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Congregation

On November5 and 6,

Rabbi ProfessorDavid Golinkinwill join us for aShabbat of studyon the theme of

Conservative Halakhah in IsraelToday.

At dinner following Friday nightservices, Rabbi Golinkin will discussHow Are These Responsa Differentfrom All Other Responsa? TheResponsa of the Vaad Halacha of theRabbinical Assembly of Israel. DuringSaturday morning services, the rabbi’stopic will be The Struggle on Behalfof Agunot in Israel Today. At lunchfollowing Saturday morning services,

the topic will be The Redemption ofCaptives: How Far Should Israel Go?

A major rabbinic scholar, RabbiDavid Golinkin is former Dean of theRabbinical School at the SchechterInstitute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem.He is currently Professor of Jewish Lawat the institute and has served as itspresident since July, 2000. RabbiGolinkin is also chairman of the JewishLaw Committee of the RabbinicalAssembly of Israel, which writesresponsa and gives halakhic guidanceto the Masorti (Conservative)Movement, and he is Director of theSchechter Institute’s Center forWomen in Jewish Law, whose goal is to find halakhic solutions for agunot(“chained women”) who are unable to

obtain a get from their husbands.Rabbi Golinkin is the author and

editor of eighteen books and overone hundred forty articles, responsaand sermons. Central themes of therabbi’s work have been questions ofwomen and Jewish law, Jewish med-ical ethics, Shabbat, the State ofIsrael, Jerusalem, and prayer. RabbiGolinkin has offered new interpreta-tions showing how Jewish law can beobserved in contemporary society.

Reservations are essential forFriday evening dinner and Saturdaylunch. The cost is $25 per person foreach meal. To reserve a seat, pleasemail a check to the synagogue byNovember 2, call 212-452-2310 (ext. 39) or visit www.orzarua.org.

Rabbi David Golinkin, Scholar-in-ResidenceNovember 5 and 6, 2004

We are pleasedto announce

that the AndyStatman Trio willbe performing at Or Zarua onSaturday evening,

December 11. Those of you who heardChaim Dovid last year know that hetransformed the sanctuary. The AndyStatman Trio, with Jim Whitney on

bass and Larry Eagle on percussion, is certain to do the same.

Virtuoso Andy Statman has wornmany hats—he has collaborated witheveryone from Itzhak Perlman toDavid Grisman to Bob Dylan. Youmight first have heard him as a wizardon the mandolin during the “new-grass” movement. He went on to mas-ter the clarinet as a protege of klezmerclarinetist David Tarras and to become

a driving force in the resurgence ofklezmer, hailed as “the John Coltraneof klezmer” for his jazz improvisations.

But anyone wondering whetherhe will be playing bluegrass or klezmeron December 11 will be in for a surprise, because his music has evolvedto encompass these and many moregenres: niggunim, blues, jazz, worldmusic. He has gone back to the

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CONGREGATION

ORZARUAA CONSERVATIVE SYNAGOGUE

FOUNDED 1989

127 EAST 82ND STREET

NEW YORK, NY 10028

phone:212-452-2310 fax:212-452-2103

www.orzarua.org

DR. HARLAN J. WECHSLER, Rabbi

DANIEL J. BELLER, President

BARBARA J. BOLSHON, Executive Director

ILANA BURGESS, Youth Education Director

PAULETTE SCHNEIDER, Newsletter Editor

Editor’s Note

The Congregation Or ZaruaNewsletter welcomes articles

submitted by Congregants. Pleaseemail your text and/or images to theoffice at admin@orzarua.org, both asan attachment and as part of themessage. We may edit your article forlength and clarity. If possible, digitalimages should be high-resolution filesat 300 dpi.

Please submit your text and/orimages for the January/February 2005issue by Monday, November 22.

YOUTH EDUCATION DEPARTMENTBy Ilana Burgess

During the first two weeks of theschool year, students participated

in many activities. We started bylearning about the High Holy Days,eating apples and honey, decoratingthe sukkah, and having dinner in the sukkah.

One of our most memorable pro-grams was the fifth-grade field trip toCentral Park on September 21, wherewe learned about the migration of themonarch butterfly. It was a beautifulafternoon and the students enjoyedbeing outside of the classroom. Wemet Mr. and Mrs. Stadin at BelvedereCastle, where Mr. Stadin explainedthe life cycle of the butterfly. Weheard how this little “bug,” with thehelp of G-d, travels three thousandmiles to Mexico and returns at the

end of winter. Many students thoughtthat the most exciting activity wasblowing the shofar in a natural setting,as our ancestors did many years ago.

Here is how a few studentsreviewed the trip:

Anna Brenner: “I never knewthat every year a new generation ofbutterflies migrates from Canada toMexico. I wonder how they knowwhere to go.”

Devin Kreitman: “I enjoyed seeing the caterpillar.”

Adrianna Sisley: “I loved to listen to the shofar.”

Ortal Issac: “I loved hearing theshofar, learning about the monarchbutterfly, and seeing it fly away.”

Elliot Rapaport: “I think blowingthe shofar in the park was really fun.”

Keep us up to date. Please make sure that we have your current mailing address and phone numbers as well as your emailaddress, so we can send you our weekly email alerts. Call Lidiya at 212-452-2310 (ext. 10) to update this information,share your family’s good news (such as births and marriages), and make known an illness in your family.

NOVEMBER 2004

Saturday, November 6 Hebrew School Shabbat Class, 10:00 a.m.Saturday, November 13 Teen Minyan and Lunch, 10:00 a.m.Friday, November 19 Sixth Grade Dinner (following services)Wednesday/Thursday, November 24-25 Thanksgiving (no classes)

DECEMBER 2004

Saturday, December 4 Hebrew School Shabbat Class, 10:00 a.m.Wednesday, December 8 Hebrew School Hanukkah Party, 5:00 p.m.Thursday, December 9 Hebrew School Hanukkah Party, 5:00 p.m.Friday, December 10 Family Hanukkah Dinner, 5:45 p.m.Monday, December 20 Winter Vacation (no classes)

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SHABBAT DINNER WITH RABBI GOLINKIN

Erev Shabbat, Friday, November 5Services begin at 4:30 p.m., Dinner at 6:00 p.m.

SHABBAT LUNCH WITH RABBI GOLINKIN

Saturday, November 6Immediately following services

OZ ANNUAL HANUKKAH DINNER

Erev Shabbat, Friday, December 10Services begin at 4:10 p.m., Dinner at 5:45 p.m.

Reservations for all events are essential.

$25 adults; $15 children (ages 5-12); under age 5, no charge

RSVP: Tel 212-452-2310 (ext. 39) / Fax 212-452-2301 / www.orzarua.org

Special Meals with OZ CongregantsANDY STATMAN

continued from page 1Hasidic origins of klezmer, exploringthe link between spiritual awarenessand melody in his own adventurousimprovisational fashion. Statman isimpossible to pin down. In an articlein The Forward earlier this year, JonKalish quoted a friend as saying thatStatman has “big ears…he’s interest-ed in everything and ultimately it allfinds a place in his own music.”

The concert will begin at 8:00 p.m.Tickets are $15 in advance or $20 atthe door. We will be advertising thisconcert to the public, but we want tomake sure that our members havefirst rights to tickets. To reserve seats,call 212-452-3210 (ext. 39) or visitwww.orzarua.org.

IN THIS ISSUE

Scholar-in-Residence...................1

Andy Statman Trio .....................1

Youth Education Department.....2

Special Congregational Meals.....3

Hesed Committee ........................4

Book Discussions ........................5

Hevrat Zemer ..............................5

November/December Calendars....6

“Our Precious Legacy”...............8

The Mystical Power of Music....8

OZY Services...............................8

Or Zarua Community .................9

Hanukkah..................................12

Fifth-Grade Field Trip to Central Park. Clockwise from upper left: A mariachiband bids farewell to the butterflies migrating to Mexico; Ilana Burgess explains theconnection between the butterfly migration and Rosh Hashanah; Daniel Norflus (left),Daniel Wolf, Anna Brenner, Devin Kreitman, Jeremy Klapper, Elliot Rapaport,Adrianna Sisley and Ortal Isaac learn about the life cycle of the monarch butterfly;and Richard Stadin instructs Anna Brenner in blowing the shofar.

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Join DOROT and Or ZaruaBring the joyous lights of Hanukkah into the homes of senior citizens on the Upper East Side by joiningDOROT’s holiday food package delivery on Sunday,December 12. Help put a smile on their faces. The timecommitment is just two hours, but the memories will belong-lasting for you and for them. After a brief orienta-tion, you will be off to visit a senior with a package ofgoodies in hand. Participants of all ages are welcome—this is a wonderful family activity! DOROT will providefun holiday craft activities for children during or after the visit. To join us on December 12, please contact Aaron Shelden at 212-734-4004 or ashelden@aol.com

Or Zarua’s Second Hanukkah Toy DriveOr Zarua is hosting its second Hanukkah toy drive fromNovember 15 to December 3. Gifts will be distributed bythe Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty to childrenin hospitals and to those in low-income families through-out New York City. Please bring new, unwrapped gifts

to the collection boxes both in the social hall and on the sixth floor. Educational toys and books are especially welcome. Contact Susan Sussman at 212-879-6889 orsmsussman@aol.com with any questions.

Israeli Night at Ronald McDonald HouseOn Thursday, January 27, Or Zarua will host its annual“Israeli Night” at the Ronald McDonald House at 405 East 73rd Street, a residence for children in treat-ment for serious illnesses at local hospitals. The HesedCommittee needs about ten volunteers to provide kosherdesserts and to help serve an Israeli buffet to the childrenand their families. This wonderful evening features folkdancing and music by OZ members. It is an opportunityto interact with young patients and their families from all over the world. Israeli Night provides dinner for thesefamilies, as well as a welcome distraction from illness. If you are unable to volunteer, please drop off a dessert atthe House on January 27 by 6:00 p.m. Contact StephanieFailla at 212-480-3111 (days) or 212-472-7506 (evenings)

for information or to volunteer.

Or Zarua Blood Drive and Children’s Hesed ActivitiesTake a leap and sign up for the Or Zaruablood drive on Sunday, February 13. Thedrive will start after morning Minyan. We will serve brunch and offer children’sactivities. To volunteer assistance or to donate, please contact James Rothman at 212-472-1739 or jarothman@yahoo.com.

For more information about Or Zarua’sHesed Committee, please contact LesleyPalmer at 212-772-9673 (evenings) or 212-282-4190 (days) or Lesley@nyc.rr.com.Your donations to the Hesed Fund sustainthese and other activities, such as theMonday night meal serving for theNeighborhood Coalition for Shelter’s residence on 81st Street. Please donate!

DOROT Rosh Hashanah Package Delivery on September 12. Back row, left to right: Gerry Solomon, Phyllis Solomon, Mina Greenstein,Aaron Shelden. Front row, left to right: Lesley Palmer, Joan Schulick, MichaelaPalmer, Bilha Goodman, Diane Okrent, Carla Glasser and Juliana Glasser.

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Here are answers to some frequently asked questionsabout book discussions at Or Zarua:

Where are the meetings?We meet in Or Zarua’s library on the fourth floor of ourbuilding at 127 East 82nd Street.

When?We meet on Sunday evenings at 7:30. We break at about9:00 for a cup of decaf and a nosh together.

Can you be more specific about the nosh?Our snacks vary according to the choice of the evening’shospitality volunteer.

What is the next book?On December 5 we are discussing the debut novel, In the Image, by a wonderful young writer, Dara Horn.Thane Rosenbaum writes that the book is a “tender andtouching story of vanished worlds and recovered lives.”Martha Mendelsohn will lead our discussion.

Does the same person lead all the time?Participants rotate in leading our discussions, so if youhave expertise to share or an interest in a particular book,let us know.

I cannot come in December. What’s after that?On January 23, 2005, we will discuss the well-receivednew novel, The Liberated Bride, by the Israeli author A. B. Yehoshua.

How do you pick books to read?Participants select the books based on recommendationsand published reviews. We look for fiction and nonfictionvolumes on issues of concern to the contemporary Jewishcommunity. We welcome books authored by members ofOr Zarua.

Can I come even though I have not finished or startedthe book?We’d be glad to have you and your guests join us. Thereare no grades. For anyone reluctant to show up withoutdoing the reading, on March 6, Michael Terry, Chief ofthe Dorot Jewish Division of the New York Public Library,will tell us about the library’s extraordinary exhibition ofhistorical documents celebrating three hundred fifty yearsof Jewish presence in New York. A book is not assigned.

Is there anyone I can call with other questions?Call Reed Schneider at 212-860-8611 or emailarlm1199@aol.com.

Or Zarua Book Discussion FAQs

WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEARN MORE ISRAELI SONGS?

CAN YOU SHARE SOME SONGS WITH OTHERS?

DO YOU SENSE A NEED FOR MORE MUSIC IN YOUR LIFE,

BUT DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO?

COME JOIN US AT OR ZARUA’S NEW HEVRAT ZEMER!

WE WILL MEET ONCE A MONTH AT OR ZARUA.

FIRST MEETING: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, AT 7:30 P.M.

Nashir! Let’s sing for the joy of it! And remember how much fun that is!Please bring any instruments that would enhance our singing.

AND ABOVE ALL, BRING YOURSELVES!

QUESTIONS? SUGGESTIONS? CONFLICTS?

Contact Johanna Kaplan at 212-362-9032 or email jkaplan37@nyc.rr.com or Yaakov Shechter at 212-570-9413 or email yaakovs@verizon.net

Or Zarua is only a click away!

Our new website is a greatresource both for existing

and prospective members.

Use www.orzarua.org to:

� View our calendar and checkservice times

� Sign up for events

� Make donations on-line

� Learn about educational programs for adults and forchildren

� Keep informed about ourCongregation

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� DO YOU ENJOY SINGING ISRAELI SONGS?

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Come and hear Hazzan JuliusGoldberg chant Kol Nidre and

other Jewish melodies—such was theenticement of the Yiddish-languageposter displayed in Rochester, NewYork, over eighty years ago. One hugepair of tailor’s scissors and a set ofwell-worn tefillin, used by the Jewishtailor in Russia who cut cloth for theczar’s army uniforms a hundred yearsago. An original deed for “one squarefoot of land for the first seat on theleft side of the Western Wall in thesynagogue in Revere, Massachusetts,”dated July, 1928. A kiddush cup, aspice box, and havdalah candlehold-ers—items given as gifts for the fifti-eth wedding anniversary of Mr. andMrs. Jacob Bober in 1918. Treasureditems all, and but a few of the itemsdonated by twenty-four Or Zarua

families for exhibition when “OurPrecious Legacy: Treasured Objectsfrom Or Zarua Families” goes on display in the synagogue’s social hallbeginning December 16, 2004.

From religious objects to theworlds of music and art to sepia-tonedphotographs to legal documents,these items are priceless to ourCongregation. Many of the artifactsare linked with meaningful events inthe lives of our ancestors.

The 1920s poster for JuliusGoldberg advertises the talents of Or Zarua member Susan Kopelowitz’sgrandfather. The pair of scissors was atool of the trade for Richard Stadin’sgrandfather. The deed was purchasedby Marilyn Shapiro’s grandfather,who was the synagogue’s builder. The anniversary gifts were presented

to the great-grandparents of HerbLukashok.

Under the leadership of Dr. BobbiColler, volunteer committee membershave interviewed the donors to learnthe history of the articles and howthey arrived in our community. Thesefamily histories will be an integralpart of the presentation.

The exhibition coincides withthe three hundred fiftieth anniversarycelebration of the first Jewish settlers’arrival in America. Accordingly, the committee has planned a lectureat a Shabbat dinner on February 11,2005, by a specialist in AmericanJewish history and immigration. “Our Precious Legacy: TreasuredObjects From Or Zarua Families” will beautify our synagogue’s socialhall throughout the winter.

OUR PRECIOUS LEGACY:Treasured Objects from Or Zarua Families

EXHIBITION PREMIERS DECEMBER 16By Phyllis C. Solomon

Rabbi Trugman will play the dulcimer and sing Reb Shlomo

Carlebach’s songs, as well assome of his own, to demonstrate

the spiritual connection of music, song and prayer.

OZ members are welcome to bring their friends to this exciting and spiritually uplifting program.

THE MYSTICALPOWER OF MUSIC

featuring

Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman

Monday, November 1, 7:30 p.m. Each Shabbat, we have three different grade-level services:

Infant through Kindergarten 11:00 a.m. to noon

Alef Bet CornerFirst through Third Grades 10:00 a.m. to noon

Junior Congregation Fourth through Sixth Grades 10:00 a.m. to noon

Each month during the school year,we have a special Hebrew SchoolShabbat service, which all HebrewSchool students in the third throughsixth grades are encouraged to attend.Students from other schools are welcome as well.

The next Hebrew School ShabbatClass will take place on Saturday,November 6.

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Marsha and Craig Basson, on the birth oftheir daughter, Bayley Danielle

Ellen Donath, on Alexander’s Bar MitzvahJacqueline and Jason Friedland, on the birth

of their son, AbrahamPamela and Eric Fuchs, on Ariella’s Bat MitzvahJared Greisman and Beth Goldstein, on their

marriageScott Lerner and Caroline Pearl, on their

marriageSusan Lorin and Martin Kupferberg, on Sam’s

Bar MitzvahChaya Moskowitz and Edward Manning, on

their marriageEllen and Zion Ozeri, on the marriage of

Ellen’s daughter, Gabrielle RobinMarkowitz, to Yoel Leinwand

Laurie and David Pauker, on Michael’s BarMitzvah

Fredda Plesser and Andrew Turtel, on thebirth of their daughter, Micole SydneyPlesser Turtel

Helene Ruddy, on the marriage of her son,Jeffrey, to Karen Davidson

Barbara Scott and Jonathan Bromberg, onAlexander’s Bar Mitzvah

Lidiya and David Yunatanov, on the birth oftheir daughter, Liora

Welcome to:Edna and Isidoro AizenbergAnn and Richard ArkinRoberta and Doron Bar-LevavIngrid and Robert BarnettBarbara Bernstein and David MedowMichele and David CooperbergJulie Copland and Robert BellerMary Anne Cotter and Simon NadulekBarbara and Joseph EllisMelanie and Robert FormanJoan and Stuart GrossElizabeth and Karl KatzMagda and Robert KatzWendy and Howard KatzLauren and Stewart KushnerMira LevensonLisa Lyons and Eric SchmutterMichal Nahari and Eric Lesser

Cheryl and Craig NisnewitzBeatrice and Ohad NivFredda Plesser and Andrew TurtelRuth and Michael ShermanShirley and Sidney StillmanLara Zises

Our deepest sympathy to:Mordecai Kraushar, on the death of his father,

AbrahamJudy Lewis, on the death of her mother,

Pearl PuttermanLiz Neumark and Chaim Wachsberger, on the

death of their daughter, SylviaMarcella Rosen, on the death of her husband,

David SacksHelene Wolff, on the death of her mother,

Jennie Simon

May they and their loved ones be comfortedamong the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.

All contributions listed were received betweenAugust 1, 2004 and September 30, 2004.

Capital Campaign contributions are not listed.

Pamela and Mark Gold, in memory of Mark’smother, Ruth Gold

Evelyn Kenvin and Arthur Rosenbloom

Joanne and Marc Ashley, in honor of their 13th anniversary

Marsha and Craig Basson, in honor of the babynaming of their daughter, Bayley Danielle

Pat and Alan Davidson, in honor of their 50th anniversary

Pamela and Mark Gold, in honor of Zachary’s9th birthday

Sarah Klagsbrun and Eric Weinstein, in honorof Eric’s 40th birthday

Judith and Herb Lukashok, in memory ofJudith’s parents, Martha and AbrahamBerg, on their yahrzeit

Harriet and Wolfgang Pappenheim, in honor of the baby naming of their granddaughter,Bella Kianna

Barbara Scott and Jonathan Bromberg, inhonor of Alex’s Bar Mitzvah

Sharon Seiler and Charlie Spielholz, in honor of Talia’s 7th birthday and in honor of their12th anniversary

Abby and Philip Thomas, in honor of Lev’s12th birthday

Naomi Friedland-Wechsler and Rabbi Harlan J. Wechsler, in honor of Tzali and Hannah Leah

Marcel and Sheldon Adler, in honor ofMariel Schneider’s Bat Mitzvah

Willi and Arthur Aeder, in honor of Pat andAlan Davidson’s 50th anniversary

Joan and Jerome Badner, in memory of RayBadner, on his yahrzeit

Debbie and James Breznay, in memory of Leah Tolpin

Pat and Alan Davidson, in honor of their 50th anniversary

Rosalind Devon, in memory of Lynne Galler’smother, Beatrice Galler

Alisa and Dan Doctoroff, in memory of SusanShapiro’s father, Sol Cohen, and in memoryof Leah Tolpin

Evelyn DolinerHelen Ferszt, in memory of Eva Kriegstein,

on her yahrzeitPat and James FingerothMirele Goldsmith and Richard MarkerCarol and Phil Goldsmith, in honor of Pat

and Alan Davidson’s 50th anniversarySusan and Edward Kopelowitz, in honor of

Hannah Leah’s marriageTerry Krulwich and Paul Posner, in memory of

Leah Tolpin, and in honor of Pat and AlanDavidson’s 50th anniversary

Judith Kuttler, in honor of Pat and AlanDavidson’s 50th anniversary

Judith and David Lewittes, in memory ofIsaac Axenzow, on his yahrzeit

Judie and Harry Linowes, in honor of Pat andAlan Davidson’s 50th anniversary

Jacob Oberman, in honor of Pat and AlanDavidson’s 50th anniversary

Laura Resnikoff, for the good health of AlanNadel; congratulations to Paul Glassermanupon his appointment to Vice Dean; manygood wishes to Beth Goldstein and JaredGreisman upon their engagement; thanks tothe Kenvin/Rosenbloom family; in celebration

G E N E R A L F U N D

K I D D U S H F U N D

D E S I G N A T E D S P E C I A LP U R P O S E F U N D

C O N T R I B U T I O N S

C O N D O L E N C E S

N E W M E M B E R S

M A Z A L T O V

THE OR ZARUA COMMUNITY

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THE OR ZARUA COMMUNITYof many wonderful years to Alan and PatDavidson; condolences to Helene Wolff; and thank you for the Rosh Hashanah aliyah

Leona and Neil Schluger, in celebration ofHannah Leah’s marriage

Anne and Reed SchneiderCharlotte Schwartz, in honor of Hannah Leah

and Bezalel’s wedding, and in honor of Pat and Alan Davidson’s 50th anniversary

Arlene and Sheldon Simon, in memory ofLynn Galler’s mother, Beatrice Galler

Arlene and Jerome Skolnick, in honor ofBarry Alperin on his appointment asPresident of the Jewish Museum

Linda and Jerry Spitzer, in honor of Pat andAlan Davidson’s 50th anniversary

Beele and Michael Waskin, in memory ofJennie Simon

Ethel and Barry Weintraub, in memory of AnnWeinbraub and William Weintraub’s yahrzeit

Alice and Milton Wolson, in memory of Mary Wolson

Pat and Alan Davidson, in honor of their 50th anniversary

Martha and Fred Mendelsohn, in honor ofHannah Leah’s marriage

Suzan and Daniel RosenAmelia Rosner and Richard HyflerJudith and Barry SchneiderMiriam Wallerstein, in memory of Sylvia

Wachsberger, daughter of Liz Neumark andChaim Wachsberger

Matthew, Amanda, Brooke and Sharon Morris,in honor of Norman Podhoretz, upon whomPresident Bush bestowed America’s highesthonor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Pearl and Owen Pell, in memory of Pearl’smother, Lillian Serill

Susan and Andrew Plevin, in memory of Susan’smother, Nancy Steinthal, on her yahrzeit

Marilyn Pomerance, in honor of Janet andSimon Katz’s 50th anniversary

Vera and Robert Silver, in memory of theirdaughter, Ruach, and in honor of HannahLeah’s marriage

Robyn and Bruce Silverman, in honor theiranniversary and Robyn’s conversion

Robin Adelson and Jeff ShinderMarcel and Sheldon AdlerWilli and Arthur AederMimi and Barry AlperinSusan and Stanley AltAbby Altman and Peter EzzardSusan Altman and Ivan KreitmanAnna and Abraham AscherJoan and Jerome BadnerRebecca and Avi BanyaszRoberta and Doron Bar-LevavAnne and Philip Becker Lynn and Daniel BellerWendy Belzberg and Struass ZelnickBirgit and Franck BenayounBarbara Bernstein and David MedowDonald BernsteinEllen and Daniel BirgerElaine and Herbert BlumBarbara Bolshon and Michael PichenyJill Braufman and Daniel NirEmily Braun and Andrew FrackmanDeborah and James BreznayWendy and Robert Brill Ilana BurgessSusan Cantor and Ross AbelowCarol and Geoffrey ChinnEileen and Stephen CohenBobbi and Barry CollerJulie Copeland and Robert BellerNancy and Andrew DanzigEllen DeJonge-Ozeri and Zion OzeriMaier DeshellRosalind DevonValerie and Charles DikerAlisa and Dan Doctoroff Shelley DoctorsMona DreierRuth DrussLinda EidelbergMeira EpsteinRachel and Joseph FeldmanRhoda and Stanley FischerBeth Fisher and Harvey HimelMarjorie and Albert Fortinsky Jacqueline and Yitzchak FrankFrances FreedmanJacqueline and Jason FriedlandNancy Friedman and James MargolinPamela and Eric Fuchs

Alice GeislerCarla and David GlasserPamela and Mark GoldCarol and Arthur GoldbergZella and Glenn GoldfingerDiana and Harrison GoldinBlanca and David GoldmanCarol and Philip GoldsmithConstance and Leonard GoodmanSusan Gotbetter and Henry Berry Sara and Paul GottliebKarolyn and Bruce GouldLaurel Graeber and Michael BuxbaumFrances GreenbergJoan GreenbergLori Greenberg and Alan BlumLinda and Ira GreenblattElizabeth GreensteinMina GreensteinLinda and Jeffrey HabermanHeidi and Lance HarrisIsodora and Jesse HechtSusan and Roger HertogNanci and Craig HymanValerie and Allen HymanAdele and Mel IlbermanRonnie and John JankoffPatti and Jerry JosepherJohanna KaplanJanet and Simon KatzMagda and Robert KatzStacy and Henry KatzEvelyn Kenvin and Arthur RosenbloomVivian and Fred KenvinEllyn Kessler and Michael GentileHannah and Mark Kinn Francine and Samuel KlagsbrunSarah Klagsbrun and Eric WeinsteinKaren and Harvey KlapperMendel KlepperTerry Koch and Alan FeinbergSusan and Edward KopelowitzGail and Mordecai KrausharBen KrullMarilyn KrulwichTerry Krulwich and Paul PosnerSusan and Martin KupferbergFrances and Bernard LatermanEva and Ted LazarusDebra and Douglas LehrmanJack LesterFrancine and Irwin Levine

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Janet and Peter LevineRachel and Roy LevitLoretta and Robert LiftonMark LowenthalJudith and Herbert LukashokNinette and Alvin LukashokPhyllis and Ralph LusskinHillary and Benjamin MackloweDina Markson and Andrew SeidmanDeborah Markson-Katz and Steven KatzBonnie Maslin and Yehuda NirJane MatthewsAllyn MaultaschAnne and Charles MayerHarriet and Leonard MayerMartha and Frederick MendelsohnEleanor Merczynski and David HaitRon MeyersJennifer Mieres and Haskel FleishakerDonald MotzkinBeth Goldberg Nash and Joshua NashLiz Neumark and Chaim Wachsberger Linda and Harvey NewmanRachel and Larry NortonJacob ObermanPaula OffrichtDiane Okrent and Aaron SheldenRobert OldenRonnie and David ParkerLaurie and David PaukerCaroline Pearl and Scott LernerRuth and Samuel PeelsonPearl and Owen PellAnnette PincusMidge and Norman PodhoretzMarilyn PomerancePaulette and Jeremy PosnerCaryl RatnerLaura ResnikoffJanee RiesJoy and Bruce RobertsThelma RodbellEllen and Alain RoizenPhyllis and Leonard RosenSuzan and Daniel RosenAnnette and Seymour RothBarbara Roth and Michael CanickJane Salmon and Jerry GliklickMartha SasmorRobert SchallopElaine Schattner and Paul GlassermanRandi Schatz and Joseph Allerhand

Isabel and Robert ScheinLeona and Neil SchlugerJudith and Barry SchneiderPaulette SchneiderGloria and Burton SchulmanAlan SchwartzCharlotte SchwartzEllen and Michael SchwartzEvelyn and Morton SchwartzBarbara Scott and Jonathan BrombergSharon Seiler and Charles SpielholzYona and Steven SerotaRonit Setton and Benjamin HershkowitzLorraine and Herbert ShapiroMarilyn ShapiroSusan and David ShapiroYitzchak ShavitRuth and Michael ShermanSharon Shorofsky Mack and Alexander MackAlice ShuchmanKelly Sidley and Adam WollowickJudith and Jeffrey SiegelDora and Peter SilagyArlene and Sheldon SimonEllen and Donald SimonEllen and Robert SkolnickJoanna and Ronald SlevinJeffrey SmallNancy and Arthur SobelElsa and Stephen SolenderPhyllis and Gerry SolomonLynn and Mark SomersteinLinda and Jerome SpitzerSara and Walter SquireAudrey and Richard StadinEvelyn Sucher and Andrew IrvingSharon and Marc TeitelbaumAbby and Philip ThomasAlice and Thomas TischBernard Tolpin and Sharon TolpinEmily and Lawrence TurtilMindy and Marc UtayBarbara Weindling and David CohenLinda WertheimEllen Wetter-Brenner and Mark BrennerEve Wolf and Owen LewisElaine and James WolfensohnIngvor and Daniel WurmbrandJoyce and Marc YasskyCathy and Seymour ZisesSherry and Eugene Zuriff

Willi and Arthur Aeder, in honor of HannahLeah’s wedding

Gail Castagnello, in memory of her husband,John, and in honor of Rabbi Wechsler

Bobbi and Barry CollerPat and Alan Davidson, in honor of their

50th anniversaryMona Dreier, in honor of Hannah Leah’s

weddingPamela and Mark Gold, in honor of Hannah

Leah’s weddingLeona and Alexander LeonJudith and Barry Schneider, in honor of

Hannah Leah’s wedding Sharon Seiler and Charles and Talia Spielholz,

in honor of Hannah Leah’s wedding Joanna and Ronald Slevin, in honor of

Hannah Leah’s wedding Abby and Philip Thomas, in honor of

Hannah Leah’s wedding Miriam Wallerstein, in honor of Francine and

Dr. Samuel C. KlagsbrunAnita and Barry Weinstein, in honor of

Hannah Leah’s wedding

Ilana Burgess, in honor of all Hebrew Schoolteachers, Michael Pauker’s Bar Mitzvah and Alex Bromberg’s Bar Mitzvah; and inmemory of her grandfather, Dari Yudkoff

Terry Krulwich and Paul Posner, in honor ofMark Gold

Marcia Kalin and Stephen Rayport, for thechildren’s programs under Ilana Burgess’sdirection

Jacqueline and Yitchak Frank, in honor ofHannah Leah’s wedding

Shelly and Justin Wimpfheimer, in honor of Pat and Alan Davidson

Michael LewynMarilyn Shapiro

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What better way to celebrate abig event than to keep on

celebrating? We often extend the joyof a wedding with sheva-brachot din-ners; on Hanukkah we light candlesand more candles, creating more andmore light each day. The rededica-tion of the Temple in 165 B.C.E.after its desecration by the Syrianswas an event that surely merits suchan abundance of festivity.

One of the only other events torival the celebration of the rededica-tion was the original dedication ofthe Tabernacle, our ancestors’ mobileTemple in the wilderness, when eachof the twelve tribes took a day to

present a lavish array of gifts. Weread of that dedication throughoutHanukkah, starting each day’s read-ing, in the playful mood of the holiday, with the corresponding dayin the Tabernacle story.

But there is a serious core to thelevity of Hanukkah, which is under-scored by this reading. The twelvedays of dedication were a moment ofuncommon unity amongst the twelvetribes, much as the reclaimed Templeof Hanukkah was a center of Jewishunity amid the threat of dispersionand exile. Hinei ma-tov u-ma naim,shevet achim gam yachad. How fineand pleasant it is for brothers and

sisters to come together in harmony.That really is something to celebrate.

We light the first candle this yearon December 7 at the right-hand endof the menorah, placing our candleseach night from right to left, andlighting them from left to right.

HANUKKAH: EIGHT DAYS, ONE PEOPLEBy Ron Meyers

NEW MEMBERSRECEPTION

An opportunity to meet fellow OZ members

November 15, 7:30 p.m.at the home of

Rabbi Harlan J. Wechsler andNaomi Friedland-Wechsler