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WORSHIP SERVICES

Friday, June 2nd, at 8:00 PM SHABBAT SERVICE

Saturday, June 3rd, at !0:30AM Bat Mitzvah

Melissa Hope Garber Daughter of Jackie and Jesse

Garber

Thursday, June 8th, at 7:30 PM SHAVUOT SERVICE OF

CONFIRMATION

Friday, June 9th At 11:00 AM:

SHAVUOT�KOR SERVICE At 8:00 PM:

SHABBAT SERVICE

Friday, June 16th, at 8:00 PM SHABBAT SERVICE

Saturday, June 17th, at 10:30 AM Bar Mitzvah

Matthew Randall Daly Son of Wendy Weiss

and Paul N. Daly

Friday, June 23rd, at 8:00 PM ACTIVE MEMBER

SHABBAT SERVICE

Friday, June 30th, at 8:00 PM SHABBAT SERVICE

YOUR MEMBERSIDP DIRECTORY 2000

Is now available in the Temple Office.

SUMMER SERVICES Summer services will begin on June

30th. They will be held in Har Sinai's air conditioned Social Hall.

Dress is casual and congregants are encouraged to participate in the services. If you are interested in

delivering a D'var Torah or a short sermon, or helping to lead the service,

contact the rabbi or cantor.

CXLn No. 10 June 2000

RABBINIC REFLECTIONS Is your child the "The smartest kid in America? This question was posed

on the Fox network last month when the so-called smartest kids in America competed for prizes on television. With a proliferation of game shows it was evitable that something of this nature would rear its head on television. We are told that the television shows with either the word "millionaire" or "greed" in the title bring untold wealth to the networks that air them. In recent memory the show "Do you want to Marry a Millionaire" seemed like a great idea until the show turned out to be a cruel hoax rather than the panacea for unrequited well-heeled love.

Superficially, "The smartest kid in America" program would seem to be another good idea. After all, in our society we truly do not place enough emphasis on intelligence. We applaud the triumphs of young athletes, child actors and rock musicians but rarely do we recognize the prodigy. In fact we often denigrate the prodigy by labeling him or her a geek or nerd. The television program "Malcolm in the Middle" portrays a wiz kid who does everything in his power to have people consider him "normal." He sees his high aptitude as an invitation for ridicule rather than admiration.

So one would think that a game show that celebrates child geniuses would be a plus. Unfortunately it wasn't. What we observed on this program was more a group of very high I.Qed 12 year olds regurgitating unrelated esoterica than a good sampling or definition of a "smart kid." At times it bordered on embarrassment as we empathized with the untold pressure tha� was placed upon these pre-teens. After all, if you lose are you not the smartest kid in America? It is ironic that in the Jewish tradition where intelligence was always highly valued such a display of intellect would probably be considered suspect. In the Jewish tradition, intelligence was never considered the accumulation of knowledge but rather the invocative way that knowledge was conveyed and structured.

For example, in Judaism the mere quoting of Biblical passages does not indicate intelligence but rather the interpretation and understanding of biblical writ is considered a mark of intellectual achievement. To the rabbis of antiquity the reiteration of facts was not deemed a valuable asset for the continuity of the faith but rather the ability to configure those facts into an innovative matrix that reflected Jewish thought was the highest ideal of scholarly pursuit.

The "malamid" or genius was one who was not only able to master the hermeneutical principals of the Talmud (laws of interpretation) but one who was able to use those principles to derive new and creative meaning for the practicing of Judaism. The mere recitation of Biblical or Talmudic passages was viewed as more of an oddity than a worthwhile talent. Interpretation, understanding and confrontation with the sacred text were the hallmarks of Jewish intellectual pursuit. Critical analysis and commentary according to the rabbis and philosophers were the gateway to spirituality.

Such figures as Alan Dershowitz, Herman Wouk and countless other notable Jews who have contributed to society attribute their success to their backgrounds in Jewish study which forced them to think creatively or as we say "think out of the box." The Jewish tradition also places a high premium on other endeavors that did not necessarily involve intellect but were just as important in building character. For in Judaism one who is "smart" but not

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ethical or moral is not considered to have achieved anything worthy of note. The total person was important to the rabbis of antiquity and not just one· facet of one's character. Therefore the basic tenets of Judaism are in sync with contemporary philosophies of education that believe in "multiple intelligences" or judging people's "smartness" on many different scales. Therefore according to Judaism we should also have a game show entitled "Who is the most charitable kid in America" or "Who is the most honest kid in America." To recognize only intellect, or further, to characterize intellect as the amassing of facts and statistics, narrowly

defines any evolving pre-teen. The game show "Who is the smartest kid in America" demonstrates more the greed of network television than a representation of pre­teen mental power in America.

Our sacred tradition saw the individual as a composite of many good and worthy qualities rather than just one. Having intellect without perspective is worthless. As the Talmud queried: Who is wise? The answer: He who learns from everyone. The ability to open oneself to the infinite possibilities that life presents is the hallmark of intellect in the Jewish tradition.

PRESIDENTS REPORT -------by Steve Cickay

I would like to invite all of you to attend our Annual Congregational Meeting that will be held at Har Sinai at 7:30 Monday evening, June 19, 2000. Traditionally, attendance at this meeting has been underwhelming to say the least. This year I am encouraging a revolutionary break with tradition and therefore hope to see many of you there that night as we celebrate our many accomplishments of this last year and look forward to what we hope to do in the next.

At the Annual Meeting, you have an opportunity to MIleet the new members of the Executive Board and of

the Har Sinai Board of Trustees. This is a good chance to �ommunicate with these dedicated leaders of our �ongregation to inform them of the direction that you wish them to take our congregation next year. You will also have a chance to examine our financial situation as

documented in our annual printed end-of-year report. You will also have an opportunity to hear the many dedicated Committee Chair people comment on the successes they have had this year and what they plan to do for us next year. These Har Sinai Board Members and Committee Chairs deserve recognition for al the hard work they have done this year. Please come that night and show them you care for what they have done for your temple.

You will also be able to see that night how a Har Sinai Board of Trustees meeting is run. This may even encourage you to, one day, join our ranks so that you too can have the honor of influencing and guiding our congregation into the future.

I am looking forward to seeing many of you on that special night.

----- SISTERHOOD NEWS AND VIEWS -----by Hope Kadesh

I would like to thank the 1998-2000 Sisterhood Board for helping me make the Har Sinai Sisterhood a vibrant, thriving organization within Har Sinai. It was quite a challenge when I started back in July 1998, but with all the creative and motivating minds, we were able with the help of each other to reach our goals. We have come up with some new ideas as well as keep the old traditions alive. Nancy Levine worked with the membership committee and had the welcome baskets; Maggie Mandell worked with the Bagel & Schmooze reception and the various programs we had. Muriel Rosenfeld restarted the Rabbi's book club. The holiday bazaar was chaired by Edye Discount along with her chairing the Shabbat across America Dinner, BingolDessert night and of course the annual Fashion Show. Randi Flax got digging into the kitchen and ordered new cups and saucers and a new supply of

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utensils. Ellin Hirschordered us new tablecloths for the Social Hall. For many years, Gail Feinstein has worked with the Oneg Shabbats and Ann Grossman with the Bimah Flowers. Lisa Stinger provided the birthday books at the Family services each month, and Gail Reiss provided the Rt. 1 homeless meals with desserts. Abbie Katz and Sue Wexler provided the Sunday school with snacks, making Mr. Applehead at Rosh Hashanah, Sundaes in the Sukkot, and chairing the wonderful Chanukah dinner. Linda Geyer-Bolder and Ina Katz were busy all year trying new ideas for the profitable Judaica Shop. Thank you to Phyllis Malinger for taking all those notes and Mary Waldman for keeping our finances together. I would also like to personally thank each and everyone of you for supporting me and my board and look forward to continued support for the future Har Sinai Sisterhood.

BAR SINAI CONGRATULATES ITS COLLEGE-BOUND STUDENTS

Seth Barmash Scott Bluestein Michael Blumberg Andrew Cader AdamCickay Lauren Fine

University of Southern California Penn State/Abington Campus Tufts University American University Brown University Northwestern University

Suzanne Geneste Adam Goldberg Samuel Hart SamuelKahn Elizabeth Kimmelman Allison Kirsch

Rhode Island School of Design Rowan University Carnegie Mellon University University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania Penn StatelUniversity Park Campus MCP Hahneman Jacob Kirsch

Gregory Kline Daniel Millner

NoahNorman

Jesse Pauker Jessica Pepperman Marcie Seiler Amy Sgrenci Jason Smith Garrett Sussman

Bryan Troll Rachael Truchil Brian Williams

Mercer County Community College Carnegie Mellon University Brown University Penn StatelUniversity Park Campus Emerson College Penn StatelUniversity Park Campus American University Tulane University Vassar College University of Arizona University of Michigan Rutgers University

AND ITS COLLEGE and GRADUATE PROGRAM GRADUATES, CLASS OF 2000

Heather Brotman Michael Fishbein Alison Frost RachelKahn DoriLevitt Jonathan Levy

Jessica Passis Jamie Pauker Beverly Reedman

Rebecca Rubin

Anna Schwartz

Benjamin Seelig Steven Taha

Einstein Medical School Drew University Emory Univeristy University of Michigan University of Vll'ginia Case Western Reserve University School of Law College of New Jersey University of Maryland Seton Hall University (beginning Seton Hall School of Law) University of Pennsylvania (beginning Washington University School of Law) University of Pennsylvania (beginning University of Pennsylvania Medical School) Haverford College Rider University

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MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE by Steve Gubernick, Chair

The Membership Committee, with the help of the

Sisterhood and Brotherhood, will be participating in the

Sunday, June 4th Bucks County Jewish Festival. If you

would like to help out at the Har Sinai Booth, call Steve

Gubernick at 609-538-8331.. .or just come visit on the 4th

between 11 AM and 4 PM at the Middletown Grange

Fairgrounds in Wrightstown PA. We are also planning

two Prospective New Member Get Togethers. In late

July, the get-together will be in New Jersey at the

Pennington home of Phyllis and Ira Miller. Sometime in

August, we will hold a Pennsylvania get-together at Lisa

and Simon Kimmelman's house in Newtown. In this

issue of the Bulletin, you will find an article entitled

"Help Our Summer Membership Drive." If you know

someone who is "synagogue shopping" this summer,

please fill out the coupon and return to the Temple so

that we can reach out to them as prospective members.

--- RENAISSANCE ---by Jan Kind and Harriet Gould, Co-Chairs

Tuesday, June 6 th

LONGWOOD GARDENS TOUR Chair: Harriet Gould

Sunday - Tuesday, August 6th - 8th

TANGLEWOOD (MAssACHUSETrS) Highlights:

Accommodations at Jiminy Peak Concert in the "Shed" Dinner at the Dakota

Berkshire Cottages 1bur Thur of Tanglewood

Naumkeag House & Garden Tour Quaint town of Stockbridge, home of the

Red Lion Inn, Chesterwood and the Norman Rockwell Museum

Berkshire Theater Festival Performance Clark Art Institute

Hancock Shaker Village Chair: Harriet Gould (609-198-1880)

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MEN'S CLUB ---Larry Miller, Chair

The newly resurrected Har Sinai Men's Club held their initial meeting in early April with Herb Greenberg, owner of the Trenton Shooting Stars as their featured speaker. This event was well attended and reinforced that there is a definite need for a Men's Club. A special thanks to Brian Shaffer for bringing Herb to speak to Har Sinai.

Har Sinai Men's Club held their meeting in May to elect interim officers. Those elected to interim office are: Larry Miller - President, Michael Simon - Vice president, Steve Gubernick - Secretary, and Harvey Silk - Treasurer. Committees were formed for programming and activities with chairs: Cliff Bolder, Andy Reiss, Brian Shaffer, Art Nahan, Bernie Silverstein and Harvey Silk. Upcoming planned events were discussed: Har Sinai Family Nite at the Trenton Thunder game for mid-June and tubing on the Delaware River for the end of August. Men's Club is also planning a membership meeting for end of September with a noted speaker in attendance.

For additional information on Har Sinai Men's Club, please contact our Membership Committee: Brian Shaffer, 609-896-1453, or Rob Seidman, 215-369-4486 .

-- PTO IN THE NEWS --by Lorell Levy, Co-Chairperson

Ina and I would like to thank all of the people who helped the PTO get off the ground during its first year. Special thanks to Rabbi Pollack, Susan Dorfman, and Laura Reiser for all of their support and "technical assistance". Thanks also to the many PTO members who volunteered their time to make our events successful. We are presently looking for an interested member or members to chair the PTO next year. If you are interested please call (609) 538-0995 (Lorell) or (215) 493-0674 (Ina).

Another thank you to those who showed school spirit and bought a Hebrew School t-shirt. If you haven't got one yet, look for an order form in your August Hebrew School mailer and be outfitted to start the new year right!

TREE OF LIFE

In Honor Of Our Granddaughter LESLEY ELLEN KLINE

Becoming A Bat Mitzvah May 6,2000

Bernice and Eugene Kline

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Please Join The Congregation Of Har Sinai Temple

At A Special Shavuot Service Celebrating The Confirmation Of Our Children

THURSDAY, JUNE 8th, 2000 at 7:30 p.m. A Festive Oneg Hag Will Follow The Service In The Social Hall

CONFIRMATION CLASS 2000 STEPHANIE K COHEN

Daughter of Robert and Carol Cohen

BRIAN JOSEPH DISCOUNT Son of Stuart and Edye Discount

ELIZABETH H. FOSTER Daughter of Wallace and Lillian Foster

BRETT ROBERT KADESH Son of Stuart and Hope Kadesh

ADENA ERIN KEMPER Daughter of Christopher and Robin Kemper

JONATHAN ROSS KILBERG Son of James and Lori Kilberg

THOMAS MATTHEW KILBERG Son of James and Lori Kilberg

JILL REBECCA MALINGER Daughter of Dennis and Phyllis Malinger

NICOLE LYNN MILLER Daughter of Steven and Laurie Miller

RACHEL I VRIA MILLER Daughter of Larry Miller and Jean Burdick

JILL S. PALSKY Daughter of Glenn and Linda Palsky

JESSICA KATE SING Daughter of Gary and Susan Sing

LEAH MARIEL STERN Daughter of Carl and Nadine Stern

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RELIGIOUS SCHOOL REPORTS ------by Susan Dorfman, Education Director

As all of us breathe a collective sigh of relief and look forward to a relaxing summer, it is time for us to savor the many successes of the school year that just passed. I must take a moment to thank all the parents and teachers for giving so much of your time throughout the school year. A special thank you goes to Nancy Levine and the Religious Education Committee for their dedication and commitment to improving our school. Your help, advice and support are greatly appreciated. Also, I want to thank PTO co-chairs, Ina Katz, Lorell Levy, and the entire PTO membership for your help throughout the year. The first year for any organization is difficult, and you have done a wonderful job! Thank you for caring so much about our school children! A special thank you goes to the Room Parents for helping out with parties and making those emergency phone calls whenever we asked! I also must mention my gratitude to Rob and Lisa Seidman and Madeline and Steve Gubernick for your tireless dedication to our very successful Purim Carnival! Thanks also to Sue Wexler and Abbie Katz for chairing the Chanukah Dinner and to Joan Kamens and Debbie Mannella for chairing the Fourth Grade Shabbat Dinner! Now everyone put your feet up and enjoy the summer.

HELP OUR SUMMER MEMBERSHIP DRIVE

The summer months are traditionally the busiest months of the year for our membership committee. It is during the summer, especially before the holidays and the beginning of school, that most people join Congregations.

Last year, our Membership Committee did a wonderful job. More than 20 new families, most with young children, joined our Temple family. Each new family adds to our Temple's resources and allows us to expand the programming and services we all want.

Recruiting new members is surprisingly easy. We are very proud of the program, services and school of our Temple. And, we have a unique and truly magnificent building. Our satellite Hebrew programs in Yardley and Lawrenceville provide an additional service to our young families. Whenever we ask people why they haven't joined Har Sinai Temple, it's surprising how often we hear, "We've never been asked!"

The Membership Committee, with your cooperation, would appreciate the opportunity to talk to these people. We want to tell them about our exciting Temple, our programs, our activities, and our services. Cut out the coupon below and send us the needed information at the Temple address.

POTENTIAL NEW MEMBER INFORMATION

Name _____________________________ _ Address ___________________________ _ Phone _____________________________ _

Name ______________________________ _ Address __ __________________________ __ Phone ______________________________ _

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ANNUAL MEETING Har Sinai Temple will hold its 143rd Annual Meeting on Monday evening, June 19th, beginning at 7:30 in the Temple Social Hall. All Temple members are invited to attend this yearly meeting at which all present will vote on the Congregation's budget and the slate of officers and directors as proposed by this year's Nominating Committee, chaired by Dr. Steve Sussman. Officers and members of the Board of Trustees now completing their terms of service to Har Sinai will be honored. The chairs of each committee "

will present a summary of their committee's activities during 1999-2000 and plans for the coming year. Refreshments will be served.

JUNE PROGRAMS

EACH FRIDAY MORNING IN JUNE SHABBAT SERVICES AT GREENWOOD HOUSE Join Rabbi and/or Cantor every Friday from 10:30 to 11:00 AM at Greenwood House for a Shabbat Service with the residents. This brief service is meaningful to the residents, many of whom are still members of our congregation. They enjoy even a brief visit with other members of our congregation.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7TH, AT 8:00 PM HOME STUDY GROUP This dedicated group has been meeting for several decades in a rabbinic ally led program of study. This year, the Home Study Group has been pursuing the study of the Spanish Inquisition. The group will have

its final meeting for the year on Wednesday, June 7th

at the home of Rhoda and Dick Brenner in Ewing. For directions and to RSVP, please call the Brenners at 609-882-4626.

LIBRARY NEWS by Rita Allen, Librarian

Our Library has recently received a most generous gift - a copy of ''The Holocaust Chronicle" from the publisher, Louis Weber, of Publications International. Mr. Weber, the son of Polish Jews, has described this project as "a personal mission.hopefully the legacy of humankind . .. Let us not forget the darkness of destruction and loss, nor the remarkable resilience of the human spirit. It is with this spirit and these remembrances that we will accomplish peace."

Possibly more books have been written about the Holocaust than any other subject in Judaica - fiction, biographical memoirs, nonfictional accounts. Our library has acquired some of them; they are listed in the Card Catalog under the general subject heading HOLOCAUST and then further subheadings. However, if you then search for these books on the shelves, you may not find them. Too many of our titles have been borrowed, but never returned. So, if your bookcases at home contain books with printed labels on the spines, they may well belong to Har Sinai, or even to another library. Please return them.

Our thanks to Mr. Weber for his generosity. Also to Evelyn Pearl, of New York, who has kindly contributed to our Library Fund in return for several yearbooks that we neither use nor need.

Recently I met a congregant in the library, who asked about a certain book. We didn't have that particular title in our collection, but her interest lay in purchasing it. By then she had spent several months trying to track the book down through the major sales outlets, without success. But - there is another way. There is a web site for locating used books, and in 5 minutes I had found this book, in a California Bookstore, for $12.95. The web site is http://www.addall.com/used. You can log onto this yourself, or if you don't have Internet access, please call me at 215/295-0115, and I'll be glad to track it down for you.

And here's another excellent and interesting web site for you: Terren Ilana Wein and Juna Z. Snow have created ''Virtually Jewish; an Internet tutorial from a Jewish perspective". This is both an introduction to "surfing" on the Internet and a guide to some web sites about Judaism. I tried it myself and found it definitely worth a look, although I'm sorry that the web site is so long. Here it is: http://leep.lis.uiuc.eduiseworkplace/weinitutoriallDefault.htm.

HAR SINAI THANKS ... LAURA HOFING, Membership Directory Chairperson, who with the unstinting assistance of Nancy

� Frost and Judy Millner, produced for Har Sinai one of the most successful fundraisers of the past years ... the beautiful (and useful) directory created through the talents of Chriss Caffee Designs (who donated a significant amount of time towards the design of the book) which was distributed for the first

• time at the Installation ... thanks also to Laura's entire sales force: Debbie Bard, Martin Bloomenthal, Peggy Dickson, Edye Discount, Nancy Fine, Barry Frost, Donna Goldstein, Steve Gubernick, Gary Karlin, Janis Kind, Lisa Kimmelman, Jill Kwasny, Charlotte Levin, Judy Mann, Phyllis Miller, Donald Millner, Lynn Newman, Marilyn Orland, Glenn Palsky, Linda Palsky, Jeff Pass is, Lynn Pilot, Rabbi Stuart Pollack, Laura Reiser, Jim Reiser, Gwen Rubin, Ruthellen Rubin, Rose Rosenberg, Jack Seelig, Marlene Troll, Cantor David Wisnia, Renee Wolfson, Jane Zamost, Dorothy Zorn ... special thanks go to those three organizations which so generously donated the inside front, inside back, and outside back covers: Fox, Rothschild, O'Brien & Frankel; The Eagle Group; and Teich, Groh, Frost and Zindler . ... Hank Bernstein, for the fabulous job he did developing, writing, designing, and printing the Installation Program .. .it is also Hank's PR pieces that we have been seeing in all the newspapers lately! ... the Har Sinai Choir, for the many hours of rehearsal they put in to prepare for their wonderful participation in Rabbi Pollack's Installation Service . . . . Bailey Saul, director; Hank Bernstein, Morris Cohen, Harold Davis, Lindsay Dorland, Ann and Butch Grossman, Faith Hendel, Rene Hepburn, Judith Lehrhaupt, Judy and Donald Millner, Rebecca Sharim, Michelle Spiegel, Karin Surkin, Rachael Truchil, Robin Williams, Mark Sobel, Organist ... Art and Bobbie Frank, who chaired the final "Evening of Wonderful Music" for this year on May 7th, a Dixieland Jazz Cabaret with Art Frank and the Ambassadors of Dixieland. The entertainment, along with the traditional hoagie supper, made for the same fabulously successful evening as were their three past appearances .... and many thanks to the committee, Marshall Glatzer, Mort Goldstein, Laura Hofing, Audrey and Barry Lavine, Alice Lubkin, Lee Rosenberg . ... Our Seventh Grade Teacher, Jill Schwartz, and students for their very fine work participating in the May 12th Shabbat Service . ... Our Education Director and the Faculty of our Religious School for another successful Har Sinai School year, along with the many students, and their devoted parents, who participated in this year's JET Contest and the many other students who were given awards at the Yom Hamoreh Shabbat Service on May 19th . ... Nora Erlichman, for chairing the Renaissance's May 11th Bus Trip to Manayunk and a performance of "After Play," in Philadelphia, the latest in Renaissance's long history of outstanding events.

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HAPPY JUNE BIRTHDAYS

2 - Melissa Garber - 13 yrs Georgia Eager - 6 yrs

4 - Bradley Lipschutz - 9 yrs 5 - Dustin Schnoor - 10 yrs

Jordon Friedman -8 yrs 9 - Leigh Applestein - 7 yrs 11 - Jonathan Marrow - 4 yrs 14 - Matthew Daly - 13 yrs

Amy Straus - 9 yrs 17 - Max Orland - 10 yrs 18 - Zoe Eager - 10 yrs 19 - Daniel Feinberg - 7 yrs 20 - Ilana Cooper - 10 yrs 21 - Kate Eingorn - 10 yrs 22 - Samantha Aptner - 7 yrs

Max Sing - 10 yrs 27 - Jamie Richman - 10 yrs 29 - Cara Ostrow - 9 yrs 30 - Alexa Edelman - 10 yrs

SPECIAL MAy BIRTHDAY 13 - Morton Goldstein

SPECIAL JUNE BIRTHDAYS

2 - Sara Zeidman 3 - Sara Jane Harris 9 - Chester Cohen

Evelyn Weinstein 19 - Rabbi Bernard Perelmuter 29 - Dr. Mathew Lapin 30 - Evelyn Rifkin

SIGNIFICANT JUNE ANNIVERSARIES

1 - Dr. Herbert & Lylan Wolff - 55 yrs Carol and Marvin Bluestein - 20 yrs

2 - Diane & Steven Bullard - 10 yrs 4 - JoAnn Gross & Rick Batlan - 5 yrs 5 - Diane & Michael Feit - 25 yrs

Jill & Brian Shaffer - 15 yrs 8 - Robin Fogel & Morris Cohen - 20 yrs

9 - Beth & Richard Biros - 15 yrs 10 - Madeline & Steve Gubernick - 10 yrs

13 - Amy & David Vandenburgh - 20 yrs

21 - Gertrude & Morris Greenfield - 63 yrs

Naomi & Phillip Griffin - 30 yrs

24 - Betsy & David Eingorn - 25 yrs

27 - Lynne & William Newman - 35 yrs Susan & Richard Troll - 35 yrs

28 - Fay & Henry Schragger - 69 yrs 30 - Lorraine & Harold Orland - 54 yrs

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honor of their son, Chad, becoming a Bar Mitzvah.

Sandra and Richard Gershenfeld, in honor of their son,

Andrew, becoming a Bar Mitzvah. Susan and Ira Horowitz, in

honor of their son, Matthew, becoming a Bar Mitzvah

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------HAR SINAI THANKS CONTINUED ------

... Myra and Marvin Novick, for hosting the May 3rd meeting of the Home Study Group .

... Richard Kwasny, chairman of the Budget and Finance 'Committee, and his hardworking and determined Committee, for successfully bringing in a well-planned and balanced budget for 2000-2001 which, having been placed before the May Board of Trustees Meeting, will be presented at the Annual Meeting in June . .. .steve Sussman, for chairing this year's Nominating Committee, and her committee, consisting of Arthur Frank, Abbie Katz, Judy Millner, and Harvey Silk, for successfully completing the roster of Congregational officers and Board of Trustee members for 2000-2001, to be presented for approval at the June 19th Annual Meeting . ... Mary Kirsch and Beth Brobst, who as chairpersons of the Social Action Committee, enthusiastically work nonstop throughout the year coordinating the Social Action Committee's intensive schedule of activities ... special thanks to Randi Lawrie, Maggie Mandell and Judy Millner, chairpersons of the Committee's Meals for the Homeless Housed Temporarily on the Route One corridor project the first Thursday of each and every month, and all who have donated the food, or who cook and distribute the meals, for their very special dedication . ... Nikki Miller, for HSTY, the Social Action Committee, and all our members and students who participated in May's Kosher Food Drive on behalf of the Jewish Family and Children's Service ... please continue to send in Kosher food products . whenever possible as the Drive really goes on all year long . ... Robin Kemper, chair of the Building and Grounds Committee, for their very intense ongoing efforts to maintain and beautify our 70-year-old building of which many are so proud ... special thanks to Marvin Novick for his very special attention to our 1999-2000 projects . ... Jan Kind, chair, and all the members of the RENAISSANCE Club's Steering Committee, for another year of fabulous, successful events ... special thanks to Harriet Gould who facilitated so much of the Club's programming in the past year ... nobody knows how to do it better than Renaissance . ... Maggie Mandell and Edye Discount, Sisterhood's elected Program Vice President and Fundraising Vice President, for arranging a lovely Sisterhood Installation Dinner and Fashion Show at Temple on May 24th . ... Sixth Grade teachers, Lisa Kimmelman and Gloria Porcaro, songleader Susan Sacks, 6th Grade students and their enthusiastic parents, for all joining forces to create a most exciting and wonderful PACT Program on May 7th . ... our Sisterhood, for their generous donation of the funds needed to underwrite the Temple Kitchen Housekeeper, Florence Kidd (and thanks to Florence, too, for a wonderful job).

� ... Dan Surkin,' who took over the Web master job from its creator Marcie Lapido in such a masterful way ... make sure you �' check out his fun new approach at www.harsini.org

� ... Larry Miller, for his utter determination to make the newly rejuvenated Har Sinai Men's Club live and breath ... and to • all the Har Sinai Men who are supporting him in this pursuit .

... and, finally, a special thanks to the the Sisterhood Women who work for the Temple 52 weeks a year, arranging for the amenities required for our Friday evening Shabbat celebration .. . Gail Feinstein, who has coordinated each and every Oneg Shabbat as well as several other Har Sinai events .. Ann Grossman, who arranges for the bimah flowers, both those that are gifts of Sisterhood and those donated by the Bar and Bat Mitzvah families and other sponsors.

Har Sinai Temple Founded 1857 Affiliated with the Union of

American Hebrew Congregations President

Steve Cickay Vice Presidents

Janis Kind Jeffrey Fine

Martin Bloomenthal Jack Seelig

Treasurer Richard Kwasny

Financial Secretary Randi Lawrie

Recording Secretary Laurie Kruger-Azer

Rabbi Stuart A. Pollack Cantor David S. Wisnia

Cantor Emeritus Dr. Marshall M. Glatzer

Religious School Director Susan Dorfman

Administrator: Laura Reiser Youth Advisor: Jaime Kimmel

Har Sinai Temple 491 Bellevue Avenue Trenton, NJ 08618-4598 (609) 392-7143 www.harsinai.org

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ANNUAL MEETING NOTICE

The combined monthly Board of Trustees meeting and the Congregational Annual Meeting will be called to order by President Steve Cickay on MONDAY, JUNE 19th at 7:30 PM in the Social Hall. In addition to the current business of the Temple, all chair people will present their committee reports for the past year. The proposed budget for the 2000-2001 fiscal year will be presented by Budget Committee chair Richard Kwasny and voted upon by the Board. During the meeting, the nominated slate of officers and members of the Board of Trustees will be voted upon. In accordance with the Constitution of Har Sinai Hebrew Congregation, please note the following:

ARTICLE VIII SECTION 2: The Nominating Committee shall report in writing to the Board of Trustees at the meeting of the Board to be held during the month of May next preceding the Annual Meeting at which the election is to take place, the nominees designated by it to be voted upon at such Annual Meeting for President, Senior Vice President, First Vice President, Second Vice President, Third Vice President, Treasurer, Financial Secretary and Recording Secretary and for members of the Board of Trustees. As promptly as possible following the submission of the aforesaid report by the Nominating Committee to the Board and at least 20 days prior to the date of the Annual Meeting of the members of the Congregation, the Recording Secretary shall mail or cause to be mailed to the members of the congregation a notice setting forth the date, time and place of the Annual Meeting, the offices to be voted upon and the vacancies to be filled at such Annual Meeting, and the nominees designated by the Nominating Committee and such other matters as may properly be set forth in such notice for consideration at such meeting, including the information set forth in the immediate following sentence, "It shall be the privilege of any twenty or more members in good standing to present for consideration at such Annual Meeting additional name or names to be voted upon to fill vacancies in the Board af Trustees and in the office of President, Senior Vice President, First Vice President, Second Vice President, Third Vice President, Treasurer, Financial Secretary and Recording Secretary; provided such name or names be filed in writing with the Recording Secretary at least 10 days prior to the Meeting. No nomination not so made shall be considered at the Annual Meeting.

Pursuant to the provisions of our Bylaws, the nominating committee, composed of Steve Sussman, Chairman; Arthur Frank, Abbie- Katz, Judy Millner, and Harvey Silk; submit the following nominees:

OFFICERS, 2000-2001 President: Stephen Cickay Senior Vice President: Janis Kind First Vice President:- Jeffrey Fine Second Vice President: Martin Bloomenthal

TRUSTEES Trustees Nominated or Renominated For A Three-

Year Term, July 1, 2000 - June 30, 2003 Janice Blumberg Beth Brobst Nancy Fine

Ariel Schwartz

Robin Kemper Martin Khne

Jeffrey Passis

Third Vice President: Jack Seelig Treasurer: Hope Kadesh Financial Secretary: Randi Lawrie Recording Secretary: Steven Gubemick

Trustees Nominated For A One-Year Term, July 1, 2000 - June 30, 2001

Lori Kilberg Marc Weinroth Maggie Mandell Marilyn Weinstein

Carol Zemble

The elected officers and members of the Board will be installed at the Annual Meeting of the Congregation on Monday, June 19th• At that time, Har Sinai Temple will honor Roberta Frank, Steve Isaacson, Richard Kwasny, Nancy LeVine;Phyllls Malinger, and Linda Palsky for their continued and devoted service to -our Congregation. We hope you will attend this special event in the life of Har Sinai Temple.

Respectfully submitted, Laurie Kruger Azer Recording Secretary

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JUNE 2000 DONATIONS TEMPLE MEMORIAL FUND III Memory Of: JACK O. DAVIDSON: Judith D. Blumberg STELLA REICH GOLDMANN: Evelyn Gerofsky SAMUEL GOLDMANN: Evelyn Gerofsky BELOVED FATHER, MARTIN LEVINSON: Shirley & Lawrence Levinson F ATHER, MAX MOSES: Sylvia Greenwald DEAR FATHER, GEORGE POORMAN: Minnie Pollak HUSBAND, MILTON RIFKIN: Evelyn Rifkin ESTELLE MOSS: Sylvia Lavinthal RlCHARD SAIVETZ: Myra & Milko Pesa A. SIMON ZEMBLE: Dr.-Herbert & Carol Zemble

TEMPLE FUND In Memory Of: BOB BAILINE: Roberta & Ron Muchnick ZENNA BARRACK: Nancy & Barry Frost ABRAHAM BERNSTEIN: Hope & Stu Kadesh PHILIP ENGEL: Bernice & Eugene Kline RUDOLPH HERZ: Hope & Stu Kadesh ROSE KLONER: Sara Zeidman ELIZABETH MALL: Sara Zeidman RICHARD SAIVETZ: Judy & Richard Gordon, Mr. & Mrs. Isadore Richelson ETHEL SPORN: Biff & Jerry Montana ABRAHAM ZIMMERMAN: Gertrude & Morris Greenfield

- In Honor Of: DR. GILBERT GOLD'S GRANDDAUGHTER, LEAH, GRADUATION FROM TUFTS UNNERSITY: Gloria Levy THE MARRIAGE OF DR. &

MRS. GEORGE ISAACSON: Dr. & Mrs. David A. Loomar THE MARRlAGE OF PETER LUBOWITZ: Dr. & Mrs. David A. Loomar IN APPRECIATION OF PASSOVER YIZKOR SERVICES: Rose & Aaron Dashow

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BIRTH OF DREW ZOLTICK: Janis Kind

RABBI'S FUND In Memory Of: BELOVED HUSBAND & FATHER, RUDOLPH HERZ: Joan Kamens & Trudy Herz SIDNEY STARK: Sylvia Stark In Honor Of: MY DAUGHTER STEFANIA BECOMING A BAT MITZVAH: Richard Barker IN APPRECIATION OF LEADING THE PASSOVER SERVICES: The Golden Age Club of The JCC RABBI POLLACK'S INSTALLATION AS RABBI OF HAR SINAI TEMPLE: Dr. Richard & Joanne Hochman, The Partagas Players, Rita & Sidney Rosenthal

CANTOR'S FUND In Memory Of: J. STANLEY HUSID: Elaine G. Husid HUSBAND, PHILIP PEPPERMAN: Elaine Pepperman OUR SON, REUBEN BECOMING A BAR MITZVAH: Barn & Saul Bailey SIDNEY STARK: Natalie & Arnel Stark IDA LEVINE WEINBERG: Martin Weinberg

.- lit Honor Of: MY DAUGHTER STEF ANIA BECOMING A BAT MITZVAH: Richard Barker NElLA CADER'S SPEEDY & COMPLETE RECOVERY:

Roberta & Franklin Flacks BABY NAMING OF OUR GRANDSON, DREW HARRISON ZOLTICK: Pat & Carl Garfing

PRAYERBOOK FUND In Memory Of: MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER & GREAT GRANDMOTHER, EDITH EDELMAN: Ruth & Barry Edelman MILTON EDELMAN: Marie & Ronald Berman MINNIE EDELMAN: Marie & Ronald Berman RAY CHAMLIN: Ruth & Marvin Charnlin WILLIAM CHAMLIN: Ruth & Marvin Charnlin BELOVED MOTHER, ANNA SAVER: Marcia Silverstein SAMUEL TROLL: Marlene & Barry Troll In Honor Of: MORTON GOLDSTEIN'S SPECIAL BIRTHDAY: Lee Rosenberg CHAD KADESH BECOMING A BAR MITZVAH: Frances Kadesh

MUSIC FUND In Memory Of: FATHER, WILLIAM L. RESSLER: Daisy Garfunkel In Honor Of THE ENGAGEMENT OF ELAINE BRENNER: Nanette & Stanley Haberman LEON & DORIS TROLL'S BIRTH OF NEW GRANDSON: Nanette & Stanley Haberman

LffiRARYFUND In Memory Of: GRANDPARENT, SELMA HEIMANN: Evelyn Pearl GRANDPARENT, MARIE PERL: Evelyn Pearl GRANDPARENT, SIGMUND PERL: Evelyn Pearl _

JUNE 2000 DONATIONS

SCHOLAR-IN-RESIDENCE FUND Itl Memory Of: MOLLIE C. LEVINE: Ruth & Allen Levine HINDA PASSIS: Jean & Morton Goldstein In Honor Of:

MORTON GOLDSTEIN'S SPECIAL BIRTHDAY: Ruth & Allen Levine DORIS SILVERSTEIN'S SPEEDY & COMPLETE RECOVERY: Dorothy Glogoff

YOUTH SCHOLARSHIP FUND In Memory Of: MOLLIE SCHWARTZMAN: Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Grad In Honor Of: BIRTH OF OLIVIA JO BLOOMGARTEN: Alice & Howard Welt BIRTH OF JARED ROSS NEWMAN: Sandy & Mark Itkowitz & Family KATE SILVER'S SPEEDY & COMPLETE RECOVERY: Jean & Morton Goldstein

RELIGIOUS SCHOOL PROGRAM InMemory Of: LEONARD S. PEARL: Ilene & Carl Bannwart LEATRICE PAKMAN: Marvin Pakman RICHARD SAIVETZ: Lisa & Simon Kimmelman In Honor Of: CHAD KADESH BECOMING A BAR MITZV AH: The Bolder Family; Joan Kamens ''By Invitation Only" LESLEY KLINE BECOMING A BAT MITZVAH: Joan Kamens "By Invitation Only"

ISRAEL SPECIAL PROJECTS FUND In Honor Of:

THE MARRIAGE OF PAULI &

SID CROSS: Harriet & Sherman Gould

SOCIAL ACTION FUND In Memory Of: LOUIS KRISON: Phyllis & Dennis Malinger ARNOLD MALINGER: Phyllis & Dennis Malinger RICHARD SAIVETZ: Jill & Ariel Schwartz In Honor Of: THE MARRIAGE OF MR. & MRS. GEORGE ISAACSON: Marjorie & Harvey Silk

ENDOWMENT FUND In Memory Of: ZENNA BARRACK: Lauren & David Schor In Honor Of: LESLEY KLINE BECOMING A BAT MITZV AH: Dorothy Zorn DAVID HOROWITZ SPEEDY & COMPLETE RECOVERY: Dorothy Zorn

STEPHANIE MANN MEMORIAL FUND In Memory Of: ZENNA BARRACK: Judy & Lowell Mann PHILIP ENGEL: Charlotte & Herbert Levin STEPHANIE MANN: Becky & Jimmy Levy, Lynn & Keith Pilot RICHARD SAIVETZ; Nancy & Barry Frost, Shelly & Mark Kasrel, Becky & Jimmy Levy, Judy & Lowell Mann, Lynne & Bill Newman ELAINE D. SHEFF: The Sheff Family JACK TORCH: Leslie & Mark Torch In Honor Of: LAUREN FINE'S

.. GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL: Judy & Lowell Mann JANE FREEDMAN'S ENGAGEMENT TO JEAN PAUL MCDANIEL: Dr. Joseph & Helene Deitz

ALI FROST'S GRADUATION FROM COLLEGE: Judy & Lowell Mann

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LOIS & IRA KEATS GRANDDAGHTER CARISSA BECOMING A BAT MITZVAH: Inez & Mike Freedman JONNY LEVY'S GRADUATION FROM LAUREN SCHOR: Judy & Lowell Mann IN APPRECIATION: Shelly Mann MIM & MILTON NACHMAN'S GRANDSON BECOMING A BAR MITZVAH: Charlotte & Herbert Levin KEVIN OLIVER'S GRADUATION FROM COLLEGE: Judy & Lowell Mann RABBI POLLACK'S INSTALLATION AS RABBI FOR HAR SINAI TEMPLE: Charlotte & Herbert Levin BEN SEELIG'S GRADUATION FROM COLLEGE: Judy & Lowell Mann

SISTERHOOD GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES:

JOY AND SORROW FUND In Honor Of: BABY NAMING OF DREW ZOLTICK: Rita & Sy Rosenthal

I. IRVING GROSS MEMORIAL FUND In Memory Of:

. BESSYE ELFMAN; BELOVED MOTHER & GRANDMOTHER: Frances Applebaum & Amy Applebaum ETHEL SILLS, BELOVED SISTER-IN-LAW: Frances Applebaum ETHEL SILLS, BELOVED AUNT: Amy Applebaum

SPECIAL NEEDS FUND In Memory Of:

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ELIZABETH KLONER MALL: Dorothy Glogoff ETHEL SILLS: Rita E. Graziano