for a blessing.
In Honor of:
Clorra Belman, Steven Brotter, Morton Cohen,
Mitzie Edelsohn, Earl Engelmyer, Harry Jay
Fiegleman, Jayne Green, Lee Hollenberg,
Odessa Levine, Meyer Levine, Sara Morris,
Dianne Ogrodnick, Marjorie Robbins, Harriet
Schectman, Jay Willner, Shirley Wolkenstein7
Sisterhood New Year Greetings
Mrs. Naomi Alamar & family Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Hollander & family Doug & Margaret Sheldon
Mr. Joseph Albert & family Mr. & Mrs. Richard Jacobson & family Mr. & Mrs. Mark Silverberg & family
Mrs. Jeanne Atlas & family Mr. & Mrs. Joel Joseph & family Mrs. Judy Weinberger Soloman
Mrs. Adele Baldinger & family Mrs. Bev Klein & family Rochelle & Howard Spizer & family
Howard & Beth Becker Mrs. Mitzie Levy & family Rhonda & Steven Sugarman & family
Marian & Gary Beckhorn Iris Liebman & Michael Mardo Jack & Gladys Suravitz
Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Berk & famiy Miss Barbara Maiman Tom, Rebecca, Eli, & Lila Tschampel
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Bernstein & family Mr. & Mrs. Hal Markowitz & family Laney & Bob Ufberg & family
Faye & Richard Bishop Ann & Ed Monsky Marcia Ufberg & family
Phyllis & Ed Brandes & family Mrs. Marcia Myers Mr. Edwin Utan & family
Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Brotter & family Mr. & Mrs. Morey Myers The Vale Family
Daniel Bubnis & Dr. Timothy Lee Barbara & Louis Nivert & family The Warshal Family
Mr. Irving Cader & family Paulette & Jay Okun Mrs. Paula Wasser & family
Mr. & Mrs. James Cader Mrs Anita Pinkus Mrs. Mildred Weinberg
Dr. & Mrs. Mitchell Cohen & family Mrs. Helen Pinkus Mr. & Mrs. Michael Weinberg & sons
Jay & Paula Demerer Mr. & Mrs. Howard Platt & family Mrs. Pearl Willner & family
Joyce & Don Douglass Adele Pollack & family Dr. & Mrs. Melvyn Wolk
Mrs. Claire Dubin & family Charlotte & Marvin Pollack
Todah Rabah to all who sent in your
Mrs. Barbara Ehrenpreis Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Pollack & daughters
Mrs. Estelle Freedman & family Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Pollock & family Sisterhood membership dues. Clearly,
Mr. & Mrs. David Garber & family Mr. Barry Propper you understand the important role that
Vitaly & Victoria Geyfman & family Earl & Reva Quint & family Sisterhood plays in planning and
Dr. Erroll Goldstein Mr. & Mrs. Paul Rosenberg preparing for special programs for our
Mrs. Ellen Goodman & family Mr. & Mrs. Robert Rosenberg
Temple & Hebrew school; as well as
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Green & family Mrs. Guitelle Rothstein & family
Mr. & Mrs. Seth S. Gross & family Mrs. Ruth “Babs” Rubinow providing for our weekly kiddushes.
Dr. Larry Grossinger Rabbi Moshe & Meira Saks & family To those of you who have not yet paid
Mr. & Mrs. Scott Herlands Mrs. Renee Schectman & sons this year's dues, or have never
Mr. Herbert Hollenberg Mr. & Mrs. Elliot Schoenberg contributed, I strongly encourage you
to do so, so that we can continue to
Sisterhood Leagrams support our Temple in the manner to
which it has become accustomed.
Birthdays Marian Beckhorn
Michael Weinberg 10/24
Pearl Willner 9/2 Janet Moskovitz 10/26
Mildred Weinberg 9/5 Jacob Nogi 10/27 Ruth & Joseph Hollander 9/18
Richard Jacobson 9/5 Penny Myers 10/27 Rochelle & Robert Land 9/24
Rhonda & David Fallk 10/01
Faye Rosenberg 9/7 Erroll Goldstein 10/29
Ann & Edward Monsky 10/12
Jerry Frank 9/8 Barbara Ehrenpreis 11/2 Michelle & Alan Smertz 10/14
Larry Grossinger 9/11 Renee Schoenberg 11/6 Bonnie & Kenneth Green 11/1
Marvin Pollack 9/13 Ronna Manglaviti 11/8 Gladys & Jack Suravitz 11/7
Jill & James Linder 11/9
Charlotte Pollack 9/16 Robert Weinman 11/10
Rhonda & Steve Sugarman 11/16
Goldye Weinberger 9/20 Edward Monsky 11/11 Iris & Michael Mardo 11/21
Elliot Schoenberg 9/21 Alexander Fookson 11/13 Sondra & Morey Myers 11/25
Stuart Pollack 9/21 Anita Pinkus 11/14 Marsha & Murray Glick 11/26
Edwin Utan 9/24 Anna Lisak 11/15
Louis Nivert 9/24 Faye Bishop 11/20
Send anniversary and/or birthday greetings. One
Marilyn Wolk 9/26 Karen Pollack 11/22
Leagram is $1.00 used for multiple listings. Please
Beverly Klein 9/28 Alan Silverman 11/25
send cash or check payable to Temple Israel
Phyllis Weinberg 9/30 Alan Smertz 11/27
Sisterhood to: Shelly Garber /501 Pine Street, Apt. 911
Saul Ziman 10/07 Anniversaries
Scranton, PA 18510
Elaine Ufberg 10/11 Miriam & Joel Joseph 9/1
Molly Grossinger 10/11 Larissa & Lawrence Simon 9/2 Total amount enclosed is: $ ______ ($1 per name
Adele Baldinger 10/12 Marsha & Larry Mandel 9/4 circled)
Michael Mardo 10/15 Linda & Sam Basch 9/4
Marian Beckhorn 10/20
Harriet & Marvin Brotter 9/6
Harold Kornfeld 10/24
Rabbi Moshe & Meira Saks 9/10
Lois Dubin 10/24 8
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