lss journal 2010

ע ״ ה ב

Celebrate Jewish Learning & Jewish Culture

at Lincoln Square Synagogue

As we honor

Linda & Howard Sterling

Who will debut her presentation

Synagogue Architecture in America

and

Mrs. Elana Stein Hain

Who will give a shiur entitled

When the World is Wrong Side Up

Monday Evening May 24, 2010

י ״ ב ב ס י ו ן תש ״ ע

At the Synagogue

6:00 PM dinner buffet

CLERGY

Shaul RobinsonSENIOR RABBI

Sherwood GoffinCANTOR

Elana Stein HainCOMMUNITY SCHOLAR

Elli AusubelASSISTANT RABBI

Ephraim BuchwaldRABBI, BEGINNERS SERVICE

Shlomo RiskinFOUNDING RABBI

Herschel Cohen זצ ״ לASSOCIATE RABBI

OFFICERS

Ruvan Cohen

Jeffrey Buller Rachel Neumark Herlands Scott Liebman

Bina Presser Bruce Ritholtz Alan Samuels

Ian Silver Eric Sussman Beth Wohlgelernter

CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE

Shelley Cohen Rose & Morton Landowne

Allison & Yitzy Rubin Edina Sultanik Silver & Ian Silver

200 Amsterdam Avenue New York, NY 10023212.874.6100www.lss.org

Lincoln Square Synagogue Annual Dinner

This year LSS is proud to pay tribute to its Community Scholar and our community's scholars.

Linda & Howard Sterling Mrs. Elana Stein Hain

Both Elana Stein Hain and Linda and Howard Sterling are inspired, natural educators who willingly share their scholarship with our community. Elana, in the less than two years it has been our privilege to have her as a member of our clergy, has demonstrated great learning, passion and compassion, warmth, and hard work, as she, virtually instantaneously, took charge of our educational programming, and became one of the pillars of our kehilla. In a recent column discussing the leadership role of women in Orthodox Judaism, Jewish Week Associate Editor Jonathan Mark stated: "There's one thing I've noticed about spiritual leaders, men or women...Those who have accomplished the most, care about titles the least. Be something special and the people will figure out what to call you." As I read the piece, all I kept thinking about was Mrs. Elana Stein Hain

Linda Sterling has devoted countless hours to enlightening the members of our shul on the nexus of Jewish culture and religion, whether lecturing on Franz Kline or Franz Kafka, Sarah Imaynu or Sarah Bernhardt, either at LSS or the Jewish Museum. Her husband, Howard, teaches the fascinating weekly Shabbat morning class called Peer Parsha, and, as a constant consumer of Joseph Shapiro Institute classes and lectures, always seems to manage to make the most insightful comments and ask the most significant questions. The Sterllings have been members of our community since the mid-1980's and we are thrilled that they have finally agreed to allow the shul to pay tribute to their many contributions.


Welcome to the 2010 Lincoln Square Synagogue Annual Dinner. Tonight’s dinner is about Jewish Learning and Jewish Culture. It is also about celebrating Jewish Life and Jewish Community. I would like to wish a personal Mazal Tov to our wonderful and deserving honorees, Elana Stein Hain and Howard and Linda Sterling. The first class I ever gave as Rabbi of the community took place at the Sterlings’ home. I don’t remember what I spoke about, but I remember everything else about the evening. The apartment adorned in every space with evidence of a love of art, Judaism and Learning, the scintillating conversation, the polite but persistent demand for more knowledge, the love of family, friends and Peoplehood, and most of all the warmth and the love. In the 5 years that have followed I have learned so much from Howard and Linda. I have taken museum tours with Linda. I have participated in classes on Torah taught by Howard. I have participated with them in times of mourning and times of Joy. I have witnessed there love of Israel expressed in the most active sense, and have marveled how they have galvanized the community to do more and more for Israel. Howard and Linda are truly two very special people who give so much to our community, to the Jewish People and to the world around them. It is almost impossible to describe what it means to me to be a colleague to Mrs. Elana Stein Hain. In the two years that I have known her and worked with her I have learned to always have the highest possible expectations, and to always have these expectations exceeded. When I think of Elana and her role in the shul, I find myself thinking of Dayenu. If she were merely a Torah scholar of great learning, dayenu. If she were merely a teacher with a unique ability to enthuse, fascinate and edify an audience, dayenu. If she were merely a counselor of skill, love and empathy, dayenu. If she were merely a program director of imagination, innovation and professionalism, dayenu. If she were merely a community leader of warmth, charisma and magnetism, dayenu. If she were merely a role model of piety, observance and spirituality, dayenu. The fact is that she is all of these things and so many more. I am proud of everything that Elana has achieved at Lincoln Square in just two years, and no less proud of our community that has embraced Elana and helped her make such dazzling achievements. Tonight’s dinner could not have succeeded without the incredible commitment of the hard working and tireless committee Shelley Cohen, Rose & Morty Landowne, Allison & Yitzy Rubin, Edina Sultanik Silver & Ian Silver. The commitment that they show to the shul and its vital work is humbling and inspiring. Thank you. I would also like to thank Joe Blank, Marilyn Osgood, Florine Skolnick, Phil Landsberg, Sharon Sachs in the office, and all of the countless volunteers who have made tonight such a success.

I would like to thank my fellow clergy members, the Officers, particularly our incomparable president and my friend Ruvan Cohen and the entire officer group and everyone who does so much magnificent work in being involved in the shul around the year.

May the almighty continue to bless our Shul, the entire membership, tonight’s honorees and all of us, that we may continue to grow in Torah and spiritual values as Jews and as human beings. With best wishes

Shaul Robinson


Dear LSS Community,

It has been an extraordinary honor to serve as your president for the last three years. When I was elected to the position shortly after the passing of our beloved Nathaniel, I assumed that it would provide me with a means of repaying the community for its kindness and caring of our family over the years. It turned out that I was the recipient of more good will and kindness, and for that Shelley, Jonathan, Jackie and I are forever grateful. Certainly, central figures of that kindness have always been our honorees Linda and Howard Sterling. Howard, in his quiet, emotional way has been a source of caring, intellectual challenge, devotion and love for our family and for many in the Community. Linda, in her slightly less quiet way, has earned a position in the LSS membership as a person whose life expresses so many of the values of our community: love of Israel, integration of the best of the modern world with the best of the Jewish world, and devotion to community-building. The legendary Shabbat meals at the Sterlings are the salons of our time, filled with intellects challenged, senses sated and divrei torah delivered. Perhaps the finest accomplishment of my Presidency has been the zachut of working with Rabbi Robinson and with the extended clergy. When Rabbi Robinson and I first had the opportunity to meet Mrs. Elana Stein Hain (at the time we had not yet settled on the “Mrs.” honorary title) we were overwhelmed with her torah scholarship, warmth and personality. Little did we suspect that we had underestimated these gifts. Mrs. Stein Hain has altered the LSS Community for the better through her unique combination of warmth and intellect. She is not a female Torah Scholar. She is one the finest Torah minds of our Community, with the ability to integrate and present Torah with clarity, infectious joy, and insight that are the rival of Torah Scholars of any gender. She inspires us all and is a role model to us all. We are blessed to have her in our midst on a daily basis. Finally, I want to thank my family for being supportive of my mission as president these past three years. Integrating the demands of this wonderful community with the needs of my wonderful family has been a challenge, but my family’s support and understanding has enabled me to not feel conflicted about the need to make choices. I have no doubt that the next administration will be successful in leading us into the new building, b’mehera b’yamaynu, and I look forward to dancing down Amsterdam Avenue with all of you. Yours truly,

Ruvan Cohen


We read in Tehillim 89:

Rabbi Meir Leibush Malbim (19th c. Russia) offers a very relevant interpretation.

He writes that God created the world with chesed, with no prior reason to do so- not as fulfillment of any debt - but out of complete altruism. And God sustains the world with emunah, by faithfully extending that original chesed each and every day. Our honorees tonight, Linda and Howard Sterling, are certainly models of these two traits as well - chesed and emunah. In their private lives and their communal lives, their various projects and initiatives show tremendous care and loyalty to people, to Israel, and to our kehilla. And all those who have put together tonight's event - from office staff to dinner chairpersons - have shown that volunteerism and fidelity in return. We thank them all for their generosity and for their leadership. Truly, it is this pairing of chesed and emunah which is the foundation of our synagogue. In a true spirit of imitatio Dei, this synagogue was founded on altruism, to provide a place where all are welcome. And today, one of the many dimensions that distinguish our Lincoln Square Synagogue community - and perhaps the most salient one- is commitment, loyalty. We are committed to Judaism in all of its expressions - halacha, culture, history, education. We are committed to each other in all of our diversity- across ages, backgrounds, experiences. And we are committed to our shul - in a certain sense, the sum of those parts. May we see the very literal fulfillment of a world, and a shul, built on chesed, very soon one block south!

Mazal tov, and enjoy your evening!

Elana Stein Hain


There is an old Yiddish saying: “Tzu Gott und tzu leyten,” a remez – reference – to equally giving G-d and Mankind that which is due to them. To G-d we dedicate our Sacred Service, learning and doing the Mitzvot. To Man, we dedicate ourselves to strive to improve the world through our actions – Tikkun Olam. I don’t believe the phrase meant for us to separate our actions into Holy and Earthly spheres. I believe that if we analyze the Yiddish version carefully, it seems to be saying that each should be integrated into the other. Humankind should take upon itself qualities of the Divine, and the Divine should look upon us with the human paradyms of compassion and love. Elana Stein Hain and Linda and Howard Sterling represent the two spheres: that of Kodesh , the Divine, and that of Chol, Humankind. However, the uniqueness of each of them is that they possess both qualities. Few are as close to the Sacred and dedicated to the Word of the Torah, Torah learning and Mitzvot as is Elana, and yet she shows the wonderful qualities of compassion, concern, care and love, that are so very human, to everyone she comes into contact with. Linda and Howard are active and successful examples of Human achievement who nevertheless possess an undercurrent of the Divine in everything they do. That is true whether it is Linda’s ability to inspire throngs with her lectures on aspects of Judaism, Judaic Art and History, or Howard leading the “Peer Parsha” Shabbat Morning sessions in the Parsha of the week, and his active participation in many classes of Jewish thought and interest. Each honoree is one side of the double-sided ”Golden Mean” that combines the Divine with the Human. We at LSS are fortunate to have such individuals in our midst. Today, we celebrate three human beings who truly understand the meaning of “Tzu Gott und Tzu Leyten.”

MAZAL TOV ELANA, LINDA AND HOWARD! Batya joins me in wishing you a life filled with joy and Yiddishe Nachas! Chazzan Sherwood Goffin


Dear Friends,

I am delighted to write this letter on behalf of Linda and Howard Sterling, and Mrs. Elana Stein Hain who are being honored at the forthcoming Lincoln Square Synagogue Dinner.

The Sterlings are one of the nicest couples of the Lincoln Square Synagogue family, I am deeply indebted to Linda Sterling for filling in the “black hole” in my education. As an unschooled and untutored boy from the Bronx, I knew little about art and museums. Unfortunately, I still know little about art and museums, but Linda Sterling has attempted to fill in that lacuna. Her celebrated guided tours of the great New York museums have left a deep impact on myself and Aidel, and we look forward to them eagerly whenever they are offered. Despite my lingering cultural disability I have gained a much greater appreciation for the fine arts, and there is now hope that I will eventually become a cultured person.

Since her arrival at LSS, Mrs. Elana Stein Hain has taken the synagogue by storm. Having known Elana from her early childhood, Aidel and I are not at all surprised. We are very proud of her accomplishments and know that this is only the beginning of a stellar career. Lincoln Square Synagogue is fortunate to have her and to learn from her.

We wish Linda, Howard, and Elana much mazal on their well deserved honors.

Ephraim Z. Buchwald


Since the second temple period the Synagogue the "Mikdash Me'at" came to replace the Temple as the

communal place of worship. While the Temple had mainly been a place of sacrifice and intermittent communal gathering, the Synagogue became the epicenter of Jewish communal life, binding each and

every Jewish community together.

In the Temple sacrifice was a private matter. A korban is brought by an individual and can be shared

only after the completion of the spiritual service. Prayer on the other hand can be joined by many and in fact is meant to be said betzibur or with a quorum. Prayer and Torah learning are spiritual endeavors

which can be shared and enjoyed by many. When one shares a physical pleasure with other people they may be gaining similar enjoyment but no group of people can share the exact same physical pleasure.

For example, if one shares a meal, the actual pleasure is derived from separate pieces of food or bites. The satisfaction and pleasure derived from a spiritual endeavor can be shared in totality. The same

thought can bring pleasure to many, the same song can uplift many. This is what gives spirituality its ultimate unifying quality.

Lincoln Square Synagogue has always been at the forefront of Orthodox Synagogues as a place of beautiful worship and intense Torah learning. This year we recognize the fantastic leadership and

contribution of both an outstanding member of the klei kodesh as well as a special couple of the lay leadership:

With a resounding Mazal Tov to


And

Linda and Howard Sterling

on their well deserved awards for their tremendous contributions to making Lincoln Square the great house of prayer and learning that it is. Elana, your tremendous spirit, knowledge, and programming efforts add a dynamic component to the synagogue that is indispensable. Mazal Tov on this most

deserved honor. It is both an honor and a pleasure to work with you.

Linda and Howard, as Jewish educators in your own right, you are pillars of strength and chesed in our community. You embody the values of Torah and Mitzvot, love for Israel and the Jewish people. You

devotion and commitment to teaching the Jewish people and our community is a model for us all to aspire to. Mazal Tov on this honor and may we all merit the fulfillment of G-d's promise:

Rabbi Elli Ausubel



The choices for Honorees at this year’s Annual Dinner are truly worthy of Top Chef. Each one has made their own contribution toward a most delightful and sumptuous buffet of learning at Lincoln Square Synagogue.

Howard Sterling’s sparkling and challenging Peer Parsha class provides the appetizer for Shabbat morning and the weekly Torah portion; Linda Sterling’s exhilarating (sold out) museum tours and art talks achieve that extraordinary synthesis of cultural and intellectual pleasure – providing a most satisfying course of haute scholarship that is always “well done”; Elana Stein Hain’s incredible shiurim are the icing on the cake. Her words and thoughts stick to your mind and leave you wanting more.

In addition to their immense wealth of knowledge, what makes the honorees unique is their graciousness and generosity in sharing their scholarship with all of us, particularly as they spice their teaching with a wonderful passion that makes the learning that much more enjoyable. The LSS members, and community at large, have all been afforded a truly incredible menu of learning.

We honor Howard, Linda & Elana for honoring us with their presence at LSS.

And now it is time to enjoy the Dinner.

Joe Blank, Executive Director Lincoln Square Synagogue


Elana -

Your classes and programs never cease to amaze, enlighten and inspire the LSS community at large.

You are always coming up with new original ideas, or putting unique twists on the existing ones, and the results

are always spectacular.

To a great personality, teacher, and friend:

We're glad we all MESH together so well !!

Mazel Tov!!

Your LSS Family


From Israel Impossible to Vasily Kandinsky,

From Blue-Man Ray to Peer Parsha,

Linda and Howard, you two add so much to our beautiful

community.

Thank you for your enthusiasm, your intelligence and your commitment.It is truly an 'honor' to be honored with

you!

Elana Stein and Yonah Hain

Lincoln Square Synagogue Annual DinnerBenefactor Page

Mazel Tov

Howard and Linda

With great affection, Paul J. Taubman

Lincoln Square Synagogue Annual DinnerGuardian Page

Roy R. and Marie S. Neuberger Foundation

Lincoln Square Synagogue Annual DinnerGuardian Page

In honor of

Lincoln Square Synagogue

and all the Honorees

Alan Scovell

Lincoln Square Synagogue Annual DinnerDiamond Page

We are honored to be honored.

We are honored to be a part of

the LSS family.

We are honored to be honoredwith Elana.



Congratulations

to all the Honorees

Martin and RosalindPomerance


Mazel Tov To Our Dear Friends,

Linda and Howard

Wise, Cultured, Classy, The most generous

people we know.

Kol Hakavod to


We so appreciate your immeasurable contributions to LSS but we feel you really should start visiting home a

little more often!

Michelle and Bruce


Lara and David Slager


To ElanaA superb teacher

and remarkable trailblazerwhose infectious enthusiasm

brings joy to us all

To our friends Linda & Howard with love and admiration

You are truly the Best and Brightest.

Marion & Maurice Spanbock

Lincoln Square Synagogue Annual DinnerPlatinum Page

ART AND STYLE - LINDA

LEARNING AND SPIRITUALITY - HOWARD

TORAH AND LEADERSHIP - COMMUNITY SCHOLAR ELANA STEIN HAIN

TEACHING AND ENRICHING OUR LIVES - ALL OF THE ABOVE!!

WE ARE DELIGHTED TO HONOR YOU TONIGHT!

WITH MUCH AFFECTION AND ADMIRATION,

RACHEL, JONATHAN, AND FAMILY


Mazel Tov to


and to

Elana Stein Hain

We look forward to enjoying many more of Linda’s art lectures, Howard’s parsha classes and MESH’s shiurim in

the years to come.

Scott and Elaine Liebman

Thank you also to the Dinner/Journal chairpeople andin particular our children Allison and Yitzy Rubin


In Honor of

Linda and Howard

Sterling

from The Sands Family


Winston Consulants, Inc.

Herb Weinstein

Lincoln Square Synagogue Annual DinnerGold Page

NO BETTER WAY TO CELEBRATE

JEWISH LEARNING, CULTURE AND CHESED THAN BY EMPHASIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF

LINDA, HOWARD

AND ELANA

--

ALL EXEMPLARS IN THEIR SPECIALIZED WAY

MAZAL TOV

IVAN & FRANCESCA BERKOWITZ


Thank youElana

for all your kindnessto our family

and to our shul

Alla & Alex Eydeland and Family


With deepest appreciation and admiration to

ElanaElanaElanaElana

for inspiring us in so many ways

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mazel Tov to

Linda & Howard SterlingLinda & Howard SterlingLinda & Howard SterlingLinda & Howard Sterling

for sharing your knowledge with us

Joyce & David Friedman and familyJoyce & David Friedman and familyJoyce & David Friedman and familyJoyce & David Friedman and family


Congratulations and thank you to Elana Stein Hain

for your immeasurable contribution to our shul

You have been a wonderful addition to our community and we are grateful to you for all that you have done. Keep up the good work!

Congratulations and thank you to Linda and Howard Sterling

for all your contributions to our community.

Laura & Jonathan Heller


CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU FOR

THIS WELL-DESERVED HONOR,

LINDA AND HOWARD

WE ADMIRE YOUR DEDICATION

AND COMMITMENT TO LEARNING,

TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND TO ISRAEL.

OUR AFFECTION

AND DEEP APPRECIATION,

MARVIN AND DORIAN


A Yasher Koach toLinda & Howard Sterling

for sharing your insights & scholarshipwith the LSS community

and to Elana Stein Hain We are truly blessed to have you as our

teacher and role model.

Chavie Kahn & Heshy Kofman


In Honor of


and

Elana Stein Hain

Lu, Michael, Ilana, and Talia Schulder

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MAZEL TOV TO

LINDA & HOWARD STERLING

and

ELANA STEIN HAIN

ON THESE WELL-DESERVED HONORS

AUDREY & SARGE ABORN


In tribute to

the longstanding leadership of


and the scholarship of

Mrs. Elana Stein Hain,

individuals who contribute so much to making

Lincoln Square so wonderful

Hertzie & Lolly Bak


Mazel Tov

to all the honorees

Fran & Daniel Besdin


Linda & Howard -

Thank you for all the wonderful things

you have done & keep doing for our Shul

Mazal Tov!

Elana - You teach us. You inspire us,

You energize us. You amaze us.

Mazal Tov!

Jim & Gale Kaufman


In honor of our great friends

whom we admire so much, Linda and Howard

And in thanks to Elana Stein Hain

who has brought so much to our community

Gloria and Richard Kestenbaum


We are honored to participate in the well-deserved honor being paid to our teachers and friends Elana Stein Hain and Linda and Howard Sterling. We have learned much from all of them and look forward to many more years of benefiting from their knowledge, creativity, and friendship.

We also salute our beloved friend, Ruvan Cohen, as he completes the final days of his momentous presidency of Lincoln Square Synagogue. Out of the depths of his family's bottomless sorrow at the tragic death of Nathaniel, z.l., he chose to begin the task of keeping Nathaniel's memory alive by assuming the enormous responsibility for the lay leadership of our shul. Over the last three years, with love, humility, endless patience, good humor, deep wisdom, and just plain hard work, Ruvan set the platinum standard for any future leader of Lincoln Square Synagogue. We are all in his debt for his labors on our behalf and look forward to the time when proper public tribute can be paid to him, Shelley, Jonathan and Jackie to express our community's appreciation.

The Landowne Family


In Honor of

MRS. ELANA STEIN HAIN

A Scholar & an Aishes Chayil

Mazel Tov

on this

Well-deserved honor!

Judy & Dr. Joseph Pollak


TO LINDA AND HOWARD

KOL HAKAVOD

A WELL DESERVED HONOR

TO ELANA

OUR OUTSTANDING TEACHER,

MAY YOU CONTINUE TO GROW

AND ENRICH OUR LIVES

MARTINE AND JACK SCHENKER


With love & admiration

to our Guests of Honor



You are an inspiration to us all.

Steven & Gale Spira


Mazel Tov to


and to

our Machatanim's daughter-in-law


Aviva & Marvin Sussman and family


Congratulations to all the

Honorees

Jane & Warren Weiss

Lincoln Square Synagogue Annual DinnerBronze Page

Elana Stein Hain

Our Enthusiastic Educator

Without Peer

Linda and Howard


Sabah and Gee,

We are so thrilled that we are not the only ones benefiting from your vast stores of knowledge. Your passion for giving in all realms is an inspiration to us all. That is really the legacy that you have established for your children and grandchildren.

May you continue to go from strength to strength and be blessed with the ability to share with all of us for many years to come.

With love and admiration,

Steven Fannie, Stuart, Bracha, Elazar, Ze'evi, Sarah, Yaakov, Moshe and 'Shua Schwartz Pamela, Jeffrey and Amy Vogel Ariela, Yaakov, Uri, Nadav Avraham, Yishai, Leah Yael, Sarah Henya, Naomi and Miriam Sterling


Mazel Tov and

Thank youto


Elana Stein Hain

for your scholarship, originality

and love of Klal Yisrael

Benjamin & Michelle Belfer & daughters


In Honor of


Mem Bernstein


David Boim

&

Lauren Stark


Congratulations to

Linda &Howard

for their leadership and commitment to LSS

and to

Elana

for her outstanding scholarship and for making us a bit wiser.

Marcie & Ken Cappell and Family


This is a bronze page in honor of a Sterling couple

-- and an outstanding teacher -- who have made Lincoln Square

the gold standard

Margy-Ruth and Perry Davis


In honor of the honorees

Suzan & Fred Ehrman


ה"ב

Mazal Tov

to the

Honorees

Vivien & Muk Eisenmann


Mazel tov and thank you to 3 unique and extraordinary

exemplars of Jewish leadership:

Howard, Linda and Elana

Karen and David EisnerJosh and Jason


In recognition of our honorees, Linda and Howard Sterling and

Elana Stein Hain

Your steadfast dedication to Jewish culture and learning

are what make LSS the vibrant community that it is.

Elana, as our Community Scholar you add greatly to the already

rich rabbinic presence in our shul. You have given our family so much

and we want more.

The Freilich FamilyAnna, Mark, Erin and Ethan


MAZAL TOV TO OUR BELOVED FRIENDS

LINDA & HOWARD

MAZAL TOV TO OUR BELOVED COMMUNITY SCHOLAR

ELANA

YASHER KOACH TO OUR BELOVED RABBI

SHAUL ROBINSON

PHYLLIS & STANLEY


In honor of

The Sterlings

and

Elana Stein Hain

Debbie & Elliot Gibber


Dear Linda & Howard,

It's an honor to

honor you.

Love,

Michael, Katja, Joya, Forest, Isaac and Sophia


Mazel Tov

to all the Honorees!!

Tamar & Eric Goldstein


To our dear friends

Linda & Howard

Their life together represents a perfect design.

**************************

Our best wishes to

Elana Stein Hain

Belda & Marcel Lindenbaum


Jamie and Elana Nussbaum


טוב טעם ודעת למדני

סו:תהילים קיט


Elana Stein Hain

I look forward to

continued learning from you

for many years to come.

Bina Presser


To Mrs. Stein Hain

To The Sterlings

You nourish our minds, hearts, and souls.You enrich our lives.

With gratitude and admiration

Zelda R. Stern and Stanley I. Rosenzweig


Mazal Tov to


Elana Stein Hain

on this well-deserved honor

Eli & Michelle Salig


Cousins Linda and Howard

ישר כחכם!

We love you and are proud of you today and always

Cathy and Barry and family

Karen and Andy and family

Cookie and David and family


To Elana Stein Hain

Congratulations on a well deserved honor

To Continue Success

Mrs. Sylvia SavittLeah and Ephraim Savitt


Linda and Howard,

We're so sorry to be

missing this tribute.

Mazel tov!

Rachel and Yossi


Edina Sultanik

&

Ian Silver


Raav Todot V'Mazal Tov

to


and


from

Ruth & Bernard Simon


Congratulations to this year's dinner honorees

for such a well deserved honor

We are so grateful to feel a close connection

with each one of you.

Mazal Tov

The Spiras:Shira and Avi

Mia, Sara and Jack


We are honored and delightedto honor

three of our finest teachers

Elana, Linda & Howard

Arlene & David Stone


WE ARE HAPPY TO JOIN IN

THE TRIBUTE

TO OUR DEAR FRIENDS

LINDA AND HOWARD STERLING

Bruce Teitelbaum, Suri Kasirer

and family


"Man can accomplish many things, however, only a woman can

accomplish many other things" Rav Soloveitchik

Dear Linda and Howard

Mazel tov on this well deserved honor

Cuz Paul

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Mazel Tov to the Honorees

May you continue to contribute to the success of LSS

Rachel & Martin Balsam


Dear Linda, Howard & Elana:

Thanks for teaching and sharing with us

"The Art of Learning"

and

"The Learning of Art".

You are all the best.

With much personal appreciation,Joe Blank


Congratulations to Linda and Howard Sterling and


Thank you for all that you do for Lincoln Square Synagogue

Nitza & Micah Bloomfield


Mazel Tov to

Elana Stein Hain

and her entire family

Bella & Stephen Brenner


Mr. & Mrs.Bernard Broome


Mazal Tov and Best Wishes to


& Elana Stein Hain

for their dedication, devotion, leadership, and scholarship

to LSS and the Greater Jewish Community

Janet and Stan Broome and Family


Mazel Tov tothe Honorees

Esther Goldsmith & Jeff Buller


Elissa & Bob Burnat


Mazal Tov

to all the honorees

Dalia and Joe Cohen


Mazal Tov to the Honorees

Francine & Jay Cinamon


Mazel tov to the honorees

May you continue to go

Mechayil El Chayil.

Shena and Eli Dominitz


Judith Weil & Lloyd Epstein



Mr. Howard and Mrs. Linda Sterling

We are so fortunate to have you as part of the

Lincoln Square Synagogue community.

You have so much to give, and you do it in such a wonderful way.

May you continue to share your talents with us for many years.

Rabbi David FreedmanHélène Katz Freedman


In Honor of

Rabbi Robinson

Cantor Sherwood Goffin

and all the Honorees

מזל טוב

Mr. & Mrs. Isidore Friedman & Families


Best wishes to all the Honorees

Continued success in all the years to come

Maurice Friedman & family


Mazel Tov on this well deserved honor

You are all truly leaders and role models for our community.

Hannah & Paul Freilich


The Ganer Family

&

the entire staff of

Ganer, Grossbach & Ganer

congratulate our friends,

LINDA & HOWARD STERLING,

on receiving this

well-deserved honor.


Mazal Tov to the Honorees


and

Elana Stein Hain

Yasher Koach to our good friends

Shelley & Ruvan Cohen

Helena & Marvin Goldstein & Family


Congratulations to Elana Stein Hain

Your personality and schlorship are a great inspiration.

Doris and Marshall Greenberg


With much love & admiration

we join you in honoring

ELANA STEIN HAIN

Nancy & Kenny Hain and family


Thank you, Elana, for taking our minds and our souls to a higher level through your visionary teaching. And, as importantly, you have become not only our teacher but our dear friend. Thank you, Linda and Howard, both for continually sharing your wonderful insights and passions with our community, whether through Torah or art. You are an inspiration to the rest of us. Mazal Tov to all of you on this well‑deserved honor. Love, Lee, Paul, Jacob and Eliana Holm


Mazal Tov to Elana Stein Hain

on this most deserved honor

Rebecca & Emilio Krausz


Mazal Tov to all the Honorees

Esther and Motti Kremer


Mazel and Bracha to the Synagogue on its future move

From Robert & Dorothy Lewiswho are in moving mode now.

We will end up at 315 West 70th Street, Apartment 6K,

hopefully soon.


Elana Stein HainMazel tov on this wonderful honor!!

Love, your fans

The Galena Family Rita Lourie, Sarah & Benj, Seth & Hindy, and Isaac


Mazel Tov

to

Lincoln Square Synagogue

on honoring

Elana Stein Hain

The Lubitz Family


Yashir Cochachem to

Howard and Linda

Builders of the Jewish Community in NY and Israel-

Howard—a real hero of the Startup Nation!

Jon and Jane MedvedJerusalem, Israel


Mazel Tov to the Honorees!

Susan, Steven, Ariella, Danielle, Gabrielle, Sarah,

Rebecca and Jaclyn


Congratulations to

Howard & Linda Sterling

Rudolph and Ether LowyBeverly Hills, CA


Congratulations to all of the Honorees

Michael and Carol Raiten


TO OUR WONDERFUL HONOREES

Thank you for enriching our lives with so much that you have to offer. In addition to the intellectualism that you have exhibited, your presentations have always demonstrated warmth, sophistication, and a sense of humor. May you continue in your endeavors for many years to come.

Dr. Robert and Ruth Riemer


Congratulations to our well-chosen honorees

Linda and Howard Sterling and

Elana Stein Hain

Our community and we, in particular, have been greatly enriched

by your intelligence and eagerness to share your knowledge with us.

May you each, in your unique way, continue to go may'chayil l'chayil.

David A. and Andrea Penkower Rosen


Irving Rotter & Family


Mazal Tov to the Honorees:

Elana Stein Hain,

For her steadfast enthusiasm for

learning, life and Lincoln Square and

Linda and Howard Sterling,

whose kindness, modesty, and dedication to

Lincoln Square serve as

an inspiration to us.

A special thanks to the entire dinner committee, whose devotion and patience

serve as a prime example of true community leaders.

Yitzy and Allison Rubin


In honor of

ELANA,

her poise, her manner and

her teaching style.

If my teachers in Flatbush had been as inspiring --

I might have paid more attention!

Susan Ruttner


Mazal Tov

to all the Honorees

Robyn, Alan, Sophie, Charlie and Andy


BEST WISHES

TO

LINDA & HOWARD

AN OUTSTANDING & TALENTED COUPLE

AND

ELANA

A WONDERFUL SCHOLAR & TEACHER

JUDY & JOEL SCHREIBER


Mazal Tov to

the Honorees,

Clergy and Administrative Staff

Best Wishes, Jill, Dov, Sam and Debra

Schwartzben


Marion and Hans Seidemann


We salute Lincoln Square Synagogue on their many years of dedication

to Klal Yisroel and to theirinspiring leadership in

educating our Community family.

Best Wishes from Maish and Mary Shalit


In honor of



Maura & Leonard Shaykin


Thank youElana, Linda and Howard

each of you in your own unique way is significantly enriching our Shul

experience.

You three are providing, among other things, variety and balance;

both delicious spices, highly prized by us.

Karen Luchter and Ed Stark


Mazel Tov Linda and Howard! Thank you for all that you do for our

LSS community.

Thank you Elana for inspiring us with your scholarship, your teaching and your commitment to learning.

Thank you all for setting such a wonderful example for our LSS community!

Shirley Stark and Mark Hus


Mazal Tov to our HonoreesLinda & Howard Sterling

andMrs. Elana Stein Hain

for bringing light to our community!

Harvey, Irina, Ida, Moshe & Frida Stein


“There are three things

to remember when teaching:

know your stuff;

know whom you are stuffing;

and then stuff them elegantly.” L. May

Honoring our elegant teachers



Jeffrey and Milayna Subar


Dalia & Eric Sussman


Congratulations to Linda and Howard Sterling

and to Mrs. Elana Stein Hain

on being honored by Lincoln Square Synagogue

Your presence and participation in our community

is so greatly felt and appreciated that the words Thank You fall short.

Mazel Tov

Raquel , Elisha, and Joseph Verschleisser


Thank You To Honorees

Linda and Howard and Elana

For Greatly Increasing Our Knowledge

By Sharing Theirs

Mark and Shirley Wald


In Honor of

Linda and Howard

Yasher Koach for all you do

For LSS and the Jewish Community.

In Appreciation of

Elana

Todah Rabbah!

You inspire us.

Tova and Howard Weiser


Mazal Tovto

our wonderful friends


and toteacher Extraordinaire

Elana Stein Hain

Sanford and Kim Ganz Wexler


Trudy and Jay Zimmern


Thank you Lincoln Square!

Congratulationsto

Linda & Howard Sterlingand

Mrs. Elana Stein Hain (MESH)

fromJay H. Ziffer


Mazal Tov

Elana,

Linda & Howard

Mordechai Beilis

Congratulations

Honorees Linda and Howard Sterling

To Elana - Mazal Tov!

Your intellect, warmth, humor and dynamic personality

are a wonderful asset to the LSS community.

Sara Brzowsky


Mazal tov Elana

You are a wonderful addition to our shul family!

With love from

Leah and Paul Buchsbayew

Congratulations to the honorees

Shulamith Cohen


Elana - what a jewel you are!! We're so lucky to have you.

May you always go from strength to strength - We love you!!

Linda - Thank you for all the

wonderful knowledge you've shared with us -

Your passion and enthusiasm is contagious.

Ann Crane

Irwin Echtman&

Rachael Sibson


YOU WERE THE ONE TO TURN ON THE POWER OF ELECTRIC FUEL;

NOW YOU ARE APPLYING THAT ENERGY

TO TORAH.

KOL HAKOVOD

FROM THE EHRLICHS AND YOUR FRIENDS AT ELECTRIC FUEL

Congratulations to the Honorees on a well-deserved honor

The Ellison Family


Thank you ELANA for your interesting and enlightening talks and

classes, for your warmth and friendliness and for providing a role model for the next generation of

young women.

Please keep it up

Ruth Englander

Congratulations to our brilliant and dedicated teacher,

Elana Stein Hain

Congratulations to

The Sterlings

for their dedication and selfless devotion to our shul

Barbara Epstein


Congratulations to the Honorees

Beth Epstein

Dana & Adam Fine


Congratulations to

HOWARD & LINDA STERLING

and

ELANA STEIN HAIN

The Jacobowitz family

With much appreciation toLinda and Howard Sterlingfor their long term and varied

contributions and commitment to LSSand to

Elana Stein Hainfor the verve and learning

she has brought to LSS in the last two years.

Yasher Kochachem

Harriet Frank


Dear Elana,

We are so proud of youand all of the work that you do.

Your #1 Fans,

The Friedmans

In honor of Rabbi Buchwald

and the Lincoln Square Synagogue's Beginners program

Neil & Robin Goldberg


Dear Elana,

Congratulations on this great honor You have inspired me

with your love of Torah, your erudition and insights,

all with such modesty. Thank you

With love and appreciation,

Shoshana Goldman

Esther & Dr. William Green and Blima Malka


Sondra Gross

Sondra B. Gross


Estelle M. Guzik

To Linda and Howard Sterlingand Elana Stein Hain

Mazal Tov on your accomplishments and

dedication to Jewish Learning and the Arts

Ora Hamelsdorf


To Elana:

Mazel Tov on a well-deserved honor.

Thank you for your humor, warmth, and knowledge that you so graciously share with L.S.S.

Continued success in the future,

Carol Hornung

We salute LSS treasures

Linda and Howard Sterling&

Elana Stein Hain

bountiful and beneficentbrilliant and beloved

Ilana and Bernie Kabak


Gerald Kahn

A hearty Mazel Tov to all the honorees.

We thank you for all your hard work for our community.

Best Wishes

Corinne & Barry, Matthew, Stephanie & Lauren

Kirshenbaum


Leah Koenig

.כשמם כן הם

In honor of a Sterling couple and a scholar with חן.

Martin Koenig


Mazal tov Linda and Howard

on this well deserved honor

Mazal tov Elana

You are such an asset to our community. We look forward to our continued friendship.

Rocky and Freddy Kohn

We are privileged to have in our midst

Mrs. Elana Stein HainWhose enthusiasm and erudition

encourage, teach and inspire.

Marian Getzler- Kramer and Jon Kramer


Mazal Tov to the Honorees!

from

Bobbie Sue Daitch & David Landau

Linda and Howard:

for your humanity and integrity---

for your kindness and generosity---

for your humor and inspiration---

and for your abiding love of the Jewish people---

We honor you today.

With all our love,

Jackie, Bob, Melissa & Jessica Landaw


In Honor of our wonderful DocentLINDA STERLING

Your Friends at Keren Or Women's Division

Marilyn Lauer, Chair

Mazel Tov to Linda & Howard

and to our wonderful Elana

The Laufer Family


In honor ofThe Sterlings

Ellen and Mordy Lipkis

Best wishes to the honorees Linda & Howard Sterling


Solomon and Meira Max


Congratulations to the wonderful honorees They have contributed so much to LSS community.

Nina Moinester

Mazel Tov Linda Howard and Elana

on your well deserved honor.

Your service to the shul is greatly appreciated.

Best WishesEnid Moskowitz


Barbara Neuhaus


Warm congratulations to our three esteemed honorees

You have each helped advance LSS's commitment to

learning and scholarship. We are all richer for it.

In appreciation of your commitment to LSS and to the pursuit of Jewish scholarship

Dr. Sandy Kahn Libby Peppersberg

Grace Shevel

Congratulations to Howard & Linda

on this well-deserved honor.

Your commitment and dedication to the Jewish people and Israel, utilizing your passion for technology development, art, and chesed is inspiring and appreciated.

The Ping Mobile Team


Congratulations to our wonderful Honorees!

Barbara Ribakove

To my new friends at Lincoln Square Synagogue

Thanks for caring

Sydell Roth


Mazal Tov

Elana Stein Hainand


Thank you for all the good work you do for LSS and the community.

Deina Shapiro

Mazel Tov to our special Honorees

for their inspiration, dedication and enlightenment.

Janice & Stuart Shorenstein


In honor of Mrs. Elana Stein Hain or as we prefer, MESH for this wonderful recognition

of her outstanding teaching, mentoring and leadership qualities.

To your fans (and students), you epitomize Shammai's directive of

'Make your study of the Torah a fixed habit. Say little and do much, and receive

all men with a cheerful face (Pirkei Avot 1:15).'

Mazal tov!

Your fans

Judy Zlotnick and Yosef Birnboim, Nava and Ariel Brandwein, Michael Cinamon,

Ellen and Ari Fischel, Blayne Ross, Genna Singer, Naomi and Hadar Weiss

ps When's the next shiur?

CongratulationsHonorees Linda and Howard Sterling

Your love of learning and teaching Torahis only surpassed by

your love, concern and care for people.

Paul A. Slater


Congratulations to all of the honorees

Bluma and Steve Snyder

We are delighted to add our voices to the chorus of congratulations being offered this evening to all the guests of honor. No cause is more deserving of admiration than Jewish learning and culture. Special best wishes to Mrs. Elana Stein Hain, whom we are pleased and proud to call our “niece” and hevrutah. When the world is wrong side up, be sure to have a Talmud in hand.

Moshe, Judy and Shalom Sokolow


Yasher Koach to my seat mate, Elana Stein Hain,

and a hearty mazal Tov to Linda & Howard Sterling

Shari Sonnenberg

Danny Sonnenblick


Donated in memory of my beloved parents,

Benno and Elisabeth Steinlauf

Michael Steinlauf

Congratulations to the guests of honor

Elaine Strum


In Honor of my teacher,

Rabbi Shaul Robinson

May you go from strength to strength

Eva Talel

Strook & Strook & Lavan LLP

Mazal Tov and thank you toLinda and Howard Sterling

for their dedication to LSS

Kol Hakavod to Elana Stein Hain

for the enlightening shiurim she has taughtand for the warm friendship she has

extended to all of us

פיה פתחה בחכמה ותורת חסד על לשונה רבות בנות עשו חיל ואת עלית על כלנה

כט,כו-משלי לא

Noreen Wachs


With much appreciation to Rabbi Shaul & Sarah Robinson

Rabbi Ephraim & Aidel Buchwald

& the Honorees

Shun Li

Congratulations to the Honorees

Alvin L. Weiss


"Where there is Torah, it sustains the world."

Anonymous

Mazal tov to all the honorees

Beth Wohlgelernter


Thank you Lincoln Square!

Congratulationsto

Linda & Howard Sterlingand

Mrs. Elana Stein Hain (MESH)

fromJay H. Ziffer


Howard & Linda,

Congratulations on this important honor.

All our best wishes,

Constance & Edward Aboudy

Thank you Elana

for being a shining light to us all

Mazel Tov to Linda & Howard

Barbara & Arthur Alexander

In honor of Rabbi Buchwald

Ruth D. Bernstein

Dr. Jacob &

Freda Birnbaum


Mazel Tov to The MESH

on this well deserved honor

Mazel Tovto Lincoln Square Synagogue

for having brought her on board

ANDY BLOOM

To My Friend and Teacher Mrs. Elana

Stein Hain

Thank you for your beautiful teachings and

infectious energy!!!

It was a special day when you joined our community

Dop

Wishing Elana Stein Hain

Mazel Tov on this honor

Participating in the Amsterdam Minyan

has been a wonderful experience.

Kind regards, Glenn Ehrenhaus

Mazel Tov to Linda & Howard Sterling & Mrs. Elana Stein Hain

as this year's guests of honor.

May we continue to enjoy your special endeavors for LSS.

Lillian & Irving Ehrenhaus


Mazel Tov

to this years LSS Honorees:


and


Daniel and Valerie Feder

IN HONOR OF LINDA AND HOWARD

STERLING AND IN MEMORY OF

NANDOR FUCHS & JACK VERSCHLEISER

DAVID AND COOKIE FUCHS

Mazel Tov to the Honorees

Andy Gelfand

Mazal Tov to our outstanding honorees!

Tizku Lemitvot

The Greenbaums


I want to thank Linda & Howard

for their many contributions to developing

Israel-US working relationships and friendships.

Best regards, Arnold & Karen Goldman

Congratulations to our dear friends


Ronnie and Richard Grosbard

Reni & Walter Hanau

Best wishes for continuing success

to the Clergy, Staff, Volunteers

and Community of the great

Lincoln Square Synagogue.Yasher koach to all!

With appreciation and affection,

Renee B. Hoffman


Mazal Tov to all honorees

for the well deserved honor

The Hudes family

Lois & Leslie Katz

Linda and Howard,

שפע ברכות ואיחולים פעילותכם סוגה בשושנים

רק בריאות ואושר עם כל קהילת היושר

The Kidrons

Mazel tov, Elana! You are tremendously

inspirational, and your leadership,

sensitivity and intellect enrich the whole community.

May you continue to go from strength to strength!

Zoe and Jay Klear


Best Wishes to the

Lincoln Square Synagogue community

May it always go from strength to strength.

Yehudit and Jeffrey Neuman

Ron Platzer


Linda Rogers Betty & David Roth

In honor of

Morty & Rose Landowne,

and

Rabbi & Rebbetzin Robinson,

with best wishes from

Nigel & Liz Savage

Best wishes to

Howard and Linda

I am fortunate to be in Howard's orbit.

With ha'karas ha'tov,

Joe Septimus


Herb Weiss

MAZAL TOV to


on this well-deserved honor

Morey & Joy Wildes


The LSS Beginners HonorRabbi Ephraim Buchwald

Germaine ChabbottJenna Devorah DuvalSusan & Bruce FeinAndy & Beth FleischFrances & Allen GanzMs. Sandra Herschli

Melanie Renchner KaminetskyMe-Me Kramer

Renee & Allan LeichtNan & Peter Levy

In Honor of Rabbi and Mrs. Buchwald With Love From

Amy & Seth Litzenblatt

Irwin MandelAlan Mibab

Roberto NovigChaim & Yocheved Radovsky

Jack & Ruth RaisnerBarbara Ribakove

Renee RipinskyScott Schrier & Jeany Schrier

May Schultz & Max Sclair

Rabbi - You inspire us daily

and we thank you from deep within our hearts!

We Love You!! Lori and Bob Schecter

Leslie ShalomGary Tolchinsky

Louis & Ilene VyneribMichael & Paula Weinberg

Dr. Jo Lang Wolkenfeld

We wish to honor our friend and Rabbi, Adair & Norton Goodman


Greetings: Mazal Tov to all the Honorees

Jessica Abromowitz

Amos and Miryam Alter

Phyllis Cohen

Selma & Wolf Helmreich

Helene Horwitz

Anne and Martin Hochberg

Audrey Kallman

Beatriz & Jacob Muntz

Dr. Renee Nossel

Esther and Elmer Offenbacher

Thelma Weisberger

With gratitude always to Rabbi BuchwaldMelanie Renchner Kaminetsky

In Honor of Linda & Howard SterlingChanan Kaufman

Roberta & Miles Kuttler


Greetings in Honor of Mrs. Elana Stein Hain

Congratulations to the entire LSS community on this years' dinner! Elana, we are so proud of you!

The Berliners

Dana Septimus and Joseph Feldman

Mazal Tov Elana - it is a well-deserved honor! May you go from Chayil to Chayil.

Wishing you all the best. Johnny Glaser

In honor of Elana Stein Hain, a beautiful person!Pearl Glassberg

Mrs. Jean GrabowskiGigi Yellen-Kohn & Dr. Wolf Kohn

Berl & Rebecca NadlerJeffrey Rosenbaum

Our best wishes and greatest congratulations to our dear friend and mentor, Elana Stein Hain, on this well deserved honor. Elana- your vivacious energy, unparalleled wisdom and genuine warmth endear you to everyone who has had the pleasure of your company and guidance. LSS and the Jewish community at

large are blessed to have you as a leader. We cannot wait to see what the future holds! Mazel Tov!

Miri Lipsky & Josh Schainker

Dorothy Zenilman


Lincoln Square Synagogue First Morning Minyan

Sarge AbornAvi Azeroual

Chaim BienstockGabriel Bousbib

Ilan BrachaEdmond M. Cohen

David FriedmanHilly Gross

Solomon MaxRon Platzer

Bruce RitholtzSchenker Jack

Max and May SclairMark I . Wald

Howard Weiser


Lincoln Square Synagogue Second Morning Minyan

AnonymousRabbi Elli AusubelAlan AxelrodRabbi Ephraim BuchwaldBob BurnatD. CohenRuvan CohenEli DominitzFred EhrmanMuk EisenmannAdam FriedmanDavid FriedmanHoward GluckmanPaul GoldsteinPaul HolmRami HoriMark Hus and Shirley StarkLeslie KatzRed KatzSandra Kilstein

Lawrence KobrinScott LiebmanShlomo MelkmanPierce NeumanAvery E. NeumarkAlan PekelnerRabbi Shaul RobinsonGary RosenbergJeffrey RosenbaumMeir SchecterMorris SheinwexlerGideon SchorSteven SpiraHarris TilevitzJ. VerschleisserCarl WisotskyBarry YoungermanJay H. ZifferJudi ZupnickBernie Zweig


Rabbi Shaul Robinson’s Monday Night Shiur

Robert Bernstein

Ami Eden

Adam Fine

Scott Fisher

Jonathan Heller

Motti Kremer

Rabbi Shaul Robinson

Matthew Schneider

Ian Silver

Avi Spira

Eric Sussman


Rabbi Shaul Robinson’s Tuesday Class

Chuck Pollack

Daisy Berman

Helen Leiderman

Helen Tepper

Helene Horwitz

Laufer Family

Ruth Cogan

Ruth Leder

Ruth Riemer

Ruth Sar

Trudy Zimmern

Warren Weiss

lss journal 2010

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