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September 2015

17 Elul 5775 to

17 Tishrei 5776

Vol. LXXVI—No. 1

Please contact the office if you wish to sponsor an Oneg or Kiddush

Shabbat

Service Schedule

FRIDAY EVENING SERVICE September 4 at 8:00pm

Oneg sponsored by our Sisterhood SATURDAY, September 5 at 9:30am

Followed by a Kiddush Selichot Community Service

Havdalah 8:15pm Selichot Program 8:30pm Selichot Service 10:15pm

FRIDAY EVENING SERVICE September 11 at 8:00pm

Oneg sponsored by our Sisterhood SATURDAY, September 12 at 9:30 am

Followed by a Kiddush luncheon

FRIDAY EVENING SERVICE September 18 at 8:00 pm

Oneg sponsored by our Sisterhood SATURDAY, September 19 at 9:30 am

Followed by a Kiddush

Bar Mitzvah Bennett Lichstein FRIDAY EVENING SERVICE

September 25 at 8:00 pm Oneg sponsored by

Amy Lichstein & Japhet Martinez SATURDAY, September 26 at 9:30 am

Followed by a Kiddush Sponsored by

Amy Lichstein & Japhet Martinez

May the joyful sound of the shofar welcome in a New Year of health,

happiness, laughter, and love.

High Holy Days Service Schedule

Rosh Hashanah Services SUNDAY, Sept. 13 at 8:00pm

MONDAY, Sept. 14 9:00am—1:15pm Jr. Cong. and Primary services 10:30 –12:30

Supervision provided until 1:15pm Babysitting 9:00 - 1:15pm

SERVICE B 11:00am-1:15pm Tashlich 5:00pm

398 Washington Crossing Rd, Newtown, PA

TUESDAY, Sept. 15 9:00am-1:15pm Jr. Cong. and Primary services 10:30 –12:30

Supervision provided until 1:15pm Babysitting 9:00am - 1:15pm

SERVICE B 11:00am-1:15pm

Yom Kippur Services

Kol Nidre TUESDAY Sept. 22 6:00-8:30 pm

Babysitting 6:00-8:30pm

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 23 9:00am –1:15pm Jr. Cong. and Primary services 10:30 –12:30

Supervision provided until 1:30pm Babysitting 9:00am - 1:30pm

SERVICE B 11:00am-1:15pm Yizkor 1:15 - 1:30pm

Service of Remembrance 4:45pm Mincha 5:30-6:15pm Neilah 6:15pm

Break the Fast—7:45pm

Sukkot & Simchat Torah Sunday, Sept. 27 at 8:00pm

Day 1 Monday, Sept 28 at 9:30am Day 2 Tuesday, Sept. 29 at 9:30am

Hoshanah Rabba. Sun., Oct. 4 at 9:15am Shmini Atzeret with Yizkor, Monday, Oct. 5 at 9:30am

Simchat Torah Celebration at 6:30pm Simchat Torah,

Tuesday, Oct. 6 at 9:30am

Casting off” the sins of the previous year

Let’s begin the new year with a clear slate and a clear conscience

Monday, September 14th 5:00pm

RAIN OR SHINE! 398 Washington Crossing Road

Newtown, PA BRING YOUR OWN DAIRY DINNER WE’LL PICNIC Wear comfortable clothing & shoes Don’t forget your BREAD for casting

Congregation Brothers of Israel

From the Rabbi I will always remember the last conversation with my Papa, Morris Gaber, may his memory be for a blessing. I had made a special trip to visit him and my other grandpar-ents while I was doing some work for USY. Our visit was brief; I shared my activi-ties with him and he encouraged me to visit when I could but that I was doing “good stuff.” As we said goodbye, he gave me a $20 hand-shake and I left. What I didn’t realize at that moment was that would be the last time I saw him or spoke with him, because that night, he had a brain hemorrhage and would pass away several days later. His influence on my life did not end with his death. In fact, there are times when I keenly feel his influence, and the influ-ence of all of my loved ones, and in their own way they continue to influence me in the present and help me shape my future. As individuals and as a community, we make it a point to remember our loved ones in a for-mal way through the Yizkor prayers which we recite four times a year on Yom Kippur, Shmini Atzeret, Passover and Shavuot. Yizkor and Mourner’s Kaddish are not meant just for our im-mediate relatives; we also should make time to remember those who have influenced our lives. During my Yizkor prayers, in addition to remem-bering my grandparents and my mother, I al-ways spend a few moments remembering Len Ring, a congregant from my first synagogue, who taught me about humor and life, and I re-member my classmate, Deb, who was tragically killed during a car accident as she walked home from school and others who have influenced my life or taught me a life lesson. I have become a better person and a better Rabbi because of them and it is my responsibility to remember them. Yizkor is that moment when we are called to witness their lives and their values and as we do so, we continue to learn from them. What are the customs and the rules for Yiz-kor? When do we stay in the service and when do we leave? Here is what the Observant Life: The Wisdom of Conservative Judaism for Con-temporary Jews wrote,

It is also customary in many congregations for indi-viduals whose parents are still living to leave the sanctuary just before Yizkor. Most rabbis today feel that this practice, rooted in the superstitious belief that being present for Yizkor will somehow tempt fate into bringing about one’s parents’ untimely de-mise, should be discouraged. Most synagogues to-day, therefore, encourage all members of the con-gregation to remain in the sanctuary for Yizkor. After all, these prayers are said for all relatives, not

just parents, as well as for the martyrs of Israel throughout history and, in many congregations, especially for those who died during the Shoah or in defense of the State of Israel. Many other congrega-tions make special note of the victims of terrorism, both at home and abroad, in their memorial prayers. To absent oneself from such a moving and deeply meaningful prayer service for purely superstitious reasons does not seem like worthy behavior and should be discouraged. Individuals whose parents formally instruct them not to remain in the sanctuary for Yizkor, however, should obey those instructions without mocking their parents’ fears or beliefs. (Observant Life, page 304)

While I encourage you to remain for the Yiz-kor service, each of us has to do what is most meaningful and comfortable for us as individuals and for our families. Much of what I do as a Rabbi and as a person has been shaped by members of my various communities and for that I will always remember them for a blessing. While I know that there are those who will leave before Yizkor out of respect for family custom, I encourage you to join us this year on Yom Kip-pur afternoon for a special Service of Remem-brance which will give us a few minutes to re-member those who have shaped our lives to this moment. May the memory of our loved ones al-ways be a blessing to us.

Rabbi Aaron Gaber

Yom Kippur Wednesday, Sept. 23 A time to remember everyone 4:45pm

...to remember those who have shaped our lives

As we approach the upcoming holidays we are reminded of the words which are mentioned repeatedly between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur: Teshuvah, Te-fillah, and Tzedakah. What will they mean to you in 5776? What have they meant to you in 5775? As we are now starting our third year as co-presidents here at CBOI we have learned a great deal about the ideas of Teshuvah, Tefillah, and Tzedakah and have seen what those ideas mean when they cross over into the daily existence of a synagogue.

Teshuvah can be loosely translated to mean “repentance” or “return”. It is comprised of three ingredients: regret of misdeed, decision to change, and verbal expression of one’s sins. It is human nature to succeed at the first two ingredients as we all are easy to regret our misdeeds and our 'promise' to change. It is normally the third ingre-dient where people will struggle; the requirement to express what our sins have been and to seek forgiveness from those who we have offended. This is a particularly difficult exercise for most, if not all, people but it is an expectation that we must seek the forgiveness from those we have offended if we are truly repentant. For all those who have been presidents of CBOI before us, you understand the struggles we have in trying to do the best job we can. We receive con-flicting opinions on every subject, whether it is one person reminding us that our Board meetings go too long or the other person who is offended be-cause we stifle discussions. Some members of our congregation believe that we are too relaxed in our enforcement of 'conservative' Judaism while others believe that we are not properly changing with the times. We continue to struggle with the role of non-Jewish spouses here in the synagogue and how to be inclusive without offending those with traditional beliefs. These are all time honored struggles which any past president can smile quietly and acknowledge. Over the past year we have had major changes here at CBOI, not the least of which was incorpo-rating a new rabbi into the methods and customs of our shul. We also finally sold the property in

Trenton, established an endowment, paid off all the debts of the synagogue, changed the pricing for the Hebrew school, installed equipment to help those with hearing aids, transferred the statue of David from Trenton to Newtown, installed a walk-ing path to the rabbi's house, revised the bylaws and constitution, oversaw the creation and re-invigoration of many committees and watched a small shul be more busy than most twice its size. Why do we mention all the items which we have done and overseen over the past year? Be-cause it is very likely that we have offended some of you during that time. We have often said 'yes' when you wanted a 'no'. We have said 'no' when you wanted a 'yes'. We have made and approved changes that people do not want because we be-lieve it is in the long term interest of the syna-gogue. These choices and decisions were often hard because we knew that we would offend some people by changing the status quo. We never in-tended to offend but we refused to shy away from difficult issues just because they were difficult. Some of our decisions were wrong but when they are we acknowledge them and move on to a bet-ter idea. We apologize to anyone we offended or wronged. Please accept our apology. We have many hard decisions to be made this year so we suspect we will re-offend some and newly offend others. Hopefully we will all be here at the end of 5776 so that we may ask your forgiveness once again.

From the co-Presidents Leslie & Brandon

From the Co-Presidents

Many Thanks

Thank you for your kind wishes, thoughts,

and donations in honor of Lara’s Bat Mitz-

vah. It is wonderful to be part of this

special congregation.

Sue Weiner

To all my friends, co-workers, and congre-gants; I want to thank you for your calls, cards, gifts, and well-wishes during my resent illness and recovery. Your heartfelt wishes moved me and my family and let us know that you all really care. Thank you so much, Cantor Bob Winter

Prep for the High Holy Days

and find new meaning

in the best of the

High Holy Day Mahzor.

LET’S REVIEW or LEARN IT NEW! Choose the day and time that works for you:

Thursday, Sept. 3rd 11am- noon or 7:30-8:30pm

Thursday, Sept. 10th 11am- noon or 7:30-8:30pm


Religious School

Baruchim habaim–welcome! We hope that the summer has been safe and enriching, and I look forward to personally welcoming you and your family back to our school this fall.

AND IT BEGINS……WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 for GRADES 3-7 4:30 - 6:30 PM PARENTS ARE INVITED TO A MEET AND GREET AT 5:45 PM

SUNDAY CLASSES BEGIN SEPTEMBER 27

This year we are initiating the PRAYER PART-NERSHIP PROGRAM. We strive to make Jewish learning an experiential learning experience for all students. Students will have opportunity to partic-ipate in prayer services throughout the year, lead-ing Congregation in prayers learned in class. Stu-dents will be assigned to specific Shabbat services and prayers where they will be able to celebrate Shabbat in real time! Calendar of assigned Prayer Partnership dates will be sent home at the begin-ning of the school year for September to December and in December for January to May. You are your child’s first Jewish educator. We thank you for allowing us to be your partner. As we approach the new year, 5776, I prepare my heart for the coming year. It is a time for re-flection and "teshuvah", an opportunity to change, reflect and turn our world around. I want to share with you a poem, (it has made the rounds of the internet, but in case you didn't see, it, I am shar-ing it.) It is all in how we look at things, Let's truly turn things around and look at the positive, work together and find the good in all we are blessed to have and share. It all started when Chanie Gorkin, who is ap-parently an 11th grader at Beth Rivkah High School in Crown Heights, submitted a clever poem called “Worst Day Ever?” to PoetryNation.com. The poem reads:

Today was the absolute worst day ever And don’t try to convince me that There’s something good in every day Because, when you take a closer look, This world is a pretty evil place. Even if Some goodness does shine through once in a while Satisfaction and happiness don’t last. And it’s not true that It’s all in the mind and heart Because True happiness can be attained Only if one’s surroundings are good It’s not true that good exists I’m sure you can agree that The reality Creates

My attitude It’s all beyond my control And you’ll never in a million years hear me say Today was a very good day Now read it from bottom to top, the other way, And see what I really feel about my day.

So to all of our students, their families, our staff and the entire synagogue family, I wish us a year filled with learning, wonderful Jewish experiences and blessings! Each of us working together, can turn our world around! Hatzlacha to everyone – good luck … in the year

ahead. Shalom,

Joan

http://www.poetrynation.com/poem.php?id=50509

Bennett Cole Lichstein

September 25-26, 2015 Bennett is a great student and athlete. He attends Tohickon Middle School in Doylestown PA and is going into 8th grade. Bennett is a passionate, fun, loving and deter mined young man. He works hard to succeed with endless drive in eve-rything he does. Bennett loves to play sports especially football, baseball and basketball. He works tirelessly at these sports, usually on two teams at a time. He is a great team player and role model in these areas. For his Mitzvah project Bennett is working with an organiza-tion called PITCH IN. He is collecting gently used and new base-ball equipment for kids who are in need and want to learn to play baseball. Bennett has learned that always pitching is the most important, especially for those in need. He always tries to make a difference and be the best person he can be. We are very proud of Bennett. If you are interested in donating gently used or new youth equipment please contact Bennett.

A Free Community Event

CBOI PRESENTS…Favorite Jewish Holiday Stories For 6 month-olds to pre-school

Story and Craft with Newtown’s Rabbi Aaron Gaber and the CBOI Pre-School Programming Team at Newtown’s Inde-pendent Book Store.

For More Information: 215-579-2200 or [email protected] Visit our website www.cboi.org

Tots & Tales

Join us Wednesdays at

10:30 a.m. The Newtown

Bookshop 2835 S. Eagle Road Newtown, PA, 18940

STORY THEMES 2015

Sept. 9th - Rosh Hashanah

Dec. 2nd - Hanukkah 2016

March 23rd - Purim April 20th - Passover

A special Friday night

Shabbat Service for preschoolers led by

Rabbi Gaber

Join friends for a musical, story filled 30 minutes of fun!

Friday,

September 11 5:30-6:30 PM

http://www.cboi.org


DONATIONS WITH DEEP APPRECIATION, WE ACKNOWLEDGE:

GENERAL FUND In memory of Thomas Diskin Lahna Diskin Abraham Sturm Roberta Volinsky Diane & Scott Gilinsky Rhoda Strulowitz Seymour Heneberg Seymour Henenberg Elsie Kominsky's mother Diane & Gerald Novik & Family Carol & Harold Novik & Family Charles Agree Rhoda Strulowitz Anna Rubin Sydney Silverman Herbert Kauf Mira and Irving Memis In honor of Jacob Lashner becoming a Bar MItzvah Co-Presidents, Leslie Floyd and Brandon Wind Josephine & Lou Aynat-Molina The birth of Sasha Grace Babad Dr. Melvin & Shirley Babad Sophie Leventhal and Alex McNamara's mar-riage Diane & Scott Gilinsky The birth of Vera Francesca Saneholtz Diane & Scott Gilinsky Rhoda Strulowitz The birth of Eleanor Allaire Eli Strauss becoming a Bar Mitzvah Diane & Scott Gilinsky The birth of Harriet Belovin's great grandsons, Miles Weisman and Ryan Schnitzer and the pending birth of great granddaughter Linda & Alan Levitt Speedy recovery Cantor Robert Winter Co-Presidents, Leslie Floyd and Brandon Wind Bernice & Robert Chast Hilarie Altman Rhoda Strulowitz Josephine & Lou Aynat-Molina YAHRZEIT FUND In memory of Bessie Rubin Frances Rubin Lucille Orland Dr. Steven Orland Harry Zeisel Sandra Cohen Celia Rubin Sydney Silverman Adele Rosenberg Beth Rosner Elaine Barash Eric Barash Hyman Freedman Phyllis & Jordan Warshafsky Anna Feurstein and Morris Feuerstein Rhoda Strulowitz Miriam Novik Dr. Gerald Novik Emma Poloyko Emma Jaffe

Norman Morgenstern Josiane Morgenstern Gilbert Kaskey and Stephen Kaskey Elizabeth Spector Belle Tyger Robert Tyger Jerry Belsky Beth Wise Rose Kohn Lester Kohn Martha Friedman Frederick Babad Dr. Melvin Babad Yetta Kominsky Diane Novik Ross Cohen Anna Greenwood Robert Kravitz, Harry Kravitz and Bess Bernard Helen Young Ida Caplin Geraldine Lipman David Lavine Marilyn Ryan Jerry Monblatt Rene Monblatt Charles Hirsch Paul Hirsch Marvin Rosen Lynn Wolgin Joseph Friedman and David Kallus Martha Friedman Benjamin Applebaum Riselle Lilienfeld Snyder and Feld Family members Arlene & Philip Snyder MARTIN BELOVIN MEM. FUND In memory of Edith Rogoff Harriet Belovin & Family Herman Schwartz Ronald Schwartz In honor of The birth of Isaac Nathan Besner Harriet Belovin & Robin Speedy recovery Cantor Winter Sue Schwartz Harriet Belovin & Robin ALVIN BERGER MEM. FUND In memory of Sadye Glick Isadore Kamer Gloria Berger Dorothy Richman Michael Richman Carl Litowitz Judge Mark Litowitz Leona Rabinowitz Martin Rabinowitz Edith Rogoff Gloria Berger & Family In honor of The birth of Melanie Reese Winters Gloria Berger Speedy recovery Cantor Robert Winter Gloria Berger

GEORGE WEINER SCHOLARSHIP FUND In memory of Grandfather, Karl Schulz Andrew Schulz Miriam Glick Dr. Ronald Glick In honor of Aaron Floyd's High School Graduation Maxine & Brian Goldsmith Speedy recovery Cantor Robert Winter Maxine & Brian Goldsmith Surelle & Barry Wind Donna & Seymour Nowicki Judi & Fred Young Thinking of Cantor and wishing him a speedy recovery Donna & Seymour Nowicki DR. SEYMOUR COHEN MEM. FUND In memory of Ruth Radbill Harriet Schafer and Alice Gripman Norman Stern Rena Stern and Phyllis Goldman ANNE & EDWARD DUBROW MEM. FUND Speedy recovery Cantor Robert Winter Linda & Michael Dubrow MILLIE MINSKY MEDIA & TECH. FUND In memory of Alan Markovitz Ruth Wartenberg Kay Halpern Susan & James Wartenberg Mildred Minsky Michael & Audrey Minsky Harry Goldberg Nan Weiss In honor of Jacob Lashner becoming a Bar Mitzvah Susan & James Wartenberg Speedy recovery Cantor Robert Winter Phyllis & Jordan Warshafsky Susan & James Wartenberg MARCI SCHARF MEM. FUND In honor of The birth of Eleanor Yukie Allaire Dr. Mark & Holly Nemiroff The birth of Melanie Reese Winters Joyce & Marty Gometz Rhoda Strulowitz Speedy recovery Cantor Robert Winter Susan & Steve Medoff In honor of Sophie Leventhal and Alex McNamara's mar-riage Donna & Seymour Nowicki Victor Giuffre Baby naming of Eleanor Yukie Allaire Trudy Fahey

MELVIN KUSHNER MEM. FUND In memory of Eleanor Seitchick William Seitchick Richard Seitchick FRANCES RUSS SCHOLARSHIP FUND In memory of Anna Caster Frank Caster Speedy recovery Cantor Robert Winter Dr. Ellier Russ MARTIN ROGOFF MEM. FUND In memory of Martin Rogoff Arthur Rogoff EDUCATION FUND In memory of Esther Arwas Bert Arwas David Blatter Jonathan Blatter Gertrude Freeman Dr. Karen Marcus Speedy recovery Cantor Robert Winter Janet Barudin Sid & Eva Moszer And mishaberach for Benyamin ben Moshe Linda & Fred Edelman Hilarie Altman Janet Barudin WAYS & MEANS FUND In honor of Sophie Leventhal and Alex McNamara's marriage Donna & Seymour Nowicki Victor Giuffre Baby naming of Eleanor Yukie Allaire Trudy Fahey CARING COMMITTEE FUND In memory of Ruth Wartenberg Albert & Rosy Marx Susan & James Wartenberg Gertrude Carr Rita & Len Schultz Charles Hirsch Paul Hirsch In honor of Baby naming of Eleanor Yukie Allaire The Caring Committee The Whartenby Family Speedy recovery Cantor Robert Winter The Caring Committee Susan & James Wartenberg YIZKOR FUND In memory of Cecelia Adelman Susan Medoff BUILDING FUND In memory of Emil Levitt and George Mass Linda & Dr. Alan Levitt CEMETERY FUND In memory of Victor Cooper Mark Cooper Kitty Fink Michele Cooper

BIBLE FUND In memory of Gertrude Effron Marion Schwartz PRAYER BOOKS In memory of Gilbert Kaskey Stephen Kaskey Elizabeth Spector Herman Milder Karen Acquaviva Ruth Radbill Alice Gripman Marvin Rosen Lynn Wolgin In honor of Baby naming of Eleanor Yukie Allaire Trudy Fahey KIDDUSH FUND In memory of Lazar Ingber Maurice Ingber Herman Epstein Joel Epstein Max Joseph Harlan Joseph Gerald Effron Marion Schwartz ISRAEL FORUM Speedy recovery Cantor Robert Winter Judee & Albert Algazi RABBI'S DISCRETIONARY FUND In memory of Sophia Chast Bernice & Robert Chast Reuben Barker Bette Epstein Sarah Fine Alan Agree In honor of And appreciation of Rabbi Gaber reading Torah at Sophie's Bat Mitzvah Michelle & Eddie Goldberg

Congratulations Dr. Sanford and Barbara Dash in honor of the

birth of granddaughter, Melanie Reese Winters and to the proud parents, Naomi & Brett Winters

Dr. Melvin & Shirley Babad in honor of the birth of granddaughter, Sasha Grace Babad and to the

proud parents, Jeffrey & Jessica Babad

Maria & Howard Lashner in honor of son, Jacob Aaron becoming a Bar Mitzvah

Get Well Cantor Robert Winter

Condolences Edith Rogoff mother of Leigh, Mark, and

Arthur Rogoff

Donation Cards for All Occasions

Why shop at the card store when your synagogue can send out cards for any

occasion?

There is no better way to remember a loved one or commemorate a special oc-

casion than to perform an act of charity.

Contact the office to send a greeting, get

well note, a mazel tov or to express condolences.

Minimum donation $5.oo

Reminder….

If you haven’t done so already, please

complete and return your Synagogue

and School registration forms


Memorialize a loved one ...

“May their memory ever be a blessing”

Name plaques are available for our Yahrzeit tablet

in the lobby.

Call the office for information.

Cost: $250

Yahrzeits M A Y T H E M E M O R Y O F T H E R I G H T E O U S E V E R B E A B E N E D I C T I O N !

Sept Elul

1 17 Esther Factor

1 17 David Kravitz

1 17 Mabel Rosen

2 18 Rose Bensky

2 18 Lorraine Gurney

2 18 Ceil Neistadt

2 18 Max Ullman

3 19 Beate Rau

4 20 Jacob Barker

4 20 Louis Becker

4 20 Harry Flato

4 20 Lillian Kohn

4 20 Arlene Levitt

4 20 Ezekiel Levy

4 20 Max Loundy

4 20 David Steinberg

5 21 Fannie Gerb

5 21 Jacob Glick

5 21 Harry Goldstein

5 21 Beatrice Popkin

5 21 Esther Rosenthal

5 21 Samuel Siegle

6 22 Leon Darrow

6 22 Sue Deutsch

6 22 Tony Olinsky

7 23 Benjamin Greenberg

7 23 Martin Kauf

7 23 Ida Litt

8 24 Hyman Hoffman

8 24 Isaac Rosenberg

8 24 Jack Strulowitz

9 25 Abraham Algazi

9 25 Stella Blank

9 25 Louis Cohen

9 25 Helen Cohen

9 25 Gertrude Janoff

9 25 Sarah Loofer

10 26 Anna Bahr

10 26 Fred Schuster

11 27 Ray Frankenberg

12 28 Doris Friedman

12 28 Gabriel Garber

12 28 Harriet Oransky

12 28 Tsvi Poloyko

12 28 Helen Zirilstein

13 29 Betty Diskin

13 29 Gussie Ungar

13 29 Sidney Warshafsky

Tishrei 14 1 Sidney Kravitz

14 1 John Simon

15 2 Samuel Abrams

15 2 Harry Bolasky

15 2 Saul Ehman

15 2 Joseph Gladstone

15 2 Nathan Goldberg

15 2 Joseph Kessel

15 2 Benjamin Levitt

15 2 Carl Wolff

16 3 Morris Balbresky

16 3 Leo Nadler

16 3 Rose Shapiro

16 3 Ruth Starr

17 4 Abraham Rubin

19 6 Lillian Swern

20 7 Minnie Edwards

20 7 Jennie Finkle

20 7 Sarah Greenberg

20 7 Fannie Simpson

21 8 Leah Gaber

21 8 Nathan Russ

21 8 Vera Saperstein

21 8 Morris Weinstein

21 8 Mimie Yager

22 9 Anne Barker

22 9 Jacob Held

22 9 Miriam Kushner

22 9 Henny Rothschild

23 10 Leo Golluber

23 10 Rachel Kravitz

23 10 Peggy Schafer

24 11 Michael Friedland

24 11 Isaac Kushner

24 11 Samuel Nitzberg

24 11 Jerome Rosenberg

24 11 Irving Siegle

25 12 Lewis Dauer

25 12 Rose Goldston

25 12 Ida Kushner

26 13 Joseph Agree

26 13 Harry Aranoff

26 13 Jason Bernstein

26 13 Dorothy Himmelstein

26 13 Raymond Klevansky

26 13 Louis Riger

26 13 Joseph Scull

26 13 Louis Young

27 14 Albert Antonowsky

27 14 Michael Kaskey

27 14 Robert Rosenfeld

27 14 Gertrude Smith

28 15 Reuben Blender

28 15 Bertha Garber

28 15 Miriam Gometz

28 15 Helen Mallen

28 15 Philip Zelt

29 16 Adam Gilinsky

29 16 Morris Rapaport

29 16 Max Siegel

29 16 Harry Silverstein

29 16 Samuel Snyder

30 17 Morris Geser

30 17 Alfred Kerner

30 17 Helene Lippman

30 17 Slova Miller

30 17 Elias Roseman

30 17 Bessie Starr

CBOI Community Garden Thanks to all those who helped with the BOI Community Garden. We actually grew something!!!!!! ….besides weeds Re cently I brought about 20lbs of cucumbers, zucchini, tomatoes and one tiny eggplant to the food bank in Bristol. We have made Sunday morning at 9:00AM a time for picking and maintenance on a regular basis. Please come out to help. Special thanks to Jeff Leventhal who took some pictures (including the one on the left) of the Garden/ volunteers. An article acompanied by one of these pix appeared recently in the Jewish Exponent. BTW, if you haven’t seen it, we now have a pumpkin plant that’s about 25 feet long. I guess pumpkin plants and chicken sh..t work well together. Regards, Farmer Dan


Avoiding War I just finished watching Schindler’s List and yes again my eyes were full of tears that I could only see a blurred final scene when Oscar Schindler broke down with emotion “I could have saved more Jews”. I cry again because of an increase in Holocaust deniers and a U.N. Security Council’s unanimous approval of the U.S./Iran negotiated deal without regards to the Israel Eradication threat. The Iran agreement will allow the lifting of commer-cial and military sanctions, about $ 60-150 billion going into the coffers of Iran, and a remarkably flexible and impossible to execute inspections with verifications. Iran touted that they got everything they wanted from the agreement while chanting “Death to America” and “Death to the Jews” and burning American and Israeli flags. Clearly no one wants to see Iran with a nuclear bomb but their goal is toward that objective. It is a matter of time before Iran develops an atomic bomb whether it is in a few years or when the 15 year agreement expires, which at that time they will be able to fulfill their ambition legally. Another agree-ment benefit for Iran is the lifting of military sanc-tions, so that in a few years they will able to devel-op a legal rocket program. This will allow Iran to add to their arsenal several long range missiles (ICBM) that can reach the United States and Eu-rope. Note that without a nuclear bomb the rockets are worthless. Most people in the United States don’t want a war, therefore many believe that it could be prevented by an agreement with Iran. The White House is sat-isfied with that premise. In 1938, England’s Prime Minister Chamberlain had the same idea, so he signed an agreement with Hitler and called it “peace of our time”, but we know the rest of the story. To-day, like in the 1930’s, our military is less prepared than previously and our enemies recognizes it. Find-ing a way to avoid war using the 15 year agreement is clearly temporary. Germany and Iran are differ-ent in their ambitious expansion. Iran’s government runs on a Muslim theology with the Ayatollah having the last word. Justification for expanding their type of Islam and for destruction of the Jews is based on divinity according to their religious leaders whom no one can challenge in Iran. A future nuclear war will be unmistakably more devastating and demoralizing than a conventional war. Finding a way to make sure Iran never gets the bomb, as our government has been saying all along, might have a simpler solution. Provide Israel

with the means to take out all Iran’s nuclear facili-ties with our logistic help. No troops on the ground will be necessary from any nation and this does not have to be a full scale war. Certainly Israel has the justifications to take out Iran’s nuclear facilities. Is-rael has been threatened over and over again with annihilation which is, in the first place, a violation of the U.N. charter. Once you eliminate the threat of a nuclear war the following benefits will occur:

Iran will not be able to blackmail anyone with the threat of an atomic bomb.

Our Children and grandchildren will most likely not inherit a future nuclear war.

Iran’s neighbors will respect us and will form a closer relationship with us.

Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Arab Emir-ates and others will have no need to develop a bomb; hence eliminating nuclear proliferation in the Middle East.

It will remove the existentialist threat from Isra-el, while it still has to deal with terrorism from Ha-mas, Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad. Israel prefers that choice.

All sanctions will be lifted from Iran without an opaque dubious agreement that is hard to reasona-bly implement. Worldwide trade will resume benefit-ting Europe, China and Russia.

Iran will not be able to rebuild their nuclear fa-cilities for the very long future and certainly not be achieving their goal of 100+ bombs. On a personal note I will be able to sleep better at night The negatives will include Israel’s world condemna-tion (Déjà vu) and it will be punished with multiple rocket strikes from Hezbollah, Hamas and others. When is the world not upset with Israel? Or ob-sessed? Iran will continue to spread terrorism in the region, not necessarily on a higher level, because they have already got a very clear message. Iran, who doesn’t produce much, is dependent on oil rev-enues. Oil is at the lowest, adjusted for inflation, price in 3 decades and we are not so dependent on oil ourselves. Today we are the largest producer of gas/oil in the world unlike 30 years ago when we were very dependent on Middle East oil. So why are we afraid of Iran? Fix the problem now rather than have our chil-dren and grandchildren do it

Israel Forum Albert Algazi

Israel Forum

CBOI Israel Forum, and Men’s Club Joint Sponsor Beht El, Yardley


Come Join Us! The 4th Annual Tour de Shuls will take place on Sunday, September 20, 2015 at Temple Sinai in Dresher, Pennsylvania. At 8:00 AM the 45-mile ride

will depart followed by the 20-mile ride at 9:00 AM and concluding at 10:00 AM with the 3-mile Family Fun ride. The rides are followed by a yummy BBQ.

Do a mitzvah and join the ride, support a team/rider, or be a sponsor! The Forman Mills Tour de Shuls is a bike ride to benefit the Tikvah programs at Camp Ramah in the Poconos, Ramah Day Camp, and Tikvah Family

Camp conceived of by the Mid-Atlantic Region of the Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs in 2011. Last year the ride raised $60,000 for the Tikvah

programs for campers with special needs at all of three of our camps. This year our goal, with your

help, is to raise $75,000 to assist not only with the existing Tikvah programs but also with the new Tik-vah Residential Program opening next summer at

Camp Ramah in the Poconos. Rabbi Aaron Gaber and Sharon Bromberg are forming a team. Join us for any of the rides!

Take a ride with CBOI !

For more information contact Sharon at [email protected] or 609-214-2543

CONTACT HER NOW

http://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/email.jsp?m=1102478511190&id=preview

mailto:[email protected]

Leisure Club (Mature, Outstanding, Revitalized, Individuals)

FIRST MEETING SEPT. 8TH

The Leisure Club of CBOI meets monthly on Tuesday mornings. Optional exercise begins at

10:30am, followed by a bring-your-own dairy bag lunch. A short business meeting may take place

and then there’s a planned program— an interesting speaker,

a musical program, or other entertainer. Occasional trips scheduled.

ALL only $50/year For adults 50 and over

SCHMOOZE—LEARN— ENJOY Contact Susan Leeds for more information

215-547-6959

Sunday, Sept. 27th 6:30-9:30pm

We’ll be visiting Sun., September 20th 2pm

and you’re welcome to join us!

Contact [email protected] if you have any

questions


A big thank you to everyone for bringing in their

McCaffrey’s receipts. Please continue to bring your register

receipts to CBOI (they can be up to 6 months old.)

We will receive 1% of whatever you spend!

Look for the box in the lobby. You eat up and we cash in.

T hat’s a pretty sweet deal!

BOX TOPS Clip them from items you already buy and bring

them to the box in the synagogue lobby to help support our Religious School.

Help is needed for the upcoming

High Holy Days

Please contact Mike Dubrow

[email protected]

PJ Library 10-11:30am at Roberts Ridge Park Newtown, PA

Congregation Brothers of Israel 530 Washington Crossing Road Newtown, Pennsylvania 18940 ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED TIME VALUE MATERIAL

The Voice Published monthly by

Congregation Brothers of Israel 530 Washington Crossing Road

Newtown, PA 18940 (215) 579-2200

Fax: (215) 579-2204 www.cboi.org

E-mail: [email protected] Rabbi Aaron Gaber

Rabbi Howard Hersch, D.D., Rabbi Emeritus Dr. Robert Winter, Cantorial Soloist

Joan Hersch, Education Director Leslie Floyd...... ..................Co-President Brandon Wind ..................... Co-President Lauren Cell ....................... Vice President Andrew Berezin ............... Vice President Barry Wind........................ Co-Treasurer and Co-Financial Secretary Michelle Goldberg..............Co-Treasurer and Co-Financial Secretary Jodi Whartenby.......Recording Secretary

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