900 NW 47TH ST.OKC, OK  73118Tel: 405-528-2113https://www.emanuelokc.org/emanuel_office@coxinet.net

September 2019 Elul 5779 - Tishri 5780

SERVICE TIMESFriday 6:00 PMSaturday 9:00 AMThursday 8:30 AM

TABLEOFCONTENTS

New Family Members Welcome Pg 2

Rabbi’s Rostrum Pg 3

Presidents’ Perspective Pg 4

Principal’s Podium Pg 5

Mah Koreh Pg 6

Involvement Opportunities Pg 7

Upcoming Events & Holidays Pg 8

Sisterhood News Pg 9

Men’s Club News Pg 9

Information Needed Pg 10

Schusterman Center News Pg 10-12

Birthdays & Anniversaries Pg 13

In Memory Pgs 14-15

Todah Rabah Pg 16

High Holiday Details Pg 17

THISMONTH’SEVENTSNew editor for the bulletin: Beth Ryan. My e-dress is still the same (bethryanmd@att.net). If you have ideas for new things to add, or suggestions to improve what we already have, please share them with me. If you have photos and/or stories, please send them in by the 15th of the month. If you are late, there may still be room, so please contact me if you need more time.

1 Rosh Chodesh Elul2 Labor Day - Office is closed14 Rabbi Jacobson’s 10-Year Celebration21 Leil Selichot22 Build Sukkah - day 1 Torah Cafe`25 Board Meeting 26 JFED PJ Library27 Lulav & etrog ordering deadline29 Build Sukkah - day 2 Erev Rosh Hashana30 Rosh Hashana, day 1 (Office closed)

Ananias Edwards

Sherry Barton (associate member)

Robert, Susan, and Tabitha Cooke

Erin Israel, Nathan, & Benjamin Duffy

Please take the time to introduce yourself and let them know how much we appreciate them choosing to join our family.

A Moment of Thanks

As we approach the celebration of my tenth year serving as your rabbi, I am proud to say that I am now the longest-serving rabbi in the history of Emanuel Synagogue. I have always been the kind of person to stick with a good thing when I find it, and Emanuel Synagogue is so much more than merely “a good thing.”

When I first got here, a lot of veteran members told me their family stories and personal histories with the Synagogue. I heard about where the chapel/sanctuary was when each couple married here. I was told who had met each other briefly somewhere else before moving here and becoming fast friends. People showed me the pictures of themselves and their children on the walls, and people told me from whom they learned this recipe or that. They also shared which are their family seats in the Main Sanctuary, and several told me whose large families took up whole rows. Invariably, talk would meander back to the days when the doors would be opened to allow for High Holiday seating clear back into the Hart Auditorium, and people would reminisce that there were days when the seats stretched all the way back to the stage.

People talk a little differently now. The Auditorium is no longer a place where people used to sit on the High Holidays. Through the hard work and loving-kindness of so many of our members, the Auditorium is now a place where six tables' worth of people spend their Shabbat afternoons. It is a

place where Torah is discussed in three languages, and where grandchildren of our veteran members play with children of brand-new member families. Likewise, families no longer take up whole rows, but rather two shorter rows in our recently reconfigured Main Sanctuary seating, and new families and groups of friends fill their own rows.

I am proud that my mother is a member of our strong and sustained Sisterhood, that my husband is a member of the newly rejuvenated Men's Club. I am relieved to know that my children are students in our amazing Hebrew school, students in our ever-growing and wonderful Inter-Congregational Sunday School, and are taking their place in our consistently top-notch youth group.

More than all of these wonderful things, I am grateful every day to be a part of the Emanuel Synagogue family, and everything I do is focused on doing the best I can for our community in the very best way I know how.

Thank you, each and every one of you, for every day of these past ten years!

Rabbi’s Rostrum

September, 2019L’Shanah Tovah!To start the new year off right we are celebrating Rabbi Jacobson’s decade at Emanuel. Please come and be a part of this wonderful celebration!

We encourage you all to keep up with our activities by reading the weekly Emanumail as well asthe monthly bulletin. There is a wealth of information in both of these places and we are gratefulto Beth Ryan for tackling the task of collecting and disseminating the information.

Let’s meet our new members this month! Robert Cook and family, Ananias Edward, ErinIsrael Duffy, and Sherry Barton.

Thank you for supporting Emanuel and joining our family. We look forward to seeing you.

It has been a busy month preparing for ICSS in our building and getting ready for the highholidays. Special thanks to all of our staff for going the extra mile to get things done. We welcome new custodian, Kendall, to our staff as well as weekend helper, Christopher.

Remember that everything that happens is because someone behind the scenes has made ithappen. As the holidays approach, we ask that everyone be diligent in our efforts to stay safe and secure in our building by following the procedures and being aware of your surroundings.Hoping we all can rejuvenate our inner selves as the New Year approaches and wishing you all ahappy and healthy new year.

Thank you,Julie and Tammy

PRESIDENTS’PERSPECTIVE

Dear ICSS Families,

We hope that our students are enjoying their classes at ICSS and that the school has brought you both education and joy. Our students created their own honey dishes in our new art rotation and have been enjoying their time with Zemer Sweenie learning songs in preparation for the High Holy Days. This September will bring new opportunities for growth and learning, as well as some breathers before Rosh Hashanah at the end of the month.

• SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1- NO ICSS (Labor Day)

• SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8- ICSS from 10am-12pm

• SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15: ◦ Grades Pre-K to 5th: ICSS

from 10am-12pm ◦ Grades 6th-10th: In lieu of

traditional classes, our older students will participate in the Interfaith Youth Tour: an engaging program of the Oklahoma Conference of Churches in which youth from all over the state visit different houses of worship and learn about religious diversity. Students will

need to be dropped off at 1 PM at the OKC First Church of the Nazarene (4400 Northwest Expy, Oklahoma City, OK 73116) and picked up at the same location at 5:30 PM. We will send more details in the weeks before the event.

• SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22: ICSS from 10am-12pm

• SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29: NO ICSS (Eve of Rosh Hashanah)

All of our classes will be held this year at EMANUEL SYNAGOGUE (900 NW 47th Street, OKC, OK, 73118). We invite all of our parents to come in and enjoy coffee and snacks and words of Torah from our rabbis or just a chance to catch up on your emails or with your friends in our Parent's Lounge.

As always, if you have any questions, please reach out to Mrs. Rachel or Rabbi Juan.

Shana Tovah U'metukah,

Mrs. Rachel Opatowsky RJE and Rabbi Juan Mejia

Principal’s Podium

Dear Emanuel Family,

Our children had a wonderful summer going to Camp Chaverim, Ramah in the Rockies, specialty camps, traveling, playing sports, swimming, fishing, friends, sleepovers, late nights, and spending time with family. The pictures on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and Twitter are amazing. Fall at the shul and the upcoming holidays bring exciting changes. It is hard to find a time and location that works for our growing number young families with children. Many of the families enjoy the community our Rabbis have created on Shabbat, and this year, the first Shabbat of each month, will be a Birthday Shabbat, celebrating the month’s birthdays. It will include cake, ice cream, games, gift bags, and tons more fun. The first Birthday Shabbat will be September 7th.

A change in leadership is coming. Michelle, Siva, Zach, Ben, Madison, and Georgie will train Bryant, Adam, Gracia, Bryson, Bella, Mylin, Zev, Lilly, and Nina to run the SOONER chapter. Girl Scout Troop 613 will help with this year’s, Operation Noah’s Bark, and our up and coming leaders will plan Sleepover in the Sukkah. It only seems like yesterday, I was preparing the older group to take the reigns from Kira Seelig and Rachel Rose. United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ) and United Synagogue Youth (USY) have begun to restructure. The region is now part of Branch 6. The new branch system is designed to help service the Conservative Jewish youth and their families. Changes are happening daily, so be sure to check out the strategic plans at uscj.org. See you around the shul,Jeff GossES Youth Director 

Involvement Opportunities

Wednesdays from 4:15 - 6:15 @ ES The Bloom Family Hebrew School is for children aged 3-13. If your children aren't already enrolled, they are always welcome!

GanShabbatisafun,musical,andfamily-friendlyserviceforages0-7Saturdaymorningsat10:30inroom7ledbyRabbiJuan.

BLOOM  FAMILYHEBREW SCHOOL

JuniorCongregaAonisforstudents(ages8-12)havetheirownspaceandextraordinaryserviceeveryShabbatmorningfrom10:30–noon,ledbyMorahNaomiFox.ComecelebrateandlearninClassroom3.

Introduction to Judaism Classes

ForJewsorforthoseinterestedinconversion.Sundaysfrom3-5PM.ContactRabbiAbbyJacobsonifyouareinterested.

INTER-CONGREGATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL

Sundaysfrom10:00AM-12:00PM,childrenages4-16fromEmanuelSynagogueandTempleB’naiIsraelgathertolearnatoneofthelongestjointReform-ConservaWvesupplementaryeducaWonprogramsinthecountry.Thisyear,classesareheldatTempleB’naiIsrael.

Meet at the synagogue on the 2nd Sunday of the month. Contact Fred Poplin, post commander, cell phone 405-550-5648 or email at arlette5@cox.net.

THE NO RSVPShabbat Club

EveryoneisinvitedtoTHENORSVPShabbatClubfollowingKiddusheveryShabbosinHartAuditorium.Stayforalightdairylunch,friends,fun,andcommunity.Thekidsplaywhiletheadultsenjoyboardgames,singsongs,studyTalmud,andschmooze.ItisagreatwaytoshareShabboswithyourEmanuelFamily.

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RequesWngaminyanorusingthemikvahisonly a click away. Use the drop downmenu under Services & Events h`ps://www.emanuelokc.org/

September1 Rosh Chodesh Elul2 Labor Day - Office is closed21 Leil Selichot22 Build Sukkah - day 1 Torah Cafe`25 Board Meeting 26 JFED PJ Library27 Lulav & etrog ordering deadline29 Build Sukkah - day 2 Erev Rosh Hashana30 Rosh Hashana, day 1 (Office closed)

October1 Rosh Hashana, day 2 (Office closed)2 Tzom Gedaliah6 Decorating the Sukkah6 Kever Avot TBI Cemetary7 Tashlich Picnic8 Erev Yom Kippur9 Yom Kippur (Office closed)13 Erev Sukkot

14 Sukkot 1 (Office closed)15 Sukkot 2 (Office closed)16 Sisterhood Lunch in the Sukkah20 Sukkot 7 (Hoshana Raba)21 Shemini Atzeret (Office closed)22 Simchat Torah (Office closed)23 Board Meeting27 Torah Cafe`29-30 Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan

November3 Daylight Savings Time ends5 JFED Community-Wide Program with Rabbi Steve Leder9 Veteran’s Shabba11 Veteran’s Day Men’s Club Meeting20 Board Meeting24 Torah Cafe` JFED Take a Bite Out of Hunger28 Rosh Chodesh Kislev Thanksgiving Day (Office closed)29 Rosh Chodesh Kislev

December15 Sisterhood Latke Luncheon18 Board Meeting22 Chanukah - first candle25 Office closed27-28 Shabbat Chanukah28-29 Rosh Chodesh Tevet29 Chanukah 8th candle30 Chanukah - 8th day

January1 Office closed7 Asara B’Tevet8 JFED PJ Library10-11 Sisterhood Shabbat19 MLK Program20 Martin Luther King jr Day22 Board Meeting27 Rosh Chodesh Sh’vat

UPCOMINGEVENTS&HOLIDAYSHolidaysbeginatsundownontheeveningbeforethedatespecified

Join more than 20 families for PJ Library. PJ Library provides a treasury of FREE Jewish books and music to children aged six months to eight years. Contact Laura at the Federation to enroll your child(ren) or grandchild(ren) in this is an amazing program.

2020 PJ Library Schedule

Extra Photos From The Quilt Show Sisterhood News Carol Epstein, Recording Secretary In the middle of July, Sisterhood Ladies met to connect!!! Not with just

each other but with Oklahoma and family roots. The story was told to us in the Quilt Exhibit with works of art from the homes of Jan Green, Joyce Friedman and Sara Jane Rose. “Quilts are an act of love and faith and demonstrate hope in the future. Leaving a lasting legacy to tie generations together with cords of love and pass down traditions & history.” Judy Howard, owner of Buckboard Quilts in Northwest Oklahoma City, our guest speaker, presented antique quilts dating from the Civil War, the Great Depression, Dust Bowl days through the 60’s and into the present , as “Quirky to Modern Art, Quilts / Hipppie at Heart,” the title of her latest book. In true Oprah style, each Sisterhood attendee went home with a free copy of the book! Judy created & sold special prayer bears designed for Emanuel Sisterhood. Donations from the prayer bears went to a local food pantry.

The summer heat isn’t over just yet!!! A special baking day was held on August 1, for a Sisterhood Sponsored “Festive Erev Rosh Hashanah Oneg.” Thank you to our three Co- Managers and their committee. Amy Settles and the Challah Baking Committee are still heating up the synagogue kitchen! There we found Sue Goldfarb, Jan Green, Carla Schwartz, Shirley Skalovsky , Mandie Thornton and a New Jersey transplant, Eleanor Miller. Welcome home to Eleanor!!! When retuning to New Jersey, Eleanor will continue sending out those wonderful “Mazelgrams” so “send a smile.”

Don’t forget to send in your greetings for the Rosh Hashanah Sisterhood Bookmark, due on September 13th!!! Oh yes, we will start boarding the Enterprise that Shabbat evening!!! Reminder- If you haven’t already… send in reservations SISTERHOOD SUKKAH LUNCH-WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2019 AT 11:30 A.M.

Sisterhood Gift Shop

Buy your Bar & Bat Mitzvah, Wedding, and Baby Gifts. Plus, Yahrzeit and Shabbos candles, Jewelry, pottery and so much more

REMEMBERIt has become the custom to commemorate the yaherzeits of Holocaust victims (whose dates of death are not known) on the fast day of the 10th of Tevet. We would like to add all of the Holocaust victims from your family to our yaherzeit list for that day. This will supplement our reading of the names onYom HaShoah (Holocaust RemembranceDay). Please send us those names, alongwith how they are related to you.Along those same lines, we would like toread the names of Holocaust survivors from your family who moved to Oklahoma. The names of those who have passed away will be read on both Yom HaShoah and their individual yaherzeit days. Please help us collect and confirm these names, as well.Thank you for your help.Rabbi Jacobson

*Sept. 4th “Martyrdom: A Jewish Invention?” with Shmuel Shepkaru (University of Oklahoma), 12pm, OMU Scholars Room

*Sept 10th "From Assimilation to Expulsion: Struggles Faced by German Jewish Mathematicians, 1848-1938” with David Rowe (Johannes Gutenberg University), 5pm, Bizzell Library Community Room

*Sept. 20th The "Faith and Civic Virtue in Public Life" Lecture Series with Lewis Gordon (University of Connecticut), 2 PM, OMU Meacham Auditorium

*Sept. 20th "Jewish Studies and Israel Studies in the 21st Century" Book Presentation with Carsten Schapkow (University of Oklahoma), 3 PM, Dale Hall Tower, Community Room

Looking Ahead:

*Oct. 2nd: “The Visual Presentation of the Dreyfus Affair” with Simona Di Nepi (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston), 12pm, OMU Scholars Room

*Oct. 2nd “The Charles and Lynn Schusterman Collection of Judaica,” with Simona Di Nepi (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston), 5pm, OMU Scholars Room

2019 JuSt Film Festival 7pm, Dale Hall Tower, Community Room Pizza served before screenings. 2019 Subject: The Holocaust *Nov. 12th A Film Unfinished *Nov. 19th Conspiracy *Nov. 26th 1945

לחייםToLife!

SEPTEMBERANNIVERSARIES

5 Donald & Debbie Nevard10 Dr. Eli Reshef & Edie Roodman10 Craig & Shira Michael11 Dr. Robert & Phyllis Epstein20 Rocco & Nancy Meoli

1 Mark Bravo1 Richard Tannenbaum2 Albie Buthman3 Jeff Green3 Rachel Rose4 Don Sterne5 Larry Graham5 Gerry Hodge5 Laney Spear6 Lisa Vegh8 Karin Kruger10 Craig Michael10 Shira Michael10 Dov Raizen11 Nina Damitsian12 Julie Arvine13 Michael Pollack20 Rabbi Abby Jacobson22 Anita Barlow24 Joan Korenblit25 Peter Landes26 Robert “Bob” Weiss27 Rick Roby27 Dr. Rhona Seidelman29 Jan Green29 Barbara Schwartz

SEPTEMBERBIRTHDAYS

In MemoryOf Our Loved Ones

VELMA ANN BEAUCHAMP Verne & Margaret Cotten

PHILIP BLUM Phil & Janelle Kopp

CHAYA CHEN Eleanor Miller

MATHILDA COHEN Dr. Martin & Laura Levine

ELEANOR COHEN Murray & Sharon Cohen

SHOSHANA ELIMALECH Arlette Poplin

EVELYN GIACOMINO Gloria Greenhut

ROBERT GIACOMINO Gloria Greenhut

KATHA GOLDSBERRY James Goldsberry

ETHEL GOLDSTEIN Don Goldstein

TONY GONZALES Elaine Weise

BLANCHE GREENHUT Gloria Greenhut

JACOB GREENHUT Gloria Greenhut

SAM GREENHUT Gloria Greenhut

YETTA GREENHUT Gloria Greenhut

ROSE GRINGER Anita Barlow

BRETT SHALOM KANTER Fred & Arlette Poplin

WILLIAM LASSEN Leonard & Diane Rubin

ARCHIE LEHAT Gloria Greenhut

GOLDA LEHAT Gloria Greenhut

GUS LEHAT Gloria Greenhut

SAM LEHAT Gloria Greenhut

SOPHIE LEHAT Gloria Greenhut

IAN LEVINE Dr. Martin & Laura Levine

HERMAN MERSON Harry & Hedra Merson

ADOLF MEYER Miriam Want

ROSANNA MILLER Verne & Margaret Cotten

SHIRLEY SHANKER Ethan & Hilary Cohen

ABE SHAPIRO Gloria Greenhut

BEN SHAPIRO Gloria Greenhut

ELKE SHAPIRO Gloria Greenhut

MAX SHAPIRO Gloria Greenhut

IRENE SIEGAL Don Goldstein

OMAR TRINIDAD Levi Aroch & Ana Reyes

PAUL WEISE Al & Shirley Skalovsky Elaine Weise

With  Affection We  Recall…

Sunday, September 1, 1 Elul Ida Rozin Monday, September 2, 2 Elul Charles Hooper Wednesday, September 4, 4 Elul Louis Chuver Blake Cowden Leo Polen Jerome Shless Leona Trachtenberg Thursday, September 5, 5 Elul Dr. Sidney M. Gardner Devorah Kurlender Yocheved Weisbaum Saturday, September 7, 7 Elul Millie Levine Sunday, September 8, 8 Elul Anne Belson Hyman Stolove Monday, September 9, 9 Elul Rabbi Abram Granison Lawrence Stackhouse Tuesday, September 10, 10 Elul Charles Fagin Rita Moskowitz

Thursday, September 12, 12 Elul Richard Epstein Friday, September 13, 13 Elul Yoel Dov Kurlender Saturday, September 14, 14 Elul Morris Krasnow Dena Efron Sunday, September 15, 15 Elul Deanna LaCerra Diana Muss Monday, September 16, 16 Elul Lena Bendorf Aaron Slutzky Wednesday, September 18, 18 Elul Abe Cohen Mary Louise Fore Thursday, September 19, 19 Elul Frumeh Sarah Emmer Mary Stavinsky Friday, September 20, 20 Elul Bessie Slutzky Saturday, September 21, 21 Elul Abraham Redlich

Sunday, September 22, 22 Elul Lucy Schneider

Monday, September 23, 23 Elul Sam Wasserman

Wednesday, September 25, 25 Elul Albert Kurtz

Thursday, September 26, 26 Elul Maureen Coleman Rowena Resman Netta G. Sandler Jack Trachtenberg

Friday, September 27, 27 Elul Nathalie Schaefer

Saturday, September 28, 28 Elul Joann Howard Sunday, September 29, 29 Elul Akiva Reshef Thomas Stackhouse Charles Stackhouse Jr. Monday, September 30, 1 Tishrei Edna Grace Goldsberry Roberta Wyant

In Honor of: Alex Hamilton & the Goss Family Ethan & Hilary Cohen

General Donation Kathleen (Kasi) Shelton Edwina Lowry Hunter Blunt

תודהרבה

TODA RABAH

Donation to: Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund Sherry Barton

Donation to: Cemetery Fund Eleanor Miller

In Honor of: Emanuel Shabbat Community Ethan & Hilary Cohen

Rosh Hashanah Sunday, September 29, 20197:00 pm - Rosh Hashanah (I) Evening ServicesFestive Oneg Immediately Following Services

Monday, September 30, 20199:00 am - Rosh Hashanah (I) Morning Services10:00 am - Junior Congregation & Children’s Services---7:00 pm - Rosh Hashanah Seder (light dinner, no cost)8:00 pm - Rosh Hashanah (II) Evening Services

Tuesday, October 1, 20199:00 am - Rosh Hashanah (II) Morning Services10:00 am - Junior Congregation & Children’s ServicesNew Baby Blessing During the Torah Service

Yom KippurTuesday, October 8, 20197:00 pm - Kol Nidre & Yom Kippur Evening Services7:00 pm - Junior Congregation & Children’s Services

Wednesday, October 9, 20199:00 am - Yom Kippur Morning Services10:00 am - Junior Congregation & Children’s Services---5:00 pm - Yom Kippur Mincha Torah Reading6:00 pm - Yom Kippur Ne’ilah Service6:00 pm - Junior Congregation & Children’s Services7:15 pm - Arvit, Havdallah, Final ShofarBreak-the-Fast Immediately Following Services

Sukkot Sunday, October 13, 20197:00 pm            Evening Services

Monday, October 14, 20199:00 am             Morning Services—pick up lulav & etrog sets (order information to the right)

Tuesday, October 15, 20199:00 am             Morning Services (with lulav & etrog)

Wednesday, October 16, 201911:30 am Sisterhood Lunch in the Sukkah ($12, RSVP only)

Thursday, October 17, 20198:30 am Morning Minyan (with lulav & etrog)

Friday, October 18, 20195:30 pm Burgers Bar ($25/adult, $18/child & vegetarian, RSVP)7:00 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Services in the SukkahYouth & Family Sleepover following services (RSVP only)

Saturday, October 19, 20199:00 am Shabbat ServicesLunch in the Sukkah following services

Hoshannah Rabbah - Sunday, October 20, 20199:00 am Morning Minyan (with lulav & etrog, willows beaten)Adult Education class immediately following services

Shemini Atzeret - Simchat TorahMonday, October 21, 20199:00 am             Shemini Atzeret Morning Services (with Yizkor)---------------6:00 pm            Simchat Torah Dinner ($8/adult, $5/child, RSVP)7:00 pm            Simchat Torah Evening Services

Tuesday, October 22, 20199:00 am             Simchat Torah Morning ServicesLunch immediately following services

Order your Etrog & Lulav on our website is easy. Sept 27th is the last day to order. Just goto: https://www.emanuelokc.org/sukkot-information.html