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HineniHineniA Congregation Brith Shalom Publication

A Message from

Allan GoldsteinCBS Board President

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Only two years ago, most of our summer Shabbat services were held in the chapel. So far this summer, we have held our services in the main sanctuary, and there are close to a hundred people each Shabbat who gather to worship together. I am excited at such an enthusiastic turnout. The chapel services had a lot to offer because of their intimacy, but services in the sanctuary are still friendly.

If you have not been to Shabbat services lately, come on out! There is a warm and engaging relaxation that comes with the prayers and learning during Shabbat t’fi llot. We all need the beauty and peacefulness of Shabbat to separate us from our daily responsibilities. I truly look forward each Shabbat to the melodies of the prayers, the niggunim, and the fellowship I happily fi nd during Shabbat morning services. The number of people engaged in the services is uplifting. Nancy Picus often reads Torah and, following Sandy Remson’s fi ne example, excels at fi nding congregants to read. Alan Goldsmith fi nds congregants to read the Haftarah. The rabbi has invited several congregants this summer to deliver a d’var Torah, which provides interesting and fresh perspectives. The cantor has invited more congregants to daven all portions of the service. Being blessed while called for an aliyah by a lay gabbai is beautiful, and when you have a special occasion (say an anniversary or traveling), the rabbi or cantor provides a special blessing. The opportunities to be involved are fantastic, and the guidance, direction, and openness of our clergy are uplifting.

Shabbat is just one way to get involved with your Brith Shalom family and community:there is Men’s Club, Sisterhood, the Inspired Book Club, the daily morning minyan, volunteering at SEARCH, softball, being involved in a committee, or just volunteering to help in the offi ce or on a number of special projects to name just a few. We are a blessed and a special community because of the effort of our members to get involved, learn, and engage with our clergy and leadership. Whatever your level of participation, active or less so, make 5774 the year you add to your involvement and learning. Increase your own fellowship, prayer, and learning.

See you on Shabbat,

Allan Goldstein

Brith Shalom is not just a synagogue, we’re a kehillah – a sacred community. Being affi liated with Brith Shalom means that you are connected to something larger than yourself. You are part of a whole, journeying toward fellowship, spirituality, and ethical living. This year, our sacred community will focus on a theme that will guide our collective journey. The theme will effect positive change in the world, but only if you are engaged.

Welcome to the “Modim Initiative”: our theme is gratitude. If we are able to cultivate a personal and collective sense of gratitude, we will experience a deep and lasting transformation. The word modim is central to one of the deepest prayers in the Amidah; the word means “We thank you.” The prayer is one of thanks to Adonai, for nothing in particular. It is an exercise in gratitude. Three times a day, Jews stop to recognize that we are blessed. We are presented with the gift of life and all kinds of daily miracles that we have done nothing to deserve. And so, we stop to offer thanks to God.

Throughout the High Holy Days, you will have the opportunity to engage in ideas and experiences that will help you cultivate your sense of gratitude. Allow me to begin by expressing my gratitude to you. Thank you for providing me the opportunity to be the spiritual leader of Congregation Brith Shalom, a synagogue with a rich and deep history of community engagement, leadership, spirituality, music, and Jewish life. You are a unique and beautiful collection of people. I am grateful that I spend my days (and many nights) immersed in yiddishkeit, relationships, community, and mitzvot. Thank you for continuing to engage me as your rabbi.

May these High Holy Days inspire you to focus on the blessings in your lives and guide you to express gratitude to the ones you love and to God. May we all continue to be blessed with daily miracles and a sweet New Year.

Thank you.

Rabbi Teller

A Message from

Rabbi Ranon Teller

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Thank you!to all of our fabulous CBS volunteers - past and present! We are

constantly impressed by the spirit, dedication, and kindness of our volunteers, who are always just a phone call or email away. We could not do the work we do, or even begin to strive towards new ideas, programs,

and growth in our community, without each and every one of you. Whether you lend a hand during High Holy Days, participate in Mitzvah

Day, serve on the Chesed Committee, proofread our publications, pass out snacks to religious school students, deliver mishloach manot during Purim, share your talents with us for programs and events, donate a few hours of your time in the offi ce during busy periods, or even bring the offi ce staff treats, you are more help than you know. It is only through your support

that our synagogue can move forward, one mitzvah at a time.

Sincerely,

CBS Offi ce Staff

Following the publication of the current issue of the eHineni (the August-October edition), the eHineni will be published in November, and February, and August. The next issue will appear in early November. In order to make this publication as successful as possible, we need content from individuals and affi liates. We are hopeful that you will be a part of that process by submitting your stories, articles, bulletins, announcements, events, programs, photos, advertisements, etc., to be used in upcoming issues of the eHineni. If you have an idea for an article or would like a particular CBS program highlighted, please review the “Submission Guidelines” below:

Thank you in advance for taking part in the new eHineni. If you have any questions regarding the submission guidelines or what type of content to submit, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you!

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Sandy Remson grew up in Skokie, Illinois. She has a B.A. in liberal arts from Indiana University, Bloomington, and a Masters of Business Administration from DePaul University, Chicago.

Sandy and her husband, Andy, and family moved to the Houston area in 1999 from Knoxville, TN. While living in Knoxville, Sandy participated in the fi rst Young Jewish Leadership Conference as co-president of the Sisterhood of Heska Amuna Synagogue. Before Knoxville, the Remsons lived in Salt Lake City, where their children were born, and where Sandy was involved in Women’s American ORT.

The Remsons joined CBS in 2000. Sandy was recruited to chair the newly-formed B’nei Mitzvah Committee in 2002.

As chair, Sandy worked closely with the synagogue President and Board, and the RPC to ensure that all facets of student b’nei mitzvah preparation were covered. She also worked with the b’nei mitzvah mentors, tutors and junior tutors; organized parent meetings to introduce families to the process; organized trope and junior tutoring classes; expanded and distributed the b’nei mitzvah guidelines; and assigned students to a committee member to help them write a d’var Torah and be comfortable on the bima. It was a very busy period for the b’nei mitzvah program, especially one year when there were 27 students. Sandy led the committee for four years during a period of transition when CBS was operating with no clergy, temporary clergy, or only one permanent clergy.

At the bar mitzvah of her older son, Leland, Sandy chanted Torah for the fi rst time. In 2007 she became coordinator of the Torah readers, serving fi ve years (until August 2012). In this capacity she coordinated congregational volunteers to ensure that there were Torah readers for every Shabbat and all holidays, with the exception of the High Holidays, Purim and Tisha B’Av. She also

worked closely with the CBS Sisterhood and Men’s Club during their respective Shabbat weekends. As Torah reader coordinator, she served on RPC and continues to be part of the committee.

Sandy has also served on three cantor review committees for CBS.

Despite the distance from her home in Spring, Sandy attends Shabbat services regularly. She also continues to read Torah on Shabbat.

Sandy and Andy have two sons: Leland, a mechanical engineer who lives and works in the Houston area, and Ian, who is working towards an accounting degree at Trinity University, San Antonio.

Upon joining CBS, Sandy expressed a desire to get involved in the synagogue. She thought that she could do a good job and so decided to “step up and take on responsibilities that fi ll a need.”

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David graduated from Rice University in 1992, where he and his wife, Margaret Jelinek Lewis, met, but they moved away from Houston for David to attend graduate school in geology at the University of Alabama (M.S., 1996) and the University of Idaho (Ph.D., 2002). The oil industry led him back to Houston, and he accepted a position as a geologist with ExxonMobil after completing his PhD.

David did not grow up in a Jewish home but was fully supportive of raising his children in the Jewish tradition. When they returned to Houston, David and Margaret became active members of Temple Beth Torah in Humble. When Margaret was nominated by Rabbi Dan Gordon for the Wexner Heritage Program for young Jewish community leaders, David participated in some of the educational opportunities, including a trip to Israel with the group. Through his exposure to deeper discussions of Judaism, he developed a desire to accept Judaism as his own. He studied for conversion with Rabbi Teller in a directed study group and in the two-year Florence Melton Adult Mini-School at the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center. On May 11, 2010, he immersed in the mikvah and offi cially converted.

In 2008, the family moved from

Kingwood to Meyerland, and David, Margaret, and their three children became members of Brith Shalom (one week before Hurricane Ike). They immediately became involved in the synagogue through the children’s services and volunteer efforts. In 2010, the whole family participated in Mitzvah Day, helping to build garden plots at an Urban Harvest site.

Since then, David has taken on several leadership roles in the Brith Shalom community. In 2011, he took over the Mitzvah Day Committee from Matt Stein, and he was able to build on a very successful program, involving over 150 members of the synagogue in projects all over Houston. He continued this effort in 2012, a year that saw the addition of several new volunteer sites and an increase in total participation. He has agreed to take on this task for a third year in 2013, with the intention of bringing along a protégé who will assume the chair for 2014.

David was elected to the Board of Trustees in 2011. As a member of the board, he was intimately involved in the rewriting of the synagogue constitution in 2012. He was a member of the original committee formed to consider changes to the document and continued to serve on the subsequent committees that led to the adoption of most of the

proposed changes.

David was re-elected to the board in 2013 and now serves with Marc Malacoff as co-chair of the Facilities Planning Committee. Most recently, David took the lead on writing and submitting a $53,000 grant proposal to the Department of Homeland Security for additional security measures at the synagogue.

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Shabbat Shuvah

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Brith ShalomHonorsVelva & Fred Levineon Shabbat Shuvah

Shabbat Shuvah, the Shabbatbetween Rosh HaShanahand Yom Kippur, marksan important point in theprocess of returning to one’sdeepest self and rediscoveringthe moral bedrock of one’svalue system. This yearCongregation Brith Shalom(CBS) will celebrate ShabbatShuvah by honoring Fredand Velva Levine as modelsof service with a sense ofpurpose.

“Fred and Velva Levine havechanged people’s lives in manyways,,” said Jewish Federationof Greater Houston BoardChairman Carol Goldberg. “They are role models to so many people in our community.”

The Levines will be honoredfor their philanthropy andoutstanding service to theJewish community on Saturday morning, September 7, during services at Brith

Shalom, 4610 Bellaire Boulevard. The couple,long-time members of thesynagogue, are exemplars ofleaders who do extraordinarydeeds.

Their passions includeboth local and internationalprojects. This year the Levinesserved as Finance Co-Chairsfor Jewish Family Service’s100th anniversary celebration. They have also helped build acommunity residence forindependent living for theelderly Jewish community inCasablanca, Morocco.

According to Carol Goldberg,the Levine’s most signifi cantcommunity contributionhas been the couple’sunderwriting of the JewishFederation’s missions toIsrael. “They’ve enabledso many people to go onIsrael missions throughtheir generosity, fulfi llingmany lifelong dreams,” saidGoldberg. “To see peopleexperience Israel, to actuallybe there, to see the Kotel forthe fi rst time, has changedso many lives. Those of uswho have gone on numerousmissions are constantly

overwhelmed when weexperience the joy, pride andamazement of thosefi rst-timers in Israel.”

Velva credits her husband,Fred, and her family forinstilling the values of love ofcommunity and education.“Before I had the funds, Ihad the desire to be involvedand a love for the Jewishcommunity,” said Velva. “Itgives me a feeling of belonging.Our sense of service is basedon the idea of improving whatwe fi nd and making it better.”Asked to name her “favoriteprojects,” Velva spoke about undertakings that improve people’s lives. “For example, there’s the Second Chance program at the Technion in Tel Aviv. These are scholarships that support and prepare young Israelis from poor and developing communities for the rigors of a university education at the Technion’s Center for Pre-university Education (PUC). Ideally these students will gain admission to the Technion and excel in their studies.

“Another favorite programis Kidumatica at Ben Gurion

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University. It is a forumbased on the creativeand imaginative use ofmathematics that reaches outto hundreds of Negev gradeschool students who comefrom diverse socio-economicbackgrounds.

“Locally, we support theJewish Family Service’sChaplaincy program, one ofthe best things the communitydoes. Professional chaplainsvisit patients to offer supportto them or their families.And on Fridays, volunteersvisit hospital patients anddistribute Shabbat boxes.This lets people know thecommunity has not forgottenthem in their time of need.”In addition to the Levines’long commitment tophilanthropy, ERJCCSymposium Institute ChairMarge Mayer highlightedVelva’s love of Jewisheducation.

“Velva has been an activeregular participant in theSisterhood Monday StudyGroup at CBS for 25 years,”said Mayer. “She’s beendedicated and involved. Shethrives on learning and caresdeeply about each member ofthe group.”

When asked about his roleon the Levine team, Fredsmiled and said, “I can’t avoid

being part of Velva’s premiseto leave a legacy. We’ve beenfortunate to transfer oursuccess in the private sectorto the Jewish communityin Houston and in Israel.Furthering education andhelping people as they age arehistoric Jewish goals.

“Our ability to subsidize theIsrael Mission program hasbeen the most meaningfulin my view because it’sallowed hundreds of peopleto see Israel. As a resultof the experience, they’vebecome more committed andintegrated to the communityprimarily because they wentto Israel as early as they did.”

Article written by CBS member Aaron Howard.

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Jewish Outreach Institute News

We are in the Hospitality BusinessHere at Big Tent Judaism/Jewish Outreach Institute (JOI), we have been talking about the application of learnings from the hospitality industry for many years. My colleague Ron Wolfson, of Synagogue 3000 and American Jewish University, has been offering similar advice, some of which he learned from Disney University, who are masters at hospitality. As someone who is a “road warrior” for the Jewish community—that means I travel a lot for my work at JOI—I have the occasion to stay at many hotels. Some hotels practice “aggressive hospitality,” not a term that I coined, which charges each staff member with the responsibility to make sure that guests are accommodated. No staff member walks by without saying “hello,” or asking if the guest’s stay could be made more comfortable, or if there was anything that the staff member could do for the guest.

At JOI we have chosen to call this “proactive hospitality,” frankly, a term that doesn’t say it all but approximates what we are trying to teach—the responsibility of being hospitable, which has its roots in the foundation of Jewish values and thus is indeed a Jewish values construct. One colleague, Rabbi Baruch HaLevi, calls this idea “radical hospitality,” perhaps an extension of the late Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel’s notion of “radical amazement” when one encounters the holy and sacred and then applies to the everyday. I like this idea a lot.

In any case, I was once again reminded of the importance of the lessons of the hospitality industry when staying at a hotel a few days ago. It was a place at which I had not previously stayed. This particular facility certainly trained its people well. I felt immediately at home, welcomed, and had the sense that every staff member, no matter his/her rank, understood the personal charge to be hospitable and welcoming. Thus, I want to once again use the opportunity to apply what I have observed to the front line of Jewish communal organizations, particularly synagogues. So here are ten things that I observed and want to suggest that we all apply.

1. Whenever you encounter someone in the halls of the institution, take the opportunity to say hello, ask them about their day, and ask if there is anything that you can do to be of help. This is as important for the leaders of the institution as it is for the front line staff, including maintenance and security personnel.

2. Always allow the guest to go in front of you. Let them have preference over the stairs or elevators. And remember to hold the door through entrances. Offer to help with packages or books or materials.

3. Go out of your way to make someone comfortable. A reminder: you are in business and have a job because of the customer/client/guest/member. They should always be your fi rst priority.

4. Don’t wait for people to approach you. Take the initiative. Get out from behind your desk and walk toward them when you see them coming. Stand up. Put down the phone or take your eyes away from your computer.

5. Don’t just give directions. Make sure that people really get to where they need to go. Provide a map and walk them there yourself.

6. Remember that you are an ambassador for your institution. Whatever you do or say is refl ective of the institution.

7. Be personal.

8. A smile goes a long way.

9. Say thank you. And then say it again.

10. Say goodbye and invite people to return.As Jewish communal professionals we, like those in the hospitality industry, are in customer service—greeting our guests, fi nding out what they need and want, and providing it for them. Which item from the list above speaks to you as something your organization already does, or something you would like it to?

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Original Ar cle: h p://joi.org/blog/?p=3435#more-3435

Psych Central News

Synagogue Attendance Improves Happiness and Health

By RICK NAUERT PHD Senior News Editor. Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on June 25, 2013

Two new studies suggest that synagogue attendance is associated with better health and happiness for Israeli Jewish adults, as compared to their non-religious counterparts.

Baylor University researchers also found that individuals who regularly attended synagogue reported greater life satisfaction.

“These fi ndings nicely reinforce the inherited Jewish folk wisdom that going to shul (synagogue) is ‘good for you,’” said Baylor University researcher Jeff Levin, Ph.D.

Commitment to Jewish religious belief and practice is strongly associated with greater physical and psychological well-being, Levin said.

As published in Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, one study reviewed 2010 data on 1,849 Jewish adults from the Israeli sample of the European Social Survey.

The other study, published in the Journal of Happiness Studies, used 2009-10 data on 991 Jewish adults from the Israeli sample of the International Social Survey Program’s Religion III survey.

Researchers say the new results confi rm fi ndings from other studies of Jews in Israel and the U.S. conducted over the past few years.

Seven such studies have been published by Levin using data from a variety of national and global surveys.

All of the studies have identifi ed facets of Jewish religious expression as among the most reliable predictors of measures of physical and mental health.

Original Article: http://psychcentral.com/news/2013/06/25/going-to-synagogue-improves-happiness-health/56454.html

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CBS Member Dr. Sam Axelrad

Featured in the News

US doctor returns bones of Vietnamese man's amputated armPublished July 01, 2013 / Associated Press

HANOI – An American doctor arrived in Vietnam carrying an unlikely piece of luggage: the bones of an arm he amputated in 1966.

Dr. Sam Axelrad brought the skeletal keepsake home to Texas as a reminder that when a badly injured North Vietnamese soldier was brought to him, he did the right thing and fi xed him up. The bones sat in a closet for decades, and when the Houston urologist fi nally pulled them out two years ago, he wondered about their true owner, Nguyen Quang Hung.

The men were reunited Monday at Hung’s home in central Vietnam. They met each other’s children, and grand-children, and joked about which of them had been better looking back when war had made them enemies. Hung was stunned that someone had kept his bones for so long, but happy that when the time comes, they will be buried with him.

“I’m very glad to see him again and have that part of my body back after nearly half a century,” Hung said by telephone Monday after meeting Axelrad. “I’m proud to have shed my blood for my country’s reunifi cation, and I consider myself very lucky compared with many of my comrades who were killed or remain unaccounted for.”

Hung, 73, said American troops shot him in the arm in October 1966 during an ambush about 75 kilometers (46 miles) from An Khe, the town where he now lives. After fl oating down a stream to escape a fi refi ght and then sheltering in a rice warehouse for three days, he was evacuated by a U.S. helicopter to a no-frills military hospital in Phu Cat, in central Binh Dinh province.

“When I was captured by the American forces, I was like a fi sh on a chopping-board,” Hung said last week. “They could have either killed or spared me.”

When Hung got to Axelrad, then a 27-year-old military doctor, his right forearm was the color of an eggplant. To keep the infection from killing his patient, Axelrad amputated the arm above the elbow.

After the surgery, Hung spent eight months recovering and another six assisting American military doctors, Hung said. He spent the rest of the war offering private medical services in the town, and later served in local government for a decade before retiring on his rice farm.

“He probably thought we were going to put him in some prisoner-of-war camp,” Axelrad said. “Surely he was totally surprised when we just took care of him.”

As for the arm, Axelrad said his medic colleagues boiled off the fl esh, reconstructed the arm bones and gave them to him. It was hardly common practice, but he said it was a reminder of a good deed performed.

The bones sat in a military bag in Axelrad’s closet for decades, along with other things from the war that he didn’t want look at because he didn’t want to relive those experiences.

When he fi nally went through the mementos in 2011, “it just blew me away what was in there,” Axelrad said at a hotel bar in Hanoi early Sunday, hours after arriving in Vietnam with his two sons and two grandchildren on Saturday evening. “That kind of triggered my thoughts of returning.”

It had taken a little luck for Axelrad to reunite Hung with his amputated arm. He traveled to Vietnam last sum-

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mer -- partly for vacation, but also to try to fi nd the man.

He said he wasn’t sure Hung was still alive, or where to begin looking for him. Axelrad visited An Khe but didn’t ask for him there because he as-sumed Hung would be living in northern Vietnam, where he grew up.

By chance, Axelrad toured the old Vietnam War bunker at the Metropole Hotel in downtown Ha-noi. His tour guide was Tran Quynh Hoa, a Viet-namese journalist who took a keen interest in his war stories.

Hoa later wrote an article in a widely read Viet-namese newspaper about Axelrad’s quest to return the bones to their owner. Hung said his brother-in-law in Ho Chi Minh City read the article and contacted the newspaper’s editors.

Hoa, now a communications offi cer for the Inter-national Labour Organization, arranged Monday’s reunion in An Khe, near the coastal city of Qui Nhon, and served as an interpreter for the veter-ans.

“It’s just time for closure,” Axelrad said a day before the meeting.

Hung was surprised to be reunited with his lost limb, to say the least.

“I can’t believe that an American doctor took my infected arm, got rid of the fl esh, dried it, took it home and kept it for more than 40 years,” he said by telephone last week from his home. “I don’t think it’s the kind of keepsake that most people would want to own. But I look forward to seeing him again and getting my arm bones back.”

Hung served Axelrad and his family lunch, shared memories and refl ected on all the time that had passed. Axelrad said he was pleased to learn where and how Hung had been living for so many years, and to meet his children and grandchildren.

“I’m so happy that he was able to make a life for himself,” Axelrad said.

Vietnam is now a country full of young people who have no direct memory of the war, which ended in 1975 and killed an estimated 58,000 Americans and 3 million Vietnamese. But the war’s legacy persists in the minds of combat veterans who still are processing the events and traumas they witnessed in their youth.

John Ernst, a Vietnam War expert at Morehead State University in Kentucky, said he knows of a few American veterans who have traveled to Vietnam to return personal items to former enemy soldiers as a way to bring closure.

“It is a fascinating phenomenon,” Ernst said by e-mail Sunday. “I always wonder what triggers the decision to make the gesture.”

Original Article: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/07/01/us-doctor-travels-to-vietnam-to-return-bones-amputated-arm/?test=latestnews

The 2000-year-old man invented by Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner has nothing on Willy Reingold. (Photoshop editing graciously provided by Jack Balter of www.partiesbydebi.com). When Adam entered the Garden of Eden, Willy was there to greet him and show him the ropes. When Moses received the Ten Commandments, Willy helped him schlep the stones down the mountain. Willy developed the ancient rite of the Halvah Ceremony.

In a recent advancement, he studied with world-renowned neur osurgeons so he could develop the technique of cutting the halvah on the bias (whatever that means).

Preparation for the Halvah Ceremony required Willy to face east. Since he always sat on the east side of the table at the minyan breakfast at Congregation Brith Shalom, he had to make an about-face. This rotation was fraught with danger, not for Willy, but for those sitting near him, since he always waved his halvah knife. The “Willy Halvah Knife” was very special. He cared for it much as a shochet cares for his shechting knife; razor-sharp, no burrs, etc.

Rarely, do we have an occasion to honor such an esteemed, honorable person of the Congregation Brith Shalom Weekday Morning Minyan. On June 1, 2013 the

Brith Shalom Daily Minyan gathered at Seven Acres to honor William J. Reingold, “J stands for jenius” (that’s a Willy quote). We presented him with a special tallit. The ladies of the Congregation Brith Shalom Weekday Morning Minyan arranged to purchase the tallit. (Marcus Stalarow of Southwest Silkscreen and Embroidery graciously embroidered on it the fi rst names of the regular minyan members). Willy was delighted with the gift which has very special meaning to him because he can wrap himself in those memories of his morning minyan chaverim and keep them with him at the Seven Acres Minyan. Willy

Left to right: Willy Reingold and Alan Winters

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has been a pillar of our daily morning minyan since its inception. He has brought humor, joy and comfort to us in many ways. The most endearing is his tradition of bringing candies to all the ladies. He always had something charming to say when he handed each woman a candy to welcome her. We have often referred to his style as fl irting, but wished we could get away with half the stuff he did. We thought he was discriminating against the men, but at least we knew our gender identity. However, one time he offered one man a piece of candy. As a result, that man worried about his gender for months.

William J. Reingold was the offi cial Torah Gollel (wrapper) and rapper. His talents do not end there; he davens P’sukei D’zimra and Shacharit beautifully. Every day during the Halleluyah prayers, he and Barbara met in the middle of chapel to sing together.

Willy has been unable to attend the daily morning minyan recently because of cracked ribs he suffered in an unplanned trip, and fall. Previously, he planned to sell his condo and move into Seven Acres to be near his wife Torchy who currently resides at Seven Acres. He

First row: Alan Winters, Pam Fournet, Willy Reingold (sitting) Henri Soussan, Natalie Kravetz, Rabbi Ranon Teller, Jake Teller.

Second Row: Bruce Methner, Jacobo Goldberg, Ron Moses, Alan Buck, Steve Conaway, Russ Weidman, Marty Siegel, Eliezer Mendelsohn, Leah Wolfthal.

Pam Fournet presenting tallit to Willy Reingold.

has visited her faithfully, every day since she moved there. Now he will have less travel.

Based on his vast experience and understanding, Willy is our resident philosopher laureate. Naturally, he expounded on the meaning of life, and then described the jewel of his marriage to Torchy 64 years ago on Juneteenth. All of us miss Willy at our daily 7 AM minyan.

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Ron Moses was honored for his years of service as a summer doctor at Camp Young Judaea. Here is Avi Moses introducing his father to receive his honor for years of service as a doctor at CYJ during the dedication of the new Health Center. Kol Hakavod to Ron.

CBS Member

Honored

for Years of

Service at CYJ

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Wednesday, August 21, 2013CBS volunteers gathered at SEARCH Homeless services for their monthly volunteering session, preparing meals for SEARCH clientele.

CBS members pictured above: Diane & Maurice Wolfthal, Marty Buck, Iris Fisherman, and Anna Steinberger.

SEARCH Kitchen Director Billy Robinson is also pictured above.

Photo was taken by CBS member Lena Malacoff.

CBS Members Volunteer monthly

at SEARCH Homeless Services

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Synagogue

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Come homefor the holidays.

Member of United Synagogues of Conservative Judaismwww.BrithShalom.org

Selichot Evening Program:

The Art of the Apology

Saturday, August 31, 9:00 pmSelichot services to follow at 10:30 pm

I’m sorry...

Panelists: Dr. Bob Weinberger and Dr. Yael Avivi (CBS member),clinical psychologists in private practice in Houston,

and Dr. Amir Halevi (CBS member), a practicing attorney.

Join Rabbi Teller

and your Brith Shalom

family for a roundtable

discussion...

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Saturday, September 21, 9:30 am

Thank you for all that you do!Please join us for a special Shabbat servicerecognizing all of our wonderful volunteers,followed by Shabbat kiddush & luncheon

with your CBS family.

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Sisterhoodis sponsoring an eAuction for...

TEN select High Holy Day parking spaces!

The higher you bid, the better your spot!

Bidding begins at $250, August 7, and will close on August 28, 5:00 pm.E-mail your bid to Tracy Jakob at tracyfjakob@msn.com.

Winners will be notified September 1, 5:00 pm.All proceeds go to Sisterhood projects that support the congregation.

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High Holy Day Worship Schedule August/September 2013 Elul 5773/Tishrei 5774

SELICHOT Saturday Night, August 31 Evening Program 9:00 pm Selichot Service 10:30 pm EREV ROSH HASHANAH Wednesday Night, September 4 Evening Service 8:15 pm Child Care (infants to age 4) 8:15 pm ROSH HASHANAH I Thursday Morning, September 5 Morning Service 8:30 am Child Care (infants to age 4) 8:30 am Torah Service 9:15 am Youth Services/Programming (ages 5-13) 10:15 am-12:45 pm Teen Program 11:00 am Teens join service in Sanctuary 11:45 am ROSH HASHANAH II Thursday Evening, September 5 Evening Instrumental Service: Prayer of the Heart 8:15 pm Friday Morning, September 6 Morning Service 8:30 am Child Care (infants to age 4) 8:30 am Torah Service 9:15 am Youth Services/Programming (ages 5-13) 10:15 am-12:45 pm Teens join service in Sanctuary 11:00 am SHABBAT SHUVAH (Sabbath of Repentance)

Friday Night, September 6 Evening Service 6:15 pm Saturday Morning, September 7 Morning Service 9:30 am TASHLICH Sunday, September 8 Special Family Program 9:45 am Tashlich Ceremony: meet at ERJCC parking lot 11:15 am Kever Avot (“Cemetery Visits” ) 12:15 pm

EREV YOM KIPPUR Friday Night, September 13 Child Care (infants to age 4) 6:45 pm Kol Nidre Service 7:00 pm YOM KIPPUR Saturday Morning, September 14 Morning Service 9:00 am Torah Service 9:45 am Child Care (infants to age 4) 9:00 am-2:00 pm Youth Services/Programming (ages 5-13) 10:30 am-1:30 pm Teens Program 11:00 am Teens join service in Sanctuary 11:45 am Yizkor (approximate) 11:00 am Yom Kippur Discussion 4:15 pm Child Care (infants to age 4) 5:15 pm-8:00 pm Mincha 5:20 pm Neilah 6:30 pm Shofar Blast 7:58 pm SUKKOT Thursday Morning, September 19 Sukkot I Service 9:30 am Friday Morning, September 20 Sukkot II Service 9:30 am Friday Night, September 20 Evening Service 6:15 pm Volunteer Appreciation Shabbat Saturday Morning, September 21 9:30 am Shabbat Morning Service, honoring all volunteers HOSHANAH RABBAH Wednesday Morning, September 25 Daily Minyan (Lulav, Etrog and Willows Processional) 7:00 am SHEMINI ATZERET Thursday Morning, September 26 Morning Service 9:30 am Yizkor (approximate) 11:00 am SIMCHAT TORAH Thursday Evening, September 26 Dinner 5:45 pm Service 6:30 pm Friday Morning, September 27 Morning Service in the Chapel 9:30 am

Sunday, September 8, 2013

Family Education Program: 9:45-10:45 amGrades PreK-2: Classrooms 5 & 6

Grades 3-7: Chapel

Tashlich Ceremony: 11:15 amAdults, students, and parents: meet at ERJCC for the Tashlich ceremony

Kever Avot: 12:15 pmMemorial prayers for loved ones with CBS clergy

at cemeteries: Emanu El & Beth Yeshurun-Post Oak

“You will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.” Micah 7:18-20

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Sunday, September 2212:30-1:30 pm

$5 per meal:

1 pizza slice,

salad, cookies,& lemonade

hosted by:

Men’s Club & Religious School

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Lunch & Learnin the CBS sukkah

Monday, September 23, 9:30 am

Traditional prayers followed by a gourmetbrunch and a special women’s learning session

for Sukkot, led by Rabbi Ranon Teller.

All women are welcome to join!

Contact Marge Mayer for more information:margemayer8008@aol.com

Please join

Sisterhoodfor an exciting membership evening,

Monday, September 30, 2013, 6:30 pm

at the home ofHelene Sheena

A potluck dairy dinner will be served.Come and welcome our new members,

gather together with your Sisterhood, eat, and enjoy the program!

Not a member of Sisterhood...we'd love to have you!

Our speaker will be Dr. Kay Goldman, author ofDressing Modern Maternity: The Frankfurt Sisters of Dallas and the Page Boy Label,

the story of three sisters; entrepreneurs ahead of their time.

Please RSVP by Tuesday, September 24:

Susan Marblestone, susanmarblestone@gmail.com, 281-491-0690Lisa Lowenstein, momvet3@aggienetwork.com, 713-202-0861

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The Sisterhood Gift Shop

Hanukkah BAZAARis Back!

Sunday, November 3, 9:00 am-4:00 pm

Get your holiday shopping done in one day at one place!There will be many vendors with a large variety of items and gift ideas.

For questions or to participate as a vendor please call:Gift Shop Manager

Barbie Talisman at 713-992-9922

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Join us for a fun-filled Shabbat withIsraeli dancing, a Torah comedy show

performed by The Bible Players,family and traditional services

led by CBS clergy,adult programming honoring veterans,

Torah study and Lunch & Learnled by Mattias Henze,

Shabbat kiddush & lunch for all,and more!

Saturday, November 99:30 am-12:30 pm

CommunityShabbat

Children are requested towear red, white, and blue.

Hand-crafted thank you cardsin honor of our veterans

are encouraged and will becollected during Community Shabbat.

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Mitzvah DaySunday, December 15, 2013

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Prepare yourselves for a powerful experience in Jewish prayer. Our Sages teach that when a group of people prays together, God’s presence (the Shekhinah) dwells among them. The essence of the Friday Night Ruach service is intense congregational participation. This service is part of a new wave in Jewish prayer that began in New York, Los Angeles, and Jerusalem, where congregations like B’nai Jeshurun, Kehillat Shira Hadasha, the Library Minyan, and Yakar are tapping into the contemporary need to participate in song. We at Brith Shalom are seeking the spiritual power of a sanctuary fi lled with voices singing and swaying in unison! We need your voice. Come sing and feel God’s intimate presence, the Shekhinah. In order to help the congregation raise their voices in song, we set traditional liturgy to Chasidic and contemporary melodies accompanied by Shabbat-appropriate instrumentation. We also provide transliterations and sheet music and, on request, can distribute the melodies on CD. When we leave, it's with a smile and a feeling of being invigorated as we look forward to coming together once again for the next Friday Night Ruach.

Join us for an engaging musical service with instrumentalaccompaniment with your CBS family. All ages welcome!

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Friday Night

Ruach!2013 - 2014

Oct. 18Nov. 15Dec. 20Jan. 17

Feb. 21Mar. 21Apr. 25May 16

Gourmet Shabbat Dinner Series$20 per personRegister online:

www.brithshalom.org/gourmet

Fridays, 7:30 pm November 1

January 24February 28

April 11

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YoungProfessionals

Come network and chill with CBS clergy and young professionals at our Thursday

happy hour & coffee house social series!

Enjoy drinks on us, relax, mingle, and meetpeople you might not know!

Contact Jess Faerman: programs@brithshalom.org for more info.

Thursdays, 5:45-7:00 pmLocation: TBA.

October 24November 21J a nua r y 30

Feb r u a r y 27Ma rch 27Ap r i l 24

Social Events

Youth Services

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m i n iM i nyan

www.brithshalom.org

We l c ome t o 2 0 1 3-20 14 M i n i M i nyan :Join us this year for an AMAZING family Shabbat experience for

families with children six years of age and younger.

February 14March 14April 11May 9

If you’d like to help sponsor a Mini Minyan dinner in honor of your child’s birthday or specialfamily event, please make a donation to the Mini Minyan fund online or by check.

October 11November 8December 13

January 10

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9:40-10:40 am Grades 3-7 visit the Sukkah with Cantor Levine

11:00 am Primary grades (PreK-2) family education program with Debi Mishael, Cantor Levine, & Rabbi Teller

12:30 pm Pizza in the Hut: food & Sukkot programming with CBS clergy

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Congregation Brith Shalom Department of Education Calendar 2013-2014

AUGUST 20 Madrichim Meeting 21 Faculty Opening Retreat 25 Parents’ Open House 25 Grade 6 Parents’ B’nei Mitzvah Orientation 28 Teen BBQ & Elective Sign-Up SEPTEMBER 5-6 Rosh Hashanah Youth Services 8 Opening Day Special Program (PreK-7) 8 Family Tashlich Ceremony 14 Yom Kippur Youth Services 22 Religious School Classes Begin 22 Sukkah Visits & Pizza in the Hut 22 Grade 5 Parents’ Meeting OCTOBER 2 Opening Night Mosad Shalom 6 Primary Grades Visit the Library 20 B’nei Mitzvah Family Workshop I NOVEMBER 6 Book Fair Program at ERJCC 9 Community Shabbat (Saturday Classes) 24 Grade 7 Trip to the Medallion 24 Hanukkah Celebration DECEMBER 15 Mitzvah Day – No Regular Classes 18 Faculty Meeting – NO classes JANUARY 11 Young Family Havdalah 12 Grade 6 B’nei Mitzvah Family Workshop II 15 Jewish Summer Camp Presentation 19 Tu B’shvat Celebration 25 Kindergarten Kabbalat HaTorah 26 Primary Grades Visit the Library FEBRUARY 16 Yom Limmud – No regular classes 22 Grade 3 Kabbalat HaSiddur 23 Grade 6 B’nei Mitzvah Family Workshop III 26 Community-Wide High School Program 28 Grade 7 Shabbat Dinner at Cantor Levine’s MARCH 1 Young Family Havdalah 2 Rosh Chodesh Family Service 2 Grade 7 Trip to SEARCH Homeless Services 9 Purim Celebration 28-29 Teen & Grade 7 Retreat 30 Primary Grades Visit the Library APRIL 4 Grades 3-4 Service & Dinner 5 Grades 5-6 “On the Bimah” 13 Passover Program

MAY 4 Grade 7 Trip to Supermarket 9 Grade 12 Graduation 10 Teen Havdalah Event 16 Grade 7 Promotion 18 Yom Yisrael SCHOOL CLOSINGS September 11, 15 , 18, 25 Fall Jewish Holidays November 10 Day after Community Shabbat Nov. 27-Dec. 1 Thanksgiving December 15 Mitzvah Day Dec. 18–Jan. 6 Winter Break February 16 Yom Limmud March 16, 19, 23 Spring Break April 16 & 20 Passover B’NEI MITZVAH August 24 Daniel Nadel October 5 Hanna Fradkin October 14 Joshua Bortz October 19 Talia Magenheim October 26 Jordan Leder November 2 Raqefet Taylor-Sheinman November 23 Robert McGill December 14 Sarah Tomlinson January 4 Carol Lahana January11 Nicolas Kopinsky January 18 Benjamin Yifrach January 25 Sean Meisner February 1 Carola Aisenberg February 8 Brandon Lewis February 15 Olesia Rosenberg-Johnson February 22 Jeremy Jason March 1 Gabby Weissman March 22 Ava Graves May 31 Alex Wintz June 7 Emma Fiesinger School Cancellation – In the event that HISD closes school OR cancels after-school events because of weather conditions, Religious School and Mosad Shalom will be cancelled for the evening. Youth Services Junior Congregation (Grades 3-5) 10:30-11:45 am Oct. 5, Nov. 2, Dec. 7, Jan. 4, Feb. 1, Mar. 1, Apr. 12, May 10 Kid Shul (Ages 3-7) 10:30-11:45 am The first and third Shabbat mornings of the month, beginning the third week of September. Mini Minyan (Ages 3-7) 5:45-6:30 pm The second Friday evening of the month, beginning in October. Pizza will be provided. Parent Coffee Houses with Cantor Levine 11:15 am-12:00 pm November 17 (PreK-Grade 2) February 9 (Grades 3-5) April 6 (Grades 6-7)

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Kadima (grades 6-8)Scavenger HuntHouston Galleria & Marble Slab(purchases donated to SEARCH)September 22, 2:30-4:30 pm(meet by the ice rink)

USY (Grades 9-12)Havdalah & Laser TagSaturday, Sept. 28, 8:30-10:45 pmLaser Quest, 13711 Westheimer Rd.$14.00 per participant (two games)

Machar (grades 3-5)Bowling PartyPalace Bowling Lanes, 4191 Bellaire Blvd.Sunday, Sept. 29, 1:45-3:45 pm

USY (Grades 9-12)Skyzone10207 South Sam Houston Pkwy W.Saturday night, October 12

Kadima (grades 6-8)Nintendo Wii Tournament & PizzaSunday, October 13, 12:40-2:40 pmCBS Youth Lounge

Machar (grades 3-5)Museum of Natural Science5555 Hermann Park Dr.Sunday, October 20, 2:00-4:00 pm

Kadima (grades 6-8)Museum of Fine Arts HoustonSunday, November 171001 Bissonnet$6.00 (kids); free with library card

USY (grades 9-12)Fall USY Kallah & Kamp KadimaFri.-Sun., Nov. 22-24CYJ in Wimberley

Machar (grades 3-5)Hanukkah Art Project & PizzaSunday, November 24, 12:40-2:40 pmCBS Classroom 5

CALLING ALL YOUTH!

Machar (grades 3-5)Blanket making for women's shelter (Pizza will be served)Sunday, December 8, 12:40-2:40 pmCBS Classroom 5

Kadima (grades 6-8)“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug”Sunday, December 22AMC Studio 302949 Dunvale Rd.

USY (grades 9-12)Rock Climbing & Lock-in at CBSDecember 2013

Machar (grades 3-5)Tu B’Shvat Arboretum Visit4501 Woodway Dr.Sunday, January 12, 2:00-4:00 pm

USY (grades 9-12)Spring USY KallahFri.-Sun., Jan. 31-Feb. 2Congregation B’nai Zion (El Paso)

Kadima (grades 6-8)Kadima ConventionCongregation Beth YeshurunFri.-Sun., Feb. 28-Mar. 2

Machar (grades 3-5)Purim Art Project & PizzaSunday, March 9, 12:40-2:40 pmCBS Classroom 5

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Laser Tag & Havdalah!Saturday, September 28, 8:30-10:45 pm

Laser Quest 13711 Westheimer Houston, TX 77077$14 perparticipant(two games)

RSVP:Traylyn Evans:

tray lyn@brithsha lom.org

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BOWLING PARTY!Sunday, Sept. 29, 1:45-3:45 pm

Palace Bowling Lanes4191 Bellaire Blvd.Houston, TX 77025

Machar (grades 3-5)

RSVP to Traylyn Evans:traylyn@brithshalom.org

presents

Junior Congregationfor students in grades 3-6

Saturdays, 10:30 am-12:00 pm

October 5November 2December 7

January 4

February 1March 1April 12May 10

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Department

2013-2014 Sunday MorningAdult Education

Feb. 23Mar. 2Mar. 9Mar. 30

Oct. 13Oct. 20*Oct. 27*Nov. 3

Jan. 19*Jan. 26Feb. 2Feb. 9

*No Jewish Yoga**No Jewish Yoga or Intro to Judaism

9:45-10:30 amIntro to Judaism (Cantor Levine)

Jewish Yoga (TBA)

10:30-11:15 amExpanding & Focusing Your Positive Energy

Through the Power of Kabbalah (Rabbi Teller)Haftarah Chanting (Cantor Rhodes)

11:15 am-12:30 pmMussar (TORCH/Rabbi Wolbe)

Nov. 17Nov. 24**

Dec. 8Jan. 12

Apr. 6Apr. 13Apr. 27

Contact Rabbi Tellerfor more info:

rabbi.teller@brithshalom.org

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Conversations with the Angel of Death

Death is inevitable. We may not be thinking about death, but given the demographics and the numerous deaths in our congregation, we know death is thinking about us. This three-part class presented by the Adult Education Committee is not a series of lectures; it is an opportunity to reflect and open your own conversation about death and dying.

Wednesday, October 9, 7:30 pmWhat Does Death Look Like? Opening the Conversation: It matters how we imagine death.

Our stories about death influence our behavior when faced with our own death or the death of someone we love. Ellen Orseck, Houston painter, will bring her painting

"Confronting Death" to open the discussion "If you could bring a picture of death, what would it look like?"; Andy Achenbaum, UH Professor and author of Old Age In

the New Land, will discuss "why we are afraid," the things people really fear when facing death.

Wednesday, October 16, 7:30 pmTalking About Dying: Susan Lieberman, author of Death, Dying & Dessert: Reflections On

20 Questions About Dying, will talk about her book and the women's group she's led for the past three years; Hope Lipnick, Director of the Houston Jewish Chaplaincy Program at the Texas Medical Center, will describe the conversations people have

when facing death.

Wednesday, October 23, 7:30 pmUncasual Conversations: Rabbi Ranon Teller will discuss some of the conversations he

has had with people who are facing death; a second presenter TBA.

RSVP to: cantor.levine@brithshalom.org.Adult Ed Fall 2013 Mini Series

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Auxiliaries

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HAZAK WISHES EVERYONE A

WONDERFUL NEW YEAR!!!

WE’RE ON A ROLL, AND WE WANT YOU

TO JOIN US

If you missed any of the HAZAK once-a-month programs, we missed YOU!!!

Here are a few of the programs you missed:

We had lots of fun on the HAZAK bus tour to Huntsville.

We learned the Secrets of the Conversos from Amy Goldstein, PhD.

We laughed hearing the confessions of retired cruise director Robert Landau.

We heard geriatric social worker Tziona Regev discuss “How to Enhance Your Brain.”

These are just a few of the entertaining and interesting programs to nourish your mind and please your soul that HAZAK members enjoyed. Many more great programs are coming up, so why not become a HAZAK MEMBER TODAY!!

If you are a member of Congregation Brith Shalom, HAZAK dues are only $12.00 per year.

Most programs are FREE for HAZAK MEMBERS.

If you are not a HAZAK member, there is a small charge for each program.

REMEMBER: HAZAK has something for everyone 55 or better!!

Want to meet and learn from interesting and fascinating people andperhaps explore interesting places?

HAZAKIS FOR YOU!!

For more information, contact Betty Clark, 713-772-6464, or Gail Issen 713-501-2302.

CBS Men’s Club has a new president as of this summer: Mike Engelhart. Mike was recently added to the CBS Board of Trustees, but he was already a regular contributor to Men’s Club activities, organizing our yearly entry in the Houston Kosher Chili Cookoff, managing our softball team, and competing in the Jewlywed Game and Dancing with the CBS Stars. We’re very excited about the energy, organization and creativity Mike brings to the presidency, and this means now is the time for you to get involved in Men’s Club activities. We’ll have an abundance of exciting events in the coming year with opportunities to make

new friends, have fun, and help the Men’s Club and CBS raise money. We’re looking for as many new members and newly active members as possible, in order to make our group as dynamic as we can. We also want our current members to come out for all of our traditional shenanigans and for some new shenanigan-ier ones. Membership is only $36 per year; don’t miss out!

Goals and Purpose of the CBS Men’s Club:

• Strengthen the involvement of members in the life of our congregation

• Help train knowledgeable leaders for CBS and the Jewish community

• Assist with youth activities and affi liations

• Strengthen our involvement and expertise to assist the mission of CBS

• Organize opportunities to promote knowledge and appreciation of Jewish life

• Stimulate social and cultural activities

among members and the community at large

• Gather with old and new friends and have a lot of fun!

What do we do?

We meet at least once a month, usually for breakfast on a Sunday morning at the shul. We put a lot of work into the breakfasts, and they are casual, friendly, supportive, and informative. When we’re not breakfasting, we’re having fun together somewhere and working to improve CBS and to strengthen Houston’s Jewish community.

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2013-2014 Schedule(speakers to be announced):

September 15, 2013 (we’ll be setting up the Sukkah; rain date TBA)October 20, 2013November 17, 2013December 15, 2013 (Mitzvah Day)January 19, 2014February 16, 2014March 16, 2014April 20, 2014May 18, 2014

Other Currently Scheduled Men’s Club Activities:

August 25, 2013, 10:00 am:Softball (Emanu El vs CBS), Godwin Park

August 25, 2013:Men’s Club Fantasy Football Live Draft! (5:00 pm)

August 28, 2013:Men’s Club Bar-B-Que

September 1, 2013:, 1:00 pmHigh Holy Day Setup

September 22, 2013:Pizza in the Hut

December 15, 2013: Mitzvah Day

March 2, 2014: Houston Kosher Chili Cookoff

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In addition to these events, we will host a Men’s Club Shabbat, participate in religious and religious school activities, provide High Holy Day ushers, engage in creative and engaging fundraisers, and support the Synagogue’s programs, and we will try to attend pro sports events (Astros, Skeeters, Texans, Rockets, Dynamo). We’ll even have a few surprises!

Contact us to get involved, and check out our brand new social media digs!

Follow us on Twitter: @BrithShalomMC

Like us on Facebook:Brith Shalom MC

Mike Engelhart, President713-298-9460mengelhart0@gmail.com

Steve Rubin, VP Membership713-858-9407sonicrubin@gmail.com

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SisterhoodSisterhoodWe are delighted to share with you information on Sisterhood’s activities and accomplishments. Please plan on joining us for future events!

CBS Attendees Women’s League IntraContinental Region Conference

On April 27-29, six members of CBS Sisterhood traveled to St. Louis to participate in the Women’s League for Conservative Judaism IntraContinental Region Conference. Elly Sokol, Karen Lukin, Denise Mosk, Frances Rubin, Laurie Silverblatt, and Sherri Taxman joined 65 other women from sisterhoods from locations ranging from Winnipeg, Canada, to Texas in two and a half days of learning, fun, and camaraderie. Topics discussed included membership development, Torah Fund, programming, and combatting anti-Israel movements on college campuses. The women also participated in prayer, Torah study, and discussion with Rabbis Ari Kaiman and Mark Fasman and Hazzan Sharon Nathanson. Of course, we also made time for plenty of laughter and delicious food!

A special highlight of the conference was the installation of CBS’s own Elly Sokol as the 2013-2015 President of IntraContinental Region of Women’s League! Elly was installed by Karen Lukin, past president of the region, and new region parliamentarian. Denise

Mosk, CBS Sisterhood Co-President, was the region chair of the St. Louis conference, and is now serving as region treasurer. Exiting the Region Board was CBS Sisterhood past president Phyllis Gingiss.

The next Women’s League IntraContinental Region Conference will be held in Houston, April 26-29, 2014. Put it on your calendar and plan on joining us! All Sisterhood members are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Sisterhood Wins Awards!

At the Region conference, CBS Sisterhood received Emerald Level (the highest) Jewel in the Crown Award, for educational activities, tikkun olam, and WLCJ activities for the 2010-2012 period. Congratulations to past Sisterhood presidents Frances Rubin and Laurie Silverblatt for spearheading the activities that led to this award!

Sisterhood has also received awards for its outstanding contribution to the Women’s League 2012 Torah Fund campaign, which raises money for the Jewish Theological Seminary, the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, and the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies. Congratulations and many

thanks to our 2012 Torah Fund chairs Dori Wind, Karen Lukin, and Susan Marblestone, and the many volunteers and donors who made this accomplishment possible.

New Sisterhood Board Installed

A wonderful installation dinner was held at CBS on May 19 to thank our outgoing board members and to welcome our incoming board members for 2013-2014. A delightful baseball-themed event was organized by our installation chairwoman, Frances Rubin, complete with a hilarious baseball movie clip montage and food fi t for the ballpark, including hot dogs, popcorn, and peanuts. Bats, balls, and other baseball decorations were provided by Debi Mishael; they were donated to Child Advocates after the installation.

The 2013-2014 Sisterhood Executive Committee includes Sherri Taxman and Denise Mosk (co-presidents), Laurie Silverblatt (immediate past president), Dori Wind (treasurer), Patsy Sklar (fi nancial secretary), Wendy Conaway (recording secretary), Doreen Lerner (programming VP), Susan Marblestone (membership VP), and Belinda Denn (Torah Fund VP).

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A special thank you to our Founding Mothers. Without your efforts, we would not be in the CBS sukkah together.

Pictured above from left to right: Lorraine Brown (Past President), Flo Slatko, and Elaine Merwin

Pictured above: fi rst row: Blanche Roubein, Aileen Zarin, Sherry Hager, Elaine Kellner; second row: Natalie Kravitz, Marge Mayer, Elaine Merwin, Lila Lerner, Velva G. Levine, Carole Sheldon, Cookie Portnoy, Shirley Katzin, Bonnie Edelstein, Flo Slatko, Debi Mishael, Lorraine Brown

Other offi cers and co-chairs include Phyllis Kaufman, Caren Harris, Eve Weisfeld, Shelia Levine, Michelle McGill, Iris Fisherman, Stephanie Kelso, Lisa Lowenstein, Reva Stern, Elaine Kellner, Nomi Barancik, Leah Wolfthal, Jean Lerner, Susan Tomlinson, Paula Druckman, Debbie Segal, Pam Geyer, Frances Rubin, Linda Marouni, Dianne Zomper, Pascale Sharpe, Debi Mishael, Mindy Cohen, Tracy Jakob, and Vicki Teller.

Please contact any Sisterhood board member for information on Sisterhood programs, to make suggestions, or to volunteer!

Honey From the Heart

Wish family, friends, and business associates a sweet new year with an 8 oz. jar of Kosher clover honey! Cost is only $10 per jar, plus $3.50 shipping in the U.S. Your purchase benefi ts Sisterhood’s many projects, including Shabbat luncheons. Order online at www.brithshalom.org/honey. Have any questions? Contact Caren Harris at caren.harris@gmail.com.

High Holy Days Parking Auction

Would you like to park close to the shul on the High Holy Days? Sisterhood is sponsoring an eAuction for ten select parking spaces. The higher your bid, the better your spot! Bidding begins August 1, and ends at 5 pm, August 28. Minimum bid is $250. E-mail your bid to Tracy Jakob at tracyjakob@msn.com.

Torah Fund Pins

Sisterhood would like to announce that the 5774 Torah Fund Pins are now available. This year’s theme is Mishpachah: Family. The Torah Fund pin is created each year to refl ect the theme, and the pin is something to see this year! Show your support for the Jewish Theological Seminary’s Torah

Fund Campaign. With a minimum donation of $180, you will receive a complimentary pin. Contact Belinda Denn, bldenn@vaughannelson.com for more information.

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Fun & Fantastic Sisterhood Programs & HappeningsMonday, September 30, 6:30 pm, Sisterhood kicks off the New Yearwith our renowned Membership Pot-Luck Dairy Dinner.

Monday, October 21, 7:00 pm, “Making Gifts and Crafts for Hanukkah” in the CBS Social Hall. We’ll have three stations where we will learn to make decorative bottles, Hanukkah themed jewelry, and Hanukkah cards using die-cuts, texture, and three dimensions. Check out some of the examples below:

Sunday, November 3, 9:00 am-4:00 pm, we will host our annual Sisterhood Hanukkah Bazaar at CBS. Many vendors will be on hand with a variety of perfect gift items just in time for gift giving. AND, our much anticipated SISTERHOOD COOKBOOK will be available for sale! In addition to the cookbook, come ready to buy clothing, jewelry, handmade items, makeup, accessories, toys, books, and more.

Sunday, November 3, back by popular demand, the Second Annual CBS Sisterhood Mah Jongg Tournament & Luncheon. Registration begins at 9:00 am; games begin at 10:00 am. Attendees can expect great cash prizes and several fantastic door prizes. Of course, there will be plenty of time to shop at the

Bazaar! Registration forms will be emailed in the next few weeks. For more information, contact Frances Rubin at 713-464-4795 or frubin1@comcast.net.

Gift Shop

Our well stocked Gift Shop is currently running on summer hours, by appointment. Call Barbie Talisman at 713-992-9922. Watch for new items and sales in the coming weeks.

Sisterhood Study Group

Mondays, 9:30 – 11:00 am. New members are ALWAYS welcome! For more information please contact Marge Mayer: margemayer8008@aol.com.

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Sisterhood Calendar 2013-2014

September 30, 6:30 pm, at the home of Helene SheenaMembership Dinner

October 21, 7:00 pm, location TBDFall program

November 3, 9:00 am-4:00 pm, Congregation Brith Shalom

Hanukkah Bazaar

November 3, 9:00 am-4:00 pm, Congregation Brith ShalomMah Jongg Tournament

November 17, 9:00 am-1:00 pm Sisterhood Shabbat Bake Date

December 6-7, Congregation Brith ShalomSisterhood Shabbat

February 24, 7:00 pm, location TBDSpring Program

March 30, 6:30 pm, Congregation Brith ShalomTorah Fund Event

April 26-29, Houston – various locationsWomen's League for Conservative Judaism IntraContinental Region Conference

May 18, 6:00 pm, Congregation Brith ShalomSisterhood Installation

Please watch the CBS eBulletin for updates on these and other Sisterhood events!Need additional information, or have suggestions? Please contact:

Sisterhood Co-presidents

Sherri Taxman Denise Mosk(713) 898-5507 (713) 206-7133sit93@earthlink.net denise@moskandmosk.com

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CBS Weekly eBulletin

Content for the eBulletin is due the Tuesday - eight days prior to

an eBulletin publication.

Aliyot

If you would like the honor of an aliyah, please contact

Cantor Rhodes atcantor.rhodes@brithshalom.org

ShabbatKiddush & Children

During the Shabbat kiddush, the sanctuary will be off-limits for unsupervised children. Please supervise your children and

have fun in the social hall, library or playground! There are board

games available in the multi-purpose room closet.

Help us Keep in Touch

Due to privacy rules, hospitals are no longer able to provide

Brith Shalom with a list of Jewish patients. Please contact

Cherye-Ann DeLong at713-667-9201 or

exec.asst@brithshalom.org when you know of one of our members in the hospital. Please be sure to include the following:

- Your name- The name of the patient/their

signifi cant other- The name of the hospital &

room number- Date admitted, if known

Services Information

Daily MinyanMonday - Friday 7:00 am

Sunday 9:00 am(Chapel)

Shabbat ServicesFriday Services

6:15 pm(Sanctuary)

Saturday Services9:30 am

(Sanctuary)Saturday Minyan

7:00 am

Welcome,New Members!

Leah ArlenMichael Arlen

Steve & Leanne BaumelTrevor Bryant

Michael Vayner & Emily Caulfi eld

Lila ChaninDavid & Emily CohenMeredith Diamond

David FingerAdam & Susan Finn

Michael & Jaclyn FishermanElie Getz

Erin Gottlieb & Dorian CotlarCharles Guez

Dr. Jeffrey KaiserOrly & Yoel KlukAllison Lerner

Jennifer PerchonokKenneth & Cathy Podell

Ethan PodetCassandra Roggen

Marc & Daucie SchindlerEric Silberman

Announcements

*Havdalah times occur on Saturday, one hour

later than Shabbat candle lighting time

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Candle Lighting Times for Bellaire, TX Hebrew Year 5774 (2013 - 2014)

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Sep 4 Rosh Hashana 7:22 Mar 21 Shmini 7:17 Sep 6 Ha'Azinu 7:20 Mar 28 Tazria 7:21 Sep 13 Yom Kippur 7:11 Apr 4 Metzora 7:25 Sep 18 Sukkot 7:05 Apr 11 Achrei Mot 7:29 Sep 20 Sukkot 7:03 Apr 14 Pesach 7:31 Sep 25 Shmini Atzeret 6:56 Apr 18 Pesach 7:34 Sep 27 Bereshit 6:54 Apr 20 Pesach 7:35 Oct 4 Noach 6:46 Apr 25 Kedoshim 7:38 Oct 11 Lech-Lecha 6:38 May 2 Emor 7:43 Oct 18 Vayera 6:30 May 9 Behar 7:47 Oct 25 Chayei Sara 6:23 May 16 Bechukotai 7:52 Nov 1 Toldot 6:17 May 23 Bamidbar 7:56 Nov 8 Vayetzei 5:12 May 30 Nasso 8:00 Nov 15 Vayishlach 5:09 Jun 3 Shavuot 8:02 Nov 22 Vayeshev 5:06 Jun 6 Beha'alotcha 8:03 Nov 29 Miketz 5:05 Jun 13 Sh'lach 8:06 Dec 6 Vayigash 5:05 Jun 20 Korach 8:08 Dec 13 Vayechi 5:07 Jun 27 Chukat 8:09 Dec 20 Shemot 5:10 Jul 4 Balak 8:09 Dec 27 Vaera 5:14 Jul 11 Pinchas 8:08 Jan 3 Bo 5:19 Jul 18 Matot 8:05 Jan 10 Beshalach 5:24 Jul 25 Masei 8:02 Jan 17 Yitro 5:30 Aug 1 Devarim 7:57 Jan 24 Mishpatim 5:36 Aug 8 Vaetchanan 7:51 Jan 31 Terumah 5:42 Aug 15 Eikev 7:45 Feb 7 Tetzaveh 5:48 Aug 22 Re'eh 7:38 Feb 14 Ki Tisa 5:53 Aug 29 Shoftim 7:30 Feb 21 Vayakhel 5:59 Sep 5 Ki Teitzei 7:21 Feb 28 Pekudei 6:04 Sep 12 Ki Tavo 7:13 Mar 7 Vayikra 6:08 Sep 19 Nitzavim-Vayeilech 7:04 Mar 14 Tzav 7:13 Sep 24 Rosh Hashana 6:58

Times in bold indicate holidays.

Anniversaries

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August Anniversaries

1 Howard & Miriam Feldman 1 Stewart & Marla Feldman 1 Randall & Stephanie Kelso 4 Bruce & Terry Merwin 6 Bernard & Belinda Reingold 7 Sidney & Ione Moran 8 Ronald & Sarah Gelbart 8 Eric & Lena Lieb 8 Bradley Sabloff & Audrey Fersten 9 Mark & Veronica Jason 12 Henry & Tracy Jakob 12 Hanoch & Debbie Sheinman 15 David & Simone Berko 15 Matthew & Karen Coveler 16 Bradley & Cathie Bortz 16 Reuben & Maxine Grinstein 16 Max & Ellen Heffl er 16 Sanford & Leslie Weiner 18 Michael & Debbie Darlow 18 Tom & Sue Magzen 19 Gilbert & Golda Baker 19 Aaron Howard & Marilyn Svoboda 20 Rodney Croft & Shari Kirsh 20 Seth & Lauren Topek

20 Nathan & Harriet Wasserstrum 23 Martin & Beverly Ginsburg 23 Leon & Sandra Weiner 24 Sidney & Lorraine Brown 24 Melvin & Marty Buck 25 Barry & Paula Druckman 25 Richard & Norma Whitman 26 Mendel & Beth Nock 27 Dorian Cotlar & Erin Gottlieb 29 Leonard Goldstein & Helen Wils 29 Bob Hurtte & Frances Rubin 29 Todd & Lori Roggen 29 Alan & Laurie Silverblatt 30 Mario & Madeline Jason 30 Pablo Kurewasky & Deena Loy 31 Micah & Sarah Hirschfi eld

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September Anniversaries

1 David Lewis & Margaret Jelinek Lewis 2 Miles & Phyllis Cohn 2 Stuart & Myra Dobbs 2 Allan Goldstein & Ronda Feinberg 2 Joel & Sara Saber 2 Michael & Diana Shaman 4 Elliot & Alyson Gershenson 4 Michael & Carol Goldberg 4 Duane & Alysa Graves 5 Fred & Fran Floersheimer 5 Jay & Paula Grossman 5 Jason & Norri Leder 6 Benjamin & Helen Cohen 6 Steve & Alice Ginsburgh 6 Marc & Lena Malacoff 6 Neal & Melanie Rosen 8 David & Heidi Gerger 9 Lionel & Gail Issen 9 Daniel & Michelle Mendelejis 9 Amit & Galit Pazgal 20 Bob & Michele Perchonok 27 Jeff & Chris Brown 28 Philip Cohen & Razelle Kurzrock

October Anniversaries

7 Steve & Karen Hasson 7 Marc & Fara Koren 9 Richard & Celine Stetzer 10 Robert & Lucy Graubard 10 Jonathan & Amy Judkowitz 12 Leon & Sonia Horowitz 13 Yoel & Orly Kluk 13 Marcelo & Vanesa Kreindel13 Abraham & Nancy Levit 13 Ken & Cathy Podell 13 Peter Turrin & Marcie Baker 15 Mac & Shirley Katzin 18 Isaiah Fidler & Margaret Kripke 19 Maurice & Diane Wolfthal 20 Eddie & Sabrina Engel 20 Mitch Kreindler & Ellen Wallace 23 Sam & Charlotte Axelrad 23 Alan & Etna Goldsmith 23 David Flusberg & Linda Lighthill 23 Efrahim & Shahla Mezrahi 24 Andy & Monica Hoffman 26 Sam & Debi Mishael 27 Gerald & Carole Sheldon 28 Keith & Betsy Johnson 29 Herzl & Linda Marouni 29 Russell & Judith Weidman 30 Sean & Nola Brody 30 Harry & Rachel Weber

Birthdays

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August 1 Jack Goldberg1 Zachary Goldstein1 Paul Koller1 Velva Levine1 AnnaLee Roitenberg1 Leon Weiner2 Stephen Linkin2 Malikah Marrus2 Debbie Taylor-Sheinman3 Brian Keidan3 Denise Mosk3 Robert Schlein4 Alan Buck4 Walter Heller4 Barbara Robbins5 Cookie Portnoy5 Lisa Rhodes5 Susan Wise6 Judy Goldberg6 Dori Wind7 Dr. Reuben Grinstein7 Prof. Ellen Marrus7 Pamela Morris8 Jodi Muscal8 Shelley Stein8 Leonard Tillis9 Mimi Berkowitz

9 Robert Pickelner10 Monica Hoffman10 Eric Lieb10 Meredith Magzen11 Amara Biro11 Emily Segal11 Martin Segal12 Wendy Conaway12 Beth Nock12 Shirley Warshaw13 Jaquline Cohen13 Jason Herschkowitz13 Merle Tal14 Reika DuPlessis14 Abigail Eliezer14 Jennifer Friedman15 Melodye Glina15 John McGill16 Ester Husid16 Daniel Mendelejis16 Susan Morris17 Daniel Pickelner18 Karen Gorfi l18 Kylie Marks18 Elisa Pacht18 Rebecca Weiner20 Manuel Cheskes20 David Morris20 Janice Rubin20 Sandra Seigle Daily21 Stephanie Kelso21 Jack Laves21 Bruce Levy21 Sanford Weiner22 Ralph Chaiet23 Fred Sklar24 Miri Boim24 Abraham Levit24 Jennifer Rolnick

25 Miriam Gerger25 Maxine Grinstein25 Ron Moses26 Jay Burack26 Jason Leder26 Kay Schneider27 Jennifer Halpern28 Jean Lerner28 Karen Lerner29 Kenny Freed29 Jacquelyn Furash30 Ian Hartman30 Marsha Wallace31 Richard Brody31 Stewart Feldman31 Audrey Fersten31 Erin Gottlieb31 Linda Levy31 Ruth Reid31 Scott Sonenshein31 Helen Wils

September1 Jacquie Lappin1 Oliver Max1 Ray Wasserman2 Sam Axelrad2 Bruce Methner2 Renee Raskin3 Barry Barancik3 Rebecca Evans3 Jennifer Rothfl eisch4 Hazel Bensky4 Timothy Corwin4 Elena Dinkin5 Barry Druckman5 Sheila Engelhart5 Shifra Gardner5 Nicki Nachenberg5 Michelle Wasserman5 Chava White6 Linda Lighthill7 Cyril Wolf8 Michael Berkowitz8 Marni Hettena8 Betsy Johnson9 Eric Lipman9 Hannah Martin

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9 Margalith Rappaport10 Scott Kammerman11 Robert Kahn11 Phil Swanson12 Sheldon Kaufman12 Laura Rosenberg13 Daniel Cohan13 Sand Hicks13 Yaron Pacht13 Robert Silberg13 Lauren Singer14 Peter Gingiss14 Stuart Harris15 Simone Berko15 Anita Eigler16 Anna Dorin16 Diana Narunsky17 Sigmund Friedland17 Julie Hershorn17 Peter Loftspring17 Judith Rosenstock18 Marc Malacoff18 Gregg Sheena19 Nancy Freed19 Martha Lehner19 Robert Rolnick20 Stephan Rubin21 Seth Alberts21 Sidney Brown22 Kari Schiffman22 Lawrence Waldman23 Nomi Barancik23 Jonathan Judkowitz23 Lena Malacoff24 Caren Harris24 Laura Kay24 Randy Zarin25 Steven Goodman25 Scott Weissman26 Marsha Hurwitz26 Madeline Jason26 Deborah Kaplan26 Jenny Narrod26 Eve Weisfeld26 Michael Zilkha27 Fred Levine28 Mac Katzin29 Eric Kleiman29 Ian Sack29 David Vener

October 1 Joyce Helfman1 Vicki Klein1 Margo Martin2 Rachel Kaufman3 David Berko3 Howard Lang4 Jeffrey Actor4 Samuel Bernstein4 Steven Cohen4 Christopher Gonzales4 Alysa Graves4 Phyllis Wenig5 Edythe Greenberg7 Stephanie Beasley7 Norma Whitman7 Lisa Yifrach8 Ellen Fiesinger8 Sally Pehr8 Lori Rubin9 Eve Lapin9 Jacob Tal9 Diane Wolfthal10 Alisa Davis10 Adam Martin10 Fuad Sheena10 Maurice Sklar10 Richard Stetzer11 Armyn Freedson12 Paula Bottecelli12 David Fradkin12 Elinor Goldberg12 Paul Scott13 David Ebro13 Leonard Kammerman13 Mallory Robinson13 Candace Schiffman13 Leslie Slatko15 Michael Darlow16 Dita Dafny17 Ilya Itkin17 Keith Johnson17 Abigail Rappaport17 Midge Wische18 Sabrina Engel18 Richard Freed18 Barbara Silberg18 Carolyn Wade18 Amanda Wolf19 Elliot Gershenson19 David Kaufman

19 Shira Moses19 Sarah Tillis19 Cantor Renee Waghalter20 Nikki Lahana21 Theresa Dolney21 Amir Halevy21 Diana Kaplan21 Gail Klein21 Joel Saber22 Marvin Beasley22 Benjy Hershorn22 Sam Merwin22 Sidney Moran23 Leonard Goldstein23 Seth Topek24 Marty Buck24 Amy Kaufman24 Dan Kleiner24 Irene Shaw25 Iris Fisherman25 Michelle Mendelejis25 Louis Sokol25 Janet Winters26 Todd Wasserman27 Bradley Bortz27 Traylyn Evans27 Pablo Kurewasky28 Leland Remson29 Martin Ginsburg29 Hilary Kamin30 Patti Altman30 Rosita Goldberger30 Eddie Katz30 Haya Varon30 Ruth Wolfert31 Roslyn Markman

Axelrad Adult Education FundSam & Charlotte AxelradSam & Charlotte AxelradHarvey & Judith RosenstockEdward & Glori ChaikaPaul & Judi ScottJacobo & Raquel Goldberg

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B’nei MMiMM tzvah Tzedakah FundEdythe GGGGreenbergHenry & TTrTT acy JakobEllis Rusheeefe sky

Deena Grrrrossman Memorial Teacher TTTraining FunnnnnnnddddddKenneth& HHHellleeelee enenenenenenennnn LLLLLLLLeeeeesesartrt eRhoda GooGoGoGGGooGGG lddddldldldl bergToommmmmmmmmmm &&&&&& && Elli SamuelsMaMMMaMaMaMaMMM rk & Nancy Picus

Endowment FundLarry & Renee Stern

Donations to Congregation Brith Shalom: March 2013-present

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Kiddush FundDaniel Bissonnet & Susan MeschesAllan Goldstein & Rhonda FeinbergNatalie KravetzKenneth& Helen LesartreMark & Nancy PicusMarian PragerHoward & Hedy Spiegel

Friday Night Ruach Fund Marian PragerAlan & Etna GoldsmithMelvin & Marty BuckBelle KatzRhoda GoldbergAlan & Etna GoldsmithHenry & Susan WiseSaundra TurkAllen & Chava WhiteMark & Nancy Picus

General FundLeon & Sonia HorowitzMilton & Gail KleinMallory RobinsonRobert & Anita EiglerSheldon & Shirley ArshamJacob & Cari BrandtMac & Shirley KatzinSylvia GodlowDaniel Karshem & Francine RaizesDaniel Pickler & Dikla BitonMarian PragerMelvin & Marty BuckMichael & Carol GoldbergLawrence & Joan KatzAmir & Amy HalevyHans & Marge MayerKamal SheenaTrevor BryantJacob & Merle TalSaundra TurkRay WassermanLila FlanzSteven & Maxine GoodmanIra & Linda LevineLeonard & Susan KammermanBruce & Linda Levy

Fred & Patsy SklarPeter & Phyllis GingissLu & Robin DorfmanHy & Shirley WarshawDonald AthertonPaul & Sharon ColbertKimberly JeffersSam & Elaine MerwinLeon & Sandra WeinerMichael & Marcia ZlotnickBob & Michele PerchonokDaniel & Patti AltmanDavid & Laura DuchenEta ParanskyGerald Falchook & Carolyn ShulmanGerald & Carole SheldonFormal Specialist LTD Al’s Formal WearSidney & Lorraine BrownAlvin & Bonnie EdelsteinHertzel & Dorita AronAlvin Wexler M.D. & Marilyn WexlerDr. Jerald & Aileen ZarinHyman & Trudy ApplebaumManuel & Blanca CheskesJohn & Martha McNameeEllen ZiskindEden & Phyllis WenigBeverly BordenRay & Ruth EagleLeon & Sonia HorowitzLeon & Beverly LevinsonSchlomo & Carmen VakninJacobo & Haya VaronLeon & Sandra WeinerAlan & Susan WoodyardLana GoldbergLeonard Goldstein & Helen WilsJudith GoldmanRita HollandNell GottliebSheldon & Phyllis KaufmanDiane SchoendorfMilton & Denise MoskElie GetzSidney & Betty Aron

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Elsa LaufmanMorton & Jean LevyDany FedermanJerry & Marcia PappertDavid & Heidi GergerMiriam GergerCharles Wiese & Janice RubinBrian StuttHoward & Brena MoglovkinFred & Velva LevineJason & Ruth Wintz

Irving Gerger Scholarship FundMiriam Gerger

Going Green FundMelvin & Marty BuckMatthew & Shelley Stein

Harriet Moser Memorial Music FundBernice Backerman

Kiddush FundIra & Linda LevineFred & Anna DorinMark & Nancy PicusRhoda GoldbergRon MosesDorian Cotlar & Erin Gottlieb

Library FundDr. Jerald & Aileen ZarinBen & Arline GuefenElliot & Alison GershensonEllis & Goldie RushefskyMarshell & Doreen LernerGerald & Carole SheldonRhoda GoldbergRabbi Howard & Norma TruschHenry & Elizabeth PetermanMark & Nancy PicusWilliam & Sarah TillisMarian PragerDavid & Marilyn ArlenLeonard Goldstein & Helen WilsSherry HagerSheldon & Phyllis KaufmanRosine ChappellEllis Rushefsky

Andrew & Sandra Remson

Mahzor (Prayer Books) FundFred & Velva LevineAllan Goldstein & Rhonda FeinbergPaul & Judi ScottLarry & Renee SternTom & Elli SamuelsMarshell & Doreen Lerner

Men’s Club FundRay & Ruth Eagle

Mini Minyan FundLeonard Goldstein & Helen WilsSamuel & Debi Mishael

Religious School Scholarships FundCBS SisterhoodShelia LevineCarol Shaman & Paul Shaman

Rabbi’s Discretionary FundWilliam & Claire ReingoldDavid & Ann RonnEve AviviSidney & Lorraine BrownDaniel & Erica BuchalterCharles Koller & Paula BottecelliKenneth& Helen LesartreElliot & Alison GershensonHenry & Tracy JakobMarian PragerCarol EmeryJeffrey & Donna GershenwaldMilton & Gail KleinFlo SlatkoAdy & Lisa GedaBobby & Eve LapinMartin & Bettina SegalHarvey & Judith RosenstockHoward & Joan LangCharles GuezAlan & Etna GoldsmithLeon & Sandra WeinerWalter & Elaine HellerJason & Norri LederStephen Katz & Jacquie LappinSidney & Lorraine BrownCBS Sisterhood

Eve AviviMelvin & Marty BuckRhoda GoldbergJulie HershornLeonard Hoffman M.C. & Carol HoffmanLeon & Sonia HorowitzJodi ShaulskyRobert & Laura RosenbergConstance KargerBen & Cookie PortnoyEllis RushefskyBob & Joyce GilbertDan GordonBruce SchoendorfDavid & Orna FeinsteinAllan Goldstein & Rhonda FeinbergRabbi Harvey & Judith RosenstockLeonard Goldstein & Helen WilsJacobo & Raquel GoldbergDr. Isodoro & Miriam WienerSteven & Maxine GoodmanAmy HeatonMoshe & Barbara MishaelAndrew & Sandra RemsonMartin & Deborah KaganBlanche Roubein

Religious School Donation FundCBS Sisterhood

Rushefsky Scholarship FundEllis & Goldie RushefskyEric & Lena LiebCynthia StetzerMelvin & Marty BuckSidney & Lorraine BrownMichael & Carol GoldbergLeonard & Susan KammermanPaul & Judi ScottLeon & Beverly LevinsonRay & Ruth EagleJudith GreenbergAllan Goldstein & Rhonda FeinbergMilton & Denise MoskRosine ChappellJacobo & Raquel GoldbergMallory RobinsonBen & Cookie PortnoyEllis Rushefsky

Robert & Anita Eigler

Sisterhood FundBob & Joyce GilbertSheldon & Phyllis KaufmanStephen & Barbara RobbinsStephen Katz & Jacquie LappinAllen & Chava WhiteMark & Elise NewmanSteven & Maxine GoodmanSchlomo & Carmen VakninLeonard & Susan KammermanMarc & Lena MalacoffStephen Baker & Paula Eisenstein BakerStephan & Lori Rubin Kurt & Ilana LothmanSteven & Barbara GoldsteinLawrence & Joan KatzIra & Linda LevineAndrew & Sandra Remson

Synagogue Enhancement FundMelvin & Marty BuckFred & Velva LevineDr. Jerald & Aileen ZarinMorton & Jean LevyMac & Shirley KatzinJoann SingerRichard & Nancy FreedHy & Shirley WarshawMelvyn & Dorothye AbelsBernice Backerman

Torah FundVaughan Nelson Investment Mgmt LP

Weekday Minyan Tzedakah FundRuth WolfertDavid & Julie PomerantzAlan buck & Roslyn HagerDr. Stanley & Dr. Diane Novy

Sam & Elaine MerwinEdythe GreenbergLeonard Goldstein & Helen WilsCBS 7 am Minyan

Weiner/Wallace Scholar-In- Residence FundCynthia StetzerShira MosesRenee Wallace

Year of the Torah ProjectSandford & Leslie Weiner

Donations to Congregation Brith Shalom: March 2013-present (continued)

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