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Congregation
Rodfei Sholom
December 2015 Member of the Union of Orthodox Congregations of America Kislev - Tevet 5776
2 December 2015
Chanukah Events
Sunday, December 6, 2015Sunday, December 6, 2015Sunday, December 6, 2015Sunday, December 6, 2015 From 4:00 to 6:30 p.m.From 4:00 to 6:30 p.m.From 4:00 to 6:30 p.m.From 4:00 to 6:30 p.m. RSVP by Thursday, Dec. 3RSVP by Thursday, Dec. 3RSVP by Thursday, Dec. 3RSVP by Thursday, Dec. 3
4:00 p.m.: The fun will begin with "The Twister Sisters" and their fantastic balloons, amazing face-painting by “Alma Paints”, an original Dreidel Pinata, and Arts & Crafts!
5:00 p.m.: Delicious Chanukah Supper! $15 —Adult, $10-Children (ages 3-13), $10-Senior Rate No Charge - Children under 3, $50 —Family Maximum
3December 2015
Chanukah Event
4 December 2015
Upcoming Events & Photos
November
22
5December 2015
Upcoming Events
7:00 p.m. at Rodfei Sholom.Sponsored by the Steven Gossen
Fund for Education
12:00 noon - At the Campusof the Jewish Federation. 2 Programs!
We look
forward to
seeing you!
Ronnie Halibard is an English-born educa-
tor with years of experience teaching stu-
dents of all ages at Jewish schools in the USA
and in Israel. Over the past 6 years, Ronnie
has created and developed ‘Jewish History
in a Flash’ - a series of fast-paced and excit-
ing, interactive multimedia presentations
summarizing Jewish history, each with a
different subject focus. He has traveled
extensively. This will be Halibard’s first visit
to San Antonio.
Thursday, December 17
December 20156
RORORORORODFEI SHDFEI SHDFEI SHDFEI SHDFEI SHOOOOOLOLOLOLOLOM NEM NEM NEM NEM NEWSWSWSWSWS
Congregation Rodfei Sholom Programs and Activities
Youth ActivitiesB’nei Mitzvah Training
Jr. Congregation and Shabbat SchoolTot Shabbat
Sunday FundaysNCSY for area teens
Children’s Summer Camp
Family ServicesLife Cycle Event Celebrations
Purim CarnivalLag B’Omer Picnic
Shabbat and Holiday ProgramsWeekly Community Kiddush, Lunches,
and Shalosh SeudotScholar-in-Residence Programming and
Shabbat Dinners
Education ServicesContinuing Adult Jewish Education
Hebrew Classes
Senior ServicesL’Chayim Club for Community Seniors
Community ServicesBikur Cholim – Hospital & Nursing Home Visitations
Chevra Kadisha SocietyIsrael Public Action Committee
Jewish - Latino Dialogue OutreachRodfei Sholom Regional Mikvah
Rodfei Sholom CemeteryRodfei Sholom Sisterhood
VAAD Hakashruth of San Antonio – Kosher Supervision
ServicesCongregation Rodfei Sholom has morning and
evening services every day of the year. Please consultour website: www.rodfeisholom.com for the current
service times
Rodfei Sholom Shabbat Hospitality
If you wish to offer home hospitality for Shabbat
or know of someone who is in need of home
hospitality, please call Susan Furman at
210.493.8423. When possible, please submit all
requests at least 2 weeks in advance.
Candlelighting Times
DECEMBER WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
The synagogue office will beclosed Friday, December 25
and Friday, January 1
Sara & Dr. Lazaro Kisel December 3
Milya & Yefim Bersudsky December 3
Dorothy & Fermin Rajunov December 7
Judge Rose & Dr. Morris Spector December 18
Denise & Woody Baker December 20
Anita & Dr. Aaron Goldberg December 21
Carmen & Harry Robbins December 21
Zee & David Fisher December 25
Dec. 4 - 5:17 p.m.
Dec. 11 - 5:18 p.m.
Dec. 18 - 5:20 p.m.
Dec. 25 - 5:23 p.m.
Do you see someone
missing?
If you need to add someone
to our Birthday,
Anniversary, or Yahrzeit
lists, please contact the office
at (210) 493-3557 or
December 2015 7
SponsoSponsoSponsoSponsoSponsorrrrrs, Ms, Ms, Ms, Ms, Mazazazazazal Tal Tal Tal Tal Tovovovovov, & Bir, & Bir, & Bir, & Bir, & Birthdathdathdathdathdaysysysysys
To those who sponsored a Kiddush Lunch, we extend our thanks
Sponsors for November
To those who sponsored a Stand-up Kiddush, we extend our thanks
Join us for birthJoin us for birthJoin us for birthJoin us for birthJoin us for birthdadadadaday caky caky caky caky cake on December 12e on December 12e on December 12e on December 12e on December 12
DecemberDecemberDecemberDecemberDecember
The Birthday Club
Eden Miller ................ December 1Dan Lasky................. December 2Rachel Sarfati ........... December 3Roman Lubetzky ........ December 7Mason Pazin ............. December 8Jacob Powell............... December 8Norman Davis ........... December 9Estella Ghitis.............. December 9Ian Middleton ........... December 19Jaden Butnaru .......... December 25Maya Sarfati............ December 27Alexander Zinn ........... December 29
To Nurit & Bob Jacobson and Gabi & Dr. Carl Dimetman and Rene Dimetmanand Gregory & Adrienne Jacobson and daughter Micah
in honor of mother, grandmother, and great-grandmotherMargo Hoenig for her very special birthday!
To Dr. David Horwitz on the birth of his
granddaughter, Quinn Rose
To Rivka Schechter on the marriage of her
granddaughter, Zoe Schechter to Moshe Azatchi
To Eleanor & Pablo Siegal on the BatMitzvah of their granddaughter, Jessica
Molly Siegal
Co-sponsored by Winslow & Pamela Swart in honor of the members of our community and otherswho helped support his mission to safe guard Israeli citizens. Sensei Winslow leaves for EretzIsrael on November 22 for 2 weeks to help fortify regular people against terror attacks byteaching Defensive Tactics and Situational Awareness. The classes are being conducted at the
Technion in Haifa, at technology workplaces like Google and Cisco in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem andat Yeshivas and seminaries throughout Israel, including the West Bank and the Old City.
To Zee & Dave Fisher in loving memory of their parents and grandparents,and in honor of Harold Noriskin on his Special Birthday,
and the birthdays of Dave Fisher, Ian Fisher, Megan Fisher Kluger & Jacob Kluger,and in deep gratitude for their children Megan & Jacob, Justine & Rob,
and their precious grandchildren Shea, Jonathan, Ganessa, Emmanuel and Gabriel
To Judge Rose & Dr. Morris Spector in loving memory of his mother,Fannie Kahn Spector on her yahrzeit
To Jody & Dr. Michael Steinberg
on the birth of their grandson
Thanks to Laura Schnitzler, who sposnored a cake in honor of the 18th anniversary of Barbara & Jon Powell
8 December 2015
CaLENDAR & donationsUpcoming Events
Wednesday,
December
16 at
Rodfei
The event will be led
by Mrs. Hudy Abrams
Classes will be on marital
harmony, raising Jewish
children, the journey of
spiritual growth, and the
parsha.
All are welcome to join us
for this unique opportunity
to learn and grow!
9
IN HONOR OF
December 2015
donationsIN LOVING MEMORY OF
STEVEN GOSSEN MEMORIAL FUNDFOR EDUCATION
Linda Fisher, wishing her a speedy recoveryfrom Orah & Efraim Abramoff
Faina Gofmanfrom Hilary & Neal Kavy
Margo Hoenig, wishing her a Happy Special Birthdayfrom Orah & Efraim Abramofffrom Barbara & Stanley Spigel
Dr. David Horwitz, on the birth of his granddaughter,Quinn Rose
from Bobbie & Dr. Leon Ghitis
Barbara & Jon Powell, wishing them HappyAnniversary
from Laura Schnitzler
Rabbi Aryeh & Judy Scheinberg on the birth of theirgrandson Dovid to Yehoshua and Zeeva in Lakewood NJ
from Susan & Dr. Joseph Furman
Rabbi Aryeh & Judy Scheinberg, for their hospitalityfrom Madeline & Charels Cytrin
Rabbi Aryeh Scheinberg,saying thank youfrom Amy Anderson and the First Methodist
Church of Boerne
Rabbi Aryeh Scheinberg, for his kindnessfrom Margo Hoenig
Howard Solomon, wishing him a speedy recoveryfrom Orah & Efraim Abramoff
Jody & Dr. Michael Steinberg, on the recent birth oftwo grandsonsGinny Wind, on the engagemrnt of her son Ben toAdina Goldberg-Katkoff
the above from Rivka Schechter
Josef Meir Ashlag
from Miriam Ashlag
Ana Beniflah
from Susan & Dr. Joseph Furman
from Bobbie & Dr. Leon Ghitis
from Gina & Nim Meishar
from Dorothy & Fermin Rajunov
from Rosa & Fred Williamson
Ken Boyar
from Sally & Fred Kanter
Bertha Greenwald, mother of Mark Greenwald
from Susan & Dr. Joseph Furman
from Rivka Schechter
from Terry & Dr. Joshua Stolow
Sylvia Hoffman, mother of Terry Stolow
from Sharon & Mark Greenwald
from Judy Levine-Holley & Dr. Steven Holley
from Dorothy Rajunov
from Rivka Schechter
Marcos Kisner, her father
from Jalinka Sterental
Eugene Stolow, her father
from Terry & Dr. Joshua Stolow
In loving memory of Steven Gossen
from Elizabeth & Joseph Casseb
In honor of Linda Fisher, wishing her a speedy recovery
from Nurit & Bob Jacobson
GARDEN OF FRIENDSHIP
In loving memory of Joel PullenIn celebration of friendship with Barbara & Stanley
Spigel
the above from Lainey & Dr. Michael Berkus
In honor of Margo Hoenig, wishing her a Happy Special
Birthday
from Lainey & Dr. Michael Berkus
from Sheila & Jack Stein
In honor of Kobi Avnon, wishing him a speedy recovery
In honor of Linda Fisher, wishing her a speedy recovery
In honor of Frances Vogel, wishing her a speedy
recovery
the above from Margo Hoenig
10 December 2015
CONDOLENCEs, Donations
CONDOLENCES
“May her soul be bound up in the bond of eternal life”
OTHER CONTRIBUTORS
CEMETERY FUND
GIFTS OF BOOKS
EDUCATION FUND
GARDEN OF CONTINUITY
KIDDUSH FUND
Terry Stolow and family on the loss of her mother,
Sylvia Hoffman
In loving memory of her father, Louis Lernerfrom Shelley Baillargeon
In loving memory of his parents, Sophie & Morris
Shapiro
from Albert Shapiro
In loving memory of Benjamin Simon
from Lynne Noriskin
A Chumash in loving memory of her mother, Beyle
Chacekfrom Ana Dubrovsky
A Siddur in loving memory of Doris Toubin
from Dorothy & Fermin Rajunov
A Chumash in loving memory of her beloved mother,
Fannie Hartman HorowitzA Chumash in loving memory of colleague and friend,
Diana Mack Drake
the above from Dr. Rosalind Horowitz
NORMA & LOUIS SEEMANLANDSCAPING FUND
Dale & Harry Eastman
In loving memory of Isaac Tawil, husband, father, and
grandfather
from Rose Tawil
from Joyce Tawil
from Norma & Louis Seeman
In honor of Kobi Avnon, wishing him a speedy recovery
from Nurit & Bob Jacobson
In loving memory of Joel Pullen
In honor of Margo Hoenig, wishing her a Happy Special
Birthday
In honor of Sally Cooper, wishing her a Happy Special
Birthday
In honor of Lisa K. Abramson, wishing her a Happy
Birthday
In honor of Nurit & Bob Jacobson, wishing them a
Happy Anniversary
In honor of Howard Solomon, wishoing him a speedy
recovery
In honor of Marty Epner, wishing him a Happy Birthday
the above form Idelle & Dr. Norman Abramson
In honor of Ofira & Yuda Doliner, on the birth of their
grandson
from Nurit & Bob Jacobson
SCHOLARSHIP FUND
In honor of Nurit Jacobson, wishing her a Happy Birthday
and in honor of Nurit & Bob Jacobson’s anniversary
the above from Margo Hoenig
11December 2015
yahrzeits19 Kislev -- December 1Dr. Victor Press, for his father, Abe PressDr. Steven Rosenblatt, for his mother, Tilli Rosenblatt
20 Kislev -- December 2Dr. David Trakhtenbroit, for his brother, Aaron TrakhtenbroitDr. Michael Berkus, for his uncle, Hershel ben Moshe BerkusMr. Baruch Ksionzky, for his mother, Chava Ksionzky
21 Kislev -- December 3Dr. Victor Ostrower, for his father, Joseph OstrowerDr. Michael Ozer, for his father, Sidney OzerDr. Michael Ozer, for his grandfather, Hilmer Heubaum
22 Kislev -- December 4Mrs. Dorothy Jacobs, for her mother, Sophie Shapiro
23 Kislev -- December 5Mrs. Lainey Berkus, for her father, Arthur JaffeMr. Eugene Finkelstein, for his brother, Murray Finkelstein
24 Kislev -- December 6Mrs. Judy Scheinberg, for her grandmother, Julia FrankelMr. Charles Schwartz, for his great-grandfather, Chaim IsaacSaperMrs. Aviva Friedman, for her father, Gershon Shurani
25 Kislev -- December 7Mr. Winslow Swart, for his uncle, aunt, and cousin, theSolomon family (Leon, Flora, & Alexander)
26 Kislev -- December 8Mrs. Rivka Schechter, for her brother-in-law, Morris SchechterMr. Paul Weiss, for his brother, Stephen Michael Weiss
27 Kislev -- December 9Dr. Norman Abramson, for his brother, Melvin AbramsonDr. Jaime Furman, for his father, Jacobo FurmanMs. Evelyn Furman-Roth, for her father, Jacobo FurmanMr. Isidoro Korngold, for his mother, Sara Korngold
28 Kislev -- December 10Mr. Jerry Friedman, for his father, Hy FriedmanMr. Maurie Kern, for his mother, Ruth KernDr. Judy Lampert, for her mother, Gertrude LewisMrs. Rose Tawil, for her sister, Sarah DusheyMr. Lance Reinsmith, for his grandfather, Bernard Bettan
29 Kislev -- December 11Mrs. Terry Davis, for her mother, Lorraine LautersteinMrs. Janice Schwartz, for her sister, Joy BelskyMr. Charles Schwartz, for his aunt, Joy BelskyMr. Yehuda Zinnreich, for his father, Ted Zinnreich
1 Tevet -- December 13Mr. Alec Fisher, for his father, Samuel FisherMrs. Diane Fisher, for her grandfather, Samuel FisherDr. David Fisher, for his grandfather, Samuel Fisher
2 Tevet -- December 14Ms. Tania Arzi, for her father, Samuel KenigsteinMr. Roberto Kenigstein, for his father, Samuel Kenigstein
3 Tevet -- December 15Mr. Morris Bankler, for his mother, Bessie BanklerMrs. Idelle Abramson, for her father, Aaron Max Ringel
4 Tevet -- December 16Mr. Ronen Bass, for his grandmother, Chana BassMr. Harold Berg, for his aunt, Blanche BarnettMr. Eugene Finkelstein, for his father, Paul FinkelsteinMrs. Lala Gossen, for her brother, Sam ReifMr. Isidoro Korngold, for his father, Paul KorngoldMr. Jerry Friedman, for his grandmother, Chaya Feyga FriedmanDr. Jaime Furman, for his grandmother, Betty Tobias
5 Tevet -- December 17Mrs. Shirley Alexander, for her father, Morris FeingoldMrs. Pearl Fogiel, for her father, Morris FeingoldMs. Tzipi Bar Yadin, for her mother, Rachel BermanMrs. Susan Furman, for her mother, Beatrice GordonMr. Jeff Kavy, for his mother, Lenore F. Kavy
6 Tevet -- December 18Mrs. Ana Dubrovsky, for her brother, Elias ChacekMr. Bob Kolitz, for his mother, Eleanor “Tootsie” KolitzMr. Bob Kolitz, for his brother, Mark KolitzMrs. Ginny Wind, for her mother, Anna Levit
7 Tevet -- December 19Mr. Reuben Bar Yadin, for his grandfather, Yehuda BerezdivinMr. Natan Bar Yadin, for his father, Yehuda BerezdivinMrs. Julie Harris, for her father, Leizer BalkMrs. Rose Tawil, for her mother, Gilsom Jemal
9 Tevet -- December 21Dr. Barbara Fishman, for her father, Albert FishmanMr. Arie Lasky, for his father, Morton LaskyMr. Jeff Kavy, for his father, Mike Kavy
10 Tevet -- December 22Dr. Rosalind Horowitz, for her aunt, Ann Silverman
11 Tevet -- December 23Dr. Rosalind Horowitz, for her brother, Searle Seymour Horowitz
12 Tevet -- December 24Mr. Alvin Abelman, for his wife, Esther AbelmanMr. Arthur Abelman, for his mother, Esther AbelmanMs. Roberta Abelman, for her mother, Esther AbelmanMrs. Sharon Gewertz, for her mother, Esther AbelmanMr. Leonid Chernomzav, for his father, Nukhim ChernomzavMrs. Anita Goldberg, for her father, Albert HechtDr. Mauricio Marcushamer, for his father, Bernardo MarcushamerMrs. Melissa Middleton, for her grandfather, Morris Schwartz
13 Tevet -- December 25Mrs. Pat Kalmans, for her grandfather, Harry KalmansMrs. Sandra Shaenfield, for her father, Samuel Buchalter
14 Tevet -- December 26Mr. Michael Beldon, for his father, Morris BeldonMr. Charles Gurinsky, for his father, Sylvan Gurinsky
15 Tevet -- December 27Mr. Benjamin Yancelson, for his father, Jaime YancelsonDr. Aaron Goldberg, for his father, Manuel Goldberg
16 Tevet -- December 28Mrs. Annette Goldberg, for her mother, Lee LazarMrs. Sonia Lubeztky, for her father, Marcos AmericusMr. Yury Sheykhet, for his father, Yosef ben Yosef
18 Tevet -- December 30Mr. Baruch Ksionzky, for his father, Yehoshua Ksionzky