Saturday, November 24, 2018

Havdalah 5:38 p.m.

Shabbat Shalom! 16 Kislev, 5779

This week’s parashah is Vayishlah.

Sunday, 11/25 ~ 17 Kislev No J-JEP.

8:00 am Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 7:00 pm Evening Service, Helfant Chapel

Monday, 11/26 ~ 18 Kislev

7:30 am Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 9:15 am Talmud Study, 61C Café, 1839 Murray Avenue 7:00 pm Evening Service, Helfant Chapel 7:15 pm Latin Cardio, Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom 7:30 pm Community Sheloshim (Jewish Federation), Marriott City Centre, Downtown

Tuesday, 11/27 ~ 19 Kislev 7:30 am Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 4:15 pm J-JEP, Classrooms 7:00 pm Evening Service, Helfant Chapel 7:30 pm Executive Committee, Lehman Center

Wednesday, 11/28 ~ 20 Kislev 7:30 am Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 11:00 am Coffee with the Cantor, Lehman Center 7:00 pm Evening Service, Helfant Chapel

Thursday, 11/29 ~ 21 Kislev 7:30 am Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 4:15 pm J-JEP, Classrooms 7:00 pm Evening Service, Helfant Chapel

Friday, 11/30 ~ 22 Kislev Candle lighting 4:35 pm

7:30 am Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 6:00 pm Hod veHadar Instrumental Kabbalat Shabbat, Faye Rubenstein Weiss Sanctuary

Saturday, 12/1 ~ 23 Kislev Gabe Engel becomes a bar

mitzvah Havdalah 5:35 pm

6:30 am Early Morning Shabbat Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 9:15 am Shabbat Service, including Gabe Engel becomes a Bar Mitzvah, Faye Rubenstein

Weiss Sanctuary 10:00 am Youth Tefillah, Meet in Youth Lounge, then to respective services 12:15 pm Congregational Kiddush, Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom 4:05 pm Minhah, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 4:30 pm Discussion / Se’udah Shelishit, Eisner Commons 5:15 pm Ma’ariv, Homestead Hebrew Chapel

ENRICHING LIVES THROUGH COMMUNITY, LIFELONG JEWISH LEARNING, & SPIRITUAL GROWTH

Please look for this symbol inside for info on accessible entrances at Beth Shalom.

THE WEEK AT A GLANCE

FOR THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 24 - 30, 2018 16 - 22 KISLEV, 5779 Yahrzeits

Rhoda A. Alpern Esther R. Anish Samuel B. Aronson Rudolph Bauer Ethel Ann Becker Sarah Berer Mildred Berkowitz Sarah Braun Louis Briskman Elizabeth Brown Florence Burechson Sarah Cederbaum Manuel Charie Minnie Cohen Morris A. Cohen Gertrude P. Elias Leonard Enelow Irving Epstein Sidney Epstein

Charles Jacob Favish Myrtle M. Fisher Reuben Fisher David Frank Henry Gilbert Rachel L. Goldberg Morris D. Golden Robert A. Green Morris B. Greenberg Harry Hadas David M. Harris Florence Kannensohn

Harris Grace Salzman Harris Martin Hepps Dave Hoffman Lena Hornstein Sarah Hourvitz Leo Huttner

Fannie Isazauk Louis Jacobson Rose F. Jacobson Lawrence S. Kessler Zalman Kleban Winifred Klee Abraham W. Klemp Harold Lasser Ben Lazarus Byron F. Levy Fannie Malkin Maurice Malkin Joseph Mandel Carl Markovitz Mary Maysels Esther B. Mazerov Nathan Merenstein Anna Moss Louis D. Moss

Esther Neiman Virginia Neiman Rella G. Pascal Fannie C. Pavloff Irving R. Pearlman Pauline Pearlman Solomon W. Platt Solomon Rosenbloom A. J. Rosenshine Larry Rosenthal Anna Rosenthal Harry Rosenthal Sophie Saffro Harry A. Sapira Lillian Schoenfeld Louis Schultz Harry Schwartz Eva P. Seiner Morris J. Semins

Harold Sharpe Eileen Sheer Genia Sidransky Werner Simon Marilyn Sindler Rebecca Smolover Bess T. Solomon Norman J. Solow Henche Stark Rhea C. Starr Jane Charlotte

Weisman Morris Whitman Joseph Younger

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Please refrain from using electronic devices in the

synagogue during Shabbat and holidays. Thank you.

The following Yahrzeits will be observed today and in the coming week. This list comprises those dear departed for whom there are dedicated plaques in our praying spaces, and those for whom contributions have been made to have their names listed here.

Early Morning Shabbat Service 6:30 am Homestead Hebrew Chapel

Youth Services

Saturday

10:00-10:30 am - Gym is open before Youth Tefillah.

Infant - Kindergarten with Manny Theiner

10:30 am - 12:00 pm Hoffman & Zweig Libraries, 3rd floor

1st - 4

th Grade

Youth Tefillah 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Eisner Commons, 2nd floor

5th

- 6th

Grade Youth Tefillah

10:30 am - 12:00 pm Homestead Hebrew Chapel, 2nd floor

Friday, November 23, 2018

Candle lighting 4:38 pm

Shabbat Morning Service, including Joel & Steph-anie Pomerantz baby naming 9:30 am

Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom

Congregational Kiddush 12:15 pm

Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom

Minhah 4:10 pm Homestead Hebrew Chapel

Discussion, Se’udah Shelishit 4:35 pm Homestead Hebrew Chapel

Ma’ariv 5:20 pm Homestead Hebrew Chapel

Kabbalat Shabbat Service 6:00 pm Helfant Chapel

Family and friends of Morris “Morry” Naimark, on his passing on November 12th.

Condolences to

Mazal Tov to

Moshe Baran, Paul and Avi Munro, and their family on the wedding of Moshe's

granddaughter Maya Baran to Tal ben Avi last summer, and on the recent engagement of

Moshe's grandson Yossi Munro to Hannah Jegart.

Joel & Stephanie Pomerantz, parents, and Marc & Sylvia Pomerantz, grandparents,

on the naming of baby Hannah.

Rabbi Adelson joins the Officers and Trustees in welcoming all members and guests to our Shabbat Services. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

All are welcome to the congregational Kiddush, in the Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom immediately following services, sponsored by Joel & Stephanie Pomerantz in honor of naming their baby.

Thank you to Sanford & Elinor Zaremberg and Robert Zaremberg for sponsoring Se’udah Shelishit) in memory of beloved parents Sara & Robert Davidson and Ruth & Samuel Zaremberg, and sister Lea E. Davidson.

OUR CONGREGATIONAL FAMILY

SHABBAT SHALOM

Thank You to

The multitude of dedicated volunteers who made the PIZMON concert and the Come

Together dinner so wonderful.

Kiddush Sponsorship

Celebrating a simhah or honoring the memory of a loved one? To sponsor a catered Kiddush, contact Michelle Vines, at 412-421-2288 x113, or catering1@bethshalompgh.org

LOCATING THE MOST ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE

Palkovitz Lobby, Helfant Chapel, ELC, Front Offices: Enter at Beacon Street or Rear Parking Lot Entrance Eisner Commons, Homestead Hebrew Chapel: Enter at Beacon Street, take elevator to 2nd floor Faye Rubenstein Weiss Sanctuary: Enter at Beacon Street, take elevator to 3rd floor Shear Youth Lounge, Rice Auditorium: Enter at Beacon Street, take elevator to 3rd floor Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom: Enter at Shady Avenue

OUR LEADERSHIP

The Rabbi’s Assistant answers questions that someone might be too shy to ask.

Who is Naim Obeid, Whom We Welcomed Last Week?

Last week we welcomed a visit from Naim Obeid, Executive Director of the Akko Center for Arts and Technol-ogy in Israel (A-CAT), who visited on Shabbat.

The Akko Center has Pittsburgh roots! Mark Frank, Pittsburgher , founded the Akko Center based on the model of Pittsburgher William E. Strickland, Jr., in the Manchester Bildwell Corporation. Flourishing on the North Side, Manchester Bidwell advocates an atmosphere of art, light, and music. They look for the “genius in everyone.” Bill Strickland took a trade school, melded it with Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, and has formed a greenhouse of arts education and mentorship for inner city youth. Beginning with ceramics, photography, and other arts, eventually they have included horticulture and even medical fields in their training. And they are a nationally accredited and state-licensed adult career training institution.

So Mark Frank has transferred those ideals to Akko, Israel, a port city of about 50,000 with a cosmopolitan mix-ture of peacefully coexisting people - a lot like Pittsburgh in attitude if not size! (Rather like Squirrel Hill, too.) Despite the segregated school system, and the fear of conflict, the classrooms at the Akko Center are evenly split between Jewish and Arab students. Executive Director Naim Obeid is an Arab Christian born and raised in Akko, who believes (according to the Post-Gazette) in building bridges to help allay hatred from taking root.

Rabbi Adelson was presented with a letter from the folks at the Akko Center, which says in part, “Today, we, as leaders of the Jewish, Muslim and Christian communities in Akko and the Western Galilee, stand with the Pitts-burgh Jewish community in our hearts, words and actions.” It goes on:

We grieve the horrific attack on the Jewish community in Squirrel Hill, mourn the loss of precious lives and stand in solidarity with the Jewish community in Pittsburgh and the supportive interfaith community of people that advocate for freedom and safety for all.

We join the strong and clear voice that will not tolerate any anti-Semitism, hatred of foreigners and violence directed at one religious, ethnic or national group and its members.

The letter is signed by Naim Obeid, Mark Frank, Shimon Lankri (Mayor of Akko), F. Andre Bahus (Parish Priest, Greek-Catholic church), Shekh Samer Assi (Emam of Akko), and Rabbi Yosef Yashar (Chief Rabbi of Akko).

Pittsburgh’s roots are deep and our reach is wide. May we have the strength to continue spreading peace and light.

We look forward to your questions. We now have these columns online at http://bethshalompgh.org/ive-always-wondered/ .

Clergy Rabbi Seth Adelson, Ext. 115, rav@bethshalompgh.org Rabbi Mark Staitman, Rabbinic Scholar

Officers Deborah Firestone, President, Ext. 106 Joe Jolson, Vice President Arlene Shapiro, Vice President Mitch Dernis, Treasurer Steve Albert, Secretary

Staff Ḥazzan Rob Menes, Executive Director, Ext. 226, rmenes@bethshalompgh.org Dale Caprara, Controller, Ext. 109 Anthony Colaizzi, Communications & Design Manager, Ext. 108 Audrey Glickman, Rabbi’s Assistant, Ext. 112, rabbiasst@bethshalompgh.org Kate Kim, Assistant JJEP Director, Ext. 323 Rabbi Jeremy Markiz, Director of Derekh and Y outh Tefillah, Ext. 111 Hilary Huelsman, Early Learning Center Director, Ext. 390 Marissa Tait, Director of Y outh Programming, Ext. 463 Michelle Vines, Events Coordinator, Ext. 113 Lonnie Wolf, Cemetery Director, Ext. 293

Auxiliary Presidents Ira Frank, Men’s Club Judy Kornblith Kobell, Sisterhood Amallia Rascoe, USY

Honorary President Ruth Ganz Fargotstein

Thank you so very much to the sponsors of last Saturday’s PIZMON / Come Together

evening:

Giant Eagle Foundation, Brenda Kurland & Mitchell Dernis, Helen &

Richard Feder, Debby & Nate Firestone, Ira Frank, Lynn & Steven

Hecht, Vicky & Steven Hoffman, Cindy Goodman-Lieb & Scott Lieb,

Elisa Marlin, Avi & Paul Munro, Bernice & Jack Myers, Rita & Andrew

Rabin, the Resnick and Plung Families, Adrienne & Larry Savitz, Mindy

Shreve, and Marlene & Arthur Silverman.

A summary of this week’s parashah, from Hazzan Rob Menes, www.HazzanMenes.info

The saga of Jacob continues in this week’s parashah. It begins with Jacob sending messengers

ahead to greet his brother Esau, who swore to kill Jacob when they last parted some twenty years

before. Jacob is informed that Esau has a large assembly of men coming toward Jacob, seemingly

prepared for battle. Jacob responds with a three-pronged strategy in preparation for the

confrontation: Prayer, Diplomacy and War. But the night before he confronts his brother, Jacob

spends the night wrestling with the angel and, in the end, has his name changed by God to Israel.

The next morning, much to his surprise, the encounter with Esau goes peacefully, and again they

part. Esau returns to Seir and Jacob settles outside of the city of Shechem. There, Jacob’s daughter

Dinah is raped by a prince of the town, and, in retaliation, Jacob's sons go on a violent rampage,

killing the entire male population of Shechem. At the end of the portion, both Rachel and Isaac die

and are buried. The parashah ends with a review of all Isaac’s descendants.

SHABBAT - 16 KISLEV 5779

PARASHAT VAYISHLAH

Aliyah Verses Readers Hertz

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Hayim

1st ראשון Genesis 35:16-26 Irene Kaplow 130 214

2nd 35:27-29 שני Irene Kaplow 131 215

3rd 36:1-8 שלישי Dave Held 132 216

4th 36:9-19 רביעי Ari Chester 132 217

5th 36:20-30 חמישי Ari Chester 133 218

6th 36:31-39 ששי Ari Chester 134 219

7th 36:40-43 שביעי Ari Chester 134 220

Maftir 36:40-43 מפטיר Ari Chester 134 220

Haftarah הפטרה Obadiah 1:1-21 Toby Gershon 137 222

Guest Darshan: As the Director of North American Engagement for the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusa-

lem, Rabbi Andy Shapiro Katz travels widely in North America to teach and build relationships with in-

stitutional partners. Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Rabbi Katz lives in Beer Sheva with his wife and four

children, where they co-founded the intentional pluralistic religious community, Kehilat Be'erot. Prior to mak-

ing aliyah he taught Talmud and Jewish History at the Weber School in Atlanta and the Jewish Community

High School of the Bay in San Francisco, where he was also the Assistant Head of School. Rabbi Katz is an

alumnus of the Conservative Yeshiva and the Pardes Kollel, receiving smicha in 2004 from Rabbi Daniel

Landes. He holds a B.A. in American Studies and M.A. in Educational Administration from Stanford Univer-

sity and an M.B.A. from Ben Gurion University of the Negev. On the side (and where you work in Jewish

education in Israel, one needs something on the side), he teaches pizza-making and cooking science, caters

small events, and hosts a periodic pop-up restaurant.

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Youth Department Sports Shirt Fundraiser

T-Shirts

Adult Short Sleeve $15 each

Adult Long Sleeve $20 each

Youth Short Sleeve $10 each

Youth Long Sleeve $12 each

Online purchase only at

Tinyurl.com/CBS-Shirts18

The last day to order is December 7, 2018. Pickup at Beth Shalom.

ZONE 28 with BSUSY & BGUSY

Sunday, December 16, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m., 525 Freeport Road Grades 6-12 $20 The event includes access to Suite 28, unlimited bowling, laser tag, game card, and so

much more! RSVP at https://tinyurl.com/Zone28-12-16. If you want to attend this event and need a scholarship, please contact your advisor.

All-Age (K-12) Hanukkah Party

Wednesday, December 5, 5:00 - 6:30 p.m., Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom Join other Beth Shalom youth as we create a Hanukkah inspired mitzvah project, eat dinner, and decorate your very own sufganiyot! RSVP by 12/2 to youthdirector@bethshalompgh.org.

9th Annual LATKEPALOOZA

Sunday, December 2, 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom Hosted by J-JEP. Everyone is welcome to join us for this community event with

games, crafts, music, prizes, sufganiyot, and latkes! $5 per person. Questions? Interested in sponsoring? Contact Kate@JJEP.org.

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Sweepstakes Tickets Are On Sale

Men’s Club 2018 Sweepstakes tickets are available now, at $75 each. Drawing every Fr iday, through November, based on PA Lottery number. Tickets must be paid to win!

The date of the final event will be Saturday evening, December 8th. Contact Ira Frank for tickets, 412-849-2937 or natfabira@juno.com.

Sweepstakes & Awards Dinner

Saturday, December 8th, 6:30 p.m., Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom Enjoy a gala evening! Festivities begin with hors d’oeuvres and an open bar. Dinner will be served

at 7:30 p.m. Contact Ira Frank for tickets, 412-849-2937 or natfabira@juno.com.

Formerly the Learners’ Service, the next service will be December 22nd, 10:30 a.m., in Weinberg Pavilion. Rabbi Adelson leads a discussion-oriented service for all ranges of davener, from the uninitiated to the veterans. We seek meaning behind the words, and personal connections within tefillah. Please note that

the November session will be superseded by the Pizmon Shabbat, from which we can learn as well. This program is free; all are welcome.

UPCOMING EVENTS For additional information, please see the flyers in the racks, or go to our website.

Check the calendar on our website for daily event information at http://www.bethshalompgh.org

Every Monday morning at 9:15 a.m. at the 61C Café you can find Rabbi Jeremy Markiz learning Masekhet Rosh Hashanah,

a tractate of the Talmud about the many new years that fill out the Jewish calendar. Find it online at: https://www.sefaria.org/Rosh_Hashanah.4b?lang=bi.

Beginning in November, Lunch and Learn with Rabbi Adelson returns. Next sessions are January 8 Downtown / January 15 at Beth Shalom

This year’s topic is “Jewish Law for Today: Five Key Teshuvot of the Conservative Movement.”

This session will cover “Y om Tov Sheni Shel Galuyot / The Second Day of Yom Tov.”

Ever wonder why you don’t have to park three blocks away from a Conservative synagogue on Shabbat? Or whether your rabbi can marry a gay couple? The Rabbinical Assembly’s Committee on Jewish Law and Standards has been reviewing contemporary halakhic issues for the Conservative movement for over 90 years, and has a long-standing tradition of issuing thoughtful, sensitive responsa to the challenges of

keeping Jewish tradition in today’s world. You should get to know these teshuvot.

Downtown sessions graciously hosted by David Horvitz at 535 Smithfield Street, Suite 800.

Further information at www.tinyurl.com/LunchLearnNov2018

Coffee with the Cantor - a stimulating discussion group led by our Executive Director, Hazzan (Cantor) Rob Menes.

Discussing "Jewish Influence in the Secular World." We ask the question, how has Judaism affected the non-Jewish world? Although some of the discussion will look at historical

influences, much of the time will be spent on current interactions. Coffee provided! Every Wednesday, 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

in the Lehman Center. Signup not required.

12/2, 12/9, 12/16, 1/6, 1/13, 1/20, at 2:00-4:00 p.m. We invite you to this non-denominational class. The six-week course will

cover an overview of Creation, Bible, diversity, holidays, and Shabbat. Beth Shalom members $80 (includes book); non-members $100 (includes book).

The Congregation Beth Shalom / PIIN event originally scheduled for the evening of November 26th will be rescheduled to a later date, in deference to the Jewish Federation

of Greater Pittsburgh’s Sheloshim event now scheduled for that time.

Please watch for further information.

On November 26, at 7:30 p.m., at the Marriott City Centre, Downtown, The Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh will offer a community gathering, observing

the end of the Sheloshim (30-day) period for those who were cruelly taken from us on October 27th at the Tree of Life.

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Sisterhood Book Club

The Sisterhood Book Club will discuss This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel on a date and at a location yet to be announced in January.

For more information, please contact the main office at 412-421-2288.

Sisterhood Judaica Shop - Great Gifts!

Open Friday 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (except holidays), or by appointment

Barbara Kaiserman, 412-422-5677

November - 30% off Menorahs and Dreidels

Sisterhood Hanukkah Party

Sunday, December 16, 10:00 a.m., Eisner Commons Fun and refreshments! Cost $5 at the door.

Bring a wrapped gift to get a $10-value gift, or regift is welcome! Also asking attendees to contribute new or gently used hats, scarves, gloves, to donate.

RSVP to Judy Kobell at jayeko@msn.com or 412-422-3226.