TEMPLE BETH EL BULLETIN An Egalitarian Conservative Synagogue

www.tbe.org

May/June 2011 Nisan/Iyar/Sivan 5771 Volume 37 Issue 5 (bi-monthly)

ARI FLEISCHER

Guest Speaker at TBE

Friday, May 20, 2011 See page 5 For details...

“RACE TO NOWHERE” PANEL DISCUSSION

RELAUNCH YOUR CAREER AT TBE

SEVENTH GRADE MOCK WEDDING

PURIM 2011

PLAYDATES SHORASHIM

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COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS

2020 Action Plan Committee Fred Golove 203-322-0295

B’nai Mitzvah Chairperson Terry Hazen 203-329-2202

Board of Education Sheryl Young 203-975-1990 Karen Singer-Freeman 203-655-0074

Communications Elissa Garber-Hyman 203-316-8228

Facilities Sylvan Pomerantz 203-968-0605

Finance Allan Lang 203-327-6418

Fund Raising Scott Krowitz 203-348-8680 Peter K. Kempner 203-968-8079

High Holidays Seymour Weinstein 203-353-8873

Beth El Remembers Fred Golove 203-322-0295

Human Resources Scott Krowitz 203-348-8680 Robert Lesser 203-321-8364

Membership Committee Terry Hazen 203-329-2202 Rona Katz 203-329-0666

Project Ezra Joy Katz 203-329-3359

Ritual Committee Gerry Ginsburg 203-322-1324 Susan Schneiderman Eitelberg 203-333-3331

Synaplex Roni Lang 203-327-6418

Youth Programming Walter Morgenthaler 203-968-8581

WHERE TO FIND IT

Joshua Hammerman, Rabbi ......................................... Page 3

Al Treidel, Director of Jewish Life Education .................. Page 3

Ronnie Brockman, Early Childhood Center Director. ....... Page 4

Sidney G. Rabinowitz, Hazzan Emeritus ......................... Page 4

May/June Service Schedule .......................................... Page 6

B‟nai Mitzvah .............................................................. Page 7

Adult Education .......................................................... Page 9

Sisterhood ................................................................ Page 11

Temple Beth El - Board of Trustees

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Eileen H. Rosner, President 203-324-4096 Gary P. Lessen, Immediate Past President 203-322-7617 Peter K. Kempner, First-Vice President 203-968-8079 Jared Finkelstein, Vice President 203-327-2187 Scott Krowitz, Vice President 203-348-8680 Harold Schwartz, Vice President 203-968-0460 Seymour Weinstein, Vice President 203-353-8873 Allan Lang, Treasurer 203-327-6418 Denise Greenman, Secretary 203-329-8594

TRUSTEES David Arditti 203-968-2798 Michael Arons 203-323-8436 Melvin Bloomenthal 203-322-2398 Gordon Brown* 203-325-8911 Rosalea Fisher* 203-323-1449 Gerry Ginsburg 203-322-1324 Fred Golove* 203-322-0295 Ron Gross* 203-325-3114 Terry Hazen 203-329-2202 Elissa Garber-Hyman 203-316-8228 Martin Israel* 203-325-8511 Herbert Kahan* 203-322-3249 Alan Kalter* 203-322-8220 Eric Kaplan 203-323-2383 Doug Karp* 203-972-0910 Rona Katz 203-329-0666 Carol Krim 203-968-1075 Mark Lapine* 203-329-9879 Susan Leiterstein 203-322-5012 Claudia Lubin 203-329-8585 Milton Mann* 203-322-6161 Neil Perlman* 203-354-8663 Sylvan Pomerantz 203-968-0605 Brian Rogol* 203-329-8276 Meira Rosenberg 203-968-0260 Eli Savransky 203-329-2990 Norman Stone 203-866-2273 Ken Temple 203-968-9550 Mia Weinstein 203-595-0528 David Wolff 203-968-6361

SISTERHOOD Wendy Durica, President 914-764-8246

MEN’S CLUB Stuart Nekritz, Representative 203-322-0872

*past president

OUR STAFF IS MOST EAGER TO ASSIST YOU

Monday - Thursday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Phone: (203) 322-6901 Fax: (203) 322-0532

Joshua Hammerman, Rabbi (rabbi@tbe.org) ext. 307 George Mordecai, Cantor (CantorMordecai@tbe.org) ext. 303 Sidney G. Rabinowitz, Hazzan Emeritus (hazzan@tbe.org) ext. 309 Steven Lander, Executive Director (execdir@tbe.org) ext. 304 Al Treidel, Director of Jewish Life Education (eddir@tbe.org) ext. 305 Ronnie Brockman, Early Childhood Center Director (Earlychildhood@tbe.org) ext. 315 Barbara Murray, Youth Advisor and YJP Program Director ext. 311 Debbie Bouchard, Education Office (education@tbe.org) ext. 306 Linda Rezak, Bookkeeper (bookkeeper@tbe.org) ext. 302 Mindy Rogoff, Temple Secretary (office@tbe.org) ext. 301 Ellen Gottfried, Secretary (TempleSec@tbe.org) ext. 308 Alberto Eyzaguirre, Facilities Manager (maint@tbe.org) ext. 314 Sisterhood Gift Shop (giftshop@tbe.org) ext. 310

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ON ONE FOOT

Rules of Engagement

At our recent concert, I had the honor of introducing to the congregation our

newest staff member, Rabbi Michelle Dardashti, who in July will become our Director of

Community Engagement.

So, you‟re wondering, who is this person, where did that title come from and what does it mean?

This new position is an expanded version of the part-time Programming Director post held by Ariela Pelaia,

who recently left the community. Ariela helped us

immensely in a multitude of areas, ranging from Religious School to teens to our Young Professionals and Young

Families groups. We came to realize that as important as this job was, it was equally impossible to do it on a part-

time basis. So the search committee and lay leadership adjusted its sites in searching for Ariela‟s replacement,

keeping open the possibility of hiring a full-time person.

Enter Rabbi Dardashti. While we received dozens of resumes from qualified

candidates, the committee knew very quickly that this one was special. She was ordained and received a Masters in

Jewish Education from JTS in May 2010 and has been

working as the Marshall Meyer Rabbinic Fellow at Congregation B‟nai Jeshurun in New York. Before that

she lived in Uruguay, teaching at a Jewish Day School, running Hillel programs, and writing for the Jewish

Telegraphic Agency. Then she spent time in Israel on a

Dorot Fellowship, volunteering at Israel Democracy Institute, studying at the Conservative Yeshiva, and

learning Arabic. While at JTS Michelle served as Director of Family Programming at Shaare Zedek, developing their

youth program, a chaplain at Bellevue Hospital, and rabbi and hazzanit for JTS‟s High Holy Day services. She also

traveled to El Salvador as part of an American Jewish

World Service Rabbinical Student Delegation, led a Birthright Israel tour in 2007 and served as an

educational consultant for Birthright Israel NEXT. When I told one of the leading administrators at JTS

that Michelle will be coming to Beth El, his reaction was

that a “whole lot of people will be crying at that news.” Indeed she was highly recruited by congregations,

agencies and think tanks, and we feel fortunate that she chose to join our team. As our senior staff and lay

leaders have gotten to know her, we‟ve come to realize that, as the JTS website proclaims, she “definitely has the

energy and vitality to realize her vision.” Our good

fortune is that her vision closely corresponds to the one that we have been nurturing: a congregation of

inclusivity, passion, conscience and joy. In short, a congregation of engagement.

We are doing some special things here and Rabbi

Dardashti can make a profound contribution to that sacred work of community building. “Engagement” has

become a key component of community building. As

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AL TREIDEL DIRECTOR of JEWISH LIFE

L’dor Vador

Two summers ago, key members

of the Beth El Religious School

faculty embarked upon a very important project of writing a formal curriculum for our school based upon

important feedback provided by a focus group of parents, educators and Board of Education members. We wanted

to create a document that not only served as a means of recording what we needed to teach and at what grade

levels, but how we pace our instruction and to develop

measures of the effectiveness of that instruction. Last summer, our curriculum was applauded as one

of the best in the country based upon the feedback that I received from key Jewish educators from around the U.S.

who attended the Conference of American Jewish

Educators. This year, teachers took the next step by providing feedback on the pacing guides and the amount

of material that was taught. They added two additional dimensions by recording special activities that

accompanied various units of study and what assessments they employ to measure student learning.

These additions are being incorporated into our

curriculum. The new curriculum has served as a valuable

roadmap for members of our faculty by providing structure and clarity as to what needs to be taught and

when. It also shares valuable information with parents

about what their children are learning (The curriculum may be found on the TBE website.).

However, I learned early in my educational career that we don‟t teach material, we teach children. There is

a very important missing piece to the puzzle. We need

to go to parents and students and ask the question that former Mayor Koch used to ask New Yorkers: “How am I

doing?” We need to be courageous enough to ask this question to identify and implement those additional steps

that need to be taken to ensure that each student is well served.

A standardized survey will be sent out and analyzed.

However, of even greater importance, I will personally interview parents and children to better assess our

instructional program and how well it meets the needs of individual students and their families. This will be done

in two ways: A randomly chosen group of families in

each grade will be individually invited to meet with me over the summer to discuss our Religious School

program. Additionally, an open invitation will be extended to all families to set a time to meet with me

over the summer so that I will have an opportunity to get to know everyone even better and not only explore what

more can be done to provide a more effective religious

educational experience for each student. I look forward to a very exciting and productive

summer of conversation and dialogue with TBE families.

Al Treidel

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THE HAZZAN’S VOICE

How unique are we at Temple Beth El, an Ashkenazic congregation with a

Sephardic cantor?

In 1818, the Reform Temple of Hamburg, Germany, engaged a Sephardic

cantor and continued to do so until 1873. The Reform Jews of Hamburg perceived the Sephardic rendition of

“piyyutim,” religious poetry, as a valid substitution for, or

an addition to the German chorales. The Sephardic delivery style of alternating the chanting of the prayer

between the cantor and the congregation evidently appealed to the early European Reformers, as did the

clarity and dignity of Hebrew prayers when enunciated in the Sephardic dialect. The Hamburg retained Sephardic

prayer pronunciation up until the First World War. Its

sister congregation, the Reform Congregation of Berlin, continued to sing with a Sephardic accent, the few

Hebrew responses still left in its radically shortened liturgy, until 1942 when the community was dissolved.

At a Cantor Assembly convention held in Manhattan,

one of the most popular and well received sessions was conducted by a group of Sephardic hazzanim. Most of

these hazzanim were originally from South America, but presently are serving congregations in the United States.

Most played guitar and/or some type of percussion

instrument. All of their selections were traditional Sephardic melodies or in Sephardic style. May of these

melodies are, to one degree or another, being incorporated in many Ashkenazic congregations in North

America. As in our Temple Beth El, these Sephardic melodies or Sephardic style melodies are adding a

very welcome spirit and enthusiasm to our

services. Thank you, Cantor George Mordecai!

Hazzan Sidney G. Rabinowitz

RONNIE BROCKMAN Early Childhood Center Director

Let’s Put Our Young Children to Work!

With summer upon us, families spend lots of time together, and it is a wonderful learning opportunity for young children to participate in meaningful activities around the house. The following article from the National Association for the Education of Young Children gives some great ideas of how your children can be a real part of the “work” of the family. Young children flourish when allowed to enter the world of real work that surrounds them: From picking up toys or feeding the cat to grating carrots for salad. In the company of family or other adults, children eagerly engage in work. They want to “help” with the pursuits of adults, and this work can be a crucial part of their early learning. If we shield young children from a whole category of activity simply because it is called “work” and not “play,” we may be limiting their developmental opportunities. On the other hand, if we invite children to participate in work and play, we give them many more ways to grow and learn. Through work that is meaningful and a real contribution, even young children can gain a sense of purpose and come to feel more a part of the family. With proper adult supervision, there are many types of chores that families can consider for young children, which can help them begin learning about responsibility, independence and caring for themselves. Here are a few examples: - Gathering, preparing, and cooking food - Even when they are too young to help with lunch or dinner, children can play a role in preparing snacks. And by taking your children to the grocery or market, you can help them better understand where food comes from and how we buy it. - Running errands - Letting young children run errands conveys your trust in them. When you need something (another family member or the phone or a sponge), tell one of your children you need help. - Caring for younger children - Even simple tasks like reading or singing to younger family members, help older children learn about responsibility and sharing. - Housekeeping - Children can help set the table and serve themselves at meals. If you are vacuuming the carpet, you can empower your children by letting them run this “most adult of all” housekeeping tool. - Caring for animals - Pets need water, food, and clean environments. Young children can learn valuable lessons by caring for animals. - Gardening - Nurturing plants helps children learn about the wonders of nature. If you don’t have space for a garden, a small window planter can bring opportunities to explore. In all these activities, it’s important to remember these points: - Keep in mind what your child can accomplish, and how much you need to supervise to make sure the activity is safe. - Even young children can tell the difference between busy-work and real work: Make it meaningful.

- Also, remember that many chores actually take longer with the help of young children, but a little patience and a few extra minutes lets them reap real benefits from assisting the family.

Ronnie Brockman

Temple Beth El Religious School congratulates the Grade Seven Class of 2011!

Join us on Shabbat, May 21 for the Annual Grade Seven Aliyah Service. Services begin at 9:30 a.m.

Alexa Baer William Bralower Sarah Druckman Noah Durica Lucas Ehrlich Ethan Finkelstein Zoë Finkelstein Jacob Goldberg Hannah Katz Dustin Knopoff Matthew Kobliner

Shaina Lubliner Ilana Olin Sean Rose Jillian Rutstein Rebecca Satz Simone Teich Rachel Wolff Andrew Young Michael Zielinski Tyler Zielinski Noah Zussman

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Temple Beth El proudly presents

Ari Fleischer Former White House Press Secretary

“The Middle East: What Next?”

Friday evening, May 20, 2011

Kabbalat Shabbat Services 7:30 p.m.

Ari Fleischer presentation 8:30 p.m.

FREE AND OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY

ABOUT ARI FLEISCHER

As former White House press secretary, Ari Fleischer was the primary spokesperson for President Bush and delivered the daily White House briefings from 2001 to 2003. He previously served as the senior communications advisor and spokesman for the Bush-Cheney presidential campaign. In his almost four years working for George W. Bush, he served as spokesman during the historic presidential recount, September 11, two wars and the anthrax attack. His best selling book, Taking Heat, details his years in the White House and reached #7 on the New York Times best-seller list.

Prior to joining Governor Bush’s campaign, Mr. Fleischer was the national spokesman and communications director for Elizabeth Dole’s presidential campaign. In November 1994, Mr. Fleischer was hired as communications director by the House Committee on Ways and Means after Republicans took control of the Congress. He also served as press secretary to New Mexico Senator Pete Domenici from 1989 to 1994. From 1983 to 1989, Fleischer served as press secretary to two members of Congress from New York, and worked on several political campaigns.

Mr. Fleischer is a native of Pound Ridge, New York, and a 1982 graduate of Vermont’s Middlebury College. Now president of his own firm, Ari Fleischer Communications Inc. – a firm that provides advice to corporations and sports organizations on how to handle the press, he resides in Westchester County with his wife, Becki, and their two children.

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SHABBAT AND FESTIVAL SERVICES

MAY 2011

Friday, May 6 Kindergarten, Grades 1 and 2 Family Shabbat Dinner

Kabbalat Shabbat 7:30 p.m.

Shabbat, May 7 Services 9:30 a.m.

LUCAS EHRLICH, BAR MITZVAH Kindergarten, Grades 1 and 2 Shabbat Program

Jr. Congregation 10:30 a.m.

Friday, May 13 Kabbalat Shabbat 7:30 p.m.

Tot Shabbat with Nurit

Shabbat, May 14 Services 9:30 a.m.

ALEXA BAER, BAT MITZVAH

Friday, May 20 Kabbalat Shabbat 7:30 p.m.

Tot Shabbat with Nurit

Shabbat, May 21 Services 9:30 a.m.

Grade 7 Aliyah Service

Friday, May 27 Kabbalat Shabbat 7:30 p.m.

Tot Shabbat with Nurit

Shabbat, May 28 Services 9:30 a.m.

SARAH AND JACOB GOLDBERG, B’NAI MITZVAH

JUNE 2011

Friday, June 3 Kabbalat Shabbat 7:30 p.m.

Tot Shabbat with Nurit

Shabbat, June 4 Services 9:30 a.m.

ILANA OLIN, BAT MITZVAH

Tuesday, June 7 - EREV SHAVUOT Tikkun Leil Shavuot 8:00 p.m.

Wednesday, June 8 Shavuot Services 9:30 a.m.

Thursday, June 9 Shavuot Services 9:30 a.m. including Yizkor

Friday, June 10 Kabbalat Shabbat 7:30 p.m.

Honoring our Graduating Seniors

Shabbat, June 11 Services 9:30 a.m.

SEAN ROSE, BAR MITZVAH

Friday, June 17 Treetops State Park Service Kabbalat Shabbat 6:30 p.m.

Shabbat, June 18 - Services 9:30 a.m.

Friday, June 24 Kabbalat Shabbat 6:30 p.m. outdoors, weather permitting

Tot Shabbat with Nurit

SHORASHIM - EARLY SPRING ADVENTURE

The Shorashim children spent the morning outdoors discovering our beautiful campus. We took note of the

barren trees and can‟t wait to see the small green

miracles that will soon appear and we discovered pieces of tree trunks that are just the right size for our, well, our

bottoms. But mostly we liked going into the garden and seeing the small buds that will soon be beautiful

flowers. We‟re a little too young to do the actual

measuring of the growth spurts but…we know “bigger” and “smaller” and we can‟t wait to see “bigger!”

TBE Kabbalat Shabbat Services

at Treetops Estate

Temple Beth El will kick off its outdoor Friday

night services with a special Kabbalat Shabbat

Service at the Treetops Estate, 359 Merriebrook

Lane in Stamford, CT at 6:30 p.m. on Friday

evening, June 17.

Once the estate of torch singer Libby Holman,

Treetops straddles the border between Greenwich

and Stamford. Except for the mansion on the

Stamford side, the property is undeveloped,

making it one of the largest parcels of open space

i n F a i r f i e l d County. The

services will be held outdoors at

the mansion hosted by Lisa

and D ona l d Brownstein. In

case of rain, services will be

held inside “The Shed” which is

the home of the Treetops Chamber Music Society

performing there throughout the year.

Cantor George Mordecai and Rabbi Joshua

Hammerman will conduct the services which have

made TBE a destination on Friday nights.

Services during May through June 10 will be held

at 7:30 p.m.

Services will be held outdoors on the lawn of TBE

at 6:30 p.m. from June 24 until Labor Day.

The services are open to the community and all

are welcome.

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You are cordially invited to attend...Any Bar or Bat Mitzvah, aufruf, yahrtzeit, baby naming, birthday, anniversary or other family milestone celebrated in our sanctuary at any scheduled service!

Our services are celebrations for the entire community. Each milestone of yours is one we all have a stake in. Each joy is one we all share, each sorrow is one we all want to allay.

If you have a special milestone approaching, let us know so you can share it with your Beth El family. If you simply want to be part of a congregation that laughs, cries and shares life together, join us any week - join us every week!

NO INVITATION REQUIRED

B’NAI MITZVAH

May 7 (morning)

LUCAS EHRLICH Son of Francine and Stephen

Brother of Sarah Attends Turn-of-River Middle School

Mitzvah Project: Ice Hockey in Harlem

Program

May 14 (morning)

ALEXA BAER Daughter of Lisa and William

Sister of Lewis Attends Rippowam Middle School

Mitzvah Project: Fundraising for the

Wounded Warrior Project and The Hole In The Wall Gang

Please visit our website at

www.tbe.org/2010/10/2010-2011-mitzvah-projects/

for full descriptions of these outstanding projects.

May 28 (morning)

JACOB GOLDBERG Son of Vivian and Bruce

Brother of Sarah and Alyssa Attends Turn of River Middle School

Mitzvah Project: Donating used tennis

racquets to The Boys and Girls Club; volunteer at after-school programs at JCC

June 4 (morning)

ILANA OLIN Daughter of Suzanne and Craig

Sister of Joshua and Jessica Attends Middlebrook School

Mitzvah Project: American Heart

Association

June 11 (morning)

SEAN ROSE Son of Julie and Solomon

Brother of Michael Attends Eastern Middle School

Mitzvah Project: Collecting supplies and

money for the Connecticut Humane Society

PURIM DRIVE TO BENEFIT PERSON-TO-PERSON

TBE congregants collected hundreds of new and gently-

used clothing items for Person-to-Person as part of a Purim drive. Also, we donated boxes of pasta used as

noisemakers for Purim! Anyone wishing to donate clothing can drop it off at TBE.

Charlotte Freund and Michael Rose

May 28 (morning)

SARAH GOLDBERG Daughter of Vivian and Bruce

Sister of Jacob and Alyssa Attends Turn of River Middle School

Mitzvah Project: Volunteer at JCC

KinderPlace and collecting and donating books to Westover Magnet School & T.O.R.

PASSOVER FOOD DRIVE TO BENEFIT THE KOSHER FOOD BANK

AT JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES

Thank you to all the people who generously donated

Passover food bags for the food drive. Temple Beth El was amazing in its response to an appeal from Jewish

Family Services. This is what‟s great about our

community!

Also, thanks to the Finkelsteins and Amy, Morgan, and

Brandon Temple for helping to distribute the bags.

Ken Temple

TOO MUCH INFORMATION?

A roundtable conversation with teens and adults Friday, June 10 following Kabbalat Shabbat

services beginning at 7:30 p.m.

What defines “too much information?” Are Facebook friends really friends? Can adults and kids get along on Facebook? Have we all become too self-absorbed? What about the epidemic of cheating? The impact of Social Networking on world events

We will honor our graduating high school and college seniors at services.

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Special Occasion?

Sponsor The Shabbat E-nnouncements (sent every week via e-mail)

The Shabbat Announcements (distributed each Shabbat at the Temple)

and the Shabbat-O-Gram (e-mailed every Thursday night)

All three publications for $72

All sponsors will be acknowledged at the

beginning of each of these announcements

and also listed in our bi-monthly Bulletin.

Call Mindy in the office at 322-6901 ext. 301.

The deadline

for the JULY/AUGUST 2011

issue of the Temple Bulletin will be

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

MAZEL TOV TO…

Lieba and Steven Lander for being honored by the Norwalk Chapter of Hadassah for their many years of service to the community.

Rachel and Keith Friedman on the birth of a son, Joshua.

Minerva Kweskin on the birth of a great-granddaughter, Ida Mae

Jessica and Jonathan Bradley on the birth of a son, Grant Ethan and to proud grandparents, Sandy and Fred Golove.

Kathy and Jeff Paseltiner on the birth of a granddaughter, Anne Carys, born to Michele and Matt Menard.

Lori and Scott Leibowitz on the birth of a daughter, Addison Morgan.

Marsha and Neil Matthews on the birth of a granddaughter, Sadie Juliet, born to Emily and Jay Rittberg.

THANK YOU FOR SPONSORING KIDDUSH

Wendy and Jon Durica

Mindy and Jeff Hausman Joy and Larry Katz

Vicki and Mark Kobliner

Cathy and David Satz Laurel Schwartz

Cheryl and David Wolff

THANK YOU FOR SPONSORING THE SHABBAT ANNOUNCEMENTS

Wendy and Jon Durica

Mindy and Jeff Hausman Joy and Larry Katz

Vicki and Mark Kobliner Cathy and David Satz

Cheryl and David Wolff

WE THANK OUR VOLUNTEERS

Rhoda Dember, Beth Finchler, Roz Finchler, Sam Kravitz, Carol Sander, Millie Sobel, Barbara Taksel

HONORABLE MENSCHEN Todah Rabah to our Torah readers!

ATTENTION PARENTS

OF COLLEGE FRESHMEN

Rabbi Hammerman would like to stay in touch

with your child while he/she is away at college.

Please send his/her e-mail address to Ellen in the

Temple office at: templesec@tbe.org.

Thank you!

NITZANIM

A Shabbat Program

for Young Children

Meets every Shabbat morning

from 10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

Baby sitting and snacks

will be provided by our madrichim!

Thank you to Alan Locker and Family

for establishing the

Ruth Locker Memorial

Early Childhood Scholarship Fund

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VISIT OUR WEBSITE!

www.tbe.org

Read Rabbi Hammerman’s Shabbat-O-Grams… Hear Cantor Mordecai’s Shabbat melodies...

View our photo albums… Learn about our upcoming events…

Find contact information...

And much, much more!

THE GREAT JEWISH BOOKS with Rabbi Joshua Hammerman

Sunday, June 1 at 9:45 a.m.

When Bad Things Happen to Good People By Harold Kushner

We will discuss the lasting legacy of a classic that was written 30 years ago.

From Amazon.com‟s review: Rarely does a book come along that tackles a perennially difficult human issue with such clarity and intelligence. Harold Kushner, a Jewish rabbi facing his own child‟s fatal illness, deftly guides us through the inadequacies of the traditional answers to the problem of evil, then provides a uniquely practical and compassionate answer that has appealed to millions of readers across all religious creeds. Remarkable for its intensely relevant real-life examples and its fluid prose, this book cannot go unread by anyone who has ever been troubled by the question, “Why me?”

ADULT EDUCATION

LEARNING & LATTE

Last Session: May 10 at 7:30 p.m.

Stamford‟s long-running, monthly interfaith, free-flowing

“tri-alogue” - Christianity, Islam and Judaism featuring

Rabbi Hammerman, in dialogue with other local clergy of all faiths.

At COSI, 1209 High Ridge Road, Stamford

Meets monthly on the second Tuesday from October-May.

The class is being run in conjunction with the Interfaith Council of Southwestern Connecticut.

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE $100 EARLY BIRD SPECIAL

AND REGISTER YOUR CHILD IN RELIGIOUS SCHOOL NOW!!!

We are pleased to announce the opening of early registration for the 2011-2012 school year for the TBE

Religious School. Grades Kindergarten, 1 and 2 will all

meet on Sunday mornings from 9:00 am „til 12:00 noon. Grades 3 - 7 will all meet on Thursday afternoons from

4:00-6:00 pm and again on Sunday mornings from 9:00 am „til 12:00 noon. In addition, for the third consecutive

year we will be sponsoring our one Sunday-per-month K‟tanim Program for pre-schoolers, ages 3, 4 or pre-

school 5 year-olds from 9:00-11:45 am. We are able to

offer this terrific program to our pre-schoolers at a minimal cost due to the generous sponsorship of the

Gibor Foundation.

There are great discount opportunities for families.

Families registering children by Monday, June 27 receive a $ 100 family tuition discount. The first

25 families registering a child for the first time in grades Kindergarten, 1 or 2 will receive a $200

tuition discount. Families of children who were in

our K’tanim Program this past year receive an additional $100 discount on Kindergarten tuition.

Thus, families registering a child for Kindergarten by June 27 may qualify for as much as a $400

tuition discount. Families of children in grades 1 and 2 who register a child for the first time (by

June 27) may qualify for as much as a $300

tuition discount. And, of course, all June 27 Early Bird Families, regardless of grade in Religious

School, will definitely receive the $100 family tuition discount.

Our Religious School is noted to be among the finest in Connecticut with outstanding teachers, a comprehensive

curriculum and state-of-the-art technology. TBE‟s Religious School is a fun and innovative place to be.

Find out more about our school or request registration materials by contacting Al Treidel at: 203-322-6901, ext.

Rachel Cohen, a

Temple Beth El teen and student at the

King Low Heywood Thomas School,

discusses with TBE’s

7th grade Religious School class her

recent experience playing the title role

in “The Diary of Anne Frank.”

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CELEBRATING A SPECIAL EVENT? COMMEMORATING A YAHRTZEIT?

Please consider sponsoring a Kiddush, following Shabbat Services, or an Oneg Shabbat, following our Friday evening services. Contact Steven Lander in the office for all of the new reasonably priced Kiddush options at 322-6901, ext. 304 or execdir@tbe.org.

For information about any of the sponsorship opportunities listed above, please call Steven Lander at ext. 304.

MEMORIAL PLAQUES

Inscribe the names of your loved ones on a plaque for our Chapel wall along with a light to commemorate their

yahrtzeit and yizkor observances throughout the

year.

Please contact Mindy at 322-6901, ext. 301 for

further information.

PROJECT EZRA

Would you like to perform a mitzvah that is right at the heart of our Temple? Join the Project Ezra team that

delivers pre-shiva meals to bereaved members of our

Temple. Participating is easy and so very rewarding.

To learn more, contact Joy Katz at 329-3359 or

joyakatz@yahoo.com.

Shavuot

Join Rabbi Hammerman and Cantor Mordecai on Tuesday, June 7 at 8:00 p.m. for services, followed by Tikun Leyl Shavuot with learning and discussion. Delicious dairy desserts will be served.

We honor our day school students at services:

First day of Shavuot - Wednesday, June 8 at 9:30 a.m. Pizza lunch, ice cream and cheesecake for all!

Second day of Shavuot - Thursday, June 9 at 9:30 a.m. including Yizkor.

90th Anniversary Celebration

Between September and April we celebrated our 90th anniversary in many ways. From founding families to our newest members, we shared pictures and memories of our past. The celebration concluded with a spectacular concert featuring the newest members of our professional staff.

Our virtual journal offers an opportunity to share your family’s connection to Temple Beth whether you go back to our roots or are a new part of our community. You can access the journal at http://issuu.com/tbejanfebbulletin/docs/90th_anniversary_celebration_commemorative_journal

If you have not yet added your words or pictures, you may still do so by contacting Mindy at office@tbe.org.

None of the events would have happened without the 90th Anniversary Committee. Thank you to Beth Finchler, Rosalea Fisher, Olga Goldstein, Denise Greenman, Gail G. Trell and most especially, Steve Lander.

TBE

We’re starting Bingo on TUESDAY NIGHTS

in the fall as a NEW FUND RAISER.

WE NEED VOLUNTEERS. To sign up,

e-mail Steven Lander execdir@tbe.org

or 203-322-6901, ext.304

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IS YOUR BAR/BAT MITZVAH SIX MONTHS AWAY?

Visit our Gift Shop to view our large selection of invitation books. Make an appointment with Nancy Mayer at 203-321-1094 and she will guide you through the ordering process. We have all the popular books to choose from: C’est Papier, Encore, Jansson, Checkerboard and more! And we have the BEST DISCOUNTS! We also have Havdalah candles, Sunkist Fruit Gems sold in bulk, tallitot and yarmulkes for guys and girls and gifts. You can order your yarmulkes from us, too. We are a one stop shop for your simcha!

PLAY MAH JONGG

with

TBE SISTERHOOD

Second Thursday

of every month!

For information call 203-325-8836

Regular Hours:

Sundays from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Tuesdays from 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

For appointments, please call Nancy Mayer

at 203-561-6157

or Steve Lander in the Temple office

at 203-322-6901, ext. 304.

HELEN GOLIN JUDAICA SHOP

At TBE

TORAH FUND

Instead of sending greetings from Hallmark, why not send a beautiful Torah Fund card? You can help celebrate a simcha, extend get-well wishes and send someone special a mazel tov. I like to keep them “on hand” for the convenience of having them in my own home.

What is Torah Fund?

It is a project of Women‟s League for Conservative

Judaism to benefit the Jewish Theological Seminary in

NYC, the Ziegler School in L.A. and the Schechter Institute in Jerusalem. Our Temple has already profited

from this wonderful organization. Rabbi Hammerman, Cantor Mordecai, Cantor Jacobson, Rabbi Kalev, Cantor

Littman and Hazzan Rabinowitz are all graduates of

these institutions.

How much are the cards?

$3 a piece or 7 cards for $20

Who do I contact? Suzanne Stone at (203) 866-2273

I will make this transaction as easy as possible for you! I can meet you at the Temple at a time that is convenient for both of us. I can drop them in your mailbox when you send me your check. Remember, if you write a check, you may use that donation as a tax deduction. I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Suzanne Stone, Vice President of Torah Fund

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PLEASE BE AWARE...

Because of strict confidentiality regulations, Stamford Hospital limits the access that clergy have to patient

population lists.

Please help us to help you and your loved ones by contacting the rabbi directly, by voice mail (322-6901

x307) or email (rabbi@tbe.org) when you know of

someone in the hospital.

TREE OF LIFE

A beautiful way to commemorate a special occasion is to purchase a “leaf” on our beautiful “Tree of Life” sculpture adorning our Temple lobby. There are many more leaves available for your own personal inscriptions.

The following categories are still available: Triple Chai $5,400 Guardians of the Temple $1,000 Silver Leaves - Gold Border $750 Silver Leaves $250

Please contact Mindy in the Temple office at 322-6901, ext. 301 or office@tbe.org.

PEW SEATS AVAILABLE!

Are you tired of scrambling for seats when you come to worship at the High Holy Days? There is a solution! Why not purchase the rights to pew seats for you and your family?

Pew seats may be paid over a three year period. For further information, please contact Steve Lander at ext. 304 or execdir@tbe.org.

DEDICATE A PRAYER BOOKDEDICATE A PRAYER BOOK

MAHZOR LEV SHALOMMAHZOR LEV SHALOM

The newly published High Holiday Prayer Book, Mahzor

Lev Shalem, was used for the first time on the High Holidays

to everyone’s satisfaction.

For $50: One prayer book for your personal use or donate one

to the Temple.

For $250: Six prayer books will be donated to the Temple.

For $500: Twelve prayer books will be donated to the Temple.

For $1,000: Twenty-one prayer books will be donated to the

Temple. Four books will be given to your family.

OR HADASHOR HADASH

This very special book was intended to educate and

enlighten; indeed, Or Hadash translates as A New Light. “Its

purpose is to help the reader - no matter of what background -

to understand the siddur and to be able to pray from it with

great sincerity and meaning. Or Hadash enables the

worshiper not only to understand the texts, but how to actually

daven (pray with devotion),” said Rabbi Hammerman.

The dedication of this book costs $54.

CHUMASH (BIBLE) to DEDICATECHUMASH (BIBLE) to DEDICATE

The Etz Hayim Chumashim (Bibles) are available for

dedication. Having a simcha? Why not dedicate a Chumash

to honor the occasion? Observing a yahrtzeit? Why not

dedicate a Chumash in memory of your loved one?

The dedication of this book costs $72.

SIM SHALOM SIDDUR for SHABBATSIM SHALOM SIDDUR for SHABBAT

Our Sim Shalom siddurim for Shabbat are available for

dedication.

The dedication of this book costs $36.

SHIVA MINYAN BOOKS AVAILABLESHIVA MINYAN BOOKS AVAILABLE

FOR DEDICATIONFOR DEDICATION

Prayer Books for Shiva Minyans are available for dedication.

The dedication of this book costs $36.

A lovely, personalized book plate will be placed inside

the front cover.

Please call Mindy in the office, 322-6901, ext. 301 or

office@tbe.org, if you would like to dedicate one of these

books.

INFORMATION FOR YOU…

When making a donation in honor of or in memory of

someone, an acknowledgement will be mailed to the

designee for donations of $10 or more. Donations of less

than $10 will be acknowledged only in the Bulletin.

All donations will be published in the Bulletin unless you

state that you wish to be anonymous.

JFS is honoring one of our very own

Tara Shapiro Recipient of JFS’ Young Leadership Award

An Evening with JFS Sunday, May 15, 2011 at 5:30 p.m.

Congregation Agudath Sholom Stamford, CT

ATTENTION GARDNERERS!!!

If you would like to help plan and/or to help work on our Mitzvah Garden, please contact Eileen H. Rosner at 203-324-4096 or president@tbe.org.

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WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS

THANK YOU FOR DEDICATING

A “SIDDUR SIM SHALOM”

In loving memory of… Marc Shapiro, z‟l, by Millie Rosenberg Arnold Piskin, z‟l, by the Piskin Family Bernard Peskin, z‟l, by Anne Peskin

WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS IN MEMORY OF:

ARLENE KARP, z’l Sally & James Rothkopf, Barbara & Joe Field, Ellen & Bruce Taub, Lori & Bruce Tobin, Elissa Stein & Ted Listokin, Peggy & Alan Kalter, Rosalyn & Alan Ziskin, SYLVIA BIENSTOCK, z’l Lori & Bruce Tobin MARC SHAPIRO, z’l Krayna & Rabbi Charles Feinberg, Gail & Jack Bernstein, Edith & Milton Novak, Toni Peterson, Irma Wallin, Helen & Milt Glazer, Gloria & Saul Levenson, Estie & Jim Sherman, Debbie Bouchard, Stephan Lewy, Judy Feinberg, Adrienne Djilani, Sheila & Gordon Brown, Carol & Allen Krim, Melanie Massell & Frank D‟Andrea ANNETTE (NETTIE) LEBOW, z’l Jack Miller, Peggy & Alan Kalter ARNOLD PISKIN, z’l By The Piskin Family in gratitude to the congregation for their heartfelt wishes and support, Lori & Bruce Tobin, Stephne & Kerrin Behrend ARNOLD SCHWARTZ, z’l Barbara & Arthur Sheer, Ellen & Alan Zalkowitz RUTH LOCKER, z’l Susan & Stephen Goodman

RABBI JOSHUA HAMMERMAN MITZVAH FUND In memory of… Marc Shapiro, z‟l, by Betty & Ben Shapiro, Susan Herzog, Alice & Philip Cohn Alan Shameer, z‟l, by Marge Shameer Arnold Schwartz, z‟l, by Marilyn & Bob Rodwin Arnold Piskin, z‟l, by the Piskin Family

CANTOR GEORGE MORDECAI MITZVAH FUND In honor of… Our B‟nai Mitzvah by Michael & Tyler Zielinski

In memory of… Rashe Schildhaus, z‟l, by Beth & Brad Boyer, Gayla & Herbert Halbrecht Alan Shameer, z‟l, by Marge Shameer Arnold Piskin, z‟l, by the Piskin Family

FRANK AND ROSE ROSNER MEMORIAL FUND In honor of… Eileen H. Rosner on receiving the Senior Volunteer of the Year Award from the Volunteer Center of Stamford by Linda Hempel & Keith Braun

Our B‟nai Mitzvah by Michael & Tyler Zielinski

In memory of… Robin Winick, z‟l, by Larry Winick Lena Rubinovitz, z‟l, by Eileen H. Rosner Marc Shapiro, z‟l, by Eileen H. Rosner, Joyce & Lewis Slayton Arnold Piskin, z‟l, by Eileen H. Rosner, Joyce & Lewis Slayton Annette (Nettie) Lebow, z‟l, by Eileen H. Rosner, Joyce & Lewis Slayton Shirley Diamant, z‟l, by Eileen H. Rosner

KIDDUSH FUND In honor of… Eileen H. Rosner on receiving the Senior Volunteer of the Year Award from the Volunteer Center of Stamford by Rhonna & Brian Rogol

MEN’S CLUB SCHOLARSHIP FUND In memory of… Selma Zager, z‟l, Elaine Kaplin

BRUCE FEINBERG MEMORIAL FUND In memory of… Bruce Feinberg, z‟l, by Dorothy Levine & Alvin Rosenfeld

RELIGIOUS SCHOOL FUND In honor of… Our B‟nai Mitzvah by Michael & Tyler Zielinski

In memory of… Arnold Schwartz, z‟l by Erika & Rob Schwartz

YOUTH FUND In honor of… Our B‟nai Mitzvah by Michael & Tyler Zielinski

MITZVAH GARDEN In memory of… Arlene Karp, z‟l, by Amy & Mel Bloomenthal

BETH EL CARES - PROJECT EZRA In memory of… Arnold Piskin, z‟l, by the Piskin Family

WE MOURN THE PASSING OF…

ARNOLD SCHWARTZ, z’l JIM HERZ, father of Jeffrey Herz

NOEL KRIFTCHER, father of Brian Kriftcher

PATRICIA ZIELINSKI, sister of Brian Zielinski EDWARD GOLOVE, father of Fred Golove and

Rebecca Lehrfeld EILEEN KLINE, mother of Jodi Maxner

WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS IN HONOR OF:

EILEEN H. ROSNER ON RECEIVING THE SENIOR VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD FROM THE

VOLUNTEER CENTER OF STAMFORD Stephne & Kerrin Behrend, Carol & Allen Krim, Betsy &

Stuart Diamant-Cohen DAVID MOREINIS ON HIS MILESTONE BIRTHDAY

Herb Kahan

REFUAH SHELEIMA FOR ROBERTA STIEL Meryl & Hank Silverstein

REFUAH SHELEIMA FOR LOUIS SILVERSTEIN Meryl & Hank Silverstein

HANNAH KATZ BECOMING A BAT MITZVAH

Vera Katz

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REMEMBERING OUR LOVED ONES

Joanne & Marshall Goldberg ........... ISADORE ABRAMS

Susan & David Rich & Family ......... JOAN ARONOWITZ Maddy Shapiro & Family ......................... ROSE BELITZ

Barbara & Allen Shanen ........................ ANN BENNETT Rita & Michael Butterman ............. GRETE BERKOWITZ

Alan Locker......................................... HILDA BORTEN

Susan & Edward Bralower ............. DORIS BRALOWER Marcia & Mark Staines & Family ... JULIUS BRESSLOUR

Ilene, Jim, Barry & Howard Locker ... FANNIE BUFFERD Stewart Casper ................................... IRWIN CASPER

Jeffrey Cohen ................................... GERALD COHEN Paul Corich ....................................... EVELYN CORICH

Lori & Stuart Ratner ..................... IRVING EDELSTEIN

Evelyn Kahn............................................... IDA ELKAN Barbara & Philip Finn & Family .......... JEANNE ELSTEIN

Ronnie & Edward Fein ............ PEARL & GEORGE FEIN Finchler Family ............................. ARTHUR FINCHLER

Finchler Family .............................. IRVING FINCHLER

Nancy & Brad Benjamin ............................... LOIS FINK Tomsky Family ............................................ LOIS FINK

Rita & Mort Johnson ......................... ARTHUR FORCHT Bunny & Stan Rosen ........................... KARL GELBARD

Fran & Gerry Ginsburg.................... DAVID GINSBURG Bracha & Jerry Silber ...................... HINDA GINZBERG

Sondra & Leo Gold ............................... SAMUEL GOLD

Sandy, Bill & Alexandra Gottlin ............ KURT GORWITZ William Gottlin ................................... SALLY GOTTLIN

Loralee & Phil Granowitz ............ IRVING GRANOWITZ Lois & Dick Martin .................... MORRIS GRANOWITZ

Marcia Zlotnick .......................... PHILIP GREENBLATT

Nancy Greene ..................................... FLOYD GREENE Jerry Rich & Vivian Rich-Goldberg ... HERMAN GREENSTEIN

Sue & Art Greenwald & Family ... BERNARD GREENWALD Robin & Joel Evans & Family ........... MITCHELL GUNTY

Steven Grushkin & Family .............. LILLIAN HELLMAN

Karen & Richard Hainbach ................ FRED HAINBACH Roset Hendizadeh ................ MORTEZA HENDIZADEH

Roset Hendizadeh ................... NOSRAT HENDIZADEH Susan Frieden ........................................ RUTH HILFER

Marilyn & Bob Rodwin ...................... SARAH HORVITZ Bobbi & Jerry Jacobs .......................... MURRY JACOBS

Rita & Mort Johnson ... MADALYN & HARRY JOHNSON

Herbert Kahan ........................ SADIE & LEON KAHAN Marsha Shendell & Family ................... DANIEL KAISER

Vivien & Arthur White ........................ ESTHER KARATZ Morton Kahn ......................................... JULIUS KOHN

Suzanne & Robert Kahn & Family ........... JULIUS KOHN

Kathy, Howard & Alexis Kraus ................. DANA KRAUS Sam, Hal & Robert Kravitz .................... JACK KRAVITZ

Ilene & Jim Locker ..... SYLVIA & BERNARD KWESKIN Phyllis & Seymour Lapin ............ BELLA & PAUL LAPIN

Phyllis Lapin...................................... LILLIAN LAPINE Ann & Julius Lasnick .... BADANA & HERMAN LASNICK

Ben Evans ....................................... DEBORA LEPANE

Dorothy Levine & Alvin Rosenfeld......... CLAIRE LEVINE Sherry & Ken Cohen ............................ MILTON LEWIS

Rivka & Daniel Lieber ....................... CHARLES LIEBER

Helen Miloslavsky ............................ MEYER LINSHITS

Myra & John Graubard ....................... IRVING LUBITZ Stephanie & Larry Sherman ................. MOLLIE MALIN

Stephanie & Larry Sherman ................ ROBERT MALIN Lois & Dick Martin ......................... BEATRICE MARTIN

Stan Miller .......................................... PHILIP MILLER

Barbara Brafman ............................. JEANNETTE MOTT Carolyn Nadel-Farin .......................... KENNETH NADEL

Stacye & Stuart Nekritz .... LYDIA & JEROME NEKRITZ Honey Nelson ..................................... ALVIN NELSON

Eileen Nemoitin .............................. JACOB NEMOITIN Merritt Nesin .............. EUGENE & ALEXANDER NESIN

Andrea & Eric Bass ........................... SARAH NEWMAN

Lorraine Nisonoff ..........................ALFRED NISONOFF Meryl Silverstein .................................. FREDA NOVICK

David Oberhand ........................ MICHAEL OBERHAND Anita & Hilary Oestreich ............. SAMUEL OESTREICH

Suzanne & Craig Olin & Family ............... ELLIOTT OLIN

Kathy & Jeff Paseltiner ...... EILEEN & THOMAS PARKS Kathy & Jeff Paseltiner ................... ERIC PASELTINER

Sue & Art Greenwald .... GERTRUDE & AARON RAIKIS Julie & Lenny Rakowitz ................... DAVID RAKOWITZ

Claire Redniss .......................... ALEXANDER REDNISS Anita & Hilary Oestreich .................. ROSE RESNIKOFF

Jerry Rich & Vivian Rich-Goldberg ........ MARILYN RICH

Susan & David Rich & Family ................ MURRAY RICH Susan & David Rich & Family ................... ROBYN RICH

Barbara & Jerry Rose ........................ FLORENCE ROSE Amy & Howard Rosenberg ........... CLARA ROSENBERG

Rosenblum Family ....................... ELMER ROSENBLUM

Evie Shapiro .................................... BERTHA ROSNER Magida Family............................................ JOY RUBIN

Joyce & Lewis Slayton ................... LENA RUBINOVITZ Carol Schwartz & Family ................ EVELYN SCHECTER

Beth & Brad Boyer ..................... RASHE SCHILDHAUS

Carol Schwartz & Family ............ EDWARD SCHWARTZ Nancy Wolfson & Family .. SOPHIE & ALEX SIDEROWF

Linda Simon .............................................. JAY SIMON Muriel Siskind ........................................ SOL SISKIND

Cindy & Steven Warren .......................... SOL SISKIND Phyllis & Harvey Walzer ....................... ESTHER SMALL

Susan & Larry Holzman ................. CHARLES SNIPPER

Alan Sosnowitz ............................. LILLY SOSNOWITZ Elaine Tashman & Family.............. HAROLD TASHMAN

Bernie Taub ............................................ OSCAR TAUB Claire & Paul Stuken .......................... ANNA WALLACH

Claire Redniss ............................ ABRAHAM WALTERS

Barbara & Stan Friedman ............... LILLIAN WARSAW Carol Rabinowitz ....................... DAISY WEINSTRAUB

Sondra & Leo Gold .................... DAVID WITTENBERG Muriel Siskind .............................. DELPHINE WOFSEY

Jimmy & Andie Koplik & Family ........ DAVID WOLFSON Nancy Wolfson & Family ........... GERTRUDE WOLFSON

Peter Wolly & Family ................................ JILL WOLLY

Malerie Yolen-Cohen .......................... BURTON YOLEN Roselyn Finchler & Family ............... HELEN ZAGELMAN

Marvin Zinn .......................................... MARTIN ZINN

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OVER 20 TBE CONGREGANTS

ARE SAVING $$$

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Attention Temple Beth El Congregant and CL&P Customer:

How would you like to donate $75.00 to TBE and be part of Connecticut’s best value: The Home Energy Solutions (HES) Program?

Did you know that through the Connecticut Energy Efficiency Fund, because you are a CL&P customer, you can receive all the following services?

A HES assessment is a complete energy service performed by HE-Energy Solutions LLC, certified professionals. It includes the following:

·The installation of up to 25 compact fluorescent (CFL) light bulbs - specialty and standard.

·Sealing of wasteful drafts and air leaks. ·Windows and Doors will be assessed - v-seal and weather stripping provided where

necessary. ·Water saving strategies - replacement to low flow showerheads and faucet aerators. ·Pipe Insulation - provided if necessary. ·Inspection of attic, floor and wall insulation. ·Hundreds of dollars of additional rebates that you may qualify for.

This service is valued at over $700 and is available to you as a CL&P customer for the low cost of $75, which we will donate, in your name, to Temple Beth El.

The Home Energy Solutions is one of the innovative programs supported by the Connecticut Energy Efficiency Fund and administered by CL&P and UI.

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Please call Renee at 203.307.5395 and use reference code Tzedakah to start saving today.

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OPPORTUNITIES FOR GIVING

Adult Education Programs

Beth El Cares

Beth El Seniors

Camp Scholarship Fund

Cantor George Mordecai Mitzvah Fund

Frank & Rose Rosner Memorial Fund (maintenance)

General Fund

Hazzan Sidney Rabinowitz Mitzvah Fund

High Holy Day Appeal

Kiddush Fund

Men’s Club Scholarship Fund

Prayer Book Fund

Project Ezra

Rabbi Joshua Hammerman’s Mitzvah Fund

Religious School Fund

Youth Programs

ON ONE FOOT continued from page 3...

David Brooks notes in his new book, The Social Animal, we‟re not primarily self-contained individuals. We‟re

social animals, not rational animals. We emerge out of

relationships, and we are deeply interpenetrated, one with another. Translated to the work of a congregation,

a unique community charged with generating meaning in people‟s lives, it‟s all about connecting people to one

another. It‟s not enough to simply provide programs, but

rather to nurture relationships, one person at a time, from the youngest to the oldest. That is Michelle‟s

specialty. She‟ll be conducting Tot Shabbat programs for young

families, plus Shabbat and High Holiday family programs and leading our teen groups as well. She‟ll continue to

build our successful young professionals group, tapping

into national efforts like Synagogue 3000‟s “Next Dor” program designed to engage young, unaffiliated Jewish

adults. Rabbi Dardashti joins an excellent senior staff that

includes top-of-the-line educators in Al Treidel and

Ronnie Brockman, a super executive director in Steve Lander and Cantor Mordecai, whose spiritual vision has

transformed us in just a single year. The addition of her talents will bring us to an even higher level. Our superb

staff also includes our office staff, teachers and maintenance workers; combine that with a lay leadership

that has had the vision and courage to invest in our

future, as well as a few key donors who have seeded this expanded position so that it would not place an extra

strain on our budget. As we close out the fiscal year, I am grateful to all of them – and to all of you – for

bringing us to a place of great promise for the

upcoming year. Rabbi Joshua Hammerman

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