Highlights in October

Highlights in

October

October 6th

Congregational

Meeting

Exclusively on Zoom

-See page 11

Sisterhood Soup,

Sweets, & Bread Sale

-See page 7

Lunch & Learn with

Rabbi Winnig

-See page 12

Adult Education Class

-See page 12

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October 2021|Vol 86 No. 2 | Tishrei—Chesvan 5782

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CONGREGATION RODEF SHOLOM

1119 ELM STREET YOUNSTOWN, OH

PHONE: 330.744.5001

[email protected]

WWW.CONGREGATIONRODEFSHOLOM.ORG

RABBI PAULA WINNIG INTERIM RABBI

SARAH WILSCHEK

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

NANCY BURNETT PRESIDENT

JASON BOSTOCKY VICE PRESIDENT

ROBERT RAWL TREASURER

DOUG ABBATIELLO SECRETARY

AARON HIVELY PAST-PRESIDENT

NEIL ALTMAN

BRIGITT BERK

SALLY BLAU CO-PRESIDENT OF SISTERHOOD

MILANA DIMENSTEIN

PHYLLIS FREEDMAN

BETHANY GOLDBERG

RON HEIMAN

TEDD KUNKEL

JESSICA LEV

ALAN NATHAN

TOD NEWMAN PRESIDENT OF BROTHERHOOD

JANE POLLACK

KANDY RAWL CO-PRESIDENT OF SISTERHOOD

ALAN SAMUELS

HUNTER THOMAS

WILLIAM TRACHTMAN

SAMIE WINICK

RABBI FRANK MULLER, D.D. RABBI EMERITUS

A Message from Our Interim Rabbi

Dear Friends:

Beginning on the evening of October 5, 2021, we will celebrate Rosh Hodesh, the first day, of the Hebrew month of Cheshvan. Cheshvan is the only month of all the month of the Jewish calendar in which there are absolutely no holiday celebrations. We of course have regular Shabbat celebrations, but no additional holidays. After all the celebrations in the preceding month of Tishri, the Cheshvan lull is welcome. It gives us a chance to reflect on the messages and demands made on us throughout our Days of Awe and our Sukkot and Simchat Torah celebrations. Cheshvan also gives us the time to perhaps put into action some of the changes we promised to make during our reflective High Holyday experience. But Cheshvan also gives us the chance to move forward, to try something new, to expand our views a bit about we can accomplish when we have some unimpeded time.

In the Midwest, this is a time to take walks outside to see the beautiful autumnal colors. We watch the birds begin to move to their winter homes, or to prepare their nests for winter. The squirrels are busy scavenging all the nuts fallings from trees. And we know as the days shorten and the weather cools, that another winter looms ahead. Some years these changes are very gradual, and some years, they seem so abrupt. This is so like our lives. Some years seem to pass quickly, others seem to drag on endlessly. Some people are good and welcome the new possibilities that changing the status quo bring. Some people always yearn for the “good ol’ days” when they thought everything was just perfect. Most people fall somewhere in between these attitudes, needing time to adjust to changes around them.

In a commentary on Yom Kippur Rabbi Yitzchak Hutner, a Rabbi in Poland and the United States wrote: The truth of the matter is that the power of change is the greatest innovation, after the wonder of the creation of Heaven and Earth,” (Pachad Yitzchak, Yom Kippur 1:8). The power to change is what makes the work we did during Tishri possible. The High Holyday prayer “U’netaneh Tokef” emphasizes the power of change. The prayer says: if we do these three right things, Repentance, Prayer and Righteous Deeds, we can change even the most severe decree against us.

Cheshvan is the time to reflect and to move forward. To accept the changes in the natural world, and to make changes in our own lives. We can choose to follow the pattern of the weather, making some gradual changes, or we can make decisive immediate change. But no matter which style suits us better, change is coming in nature and for all of us. We hope and pray that most of the things that will alter our lives will be positive, healthy, and happy. We pray for the strength to overcome the difficult times surrounded by loving family, community, and friends.

May all of us embrace the power of innovation and change to help us continue to enjoy the wonders of our world, our life and our community.

Wishing you all a beautiful month of Cheshvan.

Sincerely, Rabbi Paula Jayne Winnig | Interim Rabbi, Congregation Rodef Sholom

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A Message from Our Interim President

Dear Congregants,

It’s a new year- a new beginning- 5782. As we emerge from a time of deep

introspection and repentance, we enter a time when we put into action all the

vows we have made. The days grow short, but our ability to spread light in the

world lengthens.

Opportunities to spread that light abound. Each moment of each day provides us with opportunities

to seek joy- joy in volunteering, joy in reaching out to others, or in simply saying thank you.

There are 15 Hebrew words for joy, and the word joy is found 100 times in the Torah, but what is

joy? My favorite definition defines joy as “a conscious commitment to have a sense of gratitude and

contentment regardless of life’s challenges.” Joy comes from within; it is something to be shared

with others.

As we look around us, we can see many things that are positive in our lives. Our congregation’s home

is a beautiful and historic synagogue, but it is those who enter its portals who provide a spiritual

connection. It serves as an anchor in the community and the spiritual resting place for Shabbat

services and life-cycle events.

As a congregation, we breathe life into a building. Our prayers rise up in unison and are joined by

the prayers of Jews around the world. We are a small congregation in a small community, but a part

of a bonded family committed to making the world a better place for generations to come. As we

light our sabbath candles, we both remember and observe- our history, our tradition, our covenantal

promises.

As we go out into this cool, crisp air of October, let us find reasons for joy in our daily lives, and let us

find ways to make a difference in the lives of others.

Wishing you peace, health, and joy in this new year.

Nancy Burnett

President, Congregation Rodef Sholom

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SUN MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT

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Lay-Led

Shabbat Service

6pm

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Sisterhood

Soup Sale

9:30am-12pm

Pick up @

Rodef

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Sisterhood

Soup Sale

11am-1pm

Pick up @

Rodef

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Virtual

Congregational

Meeting

7pm

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Shabbat Service

6pm

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Shabbat Service

6pm

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Shabbat Service

6pm

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Shabbat Service

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October 2021

**All programming will be virtual unless otherwise noted.**

Prayer - Study– Network– Get Connected! The future is ours to create!

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Yahrzeits

October 1, 2021

October 8, 2021

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*Miriam Linnah Bard Martin Finegold Lillian Meislik *Yetta Mirsky Saltzman

*Eddie Bostocky *Rebecca Magid Fried *Miriam Merecki *Edward Schlosberg

*Emanuel Brunswick *Ruth Friedlob Daniel Mirkin *Irene Ehrlich Shapiro

*Irving Burger *Imre Grossberg *Nate Hartzell Moyer Elizabeth Silverman

Lena Cohen *Lillie Guggenheim *David Oyer *S. Paul Solyn

*Jennette Crow *Blanche Hartzell *Dan Robins *Rose Gerber Werner

*Dr. Samuel Davidow *Elayne Kurjan *Marion B. Roth *James K. Williams

Meyer Finegold *Dr. Louis Lyman Dr. Samuel Safier Max Zlotnick

* Denotes permanent memorial plaque

In the rising of the sun and in its going down, We remember them

At the blueness of the skies and in the warmth of summer, We remember them

Lillian Beck *Marcia Malkin Hoffman Janice Perelman *Ida Silvers

*Sara Fibus Beizer Harry Jubelirer *Joann Saltzman Richstone *Mamie Smith

Cliff Booker *Stuart Jack Kann *Dr. Ernst Rose Estelle Honey Sokolov

Dora Frank *Charles Kaufman Harriett Lobl Rosenberg *Rose Stahl

*Lily Liebman Gancfried *Cecile Kobacker Milton Rudick *Louis A. Stein

*Benjamin Giber *Lt. Morton Levy *David Sacherman *Vivian Stoler

*Edward Goldstein *Sara Lippman Harold Sage Lawrence Trachtman

Betty Goldstone *Morris Lockshin *Helen Sedwitz *Philip Weiner

*Mae Mendelson Gross Bernice F. Louis *Helen Shapiro *Eugene Weiss

*Ernestine Harr *Dr. Chester Lowendorf Ida Ress Shapiro *Ralph Wilkoff

*Helen Hartstein *Atty. Albert Marowitz *Dr. Stanley Shensa

Phyllis Hartstein *Freda Messing *Harold Shine

Lillian Haughton Pauline Nelson Sam Sigler

* Denotes permanent memorial plaque

YAHRZEITS CONT.

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October 15, 2021 Jacqueline Abrams Dena Fine Herman Klein *David Rosenblum

*Alice Alexander *Sadie Silverman Florman *Henrietta Klein *Nathan Roth

Leonard Baroff *Samuel Goldberg, M.D. *Joseph Lefkort *Goldie Rudolph

*Ruth Barr *Edward Goldstein *Donald Levinson *Lillian Schmidt

*Rosa Berkowitz *Alma Goodman *Dr. Jack Malkoff *Helen Schweiger

*Isador Bernstein Cecelia Handler *Fanny Myrand Gilbert Shepse

*Dorothy Bruswick *Fanny Myers Hartzell Ben Nudel *Solomon Sherman

Louis B. Cohen *Angelica Himelreich John Perelman *Rose Simon

Rebecca Dimenshteyn *Betty Light Katz Gustav Polk Sophie Spector

*Frank Ephraim *Rose Kaufmann Simon Poze *Allen Wilkoff

*Selma Feldman *Allen Keller *Jack Robins

Bella Applebaum Rose Goldstone *Frank Pearlman Harriet Ruth Schwebel

*Hattie Ashkenas *Frances Freda Harmon *Saul Rose *Louis J. Shulman

*Clara Badner *Philip Hodes *William Rose *Howard Solomon

*Shirley Barr *David Kirkorsky *Ada Rosenbaum *Helen Sperber

*Hilbert Beloff *Anna C.M. Kobacker Mildred Rosenberg Jean Spikell

*Ruth Stolmack Camens *Helen Levine Myrna Rosenberg Esther Stein

*Isaac Friedman *Lester Livingston *Louis H. Rothman Joy White

Drew Gelbaum Elmer Malone *Hannah Sauer *Bertha Weisner

Philip Gelfand *Donna Manevich *Sam Scher *Anne L. Zoss

*Bess Sisman Giber *Jacob Newman *Dr. Sam Schwebel

October 22, 2021

October 29, 2021 Anderson Bard *Rose Friedlob Jean Miller *Jack Steinberg

*Eleanor Bernstein *Samuel Goldstein *David Moskovitz Harriet Steiner

Harry Bleier *Isaachar Goldston Rosemary Mundell *Dr. Lyon Strean

Angela DeAngelo Philip Heal *Helen Pearlstein *Ben Tamarkin

Boris Dimenshteyn *Albert Hodes *Harry S. Post *David Traxler

*Martin Dittman *Helen Hume Myrtle Rosenblum Martin Waldman

*Jerome Engel Natalie Jubelirer *Robert A. Roth *Dr. Herman Zeve

*Jean L. Eppstein *Julia Lefkort Lillian Roth

*Selma Fibus *Florence Lipscher *Minnie Schlesinger

*Maurie Rose Fried *Jere Lustig *Anna Shulman Somatt

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October 1st: Ashley & Adam Sperling (27 yrs) October 11th: Stella & Walter Spikell (41 yrs)

October 2nd: Kim & Mark Buckley (39 yrs) Octrober 13th: Sherry & George McKelvey (48 yrs)

October 5th: Andi & Steve Baroff (36 yrs) Darlene & Rabbi Frank Muller (19 yrs)

October 7th: Bethany & Randy Goldberg (14 yrs)

October 19th: Jenn & Brad Simon (25 yrs)

October 9th: Katherine & Alden Chevlen (16 yrs)

Renee & Randy Silverman (25 yrs)

Addie & Mike Rawl (16 yrs) October 24th: Kim & Jeff Simon (23 yrs)

October 11th: Lynn & Pete Mendelson (52 yrs) October 26th: Renae & Steven Scharf (25 yrs)

MAZEL TOV TO THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS ON THEIR

OCTOBER ANNIVERSARIES:

Mazel Tov to the following members for a special birthday in October:

October 1st: Andi Baroff October 16th: Jan Berkowitz

David Heilman October 19th: Daniel Gear

October 2nd: Dick Goodman October 25th: Allan Sharapan

October 11th: Neil Altman October 26: Toni Greenbaum

October 12th: Irv Lev

Todah Rabbah!

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Todah Rabbah to Linda & Fred Knox for sponsoring the beautiful Rosh Hashanah Pulpit Flowers in loving memory of parents,

Dorothy & Bernard Pomper and Miriam & Abe Knofsky.

Todah Rabbah to our Yom Kippur Pulpit Flower sponsors:

• Jeanne & Ken Fibus in loving memory of

Selma & M. Murray Fibus and Shirley & Roy Strasberg

• Sue Weiss & Family in loving memory of Bernard Weiss

• Adele Bark & Family in loving memory of Imre Grossberg

• Rabbi Paula Winnig in loving memory of Marion & Sidney Winnig, Gwen

Winnig Rivkin, and Cantor Renee Coleson

TZEDAKAH CIRCLE Endowment Fund In loving memory of:

Janice & John Perelman

By Michele & Dale Perelman

In loving memory of:

Leonard Baroff

By Andi & Steve Baroff


Martin Waldman

By Judy & David Waldman


Henry Ekker

By The Ekker Family


Frances Schwebel Solomon

By Nina & Barry Solomon


Sallye Cohen Frohman

By Anita & Dick Shapiro

By Louise & Fred Kannensohn

By Sarah & David Wilschek

By Martha & Jon Siegel


Jocelyn Spiegel

By Jonathan Spiegel

By Rebecca & David Grossman

By Mira & Rob Spiegel


Helen Levine

By Linda & David Levine


Rabbi Berkowitz

By Barbara & Lee Feldman

Marilyn’s Mitzvah

Meal Fund In loving memory of:

Philip A. Heal

By Inez Heal


Irving Burger

By Debra Burger


Jacqueline Abrams

By Karen & Richard Abrams


Dr. Samuel Safier

By Carole & Bill Weimer

In celebration of:

Sarah Wilschek’s 12 Under 36

Award

By Beverly & Alan Nathan



By Linda & Fred Knox

Music Fund In loving memory of:

Emeterio Escandon

Zalmon Zoss

By Dr. Kathy Zoss

Oneg Fund In loving memory of:

Elmer Malone

Lawrence Rawl

By Kandy & Bob Rawl and Family

Cemetery Fund In loving memory of:

Eddie Bostocky

By Susan & Jerry Bostocky


Atty. & Mrs. Stanley M.

Eppstein

By Steven Eppstein


The Whitman/ Knofsky

Families

By Neil Weinberger


Eugene Lauger

Jeannette Freedman Lauger

Fannie & David Freedman

Pearl Freedman

By Brahna Lauger Wilczynski


Doris Gordon

By Michael D. Gordon

Social Action Fund In celebration of:

Nancy Burnett’s Abe Harshman

Award

By Beverly & Alan Nathan

By Yetta & Paul Gluck

In celebration of:

Sarah Wilschek’s 12 Under 36

Award


The speedy recovery of:

Lisa Long




By Minna Brown

Rabbi Discretionary

Fund In loving memory of:

Natalie & Harry Jubelirer

By Alice & Steve Julbelirer


Shirley Barr

By Nancy & Michael Barr

By Alyse Barr

In appreciation of:

Rabbi Winnig

By Cyndi & Nick Katz and Family

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Jacob & Arnold Malkin

By Dr. Walter Malkin


Morris Simon

By Michael Simon

Building Fund In loving memory of:

Estelle Honey Sokolov

By The Sokolov/ Miller Families

Religious School


George Rubin

Harold Berk

By Brigitt & Rob Berk and Family

Atty. Benjamin

Roth & Marion

Roth Fund In loving memory of:


Marsh Burdman

Josh Mitnick

By JoAnn & Daniel Roth

Tamarkin Chapel



By Doris Tamarkin


Buddy Tamarkin


Morris & Esther

Simon Fund In loving memory of:

Pauline Lily Nelson

Morris Simon

By Jenn, Brad, Neela, Maren,

Jayde, & Brooky Simon

Pulpit Flower Fund In loving memory of:

Dorothy & Bernard Pomper

Miriam & Abe Knofsky




By Rachel Prince

TZEDAKAH CIRCLE CONT.

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