Post on 06-Oct-2020
The Temple Tablet
Temple Israel 130 Riverside Drive
Dayton, OH 45405
937-496-0050
www.tidayton.org
October 2020
Vol. 57, No. 2
Sukkot and Simchat Torah Drive–Thru Experience!
Pandemic creativity
reigns here at Temple
Israel. Join us for our
Sukkot and Simchat
Torah Drive-Thru! Jump
in the car and come on
down to Temple for a
fun family experience.
You’ll have the
opportunity to drive
through a sukkah and
shake the lulav and etrog.
Join us in the Temple
Israel parking lot for fun,
socially distant activities!
Our sukkah kits are
available to anyone in the
congregation who would
like to construct one at
home. Call the office to
make arrangements to
pick one up.
We will have a virtual
Simchat Torah service
on Saturday, October
10 at 10:30 a.m.
Online Worship and Learning with Temple Israel
Temple’s new YouTube Channel, is https://www.youtube.com/c/templeisraeldaytonohio
Our live stream address is: https://www.youtube.com/c/TempleIsraelDaytonOhio/live
Thanks to all of you who subscribed!
Shabbatot
Services at 6:30 p.m. on YouTube.
Schmooze & Nosh following services room opens at 6:20 p.m.
Zoom, meeting ID: 873 5716 6920, password: 641808
Coffee with the Clergy
Mondays at noon with Rabbi Karen Bodney-Halasz
October 5, 12, 19 and 26
Wednesdays at noon with Rabbi Tina Sobo
October 7, 14, 21 and 28*
Zoom, meeting ID: 854 4885 4049 Password: 032499
*unless the baby arrives early. Watch TIDBITS for info.
Torah Study
Saturday mornings 9:15 a.m.-10:15 a.m. on Zoom.
Feel free to sign in at 9 a.m. to catch up with friends.
Email franwr@gmail.com for the link to join.
Sukkot/Simchat Torah
Drive-Thru
Friday, October 9
4:00-7:00 p.m.
Online Sukkot Service and
Share Shabbat Dinner
Join us on Friday, October 2 at 6:00 p.m. for Shabbat
services, followed by Share Shabbat dinner. Zoom with
friends and fellow congregants as we connect as a community.
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From The Rabbi
Rabbi Karen Bodney-Halasz Senior Rabbi
Temple Israel 130 Riverside Drive
Dayton, OH 45405-4968
phone 937-496-0050
fax 888-777-0490
www.tidayton.org
OFFICE HOURS Mon-Thurs: 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Fri: 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
STAFF
Rabbi Bodney-Halasz Senior Rabbi
ext. 230 / rabbi@tidayton.org
Rabbi Sobo Epstein Family Educator
ext. 226 / educator@tidayton.org
Suzanne Shaw Executive Director
ext. 222 / suzanne@tidayton.org
Courtney Cummings
Music and Program Director ext. 224 / courtney@tidayton.org
Ellen Finke-McCarthy Facility rental and event planning;
Tablet; funerals; burials
ext. 225 / ellen@tidayton.org
Annette Stogdill Reception;
RSVP’s; donations; yahrzeits
ext. 223 / astogdill@tidayton.org
LEADERSHIP
Dan Young, President
president@tidayton.org
937-789-5855
Linda Novak, Vice President
vicepresident@tidayton.org 937-836-2458
Rick Goldberg, Treasurer
treasurer@tidayton.org
937-648-7451
Carol Graff, Secretary secretary@tidayton.org
937-306-1467
October 27 will mark two years
since the Tree of Life Synagogue
massacre. It is hard for me to think
about this month without
associating it with this tragic event.
One of the things that will forever
stay with me about the incident is
not just that it happened in the
neighborhood where my mother
grew up, but that it took place in
Mr. Rogers’ neighborhood. This
association helps me to reframe the
event. Mr. Rogers is famously
quoted as saying: “When I was a boy
and I would see scary things in the
news my mother would say to me,
‘Look for the helpers. You will
always find people who are
helping.’”
I have always appreciated this
sentiment. In fact, it inspired us to
do a bit of a spotlight this year in
TIDBITS about individuals who were
making a difference during the
coronavirus pandemic. By finding
the helpers and sharing their stories,
we are reminded that even when
bad and evil things befall us, there
are still people ready and willing to
do the right thing. Even in the midst
of tragedy, there are those who act
heroically. Their passion not only
uplifts us and provides hope, it also
inspires. We no longer just want to
look for the helpers. We want to
be a helper.
Two years ago we gathered in our
building until it was practically
bursting at the seams. Thank
goodness we didn’t need to worry
about social distancing at that time!
So many of our community leaders,
colleagues, friends, and clergy came
and sat with us and mourned with us
in the wake of the Pittsburgh
shooting. It was powerful to feel
such support. Unfortunately, over
the past few years, we have had a lot
of moments like this that have caused
us to come together as a unified
Dayton community. But none stand
out as much to me.
I take the memory of that memorial
with me as a reminder for when I
need to look for the helpers. They
are not far away; they are right here
with us.
I know that the last seven months
have been incredibly difficult for all of
us. But, in the spirit of paying honor
to Mr. Rogers’ neighborhood, I hope
we can all look and recognize not just
the powerful leaders and helpers who
have helped us navigate this
unprecedented time, but the
opportunities for our own growth as
well. As we move into this new year,
let us all strive to be the helpers.
Together we will lift one another up,
encourage each other, and work for
the betterment of our community
and the world.
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Stay In Touch!
Rabbi Bodney-Halasz and Rabbi Sobo want to reach out
to congregants in times of need and joy, but hospitals
no longer send lists of patients. Please contact the
Temple office when a friend or loved one is ill,
hospitalized, in a nursing home, assisted living facility or
shut in. Share the happy news, too—we might not
know about a marriage, birth or other simcha unless
you tell us!
Events
Food Drive
Every day, children and adults in
Dayton go hungry. We can help.
Temple collects food for the hungry
all year, so please bring in any non-
perishable and non-expired food
items or toiletries. For your
convenience, we’ll have grocery bags
ready for you to fill and return to
Temple. A collection bin is located
in the lobby.
November Birthdays
Birthdays and Anniversaries The Tablet publishes birthdays every five years starting at age 35 and annually
starting at age 85; and anniversaries every five years and annually starting at 60 years.
If you prefer not to be listed, please call Ellen at 496-0050. If you were not included in
our list, please call Ellen, and we will put your name in the next Temple Tablet.
18 Michael Goldstein
20 Carol Levitan
21 Dennis Buchanan
22 Michael Halasz
26 Ruth Silverman
27 Richard Saphire
1 Charlene Martin
2 Celia Shulman
3 Sandy Saphire
4 Audrey Margolis
7 Francia Rosenzweig
8 Sally Green
13 Daniel Miller
November Anniversaries
1 Ray and Eleanor Must celebrating 67 years
We Mourn These
Recent Deaths
Ben Shaman
cousin to Marilyn Serbin
Thelma Karp
mother to Bob Karp
Bernice Brant
Shirley Ross
grandmother to Allison Miller
Religious School Updates
Please check your email for our weekly Chailights
Newsletter for the most up-to-date information on class
times, and Zoom information for our religious school and
High Holiday sessions.
October 4 – Religious School (Art), pre-school meets
October 11 – Religious School (Tikkun Olam),
pre-K extension program meets
October 18 – Religious School (Music),
pre-school meets
October 25 – Religious School (Art),
pre-K extension meets
November 1 – Religious School (Prayer Lab),
pre-school meets and material pick-up at
Temple for Nov./Dec. supplies
October 13 – RS Committee Meeting via Zoom
Thanks From the Sobo Family
A hearty thank you to Fran Rickenbach and Courtney
Cummings for helping organize the shower for Baby Sobo.
And thanks to all those who were able to attend and have
shared some love upon our baby girl. We look forward,
b’shaah tovah, to sharing the news of her healthy arrival
and introducing all of you to her, God-willing, in person,
thereafter!
Todah Rabbah!
Rabbi Tina, Matt, Stephanie,
Danielle, & Baby Sobo
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Rabbi Tina Sobo Jerome Epstein Family Director of Education
We did it! We made it to the
infamous acharei hachagim, – after
the holidays (almost – we still have
Sukkot!); and this year’s holidays
were, and are, a little different than
past years, and the years to come.
We’ve ventured our way through
the opening of the school year
virtually (and with better
attendance!). We’ve experienced a
drive-thru Rosh Hashanah event,
and wait until you see what Sukkot
will look like!
So let’s take a minute to reflect on
Sukkot. Next month, November,
the secular world will emphasize
gratitude in preparation for
celebrating Thanksgiving, but we get
a head-start with Sukkot. We’ll
celebrate the fall harvest, come
From The Rabbi Educator
together with family and friends,
invite guests into our sukkahs, and
more. Except, much like Rosh
Hashanah and Yom Kippur, it’ll look a
bit different this year. How many
guests can I invite into my sukkah?
We won’t be leading Shabbat from
Temple’s sukkah. We won’t be
consecrating our youngsters on
Simchat Torah (don’t worry, we’ll
celebrate them later in the year!). So
what to celebrate… and how?
The sukkah is by definition a
temporary structure built each year
for that year. While we might reuse
parts from year to year, it’s all about
the current time. It symbolizes the
huts farmers dwelled in during the
harvest and the transient dwellings of
our ancestors wandering in the
desert for 40 years. Both of these
actions require a faith in God that
our needs will be met, and an
appreciation for nature that
surrounds us; as we feel the breeze
come through the walls and the sun
shine through the roof, as we smell
the sweetness of the etrog and hear
the distinct sound of the lulav
rattling as it is shaken.
Finding the usual joy of the holiday
may be harder this year while
wearing masks, staying socially
distant, and continuing in pandemic
life, but it is still zeman simchateinu, a
time of our rejoicing. Whether you
are erecting a physical sukkah or a
spiritual sukkah this year – how will
your structure bring joy, represent
gratitude, and connect you to nature
and God?
Youth Group Update From Grant Halasz
On Sunday, September 13 after Religious school, some of the youth group aged kids and I, met and discussed
different ideas for what this next year can look like. There were a lot of great ideas suggested. Some of which
include:
virtual book club, bingo board, online meditation session/yoga, work outs, (following an 80s workout video
specifically), quarantine kitchen, (making food with one another via zoom, or following a video created by
other youth group members), virtual escape room, make your own face mask, Zoom racing, virtual game
night/movie night, Purim carnival, crafts and donating crafts made to a charity
There are a lot of amazing things that can be done virtually to have fun and engage with one another! I know that
there will be more ideas and events planned when in person activities are an option again, and truly believe that the
rest of this year will lay the groundwork for years to come. Hopefully, some of the virtual events we will be
coordinated with other local Temple Youth Groups (TYGs) and others around the region. The kids also mentioned
using the new platform NFTYx. NFTYx is essentially a central platform where kids and their advisors can create
events and advertise them to anyone involved in NFTY around the country and around the world! I am hopeful to
see where these bright kids take our TYG this year and cannot wait to see them grow together and make each
other better people through these uncertain times! If anyone who was not at the aforementioned meeting would
like to get involved, please feel free to reach out to me at grant@tidayon.org for more information.
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Milestones/Events
We Remember These names are inscribed on the Memorial Tablets in our Sanctuary and, together with others whose Yahrzeit occurs during these weeks, will
be read during Shabbat services before Kaddish and listed each week in TIDBits.
October 2 and 3
Lillian O. Barrar, Joseph Bennett, Gilbert Bilenkin, Isidor Cohn, Marianna Eisenberger, Jane Leon Ensten, Hilda
Margolis Harris, Isadore (I.H.) Herman, Max Israel, Lena Jacobs, Max Margolis, Jr., Harry Meyers, Bertha Obernauer,
Sara S. Sapinsley, Harold B. Shaman, Rose T. Stern, Moses L. Tahl, Norman Thal, Truman Vaughn,
Augusta Zimmerman
October 9 and 10 Mildred H. Bernstein, Blanche Fahrer, Samuel L. Finn, Nettie Greenbaum, Sidney Kusworm, Sr., Joseph Levy,
Bernhard Liebermann, Kurt Liebermann, Jack Malovany, Abraham Marcus, Kermit H. Margolis, Arthur Pereles,
Abraham R. Rosenberg, Mary Rosenthal, M. Isaac Sachs, Leo Schram, Fannie G. Shaman, Milton C. Stern,
Florence Tannenbaum, Dorothy R. Weinberger
October 16 and 17 Clara Blau, Leah Budnick, Harry B. Cushman, Aaron Daneman, Rosalind R. Einhorn, Bill Gronefeld, Minnie Kohnop,
Gertrude H. Kottler, Frank Kuppin, Louis M. Lebensburger, William N. Leviton, Rosalie M. Levy, Ida M. Moyer,
Abraham Rosenthal, Judah Schadel, Leona Fox Smilg, Joseph Yale Tuck, Benjamin Weprin, William Wolf
October 23 and 24 Henry J. Belle, A. Bart Bremer, H. Tucker Cohn, Morton Fahrer, Helen D. Goldberg, Henry Hollander, Alvin Jacobs,
Margery Solo Klein, William Levy, William Lawrence Lewis, Louise L. Linder, Esther C. Littauer,
Marilyn M. Maierson, Bessie Maierson, Jacob H. Margolis, Regina Middleman, Jeanette Rauh, Morris Retske,
Sim Rothenberg, Florence L. Stein, Saul Weissman
October 30 and 31 David N. Casher, Marjorie Jane Emoff, Rabbi Janice Garfunkel, Maurice Golden, Harry A. Goldman,
John A. Goldzwig, Pearl Cohen Goodman, Yale J. Holt, Harry J. Jacobs, Mollie Kusworm, Henrietta Lehman,
Julian B. Littauer, Abraham I. Margolis, Helmut Orgler, Alfred Orgler, Hedwig Orgler, Walter Orgler, Heinz Orgler,
Sarah M. Roth, Louis N. Saldoff, Arnold Saldoff, Carl A. Stern
Mark a Milestone or Honor a Loved One
Leaves on the Tree of Life
Add a leaf to Temple’s Tree of Life
which hangs in the foyer alcove. Share
a happy occasion with a lasting marker
at Temple.
$400.
Endow a Yahrzeit
Engrave your loved one’s name on a
plaque in our sanctuary, and his or her
name will be read yearly on the
anniversary of his or her death now
and in the future.
$400.
Prayer books
Remember a special event or person with the gift of a new
prayer book. Temple will place a beautiful full-color
bookplate in a prayer book to honor your thoughtfulness.
$50.
Schmooze and Nosh
Celebrate Shabbat with your fellow
Temple members by sponsoring the
pre-neg/oneg. We’ll acknowledge your
gift in The Tablet and the evening of the
event.
Bricks on the Dor L’Dor Terrace
Engrave a brick on the terrace with up
to three lines of up to 14 English or
Hebrew characters each.
$135.
Library bookplates
Dedicate a book in Temple’s library and we will place a
bookplate in the front cover commemorating your gift.
Make your contribution to the
Buy-a-Book Fund in honor or in memory of a person or
event of your choice.
$25.
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Donations
Generous Contributions:
In Appreciation of
Rabbi Karen Bodney-Halasz
Ms. Karin Henhapel
In Honor of the Bar Mitzvah of
Max Holt
Jon and Emily Holt
In Memory of
Beverly Geisenfeld
The Family of Beverly Geisenfeld
In Yahrzeit Memory of
Archie Rafal
Jeff Froelich and Cynthia Pretekin
Mel Lipton
Judy Lipton
Contributions
In Honor of the retirement of
Ralph Schwartz
Debbie and Tim Robertson
In Honor of the Bar Mitzvah of
Max Holt
Mike and Patty Caruso and family
In Honor of the Special Anniversary of
Bob and Gert Kahn
Jim and Meredith Levinson
Mort and Phyllis Levine
Ralph and Sylvia Heyman
In Honor of the Special Birthday of
Alice Saidel
Bob Kahn
Daniel Sweeny
Jeffrey Kantor
Jon Holt
Larry Glickler
Pat Bloom
Ray Must
Syd Gross
Ralph and Sylvia Heyman
In Memory of
Emily November
Jeff and Linda Albert
Sondra Kulback and family
Hyla Weiskind
Mike and Patty Caruso and family
Rita Solko
Ids Monches (grandmother)
Ralph and Frances Schwartz
Ivan Zawatsky
James Stewart
Lorraine Kotler
Jeff and Linda Albert
Ken Lotney
Carol Graff
Linda Novak
Mike and Patty Caruso and family
Mory Summer
Ken and Libby Elbaum
Tribute Donations Temple gratefully acknowledges these gifts received in August 2020.
Temple lists donations of $10 or more in The Tablet, and mails notifications for donations of $18 or more. Donations of $100 or more are described as
“generous.” A complete list of Temple funds is online at http://bit.ly/ti-funds. For more information, call Temple.
Contributions Were Made These Funds:
The Alvin and Henrietta Block
Social Action Fund supports the
work of Temple Israel's Social
Action Committee.
The Cemetery Operating Fund
helps maintain Riverview Cemetery.
Rabbi Bodney-Halasz and Rabbi
Sobo use their Discretionary
Funds to advance Temple and
Judaism.
The General Operating Fund
supports Temple Israel this year.
Maxine Weinberger
Bunny Laderman
Linda Novak
Ray and Eleanor Must
Shirley Ross
Dianne and Steve Schreer
Sydelle Balas
Larry and Natalie Katz
In Support of Temple Israel
Brian Daniel Starr
In Yahrzeit Memory of
Bernard Davis
Marcia Cox
Beulah Stern Boyd
Gary Pacernick and Peggy Weller
Charlotte Stoller
Jacob Stoller
Jeff and Julie Stoller
Dr. Ben Harlan
Stephen and Marla Harlan
Ian G. Mendelson
Mae S. Chudde
Saundra and Shelah Mendelson
J. Edward Wasserman
Marshall D. Ruchman and family
Jack Hochman
Robert Hochman
Leon R. Office
Phil and Sis Office
The Stanley and Elaine
Donenfeld Greenspace Fund
helps beautify Temple’s cemetery and
grounds.
The Fund for Tomorrow supports
all aspects of Temple Israel's
operation.
The Joseph and Janet Patterson
Fund provides grants to send
children to camp at GUCI.
The Past Presidents Fund is used
to recognize the past presidents of
Temple Israel.
The Rabbi Witt Memorial
Library Fund supports the
purchase of books, subscriptions
and supplies for Temple Israel's
library.
The Walter and Selma
Ohlmann Fund supports
programs and activities in the
current year.
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7 SUN MON TUES WEDS THURS FRI SAT
Kol Nidre
7:00 p.m. Children’s
Musical Experience
7:30 p.m. Kol Nidre Service
Yom Kippur
9:00 a.m. Children’s
Musical Service
10:30 a.m.
Yom Kippur Svc.
2:00 p.m.
Eric Ward
3:30 p.m.
Healing Svc.
4:30 p.m.
Yom Kippur/Yizkor
6:00 p.m. Share Shabbat
Service
6:45 p.m. Zoom Dinner
9:15 a.m. Torah Study
8:45 a.m. Religious School
Noon
Coffee with the Clergy
Noon
Coffee with the Clergy
4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Sukkot and
Simchat Torah Drive-Thru
9:15 a.m. Torah Study
10:30 a.m. Simchat Torah
8:45 a.m.
Religious School
Noon Coffee with the
Clergy
6:00 p.m. Religious School
Committee Mtg.
Noon Coffee with the
Clergy
5:30 p.m. Executive
Committee Mtg.
6:30 p.m.
Service
7:15 p.m. Schmooze & Nosh
on Zoom
9:15 a.m.
Torah Study
8:45 a.m. Religious School
Noon Coffee with the Clergy
Noon Coffee with the Clergy
6:30 p.m. Service
7:15 p.m. Schmooze & Nosh on Zoom
9:15 a.m. Torah Study
8:45 a.m. Religious School
Noon
Coffee with the Clergy
Noon Coffee with the Clergy
6:00 p.m. Board Meeting
6:30 p.m. Service
7:15 p.m.
Schmooze & Nosh on Zoom
9:15 a.m. Torah Study
Calendar
Shabbat B’reishit
Torah: Genesis 1:1-6:8 Haftarah: Isaiah 42:5-43:10
Shabbat Shemini Atzeret/Simchat
Torah Torah: Deuteronomy 33:1-34:12; Genesis 1:1-2:3
Haftarah: Joshua 1:1-18
Shabbat Yom Rishon/Sukkot
Torah: Leviticus 23:33-44 Haftarah: Zachariah 14:6-9, 16-21
Shabbat Noach
Torah: Genesis 6:9-11:32 Haftarah: Isaiah 54:1-55:5
Shabbat Lech L’cha
Torah: Genesis 12:1-17:27 Haftarah: Isaiah 40:27-41:16
All events are virtual
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