Rabbi’s Corner,

Reflections

2

Cantor’s Notes,

Co-President’s Message

3-4

High Holy Days 5-6

Lifelong Jewish Learning 7-11

What’s Happening 12-13

Women of Sinai 14-15

Brotherhood,

Ritual Committee

16

Social Action Committee 17

Green Team 18

Israel Committee 18-19

My Sinai 20-22

“Scene” at Sinai 23

Supporting Sinai 24

September Calendar 25

October Calendar 26

In the Sinai Family 27

Those We Remember 28

Contributions 29-31

SINAI NEWS

Rabbi David B. Cohen • Cantor Rebecca Robins • Rabbi Emeritus Jay R. Brickman

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 2011 • Elul 5771-Cheshvan 5772

In this issue

A bi-monthly publication Issue 6, Volume 1

Shabbat Shoftim Deuteronomy 16:18 - 21:9 Sept. 2 Shabbat Service 6 pm

Sept. 3 Torah Study 8 am Morning Minyan 9:30 am

Shabbat Ki Teitzei Deuteronomy 21:10 - 25:19 Sept. 9 Shabbat Service 6:15 pm

Sept. 10 Torah Study 8 am Morning Minyan 9:30 am Shabbat Ki Tavo Deuteronomy 26:1 - 29:8 Sept. 16 Tot Shabbat Service & Dinner 5:30 pm Shabbat Service 6:15 pm

Sept. 17 Torah Study 8 am Morning Minyan 9:30 am

Shabbat Nitzavim Deuteronomy 29:9 - 31:30 Sept. 23 Shabbat Service 6:15 pm

Sept. 24 Torah Study 8 am Morning Minyan 9:30 am

Erev Rosh Hashanah Sept. 28 Erev Rosh Hashanah Service 8 pm

Rosh Hashanah Sept. 29 Morning Service 9:30 am Children’s Service 3 pm Tashlich, Oneg & Shofar Blowing Contest 3:30 pm

Rosh Hashanah Sept. 30 2nd Day Text Study 9:30 am Shabbat Shuvah Service 6:15 pm

Oct. 1 Torah Study 8 am Morning Minyan 9:30 am

Erev Yom Kippur Oct. 7 Kol Nidre Service 8 pm

Yom Kippur Oct. 8 Morning Service 9:30 am Children’s Service 2 pm Afternoon Service 3 pm Yizkor 4:30 pm N’ilah 5:30 pm

Erev Sukkot Oct. 12 Erev Sukkot Service & Board Installation 7:30 pm

Sukkot Oct. 13 Sukkot Morning Service 9:30 am

Shabbat Sukkot Exodus 33:8 Oct. 14 Shabbat Service & Sukkot Sing-A-Long 5:30 pm

Oct. 15 Torah Study 8 am Morning Minyan 9:30 am Cameron Kaufmann Bar Mitzvah 10 am

Erev Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah Oct. 19 Simchat Torah Service & Consecration 7 pm

Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah Oct. 20 Simchat Torah Service 9:30 am

Shabbat Bereshit Genesis 1:1 - 6:8 Oct. 21 Shabbat Service 6:15 pm

Oct. 22 Torah Study 8 am Morning Minyan 9:30 am

Shabbat Noach Genesis 6:9 - 11:32 Oct. 28 Shabbat Service 6:15 pm

Oct. 29 Torah Study 8 am Morning Minyan 9:30 am Charlie Lewis Bar Mitzvah 10 am

Shabbat & Holiday Schedule

Shanah Tovah Umetukah!

Page 2 September-October 2011

Rabbi’s Corner

This September 11th marks the tenth anniversary

(yahrtzeit is a better term) of the crisp Tuesday morning that

changed our world, our country, and my family.

In many ways, this anniversary is like

those preceding it. Loved ones will be remem-

bered. Patriotic songs will be sung. Children will

continue to grow up; bereaved spouses will fall in

love again and, perhaps, remarry. Life, in all of its

variety and complexity, will go on.

This tenth anniversary marks one signifi-

cant milestone: Osama bin Laden is no longer

alive. For families who lost loved ones, Bin Lad-

en‘s death is justice served but otherwise irrele-

vant to the day to day.

September eleventh falls during Yamim

Noraim, the cycle of Jewish Holy Days between Tisha B‘Av

and Sukkot. This Holy Day cycle offers us the opportunity to

reflect on the dual aspects of time: its cyclical nature, through

which we revisit the seasons and events of years past, and

the progressive nature of time, through which teshuva - re-

pentance - and change is made possible.

As Rabbi Alan Lew, z‖l, wrote: ―The Yamim Noraim

are a dance that begins on Tisha B‘Av and ends on Sukkot,

that begins with the mournful collapse of a house and ends

with the joyful collapse of a house, this intentional spasm

that awakes us and carries us through death and back to life

again - stands for the journey the soul is always on. It is a

map, drawn by the soul, of the journey it must take, of the

journey it is already taking. Beginning from the barest of bibli-

cal outlines, the soul has filled in this map with its own imper-

atives. Our souls are making this journey, yours and mine.

The trip will go better for us if we know where we‘re going.‖

One way to be mindful about where we are going is

to assess our temporal orientation, i.e. the way we relate in

our lives to the passage of time. It‘s what I like to call

―Jewish Time Management.‖ Jewish time management is not

about juggling schedules; it is about finding temporal bal-

ance; that is, maintaining proper perspective on

our past, our present and our future. Whether we

are young or old, the Holy Days provide a chance

to stop, reflect, and evaluate the attention we

devote to each dimension of our existence.

Keeping that balance takes work since

our attention naturally shifts from the present, to

the future, to the past, and back again. Even so,

if we begin to fixate on one dimension of time

exclusively, we can lose our balance and become

disoriented in time. What does that look like?

Perhaps we are dwelling too much on the past,

paralyzed by the questions of ―what if?‖ and ―why me?‖; we

might be focusing too much on the present, living for only the

moment with little care to planning for the future; or the fu-

ture might be our primary preoccupation, the emphasis on

building a career blinding us to the needs of those around us

in the moment.

The cycle of the Holy Days, from Tisha B‘Av through

Sukkot, gives us time to reassert a new balance in our lives:

To be aware of our past as a source of our identity and val-

ues; to look to the future, alert to its possibilities, committed

to its betterment; and to experience every day in the present,

living according to our values, grateful for every moment. I

look forward to sharing these most important days with you!

Rabbi David B. Cohen

Arguments for the existence of God are fortified by the unexpected appearance of Representative Gabrielle Giffords to

cast a vote which may have saved our nation from financial default, and the world from economic chaos. Like the good parent,

God remains behind the scenes, allowing us to bumble along the best way we know how. It is unfortu-

nate that, unlike our animal predecessors, humans often become locked in controversy, with neither

side willing to yield, and disaster looming. At such moments of crisis, God may intervene to keep hu-

mankind (hopefully, his favorite species), from becoming extinct. As we approach the New Year, let us

resolve to work with citizens of goodwill to improve the economic and spiritual well being of our sur-

roundings. Should we fail in our endeavors, let us pray that, as so often in the past, God will enter the

scene of history and rescue us from catastrophe.

Rabbi Jay R. Brickman

On Time for the Holy Days

Reflections

Page 3 September-October 2011

From the Co-Presidents

A Sinai Vision

As I write this in mid-August, the weather is stifling,

the Air Show was fabulous (as usual), and my Co-President

Judi Ketten is getting ready to celebrate

her daughter’s wedding. Although the

Jewish New Year and the Days of Awe

still seem far away, I thought that, ra-

ther than writing about the state of the

Congregation now (a subject that Judi

will ably cover at Rosh Hashanah), I

would, in keeping with the spirit of hope

and renewal that those Days represent

for me, share the “State of the Congre-

gation” that I hope our successors will

be able to report to you as we approach

the High Holy Days in 2016.

Sinai 2016

We are a little more than halfway through 2016, and

we are pleased to report that Congregation Sinai is thriving as

never before. Of course, much of the credit goes to our long-

serving and dedicated clergy, Rabbi David Cohen and Cantor

Rebecca Robins. It‘s hard to believe that Rabbi Cohen has

been leading our Congregation for 20 years, and it seems like

almost yesterday (not 8 years ago!) that Cantor Robins joined

us. In fact, the stability of our clergy and

professional staff has been a huge plus

– the administration of the day-to-day

business of the Congregation, under the

leadership of Karen Lancina, certainly

makes for a satisfied membership; and

speaking of membership, Jen Friedman

has done a phenomenal job over the

last 7 years in helping to grow our mem-

bership to 400 family units. This mem-

bership growth, with the infusion of

many younger families, has revitalized

the Congregation and, not unimportantly, has generated addi-

tional revenue that has made the annual budgeting process a

little easier, allowing the Board to focus more on effective

programming and the like and less on cutting costs (though

we still keep a keen eye out for any waste and inefficiencies

we can eliminate).

Continued on page 4

In looking at the messages and listening to the melo-

dies of the High Holy Days, familiar refrains speak loudly to

us: These are the days of judgement. God will balance God‘s

din (judgement) with God‘s rachamim (compassion). We are

obligated to three things: tshuvah (repentance), tefillah

(prayer) and tzedakah (judgement). This year, as I

begin my high holy day preparation, I am struck by

an apparent paradox I have never noticed before in

the familiar messages.

I have always been captivated by the

unetaneh tokef text in the Rosh Hashanah and Yom

Kippur Amidah. These texts, actually, are most fa-

mous for some of the most resounding quotes: ―On

Rosh Hashanah it is written, and on Yom Kippur it is

sealed: Who shall live and who shall die…‖ And ―the

great shofar is sounded, the still small voice is

heard.‖ This section of the liturgy of the yamim nor-

aim seems to be full with the norah, awesomeness, of the

days, and as our machzor (holy day prayerbook) suggests,

these texts are full of dread. A close examination of the texts

takes us not only to these moments of awesome proclama-

tion, but on a journey of fear, faith, and ultimately comfort. In

preparation for this year‘s celebration of Rosh Hashanah and

Yom Kippur, compelled by this very textual journey, I selected

a setting of the unetaneh tokef for Yom Kippur morning that I

feel most effectively illustrates this musically. In Max Janows-

ki‘s splendid setting, through rhythmic motive, use of dynam-

ics, how he voices the choir, and the extreme range of the

piece, every moment, idea and thought of this sacred liturgy

is wound together in a spectacular interpretation of the text.

Cantor’s Notes

The awesomeness, dread, inwardness, and graveness of the

liturgy is fully ‗sung.‘ Setting us up for the recitation of ―on

Rosh Hashanah it is written…,‖ one cannot help but contem-

plate God‘s power – if even for a moment – as the liturgy is

recited through this piece of music.

At the same moment, I began my prepara-

tion of the Yom Kippur morning Torah portion: ―For

on this day, God has set before you life and death,

blessing and curse. Choose life.‖ Perhaps it was the

close proximity in which I studied the text, or per-

haps just the course of life‘s inevitable questions –

but how, I wondered, on one morning can we pro-

nounce that ―on Rosh Hashanah it is written…,‖ pre-

sumably by God, and ―choose life,‖ presumably our

choice? Because, as God‘s partners, perhaps it is

not God who writes in the Sefer Chayyim, Book of

Life, but us. In Pirkei Avot we are taught, ―hakol

tzafui, v’ hareshut n’tunah” ―all is predetermined, and free

will is given.‖ If we are to understand the messages of the

holy days in this way, then this is not a paradox either. This

Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, though we can never know

precisely what lay ahead, let us remind ourselves that we

write in our own Sefer Chayyim, and let us write ourselves for

a life of peace, blessing and health – peace, blessing and

health that begins in us, with us, for us.

Zerek and I wish you and your family a shanah tovah

u’metukah – a sweet and happy new year.

Cantor Rebecca Robins

Page 4 September-October 2011

From the Co-Presidents (continued)

Speaking of revenue, expenses and budgets, we

have two great pieces of news to report. First, Part Two of

our Building Renovation Campaign (can you believe that the

first part of the Campaign started over 10 years ago and that

we‘ve been enjoying our beautiful renovated space for over 8

years?) was wildly successful and we have retired the mort-

gage on our building by raising over $1.3M in contributions!

A heartfelt thanks to all who contributed (and virtually every-

one did!). Second, our Sinai Endowment (the ―Congregation

Sinai Endowment Fund‖), which is kept as a fund at the Jew-

ish Federation, is steadily growing, and has reached a point

where the yearly income it is generating has permitted us not

only to increase our programming and infrastructure, but to

actually reduce dues levels this year. So thanks to everyone

who has contributed to the Fund, whether through immediate

contributions or by remembering Sinai through estate plan-

ning. Remember, anyone who wishes to remember Sinai

through estate planning should contact one of us, our Treas-

urer, or the Jewish Federation (you should check the Sinai

website for more information). Increasing the Endowment is

incredibly important to the future of this Congregation.

We are pleased to report that our religious school is

thriving as never before. Thanks especially to Cantor Robins

for her untiring work on keeping our curriculum strong, even

cutting-edge. And the influx, as previously mentioned, of so

many young families with school-age children has things real-

ly humming. Of course, we would never have been at such a

good place without the work done 5 years ago by Jenni

Goldbaum, Cantor Robins and their school vision committee.

And special thanks to Rabbi Cohen, whose persistence finally

broke through the reluctance of the other Milwaukee Reform

congregations to combine some of our resources (like our

Reform community‘s joint post- B‘nai Mitzvah education pro-

gram) to increase efficiencies, reduce cost, and educate our

older children more effectively. Also, let‘s not forget our

strong adult learning program. And isn‘t it amazing that our

beloved Rabbi Emeritus, Jay Brickman, is still going strong

and still leading Shabbat Morning Torah Study and teaching

other classes as well.

Although we have the best professional and adminis-

trative staff around, they cannot and should not have the

responsibility of making Sinai an effective institution and vi-

brant community. That is up to all of us members of our Si-

nai community. It starts with our lay leadership (our officers

and Board of Trustees) and is effectuated primarily through

our Committees (Social Action, Membership, Chesed, Educa-

tion, Ritual, Fund Raising, and the like) and our service or-

ganizations, the Women of Sinai and the Brotherhood (isn‘t it

great that those two organizations have found just the right

balance between serving the Congregation and being fun!).

We are so pleased that our Board and our Committees have

strong leaders and are active and effective. Here‘s a special

shout out to the work of the Social Action Committee, which

has infused the entire Congregation with a new spirit; for too

long we had put social action on the back-burner, and we are

now doing so much more to help address the many needs of

both our Milwaukee Jewish community and our greater Mil-

waukee community. And another special shout out to the

work of the Chesed Committee, which has really helped take

some of the burden off Rabbi Cohen and Cantor Robins in

serving the needs of those in our Sinai Community who are ill

or who otherwise need someone to reach out to them.

The work we have put in over the past few years

building our leadership capabilities has certainly paid off!

But of course the work of our Committees cannot and should

not be done by the person chairing the committee (in fact,

the biggest impediment to having Committees that are effec-

tive and sustainable is the fear of congregants that if they

accept the responsibility of leading a Committee they will end

up being stuck with doing all the work!). That is not a prob-

lem at Sinai, however, as more and more congregants volun-

teer their time and expertise so that our Committees prosper,

our programming is strong and our professional staff and lay

leadership are not as stressed as they used to be. We are so

happy that at Sinai, our members do not just sit back and

expect things to happen for them, but jump in to make things

happen!

So that‘s our report. We are so pleased that Congre-

gation Sinai continues to be known as a learning Congrega-

tion, a caring Congregation, an accepting Congregation, and

a singing Congregation. And we know that there is a bright

future for this special community.

So that’s my Sinai vision – we aren’t there yet, but I

have confidence that we are on the right path, and if we all

work together and do our parts as members of this wonder-

ful Congregation, it will be a vision fulfilled. L’Shanah Tovah

Tikatevu.

Marc Kartman

Congregation Sinai gratefully acknowledges and gives thanks to our outgoing Board Members:

Steve Moglowsky and Bobbi Rector as they have completed their tenure with the Board of Trustees.

We welcome Julie Lookatch, Amy Newman and Jimmy Schulhof

as they embark on this very holy congregational work.

Page 5 September-October 2011

High Holy Days

EREV SUKKOT with Board Installation

Wednesday, October 12th at 7:30PM

Join us for a warm and musical service to

welcome and celebrate Sukkot!

Help us to instill in our board members

wisdom and insight from Jewish tradition, and

bless the work of their hands and hearts on this

festive holiday.

Oneg to follow!

Erev Simchat Torah with Consecration

Wednesday, October 19th at 7:00 PM

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!

High Holy Day Service Schedule

Erev Rosh Hashanah: Wednesday, September 28, 2011

8:00 PM Erev Rosh Hashanah Service

1st Day of Rosh Hashanah: Thursday, September 29, 2011

9:30 AM Rosh Hashanah Morning Service

3:00 PM Rosh Hashanah Children‘s Service

3:30 PM Family Tashlich & Shofar Blowing

Contest

2nd Day of Rosh Hashanah: Friday, September 30, 2011

9:30 AM 2nd Day Rosh Hashanah Text Study &

Light Breakfast

5:00 PM Tashlich followed by Shabbat Shuvah

Service on the Shore at Doctor‘s Park

Erev Yom Kippur: Friday, October 7, 2011

8:00 PM Kol Nidrei Service

Yom Kippur: Saturday, October 8, 2011

9:30 AM Yom Kippur Morning Service

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

6:45 PM Break-the-Fast

For more High Holy Day information please refer to your High Holy Day Packet.

Page 6 September-October 2011

The Sinai Brotherhood brings you...

Friday, October 14th 5:30 pm: Family Shabbat Service & Sing-a-long 6:15 pm: BBQ & Oneg, rain or shine

Celebrate in the Sukkah with Rabbi Cohen and Cantor Robins

Participate in fun games and activities!

Enjoy delicious food and drink!

Socialize with old friends & meet new ones!

Shake your lulav (or ours)!

Cost: Adults: $10.00 Children 12 & under: $7.00

Children 3 & under: Free

RSVP by Monday, October 10th http://sinaisukkotbarbeque.eventbrite.com

Co-sponsored by the Israel Committee & Mitbach Sinai (Sinai Cooks!)

High Holy Days

Second Day Rosh Hashanah Text Study

COMMITMENTS OF THE HIGH HOLY DAYS: Through Jewish Texts to our Daily Lives

Friday, September 30, 2011 at 9:30 am. On the second day of Rosh Hashanah this year, Dr. Sherry Blumberg will teach Jewish sacred texts relating to three major topics of the season enumerated in the High Holy Day liturgy, Teshuvah (repentance), Tefilah (prayer), and Tzedakah (charity). In addition, Dr. Blumberg will connect

the texts with the Middot – personality characteristics – by which we plot our course for the coming year, including: humility, giving others the benefit of the doubt, extending justice and mercy, and many others.

“Sherry Blumberg is an extraordinary teacher,” says Rabbi Cohen. “We are indeed fortunate that she will be guiding our study the second morning of Rosh Hashanah. I know the conversation will be informative and deep.” If you have any questions about the second day Rosh Hashanah study

session (which will take place in lieu of a service) please contact Rabbi Cohen.

Please RSVP through Eventbrite by September 3 http://2ndRHStudyandBreakfast.eventbrite.com/

Lifelong Jewish Learning

Page 7 September-October 2011

Adult Learning

Introduction to Judaism Class Tuesday nights at JCC starting after the Holy Days

For those contemplating conversion or coming back to

their roots. This class is taught by JCC Jewish Educator

Jody Hirsh and community rabbis at the JCC, 7-9:30 pm.

Classes run Nov. 8 - March 13 (no class Dec. 27)

For registration, call Karen Hintz at Sinai,

414-352-2970 or register by Oct. 4 at https://

sites.google.com/site/congregationsinaiadultlearning/

registration-forms-for-introduction-to-Judaism

Sponsored by the Wisconsin Council of Rabbis

Judaism For Adults with Rabbi Cohen Selected Sunday Mornings, 10:30 am–12:00 pm

Perhaps it‘s been a few years since you studied Judaism? Maybe the last time was when you were a child or adoles-

cent? If you are interested in approaching Judaism as a

modern adult, then this class is for you!

Over six monthly sessions, we‘ll address ques-

tions, such as: How do Jews talk about God? What‘s the

difference between religion and spirituality? What do we

believe about the afterlife? What does the separation of

Church and State mean for Jews in America? What role

did Jews and Judaism really play in the life of Jesus? What‘s the difference between reform, conservative, or-

thodox and reconstructionist streams of Judaism?  Where

does the modern state of Israel fit into current Jewish

identity?

Sept. 18, 11:15-12:00 pm First class

Class dates (10:30 am-12:00 pm): Nov. 20, Jan. 22, Feb.

12, March 4 (Scholar in Residence), April 22

Engaging Israel Selected Tuesdays with Rabbi David Cohen of Congregation

Sinai and Rabbi Jacob Herber of Congregation Beth Israel

The 21st century signals an opportunity to assess the

Israel/Diaspora relationship. In the past, that relationship was

predicated on real and imminent threats to Israel‘s existence.

This inspired the creation of a Jewish identity in which the sur-

vival and perpetuation of the Jewish people and the defense of

Jews in danger became central values.

Political, economic, and cultural success among Jews

in many communities throughout the world has diminished the

compelling nature of the narrative of crisis. At the same time,

there is the success story that is Israel. Without denying the

dangers that Israel still faces on a daily basis, its military power

and prowess render a narrative of crisis less meaningful. When

one adds to the equation the economic vitality of modern Israel,

it becomes increasingly difficult to portray Israel as a weak

country in dire need of help from Jews around the world.

Given these changes, how might we build a relation-

ship that transcends the focus on crisis, speaking instead a

dialogue rooted in Jewish values and ideas. The ―Engaging Isra-

el‖ class uses the lenses of Jewish thought, political theory, and

international law to address: the necessity and significance of

the Jewish national enterprise; how a Jewish state should exer-

cise power; why a Jew who lives outside of Israel should care

about Israel; and what the State of Israel can offer the world.

Rabbis Cohen and Herber will co-teach the class, utiliz-

ing materials and media produced by the Shalom Hartman Cen-

ter in Jerusalem, where they are both Senior Rabbinic Fellows.

Classes will meet 7-9 pm.

Dates: Oct. 25, Nov. 1, 8, 22, 29, Dec. 6, 13, Jan. 3, 10, 17,

24, Feb. 7

Fall Classes

Ongoing Classes

Men's Spirituality Discussion Group Share coffee and bagels and discuss

spiritual and practical matters

concerning God, work, family and more

Day: 2nd Tuesday of each month

Time: 7:45 am

With: Rabbi David B. Cohen &

Joe Glassman

Shabbat Morning Torah Study Verse by verse, line by line, word by

word...

Day: Saturdays

Time: 8:00 am

With: Rabbi Jay Brickman &

Rabbi David B. Cohen

A Modern Rabbi's and Jungian

Analyst's Approach to the Bible Day: Wednesdays (beginning Sept. 14)

Time: 9:30 am

With: Rabbi Jay Brickman

―Through the Eyes of Women‖

Women‘s Ways of Reading the Bible From traditional to modern including fem-

inist readings and modern midrash

Day: Fridays (beginning October 1)

Time: 9:30 am

With: Dr. Sherry Blumberg

Lunch & Learn Parashat ha'shuvuah through many

and varied commentaries found in

Torah La'Am

Day: Fridays (no class Sept. 30,

Oct. 7, 14, 21)

Time: 12:00 pm

With: Dr. Larry Hurwitz

Seniors Havurah Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

All Seniors Havurah meet at

1:00 p.m.

With: Rabbi David B. Cohen

School News

Page 8 September-October 2011

Lifelong Jewish Learning

Shalom u‘veracha! Greetings and blessings! At the

beginning of this, the 2011-2012 school year, I am over-

joyed that on September 18th, we will come together again

for a year of learning. This is a special year for

our Congregation Sinai Youth Education Program.

In grades K-7, we are implementing a new and

engaging Judaica curriculum, CHAI. Designed

and supported by the Union for Reform Judaism

(URJ), this is sure to be an exciting, meaningful

and innovative change for our Judaic studies

here at Sinai! We will continue, with more

knowledge and skill, to use Mitkadem for Hebrew

studies. We have expanded our staff to include a

Hebrew tutor to support all our students in this amazing pro-

gram. Stay tuned to our website, too, for Mitkadem at home.

Grades 8-10 will meet at a new time (4:00-5:30 p.m. on Sun-

day afternoon), and there is a new curriculum for 8th and

9th grade that will provide endless opportunities. We are

also looking forward to the combination of formal and infor-

mal learning through youth group events with CoSY, our new

Sinai youth group. We are also getting ready to welcome

learning as a broader Milwaukee Jewish commu-

nity, including events with our neighboring north

shore Reform congregations, and city-wide days

of learning for teens in December and March. As

a new school year, and a new calendar year

(5772) approach, we have much to look forward

to.

Please join me for parent orientations to

all these initiatives and more on Sunday, Sep-

tember 18th. See below for the times for your

child‘s grade! For the start of school and the start of 5772, I

wish you and yours a shanah tovah u’metukah – a sweet and

happy new year!

Cantor Rebecca Robins

Parent Orientation for 2011-2012/ 5772

Please join us for Parent Orientation for new and returning students, and learn about our year ahead

and our new curricula!

Sunday, September 18 10:30-11:15 AM: Gan (K4/K5) – 7

th Grade

4:45-5:30 PM: 8th-10

th Grade

Important Dates

Sunday, September 18 First Day of School!

10:00 AM Back-to-School and Cereal Breakfast

Kindergarten-7th Grade

10:30 AM Parent Orientation

Kindergarten-7th Grade

4:00 PM First Day of Classes

8th-10th Grade

4:45 PM Parent Orientation

8th-10th Grade

Thursday, September 22

4:30 PM First Day of Thursday School

October 9 NO RELIGIOUS SCHOOL

October 27-30 NO RELIGIOUS SCHOOL

B.Y.O.B.C!

Bring Your Own

Breakfast Cereal

Let’s start the year off right!

On Sunday, September 18,

Gan (K4/K5) - Grade 7

kicks off at 10 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!

High Holy Day

Youth Programming

Registration

Don’t forget to register for Youth

Programming for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur for students in grades K4-8th Grade!

http://2011sinairoshhashanahyouth.eventbrite.com http://2011sinaiyomkippuryouth.eventbrite.com

Tots at Temple

Join Us For Programs Perfect For Tots & Their Families!

September 16 5:30 - 7:00 PM Tot Shabbat Service and Dinner

Join our clergy on the steps of the bima for a welcoming Kabbalat Shabbat full of music, instruments, and ruach (spirit)! Hear a great story and wish your friends Shabbat Shalom! Guests welcome! Stay for a yummy dinner—on us! Please RSVP by September 11 at http://septembertotshabbat.eventbrite.com

October 14 5:30 PM Shabbat/ Sukkot Sing-a-Long 6:15 PM Sukkot BBQ

$7 Children 12 and under $10 Adults FREE Children 3 and under Please RSVP by October 10 at: http://sinaisukkotbarbeque.eventbrite.com

October 23 10:00 AM—12:00 PM Pray & Play for Tots!

Join Rabbi Cohen, Cantor Robins and Jen Moglowsky for an awesome way to start the week...praying and playing together! Moms, dads and tots will love joining our Sunday morning service full of story and song! Then, spend the rest of the morning playing together, doing crafts, and making new friends. Please RSVP at: http://octoberprayandplay.eventbrite.com

School News

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Lifelong Jewish Learning

S’more Shabbat!

Friday, Sept. 2, 2011 6:00 p.m.

Bring the family and make a s’more with the Rabbi - following services!

Save

the Date!

Sunday November 6, 2011 10:00 AM – 12:00 pm

3rd Grade Family Learning: Hunting for God

Family Programming - Year at a Glance

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Lifelong Jewish Learning

September Friday, 2 6:00 PM S‘more Shabbat (last outdoor service)

Friday, 16 5:30 PM Tot Shabbat & Dinner

Sunday, 18 10:00 AM 1st day religious school

Thursday, 29 3:30 PM Rosh Hashanah Children‘s Services,

Tashlich & Oneg, Shofar Blowing Contest

October Saturday, 8 2:00 PM Yom Kippur Children‘s Service

Friday, 14 5:30 PM Sukkot BBQ & Sing-a-Long

Wednesday, 19 7:00 PM Simchat Torah Services with Consecration

Sunday, 23 10:00 AM Pray & Play for Tots

November Friday, 4 5:30 PM Tot Shabbat

Sunday, 6 10:00 AM CHAI: 3rd Grade Family Education

Sunday, 13 10:00 AM Pray & Play for Tots

Friday, 18 6:15 PM Rockin‘ Family Shabbat & Congregational Dinner

December Sunday, 4 10:00 AM Pray & Play for Tots

Sunday, 18 11:00 AM Chanukah Party & Latke Lunch

January Friday, 20 6:15 PM Rockin‘ Family Shabbat & Congregational Dinner

Saturday, 28 5:00 PM PJ Havdallah & Movie Night Party (Tot-2nd grade)

Sunday, 29 10:00 AM CHAI: 4th Grade Family Education

February Sunday, 5 10:00 AM PreK-2 Tu B‘Shevat Program

Friday, 17 5:30 PM Tot Shabbat

March Sunday, 11 10:00 AM Purim Carnival

Friday, 16 6:15 PM Rockin‘ Family Shabbat & Congregational Dinner

Sunday, 25 10:00 AM Pray & Play for Tots

Sunday, 25 10:00 AM CHAI: 5th Grade Family Education

April Sunday, 1 10:00 AM Passover Scavenger Hunt & Matzah Bake-Off

Sunday, 29 10:00 AM CHAI: 7th Grade Family Education

May Sunday, 6 10:00 AM Taste of Sinai/ Pray & Play for Tots

Friday, 18 6:15 PM Rockin‘ Family Shabbat & Congregational Dinner

Sunday, 20 11:00 AM Family Picnic

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Lifelong Jewish Learning

September-October 2011

This year Congregation Sinai will be offering a

new program geared toward families who want to extend

their celebration of Shabbat to the synagogue with learning, singing

and fun with our clergy and other families.

Midreshet Shabbat is a five session family program for

Shabbat afternoons over the course of the year. It will meet from

3:00 - 5:00 p.m. with some time for family learning and fun; some

time for learning by age; and completing the evening with havdallah

together. The year‘s theme will be Bible Families - Family Dynam-

ics - a great way to explore sibling and parent child relation-

ships! The cost of the program will be $36.00 per family for the

whole program including all five dates.

The dates are as follows:

November 5, 2011

January 7, 2012

February 11, 2012

April 21, 2012

June 2, 2012

The hope is that your family could attend all five but please

don't rule out participation if you have a conflict for one of the

dates. Mark your calendars now and look out for more registration

information. Please contact Michelle Silverman with any ques-

tions: michellesilverman@hotmail.com.

Register at: http://midreshetshabbat.eventbrite.com

Midreshet Shabbat

Top row (from left to right) – Michael Cohen, Jacob

Schermer, Dick Kaeppel, Macabee Pereira, Milton Padway,

Rabbi David Cohen.

Front row (from left to right) – Cantor Rebecca Robins,

Alicia Rowen, Mariah Schlossmann, Katherine McManus,

Bria Schlossmann.

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, the 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 fol-

lowing upcoming events on your calendar:

Information about upcoming events will be sent directly to

all teens and be posted on the Sinai web page.

Fall Kallah: November 18-20th, Madison, WI

Winter Kallah: January 20-22nd, OSRUI

JYG Kallah: March 2-4, OSRUI, for 7th and 8th graders

Spring Kallah: April 19-20, Milwaukee, CoSY will be co-sponsoring,

hosting Friday night services.

Seven CoSY members attended August's summer Kallah at

OSRUI and had a fantastic time. Don't miss out when the next Kal-

lah comes around!

If you are interested in learning more about CoSY, contact

Presidents Aviva Glassman (414) 333-8329 or Michael Cohen

(414) 213-9097, or CoSY advisor, Julie Turetsky, (414) 899-5128.

CoSY is Cruising!

Tribal Blends Coffee

Mazel Tov Affirmands! Te

ens!

Families!

Thank you parents for supporting Sinai’s

School!

The school’s Tribal Blends Coffee sale has raised

over $1000 since September 2010!

Tribal Blends Coffee Schedule:

Order Deadline: Sunday, Sept. 18th

Pick up: Sunday, Sept. 25th.

Order Deadline: Sunday, Nov. 13th

Pick up: Sunday, Nov. 20th.

Look for forms in the lobby,

download from our website or

weekly e-news blast.

For more information contact

Bobbi Rector at burpt@wi.rr.com

or 414-540-0284.

Need something?

Think of something?

Email us!

Jeri Danz, School Administrator

jdanz@congregationsinai.org

Jenni Goldbaum, Youth Ed Chair

jennig@wi.rr.com

Judy Flegel, Youth Ed Chair

judyflegel@att.net

Cantor Rebecca Robins, Director, Youth Ed Program

cantor@congregationsinai.org

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What’s Happening

Like us on Facebook!Like us on Facebook!Like us on Facebook!

Congregation Sinai has a new 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

office@congregationsinai.org 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 cbzd@yahoo.com

Aleph Bet Yoga

Every Tuesday with Susan Solvang 8:45 am, Worship & Learning Space

Join us for a high quality, friendly, and accessible yoga class.

10 class pass is $100 or pay per class @ $11/class. Please arrive 15 minutes early. Yoga mats and props are provided. Don't miss the fun!!

The Congregation Sinai Library is filled with wonderful Jewish

literature for adults and children.

Come “Check It Out”

Looking for a beautiful, quiet

reflective place?

Look no further!

√ Check out

Sinai’s library

Scholar in Residence Weekend:

March 2-4, 2012

Rabbi Sheila Pelz Weinberg

Save the Date!

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What’s Happening

Join with the Milwaukee Community in marching to eradicate hunger in Milwaukee.

Milwaukee Walks With the World

2011 GREATER MILWAUKEE

CROP HUNGER WALK

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Distance: 2 or 5 miles

Register: 12:30 p.m. Walk: 1:30 p.m.

Food Drive: 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

McKinley Marina - Milwaukee Lakefront

For information contact:

Nicole Carver @ 414-276-9050

More information at: www.interfaithconference.org/CROPWalk.htm

Interested in walking with Sinai? Contact: Idy Goodman at igoodman2@mac.com

is coming to Sinai!

Watch the Sinai Enews for more information

Women of Sinai

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Sinai Committees

Please join Cantor Robins for a pre-holiday discussion of tshuvah (repentance) and the

challenges and opportunities women face as they prepare their souls for the High Holy Days.

Stay for Shabbat services to meditate and pray on the ideas discussed, or head home for some

QT with you and yours!

Friday, September 23 5:00-6:00 PM

(Shabbat Services Begin at 6:15 PM)

Sisterhood is an amazing way to connect to Jewish life, and synagogue life. Without a doubt, Jewish women have nur-

tured and sustained one another as a community from biblical times to today, and Women of Sinai is an amazing example of

our synagogue‘s women learning together, sharing together, and supporting both one another and Sinai. This month, each

and every female member of our congregation will receive their invitation to join Women of Sinai for another inspiring year. We

look forward to another strong and successful year of programming that engages our synagogue‘s women, and builds on Si-

nai‘s foundation for success for all.

Join us for food,

conversation, laughter,

learning and fun!

Tuesday, December 6

7:00-8:30 PM Bayshore Place (apartments at Bayshore Mall) RSVP at http://Decemberfiresidechat.eventbrite.com

“Chanukah should be more than just wrapping endless gifts and making so many latkes that my house smells like oil for a month!”

Understand the unique meaning of Chanukah for Jewish women.

Women of Sinai: Fireside Chat

Cheshbon haNefesh: Women & Teshuvah

a special “fireside chat”

Save the

Date!

Break-the-fast The Women of Sinai

invite you to break-the-fast at the

conclusion of Yom Kippur

services on

Saturday, October 8, 2011.

Shanah Tovah

We look forward to breaking the

fast with you!

Kugels Needed! If you are able to bake a kugel or dessert, please contact Judy Shor at jshor@wi.rr.com by Friday,

September 23rd. If you are unable to bake, monetary donations are

greatly appreciated. Please make checks payable to Women of Sinai. Drop off at the synagogue office

or mail to Sinai.

Women of Sinai

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Sinai Committees

Women of Sinai to visit Jewish Museum November 14th

Join Women of Sinai, Monday, November 14th at 7:00 p.m. Through artistic and historical displays, the Jewish Museum Milwaukee will present the life and work of this

Milwaukee hero. Learn the fascinating story of personal courage and the difference one individual can make by

standing up in the face of adversity. This event is free. Please let us know you are attending.

RVSP by November 9th at: http://wosjewishmuseum.eventbrite.com

Brotherhood

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Sinai Committees

Welcome to an-

other great season of

Brotherhood activities. I

know that many of you

have enjoyed the diverse

programming that has

been offered and we

thank you for your interest

and support!

Our membership

information and the

schedule of events should

be "in the mail" by early

September, so please

watch for the "Congregation Sinai" envelope. Membership is

open to anyone who chooses to financially support our mis-

sion at Congregation Sinai. The Sinai Brotherhood promotes

Jewish fellowship for men and other interested mem-

bers. This is accomplished through the sponsorship of

monthly Sunday morning coffees (open to the public), soft-

ball Shabbat, Sukkot BBQ, monthly men's spirituality meet-

ings and the Sinai woodworkers guild. The Brotherhood con-

tributes financial support to Consecration, B'nei Mitzvah and

Affirmation gifts, Purim prizes, and Chanukah lox boxes.

Membership dues are $36 for regular membership,

$72 for sustaining membership, and $18 for student mem-

bership. With membership you will receive special email

notification of upcoming Brotherhood events and other

events of interest at Sinai. Volunteering for events is a won-

derful way to serve your synagogue community and a terrific

opportunity to meet and become friends with other congre-

gants who are involved with synagogue life. The Sinai Broth-

erhood is an enthusiastic and social group committed to the

promotion of the Sinai community. We hope you will join us

this year!

While details will be forthcoming, please

MARK YOUR CALENDAR for these events:

October 2 Sukkah construction

October 14 Sukkot BBQ

November 13 Brotherhood coffee #1

December 11 Brotherhood coffee #2

January 8 Brotherhood coffee #3

February 26 Brotherhood coffee #4

March Adult event (date to be determined)

April 22 Open event

May 1 Softball begins

In addition, we are trying to put together a few other

events such as: a Brewers game and tailgate, an informal

Sinai golf outing (4 some w/scramble) and a bowling

night! If you have any ideas for programming or just have

some questions or comments please feel free to call or

send me an email. We look forward to seeing you.

Jim Stillman, Brotherhood President

(414) 963-2116 or jstillman963@msn.com

Ritual Committee

Ritual Question of the Quarter: When is the right

time to blow the Shofar?

Answer: Traditionally, the Shofar is blown every day

in the Hebrew month of Elul (this year August 31st-

September 28th). Further, it is considered a mitzvah to hear

the Shofar blown on the day of Rosh Hashanah. It is consid-

ered a "wake up" call (to us and to God) to think about our

year, take stock and atone. It is also traditional to hear the

Shofar blown at the end of Yom Kippur signifying the end of

the day of atonement and the closing of the 25 hours of fast-

ing.

This section was brought to you by the Ritual Com-

mittee of Congregation Sinai. We are a group of lay leaders

We've all blown it at one time or another.....

The Shofar of course!

who work on developing and recommending policies and

procedures regarding the ritual affairs of the Congregation

to the Board.

If you have a burning ritual question, concern or

idea, please email Michelle Silverman at:

michelle-silverman@hotmail.com.

September &

October:

Sinai Committees

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Social Action

Social Action at Sinai is booming! Sinai‘s Social

Action Committee is opening opportunities for social justice

work to all congregants as well as bringing Sinai into the

community, from The Bethesda Meal Program and Commu-

nity Advocates Family Shelter to the Sukkah Garden and

collaborating with the new Chai Curriculum in the school.

Our committee, chaired by Craig Johnson and Idy

Goodman, has ten engaged members. We usually meet on

the 2nd Friday of each month at 12:00 p.m. in

the conference room. Please consider being a

part of this committee. Our conversations are

lively, informative, and meaningful. Our con-

cerns include decreasing our Sinai environmen-

tal footprint, underwriting part of the Bethesda

Church meal program that serves over 35,000

meals in a year, running a topical film series –

Ideas from you are definitely welcome!

Please watch your Sinai E-News for

information about:

•Monthly Barrel collections. For August through

October, we will be collecting school supplies

and disposable diapers (sizes 3-6) for the

Community Advocates Family Shelter

•Our 5th Semi-Annual Social Action Day at the Community

Advocates Family Shelter on Sunday, October 23rd

•Updates on the summer CSA program

•The Milwaukee Community Crop Hunger Walk on October

9th

•Sukkah Garden programs and harvesting

•The Social Action Film Series

•Social Action Shabbatot

•And more….

Contact information: Idy Goodman – igoodman2@mac.com

Craig Johnson - cjohnson@unionyeslaw.com

To read what Reform Judaism has to

say about the most current issues of the day, go

to www.urj.org and click on ―Social Action.‖ Ex-

plore the various links. They are rich with infor-

mation. Also register to receive ―Ten Minutes of

Torah‖ at http://urj.org/learning/torah/ten/

Featured below: June 5 Community Advocates

Family Shelter Activity Day

Packing toiletries, painting basement walls,

planting vegetable and flower planters.

Side-by-side with shelter families.

A wonderful and happy morning for all involved.

Thank you to our volunteers and generous do-

nors: Mary, Jamie, Drew & Cameron Kaufmann;

Laurie & Dean Segal; Bill & Idy Goodman; Deb, Brian, Jacob &

Ari Schermer; Naomi Soifer; Bill and Karen Elliot and everyone

who dropped off toiletries and checks.

Next Activity Day: October 23! See you there!

Please drop

off donations

in the Sinai

lobby.

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.

Jamie Kaufmann & Bill Goodman Ari Schermer, Jacob Schermer, resident

Community Advocates

Family Shelter

Collections

Laurie Segal, resident, Deb Schermer

School Supplies

& Diapers (size 3-6)

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Israel Committee

Over the last six years Congregation Sinai has be-

friended and cultivated a warm relationship with Congrega-

tion Emet ve'Shalom in Nahariya, Israel; believe it or not, the

only Reform (or Progressive outside the U.S.A.) synagogue in

the Northwest of Israel. We have heard their trials and tribu-

lations of meeting and celebrating in a bomb shelter be-

cause it was the only available meeting space afforded to

them by the local municipality. We shared in their worries

and fears as hundreds of bombs flew into their community

from Lebanon during the Second Lebanon War of 2006. And

we shared in their joy at receiving subsidy from the Israeli

Movement for Progressive Judaism (through URJ) to remodel

and lease their own modest above ground building for offic-

es, classes services and celebrations. For more than three

years they have flourished in their new surroundings, but

recently with the economic downturn and funding cuts, they

suddenly have found themselves struggling to make ends

meet. This past spring they waged an international fundrais-

ing campaign to extend their lease. Congregation Sinai re-

sponded to the challenge with a $360 donation and the Isra-

el Committee will continue to look for ways to support this

small, vibrant Israeli congregation this coming year. If you

have an interest in learning how to help Emet ve'Shalom, or

learning about Reform Judaism in Israel, please contact me

at etiganin@gmail.com.

Eti Ganin

Israel Committee Chair

Our third annual Sukkah Garden is growing beautifully.

This season, we have had the strongest participation from

congregants for watering and weeding, as we had a total of

14 families each taking a week shift. Gourds, sorghum, sun-

flowers, potatoes, and nasturtium are growing strong and

eager to adorn our Sukkah in October. Once again, the stu-

dents in the religious school will make our Sukkah decora-

tions from the garden harvest during the children‘s program

on Yom Kippur, and will hang the decorations in the Sukkah

during religious school on the first day of Sukkot. I cannot

think of a better way to teach our children about the harvest

festival of Sukkot than by having them engage in a harvest of

their own! Please take a moment to thank Naomi Cobb when

you see her for all her time and effort in making this wonder-

ful garden project a reality for our congregation, as not only

has she designed the garden layout and coordinated all the

participating families, she has put together 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 sense of pride that I

do in our community accomplishment.

In other Greening of Sinai news, we are well into our

first CSA season. Though the harvest got off to a bit of a slow

start due to the very cold spring, we have enjoyed radishes,

baby spinach, snow peas, sugar snap peas, arugula flowers,

swiss chard, and many other organic vegetables. We have

21 Sinai families participating in this program, which is a tre-

mendous response our first year out with this initiative. As an

added bonus, we were able to purchase an additional share

every-other-week which is donated to a charity. Our donation

is arranged through the Surplus Garden Project of Tikkun

Ha‘Ir of Milwaukee.

With the addition of

Sinai‘s donated

share, this project

has donated well

over 1600 lbs. of

fresh produce to

feed the hungry in

our community.

The farmers, An-

drea and Steve

Levsen of Stoney

Meadow Farm have

been as flexible and

accommodating as

can be and we

thank them for their

partnership. I look

forward to a growing

relationship between our community and Stoney Meadow

Farm in the years to come.

Lastly, at the June meeting the Sinai Board of Trustees

voted unanimously to adopt an Environmental Policy State-

ment. The statement affirms Sinai‘s commitment to the con-

cepts of Bal Tashchit and Tikkun Olam, the biblical principles

not to destroy or waste, and to repair the world. The full text

of our new Environmental Policy Statement can be found on

our website: congregationsinai.org.

Happy New Year Everyone!

Deb Schermer and Greening of Sinai

The Eternal took and placed the human being in the Garden of Eden, to cultivate it and to protect it. (Bereishit 2:15)

Green Team

Andrea Levsen, one of the farmers of

Stoney Meadow Farm

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Israel Committee

How Do Arab Citizens Live in Israel?

Arab minority represent 20% of the 7.5 million

Israel population.

What is it like for them living amongst Israeli Jews?

What inspires them to succeed?

Fahed Hakim, MD a senior Christian-Arab physician grew up in

Nazareth and studied at Hebrew University. He will share his personal and professional perspective about the existence and coexistence of

Arabs and Jews in Israel.

Dr. Hakim is currently completing a postdoctoral fellowship in pediatric sleep medicine at the Univ. of Chicago, IL. As a Christian-Arab physician in Israel, Dr. Hakim is an advocate of Arab-Jewish relations and coexistence. He is a senior physician from Rambam Health Care Center in Haifa and will be returning to Israel with his family upon completion of his fellowship.

Sponsored by Congregation Sinai Israel Committee For more information call Eti Ganin 414-964-2727 or email etiganin@gmail.com

Congregation Sinai Worship & Learning Center

Sunday, October 16th 10:00 am

Culture Connection

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My Sinai

Get connected with Milwaukee’s art and culture scene AND with fellow Sinai congregants. We have a wonderful time enjoying theater, restaurants, festivals, all while making new friends through Sinai. Come join us.

Our next event is Driving Miss Daisy at the Milwaukee Chamber Theater.

Saturday October 22, 8:00 pm show. We will arrange dinner before the show when RSVPs are finalized.

Tickets are $30.00

Please RSVP by October 3 Purchase online at: http://cultureconnectiondrivingmissdaisy.eventbrite.com

Or send a check (payable to Congregation Sinai) to Sinai by October 3

Cabot Theatre Directed by C. Michael Wright Featuring Ruth Schudson, Michael Torrey & Jonathan West “When Daisy Werthan, rich, sharp-tongued and Jewish, demolishes yet another car, her son, Boolie, decides it's time to hire a chauffeur. Little does he realize that the thoughtful, but uneducated, Hoke Coleburn will become a major influence in Daisy's life over the next 25 years.” Alfred Uhry's quietly powerful script examines the ever-changing racial relations of Atlanta, Georgia - and America - with an abundance of humor, honesty and dignity.

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 @ jillgw2@gmail.com

Join us for a family hike on the

Ice Age Trail in Monches

on Sunday, October 9th.

Meet at Sinai at 1:00 pm to caravan/

carpool. The hike starts at 2:00 pm. This is

guaranteed to be a beautiful hike on an easy

trail with gentle hills and a lovely display of

autumn foliage. There are options for kid

friendly stops at water's edge, or if you like, a

more strenuous hike out and back. Leashed

dogs are welcome.

No bathrooms on site.

RSVP to Bobbi Rector burpt@wi.rr.com so we

will know to wait for you!

Winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize and the

Outer Critics Circle Award

Sinai Outside Sinai Cooks!

B‘rit Nashim means ―Covenant of Women‖.

We are a group of women who meet one even-

ing each month, for programs of Jewish and personal con-

tent. We also have an annual Shabbat retreat. Our group,

which started about 16 years ago, was designed to be a fo-

rum 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

Congregation 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 that might incur

from the projects we undertake.

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 exam-

ples 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 activi-

ties, however we find that it is really not the activity we are

doing, but rather that we are together that matters. Most

importantly, we have become friends.

Each fall, B‘rit Nashim is open to new mem-

bers. We find that this is a great opportunity to get to know

additional women, who bring wonderful new energy and in-

put to our "covenant." We invite you to join us. Potential

members can come to our open meeting, Monday, October

10th. For further information, please call Toby Colton at

351-5205 or Joanne Roberts at 351-6486.

Brit Nashim

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My Sinai

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 jfriedman@congregationsinai.org

She’ll give you a token to share with your currently unaffiliated friends or family good for their one-year membership at Sinai.*

Bring your friends & family into our congregational family!

Share what you love!

*Religious School fees not included

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My Sinai

Hamakon Y’Nachem—May God Comfort

Jayne Butlein on the death of her mother, Bernice Greenspan

Eve Eiseman and Marge Eiseman on the death of their

husband and father, Bob Eiseman

Jean, Pete, Jim & Bob Friedlander of the death of their

husband and father, Ted Friedlander

Betsy, Shelly & Jessica Goldberg on the death of their

husband and father, Peter Goldberg.

Betsy Goldberg on the death of her sister-in-law,

Barbara Zelig

Hugh Hoffman on the death of his father, Milt Hoffman

Rosalie Kahn on the death of her husband, Jerry Kahn

Cynthia Kartman on the death of her father, James Davis

Damien Jacques on the death of his father, Norm Jacques

Andy Komisar on the death of his mother, Carolyn Komisar

Avi Lank, on the death of his father, Norman E. Lank

Jim, Carly, Bryan & Stephen Phillips on the death of their wife

and mother, Lisa Phillips

Keith Roberts on the death of his father, John Keith Roberts

Judith Ross on the death of her mother, Kathryn Ross

Ruth Stroiman and Linda Ross on the death of their husband

and step father, Theodore Stroiman

Madelaine Yafet on the death of her mother, Esther Tarnoff

Condolences to: Mazel Tov to:

Ellis Bromberg for his appointment as the new President of

Hillel at UWM

Michael Cohen and Aviva Glassman on their appointments

as co-presidents of CoSY (Congregation Sinai Youth) group

Jordan Ellerbrock and her soccer team for winning the Girls

U-13 State Cup Championship

Nathan Fishbach for being ranked among the best attorneys

in Wisconsin by Chambers and Partners. Chambers

publishes the prestigious Chambers USA guide, used by

businesses and other organizations in determining the best

possible legal representation

Julie, Scott, Sam, Kate, and Kelly Griswold on the birth of

Sydney Wynn Griswold

David, Nicole and Ava Hirsch on the birth of their son, Ari

Aaron Holman on becoming a Bar Mitzvah

Jessica Ketten and David Levi on their recent marriage

Joan Lubar and Jon Crouch on their recent marriage

Judith Ross and Ronald Sinclair on their engagement

Ari Schermer on becoming a Bar Mitzvah

Sydney Stelzer on becoming a Bat Mitzvah

Barb and Brad Tenin on their recent marriage

Our Sinai High School graduates - Class of 2011

Our Sinai College graduates - Class of 2011

Do you have a Mazel Tov to share?

Email Jen Friedman:

jfriedman@congregationsinai.org

Welcome to:

Do you know a member of Sinai that could use

some TLC?

Thanks to some fantastic volunteers, Congregation Sinai is stocked with soup for you to deliver to someone in need! Just give us a call and let us

know you would like to bring a congregant some soup!

Soup from

Sinai!

Rachel Buff, Joe Austin, Ruby & Ellie Balotovsky

Yvonne, Dmitry and Bennett Brodsky

Eileen Gossman

Ron Lee

Barbara & Bradley Tenin

Page 23 September-October 2011

“Scene at Sinai”

Last day of Religious School Fun!

Scene it at Sinai?

Don‘t forget to bring your camera to the next

Sinai event and share your photos! Send to:

jfriedman@congregationsinai.org

Outdoor Shabbat

Wine & Cheese Shabbat

Sukkah Garden

Cantor Robins visits Sinai kids at Camp Interlaken on Shabbat

Page 24 September-October 2011

Supporting Sinai

Support Sinai While Shopping at SENDIKS!

Now you can purchase your Scrip card at times that are convenient for YOU!

Buy in person and receive your card the same day

Stop in the Sinai office during office hours (9 am-5 pm Mon-Thurs., 9 am-3 pm Fri. )

OR Buy your card on the following Sundays and receive the card the same day:

September 18 October 2 October 16

Questions? Contact: Lori Salinsky: lsalinsky@att.net, or call Cara Seppi-Bern (262) 236-0263

What is Scrip? Scrip means “substitute money”. Through Sendiks Food Market Scrip program 5% of what you pay for your Scrip card is donated to Sinai .

Scrip cards can be used at any Balestreri owned Sendiks: Elm Grove, Franklin, Germantown, Grafton, Greenfield, Mequon, Wauwatosa and Whitefish Bay.

...Our dreams come true

Sinai WishesSinai Wishes

When you wish upon a...

Please contact Karen Lancina:

klancina@congregationsinai.org to discuss how you can help make our

dreams come true!

Underwriting Opportunities:

HEPA Vacuum Cleaner

Colorful mats for the multipurpose room

TV/DVD player

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 ser-

vice. Congregation Sinai typically pro-

vides 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

Sponsor Bima Flowers or an Oneg ….A Lovely Way to Say It

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 jfriedman@congregationsinai.org or

call (414) 352-2970.

Available Dates for Sponsorships:

September 9, 16 & 23

The Holy Days are coming! How about something new for the New Year?

This is a great time to check

out the Sinai gift shop for

candlesticks, Kiddush cups,

Shofarim and beautiful

hostess gifts.

Come SHOP at the Sinai Gift Shop!

Open during office hours

or email

Susan Solvang:

slubarsovang@gmail.com

for special orders.

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Page 27 September-October 2011

In the Sinai Family

B’nei Mitzvah Bios

Chandlar Strauss

Chandlar Strauss became a Bat Mitzvah on the eve of June 18th, 2011 in Israel.

The ceremony was performed along the beautiful shores of the Kinneret at sunset by for-

mer teacher to Chandlar - Rabbi Philip Nadel. The evening was celebrated with family and

friends from both Milwaukee and Israel. Chandlar is the daughter of Diane and Randy

Strauss, and sister of Cole, granddaughter of Joni Ansfield, Richard Strauss, Dorothy Flora,

Maurice Andrade and great–granddaughter of Goldene Strauss.

The next morning following her Bat Mitzvah ceremony Chandlar and her family

cleared an overgrown path and removed litter from along the shores of the Kinneret for her

Mitzvah project. Chandlar will be delivering the D‘var Torah on Friday, September 2nd for

the evening service at Congregation Sinai.

Chandlar will be an 8th grader at Milwaukee Jewish Day School this fall. She en-

joys many sports including basketball, volleyball and figure skating, but her passions are

dance, water skiing, and snow skiing. Her heart gravitates to helping others, improving our

community and the world in which we live. Her friends and family are an integral part of

her happiness.

Chandlar and her family thank Rabbi Cohen and Rabbi Nadel, Cantor Robins and

Linda Ross for their efforts and guidance in preparing her for this special occasion.

Cameron Kaufmann

Cameron Kaufmann will become a Bar Mitzvah on October 15th, 2011. Cameron is the

son of Mary and Jamie Kaufmann and brother of Drew, grandson on Morrie and Anne Chernis

and the late Margaret and William Kaufmann.

Cameron is a 7th grader at Bayside Middle School. He enjoys several sports including

baseball, basketball, snowboarding and scuba diving. He also enjoys traveling and spending

time with his friends and family.

Cameron is very excited about his Bar Mitzvah and its religious significance. He and

his family thank Rabbi Cohen, Cantor Robins and Linda Ross for their assistance and guidance

preparing him for this special day.

Charlie Lewis

Charlie Lewis will become a Bar Mitzvah on October 29th, 2011. Charlie is the son of

Richard and Michelle Lewis, brother of Joey, grandson of Michael and Marsha Lewis and the

late Sheldon and Madelain Julius.

Charlie will be a 7th grader at Lakeshore Middle School in the fall. His interests are

computers/technology, history and science. He especially enjoys traveling, visiting museums

and spending time with his family. Charlie is excited about his upcoming Bar Mitzvah and, as

a mitzvah project, is working with the Community Advocates Family Shelter to help its resi-

dents with job searching.

Charlie and his parents would like to thank Rabbi Cohen, Cantor Robins and Linda

Ross for their support and guidance.

Charlotte Siegel Charlotte Siegel became a Bat Mitzvah on June 13, 2011 in Israel. Rabbi Nadel officiat-

ed and her family was there to celebrate with her. Charlotte is the daughter of Joan Lubar and

the late Jeffrey Siegel, step-daughter of John Crouch, sister of Isaac, Max and J.D.; and grand-

daughter of Sheldon and Marianne Lubar.

Charlotte will be a 7th grader at University School of Milwaukee. Charlotte loves

to travel, play soccer and ski.

Charlotte and her family would like to thank Cantor Robins, Rabbi Cohen, Linda Ross

and Rachel Nelson for helping prepare her for this meaningful event.

Those We Remember

Page 28 September-October 2011

Life Cycle Events

September 2, 2011

Samuel Bender

Dr. Mary Zeldes Friedman

Ruth Gelbart

James Jay Katz

Esther Larkey

Irving Malawsky

Racine Meyerowitz

Lee Ostermann

Charlotte Schwartz

September 9, 2011

Rose Adler

Naum Akselrod

Kenneth Allschwang

Milton B. Katz

Gertrude Kerns

Beryl Levine

Edward Rosenberg

Victor Salinsky

Pauline Schwedelson

Lilly Wallis Sidon

Jeffrey C. Siegel

Esther Smith

Beverly Zitelman

September 16, 2011

Andy Alameno

Phillip Altshul

Hilda Barash

Manny Birenholtz

Andrew Cherniack

Carl Diamond

Selmer Melvin Feld

Russell Fisher

Paul Gratch

Carl Greenfield

Edik Loxvitsky

Jim Muchin

Molly Jeanette Rosenberg

Maybelle Sametz

Benjamin Schiffer

Lois Taus

Herman Veit

September 23, 2011

Irving Bram

William Dinkes

Abe Friedman

Maureen Kahn

Sol Lindenberg

Leah Mandel

Mariam Medvedovsky

Kurt Meyer

Eugene Prudell

Frances Robins

Eugene Schwartz

Ann Simon

Charlotte Teweles

Edith Winkler Price

September 30, 2011

Klara Borkovitz

Leon Borkovitz

Albert Cherniack

David Colburn

Louise Friedlander

Sara Kaplan

Warren W. Laing

Milton Letven

Lottie Lubar

Miles Mandel

Anna Melcher

Sara Moskol

Ada Perlson

Tammy Robinson

Richard Saltzstein

Sara Shafton

Ethel Weinberg

October 7, 2011

Sam Butlein

Henry Federlin

Lucille Fensin

Max Fershtman

Ralph Heilbronner

Eleanor Mann

Eli Meltzer

Joseph Pereles

Herman Pollishuke

Ethel Primakow

Jonathan David Resek

Sandra Rotter

Ida Rugowitz

Mildred Sanderson

Michael Shapiro

Jenny Wiviott

October 14, 2011

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

Morris Moskol

Fanny Padway

Charlotte Rabenn

Anna Reuter

Virginia Saffro

David Joel Schechter

Morris Schwartz

Esther Handelman Vail

Florence Waxman

Arthur Weissman

October 21, 2011

Bessie Becker

Lana Blok

Ishmael Bratt

Dr. Harry Brauer

Steven Doyle

Jack Fagan

Mary Flesch

Harold Frolkis

Errol J. Glusman

Fanny Goodman

Louis Greenebaum Jr.

Edward Jacobson

Abram Levine

Robert Grant Marks

Dorothy Polacheck

Rose Shaiken

Rabbi Ulrick Steuer

Dora Werbel

Elmer Winter

October 28, 2011

Janet Bensman

Benjamin Einhorn

Jacob Fine

Lester M. Gershan

Abe Lipton

Bernice Stein

Abraham Tepps

Robert Weber

September Yarhzeits

October Yarhzeits

If you learn of any events - births, engagements, mar-

riages, ordinations - that should be included in our ―In the

Sinai Family‖ page, please notify the congregation office at

khintz@congregationsinai.org 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.

Donations received from

3/31/11 to 7/15/11

Adult Programming and Education

Endowment Fund

In memory of David Fishkin

Pauline Zarne

In memory of Norman Jaques

Mimi Schechter & David Weissman

Andy Brickman Museum Fund

In memory of Eva Jolton

Stanley Jolton

Miriam Miringoff Kitchen Fund

In honor of Bob Eiseman’s 80th birthday

In memory of Morris Fredlich

In memory of Bernice Greenspan

In memory of Janice Higgins

In memory of Jeffrey Kasch

In memory of Michael Kleiner

In memory of Hirsh Larkey

In honor of marriage of Joan Lubar & John Crouch

In memory of Susan Pittelman’s mother

In memory of Arthur Saltzstein

In honor of Goldene Strauss’ 100th birthday

Judi & Michael Ketten

Tzedakah Fund

In memory of Irvin Becker

Joan & Mike Friedman

Speedy recovery to Rosalee Bratt

Dorothy Schmidt

Sue & Neal Zechman

In memory of Hans Brauer

Ilse Brauer

In honor of Bob Eiseman’s 80th birthday

In memory of Frances Fershtman

In memory of Norman Jaques

In memory of Harry Soifer

Naomi & Morton Soifer

In memory of Bob Eiseman

Joan & Mike Friedman

In honor of Joan & Michael Friedman’s new

granddaughter, Ella Rose Friedman

Sally & David Moskol

In memory of Milt Hoffman

Joan & Mike Friedman

In memory of Norman Jaques

Eve Eiseman

In honor of Edward Kapper’s 90th birthday

The Gene Mayer Family

In memory of Selma Kay

Stanley Jolton & Sons

In memory of Herman Larkey

In memory of Hinda Larkey

Jay Larkey

In memory of Hirsh Larkey

Eve Eiseman

Helen Padway

Jim Phillips

In memory of Hyman Madnek

Sharon & Ruth Madnek

In memory of Lilli Meyer

Ilse Brauer

Contributions

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In memory of Lisa Phillips

Joan & Mike Friedman

Idy & Bill Goodman

In memory of Irwin Porter

In memory of Rachel Porter

Idy & Bill Goodman & Family

In memory of Earl Zechman

In memory of Ida Zechman

Sue & Neal Zechman

In honor of Randee Zitelman’s graduation

Dorothy Schmidt

Rabbi‘s Discretionary Fund

In appreciation

Jayne & Eric Butlein

Nancy & Joseph Carruth

Eve Eiseman

Damien Jaques

Ruth Stroiman

In memory of Maurice Ansfield

James Ansfield

In memory of Dr. Irvin Becker

Margery Becker

In memory of Edith Bilsky

Marlene & Bert Bilsky

In memory of Louis Cohen

The Rattner Family

In honor of marriage of John Crouch & Joan Lubar

Bob & Esther Sametz

In memory of Bob Eiseman

Stanley Jolton

Nancy Ostermann

Marleen Pugach & Bill Rickards

In honor of Bob Eiseman’s 80th birthday

In memory of Bernice Greenspan

Barbie & Morty Blutstein

In memory of Adolph Emerman

In memory of Mollie Fromstein

Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell Fromstein

In memory of Eugene Frank

In memory of Fanny Frank

Jeffrey Frank & Family

In memory of Morris Friedman

Joan & Michael Friedman

In memory of Myron Fromstein

Mr. & Mrs. Fromstein

In memory of Murray Glass

Ingrid Dris & Mark Glass

In memory of Helen Grossmann

Beth & Ron Shapiro

In honor of Toots Hassel’s birthday

Bettie & Dave Meltzer

In memory of Norman Jaques

In honor of Howard Weiss’s very special birthday

Stanley Jolton

In memory of Avie Jude’s father

Elizabeth & Howard Holman

Jodi & Alan Holman

In memory of Sam Kaufman

Barbara Shafton

In honor of marriage of Jessica Ketten &

David Levi

Toots Hassel

In memory of Hirsh Larkey

Stanley Jolton

Jay Larkey & Lois Malawsky

Barbara Tabak & Damien Jaques

In memory of Jack Levin

Deborah & Jim Gollin

In memory of Paul Pugach

Marleen Pugach & Bill Rickards

In memory of Estelle Rand

Bede Segal

In memory of Ann Recht

Sheila & Morrie Rudberg

In memory of Nina Rotman

In memory of Rose Taitelman

Sheila & Don Taitelman

In memory of Arthur Saltzstein

Idy & Bill Goodman

In memory of Gertrude Schulner

Bob Schlossmann

In memory of Leo Shafton

Barbara Shafton & Family

In honor of Goldene Strauss’s 100th birthday

Sheila & Donald Taitelman

In honor of new great-grandchild to Dr. & Mrs.

Charles Winter

Bede Segal

In memory of Morton Wolfe

Rona & Gary Wolfe

Cantor‘s Discretionary Fund

In appreciation

Nancy & Joseph Carruth

Peggy Goodman

Damien Jaques

Ruth Stroiman

In memory of Dr. Irvin Becker

Margery Becker

In memory of Sol Gollin

Deborah & Jim Gollin

In memory of Ellis Hassel

In memory of Mamie Muchin

Toots Hassel

In memory of Janice Higgins

Eileen & Glenn Graves

Lori & Marc Jacobson

Mimi Schechter & David Weissman

Laura & Charles Waisbren

In memory of R. Todd Lappin

The Konik Family

In memory of Hirsh Larkey

Jay Larkey & Lois Malawsky

In memory of Jack Levin

Deborah & Jim Gollin

In memory of Siegfried Lowin

In memory of Frances Pories

Linda & Bill Ross

In honor of Nancy Mandel’s special birthday

In honor of Ann Pereles’ special birthday

Toots Hassel

In memory of Ted Stroiman

Carolyn & David Lincoln & Family

Passport to Israel Fund

In memory of Milt Hoffman

Sheri & Lloyd Levin

In memory of Leah Mlavsky

Alla & Zorian Pinsky

In memory of Gene Suvalsky

Julie & Yoni Zvi

In memory of Ben Wiener

In memory of Kate Wiener

Bill Wiener

In memory of Rosalyn Zaret

Sheri & Lloyd Levin

Contributions made to the Temple

Speedy recovery of Rosalee Bratt

Bubbles Shumow

In honor of marriage of Joan Lubar & John Crouch

Marlene & Marv Lauwasser

Micaela Levine & Tom St. John

In honor of Bob Eiseman’s 80th birthday

Margie Becker

Rosalee & Herb Bratt

Marian Brill

Ed Blumberg & Sandy Weinstein

Bunny & Ron Cohen

Diane & William Forman

Sue Freeman & Dick Kahn

Joan & Mike Friedman

Lili & Rick Friedman

Diana & Leonard Goldstein

Rocille McConnell

Arlene Mann

Judy & Jerry Salinsky

Doje Sherman

Judy & Allan Strauss

June Wallace

In memory of Bob Eiseman

Jacquelyn & Melvin Askot

Margery Becker

Barbara & Morton Blutstein

Rosalee & Herb Bratt

Peggy & Sam Dickman

Harriet & Jerry Dorf

Ellen & Jim Flesch

Susan Freeman

Diana & Leonard Goldstein

Marilyn & Paul Goldstein

Sharon & Robert Goldstein

Deborah & Jim Gollin

Idy & Bill Goodman

Betsy & Michael Green

Sara & David Harris

Marcia Hecker

Anne & S. Fredric Horwitz

Komisar Brady & Co.

Marlene & Marv Lauwasser

Barby & Ed Levi

Sheri & Lloyd Levin

Rita Leweneauer

Betsy & Jordan Lewis

Nancy & Bob Mandel

Audrey Mann

Jo Ann Mann

Elaine & Howard Myers

Helen Padway

Contributions

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Bobbi & Larry Polacheck

Jill & Jerry Polacheck

Gayle & Rick Rakita

Bobbi & Paul Rector

Judy & Gerry Salinsky

Dorothy Schmidt

Doje Sherman

Jane & Jack Shlimovitz

Barbara & Richard Simon

Nancy & Mark Stall

Anita & Robert Stone

Susan & Richard Stuckert

Roberta & Ed Teitelbaum

June Wallace

Sandra Zetley

In memory of Morris Fredlich

Marlene & Marv Lauwasser

Susan & Richard Stuckert

In honor of Edith Gilman for Mother’s Day

Dr. Daniel Gilman and Family

In honor of Jacob & Gloria Golding’s 50th

anniversary

Susan Freeman

Jill & Jerry Polacheck

Roberta & Larry Polacheck

Judy & Gerry Salinsky

In memory of Bernice Greenspan

Susan Freeman

In honor of Toots Hassel’s 75th birthday

Nancy & Bob Mandel

Polly Siegel

In memory of Janice Higgins

Anne Ghory-Goodman & Ward Ghory

Susan & Oyvind Solvang

In memory of Milton Hoffman

Susan & Richard Stuckert

In memory of Alfred Jacobs

Jeanne Jacobs

In memory of Norman Jaques

Nina & Richard Edelman

In memory of Gerald Kahn

Anne & S. Fredric Horwitz

In memory of Eunice Kartman

Cynthia & Marc Kartman

In memory of Ray Kramer

Sheila & Morrie Rudberg

In memory of Hirsh Larkey

Marian Brill

Jeanne Jacobs

Micaela Levine & Tom St. John

Barbara & Dick Simon

In memory of Joe Lubar

Camp Cheppewa Foundation

Anne Ghory-Goodman & Ward Ghory

Janet & Nick Padway & Family

Jami & Bruce Ross

Caroline & Bill Schulhof

Sue & Bud Selig

In memory of Ruth Mayer

Marion Rice

In memory of Donald Musickant

In memory of Arthur Saltzstein

Goodman-Bensman Whitefish Bay

Funeral Home

In honor of Sarah Nocton’s bat mitzvah

Bobbi & Paul Rector

Pauline Zarne

In memory of Milton Padway

Janet & Nick Padway & Family

Abraham Sciammas

In honor of AJ Pangallo’s bar mitzvah

Peggy & Nat Bernstein

Gerry & Art Schmidman

In memory of Lisa Phillips

Carla & Adrian Cohen

Barbara Collings

Marlene & Jason Goodman

Diane Gutmann & Tom Palay

Nancy & Arthur Laskin

Mordecai Lee

Rhonda & Greg Oberland Dottie & Gil Palay

Miriam Sabshin

Dr. & Mrs. Marvin Slavkin

Michele & Richard Seesel

Sherry & Harold Wolfe

In memory of Arthur Saltzstein

Cynthia & Marc Kartman

Micaela Levine & Tom St. John

Audrey Mann

In memory of Ted Stroiman

Mary Ann McCarthy & Walter Pories

Rose-Deep Sun Farm

Seymour Stein

In memory of Esther Tarnof

Marianne & Sheldon Lubar

Sharon Roth

In honor of Howard Weiss’s 90th birthday

Judy & Gerry Salinsky

Landscape Fund

In memory of Robert Brill

In memory of Bernice Greenspan

Marian Brill

In memory of Marc Flesch

Ellen & Jim Flesch

In memory of Edward Kelly, Sr.

Madeleine Kelly Lubar & Family

In memory of Morris Mendeloff, Jr.

Alan Mendeloff

In memory of James I. Schulhof

In memory of Pearl Schulhof

Caroline & Bill Schulhof & Family

Floral and Oneg Fund

In memory of Rivka Charney

In memory of Joe Lubar

In memory of Arthur Saltzstein

In memory of Leslie Unger

In honor of Eli Weinshel

The Rectors

In memory of Nellie Cherniack

In memory of Selma Cherniack

Gerry Cherniack

In memory of Allen Goldmann

Ruth Goldmann

In memory of Gerald Kahn

Muriel Silbar

In memory of Elza Roth

The Lancina Family

In honor of Howard Weiss’s 90th birthday

Rabbi Jay, Rita, Cliff & Haje Brickman

Florence Senkowsky

In memory of Shirley Wile

Naomi Arbit & Family

Chesed (Caring) Fund

In honor of Scott Arbit’s 60th birthday

Susan, Bruce, Jeremy & Andrea Winter

In memory of Theodore Cayle

In memory of William Miller

Shari Cayle

In memory of Bob Eiseman

Dorothy & Al Meyers

In memory of Katherine Fagan

Bernice Fagan

In memory of Rose Fishkin

Pauline Zarne

In memory of Morris Fredlich

Ilene & Jeff Wasserman

Susan, Bruce, Jeremy & Andrea Winter

In memory of Norman Jaques

In memory of Gerald Kahn

In memory of Mathilda Luff

In memory of William Luff

Dorothy & Al Meyers

In memory of Maurice Kimmel

Ronna & Richard Kimmel

Sue & Joel Kimmel

In memory of Lisa Phillips

Dorothy & Al Meyers

In memory of John Roberts

Barbara & Ariel Friedlander

In memory of Max Schulner

Bob Schlossmann

In memory of Arthur Stone

Nancy, Scott, Andrew &

Stephanie Phillips

Anita & Bob Stone

In memory of Ted Stroiman

Luci, Steve & Danny Stroiman

In honor of Jordan Strouse‘s bar mitzvah

Pauline Zarne

In honor of Howard Weiss’s big birthday

Dorothy & Al Meyers

In honor of Randee Zitelman’s graduation

In honor of Chelsea Beth Domer’s graduation

In honor of Robin Alicia Domer’s graduation

Rosalee & Herbert Bratt

Dorothy & Al Meyers

Barbara Eiseman Memorial Fund for

Spiritual Growth

In memory of Bob Eiseman

Gloria Krasno

Helen Padway

Pat & Allen Rieselbach

Laurie & Dean Segal

In honor of Bob Eiseman’s 80th birthday

Ruth Goldmann

Contributions

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Eileen & Glenn Graves

Alice & Jerry Jacobson

Gloria Krasno

Nancy & Bob Mandel

Pat & Allen Rieselbach

Fran & Dick Rubinstein

Dorothy Schmdit

Bea & George Strick

In memory of Hirsh Larkey

Gloria Krasno

Music Fund

In honor of Steve Colburn’s long history with the

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and his

retirement

Dorothy & Al Meyers

Judy & Gerry Salinsky

Speedy recovery of B.J. Cohn

Emmie & Erv Merar

In honor of Bob Eiseman’s 80th birthday

Beverly Ugent

In memory of Bob Eiseman

In memory of Theodore Stroiman

The Friedlander Family

In memory of Hutchins Kealy, Dr.

The Kealy Family

In memory of Hirsh Larkey

Marcia & Gerry Cherniack

In memory of Judith Peck

Emmett Peck

In memory of Lisa Phillips

In memory of Kathryn Ross

Lise Meissner

In memory of Molly Razeper

Doje Sherman

In memory of Bess Rosenberg

Marcia Cherniack

In memory of Ted Stroiman

Miriam & Gene Mayer

In memory of Esther Tarnof

Marilyn Simons

Janet Greenebaum Scholarship Fund

In memory of Daniel Albert

Hana Albert

In memory of Max Feuer

In memory of Edward Loewenthal

In memory of Katherin Loewenthal

Janet & Donald Greenebaum

Jacob M. Fine & Family Library Fund

In memory of Rae Bailey

In memory of Sheldon Baily

Robin & Hugh Hoffman

In memory of Beverly Bender

Rosalee & Herbert Bratt

In memory of Helen Butlein

Jayne & Eric Butlein

In memory of Bob Eiseman

Jayne & Eric Butlein

Rochelle & Paul Whiteman

In memory of Maurice Fredlich

In memory of Bernice Greenspan

Lori & Marc Jacobson

In memory of Bernice Greenspan

Joy & Steve Appel

Robin & Spencer Block

Idy & Bill Goodman

Terry & Jay Goodman

Judy & Gary Guten

Robin & Hugh Hoffman

Barbara Kohl-Spiro & Dr. Herzl Spiro

Marlene & Marv Lauwasser

Jerry & Jill Polacheck

Naomi & Morton Soifer

Karen & Neil Wahlberg

In memory of Janice Higgins

Jayne & Eric Butlein

In memory of Beatrice Hoffman

Robin & Hugh Hoffman

In memory of Milton Hoffman

Jayne & Eric Butlein

In memory of Robert W. Mann

Audrey Mann

In memory of Lisa Phillips

Jayne & Eric Butlein

Robert Grant Marks Youth Fund

In honor of Gloria & Jake Golding’s 50th

anniversary

Brynn & Jerry Bloch

Future Fund

In honor of Toots Hassel’s 75th birthday

In memory of Gerald Kahn

Ann Pereles

Lieberman Memorial Arts Fund

In memory of Joseph & Sabilia Bibbye

Lieberman

Joan Lieberman

In memory of Bob Eiseman

Ruth Goldmann

In memory of Beatrice Kapper

Sally & David Moskol

In memory of Faye & Ben Kolbur

Ruth Goldmann

Joan Lieberman

Prayer Book Fund

In honor of Howard Weiss’s 90th birthday

Rosalee & Herb Bratt

In honor of Howard Weiss’s “Noventa” birthday

Maureen Eichenbaum

In memory of Edward Zien

Bede Segal

Social Action Fund

In honor of Edward Kapper’s 90th birthday

Miriam Mayer

Congregation Sinai 8223 N. Port Washington Road, Fox Point, WI 53217

Member of the Union for Reform Judaism

Board of Trustees, 2011-2012 Judi Ketten, Co-President Marc Kartman, Co-President John Mann, Vice President Craig Johnson, Vice President Tom St. John, Treasurer Sandy Saltzstein, Secretary Marlene Lauwasser, Past President Patti Levy, Past President Jim Salinsky, Past President David Cobb, Finance Dan Elias, Membership Jenni Goldbaum, Youth Education Andy Gollin, Brotherhood Rob Golub, Outreach Idy Goodman, Social Action Toots Hassel Hugh Hoffman, Finance Ruth Lebed-Rofes Julie Lookatch Amy Newman Jimmy Schulhof Beth Shapiro, Communications Susan Solvang, Gift Shop 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.

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□Jacob M. Fine & Family Library Fund

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