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BuctOber 2014 / Tishrei - Cheshvan 5775 Kehillat Bet Hamidrash - Kempsville Conservative Synagogue Newsletter Kehillat Bet Hamidrash - Kempsville Conservative Synagogue 952 Indian Lakes Boulevard Virginia Beach, VA 23464-5655 Your board meets at 7:30 PM on the second Wednesday of each month Synagogue Inputs e-mail to [email protected] Newsletter Inputs e-mail to [email protected] [email protected] Cantor David Proser President Jason Silverstein (757-372-2095) 1 st Vice President Ed Landress (757-305-0626) 2 nd Vice President Myra Savransky Treasurer Sam Epstein (757-420-5891) Trustees Nathan Segal (2015) Amos Berkovich (2016) Harvey Eluto (2017) Ritual Alan Shaprio Facilities Ed Landress Financial Secretary Libby Furst Secretary Chris Epstein (757-420-5891) Ways and Means Karen Rosenberg Member At Large Judy White Alene Kaufman Sisterhood President Heliene Siegel Programming/Social Rona Proser Webmaster Jason Silverstein Newsletter Sam Epstein Kiddush Coordinator Rona Proser (757) 495-8510 www.kbhsynagogue.org [email protected] www.facebook.com/kbhsynagogue www.kbhsynagogue.org/event.php Baby Naming Ceremony Daughter of Michelle Proser and Alan Elias SAT 11 OCT 2014 “And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations that came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the L-rd of hosts, and to keep the Sukkot holiday.” [Zechariah 14:16]. Yom Kippur, the most solemn day of the Jewish calendar, starts at sunset on Friday, 03 OCT 2014. Kol Nidre begins promptly at 6:30 PM on Friday, 03 OCT 2014. The fast ends at 7:22 PM on Saturday, 04 OCT 2014. Sukkot, called “the time of our joy” in the prayers, follows Yom Kippur by five days, starting at sunset on Wednesday, 08 OCT 2014. Three times the Torah tells us to be happy and rejoice on Sukkot. King Solomon dedicated the Temple on Sukkot. Chanukah celebrated the rededication of the Temple with the lulav and etrog, as the Jews could not observe Sukkot earlier in the year. Shemini Atzeret immediately follows Sukkot. The Eighth day of Assembly, though directly connected to Sukkot, remains an independent holiday. We observe yizkor and prayers for rain on the first day. The second day (in the diaspora) coincides with Simchat Torah, when we complete the Torah cycle and start anew. We conduct these services at 9:30 AM and 7:00 PM on Thursday, 16 OCT 2014 in the KBH sanctuary. For Simchat Torah, we ask members to bring kosher sweets/snacks to help celebrate hakafot as we parade the Torah through the sanctuary. We set the temperature throughout the building at 72°F during the holiday services. A complete holiday schedule follows the end of the Newsletter. Kehillat Bet Hamidrash (KBH), also known as Kempsville Conservative Synagogue, supports the Jewish Family Service (JFS) food closet throughout the year. This year, in lieu of flowers, we decorated our bima with “Baskets of Hope” to support the JFS Food and Financial Assistance program. Please, on Yom Kippur, bring in non-perishable food and household items to support JFS food distribution efforts. The KBH Sisterhood sponsors children’s services on Yom Kippur day. You may leave young children unable to sit for long periods with a babysitter in our building. We ask members to construct the Sukkah at 10:00 AM on Sunday, 05 OCT 2014. We also need help in eating lunch in the Sukkah on 11 OCT 2014 and storing if for the year at 10:00 AM on Sunday, 19 OCT 2014. Some congregational members need assistance in meeting United Hebrew School (UHS) tuition. We forward education fund donations towards these costs as the next generation of synagogue members studies our faith. Find UJFT’s Guide to Jewish Living in Tidewater at www.jewishnewsva.org/guide-to-jewish-living-in-tidewater/. Sunset 03 OCT 2014 – sunset 04 OCT 2014 Thursday, 16 OCT 2014 9:30 AM KBH Sanctuary
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Kehillat Bet Hamidrash - Kempsville Conservative Synagogue Newsletter
Kehillat Bet Hamidrash - Kempsville Conservative Synagogue
952 Indian Lakes Boulevard Virginia Beach, VA 23464-5655
Your board meets at 7:30 PM on the second Wednesday of each month
Synagogue Inputs e-mail to [email protected]
Newsletter Inputs e-mail to [email protected]
Cantor David Proser President Jason Silverstein (757-372-2095) 1st Vice President Ed Landress (757-305-0626) 2nd Vice President Myra Savransky Treasurer Sam Epstein (757-420-5891) Trustees Nathan Segal (2015) Amos Berkovich (2016) Harvey Eluto (2017) Ritual Alan Shaprio Facilities Ed Landress Financial Secretary Libby Furst Secretary Chris Epstein (757-420-5891) Ways and Means Karen Rosenberg Member At Large Judy White Alene Kaufman Sisterhood President Heliene Siegel Programming/Social Rona Proser Webmaster Jason Silverstein Newsletter Sam Epstein Kiddush Coordinator Rona Proser
(757) 495-8510
www.kbhsynagogue.org [email protected] www.facebook.com/kbhsynagogue www.kbhsynagogue.org/event.php
Baby Naming Ceremony
Daughter of Michelle Proser and Alan Elias
SAT 11 OCT 2014
“And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations that came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the L-rd of hosts, and to keep the Sukkot holiday.” [Zechariah 14:16].
Yom Kippur, the most solemn day of the Jewish calendar, starts at sunset on Friday, 03 OCT 2014. Kol Nidre begins promptly at 6:30 PM on Friday, 03 OCT 2014. The fast ends at 7:22 PM on Saturday, 04 OCT 2014.
Sukkot, called “the time of our joy” in the prayers, follows Yom Kippur by five days, starting at sunset on Wednesday, 08 OCT 2014. Three times the Torah tells us to be happy and rejoice on Sukkot. King Solomon dedicated the Temple on Sukkot. Chanukah celebrated the rededication of the Temple with the lulav and etrog, as the Jews could not observe Sukkot earlier in the year.
Shemini Atzeret immediately follows Sukkot. The Eighth day of Assembly, though directly connected to Sukkot, remains an independent holiday. We observe yizkor and prayers for rain on the first day. The second day (in the diaspora) coincides with Simchat Torah, when we complete the Torah cycle and start anew.
We conduct these services at 9:30 AM and 7:00 PM on Thursday, 16 OCT 2014 in the KBH sanctuary. For Simchat Torah, we ask members to bring kosher sweets/snacks to help celebrate hakafot as we parade the Torah through the sanctuary.
We set the temperature throughout the building at 72°F during the holiday services.
A complete holiday schedule follows the end of the Newsletter.
Kehillat Bet Hamidrash (KBH), also known as Kempsville Conservative Synagogue, supports the Jewish Family Service (JFS) food closet throughout the year. This year, in lieu of flowers, we decorated our bima with “Baskets of Hope” to support the JFS Food and Financial Assistance program. Please, on Yom Kippur, bring in non-perishable food and household items to support JFS food distribution efforts.
The KBH Sisterhood sponsors children’s services on Yom Kippur day. You may leave young children unable to sit for long periods with a babysitter in our building.
We ask members to construct the Sukkah at 10:00 AM on Sunday, 05 OCT 2014. We also need help in eating lunch in the Sukkah on 11 OCT 2014 and storing if for the year at 10:00 AM on Sunday, 19 OCT 2014.
Some congregational members need assistance in meeting United Hebrew School (UHS) tuition. We forward education fund donations towards these costs as the next generation of
synagogue members studies our faith.
Find UJFT’s Guide to Jewish Living in Tidewater at www.jewishnewsva.org/guide-to-jewish-living-in-tidewater/.
Sunset 03 OCT 2014
– sunset 04 OCT 2014
Thursday,
16 OCT 2014 9:30 AM
KBH Sanctuary
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Chabad of Tidewater, 1920 Colley Avenue in Norfolk, VA, hosts Cookie in the Sukkie, a family events featuring a kid friendly dinner, cookie decorating, and using the lulav and etrog on Thursday, 09 OCT 2014 from 5:00 – 6:30 PM. Free, but please RSVP to [email protected] or (757) 616-0770.
Chabad of Tidewater also hosts an Erev Shabbat and Sukkot dinner on Friday, 10 OCT 2014, from 7:45 – 9:45 PM. For details, please e-mail [email protected] or call Rabbi Brashevitzky at (757) 616-0770.
Taglit offers a free trip to Israel for Jewish participants between 18 and 26 who finished high school before departure. Individuals remain eligible if they have not visited Israel for more than 3 months since the age of 12 or participated as part of a touring group, educational/study/residential program since the age of 18. $250 deposit returned upon the trip’s completion. For details, please visit www.birthrightisrael.com or contact Rabbi Litt at [email protected].
11th and 12th grade students may submit applications for the 2014-15 Jewish Teen leadership Program through 03 OCT 2014. Students meet monthly to understand the role every individual plays in supporting our locality. Applicants must commit to 25 community service hours in a local Jewish agency over the school year. For details, please contact Ms. Alicia Kraus at (757) 321-2323 or [email protected].
Tikkun Sundays for middle school students continues from 2:00 – 4:00 PM on Sunday, 12 OCT 2014 at the Sandler Family Campus of the Tidewater Jewish Community at 5000 Corporate Woods Drive in Virginia Beach, VA. Come eat, chat and watch a movie while you tie knots for a no-sew blanket for Binki Patrol. For details, please contact Ms. Erika Eskenazi at (757) 321-2342 or [email protected].
The UJFT Community Relations Council (CRC) presents the following community activities at the Sandler Family Campus. For details, please contact Ms. Robin Mancol at (757) 965-6120 or [email protected]:
• A cocktail reception for candidates for the House of Representatives from 6:30 – 8:00 PM on Monday, 20 OCT 2014. Free and open to the community, though RSVP requested by 15 OCT 2014 at http://tinyurl.com/nsg5936.
• Former Knesset member and Washington Institute Visiting Fellow Dr. Einat Wilf continues the Israel Today series on Thursday, 30 OCT 2014 from 7:30 -9:00 PM.
The Melton School of Jewish Studies, located at the Sandler Family Campus, offers two courses this semester. For inquiries, please contact Ms. Miriam Brunn Ruberg at (757) 321-2328 or [email protected]:
• From 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM on Tuesday, 14 OCT 2014 and continuing Tuesdays through 16 DEC 2014, Rabbi Panitz teaches, “What Lies Beyond? Jewish Ideas about the Afterlife” at the Sandler Family Campus.
• Wednesdays, from 22 OCT 2014 and continuing through 17 DEC 2014, Old Dominion University (ODU) Professor Hodes teaches “History of Jews in the Islamic World” from 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM.
• Wednesdays, from 12:15 – 1:30 PM, Ms. Amy Lefcoe teaches a class for women on “Jewish Perspectives on Personal Values” that continues through 10 DEC 2014.
The Virginia Opera presents The Empress and the Nightingale on Sunday, 19 OCT 2014 from 2:30 – 3:30 PM at the Simon Family Jewish Community Center (JCC). Located at 5000 Corporate Woods Drive in Virginia Beach, you may obtain information from Ms. Michele Goldberg at (757) 321-2341 or [email protected].
Join other Hebrew Academy of Tidewater (HAT) alumni at the HAT Middle School Alumni Activity event on Sunday, 12 OCT 2014 from 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM. Located in the school’s multi-purpose room, 5000 Corporate Woods Drive in Virginia Beach, VA, please contact Rabbi Wecker at (757) 424-4327 or [email protected] for additional details.
HAT also invites everyone to its Parsha class with Rabbi Wecker at 8:30 – 9:30 AM on Friday, 24 OCT 2014. Please contact Ms. Segaloff at [email protected] or (757) 424-4327 for additional details.
Volunteers Requested for Sukkah Construction
Sunday, 05 OCT 2014
10:00 AM Rain or Shine
2014 Election Deadlines Registration by Tuesday,
14 OCT 2014 (DMV, area libraries, and Voter
Registrar’s office)
Absentee ballot application by mail: arrive by 5:00 PM 28
OCT 2014 http://sbe.virginia.gov
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Candle Lighting*
FRI 03 OCT 6:28 PM WED 08 OCT 6:20 PM THU 09 OCT 7:15 PM FRI 10 OCT 6:17 PM WED 15 OCT 6:11 PM THU 16 OCT 7:06 PM FRI 17 OCT 6:08 PM FRI 24 OCT 5:59 PM FRI 31 OCT 5:51 PM FRI 07 NOV 4:44 PM FRI 03 OCT 6:29 PM *www.chabadoftidewater.org
The Israel Advocacy Series gives participants the information to be a knowledgeable defender of the State of Israel. The next presentation is on Thursday, 23 OCT 2014, from 7:00 – 8:30 PM at the Sandler Family Campus. For details, please contact Ms. Miriam Brunn Ruberg at (757) 321-2328 or [email protected].
The Jewish Book Festival starts on Sunday, 02 NOV 2014 at the Simon Family JCC. Additional information available from Ms. Michele Goldberg at (757) 321-2341 or [email protected].
The congregation expresses its condolences to Mr. Sol Zedd on the loss of his sister, Suzanne M. Zedd. May the family find comfort amongst the mourners of Tzion.
KBH offers a hearty mazel tov to Rabbi Jason Rubenstein, our former student rabbi, listed as one of the “15 American Rabbis You Haven’t Heard Of, But Should” by Tablet (www.tabletmag.com). The online magazine of Jewish news, ideas, and culture notes Rav Jason is “the heart of Mechon Hadar,” an egalitarian New York yeshiva. The Kempsville Conservative Synagogue also expresses its appreciation for the following contributions:
• Cantor David Proser, Ms. Alene Kaufman, Dr. Alan Shapiro, Mr. Heath Losick, and Ms. Rona Proser for their leadership during our Rosh Hashanah services.
• Ms. Becke Silverstein, Mr. Harvey Hoffman, Dr. Terry Jenkins, Mr. John Young, Mr. Ed Landress, Mr. Isaac Vaas, Ms. Lee Wertheimer, and Mr. Jason Silverstein for their work in the sanctuary, grounds, and water downspouts.
• Mr. Harvey Eluto for arranging holiday security with the local police department. • Our Rosh Hashanah childcare sponsors, the KBH Sisterhood. • Dr. Alan Shapiro for sponsoring the JFS “Baskets of Hope” and Ms. Karen Rosenberg for the suggestion. • Our food shoppers, Ms. Rona Proser, Mr. Ed Landress, and Ms. Heliene Siegel. • Ms. Myra Savransky, for her work during the UJFT Mitzvah Day. • A generous contribution from Amos and Marcia Berkovich. • Our Rosh Hashanah ushers, Mr. Charlie Firestone and Mr. Ed Landress. • Dr. Alan Shapiro for his tireless work as Ritual Chair.
Honor or commemorate any event by sponsoring a Shabbat kiddush. Please contact Ms. Rona Proser for details or to reserve a date. We wish to thank the following recent kiddush sponsors:
• Dr. Alan Shapiro to honor his Bar Mitzvah anniversary. • David and Rona Proser for the 11 OCT 2014 kiddush to honor the baby naming ceremony of the
daughter of Michelle Proser and Alan Elias.
Kehillat Bet Hamidrash continues to offer programming, religious, and educational opportunities throughout the year. Cantor Proser makes up-to-date announcements at services, and we send breaking news via e-mail. To add your name or that of a prospective member to the KBH e-mail or mailing list, receive the Newsletter via e-mail, or remove yourself from the Newsletter’s distribution, kindly send your request to [email protected].
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