HIGH HOLY DAY ISSUE KEHILATH JESHURUN...KEHILATH JESHURUN BULLETIN Page 3 The officers of the congregation are pleased to announce that Alan Friedman, Ray Chalme, and Rocky Fishman,

LOVING GOD MORE THAN HALACHA

A ROSH HASHANAH MESSAGE

From Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz

It would seem to be old news. This past summer, the Petach Tikvah

Rabbinate rejected the conversion of a young woman who was

converted by Rabbi Lookstein. There were protests, op-eds and

negotiations; and the crisis ultimately ended in absurdity and

ambiguity, with the Supreme Rabbinical Court dodging the case and

instead pressuring the convert to undergo a flash reconversion. Rabbi

Lookstein’s convert is now free to get married. One could say this is

now over. But it’s not.

Unfortunately, many of the issues behind the disqualification of

Rabbi Lookstein are still ongoing; and of greater concern is the

religious philosophy that precipitated this crisis, a philosophy which

promotes an unhealthy fixation on Halachic rules while forgetting the

ultimate goals of Halacha.

This fixation is not new. The Talmud (Sotah 21b) talks about the

“pious fool”. It says:

“What is a pious fool? A woman is drowning in the river, and he

says: ‘It is improper for me to look upon her and rescue her’.”

A pious fool looks only at the rules and never at the goals. A

woman created in the image of God is dying, yet this pious idiot

can’t even look at her in order to throw her a lifeline! 1

The discipline of Halacha is so intense that we must always worry

about mutating into pious fools; and I believe the Lookstein case is a

classic example of this phenomenon, of putting meticulous observance of Halacha before Jewish unity and serving God.

To understand this, we need some context. While it is unclear why Rabbi Lookstein’s conversion was rejected by the Petach Tikvah

Beit Din, one suspects that it has a lot to do with an ongoing conflict in Israel regarding conversion. In 2008, Rabbi Avraham Sherman

disqualified thousands of conversions by Rabbi Chaim Drukman. He did so because he felt Rabbi Druckman was no longer a qualified

Rabbinic Judge. In his decision Rabbi Sherman wrote:

“The conversion Beit Din of Rabbi Druckman is a disqualified Beit Din, because they disrespect the Halacha as decided by all of

the decisors…..and act with a lack of seriousness, and...one should see them as frivolous people who do not accept the decisions of

the Torah and Shulchan Aruch, and fabricate on their own empty words….therefore one should see them as intentional transgressors

and heretics…”

Rabbi Sherman is referring to a lenient view in the laws of conversion, one accepted by Rabbi Druckman. In response, he claims

this view is fabricated, and any Rabbi who follows it is a transgressor and heretic. Therefore, not only are converts who are converted

based on this lenient view disqualified, but Rabbi Druckman himself, because he holds this lenient view, is disqualified and considered

a heretic and a sinner.

After all of the shenanigans this summer, I was left with the sneaking suspicion that a similar process was at hand with Rabbi

Lookstein. After all, one could see immediately that this convert was quite meticulous in her observance of mitzvot; that was admitted

by all. And the idea that a well known Rabbi was “not known” by the Rabbis in Petach Tikvah was also a smokescreen; why couldn’t

they make a few phone calls and find out who Rabbi Lookstein was? Clearly, the rejection had something else behind it. And I

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Volume LXXXVI1, Number 1 September 19, 2016 16 Elul 5776

HIGH HOLY DAY ISSUE(Schedule on Pages 6-7)

KEHILATH JESHURUNBULLETIN

This is the first Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

that Lisa, myself and our children are celebrating at KJ.

We have been overwhelmed by the wonderful friendship

and support we have received from our community, and

we feel blessed to be a part of KJ. We look forward to

celebrating many more Shabbatot and holidays with you

in the future, and may God bless you and your families

with a year filled with joy, goodness and blessing.

Shanah Tovah,

Chaim

continued on page 10

RABBI CHAIM STEINMETZ TO DELIVER

SHABBAT SHUVA DRASHA

“Life’s Lottery, Moral Luck,

and the Yom Kippur Service”

Saturday, October 8

following 5:40 PM Mincha services

Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun

125 East 85th Street

SPONSORED BY SUZY AND LARRY PRESENT, COMMEMORATING THE

YAHRZEIT OF SUZY’S PARENTS, SARAH AND EMANUEL GOLDBERGER

Page 2 KEHILATH JESHURUN BULLETIN

WELCOMEKehilath Jeshurun warmly welcomes

the following new members who joined the

Congregation between the printing of the

last Bulletin, on June 28, and this Bulletin,

which went to press on September 9:

Mark Abel

Stefanie Hirsch and Patrick Coyle

Michele and Gad Demry

Nechama and Jason Fertig

Marie-Claude Frappier

Sarah and Isaac Jonas

Allie and Alexander Luxenberg

Rachel and Matthew Luxenberg

Rochelle and Charles Moche

Kim and Jason Ostheimer

Miriam Ranells

Hindy Schachter

Jessica and Joseph Scherban

Liora and Ben Taragin

Michelle and Bruce Taragin

RABBI SAUL BERMAN TO DELIVER

NINTH ANNUAL TESHUVAH

LECTURE

IN MEMORY OF

FLORENCE FISHEL COHEN

“On Hearing God’s Response

In Our Prayers”

We are pleased to announce that the

ninth annual Florence Fishel Cohen

Teshuvah Lecture will be given this year by

Professor of Jewish Studies at Yeshiva

University, Rabbi Saul Berman, on

Thursday evening, October 6, at 7:30 in the

Heyman Auditorium, 125 East 85th Street.

The naming of the lecture in memory of

Florence was made possible by a generous

commitment from the Nathan and Louise

Goldsmith Foundation. The Directors of

the Foundation knew Florence personally

because all of its meetings are held in

Rabbi Lookstein’s office. They appreciated

the special kind of devotion and love that

Florence demonstrated toward the Rabbi,

the congregation, Ramaz and the Nathan

and Louise Goldsmith Foundation board

members. They felt it would be

appropriate to memorialize her at KJ in this

special way.

We are proud that the annual Teshuvah

Lecture continues to be a memorial to

Florence, who gave forty years of her

professional life to the KJ/Ramaz family.

We invite everyone to attend Rabbi

Berman’s meaningful lecture.

Florence Fishel Cohen, z”l

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The officers of the congregation are pleased to announce that Alan Friedman, Ray Chalme, and Rocky Fishman,

three distinguished members of the Congregation, have been chosen for the highest Torah honors of the year.

Their installation will take place before the Musaf service on Shemini Atzeret, Monday, October 24th.

Our Chatan Torah, Alan Friedman, is the

son of two American-born parents (his father

served in the Army Air Force in the Phillipines

and Guadalcanal in World War II). He grew up

in northern New Jersey and Rockland County.

He and his wife, Marylène were married at KJ

in 1982. They are the proud parents of Marc, a

graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and

Machon Shlomo who recently passed his

Smicha exam with the Israeli rabbinate. Marc

and his wife live with their two daughters in

Beit Shemesh, Israel. Alan and Marylène’s

younger son, David Aaron, is a graduate of

Tufts with an MBA from NYU Stern. He

recently became engaged to Carla Kalvin.

Alan and Marylène have entered upon a

path of increased religious observance in the

past fifteen years. They are enthusiastic

Modern Orthodox Jews who have embraced a

life of mitzvot and learning Torah.

Alan attends the daily minyan on a regular

basis, and with the help of Rabbi Lookstein’s

CD’s, he has learned how to lead the davening.

Very quietly and unobtrusively, he has been

studying Talmud and, independently, studying

the Rambam’s Mishneh Torah, having

completed two three-year cycles so far.

Alan is a member of the Board of KJ and

heads its Cemetery Committee which focuses

on the financial and physical well-being of KJ’s

three cemeteries. He was recently elected

President of the UJA-supported Community

Alliance for Jewish Affiliated Cemeteries

(CAJAC), an organization dedicated to

honoring the dead in accordance with Jewish

We are delighted to honor Raymond

Chalme as our Chatan Bereishit, in

appreciation of his deep commitment to the

KJ Sephardic community as well as the

greater KJ community. Ray was taught by his

beloved father, Elliot Chalme a”h, who

unfortunately passed at a young age, that the

highest level of charity is to help others help

themselves and this has become the center

piece of Ray’s philosophy of Tzedakah and

community service.

As one of the founding members of the KJ

Sephardic Minyan, Ray brings his ability to

connect with people to the communal level

and has helped introduce Sephardic Tefilla

and customs to the congregation. As a

graduate of Yeshiva of Flatbush (‘89) Ray was

very familiar with a blended Ashkenaz and

Sephardic institution. Ray has taken on board

positions at both Ramaz and KJ, believing

that once ideas and their backgrounds are

introduced, communal relationships will

develop organically and form a greater and

more inclusive KJ congregation.

Ray has also taken on leadership roles at

UJA and is one of the founders of

Congregation Magen David of Manhattan on

Sullivan Street. As well, he is a board member

for the Lung Cancer Research Foundation

where he established Elliot’s Legacy,

dedicated to his father’s memory. One of the

highlights of Elliot’s Legacy is the annual

“Kites for a Cure” Carnival, which boasts an

attendance of over 1,000 people, raising funds

and awareness, a collaboration Ray enjoys

We invite the entire congregation to rejoice with them and with us on Shemini Atzeret and on Simchat Torah, night and day, as

we celebrate the three families whose love of, and commitment to, Torah merit our honor and tribute.

CHATAN TORAH: ALAN FRIEDMAN CHATAN BEREISHIT: RAY CHALME CHATAN MAFTIR: ROCKY FISHMAN

continued on page 9 continued on page 9

Rocky was born into the KJ community,

but began a long hiatus from KJ at age 3 when

he moved to Fairfield, CT. Growing up in a

small community and attending Congregation

Agudas Achim taught him the importance of

community involvement.

Rocky is an equity derivatives strategist at

Deutsche Bank, where he writes research

reports and advises institutional investors

about option markets and volatility trading. He

is frequently quoted in the financial press, and

has made several radio appearances. Rocky

holds BA and MS degrees from Harvard

University, and an MBA from Columbia

Business School.

Rocky moved back here in 2003 after

marrying his dynamic wife Sarah Nahmias.

Rocky’s KJ involvement has been driven by a

belief that even the strongest professional

synagogue staff can powerfully amplify but

never replace the impact of membership

involvement. Rocky was gabbai of the Young

People’s Minyan for years, and is currently an

Associate Trustee of KJ. He co-chairs the KJ

board’s Catering Committee, which oversees

KJ’s relationship with Foremost Caterers, and

welcomes feedback on catering at KJ. He is a

frequent Torah reader in KJ’s various

minyanim. Rocky has also been a leader of

UJA’s Deutsche Bank campaign, and a long-

time supporter of The Israel Project.

Rocky has continued the tradition passed

on by his parents Roz and Mark Fishman

through his children. Sarah and Rocky are the

proud parents of three Ramaz students - Isaac

continued on page 9

ALAN FRIEDMAN, RAY CHALME, AND ROCKY FISHMAN

CHOSEN FOR TORAH HONORS ON SHEMINI ATZERET

AND SIMCHAT TORAH


LEARNERS SERVICE

WITH GEORGE ROHR

RACHEL KRAUS,

AND BENJAMIN GERUT

Weekly at 9:30 AM

INTERMEDIATE SERVICE

WITH RABBI DANIEL KRAUS

& CHAZAN SHILO KRAMER

Weekly at 9:30 AM

SEPHARDIC MINYAN

Weekly at 9:00 AM

HASHKAMA MINYAN

7:15 AM

Sept. 3 & 17, Oct. 1, 15 & 29

Nov. 12 & 26, Dec. 3, 17 & 31

KESHER MINYAN

Weekly at 9:15 AM

KESHER CONNECTS

KIDDUSH

Sept. 17, Oct. 1 & 29

Nov. 12, Dec. 3 & 17

WOMEN’S TEFILLAH GROUP

9:15 AM

Oct. 25 (Simchat Torah)

NEW!

TOT SHABBAT

WILL BE MEETING

EVERY SHABBAT

SHABBAT AT KJ

Rabbi Elliot J. Cosgrove, Ph.D., of Park Avenue Synagogue is a leading voice in the

Conservative Movement. Ordained at The Jewish Theological Seminary in 1999, Rabbi

Cosgrove earned his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago Divinity School. His dissertation

on Rabbi Louis Jacobs, a leading Anglo-Jewish theologian of the 20th century, reflects

his passion for the intersection of Jewish scholarship and faith.

Rabbi Angela Warnick Buchdahl joined Central Synagogue as senior cantor in 2006.

In 2014, she was chosen by the congregation to lead Central Synagogue as senior rabbi.

Ordained in 2001 by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR)

in New York where she was a Wexner Graduate fellow, she earned a B.A. in Religious

Studies from Yale University in 1994. Born in Korea to a Jewish American father and a

Korean Buddhist mother, Rabbi Buchdahl is the first Asian American to be ordained as

cantor or rabbi in North America.

Call 212-774-5600 for more information

Rabbi Angela Buchdahl

FRIDAY EVENING SHABBAT DINNER PRICING

Members:

Adults $40

Junior (age 12-18) $35

Children (age 2-11) $20

Non-Members:

$45

$40

$35

BULOW SHABBATON IN MEMORY OF NORMAN BULOW

DECEMBER 9

Rabbi Elliot J. Cosgrove

and Rabbi Angela Buchdahl

to Join Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz

in a Rabbinic ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION

Sept. 10 Shabbat Morning Groups Begin

Sept. 24 Family Seudah Shlishit

Sept. 25 Holiday Story Time at B&N

Oct. 21 Sukkot Tefillah Together

and Sukkah Fun

Oct. 24 Simchat Torah Bash

Nov. 5 Shabbat Tefillah Together

Nov. 11 Family Friday Night Dinner

Nov. 12 Youth Shabbaton (grades 3-4)

Nov. 12 Musical Havdalah/

Ice Cream Party

Nov. 19 Youth Shabbaton (grades 1-2)

Dec. 9 Family Friday Night Dinner

Dec. 11 Holiday Story Time at B&N

Dec. 16 Friday Night Tefillah Together

Dec. 17 Musical Havdalah/

Ice Cream Party

5777 YOUTH DEPARTMENT

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KJ BASKETBALL LEAGUE (GRADES 1-7)

September 11, 18, 25; October 9, 30

November 6, 13, 20; December 4, 18

Rabbi Chaim SteinmetzRabbi Elliot J Cosgrove

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WEDNESDAY NIGHT

Crash Course in Hebrew Readingwith Sara Rosen

This popular series of classes enables those with no previous background in Hebrew to

learn to read Hebrew in just a short time.

New Cycle starts November 2 at 6:30 p.m.

Prayerbook Hebrewwith Sara Rosen

Designed for those with some ability to read Hebrew, students practice reading skills

using the siddur and other Jewish texts. Special emphasis is placed on becoming fluent

in the daily prayers and traditional tunes of Jewish liturgy.

Starts November 2 at 8:00 p.m.

Classes co-sponsored by NJOP

Navigating Nachwith KJ Rabbinic Scholar Rabbi Hayyim Angel

The best of traditional and contemporary scholarship will be employed as we survey the

Twelve Prophets and the Books of Ketuvim. The course will be taught at a high scholarly

level but is accessible to people of all levels of Jewish learning.

Co-sponsored by KJ and the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals

Starts October 14 at 7:00 p.m.

TUESDAY NIGHT

Exploring the Guide with Martin Kaufman

Study the “Guide of the

Perplexed” and specifically

examine Maimonidean approach

to studying and understanding the

literary methodology of the

Prophets beginning with the Torah

and employed throughout the

entire canon of prophetic

literature.

Starts September 13 at 8:00 p.m.

THURSDAY NIGHTwith Rabbi Yossi Weiser

Studies in the Weekly PortionJoin us as we explore the profound insights of our tradition derived from

the weekly Torah reading as it is filtered through the prism of classical

Jewish commentaries of the last 2,500 years.


Crash Course in Basic JudaismThis course will provide an overview as well as a deeper understanding of

many of the foundations of Judaism. Combining the study of Bible, Jewish

Law, philosophy, and history, explore the rhyme, rhythm, and reason of the

religion so that you can develop the knowledge and skills to live Judaism.

Perfect for those new to Judaism or those wishing to deepen their existing

understanding. (This course is also ideal for those considering conversion.)


HOLIDAY WORKSHOPS

with

RABBI DANIEL AND RACHEL KRAUS

ROSH HASHANAH I Tuesday, September 13

ROSH HASHANAH II Tuesday, September 20

YOM KIPPUR Tuesday, September 27

SUKKOT Monday, October 10

CHANUKAH Tuesday, December 13

All classes begin at 7:00 p.m.

To find out about other learning

opportunities at KJ, please call

212-774-5678.

Sunday Morningsfollowing 8:30 a.m. services

DR. WILLIAM MAJOR

ADVANCED SHIUR

IN TALMUD

with

Rabbi Dr. Jeremy Wieder

Continuing class in

Masekhet Avodah Zarah

with its classical commentaries

begins September 4


ROSH HASHANAHSunday, October 2, Rosh Hashanah EveSelichot Service (Z’chor Brit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:30 AMCandle Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:18 PMEvening Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6:30 PMMonday, October 3, Rosh Hashanah IMorning Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8:00 AMBeginners Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8:00 AMTashlich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5:00 PMEvening Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6:15 PMCandle Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . After 7:11 PMTuesday, October 4, Rosh Hashanah IIMorning Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8:00 AMBeginners Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8:00 AMEvening Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6:15 PMConclusion of Yom Tov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:09 PM

TSOM (FAST OF) GEDALIAHWednesday, October 5Fast begins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5:45 AMMorning Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:45 AMEvening Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6:00 PMFast ends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:04 PM

DAILY SERVICES:Thursday-Friday, October 6-7Thursday Morning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6:45 AMThursday Evening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6:25 PMFriday Morning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:00 AMFriday Evening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6:25 PM

SHABBAT SHUVASaturday, October 8Morning Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9:00 AMLearners and Intermediate Services . . . . . . . . . . . .9:30 AMEvening Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5:40 PM

Shabbat Shuva Discourse by Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz

Shabbat ends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:03 PM

DAILY SERVICES:Sunday-Monday, October 9-10Sunday Morning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8:00 AMMonday Morning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6:45 AMSunday & Monday Evenings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6:15 PM

YOM KIPPURTuesday, October 11, Yom Kippur EveMorning Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:10 AMMincha Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:30 PMCandle Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6:03 PMBeginners Kol Nidre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5:50 PMKol Nidre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6:10 PMWednesday, October 12, Yom Kippur DayAll Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9:00 AMConclusion of Yom Tov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6:56 PM

SCHEDULE OF HIGH HOLY DAYSSUKKOTSunday, October 16, Sukkot Eve Morning Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8:30 AMCandle Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5:56 PMEvening Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6:05 PMMonday, October 17, Sukkot IMorning Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9:00 AMEvening Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6:05 PMCandle Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .After 6:49 PMTuesday, October 18, Sukkot IIMorning Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9:00 AMEvening Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6:05 PMConclusion of Yom Tov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6:47 PM

DAILY SERVICES - CHOL HAMOED SUKKOTWednesday-Friday, October 19-21Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Morning . . . . . . . . . .6:50 AMWednesday, Thursday Evening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6:05 PMFriday Evening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6:00 PM

SHABBAT CHOL HAMOED SUKKOTMorning Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8:45 AMCombined Learners and Intermediate Service . . . .9:30 AMEvening Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5:35 PMConclusion of Shabbat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6:43 PM

CONCLUDING FESTIVAL DAYSSunday, October 23, Hoshanah RabbahMorning Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8:00 AMCandle Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5:45 PMEvening Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5:55 PMMonday, October 24, Shemini AtzeretMorning Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9:00 AM Mincha followed byMa’ariv and Simchat Torah Hakafot . . . . . . . . . . . .5:55 PMCandle Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .After 6:39 PMTuesday, October 25, Simchat TorahMorning Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9:00 AMWomen’s Tefilah Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9:15 AMEvening Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5:55 PMConclusion of Yom Tov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6:38 PM

MEN: THIS KOL NIDRE NIGHT AND YOM KIPPUR DAY

DRESS UP BY WEARING A WHITE KITEL

You may obtain one at a moderate price at Judaica Classics by Doina. Please call 212-722-4271 to place your order.

CHILDREN’S SERVICES SCHEDULEROSH HASHANAH I AND II . . . . . . . . . . 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Junior Congregations (1st through 6th Grades)

Nursery - Kindergarten (Ages 3-6)

YOM KIPPUR KOL NIDRE NIGHT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:00 PM

Junior Congregations (1st through 6th Grades only)

YOM KIPPUR DAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10:00 AM - 1:30 PM

Junior Congregations (1st through 6th Grades)

Nursery - Kindergarten (Ages 3-6)


The Month of Elul• Sounding of the Shofar each morning after Shacharit• Recitation of the entire Book of Psalms at KJ• Selichot Services Saturday Night, September 24, 10:00 PM

in the Main Synagogue, preceded at 9:15 PM by a collationin the Heyman Auditorium

• Selichot Services each morning beginning Monday,September 26, a half hour before morning services.

ROSH HASHANAH• Beginning of God’s judgment• Sounding of the Shofar around 10:00 AM on Monday,

October 3, and Tuesday, October 4. (Those ill at home orhospital should contact Rabbi Elie Weinstock for specialarrangements.)

Rituals to Remember• Lighting of candles and Shehecheyanu• Rosh Hashanah Kiddush• Washing of hands and motzi over two round challahs

and dipping the pieces in honey (continued throughHoshanah Rabbah)

First Night• Rosh Hashanah greeting upon leaving shul:

uc,f, vcuy vbakuc,f, vcuy vbak“May you be inscribed for a Good Year.”

• Dipping of apple into honey with blessing over fruit and

“May it be Thy will to grant us a good and sweet year.”

ubh,uct hektu ubhekt v lhbpkn iumr hvh

veu,nu vcuy vba ubhkg asj,aFirst Day• Tashlich - Monday, October 3, 5:00 PM. Assemble at Central

Park’s “Turtle Pond” just south of the Great Lawn near 85thSt., or at Carl Schurz Park at 86th Street and the East River.

Second Night• The practice of reciting the Shehecheyanu on the second

night is questionable, so we eat a new fruit not yet eaten thisseason after Kiddush and the motzi. We keep in mind thatnew fruit when reciting or listening to Shehecheyanu atKiddush and/or the blessing over the lighting of the candles,thereby fulfilling the obligation.

Tsom Gedaliah (Fast of Gedaliah)• Wednesday, October 5

10 Days of Repentance(Rosh Hashanah - Yom Kippur)• Accept new, improved behavior and responsibility

in relating to God and one another

THE MIKVAH

ON THE EVE OF YOM KIPPUR

Every year on the eve of Yom Kippur, there is a custom formen to immerse in the mikvah in preparation for this holy day.

One does not have to be a holy person to participate in thisactivity. On the contrary, for those of us who are just trying to beobservant Jews, it is an added inspiration and preparation for agreat day of introspection.

Our practice at KJ is that we observe this custom as a groupbefore the morning service. All MEN are invited to assemble atthe mikvah, 419 East 77th Street (between First and YorkAvenues) at 6:15 AM on Tuesday, October 11. Everyone willhave the opportunity to immerse and then we will return to KJfor 7:10 Shacharit services.

YOM KIPPUR• Avoidance of food, drink, washing, lotions and oils, and

marital relations• Refraining from wearing leather shoes (wear a pair of non-

leather footwear)• Men are strongly encouraged to wear a white kitel

SUKKOT• All meals with bread or mezonot should be eaten in a Sukkah.• Lulav and Etrog will be used beginning Monday, October 17,

and are not used on Shabbat.

You may purchase a Lulav and Israeli Etrog through KJ byvisiting www.ckj.org

Hoshanah Rabbah• Sunday morning, October 23 at 8:00 AM• Close of the penitential season• High Holy Day melodies. Seven circuits around the shul

with Lulav and Etrog and beating of the Aravot• President’s breakfast sponsored by Judy and David Lobel

Shemini Atzeret• Yizkor recited• Chatanim presented to the congregation

Simchat TorahI Evening – Monday, October 24• BRING CHILDREN AT 6:15 PM

Nursery through 2nd Grade – Riklis Social Hall3rd-6th Grades - Riklis Social Hall

Hakafot Unlimited – Singing and dancing celebrationfollowing services. A light meal and Torah discourses willconclude the evening. All are invited!II Simchat Torah Day - Tuesday, October 25• Youth groups • Hakafot with singing and dancing• Chatanim called to the Torah• Women’s Tefilah Group meets at 9:15 AM• Buffet kiddush lunch following services

HIGH HOLY DAY

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

Sukkah Meals in the KJ Sukkah

Sunday, October 16 – Dinner

Monday, October 17 – Lunch and Dinner

Tuesday, October 18 – Lunch

Friday, October 21– Dinner

Shabbat, October 22 - Lunch

All reservations must be made online at www.ckj.org

The reservation form will be available beginning October 5.

Deadline, space permitting, is Thursday, October 13

Members: Adults $40 Juniors* $35 Children** $20Non-Members: Adults $45 Juniors* $40 Children** $35

*Ages 12-18 ** Ages 2-11

You must reserve space for a non-catered meal in the Sukkah, as well.


KJ WELCOMES NEW SOCIAL WORKER,

DANIELLE HERBST

On Tisha B’Av evening, we

marched into Auschwitz,

reciting Eicha inside the

iconic Guard Tower. The camp

was stark, engineered with

precision to kill. Where

was the outcry?

Hundreds of years of

culture and prosperity

snuffed out prematurely.

Bless the Righteous

Gentiles, including our

new friend, Paulina, who

said she’d do it again.

The country was clean,

peaceful and we all felt safe. Odd but

clear, the most robust vitality was felt in

the cemeteries where we visited great

sages of Europe as well as ordinary folk.

It was there that we discovered life in a

place of death. Scholarship and history

memorialized in stone and underneath the

earth. Nature’s beauty was felt in the

magnificent yet rigid trees which

witnessed the mass murders of our

ancestors - like sheep to the slaughter.

The presence of our Israeli Brethren

Soldiers was marked by the many wreaths

strategically

placed. The torah I illuminated and held

up to the heavens as we somberly walked

into Birkenau along the railway tracks a

symbolic gesture. A reminder that we will

endure.

In the children’s forest, we spread soil

from Jerusalem on top of the large graves,

bringing a small part of our homeland to

the deceased and penned notes to our own

families:

My dear children,

I write this as I sit before a mass

grave of 800 children. Youthful

potential and laughter

replaced with evil and

murder. George

Washington referred to

us as the “stock of

Abraham” - - I now

realize our purpose in

life - - to improve it for

those around us and

preserve it for future

generations. Despite our

enemies, 400 years of Polish

Jewry left a legacy of scholarship and

an illustrious Mesorah. Vibrancy and

robust communal life can be felt in spite of

the interruption of these young lives.

Make your lives meaningful, become a

soldier in seeing that this message is

passed to your children. Actualize your

potential, work every day to make your

world a better place and one that helps the

State of Israel - -our only insurance that

we can defend ourselves.

Dad

Reflections on KJ’s Heritage Tour to Polandby Michael Wildes

From August 8-15 Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz led members of the KJ/Ramaz community on an educational mission to Poland. The group explored

1,000 years of Polish Jewish history leading up to the Holocaust, and encountered the contemporary Jewish community following its emergence

from both the Holocaust and almost half a century of Communism. Tisha B’Av was spent in Auschwitz and Megillat Eicha was read in the guard

barracks. Below are some thoughts on that experience by KJ member Michael Wildes.

Danielle Herbst has been a lifelong member of KJ and resident of the

Upper East Side. She graduated Mount Holyoke with a Bachelor’s

degree in Psychology, and received a Masters in Psychology from

Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology and a Master’s in Social Work from

Fordham University.

Our new social worker has experience working

with a wide variety of populations and will be an

invaluable resource to the community. Danielle

will provide individual and family/group

conseling; help with referrals and access to

services; and provide support during life’s

challenging periods. Working with the KJ rabbis,

she will help address emerging concerns and

develop programs that best suit the needs of the

community.

SAVE THE DATE

Kristallnacht Program Wednesday, November 9

featuring historian

and consultant

to the Museum of History

of the Polish Jews,

which opened this year

on the site of the Warsaw

Ghetto

Dr. Samuel Kassow

at Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun



tradition, supporting struggling Jewish

cemeteries and promoting best cemetery

practices.

Alan and Marylène are members

AIPAC’s Congressional Club and active

members of the Jewish Institute for National

Security (JINSA), an organization that

promotes stronger relationships between the

US military/law enforcement community

and its Israeli counterparts. They also are

generous supporters of Shurat HaDin whose

work in providing legal representation to

victims of terror is well known to our

congregation. He was involved in obtaining

a judgment of $655,000,000 against the

Palestinian Authority and the PLO for their

role in the murdering and maiming of

members of thirteen US families.

The congregation is honored to be able

to bestow the Chatan Torah mantle upon

Alan Friedman, a remarkable head of a

wonderful Jewish family.

(grade 5), Sami Rose (grade 3), and Rami

(grade 1); and one Ramaz applicant, Ellie.

The four are already KJ regulars, and on a

Shabbat morning can be often be found in

KJ’s youth groups or helping their father

read Torah. Despite their demanding

schedules Rocky and in particular Sarah (an

endocrinologist at Lenox Hill Hospital) host

Shabbat meals of the highest gourmet

quality - another way they bring our

community together.

We are delighted to recognize Rocky

Fishman as Chatan Maftir and to celebrate

his contributions and commitment to KJ.

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Chatan Torah Alan Friedman Chatan Maftir Rocky Fishman

with his mother, Robyn, and his two brothers,

Hy and Richard.

Professionally, Ray has worked in the field

of real estate for twenty years. Twelve years

ago he founded Broad Street Development,

and functions as an owner and developer of

commercial and residential properties in

Manhattan.

Ray’s most valuable jewels are his

beautiful children. He is the proud father of

five (plus one son-in-law), two of whom are

currently students at Ramaz. Most

importantly, Ray knows he would not be a

chatan without his beautiful wife and woman

of valor, Vanessa. A registered dietician and

nutritionist, Vanessa’s French accent can be

heard promoting healthy food options for

Ramaz students. Together Ray and Vanessa are

committed to enhancing the NY Sephardic and

KJ/ Ramaz community, and we are fortunate to

reap the benefits of their efforts, and to

demonstrate our gratitude to Ray by conferring

upon him the honor of Chatan Bereishit.

Chatan Bereishit Ray Chalme

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suspected this was an attempt to apply the Sherman ruling to

Rabbi Lookstein, to say that he is disqualified because he may be

“too lenient” to be a qualified judge.

This attitude is disastrous. The age old etiquette of Halachic

debate has been destroyed, replaced with a “my way or the

highway” attitude. In the past, we could disagree passionately

about serious halachic subjects, but we never allowed that to

divide us. The Mishnah in Yevamot (1:4) writes about the debates

of Beit Shammai and Beit Hillel:

“Even though these prohibit (certain marriages) and these

permit, these disqualify and these allow, Beit Shammai did not

refrain from marrying women from Beit Hillel, nor did Beit Hillel

refrain from marrying women from Beit Shammai. The utensils

where these ruled pure and these ruled impure, still they (Beit

Shammai and Beit Hillel) did not refrain from using utensils the

other deemed pure.”

The way of Torah is to allow debate without division; without

it, we cannot hold a diverse community together. The tragedy of

the Sherman ruling is that it cannot imagine another legitimate

Halachic interpretation, and cannot see as legitimate Rabbis with

differing points of view.

Disqualifying Halachic opponents is an ersatz piety. It is easy

to define a community by it’s opponents and to manufacture

passion by harping on an imagined threat to the Halachic

tradition. This tendency is not new, and events like the

disqualification of Rabbi Druckman were predicted over a 100

years ago by the Netziv, Rav Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin (1816-

1893). He writes in his Meshiv Davar (1:44):

“Thus, when a Pharisee saw someone being lax in a certain

matter, even though he was not a Sadducee but only sinning in this

matter, because of unnecessary hatred he judged him to be a

Sadducee…From this mistaken attitude numerous people justified

murders (of religious opponents) …..”

It must not be like this; we cannot allow exaggerated piety to

destroy our community. Rav Aharon Lichtenstein liked to quote

the phrase “the traditions of civility”; and our community needs

those traditions of civility desperately. We must learn how to

respect each other’s religious perspectives and how to live

together as one community. In medieval Europe there was a

debate over the permissibility of caul fat, a fat found on the

outside of the animal’s stomach. The Shulchan Aruch notes that it

was considered prohibited. The Rama notes that this ruling was

accepted everywhere except for the Rhineland, where people ate

caul fat. The Rama (Yoreh Deah 64) then adds:“One does not prohibit the dishes of the Jews of the Rhineland

(even though they eat caul fat), because they consider (this fat) to

be permissible.”

This is an exceptional ruling!! In the Rhineland, people are

eating a food that the rest of Europe considers to be absolutely

prohibited. Yet even so, Jews from the rest of Europe would eat

off of what they considered non-kosher dishes in order to respect

the Jews of the Rhineland. In contrast, today it is far more

common for one to dismiss those who accept an “unsuitable”

hashgacha. We have sadly become pious fools, forgetting that our

priority should be unity, not Halachic stringency.

Halacha is intended as a way to bring us close to God; but that

can only work when we put

God first. When we

forget God,

Halacha can

become a

h e a r t l e s s

disc ip l ine .

The Talmud

(Yoma 23a)

tells a tragic

story that

represents the

worst of a Halacha-

first attitude, where

overzealous love for Halacha ends up leading to murder. The

setting is the Temple, where two young priests are competing for

the privilege of doing the service on the altar. The Talmud

recounts:“Our Rabbis taught: It once happened that two priests were

equal as they ran to mount the ramp (to do the service) and when

one of them came first within four cubits of the altar, the other

took a knife and thrust it into his heart. …. The father of the young

man came and found him still in convulsions. He said: ‘May he be

an atonement for you. My son is still in convulsions (alive) and the

knife has not become unclean.’ [The father’s remark] comes to

teach you that the purity of their vessels was of greater concern

to them even than the shedding of blood.”

The father’s statement is both chilling and telling; here is a

man worried more about the purity of the Temple than the death

of his own son. The Talmud includes the father’s words to

underline that how widespread a halacha-first attitude was at the

time.

But we must love God more than Halacha; and the greatest of

Rabbis would put God first. In a famed case from July 1802, Rav

Chaim of Volozhin grapples with a difficult agunah issue, of a

woman whose husband was presumed dead but there was a dearth

of clear evidence to permit her to remarry. (Chut Hameshulash

1:8). In page after page of careful legal reasoning, Rav Chaim

disputes precedents, and allows the woman to remarry. He

explains he did so because “I have thought together with my

creator, and saw it was my obligation to use all my might to find

a solution for agunot; may God save me from mistakes”. Rav

Chaim recognized that to truly follow Halacha one must look to

serve God, and he had to look for a way to alleviate the suffering

of a bereaved widow.

I thought of this when the Rabbis in Petach Tikvah were busy

rejecting Rabbi Lookstein’s conversion. They rejected his

conversion without any due diligence, and from all appearances,

the Petach Tikvah Beit Din did not consider the emotional turmoil

they caused this poor woman. Clearly, they did not “think it over


LOVING GOD MORE THAN HALACHA

Weneed to think about

morality and spiritualitybefore, during, and after

opening the ShulchanAruch.

continued from page 1


with their creator” before rejecting her conversion.

The ultimate lesson of the Petach Tikvah incident is this: we

must learn to love God more than Halacha. Rav Chaim of

Volozhin, who elsewhere writes about the importance of pure

devotion to Torah2 never forgets that God must come first in

Halachic decision making. We need to think about morality and

spirituality before, during, and after opening the Shulchan Aruch.

If we don’t, we are doomed to become pious fools again and

again.

Loving God more than Halacha requires spiritual sacrifices.

Rabbi Abraham Twersky tells an inspiring story about the great

Rabbinic leaders, the Chofetz Chaim and Rav Meir Shapiro.3 He

writes: On the return from a convention in which many Torah

sages participated, the train made stops in several towns, whose

Jewish communities came out to greet the gedolim. The Chafetz

Chaim, however, in his profound humility, never went on the train

platform to meet the people. HaGaon Rav Meir Shapiro of Lublin,

although he was a young man, boldly approached the elderly

sage. “Why aren’t you going out to meet the people?” he asked.

The Chafetz Chaim answered, “Why should I go out? What is it

that they want to see? I don’t have horns on my head. It is because

they have this idea about me that I am a tzaddik, and if I go out to

them, I am making a statement about myself that I am someone

special.” Rav Meir Shapiro asked, “And what is wrong with

making such a statement?” The Chafetz Chaim said, “What do

you mean ‘what is wrong?’ It is ga’avah (arrogance).” Rav Meir

Shapiro said, “And if it is ga’avah, so what?” The Chafetz Chaim

said, “Ga’avah is a terrible aveirah (sin).” Rav Meir Shapiro

said, “And what happens if one does an aveirah?” The Chafetz

Chaim said, “Why, for an aveirah one will be punished in

Gehenom (hell).” Rav Meir Shapiro said, “Throngs of Jews will

have pleasure from seeing you. Aren’t you willing to accept some

punishment in order to give Jews pleasure?”

From then on, every time the train pulled into a station, the

Chofetz Chaim was the first one on the platform to meet the

people.”

This attitude needs to inform every aspect of our halachic

observances. If Halacha is to have any meaning, it must lead us

closer to God, to love our fellow Jew, and to serve mankind.

Simply put, we must love God more than Halacha.

1 Sadly, real life cases like this exist. On March 11, 2002, a fire at a girls’

school in Mecca, Saudi Arabia killed fifteen people. Saudi Arabia’s

religious police stopped schoolgirls from leaving the burning building

and saving their lives because the girls were not wearing correct Islamic

dress

2 (Cf. Norman Lamm Torah Lishmah: Torah for Torah’s Sake in the

Works of Rabbi Hayyim of Volozhin and his Contemporaries and Allan

Nadler,The Faith of the Mithnagdim: Rabbinic Response to the Hasidic

Rapture)

3 Dear Rabbi, Dear Doctor, pp. 20-21

MORNING CLASSES AT KJbeginning after Sukkot

Mondays:

In-depth Talmud

Chaim Steinmetz 9:00 a.m.

Tuesdays:

Parsha Foundations

Rabbi Elie Weinstock 8:15 a.m.

Wednesdays:

Women’s Parashat Hashavua

Rabbi Haskel Lookstein 8:30 a.m.

Thursdays:

Prophetic Women

Dr. Shera Aranoff Tuchman 8:30 a.m.

For more information, please call 212-774-5600

A ROSH HASHANAH MESSAGE


200rabbis walk into a room…

This is not the opening line of a bad

joke. It describes the scene I encountered

as I began my participation in the Shalom

Hartman Institute’s Rabbinic Leadership

Initiative (RLI) in Jerusalem. I am part of

a cohort of 28 North American rabbis from

all sorts of backgrounds who will spend

the next three years studying together in

Jerusalem and in the US as we explore

various issues facing the Jewish people

today.

For the first ten days of the program,

our cohort joined Hartman’s program for

all rabbis who wished to study. All

together, we were some 200 rabbis before

our cohort split off for 2 weeks of our own

learning and exploration.

Many people have asked me, “How

was it?”

It is a difficult question to answer.

Being in Israel and studying in Jerusalem

was an incredible experience. Interacting

with passionate Jewish leaders was a great

way to deepen my understanding of the

issues facing the broader Jewish

community. All in all, it was a very rich

experience.

What lesson can I share from so many

rabbis from diverse backgrounds coming

together?

My take-away this summer from my

Hartman experience is the need to listen to

all the views in the Jewish community. We

can’t always agree, but we can certainly

take the time to listen. This allows us to

better understand those with whom we

disagree as well as force us to better

understand our own opinion.

When we listen to others and engage in

a genuine dialogue, we can elevate the

conversation - and unity - of the Jewish

people.

We are familiar with the bat kol

(heavenly voice) siding with Beit Hillel in

their disputes with Beit Shammai. Even

though “eilu v’eilu divrei Elokim chaim -

these and these are the words of the living

God,” the law follows Beit Hillel. The

Talmud (Eruvin 13b) asks why this is so. If

both sides are the words of the living God,

why follow one and not the other? The

Talmud answers that Beit Hillel was

pleasant and patient; they would study and

teach both their opinion and that of Beit

Shammai, and moreover, they would teach

the view of Beit Shammai before their

own.

I don’t expect to see all Jews agreeing

with one another. We can hope, however,

to be able to hear each other and listen to

the views of the other. This will, please

God, strengthen our community and be a

credit to God and His Torah.

My Summer Vacation

CHAI MITZVAH: A CELEBRATION

OF JEWISH LEARNING AND LIVING

We are all committed to Jewish values, our families, our community, and helping those in need. Chai Mitzvah provides a formal

outlet to commit over the course of the year to enhance your ritual involvement, Torah study, and chesed activity. Join together with

community members who are growing together and come together to support each other’s growth and Chai Mitzvah journey.

Be more active in

support of Israel

Join Chai Mitzvah and make a difference for yourself, for your community, and for others.

RSVP to [email protected]

Bring a friend, neighbor,

or colleague to a

Beginners Program

service, class, or event

Host someone you don’t know

Become a volunteer

at KJ or for

another organization

Attend a class or take ona Torah study project

Make a commitment to

attend prayer services more

regularly or on time

Rabbi Elie Weinstock


AN IMPORTANT PARTNERSHIP

UJA@KJ is a partnership between KJ and UJA-Federation

of New York that aims to strengthen our local community

through meaningful programs and volunteer opportunities.

Save these Dates! Don’t Miss These Outstanding Speakers!

Following 9:00 a.m. Shabbat Morning ServicesCongregation Kehilath Jeshurun Main Sanctuary


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Through UJA@KJ , KJ members can capitalize on the UJA@Federation network of

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addition to year-round volunteer projects, UJA@KJ provides exciting programming

for KJ members, including an annual Shabbat program and a cocktail party.

Two Great Programs to Look Forward To!

Thanksgiving at Project ORE | Sunday, November 20th Join us for an annual pre-Thanksgiving meal as we serve a delicious kosher meal

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at this interactive program.

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Shabbat ORE, a program of Project ORE, offers a kosher Shabbat lunch to isolated, poor,

homeless, and mentally ill Jews who otherwise would have no other means of celebrating

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The American Film Institute lists, as the

two greatest movies ever made,

Casablanca and Citizen Kane. But the

methods by which they were produced

could not have been more different from

each other. Casablanca was made in the

classic Hollywood studio system. The big

studios would finance movies, hiring all

the people needed to put the films together.

There was no overall creative vision: for

Casablanca, seven different writers worked

on the screenplay at different times

and it went through different

iterations. Until the very

end of shooting, it wasn’t

even clear whether Ilsa

would end up with Rick

or with Laszlo! The

director was just a hired

hand and had no control or

even input in the casting. Ingrid

Bergman was the third choice for the role

of Ilsa, and only landed the part because

she was less expensive than Hedy Lamarr

would have been. Different decisions were

made by different parties who had little to

do with each other.

Citizen Kane, on the other hand, was

the brainchild of Orson Welles. He

produced, wrote, directed, and starred in it.

Many see it as the forerunner of what in the

1950s became known as the Auteur Theory

in cinema. In films that subscribe to this

theory, the director has a hand in the

screenplay (either he writes it himself, or

he commissions it, or oversees its writing),

he casts, directs, oversees all the technical

aspects of the film, the cinematography,

the editing, and so on. All of the

participants in the process of making the

film work to carry out the director’s vision.

These films have the mark of their

filmmaker, and they’re identifiable as one

particular filmmaker’s movie, for the

content and themes, but also for

the look, the style,

and the pace.

S o m e

examples of

a u t e u r

filmmakers

are Ingmar

Bergman and

Federico Fellini

abroad, and Martin

Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino,

and Woody Allen here. A true auteur

filmmaker oversees both the initial stages

and the final product of the film, and as a

result, the film is cohesive and each aspect

of the film is a manifestation of the

director’s creative vision.

The two paradigms of filmmaking, the

collaborative studio system on the one

hand and the auteur system on the other,

are also found in the Torah’s models of

institutional leadership. The studio system

is quite similar to the way our parasha and

the few that preceded it describe the

Mishkan. In the tabernacle, there was one

group that dealt with the core of worship:

the sacrifices, the incense, the libations:

they were the Kohanim. Those who

managed the operations of the Mishkan

were the Leviim.

A couple of weeks ago, in Parashat

Bamidbar, we read about the role of the

Leviim:

,sgv ifan kg ohukv ,t sepv v,tuu,t ushruh ifanv gxbcu///uhkf kf kgu

ohukv u,t ubheh ifznv ,bjcu ohukvYou shall appoint the Levites over the

Tabernacle of the Testimony, over all its

vessels and over all that belong to

it...When the Tabernacle is set to travel, the

Levites shall dismantle it; and when the

Tabernacle camps, the Levites shall erect

it.

While the role of the Leviim is

described in detail in Sefer Bamidbar,

which deals with our people’s travels

through the wilderness, the role of the

Kohanim is described throughout Sefer

Vayikra, and it is not limited to sacrifices.

Kohanim are also responsible for the

education of B’nei Yisrael; they are judges

and they are teachers.

Our Torah reading from this morning

illustrates another distinction between the

Kohanim and the Leviim, beyond just their

jobs. It’s the way in which they are

After a three year tenure at KJ, Rabbi Roy Feldman accepted a position as Senior Rabbi at Congregation Beth Abraham-Jacob in Albany.

On Shabbat Parashat Balak, Rabbi Roy Feldman delivered his final sermon as KJ’s Associate Rabbi. It was a bittersweet day --

difficult to say farewell to an engaging teacher, compassionate pastor, and effective community leader. Someone integral to the workings of KJ,

whether he was teaching, davening for the Amud, or sharing the highs and lows of Congregational life.

We wish him every success in his new endeavor and look forward to his visits to New York with Rachel and Charlotte.

The Auteur SynagogueSermon delivered by Rabbi Roy Feldman on July 23

Rabbi Lookstein and KJ

were ahead of their time in running a

synagogue on this model; others are

just catching on now.


appointed for the position.

hbc ufnxu vuvh hbpk ,t ,crevu:ohukv kg ovhsh ,t ktrah

You shall bring the Levites before the

Lord, and the children of Israel shall lay

their hands upon the Levites.

The Leviim are officially appointed for

their positions by all of Klal Yisrael. Their

authority is granted by the people. The

Kohanim, on the other hand, are anointed

with oil by Moshe, as we read in Parashat

Tetzaveh:

,aseu jan, uhbc ,tu irvt ,tu:hk ivfk o,t

And with it you shall anoint Aaron and

his sons and sanctify them to serve Me

The kohanim are sanctified - kidashta

otam. That’s why there are so many rules

regarding where they can go, who they can

marry, and so on. The authority of the

Kohanim is granted by God.

The two roles, Kohen and Levi, are

also present in the rabbinate and in the

synagogue. There are rabbis who are

primarily spiritual guides, pos’kim and

dayanim, public speakers, talmidei

chachamim; they are role models of

holiness, the Kohanim of rabbis. On the

other hand, there are rabbis whose focus is

on the Levi-like duties: conceiving and

executing programming, fundraising,

organizing weddings, bar mitzvahs, and

funerals; they are public servants. This

distinction is most pronounced

in Israel, where there are

Rashei Yeshiva who

are the thought

leaders of the

r e l i g i o u s

c o m m u n i t y,

the kohanim

of the

r a b b i n a t e ;

rabbis of the

l o c a l

r a b b a n u t s - -

leaving aside

their aptitude for

this role--are the

Leviim kind of rabbi,

performing the functions

necessary for religious services to be

administered in Israel.

Synagogues in the United States

ultimately require both roles to be filled as

well. By and large, rabbis serve in the

function of the kohanim, whereas the

functions of the leviim are performed by

the board, lay leadership, and

executive directors.

But there is another

model of communal

leadership in the Torah:

that of Moshe

Rabbeinu. Moshe is,

so to speak, the

auteur of the B’nei

Yisrael community.

He is the spiritual

leader: he speaks to

God and relays God’s

message and laws to

the people. And he is the

political leader: when it

comes time to negotiate with

Pharaoh, Moshe executes that

negotiation. He has Aharon by his side,

but it’s Moshe’s responsibility. Were it not

for his father-in-law’s advice, Moshe

would have judged every little case among

the people, and once Yitro suggests setting

up a court system, Moshe organizes it (and

he remains at the top, ultimately

responsible for all the decisions). Moshe’s

authority is granted by God, but he

campaigns to gain the favor of the people

as well. When b’nei Yisrael complained,

as they did in our Torah reading this

morning, Moshe dealt with their problems

and tried to find solutions.

In my departure letter to the

congregation earlier this week, I expressed

my gratitude to Rabbi Lookstein’s

mentorship, and noted that I am

humbled to be the last in a

long history of KJ Assistant

Rabbis or rabbinic interns

to have trained under him.

For my own notes, I made

a list of what I learned

from Rabbi Lookstein;

what I found in the

process was that his

guidance was not limited to

those functions parallel to

the duties of the kohanim in

the Mishkan. He has given me

very helpful critiques for my

sermons, helping me to make them more

relevant. He taught me how to speak with

people who have only just lost a loved one,

and how to compose a meaningful eulogy

for them. He taught me to choose good

tunes when I lead davening and how to

make it inspiring. On the other side, he

also taught me how to organize and run a

service that keeps moving and

maintains decorum. Before

the High Holidays each

year, we would meet to

discuss how the

service should run,

right down to the

detail of what page

numbers ought to

be announced so as

to be helpful but

not become a

nuisance. At one

Friday night KJ

Shabbaton dinner, he

called over the caterer to

tell him that dessert should be

brought out early. He then took me

aside and said, “Roy, that’s the rabbi’s job.

To make sure the meal moves at a decent

pace for everyone’s sake.”

Unlike most synagogues which follow

the Mishkan or Hollywood studio model,

Rabbi Lookstein has followed Moshe’s

model. Or, as I’ve liked to say it since I

first came, KJ is an Auteur Synagogue.

Rabbi Lookstein has a vision: a vision for

the synagogue, for the community, and for

Judaism. And every aspect of his rabbinate

is a manifestation of that vision. It is a

Judaism which is dignified, decorous,

stately, and elegant, and at the same time

friendly, social, heimisch, and dedicated to

menschlichkeit. In fact, when I first met

Rabbi Lookstein four years ago in the

homiletics class at Yeshiva, what struck me

most was his ability to simultaneously

embody both of those almost contradictory

dispositions: formal and rabbinic on the

one hand, amicable and heimisch with a

sense of humor on the other.

KJ is carefully planned, it’s cohesive, it

all makes sense and works together: the

davening, the programming, the

fundraising, the administration, the

lifecycle events. You can tell when it’s a

KJ sermon, a KJ wedding, a KJ appeal. It

all has that recognizable mark. And that

method has been successful at actualizing

Rabbi Lookstein’s vision. I remember

vividly the first KJ wedding I attended:

black tie, in the most elegant and formal of

spaces, with tuxedos and evening gowns,

but the simcha dancing was as spirited and

leibedik as at any Hasidic wedding in

Brooklyn. The same is true for bar

continued on page 16


mitzvahs, Shabbat dinners, and our various events and

ceremonies.

Rabbi Lookstein and KJ were ahead of their time in

running a synagogue on this model; others are just

catching on now. Earlier this week, one of the leaders

in the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism

wrote an essay suggesting that synagogues would do

better if driven by vision and mission rather than by the

need to provide services to members. And the UJA-

Federation of New York has a division that consults for

synagogues, helping to strengthen their operations. I

wasn’t quite sure I understood what they do, so when I

met with the director, I asked her. She responded,

“That’s because you’re at KJ. We try to help

synagogues run more like KJ does.”

Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world,

I walked into this one. And I am grateful that I did and

that I merited to learn from such a visionary rabbi as

Rabbi Lookstein, and the other rabbis and staff at KJ.

Thank you to this incredible and unique community for

a wonderful three years, and thank you for being

supportive of a young rabbi early in his career.

Here’s lookin’ at you, KJ.

vcuy vbakun,j,u uc,f,

ISRAEL ACTIONCheck out Artzeinu

The Weekly Israel News Update

http://artzeinu.org

edited by fellow KJ members Elan Agus,

Aliza Hornblass, Jonah Hornblass,

JJ Hornblass, Erica Schwartz

This site provides easy access to numerous news sources

and videos, and is well organized by general topic.

KJ COLLEGE CONNECTION

NEEDS YOUR COLLEGE-AGE CHILD’S CONTACT INFORMATION

We are once again collecting the dormitory addresses of the children of KJ members who are studying at a college or graduate

school away from home. The KJ College Connection sends complimentary gift packages with holiday-related items during

Chanukah and Purim. This program benefits KJ Members whose children are currently out-of-town students.

The program is a wonderful reminder to our families’ students that they are thought of and wished a Chag Sameach.

If your child is studying away from home at a college or university in the United States, please update their mailing information

(even if you think we already have it) by e-mailing [email protected] with each student’s name and exact dormitory mailing address or

campus package delivery address.

PERMANENT MEMORIAL OPPORTUNITY

FOR DEPARTED LOVED ONES

On the walls of the Main Synagogue are mounted seven tablets bearing memorial plaques,

representing a permanent and dignified memorial to loved ones.

At KJ, now in its 145th year, we keep the lights lit on either side of the plaque each year

during the full month of the Yahrzeit and also when we recite Yizkor on Yom Kippur, Shemini Atzeret, Pesach and Shavuot.

The cost of a plaque is $1,500.

To purchase, please contact KJ Comptroller Hattie Murphy

at 212-774-5653

The Auteur Synagoguecontinued from page 15


marking the Fifteenth

Anniversary of 9-11

with Hakarat Ha-Tov

to our Firefighters

One of the earliest memories of most children is the hand of a parent gently

removing little fingers from a hot stove or an open flame, cautioning said child.

“Hot!” “Be careful!” “You can get hurt!” (or a boo-boo, depending on parenting

style.) In any case this was a lesson most of us took with us to adulthood and passed on to

our own children.

There is a subset of our

population who did not take

this message to heart. In fact,

they have done exactly the

opposite and made a

profession of running into

burning buildings. Despite the

fact that it’s hot. That they

could get hurt. Or die. These

men and women of valor are

our firefighters. We owe them

our lives. And unfortunately,

like so many other things,

sometimes what is most

precious to us is taken for

granted.

Three hundred and forty-three firefighters lost their lives on September 11, 2001, including nine firefighters from Engine

Company 22/Ladder Company 13/10th Battalion, our neighbors at 159 East 85th Street. There was an outpouring of support in the

days and weeks that followed -- food and flowers brought to the firehouse by KJ members among hundreds of others in the

neighborhood. To this day, anyone who walks past the firehouse is reminded of the valor of the men memorialized on a plaque in

front of the firehouse -- and by extension, all the firefighters who gave their lives at Ground Zero. It was firefighters like themwho

answered the call on July 11, 2011, and fought the fire that consumed our beloved Synagogue.

Fast forward to Shabbat, September 10, 2016. With the help of KJ member David Gold, a volunteer and fundraiser for FDNY

charities, we were once again given the opportunity to express our gratitude to a small cadre of

firefighters who, representing all firefighters, came to KJ. Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz began the

ceremony by talking about the elements of heroic behavior and expressing the collective thanks of

the congregation for the heroic action of all firefighters not only on 9-11, but every time they enter

a burning building. He then presented FDNY Deputy Chief of northern Manhattan Joseph Ferrante,

a 30-year-veteran, with a gift -- a Hebrew-English Tanach to be kept in the firehouse, inscribed

with the hope and blessing that God be with them always. It was an emotional moment. The

congregation responded with a prolonged standing ovation as Rabbi Steinmetz shook the hand of

every firefighter. Chazan Mayer Davis then led us in a moving rendition of America the Beautiful,

and the firefighters made their way through the Synagogue shaking the hands of well-wishers until

they reached the back doors, the ringing applause following all the while.

In addition to David Gold and Deputy Chief Ferrante,we would like to thank the FDNY

Commissioner, Dan Nigro, and Manhattan Boro Commander Chief Roger Sakowich, for arranging

this meaningful visit. Many firefighters were busy that day attending memorial masses and an

FDNY mass and parade at St. Patrick’s Catherdral, so we are especially grateful that we were able

to welcome the firefighters that day and to demonstrate to them that they are not taken for granted,

and that we understand that we are blessed to have these heroic men and women in our midst,

showing by example what it means to be selfless, every day of the year.

A Moment of Reflection on 9-11 / Tikkun

Extinguishing the KJ fire


Coming Soon From the KJ Men’s Club for your Enjoyment and Edification

ANNUAL POLICY CONFERENCEMarch 26 - 28, 2017

www.aipac.org

REGISTER NOW!

A limited number of discounted reservations ($399 per person)

are available through the Synagogue.

Be a part of the biggest synagogue delegation to attend AIPAC.

Experience the high of standing with Israel

and coming together in discussion and advocacy.

Make your reservation now by going online to

www.ckj.org/pay and selecting AIPAC, March 26-28, 2017

from the pulldown menu

If you have any questions, please email [email protected]

September 17

Kiddush Discussion with Nitsana

Darshan-Leitner of Shurat haDin-

Israel Law Center: Taking the

Battle Against Israel’s Enemies

Into the Court.

September 24

Kiddush Discussion with Thane Rosenbaum, novelist and

Director of the Forum on Law, Culture and Society at NYU Law

School: The Jewish Vote in 2016: Trump, Clinton and Israel

September 18 at 7:00 pm

Sunday Supper Lecture with Jason

Guberman, Executive Director of

American Sephardi Federation: On the

Front Lines: Preserving Middle Eastern

Jewish History in the Age of ISIS

Soul CycleA Monthly

Spiritual Workoutwith Rachel Kraus

Women of the community

are invited to participate

in a monthly learning series

which provides an opportunity

to learn, to share,

to engage, and to inspire

each Rosh Chodesh.

A variety of topics

will be addressed

in a different home each month.

Thursday, October 6th

Tuesday, November 1st

Wednesday, December 14th

Thursday, January 26th

Monday February 27th

Wednesday, March 29th

Wednesday, April 26th

at 7:30 p.m.

Shavout (last class), May 31st

Location information provided monthly

with RSVP to

[email protected]

KJ Men’s Club President, Mark Meirowitz invites you to check the KJ website (www.ckj.org) for information about great upcoming Men’sClub

programming incuding Supper Lectures, Kiddush Discussions on a wide range of subjects following Shabbat morning services; the Sunday Supper

Lecture series; the Sunday evening Film series, featuring cutting-edge films with remarks by directors, producers, and actors; and the Am Hasefer

Book Discussion Club featuring book discussions with well-known authors!


JEWISH LEARNING INSTITUTE AT KJ

How Success Thinks:

Jewish Secrets for Leading

a Productive life

Taught by Rabbi Elie Weinstock

$79 per class; $135 per couple.

Try the first class for free!

No one is turned away for lack of funds

Six Monday nights beginning November 7

at 7:00 PM

Join Rabbi Elie Weinstock, Rachel

and Rabbi Daniel Kraus, and KJ

Beginners Chazan Shilo Kramer for an

inspiring Carlebach-style Friday night

service. The experience continues with

a festive Shabbat dinner, singing and

dancing, words of Torah and the joy of

new and old friends all around.

Call 212-774-5678; please reserve by

the preceding Tuesday

November 4

December 16

. . . . . . . . FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE!

Feeding the body and soul

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Sukkah Dinner Under the Starsfeaturing special guest

Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald

Join us for a meal in the Sukkah!

There will be delicious food and joyous

singing as we celebrate

the holiday of Sukkot together.

Co-sponsored by NJOP

Thursday, October 20

at 7:00 pm

UPCOMING

KJ BEGINNERS EVENTS

KJ FOOD PANTRY

The KJ Food Pantry provides kosher food weekly to New York’s hungry. Clients are

referred to us through the synagogue and local service agencies. Each week clients

come to KJ to receive food staples tailored to their diets, as well as a selection of fresh

fruits and vegetables. Ramaz students pack the bags and staff the booth in the lobby of

KJ, and Ramaz/KJ members also deliver packages to those who are homebound. For

further information or to volunteer, please contact Bernice Kahn at

[email protected].

JLI is a creative presentation of traditional Judaism in a highly professional, innovative,

academically rigorous yet accessible format.

A HIGH HOLY DAY

SERVICE

UNLIKE ANY OTHER!

K Prayers and Rituals Explained

K Biblical Insights

K Historical Overviews

K Great Kiddush

K Congregational Readings

and Singing

K Over 100 Shofar Blasts

K Questions and Answers

Services will be conducted at the

Ramaz Middle School’s

Lindenbaum Gymnasium

Gottesman Center


(between Lexington & Park Avenues)

The services on RoshHashanah morningwilll be held onMonday and Tuesday,October 3rd and 4th at8:00 AM. Kol Nidreservices will be held at

5:50 PM on Tuesday night, October11th followed by Yom Kippur servicesat 9:00 AM the next morning.

For Information Contact:212-774-5678

orBeginners @ckj.org

Tickets only $60

Introducing a Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur Service

for those in search of a more informative

and inspirational experience:

For information

about the weekly status

of the Manhattan Eruv

Call the ERUV HOTLINE

212-874-6100, ext. 3

(Recorded Message)

RABBI HAYYIM ANGEL

HISTORY

AT HOME

“Great Biblical Scandals”

November 12

The Dinah Narrative:

Moral Ambiguities in a Dreadful Story

December 17

King David and Bat Sheva: An Affair to Remember

January 14

King Ahab: Did He Do Something Right?

Saturday evenings at 8:30 P.M.


Heyman Auditorium



ROSE AND DR. CHARLES LANGER

LUNCH & LEARN PROGRAM

Lunch & Learn Fall

These programs will take place at

the Ramaz Lower School


between Park and Lexington Avenues

The Rose and Dr. Charles Langer Lunch and Learn

Program for seniors, hosted by Donna Silverman,

commences again this fall. The free program for

seniors is made possible by an endowment created by

the Buchwald, Edelsburg and Stern families.

DUS HAIMISCHE SHTIEBEL:

THE YIDDISH SCHMOOZERS

Wednesdays starting September 21st at 11:30 AM.

SEPTEMBER

21 - Rabbi Elie Weinstock

28 - Israel Max

OCTOBER

5 - Ramaz talent

19 Gilbert Kahn

26 - Israel Max

NOVEMBER

2- Mitchel Agoos

9 - Rabbi Kenneth Schiowitz

16- Rabbi Yigal Sklarin

23- Gilbert Kahn

30- Israel Max

DECEMBER

7- Janie Schwalbe

14- Gilbert Kahn

21- Israel Max

Book Reception

Exploring Truth Through Fiction:Two Sephardic Writers and Their Stories

September 18, 201610:30 a.m.

Jane Mushabac: His Hundred Years, ATale by Shalach Manot

Rabbi Marc Angel:The Search Committee

Heyman Auditorium125 East 85th Street

Join KJ member

Willy Rosenberg for an

informal weekly Yiddish

language discussion

group whose topical flow

will be as meandering as

the Danube. Litvaks and

Galicianers are welcome,

as are all lovers of our

wonderfully expressive

and rich Mama Loshon.

Don’t be a stranger. Come chat with us!

/rgsngrp t ihhz yahb yxktz us!zsbut yhn xguna

Presented in conjunction

with the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals

The Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals, founded and directed by Rabbi Marc

Angel, offers a vision of Orthodox Judaism that is intellectually sound, spiritually

compelling, and emotionally satisfying. Based on an unwavering commitment to

the Torah tradition and to the Jewish people, it fosters an appreciation of legitimate

diversity within Orthodoxy. It publishes a journal, Conversations, three times per

year, and its popular website - www.jewishideas.org - provides a diverse range of

opinions on issues of contemporary relevance.

For the past fifteen years, KJ has been the address

for unaffiliated families looking for a Jewish

education for their children. The Jewish Youth

Connection (JYC) is the Sunday morning Hebrew school

founded by KJ members Susan and Scott Shay with the

goal of providing a substantive and meaningful Jewish

education to unaffiliated families. A total reinvention of

the Hebrew School experience, its focus is to help foster

a quality connection to Judaism for students and families

alike.

Ten years ago, the Shays decided to turn the management of

JYC over to KJ. Rabbi Elie Weinstock, Netanel Goldstein and

Morah Ariana Solovey-Mizrahi now oversee JYC with the help

of Scott, Susan, and the dedicated JYC staff. JYC’s curriculum

includes Bible, Jewish history, customs, and holidays. Students

participate in small classes, and there are also modules on

Jewish History, the Holocaust, and the State of Israel for older

participants. The lessons and programs are relevant, fun, and

exciting. Students from first through seventh grade are paired

with a Big Brother/Sister for individualized Hebrew study, and

there is a special track for students preparing for Bar or Bat

Mitzvah that adds knowledge and meaning to this important

Jewish milestone. In addition, there is a “JYC Junior High” for

older students.

Enrollment is open to all, and no synagogue affiliation or Jewish

background is required to participate in JYC. No one is turned

away due to lack of funds. For more information, please contact

Netanel Goldstein [email protected] or Morah Ariana Solovey, at

[email protected], or visit our new website www.jyc.info.


Netanal Goldstein

Director

“W Connection”Under the leadership of our own KJ Members Gabriella Major and Judy Tanz, the “W Connection” now meets on the Upper East

Side. The “W Connection” is a grassroots organization created to meet the needs of widows by providing widow-to-widow support

at the community level so that widows can successfully rebuild their lives and regain and sustain social-emotional stability and health.

Meetings take place the third Thursday of every month from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at 125 East 85th Street.

Fall MeetingsSeptember 15

October 20

November 17

December 15

To learn more about the KJ/Ramaz chapter of “W Connection,” please contact

Gabriella Major at [email protected] or Judy Tanz at 212-535-7571 or [email protected]

Ariana Solovey-Mizrahi

Principal

Be a part of the JYCBone Marrow Donor Drive

on October 2!

Get swabbed and see if you are a matchto donate blood marrow or stem cells.

This one act of chesed can offer the hopeof life to someone affected with

blood-related cancer.

Ramaz Middle School Lobby114 East 85th Street

9:30 - noon

GIFT

OF

LIFE


The Sisterhood of Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun is a committed community group that offers a variety of programs and

opportunities for the women of KJ to create wonderful relationships while also doing good works and improving lives

both inside and outside of the KJ community. Funds raised through our programming are used to support social action projects

that benefit families and individuals in our community and around the world. The Sisterhood is also responsible for preparing

local Shiva homes, including the first meal; contributing to KJ programs and activities, such as the communal Sukkah; Ramaz

Scholarship Fund; Bar/Bat Mitzvah gifts; and funding any unsponsored Shabbat kiddushim.

The organizations to which we have given charitable support have included: Chabad Mikvah of the Upper East Side, the

community of Sderot, Dorot, Hatzolah, the Israeli Defense Forces, Magen David Adom, Project Ezra, Sharsheret, and UJA,

among others.

SISTERHOOD OF KJ 2016 - 2017:

SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE

THREE MODERN MIKVAHS

are located in our community at:


(between First and York Avenues)

Telephone: 212-359-2020

5 East 62nd Street

(just off Fifth Avenue)

Telephone: 212-753-6058

234 West 74th Street

(between Broadway and

West End Avenue)

Telephone: 212-579-2011

Fall Events

September 15, 22, 29

Learn Mah Jongg: a series of three lessons

with a professional mah jongg instructor

November

Sisterhood Night Out

December

Holiday Boutique

Sotheby’s Judaica Event

If you have an event suggestion or would like to volunteer, please email us at [email protected]

Do a Good Deed by Participating

in Dorot Package Delivery

Deliver a package and visit with

a DOROTsenior

to brighten their day and share your blessings

Rosh Hashanah Sunday, September 25

Thanksgiving Sunday, November 20

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

DELIVERY LOCATIONS

ON BOTH THE EAST AND WEST SIDE

PLEASE NOTE

Photo ID required to participate.

ADVANCE REGISTRATION REQUIRED.

Register at 917-441-5054

or online at www.dorotusa.org

Spring Events

January

Decor and Design

February

Cooking Event

March

Sisterhood Shabbat

May

Sisterhood Annual Luncheon

June

Museum Tour

Also in the Planning Stages:

Book Club, Game Night


KESHER AT KJ: CONNECTING YOUNG MEMBERS

AND FAMILIES

An Invitationto the Women of KJ

Join Shera Aranoff Tuchman for“Prophetic Women:

Women in the

Books of Prophets”

Featuring the Players:King David - King of Israel

Tamar - his daughterAmnon - King David’s son and

Tamar’s half-brother Avshalom - A rebellious son

of King David

To summarize:

Amnon rapes Tamar

Avishalom kills Amnon,

ostensibly to avenge Tamar

(Now you are all caught up,

so you can attend the class even if you’ve never

come before.)

The class resumes with the book of Samuel

II, Chapter 13, the completion of the

portion which deals with the rape of Tamar.

We will then focus on Yoav, King David’s

loyal general, who calls upon the nameless

“intelligent woman” who then reconciles

David and Avshalom after Avshalom kills

Amnon.

Who is this nameless intelligent woman?

Why choose her? How does she do it? What

are the essential qualities of the prototype

“intelligent woman” in Tanach? Our study

of women in the Books of the Prophets

continues, as we try to understand these

women, and by inference, ourselves.

Thursday mornings, 8:30 am

beginning October 27


KJ’s Kesher affiliate offers an array of programs and events to

connect young professionals, couples, as well as families with

young children. Kesher, which means “connection” in Hebrew,

provides a warm and welcoming entry into the larger KJ community. For more

infomation and to get connected: [email protected]

KESHER WELCOMING COMMITTEE

New to the community?

Want to get involved,

or just meet some

of the KJ family?

Email [email protected]

to be hosted for a Shabbat Meal to

get in the know!

NEW!

TOT SHABBAT

NOW EVERY SHABBAT

MORNING

KESHER PROGRAMMING

Shemini Atzeret Lunch

Chanukah Concert

New Mother’s Breakfast

“Boy’s Night Out “ Event

Pre-Purim Karaoke Soiree (for adults!)

This fall

Kesher will inaugurate

The Kesher Minyan,

a weekly service for young

professionals, young couples,

and young families

Kiddushim following the service are a

great opportunity to meet and greet

other young people of the community.

SPONSORSHIPS ARE WELCOME

To support synagogue programs, we invite prospective Kiddush & Seudah Shlishit

Sponsors to contact Riva Alper in the synagogue office at 212-774-5670 or

[email protected]. The base cost of a cake-and-wine Kiddush sponsorship is $350, to

which is added the cost of any extra catered food ordered through Foremost Caterers.

Multiple Kiddush sponsors may, at their discretion and initiative, agree to share the

expense of extra catered food, but every co-sponsor must pay, separately and

individually, the $350 base fee. Similarly, sponsoring Seudah Shlishit costs every

co-sponsor $250.


If you are making a Bar or Bat Mitzvah at KJ

between September 2017 and June 2018, please contact Riva Alper

in the synagogue office at 212-774-5670 to reserve specific rooms for your services,

celebratory meals/kiddushim, and other functions.

If your child attends Ramaz and you are a member of KJ

planning a Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Riva Alper must be notified directly

of your plans.

Reserving a date with Ramaz does not imply that it is reserved at KJ.

The KJ Family proudly

sponsors Ramaz School,

which was started 80 years

ago by KJ Rabbi Joseph H.

Lookstein, z”l. Our 145 year-old

congregation is proud of its multi-

generational legacy that features

the baton of Jewish leadership

being passed from father to son to

grandson. Shown here on the first

day of Ramaz School is the

Honorable Joel Lewittes (Ramaz

‘52) and his son, Michael Lewittes

(Ramaz ‘85), escorting young

Benjamin Lewittes (Class of 2031),

fulfilling Isaiah’s prophetic words,

“My spirit which is upon you, and

My words which I have put in your

mouth, shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your children,

nor from the mouth of your children’s children.”

!ohhjk

Kira, Eitan and Noam KrausWelcome Baby Brother Amiel Yair!

Born during the Three Weeks, Amiel Yair’s name embodies the concepts of anational spirit of ahavat chinam to achieve a closeness to God and the illuminationthat comes with geulah (redemption). May he grow into his name and, along withhis siblings, be a source of nachat to his parents, KJ’s Directors of Community

Education, Rachel and Rabbi Daniel Kraus, his family, and his community.

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BNEI MITZVAH

AARON SOKOL

Mazal Tov to Suzy and Joseph Sokol upon the Bar Mitzvah

of their son, Aaron, at Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun, on

Shabbat morning, September 10, where he read Parashat

Shoftim and delivered a D’var Torah on the Mashuach

Milchama. Aaron is in the eighth grade at the Ramaz

Middle School.

EZEKIEL PALMER

Mazel Tov to Melina Spadone upon the Bar Mitzvah of her

son, Ezekiel Palmer, at Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun on

Shabbat morning, November 5th. Zeke, a seventh grade

student at the Ramaz Middle School, will read Parsahat

Noach and deliver a D’var Torah.

WILLIAM SCHWARTZ

Mazal Tov to Debbie and Daniel Schwartz

upon the upcoming Bar Mitzvah of their son,

William, at Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun on

Shabbat Shuva, October 8th. William will read

Parashat Vayelech and deliver a D’var Torah.

William is a seventh grader at the Ramaz

Middle School. Mazal Tov as well to proud KJ

grandmother Gabriella Major.

YONA WEINSTOCK

Mazal Tov to Dr. Naama and Rabbi Elie

Weinstock upon the Bar Mitzvah of their son,

Yona, at Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun on

Shabbat morning, October 15, at which time

he will read Parashat Ha’azinu and deliver a

D’var Torah. Yona is a seventh grade student

at the Ramaz Middle School.

DANIEL NORTH

Mazal Tov to Debbie and Randy North upon

the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Daniel, at

Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun, on Shabbat

Parashat Ki Tavo, September 24, at which

time he will read the parasha, the haftarah,

and deliver a D’var Torah. Daniel is an eighth

grade student at the Ramaz Middle School.

MAXIMILIAN COHEN

Mazal Tov to Gila and Hon David Cohen upon the Bar

Mitzvah of their son, Maximilian “Max” Cohen, on

September 17 at Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun. Max

will read Parashat Ki Tetzeh and the corresponding

Haftarah. Following the service, Max will deliver a Dvar

Torah. Max is in the eighth grade at the Ramaz Middle

School.

JOSHUA VORCHHEIMER

Mazal Tov to Rachel and Dr. David Vorchheimer upon the

Bar Mitzvah of their son, Joshua, at The Jewish Center on

Shabbat morning, December 17, at which time he will read

Parashat Vayishlach and deliver a D’var Torah entitled

“The Menorah Through The Ages.” Josh is a seventh grade

student at the Abraham Joshua Heschel School.

BIRTHSMazal Tov to:

Edith Toledano Benelbas and Samuel

Benelbas upon the birth of their second son,

Nathan Moshe.

Ada and Mitchell Benerofe, upon the birth

of a grandson, Jake Gregory (Jacob Gad),

born to their children, Stephanie and Jonathan

More.

Ashley and Larry Buterman on the birth of

their second child and first son, Meijer Lenox

(Meir Yosef).

Shirley and Adam Friedman upon the birth

of twin grandchildren, Benjamin Shalom and

Noa Aliyah.

Rachel and Robert Garson upon the birth of

their third daughter, Emilie Rose (Ayelet

Shoshana).

Rose Gerszberg upon the birth of a

granddaughter, Avital Leba, born to her

children Naomi and Benjamin White.

Lorraine and David Gold upon the birth of

their second child and daughter, Adriana

Blake (Devorah).

Ellie Cohanim and Roni Goldberg upon the

birth of their first child together, Ami Z.

(Amichai Zion).

Sarah and Isaac Jonas, upon the birth of

their first child and daughter, Claire Eliana

(Esther Eliana).

Tzivia and KJ Beginners Chazan Shilo

Kramer upon the birth of their sixth child and

first daughter, Rivkah Mattel.

Rachel and Rabbi Daniel Kraus upon the

birth of their fourth child and third son, Amiel

Yair.

Margot and Joshua Marans, upon the birth

of their second child and first daughter,

Marilyn Racquel (Miriam Rachel). Mazal Tov

to proud KJ grandparents, Sheira and Steve

Schacter.

Melissa and Benjamin Sberro, upon the

birth of their first child and son, Samuel Max

(Yehoshua).

Michele and Mitchell Schwartz upon the

birth of their third child and second son,

Isidore Max (“Yair Max”).

Joyce & Daniel Straus and Laurie & Dr. Eli

Bryk, upon the birth of their granddaughter,

Gwenyth Eve, born to their children Diana

and Joseph Straus.

Heather and Benjamin Werber upon the

birth of their third child and son, Samuel

Dawon (Shmuel).

Leora and Emmanuel Werthenschlag upon

the birth of their third child and second son,

Ari Elazar Nicolas.

May these children grow up in the finest

tradition of Torah, chupah, and maasim

tovim.

BNEI MITZVAHMazal Tov to:

Rosie (‘68) and Dr. Mark Friedman upon

the Bat Mitzvah celebration of their

granddaughter, Michal Zehava Fine, a seventh

grader at the Shulamith Middle School in

Cedarhurst. Mazal Tov to the proud parents,

Ariela (‘97) and Rabbi Jeremy Fine and

family of Woodmere.

Barbara Waitman upon the Bar Mitzvah of her

grandson, Joshua (‘22), son of Jennifer

Waitman (‘82).

ENGAGEMENTSMazal Tov to:

Sandy and Dr. Robert April upon the

engagement of their son, Daniel Lauchheimer,

to Rina Kellerman, daughter of Ruthie and

Hillel Kellerman of Los Angeles.

Aliza and Alvin Broome upon the

engagement of their son, Ariel, to Miriam

Wade, the daughter of Garth Wade and the late

Vickie Wade of Brooklyn.

Randy and Mitch Krevat, upon the

engagement of their daughter, Sarah, to David

Hochsztein, son of Giselle and Paul

Hochsztein of Woodmere.

Evan Lipman and Daveda & Mathew

Lipman upon the engagement of their

daughter, Dalia, to Gary Feder, son of Sybil

and Mel Feder of Woodmere.

Ronnie Dagan Slochowsky upon the

engagement of her son, Adam Fern (‘07) to

Lana Volftsun, daughter of Margo and Lev

Volftsun of McLean, VA.

Judith and Dr. Mark Tykocinski upon the

engagement of their daughter, Dana, to Josh

Pollick of Los Angeles.

Judith and Dr. Mark Tykocinski upon the

engagement of their son, David, to Anna

Adler of Gladwyne, PA.

May their weddings take place in happiness

and blessing.

MARRIAGESMazal tov to:

Ilana and Daniel Benson, upon the

marriage of their daughter, Leora, to Mathias

Willner, son of Kate Willner and Louis

Willner of Seattle.

Dr. Taryn and David Bolnick, upon the

marriage of their daughter, Rachel to Zach

Sherman, son of Joan and Dr. Steven Sherman

of Woodmere.


the marriage of their son Aryeh (‘09) to

Malkie Mazel, daughter of Hindy and Mark

Mazel of Woodmere.

Judy and Dr. Hirshel Kahn upon the

marriage of their daughter, Lexie, to Joseph

Tuchman, son of Drs. Elisa Stieglitz and Ari

Tuchman of Silver Spring, MD.

Wilma and Stephen Kule upon the marriage

of their son, Matthew, to Rachel Gerber,

daughter of Liz and Al Gerber of Ft.

Washington, PA.

Edith and Salomon Lipiner upon the

marriage of their granddaughter, Zeva Epstein

(‘10), daughter of Linda (‘80) and Seth

Epstein of Englewood, to Noah Adelsberg,

son of Ellen and Irwin Adelsberg of Great

Neck.

Rebecca and Noah Nunberg upon the

upcoming marriage of their son, Rafi, to

Abigail Esther Carlson, daughter of Anne and

James Carlson of St. Paul, Minnesota.

Eleanore Reznik upon the marriage of her

granddaughter, Atara Beller, daughter of Beth

Beller z”l and Michael Beller, of Jamaica

Estates, Queens, to Jon Gatswirth, son of

Ellen and Joseph Gatswirth of Flushing,

Queens.

Adele and Ron Tauber upon the marriage of

their son, Michael, to Sara Bernstein, daughter

of Donna and Paul Bernstein of Melville, NY.

Gail Suchman and Dr. Gerald Zimmerman

upon the marriage of their son, Michael, to

Jessica Anne Wilson, daughter of Dr. Robert

Wilson and Jill Becker Wilson of St. Paul,

Minnesota.

May the newlywed couples be blessed to

build homes faithful to the traditions of the

Jewish people.

MILESTONES

Congratulations to

Jean Gluck, of Forest Hills, mother and

mother- in- law of KJ members Rosie and Dr.

Mark Friedman, upon her 92nd birthday.

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTSCongratulations to

Leon Wildes upon the publication of his

book, John Lennon vs. the USA. The book

tells the story of how Leon and his son,

Michael Wildes, (also our member) argued an

historic case in 1972 in which the United

States tried unsuccessfully to deport John

Lennon. The case made legal history in

immigration law in the United States.

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTSCongratulations to:


the graduation of their granddaughter, Eleora

P. Fine, from the Shulamith Middle School in

Cedarhurst, and to Rabbi Jeremy and Ariela

Friedman Fine (‘97), who is on the faculty.

Louise and Frank Ring upon their son,

Adam Ring (‘00) receiving a PhD in

Philosophy from Northwestern University.

Adam is currently teaching at St. Johns

University.

W I T H I N O U R F A M I LY


AMY HABER

She was taken from her personal family and from the

KJ/Ramaz family at far too young an age. Amy Haber was such

a vibrant, loving and active member of our community. She was

the inspiration behind the leadership and magnanimity of her

husband, Jimmy, and the beautiful neshama of their son, Nathan.

Throughout her life, Amy never wanted anything for herself.

It was always about others: her parents, her sister, her husband,

her son, and her community. She was the essence of selflessness

and altruism and everything she did was done with a smile and

with boundless love.

We extend our heartfelt condolences to Jimmy and to Nathan

and we pray that Amy’s memory and model of a beautiful Jewish

life will continue in all of us by following her blessed example.

JONATHAN MESSELOFF

A fixture in the life of KJ and Ramaz for close to fifty years,

Jonathan was the beloved husband of our member, Esther, the

loving father of his devoted children: Sara and Larry Tanz,

Wendy and Daniel Messeloff, and Julie and Jonathan Schwartz,

and the adoring grandfather of their children.

In earlier days, he was a star in the dramatic, musical

performances of the Couples Club (now “Kesher”) and the

Purim KJ Players. Throughout his membership in KJ he was the

center of a warm, friendly and thoughtful group of friends

among whom he sat in the center section behind the Bimah. He

loved to sing with the Chazan and to daven before the Amud on

his father’s yahrzeit and whenever invited to do so. All knew

him as a sweet guy who connected with everyone in the most

warm and friendly fashion.

We extend our heartfelt condolences to his dear wife, Esther,

and to all the members of the bereaved family. All of us have

lost a great friend.

LOUIS ORWASHER

Louis died one month after celebrating his 100th birthday

together with close family and friends. He was a member of the

congregation for over half a century together with his late wife,

Nellie, in whose honor he and his children dedicated a Sefer

Torah for use in the synagogue chapel.

Louis was an enthusiastic supporter of KJ and Ramaz of

which his three sons, Stanley, Abram (our member) and David

are alumni together with his grandson, Aaron.

He loved this community with all his heart. Orwasher’s

Bakery was for many years the gold standard of challah and all

kinds of breads which were enjoyed not only by the entire

community but also by KJ at so many of its events including,

especially, the senior Lunch and Learn program on Wednesdays.

We all mourn the passing of this wonderful Jew. We extend

our heartfelt condolences to the entire family and, particularly, to

Abram and Nina who cared for Louis and Nellie so lovingly in

their declining years.

ELIE WIESEL

We mourn the passing of our distinguished member and great

friend, Elie Wiesel. His association with our congregation goes

back more than fifty years. An inspirational worshipper in our

midst until he moved to the East 60’s about twenty-five years

ago, he was a great friend to the late Rabbi Joseph H. Lookstein.

A loving mentor to Rabbi Haskel Lookstein, he helped him

design his doctoral dissertation on the public response of

American Jews to the Holocaust, 1938-1944, and he penned a

very flattering Forward to the published version of that study.

Professor Wiesel was a prophetic voice of memory and

meaning in response to the most horrific moments in all of

Jewish history. He would not let the world forget the Holocaust

and he brilliantly wrote, spoke and taught about the meaning of

the Holocaust and its implications for Israel, the Jewish people

and all of humankind. He was one of the first to raise his voice

about the plight and the glory of Soviet Jewry. He was the first

to speak out against genocide anywhere and he was a powerful

voice crying out against cruelty to any and all victims.

At the same time, as a survivor of Auschwitz and death

marches, and despite his writing about the eclipse of God in his

first book on the Holocaust, “Night,” he lived a life of

commitment to God and to Torah, and he devoted much of his

scholarly efforts to teaching Jews and non-Jews about the beauty

and depth of Torah and Jewish religious literature and practice.

The Talmud teaches that on the day the Temple was

destroyed, the Redeemer was born. Elie Wiesel, who witnessed

the destruction of European Jewry, was a redemptive voice for

the Six Million and for our entire world: a voice of memory, of

conscience, of rebuke, of inspiration and of hope. Elie Wiesel

has died, but his voice will be heard forever.

May God comfort and console his wife, Marion, and his son,

Shlomo Elisha (Ramaz ‘90), among all of us who mourn for

Zion and Jerusalem.(Of all the beautiful tributes published since his passing, one of the

best appeared in the Forward, July 15, 2016. The author is Michael

Berenbaum, Ramaz ‘63. It is very much worth reading - and preserving.

HL)


In Memoriam

CONDOLENCESOur condolences to

Eric and David Gomberg upon the passing

of their grandmother, Ruth Gomberg.

Dr. Carolyn Hiltebeitel upon the passing of

her father, Dodd Pendragon.

Matthew and David Hiltzik upon the

passing of their grandmother, Natalie

Kaufman.

Lynette Koppel upon the passing of her

mother, Tamra Perlman.

Stephen Kule upon the passing of his

mother, Gerri Kule.

Michael Moffson upon the passing of his

father, David Moffson.

Judy Olenick upon the passing of her

mother, Carol Levine.

Dr. Laurence Orbuch upon the passing of

his mother, Rachel Orbuch.

Deborah Weinswig, upon the passing of her

mother, Lorraine Weinswig.

May they be comforted among all those

who mourn for Zion and Jerusalem.

W I T H I N O U R F A M I LY

SHABBAT SCHEDULE

Friday SaturdayLighting Evening Afternoon Sabbathof Candles Services Services Ends

September16 -17 Ki Tetze 6:45 PM 6:45 PM 6:30 PM 7:38 PM23-24 Ki Tavo 6:33 PM 6:45 PM 6:20 PM` 7:26 PM30 -1 Nitzavim 6:21 PM 6:35 PM 6:10 PM 7:14 PM

October7-8 Vayelech/ 6:10 PM 6:25 PM 5:40 PM 7:03 PM

Shabbat Shuva14-15 Haazinu 5:59 PM 6:15 PM 5:45 PM 6:51 PM21-22 Chol HaMoed 5:48 PM 6:00 PM 5:35 PM 6:43 PM28-29 Bereshit 5:39 PM 5:55 PM 5:30 PM 6:34 PM

November4 -5 Noah 5:30 PM 5:45 PM 5:20 PM 6:25 PM11-12 Lekh Lekha 4:23 PM 4:35 PM 4:15 PM 5:19 PM18-19 Vayera 4:17 PM 4:30 PM 4:10 PM 5:15 PM25 -26 Chaye Sara 4:13 PM 4:25 PM 4:05 PM 5:10 PM

December2 -3 Toledot 4:11 PM 4:25 PM 4:05 PM 5:09 PM9 -10 Vayetze 4:11 PM 4:25 PM 4:05 PM 5:08 PM16 -17 Vayishlach 4:12 PM 4:25 PM 4:05 PM 5:10 PM23 -24 Vayeshev 4:15 PM 4:30 PM 4:10 PM 5:13 PM30-31 Miketz 4:20 PM 4:35 PM 4:15 PM 5:19 PM

SCHEDULE OF SERVICES

KEHILATH JESHURUN BULLETIN



New York, NY 10028-0928

Sun.-Tues., Oct. 2-4Rosh HashanahSee schedule on Page 6

Wednesday, Oct. 5Fast of GedaliahSee schedule on Page 6

Tuesday-Wednesday, Oct. 11-12Yom KippurSee schedule on Page 6

Sunday-Tues., Oct. 16-25Sukkot, Hoshanah RabbahShemini Atzeret, Simchat TorahSee schedule on Page 6

Tuesday-Wednesday, Nov. 1-2Rosh Chodesh CheshvanMorning Services at 7:00 AM

Thursday, November 24Thanksgiving DayMorning Services at 8:30 AM

Thursday, Dec. 1Rosh Chodesh KislevMorning Services at 7:00 AM

Monday, Dec. 26 and Jan. 2Christmas and New Year’s DayMorning Services at 8:30 AM

Friday, Dec. 30Rosh Chodesh TevetMorning Services at 7:00 AM

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Oct. 16-20 ..........................6:05 PM

Oct 23-27 ...........................5:55 PM

Oct 30-Nov. 3.....................5:45 PM

Nov. 6-10 ............................4:40 PM

Nov. 13-24 ..........................4.30 PM

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KEHILATH JESHURUN BULLETINCongregation Kehilath Jeshurun

125 East 85th Street, New York, NY 10028212-774-5600

Synagogue Officials

Haskel Lookstein . . . . . . .Rabbi Emeritus______________________

Chaim Steinmetz . . . . . . . . . .Senior RabbiElie Weinstock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RabbiRabbi Daniel Kraus & Rachel Kraus . . . . . .Directors of Community EducationHayyim Angel . . . . . . . .Rabbinic ScholarRabbi Dr. Jeremy Wieder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Scholar-in ResidenceMayer Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CantorLeonard Silverman . . .Executive Director

Officers of the CongregationDavid Lobel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PresidentElias Buchwald . . . . . . . . . .Vice PresidentSurie Sugarman . . . . . .2nd Vice PresidentDr. Nicole Agus . . . . . .3rd Vice PresidentSidney Ingber . . . . . . . .4th Vice PresidentMorris Massel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SecretaryJonathan Wagner . . . . . . . . . . . .TreasurerRobert Schwartz . . . . .Assistant TreasurerEvan Farber . . . . . . . .Financial SecretaryJJ Hornblass . . . . . . .Recording Secretary

Past PresidentsBenjamin Brown Fred DistenfeldChaim Edelstein Samuel Eisenstat Eric Feldstein Stanley Gurewitsch

Joel Katz

Affiliate PresidentsStephanie Katz . . . . .President, SisterhoodCarla Tanz . . . .Vice President, SisterhoodDr. Mark Meirowitz . . .Pres., Men’s ClubBrittany Cogan . . . . . . .President, KesherShani Epstein . . . . . . . . .President, KesherElizabeth Savetsky . . . .President, KesherElisa Septimus . . . . . . . .President, Kesher

Office StaffRiva Alper . . . . . . . . . . . . . .AdministratorRichard Dobrotinic . . . . . . .SuperintendentDina Farhi . . . . . . . . . . .Executive AssistantDanielle Herbst . . . . . . . . . .Social WorkerHattie Murphy . . . . . . . . . . . . .ComptrollerMenucha Parry . . . . . . . . . . . . .Director of

Member ServicesAryana Bibi Ritholtz . . . . . .Youth DirectorSy Yanofsky . . . . . . ..Assistant ComptrollerEsther Zarnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Director of

Communications & Programming

DEDICATE

Members of the Congregation and others

are invited to honor a friend or relative,

celebrate a milestone event

or memorialize a loved one

by dedicating

Chumashim or Siddurim.

CHUMASHIM - $45 each

SIDDURIM - $25 each

Call Riva Alper

at 212-774-5670

Documents

HIGH HOLY DAY ISSUE KEHILATH JESHURUN...KEHILATH JESHURUN BULLETIN Page 3 The officers of the congregation are pleased to announce that Alan Friedman, Ray Chalme, and Rocky Fishman,