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September 2012 Elul 5772 / Tishrei 5773 Volume 17, Issue 1
In this issue… Board/Committee Info 2Board News 4Calendar 12Community Announcements 5Contributions Form 13Garfield Family’s Thank you 11
Romeo and Juliet Club 8School News 4Spiritual Life News 4, 7Teen Class 7Tikkun Olam News 10, 11
High Holiday info 5–6, 8Ice Cream Social 3In Our Shul 9Membership News 4, 11Project Heart 7 Rabbi Anna Boswell-Levy 1–2
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I am so excited to begin a new year with Tzedek v’Shalom! For me, it has been a very busy summer — full of planning, meeting, and brainstorming with community members — and yes, worrying. Worrying because, let’s face it: things at Tzedek v’Shalom are changing. Our membership list is leaner, and our school, which has long been the heart of our community, is moving to a new location and its structure and staffing are changing. As we stand here, poised between the end of the summer and start of the High Holiday season we don’t know what all our efforts will yield. Yet, I am so hopeful and so optimistic. My heart is full. It is full because this summer I have witnessed a community that has really come together. Though we are in transition, we are blessed with vitality and a sense of clarity about who we are, what we have to offer, and how we can move forward with our mission. I am so heartened by the various people who have stepped up to ask, “What can I do?” or simply had an idea and ran with it. Thanks to Max Yaffe, earlier this summer a minyan of us “tikkuned a room” and transformed the dining room at the Bucks County emergency homeless shelter. Thanks to Larry Garfield (and his mighty Garfield Group), we have a terrific action plan for growing our membership. Thanks to Debby Bossio, who is stepping
up and partnering with Linda Gold, we are ready to welcome and stay connected with prospective members. Thanks to Arnie Gold, who does the often thankless task of making sure we have a solid and realistic budget, and that our bills are getting paid. And, I want to let everyone know how blessed we are to have Jerry Manas as our president: He is always striving to grow in his role and cares so deeply about the continued health of Tzedek v’Shalom. There are many more people to recognize, of course, and I risk getting into trouble by not giving an exhaustive list, but I want to give you all a sense of the kind of dedicated volunteers we have at TvS. This community in many ways is so vibrant. Josh and I were amazed to host a full house at the TvS Shavuot evening of celebration and study over Memorial Day weekend. Throughout the summer, we continually had a solid group of people for Shabbat morning Torah study. And, at the August 9th Friday night service at the George School, so many people were in attendance that we had to share siddurim. This
From Rabbi Anna Boswell-Levy…
Our New Year Potential
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Tikkun Olam (Committee Chair, Open)Past Co-Presidents: Wendy Friedman (Fund-raising) 215-579-9275 Noa Kuzma (Fund-raising) 215-493-8418Intergenerational Activities/Events/ Adult Ed (Liaison) - OPEN
Please feel free to contact any member of our Board for any additional information.
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Non-Board Committee Chairs and Coordinators:Acts of Caring Debbie Chong 215-504-9268 JeanLu Ryersbach 215-943-4565Teen Class Rabbi Anna Boswell-Levy 215-287-5128Webmaster Jerry Manas 215-698-7957Newsletter Editor: Naomi Mindlin 215-757-8921
To submit news to the newsletter:email: [email protected]
Tzedek v’ShalomP.O. Box 863Newtown, PA 18940(215) [email protected]://tzedekvshalom.orgRabbi Anna Boswell-Levy 215-287-5128
President: Jerry Manas 215-341-6413 Treasurer: Arnie Gold (Finance Chair) 215-295-2028Education (Committee Chair, Open)Membership (Committee Co-Chairs) Linda Gold 215-741-4571 Debby Bossio 215-801-7465Communications Bob Abrahamson 215-968-1956 Shammus Coordinator Ralph Posmontier 215-579-2644Spiritual Life (Committee Chair) Diane Gold 215-295-2028
is truly a community that enjoys being together and wants to learn and grow! There is so much to do, however, and so much more we could do with increased membership and increased volunteerism. If we don’t grow, we risk burnout of our current active members. There are certainly areas that we need to give more time and attention. For example, we need to do more in the way of tikkun olam and reaching out to those in need in the wider community in Newtown and Bucks County. In addition, we could do more internal support of our community when someone is sick, in mourning, or going through major life transition like job loss or divorce. When we are engaged in acts of caring and tikkun olam we do them well, but we need to work on sustaining our commitment and creating a system that is more regular and consistent. If you feel that you are able to contribute any level to time and energy toward growing and shaping our community, please be in touch, and know that we are grateful to you. This is the month of Elul, the Hebrew month that precedes the High Holidays, when we gently but firmly face ourselves and contend with the direction our lives are going in. We stand on the precipice of a new year in which there is so much potential. In this Hebrew month of Elul we add Psalm 27 to the daily service: “One thing I ask from God, only this do I seek: that I
may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life…” From this psalm, Rabbi David Wolpe notes that our deepest prayer at this season is not for stuff but for closeness. Our greatest fear is not being impoverished, but being alone. We need each other, and we need our community. I fervently pray that during introspective time, we are able to find one another again and to grow in community. I very much hope to see you all at the Ice Cream Social on September 9th. Larry and Jennifer Garfield, Noa Kuzma, and many others are working hard to plan an event that not only welcomes new faces, but also greets familiar ones. A flyer on page 3 of this newsletter gives all the details. So please bring yourself, and bring a friend! May this be a Shana Tova v’Metuka – a good and sweet year for us all. Biv’rakha/In Blessing, Rabbi Anna
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Join us for a fun, spirited Open House introduction to our community.
We are a welcoming, spiritual, and growing Reconstructionist Jewish congregation where music and creativity are as much a part of our community
as prayer and learning. We are an inclusive congregation dedicated to the integration of spiritual life and the pursuit of social justice.
www.tzedekvshalom.org
Welcoming You to
Tzedek v’ShalomA Reconstructionist Jewish Congregation in Bucks County, PA
Sunday, September 9 | 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.Newtown Friends Meeting House
Join Us for
Ice Cream
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School News We are moving to the George School library, pictured below! Our new space is new, beautiful, and fully equipped with all the elements of a classroom as well as cutting-edge technology — wifi, computer projection equipment, and smartboards. So now we can show students how to access their homework!
Last spring we voted to move to a once-a-week, Sunday model. This was done because too many parents could not physically get their children to Wednesday school on a regular basis, which ended up being disruptive for the entire class. However, I have been exploring Hebrew and Jewish studies curricula that have an online component, meaning that students meet both in school AND online, working and playing with Hebrew and Jewish concepts beyond the time that they meet in class, and at their own pace. I am no longer serving in the Education Director role, but will be overseeing the school and teaching a teen class. Instead, we are seeking a master teacher (supervised by the Education Committee and me) who can ably run a “one-room school house” type model to teach Hebrew and Jewish studies with assistance from parent and teen aides. This is where you come in.
Congregational help with this campaign is both welcome and crucial. I am currently pursuing leads, with the goal of getting the best fit possible for our school. As always, for our school to thrive and be a vibrant part of our congregation, we need YOUR help. Please let me know if you can volunteer in our school! It could be for a month or for the whole year, and it can be in whatever way you can best be helpful. You can assist in basic Hebrew reading or learning prayer; you can run an art project around a particular holiday; you can do drama with the students; you can teach music! Please let me know asap so I can integrate you into the program. I want to ensure that even as our educational model and location change, our “lay” parent/member teachers and volunteers will remain the heart and unique spirit of our school. The school registration form and an info sheet about the school have both been emailed to members. Please forward them to anyone you know who may be interested in our school! And please register your child and return the form to me asap. Finally, because of the holidays, parent orientation will be September 30th. As that date is the eve of Sukkot, students will be doing a Sukkot activity while their parents are in orientation. The first day of classes will be Sunday, October 14th. Details will follow in email updates. For more information about our school, contact Rabbi Anna at 215-287-5128 or [email protected].
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Spiritual Life News A group of us are planning to attend Zamru, the monthly singing minyan at the Nassau Presbyterian Church, 61 Nassau Street, Princeton, New Jersey, on
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Membership… Membership… Membership…
Your membership committee is excited about this coming year! Are you? Linda and Debby are contacting prospective members and families to join TvS and/or to attend High Holiday services. We encourage you to invite friends, family, and acquaintances to come to the September 9th Ice Cream Social, and to come to High Holiday services. Prospective members and attendees will receive a beautiful TvS Brochure (created by The Garfield Group), Hebrew school, and FAQs… and much more!
Membership contact information: [email protected] AND please have friends visit the www.tzedekvshalom.org website
for all the information you could possibly need!
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Selichot Observance and Film Screening - Saturday, September 8 at 7:30–10:30 p.m. Location: at the home of Diane and Arnie Gold, 1 Eton Road in Yardley.
Havdalah and movie screening/discussion of Stranger Than Fiction.* Erev Rosh Hashanah Evening - Sunday, September 16
Family Friendly Rosh Hashanah Evening Service at 6:30–7:30 p.m. Festive potluck dairy dinner follows at approximately 7:30 p.m. Location: Newtown Friends Meeting House, 219 Court Street, Newtown, PA 18940
Please let Elana Braz know what you are bringing: [email protected] Hashanah Morning - Day 1 - Thursday, September 17
Morning Service: 9:30 a.m.–1 p.m. Children’s Service and Program: 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Location: Newtown Friends Meeting House, 219 Court Street, Newtown, PA 18940
Rosh Hashanah - Day 2 - Tikkun Rosh Hashanah (Learning Sessions)* - Tuesday, September 18 at 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Location: Core Creek Park!
A Mussar (Jewish ethical) approach to teshuvah, an extended Shofar Service, Tashlich (a ritual “tossing” of our sins, at the lake), and an informal lunch of bagels and nosh. Please bring salad, side, drink, or dessert to share.
Women’s Day at the Beach - Saturday, September 22* For information, contact Debbie Chong at 215-504-9268 or [email protected].
Kol Nidre & Evening Service - Tuesday, September 25 at 6:30–9 p.m. Location: Newtown Friends Meeting House, 219 Court Street, Newtown, PA 18940 Please bring your tallit!
Yom Kippur Services - Wednesday, September 26 Location: Newtown Friends Meeting House, 219 Court Street Newtown, PA 18940 Morning services: 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Yizkor: 12:30–1:30 p.m. Children’s Service and Program: 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Afternoon Breakout Sessions: 2–5 p.m.* Neilah/Concluding Service: 5:30–7 p.m.: Starting with brief study and discussion of the book of Jonah. Bring your shofar! Break the Fast to follow services. Please contact Elana Braz about what you are able to bring at [email protected].
For further information, contact [email protected] is welcome at TvS services — even on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
*See details on the next page.
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High Holiday Extended DescriptionsSelichot Observance and Film Screening Saturday, September 8 at 7:30-10:30 p.m. Location: at the home of Diane and Arnie Gold, 1 Eton Road in Yardley.Havdalah and movie screening on a theme of the High Holidays, with discussion to follow. We will be watching Stranger Than Fiction, a movie about a man who becomes the main character in a novel that must end in his demise, starring Will Ferrell, Emma Thompson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, and Queen Latifah.
Rosh Hashanah - Day 2 - Tikkun Rosh Hashanah (Learning Sessions) Tuesday, September 18 at 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Location: Core Creek Park! This year we will take a Mussar (Jewish ethical) approach to the day. Our time together will focus on developing and nurturing certain spiritual, ethical qualities within ourselves that are necessary for the work of teshuvah — doing repentance and realigning ourselves on a Godly path. We will also experience an extended Shofar Service and do Tashlich, a ritual “tossing” of our sins, at the lake.
Women’s Day at the Beach Saturday, September 22 For the past 15 years, the women of Tzedek v’Shalom have taken a day between Rosh haShanah and Yom Kippur to meet on a beach at the Jersey shore for rituals, reflection, refreshment, and food. This year we will celebrate Shabbat Shuva, the Shabbat of Returning, at Belmar, NJ, on Saturday, September 22. Please contact me to let me know of your interest. — Debbie Chong 215-504-9268 or [email protected]
Yom Kippur Afternoon Breakout Sessions Wednesday, September 26 at 2–5 p.m. “Just Passing Through…”: Jewish Teachings and Stories about the Ultimate Life Passage, with Zvi
(Rob) Schram and Diane GoldForgiveness Mediation, with Norma Kaplis
Everyone is welcome at TvS services — even on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.While non-members are encouraged to make a contribution to Tzedek v’Shalom if they attend our High Holiday services, everyone is welcome whether they have made arrangements in advance or not, whether they can afford a monetary contribution or not. That has been our TvS policy since our inception.
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group this year at TvS, and think I can finally say for sure that it is going to happen! I would like to offer a once-a-month opportunity for teens to informally get together with me to study a little Torah and discuss how the text informs current events affecting our country and the world. The time that best works for me is on Sunday mornings at 11 a.m. for an hour and a half, at the George School library. Perhaps we could take turns bringing a little nosh — and I’ll bring the texts and articles for consideration. As this time dovetails with Religious School, I am hoping that some interested teens might be able to come earlier to help out in the school. Also, I am hoping that this once-a-month time frame will provide a regular time for teens to reconnect with one another and plan for other, more purely social ways to meet up. Non-members are welcome to join the class for a reasonable fee. Please let me know if you/your teen would be interested, and if you have any questions! Blessings, Rabbi Anna 215-287-5128 or [email protected].
(Continued from page 4)Friday, September 7 at 6:30 p.m. We are doing this as part an exploratory mission to experience successful services in the greater area, and to see what about them we can learn for our own services. Let Rabbi Anna ([email protected]) or Max Yaffe ([email protected]) know if you are interested in coming. A description of Zamru can be found on their website at http://zamru.org/. The next Spiritual Life Committee meeting has not determined yet due to the High Holidays. We will send out an announcement when it is scheduled. Please call Arnie or me with any questions you may have. Diane Gold, Spiritual Life Chair [email protected] or 215-295-2028
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IF YOU OR YOUR JEWISH RELATIVES HAD PROPERTY THAT WAS CONFISCATED, LOOTED OR FORCIBLY SOLD DURING
THE HOLOCAUST ERA, YOU COULD BE ENTITLED TO PARTICIPATE IN PROJECT HEART
Project HEART, the Holocaust Era Asset Restitution Taskforce, helps individuals with restitution for property that was confiscated, looted, or forcibly sold during the era of the Shoah. The first step in this process is to identify those individuals who lost property during that period and to encourage them to file the Questionnaire. The HEART website contains the information you need to determine if you or someone you know qualifies for participation in Project HEART and whether any confiscated, looted, or forcibly sold property might be eligible for potential restitution. By following the step-by-step instructions, the website will guide you through the steps required to submit the Questionnaire and begin your application process. This website also describes the types and locations of property included and excluded from Project HEART and provides additional information and deadlines.
Project HEART is a nonprofit initiative of the Government of Israel in cooperation with the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI). For more information, visit http://www.heartwebsite.org/.
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TvS Romeo and Juliet Club The ROMEO and JULIET lunch club meets every month at a location generally determined when the group dines. For information about the venue for the September soiree, or any questions, please contact me. Joel Bacher [email protected]. * Reconstructionist Old Men Eating Out and Jewish Unorthodox Ladies Interested in Eating and Talking
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Board News The next Board meeting is Wednesday, September 12, at 7 p.m. at a location TBA. Contact information for the Board is always on page 2 of the newsletter.
Community Announcements Wednesday, September 12 at 8:00 p.m. - Former IDF Chief of Staff Dani Haloutz will discuss the best approach to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. As the former top staffer of the Israeli military and commander of its Air Force, Haloutz speaks with unparalleled expertise on the merits of diplomacy over the rush to use force. - J Street program at Congregation Adath Jeshurun, 7763 Old York Road, Elkins Park, 19027 - “Congregation Adath Jeshurun is committed to open conversation on issues of importance to the Jewish community, and does not endorse the views of any particular Israel organization.”Connect with the Jewish Reconstructionist Movement - Tzedek v’Shalom is a member of this movement and you can keep in touch with our parent organization through its website and its
L’Shana לשנה Tova טובה
May you all have a good and sweet New Year! A colleague of mine, Rabbi Rachel Barenblatt, wrote a great little piece on Six Ways to Usher In the New Year, which I thought you might enjoy.
— Rabbi Anna, September 26, 2011 1. Eat apples with honey or challah with honey — or, really, anything you enjoy, with honey on top! This is one
of my favorite tastes of the new year season… and some traditions hold that this taste should be savored from now until the end of Sukkot, so you have some time to enjoy this one.
2. Jewish tradition holds that today is the birthday of the world. Stick a candle in a cupcake if you’re so inclined; go outdoors if you’re so inclined. Wish the world happy birthday, and take some time to be grateful for the corner of the world in which you live, wherever that may be.3. Eat a favorite food you haven’t tasted since last year (a fruit that’s newly in-season where you are? a favorite family recipe? something seasonal and delicious?…) and say the shehecheyanu, the blessing sanctifying time.4. The Hebrew word shanah, year, can be understood as related to the word shinui, change; this festival offers us an invitation to usher in the change we want to see. Spend a little while thinking about your
life, and identify one place where you want to change — and begin that change today, right now.5. Hear the shofar — either in person, or online at http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=u6iNXRVN-WE. Rambam — aka Maimonides — heard the calls of the shofar as saying, “Wake up you sleepers from your sleep, you slumberers from your slumber! Search your deeds and return in repentance!” (Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Teshuvah 3:4.) The Baal Shem Tov heard, in the sounds of the shofar, a metaphor for the broken heart which brings us close to God. When you listen to the call of the shofar, what do you hear?
6. Go to a body of open water with some bread in your hand. Cast bits of bread into the water, each one rep-resenting one of the ways in which you’ve missed the mark in the last year. As you cast the bread upon the waters just enjoy your own silent contemplation and the rush of the waters washing the old year away.
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digital newsletter. The movement offers various listserves to sign up for, depending on your interests, and is available on Facebook and Twitter. For more information, contact http://www.jewishrecon.org/.
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In Our Shul…Member NewsZvi (aka Rob) Schram has a new book out:Illusafact: The Inevitable Advance of Our Technologies and Us! You can find out more about it at http://www.amazon.com/IL-LUSAFACT-THE-INEVITA-BLE-ADVANCE-OUR-TECH-NOLOGIES/dp/1462865976
We were saddened this summer by the passing of Sydne Boswell, Joshua Boswell’s mother. Rabbi Anna shared, “She was a wonderful person and we are heartbroken.” May her memory be for a blessing.
Refuah Shleymah (Get Well Wishes)Rob Weintraub reports that his mom, Elaine, is ill. She
lives in Florida with his dad and is doing well. Rob would like us to mention her during healing service.
Please also remember Arline Kessler, Paula Adler’s mother.
AND Joan Plumb broke her foot recently and is home on bedrest after successful surgery. Meals are welcomed! Please call first at 215-295-0102.
AND Goldie Cohen will return home soon following her successful back surgery. Debbie Chong will be coordinating meals, which will follow a special diet. Stay tuned for more details. Goldie will also welcome visitors and calls.
Home Bound (and would love visitors!)Susan Kitces, Anna Kitces’s mom (lives at the
Kitces/Fishman residence)Ettie Kernis, Bobbie Posmontier’s mom (lives at the
Posmontier residence)Eddie Mann, Diane Gold’s dad (lives at Manor Care
in Yardley)ContributionsGeneral Operating Fund
from JeanLu Ryersbach, in honor of both Josh Boswell’s mom, Sydne Boswell, and Larry Garfield’s dad, Jay Garfield.
from Anonymous, in honor of Ralph Posmontier’s tireless work on behalf of the congregation.
from Norma Kaplis in honor and remembrance of Josh Boswell’s mom, Sydne Boswell, and Larry Garfield’s dad, Jay Garfield.
from Debbie and Victor Chong, in honor of the marriage of Becca Kleinbaum and Ben Moore, and in memory of Jay Garfield.
Tzedakah Fundfrom Debbie and Victor Chong, in honor of Ruth
Blask, and in honor of Solomon Abrahamson’s becoming a Bar Mitzvah.
Lifecycle Events at TvSAnniversaries:Max Yaffe & Joan Amatniek September 5Sharon and Jerry Manas September 10, 1989Larry & Jennifer Garfield September 28, 1986Birthdays:Rob Weintraub September 1Alex Basseches September 4Jordyn Friedman September 8Sharon Blumenthal September 11Julie Goldstein September 11Laura Fishman September 13John Pawling September 14Kyle Panick September 15Noa Kuzma September 18Jes Savrin September 18Ralph Posmontier September 22Yahrzeits:
Yahrzeit dates are listed here by the Jewish death day (according to the Jewish calendar) and its Gregorian equivalent this year. The original death date follows in parenthesis when available.
Helene Berkowitz 10 Elul/August 28 (9/7/73)Evelyn H. Gold 10 Elul/August 28 (9/10/00)Roslyn Burd Walcoff 16 Elul/September 3 (9/13/03)Fritzi Siegel 18 Elul/September 5 (9/4/85)Elsa Maene 23 Elul/September 10 (9/2/10)Ruth Kates 27 Elul/September 14Betty Gold 27 Elul/September 14 (9/27/08)Jerry Cohen 8 Tishrei/September 24 (9/14/02)Walter Posmontier 8 Tishrei/September 24 (9/14/02)Edward J. Schwalb 11 Tishrei/September 27 (9/17/02) Fannie Rosenfeld 15 Tishrei/October 1 (9/27/69)Louis Fein 15 Tishrei/October 1 (10/14/08)Herman Blask 19 Tishrei/October 5 (10/9/98)
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Take the Stephen Perloff Voter ID Challenge, and you could help someone (of any party) vote! Stephen recent sent this message urging us to step up to this challenge:
At the congregational meeting [in August] several people expressed the fact that they were ready to take the step beyond defining ourselves and want to put our values into action. We have been relatively quiet on the social action front in the past few years, not discounting the work people have done on MLK Day or Mitzvah Day or in painting at the homeless shelter. I must admit that I have not really participated much myself recently. But I must say I am outraged at Pennsylvania’s Voter ID law and believe that we should take action against it. There are several ways to approach this and several things that can be done.
First, you can sign a petition here: http://signon.org/sign/statewide-just-say-no?source=s.em.cr&r_by=148462&mailing_id=5608. Second, you can help make sure everyone who needs an ID has one. There are several organizations working to do this. You’ll probably get information when you sign the petition but we can identify specific ways. Third, we can take a stand as a congregation. We developed a “Tzedek v’Shalom Process for Congregational Advocacy” (accepted by the board on June 6, 2007) for bringing a call for a public stand before the board and congregation. It involves education and discussion although time is short and we need to move quickly. While the Pennsylvania Supreme Court is still considering the constitutionality of this law, I am not sanguine about the outcome because the whole process has been politicized and has nothing to do with constitutionality or even with logic. If anyone is interested in working on this issue with me and is willing to help get a proposal together for a congregational stand, please reply directly to me. Thanks for your consideration, — Stephen Perloff [email protected]
Tikkun Olam NewsTake the Food Stamp Challenge, and you will personally experience the challenges of hunger in the United States — challenges that the 1 in 7 Americans who use food stamps, including nearly 25% a quarter of all American children, face daily. This is a time for education and understanding; a time to say “enough.” When you take the Food Stamp Challenge, you will join hundreds of others across the country, including religious leaders, elected officials, celebrities, and other concerned community activists, to build the public and political will to end hunger in the United States.
Individual Participation Dates & Guidelines can be found at http://engage.jewish-publicaffairs.org/c/627/p/salsa/web/common/public/index.sjs
The official Jewish Community Food Stamp Challenge will take place:Friday, September 7th through Thursday, September 13th, 2012 and
Sunday November 11th through Saturday November 17th, 2012.
If you cannot participate on these specific dates, you are encouraged to schedule your Food Stamp Challenge before Thanksgiving.
This program is endorsed by the Reconstructionist, Reform, and Conservative movements.
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Dear TvS Community, Thankyouforgivingourfamilysomuchsupportaswemournedthelossofmyfather,JayGarfield. Thank you Rabbi Anna, for your time and care, leading a beautiful service and delivering a eulogy thatcapturedthespiritofmyfathersowell. ThankyouRalph,Bobbie,NaomiandStephen,forleadingservicesatourhome. And thank you to everyone else who brought food, spent time with us, sang songs with us, laughed withus,andsharedtheircondolences. Onceagain,youhavemadeusverythankfultobepartofsuchastrong,caringcommunity. —TheGarfieldFamily
Thank You
Do a Mitzvah! Introduce a Friend to Tzedek v’Shalom We’ll send out a wonderful introductory packet of information to any of your friends who you think maybeinterestedinmembership,justexploringJudaism,orconnectingwiththeirJewishroots.Sendyour referrals to [email protected] and ask that information be sent to:
Name:Street Address, City, and Zip:Phone:Email:Referred By:
AND please have friends visit the www.tzedekvshalom.org website.
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Open House — Ice Cream SocialSeptember 9th at 5–7 p.m. @ NFMH
Everyone bring a friend/prospective member! We need a great turnout from the congregation!
TvS Calendar — September 2012 • Elul 5772/Tishrei 5773
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 14 Elul
2 3
Labor Day
4 5 6 7Zamru Service Outing6:30 pm@ Princeton, NJ
8Selichot/Film Screening7:30–10:30 pm@ Diane & Arnie Gold’s home
9 10 11 12TvS Board Meeting7 pm @ TBA
13 14 15
16Family Friendly Rosh HashanahService 6:30 pm Potluck 7:30 pm @ NFMH
Erev Rosh Hashanah
17 1 TishreiRosh HashanahService 9:30 am– 1 pmChildren’s Service & Program 11 am–12:30 pm@ NFMH
Rosh Hashanah
18Tikkun Rosh Hashanah (Learning Sessions)9:30 am–12:30 pm@ Core Creek Park
Rosh Hashanah
19 20 21 22Women’s Day at the Beach@ Belmar, NJContact Debbie Chong for info215-504-9268
23 24 25Kol Nidre6:30–9 pm@ NFMH
Erev Yom Kippur
26Yom Kippur Services9:30 am–12:30 pmYizkor 12:30–1:30 pm Children’s Service & Program 11 am–12:30 pmBreakout Sessions 2–5 pmNeilah, 5:30 pmBreak-the-Fast 7 pm@ NFMH
Yom Kippur
27 28 29
30School Orientation
Pizza in the HutDetails TBA
Erev Sukkot Sukkot - 1 Sukkot - 2 Sukkot - 3 Sukkot - 4 Sukkot - 5
>>> First day of Religious Schoolclasses will be Sunday, October 14th.
Sukkot - 6
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Tzedek v’Shalom Tzedakah Opportunities
Donor (s) _____________________________________________Telephone ________________
Address_______________________________________________________________________
Date ____________ Enclosed is a contribution of $ ___________ to the following fund:
q General Operating Fund
q Jordan Wallis TvS Memorial Fund
q Prayer Books Fund
Please make checks payable to Tzedek v’Shalom.
Send to: Arnie Gold, TreasurerTzedek v’Shalom
Post Office Box 863Newtown, PA 18940
Some suggested occasions you may wish to commemorate with your donations:
œ With Gratitude to: ____________________________________________________
For _____________________________________________________________
œ Mazel Tov to: Name(s) ________________________________________________
q On the birth / naming / adoption
of: _____________
q On becoming a bat/bar mitzvah
œ Condolences to: ___________________________________________ on the recent
death of _________________________________________________________
œ In memory of ________________________________________________________
œ Get well wishes (Refuah Shelemah) to: ____________________________________
œ Special message: ______________________________________________________
Please send an acknowledgment to:
Name ____________________________________________________________
Address __________________________________________________________
City/State/Zip Code ________________________________________________
q Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund
q Torah Fund
q Tzedakah Fund
q On his/her graduation / birthday
q On their wedding / engagement / wedding anniversary
