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September/Octoberr 2016 September and October Shabbat and Worship Calendar September Friday, September 2 | 6 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service with Torah reading. Friday, September 9 | 6 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service. Friday, September 16 | 6 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service. Come Grow With Me! Shabbat. Friday, September 23 | 6 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service. Friday, September 30 | 6 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service. October Friday, October 7 | 6 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service with Torah reading. Friday, October 14 | 6 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service. Friday, October 21 | 6 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service and Consecration. Friday, October 28 | 6 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service. Happy Birthday! We listed Jessie Glassman’s birthday in the last issue, but what we forgot to mention is that she was celebrating her 100th birthday. Mazal Tov! We Begin A Spiritual Quest J ewish literary tradition uses humor and the image of the “fool” to teach existential lessons. Take this story, taught by Hanokh of Alexander: Once there was a man, called Golem, who had trouble keeping track of his clothes. He lost his clothing so often that he realized he had to devise a scheme, so he would not end up naked in the village! So one day, he got a pencil and a piece of paper and wrote down where he was placing each article of clothing. He placed the note next to his bed and thought to himself, “Tomorrow I will have no trouble finding my clothes!” He awoke the next morning, and, quite pleased with himself, took the note and followed it to the letter. He found each piece of clothing exactly where he had set it down. Within a short period of time, he was fully dressed. Suddenly, he was seized with a terrible, terrifying thought: “But where am I!?” he cried. “Where in the world am I?” He looked everywhere but could not find himself. “And so,” taught Hanokh of Alexander, “so it is with us.” The man had dressed himself—on the outside—but what had happened to his inner self? It is important to note that the name of the man is “Golem”—a robot-like man who is com- pletely empty inside. Rather than empty of brains, however, the story seems to be implying that he is devoid of maturity or spiritual growth. He is enveloped in clothing, but devoid, and scared, of what he really needs. Come explore these questions with me on Sundays, September 11, 18 and 25 from 9:30-10:30. The story is a lesson—what is outwardly dressed must be inwardly addressed. As we approach the High Holy Days, we begin a spiritual quest. We have the opportunity to confront the fundamental questions of our existence: “Where am I? Who am I? Why am I here? What should I be doing here?” Through prayer, reflection, conversation and study, let us be clothed—and found. Shana Tovah U’metukah—To a Sweet and Good Year. Rabbi Allison Vann [email protected] Renewing Ourselves in Troubled Times: High Holy Days 2016 Saturday, September 24 | 7 pm Selichot Program, Service Sunday, October 2 | 8 pm Erev Rosh Hashanah Service Hashiveinu: Renew our Days* Monday, October 3 | 9 am–3:30 pm Come Grow With Me! Service | 9 am Rosh Hashanah Morning Service | 10 am Hineini: Who Walks Alone?* Rosh Hashanah Children’s Service | 2 pm Tashlich Ceremony | 3:30 pm Tuesday, October 11 | 8 pm Kol Nidre Tikkun Atzmi: Healing the Self in a Selfish World* Wednesday, October 12 | 9 am–5 pm Come Grow With Me! Service | 9 am Yom Kippur Morning Service | 10 am Tikkun Olam: How do We Do Fix the World?* Yom Kippur Children’s Service | 2 pm Yom Kippur Afternoon, Memorial and Ne’ilah: Concluding Service | 4 pm Shattered and Whole at the Same Time* * preliminary sermon titles

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September and October Shabbat and Worship Calendar

SeptemberFriday, September 2 | 6 pmKabbalat Shabbat Service with Torah reading.

Friday, September 9 | 6 pmKabbalat Shabbat Service.

Friday, September 16 | 6 pmKabbalat Shabbat Service. Come Grow With Me! Shabbat.

Friday, September 23 | 6 pmKabbalat Shabbat Service.

Friday, September 30 | 6 pmKabbalat Shabbat Service.

OctoberFriday, October 7 | 6 pmKabbalat Shabbat Service with Torah reading.

Friday, October 14 | 6 pmKabbalat Shabbat Service.

Friday, October 21 | 6 pmKabbalat Shabbat Service and Consecration.

Friday, October 28 | 6 pmKabbalat Shabbat Service.

Happy Birthday!We listed Jessie Glassman’s birthday in the last issue, but what we forgot to mention is that she was celebrating her 100th birthday. Mazal Tov!

We Begin A Spiritual Quest

Jewish literary tradition uses humor and the image of the “fool” to teach existential lessons. Take this story, taught by Hanokh

of Alexander: Once there was a man, called Golem, who had trouble keeping track

of his clothes. He lost his clothing so often that he realized he had to devise a scheme, so he would not end up naked in the village! So one day, he got a pencil and a piece of paper and wrote down where he was placing each article of clothing. He placed the note next to his bed and thought to himself, “Tomorrow I will have no trouble finding my clothes!”

He awoke the next morning, and, quite pleased with himself, took the note and followed it to the letter. He found each piece of clothing exactly where he had set it down. Within a short period of time, he was fully dressed.

Suddenly, he was seized with a terrible, terrifying thought: “But where am I!?” he cried. “Where in the world am I?”

He looked everywhere but could not find himself. “And so,” taught Hanokh of Alexander, “so it is with us.” The man had dressed himself—on the outside—but what had happened to his inner self? It is important to note that the name of the man is “Golem”—a robot-like man who is com-

pletely empty inside. Rather than empty of brains, however, the story seems to be implying that he is devoid of maturity or spiritual growth. He is enveloped in clothing, but devoid, and scared, of what he really needs. Come explore these questions with me on Sundays, September 11, 18 and 25 from 9:30-10:30.

The story is a lesson—what is outwardly dressed must be inwardly addressed. As we approach the High Holy Days, we begin a spiritual quest. We have the opportunity

to confront the fundamental questions of our existence: “Where am I? Who am I? Why am I here? What should I be doing here?”

Through prayer, reflection, conversation and study, let us be clothed—and found. Shana Tovah U’metukah—To a Sweet and Good Year.

Rabbi Allison [email protected]

Renewing Ourselves in Troubled Times: High Holy Days 2016Saturday, September 24 | 7 pmSelichot Program, Service

Sunday, October 2 | 8 pmErev Rosh Hashanah Service Hashiveinu: Renew our Days*

Monday, October 3 | 9 am–3:30 pmCome Grow With Me! Service | 9 am

Rosh Hashanah Morning Service | 10 am Hineini: Who Walks Alone?*

Rosh Hashanah Children’s Service | 2 pmTashlich Ceremony | 3:30 pm

Tuesday, October 11 | 8 pmKol Nidre Tikkun Atzmi: Healing the Self in a

Selfish World*

Wednesday, October 12 | 9 am–5 pmCome Grow With Me! Service | 9 am

Yom Kippur Morning Service | 10 am Tikkun Olam: How do We Do Fix the World?*

Yom Kippur Children’s Service | 2 pm

Yom Kippur Afternoon, Memorial and Ne’ilah: Concluding Service | 4 pm Shattered and Whole at the Same Time*

* preliminary sermon titles

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From Brett’s Desk

I often write bulletin articles that revolve

around time, particularly the seasons. I find that marking the passage of time helpful and somehow comforting.

This bulletin certainly lends itself to the same kind of writing, as the High Holy Days, school, and our full programming season are upon us.

After a few years at ST-KA, it’s clear that like the planet, we too, have seasons. High Holy Days, membership, programming, annual appeal, and more. Sometimes, I feel as though we are hamsters on a wheel—certainly getting our exercise, but are we getting anywhere?

I hope that I can answer that question with a yes, mostly! Membership is headed in the right direction and gifts to Open Doors are increasing. Attendance at programs is strong. Religious school participation is terrific and if you haven’t spent time on a Sunday morning in the lobby, you should! Talk about great energy!

Finally, we are blessed with a wonderful board of trustees. We meet approximately 8 times annually. The dates can be found on our online calendar as well in the Bulletin calendar. Kim Rosner, our president, has asked that we try to be more transparent about what occurs at the board level, so please look for board updates in the Bulletin and online. If you have questions about what the board does, please just ask.

As we enter the High Holy Days, may we all be inscribed for a year of good health and happiness.

Brett Shankman, Executive [email protected]

I’ve learned over the years that everyone

has a favorite holiday on the Jewish calendar, with Passover and Chanukah seeming to be perennial favorites. Personally, I find Rosh

Hashanah to be the most meaningful. As the secular calendar is an opportunity to re-set one’s GPS with all types of life style resolu-tions, the Jewish New Year is as well. It may not be the same type of resolutions such as a weight loss challenge—that focuses on one’s physical being—but something more spiritual in nature.

As Temple President, praying on Rosh Hashanah is a larger communal experience, with the entire congregation coming fully together for one of the few times of the year. It’s at this time that I experience something very special: the feeling of something new and clean is in the air. We pray, we eat, we wash our sins away with the rite of Tashlich. We not only ready ourselves for the next ten days of introspection leading to Yom Kippur, but we get excited about new beginnings in our Jewish world. Maybe you have enrolled

children in religious school; maybe you are considering stepping up to participate in a new way. Some of you are even leading one of the committees or task forces that keep our congregation humming. We invite our members to do Friday night blessings—no Hebrew involved. No time? The Temple has a long wish list of needs, some large, some small, but all that will make a difference in the place we pray. All good things for a sweet new year.

No matter the leadership, hard work, or task list that I face, worshiping with our con-gregation gives me an opportunity to cele-brate all that is good in the world. I look for-ward to praying on Friday evenings, a respite between the week gone by, and the week ahead. Praying on Rosh Hashanah, as we face the new year, a clean slate of open possibility. Praying together brings me com-fort in knowing that for all of our differences, we are still one people. I look forward to seeing you!

L’ Shana Tova,Kim Rosner, [email protected]

From our President:

A Sweet New Year

Milestone Birthdays and Anniversaries

Mazal tov to our members who are celebrating milestone birthdays:

Mazal tov to our members who are celebrating

milestone anniversaries:

SEPTEMBERMarion & Joseph Ambus – 65 years

Amy & Ken Rogat – 55 yearsLari & Peter Jacobson – 20 years

Karen Rosenblum-Clar & David Clar – 15 years

OCTOBERBeth & Mark Riley – 30 years

Amy & Dan Schuman – 20 yearsSara Stashower & Mark Heller – 20 years

SEPTEMBERRobert Berick

Jane Glaubinger, Ph.D.Donald Gries

Morton MandelBarbara Margolius

Michael OppenheimerSondra RubensteinRonald Weinberg

OCTOBERElaine Eisner

Maureen FertigDeborah GarsonDavid GoodmanBenson Pilloff

Ricardo Popovsky

Milestone birthday listings begin at age fifty and every five years afterward.

All birthdays 100 and over are listed.

Milestone anniversaries begin at ten years and continue

every five years thereafter.

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From our Director of Lifelong Learning

New Year, New Schedule, New Ideas, New People, & New Excitement!

Our new school year begins on Sun day,

September 11, and I have lots of news to share with you! This year we are going to be shaking up the sched-ule a bit and adding

some new and exciting programming.For some time now, Rabbi Vann and I

have had the goal of incorporating a regular Tefilah (prayer) experience into our religious school program. We both believe it is a vital component of a personal and meaningful Jewish education. Through the generosity of one of the grants we received from the Jewish Education Center of Cleveland, we have hired Cantor Dave Malecki to help make this program a reality.

Students will have Tefliah every other week

by age group. Rabbi Vann, Cantor Dave, and I will be the leaders, and as the year progresses, we will have the students help us to lead as well. This gives them the opportunity to develop their Tefilah skills and leadership skills.

Cantor Dave is new to the Cleveland area, and was ordained a few months ago at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. During his time as a cantorial student, he worked with students of varying ages both at his student pulpit at Temple Beth Israel in York, PA, and as an education intern at Brooklyn Heights Synagogue in Brooklyn, NY.

We are so pleased that Dave will be joining the ST-KA family this year, both helping to lead and teach Tifilah in religious school, as well as being our new Come Grow With Me Shabbat. I know you will all give him a warm welcome!

In order to include Tefilah into our pro-gram, we have made a couple of changes to our weekly schedule. Z’man Kehilah (Community Time) will no longer take place weekly. However, we look forward to gather-ing as a community for special programs like the Israeli Cafe. the Experiential Seder, and the All-School Jewpardy Game.”

Additionally, our Kolaynu students (8th–12th graders) will now have one hour as madrichim (student aides), one hour as stu-dents themselves, and a half hour each week to gather all together informally to be with each other and build community. What a gift!

I am so excited for the “news” this year will bring, and I can’t wait to greet you all on September 11!

Rabbi Shana [email protected]

Lifelong LearningUnless otherwise noted, please RSVP for all programs to Miriam Golenberke by emailing [email protected] or by calling 216.991.0700 ext. 101

Come Grow with Me ShabbatOn September 16, at 6 pm join us for a brief, interactive, and fun Shabbat service, followed by Shabbat dinner for families with very young children (0-9 years old). This program is free, but please RSVP!

Hebrew MarathonHave you always wanted to learn to read Hebrew, but never thought you had the time? Well then we have the class for you! Come learn to read Hebrew in just one day! Join Rabbis Vann and Nyer on Saturday, September 24 from 2-6:00 pm for a Hebrew Marathon. The fee for the class is $36. Please RSVP to Dale at [email protected] or by calling 216.991.0700 by Friday, September 16.

MenchkinsPurple apples? Red Shofars? Blue bumble-bees? Let your imagination run wild on Sunday, September 25 at 10-11:15 am as we create High Holy Day cards with artist Mimi Becker. Mimi encourages bright abstract art through color, line, shape and form. Together we will uncover the artist with in all of us. Our “studio” is Coffee Phix

Café 4485 Mayfield Rd, South Euclid. In addition to holiday card making, we will share a story or two and enjoy some refreshments. This program is free, thanks to a generous grant from the Jewish Education Center of Cleveland, but please RSVP.

Parent’s Night OutWould you like a date night? Or a night out with friends? Let our professionally trained teachers, Kathy Klein and Heidi Mell, and their assistants watch your children while you go and enjoy yourselves! All children 1 year and older are welcome to join us October 29, from 6-9:00 pm for a pizza dinner, activi-ties, havdalah, and a movie in pajamas. The cost is $10 per child with a maximum of $25 per family for the whole evening!

Adult EducationJourney of the Heart: Getting the Most out of the High Holy Days

A three-part workshop with Rabbi Vann

On Sundays, September 11, 18, and 25 from 9:30-10:30 am, in the Gries Library of Suburban Temple-Kol Ami, Rabbi Vann will present an interactive class designed to prepare and teach about the High Holy Days. How can we make these sacred days meaningful and personally impactful? What do the main prayers and songs mean? In what ways are they relevant?

Save The Date!ConsecrationSuburban Temple-Kol Ami family, you are invited to celebrate with us as our newest students are Consecrated (a formal welcome to their Jewish education) at Shabbat services on Friday, October 21, beginning at 6 pm. The students will recite the Shema, be blessed by Rabbi Vann and receive their very own baby Torah. Do not miss this opportunity for our whole congregation to kvell (beam with pride and joy)!

Simchat TorahThe Torah is our sacred text. After we come to the last word in Deuteronomy, we immediately begin again with the first words in Genesis. On Sunday, October 23, come rejoice in our gift of Torah as our members read from it and we dance to joyous music provided by the Workmen’s Circle Klezmer Orchestra. To participate in the service by read-ing a line of Torah, please contact Rabbi Shana Nyer at snyer@ suburbantemple.org.

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I can’t believe that the summer is winding down already and we are gearing up for back to school! With back to school comes the new religious school year. We hope to see all of our religious school families for opening day! Kol Nashim will help welcome everyone back for an exciting school year with a bagel breakfast that first day. I look forward to experiencing our religious school hallways filled with conversation and laugh-ter again!

We have many exciting events planned for this coming year. I hope you will be able to join us for some of the old favorites; JCC Book Festival, Chanukah dinner, Kol Nashim Shabbat Service, Women’s Seder, and for some new programs in the year to come as well! Please see the article following this col-umn about our September 18 get together! In addition, our book club will meet for the first discussion on September 15 at the home of Nancy Huntsman at 7 pm. We will be discussing The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks. Please RSVP to the Temple office and you will be given the address at that time. Finally, please save the date, November 16 for our annual author event that we host in conjunction with the JCC Book Festival. The event is free and open to the public but does require reserva-tions. Author Uri Bar-Joseph will discuss his book, The Angel: The Egyptian Spy Who

Saved Israel. It promises to be an exciting read and a wonderful evening so look for more details to follow.

Very soon you will have received a letter from Kol Nashim explaining our purpose and asking you to join. If you have not yet sent your membership form and payment to the Temple office, please consider doing so. It is through your membership that we are able to continue supporting our religious school, many Temple family life-cycle events, and fostering fellowship among our women members with programs.

As always, if you have any questions or ideas for Kol Nashim, please do not hesitate to contact me at STKAKolNashim@ gmail.com or 216.534.6286. I hope your family eases seamlessly out of summer and into a sweet new year!

Amy BloombergKol Nashim President

“Getting To Know Us” Get TogetherKol Nashim welcomes and invites parents of religious school students and members of our congregation to our “getting to know us get-together” on Sunday, September 18 from 11 am-noon. Please let us know (216.991.0700 or [email protected]) before Sept. 14 that you will be joining us!!

Greetings From Kol NashimKolot Kol Ami Sings for N’ilah ServiceFor the third year, our volunteer choir, Kolot Kol Ami, will participate in our N’ilah service on Yom Kippur. This is a very moving portion of our High Holy Day liturgy, and the added participation by our congregational choir makes it even more meaningful for us as a com-munity. If you are interested in joining Kolot Kol Ami this year, no previous attendance is necessary. We will be using the same music as the past two years, so our “veterans” will be a great support system for new singers.

The rehearsal schedule will be as follows:Tuesday, September 20 at 7 pmThursday, October 6 at 7 pmSunday, October 9 at 5 pmThe service will take place on Wednesday, October 12 around 5 pm. If you are interested in participating, please contact our interim Music Director, Laura Lindauer at [email protected] or 440.781.7673.

Calvary Church SupperFor more than 20 years, Suburban Temple-Kol Ami members have been cooking and serving meals at Calvary Church at 79th and Euclid Ave. The next dinner is scheduled for Wednesday, September 28. We need volunteers from 4–6:30 pm to set up, serve the guests, and clean up. To sign up please contact: Sandy Lusher-Waterhouse ([email protected] or 440.498.8282).

SUKKOTAPALOOZAOn Sunday, October 16 from 9:30am–1:30pm we will have our annu-al congregational Sukkot celebration, SUKKOTAPALOOZA. We will come together as one community to celebrate our fall harvest festival and to offer grati-tude for our blessings. Our celebration will include the building and decorating of our congregational sukkot, learning sessions for all ages, tikkun olam oppor-tunities, lunch, ritual and more. There will be something for everyone from babies to bubbies, so we invite you all to join in the fun.

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Mazel Tov! The congregation is invited to celebrate together during Shabbat services for the following B’nai and Bat Mitzvah:

Saturday, September 3, at 10:30 am, William Berick son of Robert and Kelly Berick, will become a Bar Mitzvah.

Saturday, September 10 at 10:30 am, Carly Lehman, daughter of Matt and Julie Lehman, will become a Bat Mitzvah.

Saturday, September 17 at 10:30 am, Gabe Schechtman, son of Scott and Stacy Schechtman, will become a Bar Mitzvah.

Saturday, October 22 at 10:30 am, Drew Riley, son of Mark and Beth Riley, will become a Bar Mitzvah.

Saturday, October 29 at 10:30 am, Julian “J.D.” Popovsky, son of Jennifer Popovsky and Ricardo Popovsky, will become a

Bar Mitzvah.

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Welcome to Miriam GolenberkeWe are very pleased to welcome Miriam Golenberke to our staff. Miriam joined the team in August as our new Lifelong Learning Administrative Assistant where she works primarily with Rabbi Nyer to support the work of our religious school, adult education pro-grams, and more. Miriam can be reached through the main number, 216.991.0700 or [email protected]. Please stop by the office and give Miriam a proper ST-KA welcome!

We want to thank Jonathan Payes for his outstanding help to us over the last seven months! Jonathan stepped in as our interim Lifelong Learning Admin-istrative assistant and was a huge asset to the team. Thanks Jonathan! We are so lucky to have you as part of the ST-KA family.

Our Prides and JoysBirthsWe share in the joy of Elise Rosenberg and Renee Young, who respectively welcomed a great-granddaughter and granddaughter, Sadie Reed Rosenberg, on June 1, 2016. Sadie’s proud parents are Meghan and Kevin Rosenberg. She is also the sister of Izzy Rosenberg, and great-niece of Lori Rosenberg, as well as Sue and Larry Wolf.

We share in the joy of Kacie and John Buzzard, who welcomed a son, Gideon Alexander Buzzard, on June 17, 2016. Gideon’s sisters are Caroline and Vivian. His maternal grandparents are Toni and John Wielgus of Maricopa, AZ and his paternal grandparents are Linda Miller of Nashville, TN and Clyde Buzzard of Silver Spring, MD.

MarriagesCathy Curtiss to Ben Volin in Boston, MA on July 3, 2016

Jane Glaubinger, PhD to Eric Baer in Cleveland, OH on July 3, 2016

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ST-KA Technology Update

ST-KA Joins AmazonSmile

Did you know that shopping on Amazon.com can benefit ST-KA? We have signed up with AmazonSmile, which donates a small percentage of every purchase to our congregation. Please visit smile.amazon.com and choose Suburban Temple-Kol Ami as your preferred charity. There is no extra

cost to you and you can use your usual amazon.com account. Start at smile.amazon.com each time you shop!

Live Streaming Services All Shabbat and Festival services in the sanctuary are now live streamed. Now you can watch Kabbalat Shabbat services live (or recorded) on our website. Please visit www.suburbantemple.org and click on the live stream menu at the top.

Torah study meets every Saturday morning from 9:15–10:15 am. Join Rabbi Vann in the Gries Library for bagels and open discussion about the Torah.

Sat., Sept 3 .............10:30 am | Bar Mitzvah: William Berick

Mon., Sept 5 ...........OFFICE CLOSED FOR LABOR DAY

Tues., Sept 6 ..........6 pm | Faculty and Madrichim Dinner

Wed., Sept 7 ..........6 pm | Kolaynu Faculty Dinner

Sat., Sept 10 ..........10:30 am | Bat Mitzvah: Carly Lehman

Sunday, Sept 11 ....Noon | First Day of Religious School / End of Summer Picnic

Mon., Sept. 12 .......7 pm | Board of Trustees meeting

Tues., Sept. 13 .......5:30 pm | Tikun Olam Committee meeting..................................7 pm | Membership Committee meeting

Wed. Sept. 14 ........7 pm | Music Taskforce meeting

Thur., Sept. 15 .......7 pm | ST-KA Book Club

Sat., Sept 17 ..........10:30 am | Bar Mitzvah: Gabe Schechtman

Sun., Sept 18 .........10:30 am | Kol Nashim Opening Coffee..................................11 am | Kol Nashim “Getting to Know Us”

Tues., Sept. 20 .......7 pm | Music Taskforce meeting

Wed., Sept. 21 .......7 pm | Lifelong Learning Committee meeting

Thurs., Sept. 22 .....6 pm | Vintage meeting

Sat., Sept. 24 .........6 pm | Selichot Program: Dinner, Movie and Service

Wed., Sept. 28 .......4:30 pm | Calvary Church Spaghetti Dinner..................................7 pm | Executive Committee meeting

Sun., Oct.16 ...........9:30 am | Sukkotpalooza!

Mon., Oct. 17 .........OFFICE CLOSED FOR SUKKOT

Tues., Oct. 18 .........7 pm | Board of Trustees meeting

Wed., Oct. 19 .........7 pm | Lifelong Learning Committee meeting

Sat., Oct. 22 ...........10:30 am | Bar Mitzvah: Drew Riley

Sun., Oct. 23 ..........5:30 pm | New Member Dinner..................................7 pm | Simchat Torah program

Mon., Oct. 24 .........OFFICE CLOSED FOR SIMCHAT TORAH

Sat., Oct. 29 ...........10:30 am | Bar Mitzvah: Julian “J.D.” Popovsky..................................6 pm | Parents’ Night Out

Sept./Oct. Programs, Events, Meetings

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Shabbat AcknowledgmentsWe are grateful to the following people who helped make our June and July worship services a beautiful experience.

Guest Service Leaders: Lori Rosenberg, Sara Stashower

Blessings: Beth and Rand Curtiss, Sue Hoffman, Debra Light and Bruce Sherman, Flossy Mitchell, Rita Orpett, Elise Rosenberg, Lori Rosenberg, Linda Schneider

Torah Blessings: Karen and Sandy Shapiro

Announcements: Sue Hoffman, Lori Rosenberg, Kim Rosner

Ushers: Noreen Bertman, Phyllis and Norman Goldston, Susan Hirsch, Rene Klein, Janet Lieblich, Flossy and Dennis Mitchell, Rita Orpett, Richard Skall

Bimah Flowers and Oneg Shabbat SponsorsOn June 17, bimah flowers were gifts from Noreen Bertman in loving memory of her husband, Phillip Bertman, on their 60th anniversary

On July 8, Oneg Shabbat sponsors were Chuck and Joanne Frankel and Family in loving memory of Kurt Lang Frankel and from Lori Rosenberg in honor of Elise Rosenberg’s birthday.

On July 15, bimah flowers were gifts from Karen and Mickey Schenkel in loving memory of Ida Jaffe and Manuel Schenkel

On July 29, bimah flowers were gifts from The Margolius Family in loving memory of Philip Weiss

In MemoriamDear MemberPhyllis Goldston

Dear RelativeBetty Katz

Dear FriendLouis Lemberger

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Bimah Flower FundIn memory of Phillip Bertman on their 60th

anniversary Noreen Bertman Ida Jaffee and Manuel Schenkel Karen and Mickey Schenkel

Choir FundIn appreciation of Bruce Shewitz and Laura Lindauer Flossy and Dennis MitchellIn honor of Bruce Shewitz’s retirement Debra Light and Bruce Sherman

Diane Scholnick Leadership FundIn honor of The Marriage of Cathy Curtiss and

Ben Volin Diane and Harvey Scholnick

Jacqueline and Alvin Jaffe Shadow FundIn honor of Al Jaffe’s 90th birthday Flossy and Dennis Mitchell

Kol NashimIn appreciation of Susan Merdler Debra Light and Bruce Sherman

Landscaping FundIn honor of Shelly Galvin’s retirement Lesly and Bill Kohner

Oneg SponsorshipIn honor of Elise Rosenberg’s birthday Lori RosenbergIn memory of Kurt Lang Frankel Joanne and Chuck Frankel and Family

Operating FundIn appreciation of Bart Bookatz Debra Light and Bruce Sherman The Suburban Temple-Kol Ami

Community Debra Light and Bruce Sherman Rabbi Shana Nyer The Family of Ida BermanIn honor of Linda Wolfe, Rabbi Vann and Rabbi

Nyer for their efforts on behalf of the confirmation class.

Brian Luntz (Family Donor Advised Fund)

The Marriage of Cathy Curtiss and Ben Volin

Bruce Waterhouse, Jr and Sandra Lusher-Waterhouse

Ronni Bialosky as the recipient of the President’s Award

Debra Light and Bruce ShermanIn loving memory of Phyllis Goldston Paul FoxIn memory of Phyllis Goldston Kenneth Lapine Lea Bank Debra Light and Bruce Sherman

Rabbi’s Discretionary FundIn appreciation of Barbara Feinberg Debra Light and Bruce Sherman

Religious School FundIn honor of Rabbi Nyer’s graduation Debra Light and Bruce Sherman Laura Barnard’s promotion to Provost

and VP of Academic Affairs at Lakeland Community College

Linda Schneider

We Gratefully Acknowledge the Following ContributionsPlease consider making a contribution to Suburban Temple-Kol Ami to celebrate a special occasion, express gratitude or sympathy, or honor important accomplishments. A current list of Temple funds is available from the Temple office. Donations may be made online at www.suburbantemple.org. Donations listed below were received between June 1 and July 31, 2016. Please let us know of any errors or omissions.

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STAFFAllison Vann, RabbiEric J. Bram, D.D., Rabbi Emeritus, z”lMichael A. Oppenheimer, D.D., Rabbi EmeritusMyron Silverman, D.D., Rabbi Emeritus, z”lBrett Shankman, Executive DirectorRabbi Shoshana Nyer, Director of Lifelong LearningBruce Shewitz, Music Director

OFF I C E R SKimberly Rosner, PresidentLaura Barnard, Vice-PresidentSue Hoffman, Vice-PresidentJonathan Litt, SecretaryMichelle S. Brown, TreasurerSara E. Stashower, Immediate Past President

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Men’s Club at Progressive Field Our Summer at CampOn Sunday, June 19, more than 30 ST-KA members and friends spent the day cheering on the Tribe!