HaKol September 2015 Elul - Tishrei 5776

Rabbi Beth Jacowitz Chottiner

Seth Posin, President

Shabbat Services

Friday, September 4 at 8:00 pm

Parashat Ki Tavo Deut. 26:1-29:8

Friday, September 11 at 8:00 pm

Parashat Nitzavim Deut. 29:9-30:20

Friday, September 18 at 8:00 pm

Shabbat Shuvah Parashat Vayelech

Deut. 31:1-30

Friday, September 25 at 8:00 pm

Parashat Ha’Azinu Deut. 32:1-52

High Holy Days Information

Selichot Services

Collation 7:00 pm, Service 8:00 pm

Erev Rosh Hashanah Service Sunday, September 13, 2015, 8:00 pm

Sisterhood Tea following the services.

Rosh Hashanah Morning Services Monday 14, September, 2015, 10:00 am

Kol Nidre Service Tuesday 22, September, 2015, 8:00 pm

Yom Kippur Services, September 23, 2015 Morning service 10:00 am; Afternoon service 3:00 pm Yitzkor service at 5:15 pm; Neilah service 5:45 pm. Break-the-Fast immediately following services.

Erev Sukkot Sunday, September 27, 2015

Decorating the Sukkot will begin at 4:00 pm Temple Shalom Sook-Out will begin at 6:00 pm

(details on page 9)

Sisterhood News !!!

Please join us for our first Sisterhood meeting of the year on Wednesday, Sept. 2 at 7:00 pm. We will enjoy wine and cheese while listening to Shari McPhail speak to us about her recent trip to Vienna, Budapest, and Prague. All Temple women are invited!! Please let Trina know if you are planning on attending or if you need a ride. Hope to see you there!!

SAVE THE DATE Stock Market Raffle Certificates will go on

sale November 1, 2015. These make great holiday gifts.

Please do your part to ensure this fundraiser is a success.

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From the Rabbis Study . . . ‘Think Camp’

―Think camp‖ is one of my two favorite mottos from Camp Harlam, the other being, ―where friends

become family.‖

But why should we ―think camp?‖

Camp is the perfect vehicle to create a positive and lasting Jewish identity among our youth. If we care

about the future of our Temple Shalom children, then we should send them to camp.

Campers create lasting Jewish memories at Harlam and other Reform camps around the country. They

build lifelong friendships; they live according to Jewish time; they celebrate Shabbat outdoors with guitars and

uplifting music; they challenge themselves emotionally and physically—growing as a result—and they participate

in over 100 activities. They become better human beings, and have fun in the process.

Named for Betty and Joseph Harlam, Camp Harlam was founded in 1958. This beautiful, state-of-the-art

facility, located on 300 acres in the Pocono Mountains, reinforces our Reform Jewish values in a safe and nurtur-

ing environment – a kehillah kedoshah – a sacred community.

Whether a camper is sinking a three-pointer on the basketball court, dodging a shot in the gaga pit, jump-

ing—high—on a trampoline in the middle of Lake Joshua or sticking a dismount under the gymnastics tent, they

are infused with Jewish values from the staff and the rabbis who serve as faculty members.

When they ride the zip line, scale the 50-foot tower or reach the top of the climbing wall for the first time,

they are reminded of the significance of their achievements by saying the shehechiyanu blessing.

When they gather for services on Mondays and Thursdays, or for kabbalat Shabbat (to share the high-

lights of their week, recalling how they’ve grown); when they gather with the entire camp for Shabbat services

and havdalah; when they bless each other with the priestly benediction at dinner on Friday nights, they are doing

so surrounded by hundreds of Jews—a very powerful experience.

When 900 young people sing Hashkiveinu and the Shema after the camp play, before returning to their

bunks for lights out, you can see how our faith still has the power to shape lives.

Temple Shalom’s youth have attended Harlam for decades, and I hope this tradition will continue. Our ties

there run deep; we even placed one of our most precious possessions—a Torah scroll—on permanent loan to camp

in 1993. A little bit of Wheeling will always be there.

But we can do more. If your children are ready for camp, please consider sending them to Harlam next

summer; if your kids are grown, but you’re still emotionally attached to Harlam, you can support our kids through

tax-deductible donations made to Sisterhood’s Campership Fund. Either way, please speak to me about how you

can be involved.

I had a wonderful time at Harlam this summer, surrounded by energetic, enthusiastic, creative Jewish

youth. I can’t wait to return next summer, and Noa can’t wait to go back and participate in the day camp program.

Below are some photos from camp. While they cannot recreate the full flavor of the Harlam experience, I

hope they will inspire you to ―think camp!‖

Just as I wished my campers Shana Tova, I wish the same to you and yours. May 5776 be filled with

blessings, health, happiness, prosperity and inner peace.

May you and yours be inscribed in the Book of Life,

Rabbi Beth Jacowitz Chottiner

September Anniversaries

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3: Rachel and Stuart Pavilack (26th)

4: Jenny Good and Gary Brozek (10th)

4: Jacquelyne and Brant Hostetler (5th)

5: Diane and Bruce Blank (33rd)

28: Miriam and Jack Mendelson (18th)

1: Rachel Pavilack

2: Lauren Lief

Sami Pollock (21th)

5: Peter Lando

5: Rabbi Beth Jacowitz Chottiner

12: Jane Dreyfuss

Harold Goldberg

13: Joel E. Bernstein

Kyle Mishne

Allison Posin (20th)

14: Charity Porbin

16: Arthur Beckerman

Michael Rubin

Brant Hostetler

September Birthdays

17: Zoe Porbin (11th)

19: Norman Franklin

Carter Strauss

Sheila Thorpe

24: Richard Humphrey

25: Theresa Blatt

Karen Bobes

Joel Mendelson (12th)

28: Aaron Edelman

Perri Pokorney

Louis Sherman

MiShebeirach Refuah She’lay-mah

to Ashley Suder

The deadline for the

October HaKol will be on Thursday, September 17, 2015.

Save-The-Date

Annual Welcome Brunch

Sunday December 13, 2015

11:00 am - 1:30 pm.

Sponsored by the

Membership Committee

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September Donations Fund Donation Key: Sebulsky Aesthetics (A), Archives (AR), Cemetery (C), Foundation (F),

General (G), Levenson Sanctuary (LS), Posin/Wishnew Library (L), Kaufman Music (M), Rabbi's Discretionary Fund (RDF), The Rabbi Daniel Lowy Religious School Fund (RLRSF),

Ben Rudner Torah (T), Shelby Lynn Posin Fund for Adult Education (SLP), Sisterhood Campership (SC), Sisterhood Floral (SF), Sisterhood Friendship and Remembrance (SFR),

Capital Campaign (CC), Caring Committee (CARE)

Sisterhood Floral Fund Contributions 2015-2016

Norman Franklin, M.D. Audrey and Fred Horne

Roslyn Lando Valorie Wolcott Mendelson

Marjorie Perilman Sheldon Pinsky, M.D.

Jane and Bruce Pokorney Susan Pokorney

Mary Lou and Howard Posin Seth B. Posin

H. John Rogers Sherry Rosenberg

Janet Rosenthal and family Barbara and Alan Rubin

Elaine Sherman Carol and Stanley Stein

Judy and Jeff Weinberger Dona and Bob Wiseman

Please let us hear

from you

with any news you would

like to send---life cycle

events, simchas as well as

sorrows.

Remember:

Sacred books and Jewish ritual objects that are in a

state of disrepair will be buried at Jewish Memorial

Park. If you have such objects, please bring them to

the Temple. The congregation will be notified when a

date has been set for burial.

Please remember Temple Shalom

in your Estate Planning.

Thoughtful Gifts From Thoughtful People

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Harbay Todot ~ Many Thanks To . .

Howard Pascoll for shopping on behalf of the

Temple.

Janice Meister and Howard Pascoll for

conducting Shabbat Services while the

Rabbi was away.

Mia, Maddy, Levi and Asher Porter and Ra-

chel Weinberger for sponsoring an oneg Shab-

bat for the month of August.

Sheldon Pinsky for sponsoring flowers for the

bimah in August.

From the President’s Desk . . . .

The Temple Shalom Super Sale on August 9th was a super success!!! Shoppers were lined up out-

side the Temple doors for an hour before the sale even began. Business was brisk and everyone had a good

time.

None of this would have happened were it not for the leadership of Rachel Weinberger. Like a gen-

eral leading her troops into battle, Rachel took command and never looked back. I think it is fair to say

that Rachel has left an indelible mark on us and on our 166 year old congregation. Also, I’d like to thank

Andy Schreiber for his tireless efforts on behalf of the Super Sale and for being an incredible support to

Rachel in her herculean task. I’d like to express special gratitude to Sisterhood for giving the Super Sale to

the Temple. Most importantly, I’d like to thank those who donated items or baked goods, those who

schlepped, organized, ticketed, and worked the Super Sale. On the day of the sale, we had as many as

thirty volunteers from our small congregation show up to work. I’d like to mention each one, but I’m

afraid of leaving someone out, so I’ll just say “thank you” to everyone who helped.

For me, this year’s Super Sale was definitely a learning experience. Not only did I learn about the

Super Sale, but I discovered that worshipping together isn’t the only way to create a sense of community.

Working together, side by side, towards a common purpose also creates a sense of community. Perhaps

THIS is the greatest reward of the Super Sale. A reward that money can’t buy.

Seth Posin, President

Temple Shalom

Congregational Officers for

5775/5776

Seth Posin -President

Perri Pokorney - Vice-President

Sherry Rosenberg - Secretary

Shari McPhail - Treasurer

Karen Kangisser - Immediate Past President

Trustees

Dr. George Goetz

Jonathan Lief

Bobbi Pollock

Sisterhood Representive

Charla Wallace

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Judaica Shop

The Judaica Shop will be open on Sundays at 10:30 am -12:30 pm

If you would like to make a purchase, stop by or

please call Charla Wallace at her Wheeling number:

304-277-3613 or cell: 304-280-4182.

Women of Temple Shalom!! Sisterhood is off and running with a year of wonderful programs sched-

uled. Please mark your calendars for these exciting events and plan on joining us.

September 2 — Wine and cheese opening meeting with speaker Shari McPhail October 7 — Informational meeting about Jewish summer camps for kids

November 11 — Challah making bake and take December 2 — Chanukah craft and celebration

February 3 — Jewish movie night March 2 — Hamantaschen bake off

April 6 — Hadassah/Sisterhood pot luck dinner May 4 — Dinner at a local restaurant

June — Sisterhood Sabbath (date to be announced)

Enjoy Books are coming!

Pittsburgh Enjoy Books will be

here September 21 and Ohio

Valley Enjoy Books will be here

October 1. To reserve yours,

call or email Sherry

Rosenberg, 304-280-6104 or

Sherrynal58@aol.com

Letter from the Hadassah

Pittsburgh Chapter President

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Mazel Tov /Kudos/ Congratulations to . . .

Dr. Sean and Diane Pokorney on the birth of their daughter, Sophie Mae. Sophie is the grand-daughter of Dr. Bruce and Jane Pokorney. She was born on July 24 in Durham, NC.

Speakers set for second Social Action Lecture Series:

The 2015-16 Temple Shalom Social Action Lecture Series will be bigger and better than our inaugural

season.

Four speakers will visit Temple Shalom between October and March, talking about issues that hit

close to home: hunger in the Ohio Valley, diversity in the state legislature, the role of the arts in urban

revitalization and the road blocks facing recycling.

Here is the lineup of this year’s speakers. Each program will be held on a Sunday, at 7:00 p.m., at

Temple Shalom. They are open to the general public and refreshments will be served:

“Hunger in the Valley: What it Looks Like,”

with Ken Peralta & Danny Swan

founders, Grow Ohio Valley

Sunday, Oct. 18, 7:00 p.m.

“Minorities and Lawmaking: Diversity in the Legislature,”

with Del. Michael Pushkin

the only Jewish member of the West Virginia Legislature

Sunday, Nov. 15, 7:00 p.m.

“Creative City: The Role of the Arts in Wheeling’s Revitalization,”

with Susan Hogan

Mayor’s Commission on the Arts

Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016, 7:00 p.m.

“Use and Reuse: Recycling in Wheeling,”

with Scott Ludolph

Scrappy Pappy’s Recycling

TBA

Each lecture will be promoted in the local media as the date approaches.

We hope you’re as excited about this years lecture series as we are, and we look forward to seeing you

at all the events.

L’shalom,

Lee Chottiner, Social Action Chair

Social Action Chair

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Food Drive Underway Owing to low pantry stocks at the Catholic Neighborhood Center, our High Holy Day Food Drive is under way NOW.

What we are able to raise in the next two weeks will be immediately taken to the Catholic Neighborhood Center to bolster its supplies and ease its need.

As always, please bring bags of nonperishable foods to the Temple and leave them on the table in the social hall. We’ll make sure they’re delivered to the agencies that need them.

As your social action chair, I am always heartened by the incredible way our little congregation responds to calls for assistance. I know this year will be no different.

May I be among the first to wish you shana tova. May 5776 be for all a year of health, happiness, peace

and prosperity.

L’shalom

Lee Chottiner

Volunteers Needed for Catholic Neighborhood Center

The dates are set for Temple Shalom’s annual volunteer work at the Catholic Neighborhood Center in East

Wheeling. All we need now … is you.

As you know, Temple Shalom mans the kitchen at the CNC five Sundays during each academic year, preparing

hot lunches for people who truly need them. As anyone who has ever stepped up to do this job knows, those we

serve are grateful for all we do, and it leaves the volunteers with a good feeling inside.

In other words, it’s win-win.

This year’s kitchen dates—all Sundays—are: Nov. 22, Dec. 27, Jan. 24, Feb. 28 and March 27. We need to be

at the kitchen by 10 a.m. each Sunday. A regular Catholic Neighborhood Center volunteer will be on hand to help

us with anything we need, but these are our days of service.

As I said above, all we need now is you. Please consider volunteering for one or more dates this year. Contact

me at 908-433-7833, or at leechottiner@gmail.com, and I’ll be happy to sign you up and answer any questions

you may have.

Feeding the hungry, or “leaving the corners of our fields” as our tradition teaches, is among the greatest of

mitzvot. As we prepare to begin a new year, please join with me in performing this commandment.

L’shalom,

Lee Chottiner

Social Action Chair

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Yahrzeit Notifications

“Yahrzeit” is a Yiddish word that means “time of year.” It is a tradition in our faith to mark the passing of loved ones during the “time of year” in which the passing occurred. The observance often includes reciting Kaddish, lighting a Yahrzeit candle, and performing an act of tzedakah. In order to assist members in this solemn observance, the Temple will be mailing Yahrzeit notifications to those who have lost loved ones. Our Yahrzeit list is approximately 86 pages long. Sadly, many of the Yahrzeit names are not matched with current members. Therefore, I would ask that you take a moment to write down the names of loved ones who have passed and your relationship to them. Please mail your list to Trina at the Temple so that we may update our records. Thank you. Name Relationship (i.e. mother, father, brother, etc.) 1)______________________________________ __________________

2)______________________________________ __________________

3)______________________________________ __________________

4)______________________________________ __________________

5)______________________________________ __________________

“The soul of man is the candle of God”

Chapt 20 verse 27 Book of Proverbs

Oneg Sponsorships . . .

As you may know, we have started a campaign to seek sponsorships of all our Friday

night oneg Shabbats. The results have been amazing! In the 30 days since the campaign was

unveiled, we have commitments to sponsor more onegs than were sponsored in all of last year.

It is especially gratifying to see so many associate members from around the country sponsor

onegs and thus play a role in perpetuating Jewish life in Wheeling. Well done!

It isn’t too late. Oneg dates are still available for September 4, 11 and 25. Call Trina at 304-233-0155 or Jocelyn at 304-242-2801 to be a sponsor.

Temple Sukkot

Join us on Sunday, September 27, at 6:00 pm

for our annual Sook-Out. Please bring a non-dairy dish

that serves 10. Hot dogs, drinks

and s’mores will be provided.

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August 30-September 5 observed September 4 Sally A. Duga 8/30 Sol Smith 8/30 Elul 15 Dena G. Hyatt Bales 8/31 Elul 16 Abram Berg 8/31 Ada B. Sharove 8/31 Francis Snodgrass 8/31 Elul 16 Bernard Wainscott 8/31 Elul 16 Samuel Posin 9/1 Elul 17 Phyllis M. Druck 9/1 Rebecca Levin Goldberg 9/2 Louis K. Landau 9/3 Elul 19 Stella Goldstein Schwartz 9/3 Elul 19 Bella Feingold 9/4 Elul 20 Dr. Joseph Jacobson 9/4 Lawrence Morton Klein 9/4 Elul 20 Benjamin Lipscher 9/4 Ben Harris 9/5 Elul 21 Sara Ida Sorin Robinson 9/5 Elul 21 Louis G. Sebulsky 9/5 Elul 21 September 6-September 12 observed September 11 Gussie Brunner 9/6 Elul 22 Dr. Sidney Pavilack 9/6 Elul 22 Thelma R. Bales Holtzer 9/7 Elul 23 Irene Mae Herzberg Koller 9/7 Hillard Brodsky 9/8 Elul 24 Benjamin Resnick 9/8 Elul 24 Irving I. Savitt 9/8 Hyman B. Goldberg 9/9 Max Mishne 9/9 Elul 25 Joseph D. Ofendender 9/9 Elul 25 Morris Schwartz 9/9 Elul 25 Isador William Mendelson 9/10 Elul 26 Ida Schorr Sebolsky 9/10 Rachael Ginsberg Sherman 9/10 Elul 26 Irving Arnold Klein 9/11 Elul 27 Irma Kraft 9/11 Ida Segal 9/11 Elul 27 Margaret L. Front 9/12 Jonathan Jebbia 9/12 Elul 28 Leonard Ormand Mendelson 9/12 Greta Lane Horne Sharpe 9/12 Pauline Frank Sonneborn 9/12 Michael E. Van Gilder 9/12 Hyman Verbofsky 9/12 September 13-September 19 observed September 18 Theodore David Feldman 9/13 Elul 29 Jeff Holt 9/13 Rhea Subit 9/13 Elul 29 Minnie Dorothy Rivlin 9/14 Dorothy Sebulsky 9/15 Henry Cohen 9/16 Tishrei 3 Herman Louis Cooper 9/16 Abe Lando 9/17 Samuel Arthur Rybeck 9/17 Harry A Westerman 9/17 Tishrei 4 Joseph Franklin 9/18 Joseph Lee Franklin 9/18 Howard J. Garber 9/18 Tishrei 5 Lucile Lowenstein Good 9/18

Arlene Kraft 9/18 Herbert Lomask 9/18 Rita Rabinowitz 9/18 Tishrei 5 Ruth Kaplan Savitt 9/18 Tishrei 5 Rae Cohen 9/19 Elinor Front Maslon 9/19 Ruth Berkowitz Rubin 9/19 Tishrei 6 Frank Zeigler 9/19 September 20-September 26 observed 27 Fannie Gold Furman 9/20 David Perilman, M.D. 9/20 Albert Recht 9/20 Rose Berlow 9/21 Tishrei 8 Ernest S. Horkheimer 9/21 Margaret Ruth McKenzie 9/21 Irwin H. Baer 9/22 Sarah Diana Jules Malkoff 9/22 Augusta Reiss 9/22 Jacob Reiss 9/22 Irwin Allen Burech 9/23 Rabbi Hyman Iola 9/23 Tishrei 10 Rabbi Harry Levi 9/23 Tishrei 10 Leon Levin 9/23 Tishrei 10 Leon Leonard Ley 9/23 Tishrei 10 Stewart David Mendelson 9/23 Tishrei 10 Rabbi Charles Shulman 9/23 Tishrei 10 Amalie Bachenheimer 9/24 Tishrei 11 Anna C. Helman 9/24 Caroline Levy 9/24 Tishrei 11 Charles Levy 9/24 Tishrei 11 September 27-October 3 observed October 2 Regina Behr 9/27 Tishrei 14 Jacob Feinberg 9/27 Tishrei 14 Charles Thomas Icenhower 9/27 Alex Wishnew 9/27 Maurice Julius Lazarus 9/28 Tishrei 15 Ruth Muriel Lief Ross 9/28 Irma Wollner Baer 9/29 Sylvia Mae Feinberg 9/29 Tishrei 16 Harry Zelevian 9/29 Tishrei 16 Rebecca Stahl Behr 9/30 Tishrei 17 Miklos Gross 9/30 Tishrei 17 Matilda Helen S. Leach 9/30 Sidney Pokorney 9/30 Tishrei 17 Jo Ellen Sax 9/30 Tishrei 17 Sandra Schwartz Jablonsky 10/1 Tishrei 18 Valerie B. Reiss 10/1 Ruth V. Rogers 10/1 Tishrei 18 Arthur S. Harrison 10/2 Tishrei 19 Ben Rudner 10/2 Tishrei 19 Isidor Block 10/3 Tishrei 20 Nathan Feingold 10/3 Tishrei 20 Marian B. Gerson 10/3 Tishrei 20 Harold Goldman 10/3 Fannie Kessler 10/3 Tishrei 20 Jacob Malkoff 10/3 Alexander Sharove 10/3 Louis Weissman 10/3 Tishrei 20

May their memories be for a blessing.

September Yahrzeits