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Rabbi Mitchell Kornspan

President Pamela Friedman

December 2018 –

January 2019

Kislev/Tevet/Shevat 5779

1

Rabbi’s message

2 Rabbi’s message (cont.)

President’s message

3 Life Cycle

4 Life Cycle (cont.)

Gift Shop

5

Donations/Tzedakah

6 Religious School

Classes

Mishneh Torah

Thanks

7 Events

8 Services

Tu B’Shevat

Hanukkah Quiz

Dear B’nai Jacob family and

Friends,

An Important Personal Message

I am writing this article to inform

you that I will be leading my last

Shabbat service June 15th, 2019.

Thereafter I will enter a new stage

of life----retirement.

Even as I write this, there is so

much I want to share with you, but

I will do this in the future. I

remember when Penny and I came

here fourteen years ago, Chanukah

of 2004. It has been almost a

decade and a half I served as your

Rabbi, and forty-six years since I

first became a Rabbi. The time

flew by like the twinkling of an

eye!

I hope I have succeeded in

teaching and following the

instruction of our great Sages, that

the main fundamental command in

Judaism upon which all others are

based is “Love your neighbor as

yourself.”

I have referred to you as B’nai

Jacob family, because my fervent

hope was always that we should

feel close to each other, be of help

to each other, and to love each

other. And, even when members of

our family had differing views, my

expectation was that you respect

each other and care about each

other, despite any disagreement.

As I reflect on the journey we have

taken together, I resonate with the

teachings of the Midrash

Tanchuma that understands the 42

stages of the Children of Israel’s

journeying in this way:

“It is analogous to a king whose

son became sick, so he took him to

a far away place to have him

healed. On the way back, the father

began citing all the stages of their

journey, saying to him, “This is

where we sat, here we were cold,

here you had a headache etc.”

The part that moves me is the

explanation of the journey. In our

case, we journeyed and brought the

congregation together. I was

thrilled when someone returned to

B’nai Jacob, moved to town and

became affiliated, or stated that

they wanted to choose Judaism.

Each of you and your families I

remember with feelings of

gratitude and joy.

I also recall sadly the members we

lost because of employment

opportunities elsewhere, because

(Continued on page 2)

The first night of Hanukkah

begins at sundown on

Sunday, December 2.

of moving away, and because of their passing away. Each of them have a special place in my heart.

I loved being part of your journey as children or grandchildren were born, named, became a Bar or Bat

Mitzvah, were confirmed, graduated and married. These were such momentous times in our lives together!

I’ll never forget how on the 51st anniversary of my Bar Mitzvah, Penny arranged a surprise celebration on that

Shabbat and all the B’nai Mitzvah students I had taught were in shul and participated in services.

Everyone of you is important to me, and I want to thank you who have learned and continue to learn with me

in our classes and to all of you who are supporting our ongoing services.

I close with one request. If there is a memory you have that you would like to share with me, please write it to

me. I will treasure it as a special keepsake from you.

In the meantime, I look forward to seeing you in shul.

Penny and I wish you all a very happy Chanukah.

With friendship and love,

Rabbi Mitchell Kornspan

(Continued from page 1)

One Community, Two Traditions… During the High Holidays, I brought to the attention of our congregation the formation of the B'Yachad (Together)

committee. This committee, comprised of leadership from Congregation B'nai Jacob and Congregation Achduth Vesholom, has met several times since this summer to dialogue about a possible partnership. At this time, it is important for the members of our congregation to be updated on what has transpired. A rudimentary proposal has been developed that outlines a plan for Congregation B'nai Jacob to move to the Rifkin campus. This initial draft was presented to the Board of Directors of both congregations and was unanimously approved. As the B'Yachad committee continues to meet and subcommittees start forming, you can expect to receive from me in the next couple of weeks a letter that will provide more details of how this partnership will proceed.

"That which unites us is far greater than that which divides us." Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook (1865-1935)

On behalf of the Board of Directors, I want to wish each of you a very Happy Hanukkah! May the lights shine bright for courage and freedom, justice and peace, hope and rededication, memory and blessings, and for unity! How fitting it is that on the Shabbat of Hanukkah we read from the prophet Zechariah and his vision of the golden Temple Menorah. This symbol of unity was constructed from one solid piece of gold. The Menorah, as a single entity not joined together from different pieces, is a symbol of the Jewish people.

President, Pamela Friedman

Yahrzeits

Kislev/December

23 30-1 Louis Groden

23 30-1 Sigmund Maier

23 30-1 Leon Seigman

24 1-2 Irene Schibel

25 2-3 Sarah Bronstein

26 3-4 Samuel Gibson

26 3-4 Bertha Levin

26 3-4 Bunny Posner

27 4-5 J. T. Thompson

27 4-5 Ruth Zweig

29 6-7 Rebitzin Gute Goldin

29 6-7 Manuel Margulis

29 6-7 Mickey Pass

29 6-7 Sarah Weiss

30 7-8 Anna Bussell

30 7-8 K.J. Miller

30 7-8 Golda Sheray

30 7-8 Fannie Siegel

Tevet/December

1 8-9 Lou Hoffman

1 8-9 Florence Katz

1 8-9 Harry Levin

1 8-9 Betty Wald

3 10-11 Benjamin Cahn

3 10-11 Solomon

Safirstein

4 11-12 Hanno Jensen

4 11-12 Joseph Kaplan

4 11-12 Bernard Kroot

4 11-12 Candy Stinnett

4 11-12 Louis Samuel

Superior

5 12-13 Rosa Rappaport

McKinney

5 12-13 Morris Tillinger

6 13-14 Herman Komisarow

6 13-14 Sarah Leah

Komisarow

6 13-14 Dorothy

Margulis

6 13-14 Betty Schaffer

6 13-14 Leah Zucker

7 14-15 Nathan Bialick

7 14-15 Morris King

7 14-15 Anna Krantzle

7 14-15 Bessie Meyer

7 14-15 David Weiss

8 15-16 Frances Groden

Bussell

8 15-16 Yetta Jacobson

8 15-16 Dora Sains

9 16-17 William Brosler

10 17-18 Dorothy Levant

Dicker

10 17-18 Morris Forlander

10 17-18 Rosalie Freund

10 17-18 Joseph Latker

10 17-18 Sally Rosenberg

10 17-18 Sally Rosenberg

10 17-18 Toba Weinstein

11 18-19 Salomon Efroim

Borenstein

11 18-19 Clyde R. Gaddis

11 18-19 Sidney Katz

11 18-19 Sam Krantzle

12 19-20 Max Zinn

13 20-21 Rebekah Schwartz

13 20-21 Jeanette Sunshine

14 21-22 Howard Dinnerstein

14 21-22 Thomas Portman

15 22-23 Fannie Franklin

15 22-23 Joseph Wiesenthal

16 23-24 Henry J. Friedman

17 24-25 Bettye Roberts

18 25-26 Pauline Brateman

18 25-26 Frederick Gee

18 25-26 Benjamin Ochstein

19 26-27 Stanley Kornspan

19 26-27 Emanuel Levy

19 26-27 Michelle Lundmark

20 27-28 Norma Jean Rifkin

20 27-28 Morris Abraham

Ruchman

21 28-29 Samuel Finkelstein

21 28-29 Deborah Gorelick

21 28-29 Marlene Ochstein

21 28-29 David Siegel

22 29-30 Herman Lowenhar

22 29-30 Sam Nemoff

23 30-31 Ethel Schecter

23 30-31 Jeanne Winnick

24 31-1 Sol Bronstein

24 31-1 Maureen Gilbert

24 31-1 Fannie Kravitz

24 31-1 Sarah (Sally)

Masursky

Tevet/January

25 1-2 Minnette Ruchman

27 3-4 Sam Jaffe

27 3-4 Julius Kaufman

28 4-5 Herman Ivan Messe

28 4-5 Harry Papier

28 4-5 Hannah Royter

28 4-5 Hyme Sains

28 4-5 Bonnie Weiler

28 4-5 David Weinberg

29 5-6 Tillie Auerbach

29 5-6 Philip Dorman

29 5-6 Jeanette Lewis

Shevat/January

2 7-8 Margo Hirshfeld

4 9-10 Joseph Doran

4 9-10 Aida McCasey

4 9-10 Harvey Siegel

5 10-11 Fannie Hassan

5 10-11 Lester Selan

5 10-11 Bea (Bertha)

Waldman

6 11-12 Morris Begun

6 11-12 Rose Latker

7 12-13 Alan Richie

9 14-15 Sylvia Brateman

10 15-16 David Baitcher

10 15-16 Hyman Jerome

Bass

10 15-16 Rose Leader

10 15-16 Clara Magazine

10 15-16 Eleanor Margolis

10 15-16 Pearl Starr

Sachsel

12 17-18 Pearl Hertzman

12 17-18 Shari Troy

14 19-20 Judith Baitcher

14 19-20 Richard Sachsel

14 19-20 Jacob Schwartz

15 20-21 Yetta Falk

15 20-21 Henri

Hagendorf

15 20-21 Fran Herman

15 20-21 Morris Kudysh

15 20-21 Benjamin

Kurzner

15 20-21 Helen

Zaslawsky

16 21-22 Meir Fichman

16 21-22 Esther Garber

16 21-22 Samuel Tillinger

17 22-23 Abraham

Edelman

17 22-23 Isadore Hersh

17 22-23 Mark Merin

17 22-23 Louis Abraham

Messe

17 22-23 Elias Punsky

17 22-23 Frank Winnick

18 23-24 Sam Fogel

18 23-24 Hyman Marcus

18 23-24 Brian Soriach

19 24-25 Douglas Martin

19 24-25 Mae Rifkin (Continued on page 4)

Published by

Congregation B'nai Jacob

OFFICERS President...............Pamela Friedman 1st Vice President.........Jay Zemmol 2nd Vice President..Mark Schneider Recording Secretary...Mort Schaffer Treasurer ............Melissa Schneider Financial Secretary.......Mike Adams BOARD MEMBERS

Janet Finkel Marc Nusholtz

Jeff Herman Debby Roberts

Jerry Jarvis Josh Tourkow

Past President ...........Ron Friedman

Sincere condolences to Theresa and Matthew

Farber on the passing of their beloved mother and

mother-in-law, Ira Tanner

on 15h of Tishri 5779, September 24, 2018.

May her memory always

be a blessing

December Anniversaries

10 Mooch and Barbara Lewis

January Anniversaries 6 Mort Schaffer and Ruth

Minkoff

15 David and Teresa Miller

26 Scott and Theresa Trauner

December Birthdays 1 Linda Snitzer

6 Barry Snitzer

8 Michal Spanjer

10 Daniel D'Angelo

10 Bob Serdinak

12 Kathy Shulkin-Jensen

12 Marc Spanjer

20 Lisa Bradley

23 Victoria D'Angelo

26 Estelle Greenberg

27 Vicki Goltz

29 Pam Friedman

January Birthdays 1 Zoey Zemmol

11 Steve Herman

14 David Crell

17 Levi Goltz

17 Keith Groman

23 Bee Siegel

23 Illana Nugas

24 Shelle Pabla

25 Brian Leib

29 Jeff Wolf

30 Harriet Crell

30 Geoffrey Long

Yahrzeits (Continued from page 3)

20 25-26 Norman

Bosell

20 25-26 Anna Perlman

21 26-27 Manuel Babich

21 26-27 Jennie Zweig

22 27-28 Shirley Cohodes

23 28-29 William (Papa)

Ochstein

23 28-29 John Schmitz

24 29-30 Beckie Metzger

24 29-30 Louis Scheinberg

25 30-31 Sidney Baitcher

25 30-31 Robert Garber

25 30-31 Abe Ochstein

25 30-31 Harriet Rudensky

25 30-31 Jean Siegel

26 31-1 Aaron S.

Heiligman

The gift shop is fully stocked for Hanukkah and other holiday needs! Come browse after Services

and during office hours. Office hours for December and January will be most Wednesdays and Fridays

from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

A.J. Ochstein Fund

Building Fund

David Siegel Memorial Fund

General Fund

In memory of Fred Tourkow

-Joshua & Donna Tourkow

In memory of Arlene Leib

-Rita & Thomas O’Neill


-Ronald & Pamela Friedman


-Sharon & Ben Eisbart


-Susan Ferkel


-Leah & Harvey Ruttenberg


-Adolph & Adrienne Brateman


-Michael & Patricia Murphy


-Thomas Candor & Margaret

(Peg) Harden Candor


-Janet & Steven Sarratore


-Karen Sandler




-Ann Wallace & Mark

Troutman

TZEDAKAH

In memory of Linda Shulkin Nail


In memory of Mel Shulkin


In appreciation

-Lazette Selan

In appreciation

-Jay & Dana Zemmol

In appreciation

-Samuel Cruz & Bertha Nunez

Kiddush Fund


-Scott Leib & Cindy Goodman

- Leib


-Keith Groman

In appreciation of Marc Nusholtz &

Mary Wilger

-Franck Hagendorf

In honor of 48th wedding anniversary

-Jeff & Marilyn Herman

In memory of Phyllis Groman

-Keith Groman

In memory of Irving Walters

-Keith Groman

In memory of Sam Stoller

-Keith Groman

Levy/Levin Endowment Fund

Library Fund

Rabbi's Discretionary Fund


-Jack & Catherine Ginther

In memory of Rosalie Becker

-Franck Hagendorf

In appreciation

-Irwin Mallin

In appreciation of everything Rabbi

and Penny accomplish

-Keith Groman

Seth Horwitz Education Fund

In memory of Seth Aaron Horwitz

-Phillip Horwitz

Simon/Hannah Crell Education Fund

In memory of Hannah Crell

-Howard & Rossya Klebanow

Sisterhood Nursery Fund

Torah Maintenance Fund

Winnick Memorial Garden Fund

In memory of Claire Selan

-Lazette A. Selan

Yahrzeit Fund

In memory of David Appel

-Dan & Annie Appel

In memory of Abraham Schwartz

-Stuart & Marie Ann Block

In memory of Joseph Tillinger

-Stuart & Marie Ann Block

If you would like to make a donation in honor/memory of someone, please fill out the form and submit it with your

check to: Congregation B’nai Jacob, 7227 Bittersweet Moors Drive, Fort Wayne, IN 46814

I have enclosed $_________

In honor/memory of: _

Fund Preference: Please indicate which fund you prefer to donate to:

A.J. Ochstein Fund Levy/Levin Endowment Fund Simon/Hannah Crell Education Fund

David Siegel Memorial Fund Library Fund Sisterhood Nursery Fund

General Fund Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund Torah Maintenance Fund

Kiddush Fund Seth Horwitz Education Fund Winnick Memorial Garden Fund

Yahrzeit Fund

From: _

Rabbi's Hours in DECEMBER AND JANUARY Rabbi Kornspan will be conducting services and classes as well as available for appointments

from December 8 to 22 and January 12 to 19.

Please call the office to make an appointment.

MISHNEH TORAH Wednesdays, December 5, 12 & 19 at 7:00 p.m. Wednesdays, January 9 & 16

TORAH CLASS Saturdays, December 8, 15 & 22 at 12:45 p.m.

Saturdays, January 12 & 19

TALLIT AND TEFILLIN Sunday, December 9 at 9:15 a.m.

Sunday, January 13 at 9:30 a.m.

Each class is preceded by a light brunch.

ETHICS CLASS Sunday, December 9 at 10:30 a.m.

Sunday, January 13

Congregation B'nai Jacob thanks:

The Ladies of the Community for sponsoring and preparing the Kiddush on

November 3 in loving memory of Arlene Leib.

Jay and Dana Zemmol for sponsoring Kiddush on November 10.

Jeff and Loni Wolf for sponsoring Kiddush on November 17 in loving memory of his mother Diane Wolf

Keith Groman for sponsoring Kiddush on November 24 in celebration of his Bar Mitzvah anniversary.

December & January Class Schedule

Hebrew School December 5th, 12th, 19th & January 9th & 16th 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Shabbat School December 8th, 15th, 22nd & January 12th & 19th 9:30 a.m.—11:45a.m.

RELIGIOUS SCHOOL

JEWISH COMMUNITY NEWS

Rosh Chodesh Hanukkah Fun

The Jewish Federation of Fort Wayne’s Rosh Chodesh women’s group is having a

Hanukkah celebration on Monday, December 3 at 6 p.m. at the Allen County Main

Library (2nd floor Business and Technology room). We'll have latkes and other goodies,

crafting, light the menorah, and celebrate the holiday with song, friends and fun. The

group is open to all women who are Federation members. RSVP to the Federation office

at (260) 456-0400 by Friday, November 30.

USF Lecture Series at Aboite Library

“Hitler, Nazism, and the German Resistance” will be the topic of a talk by Dr. Barry

Jackisch, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of History and Social Sciences

at the University of Saint Francis, on Wednesday, December 5 at 7 p.m. at the Aboite

Branch of the Allen County Public Library. His talk will examine various forms of

resistance to Hitler and the Nazi state during the Third Reich. He’ll look at the

possibilities and limitations of resistance and offer an overview of scholarly writing on the

topic intended for a general audience.

Thoughtful Thursdays In November, the Jewish community’s social action program provided each of the 70

Brightpoint Head Start families with a 10- to 12-pound turkey with trimmings for

Thanksgiving. We are seeking donations of boxes of tissues, toilet paper, and band-aids.

We always welcome additional volunteers to our bag assembly events on Wednesdays,

December 5 and January 9 at 10 a.m. at the Rifkin Campus.

Documentary on Eva Kor The New Haven High School invites the community to a screening of the film

documentary "Eva A-7063" on Sunday, December 9, followed by a Q&A session with

Emmy-winner Ted Green, the film's writer and producer. The screening begins at 4:30

p.m. at Impact Community Church, 909 Main Street, in New Haven. Admission is free,

but donations will be accepted as a fundraiser to help cover the costs of new books.

The newly-released documentary is about Eva Mozes Kor, a survivor of Auschwitz, who

at age 10 became a subject of inhumane twin experiments by the notorious Nazi doctor

Josef Mengele. Eva has emerged as the leading global figure in the fight to keep the

lessons of the Holocaust alive, delivering a message at once controversial and immensely

powerful: Forgiveness.

Hanukkah Storytime The Jewish Federation of Fort Wayne is partnering with Barnes & Noble – Jefferson

Pointe to bring a special story time about Hanukkah. We will meet on Sunday, December

9 at noon Barnes & Noble – Jefferson Pointe. We will hear stories about Hanukkah, light

a Hanukkiah, play the dreidel game, and do a craft. This event is free and open to the

public. Special thank you to the Dr. Harry W. Salon Foundation for its continued support.

Hanukkah Quiz Question 1 When playing dreidel, if you spin and get a gimmel you should * Put some gelt into the pot * Skip a turn * Get sent to jail * Take the pot for yourself Question 2 Who was the first-century Jewish historian known for his account of the origins of the holiday surrounding the events of Hanukkah? * Antiochus * Epiphanes * Flavius Josephus * Rabbi Akiva Question 3 Which of the following letters does not appear on a dreidel from America * Shin * Nun * Pey * Gimel * Hey Question 4 True or False: The reason we eat latkes is because it was the food that fortified the Maccabees as they fought Antiochus. * True * False

Question 5 The famous Hanukkah song written by "Peter, Paul, and Mary" is called * I Have a Little Dreidel * Light One Candle * O Hanukkah * December is the Best Month of the Year Question 6 The Maccabees and their descendants are also known as the * Solomons * Hasmoneans * Schwartzs * Davids Question 7 A hanukkiyah * Can only be made out of wood * Can be made out of any material * Must have eight lights with one extra for the shamash * A & C * B & C Question 8 The “Scroll of Antiochus”, a megillah for Hanukkah, was written in the Talmudic period in what language? * Aramaic * Hebrew * Arabic * Ladino https://www.myjewishlearning.com/quiz/hanukkah-quiz/

Tu B’Shevat

On Shabbat, January 19th, we will be

celebrating Tu B’Shevat, the New Year of the

Trees. At the kiddush, we will be tasting a

variety of fruits, as we commemorate the

holiday.

Chanukah and Rosh Chodesh Services Shabbat, December 8th at 9:15 a.m. Sunday, December 9th at 9:15 a.m.

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