KTI, JCCH, CONGREGATION EMANU-EL, COMMUNITY SYNAGOGUE AND CHAVURAT TIKVAH

CO-PRESENT THEIR ANNUAL

SELICHOT STUDY AND SERVICE

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2012 - 21 ELUL 5773 8:30 to11:00 p.m.

Hosted by the Jewish Community Center of Harrison

A night to gather as one community, to learn, to reflect and to worship as we prepare to enter the New Year

An Evening of Reviewing and Renewing your Life On Earth

“ Seven Questions you’re asked in Heaven” The themes of study will enlighten, enrich & inspire our souls as we ex-plore the all important question: How do we measure a life well lived?

Please Join Us as we Renew, Recharge and Reflect

Everyone Welcome!!

Elul 5772 - Tishrei 5773 September-October 2012

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HIGH HOLIDAY INFORMATION

HIGH HOLIDAY TICKET SALES FOR GENERAL MEMBERSHIP THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

8:00 P.M.- 9:30 P.M. IN THE KTI SOCIAL HALL TICKETS MAY BE PICKED UP AT THE KTI OFFICE ANY TIME

AFTER SEPTEMBER 6.

HIGH HOLIDAY SERVICES

EREV ROSH HASHANAH, SEPTEMBER 16, 6:30 P.M.

ROSH HASHANAH, SEPTEMBER 17 & 18 MORNING SERVICES, 8:45 A.M.

YOUNG FAMILY SERVICE, 10:00 A.M. MINCHA & TASHLICH, 1ST DAY, 4:30 P.M.

KOL NIDRE SERVICE SEPTEMBER 25, 6:15 P.M.

YOM KIPPUR, SEPTEMBER 26 MORNING SERVICES, 9:30 A.M.

YOUNG FAMILY SERVICE, 10:00 A.M. YIZKOR SERVICE, 11:30 A.M.

MINCHA, NE’ILAH, MAARIV, 5:00 P.M. SHOFAR, 7:40 P.M.

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From the Rabbi Over the course of the Jewish year, there are several times when we say the words, “Next year in Jerusalem.” We will say these words in a few short weeks at the very end of Yom Kippur. After Ne’ilah (the final service), after Havdalah, after the final blast of the shofar, we sing “L’Shana ha-ba’ah b’yerushalayim – next year in Jerusalem!” We also say these words at the Passover seder. As you may have heard, this past May, 10 KTI congregants and friends made these words come true as we traveled throughout Israel and spent several wonderful days in Jerusalem. There were many highlights ranging from the social to the historical to the spiritual. We toured ancient synagogues and Roman ruins; we visited Machaneh Yehudah (the main market in Jerusalem) on a very busy Friday afternoon. We shopped and ate and stayed in fantastic hotels. We spent time at Yad VaShem (the Holocaust memorial museum) and Hadassah Hospital. We floated in the Dead Sea and enjoyed a jeep ride through the Golan Heights – to name just a few. One highlight for me personally, was being able to spend the Pilgrimage Festival of Shavuot in Jerusalem. Throughout history, Jewish people made their way to Jerusalem to celebrate this holiday, along with Passover and Sukkot. Shavuot has its roots in the Torah as an agricultural holiday, and it is also the holiday on which we celebrate receiving the Ten Commandments at Sinai. This past Shavuot, two members of the KTI trip accompanied me to the Western Wall. We met in our hotel lobby at 4:30 in the morning, and once we walked outside, we joined thousands of people making their way to the Kotel. It was an amazing sight to behold and experience to be a part of. As we walked toward the Wall, I couldn’t help but think that for thousands of years, Jewish pilgrims have been doing or yearning to do exactly the same thing. We joined an egalitarian Conservative group at the southern end of the Western Wall for Shavuot services. As the sun began to rise over the Wall, I felt a spiritual connection with so many generations of Jewish people who had prayed at the same site. For me, this sense of spirituality was heightened all the more so, because at this service, both women and men wore kippot and tallitot (prayer shawls). Men and women stood together, praying as one congregation, and both men and women led various parts of the service and read from the Torah. This is not a common occurrence in Israel, and it felt almost revolutionary to be part of such a service on such a holy day. It is challenging to sum up the experience of having traveled to Israel with the KTI trip, because each member of the group had his/her own personal highlight and felt his/her own special connection. The best way for me to conclude this message is to invite you to join me on KTI’s next trip to Israel. If you are interested in joining me for the journey of a lifetime, please let me know. Call me, email me, talk with me during the High Holidays, so that at the end of Yom Kippur when we say, “Next year in Jerusalem,” we will turn that dream into reality. L’Shana Tova, Best wishes for a happy, healthy New Year, Rabbi Jaymee Alpert

Yasher Koach to our summer guest speakers:

Bill Alper, Judy Conrad, David Heiser, Mark Jacobowsky, Barry Konner, John Landes, Joshua Novack, Leslie Brandeis Novack

Thank you for enriching our Shabbat experience with your words of Torah.

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This year as the High Holidays approach, I can’t help but think of

how our world more and more seems in need of a period of reflection

and redemption. This past year we have seen so much tragedy and

strife, from the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East to the economic

troubles in Europe, and to senseless violence in our own country. Then it is with some relief that I

turn to the High Holiday liturgy this year, noting that the rabbis who put the service in place many

centuries ago, were grappling with problems that really were not so different. They were also

convinced that, at least once a year, we truly need a time dedicated to confront the seriousness of

life, the inescapability of death, and the urgency of action and change. During the services, we

repeatedly confess our collective sins and recount our unworthiness, and this is meant to help us

to be better prepared to face our upcoming challenges and to push us past all the things that might

get in our way.

In the “Unetane Tokef” prayer, we are so used to hearing the haunting melodies and

reading of the fearsome imagery of sheep passing under the shepherd’s staff, up for review and

judgment. But at the end of this prayer we come to what I think is really the crux of its message: it

insists that teshuvah (atonement), tefillah (prayer), and tzedakah (justice) can remove the severity

of the decree. This tells us that our actions are of the ultimate importance – God does not rejoice

in death but rather in life. Let us take this all important message with the weight that it truly intends.

Let us really atone, pray, and enact justice this year, for it is only through this route that we may

confront our challenges head-on and make the future brighter. Teshuvah, tefilla, and tzedakah are

our tried and true paths, lending us the possibilities of action that make an obvious distance. May

the pages of the Book of Life be filled with goodness and blessing.

L’shanah Tovah u’Metukah,

Cantor Alexis K. Sklar

Cantor’s Notes

“

“Join the Yad Squad!”

- Grow your Torah reading skills!

- Gain confidence on the Bimah!

- Become an integral part of KTI!

Take on this great MITZVAH - join the club! For more information contact Cantor Sklar

by email cantorsklar@gmail.com or by calling the KTI office.

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President’s Message

The town I grew up in had about 50,000 residents, but fewer than 1% of us were Jews. My high school class had nearly 700 graduates - only four Jews. The High Holidays produced curious and somewhat conflicting emotions. On the one hand, it was the one time in the year when the entire Jewish community was there, together, in shul. Instead of having services in the tiny little shul that had originally been built by my great-grandfather and other immigrants in the late 1800s and early 1900s, where we had Shabbat, or as we said back then, “Shabbos," we sat in the social hall in the Hebrew School building and community center. They had to move in a portable ark to hold the Torah, and there was barely room for all of us. But we were together, a community; it felt good and it instilled pride. It was an important time - you knew that as a kid because your whole family treated it as important, as special. Aunt Minnie baked her wonderful Challah, a recipe Kathy has mastered to the great delight of our entire family. New dress-up clothes were bought (or made: Aunt Minnie could sew, too) for us to wear to services. And, of course, for us kids it meant three days off from school, a mini-break that none of our non-Jewish schoolmates shared. But that, too, was a reminder of how isolated a minority we were. The schools didn't close for either day of Rosh Hashanah or for Yom Kippur. And you had to bring a note from your parents to school after each holiday to explain your absence, just as if you'd been sick and kept at home. And you knew that you were different from most of your neighbors. Going away to college was a change; there was a much larger Jewish community, both in absolute numbers and in percentage. But we were still outnumbered about 4:1 and there were reminders, some subtle, others not so much, that it was founded by and had been the alma mater for generations of traditional WASPs and that we were, at best, newcomers, if not interlopers. The Port Chester - Rye Brook community, and KTI's place in it, are so different. Being Jewish here is not unusual or mysterious or suspect, and we didn't have to send “Our sons were absent because they're Jews” notes to school after the Holidays. But paradoxically, that means we need to work harder, and from within, to instill pride in our children at being Jews and joy for ourselves in our traditions. Having to define ourselves is both a freedom and an obligation. But being here at KTI for the holidays makes it easier. For nearly 30 years I've looked forward to being at KTI for the holidays and it is as special for me now as the holidays were growing up. I wish my grandparents - and Aunt Minnie - could see it with me. L'Shana Tova!

Bill Alper

President

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The Congregation Warmly

Welcomes New Members

to our KTI Family

Debra & Larry Cohen & family

Lynn & Peter Glantz & family

Anna & Michael Leder & family

Debra & Stuart Penan & family

David Ringler

Toby Sherwood

The Congregation Extends Heartfelt Condolences to:

Allene Berman and family on the loss of beloved husband, father and grandfather,

Kenneth Berman

Sonya Bernfeld and family on the loss of beloved son and brother, Howard Bernfeld

Robyn Lane and family on the loss of beloved husband, father and grandfather,

Mark Lane

Sheila Rosen and family on the loss of mother, grandmother and great-grandmother,

Harriet Cohen Fenton

Stuart Serota and family on the loss of beloved father and grandfather, Irving Serota

Jason Vinikoor on the loss of his beloved grandfather

SPONSOR A KIDDUSH !

Have you had a recent simcha in your

life - the birth of a baby, an

anniversary or birthday, an upcoming

wedding or a special memorial or yahrzeit?

You don’t even need a reason to sponsor

the kiddush after Shabbat Services.

Sole Sponsorship - $360.00

Co-Sponsorship - $118.00

Call Rita Unger at 939-1004

to make arrangements.

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WHAT DID THEY SAY?

Have you ever had difficulty hearing the Rabbi, the Cantor, or someone else

speaking from the Bimah? Now is your chance to hear everything!

KTI HAS A PERMANENT HEARING ASSISTED LISTENING SYSTEM!

Radio earphones are available for all services.

If you want to purchase your own set of radio earphones to use at all KTI services and functions,

including Shabbat Services, Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, High Holidays, etc., the donation is $300.

If you want to rent a set just for the High Holidays, the minimum donation is $25.

Please call Michael Goldstein at (914) 939-1111 (office) or (914) 939-3536 (home).

The deadline is Sunday, September 9

Sets are limited and available on a first come basis.

Congregation KTI, 575 King Street, Port Chester, New York 10573

CEMETERY MEMORIAL SERVICE

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9

10:30 A.M.

at

Riversville Cemetery Memory Lane, Glenville, Ct.

This brief and beautiful service is a most

dignified way of remembering and honoring

all of our loved ones, wherever they may be laid to rest.

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A GUIDE TO THE HIGH HOLIDAY SEASON

WHAT TO LOOK FOR

Selichot Study & Service, Saturday, September 8

Joint service with JCC Harrison, Community Synagogue, Congregation Emanu-El,

& Chavurah Tikvah at JCCH, 8:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.

Sunday, September 9

Cemetery Memorial Service at Riversville Cemetery at 10:30 a.m.

Erev Rosh Hashanah, September 16

Mincha, Ma’ariv Services, 6:30 p.m.

1st Day Rosh Hashanah, Monday, September 17

Services, 8:45 a.m.

Young Family Service in Daily Prayer Room (Synagogue building),10:00 a.m.

led by Rabbi Sandy Zisser, Director of Education, KTI Religious School

Tashlich Ceremony & Mincha by the Blind Brook at Rich Manor Park

on the corner of Rock Ridge and Acker Drives, 4:30 p.m.

2nd Day Rosh Hashanah, Tuesday, September 18

Services, 8:45 a.m.

Young Family Service in Daily Prayer Room (Synagogue building), 10:00 a.m.

led by Rabbi Sandy Zisser, Director of Education, KTI Religious School

Reception following Rosh Hashanah Services at 12:00 noon. All are welcome.

Kol Nidre, Tuesday, September 25

Mincha & Kol Nidre Services, 6:15 p.m. Candlelighting, 6:28 p.m.

Yom Kippur, Wednesday, September 26

Services, 9:30 a.m. Yizkor, 11:30 a.m.

Young Family Service in Daily Prayer Room, 10:00 a.m. led by Rabbi Sandy Zisser, Director of Education, KTI Religious School

Mincha, Ne’ilah, Maariv, 5:00 p.m. Shofar, 7:40 p.m. 1st Day Sukkot, Monday, October 1

Services, 9:30 a.m. followed by a kiddush in KTI’s sukkah

2nd Day Sukkot, Tuesday, October 2

Services, 7:30 a.m. followed by a kiddush in KTI’s sukkah

Shemini Atzeret, Monday, October 8

Services, 9:30 a.m. Yizkor Service at 10:45 a.m.

Erev Simchat Torah, Monday, October 8

Family Service & Celebration, 7:00 p.m.

Simchat Torah, Tuesday, October 9

Services, 9:30 a.m. followed by a special kiddush honoring this year’s “Hatan" Torah, the person called for the last portion of the Old Torah reading cycle, and "Kallat" Bereshit, the person called for

the first portion of the new cycle, respectively.

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PLEASE JOIN US FOR KTI’S PLEASE JOIN US FOR KTI’S YOUNG

FAMILY HIGH HOLIDAY SERVICESSERVICES

Led by Our Director of Education Rabbi Sandy Zisser

Celebrate the High Holidays with your young children,

their siblings and friends, through songs and prayer

and special PJ Library books!

Rosh Hashanah

Monday, September 17, 10:00 - 10:40 a.m.

Tuesday, September 18,10:00 -10:40 a.m. Immediately following both services all will enjoy a special Kiddush with apples and honey downstairs outside the Daily Prayer Room and then join the main service for shofar blowing

Yom Kippur Wednesday, September 26, 10:00 -10:40 a.m.

All Young Family Services will be held in the

DAILY PRAYER ROOM (downstairs in the Synagogue Building)

WE ALSO INVITE YOU TO JOIN US FOR THE

TASHLICH CEREMONY AND MINCHA SERVICE

Monday September 17 at 4:30 p.m. Rich Manor Park in Rye Brook (corner of Rock Ridge & Acker Drive)

Don’t forget to bring bread crumbs!

NON-MEMBERS WELCOME!

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HIGH HOLIDAY JUNIOR CONGREGATION SERVICES

ROSH HASHANAH

September 17 & 18

Grades 1-3, 11:00 a.m. -12:30 p.m. led by Ayala Rybak in the Gantz Building.

Following Mrs. Rybak’s service, children will be given a snack provided by PTO and

outdoor play time before being escorted to the main service for concluding prayers.

Grades 4-7, 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. led by Barry Konner in the Daily Prayer Room in the

Main building. Children are invited to join the main service until 11:00 a.m.

Following Mr. Konner’s service, children will be given a snack provided by PTO

and then are invited to return to the main service for concluding prayers.

Monday, September 17, Tashlich Ceremony & Mincha, 4:30 p.m.

by the Blind Brook at Rich Manor Park (corner of Rock Ridge Dr. & Acker Dr.)

YOM KIPPUR

Kol Nidre, September 25, & September 26

Students are welcome to attend services with their families for Kol Nidre Services.

Childcare will be provided for children 2 to 5 years of age from 5:45-8:30 p.m.

Grades 1-3, 11:00 a.m. -12:30 p.m. led by Ayala Rybak in the Gantz Building.

Following Mrs. Rybak’s service, children will be given a snack provided by PTO and

outdoor play time before being escorted to the main service for concluding prayers.

Grades 4-7, 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. led by Barry Konner in the Daily Prayer Room

in the Main building. Children are invited to join the main service until 11:00 a.m.

Following Mr. Konner’s service, children will be given a snack provided by PTO

and then are invited to return to the main service for concluding prayers.

Ne’ilah, Maariv, Shofar and Havdalah, 5:00 p.m.

Students are welcome to attend services with their families and will be invited to

participate in a beautiful candlelight Havdalah Service.

Student seating will be available in the rear of the sanctuary at no additional

cost. Student tickets may be picked up at ticket sales or in the office.

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Personal Spiritual Journey When preparing for a journey there are steps that one takes prior to leaving. You first plan your destination and make sure that you can get there in an affordable and comfortable way. Then you pack, taking the essentials and any extras that will make your journey pleasurable. You may, depending on where you are going, plan specific sightseeing and other interesting activities. Unfortunately, the journey that you look forward to comes and goes, inevitably too quickly, and then you are forced to go back to the regular grind of your life. A spiritual journey may or may not be seen in the same fashion. There are always opportunities for spiritual journeys; people can constantly be changing and growing. You can't always go looking for a spiritual journey, but if you are open to the possibility your spiritual journey can find you. My spiritual journey began twenty-three years ago with one decision: should I pursue a master’s degree in Special Education or a rabbinical program resulting in semicha? Ultimately, I chose a master’s in Special Education. I explored both options, and I even interviewed at the Jewish Theology Seminary and at Yeshiva University. But, I quickly found out that they both were not what I was looking for. I was planning to get married, I had just started a new job, and the time demands of a rabbinical school program were too demanding. One thing was clear though, I wanted to work in Jewish education. Little did I know that these decisions that I made so long ago would actually influence my decisions now. Many events in my family over the past two years were the springboard to my re-evaluation of my personal Judaism and my role in the Jewish community. What I didn't realize was that not only were my wife and children on a spiritual renewal, but I was as well. This past year has made me really think about the future and fate of Judaism in terms of its movements. The more I read the more consumed I became. The number of unaffiliated Jews in the United States was an eye-opening fact for me. Living in a "Jewish bubble" in a major metropolitan area can sometimes give you a false sense of what Judaism really is like across the country. The national statistic speaks for itself; 50% of the American Jewish population is unaffiliated with any movement. It is hard to believe this living where we do. Are these families really not connected religiously to any synagogue and only maybe get their Judaism fix three times a year, if at all? This year has allowed me to see the spiritual journey that was laid out before me. Judaism is more than the synagogue you belong to or what you follow in your personal life. Judaism is about the people, as much as it is about the history or the halacha (Jewish Law). So after almost a quarter of a century I finally have fulfilled the other half of my decision that I made so long ago. In a few short days I will be graduating from rabbinical school and will be ordained as a rabbi. This leg of my journey has been very exciting for me and at certain points very overwhelming. But no goal is worthy if it is too easy to attain. Life is a journey. We are continuously traveling and growing, but sometimes we get too comfortable in our daily lives and stop. We forget to look for markings blazing the trail. It is only when you remember to take notice of them again, can you move forward and continue to travel on your journey. I look forward to seeing you all very soon as we begin a new path on our collective journey. Shabbat Shalom, Rabbi Sandy Zisser

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KTI Religious School

A Special Occasion .....

Anniversary, Birthday, Wedding,

Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Graduation

Celebrate with a leaf on

our Tree of Life

cost $180.00

A beautiful way to commemorate

important life cycle events.

Thanks to the generosity of our members, KTI has

been able to send in more than $1,500 in donations

to the Friends of JTS this year.

The $20 JTS voluntary donation which appears on

your bill at the beginning of every calendar year is

sent to the Jewish Theological Seminary to provide

scholarship assistance to deserving students in their

five New York-based schools: The Rabbinical

School, the H.L. Miller Cantorial School, the

Graduate School, the William Davidson Graduate

School of Jewish Education and List College.

With community support, JTS will continue to

provide the finest education for the Jewish leaders

of tomorrow.

Welcome to a new school year! As summer begins to wind down, we are busy getting ready for another fabulous year at the KTI Religious School. I hope that everyone had a restful summer and that all batteries are recharged. First I would like to welcome back our returning teachers: Jeff Siegel, Ayala Rybak, Yona Ashani, Talia Marcus, Ruchama Schechter, Helene Wurtzel, Eric Loewenberg and Karen Stamatis. This year as we have a need for two Dalet classes, Talia Marcus will be joining Ayala Rybak to teach Kitah Dalet. Also Ruchama Schechter will be moving to teach Kitah Hei this year. Our entire faculty is excited to begin working with your children. This year we are continuing as a member of LOMED through a grant from the Jewish Education Project. Through this grant we are able to continue bringing wonderful and meaningful programs to our school such as Got Shabbat! for our Dalet families and J-Time for our Hei families. Through our work as a LOMED member synagogue we have confirmed the power of multi-grade learning. This coming school year we are very excited to be piloting Beh-hee-rah (Hebrew word meaning choice program) in Kitah Hei, Kitah Vav and Kitah Zayin. Beh-hee-rah will allow children to choose a four - week course taught by one of our teachers. The program will run for a four- week cycle on Tuesdays from 5:20-6:00pm. After the cycle is completed the children will be able to choose another course to take for the next four weeks. Beh-hee-rah will be in addition to the regular classroom instruction for each grade on Tuesdays. Our faculty and staff met many times last school year to plan for Beh-hee-rah and are very excited for this program. The goals of Beh-hee-rah are to give the children some flexibility in their learning, an opportunity for inter-grade learning, and a more hands-on learning experience. The 2012-2013 school year is gearing up to be a wonderful year full of learning and growth. We wish you a very happy and healthy new year! Shana Tovah!

Rabbi Sandy Zisser

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HIGH HOLIDAY CHILD CARE PROGRAM

Provided for children ages 2 to 5.

Children must be toilet trained.

All families with young children are invited to the Young Family Services on Rosh Hashanah and Yom

Kippur at 10:00 a.m. in the Daily Prayer Room in the main building.

Child care will continue in the KTI Early Childhood Program classrooms in the Gantz Building as follows:

Rosh Hashanah

Monday, September 17 & Tuesday, September 18 10:30 a.m. -1:15 p.m.

Yom Kippur Kol Nidre - Tuesday, September 25

5:45 - 8:00 p.m.

Wednesday , September 26, 10:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Advance registration is required. No children will be permitted to attend the program if they have not

been pre-registered. NO EXCEPTIONS!

Call the KTI Office, 939-1004 by Thursday, September 13 to register.

Welcome back to the KTI Early Childhood program! We are so excited for school to begin on September 10th. We welcome our many new students and their families, and know they will feel part of the big KTI family quickly. September will be a busy month as the children will be meeting new friends, adjusting to school and experiencing lots of new things. Their days will be filled with fun activities and stories about Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. They will taste apples and honey and hear the Shofar sound. The children will also place the plants from our summer garden inside the new greenhouse. Weekly Shabbat with the Early Childhood program will begin our first week. All the children and teachers will gather with the Rabbi and Cantor to light the candles, learn the prayers, sing songs and eat yummy challah. It is a warm and special time that we all enjoy. By October, school will be in full swing. When autumn arrives the children feel the cool breezes of the season and experience all the fun it brings: changing leaves, pine cones, falling acorns, apple tastings, birds that migrate. The festive holiday of Sukkot will also be celebrated in October. The children will create decorations for a synagogue Sukkah and join the Rabbi in it to sing songs, smell the etrog and shake the lulav. We also hope ECP parents will join us on Sunday, November 4th for our popular ‘Bagels and Blocks.' Wishing you a joyous, healthy and happy new year! Best,

Robin Goldberg

Director, KTI Early Childhood Program

KTI EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM

AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES 2012

We offer many enriching activities for three and four

year olds including soccer, mad science, nature, art,

movement, fitness, yoga, cooking, drama, team activities

and more.

A choice of two activities is offered for

each age group every afternoon Monday through Friday

on a trimester schedule.

Classes are open to all three and four year old children.

with priority given to children in our ECP Program.

Check our website, ktionline.org for a detailed schedule

of classes and a registration form. Information can be

located under the education tab.

Any questions please contact Robin Goldberg,

ECP Director, 939-1010.

K.T.I. Early Childhood Program

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“KTI in the Kitchen” A Cookbook

LOVE TO EAT? LOVE TO COOK? LOVE TO SUPPORT THE KTI COMMUNITY?

Congregation KTI and the Early Childhood Program are working together to compile a brand new cookbook - “KTI

IN THE KITCHEN.” It will be a collection of our community’s favorite, tried and true recipes.

“KTI IN THE KITCHEN” will be dedicated in memory of

Karen Schek, our past ECP Director.

Kosher or kosher style please (no chicken parm, pulled pork or shrimp scampi.) We’ll include as many of your reci-

pes as possible, so please submit them now using the categories below:

Categories

Appetizers and Beverages Main Courses

Soups and Salads Side Dishes

Breads and Muffins Desserts

A treasure for all cooks! Great Passover and Mother’s Day gifts!

Recipes must be submitted by November 1st. Questions? Email: KTIKitchen@gmail.com or call KTI 914-939-1004

Thanks so much, the KTI in the Kitchen Committee:

Jessie Berkowitz, Janet Heiser, Pam Kaplow, Laurie Landes, Nancy Lumish, Gail Solow,

Beth Wexler & Sue Zverin

Recipes can be submitted in 3 easy ways:

1. Submit online at utypeit.cookbookpublishers.com Find instructions on our website

by copying the following link into your web browser:

http://ktionline.org/article.aspx?id=133143986511&libID=133143986511

2. Email to KTIKitchen@gmail.com with your name and phone number

3. Fill in a recipe form and return to KTI

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METHOD

“KTI in the Kitchen” One recipe per page please

RECIPE CATEGORY

Appetizers & Beverages Soups & Salads Side Dishes Main Courses Breads & Muffins Desserts

Holidays

RECIPE TITLE__________________________________________________________________

INGREDIENTS

Please use these abbreviations: c., tsp., Tbsp., pkg., qt., pt., oz., lb.

Submitted by

Please include submitter’s name as it is to appear in cookbook. Phone Number Email

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September 2012 - Elul 5772/Tishrei 5773

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

Ki Tetze

9:30 a.m. Service

2

8:30 a.m. Service

3

Labor Day

Sydney Goodman

Bat Mitzvah, 9:45 a.m.

9:45 a.m. Service

4

5

6 High Holiday Ticket

Sales, 8:00-9:30 p.m.

ECP Parent

Orientation:

2’s, 7:15 p.m.

3’s & 4’s, 8:00 p.m.

7

6:59 Candlelighting

8

Ki Tavo

Selichot Service

with JCCH & Rye

Community at JCCH,

8:30 -11:00 p.m.

9:30 a.m. Service

9

Cemetery Memorial

Service Riversville

Cemetery in Glenville, Ct.

10:30 a.m.

8:30 a.m. Service

10

ECP 2’s, 3’s & 4’s

First Day

11

Religious School

First Day

Gimel-Zayin

12

13

Religious School

First Day

Torah-Bet

14

6:47 Candlelighting

15

Nitzavim

9:30 a.m. Service

16

Erev Rosh

Hashanah

Mincha & Maariv

6:30 p.m. Services

6:44 Candlelighting 8:30 a.m. Service

17

Rosh Hashanah

8:45 a.m. Services

Young Family Service

10:00 a.m. Tashlich &Mincha,

4:30 p.m.

6:45 p.m. Candlelighting

18 Rosh Hashanah

Morning Services

8:45 a.m. Young Family Service

10:00 a.m.

Shofar 10:45 a.m.

19 ECP 2’s First Day

20

21

6:35 Candlelighting

22

Vayelech

Shabbat Shuvah

9:30 a.m. Service

23 8:30 a.m.

30

8:30 a.m.

Erev Sukkot 6:20 Candlelighting

24

25 Erev Yom Kippur

Mincha/Kol Nidre

6:15 p.m. Services

6:28 Candlelighting

26 Yom Kippur

9:30 a.m. Services

Young Family Service 10 a.m.

Yizkor Service 11:30 a.m.

Mincha, Neilah, Maariv 5 p.m.

27

28 6:23 Candlelighting

29 Ha’Azinu

Danielle Goz

Bat Mitzvah, a.m. 9:30 a.m. Service

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October 2012 - Tishrei/Heshvan 5773

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

Sukkot

9:30 a.m. Service

2 Sukkot

7:30 a.m. Service

3

4

Pizza in the Hut

5:00 - 6:00 p.m.

for ECP, Torah

LaTaf –Gimel

5

6:12 Candlelighting

6 Hol Hamoed Sukkot

Haazinu

9:30 a.m. Service

7 Hoshanah Rabbah

Erev Shemini Atzeret

8:30 a.m. Service

6:08 Candlelighting

8 Shemini Atzeret

Services, 9:30 a.m. Yizkor,

10:45 a.m.

Simchat Torah

Celebration, 7:00 p.m.

9 Simchat Torah

Services, 9:30 a.m.

9:30 a.m. Service

10

11

12

6:00 Candlelighting

13

Bereshit

9:30 a.m. Service

14

15

16

17

18

19

Musical Kabbalat

Shabbat

6:30 p.m. Service

5:50 Candlelighting

20

Noah

Emily Wexler

Bat Mitzvah a.m.

9:30 a.m. Service

21

Kitah Vav Nosh &

Drash

9:15-11:00 a.m.

8:30 a.m. Service

22

23

24

5:51 Candlelighting

25

7:30 a.m. Service

26

6:30 p.m. Service

5:48 Candlelighting

27 Lech Lecha

Rachel Jacobs

Bat Mitzvah a.m.

9:30 a.m. Service

28

8:30 a.m. Service

29

30 31

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November 2012 - Heshvan - Kislev 5773

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

2

6:30 p.m. Service 5:31 Candlelighting

3 Vayera

Stacy Gerchick

Bat Mitzvah, a.m.

9:30 a.m. Service

4

ECP Bagels &

Blocks,

9:30 -11:00 a.m. 8:30 a.m. Service

5

6

7

Munch & Learn with

Rabbi Alpert,

12:15 p.m.

8

9

4:23 Candlelighting

10

Chaye Sarah

Alec Milbauer

Bar Mitzvah, a.m.

9:30 a.m. Service

11

8:30 a.m. Service

12

13

ECP Book Fair/

Boutique

14

ECP Book Fair/

Boutique

15

Rosh Hodesh Kislev

ECP Book Fair/

Boutique

16

Musical Kabbalat

Shabbat 6:30 p.m. Service

4:19 Candlelighting

17

Toldot

9:30 a.m. Service

18

8:30 a.m. Service

19

20

21

22

Thanksgiving

Office Closed

23

Office Closed 4:14 Candlelighting

24

Vayetze

9:30 a.m. Service

25

8:30 a.m. Service

26

27

28

29

30

4:09 Candlelighting

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D O N A T I O N S

GENERAL FUND In Honor of: *Stanley Buchholz’s 85th birthday, from Judith Myers *Leo Frank’s 99th birthday, from Leslie & Henry Novack *Helen and Harold Lehrer’s 65th wedding anniversary, from Ilene & Mark Lowenthal *Janet & Robert Paul’s 50th wedding anniversary, from Sonya Bernfeld & Joe Gianfrancesco, Paula & Larry Rebak, Sheila & David Rosen, Karen & Bob Walker *Martha Schiller’s special birthday, from Sheila & David Rosen *Donations were received from Henry Lowet in honor of his special birthday, from Sara Marshall in memory of her beloved parents, from Janet & Robert Paul in honor of their 50th wedding anniversary, from Joyce & Richie Tanchum in appreciation for the get well wishes from KTI Hesed and from Bob Tunick for receiving an aliyah at Yizkor services. Congratulations and Best Wishes to: *Bethany & Larry Engle, on Ben’s graduation from college, from Rhoda & Richard Shapiro *David Gelfarb, on the Bat Mitzvah of Allison, from Joyce & Joe Askinasi, Janet & David Heiser *Leslie & Henry Novack, on Josh’s high school graduation, from Rhoda & Richard Shapiro *Janet & Robert Paul, on the B’nai Mitzvah of their grandchildren, Griffin & Perri, from Ruth Cohen *Janet & Robert Paul, on the birth of their granddaughter, Willow, from Harriet Balter, Ruth Cohen *Rhoda & Richard Shapiro, on Sheryl’s marriage to Eric Bassin, from Norman Berkowitz, Nori Goldsmith & Len Blum, Cindy & Gary Jacobs, Marian & Bill Kromberg, Leslie & Henry Novack, Rita & Len Unger *Robert & Karen Walker, on the marriage of their daughter Amy to Jonathan Bellows, from Rita Unger & Nancy Mustacato *Sandy Zisser, on being ordained as a Rabbi, from Lori & Bruce Greenbaum Deepest Sympathy and Condolences to: *Allene Berman & family, in memory of beloved husband, father & grandfather, Ken, from Harriet

Balter, Dr. Norman Berkowitz, Debra & David Berman & family, Laurel & Saul Bershadker, Judy & Stanley Buchholz, Bevery & Les Cheikin, Ruth Cohen & family, Judy & Doug Conrad, Linda & Paul Ellenbogen, Edith & Sy Evans, Nate Feinman & Barbara Abramson, Jackie & Bud Freedman, Dorothy Friedman, Susy & Neil Glasgall, Jill & Ken Goldman, Nori Goldsmith & Len Blum, Janet & David Heiser, Marilyn & Irving Kaplan, Pam & Mark Kaplow, Marian & Bill Kromberg, Helen & Harold Lehrer, Ilene & Mark Lowenthal & family, Leslie & Henry Novack, the Rednick family, Karen & Ron Rettner, Howard Rubin, Sherry & Alan Salzman, Barbara & Jared Scharf, Martha Schiller, Joyce & Richard Tanchum, Benjamin Vinokur, Karen & Robert Walker, Diane Yasgur *Sonya Bernfeld, in memory of beloved son, Howard, from Selma Bubel, Mimi & Hy Charney, Dorothy & Fischel Myers, Linda & Marc Goldstein, Carole Harnoff, Dee Jacobson & Jim Eagan, Erna Kahan, Janet & Dennis Kirsch, Helen & Harold Lehrer, Elaine Levine, Phyllis & Harry Mix, Sheila & David Rosen, Martha Schiller, Gertrude & Gerald Silverstein, Joyce & Richard Tanchum *Mariann Bernfeld, in memory of beloved husband, Howard, from Gertrude & Gerald Silverstein *William Bernfeld, in memory of beloved brother, Howard, from Steven Cohen *Debbie Brand, on the loss of her beloved sister, Jacqueline Proner, from Barbara & Dave Morris *Glenn Christal & family, in memory of beloved mother, Gloria, from Debra & David Berman and family *The Finger family, in memory of beloved mother and grandmother, Belle, from Mimi & Hy Charney *Jean Goldfarb & Richard Goldfarb, in memory of beloved mother, Thelma Wein Goldfarb, from Barbara Cohen, Ruth Cohen, Steven Cohen, Janet Stolar *The Kahan family, in memory of beloved husband, father & grandfather, Jack, from Phyllis Haas *Bruce Kaliner & family, in memory of beloved father, Howard, from Debra & David Berman and family

Allen Kohn, in memory of beloved mother, Herta, from Harriet Balter * Elyse Frank & George Sternman, on the loss of beloved father, Milton Sternman *Diane Yasgur, in memory of her beloved husband, Marvin, from Erna Kahan *Kaplow family, in memory of beloved cousin, Dr. Arnold Hollander, from Janet & David Heiser *Robyn Lane & family, in memory of beloved husband, father and grandfather, Mark, from Deborah Annex, Allene & Ken Berman, Debbie, David & Lisa Berman and family, Erika & David Ellenbogen, Linda & Paul Ellenbogen, Nate Feinman, Joy & Michael Goldstein, Janet & David Heiser, Ronny Hersch, Sherri & Kenny Ingwer, Pam & Mark Kaplow, Marian & Bill Kromberg, Parkside Memorial Chapels, Inc., Janet & Robert Paul, Carol & Philip Radus, Karen & Ron Rettner, Barbara Saltzman, Barbara & Jared Scharf & family, Martha Schiller, Karen & Robert Walker *Arthur Reiss, in memory of beloved mother, Pearl Friedman, from Parkside Memorial Chapels, Inc. *Sheila Rosen, in memory of beloved mother, grandmother and great grandmother Harriet Fenton, from Allene & Ken Berman, Mimi & Hy Charney, Beverly & Les Cheikin, Ruth Cohen, Linda, Paul & Lauren Ellenbogen, Stefanie Ellenbogen, Nate Feinman, Joyce & Bill Fox, Jackie & Bud Freedman, Jackie & Marvin Goldowsky, Linda & Marc Goldstein and family, Sheila & Jack Granowitz, Janet & David Heiser, Ilene & Mark Lowenthal, Parkside Memorial Chapels, Inc., Gerry Roth, Barbara & Jared Scharf, Martha Schiller & family, Joyce & Richard Tanchum, Karen & Bob Walker, Ethel & Mort Weisburd *Stuart Serota, in memory of beloved father, Irving, from Stacy & Jonathan Hochberg and family, Margot Metzger & Steve Glick *Elyse Frank & George Sternman, in memory of beloved father, Milton Sternman *Michelle Weiner & family, in memory of beloved father, from Debra & David Berman and family Speedy Recovery to: *Dr. Joseph Elfenbein, from Janet & Robert Paul *Linda Goldstein, from Allene & Ken Berman, Jackie & Bud Freedman

The Congregation Gratefully Acknowledges Contributions to KTI

KTI is in need of a gas BBQ grill. If you,

or someone you know, has a grill they

would like to donate to us, please contact

the KTI office, 939-1004 and we can

arrange for a pick up.

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*Jared Scharf, from Allene & Ken Berman, Debbie & Barry Konner, Sheila & David Rosen *Richie Tanchum, from Judy & Doug Conrad PRAYERBOOK FUND In Honor of: *Jared Scharf’s special birthday, from Marian & Bill Kromberg In Loving Memory of: *Julius Eisenberg, beloved father, from Arthur Eisenberg *Sol Jacob Feinman, beloved brother, from Nate Feinman *Ruth Simon, beloved mother, from Helene Simon Deepest Sympathy and Condolences to: *Sonya Bernfeld, in memory of beloved son, Howard, from, Barbara Cohen, Ruth Cohen, Steve Cohen, Janet & Robert Paul *Sheila Rosen, in memory of beloved mother, Harriet Fenton, from Eleanor & Henry Lowet, Janet & Robert Paul YAHRZEIT FUND In Loving Memory of: *Ceil Azorsky, beloved mother and grandmother, from Sonya, William & Howard Bernfeld *August Berman, beloved father, from Ken Berman *Israel Buchholz, beloved father, from Stanley Buchholz *Arthur Clark, beloved brother, husband, father and grandfather, from Mindy Clark and family *Sarah & Samuel Clark, beloved parents, from Mindy Clark and family *Arthur Cohen, beloved father, from Barbara Brandon *Elie Cohen, beloved son, from Raphael & Nina Cohen *Joseph Cohen, beloved father, from Judith Buchholz *Frenchy Falik, beloved sister, from Jay Golding *Birdie Goldstein, beloved mother, from Sheryle & Edward Goldstein *Maurice Halperin, beloved father, from Belle Simon *Irving Katz, beloved father, from Howard Katz *Herman Kromberg, beloved father, from Bill Kromberg *Joseph Landes, beloved father, from John Landes *William Lowenthal, beloved father, from Mark Lowenthal

*Arthur Melamed, beloved grandfather, from Aliza Melamed *Herman Parker, beloved father & grandfather, from Ronnie & David Parker and family *Ida Perlman, beloved mother, from Marian Kromberg *Lynn Clark Radom, beloved niece, daughter and sister, from Mindy Clark and family *Deborah Schwartz, beloved aunt, from Barbara Wexler * Lucille & Julius Rutberg, beloved grandparents, from Dr. Henry Novack *Frieda Simon, beloved mother, from Arthur Simon *Lawrence B. Somkin, beloved brother, from Ilene Lowenthal *Rose Somkin, beloved mother, from Ilene Lowenthal *Sadie Tanchum, beloved mother, from Joyce & Richie Tanchum *Beatrice Tanny, beloved sister and sister-in-law, from Mimi Charney and Erna Kahan *Ben Tunis, beloved father, from Diane Yasgur KIDDUSH FUND In Loving Memory of: *Sidney Brandeis, beloved father, from Leslie Novack *Samuel Goldstein, beloved father, from Arnold Goldstein *Minna Haas, beloved grandmother, from Janet & David Heiser *Freddy Heiser, beloved father, from Janet & David Heiser *Hede & Isidore Loeb, beloved aunt and uncle, from Janet & David Heiser *Syd & Samuel Paul, beloved parents, from Janet & Robert Paul *Ruth & Frank Soifer, beloved parents, from Janet & Robert Paul *Sarah Rosenbaum, beloved mother, from Joanie & Norman Rosenbaum *Fred Schwartz, beloved father, from Victoria & David Yolen *Sam Yolen, beloved grandfather, from Victoria & David Yolen In Honor of: *Allison Gelfarb, on the occasion of her Bat Mitzvah, from the Gelfarb family A donation was received from Leslee & Barry

Albalah in honor of their special wedding anniversary and grandpa Lawrence Altman’s yahrzeit RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND In Honor of: *Rabbi Alpert, on being honored by Hadassah, from Rickie & Monroe Haas *The naming of their daughter, Natalie, from Jennifer & Seth Fier In Loving Memory of: *Jack Kahan, beloved husband, from Erna Kahan *Fred Levine, beloved father, from Robbie Sedler LADIES AID Deepest Sympathy and Condolences to: *Sonya Bernfeld, in memory of beloved son, Howard, from Jackie & Marvin Goldowsky, Jeanne & Goody Sculky *Robyn Lane & family, in memory of beloved husband, father and grandfather, Mark, from Jackie & Marvin Goldowsky In Loving Memory of: *Claude Amsellem, beloved husband, from Josette Amsellem *William Azorsky, beloved grandfather, from Sonya Bernfeld *Miriam Bernfeld, beloved mother and grandmother, from Sonya Bernfeld and family HEBREW SCHOOL FUND In Honor of: *Dr. David Berman for the Gadna Program, from Stephen Schechter SANCTUARY RENOVATION FUND In Honor of: *All who supported his yahrzeit minyan, from Barry Konner *Cantor Sklar, from Debbie & Barry Konner ECP FUND Deepest Sympathy and Condolences to: *Freddy Finger, in memory of beloved mother, Belle, from Janet & Dennis Kirsch *Larry Grubler & family, in memory of beloved father, from Janet & Dennis Kirsch

D O N A T I O N S (Continued)

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The KTI College Committee would like to

keep in touch with you throughout the

2012-2013 school year. Please indicate

your updated college address below.

NAME_______________________________ ____________________________________ ADDRESS___________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ Email:_______________________________

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credit for 11 tribute cards.

Take advantage of this

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For General Fund Donations

Only!!

Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund, Prayerbook, and Kiddush donations

must be paid by separate check.

Call the KTI Office, 939-1004 for

more information.

GENERAL FUND - Supports general maintenance of synagogue facilities. RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND - Funds dispensed by Rabbi as she sees fit for charitable and educational purposes. CANTOR’S DISCRETIONARY FUND-Funds dispensed by Cantor for musical programs and activities. KIDDUSH FUND - $118 donation to co-sponsor kiddush and $360 to be a sole sponsor. Funds are allocated to subsidize Saturday morning kiddushim and collations on Friday night and holidays. PRAYER BOOK FUND - $36 donation used to replenish supply of weekday, sabbath and holiday prayer books. YAHRZEIT & MINYAN FUNDS - Donations are used to purchase or replace religious items - torah covers, kippot, lace coverings, taleisim, havdalah sets - and for maintenance of Memorial Boards. RELIGIOUS SCHOOL FUND - Funds subsidize enrichment programs and materials for the Religious School. EARLY CHILDHOOD FUND - Funds are used for books, toys and special programs for the nursery program. LADIES AID - Donations provide a small monthly stipend for individuals/families in our community who are in need LIBRARY FUND - Books will be purchased for our new library in the Gantz Building Multi-purpose room. HESED FUND - Donations are used to fulfill acts of loving kindness, bringing comfort to those in the community who are in need. TREE OF LIFE - $180 per leaf for the Tree of Life in the vestibule of the main building to commemorate special occasions. MEMORIAL PLAQUES - $360 for a brass plaque hung in the Daily Prayer Room in memory of a departed loved one. It is lit each year during the week of the Yahrzeit observance and Yizkor holidays. PERMANENT SEATS - $1,500 per seat. A brass nameplate reserves seat(s) for family members during High Holiday Services.

CONTRIBUTIONS ARE A MINIMUM OF $10

EXCEPT WHERE NOTED.

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KTI to Participate in

Its Annual High Holiday

Food Drive!

This year our congregation will once again sponsor a food drive for the High Holidays. In our 14th year, we ask you to open your hearts (and pantries) and give generously. On Rosh Hashanah, we will hand out grocery bags, and on Kol Nidre Eve, we ask you to bring them back to the synagogue filled with food. The food will then be donated to the Interfaith Soup Kitchen at St. Peter’s Church in Port Chester and we will have started to fulfill the commandment in Deuteronomy 15:11 which says: “Because the land will always have those who are in need, which is why I command you: open your hand to the poor and needy kinsman in the land.” We will also be acting in harmony with the themes of the haftarah on Yom Kippur, which urges us to depart from our selfish ways, and think of the poor, the hungry and the downtrodden on our fast day. Please - fill the bags with tuna fish, soups, vegetables, beans, fruit cocktail, canned potatoes, peanut butter, spaghetti sauce, mustard, mayonnaise, ketchup, salad dressing, noodles, jello mix, iced tea mix, cake and brownie mix - and bring them back on Kol Nidre Eve. Let’s all participate in this mitzvah - and make it an even more meaningful Yom Kippur!

A SPECIAL FUND IS NOW IN PLACE TO

RECEIVE MONETARY DONATIONS

WHICH WILL BE USED TO

PURCHASE DESPERATELY NEEDED

COOKING POTS AND UTENSILS, PAPER

GOODS, FRESH MEATS AND DAIRY

PRODUCTS AS NEEDED FOR THE

ST. PETER’S SOUP KITCHEN.

PLEASE MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO

CONGREGATION KTI AND MAIL

TO THE KTI OFFICE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED

SUPPORT.

THE DEADLINE FOR OUR FOOTBALL POOL IS

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10

PLEASE RETURN YOUR FORMS TO THE KTI OFFICE EVEN IF YOU DO NOT WISH

TO PARTICPATE.

WJCS Offers Free Support Groups to

Caregivers

The WJCS Family Caregiver Program offers ongoing support groups in several Westchester communities for individuals and families caring for someone age 60-plus. Upcoming dates include: -- Wednesday, September 19 from 9:30 - 10:30 AM in The Ken Hamilton Caregivers Center, Northern West-chester Hospital, 400 East Main Street, Mt. Kisco. -- Wednesday, September 19 from 7:00 - 8:30 PM at Congregation B'nai Yisrael, 2 Banksville Road, Armonk.

-- Thursday, September 20 from 9:30 – 10:30 AM at

the James Harmon Community Center, 44 Main Street, Hastings-on-Hudson. For further information, contact Jane Slevin, LMFT, WJCS Family Caregiver Network Coordinator, at 914-761-0600 X143 or jslevin@wjcs.com.

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YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND

Westchester Jewish History and Heritage Month

HONORING THE JEWISH ARMED SERVICES MEN AND WOMEN

OF WESTCHESTER

Commemorating the 11th Anniversary of September 11th

Hosted by The Westchester County Board of Legislators,

Chairman Ken Jenkins and the Westchester Jewish Council (Michaelian Office Building, 148 Martine Avenue, 8th Floor, White Plains, New York)

Monday, September 10, 2012/23 Elul 5772

6:00-6:30 pm Wine & Cheese Reception “Meet and Greet” with the County Board of Legislators

6:30-7:00 pm Proclamation Presentation

7:15 pm Dessert Reception

Westchester Jewish Council Event Chair: Dan Schorr

Colonel David F. Everett, U.S. Army Reserve (Retired),

Major Jonathan Gross US Military Academy and

WWII Jewish War Veterans,

among others will be in attendance as proclamation recipients.

Reception and program are free and open to all by reservation only.

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Thursdays from 9:15 – 10:30 AM at Temple Israel

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Led by Ruth Rosenblum, LCSW, Certified

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No prior meditation experience required. All are

welcome. Participants don’t have to be temple

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contact Ruth at rrosenblum@wjcs.com or 761-

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Celebrations for Persons with Developmental Disabilities

WJCS Havorah is hosting programs for persons with developmental disabilities. All are welcome and admission is free. For more info, contact Gail Oliver at 845 565-8610 or gailao777@aol.com. The schedule is as follows: Rosh Hashanah Celebration on Thursday, September 13, 2012 at 7:00 PM at Temple Shaaray Tefila, 89 Baldwin Road, Bedford. Yom Kippur Service on Wednesday, September 19 at 7:00 PM at Temple Beth Abraham, 25 Leroy Avenue, Tarrytown. Sukkot Celebration on Thursday, October 4 at 7:00 PM at Congregation Sons of Israel, 1666 Pleasantville Road, Briarcliff Manor.

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The True Meaning of Yom Kippur

Many congregants abstain from food on Yom Kippur to focus on the purpose of the day – Teshuva – repentance. For the past 21 years, Westchester congregations have made this fast experience even more significant by donating ap-proximately $25,000 and over 20,500 lbs. of food each Yom Kippur to the Food Bank for Westchester. The Food Bank is the supply and support center for 227 frontline hunger- relief programs throughout Westchester – food pantries, soup kitchens, and shelters. Each donated dollar can help the Food Bank acquire over $4 worth of food through the bulk- buying power and membership in Feeding America, national network. The Food Bank for Westchester provides food for over 2,000 children through our BackPack Program and another 600 children through the Kids Café program every month, along with many other services to people who are hungry or at risk of hunger. The demand for food continues to increase so dramatically, that earlier this year, the Food Bank for Westchester relo-cated to a much larger facility in Elmsford. This new 36,000 sq. foot warehouse triples our warehouse space, ena-bling us to distribute more food to more hungry people. We need your continued support to fill the warehouse with much needed food. Please consider joining us in the fight against hunger again as part of your Yom Kippur tradition this year. You can use the donation envelope provided or donate on our secure website at www.foodbankforwestchester.org. Please enter your synagogue’s name where prompted when making your donation.

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Since t ime immemorial, blessing the lulav (palm branch) and etrog (citron) has been the Jewish way of thanking God for the blessings of the earth on the holiday of Sukkot. By pointing the four species together in six directions, we remind ourselves that God’s presence can be found in every area of our lives. The lulav and etrog provide us with wonderful opportunities for family involvement. Kids (and adults!) love the sight, the smell, the touch of the lulav and etrog, and of the flax in which we wrap the etrog. Everyone can be involved in putting together the different parts of the lulav. The blessings can be made by the family together, not only in shul on Yom Tov but also during Hol Hamoed (the intermediate days of Sukkot) at home, every day! And kids love to carry the lulav and etrog to and from synagogue and in shul during the Hoshanot procession. Sukkot is a very tactile, dramatic holiday, and the high point occurs in shul, when a roomful of

people carrying lulavim and etrogim form a procession for Hoshanot. This is one of those mitzvot (command-ments) that is best done by a large crowd. You really feel a sense of the holiday when the whole community comes together, lulav and etrog in hand, circling the synagogue. And celebrating Sukkot with the mitzvah of lulav and etrog is a powerful answer to Jewish apathy. Reading frightening statistics about assimilation and intermarriage, many Jews throw up their hands and say “what can we do?” With the lulav and etrog we have a tool in our hands to fight back against Jewish apathy. With one act, one mitzvah, the Jewish community can make a powerful group statement about our will to renew ourselves spiritually. Let’s do it together! Let large numbers of us purchase a lulav and etrog, make the blessings and bring them to shul for Hoshanot! We will make it easy for you! The Synagogue will order the lulavim and etrogim for a price of $45 per set. Orders must be

submitted to the KTI Office by Thursday, September 20. We will make sure you receive your lulav and etrog by Friday, September 28. On Monday, October 1 and Tuesday, October 2, we will find a Synagogue full of people bearing lulavim and etrogim - and our Synagogue will be transformed into a wonderful sea of green and yellow! Join us in this mitzvah! Fill out the form below, return it with your check to the Synagogue. A Joyous Sukkot to All!

HOW DO WE PRAISE GOD, WITH PLANTS?

LULAV & ETROG ORDER FORM Name:______________________________________________________ Address: ___________________________________________________ Telephone: _________________________________________________ Please order _______ lulav and etrog set(s) for us. We enclose a check for $45 per set. Reminder: We use the lulav and etrog in synagogue on October 1 and 2.

NON-PROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE

PAID WHITE PLAINS, NY PERMIT NO. 1106

CONGREGATION KTI 575 King St., Port Chester, NY 10573

Port Chester, N.Y. 10573 (914) 939-1004 www.ktionline.org

Rabbi Jaymee M. Alpert

Cantor Alexis K. Sklar William Alper, President

Bonnie Baker, Vice President

Jeffrey Goodman, Vice President

Bruce Lumish, Treasurer

Elyse Echtman, Secretary

Sam Barkin

David Heiser

Past Presidents Rabbi Sandy Zisser Education Director Robin Goldberg Early Childhood Program Director Rita Unger Synagogue Administrator Marian Kromberg K.T. Items Editor