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TEMPLE NER TAMIDTEMPLE NER TAMIDTEMPLE NER TAMIDTEMPLE NER TAMID

936 Broad Street Bloomfield, New Jersey 07003 Tel: 973.338.1500 Fax: 973.338.4486 www.nertamid.org

a Reform synagogue serving Bloomfield, Glen Ridge, Montclair and surrounding communities

Member URJ

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Steven Kushner RABBI EMERITUSRABBI EMERITUSRABBI EMERITUSRABBI EMERITUS

Stanley Skolnik CANTORCANTORCANTORCANTOR

Meredith Greenberg

SYNAGOGUE SOCIAL WORKERSYNAGOGUE SOCIAL WORKERSYNAGOGUE SOCIAL WORKERSYNAGOGUE SOCIAL WORKER

Missy Jacobs

CANTORIAL ASSISTANTCANTORIAL ASSISTANTCANTORIAL ASSISTANTCANTORIAL ASSISTANT

Ronni Pressman

DIRECTOR OF EDUCATIONDIRECTOR OF EDUCATIONDIRECTOR OF EDUCATIONDIRECTOR OF EDUCATION

Iris Schwartz PRESCHOOL DIRECTORPRESCHOOL DIRECTORPRESCHOOL DIRECTORPRESCHOOL DIRECTOR

Arlene Sherman YOUTH GROUP ADVISORSYOUTH GROUP ADVISORSYOUTH GROUP ADVISORSYOUTH GROUP ADVISORS

Jeff & Amy Kagan CONGREGATIONAL NURSECONGREGATIONAL NURSECONGREGATIONAL NURSECONGREGATIONAL NURSE

Karen Frank RABINICAL INTERNRABINICAL INTERNRABINICAL INTERNRABINICAL INTERN

Anne Laurent ACCOMPANIST / CHOIR DIRECTORACCOMPANIST / CHOIR DIRECTORACCOMPANIST / CHOIR DIRECTORACCOMPANIST / CHOIR DIRECTOR Edward Alstrom

PRESIDENTPRESIDENTPRESIDENTPRESIDENT

Jordan Solomon FIRST VPFIRST VPFIRST VPFIRST VP

Phyllis Berman

VP PLANNING & DEVELOPMENTVP PLANNING & DEVELOPMENTVP PLANNING & DEVELOPMENTVP PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT

Nina Tucker

VP FINANCEVP FINANCEVP FINANCEVP FINANCE

Andrea Robik VP MEMBERSHIPVP MEMBERSHIPVP MEMBERSHIPVP MEMBERSHIP

Lisa Korn VP RELIGIOUS LIVINGVP RELIGIOUS LIVINGVP RELIGIOUS LIVINGVP RELIGIOUS LIVING

Fred Pressman

VP HOUSE & ADMINISTRATIONVP HOUSE & ADMINISTRATIONVP HOUSE & ADMINISTRATIONVP HOUSE & ADMINISTRATION

Ken Schapiro

VP EARLY CHILDHOODVP EARLY CHILDHOODVP EARLY CHILDHOODVP EARLY CHILDHOOD

Sarah Larson

TREASURERTREASURERTREASURERTREASURER

Kenneth Cohen

SECRETARY / DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONSECRETARY / DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONSECRETARY / DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONSECRETARY / DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION

Mary Lee

BROTHERHOOD PRESIDENTBROTHERHOOD PRESIDENTBROTHERHOOD PRESIDENTBROTHERHOOD PRESIDENT

Stephen Rosen

YOUTH GROUP PRESIDENTYOUTH GROUP PRESIDENTYOUTH GROUP PRESIDENTYOUTH GROUP PRESIDENT

Audrey Hertzberg

TEMPLE TOPICS EDITORTEMPLE TOPICS EDITORTEMPLE TOPICS EDITORTEMPLE TOPICS EDITOR

Laurie Schifano

Hospital Work—December 24 & 25

The Temple membership has the opportunity to volunteer to help out in a variety of tasks at Clara Maass Hospital in Belleville and at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Paterson. As in previous years, the hospital staff needs your help for about two hours. This will allow staff and other volunteers to have time off to enjoy their holidays. The tasks include activities at the front desk, telephone inquiries, and whatever is else is requested such as operating the gift shop or errands for a staff member. This is time well spent and a good mitzvah as well. There is still plenty of time left for a movie and Chinese food. If you would like to participate, contact Harvey Morginstin for your scheduled date and time at 973-338-6408 or [email protected].

We still want each of our members to be a part of the "Path of Peace" walkway leading to the Temple's main entrance. You can order 4X8 bricks at $180 or 8X8 bricks at $360.

Questions? Contact Nina Tucker 973-783-1176 or

[email protected]


CHESEDCHESEDCHESEDCHESED

Join The Chesed Committee!

Do you or your family need some extra help? Are you in mourning and in need of a meal and some emotional support? Is someone in your family shut-in at home and in need of a visitor? Are you a new parent and in need of a few hours of respite? If you could use some help, or provide some help to a fellow congregant, get in touch with the Chesed Committee! “Chesed” means “doing the right thing,” and there are many ways you can do the right thing in the caring community that is Temple Ner Tamid. The Chesed Committee responds to the practical and emotional needs of congregants. You can make your commitment a one-shot deal, or take on an ongoing responsibility. If you are interested in any or all of these activities, or have ideas for new ways the Chesed Committee can help, let us add your email to our growing list of people who want to help. Contact Susan Goldstein at [email protected].

Prayerbook Fund

Dedicate one of our new pray-er books in honor of a simcha or in memory of a loved one.

The cost per dedication is $36.

Remember Temple Ner Tamid in Your Will

Would you like to make a gift to the Temple that provides you or your loved ones with income for life while giving you an immediate tax deduction?

Temple Ner Tamid has established a Planned Giving subcommittee.

For information on planned giving, or to help with this important effort, please call Nina Tucker at (973) 783-1176.

TREE OF LIFETREE OF LIFETREE OF LIFETREE OF LIFE Leaves on the Tree of Life

can be purchased to celebrate any simcha.

Commemorate any life-affirming event such as

Birth, B'nai Mitzvah, Confirmation, Marriage

or Anniversary.

Leaves cost $180


Ner Tamid is About People

Meet some of Ner Tamid’s Newest Members and Help Us Welcome Them to Our Community

Michael and Sarah Blaine

When Michael and Sarah Blaine got married, it was foreordained that their children would be raised Jewish. Sarah had been involved in Jewish activities all her life, and Michael, who was not Jewish, respected her faith. Now that their older daughter, Elizabeth, is 9 years old they joined Temple Ner Tamid to begin her Jewish education. Their younger daughter, Julianna, age 5, will follow suit when the time comes. Elizabeth attends Hillside School and Julianna attends the Montclair Community Pre-K. Sarah attended NFTY MItzvah Corps. in high school. She was chair of the Jewish Student Union at Wesleyan, and after college she spent a year in Isra-el under the UJF project OTZMA, having various volunteer and learning ex-periences throughout the country. Michael converted to Judaism after their marriage, and is looking forward to exploring his faith at the Temple. Sarah is interested in getting involved with her children's Jewish education. She knows the challenges of raising Jewish children when one parent did not grow up Jewish, because her own mother was a Jew by choice. They are the poster family for interfaith marriage resulting in Jewish children. When they are not working as litigators are their respective law firms, Mi-chael and Sarah enjoy family time. Their extended families are also close, because Sarah grew up in Short Hills and Michael grew up on Long Island. A warm welcome to the Blaine family.

Zoe and Ruark Behan Zoe and Ruark Behan, along with their son Kyle, daughter Amelia, and son Logan, are among our new members this year. Like many of our 30 new families, the Behans have al-ready been active in the Temple community through Shoresh. We now welcome them as Temple members! They lived in Nutley for 8 years before moving to Montclair 2 ½ years ago. Zoe is a Montclair native and Ruark is from Brooklyn. Zoe is a freelance publishing and marketing consultant for media companies while Ruark is a motion picture technician who has most recently worked on the popular shows Girls and Orange is the New Black. Kyle is 8 years old, in 3rd grade, and attends Hebrew School at Ner Tamid. Amelia is 5 years old and in kindergarten while baby brother, Logan is in the threes class at Shoresh. All three kids play sports after school, but they are especially fond


Elaine Alpern in memory of David Alpern

Douglas Berman in memory of Stephen Berman

Shirley Cobert in memory of Dora Idelson

Benita Fishbein in memory of Irving Epton

Eric Fishman in memory of Dorothy Glazer

Sally Fleishman in memory of Dorothy Glazer

Grigory Frekhtman in memory of Joseph Frekhtman

Deborah-Anne Gentile in memory of Mary Gruber and John Mizialko

Steven Glassman in memory of Harriet Glassman

Susan & Bruce Goldstein in memory of Dorothy Glazer

Florence Goldstein in memory of Helen Goldstein

Marge & Paul Grayson in memory of Elinor Neifeld, Irving Jacobson, Dorothy Glazer and Mark Genser; for the recovery of Hedi Molnar

Florence Grossman in memory of Morris Appel

Marilyn Hilowitz in memory of Ruth Hendler

Francine Hirsch in memory of Dorothy Glazer

Diane Horowitz in memory of Dorothy Glazer

Jean Siegel & Peter Janulis in honor of the Chesed Committee

Jane Kantor in memory of Lilyan Buckbinder

Cecile Karp in memory of Dorothy Glazer

Claire & Stan Keyles in memory of William Keyles, Irving Jacobson and Mark Genser

Miriam & David Klein in memory of Gerald Klein and Dorothy Glazer

Debbie Kravitz in memory Dan Rosenberg and Arlene Linetzky

George & Sheila Laiks in memory of Dorothy Glazer

Richard Lasday in memory of Audrey Lasday

Mildred Leader-Parker in memory of Meyer Glantzberg, Fannie Guttenmacher and Clara Glantzberg

Sue Leathers in memory of Dorothy Glazer

Steven Lee in memory of Isador Levin

David Malchman in honor of Cantor Meredith's Chanting Circle

Ruth Messineo in memory of James Messineo, James T. Messineo, Louis Katimsky and Ruth Maltenfort

Diane Moore in memory of Nancy Nissenfeld

Jeff Plaut in honor of a fantastic Jets fan, Phyllis Berman

Rachel Poggie in memory of Norman Zukoff

Dorothy Pollack in memory of Morton Pollock

Yvette Quraishi in memory of Gabriel Klein

Stephen Rooney in memory of Linda Rooney Markstein

Rob Rosenberg in memory of Carol Rosenberg

Lois Rosenkrantz in memory of Dorothy Glazer

Ellen Rothschild in memory of Stuart Kolinski

Arlene Sherman in memory of Irving Jacobson

Neil Shyman in memory of Harry Shyman

Robert Spiro in memory of Jacob Spiro

Henry Tausk in memory of Eugene Tausk

Gary Udell in memory of Frederick Samson

Crystal Van Horn in memory of Donald Van Horn

Florence Weinstock in memory of Jack Weinstock

Jonathan Wiener in memory of Benjamin Wiener and Henry Jassem

Celia Zeisel in memory of Vernon Menkes, Sophie Menkes and Esther Marcus

Contributions to the Synagogue

WE GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE CON-

TRIBUTIONS OF OUR MEMBERS, RELATIVES AND FRIENDS


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THEIR MEMORIES ARE A BLESSING

Diane Carver Adams, mother of Keith Adams Robert Worth, father of Andi Robik

In Loving Memory

Shabbat Shabbat Shabbat Shabbat –––– December 7December 7December 7December 7

Rose Behar Elias Brown David Brownstein Benjamin Carchmann Jacob Ehrlich Irving Epton Mae Faber Samuel Fogelman Joseph Frekhtman Iola Goldberg Phyllis Grunauer Fannie Guttenmacher Edward Haas Sally Jacobs Henry Jassem Leo Karger Milton Katcher Louis Katimsky Joseph Kesselman Israel Kleinman Anna Koppelman William Leffler Isador Levin Aron Lief Miriam Manheim Adolph Marden Sarah Morginstin Roselyn Nuddle Seymour Nuddle Sophie Ogur Timothy Owens William Pashman Morton Pollock Irving Price Philip Rubin George Schaefer Ella Schmidt Dora Soberman Benjamin Spiegel Eugene Tausk Ernest Unger Edit Ungerova Donald Van Horn

Frances Weinstein Jennie Yurkowitz


Israel Alter Lillian Anisfield Ida Becker Lena Cohen Viola Cohen Malcolm Cole Daniel Davidow Eleanor Dobrow Mamie Eison Arlene Glasser Hyman Glantz Jerry Goldberg Joyce Goldberg Bertha Haas Trude Haas Harry Hertzberg Leonard Katowitz Esther Kimmel Leona Kirschner Gerald Klein Rosette Koplow Irving Korn Karyl Kramer Ettie Levee Mollie Levine Henry Linn Alonzo Lowenstein Annie Olman Sidney Marantz Thelma Molinoff Al Moses Charles Rappeport Alan Schwartz Irving Shakin Joseph Sherman Charles Stein Garry Stolzberg Sally Strumph Peter Taffet Christine Potters Tilkin

Deborah Weinstein Florence Weinstein Rose Yam Shabbat Shabbat Shabbat Shabbat –––– December 21December 21December 21December 21

Lillian Abrams Frances Adelman Robert Batkin Isador Behar Stanley Berger John Bernstein Abe Bilus Seymour Buchler Max Chasin David Convissor Shirley Dinsfriend Hannah Forim Bella Freedman George Friedman Serafima Furman Irwin Gutelle Max Hirsch Claire Kurland Raymond Lang Elizabeth Laurence Beatrice Levine Billie Levine Harry Mackler Benjamin Maybe Nancy Mellman Theodore Mesener Meyer Meth Leon Milden Lionel Perris Muriel Polen Carolyn Rosen Anna Roth Rabbi Elihu Schagrin Marcella Schifrin Dr. Jacob Schwartz Louis Schwartz Edna Sewall Rose Stein Tessie Stier

Ruth Stone


Barry Abrams Irwin Behlman Bess Berg Sophie Berger Samuel Best Hyman Chavkin Pauline David Max Eatroff Frances Ehrlich Muriel Eisenberg Charles Epstein Minnie Frost Benjamin Girsh Marcus Hammer Leo Kahn Herman Kanarick Arnold Kantor Bella Kaiserman Benjamin Kolstein Bobbie Kulwin Meer Landsman Leonard Levitt Harold Luxemburg Robert Nazare Jack Oxman Dottie Panansky John Patrician Leonard Reisner Estelle Roffman David Scheffer Joan Shanin Beatrice Speer Eleanor Stein Janet Verner Lily Vigdor Abraham Wolf

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