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Shabbat, March 9 and 10, 2018 / 23 Adar 5778
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
אש�ר־נש�או לבו ו�כל אש�ר נדבה רוחו אתו הביאו את־תרומת ה' למלאכת אהל ו�י�באו כל־איש מועד ולכל־עבדתו ולבגדי הקדש
“And everyone who excelled in ability and everyone whose spirit was moved came,
bringing to the Eternal an offering for the work of the Tent of Meeting and for all its service and for the sacral vestments.” (Exodus 35:21)
SHABBAT PROGRAM SHABBAT PROGRAM
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Welcome to CBST!
Congregation Beit Simchat Torah is a vibrant spiritual community and an influential progressive voice within Judaism. We are people of all sexual orientations and gender identities. We hope you feel at home here. Here for the first time? Have a question? Interested in getting involved? Ask an usher for a “Learn about CBST” card. Leave the card with an usher and we’ll be in touch after Shabbat. Visit www.cbst.org.
Photo by Esteban Kuriel
ברוכים וברוכות הבאים לקהילת בית שמחת תורה! קהילת בית שמחת תורה מקיימת קשר רב שנים ועמוק עם ישראל, עם הבית הפתוח בירושלים לגאווה ולסובלנות ועם הקהילה הגאה בישראל.
ן לגלות יהדות ליבראלית גם בישראל! \אנחנו מזמינים אתכם ם בפלאיירים בכניסה. \ן לחגוג את סיפור החיים שלכן\ות אתכםמצאו את המידע על קהילות רפורמיות המזמינ
לפרטים נוספים ניתן לפנות לרב נועה סתת [email protected]
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MARCH 9, 2018 / 23 ADAR 5778 PARASHAT VAYAKHEL-PEKUDEI SHABBAT PARAH
OPENING PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS הכנת הלב *Niggun Bratslav Chassidim נגון
*Hineh Mah Tov Folk הנה מה טוב 30
*Candle Blessings Abraham Wolf Binder (1895-1967) הדלקת נרות ש�ל ש�בת 38 *Shalom Aleichem Israel Goldfarb (1879-1956) ש�לום עליכם 40
KABBALAT SHABBAT / WELCOMING SHABBAT קבלת ש�בת *L’chu N’ran’nah (Psalm 95) Reuben Sirotkin (Born 1933) (תהלים צה) לכו נ�ננה 52
*Arba’im Shanah (Psalm 95) Yoel Sykes (Born 1986) )תהלים צה( ש�נה א�בעים 52
*Mizmor L’David (Psalm 29) Shlomo Carlebach (1926-1994) (תהלים כט)מזמור לדו�ד 62
L'chah Dodi לכה דודי 66(Shlomo Alkabetz)
Yoel Sykes (Born 1986)* Moshe Laufer*
*Mizmor Shir (Psalm 92) Beit T’filah Yisraeli (Tel Aviv) מזמור ש�יר (תהלים צב) 72
MA’ARIV / THE EVENING SERVICE מע�יב Bar’chu Nusach ב�כו 78
Hama’ariv Aravim Nusach המע�יב ע�בים 80
*Ahavat Olam Eric Mandell (1903-1988) אהבת עולם 86
Sh’ma Yisrael Salomon Sulzer (1804-1890) ש�מע י�ש��אל 88
V’ahavta Torah Cantillation (Trop) ו�אהבת 89 *Mi Chamocha Dan Nichols (Born 1969) מי כמכה 94
*Hashkiveinu Modzitz Chassidim הש�כיבנו 98 *V’shamru Moshe Rothblum (Born 1944) ו�ש�מרו 102
Chatsi Kaddish Nusach חצי קדיש 104 Silent Amidah עמידה 106
120 and Program
ו��עי אחי למען (תהלים קכב)
Lema’an Achai V’rei’ai (Psalm 122)
Shlomo Carlebach (1925-1994)*
Prayer for Healing תפלה ל�פואה 130
Program תפלה למדינה Prayer for Our Country Blessing of the New Month Improvisation ב�כת החדש 136
Kaddish Shalem Nusach קדיש ש�לם 138
GUEST SPEAKER: SIGGY MASSENBAUER ד�ש�ה Program Sleepsong
Music: Rolf Løvland Words: Brendan Graham
*Aleinu Salomon Sulzer (1804-1890) עלינו 140 Mourner’s Kaddish קדיש י�תום 150
Program עולם חסד י�בנה
(תהלים פט)Olam Chesed Yibaneh Text: Psalm 89:3 Menachem Creditor (Born 1975)*
*Arranged by Joyce Rosenzweig
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Sleepsong Lay down your head and I'll sing you a lullaby
Back to the years of loo-li-lai-lay. And i'll sing you to sleep and i'll sing you
tomorrow, Bless you with love for the road that you go. May you sail fair to the far fields of fortune,
With diamonds and pearls at your head and your feet.
And may you need never to banish misfortune, May you find kindness in all that you meet.
May there be angels to watch over you,
To guide you each step of the way, To guard you and keep you safe from all the
harm. Loo-li, loo-li, lai-lay/
May you bring love and may you bring happiness,
Be loved in return to the end of your days. Now fall off to sleep, i'm not meaning to keep
you. I'll just sit for a while and sing loo-li, lai-lay.
Loo-li, lai-lay...
Lema’an Achai VeRe’ai / למען אחי ורעי Because of my brothers and friends Because of my sisters and friends Please let me ask, please let me say: “Peace to you” This is the house, the house of God, I wish the best for you. This is the house, the house of God, I wish the best for you. This World Will Be Built by Love / עולם חסד יבנה Olam Chesed Yibaneh… yai dai dai dai dai dai dai [x4] I will build this world from love… yai dai dai dai dai dai dai And you must build this world from love... yai dai dai dai dai dai dai And if we build this world from love... yai dai dai dai dai dai dai Then God will build this world from love… yai dai dai dai dai dai dai
COMPOSER FEATURE Yoel Sykes (born 1986) is a prayer leader, instrumentalist, and composer for the Nava Tehila community (an emerging prayer and study group) in Jerusalem. He studied flamenco guitar at the Center for Eastern Music in Jerusalem and at the Carmen de las Cuevas School in Granada. Yoel has composed dozens of melodies set to prayers, ranging from simple chants to complex musical pieces. Some of these can be heard on the Nava Tehila’s two albums: “Dancing in the Glory” and “Waking Heart.” Yoel’s music shows the influence of rock and blues, reggae and flamenco, as well as Arabic, Moroccan, and African music.
Tonight’s Service Leaders Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum Cantor Steve Zeidenberg, Steven M. Fruh-Paul L. Marsolini Cantorial Position Music Director and Pianist: Joyce Rosenzweig Guest Harpists/Singers: Siggy Massenbauer and Salomon Ellia Guest Speaker: Siggy Massenbauer
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GUEST HARPISTS/SINGERS Siggy Massenbauer was born in Vienna (Austria) has been listening to the harp “within” her ever since she was a little child. She saw it as a mystical instrument and out of reach, but when she went to Ireland, she discovered the Celtic harp and has bonded with it ever since. She loves to play and sing tunes from many different traditions and eras, feeling that music is the universal language that helps weave harmony and healing across the world. Salomon Ellia was born in France, lived in Vienna and Israel. As a singer and harpist, he explores more particularly and ardently the world of Jewish Mediterranean music, which he feels echoes his origins. Since 2011 he has been the director of the festival Harpes d´exil (Caen). A versatile artist and pedagogue, he devotes himself to share this childhood dream—the harp—as well as his passion in all its diversity.
Eli Mertzel's Social Justice Project “My name is Eli P. Mertzel, and I’m becoming a Bar Mitzvah at CBST on March 10. As my social justice project I’m doing a Midnight Run (the breakfast version). We will be going around and giving essentials such as food, water, and clothing to the homeless. I will be collecting these necessities at CBST: canned food such as soup, bottled water, and toiletries (travel or sample size). For more information go to midnightrun.org. Thank you for your donations of these important items and your support!”
PRAYER for OUR COUNTRY Source of all Life, Guide our leaders with righteousness, Strengthen their hearts,
but keep them from hardening. That they may use their influence and authority to
speak truth and act for justice (Isaiah 16:3-5). May all who dwell in this country
share in its bounty, enjoy its freedoms, and be protected by its laws.
May this nation use its power and wealth to be a voice for justice, peace, and equality for all who dwell on earth.
May we be strong and have courage To be bold in our action and deep in our compassion, To discern when we must listen and when we must act, To uproot bigotry, intolerance, misogyny, racism,
discrimination, and violence in all its forms, To celebrate the many faces of God reflected
in the wondrous diversity of humanity, To welcome the stranger and the immigrant
and to honor the gifts of those who seek refuge and possibility here, as they have since before this nation was born.
Let justice well up like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream (Amos 5:24)
© Rabbi Ayelet Cohen
שכינה, אם כל חי, שלחי אורך ואמתך למנהיגנו חזקי לבבותיהם שלא יתקשו
שישתמשו בכוחן כדי לדבר אמת ולפעול בצדק (ישעיהו טז, ג-ה)
מי יתן וכל יושבי הארץ יחלקו בעושרה, ישגשגו בחופש שתציע, ויהיו מוגנים בחוקיה
מי יתן ואומה זו תשתמש בכוחה ובעושרה על מנת לקדם צדק, חופש ושלום לכל יושבי תבל
מי יתן ונהיה חזקות ואמיצים מי יתן ונהיה נועזים במעשי ידנו ועמוקות בחמלה שבלבנו
ב ומתי עלינו לפעולשנבחין מתי עלינו להקשי לעקור שנאה, גזענות, שוביניזם, אפליה, אלימות בכל צורה,
לחגוג את צלם אלוהים בפנים שונות המשתקפות בכל המגוון
האנושילקבל את הזר ואת המהגרת, ולכבד את המתנות שמביא כל מי שמבקשת מקלט והזדמנות בארץ זו, כפי שהיה מאז לפני
שאומה זו נולדה ו�י�ג ל כמי�ם, מש�פט; וצדקה, כנחל איתן
(עמוס ה כד)
Hebrew by Rabbi Noa Sattath
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Condolences We are saddened to announce the death of long-time former CBST member, Annette Kraut, z"l. She died Wednesday, March 7 in Florida.
Giovanni Forte Larry Lercher
Robert Rothleder
Mark Turkel
Family & Friends memorialized on plaques on the Kuriel Chapel Memorial Wall Melvin Blake Victor David Cohen Mina DeMucha Josephine Gould Irving Gross Helen Gursky Martin Kolodny
Alexander Kohn Rae Kosow Harry Lai Sylvia Singer Liese Edward Mills Sam Mizrahi Billie Oxenhirt David Schack
Hyman Sebolsky Solomon Strickler Morris Shapiro Benjamin Siegel Marie Spahn Harmen van den Bogaert
The CBST community extends condolences to mourners among us. May God comfort you among all who mourn. We pray for peace.
All are welcome to an Oneg downstairs following the service. Seating & Accessibility: CBST is committed to accessibility. At Friday night services, several spaces for someone in a wheelchair and an adjacent chair are reserved; seats are released at 6:45pm if not occupied. We are live streaming each service. To ensure you will not be in the camera’s view, please sit in the balcony seats. Phones and photography: Please silence your cell phones. Photos are not permitted during services. Bags and coats: Please leave your bags and coats in the coatroom. If you wish to bring them into the sanctuary, they are subject to search by security personnel. Smoking: Is not permitted within 25 feet of our front door so that smoke doesn’t drift back in. Thank you. From CBST’s Green Team: We are blessed to live in a city where rigid plastics are recyclable. Toss plastic straws, bottles, etc. in receptacles labeled “cans/bottles.” The earth & the Green Team thank you. Tonight, our thanks to Better Events Sound Technician · CBST Set-Up Staff Jorge Loyola and Victor Reyes · CBST Members & Friends who greet everyone at services · Shabbat donors and sponsors.
Refuah Shlemah – Healing Prayers Julie Levinsohn Aarlev Alton Bader Jenny Berman Cindy Shenker Campbell Elyse Cherry Thomas Duane
Rita Fischer Mary Goldrich Josephine Kleinbaum Steve Kotick Ester Kuriel
Connie Kurtz Ken Levinsohn Neil Tiger Sheila Trachtenberg Rose Wahnon
If you or a CBST member you know is ill and would like support, contact [email protected]. This printed list is for those with acute illness. You may say a name aloud during the healing prayer at services. CBST’s Chesed Committee provides assistance for members who are hospitalized or recovering from illness or loss. Email [email protected]. We’re your community, we’re here for you.
Yortzeits 23 Adar through 29 Adar Members memorialized on Wine Family Sanctuary Memorial Wall
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Ahead… Saturday, March 10, 2018 / 23 Adar 5778 Liberal Minyan, 10:00am Service Leader: Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum and Rabbi Yael Rapport
Ba’al Tefillah: Cantor Steve Zeidenberg Bar Mitzvah: Eli Potasinski Mertzel D’var Torah: Eli Potasinski Mertzel
Friday, March 16, 2018 / 1 Nisan 5778 Parashat Vayikra Kabbalat Shabbat Services, 6:30pm Service Leader: Rabbi Yael Rapport Ba’alei Tefillah: Cantor Steve Zeidenberg and Nora Isacoff Music Director and Pianist: Joyce Rosenzweig Drashah: Rabbi Yael Rapport
Saturday, March 10, 2018 / 23 Adar 5778 Traditional Egalitarian Minyan Ba’al Tefillah: Cantor Steve Zeidenberg D’var Torah: Rabbi Jo Hirschman
House of Peace Oneg: Introduction to the Qu'ran Friday, March 9, 8:30 pm to 9:15 pm (after Shabbat services) A knowledge of the Qu'ran is central to any understanding of Islam, but it is a challenge to the non-Muslim. Asad Dandia of the Islamic Center at NYU will provide a background of Mohammed and his times, the transmission of the Qu'ranic text and its history, an overview of its contents and use in Islamic worship, personal devotion, education and law, as well as ways for the non-Muslim to begin study. House of Peace Oneg: Muslim Prayer, Worship, and Personal Devotion Friday, March 16th, 8:30pm to 9:15pm (after Shabbat services) To be an observant Muslim is to spend a life in prayer—at home, in the mosque, and while going about daily life. Asad Dandia will provide an overview of the text and choreography of daily prayer, with a handout of the prayers in Arabic, transliteration, and translation. More information on both Onegs can be found at http://bit.ly/HOPOneg.
See all these events and more at www.cbst.org/events/month
Aleinu's Havdalah Hangout: Talmud Study Saturday, March 10, 7:30pm, Crown Heights, Brooklyn Aleinu member Josh DeMoya, who is currently studying at Hadar (the esteemed institute of Jewish learning will lead this month’s text study and Havdalah service. No background necessary! Snacks and drinks will be provided. Register at http://bit.ly/HavdalahMarch.
March Shabbat Dinner Hosted by Mishpachah Friday, March 16, 5:00pm, 130 West 30th Street Please note the change of date for this month’s dinner. Enjoy a pasta feast while you build new friendships, have some fun, and support one another at a Shabbat dinner before services for those age 55 and up and their friends of all ages. $16 per person if paid by the Monday before. Register at http://bit.ly/MarchMishpachah.
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Israeli Dancing with Mitch Ginsburgh Monday, March 19, 7:00pm, 130 West 30th Street New dancers should come ready to enjoy the best Israeli music from yesterday and today, build coordination and dance skills as we learn new dances and master challenges, and sweat. No dance experience is necessary. CBST member Laurie Magid exclaimed, "Mitch Ginsburg took me back to all the fun of summer camp 40 years ago. Great class for both beginners and experts."
CBST. JEWISH. LGBTQ. 60+ Thursday, March 22, 2018 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM, 130 West 30th Street Enjoy a day of music, lunch, deep learning, and shmoozing with our clergy, members, and friends. Cantor Zeidenberg will prepare members for Pesach, SAGE will provide an art instructor, and Rabbi Rapport will continue the series on Jewish Thinkers, focusing on Baruch Spinoza. Purchase the book An Introduction to Jewish Thinkers at J. Levine (less expensive than Amazon!). Located at 5 West 30th Street, 212-695-6888. Please read the chapter on Baruch Spinoza for this class. Modest sliding scale fee is made possible by generous sponsorship of this program. Sign up at http://bit.ly/60PlusMarch.
CBST Community Retreat Friday, April 27—Sunday, April 29, Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center, Falls Village, CT We are thrilled to announce this year's annual retreat to be held at Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center. The theme of this year’s retreat, “The 70 Faces of Israel,” reflects Israel’s many facets, from the ancient land to the modern state, as well as the many people who live there. http://bit.ly/2018CBSTRetreat
Weekly Actions of a Bold Spiritual Community of Resistance and Love
Resistance: Calls and Cards Thursdays, 12:30—2:00pm at 130 West 30th Street Come for pizza to fuel your phone calls and postcard writing. Make your voice heard by exercising your right to contact your officials. Bring a cell phone and your fighting spirit!
Welcoming Visit at Islamic Center at NYU Fridays, 12:45—2:30pm at 238 Thompson St. Welcome worshippers to the Islamic Center at NYU’s Jummah mid-day prayer service.To participate in House of Peace, speak to Harold Levine or Kristen Plylar-Moore, or email Harold at [email protected].
Help Puerto Rico? Operation Aqua is providing a reliable source of safe drinking water to families across Puerto Rico. CBST member and AFT President Randi Weingarten is spearheading this effort in conjunction with AFT, AFSCME, Operation Blessing International, and the Hispanic Federation. A $30 contribution provides an in-house purifier that requires no electricity and provides 10+ gallons of safe water per day to a family. $5,000 delivers a generator that can disinfect 150,000 gallons per day, enough safe water for thousands. For donations and more information: https://www.aft.org/operation-agua
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House of Peace + Sanctuary Email, now with even more social justice! If you're not on the House of Peace email list, please go to http://bit.ly/SocialJusticeEmail to add your name and be among the first to know about CBST's upcoming actions.
Are You Registered to Vote? Make a difference! VOTE! Deadlines for the New York 2018 elections: For the June 26 Federal Primary: June 1; for the September 11 Local Primary: August 17; for the November 6 General Election: October 12. More information on how to register go to http://bit.ly/NYVote2018.
MUSIC AT CBST Monday, March 12, 7:00pm: Harp Concert Shushan Hashalom Monday, May 7, 7:00pm: Concert for Social Justice Sunday June 10, 4:00pm: Celebrating Israel at 70, featuring the CBST Chorus Monday, November 5, 7:00pm: Marcus Goldhaber presents a program in observance of Veterans Day
Harp Concert: Shushan Hashalom Monday, March 12, 7:00pm, 130 West 30th Street Shushan Hashalom is a story of a friendship—a bridge between two worlds—woven through harp strings and the voices of Siggy Massenbauer and Salomon (Guillaume Ellia). Siggy’s work is influenced by Celtic and medieval music. Salomon’s work explores Jewish and Mediterranean music. The duo has created a collection of songs in Yiddish, Judeo-Spanish, English, German, Italian, and more. They share their traditions in the belief that this cross-cultural project presents hope for each human being to let their own light shine. “All our differences can glow among us as sparks
that animate the flame of one same candle, the one of universal love.” The concert will also feature Cantor Steve Zeidenberg and the CBST Chorus under the direction of CBST Music Director Joyce Rosenzweig. Tickets and contributions: http://bit.ly/HarpConcert.
Shiv’im Panim: Celebrating Israel at 70: Music of Peace, Protest, and Promise Sunday, June 10, 4:00pm, 130 West 30th Street This year’s Annual Concert will be an exhilarating showcase of the gorgeous and amazingly diverse music that has been created in Israel over the past 70 years. From folk and art songs to choral and chamber music to liturgical settings, piyyutim, and popular music, this extraordinary poetry and music tells the complex story of Israel’s struggles and dreams, her accomplishments and challenges. Performers include many of New York’s and Israel’s finest musicians, along with our own Cantor Steve Zeidenberg and the CBST Community Chorus under the direction of CBST Music Director Joyce Rosenzweig. This provocative concert will stir your soul and hopefully connect you in unexpected ways to the land and peoples of Eretz Yisrael. Sponsorships and tickets: http://bit.ly/CBSTAnnualConcert.
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EDUCATION Lehrhaus Adult
Spring 2018 Tuesdays, February 6, 13, 20, 27, March 6, 13, and 20 * 6:30pm: Deepening the Shabbat Morning Service
7:45pm: Intro to Hebrew Language II OR Intermediate Hebrew II Classes are open to all; * Spring classes are required for CBST Adult B’nai Mitzvah students. Questions? Email [email protected]
CBST Adult B’nai Mitzvah Program This remarkable journey of learning, praying, studying, and exploring Jewish identity and tradition is open to all CBST members. Learning covers topics including liturgy, Jewish history, Torah, theology, Hebrew, and Cantillation. Sign up to join the cohort at bit.ly/AdultBnaiMitzvahReg. We look forward to learning, questioning, and exploring together.
Children’s Education and Programs at CBST CBST is committed to a dynamic, inclusive, and multifaceted Jewish education program for our children and their families. Through learning and doing, our program builds and strengthens a contemporary, learned, relevant, ethical, and deeply rooted sense of both Jewish and LGBTQ values and identity, reflecting our community and enabling our children to understand the diversity of the Jewish world and find their home in it. Alef Bet Shabbat: a song-filled, kid-and-baby-focused (age 0-5, with their grown-ups) service. No registration required. Same schedule as Limmud, check www.cbst.org/events/month for details.
Limmud b’Shabbat for students K-7th Grade: T’fillah Services for Children, Hebrew instruction, Jewish texts and core values, art, drama, music, Jewish culture and history, and LGBTQ values. Registration required.
B’nai Mitzvah for Children: Children of CBST members, under the age of 13, prepare for B’nai Mitzvah through Limmud b’Shabbat, our Children’s Education program, which includes CBST clergy, staff, and tutors.
Teen Track –For students grades 8-12. Enroll: http://bit.ly/CBSTLimmud! Email Julie Seltzer at [email protected]
PESACH AT CBST Selling Your Chametz In addition to the halacha (Jewish law) that prohibits eating chametz (leaven) during Pesach, we are forbidden to own chametz or to have it on our premises. Tradition provides a legal procedure whereby we sell our chametz and, an hour after the end of the holiday, purchase it back (without actual delivery or pick-up). The form for selling your chametz to CBST: http://bit.ly/Chametz2018. Ma’ariv & CBST Annual Second Night Community Seder 5778 Saturday, March 31, 6:30pm, 130 West 30th Street CBST’s Second Night Passover Seder draws on familiar and newly formed texts and rituals. Enjoy a Kosher savory meal (vegetarian options available) served in our Wine Family Sanctuary. We promise, this night will be different from all other nights. We have a limited number of scholarship vouchers from UJA-Federation of NY. Contact Yolanda at [email protected] to find out more. Register at http://bit.ly/SecondSeder2018.
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Tonight’s Oneg (Delight) Sponsored by
Deluxe Oneg: Kenneth Karpel and Ira Rosenblum mark several special occasions tonight: We welcome Siggy Massenbauer, our wonderful guide from Austria, to New York City and CBST; yesterday we celebrated Kenneth's 71st birthday; and this coming week is our 42nd anniversary—we met at CBST in 1975—and the 6th anniversary of our legal wedding!
Deluxe Oneg: Paul Sebolsky in memory of my father, Hyman Sebolsky, z”l.
Deluxe Oneg: Barbara Dolgin and Hanna Gafni in honor of Eli Potasinski Mertzel on your Bar Mitzvah. Mazel Tov!
Deluxe Oneg: CBST Board of Directors in honor of Eli Potasinski Mertzel and his family on his Bar Mitzvah. Mazal tov!
Deluxe Oneg: Dvorah Stoll In honor of Stanley Moldovan, z”l…. I’m keeping your seat warm for you. You will be dearly missed my friend. You were one of a kind. In memory of Ralph Kaplan, z”l, on his second yortzeit. Cousin and mentor—he taught me to live by Jewish values, be generous, and work hard. And in honor of Eli Potasinski Mertzel on becoming a Bar Mitzvah tomorrow.
Harold Levine On the week of International Woman’s Day, I honor the women of CBST in our clergy, staff, lay leadership, and congregation who inspire me, teach me, stand by me, and invite me to share in the lives of their children. I love you one and all.
Shep Wahnon In memory of my dear friend Stan Moldovan, z"l, who was always an inspiration to me.
Allison Drew Klein In loving tribute to my dear friend Cindy Shenker Campbell for a lifetime of friendship, loving thoughts, and prayers. As you complete your life’s journey, you’ll remain powerfully alive and an inspiration to me forever.
Salomon Ellia in memory of my father, Maurice Eliahou Ellia, z”l, on his first yortzeit. He was a generous and joyful person who wanted to make people happy. He was always smiling and kind. He had a child-like heart and sparkle in his eyes.
Steven Kolodny In honor of the 9th anniversary of the passing of my father, Martin Kolodny, z”l, who endured and survived the horror of the Soviet Gulag, and in honor of the 23rd anniversary of the passing of my aunt, Mina DeMucha, z”l, who endured and survived the unspeakable horror of the Nazi concentration camp at Ravensbruck, and in memory of their family members who were murdered by the Nazis. We think of them every day.
Gail Winter and Jean Kirk In honor of the Bar Mitzvah of Eli Potasinski Mertzel.
Ann and George Targownik Mazal tov to Eli and family!
SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 2018
Deluxe: From Ben, Sabrina, and Ellen wishing Mazal Tov to Eli Potasinski Mertzel on becoming a Bar Mitzvah!
Shabbat Flowers sponsored by David Wine and Michael MacElhenny
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The December 4 “Bringing Vision to Life” evening was magical. Thank you to all our donors, organizers, volunteers, program participants, particularly our keynote speaker, the Hon. Hillary Rodham Clinton, and most especially Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum for 25 years of inspired and inspiring leadership. $2.3 million was raised to address the total $24.5 million Home of Our Own project budget, leaving just $300,000 to complete this campaign. The Donor Wall at CBST is scheduled to be updated in Spring 2018, acknowledging donors at the $18,000, $36,000, $50,000 & $100,000+ levels. Dedication opportunities are still available. Contact Ann at 212-929-9498x 814 or [email protected]. Membership: You are warmly invited to become part of this vibrant community. Pick up a form in the Sheffer Family Lobby; visit cbst.org; or contact Ann: 212-929-9498 x 814 or [email protected].
CBST has a Hearing Induction Loop for hearing aids with T-Coils.
Senior Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, D.D. Rabbi Yael Rooks Rapport ASSISTANT RABBI Rabbi Marisa Elana James DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL JUSTICE PROGRAMMING Cantor Steve Zeidenberg Steven M. Fruh-Paul L. Marsolini Cantorial Position Gregg H. Passin PRESIDENT Yolanda Potasinski EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Joyce Rosenzweig MUSIC DIRECTOR
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Many thanks to all who have already pledged and contributed in the longstanding, meaningful tradition of High Holy Day giving that sustains our community: Annual Appeal, Open Door, Yizkor Appeal, and support for Social Justice, Jewish Learning and Music at CBST. You may now contribute online at cbst.org or contact Ann at [email protected] or 212-929-9498 x 814.