November Tekiah

November 11 – A Day to Honor our Veterans

O n November 11, 1918, seven months before the signing of the Versailles Treaty that formally ended World War I, an armistice went into effect

that effectively ended hostilities between the Allied nations and Germany in what was generally regard-ed as “the war to end all wars.” In November 1919, President Wilson proclaimed November 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day, and in May 1938 Congress enacted a law making No-vember 11 a legal holiday and dedicating it to the cause of world peace. Armistice Day was primarily a day set aside to honor veterans of World War I, but in 1954 Congress amended the Act of 1938 by striking out the word "Armistice" and inserting in its place the word "Veterans." Thus, on June 1, 1954, November 11th became a day to honor American veterans of all wars.

Temple Torah plays its small part in honoring our veterans, while recognizing that, although our na-tion believes in and strives for peace, we will use its strength to act vigorously, if necessary, to pro-tect our freedom. Our Temple Board of Directors and our clergy support this principle, and act on it in many ways out of respect for our veterans. Through our active Men’s Club, then-President Charlie Deutch created a Veterans Committee, continued by President Gary Dalin in the current administration. At every Shabbat and holiday ser-

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The 76th Anniversary of Kristallnacht

K ristallnacht, or the “Night of Broken Glass,” was the crucial turning point in German policy toward the

Jews, and was the beginning of the shift by the Nazis from isolation and discrimination to the violence and kill-ing that we know now as the Holo-caust, or Shoah.

By 1938, many laws had already been passed by the Nazi regime restricting Jewish economic activity and job op-

portunity. Jews were also deprived of German citizen-ship and required to carry special ID cards, and Jewish children were forbidden to attend German public

schools but attended special “Jewish” schools instead. But the act that precipitated Kristallnacht was the assassi-

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Destruction of a synagogue during Kristallnacht.

Ernst vom Rath

Heshvan-Kislev 5775 November 2014

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Coming in December

11th-Men’s Club Paid-Up Membership Dinner

13th-Havdalah on the Beach

21st-Temple Torah Hanukkah Celebration

24th-Sal Richards (see ad on p. 12)

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 9:00a Shabbat

Service Parashat Lekh-

Lekha

2 Change Clocks

to EST

3 4

7:00p Ritual Comm. Mtg.

7:00p Calendar Mtg.

5 6:00p Torah Tots

Pajama Night 7:00p Membership

Comm. Mtg.

6 12:30p Bereave-

ment Group 1:00p Sisterhood

Bd. Mtg. 7:00p Men’s Club

Bd. Mtg.

7 9:30a Torah Tots

Grandparent Shabbat

5:16p Candle lighting

8 9:00a Shabbat

Service Parashat Vayera

9 10 7:00p Ex. Comm.

Mtg.

11

12 7:00p Fundraising

Comm. Mtg.

13 14

5:12p Candle lighting

15 9:00a Shabbat

Service Parashat Hayyei

Sarah

16 11:30a Men’s Club

Luncheon honoring Lenny Weiss

17 18 19 20 1:00p Sisterhood

General Mtg. 7:00p Bd. of Direc-

tors

21 5:10p Candle

lighting

22 9:00a Shabbat

Service Parashat Toledot

23 Rosh Hodesh

Kislev

24 25 26 27 28 5:09p Candle

lighting

29 9:00a Shabbat

Service Paraschat Vayetse

30

The Jewish Healing Circle, scheduled for November 4,

has been cancelled. Watch this publication and the

Temple announcements for future dates.

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Temple Torah shofar blowers at final

rehearsal before Rosh Hashanah.

nation of German diplomat Ernst vom Rath on November 9, 1938 by Herschel Grynspan, a German Jew

living in Par-is, and was the excuse provided Josef Goeb-bels, Hitler’s Propaganda Minister, that he need-ed to start a pogrom against the

Jews.

Many “spontaneous” demonstra-tions took place on the night of No-vember 9-10, with gangs of Nazis roaming the Jewish neighborhoods of many cities, looting and burning synagogues, desecrating Jewish cemeteries, and looting Jewish busi-nesses and homes. Nearly 200 syna-gogues were destroyed in Germany and Austria, 7,500 Jewish businesses looted and burned, 91 Jews killed as a result of beatings, and nearly 30,000 Jews were arrested and sent to concentration camps. Three days after Kristallnacht, the Nazi Party an-nounced that Jews were to blame for the pogrom and decided to fine the Jewish community one billion marks for the assassination of vom Rath. In addition, six million marks paid by insurance companies for damages to homes and businesses were appropriated by the govern-ment.

Most historians believe that Kris-tallnacht was the major event of the time that encouraged the Nazis to carry out their solution to the “Jewish problem.” We must never forget...

Louis Port, Co-Chair HLC

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vice, Rabbi Bernstein recites a prayer for the safety and success of the men and women in the armies of America and Israel. In these and many other ways we thank those men and women in our congregation who have made sacrifices of self and family and gone into harm’s way so that others may enjoy their uninter-rupted freedoms.

President John F. Kenne-dy, in quoting the 19th-century Episcopal Bishop of Massachusetts Phillips Brooks said, “O, do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men!” The world is a jungle, a danger-ous environment, and weakness in the jungle in-vites certain death and de-feat. We don’t just pray for peace and say “Shalom,” but recognize that in order to achieve peace our nation must actively remain strong through the efforts of our servicemen and women. As we declare at the end of each book of the Torah, “Hazak, hazak, v’nit-hazeik” — “Be strong and let us strengthen each other.” Rabbi Sid Shanken

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Soldiers of the 353rd Infantry near a church at Stenay, Meuse in France, wait for the end of hostilities.

Herschel Grynspan

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Temple Torah Inaugurates Tiny Tots Program

To meet the needs of our young professionals who must work but still have young children at home, Temple Torah has initiated a “Tiny Tots” program for 18-month-old children. Under the aegis of our Early Childhood Learning Center (Torah Tots preschool), this flexi-ble program allows our working professionals to continue their em-ployment with the knowledge that their young children will be cared for in a secure, proven learning envi-ronment. There are currently five tots en-rolled in the program, but built-in expansion allows for a significant increase. We are indebted to members Sheila and Marvin Horowitz who have underwritten the program, and to Board member Lilly Felsen whose tireless efforts in dealing with Palm Beach County resulted in its approval and allowed it to be launched.

Sheila and Marvin Horowitz with their

Israeli family at the dedication

Plaque dedicating the Temple

Torah Tiny Tots Program,

October 1, 2014

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Welcome New Members

Norman Goldfarb

Rabbi & Mrs. Howard Hoffman

We Gratefully Acknowledge the Donations made to Temple Torah by the following Individuals

Nellie Abelhouse

Valentin Abelhouse

Steven Ackerman

Joan Alefi

Sheila & Aaron Altman

Esther & Marty Aronoff

Henrietta Rosner Barkin

Anne & Paul Berger

Tina Berkowitz

Sara Black

Ana Blatman

Myra Block

Ira Brandell

Marshall Brass

Rosalee Brauer

Corey Breier

Gordon Bromberg

Pearl Brooks

Gloria Bruskin

Helen Burrows

Carol Cohen

Jan Courte

David Dicker

Trudy Ehrlich

Elliott Fagin

Reva & Elliott Fagin

Barbara Feder

Doris Feldman

Helene Feldsott

Gail Schnapp Ford

Lillian Fingerhut

Helen Forrest

Barbara Friedman

Gerald Garet

Daniel Geffen

Rita Gitter

Richard Goldstein

Charles Haber

Claire Herschaft

Esther Herskovitz

Anna & Irv Jacobs

Claire & Henry Jaffe

Fred Jur

Morton Kimmel

Rita Kimmel

Suzanne Kobliner

Herbert Kofsky

Bunty Kornreich

Melvin Krel

Jerry Kweller

Richard Kweller

Rose Landa

Joyce Langer

Joyce & Myron Langer

Joe Lee

Leonard Levin

Cecelia Levine

Tami Levitas

Deborah Lite

Barry Madoff

Harold Marcus

Shirley Markowitz

Shirley Meltzer

Haina & Gordon Meyer

Miriam Moskowitz

Ruth Nebel

Tobie & Gabe Nemeth

Sharen Novick

Diane Partnoy

Jean & Louis Port

Beverly Radow

Paul Richter

Elaine Rogove

Bonnie Rosen

Susan Savitt

Marilyn Schadoff

Carla Schafer

Irving Scott

Helene Silverston

Phyllis & Gary Smith

Audry Solomon

Dave Solomon

Lucille Spector

Shirley Strauss

Zeta & Morty Sudler

Betty Tantleff

Stanley Thalblum

Kenneth Tillman

Betty Wachtel

Barbara & Hesh Weingard

Sherry Weisler

Meryl Weiss

David Werber

Phyllis Wiener

Barbara & Jay Wiston

Iris Wohlgemuth

Mary Zeid

Get Well Wishes To Terry Bloom

Jean Bomser

Sy Certoff

Nina Meltzer

Steve Mofshin

Grace Moses

Irene Soskind

Hilda Trueheart

Hershella Young

Harry Zabinsky

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A very special “thank you” to Rab-bi Bernstein, Cantor Mondrow, Reva and Elliott Fagin, Zeta and Morty Sudler, Haina and Gordon Meyer and all the Temple mem-bers for the kindness and love they have shown our family on the loss of my beloved husband, Ber-nie. Rest in peace my Bernie.

Sincerely,

Rona, Alana & Adam Ginsburg

Just a few words to say thank you to the TOV Team for the wonderful meal sent during my recuperation from knee surgery. Also, a great big thank you to the Temple Torah family for the donations, cards, tel-ephone calls and support these past few weeks. This kind of sup-port really helps move the healing process along. Thank you all again Tobie Nemeth

Jewish Fact: The Torah is

the first five books of the

Bible, and is where the

laws and teachings of Juda-

ism can be found. The To-

rah is also called the “Tree

of Life.”

Board Briefs

The Temple Torah Board of Directors took the following actions and ad-dressed the following items of interest at its regular meeting on September 18, 2014:

Adam Cohen and Gordon Meyer were unanimously elected to fill the two vacancies on the Board.

Approved the hiring of Ms. Ellen Fishman as an educational consultant to serve as mentor to the Torah Tots Director, Megan Wheelock, for a period of six months.

Finances

Options are being considered for disposition of the funds that will be real-ized as a result of the merger with Temple Emeth.

Sisterhood President Margot Banke presented the Congregation with a check for $3,000.

Merger with Temple Emeth

The committees working on the various aspects of the merger are operat-ing efficiently under the overall direction of Lilly Felsen.

Temple Emeth has gifted many items to Temple Torah (delineated in an official letter).

The closing on the sale of the Temple Emeth building is scheduled for October 22 (should be complete as of the time this issue of Tekiah is published).

Committees

The re-designated Communications Committee, with Lorraine Weissberg and Bobby Cohen as Co-Chairs, is functioning effectively. This com-mittee is an amalgamation of the former Publications, Public Rela-tions/Publicity, and Marketing/Advertising Committees.

The Nominating Committee is forming to begin its work in October.

Education

The new program for 18-month-old toddlers has begun and is going well. It is engaging new families.

Torah Tots has received a grant of $3,300 from the Friedman Commis-sion for Jewish Education for participation in Lilmod u’Lelamed.

The Electronic Memorial Board has been installed successfully in the sanctuary.

Temple Torah’s annual High Holiday YouTube Video for Facebook was completed before the High Holidays. Called “The Shofar Challenge,” it was edited by our own Adam Cohen, with background music com-posed by Cantor Jeremy Burko, a friend of Cantor Mondrow. (“The Shofar Challenge” can be viewed on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9dZxLVdExs.)

Wilma Turk, Recording Secretary

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HOW TO BUILD A SUKKAH!

Come Back to a New York State of Mind!

Men’s Club Paid-up Membership Dinner, Thursday, December 11, 7:00 pm

Menu includes hand-carved corned beef, pastrami, turkey, and knishes and more. Beer and wine will be served. Entertainment will take you back to a “New York state of mind.”

Watch for the flyer, renew your Temple Torah Men’s Club member-ship for 2015, and RSVP for the dinner by December 3. You must be a paid-up member for 2015 in order to attend.

Sukkah Raising, 2014

By Abe Banke

T wenty male adults and one child had the opportunity on Sunday morning, September 28, to observe a double mitz-

vah — raising the Temple Torah sukkah and observing the Fast of Gedalia. Tra-ditionally, the Men's Club has served breakfast to those who turn out to build the sukkah, but that did not happen this year because of the fast day.

Overseeing the operation was our own Sam Shefts, who designed and fash-ioned the first raising of this sukkah 19 years ago; Sam still did the preparation work this year. But some detective work and additional preparation was needed as well. The marked fence used to locate the position of the cement-filled, pre-dug holes had been painted over so the location was not easily found, and the in-ground pipe anchors had to be drilled clean since they had filled up with earth. We had just enough bamboo roofing rolls to put a good covering on the structure. A big thanks goes to Jonathan Shochat, who harvested and then hand-hewed some bamboo poles from his neighbor’s grove. (Did you happen to spot them when you were in the sukkah?)

The youngest member of the "construction" crew was 7-year-old Ja-cob Chapnick, a second-grader who attends the Meyer Academy. Perched on the upper steps of the ladder, he helped unroll the bamboo rolls to cover the roof. He was joined later by the first- and second-graders of our Esther and Simon Adler Religious School, who not only checked out the construction in preparation for their decorating the sukkah, but took turns on the ladder to get the "feel" of raising it. Helping Ja-cob were Marty Aronoff, Abe Banke, Barry Benson, Nat Bornstein, Ira Bran-dell, Michael Chapnick, Jeff Charnow, Bob Feldman, Stanley Gottheim, Steve Gross, Steve Hyman, Meron Levitats, Harry Saltzman, Harold Schafer,

Jonathan Shochat, Jarett Smith, Marty Sperber, and Ted Youlovsky.

The men were promised a full breakfast when they come back on October 19 to take down the sukkah!

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Kudos to Our Usher Team

O ur High Holiday usher team experienced several "firsts" this year and came through with flying col-ors. In addition to welcoming a large number of new members and guests who were not familiar with our High Holiday procedures, our ushers flawlessly implemented a new plan to accommodate those with walkers or wheelchairs. Conceived originally by Elliott Fagin, our Ritual Director, the

plan was expanded on by Margot Banke, Sisterhood president, by color-coding the claim tickets and the sections in which the walkers would be stored. The ushers quickly adapted, and, with the cooperation of our worship-pers, were able to safely secure the walkers and quickly retrieve them when needed.

In addition to their outstanding performance in welcoming our congregants and guests, the ushers unceremoni-ously and unobtrusively resolved a myriad of problems that invariably materialize, while at the same time ensur-ing the safety and well-being of all of our worshippers. Many of those in attendance expressed praise at the way things were handled. As has been suggested from the bima, a friendly smile and greeting to the usher is a simple yet effective way to show our appreciation. As well, those who attended services are to be commended for demonstrating their patience and contributing to a positive spiritual experience.

Special thanks are in order to our new members who volunteered as ushers during their first High Holiday sea-son at Temple Torah. Thanks are also due to Elana Deutch and the Junior Usher group that helped during ser-vices by assisting those with walkers, showing worshippers to their seats, delivering Honors Cards to the Honors Committee, and collecting and storing the donated bags of food for the needy. Working with Elana as youth ushers were Noam and Sam Bernstein, Matthew Berris, Blake Chassin, Benjamin Cohen, Harlan and Holden Kagen, David Libfeld, Eli and Sam Wiston, and Eriel and Jaden Wiston.

Fred Jaffe and I wish everyone a year of good health, love, fulfillment, joy, and peace. May we be able to serve our congregation again next year.

Abe Banke, Co-Chair, Usher Committee

Temple Torah Honors Lenny Weiss

Temple Torah Honors Lenny Weiss at the Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs Florida Region Man of the Year Awards, Sunday, November 16, 2014 at Temple Beth Torah Sha’ary Tzedek, Tamarac. Reception, award ceremony, and luncheon begin at 11:30 a.m.

Invitations have been sent out, but if you have mis-placed yours and would like to attend, please call Ste-ve Hyman at 740-0614.

We will be arranging car pools from Temple Torah to Temple Beth Torah Sha’ary Tzedek. Let us know if you will need a ride.

A celebratory journal is being produced. If you would like to honor Lenny, whether or not you can attend the ceremony, please contact Steve Hyman for more information. The deadline for the journal ads is November 5.

Torah Tots November Happenings

Monday, November 3 thru Fri-day, November 7 – Annual

Book Fair, Temple main lobby.

Wednesday, November 5, 6:00 pm – Pajama Night sponsored by PTO. Wear PJs, hear a fun story and enjoy an edible craft. Fun for the entire family!

Friday, November 7, 9:30 am – Grandparents’ Shabbat, Main Sanctuary. Share in interac-tive Shabbat service, take your grandchil-dren to the Book Fair, and join them in their classrooms for snacks and crafts.

Monday, November 24, 9:20 am – Thanksgiv-ing Experience for Preschool families. Come celebrate with music, crafts, edible projects, and interactive story time.

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Temple Torah of West Boynton Beach

8600 Jog Road, Boynton Beach, FL 33472 Phone: 561-369-1112 Fax: 561-369-0960

DAILY SERVICES

SCHEDULE

SUNDAY-FRIDAY: 8:30 AM IN THE CHAPEL

SUNDAY-THURSDAY

5:00 PM IN THE CHAPEL

FRIDAY EVENING: 6:00 PM UNLESS

OTHERWISE NOTED

SATURDAY MORNING: 9:00 AM

SATURDAY AFTERNOON: 12:15 PM

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“Some people like the Jews, and some do not. But no thoughtful man can deny the fact that they are, beyond any question, the most formidable and the most remarkable race which has appeared in the world.”

Winston Churchill, Prime Minister,

Great Britain

Israeli Film Series

“Hunting

Elephants”

Facilitated by Israel Shlichim,

and Shani & Nir Boneh at

Temple Shaarei Shalom,

November 8, 7:00 p.m..

$5.00 members of Temple

Torah and Temple Shaarei

Shalom

$7.00 non-members

Pay at the door