Community Review 2 5 2016

February 5, 2016 | 26 Shevat, 5776 | Vol. 90; No. 3Published by The Jewish Federation of Greater Harrisburg | Greater Harrisburg’s Jewish Newspaper

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Transforming Jewish Communities Through Legacy Giving

Maintaining the vibrancy and strength of Jewish communities across the country continues to be a concern – and now we have the answer. Endowments, once a luxury, are now an essential element of every Jewish organization’s financial stability strategy. Legacy giving initiatives are addressing the need for endowments and transforming Jewish communities across the country.

In just three years, through partnerships with Jewish community foundations and federations in 29 communities across the country, the LIFE & LEGACYTM program of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation has assisted 289 Jewish organizations in locales, as small as Omaha and as large as Chicago.

These communities are actively engaged in integrating legacy giving into their philanthropic culture, fostering camaraderie and respect among Jewish organizations and providing generous and forward-thinking members with the opportunity to express their passion, purpose, and commitment to sustaining programs and services meaningful to them.

And now so are we! Sponsored by our Jewish Community Foundation of Central Pennsylvania, in October 2015 we launched LIFE & LEGACYTM in our region, and 14 of our local agencies and synagogues are actively participating. Working together collaboratively, we will continue to build those all-important endowments – financial resources that become the life line for our organizations through both good and challenging times.

Watch for more information from Jewish organizations dear to you, and please remember Jewish causes in your will and estate plans.

Excerpted from an article in ejewishphilanthropy.com by Arlene D. Schiff, National Director, LIFE & LEGACYTM, a program of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation

Please contact the Jewish Community Foundation of Central PA to discuss

creating a permanent giftto support causes dear to

your heart.(717) 236-9555 – Option # 1

[email protected]

Arlene D. Schiff,National Director, LIFE & LEGACYTM

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A Message from Margie Adelmann, CEOJewish Federation of Greater Harrisburg

Winter weather - what to do? Snow’s in the forecast and the JCC storm

team (almost like the TV storm teams) get together to consider all of

our options. Should we close, delay, cancel programs? These may seem

like decisions that could be made easily, but they never are. Our number

one concern is the safety of our members and our staff. Can staff safely

get to the JCC? Can we clear the parking lot, can we clear the ramps?

What are other businesses doing? Child care centers? At the end of the

day, we make a decision that we hope is in the best interest of everyone

we consider. Next, we begin the notification process. TV stations, text

messages, social media, emails, answering machines, and signs. And then

we stay in touch with each other during the “weather” event to continue

to make decisions. We try our best to open the Center and appreciate the

patience and understanding of our members and staff once the decision

has been made.

No one could have imagined the “Blizzard” of 2016 - certainly not

the national “storm teams” or the Weather channel would have come to

Harrisburg! But our team was prepared, before the first flake fell, during

the storm and when the digging out began. Thank you to everyone on

our team who worked hard to enable us to open Monday morning after

the storm, digging their own cars out, braving the barely plowed roads,

clearing our parking lot and walkways, and so much more. I try to say

thank you to our staff regularly for their dedication and hard work, but I

wanted to publicly say thank you and encourage you to say thank you to

them too. Not just after a storm, but every day!

L’Shalom,

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thurSDay, fEBruary 4Seniors Lunch Program, 10:30 a.m., Bridge Bruce’s Way Program: Caption Phones for those with hearing loss,

with Melissa Steis, 12:30 p.m.

SaturDay, fEBruary 6Monte Carlo Night, 7 p.m., JCC

tuESDay, fEBruary 9Seniors Lunch Program, 11:30 a.m.,

Program: “The Jewish Perspective” with Bob Axelrod

thurSDay, fEBruary 11Seniors Lunch Program, 11:30 a.m.

Program: Movie Day – “27 Dresses”

SunDay, fEBruary 14Daddy Daughter Dance, 5 p.m., JCC

tuESDay, fEBruary 16Seniors Lunch Program, 11:30 a.m.,

Program: Current Events with Herm Minkoff

thurSDay, fEBruary 18Seniors Lunch Program, 11:30 a.m.

Program: “Millionaire” Game

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The Silver Academy hosted its annual Mitzvah Day/Bring a Friend to School Day on Monday, January 18th. The school honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a day committed to community service, fun and friendship.

Twenty-two guests joined The Silver Academy students for the morning as they participated in a variety of different activities. All students and their guests worked on the Stars of Hope project. They created stars with words, expressions or drawings that inspire hope. These stars will be donated to the residents of The Jewish Home.

Additionally, The Silver Academy partnered with Hadassah for a Tu B’Shevat planting activity. Students decorated planters and filled them with soil and parsley seeds in hopes that they will have the herb ready for the Passover Seder.

The students also had a chance to do Israeli Boot Camp with Mr. Hasson, a Silver Academy parent who is currently the Israeli delegate at the Army War College in Carlisle. Students and friends participated in a variety of different team-building exercises.

After a delicious lunch together, students said goodbye to their friends and continued on with their exciting day. Author Debbie Hervitz joined us and read her book, “Where I Live,” a book about Central Pennsylvania. Debbie Hervitz, a former Silver Academy teacher and parent alumni of four Silver Academy graduates, generously donated her book to each student.

Students finished off their day with a dip in the JCC swimming pool. It was a great way to end a very meaningful and fun-filled day!

Silver Academy Hosts its Annual Mitzvah Day/Bring a Friend to School Day


With SeniorLinks,You Are Not Alone

The “Golden Years” are s o m e t i m e s wrought with c h a l l e n g i n g times. These times can be even more difficult if you are facing these challenges alone. Whether you are married, widowed or single, managing your home and health can be overwhelming at times if you don’t have a

support network nearby to help. Details like paying bills, banking, managing never-ending mail, moving, managing care needs, and decision making about health issues or any other affairs can become more difficult to manage as you age.

Fortunately there is a great solution right here in the local community. SeniorLinks, a program of Jewish Family Service of Greater Harrisburg, Inc. (JFS), is a service with the sole purpose of helping seniors maintain as much independence, safety and well-being as possible in a respectful and dignified way. Through expert assessment, the staff helps you determine your needs and then develops a care plan with you just for your specific situation. We connect you with any resources you may need, help you manage those resources and support you through any challenge that may come along.

We understand that it can be very hard to ask for help. It can feel like you are giving up independence and control. It can be scary to bring someone new into your life and to discuss private matters. Those are very common feelings and concerns. What over forty years of experience has shown us is that by asking for assistance when you need it, you can often far extend your independence and improve your well-being. By using an established respected agency of professionals rather than turning over sensitive information to a neighbor or acquaintance, you can be assured of safety. Our confidential services become invaluable to our clients. So if you are struggling with managing health or financial affairs and are ready to explore options, just remember that with SeniorLinks you are not alone!

If you have any questions about SeniorLinks, please feel free to contact JFS at 717-233-1681


Senator Pat Toomey invited leaders of the Harrisburg, Lancaster and York communities to

meet with him at the Harrisburg JCC recently to provide an update from Washington D.C.

regarding the Iran deal and more.

Pictured in the photo left to right are: Julie Wright Halbert, Rabbi Eric Cytryn, Eric Morrison,

Don Feldman, Nada Seidon, Jennifer Ross, Bill Walters, Senator Pat Toomey, Margie Adelmann,

Allison Siegelman, Rabbi Ron Muroff, Rachel Singer, Stephen Knable, Rabbi Akiva Males,

Michael Yaffe and Ed Beck.

Senator Toomey Visits with Area Jewish Leaders

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Temple Beth Shalom Leads Fundraising Efforts for Repairs to Community

Holocaust MonumentBy Lillian Rappaport

For over two decades, our community’s Holocaust Monument has stood as a spiritual reminder of one of the darkest chapters in human history. The monument, located on Riverfront Park, was the dream of Holocaust survivors who settled in our community and is a continuing source of education and inspiration. The monument was created not only as a memorial but also as a means to teach about the Holocaust.

The Holocaust monument is filled with symbolism. The central focus of the memorial is the steel pillar, representing the strength and continuity of the Jewish people. Barbed wire, symbolic of the many atrocities committed against the Jewish people, twists up the pillar. The pillar rises to the sky beyond the barbed wire, indicating that the Jewish people have moved beyond the persecutions and continues to survive. An educational component, including names of death camps and the words “remember” translated in 14 languages, is found in wording written by Holocaust survivors and etched on the marble wall surrounding the monument.

The floor of the monument is created from Jerusalem stone and symbolizes the strong link between the State of Israel and the Jewish people. Over the years, much of the Jerusalem stone cracked and had fallen into disrepair. The broken stones were unsightly and detracted from the dignity of the monument. The repair of the Jerusalem stone was an ongoing concern since replacement costs were prohibitively high.

Our community is deeply indebted to the efforts of Temple Beth Shalom (TBS) in Mechanicsburg. A TBS committee, comprised of members of the Jewish and greater Harrisburg area communities and led by Carol Hillman, was created to raise funds to repair and replace the broken Jerusalem stone. Two walk-a-thons were organized by Temple Beth Shalom with the goal of raising sufficient funds to both repair the Jerusalem stone and to fund future monument repairs. The Greater Harrisburg Holocaust Memorial Perpetual Care Endowment was established as part of the Jewish Community Foundation of Central Pennsylvania with funds raised from the TBS walk-a-thons.

“It was so gratifying to achieve the important goal of restoring the Holocaust Monument through a coming together of the Harrisburg community: people of different religions, different races, different lifestyles and different configurations of all three. The Holocaust still has important lessons to teach us about tolerance and the tapestry of modern American society,” stated Linda Ries, TBS member

“The community of Greater Harrisburg can be proud of the effort we all made to restore the PA Holocaust Monument. By coming together, sharing our talents, skills and resources we were able to focus attention on the lessons of the Holocaust and raise enough money to restore and actually reinforce the original Monument. We proved that we can solve problems and even improve situations by being inclusive. Thanks to Lisa Buffington for her ideas and to Temple Beth Shalom for their support. If you haven’t visited the Monument recently, please do so now!,” commented Carol Hillman organizer and TBS member.

The Jerusalem stone has now been replaced and new, stronger, and more durable Jerusalem stone now covers the floor of the Holocaust monument. The exceptional outcome of this project would not have been possible without the support, hard work, dedication, and deep personal commitment to memorializing the Holocaust by Temple Beth Shalom and its members---and our heartfelt thanks are extended to them.

ENGAGEMENTTuritz - Goldsmith

Faith and Davy Goldsmith are pleased to announce the engagement of their son, Adam Levin Goldsmith, to Jamie Monique Turitz, daughter of Faye and Steven Turitz of Harrison, New York. Adam and Jamie both received their Bachelor’s degrees in Finance from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. They work at JP Morgan in Manhattan.

Adam is the brother of Katie Goldsmith and Sari and Jonathan Eisenberg, the uncle of Madison and Samuel Eisenberg and the grandson of Sylvia and William (z”l) Levin and Hanna (z”l) and Sol (z”l) Goldsmith. Jamie is the sister of Matthew Turitz and the granddaughter of Rhoda (z”l) and Norman (z”l) Turitz and Beatrice (z”l) and Milton (z”l) Sideroff.

Adam and Jamie met in the second semester of their senior year at IU. While both completing their major in Finance, a friend suggested they start a study group. A romance began as well. They share a love of travel and the beach, where Adam proposed during Hurricane Joaquin last October in Margate, New Jersey. Adam and Jamie will marry in Mamaroneck, New York in October and will reside in Manhattan.

BaBy announcementWith great joy, we announce the birth of the newest

addition to the Goldsmith and Eisenberg families. Samuel Max Eisenberg, son of Sari and Jon, brother of Madison, great-grandson of Sylvia Levin and June Haimes, nephew of Katie Goldsmith, Adam Goldsmith and Jamie Turitz, and David Eisenberg was born on January 5, 2016 in Miami, Florida. His Hebrew name is Shlomo Moshe, named for his maternal great-grandfather Sol Goldsmith and his paternal great-grandfather Morton Eisenberg.

Lovingly, GrandparentsBubbe Faith and Saba Davy Goldsmith andGrandpop Mitchell and Grandmom Gail Eisenberg


synagogue lifeBeth el temple232-0556 | www.betheltemplehbg.orgMinyan 7 a.m. daily and 5:30 p.m.Sunday morning at 9:00 a.m.Friday night Kabbalat Shabbat 6:00 p.m.Shabbat morning service 9:15 a.m.Saturday night mincha/maariv/havdalah at same time as Friday evening candle-lighting time.


Chisuk emuna Congregation 232-4851 | www.chisukemuna.org | [email protected]: Torah Trope class with Gerry Gorelick, 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.Explore the musical system of trope for reading Torah. Learners of all abilities welcome.

Congregation Beth israel Lebanon | 273-2669Visit the Congregation Beth Israel Web Site at www.congregation-beth-israel.orgAll are welcome to our egalitarian services: Sundays at 9 a.m., Thursdays at 7:30 a.m. Our Shabbat services, led by Rabbi Paula Reimers, are at 7:30 p.m. on Friday evenings and on Shabbat morning at 9:30 a.m. followed by Kiddush.


Congregation Beth tikvah Carlisle | 245-2811 | www.bethtikvah.orgFriday Night Shabbat Services 7:15 p.m. Location: Asbell Center, 262 West High Street, Carlisle


historiC B’nai JaCoB Middletown | 319-3014 | www.bnai-jacob.orgHistoric B’nai Jacob Synagogue, Water and Nissley Street in Middletown, will conduct Shabbat Service on Friday, February 5th at 7:30 p.m.We are a Community Shul, all are welcome. Tel (717) 319-3014 - Visit our website for more information.


kesher israel Congregation 238-0763 | www.kesherisrael.orgParticipate in our daily Minyanim. Mornings: Sundays and Federal holidays at 8 a.m., Monday through Friday at 6:45 a.m. Rosh Chodesh and fast days at 6:30 a.m. Evening services begin at 20 minutes before sunset. Please join us for our 9 a.m. Shabbat morning services - followed by Kiddush. Please contact our Office Manager, Cecelia Baker, at (717) 238-0763 for information about our congregation.


temple Beth shalom697-2662 | tbshalom.orgTemple Beth Shalom’s Friday evening Shabbat Services are at 7:15 p.m., followed by an oneg in the social hall. Services are led by Rabbi Daniel Grossman and Lay Leaders of Beth Shalom. Please call the office at 697-2662 or check the website calendar for details, as well as updates on when Saturday Shabbat services will be held. Rabbi Daniel Grossman will lead the Shabbat services on Friday, February 5 and 19. Saturday morning Shabbat services, also led by Rabbi Grossman, will take place on February 6 and 20 at 9:00 a.m. Rabbi Grossman will be one of the presenters at the Tuesday Feb 9th [6:30 – 9:00 pm] program in the Bethany Village Community room. The program is entitled “Why Organ Donation and Aspects of Aging and Religious Perspectives”. This program is part of the four part End of Life Seminar series being offered by the West Shore and Mechanicsburg Chambers of Commerce. The series is free to attend and light refreshments will be provided. The Sisterhood Book Group will meet on Wednesday, February 10 at 7:00 p.m. at the home of Gen Reed to discuss the book, “What She Left Behind by Ellen Marie Wiseman. All women are welcome! Please contact Gen at [email protected] if you plan to attend.For details on upcoming Temple Beth Shalom services and events, check the website: http://tbshalom.org. temple ohev sholom233-6459 | www.ohevsholom.orgShabbat Service Friday, February 5, 2016, 6:00 PM, Lehrman Chapel B’nai Mitzvah, Saturday, February 6, 2016, 10:30 AM, SanctuaryShabbat Service Friday, February 12, 2016, 7:30 PM, SanctuaryShabbat Services, Friday, February 19, 2016, 7:30 PM, SanctuaryTot Shabbat, Saturday, February 20, 2016, 10:30 AM, Lehrman Chapel

KI’s Cantorial Shabbaton: A Tribute to Cantor Seymour Rockoff, z”l

Kesher Israel Congregation looks forward to welcoming world- renowned Cantor Yaakov Motzen for a special Cantorial Shabbaton in tribute to our beloved Cantor Seymour Rockoff, z”l over Presidents Day Weekend (February 12-13, 2016).

KI thanks our good friend Bobby Snyder who chose to mark his 73rd birthday by sponsoring this special Cantorial Shabbaton as a tribute to Cantor Rockoff.

KI invites the entire Jewish community to what will be a most enjoyable program at KI.

Following a song-filled Kabbalas Shabbos service (5:15 pm), a special Friday night (2/12/16), Shabbos dinner accompanied by Cantor Motzen’s beautiful singing will take place at KI (app. 6:00 pm)! Reservations for this dinner are needed, and can be arranged by contacting Cecelia: 717-238-0763 or [email protected]

On Shabbos morning (2/13/16) Cantor Motzen will lead KI in a beautiful song-filled service (beginning at 9:00 am). KI invites the entire community to a special Kiddush luncheon to be held following services (app. 11:45 am). Please join us at this Kiddush luncheon as we pay special tribute to Cantor Rockoff, z”l.

For close to three decades, Cantor Seymour Rockoff ensured that KI's services were inspiring, dignified, and pleasant. Our congregation is profoundly appreciative of Cantor Rockoff for all he did for us in his capacity as Chazan -- and so much more.

This will be a KI Shabbos which you will not want to miss.


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l ife cycleMERTIE C. DIETERICKAGE

We regret to inform you of the passing of Mertie C. Dieterickage 82 of Mechanicsburg on Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at Messiah Village. Born September 21, 1933 in Belfast, Maine, she was the daughter of the late Edwin and Edith (Trundy) Colcord. Mertie retired from the Naval Depot as a purchasing agent. She was a U.S. Army Veteran of the Korean War. Mertie was a member of the Trindle Spring Lutheran Church, Mechanicsburg, National Society of Daughters of the American Colonists, Daughters of the American Revolution, and the American Legion Post 26 Dillsburg. Funeral services were held on Saturday, January 16th at Malpezzi Funeral Home, Mechanicsburg. Burial took place with military honors at Rolling Green Cemetery in Camp Hill. The entire Beth El Temple family expresses its condolences to Mertie’s family; daughters Cynthia ( Jeff ) Cohen and Linda (Karl) Kunkel of Mechanicsburg and six grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Roy A. Dieterick, and brother, Edwin Colcord. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Mertie’s memory to Messiah Village Endowment Fund, 100 Mt. Allen Drive, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055.

MAXINE A. DIMELERMaxine A. Dimeler, 75, of

Elizabethtown, entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at Hershey Medical Center. She was born January 29, 1940 in Harrisburg and was the daughter of the late Ehrman Dimeler and Anna (Frazer) Parkovic. Maxine was a proud graduate of the Middletown High School class of 1957 and has remained friends with many of her classmates throughout the years, never missing the chance to participate in class reunions. She was Methodist and taught Sunday school for several years at the Stoverdale United Methodist Church in Hummelstown. She was an active volunteer at the Middletown Library, a member of the Middletown Historical Society, a member of the Red Hats, and a Middletown Area High School band booster volunteer. When she was not busy volunteering , she also enjoyed gardening, reading, going to the movies, going on bus trips and going to the casinos with her sisters. In addition to her parents, Maxine is preceded in death by her brother Donald Dimeler. She is survived by her loving husband of 45 years, John Dimeler; two daughters, Jennifer Dimeler-Morrow and her husband John of Elizabethtown and Amy Lerner and her husband Hank of Harrisburg; two sons, John Dimeler III and William Dimeler both of Middletown; three grandchildren, Emily, Shira and Eliana; and three siblings, Diane, John and Sue. A tribute to Maxine’s life was held on Saturday, January 16th at the Matinchek & Daughter Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Middletown, PA. The family suggests memorial contributions be made to Middletown Library, 20 N. Catherine St. Middletown, PA 17057 or Middletown Area Historical Society, 29 East Main St. Middletown, PA 17057.

Condolences may be sent online to www.matinchekanddaughterfuneralhome.com.

KALA HESSKala Hess (nee Capin) of Pembroke

Pines, Florida, formerly of Harrisburg, PA, aged 91, died peacefully on Sunday, January 10, 2016, surrounded by her loving family. Wife of the late Gunther A. Hess; daughter of the late Mollie and William Capin; beloved mother of Ronnie (Ed) Zwirn; Randy ( Jeanine) Hess and Lisa (Mark) Hesselgrave; loving grandmother to Adam (Meridith) Zwirn, Marlie (Benjamin) Garber, Brian Hess, Hilary Hess, Sophie Hesselgrave and Eliza Hesselgrave; and great-grandmother to Gavin and Lily Zwirn and Alexis Garber. Funeral were held Sunday, January 17th at Mount Moriah Cemetery, Harrisburg. In lieu of flowers, donations made to the Center for Dementia Research.

JAMES R. RITTNERJames R. Rittner, 90, of Steelton, died on

Monday, January 11, 2016 in Community General Osteopathic Hospital. He was a member of the former St. James Roman Catholic Church, Steelton and a member of Prince of Peace Roman Catholic Parish, Steelton, Steelton American Legion Post 420, and lifetime member of the Steelton

VFW. He was a US Navy veteran of World War II and then in the Naval Reserve for eight years. He worked at Hygrade Food Products, Harrisburg Steel Company, Transamerica Freight Company, cleaned and maintained the former Citizens and Dauphin Deposit Banks of Steelton, and retired from Dauphin Manor at the age of 80. James was the son of the late Harry and Lena Drayer Rittner of the West Side, Steelton, and is survived by his wife of 64 years, Margaret Gould Rittner; their two sons, Joseph Rittner and George Rittner; his sister, Harriet Rittner Ogden; sisters-in-law, Betty Rittner and JoAnn Rittner; grandson, Mike Rittner; as well as several

nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by an infant son, Harry Rittner; sisters, Emma R. Smeltzer, Anna R. Cassel, Minnie R. Peterson and Regina Rittner; and brothers, Samuel Rittner, Charles Rittner, William Rittner, and Twin Brother

Warren O. Rittner. Funeral services were held on Thursday, January 21, 2016 at Wiedeman Funeral Home, Steelton with Rev. John A. Acri officiating. Burial was in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery with full military honors.


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