sept-oct sinai news 2012
TRANSCRIPT
Rabbi’s Corner, Reflections 2
Cantorial Soloists,
High Holy Day Cantor,
Director of Youth Education
3
From the President 4-5
“Scene” at Sinai 5
High Holy Days 6-7
Lifelong Jewish Learning 8-13
Membership Committee 14
Women at Sinai 15-16
Brotherhood, Chesed 17
Green Team 18
Social Action Committee 19
Israel Committee 20
“Scene” at Sinai, My Sinai 21
What’s Happening 22
Supporting Sinai 23
September Calendar 24
October Calendar 25
In the Sinai Family 26-27
Those We Remember 28
Contributions 29-31
SINAI NEWS
Rabbi David B. Cohen • Rabbi Emeritus Jay R. Brickman
Director of Youth Education Barb Shimansky, MSW • Director of Administration Karen Lancina • Program Coordinator Jen Friedman
Sinai News Nicole Sether
Congregation Sinai • 8223 N. Port Washington Road• Fox Point, WI 53217
414.352.2970• 414.352.0944 (fax)• www.congregationsinai.org
September-October 2012 • Elul-Cheshvan 5772-5773
In this issue
A bi-monthly publication Issue 11, Volume 1
Shabbat Ki Tavo Deuteronomy 26:1 - 29:8 Sept 7 Shabbat Service 6:15 pm
Selichot Sept 8 Torah Study 8 am Morning Minyan 9:30 am Dessert Reception 8:30 pm Selichot Study 9 pm Selichot Service 10 pm
Shabbat Nitzavim Deuteronomy 29:9 - 30:20 Sept 14 Shabbat Service 6:15 pm
Sept 15 Torah Study 8 am Morning Minyan 9:30 am Erev Rosh Hashanah Sept 16 Erev Rosh Hashanah Service w/ Board Installation 8 pm Rosh Hashanah Sept 17 Morning Service 9:30 am Children’s Service, Tashlich & Shofar Blowing Contest 3 pm
Rosh Hashanah Sept 18 2nd Day Breakfast & Study Session 9:30 am Shabbat Vayeilech Deuteronomy 31:1 - 31:30 Sept 21 Shabbat Service 6:15 pm
Sept 22 Torah Study 8 am Morning Minyan 9:30 am Erev Yom Kippur Sept 25 Kol Nidre Service 8 pm Yom Kippur Sept 26 Morning Service 9:30 am Afternoon Study Session 12:30 pm Children’s Service 2 pm Afternoon Service 3 pm Yizkor 4:30 pm N’ilah 5:30 pm
Shabbat Ha’ Azinu
Deuteronomy 32:1 - 32:52 Sept 28 Shabbat Service 6:15 pm
Sept 29 Torah Study 8 am Morning Minyan 9:30 am Erev Sukkot Sept 30 Erev Sukkot Service 6:15 pm
Sukkot Oct 1 Sukkot Morning Service 9:30 am Shabbat Chol Hamoed Sukkot Oct 5 Green Shabbat Service 6:15 pm
Oct 6 Torah Study 8 am Morning Minyan 9:30 am Joshua Lookatch Bar Mitzvah 10 am Erev Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah Oct 7 Simchat Torah Service & Consecration 6 pm
Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah Oct 8 Simchat Torah Service 9:30 am Shabbat Bereshit Genesis 1:1 - 6:8 Oct 12 Shabbat Service 6:15 pm
Oct 13 Torah Study 8 am Morning Minyan 9:30 am Nathan Taylor Bar Mitzvah 9:30 am Shabbat Noach Genesis 6:9 - 11:32 Oct 19 Tot Shabbat w/ Wendy Cohen 5:30 pm Shabbat Service 6:15 pm
Oct 20 Torah Study 8 am Morning Minyan 9:30 am Ruby Balatovsky Bat Mitzvah 10 am
Shabbat Lech-Lecha Genesis 12:1 - 17:27 Oct 26 Shabbat Service 6:15 pm
Oct 27 Torah Study 8 am Morning Minyan 9:30 am Lia Oren Bat Mitzvah 10 am
Fall Shabbat & Holiday Schedule
Page 2 September-October 2012
Rabbi’s Corner
A rabbi and soap merchant are debating the pros
and cons of religion. The soap merchant say, “Frankly, I really
don’t see the good of religion. A lot of pious pronouncements,
if you ask me. And the world seems a lot worse off
because of it.” The rabbi listens and says nothing.
As they walk together, they come across a young-
ster playing in a mud puddle. The rabbi says, “My
goodness, I really don’t see the value of soap.
Why doesn’t soap keep the mud off of him? Just
look how filthy that child is!” The soap merchant
responds, “But rabbi, owning soap is not going to
make you clean; you have to use the soap daily in
order for it to be effective!” “Exactly,” said the rab-
bi. “Judaism is no different.”
As the new year begins, we need, now
more than ever, a Judaism based on Mitzvot - deeds, not just
talk. Sinai’s board president, Marc Kartman, reinforces this
message when he implores us to think of a mitzvah – one
way (at least) each of us can do something at Sinai this year
to promote our Jewish growth as individuals and as a commu-
nity.
I’d like to expand on that theme and address the
question: given the range of opportunities, how can I decide
which mitzvah to take on?
The following framework might be helpful. Doing
something Jewish sorts into three categories: study, prayer,
and doing good deeds, like Tzedakah. While each of us is
most comfortable in one of these settings, my challenge to
you this year is an extension of Marc’s: in addition to some-
thing you are comfortable doing, this year try to stretch your-
self by doing something Jewish that isn’t in your default cate-
gory.
If social action projects, like feeding the hungry, are
your preferred mode of involvement, try coming to a Torah
study class, either on Saturday morning, or the class I will be
teaching at noon on Fridays, in addition to the Tuesday night
series and the occasional scholar-in-residence. If study is
where you’re most comfortable, try bringing Shabbat candle
lighting or attending prayer services into your weekly routine.
If the contemplative setting of Kabbalat Shabbat services are
most comfortable, consider joining one of the many social
action committee’s projects, or a class.
· Scholar in Residence Noam Zion, Senior Fellow
at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem,
and author of “A Different Night”, and other best-
sellers. Noam will be with us in the weeks before
Passover and will undoubtedly tie his presenta-
tions to the holiday. We are sharing his visit with
Congregation Beth Israel.
· Interfaith Shabbat, when we invite our neigh-
bors to experience Shabbat worship. The social
hall will be set up with stations dedicated to par-
ticular Jewish holidays, with information, photo-
graphs, and typical holiday foods to share. A chance to build
bridges of understanding with our non-Jewish neighbors.
· Shabbat comes in several flavors, including – but not limited
to – Rockin’ Shabbat, when our house band and our virtuosi
vocalists lead an especially participatory Shabbat service. If
you fear such an experience might not be for you, why not try
a more contemplative Kabbalat Shabbat service – as many
do, make it an oasis in time during which the phone won’t
ring, conversation will cease, and you can close your eyes
and relax in the stream of Judaism’s familiar words and mel-
odies. It’s a m’chayeh (loosely translated, “a life saver)!
Make this new year an occasion for taking on a mitz-
vah here at Sinai. Whether it’s social action, study, or prayer,
it will offer you an experience of community and an avenue to
finding and enhancing in your life a sense of meaning and of
purpose. As always, come by to visit me, or make a date for
coffee. I stand at the ready to assist your planning your next
steps on your Jewish journey. Shanah Tovah!
Rabbi David B. Cohen
“Just One More!”
Reflections
The success of the feminist movement in removing all masculine references to the deity in our newest prayer book
has left me somewhat disheartened. What is the objection to a masculine God? All of the protestors
have experienced fathers, most of them, loving fathers. Some have had positive relationships with:
sons, brothers, uncles. Why the antipathy? Had it been a portion of Jewish tradition, I would have no
problems with a feminine deity. Such a doctrine would bring with it comforting childhood remem-
brances of cuddling and being tucked into bed. Much more problematic for me is the desexed deity
to which we are now beholden. I recognize this as a derivative of the Aristotelian vision of God as
“primal cause” or “unmoved mover”. I fully accept the fact that there is a unifying principle which lies
central to the universe. But I find small comfort in this premise. An abstract deity does little to pro-
vide comfort and encouragement in moments of need; and it is difficult or impossible to love such a
God with “heart, soul, and might”.
Rabbi Jay R.Brickman
Page 3 September-October 2012
Cantor Gail Hirschenfang Nationally recognized as one
of the finest cantorial voices singing
today, she is greatly admired for her
seamless integration of an extensive
repertoire of traditional and modern
Jewish music into worship. The purity
of her voice lifts the spirit.
Cantor Hirschenfang was
invested in 1981 by the Hebrew Un-
ion College School of Sacred Music,
as one of the first women cantors. She received her Master
of Sacred Music degree from HUC in 1988.
Cantor Hirschenfang, a soprano, has performed
widely throughout the United States and Canada. She is cur-
rently the Cantor, Music Director and Educational Director at
Congregation Shir Chadash in Poughkeepsie, NY. She is mar-
ried to Rabbi Daniel F. Polish and has a daughter, Leah.
Cantor Hirschenfang is thrilled to be Sinai’s High
Holy Day Cantor for the 5773 holidays and looks forward to
lifting our spirits in song and worshipping with us this sea-
son.
High Holy Day Cantor
Marc Cohen Marc Cohen is a native of New
York, but has called Milwaukee home for
almost 30 years. He received a B.A in
Sociology from Moravian College in Beth-
lehem, PA and an M.F.A. from Northern
Illinois University. He has a diverse and
varied background including arts man-
agement; computer accounting support;
work in the legal field, Executive Director
at Congregation Shalom in Fox Point for almost 18 years, and
currently serves as the Executive Director of the Wheaton
Franciscan Healthcare – Foundation for St. Francis and
Franklin.
His community and volunteer activities include Mem-
ber of the Bel Canto Chorus Board, Executive Committee of
the Milwaukee Jewish Day School; Past Chair of National As-
sociation of Temple Administration, Chair of the NATA Invest-
ment and Consulting Committees, Member of the editorial
board of the NATA Journal. He has served as a member of the
Milwaukee Jewish Federation Financial and Community Task
Force. With his family he volunteers at the Agape Meal Pro-
gram, Hunger Task Force, and St. Ben’s Meal Program; and in
his spare time sings with the Bel Canto Chorus.
He was married to Milwaukee native Wendy Mess-
nick in 1992. They live in Glendale with their two children,
Carly 16, a junior at Nicolet High School and Zachary 11, a
6th grader at the Milwaukee Jewish Day School. Their family is
completed by Sophie, a three year old cocker spaniel.
Cantorial Soloists
Betsy Feldman Betsy Feldman
recently moved back to
the Milwaukee area with
her husband Gerry and
13-month-old son, Eytan
(who they call Mush) to
be closer to her family.
Betsy grew up at Sinai
and celebrated becom-
ing a bat mitzvah and was affirmed as well.
Betsy has a BA in Hebrew Studies and Print Journal-
ism from UWM. Following graduation, Betsy fulfilled a life-
long dream and spent six months in Israel. Betsy, then
moved to Greensboro, NC upon receiving a fellowship at
American Hebrew Academy, where she met her husband,
Gerry. They were married at Sinai three years ago. While liv-
ing in North Carolina, Betsy’s education and experiences at
Sinai came together enabling her to be the cantorial soloist
and religious school director for a very small congregation.
Betsy is very excited to have moved back to Milwau-
kee and Sinai, be closer to family, and introduce Gerry and
Eytan to such a wonderful place.
Director of Youth Education –
Barb Shimansky, MSW Barb brings extensive expe-
rience in youth education to Sinai at
both the elementary and secondary
levels. She continues to serve as
visiting faculty during the summer at
NFTY's premier leadership develop-
ment program, URJ Camp Kutz.
Barb has advised youth
groups and has facilitated work-
shops on informal education at URJ Biennials. Before work-
ing for the reform movement, her focus was on children,
working as a school social worker, a foster care worker, and a
senior juvenile assessment specialist for the State of Michi-
gan.
Most recently, Barb served as the Managing Congre-
gational Representative at the Union for Reform Judaism in
Chicago. While there, she worked with Congregation Sinai’s
lay leadership and led a board retreat. As an experienced
teacher of the URJ’s CHAI curriculum (Adopted by Sinai two
years ago), she worked closely with Cantor Rebecca Robins
during its implementation.
Director of Youth Education
Page 4 September-October 2012
From the President
As we count our personal blessings at this Holy time
of year, it is appropriate that I, on behalf of Congregation Si-
nai, publicly acknowledge and thank those in our
Sinai community who have done so much for this
Congregation and for all of us over the past year
This acknowledgment is not meant to be exhaus-
tive, so please don’t be mad at me if I don’t men-
tion you individually.
I’ve noticed over the years that we have
a tendency to “save” thanking Rabbi Cohen at
the end when we do this sort of thing. Although
we do that clearly out of a sense of leaving the
best for last, sort of like waiting to award the Os-
car for Best Picture, I’m afraid it comes across as
an afterthought. So I’m going to lead off (probably not my
last baseball reference) this time by thanking David for being
our leader, our spiritual guide and the glue that holds this
Congregation together. While there are personnel changes
around here (the nature of the beast, I believe), David has
been our rock, our constant. All of us, I believe, take that,
and him, for granted way too often. So thank you Rabbi Co-
hen, from the bottom of our hearts. We know this coming
year will be especially challenging given that David alone will
be responsible for all clergy responsibilities. I know that, as a
congregation, we’ll be there to support David in the partner-
ship we’ve established and do what we can to help him man-
age the load.
Although now busy with her new gig in D.C., it would
be remiss of me not to give a shout out to former Cantor Re-
becca Robins for all the talents she contributed to Sinai last
year (and over her four years here). From her beautiful voice
to the great work she did with our Religious School, we thank
you, Rebecca. And while I am on the subject of our Religious
School, a big thank you also to Jeri Danz, our School Adminis-
trator, who really stepped up to the plate last year with her
new responsibilities and hit it out of the park (I warned you).
This year, Jeri will be playing that same role in support of our
new Educator, Barb Shimansky. Welcome to the team, Barb!
A special thank you, also, to the leaders of our Education Vi-
sion team, Jenny Goldbaum and Judy Flegel, and to all the
teachers who educate our children and to all the parents who
get your kids here and encourage them to become educated
Jews.
I hope many of you had the opportunity to come to
services this summer and to hear our Cantorial Soloist, Marc
Cohen. Marc has a gorgeous voice, which he will be sharing
with us throughout the coming year, and he is an incredible
addition to our Sinai community. But neither he, nor our Can-
tors’ past and future, could do what they do without the tal-
ents of Karen Horwitz, our accompanist of many years. If Rab-
bi Cohen is the glue that keeps this Congregation together,
Karen is the glue that keeps our music program together.
A couple years ago we decided that the traditional
position of Administrator had gotten too big for one person to
handle effectively, so we split it up and hired Karen Lancina
as our Director of Administration and Jen Friedman as our
Program Coordinator. Talk about hitting a couple of Home
Runs (sorry, there I go again)! Karen and Jen have been so
effective that our new model has been noticed by other syna-
gogues. They are outstanding, and so is the en-
tire Office team -- thank you Ilene Wasserman,
Karen Hintz, Jeri Danz, Larry Mesta, Dick Kaep-
pel, Tracey Hassinger, and Nicole Sether.
So many of you volunteer your time, ex-
pertise and enthusiasm, and I want to recognize
and thank every one of you. I want to especially
thank a few of you – Joan Becker Friedman and
Mike Friedman, who chaired “Broadway On The
Bima” that proved to be not only a moving tribute
to Jay and Rita Brickman but also the most suc-
cessful special fund raiser that I can recall;
Stacey Schwab and Patti Levy, who helped so much with the
staffing transition; Chip Mann, who has done so much for
Sinai over the years and who “retired” from having an official
leadership position in May; and Jen Maglowsky (our
“Volunteer of the Year”) and Rick Meyer, who are heading up
our Cantor Search Committee. Without our many exceptional
volunteers, this Congregation simply could not exist. If you
were unable to volunteer last year, please consider doing so
this year. Just let me, Karen Lancina, Jen, or any of our Offic-
ers or Trustees know you are interested.
Speaking of our Officers, I simply could not (and
would not!) be President if not for Tom St. John (our extraordi-
nary Treasurer, who, with the able assistance of our former
Treasurer, David Cobb, and our Finance Committee, has our
financial systems and reports in the best shape they have
ever been), Sandy Saltzstein (our Secretary), Andy Gollin and
Craig Johnson (our Vice Presidents), and the person who I rely
on the most for guidance, encouragement, and for just letting
me vent from time to time (an important part of this job), my
former Co-President, Judi Ketten. And I am continually grate-
ful to all of the members of the Board of Trustees for sharing
their precious time and talents.
Finally, a quick reminder that last year Sinai estab-
lished an endowment with the Jewish Community Foundation
to further ensure, with your help, the future of our precious
synagogue. The Endowment provides an opportunity to con-
gregants to think about the synagogue through their ongoing
philanthropy as well as through end-of-life financial planning.
These planned gifts can support the programs and services
we provide now and for the future. Give it some thought, and
let me know if you would like to learn more!
If you read my message in your High Holy Days pack-
et, you noticed that I quoted something Judi Ketten said to us
last year. And I will close this message by sharing something
else Judi said to us last year:
“I want to encourage each of you to lead your family
by example. The difficulty in perpetuating Jewish
leadership today is not because we’re failing. It’s
because we’re doing so well. With assimilation, we
have no great threat or crisis to galvanize us to pull
together. Where my parents’ generation turned to
Judaism for the comfort that lives in our tradition,
Outdoor Shabbat 2012!
Sukkah Garden in bloom!
Page 5 September-October 2012
From the President
today we have a vast number of options, all of
which are being marketed much more aggressively
than Jewish culture. “Do not separate yourself from
the community,” says Pirke Avot, the sayings of the
fathers. Your community is your strength, your com-
munity has your back, it can feed you and sustain
you. How you go about it is up to each of you.”
On behalf of the entire Sinai Board of Trustees,
Cynthia and I wish you Shana Tova. May we all be renewed
for a good year; a year of health, happiness and shalom
throughout Israel, America and the rest of our world.
Marc Kartman, President
“Scene” at Sinai
Page 6 September-October 2012
High Holy Days
Erev Rosh Hashanah: Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012
8:00 PM Erev Rosh Hashanah Service
1st Day of Rosh Hashanah: Monday, Sept. 17, 2012
9:30 AM Rosh Hashanah Morning Service
Rosh Hashanah Youth Programming
3:00 PM Rosh Hashanah Children’s Service,
Tashlich & Shofar Blowing Contest
2nd Day of Rosh Hashanah: Tuesday, Sept.18, 2012
9:30 AM 2nd Day Rosh Hashanah Study &
Light Breakfast
Erev Yom Kippur: Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012
8:00 PM Kol Nidrei Service
High Holy Day Service Schedule
Join us for Selichot
Saturday, September 8
8:30 p.m. Dessert Reception We will begin the evening with
coffee and dessert in the foyer
9:00 p.m. Selichot Study with Jodi Hirsh, Judaic Education
Director at the Milwaukee JCC
10:00 p.m. Selichot Service
Second Day Rosh Hashanah Text Study
Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012 at 9:30 a.m.
Adult congregants are invited to this inspirational text study lead by Dr. Sherry Blumberg
A light breakfast will be served
Please RSVP through Eventbrite:
http://2nddayroshtextstudy.eventbrite.com by September 14th
Yom Kippur: Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012
9:30 AM Yom Kippur Morning Service
Yom Kippur Youth Programming
12:30 PM Adult Study Session
2:00 PM Yom Kippur Children’s Service
3:00 PM Yom Kippur Afternoon Service of
Healing and Forgiveness
4:30 PM Yizkor (Memorial) Service
5:30 PM N’ilah (Concluding) Service
6:30 PM Break-the-Fast
Page 7 September-October 2012
High Holy Days
Erev Sukkot Hosted by B’rit Nashim
Sunday, Sept. 30th at 6:15 p.m.
Join us for a warm and spiritual service to welcome and celebrate Sukkot!
Oneg to follow:
Come meet the women of B’rit Nashim
4:30 p.m. BBQ (rain or shine)
Celebrate in the Sukkah with Rabbi Cohen Enjoy delicious food & drink! Socialize with old friends & meet new ones! Shake your lulav (or ours)! Cost: Adults: $10 Children 12 & under: $7, Children 3 & under: Free RSVP by Wednesday, Oct. 3rd at: http://sinaisukkotbarbeque2012.eventbrite.com
Co-sponsored by the Sinai Brotherhood, Israel Committee, & Mitbach Sinai
6:00 p.m. Simchat Torah Services w/ Consecration
Together we rejoice in the celebration of Torah! We’ll sing, dance and read Torah as we roll
our scroll back to the beginning.
Help us welcome our newest learners into our tradition of study with the
ritual of consecration!
Dine & Dance! “Dine at the Annual Sukkot BBQ, Dance at Simchat Torah!”
Sunday, October 7th
Sukkot/Simchat Torah Service Schedule
Erev Sukkot
Sunday, Sept. 30th at 6:15 p.m.
Sukkot Morning Services
Monday, October 1st at 9:30 a.m.
Sukkot BBQ Sunday, October 7th at 4:30 p.m.
Simchat Torah & Consecration Sunday, October 7th at 6:00 p.m.
Simchat Torah Morning Service with Yizkor
Monday, October 8th at 9:30 a.m.
Don’t you want to “dwell in the hut” with your family and friends? Contact Karen Hintz at (414) 352-2970
or [email protected] to reserve time between Sunday, Sept. 30th to Saturday, Oct. 6th in the sukkah!
Sukkot BBQ! Simchat Torah!
Lifelong Jewish Learning
Page 8 September-October 2012
Adult Learning
Introduction to Judaism Class This popular class, co-sponsored with the Wisconsin Council of
Rabbis, is an introduction to Judaism for Jews who want to fill in
the gaps of their own Jewish education, as well as those who are
choosing Judaism as their spiritual destination. Curriculum
includes an overview of Jewish religion, ritual, history and
community as well as an introduction to reading the Hebrew
language. Tuition includes textbooks and a graduation Shabbat
Dinner.
Instructors: Jody Hirsh and Community Rabbis
Location: JCC Campus
18 Tuesdays, Oct 23-Feb 26 7:00-9:30 PM
No class 12/25, 1/1 (Shabbat Dinner Friday, March 8)
Fee $230.00
Sponsored by the Wisconsin Council of Rabbis.
For registration contact Karen Hintz at Sinai 414-352-2970
“Jesus for Jews” Tuesdays, 7:30 – 9:00 pm – Oct, 9, 16, 23, 30, Nov 6th
and 13th.
Who was Jesus? Who were the authors of the Gospels
and the rest of the “New Testament?” How did the New
Testament help Jesus, the Jew, to become a messianic
figure, revered today by over two billion people?
Dr. Sherry Blumberg will lead us on an exploration of the
New Testament, as it is read both by Christians and
Jews. The class will use “The Jewish Annotated New
Testament” by Dr. Amy-Jill Levine. Dr. Blumberg teaches
widely within the Jewish community as well as at Sacred
Heart School of Theology in Hales Corner. She has been
instrumental in fostering interfaith dialogue in
Milwaukee.
“This, I Believe” Tuesday evenings, 7:30 – 9:00 pm – November 27, December 4, 11 and 18
In the mindset of Judaism, the matter of faith is, at best, multifaceted; at times, it can be confusing, even perplexing. Some
say that in contrast to Christianity, which places a premium on the importance of faith over acts, Judaism is precisely the
opposite – one’s actions are what matters, faith being an entirely private matter.
Yet, this statement doesn’t do justice to either faith tradition. The question of faith in Judaism has been a constant companion
throughout the ages, addressed by the rationalists, such as Maimonides in the 11th century, as well as the mystics of the land
of Israel in the 16th. All of them understood that Judaism commends us to forge a connection between belief and action, as
each reinforces, builds up and strengthens each other.
Join us for a survey of the variety of ways Jewish thinkers have addressed the matter of faith, as well as an exploration of
where faith fits into your own Jewish Journey.
Rabbi David B. Cohen has been Congregation Sinai’s spiritual leader for the past 16 years. This class grows out of two places he was privi-
leged to study. First was an eighteenth month course of retreats and study with a small group of rabbis, sponsored and conducted by the
Institute of Jewish Spirituality. Rabbi Cohen then joined a similarly diverse group of rabbis – orthodox, reform, conservative, reconstruction-
ist, and more – for a three and a half year program of study at the Shalom Hartman
Institute in Jerusalem, where Rabbi Cohen has spent parts of the last three summers.
Parent Education Sunday Morning Series 11 am. Sunday, October 14, November 11, January 13,
February 10, March 10, April 14.
In tandem with the chairs of our youth education committee,
Rabbi Cohen will present a series of conversations on topics
relating to Jewish parenting. Topics will include How to talk to
your children about God and spirituality; death; the problem of
evil and the holocaust; love, intimacy and sex; who is a Jew –
Jewish identity; interfaith dating, and others. Since the first step
in preparing to discuss these topics with out children is figuring
out how we think about them, this class is open and available to
all; children not required!
Sunday Morning Current Events Series with
Rabbi Cohen and Guests Sundays, 10 am – 11:30 am October 28,November 18,
January 20, March 17 (scholar in residence), April 7
In a rapidly moving and changing world, Judaism offers a
compelling way of understanding the events around us.
Join Rabbi Cohen is a series of conversations, the topics
of which will be determined by the news of the day. From
time to time, Rabbi Cohen will invite guests who have
specific relevant expertise to share.
Lunch and Learn Fridays Every Friday (beginning Sept. 28th) at noon in the upstairs conference room.
Rabbi Cohen takes the helm of our Torah study group that follows the weekly portion (in contrast with Saturday mornings,
which each week get as far as they get, completing the full five books of Torah over seven years, approximately). Begin your
Shabbat with some words of Torah!
Scholar in Residence
Ongoing Classes
Acheinu (Men’s Spirituality Group) Share nosh & discuss spiritual & practical
matters concerning God, work, family &
more.
Day: Sundays, 8:30-10 AM: 11/18, 12/9,
1/6 (following Pancake Breakfast), 2/10,
4/7, 5/5
With: Rabbi David B. Cohen &
Joe Glassman
“Through the Eyes of Women”
Women’s Ways of Reading the Bible From traditional to modern including
feminist readings & modern midrash
Day: Fridays at 9:45 am
With: Dr. Sherry Blumberg
Shabbat Morning Torah Study Verse by verse, line by line, word by
word...
Day: Saturdays at 8:00 am
With: Rabbi Jay Brickman &
Rabbi David B. Cohen
A Modern Rabbi's Approach to
the Bible Day: Wednesdays
Time: 9:30 am
With: Rabbi Jay Brickman
Seniors Havurah Tuesdays, October 23 & November 27
All Seniors Havurah meet at 1:00 p.m.
With: Rabbi David B. Cohen
Friday Lunch & Learn
with Rabbi Cohen Day: Fridays (beginning Sept. 28)
Time: 12:00pm
With: Rabbi David B. Cohen
Page 9 September-October 2012
Lifelong Jewish Learning
Rappin’ with the Rabbi
Sundays 12 – 1:30 pm
September 9, October 21,
November 18, December 16,
March 17, April 7, May 12.
A new monthly program for 11th and 12th graders!
Keep your Jewish soul nourished as we meet once
a month with Rabbi Cohen for informal fun and
interesting conversation. Topics we’ll address in-
clude: Ethics through modern music, rock –
through Hip Hop; love, intimacy and sex; how to
survive the col-
lege application
process; why do
bad things hap-
pen to good
people?, and
others.
CoSY is Cruising Congregation Sinai's program for high school age youth,
CoSY, provides fun youth programming for all 9th through
12th graders. CoSY is run by it's members and is a part of NFTY,
t h e North American Federation of Temple Youth, which plans events
for Reform Jewish teens throughout North America. To learn more
about NFTY, go to www.nfty.org* In addition, put the following upcom-
ing events on your calendar:
Information about upcoming events will be sent directly to all
teens and be posted on the Sinai web page.
*region-NFTY North
Fall Kallah: Oct. 5-7, Minnetonka, MN
NFTY/HUC /AJA Teen Study Weekend: Oct. 12-14, Cincinnati, OH
Winter Kallah: Dec. 21-23, Oconomowoc, WI
JYG Kallah: March 1-3, Oconomowoc, WI
Spring Kallah: April 4-7, St. Paul, MN
Seven CoSY members attended August's summer Kallah at
OSRUI and had a fantastic time. Don't miss out when the next Kallah
comes around!
If you are interested in learning more about CoSY, contact
CoSY advisor, Julie Turetsky, (414) 899-5128.
Teens!
11th &
12th
Grade
School News
Save the weekend of March 15-17, 2013 for a series of special presentations by Noam Zion Noam is a Senior Research Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. His numerous publica-
tions include: A Different Night: The Family Participation Haggadah, "A Different Light: The Big Book of
Hanukkah, A Day Apart: Shabbat atHome, Sipurei Reshit, a Hebrew anthology on contemporary readings
of Genesis, and Halaila Hazeh, and the best selling A Night to Remember. Noam will be with us in the
weeks before Passover and will undoubtedly tie his presentations to the holiday. We are sharing his visit
with Congregation Beth Israel. Noam will be speaking at Sinai on Sunday, March, 15 at 10:00 am.
School News
Page 10 September-October 2012
Lifelong Jewish Learning
Often the fall season is thought of as a time of new
beginnings. It is when a new school year begins, and fami-
lies begin resuming their “regular” schedules. If
your house is anything like mine, this also
comes with promises of “this year will be differ-
ent” – i.e., you will get out the door on time eve-
ry day without fail; you will be organized with all
items for all kids all the time; we will eat health-
ier; we will get homework finished… or whatever
the mantra might be for you. But these new
beginnings go beyond school. Perhaps we are
excited to pull out our new (or old) fall sweaters the first time
that autumn chill appears in the morning air. And of course,
our Jewish calendar is filled with new beginnings in the fall –
our new year of Rosh Hashanah, followed quickly by the
“official” day to make restitution and resolutions on Yom
Kippur. Not long after that, we literally return to the begin-
ning during Simchat Torah, when we start the Torah reading
cycle over again with the very words, “In the beginning.”
But why do we continually wait until a particular
date on the calendar for these new beginnings? If we are
committed to making a change regarding something in our
lives, the time to start should be NOW, not when a particular
holiday or other significant event rolls around. In fact, Juda-
ism easily allows for this to happen! We have a set of bless-
ings, “Nissim B’chol Yom,” which are traditionally said imme-
diately upon waking each day. “Nissim B’chol Yom” is typi-
cally translated as blessings for “daily miracles.” Think about
it – what greater miracle to be thankful for upon waking
than the fact that you have been given another day! That day
is yet to be written; the tapestry is yours to paint upon it
what you choose.
The very first in this set of blessings is: “Praise to
You, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, who has
given the mind the ability to distinguish day from night.”
Isn’t this truly a miracle, that we are created in such a way
that we instinctually know the difference between night and
day? Anyone who has ever spent several months with a new-
born in their house knows how truly miraculous it is when
the baby finally knows the proper time to sleep and does so
the entire night! But I would venture to guess that the major-
ity of us hear the alarm and do one of two things: begrudg-
ingly turn it off and drag ourselves out of bed to start the
day, or hit the snooze button and go back to sleep for nine
minutes (or more). How would your perspective potentially
change if, immediately upon waking, you said a quick, pri-
vate blessing in gratitude for having the ability to wake up
and greet another day? This of course does not negate all
the commitments and responsibilities that we must attend
to throughout the day, but it might possibly help us approach
those things with a more positive outlook.
And what a gift we can give to our children by teach-
ing them this practice early in their lives! Reflect for a mo-
ment on your children’s lives, or even back on your own
childhood. Do you notice that, while kids certainly have re-
sponsibilities, their days are typically filled with much more
fun and laughter than many of us experience in our daily
adult lives? When you are a child, you greet
each day with the promise it holds. Something
new and exciting might happen at any time -
and even if the day is mostly routine, there is
the promise of sharing that with friends and
family. At what point do we lose that perspec-
tive? Perhaps we can teach this simple blessing
to our children so they might carry it with them
throughout their lives, enabling them to hold
onto that very “carpe diem” attitude that eludes many of us.
This teaching has potentially far-reaching implica-
tions for our kids. If you are a parent (or other relative) of a
child who has some learning and/or behavioral difficulties in
school, that child might face each day with a sense of dread.
Sadly, even in some of the better schools, these children
quickly learn that the expectation of those around them is
that they will have a problem during the day – and kids are
experts at living up to expectations. What if, after a particular-
ly difficult day, the slate was erased and the next day offered
the promise of greatness? Perhaps some behavior difficulties
would decrease at least a little – and the child could start
each day feeling success, rather than merely “earning” suc-
cess at the end of the day by managing to hold it together for
several hours.
What about here at Sinai? We can begin and contin-
ue practicing such a mindset here at Sinai. Instead of viewing
our youth education program as another “school” to be en-
dured, wouldn’t it be great if, upon waking on a Sunday morn-
ing, your child’s first thought was something like, “I am so
thankful to have this day! What can I make of it? What excit-
ing things can I learn? What connections might I make?” The
attitude of our kids toward participating in Jewish life would
likely become more positive if they viewed these opportuni-
ties as chances to learn and to make friends, rather than an
obligation to “deal with” until they can finally drop out.
I am by no means suggesting that this approach
would work with every person, every day, or that this is a
“quick fix” to behavior and/or attitude issues. But I challenge
you to try it, at least for yourself to start. Try it out for a week.
Write down the blessing, or some personal variation, and
keep it next to your bed to remind you as soon as you wake
up. Start each morning with an intention to be grateful for the
gift of the day ahead, and check in with yourself throughout
the day to see if your approach to life feels different by doing
this one quick act upon waking. If you find it works for you,
keep doing it! And then pay it forward by teaching it to the
children in your life. Each day can be a new beginning – no
matter what time of year it may be. Ken yehi ratzon – may it
be God’s will.
Barb Shimansky, MSW
Director of Youth Education
School News
Page 11 September-October 2012
Lifelong Jewish Learning
Need something?
Think of something?
Email us!
Barb Shimansky, MSW, Director of Youth
Education
Jeri Danz, School Administrator
Judy Flegel, Youth Ed Co-Chair
Marjorie Laing, Youth Ed Co-Chair
Jenni Goldbaum, Youth Ed Long-Range
Planning Chair
KIVUN! Attention all 8th-10th grade students and parents!
Registration is still open for our exciting new post-B'nai Mitzvah program, KIVUN! Kivun ("Direction") will meet on Sunday afternoons from noon
until 1:30. Enjoy lunch and time to hang out with friends for the first half-hour, and then you choose from one of several electives for the remaining hour.
Elective choices will change throughout the year, so you will have the opportunity to learn about a variety of topics that are interesting to you! 10th grade students will use that hour to meet with Rabbi Cohen for Affirmation class, though you might also have some opportunities for additional
electives during the year. Please join Barb Shimansky and Rabbi Cohen for a student/parent orientation to the Kivun program on Sunday,
September 30 at noon. Lunch will be provided. Even if you are not yet registered at that time, you may still attend this session to hear about our plans for the year! Students will then be able to choose their electives, and
classes will begin on October 14. We hope to see you there!
Congregation Sinai Youth
Education Program Parent Orientation
Please join us on Sunday, September 9th
for Parent Orientation. Come learn what’s new
at Sinai.
Grades K-7 10:30-11:30 AM (After the Cereal Breakfast)
B.Y.O.B.C!
Bring Your Own Breakfast Cereal Let’s start the Gan-7th Grade year off right!
On Sunday, September 9th, school kicks off at 9:30 AM with a
cereal breakfast!
Your family should bring their
favorite breakfast cereal (anything
from Apple Jacks to Wheaties! Your
fave!)*We’ll bring the bowls, milk, and
bananas! *leftover cereal will be donated to the
Jewish Community Pantry
Religious School Family Education Programs
September 30th: 9:30-11:30 AM 7th Grade-”Family Relationships Through the Torah’s Eyes”
October 21st: 9:30 AM-12 PM 3rd Grade-”The Great God Hunt”
November 4th: 9:30 AM-12 PM “The Many Faces of My Jewish Family”
Attention! 8th & 9th Grades
Page 12 September-October 2012
Lifelong Jewish Learning
Tots at Temple
Family Programming
Rockin' Shabbat and Roll into Dinner!
Friday, November 9th 6:15 pm: Rockin' Shabbat Service
7:15 pm: Congregational Dinner
Join us for Rockin' Shabbat filled with song and music. You won't want to miss this Shabbat experience. Great for all ages! Give those kids a snack before because following services we will Roll into Dinner for a delicious meal with activities for the kids. This will allow for a leisurely dinner for all. Feel free to bring a bottle of wine to share!
Cost: Adults: $10.00 Children 12 and under: $7.00
Children 3 and under: Free RSVP by Monday, November 5th
http://novemberrockinshabbatanddinner2012.eventbrite.com
Tot Shabbat with Special Guest Wendy Cohen & Dinner
October 19th 5:30-7:00 PM Tot Shabbat Service & Dinner on us!
Join Rabbi Cohen and special guest Wendy Cohen on the steps of the bima for
welcoming Kabbalat Shabbat full of music, instruments and ruach (spirit)! Hear a great story and wish your
friends Shabbat Shalom! Guests Welcome! Then join us afterward in the Worship and Learning Space for
Shabbat dinner.
Please register on eventbrite by October 16th at: http://octobertotshabbatanddinner.eventbrite.com
and let us know you will be coming! Wendy Cohen was classically trained at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music in Guitar from age 5 to 17. She studied Music and Sociology
at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She also toured in Europe, Canada, and the U.S. with “Up With People.” Wendy has been with the
JCC for 7 years as the Music Specialist of Gan Ami and a teacher for the Family and Parenting Center. Wendy has performed with
Whitefish Bay, Waukesha, Menomonee Falls, and the JCC’S Community Musical Theatre Companies. She has also been the Music
Specialist for Congregation Shalom for thirteen years. Wendy also worked as an Administrative Assistant for Price Waterhouse and Komisar
Brady and Company. Wendy Cohen is married to Marc and has two children—Carly (13) and Zachary (8). She loves to bike, travel, listen
to music, go to movies and water parks, and to learn new music and share it with the children.
Page 13 September-October 2012
Family Programming and Worship Opportunities
2012-2013
Weekly Shabbat: We welcome everyone to experience Shabbat at Congregation Sinai. Family Friendly Friday Shab-
bat services are at 6:15 weekly. All Shabbat services last one hour.
Tefillah Shira: All religious school Sunday mornings begin with a VERY family friendly 25 minute song and story
filled service at 9:30 am. All ages are welcome to come experience this beautiful way to start the day.
September Sunday 9 9:30 AM 1st day religious school, and back to school cereal breakfast
Monday 17 3:00 PM Rosh Hashanah Children’s Services, Tashlich & Oneg, Shofar Blowing Contest
Wed. 26 2:00 PM Yom Kippur Children’s Service
5:30 PM N’ilah
6:30 PM Break-the-Fast (all welcome)
October Sunday 7 4:30 PM Sukkot BBQ
6:00 PM Simchat Torah Services, Consecration & Dancing
Friday 19 5:30-6:00 PM Tot Shabbat w/ Wendy Cohen and Dinner
November Friday 9 6:15 PM Rockin’ Shabbat & Congregational Dinner
December Sunday 9 12:00 PM Design-Your-Own Chanukiyah Contest & Latke Lunch
Friday 14 6:15 PM Chanukah Shabbat Service
January Sunday 6 9:30 AM Pancake Breakfast
Friday 11 6:15 PM Rockin’ Shabbat & Congregational Dinner
February Friday 8 5:30-6:00 PM Tot Shabbat w/ Wendy Cohen
Sunday 24 9:30 AM Purim Carnival
March Friday 8 6:15 PM Rockin’ Shabbat & Congregational Dinner
April Friday 12 5:30-6:00 PM Tot Shabbat w/ Wendy Cohen
May Sunday 5 9:30 AM Taste of Sinai – breakfast and learn about programs, committees, school
Friday 10 6:15 PM Rockin’ Shabbat & Congregational Dinner
Sunday 19 11:00 AM Year End Family Picnic
Lifelong Jewish Learning
Page 14 September-October 2012
Sharing Sinai
What is it that YOU love about Sinai?
Warm, inclusive & musical worship Engaging, interesting and challenging learning Nights at the theatre, the ballpark or on the hiking trail with your Sinai community
Share what YOU love about Sinai with a friend! We are proud to offer you the opportunity to bring your friends and families into the amazing community that is Congregation Sinai.
Know someone interested in checking us out? Please contact our Program Coordinator, Jen Friedman at (414) 352-2970 or [email protected]. She’ll give you a token to share with your unaffiliated friends or family. Good for a one-year membership at Sinai.*
Bring your friends and family into our
congregational family! Share what you love! *Religious School fees not included
Happy New Year and welcome to all of our new mem-
ber families! Let’s help them make an easy and comfortable
transition into our Sinai community by extending that special
outreach to our newest members. Let them know why we are
known for being warm, accepting and engaging. We chal-
lenge you to remember what it feels like to be new to a com-
munity and make that extra effort to welcome someone.
Don’t forget to extend that outreach to anyone you know look-
ing for a congregation. This is the perfect time to “Share Si-
nai” with someone. Let them experience Sinai for a year. See
details below!
Next time you are worshipping in Shabbat Services,
walking in the building to pick up your kids, taking a class,
enjoying a Brotherhood Coffee, or having a meal at a congre-
gational dinner, take a look around the room. If there is
someone you don’t know or maybe just don’t know their
name, extend a hand and say “I know we’ve crossed paths,
but we’ve never formally met” or “I’m not sure we’ve met be-
fore, welcome.” Start a conversation and make a connection.
It’s what makes Sinai so special and unique.
We are ready to begin a new year with so many great
programs. Every week or weekend there is something offered
for every congregant of every age. Just take a look at this
issue! Sinai’s Membership Committee is looking for your in-
put too! We have had great success with special interests
forming at Sinai. Our Culture Connection group meets to
check out the theater scene. Sinai Outside regularly braves
the great outdoors hiking, paddling etc. Did you know we
have a new Bridge group? What’s your special interest? Is
there a particular group you would like to see addressed at
Sinai? Email Carrie Ellerbrock at [email protected].
Please let us know your suggestions and ideas, we’d love to
help!
Carrie Ellerbrock and Elyse Cohn,
Membership Co-Chairs
Membership Committee
Sinai Committees
Page 15 September-October 2012
Sisterhood is an amazing way to con-
nect to Jewish life, and synagogue life. Without a
doubt, Jewish women have nurtured and sus-
tained one another as a community from biblical
times to today, and Women of Sinai is an amaz-
ing example of our synagogue’s women learning
together, sharing together, and supporting one
another and Sinai. This month, each female
member of our congregation will receive an invi-
tation to join Women of Sinai for another inspir-
ing year. We look forward to another strong and
successful year of programming that engages
our synagogue’s women and builds on Sinai’s foundation
for success for all. We hope you will consider becoming a
member of Women of Sinai this year, 2012-2013/5773.
Membership is $36.00, or you can be honored as a Woman
of Valor at $72.00. For more information contact Jen Fried-
man at
B’rit Nashim
Break-the-Fast Kugels & Desserts
If you are able to bake a kugel or dessert, please let us know by registering at http://bakingforbreakthefast.eventbrite.com no later than Sept. 20th. Questions? Contact Judy Shor at [email protected]. If you are unable to bake, monetary donations are also appreciated. Please make checks payable to Women of Sinai. Drop off at the synagogue office or mail to Sinai.
Erev Sukkot Hosted by B’rit Nashim
Sunday, Sept. 30th at 6:15 PM Join us for a warm and spiritual service to
welcome and celebrate Sukkot!
Followed by Oneg
Come meet the women of B’rit Nashim
Women at Sinai
B’ r it Nash im
means “Covenant of
Women”. We are a group
of women who meet one
evening each month for
programs of Jewish and
personal content. We also
have an annual Shabbat
retreat. Our group, which
started about 16 years
ago, was designed to be a forum for women to gather to
share common interests and to build a community of women
within the larger community of Congregation Sinai.
We have, in fact, formed close personal bonds and
grown into a true "covenant" of women who support each
other in all areas of our lives. The only requirements to join
B’rit Nashim are that you are a woman, a member of Congre-
gation Sinai, and that you are looking for a group of women
who are committed to each other. There is no cost to be a
member except for any expenses from the projects we un-
dertake.
Our members take turns leading or planning the
meetings; sharing our diverse talents, interests, ideas and
experiences with one another. Sinai clergy as well as outside
presenters also enrich our meetings. Some examples of our
past activities include sessions on: Jewish artists & writers,
ecology and its relationship to Judaism, cooking sessions,
book discussions, crafts, and an annual "Mitzvah" activity.
One highlight is our annual winter Shabbat retreat. This is a
time to get away from our daily routines to rejoice together.
We always plan meaningful and enjoyable activities, however
we find that it is really not the activity we are doing, but ra-
ther that we are together that matters. Most importantly, we
have become friends.
Each fall, B’rit Nashim is open to new members. We
find that this is a great opportunity to get to know additional
women, who bring wonderful new energy and input to our
"covenant." We invite you to join us.
Come to one, or both, of our open meetings, Monday, Octo-
ber 15th and Monday, November 12 at 7:15 p.m. For further
information, please call Toby Colton at 351-5205 or Joanne
Roberts at 351-6486.
Needed!
Page 16 September-October 2012
Sinai hosts KOACH January 17, 2013
Helpers needed to serve lunch to our
seniors.
Interested in doing
a mitzvah?
Contact Jen Friedman at
Interested in Yoga at
Congregation Sinai Tuesday mornings at 8:45 am?
Please contact Karen Lancina at
to express your interest.
We need a minimum of 8
participants to hold a class.
Mitbach Sinai
(Sinai Cooks!)
Do you enjoy cooking for fun with friends? Come have a glass of wine with Sinai Cooks! During the course of the year we will gather in the Sinai kitchen to cook and bake for Sinai events and ourselves. We promise laughter, great conversation and friendship!
Please look to your eNews for cooking dates and times. Soon, we will be cooking for the Sinai Sukkot BBQ. Looking forward to seeing many new faces! Have a great Sinai Cooks! Idea? Contact Jill Weinshel @ [email protected]
Experience Nia Your body & soul will thank you!
What is Nia? How does Nia help me connect to my Jewish identity? Nia is no ordinary fitness class. Nia technique blends Dance Arts, Martial Arts & Healing Arts. Discover ease, comfort and creativity in your body. Learn moves that are flowing, rhythmic and adaptable. Self-awareness plays a key role. Positively affect your whole life!
Join others who find enormous personal benefit in weekly Nia classes.
Fridays 8:30-9:30am $9 each class. Questions? Contact Kate Mann at 414-254-4141 or [email protected]
Women at Sinai
“Through the Eyes of Women” Women’s Ways of Reading the Bible
with Dr. Sherry Blumberg
From traditional to modern including feminist readings and modern midrash
Fridays at 9:45 am
7th, and have our first Brotherhood coffee on November
4th. Specific details of the upcoming year will be finalized
soon and I am certain that you are anxious
to know "who will be presenting", but all I
can say for certain at the time of this writ-
ing, is that we have a great year planned so
save November 4th, December 16th, March
3rd, and April 21st (10:30 AM—noon) and
keep watching for our announcements in
the Sinai Enews. I look forward to meeting
both old and new friends and sharing both
serious and fun times with all! Please feel
free to contact me if you want to know more
about Sinai Brotherhood.
Sincerely,
James Stillman
Brotherhood President
Brotherhood
Welcome to the fall season for Congregation Sinai
Brotherhood events. Fall membership mailings should be
arriving at your home soon (if not there al-
ready) so please look for the familiar blue
Brotherhood envelope and return your mem-
bership dues promptly! The accompanying
letter explains the function of the Brother-
hood but to say it in a few words; " we work to
provide opportunities for men to participate
in, and enjoy, congregational life at Sinai".
Meet people, make new friends,
come and enjoy one of the speakers at a
Brotherhood coffee, work on one of our spe-
cial projects, join Acheinu (men's spirituality
group), help build the Sukkah, play softball,
play Bridge, or just feel good knowing that
your dues have helped the Brotherhood pur-
chase gifts for the Purim Carnival, Affirma-
tion, or B'Nei Mitzvah celebrants.
This past year has been very busy for everyone and
this year will be no exception. We will be putting up the Suk-
kah on September 23rd, host the Sukkot BBQ on October
Page 17 September-October 2012
Sacred Connections Sacred Aging
Chesed is in the beginning stage of making connections between some of our aging
members with more active congre-gants. A letter, a phone call, or an
update on activities and services will be appreciated. Let us know if
you would like to help out.
To get involved in Chesed contact Amy Newman at [email protected]
We Need Soup!
As the weather turns cooler, please
pick up some of our to-go soup containers and donate some soup
for us to deliver. Our recipients
really appreciate the warm thoughts.
College Connection
Rabbi Cohen would like to stay connected to our college students via email. Please send your college student's email to Jeri Danz at [email protected]
Chesed
Watching the House When a family at Sinai experiences a loss, they call Sinai to help with the funeral. Often, the family requests a caring synagogue member to go to their home during the funeral for safety and well being. We would like to put together a list of Bereavement Volunteers. As needed, Sinai will email this list to members requesting someone to watch a home during a funeral. Please let us know if we may add you to our list. Thanks for making Sinai Chesed: A
Caring Community.
Page 18 September-October 2012
Sinai Committees
sense of pride that I do in this community accomplishment.
We are well into our second CSA season. Thanks to
Stoney Meadow Farm’s generosity, we are sponsoring a
tzedakah share again this year, which is managed by the
Surplus Garden Project of Tikkun Ha’Ir of Milwaukee. This
year’s recipient is the Sojourner Truth House.
Please stay tuned for information about the GREEN
SHABBAT coming up on October 5, 2012, which will include
a Friday evening service, potluck dinner, and outdoor natu-
ral activity, all conducted with a theme of environmental
consciousness. This event is co-sponsored by the Green
Team, Social Action Committee and Sinai Outside.
Happy New Year Everyone! Deb Schermer
The Green Team
The Green Team
Our fourth annual Sukkah Garden is growing beautiful-
ly. We have had great participation from congregants during
the summer months and everyone will see the results at Si-
nai’s Sukkot festival! Once again, the Green Team will lead
harvest activities for children’s programming during Yom Kip-
pur services and help the children prepare our harvest to
adorn our Sukkah. There is no better way to teach our chil-
dren about the harvest festival of Sukkot than by having
them engage in a harvest of their own! Please take a mo-
ment to thank Naomi Cobb when you see her for all her time
and effort in making this wonderful garden project a reality
for our congregation. She designed the garden layout and
coordinated all the participating families, she has put togeth-
er all the children’s educational programming surrounding
this project, making it a very special experience for our entire
congregation. I hope that the congregants who have weeded,
watered and tended the garden this summer feel the same
The Eternal took and placed the human being in the Garden of Eden, to cultivate it and to protect it.
(Bereishit 2:15)
Green Shabbat at Sinai – October 5th at 6:15 PM followed by a Potluck dinner in the Worship and Learning Space
We naturally take care of what we love
Let’s open our awareness to the beauty of nature, our loving relationship with creation, and learn how we can preserve nature’s integrity. We will begin “Green Shabbat” with an inspiring and educational service to renew our vows as stewards of the land. Reawaken your experience of natural beauty as we enjoy this harvest season. Shabbat Dinner following services will be a learning opportunity in sustainable habits for your entire family. This potluck meal offers a chance for us to prepare local foods from the fall harvest, use dishes that won’t end up in a landfill, and compost our unwanted leftovers for the Sinai garden. We will conclude the evening with a nature activity outside to explore the beauty of an October night in Wisconsin using all of our senses.
Register at http://greenshabbatdinner.eventbrite.com by October 1st to let us know what you will be bringing. You must pre-register for the dinner.
Sponsored by the Green Team, Social Action Committee and Sinai Outside.
Nature is the very essence of Deity." Baal Shem Tov
“Humanity should view their place in Creation with love and awe.
Sabbath helps us to achieve this state of mind.” Rabbi Lawrence Troster
Page 19 September-October 2012
Sinai Committees
Social Action Committee
Bethesda Meal Program Servers
Volunteers from Congregation Sinai helped serve
meals at the Bethesda Community Meal Program in June.
Edith Gilman, Doje Sherman, Laurie Segal, Naomi Soifer
and Craig Johnson worked in the kitchen prior to the meal
service and also helped dish up and pass out a nutritious
lunch. Bethesda serves community members in need each
weekday, and also runs a food pantry for people to take
food home. Congregation Sinai's Social Action Committee
has provided financial support for the program for a num-
ber of years and is now expanding the support into a "hands
-on" volunteer activity.
The Social Action Committee hopes to help serve
meals at least once a month. Watch for announcements in
the Sinai News for the next date. Please contact Idy Good-
man at [email protected] if you are interested in help-
ing serve.
Please drop off
donations in the
Sinai lobby.
September & October:
School Supplies & Toiletries
Community Advocates
Women’s Center
Collections
The Social Action Film Series
Havdallah and a Movie: Miss Representation
Saturday, November 17, 4:00-6:00 PM
First seen at the Sundance film Festival in 2011, this
documentary explores how the media’s misrepresentations
of women have led to the underrepresentation of women in
positions of power and influence. This film is especially
important for pre-teen and teens and their families.
Mark your 2012-2013 Calendars for these exciting Social
Action Activities:
Green Shabbat - Friday, October 5 – See page 19 for more
details!
October 28 - Fall Activity Day at Community Advocates Wom-
en's Shelter for Congregation Sinai 5th graders and their fami-
lies. Pumpkins, painting and playing.
MCRC Shabbat – February 15 at Congregation Sinai – Please
watch our upcoming news bulletins for details about this an-
nual Milwaukee Community Relations Council - multi-Temple
special event.
Your contributions make a difference:
Much of the financial support comes through the Sinai Tzedakah Fund. Please consider this fund when making your next contribution in honor or memory of someone.
Strangers No More
Tuesday, January 15, 2013, 7:00 PM
In co-sponsorship with Sinai’s Israel Committee, the
Academy Award Winning Strangers No More is a
documentary telling the story of an exceptional school where
children form 48 different countries come together to learn.
Israel Committee
Page 20 September-October 2012
Sinai Committees
Marlene Dodinval to speak about ARZA Shabbat Service, Friday, October 19th at 6:15 PM
Marlene will explain what ARZA is and does, what historic
decision has been made by the Israeli Supreme Court last May, and
how it relates to the Reform Judaism and us.
Marlene Dodinval is the Central District Director for ARZA -
the Israel voice for the Reform movement In the U.S. ARZA is
responsible for the Reform Israel Fund, whose mission it is to
support and grow the Reform Movement in Israel. Marlene is the
past president of Emanuel Congregation in Chicago and lives in
Wilmette, IL with her husband and two teenage kids.
Israel Committee & Brotherhood Present:
“The Last, Best Friends of the Jews” Sunday, November 4th, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Morene Dunn from International Fellowship of Christians and Jews will give a talk titled “The Last, Best
Friends of the Jews”, about IFCJ, their actions and motivation. She is an eloquent speaker, and has spoken to
many synagogues, Jewish organizations, and Limmud.
IFCJ - The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews is the largest funder of social services in Israel,
second only to the Israeli government. They raised $110 million last year. They are providing 426,000 needy Jews
in Israel and FSU with Passover food boxes. That’s just one of the 400+ projects that range from soup kitchens to
bomb shelters, orphanages to scholarships, aliyah and basic needs in Russia, and everything in between. They
were founded by (Yeshiva U ordained) Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein. But 28 years later, their donors are about 98%
Evangelicals and other Christians. The synopsis: “Last, Best Friends of the Jews.” It starts with a story Chicagoans are familiar with: summer of 1977
when the Nazis announced they were going to march in Skokie. The Skokie Jewish community contacted the ADL and the
national office in New York sent 26-year-old staffer, Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, to Chicago with an unusual assignment: go out to
the Christian community and see if he could rally some support from them for the Jews. As he met with Christian clergy and
lay leaders, they said, “Of course we’ll stand or march with you! We love the Jewish people and Israel and would do more if
given the opportunity. But frankly, we’ve been rebuffed.”
So after staying in Chicago and thinking about that for a couple years, Rabbi Eckstein decided to see if they’d put
their money where their mouths were. He launched the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews in 1983. By coinci-
dence I went to his office that year. Because I thought it was a ridiculous idea and he wouldn’t make any money, and felt sor-
ry for him, I gave him a donation of $25. I became donor 338.
Yesterday, new donor 2,040,790 sent $7,000. We’ve raised ¾ of
a Billion dollars ($110 million last year) and have 400,000 active
donors. Our donors are 98% Gentile. Our average gift is $77.
We are the largest funder of social services in Israel, se-
cond only to the Israeli government. Millions of dollars more go to
the former Soviet Union and Ethiopia to prepare the falsha mura
for aliyah. We distributed Passover food boxes to 426,000 Jews in
2012.
Page 21 September-October 2012
“Scene” at Sinai
Naomi Soifer, Doje Sherman, Craig Johnson, &
Edith Gilman serve at Bethesda Meal Program.
Mazel Tov Stephanie Phillips & Noah Shor!
Sinai Outside
Skip Bid, a duplicate bridge club is
being formed and will be meeting at Congregation Sinai!
Every Wednesday, beginning September 5, 2012
(except September 26 & December 26)
12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
$4.00 per person per week
*partners are encouraged to arrive 15 minutes early
Questions? Please call Judie or
Fred Kommrusch at (414) 228-9538.
Skip Bid Bridge Club
My Sinai
Sinai Outside is a multi-faceted group of Sinai members who
celebrate the relationship we have with Nature and/or Shab-
bat through various outdoor activities. Interested in hiking,
canoeing, snow-
shoeing, or exploring
the outdoors? Do
you have a great
idea for connecting
with nature? Let’s
do it!
Contact Bobbi
Rector at
Culture Connection
Get connected with Milwaukee’s art and culture scene AND
with fellow Sinai congregants. We have a wonderful time en-
joying theater, restaurants, festivals, all while making new
friends through Sinai. Come join us. Our next event is The
Mountaintop at The Milwaukee Rep – Stiemke Studio
Saturday November 3, 8:00 pm show
We will arrange dinner before the show when RSVPs are
finalized.
Tickets are $34.00. Please RSVP by October 19th
Purchase online at:
http://cultureconnectionthemountaintop.eventbrite.com
Or send a check (payable to Congregation Sinai) to Sinai by
October 19th
The Mountaintop by Katori Hall
On the eve of his assassination, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
cools down in a lonely Memphis hotel room after delivering
the speech of a lifetime—when an unexpected visit from a
feisty, young hotel maid pushes King into a confrontation
with his doubts, fears, and haunting premonitions. A soul-
stirring hit in London and on Broadway, The Mountaintop's
humorous, magical storytelling fuses theatricality with spiritu-
ality to reach a summit that will leave audiences breathless.
"An emotionally powerful and theatrically stunning moment of
truth." -Variety
Page 22 September-October 2012
What’s Happening
Like us on Facebook!Like us on Facebook!Like us on Facebook! Congregation Sinai has a facebook
page! Stay connected to other Sinai
members and get up to date
information on events.
Find us at www.facebook.com.
Sinai Enews & Website
S t a y i n -
formed about all the
happenings at Con-
gregation Sinai!
Each week
you should receive a
Sinai Enews about
the upcoming events
at Sinai. Be sure to
open and read your
Sinai Enews. All
kinds of exciting
things are happening at Sinai and you won’t
want to miss any of them! If you are not
currently receiving the Enews, please email
[email protected] or call Congre-
gation Sinai at 414-352-2970 so we can
update our distribution list. Also, visit our
website at www.congregationsinai.org.
Sinai Shabbat
Walks
Did you know that every
Saturday after Shabbat services at Sinai there is a
group that enjoys walking?
If you are interested in a
Shabbat stroll for about an
hour around the immediate neighborhood with Sinai
friends we'd love for you to
join us.
For more information contact
Randee Zitelman at
We have lots of interesting
books in the library.
Please come in and
enjoy them!
Shoshana Zolty wrote And All Your Children Shall be Learned: Women and the
Study of Torah in Jewish Law and History. This is about the evolution of
women from biblical times to the 20th century. It is extremely interesting to
see how modern our ancient religion is.
We have an older book, Chiam Potok’s Wanderings: History of the Jews. If you
just take it out to thumb through the beautiful illustrations, you will enjoy it.
Our own Terry Bookman wrote (with William Kahn) a book called This House
We Built; Lessons about healthy synagogues, changes, repairing, and politics
within.
A memoir by Sheila Peltz Weinberg, Surprisingly Happy about a feminist
grandma who loves yoga and is a rabbi.
We have two series: One is a set of mysteries by Batya Gur who writes
mystery books taking place in Israel. Good reading if mysteries are your thing.
They do not have to be read in any order.
Another set of three books by Maggie Anton, Rashi’s Daughters. These novels
are about the life and times of Rashi written from the perspective of his
daughters, who are actually not named in the Talmud. I found them to be
very informative reading about life during Medieval France ( c. 1060). Read
these in order.
This list is just to remind you of various books of interest. We have cook-
books, short stories, many novels, old and new, biblical commentaries.
Yiddish books, Hebrew text and dictionaries, references books for baby
names and wedding ideas. Come on in. The library is open any time the
building is open.
√ Check out
Sinai’s library
Page 23 September-October 2012
Supporting Sinai
Support Sinai While Shopping at SENDIK’S!
Now you can purchase your Scrip card at times that are convenient for YOU!
Purchase Scrip Cards on Sundays:
September 9th & October 14th
Scrip cards can ALWAYS be purchased during regular Sinai office hours.
Questions? Contact: Leigh Maxon: [email protected]
What is Scrip? Scrip means “substitute money”. Through Sendik’s Food Market Scrip program 5% of what you pay for your Scrip card is donated to Sinai.
Shop & Support Sinai!
Support Sinai whenever you shop on-line at amazon.com. Go to the Sinai homepage: www.congregationsinai.org. Click on the amazon.com banner. You’ll be linked directly to amazon.com by using the web-site link, your purchase will support Congregation Sinai.
Bubbe says: It’s a win—win!
Welcome home my Shaina! After all those years away from me in New York City (doing God knows what in that God forsaken place….the noise, the expense) my Shaina has finally come home to be with me. Why it took this long, I can’t imagine! Shaina has the most fabulous taste…she was a buyer for Bloomingdales of course! And now she has agreed to run our beautiful Sinai gift shop. You can’t believe the new look! Such gorgeous mezuzahs, Shab-bat candlesticks and jewelry! I’m telling you there is no better place to shop for that perfect piece of Judaica (as if you would go anywhere else knowing your purchase is a mitzvah at Con-gregation Sinai)! So come by and see what my Shaina has done! Oh, and if you know any nice boys…my Shaina is quite the catch!
-Your Bubbe
Don’t
Forget!
Kitchen
Wish
List
Glass or silver serving platters Serving utensils Sharp knives Large ladles Glass bowls
Baskets Hot pads
Glassware Pots and pans
Electric Hand Mixer
SU
N
MO
N
TU
E
WE
D
TH
U
FR
I
SA
T
1
To
rah
Stu
dy
8 a
m
Mo
rnin
g M
inya
n 9
:30
am
2
3
La
bo
r D
ay
Off
ice
Clo
se
d
4
Fin
an
ce
Co
mm
itte
e
Me
eti
ng 7
:30
am
Mit
ka
de
m 4
pm
HH
D C
ho
ir R
eh
ea
rsa
l #
6 7
pm
5
Bib
le S
tud
y w
/
Ra
bb
i B
rick
ma
n 9
:30
am
Skip
Bid
Bri
dge C
lub
12
pm
Mit
ka
de
m 4
pm
6
Mit
ka
de
m 4
pm
Exe
cu
tive
Co
mm
itte
e
Me
eti
ng 7
pm
7
Nia
8:3
0 a
m
Th
rou
gh
th
e E
yes o
f
Wo
me
n 9
:30
am
So
cia
l A
cti
on C
om
mit
tee
Me
eti
ng 1
2 p
m
CS
A P
ick
Up
4-6
pm
Sh
ab
ba
t S
erv
ice
6:1
5 p
m
8
Se
lich
ot
To
rah
Stu
dy
8 a
m
Mo
rnin
g M
inya
n 9
:30
am
Se
lich
ot
De
sse
rt
Re
ce
pti
on
8:3
0 p
m
Se
lich
ot
Stu
dy
9 p
m
Se
lich
ot
Se
rvic
e 1
0 p
m
9
Re
ligio
us S
cho
ol
(K-7
th)
9:3
0 a
m
Re
ligio
us S
cho
ol C
ere
al B
rea
kfa
st
&
Op
en
ing
Pro
gra
m 9
:30
am
Pa
ren
t O
rie
nta
tio
n 1
0:3
0 a
m
Ra
bb
i R
ap
12
pm
10
B’r
it N
ash
im O
pe
n M
ee
tin
g 7
pm
Ca
nto
r S
ea
rch
Co
mm
itte
e
Me
eti
ng 7
pm
11
Mit
ka
de
m 4
pm
12
Bib
le S
tud
y w
/
Ra
bb
i B
rick
ma
n 9
:30
am
Skip
Bid
Bri
dge C
lub
12
pm
Mit
ka
de
m 4
pm
13
Mit
ka
de
m 4
pm
Bo
ard
Me
eti
ng 7
pm
HH
D C
ho
ir R
eh
ea
rsa
l #
7 7
pm
14
Nia
8:3
0 a
m
Th
rou
gh
th
e E
yes o
f
Wo
me
n 9
:30
am
CS
A P
ick
Up
4-6
pm
Sh
ab
ba
t S
erv
ice
6:1
5 p
m
15
To
rah
Stu
dy
8 a
m
Mo
rnin
g M
inya
n 9
:30
am
16
Ere
v R
osh
Ha
sh
an
ah
No
Re
ligio
us
Sch
oo
l
Ere
v R
osh
Ha
sh
an
ah
Se
rvic
e 8
pm
17
Ro
sh
Ha
sh
an
ah
Off
ice
Clo
se
d
RH
Mo
rnin
g S
erv
ice
9:3
0 a
m
RH
Yo
uth
Pro
gra
m 9
:30
am
Ch
ild
ren
’s S
erv
ice
, Ta
sh
lich
& S
ho
far
Blo
win
g C
on
test
3 p
m
18
Ro
sh
Ha
sh
an
ah
Off
ice
Clo
se
d
RH
2n
d D
ay
Bre
ak
fast
& S
tud
y
Se
ssio
n 9
:30
am
Mit
ka
de
m 4
pm
19
Bib
le S
tud
y w
/
Ra
bb
i B
rick
ma
n 9
:30
am
Skip
Bid
Bri
dge C
lub
12
pm
Mit
ka
de
m 4
pm
20
Mit
ka
de
m 4
pm
HH
D C
ho
ir R
eh
ea
rsa
l #
8 7
pm
21
Nia
8:3
0 a
m
Th
rou
gh
th
e E
yes o
f
Wo
me
n 9
:30
am
CS
A P
ick
Up
4-6
pm
Sh
ab
ba
t S
hu
va
h
Se
rvic
e 6
:15
pm
22
To
rah
Stu
dy
8 a
m
Mo
rnin
g M
inya
n 9
:30
am
23
Bro
the
rho
od
Su
kk
ah
Bu
ild
ing 9
:30
am
Re
ligio
us S
cho
ol
(K-7
th)
9:3
0 a
m
HH
D C
ho
ir R
eh
ea
rsa
l 7
pm
24
HH
D C
ho
ir R
eh
ea
rsa
l #
8 7
pm
25
Ko
l N
idre
i
Off
ice
Clo
se
s a
t 1
2 p
m
Ko
l N
idre
i S
erv
ice
s 8
pm
26
Yo
m K
ipp
ur
Off
ice
Clo
se
d
YK
Mo
rnin
g S
erv
ice
9:3
0 a
m
YK
Yo
uth
Pro
gra
m 9
:30
am
Aft
ern
oo
n S
tud
y 1
2:3
0 p
m
Ch
ild
ren
’s S
erv
ice
2 p
m
YK
Aft
ern
oo
n S
erv
ice
of
He
alin
g &
Fo
rgiv
en
ess 3
pm
Yiz
ko
r S
erv
ice
4 p
m
N’ila
h S
erv
ice
5:3
0 p
m
Bre
ak
-th
e-f
ast
6:3
0 p
m
27
28
Nia
8:3
0 a
m
Th
rou
gh
th
e E
yes o
f
Wo
me
n 9
:30
am
Lu
nch
& L
earn
12
pm
CS
A P
ick
Up
4-6
pm
Sh
ab
ba
t S
erv
ice
6:1
5 p
m
29
To
rah
Stu
dy
8 a
m
Mo
rnin
g M
inya
n 9
:30
am
30
Ere
v S
ukko
t
Re
ligio
us S
cho
ol
(K-7
th)
9:3
0 a
m
7th
Gra
de
Fa
mily
Le
arn
ing 9
:30
am
Na
min
g C
ere
mo
ny
for
Ga
n C
hild
ren
11
:30
am
Kiv
un
12
pm
Su
kk
ot
Se
rvic
e 6
:15
pm
Sep
tem
ber
201
2
SU
N
MO
N
TU
E
WE
D
TH
U
FR
I
SA
T
1
Su
kko
t
Off
ice
Clo
se
d
Su
kk
ot
Mo
rnin
g
Se
rvic
e 9
:30
am
2
Su
kko
t
Fin
an
ce
Co
mm
itte
e
Me
eti
ng 7
:30
am
Mit
ka
de
m 4
pm
3
Su
kko
t
Bib
le S
tud
y w
/ R
ab
bi
Bri
ck
ma
n 9
:30
am
Sk
ip B
id B
rid
ge
Clu
b 1
2 p
m
Mit
ka
de
m 4
pm
4
Su
kko
t
Mit
ka
de
m 4
pm
Exe
cu
tive
Co
mm
itte
e
Me
eti
ng 7
pm
5
Su
kko
t
Nia
8:3
0 a
m
Th
rou
gh
th
e E
yes o
f
Wo
me
n 9
:30
am
Lu
nch
& L
ea
rn 1
2 p
m
CS
A P
ick
Up
4-6
pm
Gre
en
Sh
ab
ba
t
Se
rvic
e 6
:15
pm
Po
tlu
ck
Din
ner
7:1
5 p
m
6
Su
kko
t
To
rah
Stu
dy
8 a
m
Mo
rnin
g M
inya
n 9
:30
am
Josh
ua
Lo
ok
atc
h B
ar
Mit
zva
h 1
0 a
m
7
No
Re
ligio
us S
ch
oo
l
Su
kk
ot
BB
Q 4
:30
pm
Sim
ch
at
To
rah
Se
rvic
es w
/
Co
nse
cra
tio
n 6
pm
8
Co
lum
bu
s D
ay
Sim
ch
at
To
rah
Off
ice
Clo
se
d
Sim
ch
at
To
rah
Mo
rnin
g
Se
rvic
e 9
:30
am
9
Mit
ka
de
m 4
pm
Ra
bb
i B
rick
ma
n’s
UW
M
cla
ss 6
:30
pm
Jew
s f
or
Jesu
s
cla
ss 7
:30
-9 p
m
10
Bib
le S
tud
y w
/ R
ab
bi
Bri
ck
ma
n 9
:30
am
Sk
ip B
id B
rid
ge
Clu
b 1
2 p
m
Mit
ka
de
m 4
pm
11
Mit
ka
de
m 4
pm
12
Nia
8:3
0 a
m
Th
rou
gh
th
e E
yes o
f
Wo
me
n 9
:30
am
Lu
nch
& L
ea
rn w
/ R
ab
bi
Co
he
n 1
2 p
m
CS
A P
ick
Up
4-6
pm
Sh
ab
ba
t S
erv
ice
6:1
5 p
m
13
To
rah
Stu
dy
8 a
m
Mo
rnin
g M
inya
n 9
:30
am
Na
tha
n T
ayl
or
Ba
r
Mit
zva
h 9
:30
am
14
Re
ligio
us S
ch
oo
l
(K-7
th)
9:3
0 a
m
Pa
ren
t B
rea
kfa
st
9:3
0 a
m
Yo
uth
Ed
uca
tio
n P
rogra
m
Pa
ren
t M
ee
tin
g 1
0 a
m
Pa
ren
t E
du
ca
tio
n P
rogra
m w
/
Ra
bb
i C
oh
en
11
am
Kiv
un
12
pm
15
B’r
it N
ash
im O
pe
n
Me
eti
ng 7
:15
pm
16
Mit
ka
de
m 4
pm
Ra
bb
i B
rick
ma
n’s
UW
M
cla
ss 6
:30
pm
Jew
s f
or
Jesu
s
cla
ss 7
:30
-9 p
m
17
Bib
le S
tud
y w
/ R
ab
bi
Bri
ck
ma
n 9
:30
am
Sk
ip B
id B
rid
ge
Clu
b 1
2 p
m
Mit
ka
de
m 4
pm
18
Mit
ka
de
m 4
pm
Bo
ard
Me
eti
ng 7
pm
19
Nia
8:3
0 a
m
Th
rou
gh
th
e E
yes o
f
Wo
me
n 9
:30
am
Lu
nch
& L
ea
rn w
/ R
ab
bi
Co
he
n 1
2 p
m
CS
A P
ick
Up
4-6
pm
To
t S
ha
bb
at
w/ W
en
dy
Co
he
n 5
:30
pm
To
t D
inn
er
6 p
m
Sh
ab
ba
t S
erv
ice
6:1
5 p
m
20
To
rah
Stu
dy
8 a
m
Mo
rnin
g M
inya
n 9
:30
am
Ru
by
Ba
lato
vsk
y B
at
Mit
zva
h 1
0 a
m
21
Re
ligio
us S
ch
oo
l
(K-7
th)
9:3
0 a
m
3rd
Gra
de
Fa
mily
Le
arn
ing 1
0 a
m
Cu
rre
nt
Eve
nts
Cla
ss w
/ R
ab
bi
Co
he
n 1
0-1
1:3
0 a
m
Kiv
un
12
pm
22
23
Se
nio
rs H
avu
rah
1 p
m
Mit
ka
de
m 4
pm
Ra
bb
i B
rick
ma
n’s
UW
M
cla
ss 6
:30
pm
Jew
s f
or
Jesu
s
cla
ss 7
:30
-9 p
m
24
Bib
le S
tud
y w
/ R
ab
bi
Bri
ck
ma
n 9
:30
am
Sk
ip B
id B
rid
ge
Clu
b 1
2 p
m
Mit
ka
de
m 4
pm
25
Mit
ka
de
m 4
pm
26
Nia
8:3
0 a
m
Th
rou
gh
th
e E
yes o
f
Wo
me
n 9
:30
am
Lu
nch
& L
ea
rn w
/ R
ab
bi
Co
he
n 1
2 p
m
Sh
ab
ba
t S
erv
ice
6:1
5 p
m
27
To
rah
Stu
dy
8 a
m
Mo
rnin
g M
inya
n 9
:30
am
Lia
Ore
n B
at
Mit
zva
h 1
0 a
m
28
Re
ligio
us S
ch
oo
l
(K-7
th)
9:3
0 a
m
Cu
rre
nt
Eve
nts
Cla
ss w
/ R
ab
bi
Co
he
n 1
0-1
1:3
0 a
m
Kiv
un
12
pm
29
30
Mit
ka
de
m 4
pm
Ra
bb
i B
rick
ma
n’s
UW
M
cla
ss 6
:30
pm
Ro
ck
in’
Sh
ab
ba
t
Re
he
ars
al 7
pm
Jew
s f
or
Jesu
s
cla
ss 7
:30
-9 p
m
31
Bib
le S
tud
y w
/ R
ab
bi
Bri
ck
ma
n 9
:30
am
Sk
ip B
id B
rid
ge
Clu
b 1
2 p
m
Mit
ka
de
m 4
pm
Oct
ob
er 2
012
Page 26 September-October 2012
In the Sinai Family
B’nei Mitzvah Bios
Joshua Lookatch Joshua William Lookatch will celebrate becoming a Bar Mitzvah on October 6, 2012.
Josh is the son of Tedd and Julie Lookatch and brother to Noah, 15, and Benji, 9.
Josh is just beginning his 8th grade year at Lake Shore Middle School. He plays foot-
ball for the Mequon-Thiensville Cardinal program and basketball for the Lake Shore Raiders.
He also studies bass guitar and enjoys art and drawing his own cartoon characters. As Josh's
Bar Mitzvah takes place during Sukkot, he is planning to work with the Sinai Brotherhood to
improve the synagogue's sukkah as a part of his mitzvah project.
Josh and his parents would like to thank Rabbi Cohen, Cantor Robins, Linda Ross,
Hazzan Carey Cohen and Aaron Walker, Judaic Programmer at Camp Interlaken JCC, for help-
ing him to prepare for this special day and guide him as he learns what it means to become
an active part of the Jewish community.
Nathan Klayman Taylor Nathan will become a Bar Mitzvah on October 13th, 2012. Nathan is the son of Jill Klayman
and William Taylor, Jr. He is the brother of Phoebe and the grandson of Karen and Melvyn Klayman,
Betty Taylor and the late William Taylor.
Nathan and his family recently relocated to Tampa, Florida, and Nathan is excited that he can
return to celebrate with friends and loved ones. Nathan is in 7th grade. He enjoys swimming and holds a
black belt in Tae Kwan Do. He also has a passion for science fiction and playing fantasy games.
Nathan and his family thank Rabbi Cohen and Marilyn Kraar for going above and beyond the
call of duty to help Nathan prepare for his special day. Much of their assistance and guidance took
place via phone calls, emails and Skype. They also appreciate the support provided by Cantor Robins.
Ruby Lou Balatovsky Ruby Lou Balotovsky will be called to the bimah on October 20th. She is the daughter of Rachel Buff and Joe Austin,
and the sister of Ellie Rae Balotovsky. Her grandparents are Barbara Buff, Jerry Buff, Sharon Kracov, Tommi Cherry, and Joe
and Wanda Austin. Goddessmothers are Nan Enstad and Finn Enke, Gofathers Rich Kees and Scott Marler.
Ruby is a seventh grader at Tamarack Waldorf School in Milwaukee. She enjoys horseback riding, singing, acting, and
being with friends and family. She has been working with an organization called Lifestriders, a therapeutic riding barn for chil-
dren and adults with mental and/or physical disabilities. Ruby is excited to have everyone at her Bat Mitzvah! Her Torah por-
tion contains the story of Noah, which has particular significance for her because of her great love of animals.
Ruby and her family are grateful for the guidance of Rabbi Cohen, Cantor Robins and Marilyn Kraar and the Sinai reli-
gious school.
Lia Kahn Oren Lia Kahn Oren will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah on October 27th. Lia is
a daughter of Elana Kahn-Oren and Ronen Oren, and sister of Ma'ayan. Grandparents
are Julie and Reuben Kahn of Milwaukee and Aida and Mordechay Oren of Kibbutz
Ma'abarot, Israel.
Lia is a seventh grader at Milwaukee Jewish Day School. She enjoys a variety
of sports, including softball, basketball, football, swimming, tennis, and volleyball. She
plays the drums and loves theater and arts of all kinds. She believes that all children
deserve to be involved in the arts and creative expression.
Lia will be celebrating with family and friends from near and far. She is grate-
ful to Rabbi Cohen and Linda Ross for their guidance and leadership.
If you are looking for a wonderful way to
honor or remember someone, or recog-
nize a special occasion, you can do so by
sponsoring the flowers on the Bima or
an Oneg Shabbat after a Friday night
service. Congregation Sinai typically
provides these items for Friday evenings
when there is no Bar or Bat Mitzvah. Simply let us know that
you would like to sponsor and we will create a beautiful flow-
er arrangement or dessert table to recognize your occa-
sion. All sponsorships will be acknowledged in the Sinai
Shabbat Pamphlet and the Sinai News. We will also send a
note of congratulations or thanks to the honorees. The cost
of sponsoring Bima flowers is $60.00 and an Oneg Shabbat
is $260.00.
Email Jen Friedman at [email protected] or
call (414) 352-2970.
Available Dates for Sponsorships: 9/7, 9/14, 9/28, 10/26
Sponsor an Oneg
Hamakon Y’Nachem—May God Comfort
Lisbeth (Gary) Rattner on the death of her father,
Max Gendelman
Leslie, Zach and Eli Hayes on the death of their husband and
father, Jeffrey Hayes
Marsha, Aaron, Meira, Aryeh, "Diny," and Michal Hurwitz on
the death of their husband and father, Dr. Larry Hurwitz
Sally Moskol and her brothers on the death of their father,
Edward Kapper
Gail Meissner, Nancy (John) Kennedy and John Meissner, on
the death of their husband and father, Arthur Meissner
Larry Roou on the death of his partner,
James Allan Sokolowski
Madeleine Yafet, Brad Tarnof, Elise Yafet, Elizabeth and
Caitlin Tarnof on the death of their father and grandfather,
Marvin Tarnof
Condolences to: Mazel Tov to:
Berk and Lancina families on the birth of Ella Morgan Berk
Parents, Adam and Katrina Butlein, and grandparents, Jayne
and Eric Butlein on the birth of their daughter and grand-
daughter, Presley Bijou
Nathan Fishbach honored by JFS - paying tribute to him as
the Immediate Past Board Chair at the Luncheon of
Champions
Idy and Bill Goodman on the marriage of their daughter
Mollie to Andrew O'Brien
Rosalie Kahn on the marriage of her grandson, Dan Grunfeld
to Sam Simon
Happy 90th Birthday, Jay Larkey!!!!
Marlene and Marv Lauwasser on the birth of their grand-
daughter, Camryn Avery Lauwasser
Marianne Lubar for being presented the Spirit of Community
Award from the Jewish Museum Milwaukee
Nancy and Emmett Peck are proud to announce the
graduation of their grandson Leo James Rudberg from Lake
Forest Academy with honors COM LAUDE. He will be
attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the fall.
Marleen Pugach and Bill Rickards on the birth of their
grandson, Taraz Toosi Rickards
Brandon Roth (Lauri and Rob Roth) on his engagement to
Amanda Rauschkolb
Charles & Laura Waisbren's on the engagement of their son,
Harry to Dr. Sari Burns
Life Cycle Events
If you learn of any events - births, engagements,
marriages, ordinations - that should be included in
our “My Sinai” page, please notify the congregation office at
[email protected] or by telephone
(414) 352-2970.
When there is a death in our immediate
family, please notify the synagogue office,
even if the funeral is out of town. The clergy
and the Sinai community would like the
opportunity to express sympathy for your loss.
Page 27 September-October 2012
In the Sinai Family
Those We Remember
Page 28 September-October 2012
September 7, 2012
Rose Adler
Milton B. Katz
Gertrude Kerns
Esther Larkey
Beryl Levine
Racine Meyerowitz
Lee Ostermann
Edward Rosenberg
Charlotte Schwartz
Esther Smith
Beverly Zitelman
September 14, 2012
Naum Akselrod
Andy Alameno
Kenneth Allschwang
Hilda Barash
Manny Birenholtz
Andrew Cherniack
Selmer Melvin Feld
Russell Fisher
Paul Gratch
Jim Muchin
Molly Jeanette Rosenberg
Victor Salinsky
Maybelle Sametz
Benjamin Schiffer
Pauline Schwedelson
Lilly Wallis Sidon
Jeffrey C. Siegel
Ann Simon
Lois Taus
Herman Veit
September 21, 2012
Phillip Altshul
Irving Bram
Carl Diamond
William Dinkes
Nathan Fishbach
Abe Friedman
Carl Greenfield
Sol Lindenberg
Edik Loxvitsky
Leah Mandel
Eugene Prudell
Charlotte Teweles
September 28, 2012
Sam Butlein
David Colburn
Henry Federlin
Morris Hackman
Maureen Kahn
Sara Kaplan
Milton Letven
Lottie Lubar
Miles Mandel
Mariam Medvedovsky
Anna Melcher
Sara Moskol
Ethel Primakow
Anna Reuter
Tammy Robinson
Sandra Rotter
Richard Saltzstein
Eugene Schwartz
Sara Shafton
October 5, 2012
Albert Cherniack
Lucille Fensin
Max Fershtman
Louise Friedlander
Ralph Heilbronner
Warren W. Laing
Eleanor Mann
Eli Meltzer
Joseph Pereles
Ada Perlson
Herman Pollishuke
Charlotte Rabenn
Jonathan David Resek
Mildred Sanderson
Michael Shapiro
Ethel Weinberg
Jenny Wiviott
October 12, 2012
Hannah Auerbach
Milton Auerbach
Robert Fishkin
Marvin Fishman
Mary Fishman
Jean Golper
Thomas E. Hassel
Beverly Hassel-Manburg
David Hirsh
Elise Kahn
Isadore Kaplan
Louis Kaufman
Elizabeth Lamb
Leon Lepold
Sylvia Letven
Dr. Jerome Marks
Fanny Padway
Geneva Rife
Ida Rugowitz
Virginia Saffro
David Joel Schechter
Florence Waxman
Arthur Weissman
October 19, 2012
Lana Blok
Ishmael Bratt
Steven Doyle
Mary Flesch
Harold Frolkis
Errol J. Glusman
Fanny Goodman
Louis Greenebaum Jr.
Edward Jacobson
Abram Levine
Robert Grant Marks
Morris Moskol
Dorothy Polacheck
Bernice Stein
Rabbi Ulrick Steuer
Esther Handelman Vail
Dora Werbel
October 26, 2012
Bessie Becker
Janet Bensman
Edith Bromberg
Benjamin Einhorn
Jack Fagan
Jacob Fine
Lester M. Gershan
Helen Hillman
Rose Shaiken
Abraham Tepps
Robert Weber
Elmer Winter
September Yarhzeits
October Yarhzeits
Donations received from 4/14/12-8/2/12
Adult Programming & Education Fund
In honor of Jay & Rita Brickman’s 60th
Wedding Anniversary
Eve Dicker Eiseman
In memory of Larry Hurwitz
Damien Jaques & Barbar Tabak
In memory of Arthur Ross
In memory of Kathryn Ross
Judith Ross
In memory of Sylvia Sawin
Rachel Buff
In memory of Harry Schopler
Hana Albert
Bernice Fagan
In honor of Doje Sherman’s Birthday
Alice & Marv Greenfield
Freidel & Erv Pierson
Andy Brickman Museum Fund
In honor of Rabbi jay and Rita Brickman’s
60th Wedding Anniversary
Jacob and Gloria Golding
Ruth Goldmann & Harry Wallace
Sue & Joel Kimmel
Pat & Allen Rieselbach
Mildred Schapiro
Ruth Goldmann & Harry Wallace
Ann Pereles
In memory of Selma Kay
Stanley Jolton
Miriam Miringoff Kitchen Fund
In memory of Myne Hootkin
Timmy, Danielle, Justin, &
Riley Strauss
In honor of Judi Ketten
Michael & Joan Friedman
In honor of Joan & Mike Friedman-with
gratitude
In memory of Bob Hurwitz
In memory of Carol Laur
In honor of Jody & Paul Loewenstein’s
Special Anniversary
In honor of Jonathan Lopez’s Graduation
In memory of Miriam Miringoff
In memory of Roey Pokrass
In memory of Marley Stein’s Mother
Judi & Michael Ketten
Tzedakah Fund
In memory of Irvin Becker
Joan & Michael Friedman
In memory of Dorothy Domer
Mimi Schechter and
David Weissman
In memory of Frances Fershtman
Naomi and Mort Soifer
Contributions
Page 29 September-October 2012
In memory of Nathan Fishbach
Glenn & Eileen Graves
In memory of Mollie Friedland
Neal and Sue Zechman
In memory of Sol Gollin
Deborah & Jim Gollin
In honor of Marriage of Mollie Goodman and
Andrew O’Brien
Edith Gilman
Jeff, Ilene, and Seth Wasserman
In memory of Donald Greenebaum
In memory of Marion Loundy
In memory of Sid Palay
Idy and Bill Goodman
In memory of Herman Larkey
Jay Larkey
In honor of Jay Larkey’s 90th Birthday
Naomi & Mort Soifer
Speedy recovery of Dr. Jay Larkey
Edith Gilman
In memory of Lester Meyer
Rick Meyer and Gail Hoffman
In memory of Leah Mlavsky
Alla & Zorian Pinsky
In memory of Yeva Pinsky
Zorian Pinsky
In memory of Irwin Porter
In memory of Rachel Porter
Idy & Bill Goodman & Family
In memory of Edith Schermer
Deborah & Brian Schermer
In honor of Doje Sherman’s Birthday
Edith Gilman
In memory of Harry Soifer
Naomi & Mort Soifer
In memory of Gene Suvalsky
Julie & Yoni Zvi
In memory of Howard Tepps
Anna Tepps
In memory of Earl Zechman
In memory of Ida Zechman
Neal & Susan Zechman
Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund
In appreciation
Paul Loewenstein
Sari Schiff
In memory of Maurice Ansfield
James J. Ansfield
In memory of Jeanette Barnow
Bernice Fagan and Family
In memory of Irvin Becker
Margery Becker
In memory of Anne Berger
Sanford, Daniel, & Lauren Berger
In honor of Sophia Bern’s Bat Mitzvah
Scott and Cara Seppi Bern
In memory of Sue Bilkis’s mother
Francine Glusman
In honor of Rabbi Jay and Rita Brickman’s
60th Wedding Anniversary
Toots Hassel
Barbara Shafton
In memory of Robert Brill
Marian Brill
In memory of Louis Cohen
Beverly Rattner
In memory of Eugene Frank
Jeff Frank and Family
Bernice Fagan and Family
In memory of Theodore Friedlander
Jean Friedlander
In memory of Myron Fromstein
Mitchell & Lita Fromstein
In honor of Gina and Sam Golding’s B’nei
Mitzvah
James & Marion Golding
In memory of Erwin Grossmann
In memory of Helen Grossmann
Beth & Ron Shapiro
In memory of Ellis Hassel
Toots Hassel
In memory of David Holman
Alan, Jodi, Hanna, &
Aaron Holman
In memory of Ed Kapper
Margie Becker
Miriam & Gene Mayer
In memory of Margaret Kaufmann
In memory of William Kaufmann
Mary & Jamie Kaufmann
In memory of Sam Kaufman
Barbara Shafton
In memory of Joseph Lubar
Esther & Robert Sametz
In memory of Sheldon Malmon
In memory of Ann Recht
Morris & Sheila Rudberg
In memory of Mamie Muchin
Toots Hassel
In memory of Lisa Phillips
Jim Phillips
In memory of Max Recht
Sheila & Morrie Rudberg
In memory of Bess Rosenberg
Marcia Cherniack
In memory of Nina Rotman
In memory of Rose Taitelman
Sheila and Donald Taitelman
In memory of Manny Rotter
In memory of Gertrude Schulner
In memory of Max Schulner
Robert Schlossmann
In honor of Jen Saber
Jodi & Alan Holman
In memory of Leo Shafton
Barbara Shafton
In memory of Eugene Usow
Barry and Leslie Usow
In memory of Morton Wolfe
Rona & Gary Wolfe & Family
Cantor’s Discretionary Fund
In memory of Siegfried Lowin
In memory of Frances Pories
In memory of Theodore Stroiman
Linda & Bill Ross
Passport to Israel Fund
In memory of Nat Goldsmith
Lloyd & Sheri Levin
Contributions made to the Operating Fund
In memory of Philip Croen
Bede Segal
In memory of Ardell Eisenberg
Speedy recovery of Seema Gorens
Marcia and Gerry Cherniack
In honor of Edith Gilman for Mother’s Day
Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Gilman &
Family
In memory of Eva Jolton
Stanley, Jay, Mike, & Jeff Jolton
In memory of Gerald Kahn
Rosalie Kahn
In memory of Joseph Lauwasser
Marv Lauwasser
In memory of Marvin Mandel
Bob, Andrea, Benjamin, Noah, &
Daniel Mandel
In memory of Lisa Phillips
William Heller
In memory of Leo Wexler
In memory of Elaine Wexler Kopans
Ellen Eckman
Floral and Oneg Fund
In memory of Henrietta Aronow
Harriet Weiss
In honor of birth of Ella Morgan Berk
In memory of Elza Roth
In memory of Leonard Roth
In memory of Jim Allan Sokolowski
The Lancina Family
Contributions
Page 30 September-October 2012
In memory of Nellie Cherniack
In memory of Selma Cherniack Nasberg
Gerry Cherniack
In memory of Murray Glass
Mark Glass
In memory of Allen Goldmann
Ruth Goldmann
In memory of Robert Hersch
Ida Pumpian
In honor of Polly Siegel’s 80th Birthday
Muriel Silbar
In memory of Sidney Silbar
Muriel Silbar
In memory of Theodore Stroiman
Ruth Stroiman
Chesed (Caring) Fund
In memory of Beverly Bender
Rosalee and Herb Bratt
In memory of Dr. Theodore Cayle
In memory of William Miller
Shari Cayle and Family
In memory of Dan Fried
Fried Family
In memory of Donald Greenebaum
Sandy Saltzstein & Darrin Lile
Judith Saltzstein
In memory of Jack D. Levin
In memory of Dr. Harold Ottenstein
Deborah & Jim Gollin
In memory of Mathilda Luff
In memory of William Luff
Dorothy & Al Meyers
In memory of Molly Razeper
Doje Sherman
In memory of John Roberts
Keith & Joanne Roberts
In memory of Nina Seppi
Elyse & B.J. Cohn & Family
Music Fund
In memory of William Kopans
Ellen & Fred Eckman
In memory of Judith Peck
Emmett Peck
In memory of Rosemary Pokrass
Bede Segal
In honor and Appreciation of Cantor
Rebecca Robins
Margie Becker
Michael & Joan Friedman
Jacob M. Fine & Family Library &
Technology Fund
In memory of Rae Baily
In memory of Sheldon Baily
Robin & Hugh Hoffman
Those making donations will receive
recognition for their generosity in the
Sinai News. Those honored or the
family of someone remembered will
receive notice in the mail from
Congregation Sinai.
In memory of Helen Butlein
In honor of Nancy & Steve Einhorn’s 70th
Birthdays
In memory of Bernice Greenspan
In memory of Morty Greenspan
Jayne and Eric Butlein
In memory of David Fishkin
In memory of Rose Fishkin
Pauline Zarne
In memory of Robert W. Mann
Audrey Mann
Janet Greenebaum Scholarship Fund
In memory of Donald Greenebaum
Marian Brill
Ruth Goldmann & Harry Wallace
Glenn & Eileen Graves
Fred and Anne Horwitz
Gloria Krasno
Arlene Mann
Ann Pereles
Jim Phillips
Mimi Schechter &
David Weissman
David & Sally Weber
In memory of Louis Greenebaum, Sr.
In memory of Edward Loewenthal
In memory of Katherine Loewenthal
In memory of Rena Padway
Janet Greenebaum
Robert Grant Marks Youth Fund
In memory of Lawrence Chudnow
Melissa Chudnow & John Yopps
In memory of Jack Kaplowitz
Leslie & Barry Usow
In memory of Barbara Zeligs
Betsy, Jessica, & Shelly Goldberg
Landscape Fund
In memory of Marc Flesch
Shellie Blumenfield
Jim & Ellen Flesch
In memory of Donald Greenebaum
Dick Kahn & Sue Freeman
Caroline & Bill Schulhof
Speedy recovery of Dr. Jay Larkey
Marian Brill
In memory of Neal Lebow
Ruth Goldmann & Harry Wallace
In memory of Katherine Gollin Miller
Deborah & Jim Gollin
In memory of Roey Pokrass
Marian Brill
In memory of Sam Rosenbloom
Caroline & Bill Schulhof & Family
Prayer Book Fund
In memory of Jack Levin
Deborah & Jim Gollin
Lieberman Memorial Arts Fund
In memory of Donald Greenebaum
In memory of Jay Lieberman
In memory of Joseph Lieberman
In memory of Larry D. Lieberman
In memory of Sabilia Bibbye Lieberman
Joan Lieberman
In memory of Beatrice Kapper
Sally Kapper Moskol and Family
In memory of Ben Kolbur
In memory of Faye Kolbur
Ruth Goldmann
Joan Lieberman
In memory of Arthur Stone
In memory of Steven Stone
Nancy, Scott, Andrew &
Stephanie Phillips
Anita & Bob Stone
In memory of Sam Winick
Nancy, Scott, Andrew, &
Stephanie Phillips
Anita & Bob Stone
Barbara Eiseman Memorial Fund for
Spiritual Growth
In memory of Daniel Albert
Hana Albert
In memory of Dorothy Domer
Gloria Krasno
In memory of Robert Eiseman
Eve Dicker Eiseman
Arlene Mann
In memory of Bessie Kohlenberg
In memory of Jack Kohlenberg
Dorothy Bein-Arenzon
Congregation Sinai Endowment at the
Jewish Community Foundation
In memory of Hyman Madnek
In honor of Daniel Schiff’s Bar Mitzvah
Sharon Madnek
In memory of John Mann
Jo Ann Mann
In memory of Paul Pugach
Marleen Pugach & Bill Richards
Broadway on the Bima
In honor of Rabbi Jay & Rita Brickman’s
60th Wedding Anniversary
Joan & William Mandel
Arlene Mann
In honor of Joan & Mike Friedman
Kathy & Bill Heilbronner
In honor of Rabbi Jay and Rita Brickman’s
60th Anniversary
Marc & Debbie Berkson
Saturday Torah Study Class
Henry & Judith Eckstein
Leonard & Diana Goldstein
Jody Heilbronner
Evelyn Herman
James Kupper
Barbara & Ed Levi
Jill & Peter Olive
Donald & Helen Polacheck
Elaine Sanderson
Art & Gerry Schmidman
Jim & Francine Schulhof
Barbara Shafton
David & Jill Sheer
Doje Sherman
Florence Slavick
Gertrude Stillman
Barb Tabak & Damien Jacques
Youth Enrichment Scholarship Fund
In honor of Rebecca Robins
Idy & Bill Goodman
In honor of Edith Gilman for Mother’s Day
Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Gilman &
Family
In memory of Eva Jolton
Stanley, Jay, Mike, & Jeff Jolton
Contributions
Page 31 September-October 2012
Congregation Sinai 8223 N. Port Washington Road, Fox Point, WI 53217
Member of the Union for Reform Judaism
Board of Trustees, 2012-2013 Marc Kartman, President Craig Johnson, Vice President Andy Gollin, Vice President Tom St. John, Treasurer Sandy Saltzstein, Secretary Judi Ketten, Past President Marlene Lauwasser, Past President Patti Levy, Past President Dan Elias, Membership Judy Flegel, Youth Education Idy Goodman, Social Action Davida Amenta, Social Action Toots Hassel Hugh Hoffman, Finance Julie Lookatch Nick Padway Amy Newman, Chesed Jimmy Schulhof, Building & Grounds Mark Sweet Jill Weinshel, Celebrations
The form below may be used when submitting your donation. Those remembered will be promptly informed of your thoughtfulness. Please return form to the Sinai office. Please make checks payable to Congregation Sinai.
Note: Suggested minimum donations is $10.00.
□Adult Programming & Education Fund
□Andy Brickman Museum Fund
□Barbara Eiseman Memorial Fund for Spiritual Growth
□Cantor’s Discretionary Fund
□Chesed (Caring) Fund
□Congregation Sinai Endowment (@ the Jewish Community Foundation)
□Congregation Sinai Operating Fund
□Floral & Oneg Fund
□Jacob M. Fine & Family Library & Technology Fund
□Landscape Fund □Lieberman Memorial Arts Fund □Miriam Miringoff Kitchen Fund □Music Fund
□Passport to Israel Fund
□Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund
□Robert Grant Marks Youth Fund
□Tzedakah Fund
□Youth Enrichment Scholarship Fund
□Other_________________
Send acknowledgement card to:
Name:_______________________________________
Address:_____________________________________
City:___________________ State:_____ Zip:________
From:
Name:___________________________________________
Address:_________________________________________
City:____________________ State:_____ Zip:__________
Phone:__________________________________________
□ Do not include my contribution in the Sinai News.
Enclosed is a $________________ contribution
□In honor of □In memory of □Other ________________________________________________________
ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED