TBS NNeews - Cuban Hebrew Congregation NNeews In This Edition: ... Dr. Posnak gave us his rendition of his ... Thomas “Fats” Waller

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We women who defend liberty are not Islam’s enemy. The enemy is in your house;

it takes the name of God in vain and perverts it to serve a wicked ideology. One

final request. Think twice before pointing your finger at us and accusing us of

insulting Islam. For I wish to remind you that some of those about you might

consider such an accusation [as indicating] a target.

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The Right to Criticize Islam by Pilar Rahola

The Beth Shmuel - Cuban Hebrew Congregation Newsletter

Miami Beach. July - August - September 2009

TBS NewsTBS NewsTBS NewsTBS News

In This Edition:

"A person will be

called to account on

Judgment Day for

every permissible

thing he might have

enjoyed

but did not."

Talmud

Our “Cuban Hebrew

Congregation Concert

Series” went off to a great

start on Sunday, June 7th

with a magnificent

performance by our Series

Director and World

R e n own e d C o n c e r t

Pianist, Dr. Paul Posnak.

Dr. Posnak gave us

his rendition of his

reconstructions of some of

t h e b r i l l i an t S o l o

Improvisations of George

Gershwin (“That Certain

Feeling”, “S Wonderful”,

Someone to watch over

me”, “I Got Rhythm”) and

Thomas “Fats” Waller

(“Honeysuckle Rose”,

“Ain ’ t Misbehavin ’ ” ,

“ K e e p i n g o u t o f

mischief now”. He also

played some exquisite

pieces like “La Primera en

la Frente”, “Impromptu”

and “Cordoba” from

the suite “Andalucia” y

Ernesto Lecuona. Also

pieces by Lazar Weiner

like “Hassidic Dance”

and “Grandpa’s Spell” by

Jelly Roll Morton.

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First Cuban Hebrew Congregation Concert Series by Oscar Sklar

Paul Posnak during the concert in our Temple.

Photo: Roberto Koltun

President’s

Message

P. 3

From Rabbi’s

Desk

P. 4

Montessori

School

P. 5

Women’s

League

P. 6,7,8

Social Events P. 9

Middle East P. 10

Sección en

Español

P.20,21

Yarzeit

Donations

P. 23

Birthdays &

Anniversaries

P. 24,25

Calendars

P. 26,27

Cards

Donations

P. 22

SECCIÓN EN ESPAÑOL

AMIA, 18-J: quince años de infamia por George Chaya Page: 20

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TROPICAL NIGHT 2009

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Dear Members:

During the last few months, our community has had several religious, social, educational and life celebration events. However, there are four recent activities that will

remain in our minds for a lifetime. The first one was on April 24, 2009 when two elementary school classmates and lifetime friends, Brenda Blumin and Aida Lubin Roisman decided to organize a celebration for their, as well as their classmates 60th birthdays, as a weekend cruise aboard the Majesty of the Seas. It was a very emotional event for those who were born in 1949, and attended El Centro Israelita de Cuba, or graduated from Miami Beach Senior High School in 1967. They call themselves the Meshuganuts Jewbans 49ers and they have not stopped celebrating since April. The class members living in Miami were joined by those from New York, San Juan, Dallas and Quito, Ecuador. The second event was the Shabbat Service celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first high school graduating class of El Centro Israelita, also a very beautiful and emotionally charged morning on June 6. Those who graduated in 1959 were teenagers then and are of Social Security age now. The emotions continued when the following Tuesday afternoon, June 9, we celebrated the graduation of more than a dozen of our Montessori School children. What a beautiful event to see these happy 5-6 year olds receive their first diplomas, as they sang and danced in the presence of their proud parents, relatives, friends, and their school teachers. It has been a source of tremendous joy to see these children grow both physically and mentally during these past years at our school.

The fourth event just took place this past Shabbat July 25, 2009 listening to the beautiful chanting of Cantor Steve Texon, and Bal Koreh Jacques Malka, and the presentations made on behalf of the Women’s League and the Board of Directors by Tere Ben-Hain and Billy Babil thanking Rabbi Mayer Abramowitz on his last Shabbat at our pulpit, since he has announced his retirement. It was a Shabbat filled with mixed emotions, as it is the Rabbi’s desire to spend more time with his family, but it was a sad day for our Congregation.

Rabbi Abramowitz’s commitment and dedication to our community for the last 50 years will always be recognized, appreciated and remembered. He may be retiring from the pulpit, but he will never cut his connection to this

Cuban Jewish Community, his extended family, that he loves so much. Many times we wonder how Rabbis can lead the lives they live, a balancing act when they have very little time for their own families or themselves. God built the world in six days and rested on Shabbat, but for Rabbis there is no day of rest. There is always a Congregational activity, or a member’s life cycle event to attend, in addition to preparing and delivering sermons, teach, and attend other community events.

For this reason it is very important that our entire community participate on Saturday, Aug 15, 2009 in “Noche Tropical,” an evening that will be filled with happiness, singing by Jazmin, dancing, and of course, delicious Kosher Cuban American food. We will be honoring the two individuals who have given so much to our community for so many decades, Rabbi Abramowitz and Ofelia Ruder. We will also show the short video of the history of our Community from our humble beginning in Cuba to our success in Miami, the first video of its kind. Become a Co-Producer of this historical presentation. Please call your relatives and friends and reserve your table. We must fill to capacity the Olemberg Ballroom. The entire Board of Directors and the Women’s League looks forward to greeting every one of you that night.

Social Work Professors, Drs. David Strug of Yeshiva University and Heidi Heft LaPort of City University of New York, who have attended several of our recent events, are amazed at the extraordinary level of connectedness and sense of community love that we show for one another so many decades after leaving Cuba. In their professional experiences, they have never seen any other community that has gone through the trauma we went through and still have such a woven social fabric. We should all be very proud of our accomplishments, and be determined to maintain this closeness for current and future generations. Professors Strug and LaPorte are currently doing the research of the experiences of the Cuban Jewish Pedro Pan kids and expect to write a book on our experiences as children and early teenagers then and as parents and grandparents now. If you are a parent, foster-parent or a community member who was between the ages of 6 and 17 in 1960-1962, when you left Cuba, they may be interested in interviewing you.

See you all on August 15.

Shalom,

Marcos A. Kerbel President

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There is Life in Retirement by Rabbi Mayer Abramowitz

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On a Shabbat morning back in 1993 after I retired from Temple Menorah, I was sitting in shul (Temple Menorah) davening. Sitting next to me was an old friend from the Cuban Hebrew Congregation. He leaned over to me and asked, “Would you like to be our rabbi?”

“Would I like!” I quietly responded, not even trying to hide my enthusiasm. “Being retired is great but the pulpit is greater,” I added.

A week or two later, I was invited to be interviewed by the Temple’s board at its next meeting. I don’t recall any of the many questions asked of me, but I do recall that a spirit of friendship and amicability pervaded at that session.

At the end of the meting, I was about to walk out when one of the members jokingly called out in Yiddish, “Er iz nisht azey shlecht vi mir hoben geklert ... He’s not as bad as we had thought.”

My year at CHC was a very productive year. Starting with the Yom Kippur appeal for bonds, we set a record of slightly over one million dollars. During the year that followed, our Late Friday Night Service was both a prayer session and a socializing session. As evidence I cite what someone said about me to Rachel, “Er iz a guter rebbi ober er lozt nit shlofen. He’s a good rabbi but he doesn’t let anyone sleep.”

It was a remarkable year for me. And I was quite flattered when, at the time, I was offered a lifetime contract. At age seventy one, I did not want to commit myself, especially when I was deep in my writing career.

But, about twelve years later, at age 86, I eagerly accepted to be the interim rabbi -- only for the High Holy Days -- at the CHC. My “Interim Rabbinate” lasted two and a half years. And I have enjoyed every minute during those years as old friends became new friends. Children at whose Bar Mitzvahs I had officiated were now having children of their own. Couples whom I married, were now preparing for the marriage of their children. Throughout these years, Cuban Colony lavished their love upon Rachel and me and we could only reciprocate emotionally to such affection.

So, if it was so good, why am I retiring? The answer should be obvious to you, my beloved congregation. As I approach my 90th birthday, I realize that I need to be with my family. To Rachel and me, being with the family means to celebrate with them Shabbat, Yom Tov, and, of course, to be with the family on all family occasions.

As I leave the rabbinate, it does not mean that I am totally leaving behind the old and new friendships we have created these past two and a half years. I shall ever be grateful to everyone at the CHC for making my retirement years productive years.

I close this brief “Good Bye” message by invoking God to help the congregation overcome the present critical days. May you have a brilliant future as you had in creating a brilliant past, building the Cuban Hebrew Congregation.

HIGH HOLIDAYS SCHEDULE

ROSH HASHANA Friday, September 18th, at 7:00 PM - Erev Rosh Hashana Saturday, September 19th, at 9:00 AM - Schacharit F irst Day 11:00 AM - Children’s Services (at Olemberg Ballroom) 6:00 PM - Taschlich 8:00 PM - Ma’ariv Second Day

Sunday, September 20th, at 9:00 AM - Schacharit Second Day SHABBAT SHUVAH Friday, September 25th, at 7:00 PM - Kabalat S habbat Saturday, September 26th, at 9:00 AM - Schacharit YOM KIPPUR Sunday, September 27th at 6:30 PM - Kol Nidre Monday, September 28th at 9:00 AM - Schacharit 11:00 AM - Child ren’s Services 5:00 PM - Minc ha / Ne’ila

MONTESSORI SCHOOLMONTESSORI SCHOOLMONTESSORI SCHOOLMONTESSORI SCHOOL

Message from the School Committee

Graduation Class 2008 - 2009

As another year came to an end, we can only say how amazing Temple Beth Shmuel Montessori School has become since our doors opened five years ago. We are proud of our school’s continued growth, awareness and success. We have big admiration for our wonderful dedicated staff under the leadership of our Directress Rebeca Krys. TBS Montessori has accomplished so much from our academic studies, Judaic programs and community involvements with all our Mitzvah Projects. Every child has his/her success story as they finish the year. This is our biggest success at the Montessori School ---- the students. We are very excited about the introduction of new programming and activities for next year. And we are looking forward to seeing our Montessori families join us during the High Holidays and in many Temple activities for the upcoming year. Our community is blessed with the smiles of the Montessori children.

School Committee Board 2008-2009

William Babil – Becky Cohen – Micky Glinsky Marcos A. Kerbel – Rebeca Krys – Fabio Nick – Oscar Sklar

Kinder Graduates:

Anna Benzel Alessandro De Guevara Nino Ferranti Josu Gaubeka Asher Miller Jackson Mopsick Pre - Kinder

Buba Bajaroff Jackie Berenstein Liam Berko Misha Klopukh Elsa Levine Charlotte Paley Arielle Rubens Ella Simon Joshua Tobin Elliot Wright Christopher Zornada


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to honor a loved one on their birthday, anniversary or any special occasion.

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Message from the Women’s League by Tere Ben-Hain

As every year, we celebrated Mother’s Day with a special Shabbat Services program on Saturday, May 9th in our sanctuary, filled with songs by Cantor Texon, including Madrecita del Alma Querida, followed by a lovely Kiddush luncheon served in our cocktail room. Services were attended by a multitude of members and their families who were really enjoying themselves. We followed this event with a celebration of Father’s Day on June 20th, where again we all participated in a very inspiring and uplifting Shabbat service conducted by Cantor Texon. We heard speeches by Sergio Grobler and Tere Ben-Hain about what Father’s Day mean to each and every one of us. A very appetizing luncheon that included cholent was served after. Women’s League works very hard to publish a journal for both occasions. It is the response of our members that helps us raise funds for our causes and one that we need to acknowledge

and be grateful. We appreciate all your support, both morally and monetarily, and hope that you, our members, will continue to endorse. In late May, we held our annual luncheon for the women in our community. It was a great success as women gathered in our cocktail room to have fun and a good time during the afternoon. Those women that attended will remember a great and enjoyable get-together. We will do it again next year and want all of you out there to come and join us and you will know what we are talking about. We are a great group of women that work together for the good of our Temple and would like to welcome new members to join us and contribute their ideas as well as their time. It is great and rewarding and something that will make you feel good inside when you give back to the community.

Women’s League will be conducting a Hannukah Toy Drive during the next 5 months till the end of the year.

Please make your donations in the form of cash, check,

or a brand new unwrapped toy (any age) to be donated to JAFCO – Jewish Adoption and Foster Care Options – Organization.

We will be placing boxes especially designated for this toy drive around the temple.

Cash or checks should be given or mailed to the office staff for this purpose.

JAFCO will be sending us a WISH LIST prepared by the children at their facilities and we will try to comply with their wishes.

Please make your donations early to make sure that all children celebrate a

HAPPY HANNUKAH!.

Thank you.



Women’s League held our annual luncheon on Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 in our cocktail room. We had a big turnout of women from all over the community. Everyone came to enjoy themselves and to share with their friends a wonderful afternoon.

We were entertained by Harmonic Motion starring Myriam Eli who danced and performed to the music played by Joe Zeytoonian. As usual, we ate and had an amazing time. We held the annual raffle as well as raffled a num-ber of prizes that were donated by several indi-viduals and businesses in our community.

As you may have noticed, if you attended, we filled colored bags with different items and placed them on each table as centerpieces. These bags were filled with toys, clothing, books, etc., all children’s items, to be donated afterwards to the JAFCO – Jewish Adoption and Foster Care Options – Organization located in Broward County. This organization was brought to our attention by Josefina Epelbaum, a member of our Board, and we thought it was a great mitzvah to contribute a little bit of goodness to an organization that does so much for the children and their families in our community.

We visited their location here in South Florida and continued to admire their work after seeing their facilities and hearing of their accomplishments. Here are some pictures of what we saw and the bags that we donated.

If you would like to inquire about more information on this organization, please go to:

www. Jacfco.org .


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for their donation of hosiery items for children that we used to place

in the donated bags.

Also, to all our cash donors who with their donations enabled us to purchase

the rest of items to be inserted in the bags.

Women’s League would like to thank

Eva Babil, Tere Ben-Hain, and Estela Wainstein

for delivering the colored bags full of toys and books to

JAFCO in Broward County.

Also, thanks to Eva Babil, Emilia Grabb,

Lucia Kelton and Estela Wainstein for preparing the bags.

Your help is greatly appreciated!

Mazal Tov to

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on their 48th Wedding Anniversary!

Hoping that this anniversary is the nicest you’ve had yet, filled with pleasant hours and time.

You won’t forget a year that brings you happiness in everything you do.

Thanks for your donation to our Synagogue on behalf of this happy occasion.

Women’s League wants to thank

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for her donation of the colored bags as well as items to stuff them that were used as centerpieces

at our annual luncheon in May 2009.

We appreciate your support and commitment to our organization.

First Cuban Hebrew Congregation Concert Series by Oscar Sklar

Continued from page 1

The beautiful music, mixed in with his very humorous anecdotes and informative recollections of the history of the Composers and the meaning of the Music that he was playing, kept the audience enthralled and entertained. The audience, which included members of our Temple and music lovers from the community at large, was very responsive with their applause and appreciative of the high quality of the Concert, which was proven by the comments while they enjoyed Cuban guava pastries and refreshments during the intermission and after the performance. It was a very pleasurable afternoon for everyone in attendance. Special thanks to our Patrons , Rosita & Oscar Boruchin, Fana & Abel Holtz, Male & Fabio Nick, Nieves & Isaac Olemberg, Anita & Oscar Sklar, Miriam & Carlos Waserstein and Sponsors , Eva Berman, Cila & Salomon Gold, Maria & Naum Lusky, Elisa & Jose Raij, Rebeca & Isaac Sklar, for their warm support to our event.

Thanks also to our Committee Members who worked hard and diligently to make this wonder-ful afternoon of music a success. Our Second Concert is scheduled for Saturday, September 5th at 8:15 p.m. at our Main Sanctuary with what should be another great Concert by Violinist/Violist Michael Klotz and Cellist Jason Calloway and our Artistic Director/Pianist Paul Posnak. Please save the date so you don’t miss a very enjoyable evening. Also, please start planning to attend our third Concert on Saturday, February 20th at 8:00 PM with Metropolitan Klezmer, one of the leading Klezmer ensembles in the country, coming especially from New York City to perform at the Cuban Hebrew Congregation Concert Series in a joint effort with the St. Martha’s Church Concert Series. Photos by Roberto Koltun

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The Right to Criticize Islam by Pilar Rahola

The first quote: “Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the Somali born Dutch parliamentarian who was issued a death sentence for fighting against the oppression of women in Islam, in her book J’accuse :”Two out of three wars in the world are fought in the name of Islam. The notion that Islam is a religion of peace is without basis in fact.” Second quote: Wafa Sultan, Syrian psychologist, in an interview on Al Jazeera: “Only Muslims defend their beliefs by burning down churches, murdering people and destroying embassies. This path will give no result. Muslims should ask themselves what they can do for Humanity, before asking Humanity to respect them.” She lives under a death threat. Third quote: Fadela Amara, Muslim of Algerian origin and president of the French movement “Neither Whores nor Submissive”: I am a believing Muslim and I consider the veil an instrument of oppression against women.” I could add to the names of these women many others whose struggle for freedom in the heart of Islam has forced them to live under threat. None of them insulted that religion, but all were accused of insulting it. The first and worst thing that we find when we try to hold a calm debate about Islam is the demonization of critical thought, and always in the mouths of those who arrogate unto themselves the role of universal spokespersons and who present Islam as an anti dialectic and a historical dogma. Years ago I wrote that Islam needs to have a Voltaire. Seeing the response that Ms. Ndeye Andújar dedicates to me, an ad hominem attack (she kills the messenger twisting me into an entity filled with prejudices), and how she turns my critical arguments into insults of Islam, I consider it all the more urgent to appeal to the Enlightenment. I rebel against that sickness of thought that bases the truth of its arguments on the negation of any debate. I rebel because it is a manichaean and antidemocratic posture. Maybe

Andujar is afraid of free thought (it’s good to read Fromm), but she will not be able to keep, in spite of her demonization, some of us from being seriously critical with modern day Islam. A fundamental note. No matter how much she tries, she will not find a single insult of Islam in any text of mine. I profoundly respect the beliefs of each person and, although I am cut from rationalist cloth, I don’t believe faith to be the source of the problem. But she will indeed find many worried reflections on the perverted use of religion to advance a totalitarian ideology that today, in the name of Islam, educates people in fanaticism, suicidal nihilism and scorn for women. If Ms. Ndeye Andujar wants to find and call attention to those who insult Islam, I advise her to look at home. I’ll give her a few ideas. Those who teach their children to be suicide bombers severely insult Islam. Those who establish laws that enslave woman insult Islam. Those who t eac h an t i -Sem i t i s m , anti-Westernism and scorn for liberty, all insult Islam. Those who use 21st century technology to connect to the Middle Ages insult Islam. Those who encourage children to flagellate themselves to the point of delirium to commemorate someone who disappeared centuries ago insult Islam. And yes, they too insult Islam who from Western mosques encourage the covering of their women, the sending of young men to Iraq or consider democracy an evil of the infidel. Didn’t she know that this takes place in French and Spanish mosques? I invite her to read some reports, or even to learn the reasons for the expulsion of certain imams from France. All the mosques? Of course not. To be sure, there exists a progressive and democratic view of Islam. But along side it and flourishing, there lives a regressive, fanatical and anti-modern view. This view, to the misfortune of all of us, has a lot of power and receives a lot of money.

And this view, by the way, has a p a r t i c u l a r obsession with imposing the veil, an unmistakable metaphor for the denial o f a woman’s freedom. We could discuss other issues. For example, Ndeye Andujar claims that the Islamic University of Al-Azhar denies the Koranic validity of female circumcision. But she chooses to forget that there are scholars in the same university who support it. And she also forgets that in Al-Azhar are nourished certain fundamentalist Koranic readings that have done the most ideological harm. Founders of the Egyptian Brotherhood, f rom Hassan al-Banna to Sayid Qutb or Yussef al-Qardawi, have drunk from its springs. And its textbooks, a model of the most totalitarian fundamentalist currents, make up the readings for the majority of Islamic centers in Europe. So, the topic isn’t so neat and pretty after all. Instead of trying to demonize those of us who take pen in hand to denounce abuses made in the name of Islam, the Ndeyes of the world hereabouts would do well to apply their own energies to combating them. We women who defend liberty are not Islam’s enemy. The enemy is in your house; it takes the name of God in vain and perverts it to serve a wicked ideology. One final request. Think twice before pointing your finger at us and accusing us of insulting Islam. For I wish to remind you that some of those about you might consider such an accusation [as indicating] a target. Pilar Rahola El Periódico. Barcelona. Courtesy of Orientemedio.net


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Please send the material before September 21st.

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We have received the following request from Israel Bulbank: A number of former members of the “Hashomer Hatzair” in Cuba, residing in Israel are embarking in the task of gathering photographs, anecdotes and other written material for the purpose of the future publication of “The History of the Hashomer Hatzair in Cuba”. Send photographs to: Isaac Percal [email protected] Written materials: Guedale Loshinski [email protected] Thank you for your cooperation.

Dear Members: As we prepare to welcome the New Year 5770, let us not forget those who are less fortunate than us. In keeping with our Jewish Tradition, we prepare and donate kosher food boxes to needy families in our community. We would like to give you the opportunity to share this wonderful feeling of giving with us. Food Drive for the Needy is a worthy cause, your donation will be greatly appreciated. Checks made payable to Women’s League. Remember, the Holidays begin September 18th. We want to take this opportunity to wish you and your family a happy, healthy and peaceful New Year.

Congratulations to our dear children

Marc & Natalie Grobler

on the arrival of their beautiful daughter

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Lots of nachas.

We love you very much, Grandparents

Howard & Judith Cohen

Sergio & Sophia Grobler


Mazal Tov to

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on your 45th Wedding Anniversary.

May your life be filled with all the warmth,

love and the lasting joy that you bring to

your family and friends.

Love you,

Estela Grobler Carol & Peter Delgado & family

Matilde Glasman

Mazal Tov to my children

Sergio & Sophia, grandchildren Marc & Natalie on the birth of their daughter

and granddaughter

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We should share love and joy throughout the wonderful

years ahead.

Love, Great-Grandmother

Estela Grobler


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HAPPY COHEN FAMILY BIRTHDAYHAPPY COHEN FAMILY BIRTHDAYHAPPY COHEN FAMILY BIRTHDAYHAPPY COHEN FAMILY BIRTHDAY

On July 18th we celebrated the wonderful miracle of

us coming together as a Mishpachah.

The Cohen Family, Simon, Becky, Ellie and Bernie

As we give thanks to Hashem and to our family for the

adoption of our children, we would like to thank you

for having a role in our family celebration.

Our children have been blessed growing up within the walls

of our Temple and within the arms of our Jewish community.

From the baby naming, holidays, and graduation

we are looking forward to the future and a lifetime of blessings

that we will continue to share with our

wonderful Jewish community.


Congratulations to my dear grandsonCongratulations to my dear grandsonCongratulations to my dear grandsonCongratulations to my dear grandson

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and to his parentsand to his parentsand to his parentsand to his parents Manny & Gisela EpelbaumManny & Gisela EpelbaumManny & Gisela EpelbaumManny & Gisela Epelbaum

on his graduation from High School,on his graduation from High School,on his graduation from High School,on his graduation from High School, his being accepted to U.C.L.A in California,his being accepted to U.C.L.A in California,his being accepted to U.C.L.A in California,his being accepted to U.C.L.A in California,

and winner of the Silver Knight Award in Drama.and winner of the Silver Knight Award in Drama.and winner of the Silver Knight Award in Drama.and winner of the Silver Knight Award in Drama. May all his dreams, one by one, come trueMay all his dreams, one by one, come trueMay all his dreams, one by one, come trueMay all his dreams, one by one, come true

and may he have happiness today and every day,and may he have happiness today and every day,and may he have happiness today and every day,and may he have happiness today and every day, because he is so special and love in every way.because he is so special and love in every way.because he is so special and love in every way.because he is so special and love in every way.

Love,Love,Love,Love, Grandma Josefina EpelbaumGrandma Josefina EpelbaumGrandma Josefina EpelbaumGrandma Josefina Epelbaum

Congratulations to my dear grandson

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on his graduation from University of Florida,

Majoring in Bio-Chemistry, Minor in Religion,

going to Mount Sinai of New York Medical School.

I am very proud of you and wish you a very bright future.

With all my love, Grandmother Clara Sapoznik

“To lose someone you love so much

is very hard to bear, but God blesses,

comforts you and keeps you in his care”.

A donation has been given to our Synagogue on the passing of

her dear granddaughter

Mallory z”l

by her grandmother Martha Zeisel

Jaime Winikor z”l 1913 – 1979

Even though it has been 30 years since you left us,

your memories and the way you were are still remembered and they will never be forgotten.

From your loving family

Hilda Winikor,

Leon & Sylvia, Berta & Lenny, Samuel & Maria, & grandchildren Lisa & Robert, Debbie, Jana, Jackie, Jaime

& Maria, Lee & Chris, & great-grandson Jax Feinstein

Our sincere thanks to

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For their donation

to our synagogue

on behalf of

Bertha Rabinovich’s

recovery.

May God watch over her

with good health

in the years to come.



We want to thank

our family and friends

for their warm support and kind donations

made in memory of

our beloved mother,

grandmother and great-grandmother

Ana Stein z”l

Her spirit and kindness will live with us forever.

Luis & Isidoro Stein & families

We extend our sincere thanks

to our family and friends

for their support,

telephone calls and donations

on the passing of our dear

Bertha Rosenberg z”l

Memories keep those

we love close to us forever.

Isaac & Nieves Olemberg

We thank

Bernardo & Chifre Mintz

for their donation

to our Synagogue

in memory of her dear sister

Ana Stein z”l

May it comfort us

that she is not really gone,

she is just away.

To our family and friends,

our deepest gratitude

for their support and kindness,

and for their cards and donations

after the loss of our

beloved husband,

father and grandfather

Isidoro Lerman z”l

We were blessed to have his wisdom,

gentleness and unselfish love.

He was a role model for all of us.

We will continue to live

by his noble

and edifying standards.

Luisa, Jorge, Aida

and families



We honor the memory of our dear

Tia Ana (Añela) Peisate z”l

She was very special to all of us, and will always be in that part of our hearts where our most precious memories are kept.

We were all blessed to have her in our lives.

Enrique, Rosa & Steven Hochman Kenneth, Eileen, Andie, Callie & Brett Migden

Olga & Debbie Winikor Lisa, Robert & Jax Feinstein

IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEARLY DEPARTED.

We are starting to work on our Yizkor Book, on the occasion of the forthcoming High Holidays which will begin September 18, 2009. Please, take a moment and complete the form below so that you can list the names of your beloved ones, and make any corrections, if necessary. Making a donation in their honor is a traditional tribute to their eternal memory. Please, contact our office from Monday through Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. by calling 305-534-7213. This Book of Yizkor will be distributed on Yom Kippur services. Please, return the completed form below, no later than August, 10th, 2009.

Please include the following names in the BOOK OF Y IZKOR, which is to be used at the High Holidays Services. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Enclosed please find $____________which I am contri buting in their honor. Name ___________________________________________________________ Address ___________________________________________ ______________ (Additional names may be enclosed in the envelope) Phone: __________________________ Date: ________________ Amount $: ______________ __ Check #: ________________ 2009 Inv. #: ____________ ____

Congratulations to :

• Sergio, Sophia & Estela Grobler, and Howard & Judith Cohen and family on the birth of their granddaughter and great-granddaughter Micah Lilly.

• Oscar Baisman, Pola Kubiliun & family on the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson and great-grandson Joshua Heredia.

• Berta Edery, Sonia Finkelman & family on the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson and great-grandson Alex Froimzon.

• Dr. Jacobo & Rosita Goldstein & family on the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson Yisroel. • Moises & Raquel Spil, Helen, Isaac & Dina Karpel on the Bar Mitzvah of Fredrick Saul. • Pola Faingenblat & family on the Bar Mitzvah of her grandson Leon. • Leon & Regina Hequin & family on the upcoming B’nei Mitzvah of their grandchildren, David, Mark

and Amanda. • Moshe Bondar on his 80th Birthday.

Sidur Hadash Book Fund

In honor of Moshe Bondar’s

80th Birthday by Julio & Rela Schniadoski

Thanks for your donations :

• Manuel Pulles to our Synagogue. • Hyman & Mary Klocman in honor of her Birthday. • Isaac & Hilda Rosenbaum in honor of her recovery. • Jose & Dulce Blacher. • Daysy Bazyler on the passing of her father.

Condolences to the families ofCondolences to the families ofCondolences to the families ofCondolences to the families of::::

Ida Behar z”l

Freida Kopel z”l

Dr. Isidoro Lerman z”l

Oscar Olchyk z”l

Hilda C. Paklak z”l

Ofelia Palmer z”l

Ana Peisate z”l

Isaac Presser z”l

Bertha Rosenberg z”l

Ana Stein z”l

Ida Szuchman z”l

Jacobo Zeligman z”l

Get Well:

Lydia Don Isaac Eli

Bertha Jove Mary Miller

Anita Perelmuter Bertha Rabinovich

Anita Sapoznik Sofia Schwartzbaum

Elsa Silberberg

Mazal Tov to

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Executive Director of the American Institute of Architects Miami Chapter since 1998, who was among 11 people nationwide named honorary member of the national AIA.

The honor recognized his “distinguished service to the profession of architecture.”


AMIA, 18-J: quince años de infamia por George Chaya

Cuando llega el decimoquinto aniversario del criminal ataque integrista que asesino a 85 inocentes y mutilo a cientos de personas en Buenos Aires, es frecuente que todas las víctimas del terrorismo experimenten, una sensación de impunidad tan brutal como el atentado en si, ello puede ir desde sentir en días anteriores al aniversario una mayor irritabilidad, tristeza, desazón o desesperanza, hasta experimentar episodios de ansiedad de mayor o menor gravedad. Las sensaciones que los familiares han ido experimentando desde el momento del atentado t rans i tan muchos fac to res personales, pero también sociales y solo ellos saben realmente lo que se siente. Esta sensación de desconfianza y desesperanza que se convierte en desesperación en la que muchos caen irremediablemente en un túnel profundo del que solamente se sale con grandes esfuerzos personales y con mucho apoyo, genera también en algunas personas una energía renovada para luchar y continuar con el reclamo de justicia. Algunas personas, lamentablemente, no consiguen reponerse nunca y su mente queda petrificada en aquel horrible día, convirtiendo el resto de su vida en un mero ejercicio de supervivencia. Como sobreviviente, en otro tiempo, de lo que la barbarie terrorista provoca, conozco de las inimaginables preguntas sin respuesta en las víctimas: ¿Por qué a mí?, ¿Cómo es posible que alguien me haga daño?, e incluso, una de las más horribles: ¿Seré merecedor de este castigo? Y así, hasta en ocasiones, caer en una espiral en la que la propia víctima puede llegar a entender a sus verdugos, e incluso llegar a justificarlos. El sentimiento de indefensión después de un atentado es tal que algunas personas pierden la perspectiva de que la vida valga para algo o de que se pueda hacer algo para controlarla. Por si todo esto fuera poco,

durante muchos años no han fa ltado quienes desde los diferentes gobiernos argentinos, l os es t rados jud ic ia les y p s eu d o - o r ga n i z a c i o ne s d e derechos humanos -- que han sostenido que los muertos de la AMIA “eran Judíos”, como si por eso merecieran morir -- han dejado de lado a las víctimas, produciéndose casos especialmente flagrantes de v ict imizac iones secundar ias r e a l i z a d a s p o r p a r t e d e instituciones democráticas, que, en realidad, en vez de proteger a las víctimas se han dedicado, con su inacción y omisión, a veces rayana en la connivencia, a justificar, comprender, entender o disculpar a los verdugos. Solo en ese marco se entiende que la Republica Argentina no haya roto sus relaciones bilaterales con la Republica Islámica de Irán. Pero cuando llegan las fechas conmemorativas, se celebran con f r ec uenc ia an i ve rs a r i os y homenajes, se organizan grandes ceremonias con mucha presencia de políticos y personalidades, y se pronuncian discursos -- en no pocas ocasiones “demagógicos” -- aunque poco se sabe de las personas a las que se homenajea. Hablan las autoridades, pero se escucha poco a las víctimas que necesitan contar quién era su hija, su hermano, su esposa o esposo. Hay aquí algo muy importante que con frecuencia se olvida. Todas las víctimas tienen nombres y apellidos: “Paola Czyzewski; Martín Figueroa; Fabián Furman; Andrea Guterman; Agustín Lew; Andrés Malamud; Fernando Pérez; Olegario Ramírez; Mirta Strier; Danilo Villaverde y setenta y cinco nombres más...” Por cada uno de ellos, es especialmente necesario el reconocimiento y recuerdo personalizado, lo mismo que la atención a las demandas de sus familiares. Es preciso recordar. Es necesario desde el punto de vista social y personal para cada víctima que los ciudadanos nunca se olviden de ellas. Recordar para no olvidar, recordar como compromiso

ético y profundo de que “nunca más” se debe permanecer impávido ante el terrorismo global, recordar que cada uno de los asesinados tenía una vida. Recordar en los aniversarios lo que cada familiar recuerda todos los días del ser amado arrebatado. Recordar, para no olvidar que no se puede ser comprensivo, que no se puede ser correcto políticamente ante el integrismo criminal, que no se puede ser neutral ante el terrorismo yihadista. Que no se puede mirar hacia otro lado ante un régimen teocrático e imperialista como el Irán de los mullah’s. Recordar que a pesar del miedo, debemos acompañar a los familiares que siguen manteniéndose firmes sin dejarse intimidar. Y recordar, en fin, que aquéllos que se han convertido en héroes a la fuerza eran todos personas de a pie, gente corriente, hombres, mujeres y niños que un día de julio de 1994 abordaron un autobús, subieron a su automóvil, se vistieron con su uniforme de escuela, o prepararon su almuerzo para ir a su empleo, bajaron con su mochila las escaleras de su casa y fueron vilmente arrebatados de la vida de sus seres amados para siempre, aunque nunca de sus corazones, ni de nuestra memoria. Publicado por Diario de América. Cortesía de Orientemedio.net George Chaya es Analista Político Internacional y Especialista en contraterrorismo y c o n f l i c t o s religiosos, experto especializado en Oriente Medio y conferencista Titular por la International Consulting in Politics Affaires on Middle Eastern and Hispanic América. Es consultor y asesora Gobiernos de América Latina en materia de Oriente Medio. Es miembro fundador del Consejo Mundial de la Revolución de los Cedros y asesor del Comité Libanés Internacional.

Page 20Page 20Page 20Page 20 SECCISECCISECCISECCIÓN EN ESPAÑOLÓN EN ESPAÑOLÓN EN ESPAÑOLÓN EN ESPAÑOL

Existe otro Irán, y está en este por Pilar Rahola

Habló el líder supremo, el gran ayatolá Ali Jamenei, mentó a Dios, y el mundo se paró. Después de sus palabras asegurando que la victoria –muy probablemente fraudulenta – de Ahmadineyad en las elecciones iraníes era "una señal divina", y que debía ser aceptada también "por mandato divino", sólo quedaba repetir el obligado (a la fuerza) saludo ante su presencia: "Dios le guarde. Saludo al Imán", y aceptar la lógica del miedo. ¿Qué más se podía añadir? En las democracias funciona esa peregrina cosa llamada libertad, cuyas patas en la libertad de prensa, de expresión, de asamblea, de oposición, y etcétera, dotan de una importante protección a los ciudadanos.

A pesar de ello, a pesar del miedo, a pesar del récord de condenas a muerte, a pesar de que la teocracia iraní es una de las más inflexibles que existen en el mundo, miles de personas recordaron a ese mundo, tan sordo, que Irán es un gran país, con una población históricamente resistente, políticamente comprometida y socialmente activa. Alguna vez he escrito que la gran esperanza de Oriente Medio es, precisamente, la oposición i raní, cuyas mujeres y estudiantes son, hoy por hoy, las voces más activas contra la imposición fundamentalista.

Desde la premio Nobel Shirin Ebadi hasta los movimientos estudiantiles, algo intenso y libre se mueve en el Irán brutalmente oprimido por la revolución de los ayatolás. Y por ello mismo Irán representa una sorprendente contradicción: es el peligro más importante de la región, y también su mayor esperanza.

Esperanza, sin embargo, nuevamente truncada. Desde

que el ayatolá Jomeini pisó Irán, en 1979, ese gran país del golfo Pérsico, poseedor de una épica histórica y una cultura muy notables, cayó en un profundo agujero oscuro, que lo arrancó de la modernidad, lo sepultó en un alud de leyes represivas, condenó a sus mujeres al ostracismo y protagonizó algunos de los episodios más vergonzosos de la historia reciente. Ahmadineyad es el último escalafón de una política delirante, cuyo desprecio a su propia gente va parejo al desprecio que siente por los valores universales. Y, sin ninguna duda, es una amenaza para millones de personas.

Pero Ahmadineyad es, en realidad, una marioneta en las manos del gran ayatolá, auténtico dictador del país, cuya tiranía se fundamenta en el monopolio que hace de la religión islámica. Poseedor de la verdad religiosa, es el ejemplo, en pleno siglo XXI, de lo que debió ser la Inquisición española. Con la diferencia de que llevamos siglos alejados de la Edad Media.

¿Qué más puede pasar para que Irán esté en la primera línea de la preocupación del mundo? Lejos de ello, practicamos una pérf ida condescendencia. Veamos: Irán condena a muerte a los ciudadanos homosexuales, y la ONU invita a su presidente –un inequívoco islamofascista– a hablar en un foro sobre la intolerancia. Mantiene en apartheid a sus mujeres, y las grandes feministas de izquierdas ignoran su tragedia.

Amenaza con la destrucción total a otro país, y Obama quiere tener una charlita. Se prepara para tener armamento nuclear, y la mayoría de países miran a otro lado, cuando no participan de su desarrollo.

Lo cual no es tan sorprendente si recordamos la actitud de Chamberlain con Hitler. ¿Hubiera parado Europa a un H i t l e r nuc lea r , c u and o practicaba el apaciguamiento? Y e n e s o e s t a m o s , apaciguados, incapaces de entender que la tragedia de los iraníes oprimidos por la tiranía jomeinista es algo más que un grito en la oscuridad. Es el aviso desesperado de una seria amenaza. Publicado por La Vanguardia, Barcelona. Cortesía de Orientemedio.net Pilar Rahola . Política y periodista catalana nacionalista, fue único r e p res en ta n t e d e Esquerra Republicana per Catalunya en el Congreso de los Diputados y vice-alcaldesa de Barcelona. Es doctora en Filología Hispánica y Filología Catalana por la Universidad de Barcelona. Es autora de diversos libros publicados en castellano y catalán, y escribe regularmente para varios periódicos en ambos idiomas. Fue periodista televisiva, cubriendo diversos conflictos internacionales, y dirigió su propio programa de entrevistas en España. Ha dado conferencias en Argent ina, Colombia, Brasil, México, Costa Rica, Israel, Chile. Estados Unidos, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, Panamá, entre otros. Ha participado en el Foro de Porto Alegre y es Doctora Honoris Causa por la Universidad de Artes y Ciencias de la Comunicación de Santiago de Chile, otorgado por su lucha a favor de los derechos fundamentales, junio 2004. Tambien es premio Javer Olam, 2004, otorgado por la Comunidad de Chile el Día del Holocausto. Y es premio Cicla, 2005, otorgado en Jerusalem, por su lucha contra el antisemitismo. Premio Mass Media Award, 2009, otorgado por la American Jewish Committee.


Page 22Page 22Page 22Page 22 CARDS DONATIONSCARDS DONATIONSCARDS DONATIONSCARDS DONATIONS

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Roberto & Tere Ben-Hain Cachi & Frida Ben-Hain Mijel & Silvia Brazlavsky Nancy Brook Paulina Budner Benzy & Mina Cherches Simon & Becky K. Cohen Sophie Diatlo Carlos & Lydia Don Isaac & Clarita Eli Abraham Feldfeber Roberto & Bebi Gambach Manuel & Sofia Garmizo Samuel & Rosita Gilfarb Olga Givner Jaime & Matilde Givner & family Raul & Rosita Gorfinkel Danny & Florence Halberstein Leo & Martha Jarecki

Lucia Kelton Ana Kelton Brand & family Marcos A. & Fanny Kerbel Hyman & Mary Klocman Benny & Rebeca Kozolchik Jack & Diana Kuper Lily & Janet Lafarga Namy & Maria Lusky Raquel Maiman Gloria Maya Nahum & Julia Miller Isaac Moncarz Julia Nemeroff Dr. John & Mary Niven Meyer & Ita Oleksnianski Sara Plutt Jaime & Judith Pozo Jose & Elisa Raij Isaac & Clarita Raijman

Moises & Susy Rapport Joseph & Aida Roisman Ofelia Ruder Lazaro & Anita Sapoznik Julio & Rela Schniadoski Morris & Eva Shaftal Samuel & Hilda Silver Oscar & Ana Sklar Helen Sobie Gerty Sobie Felix Soloni & family David & Frida Szlapak Alfred Tennen Salomon & Mary Terner Celia Tuchman Ben Volpe Estela Wainstein Tete Wenguer

The Cuban Hebrew Congregation Concert Series

Paul Posnak, Artistic Director, presents:

Masterpieces of Jewish Music

Michael Klotz, Violin/Viola Jason Calloway, Cello Paul Posnak, Piano

Music of the Classical Era, the Cantorial Service, the Ghetto, and the Concentration Camps, and from Survivors of the Holocaust.

Works by Felix Mendelssohn, Ernest Bloch, Josef Achron, Gideon Klein, Leo Zeitlin, Oedeon Partos and Mieczyslaw Weinberg.

Saturday, September 5th at 8:15 PM

Main Sanctuary (1701 Lenox Ave. Miami Beach)

Tickets: Reserved Section (Front Rows): $25.00

General Adult Admission: $18.00 Student Admission: $5.00 Children under 12: Free

Tickets can be purchased in advance by check or credit card, or at the door.

Parking available in Temple’s Parking Lot at the Michigan Ave. entrance or Municipal Parking across the street.

YARZEIT DONATIONSYARZEIT DONATIONSYARZEIT DONATIONSYARZEIT DONATIONS

Chaia Abusiewiez Juanita Alter Eva Amster Oscar Baisman Ramon & Meche Bakalchuk Inda Bekerman Joseph & Regina Bender Roberto & Tere Ben-Hain Berta Bernstein Mario & Maria Bick Beril & Fraddy Bliach Oscar & Rosita Boruchin Mijel & Silvia Brazlavsky Julio Brener Lily Brodey Nancy Brook Paulina Budner Eli & Loli Budwick Lilia Chervony Samuel Chilerowicz Mario & Polita Chyzyk Jack & Becky Delaster Jack Diner Simon & Jeanette Dohan Eugenia Dubelman Dr. Jaime & Jenny Edelstein Raquel Eisen Isaac & Clara Eli Raquel Entes Feingold Isaac & Dora Epelbaum Josephine Epelbaum Mariita S. Feldenkreis George Feldenkreis Gala Furman Manuel & Sofia Garmizo Samuel & Miriam Garmizo Irwin Gartenbaum Ana Gartenbaum Michael Gelbs Saul & Bertha Ginzburg Matilde Glasman Bertha Glezer Emanuel Goldberg Jaime & Hela Goldberg Julia Goldberg

Esther Gorfinkel Felicia Gorodetzky Sara Goser Alex & Julia Greber Estela Grobler Edward Gurian Isaac & Esther Gurinsky Lidia Guterman Geña Gutman Abel & Fana Holtz Salomon & Bertha Jove Samuel & Lily Jurkevich Howard & Esther Kalman Israel & Isolina Karpel Natan Kaufman Mary Kirou Morris & Marylin Koltun Hilda Kosobucki Moises Kramer Felipe & Naile Kreiezmar Moises & Lidia Kriger Luba Krivoshey Sara Kuper Golda Lederman Jaime & Sarita Lehman Mary Levis Ruth Lewison Raquel Maiman Morris & Arlene Maranz Bruce & Ina Melceras Dr. Salomon & Angela Meles Harold & Sara Milkes David & Bertha Miller Brandel Minoff Oscar & Bertha Minski Bernardo & Chifre Mintz Isaac Moncarz Jose & Bertha Montiel Nuhim & Esther Nepomechie Bernardo Nieman Mina Novick Drs. Sol & Luisa Nussbaum Oscar & Marta Olchyk Bernardo & Bela Olczyk Meyer & Ita Oleksnianski

David & Esther Orlowsky Ida Percal Bernardo & Anita Perelmuter Jaime & Judith Pozo Bertha Rabinovich Sarita Rabinovich Isaac & Clarita Raijman Jose & Haya Reiser Masza Rok Boris & Jeanne Rosen Jaime & Eva Rosen Isaac & Hilda Rosenbaum Syma & Allan Rubenfeld Frank & Mimi Rudman Eva Saltz Raquel Sandler Frida Sapoznik Zoila Satanosky Ofelia Schwarz Sam & Sofia Schwarzbaum Prof. Ysrael & Fanny Seinuk Eva Shaftal Jaime & Sarita Shapiro Noel & Elsa Shapiro Cecilia Silverman Sarita Silverstein Dina Sklawer Isaac & Berta Sklar Leon & Clara Srebrenik Esther Teitelbaum Salomon & Mary Terner Veronica Trachter Faña Treibich Zoila Valdes Salomon & Rosa Vilk Ben Volpe Gregory & Maria Waksman Luisa Waksman Paulino Waserman Aida & James Wekselbaum Carlos & Roma Werbin Olga Winikor Morris & Berta Wodnicki Simon Wolfson Mauricio Zeilic

YARZEIT DONATIONSYARZEIT DONATIONSYARZEIT DONATIONSYARZEIT DONATIONS

On behalf of the Board of Directors of Temple Beth Shmuel we thank

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for calling our members to remind them of the dates of their loved one’s Yahrzeits.

His tireless dedication to our Temple is greatly appreciated.


Page 24Page 24Page 24Page 24 BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIESBIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIESBIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIESBIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES

JULY BIRTHDAYS Nathan Abusiewiez Samuel Amster Michael Bender Clara Benson Julia Borenstein Phillip Bottferd Susi Carvajal Roxana Chiz Rebeka K. Cohen Karla Dascal David Don Adina Eisenstad Dora Epelbaum Dr. Jose Esquenazi Mark Esquenazi Rachel Z. Gambach Lois Gavcovich Rose Gelber Mitchell Ginzburg Ofelia Glouberman Cila Gold Sophia Grobler Esther Gurinsky Amanda Hequin David Hequin Mark Hequin Vilma Herrera Guta Huppert Steven Kabak Miriam Karpel Norman Kelton Ralph Kier Fannie Kochen Benny Kozolchik Moises Kriger Ori Lapidot Ronen Lapidot Rosita Lipsman Briana Lubin Maria Lusky Adela Milkes Dana Z. Miller Ivette Montvilisky Nelly Percal Lilia Pinknowski Fanny G. Raines Ronny Rosenbaum Mario Rosenfeld Bryan L. Rozencwaig Taylor N. Rozencwaig Lauren Ruder Melissa Ruder Samy Sapayo Jacqueline Sapoznik Jeff R. Schigiel

Lisa Simon Saul Srebnick Salo Susi Alexander Tachmes Eddy Tuchman Lizette Weingard Ida B. Wekselbaum Berta Wodnicki Max Yelin Sabrina D. Zaslov Vanessa Zedner JULY ANNIVERSARIES Jeffrey & Lindy Backer Alberto & Esther Bejar Moises & Raquel Bondar Eli & Loli Budwick Marcos & Zoila Fiegler Bernard & Elena Goldberg Jay & Elena Goldberg Marcos & Emilita Grabb Jaime & Marcia Kopel Abram & Elena Kubiliun Marvin & Lorraine Lusky Dr. John & Mary Niven Gaby & Esther Oleksnianski Abraham & Betty Rosenbaum Bryan & Leslie Rosenfeld Bryan & Karen Rozencwaig Lazaro & Ana Sapoznik Mario & Rachel Sapoznik AUGUST BIRTHDAYS Daisy Adouth Jill Amster Abraham Baikovitz Mario Bick Jorge Bliach Becky Brafman Robyn Budyszewick Milton Chiz Bernie Cohen Josefina Epelbaum Robert Feinstein George Feldenkreis Alex J. Gambach Stephanie Gilfarb Saul Ginzburg Eric B. Glinsky Rebecca Glinsky Joshua Gold Salomon Gold Stuart Gold

Jaime Goldberg Elvira Gorfinkel Jodi Gorfinkel Michael Gorfinkel Raul Gorfinkel Marcos Grabb Sergio Grobler Isaac Gurinsky Ilana Gutman Jacob Gutt Elana M. Harris Clara Heisler Salomon Heisler Leon Hequin Bessie Jama Jessica Jama Lilly Jurkevich Samuel Jurkevich Miriam Karpel Angel Kerbel Marcos Kerbel Vivian Klepach Jenna N. Kochen Frank Kriger Ana P. Kubiliun Nisa Kubiliun David Lichter Joseph Lisitzky Rosa Lisitzky Gisela Lusky Bruce Melceras Ina B. Melceras Ann Milkes Harold Milkes Eric Miller Nujim Nepomechie Fabio Nick Ira Nusbaum Ita Oleksnianski Jaya Oleksnianski Betty Papir Donald Reed Risha Reiman David Resnick Michael Roisman David Rosenfeld Selma R. Roth Cassidy A. Rozencwaig Samuel Schwartzbaum Sofia Schwartzbaum Eva Shaftal Jaime Shapiro Bessie Smolar Leon Srebrenik Sandra Suazo Hersz Taubenfeld Mark Topp


Celia Tuchman Isaac Tuchman Jacobo Tuchman David H. Vaks Monica G. Vaks Maria Waksman Eliza S. Weber Jimmy Wekselbaum Erica Wenguer Nelson Wenguer Mario Werbin Sylvia Winikor Jason Zelcer AUGUST ANNIVERSARIES Roberto & Tere Ben-Hain Ruben & Nina Berezdivin Jaime & Julia Borenstein Jack & Sandra Budyszewick Charles & Fanny Dascal Gabriel & Judith Dickstein Isaac & Dora Epelbaum Manuel & Gisela Epelbaum Dr. Jose & Raquel Esquenazi Harvey & Debbie Friedman Samuel & Miriam Garmizo Abraham & Marta Gavcovich Guillermo & Silvia Glatzer Eddy & Jodi Gorfinkel Raul & Rosita Gorfinkel Alberto & Marci Gutman Leon & Regina Hequin Moses & Ofelia Hersman Marcos & Fanny Kerbel Rafael & Rebeca Kravec Samuel & Sara Levin Nujim & Esther Nepomechie Pincho & Ofelia Papir Bernardo & Anita Perelmuter Steven & Jennifer Rozencwaig Moris & Raquel Salk Jaime & Sara Shapiro Oscar & Anita Sklar Joel & Monica Hoppenstein Luis & Bell Stabinski Steven & Ana White SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS Daniela Barki Sima Baikovitz Brian Ben-Hain Tere Ben-Hain Rosita Berenthal

Julian Berezdivin Dulce Blacher Rebeca Borenstein Molly L. Bottner Carly Brand Sydney Brandon Deborah Brook Becky Delaster Jack Delaster Jenny Eisenstad Jax Feinstein Lisa Franc Melisa Friedman Susana Garmizo Rosita Gilfarb Phillip Glatzer Lucy Gol Joel Gutman Jose Gutman Jaime Halberstein Betty P. Haspel Elias Kabak Joseph Kaller Lucia Kelton Reuben Kopel Hilda Kosobucki Rebeca Kravec Jack Kuper Sara Levin Giselle Levy Frida Ligator Frances Lubin Yacob Lubin Jeffrey Lusky Victor Meles Sal Mitchel Sammy Morjain Bela Olczyk Meyer Oleksnianski Isaac Osin Lezzie Pacheco Pincho Papir Rosa Papir Alan Pozo Jose Raij Milton Raijman Ian Greber Raines Raquel Rembalsky Andrew Resnick Lidia Resnick Maurice Roisman Sherrie Roisman Betty Rosenbaum Aaron Rosenfeld Sara Rozencwaig Sharonne Rudman Miriam Sandbrand

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Promise YourselfPromise YourselfPromise YourselfPromise Yourself

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1700 Michigan Avenue. Miami Beach. FL 33139

Cuban Hebrew Congregation of Miami, Inc.

Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb you peace of mind.

To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet.

To make all your friends feel that there is something in them.

To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.

To think only of the best, to work only for the best and expect only the best.

To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.

To forger the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.

To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile.

To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others.

To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.

Christian D. Larson

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