THE

BULLETINSEPTEMBER 2018

BEGINNING YOUR SPIRITUAL JOURNEY FOR THE

SELICHOTHIGH HOLY DAYS

Saturday, September 1 7 – 9 pm

Making Prayer realBased on the book by Rabbi Mike CominsDessert | stuDy | WorshiP

TASHLICHMonday, September 10, 5:00 pm Followed by a picnic dinner, Coyote PointAn inspiring and family-friendly ritual of casting away our transgressions by symbolically tossing bread crumbs into a living body of water. Join the vegetarian potluck!

Learn more and sign up on home.sholom.org.

Bring food items to PTS during Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur to benefit Jewish Family & Children’s Services. Donation suggestions include: n canned veggies, fruit, tunan peanut buttern whole grainsn cerealsn pasta

Join PTS and NAMI, National Alliance for Mental Illness, for their annual walk to raise awareness for mental health and supporting those in need.

Find out more and join our awareness team on home.sholom.org.

NAMI WALK Silicon Valley 2018Saturday, September 22, 8:30 am check in, Guadalupe Park in San Jose

PTS = 100% VOTING CONGREGATIONJoin our non-partisan civic engagement campaign starting the day after Yom Kippur. Contact Rabbi Delson, rabbidelson@sholom.org, to join in the effort. Voting is a Jewish value.

PENINSULA

TEMPLESHOLOM

THE HIGH HOLY DAYS2018/5779

LOCATION

EREV ROSH HASHANAH

ROSH HASHANAH RH 2ND DAY KOL NIDRE YOM KIPPUR

9/9 9/10 9/11 9/18 9/19

Tots ‘n’ TorahA musical, energetic, and developmentally-appropriate service for families with children up to age 5.

Chapel 8:45 AM 8:45 AM

Family ServiceAn engaging, participatory, and musical service for families with elementary- and middle school-age children.

Chapel 6:30 PM 9:45 AM 6:30 PM 9:45 AM

Sanctuary ServiceA spiritually powerful and elevating service with traditional music and liturgy.

Sanctuary 7:30 PM 10:30 AM 7:30 PM 10:30 AM

Nefesh ServiceA participatory and informal prayer experience for adults, with a sermon by one of our rabbis.

Chapel 11:45 AM 11:45 AM

Teen ServiceA teen-let service for 8th-12th graders designed by our PARTY board with Rabbi Molly Plotnik and Director of Youth Engagement Madeleine Steckley.

Multi-Purpose Room 11:45 AM 11:45 AM

Tashlich ServiceAn inspiring and family-friendly ritual of casting away our transgressions by symbolically tossing bread crumbs into a living body of water. Bring a blanket, folding chairs, a dish to share at our potluck, warm layers, and some crumbs to toss.

Coyote Point

5:00 pm servicefollowed by

potluck picnic dinner

2nd Day Rosh Hashanah ServiceOpen to the community; no name badges required.

Chapel 10:30 AM

Panel DiscussionCongregants share their personal stories.

Sanctuary 1:30 PM

Yizkor (Memorial) ServiceReflective service of remembrance dedicated to loved ones.

Sanctuary 2:45 PM

Afternoon ServiceA service grounded in ancient biblical history that calls on us to examine holiness in our own lives. Includes a reading of the Book of Jonah.

Sanctuary 3:45 PM

Neilah & Havdalah ServiceConcluding service including the final sounding of the shofar, as well as a blessing for babies and first-time fasters. Everyone with a shofar is welcome to come to the bimah for the final sounding of the shofar.

Sanctuary 5:15 PM

GUIDE TO SERVICES

PARTY New Year’s KickoffShabbat at the Beach

Friday, September 21, 5:30-8:30 pmOcean Beach, San Francisco

9th-12th graders, join our kickoff Shabbat on the beach! Get ready to laugh, sing, and eat tons of s’mores!

-$15/person- Find out more and

RSVP at home.sholom.org by Friday, September 14.

NFTY-CWR’s

New Year’son the Bay

Cruise into 5779! Join your friends from around the Bay Area and beyond to celebrate

Rosh Hashanah – the Jewish New Year – with this one-night only teen event.

Find out more on www.centralwest.nfty.org.

Saturday, September 8 8:30 - 11:30 pm

I. HOT TOPICS LUNCH GROUP e Thursdays, 9/27, 10/25, 11/15, 12/20, 1/24/2019 Ɣ 12:00 pm ¨ Law Offices of Norman Harris

1220 Howard Ave., Burlingame This is the ultimate brown bag lunch — you supply the food, Rabbi Feder supplies the food for thought!

II. HOT TOPICS @CAFÉ SHOLOM e Sundays, 10/7 & 12/2 Ɣ 10:00 - 11:00am ¨ PTS Foyer

This is the ultimate Sunday morning coffee — served with bagels and food for thought!

This lively roundtable discussion takes a contemporary look at Jewish thought and experience. Topics range from modern Jewish life and Israel to Jewish holidays, current events, and more.

HOT TOPICS THIS FALL — TWO OPPORTUNITIES!

Led by Rabbi Dan Feder

Sholom Women’sEVENING IN THE

SUKKAHTuesday, September 25, 6-8 pm

An evening under the stars with friends. Bring an appetizer, dessert or beverage to share.

Hosted by susan battat. Email mary ann waterman, macnyy@yahoo.com, to rsvp and for address information.

4:00 pm w K-6th Grade Youth Education program

5:30 pm w Congregational Service, followed by dinner for all.

$5 kids 12 and under; $7 all others. RSVP at home.sholom.org by Monday, September 17.

SUKKOT MORNING SERVICE

Monday, September 24, 10:30 am

Pizza in the HutErev Sukkot Congregational Celebration

Sunday, September 23, 4-7 pm

Plan your own family dinner in our community Sukkah!

Contact Bev Rochelle at

brochelle@sholom.org to reserve the space.

Have Your Own Dinner in the PTS Sukkah

S I M C H A T T O R A H

Y I Z K O RS E R V I C E

Monday, October 110:30 am

Yizkor offers us the opportunity to remember and reconnect

with the memories of our loved ones who have died.

september bat mitzvah

SEPTEMBER 29Shabbat Chol Hamoed Sukkot

Juliet Shaywitz daughter of

Diana Brainard & David Shaywitz Crocker Middle School

Erev Simchat Torah Celebration

Sunday, September 30, 4-7 pm4:00 pm: K-6th Grade Youth Education program 5:30 pm: congregational service & dinner

$5 kids 12 and under; $7 all others RSVP at home.sholom.org by Friday, September 21

CONTRIBUTIONS We gratefully acknowledge the following contributions made through July 27.

Alexa Paige Goldman Israel Scholarship

in MeMory ofMyron ParnessHelaine DarlingLinda & Michael Podolsky

Cantor Barry Reich Tribute

in honor ofCantor Barry ReichRavi Sahae

in MeMory ofLen DesmanZena Koss

General

for PtsJames Carlson

in honor ofJoanne & Willie GreenspanShirley & Ben Eisler

Arlene RosenbergBenita Boxerman

in MeMory ofMollie AmsterLinda & Todd Zucker

Ben AnixterPatty Anixter

Louis ArataLinda & Warren Citron

Ida BerkowitzJanice & Dennis Berkowitz

Hyman BursteinDottie Anderson

Jean CooperSonny & Steve Hurst

Jack M Feder, Jr.Susan & John Feder

Bernie GoldbergDorothy Wexler

Rita GoldmanSue & Al Geller

Kieve GoodsteinLarry LevyMichelle & Keith Tandowsky

Mania HampelMichelle & Richard Postal

Linda HurstSonny & Steve Hurst

Mary JacobsonSandy Oberstein

Sarah JosephJanice & Dennis Berkowitz

Barney KisilofWendie Fetterman

Marian Landman

Shirley & Clarence Press

Ruth LeddellMindy & Dan Friedeberg

Rolly SlattEdna Marion LiebmanStanley LevinMax LevinFrieda & Brad Liebman

Elaine LevinsonSonny & Steve Hurst

Carole LiptonMarvin Lipton

Julius LutovichWendie Fetterman

Irwin MarcusHarriet Friedman

Barbara ModenaShelly Caplan

Joseph NahoumJoanna & Brian Hafter

Ethel ObersteinSandy Oberstein

Jack PressShirley & Clarence Press

Jean ShapiroSandra ShapiroBunny Starr

Anthony ShavesMarilyn Rosekind

Herman ShineHarriet Friedman

Len SilvermanFrances BergerJudith Delue

Faye SlattMindy & Dan Friedeberg

Marilyn GelderRolly Slatt

Louis StarrBunny Starr

Horace TabakCarol Tabak & Bill Raskoff

Norman L TauberMarietta Mentz & family

Doris TukemanCyril Tukeman

Ruth TukemanErica & Jeff Gilbert

Alex WeisbergRoberta & Richard Sherwood

Sarah WisefieldSharon & Eric Fomil

Mildred YoumanToby Cossman

Hirschberg Children’s Library

in MeMory ofLouis ArataMaxine Rogo

Music & Technology

in honor ofCantor Barry ReichShelly CaplanGary and Sue Schwartzman

in MeMory ofGuenther LeopoldHerta LeopoldGary and Sue Schwartzman

Rabbis’ Discrectionary

for PtsMarilyn Gelder

in honor ofRabbi Dan FederZoya & Yuzef Bronfman

Elaine GoodsteinSharon Silverman

in MeMory ofGenia MarchasinEileen & Mike Marchasin

Herman WerdesheimElaine Goodstein & Family

Sephardic MinyanJacklin & Rahmat Barkhordar

Sharron & Elias Emergui

Jaime & Ramon Olmos

Ayala & Amnon Oshri

Orly Macabi & Michael Rossi

Daniel Sharabi

Solomon Lectureship

in MeMory ofEdith Kraft Shelly Caplan

pts book clubThursday, September 6, 7 pm

To RSVP and for address details, please email Shelly Blecher at shellyblecher@gmail.com.

Donate Your Used Vehicle

IT’S A WIN/WIN FOR YOU & PTS

Car donations are an easy way to support PTS as proceeds from sales go right to the Temple. Trucks, boats, motorcycles, and RVs are also accepted, running or not!

For more information, please contact office@sholom.org.

S E P T E M B E R YA H R Z E I T S Sept 2-8Judith AbouavVioleta BeharIsaac BralMorris ChaknovaJonathan EislerAlex FarkasDorman GoldmanBarbara GoldsmithReuben HarrisSally HeumannAlbert MilenbachPearl MonskySamuel NemirowIrwin RandolphDouglas Clark RobertsLouis SegalSusan SesslerFlorence ShawSally ShugarMark ShusterCarl Smith, Sr.Lillian Tamler

Meyer L. UngermanNaum VeltmanHarry WeilheimerDavid D. Wexler

Sept 9-15Deloris AttellInge BarackerSid BearmanDora BlecherTheodore ForeJoseph FriedmanMuriel GinsburgAnne GoldfieldJacquelyn GreenblattR. JacobsJack KertzmanMichael KlarerJacqueline Fischer KleinKitty KraimanCelia LevinSam LevinCecelia Michael

Kimberly OrlinLeonard Louis PortEsther RapoportEnrique RubinsteinSarah SarkonMeyer SavitzMyron SimonNate TandowskyMorris WeissPearl Wise

Sept 16-22Emilio AbascalFaye AbramczykIshaja AbramczykTodd AlpersteinMohtaram Dina

BoroukhimVera CarmelPearl ChozenJacques L. CoenMarilyn DollingerRobert Dominguez

Robert DrabkinJo Ann EickPeter FrankelHenry GlasserGussie GlattLeonid GolodrigaNorbert IsaakIke JoshuaVictoria KapustinEdith KasselTyler MichellArline MilanRose MinkinRachel NirenbergMorris NovickSophie PalantMartin PrinceAnna ScharfErnest SchwarczSylvia SeilerElka ShpitalnyZev SolomonHenrietta Sullivan

Michael WachtelDollie WerdesheimThelma WexlerFlorence Wornick

Sept 23-29Ellen AbramsRose BarkoffFrederick H. BermanLillian ByerLeonard ColbertRoy M. FrankFrances FriedmanRita GilbertMax GoldfieldMaurice GoldsteinStanley GreenblattHenry GreenspanMilton IsraelMaggi JacobsonLouis KirschenbaumMartin KohnDorothy Koppelman

Marion LebermuthJohn MenkeBernice MilenbachRose MolbogatMarian MountLeo PaslinEva RochlinGrete RosenbergGenevieve SageMarvis SchaecterHarold ShugarAmalia SpangenthalDora WeissShirley J. Zucker

Laura & Jonathan Grant Sloan & Noah

Joel & Jennifer Silk Asher & Zoe

Maria & Lou Realyvasquezwelcome

NEW MEMBERS

Zimrah Chadashah

A New SongEvery Friday night, Cantor Fox will introduce a new song to our Kabbalat Shabbat service, attached to monthly themes. This month’s Zimrah Chadashah theme will be “Kolot Shel Elul — The Voices of Elul” as we journey through the month of Elul in preparation for the High Holy Day season.

PTS’ New WebsiteYou may have noticed PTS’ sholom.org has been remodeled. To find the most relevant congregant information, you can go directly to home.sholom.org or click at the top of sholom.org, Member Home.

**We are still under a period of construction, please be patient with us as we resolve technical issues**.

As we begin the High Holy Day season, we wish you a year of health, happiness, and prosperity. We look forward to seeing you

on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

Shanah Tovah — Happy New Year!

THIS MONTH AT PTS Saturday, September 1Torah Today 9:00 AMSephardic Minyan 10:30 AMSelichot Program 7:00 PM

Wednesday, September 5 Talmud Study at

Il Piccolo Caffe 8:15 AM

Thursday, September 6Book Club, “Before We Were

Young,” by Lisa Wingate 7:00 PM

Friday, September 7Pre-Service Oneg 6:00 PMKabbalat Shabbat Service 6:30 PM

Saturday, September 8Torah Today 9:00 AMSephardic Minyan 10:30 AMNFTY’s New Year’s

on the Bay 8:30 PM

Sunday, September 9erev rosh hashanahplease refer to the rosh hashanah service schedule on page 2Sephardic Minyan 7:00 PM

Monday, September 10rosh hashanah: temple office closed

Sephardic Minyan 10:00 AM

Sephardic Minyan 5:45 PM

Tuesday, September 112nd day rosh hashanah: temple

office closedSephardic Minyan 10:00 AMRosh Hashanah Service 10:30 AM

Wednesday, September 12 Talmud Study at

Il Piccolo Caffe 8:15 AM

Friday, September 14Pre-Service Oneg 6:00 PMKabbalat Shabbat Service 6:30 PM

Saturday, September 15Torah Today 9:00 AMSephardic Minyan 10:30 AM

Tuesday, September 18erev yom kippur

Wednesday, September 19yom kippur: temple office closed

Friday, September 21PARTY New Year’s Kickoff

at the Beach 5:30 PMPre-Service Oneg 6:00 PMKabbalat Shabbat Service 6:30 PM

Saturday, September 22Torah Today 9:00 AMSephardic Minyan 10:30 AM

Sunday, September 23erev sukkotSholom Women Meeting 9:30 AMYouth Education Sukkot

Program 4:00 PMCommunity Sukkot

Service and Dinner 5:30 PM

Monday, September 24sukkot: temple office closedSukkot Festival Service 10:30 AM

Tuesday, September 25Sholom Women Evening

in the Sukkah 6:00 PM

Wednesday, September 26 Board Meeting 6:15 PM

Thursday, September 27Hot Topics with

Rabbi Feder 12:00 PM

Friday, September 28Pre-Service Oneg 6:00 PMKabbalat Shabbat Service 6:30 PM

Saturday, September 29Torah Today 9:00 AMSephardic Minyan 10:30 AMShabbat Morning Service 10:30 AM

Sunday, September 30erev simchat torahYouth Education Simchat

Torah Program 4:00 PMCommunity Simchat Torah

Service and Dinner 5:30 PM

Monday, October 1simchat torah: temple office closedSimchat Torah/

Yizkor Service 10:30 AMSephardic Minyan 10:30 AM

Wednesday, October 3Back to the Source 11:00 AM

Friday, October 5Pre-Service Oneg 6:00 PMTots ‘n’ Torah Shabbat

Service 6:00 PMBoard-Led Shabbat Service 6:30 PMTots ‘n’ Torah

Shabbat Dinner 6:30 PM

Saturday, October 6Torah Today 9:00 AMSephardic Minyan 10:30 AMPlaydate in the Park

with Rabbi Delson 4:00 PM

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