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The Beth El Bulletin

Inside this issue:

Service Schedule 2

President’s Message 3

Coffee with the Rabbi 4

Rabbi’s Message continued/ Looking Ahead to September

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Mazel Tov! 6

Birthdays & Anniversaries/ August Simcha Shabbat

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Thank you’s/ Beth El Volunteers

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Zooming the Dinyan 9

Donations/ Condolences

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Yahrzeits 12

August Calendar 13

Food Donations/ Advertisers

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Several years ago, I had the pleasure of studying with

my colleague Rabbi Harold Kushner. As the rabbi laureate in the next town over, Rabbi Kushner was always welcoming. With his newly published book in hand, he shared with me some of his thoughts within it related to the 23rd Psalm. Most of us have the ability to reference its words by rote. Needless to say, we most

often relate its words to attending a funeral, based on the verses “He maketh me to lie down in green pastures,” or “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death.” Rabbi Kushner asked me to ponder what it means to walk through the valley of the shadow. I reflected with him about the countless times I stood with families over the grave of a loved one or at the shiva house that followed. That valley was the thoughts, the feelings, the sense of loss, the emotional depths that the mourners were experienc-ing at that moment. Walking, in my opinion, was simply more than grieving – it was helping each mourner experience the valley on his or her own level so that they could then move forward through it to begin climbing the next mountain, experiencing the challenges and the joys of life. But first, they needed to experience their pain of loss, the emotional reality, and the stories of life, both with laughter and with tears. Rabbi Kushner then asked me, “What does, ‘Thou preparest a table before me?’ mean?” I wondered: is it the table in Gan Eden that I constantly reference as to what might appear in both Gan Eden and Gehinnom. In both places sumptuous meals are prepared. In both places, the individuals have no ability to serve or feed themselves. In Gehinnom the meal has not been partaken of, whereas in Gan Eden individuals are satiated by the delicious meal. The difference is simply based on the community of those who are there, how they share, how they are kind to one another, and provide for one another. Rabbi Kushner suggested to me to look at the words more carefully, and in doing so he taught me that the words are not about Olam Ha-bah, the World to Come, but about Olam Ha-zeh, our world right here. The words reflect how individu-als and the community have the divine responsibility to provide for the individuals who are “walking through the valley,” with meals of comfort and consolation, which involve preparation, orchestration of calendars so that many days would be covered for the individual, and comradery. In many ways, we are all experiencing that same “walking through the valley” wear-ing our face masks and social distancing. G-d never promised a world only of joy and celebration. Pain, suffering and fear, also are a part of our world. What was promised was that people do have the ability to prepare tables of hospitality with a welcome and a kindness to help the traveler through that valley. I shared with some of you during one of our “Coffee without Coffee” sessions, that I believe that our current “normal” will be a part of our lives for some time, “our walking.” My wife expressed that to me when she brought home a few more packages of cotton face masks for us all to have extras. The “Coffee without Coffee” sessions have been an eye-opening experience for us all in how we can meet together in very

Rabbinically Yours By Rabbi Earl Kideckel

August 2020 Av - Elul 5780

Continued on page 5

Email Rabbi Kideckel at:

rabbikideckel

@bethel-nl.org

Please feel free to call the office at any time for an appointment.

(860) 442-0418

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Saturday 8/1 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Shabbat Morning Service

8:54 p.m.

Friday 8/7 6:00 p.m.

Kabbalat Shabbat 7:39 p.m.

Saturday 8/8 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Shabbat Morning Service

8:45 p.m.

Friday 8/14 6:00 p.m.

Kabbalat Shabbat

7:29 p.m.

Saturday 8/15 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Simcha Shabbat Service 8:36 p.m.

Friday 8/21 6:00 p.m.

Kabbalat Shabbat

7:19 p.m.

Saturday 8/22 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Shabbat Morning Service 8:25 p.m.

Friday 8/28 6:00 p.m.

Kabbalat Shabbat

7:08 p.m.

Saturday 8/29 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Shabbat Morning Service 8:14 p.m.

SERVICE SCHEDULE FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST

Daily Services

Service

Candle Lighting

Shabbat ends

Daily Services

Sunday-Friday

Sunday-Thursday

Morning Service

Evening Service

8:15 a.m.

7:30 p.m.


All services will be held via Zoom. Please contact the office for more information.

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Our Mission Statement: The mission of Congregation Beth El is to foster a welcoming, diverse, and egalitarian community within the framework of Conservative Judaism, and to enrich the lives of its members through worship, learning, fellowship, celebration and tikun olam—healing the world.

Dear Congregants, Rabbi Kideckel has been part of our community for several weeks now, and we’re doing our best to give you an opportunity to meet with him, either through Zoom or outside with social distancing. Since his arrival, Rabbi Kideckel has been meeting congregants in groups of 10 to 20 people in out-door venues with social distancing and masks. His warm, upbeat personality, with a bit of humor thrown in, has been evident. These meetings have been fun and entertaining, and as Nancy Brand commented, in getting to know Rabbi Kideckel, we are also getting to know more about each other in these “Coffees without the Coffee.” If you haven’t yet signed up for a “Coffee with the Rabbi” please call the office (860-442-0418), Judy Engel (860-912-0600) or me (213-505-6756). We’ve seen Rabbi Kideckel’s more serious side in Shabbat services. So far, I have received incredibly positive feedback on Shabbat services. Congregants have commented on his beautiful, powerful voice and his thoughtful and interesting Torah discussion. It is clear that one of his many strengths is as a teacher, and in his ability to engage with congregants. If you haven’t yet done so, please attend a Shabbat service and give us your feedback/opinion. Rabbi Kideckel and I have also been discussing High Holiday services. Given the age of our population and the fact that singing is considered to be a particularly hazardous activity for spreading COVID-19, Congregation Beth El will be holding its High Holiday services virtually (Zoom) this year. The High Holi-day Task Force held its first meeting July 15th, which was attended by Rabbi Kideckel, Diane Maran, Va-lerie Popkin, Michael Sherb, Lenny Cohen, Judi Goldberg, Elliot Kimmel, Ella Sackett and me. Rabbi Kideckel has also been working with Cantor Sanford Cohen to plan a meaningful and beautiful High Holiday experience. For those of you who feel comfortable gathering outside, we’re planning to have an in-person Tashlich service (with social distancing and masks), and you will be able to hear the non-virtual shofar blasts at that service. We haven’t yet picked a location, so stay tuned! In closing, I can guarantee you that you will have a High Holiday experience like no other in

2020/5781! Let’s hope that it will be our first and last High Holiday experience by Zoom!

Kathleen McFadden

President’s Message


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The Beth El Bulletin August 2020 Av - Elul 5780

We’re Here to Help

Congregation Beth El is doing everything possible to try and ease the burden of social isolation and financial difficulties so many are being faced with these days: Anyone in need, please contact the Beth El Office at: 860-442-0418 or [email protected]; Rabbi Earl Kideckel at [email protected], or Kathleen McFadden at 213-505-6756 ; [email protected].

Coffee with the Rabbi Rabbi Kideckel would like to meet every congregant either in a “Coffee with the Rabbi” Zoom setting or in a small gathering outdoors, with social distancing and masks. Rabbi Kideckel has met with over 40 congregants so far, and he is willing to meet with each one of you! If you would like to meet with the rabbi in one of these group settings, please let Judy Engel (860-912-0600) or Kathleen McFadden (213-505-6756) know and we'll make sure that it happens.

Did you know...?

Payments to Congregation Beth El can now be made on

the Beth El website (www.bethel-nl.org) using a credit

card or PayPal. Need help? Call the office at 860-442-

0418 with any questions.

mailto:[email protected]

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small groupings to learn about each other and learn how to grow together. I appreciate all of your efforts to “preparest the table,” either by hosting or by attending either in person or in a Zoom conference call. You have invited me into your lives in your backyards, porches, homes, and restaurants both in person and on Zoom, for get-togethers and services. While we are continuing this month to engage in more of these sessions, I welcome the opportunity to meet you as individuals with a more personal opportunity to be your rabbi, within each of your own comfort level (not to mention mine.) Rav Yosef, a wise rabbi of today, penned a simple yet wise thought. It is the mantra I have always used and that I will continually use as your rabbi, not only during our “new normal,” but also G-d willing, as the 23rd Psalm states “You have anointed my head with oil,” with a vaccine protecting us all. Here is Rav Yosef’s thought: “Every hand that we don’t shake must become a phone call that we place. Every embrace that we avoid must become a verbal expression of warmth and concern. Every inch and every foot that we physically place between ourselves and another, must be a thought as to how we might be of help to that other, should the need arise. “ L’shalom, Rabbi K

Rabbinically Yours By Rabbi Earl Kideckel Continued from Page 1

Looking Ahead to the High Holidays… (Information to follow in the September Bulletin.)

S’lichot:

Saturday, September 12th

Erev Rosh Hashanah:

Friday, September 18th

Apples & Honey Fundraiser

Lulav & Etrog orders

High Holiday Mahzor distribution

Welcome Cantor Sanford Cohn

We look forward to welcoming Cantor

Sanford Cohn who will serve as our

High Holiday Hazzan this year.

Cantor Cohn recently retired from

The Emanuel Synagogue in West

Hartford. He has been a mentor

and friend to Cantor Michael

Zoosman, and he has an absolutely

beautiful voice!

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Mazel Tov

to Debra & Steven Daren

on the marriage of their daughter

Anna to Jonathan Sokolski

Mazel Tov

to Juana Castro

on her conversion to Judaism

on July 13, 2020!

Mazel Tov

Karla & Dan Bendor on their

50th Anniversary!!!

Welcome to new Beth El members:

Steve & Shelley Zelson

Mazel Tov

Rabbi Carl & Sharon Astor on their

50th Anniversary!!!

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Next Simcha Shabbat - August 15th Via Zoom

The Simcha Shabbat for August will be held on Saturday, August 15th. Even though we are

not able to celebrate together as we do each month on our specially designated Shabbat, we

will note your simcha during the virtual service.

If you are interested in participating in or being a co-sponsor of the August Simcha Shabbat

service, please contact the Beth El office, (860) 442-0418.

AUGUST BIRTHDAYS

HAPPY AUGUST ANNIVERSARY


Phyllis Holtzman & Richie Simonson - in honor of the birthday of their children, Eli and Leah, and in honor of the birth of a baby boy to their Israeli emissary

Aviel Maftsir and his wife, Shirley

Thank you to our… July Simcha Shabbat Service Sponsors

Sally & Lewis Baker

Karla & Daniel Bendor

Estelle & Alan Bogdonoff

Barbara & George Burton

Debra & Steven Daren

Gail & Jack Feinberg

Chris & Jerry Fischer

Hinda & Elliot Kimmel

Rachel & Eric Levine

Sue & Stuart Miller

Ira & Victor Nalibotsky

Valerie Popkin & Marjorie Farmer

Beverly & Alan Rhodes

Ella & Kelly Sackett

Gayle & Stan Solinsky

Louise & Richard Steinberg

Irene & Howard Weiss

Carl Astor Alexander Atamanuk Claire Eisenstadt David Elperin Judy Engel Kirk Engel

Anna Goldfarb Noah Greenleaf Rita Hendel Judith Jacobs Marcia Katrosar Rena Linder

Bobbie Pine Charles Potter Clapton Potter Yefim J. Rabinovich Sarah Rogovin Rachel Safman

Rachel Sheriff Melodie Teich Erica Weiner Howard Weiss Neer Zeevi

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Thank you to…

Bruce Levine and Jerry Fischer for their captivating JETI Talks.

A hearty "thank you" to everyone who is making our

"Coffee with Rabbi" (without the coffee) a huge success!

Special thanks to Judy Engel, for leading this effort, and to Ella Sackett and Kathleen

McFadden for organizing these events. A very big thank you to all of you that have

hosted (or will be hosting) an event (or two) in your yard: Rena Linder, Irene & Mickey

Weiss, Steven & Debra Daren, Jerry & Chris Fischer, and Judy & Kirk Engel.

Contact: Bikur Cholim if you need assistance - meals, a ride, etc. Volunteer: Offer to cook or drive! Coordinators: Sema Stein 860-691-0654 [email protected] Gaby Schlesinger 860-442-3841 [email protected]

Mazel Tov to the Beth El Crew

who volunteer at the New London Meal Center!

They were named the

July 2020 Volunteers of the Month!

From left to right: Barbara Sahagan, Scott Zelken, Debbie Daren, Ellen Adler, David Fryburg & Lily Fryburg.

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Zooming the Dinyan by Dana Kline

I wasn't there when it began. Who thought of the name Dinyan? Meeting for pizza at the Recovery Room. Driving to Beth El for a minyan. So, I called Nancy and she was most generous in filling me in on the details. It all began with Klezmer music. There was a concert at the Yiddish Center in Massachusetts, and Irene and Mickey were going. Did she want to join them? Nancy loved the lively klez tunes and was delighted to have a chance to hear the concert.

Whose idea was it? No matter. Irene and Nancy decided to ask a few people to consider coming to a weekly min-yan with the idea that there might be someone who wished to say Kaddish for a loved one or for the Yahrzeit of a parent or spouse.

And so a tradition was born. I don't remember when I joined this lively group of women, but Wednesdays were set aside for pizza and prayer. We all sent in our reservations to Sunny who sent out a weekly announcement. The list contained many names and all were invited to join us. Sometimes we were 11 and sometimes we were 5. On a few occasions Jerry spotted us and shared our Gorgonzola salad and Florentine eggplant pizza. The staff knew us and always reserved our table, making sure we had delicious focaccia bread brought out as we sat down.

The conversation was always spontaneous and over the years we celebrated our simchas and supported each other when life presented sorrow, always accompanied by a group donation to Beth El.

When we were still at 660 Ocean Ave. we stopped by the gift shop to pick out a bar or bat mitzvah present, a wed-ding gift or a mezuzah for a housewarming party. Nancy always had the key as this was hers and Nadine and Har-riet's baby. I bet they miss their buying jaunts to the Big Apple.

Later we moved to Shaw St., gathering in a small intimate room around a conference table. Rena was always ready to lead the service, and her constant care for our group was appreciated. I'm not sure how this part of our service began. Was it Rena who encouraged those who were reciting the Kaddish to say a few words about our loved ones? A story. A memory.

My Dad's Yahrzeit was late in June this year. And I was comforted in knowing that I would meet up with the min-yan via zoom. But more than that, I knew I would be transported back to my hometown, at least virtually.

You see with COVID-19 in the air, Marty and I decided to remain in Sarasota. It was a difficult choice. There were many reasons for me to return. Loved ones we wanted to see, even if socially distancing. Meals I wanted to cook for friends who needed a lift. And to be honest, I was a bit homesick.

The Dinyan has always been a date I try and keep. Over the years, it has given me a chance to sit quietly, in a sa-cred space, and approach prayer as best as I can.

That night, my Dad’s Yahrzeit, I reflected on this gentle man - his love of family, friends, food, and golf. What hap-pened next was an added bonus. Myrna told a story about Dad that ends with him treating his buddies to corned beef sandwiches on the 9th hole of the New London Country Club. Bob said he even had a crab cake. We're from Baltimore. I wonder what else was in that golf bag. And then there was one more story that night. A member of Beth El who had passed away many years ago, was mentioned on the Yahrzeit list. Stephen added his tale of how Mr. And Mrs. Sheriff always greeted him at their door with a welcome smile and a handful of candies. It seems that they had lost their own children and relished the idea of Stephen stopping by to say hello.

For me the Dinyan has always been about connection and community. Zoom has allowed me to be there in the room where it happens. For that I am very grateful. Oh, and by the way, we have a big crowd.

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RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND

Welcoming Rabbi & Mrs. Earl Kideckel to Beth El Gaby Schlesinger Mazel Tov to Juana Castro on her conversion and welcome Gaby Schlesinger In honor of Kathleen McFadden & the Board of Directors with thanks for your service Gaby Schlesinger

BETH EL DISCRETIONARY FUND In memory of Shirley Kimmel, mother of Elliot Kimmel Rabbi Carl & Sharon Astor In honor of the birth of Mona & Robert Levin’s grandson Rabbi Carl & Sharon Astor In honor of the birth of Judi & Ed Goldberg’s new granddaughter Rabbi Carl & Sharon Astor In honor of Rabbi Safman Alice Sheriff In honor of the birth of Emmett Asa Williams, their great grandson Fran & David Salsburg In memory of Harry Litman, her father Dana Kline In memory of Bertha Gershowitz at Yahrzeit Jeannette Gershowitz In memory of Dorothy Shuman at Yahrzeit Jeannette Gershowitz In honor of Beth El for providing a wonderful Shabbos meal Irma Flitt In honor of Beth El for providing Shabbat meals to congregants and community members Sue & Stuart Miller Mazel Tov to Debbie & Steven Daren on the marriage of their daughter, Anna, to Jonathan Sokolski Marcia & Karl Bratin

ENDOWMENT FUND In memory of Anna Fishman Ed Cramer For a speedy and complete recovery of Michael Vorobyov Sally & Lewis Baker

In loving memory of Lenora Ort Fein Sunny & Maier Fein In honor of Rabbi Safman’s years of service to Beth El with wishes for good luck at her new synagogue Mona & Robert Levin In honor of Daniel Doherty’s graduation from Johns Hopkins and Mimi and Keri’s graduation from The Williams School Mona & Robert Levin In honor of Dr. Pat Doherty with thanks for his kindness and care Mona & Robert Levin In memory of Kalman Gastfreund Mona & Robert Levin Mazel Tov to Debbie & Steven Daren on the marriage of their daughter, Anna, to Jonathan Sokolski Mona & Robert Levin

BUILDING FUND In memory of Mary Rogovin at Yahrzeit Sarah Rogovin & Mark Twiss In memory of Shirley Kimmel, mother of Elliot Kimmel Marcia Katrosar In honor of the birth of Ruth & Larry Radin’s first grandchild Marcia Katrosar In honor of the birth of Ray Gottesdiener’s first great-grandchild Marcia Katrosar In honor of the birth of Ruth & Larry Radin’s granddaughter Sheila Kornstein In honor of the birth of Ray Gottesdiener’s great-granddaughter Sheila Kornstein In honor of Paul & Linda Agranovitch on their 45th anniversary Sheila Kornstein In honor of Fran & David Salzberg on the birth of their grandson Sheila Kornstein In honor of Mona & Robert Levin on the birth of their grandson Sheila Kornstein In memory of Shirley Kimmel, mother of Elliot Kimmel Sheila Kornstein In memory of Elfriede Bernstein Sheila Kornstein In memory of Isadore Schwartz Sheila Kornstein

HAROLD JULI MEMORIAL CONCERT FUND In loving memory of Andrew Brand at Yahrzeit Nancy Brand In memory of Harold Juli Gaby Schlesinger In honor of Diane Maran with thanks for leading services Gaby Schlesinger In honor of Cantor Rubenstein with thanks for services Gaby Schlesinger

CAMP RAMAH FUND For the speedy recovery of Richie Simonson Rena Linder For the speedy recovery of Mona Levin Rena Linder Mazel Tov to Debbie & Steven Daren on the marriage of their daughter, Anna, to Jonathan Sokolski Rena Linder In gratitude to Judy Engel Rena Linder

CHILDREN’S LIBRARY FUND Mazel Tov to Bambi & Michael Good on the marriage of their daughter, Amara, to Nathan Brescia Holly & Ron Medwick Mazel Tov to Steve & Lois Panikoff on their 50th wedding anniversary Holly & Ron Medwick

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STROCHLITZ FUND

In memory of Judy Goldberg Richard & Ruthie Kirsch

LOUIS & HANNAH LEVINE FUND In memory of Bob Schwartz Karen & Michael Slosberg

JULY YAHRZEIT FLOWER FUND In memory of Alex Murblatt Jeannette Gershowitz, granddaughter In memory of Oscar Klioze Trudy & Sol Klioze In memory of Kalman Gastfreund Mona & Robert Levin In memory of Mary Rogovin Sarah, Aaron, Janice Rogovin & families In memory of Elaine Gershowitz Jeannette Gershowitz, mother

In memory of Marianna Estis Igor Roytfeld & Elena Kabanova In memory of Anna Rubin Shirley Ann Hoey, granddaughter In memory of Israel Verbitsky Raisa Kamenetsky In memory of Esphir Pokrass Olga meekau In memory of Henry Levine Bruce Levine In memory of Dr. Sheldon Levine Bruce Levine In memory of Bertha Gershowitz Jeannette Gershowitz, daughter-in-law In memory of Dorothy Shuman Jeannette Gershowitz, sister In memory of Hyman Pine Arvin & Bobbie Pine In memory of Roze Rozen Mark & Alexandra Rosenthal

We offer our condolences to

Daniel Luken & Beverly Evvard

on the passing of Dan’s mother

Ingeborg Ehritz Luken


the friends & family of

Judy Goldberg wife of the late

D. Harold Goldberg


Leonid Trachishin & family

on the passing of

Anna Fishman

Do You Need A Mask?

If you are in need of a mask, please con-tact Judy Engel at 860-912-0600 to pur-chase a mask. Please contact the Beth El office, (860) 442-0418, to request a mask or to offer help by donating supplies or funds needed to make them.

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August 7, 2020 18 Av—August 8

Selma Bruckner

Alvin Simonson

Minnie Stone

Julius Watsky

19 Av—August 9

Paul Pattek

21 Av—August 11

Evelyn Goldstein

Felix Khavin

Norman Primus

22 Av—August 12

Isidore Greengrass

Dusya Khavina

Norman Lifton

Anna Wilinski

George Zupnik

23 Av—August 13

Jerry Cohen

Herman Elfenbein

Israel Kamenetsky

William Polinsky

August 14, 2020 25 Av—August 15

Paula Juli

Nat Nowak

Raymond Perlman

26 Av—August 16

Harvey Davidson

Lillian Porges

27 Av—August 17

Ronald Alan Chesler

William Goldstein

Ira Gottesdiener

Pauline Schwell

Sol Silverstein

Blanche Levine Sossi

28 Av—August 18

Itzhak Fishman

Helen Langfield

Sarah B. Lipton

Lillian Packer

Clair Perry

Joan Rutman

29 Av—August 19

Ruth Finkle

Bessie Kline

Howard E. Proper Lam-

chick

Marshall Rubin

Frank Sheriff

30 Av—August 20

Julius Daren

Laura Elfenbein

Abraham Etscovitz

Joseph Feinberg

Jacob Rosen

1 Elul—August 21

Beatrice Dean

William Hochman

Adele Radin

Milton Shapiro

Phyllis Perlman Stern

August 21, 2020 2 Elul—August 22

David Lapin

Mary Linder

Avery Zuckerman

3 Elul—August 23

George Sadinsky

4 Elul—August 24

Frances Hendel

John Kraemer

5 Elul—August 25

Celia Manne

Leah Scharerow

6 Elul—August 26

Richard Horowitz

7 Elul—August 27

Wilbur Baratz

Jennie Birenbaum

Solomon Krieger

Doris Levinson

Betty Opotowsky

Jacob Silverstein

Musya Zilberman

8 Elul—August 28

Rose Genderson

Nathan Greenhouse

Alte London

Irving Rozen

Minnie Wolfman

August 28, 2020 9 Elul—August 29

Hattie Herman

Esther Smith

William Smith

10 Elul—August 30

Mary Dean

Martin Jeffrey Frank

Richard Landesberg

Symour Smithline

Max Wilensky

11 Elul—August 31

Sara Rakosky

Ruth Zupnik

12 Elul—September 1

William Kurtzman

Israel Rogovin


Martha Schwartz


Loren Zultowsky


Jennie snider

Edward Topkin



August 2020

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 10:00 a.m. Shabbat Service Shabbat Ends 8:54

2 Morning service 8:15 a.m. Evening Service 7:30 p.m.


4 Morning service 8:15 a.m. 7:30 p.m. Evening Service

5 Morning service 8:15 a.m. 6:30 p.m. JETI Talk Evening Service 7:30 p.m.

6 Morning service 8:15 a.m. 7:00 p.m. Evening Service 7:30 BOD Meeting via Zoom

7 Morning service 8:15 a.m. 6:00 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat Candle Lighting 7:39








15 10:00 a.m. Simcha Shabbat Service Shabbat Ends 8:36








23 Morning service 8:15 a.m. Evening Service 7:30 p.m. 30 Morning service 8:15 a.m. Evening Service 7:30 p.m.

24 Morning service 8:15 a.m. Evening Service 7:30 p.m. 31 Morning service 8:15 a.m. Evening Service 7:30 p.m.







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Donations Needed!

Now, more than ever, the New London Soup Kitchen is in need of donations as they continue to

make and distribute meals to those in need. Congregation Beth El is accepting donations of tu-

na fish, penne pasta, and cans of cream of mushroom soup for the monthly meal served at the

New London Soup Kitchen. Please contact the Beth El office to make arrange-

ments to drop off your donations.

Please contact Beverly Rhodes at (860) 443-3090 if you have any questions.

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