first hebrew congregation of peekskill bulletin - january 2009

1www.FirstHebrew.Org 1January 09

Shabbat Service -- UptownFriday Evenings……………7:00 pmSaturday Mornings………...9:30 am

Daily Minyan -- DowntownMonday thru Friday……. 8:00 amSunday………………….. 9:00 am

First Hebrew Congregation of Peekskill

Candle lightingTevet – Shevat 5769 / January 2009

Meetings and Events

Board of Trustees………………Tuesday, Jan. 6 @8:00pm Sisterhood Breakfast................Sunday, Jan. 11 @9:15amMen’s Basketball……………….Sunday, Jan. 11 @7:30pmMen’s Club Breakfast………….Sunday, Jan. 25 @9:00am

Hebrew & Nursery School Events

K-A-B Parent Participation……………..…Sunday, Jan. 11Coffee with Principal……………………… Sunday, Jan. 25

Jan. 2…..... 4:20pm Jan. 9…….. 4:27pmJan. 16…….. 4:35pmJan. 23…….. 4:43pmJan. 30…….. 4:52pm

Family Service:Family Service:Friday, Jan. 9 @6:30pmFriday, Jan. 9 @6:30pm

****************************************************Sisterhood Shabbat:Sisterhood Shabbat:

Saturday, Jan. 24@9:30amSaturday, Jan. 24@9:30am

Happy SecularHappy SecularNew YearNew Year


First Hebrew Congregation of Peekskill

Uptown Synagogue 1821 East Main Street Telephone: ............. (914) 739-0500 (914) 788-4657 Fax: ....................... (914) 739-0684 Nursery School Telephone: ............. (914) 739-0504 Downtown Synagogue 813 Main Street Telephone: ............. (914) 737-8155 Emails Congregation: [email protected] Rabbi Paskind:.. [email protected] Lisa Segal: ........... [email protected] Website: ............... www.firsthebrew.org Rabbi’s Office Hours Please contact office. Synagogue Office Hours Monday–Thursday: 7 am–12 noon & 1 pm–4 pm Friday: .................... 7 am–2 pm _____________________________

First Hebrew Congregation of Peekskill is affiliated with the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, Women’s League for Conservative Judaism, Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs, and Young Judaea

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Please send additions, comments, suggestions, corrections, .... to:

Directory Rabbi.................................Lee Paskind Educational Director..........Jeffrey Wrightman .................. [email protected] Administrator .....................Lisa Segal.........845-857-9157Nursery School Director ....Barbara Kaufman President ...........................Jeremy Krantz .........736-64551st Vice President .............Mark Stern...............739-49812nd Vice President ............Alice Krochmal .845-528-16843rd Vice President.............David Kasdan..........737-8248Financial Secretary ...........Carol Gold Recording Secretary ......... Ilene Zanchelli .........734-8107 Committee Chairpersons Bar/Bat Mitzvah.................Debby Bleiweis........734-7623 Linda Treinish..........788-9798Beautification/Hospitality ...Daniela Rosen.........734-7282Bikkur Holim......................Daniela Rosen.........734-7282Bingo.................................David Shea…………734-8231 Mark Stern...............739-4981Board of Education............ Hebrew School............Laurie Baskin...........736-1227Buildings & Grounds .........Mark Stern...............739-4981Bulletin ..............................Masoud Radparvar..962-6702Capital Improvements .......Mark Stern...............739-4981 Bruce Lindenbaum ..739-7159Cemetery...........................Richard Zorn............671-7546Fund Raising.....................Steven Cohen..........734-2149 Andy Polay ..............736-2055 Daniela Rosen.........734-7282Gift Shop ...........................Arlene Kaufman.......232-5999 Alice Yasuna ...........737-7687Library Committee.............Fran Olmsted....845-424-4077Membership ......................Frances Weiner.......734-9602Men’s Club Co-Presidents.

Steven Cohen..........734-2149 Paul Schaffer...........739-5714Programs........................... (to be announced) Publicity.............................Lili Kasdan...............737-8248Ritual .................................Donald Feldman......736-3417Social Action ..................... (to be announced) Sisterhood President......... (to be announced) United Synagogue.............David Kasdan..........737-8248Youth Director ................... (to be announced) [email protected]


President’s Message

Get WellFirst Hebrew wishes a speedy recovery to:Morton Bensky Selda Bloome Luz CoronaMurray Halperin Esther Katz Glady Kessler

During these cold winter months when the days are shorter, the cold chill goes through the coat and the sunny days are few, I sometimes get a bit somber thinking about the loved ones in my family and close friends that have left us. While it can be difficult at anytime of the year to face the loss of a loved one, or to face the lingering thoughts of the departed, during this time of the year having the empty seat at the table where your mother, father, grandparent or friend once sat makes one’s heart wish for a simpler time when our youthful innocence and the discretion of our parents shielded us.

Now, having already lost my grandparents, my mother and my in-laws, the thoughts of loss are especially painful at this time of the year.

Today, we went to the funeral of a loving and caring woman who passed away from cancer. She was a daughter, mother, wife, grandmother and a person who truly dedicated herself to important causes that touched others. Her grandson has Tuberous Sclerosis, the very same disease as my son Noah. As I listened to the eulogies from her family and close friends, it reminded me of the concept of the “George Bailey moments” we make in our lives. Those specific moments are when we do things that have a positive impact on the lives of others. The eulogies memorialized special moments,

memories, important family milestones and the things she did while living that made a difference.

It is improper to place a value on one’s life. Yet, in my opinion, the person who performs mitzvot is a person who has had a lot of George Bailey moments and has been able to touch others in a unique and memorable way. As Jews, we take it as a moral obligation to perform good works, to strive to be better persons, to make the world a little better by having lived on this small planet for our respective allotted “human time”.

To get over the feelings of sadness and loss, the husband had those in attendance speak in unison at least three times “I celebrate the life of…..” After we all spoke in unison, louder each time, there was a feeling of catharsis and goodness for having raised our voices in an expression of joy and appreciation for her life.

At the end of our respective days on this earth, when our human time has expired, let us hope that we will have given at least one other person a reason to shout out loud that they celebrate our life. L’Chaim.

Shalom.

Jeremy Krantz, President

MAZEL TOV…

To Paula & Joseph Martin on the birth of a granddaughter Ruthie Yael Meytin, born on October 31, 2008 to Rachel & Sarah Meytin.

CongratulationsThe Ruth Taylor Award Fund has selected Amy Burkhard (Fordham University Graduate School of Social Welfare) as one of its current year scholarship recipient. She was recognized at United Way of Westchester and Putnam's annual meeting on October 7th.

Mazel Tov

2009 ONEGSPlease send your Onegs’ list to Beth Becker immediately.

See back cover for the form.


Message from the Hebrew School Principal,Dear Parents, Students, and Congregants,

This month we will hold the first of what will be several class services this year. I would like to take this opportunity to explain what is involved in terms of preparation, why we do this, and what we hope the outcome to be. This will I anticipate open a window into one of the important ways our learning community integrates the many facets of Jewish education and communal life.

Our faculty and the Rabbi work together for a long time preparing the students for the service. The preparation includes what is most obvious learning to read and chant the prayers. However, as our school has evolved the groundwork has as well. In addition to learning the prayers our students are learning the different parts of the service and the overall rationale for how the components fit together. We also study the prayers themselves with the goal of creating meaning for each child. Lastly, the service is a communal experience. Children of different ages come together each learning and understanding at their own level with older children helping younger ones.

This is truly the essence of the Jewish prayer experience. It is both individual as well as communal. With the prayer service being central to

our communal worship experience it is also central to the work we do in our school. I invite all parents as well as congregants to join us and participate in our class services. You will have the experience of seeing firsthand the work that our children do to create and nurture their own learning and worship community within, and as an integral element of, the larger First Hebrew community.

January also marks the midpoint in the school year. It is a transitional month that bridges the first half of the school year with the second. While reflection is always an ongoing and integral part of what we do as educators it is especially important at such times to take stock of how far we have come and what we can do to continue to improve. We have created a much closer knit school community this year with each child feeling a strong connection to each other and to a purpose greater than themselves. There is abundant enthusiasm for learning, experiencing, worship, and just being together. Nonetheless, we will continue to reach higher and embrace the secular New Year with profound hope, dedication, and promise.

Bi’ Shalom

Jeff Wrightman

The Chosen Jewish members in the 111th U.S. Congress; By Ami Eden · November 5, 2008

The following is a list of the 44 Jewish members -13 senators and 31 representatives - who will serve in the 111th U.S. Congress that convenes in January:

U.S. SENATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) Benjamin Cardin (D-Md.) Norm Coleman (R-Minn.)** Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.) Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) Herb Kohl (D-Wisc.) Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.)** Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) Carl Levin (D-Mich.)** Bernard Sanders (I-Vt.) Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.) John Adler (D-N.J.)* Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.) Howard Berman (D-Calif.) Eric Cantor (R-Va.) Stephen Cohen (D-Tenn.) Susan Davis (D-Calif.) Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) Bob Filner (D-Calif.) Barney Frank (D-Mass.) Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) Jane Harman (D-Calif.) Paul Hodes (D-N.H.) Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) Steve Kagen (D-Wisc.)

Ron Klein (D-Fla.) Sander Levin (D-Mich.) Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) Jared Polis (D-Colo.)* Steve Rothman (D-N.J.) Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) Allyson Schwartz (D-Pa.) Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.)Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) Robert Wexler (D-Fla.) John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

* Elected to Congress for the first time ** Senators who were re-elected (Coleman defeated Democratic challenger)


FHC Babysitting Clearing House

Who of us with young children isn’t looking for a few good babysitters? FHC will continue to list the names of our teenagers (and others) who would like to baby-sit for other families in the congregation. Of course, you will need to pay these sitters! FHC will provide this service purely as a convenience to its members and will take no responsibility for the individuals who offer their services here for pay.

Email your names and telephone numbers to: [email protected]

Babysitters now available:

Marli Kasdan.........Jessie Meadvin.....Ariel Rosen............Jamie Spock……...

Sisterhood e-mail List

If you would like to be included on Sisterhood’s e-mail list, please send your e-mail address to Fran Olmsted at

[email protected]

Remember Sisterhood’s Judaica Shop

for gifts, talitot, teffilin, yarmulkes, books, videos, and song cassettes

Call to make an appointment—

Arlene Kaufman 232-5999Alice Yasuna 737-7687

Sisterhood Needs Your Help!It is time for our Annual Drive to help

victims of Domestic Violence

Please bring your donations of new, unopened toiletries, lotions, soaps, etc. to the collection box at the entrance to the Hebrew School in preparation for our January, 2009 meeting.

Please join us for our meeting on January 11th to assemble the packages for distribution.

Thank you for your continuing generosity!

Sisterhood...Women Enjoying Jewish Life Recently I sat in services, the tzitzit of my tallit

wrapped around my fingers. My daughter sat beside me and I picked up her tzitzit as well. I held both in my hand. I remembered being a little girl and playing with the fringe on my father's tallit during synagogue (how I loved to braid it! No- this isn't to be a maudlin article, he's merely moved to Florida.) As a little girl, I did not imagine that I would grow up to attend services wearing my own tallit. Men wore them. Women did not. Men were called to the Torah. Women were not. Men counted for a Minyan. Women did not. And yes, it was a Conservative synagogue. So things have changed. Perhaps even more so for some of you, who grew up in Orthodox homes (where this has not changed) or in homes with little Jewish participation.

I had friends in Reform synagogues where things were different. But even there, women did not wear tallitot; in fact, neither did most of the men. Now I can look around at services at First Hebrew Congregation and see this change within the Conservative movement. There are women like me who wear their tallitot during the entire service. There are women who wear one only while they are on the Bimah. There are women who put one on when called to the Bimah and then keep it on for the duration of the service. And as the young women in the congregation become Bat Mitzvah, they each receive a beautiful tallit of their own. Even some of the men are starting to wear more colorful tallitot.

This month, we will celebrate the best of women's full inclusion and leadership with our annual Sisterhood Shabbat. We invite the congregation to join us on January 24th. You will see Sisterhood members, your friends and relatives, lead services, take Aliyot, read Torah, chant the Haftarah, and still provide a lovely Kiddush. We look forward to sharing this special service with you.

Shalom, Mindy E. Steinholz Spock Sisterhood Executive Board


Thank youDavid and I would like to thank the following for their contributions in making the Rabbi's installation a wonderful experience for all:

First and foremost, Fran Olmsted for the invitations, for shopping and shlepping (and especially for the bio-degradable flatware that she was able to find), and for her hard work in the kitchen and the gym in setting everything up.

Next, Andy Polay for arranging and coordinating all of the "dignitaries" that attended and for video-taping the event.

Then, Bill and Leslie Ruben for shopping for and shlepping the outstanding cakes and cookies.

Jeremy Krantz for emceeing the event.

Lisa Segal for the labels and collating.

And, last but not least, Rabbi Hammerman for installing Rabbi Paskind with wonderful thoughts and a terrific sense of humor.

If we have left anyone out , please forgive us and accept our thanks.

Most sincerely, Alice K. and David K.

Babysitting

FREE Babysitting will be available once a month during the Saturday

Shabbat service.

We need babysitters!We are offering ten dollars an hour

from 9:30am-12:00ish.

For more information, please contact Alice Yasuna, [email protected]

Message from Men’s ClubThis month’s Men’s Club article will be a lesson in both American and Jewish history.

As part of our family vacation at the end of this past summer, Susan, Madeline and I visited Monticello, the Virginia estate and home of Thomas Jefferson, primary author of the Declaration of Independence, “founding father” and third President of these United States. We all have learned much in school of Mr. Jefferson’s great accomplishments and talents, as well as some of the complications, in his lifetime. As part of our tour of Monticello, we learned something that I don’t recall being included in the history curriculum at any of the schools I’ve attended.

As part of the tour at Monticello, it is described how, after Jefferson’s death, his family had to deal with a high debt burden and the effects of an economic downturn in the young nation. Apparently, the home fell into disrepair under the watch of Jefferson’s heirs, and in 1834 the home was purchased by a naval officer who had written that the houses of great men should be preserved as “monuments to their glory”. The purchase price- $2,700. The purchaser’s name- Uriah Phillips Levy.

Susan and I made quick eye contact when we heard the name, and after we left the house we talked about what had been unmentioned about Mr. Levy, but had apparently immediately come to both our

minds when we heard his name. Was the purchaser and preservationist of Monticello, one of the great landmarks in architecture and American history, a Jew?

The tour of the estate continued with a walk through the garden where our answer revealed itself. On the headstone of the grave of Rachel Levy, the mother of Uriah, were the dates of her birth and death- reflected under both the Gregorian calendar and the Hebrew calendar! There appeared to be our proof. A bit of further investigation shows that the Levy family (Uriah was the third of 14 children of Rachel and Michael) hailed from Philadelphia and were Jews of Portuguese descent.

Apparently, the property stayed in the Levy family until 1923 when it was acquired by the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, which has maintained it ever since. If you find yourself in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, I highly recommend a stop!

To me this represents another, if not surprising, instance of positive Jewish influence in the history of the United States- and a great source of pride!

Steven Cohen

Bar/Bat Mitzvah Students

Please send your biography to [email protected] at least 5 weeks prior to the first day of your Bar/Bat Mitzvah month to be placed in the Bulletin.


Siddur By: Tsipora Kissel

I am like an old Siddur, Sitting on a shelf Where no one will bother to look Passed by without a glance Because of the old and battered cover People fail to see past the scars They look by and pick up the next Siddur Shiny, bright and new

And I still sit on the shelf Where no one has bothered to look Until a young child comes by Not taught to see any difference And plucks me up from my lonely shelf He sees the tears, the rips, the scars, but pays no heed to them. He proudly shows his father what he has found. The father takes me from the little boy, Holding me gently in his hands, Turning me, inspecting me, Careful not to drop me

The father takes his son by the hand, still holding me, And leads him to the Rabbi, showing him the old and battered cover, Asking if I could be repaired The Rabbi takes me gently from the father And replaces the old, battered, ripped, scarred cover, With a new, shiny bright one

The Rabbi hands the book back to the boy and says: “Take good care of this Siddur, because you helped it and paid no

heed to the scars and bruises, And this lonely old Siddur will be your guide.” And the boy says: “Shouldn’t I place it back, on the shelf in the corner?” And the Rabbi answers: “No, for who will see it there? You take it, because you healed it, it is

now your responsibility to see it put to good use.”

And the boy joyfully skipped back to the service and opened his Siddur for the first time

And although he did not yet know the prayers, he felt he could sing along.

And now years later, I, who felt like that old Siddur, watch over the crowd of people,

As they walk in to join the congregation for a service. Siddurs are picked up, all new and shiny and bright, But one old, battered Siddur, Sit on a shelf where no one would bother to look, Where people would pass it by without a glance, Until a small child would come along and pick it up, And bring it to his father, Who would bring it to me, And I would replace the old, battered cover with a shiny, bright, new

one And give it to the child to keep.


B i n g o

Why are we asking you to donate your time to helping out with Bingo? It generates approximately $20,000 in revenue per year to our operation of the synagogue. The time commitment is only about three hours on a Wednesday night. We now start Bingo at 6:30 pm so you and our customers can get home earlier. If you are opposed to fulfilling your obligation as a member, then pay the $400 Bingo assessment immediately and let Lisa know to take you off the Bingo list. As a member in good standing it is your obligation to participate in this fundraising activity. If the congregation chooses not to continue providing Bingo to the community and forfeiting the OPM (other people’s money), then the congregation will need to be assessed accordingly to raise the $20,000, or determine what services will be cut. Do your part of fundraising and show up for your assigned Bingo night. Bring a book or magazine to read (there is time when you are waiting). If you come late, it is still better than not coming at all. Or, if you choose, send the $400.

FHC WEDNESDAY NIGHT BINGO SCHEDULEDECEMBER 2008 - MAY 2009

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED COOPERATION!

NO BINGO DECEMBER 24th NO BINGO DECEMBER 31st January 7th - Richard Zorn .............. Susan Abrams ........... Laurie Baskin ............. January 14th - Debby Bleiweis .......... Steven Brenner .......... Amy Burckhard .......... January 21st - Jennifer Chervin......... Jennifer Cole.............. Martin Edelstein ......... January 28th - Cliff Hames ................ Lili Kasdan ................. Arlene Korngold ......... February 4th - Ken Kissel .................. Robin Krantz .............. Carol Kuczinski .......... February 11th - Abe Kuszel................. Carol Lipsky ............... Charles Lipsky ........... February 18th - Lori McDonald............ Sharon Memis............ Barry Moskowitz......... February 25th – Carol Newman ........... Fran Olmsted ............. Richard Perlman ........ March 4th – Susan Poritzky ........... Masoud Radparvar..... Debbie Rogers ...........

March 11th – Bill Rubin ..................... Beverly Schwartz......... Sue Ellen Silber ........... March 18th – Lloyd Treinish .............. Steven Weiner............. Ron Yakin.................... March 25th – Joan Pinkerton ............ Daniela Rosen............. Paul Schaffer............... April 1st – Jay Schwartz ............... Phyllis Ticker ............... Richard Zorn................ NO BINGO APRIL 8TH & 15TH – PASSOVER April 22nd – Jenny Yakin................. Jeanne Berger............. Susan Cohen............... April 29th – Susan Feldman ........... Nancy Kohel ................ William Madenberg...... May 6th – Paula Martin ................ Robert Nachamie......... Linda Polay.................. May 13th – Phyllis Ticker ............... Ilene Zanchelli ............. Bruce Bleiweis .............

B I N G OImportant Note: Your 2008–2009 dues include a surcharge for Bingo. If a member family meets its two-bingo requirement during the year, the family will receive a credit. Similarly, if a single member meets his/her one-bingo requirement during the year, he/she will receive a credit.

URGENTMESSAGE — NEW POLICY: If you are unable to attend on your scheduled Bingo night, IT IS YOUR RESPONSBILITY TO GET A REPLACEMENT.

Thank you for your continued cooperation!!!! Workers should report to Bingo by 6:15 pm and are expected to stay until at least 10:00 pm

Happy

New Year


Kashrut and Justice Lectures:

The sources of Hekhsher Tzedek

Led by Rabbi Paskindduring November and December 2008

Bulletin PicturesAll of the pictures printed in the Kehilataynu are in color. You may see these picture in their respective monthly Bulletins available in FHC’s website.

Sisterhood Meetings 5769 (2008 – 2009) @ 9:15am

Sunday, Jan.11……………General meetingSunday, Feb. 1…………… General meetingSunday, March 1…………. General meetingSunday, April 19…………..Joint meeting with MCSunday, May 3…………….General meeting

Men’s Club Meetings 5769 (2008 – 2009) @ 9:15am

Sunday, Jan.25……………General meetingSunday, Feb. 8…………….Downtown SynagogueSunday, March 8…………. Purim CarnivalSunday, April 19…………..Joint meeting with SisterhoodSunday, May 31………….. BBQ

FHC’s Men’s Basketball Schedule

@ 7:30pm

Sunday, Jan. 11

Sunday, Feb. 8

Sunday, March 29

Sunday, April 19

Sunday,, May 17

Sunday, June 14

If you are homebound and would like books from the First Hebrew Library, please contact Beth Shea at 734-8231 or the Bikkur Holim committee…

we are happy to deliver to you

Share your FHC memories;e-mail your pictures to: [email protected]

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Friday Night Family Shabbat Service Schedule

Friday, Jan. 9 @6:30pm

Friday, Feb. 6 @6:30pm

Friday, March 20; Shabbat Across America

Friday, April 17 @6:30pm

Friday, May 22 @6:30pm

For more information, please callFrances Weiner @914-734-9602, orSharon Memis @914-302-7767


Lyndon JohnsonSep. 9, 2008

Lenny Ben-David, Jerusalem Post

A few weeks ago, the Associated Press reported that newly released tapes from US president Lyndon Johnson's White House office showed LBJ's "personal and often emotional connection to Israel." The news agency pointed out that during the Johnson presidency (1963-1969), "the United States became Israel's chief diplomatic ally and primary arms supplier."

But the news report does little to reveal the full historical extent of Johnson's actions on behalf of the Jewish people and the State of Israel. Most students of the Arab-Israeli conflict can identify Johnson as the president during the 1967 war. But few know about LBJ's actions to rescue hundreds of endangered Jews during the Holocaust - actions that could have thrown him out of Congress and into jail. Indeed, the title of "Righteous Gentile" is certainly appropriate in the case of the Texan, whose centennial year is being commemorated this year.

Appropriately enough, the annual Jerusalem Conference announced this week that it will honor Johnson in February 2009.

Historians have revealed that Johnson, while serving as a young congressman in 1938 and 1939, arranged for visas to be supplied to Jews in Warsaw, and oversaw the apparently illegal immigration of hundreds of Jews through the port of Galveston, Texas.

A key resource for uncovering LBJ's pro-Jewish activity is the unpublished 1989 doctoral thesis by University of Texas student Louis Gomolak, "Prologue: LBJ's Foreign Affairs Background, 1908-1948." Johnson's activities were confirmed by other historians in interviews with his wife, family members and political associates.

Research into Johnson's personal history indicates that he inherited his concern for the Jewish people from his family. His aunt Jessie Johnson Hatcher, a major influence on LBJ, was a member of the Zionist Organization of America. According to Gomolak, Aunt Jessie had nurtured LBJ's commitment to befriending Jews for 50 years. As a young boy, Lyndon watched his politically active grandfather "Big Sam" and father "Little Sam" seek clemency for Leo Frank, the Jewish victim of a blood libel in Atlanta. Frank was lynched by a mob in 1915, and the Ku Klux Klan in Texas threatened to kill the Johnsons. The Johnsons later told friends that Lyndon's family hid in their cellar while his father and uncles stood guard with shotguns on their porch in case of KKK attacks. Johnson's speechwriter later stated, "Johnson often cited Leo Frank's lynching as the source of his opposition to both anti-Semitism and isolationism."

Already in 1934 - four years before Chamberlain's Munich sellout to Hitler - Johnson was keenly alert to the dangers of Nazism and presented a book of essays, Nazism: An Assault on Civilization, to the 21-year-old woman he was courting, Claudia Taylor - later known as

"Lady Bird" Johnson. It was an incredible engagement present.

FIVE DAYS after taking office in 1937, LBJ broke with the "Dixiecrats" and supported an immigration bill that would naturalize illegal aliens, mostly Jews from Lithuania and Poland. In 1938, Johnson was told of a young Austrian Jewish musician who was about to be deported from the United States. With an element of subterfuge, LBJ sent him to the US Consulate in Havana to obtain a residency permitErich Leinsdorf, the world famous musician and conductor, credited LBJ for saving his live.

That same year, LBJ warned a Jewish friend, Jim Novy, that European Jews faced annihilation. "Get as many Jewish people as possible out [of Germany and Poland]," were Johnson's instructions. Somehow, Johnson provided him with a pile of signed immigration papers that were used to get 42 Jews out of Warsaw.

But that wasn't enough. According to historian James M. Smallwood, Congressman Johnson used legal and sometimes illegal methods to smuggle "hundreds of Jews into Texas, using Galveston as the entry port. Enough money could buy false passports and fake visas in Cuba, Mexico and other Latin American countries.... Johnson smuggled boatloads and planeloads of Jews into Texas. He hid them in the Texas National Youth Administration... Johnson saved at least four or five hundred Jews, possibly more."

During World War II Johnson joined Novy at a small Austin gathering to sell $65,000 in war bonds. According to Gomolak, Novy and Johnson then raised a very "substantial sum for arms for Jewish underground fighters in Palestine." One source cited by the historian reports that "Novy and Johnson had been secretly shipping heavy crates labeled 'Texas Grapefruit' - but containing arms - to Jewish underground 'freedom fighters' in Palestine."

ON JUNE 4, 1945, Johnson visited Dachau. According to Smallwood, Lady Bird later recalled that when her husband returned home, "he was still shaken, stunned, terrorized and bursting with an overpowering revulsion and incredulous horror at what he had seen."

A decade later while serving in the Senate, Johnson blocked the Eisenhower administration's attempts to apply sanctions against Israel following the 1956 Sinai Campaign"The indefatigable Johnson had never ceased pressure on the administration," wrote I.L. "Si" Kenen, the head of AIPAC at the time.

As Senate majority leader, Johnson consistently blocked the anti-Israel initiatives of his fellow Democrat, William Fulbright, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Among Johnson's closest advisers during this period were several strong pro-Israel advocates, including Benjamin Cohen (who 30 years earlier was the liaison between Supreme Court justice Louis Brandeis and Chaim Weizmann) and Abe Fortas, the legendary Washington "insider."


Everyone has a story to tell. Most of us would love to tell about our mom and dad, our bubie and zadie, a loved tante and fetta, people who fill our memory no matter how far back.

Won’t you let us in on your past? Send your precious memories to:

Edith Nissenblatt

One Lakeview Drive, Penthouse SixPeekskill, New York 10566or if you are on the Internet, send email to: [email protected]

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Johnson's concern for the Jewish people continued through his presidency. Soon after taking office in the aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963, Johnson told an Israeli diplomat, "You have lost a very great friend, but you have found a better one."

Just one month after succeeding Kennedy, LBJ attended the December 1963 dedication of the Agudas Achim Synagogue in Austin. Novy opened the ceremony by saying to Johnson, "We can't thank him enough for all those Jews he got out of Germany during the days of Hitler."

Lady Bird would later describe the day, according to Gomolak: "Person after person plucked at my sleeve and said, 'I wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for him. He helped me get out.'" Lady Bird elaborated, "Jews had been woven into the warp and woof of all [Lyndon's] years."

THE PRELUDE to the 1967 war was a terrifying period for Israel, with the US State Department led by the historically unfriendly Dean Rusk urging an evenhanded policy despite Arab threats and acts of aggression. Johnson held no such illusions. After the war he placed the blame firmly on Egypt: "If a single act of folly was more responsible for this explosion than any other, it was the arbitrary and dangerous announced decision [by Egypt] that the Strait of Tiran would be closed [to Israeli ships and Israeli-bound cargo]."

Kennedy was the first president to approve the sale of defensive US weapons to Israel, specifically Hawk anti-aircraft missiles. But Johnson approved tanks and fighter jets, all vital after the 1967 war when France imposed a freeze on sales to Israel. Yehuda Avner recently described on these pages prime minister Levi Eshkol's successful appeal for these weapons on a visit to the LBJ ranch.

Israel won the 1967 war, and Johnson worked to make sure it also won the peace. "I sure as hell want to be careful and not run out on little Israel," Johnson said in a March 1968 conversation with his ambassador to the United Nations, Arthur Goldberg, according to White House tapes recently released.

Soon after the 1967 war, Soviet premier Aleksei Kosygin asked Johnson at the Glassboro Summit why the US supported Israel when there were 80 million Arabs and

only three million Israelis. "Because it is right," responded the straight-shooting Texan.

The crafting of UN Resolution 242 in November 1967 was done under Johnson's scrutiny. The call for "secure and recognized boundaries" was critical. The American and British drafters of the resolution opposed Israel returning all the territories captured in the war. In September 1968, Johnson explained, "We are not the ones to say where other nations should draw lines between them that will assure each the greatest security. It is clear, however, that a return to the situation of 4 June 1967 will not bring peace. There must be secure and there must be recognized borders. Some such lines must be agreed to by the neighbors involved."

Goldberg later noted, "Resolution 242 in no way refers to Jerusalem, and this omission was deliberate." This historic diplomacy was conducted under Johnson's stewardship, as Goldberg related in oral history to the Johnson Library. "I must say for Johnson," Goldberg stated. "He gave me greatpersonal support."

Robert David Johnson, a professor of history at Brooklyn College, recently wrote in The New York Sun, "Johnson's policies stemmed more from personal concerns - his friendship with leading Zionists, his belief that America had a moral obligation to bolster Israeli security and his conception of Israel as a frontier land much like his home state of Texas. His personal concerns led him to intervene when he felt that the State or Defense departments had insufficiently appreciated Israel's diplomatic or military needs."

President Johnson firmly pointed American policy in a pro-Israel direction. In a historical context, the American emergency airlift to Israel in 1973, the constant diplomatic support, the economic and military assistance and the strategic bonds between the two countries can all be credited to the seeds planted by LBJ.

The writer served as deputy chief of mission of the Israeli Embassy in Washington. Today, an international consultanthe blogs at www.lennybendavid.com.

******************************************************************* Edith Nissenblatt Sisterhood VP/Education


May their memory be a blessing to all===========================================================================

YahrzeitsThe following Yahrzeits will be observed during the months of Tevet and Sh’vat as noted on the memorial plaque in our sanctuary:

Condolences…

• To Meryl Novor and the entire Novor-Meadvin family on the loss of Meryl’s father Leonard.• To Michael Meadvin and the entire Novor-Meadvin family on the loss of Michael’s mother,

Jean Shapess.• To Bensky/Kaplan family on the loss of their beloved Francine Kaplan Bensky.

“Hamakom Ienahem, May God comfort the mourners among all the mourners for Zion and Jerusalem”

Eric Hillel Hersh....................Tevet 1 Nancy L. Pines.....................Tevet 1 Louise Hersh ........................Tevet 2 Raymond Smalheiser...........Tevet 3 Samuel Liebowitz.................Tevet 5 Lena Fleischer......................Tevet 6 Agatha Alterman ..................Tevet 8 Bessie Bergman...................Tevet 8 Betty Asen............................Tevet 9 Jacob Schragis.....................Tevet 9 Bernard Gerber ....................Tevet 10 Bella Goldstein .....................Tevet 11 Jerome Silverstein................Tevet 11 Dina Herschorn ....................Tevet 12 Molly Ephraim ......................Tevet 13 Bessie Levine.......................Tevet 14 Yitzhak Czigler .....................Tevet 15 Samuel Ephraim...................Tevet 15 Sidney H. Fisch ....................Tevet 17 Reverend Simon Domowitz .Tevet 18 Fannie Schragis ...................Tevet 19 Sara Ganeles .......................Tevet 26 Arthur Ruina ......................... Tevet 26

Tillie Silverstein..............Tevet 26 Morris Miller ...................Tevet 29 Ruth Schulman..............Shevat 1 Gertrude Brill Roberts....Shevat 2 Esther Sara Kessler ......Shevat 3 Samuel S. Pines............Shevat 3 Martin I. Nissenblatt.......Shevat 4 Sue Goldberg ................Shevat 5 Nina Golden Halper.......Shevat 5 Max Bergman ................Shevat 6 Max Rosenbaum ...........Shevat 6 Norman Cohen ..............Shevat 7 Dorothy Drogy ...............Shevat 7 Oscar Levitz...................Shevat 7 Bessie Bergman ............Shevat 8 Betty Drogy....................Shevat 8 Daniel Halperin..............Shevat 8 Jacob Schragis..............Shevat 9 Sarah Cohn ...................Shevat 11 Bessie Goldstein ...........Shevat 11 Lester Smalheiser .........Shevat 11 Ernest Feldman .............Shevat 12

Capt. Julius "Duke" Hersh. Shevat 12 Dr. Franklin L. Kessler ...... Shevat 13Cheryl R. Lindenbaum ...... Shevat 13 Harriet Nathan................... Shevat 13 Shirley Silverstein ............. Shevat 13 Ada Halperin ..................... Shevat 14Abraham Goldstein ........... Shevat 16Rose Miller ........................ Shevat 16Jack Heck.......................... Shevat 17 Frieda Wesler.................... Shevat 22 Harry Kaufman.................. Shevat 23 Mildred S. Agunien............ Shevat 24Fay Katzman..................... Shevat 24Goldie Rosenbaum ........... Shevat 24 Shelley Weiler ................... Shevat 24 Nathan Katz ...................... Shevat 25Tillie Silverstein ................. Shevat 26Frank Smalheiser.............. Shevat 27 Bessie Richman ................ Shevat 28Aaron Weiler ..................... Shevat 28Zalman Grifka.................... Shevat 30

Date Converter Kislev 30 ..... Sat 27-Dec Tevet 1 ..... Sun 28-Dec Tevet 2 ..... Mon 29-Dec Tevet 3 ..... Tue 30-Dec Tevet 4 ..... Wed 31-Dec Tevet 5 ..... Thu 1-Jan Tevet 6 ..... Fri 2-Jan Tevet 7 ..... Sat 3-Jan Tevet 8 ..... Sun 4-Jan Tevet 9 .... Mon 5-Jan Tevet 10 ..... Tue 6-Jan Tevet 11 ..... Wed 7-Jan Tevet 12 ..... Thu 8-Jan Tevet 13 ..... Fri 9-Jan

Tevet 14 ..... Sat 10-Jan Tevet 15 ..... Sun 11-Jan Tevet 16 ..... Mon 12-Jan Tevet 17 ..... Tue 13-Jan Tevet 18 ..... Wed 14-Jan Tevet 19 ..... Thu 15-Jan Tevet 20 ..... Fri 16-Jan Tevet 21 ..... Sat 17-Jan Tevet 22 .... Sun 18-Jan Tevet 23 .... Mon 19-Jan Tevet 24 ..... Tue 20-Jan Tevet 25 ..... Wed 21-Jan Tevet 26 ..... Thu 22-Jan Tevet 27 ..... Fri 23-Jan Tevet 28 ..... Sat 24-Jan Tevet 29 ..... Sun 25-Jan

Shevat 1 .... Mon 26-Jan Shevat 2 .... Tue 27-Jan Shevat 3 .... Wed 28-Jan Shevat 4 .... Thu 29-Jan Shevat 5 .... Fri 30-Jan Shevat 6 .... Sat 31-Jan Shevat 7 .... Sun 1-Feb Shevat 8 .... Mon 2-Feb Shevat 9 .... Tue 3-Feb Shevat 10 .... Wed 4-Feb Shevat 11 .... Thu 5-Feb Shevat 12 .... Fri 6-Feb Shevat 13 .... Sat 7-Feb Shevat 14 .... Sun 8-Feb Shevat 15 .... Mon 9-Feb Shevat 16 .... Tue 10-Feb

Shevat 17 .... Wed 11-Feb Shevat 18 .... Thu 12-Feb Shevat 19 .... Fri 13-Feb Shevat 20 .... Sat 14-Feb Shevat 21 .... Sun 15-Feb Shevat 22 .... Mon 16-Feb Shevat 23 .... Tue 17-Feb Shevat 24 .... Wed 18-Feb Shevat 25 .... Thu 19-Feb Shevat 26 .... Fri 20-Feb Shevat 27 .... Sat 21-Feb Shevat 28 .... Sun 22-Feb Shevat 29 .... Mon 23-Feb Shevat 30 .... Tue 24-FebAdar 1 .... Wed 25-Feb


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At the supermarket … at the movies … when eating out … buying clothes and gifts… Make your purchases with the store’s own giftcard purchased through the FHC Scrip Program. Stores donate a percentage of all gift cards bought through SCRIP to non-profits like FHC. Turn Purchasing Power into Fundraising at: iTunes Macy’s CVS Starbucks Dunkin Donuts Claire’s Staples Home Depot Build-A-Bear Gap Kohl’s Barnes & NobleA&P Stop & Shop ShopRite

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Friday, January 2 • Mary Goldfarb in honor of her granddaughter Adena Goldfarb’s birthday on January 3 • Mort Bensky in honor of Charles Nathan’s birthday on January 4 • Roshi & Ben Newman in honor of their children Eileen & Steven Litchfield’s wedding anniversary on

January 7 • The Levy family in honor of Louise’s birthday on January 8 • The Schefflein family in honor of Paul’s birthday on January 8 Friday, January 9 • Mike Seid in honor of his great-granddaughter Jordan Hassan’s birthday on January 11 • Mike Seid in honor of his great-grandson Sean Ennis’ birthday on January 12 • The Newman family in honor of Lily’s birthday on January 13 • Roshi & Ben Newman in honor of their granddaughter Lily Jennifer Newman’s birthday on January 13 Friday, January 16 • Selda Bloome in honor of her granddaughter Andrea Hersh’s birthday on January 19 • Alice Krochmal in honor of Marsha Landsberg’s birthday on January 20 • Carl & Estelle Fryburg in honor of their wedding anniversary on January 21 • The Schefflein family in honor of Nana’s birthday on January 22 Friday, January 23 • The Stern family in honor of Paul’s birthday on January 25 • Fran & Larry Miller in honor of Rochelle’s birthday on January 26 • Selda Bloome in honor of her son Leslie Bloome’s birthday on January 28 • The Newman family in honor of Sara’s birthday on January 29 • Roshi & Ben Newman in honor of their granddaughter Sara Rose Newman’s birthday on January 29 Friday, January 30 • Carol Gold & Wayne Schechter in honor of Jamie & Sandy Schechter’s wedding anniversary on January

31 • Selda Bloome in honor of her daughter Faith Bloome Krupnik’s birthday on February 2 • The Rosen family in honor of Andrew’s birthday on February 3 • Alice Genis in honor of her grandson Ryan’s birthday on February 4

Donations:

Yahrzeit: Ofelia Ticker, Carol Gold & Wayne Schechter, Judge Leonard Rubenfeld, Roz Gaffen

In memory of: Philip Zamaloff – Roshi & Ben NewmanMollie Feldman – Roshi & Ben Newman

Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund: Carol Gold & Wayne Schechter, Carol Schlacter, Downtown Shul

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First Hebrew Congregation“O p p o r t u n i t i e s f o r G i v i n g”

Chapel Seats(engraved brass plate on seat backs)First three rows...........................$1,500/plateSecond three rows……………....$1,000/plateLast row…………………………..$750/plate

MiscellaneousBricks (exterior near front entrance, for any life eventor message, engraved)…………………………….$150Classroom named for a family member................$25,000Library or lounge named for a family member….. $50,000Wall Plaques: please inquire

Other Donation IdeasGifts of highly appreciated stock or real estate—save onincome tax while avoiding capital gains taxes!Scholarships—for youth programs and camps and travelto Israel.===========================================Note: Recognition for all gifts will be provided in theBulletin (as well as on the particular item if warranted).

All donations are tax deductible to the extent allowed bylaw. Please consult your tax advisor for specific advice ontax savings through charitable gifts.===========================================

Yahrzeit Plaques(memorial)In memory of a member……….............................$200In memory of a non-member………………………$300In memory of and purchased by a non-member...$500

Tree of Life(in honor of a birth, Bar or Bat Mitzvah, wedding, specialanniversaries, life events, in memoriam, etc.)Leaf…………….$100Rock……………$250Root……………$350Memorial Plate..$500

Books(plate on inside cover recognizes your gift and namesthose you wish to honor)Siddurim........... $35Mahzorim..........$25Chumashim...... $50

Library FundGeneral Fund Gifts (i.e., purchases at library discretion)Specific Purchase Gifts (i.e. book series or encyclopedia)

Bikkur Holim Committee

All those interested in joining our Bikkur Holim/Nihum Avelim committee and fulfilling the mitzvah of visiting the sick / comforting the bereaved, please contact Daniela Rosen @ 734-7282

Send TORAH FUND donation cards for all occasions

$3 per card w/envelope$25 per 10 cards w/envelopes

We have three additional new cards •Thank you •Thinking of you

• Sympathy

Call to have card sent — $3 per cardTorah Fund Chairperson —Shelley Kessler • 739-0781

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Kehilataynu Editorial Policy and Publishing Information

The synagogue bulletin is a place not only for news and information about FHC and its members, but also a forum for members to place information that may be of interest to their fellow congregants. We are happy to consider all articles submitted to Kehilataynu; however, we reserve the right to edit for style, and length. In addition, all articles submitted by FHC members are labeled as such and do not reflect the opinion of FHC or the Board of Trustees. Please keep the following in mind:Articles and announcements must be received in the FHC office by the last week of each month, five weeks before publication.

Email ListIf you’re interested in getting emails with the weekly announcements, please visit the website at www.firsthebrew.org. If you wish to contact the synagogue for any other business, please note that the e-mail address to use is [email protected]. To email Rabbi Paskind directly, use [email protected]

Did you know thatFirst Hebrew has a

website? Visit www.firsthebrew.org for synagogue information, articles, plus current and archived issues of the bulletin. The following month’s bulletin is posted shortly after it goes to the printer, so you can read it without having to wait for the post office to deliver it! You can even view a printable version of the current month’s calendar. Come check it out! If you have any questions or comments, feel free to send email to [email protected].

Let Everyone Know How ProudWe are of Our Children!

The Board of Education would like to honor our wonderful Bar/Bat Mitzvah students in a special way!

We would like each student to submit a brief biography (5-7 sentences) to be placed in the synagogue bulletin. The biography could include information such as their Bar/BatMitzvah date, grade, school, outside interests, and should include a short description about his/her service project; you may also include a photograph if you like. The responsibility to write and submit this information belongs to the family of the child. Please do not cause unnecessary disappointment for your children when they don’t see their names in the bulletin with their classmates. The biography must be submitted to the editor FIVE WEEKS prior to the first day of the Bar/Bat Mitzvah month to ensure placement in a timely fashion. Any articles sent after that time will be placed in the next bulletin, which may be after the Bar/Bat Mitzvah date. Please submit the biography to the bulletin at bulletin@ FirstHebrew.org or you can mail or fax to the FHC office.

Please keep the following in mind:• Articles and announcements must be

received in the FHC office by the last week of each month, five weeks before publication.

• Please submit your article or announcement via e-mail to [email protected]. If you do not have a computer, and/or your submission is not available in digital format, you may fax, mail, or deliver your (typed) submission(s) to the temple office.

• Please provide original copies of flyers and photos (faxed copies are not suitable for reproduction)— they will be returned.

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If you are interested in assisting with publishing the Kehilataynu as editor, designer, writer, or any other capacity, please contact Lisa at the office or Masoud Radparvar at [email protected].

Articles for the March 2009 Bulletin are due by: Wednesday, January 28 , 2009

Articles for the February 2009 Bulletin are due by Wednesday, December 24, 2008

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ICE - 'In Case of Emergency'We all carry our mobile phones with names & numbers stored in its memory but nobody, other than ourselves, knows which of these numbers belong to our closest family or friends.If we were to be involved in an accident or were taken ill, the people attending us would have our mobile phone but wouldn't know who to call. Yes, there are hundreds of numbers stored but which one is the contact person in case of an emergency? Hence the 'ICE' (In Case of Emergency) Campaign.The concept of 'ICE' is catching on quickly. It is a method of contact during emergency situations. As cell (mobile) phones are carried by the majority of the population, all you need to do is store the number of a contact person or persons who should be contacted during emergency under the name 'ICE' ( In Case Of Emergency).The idea was thought up by a paramedic who found that when he went to the scenes of accidents, there were always mobile phones with patients, but they didn't know which number to call. He therefore thought that it would be a good idea if there was a nationally recognized name for this purpose. In an emergency situation, Emergency Service personnel and hospital Staff would be able to quickly contact the right person by simply dialing the number you have stored as 'ICE.‘For more than one contact name simply enter ICE1, ICE2 and ICE3 etc.A great idea that will make a difference!

Ethiopian JewryJeff and I recently attended the annual board

meeting of NACOEJ (North American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry).

In Gondar, Ethiopia, the Jewish community of 8,700 live in dung covered huts, most people actually sleep on the ground. They might be the last Jewish community in the world in need of being saved from the daily quest to stave off starvation. Immigration to Israel is slow, and the community needs to be fed.

Unfortunately, they have been forgotten in the American Jewish community, and some grant funding has dried up. Because of an 81% increase in the cost of food, the lunch program needed to be suspended for the months of June and July. In 2008, no Jewish community should be forced with the daily decision of whether or not they can afford to put a boiled egg into the lunch.

Jeff is a board member of NACOEJ and together we are organizing an awareness and fundraising trip in mid-January or February. The goal is to fly 10 people as witnesses to Gondar (five days, including flights), to see the Jewish community and to commit to raising $20,000 per person.

Every day we pray to keep faith with those who sleep in the dust. This powerful metaphor invokes humility as it harkens back to the days when communities of our people actually slept on the ground. Those days are not over. Participants in this mission will see the smiling faces of welcome and hope. To save one life is like saving the world.

Let us know that you are interested in taking part in this unique mission, and we'll share more of the specific details. Also, please, share this message with your contacts.

B'shalom,

Rabbi Jeff & Mindy (Radler) Glickman 917 698 7952 [email protected] [email protected]

========================================Other opportunities to assist are available by

checking out Nacoej.org

http://nacoej.org/mitzvahprojecttools.html

If you are interested, please contact Alice Yasuna: [email protected].


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New Year Blessing

Dear Lord,

This New Year, please take an extra minute from your duties up above, to bless those in my address book that's filled with so much love.

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