June 2011 Temple Israel Bulletin

Iyar—Sivan 5771 PAGE 1JUNE 2011

Temple Israel Bulletin

Recognizing our volunteers—page 4

Israel trip with Rabbi Bennett—page 5

“Israel in the Gardens” - page 6

“Good News” from Israel—page 7

Bruchas and Bagels—page 8

Wanna dance? - page 11

IN THIS ISSUE

SCHEDULE OF

SHABBAT SERVICES

EREV SHABBAT, June 3:

6:30 PM: Family Shabbat evening ser-vice on the patio. Torah Portion: Naso,Num. 4:21-7:89. Haftarah: Judges 13:2-25


7:30 PM: Friday Night Chai Shabbatevening serviceTorah Portion: B’ha-a’lotecha, Num.8:1-12:16. Haftarah: Zach. 2:14-4:7


7:30 PM: Shabbat evening service.Torah Portion: Shelach, Num. 13:1-15:41. Haftarah: Josh. 2:1-24


7:30 PM: Shabbat evening service withTorah reading.

Torah Portion: Korach, Num. 16:1-18:32. Haftarah: 1 Sam. 11:14-12:22.

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Tuesday, June 14, 7:00 PM — Budget presentation anddiscussion

Wednesday, June 15, 7:00 PM— Election of new Board mem-bers and presentation ofpast and upcoming Templeissues.

Please attend this important meeting and have yoursay in the running of Temple Israel. We will bethanking outgoing Board members Beth Magidson,Carol Parker, and Betty Riback and voting on new

members to take their places. A “State of the Synagogue” messagewill also be presented, and any questions the congregants have willbe addressed.

Looking forward to seeing all Temple Israel members at thismeeting. The future of our synagogue is in our hands!

MAZEL TOV TO OUR GRADUATES!GRAD SCHOOL

Peter Soskin—Hastings School of Law

HIGH SCHOOL

Brian Harris

Alexandra Kofman

Aaron Kruglikov

Allison Miller

Benjamin Parker

We wish you much success & happiness in your futures!

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FROM THE RABBI’S STUDY

As summer begins, weimagine a slower pace.Many schools are finishingtheir school year. We ea-gerly anticipate summervacations. It is the time (orhistorically was the time)

“when the livin’ is easy; fish are jumpin’ and the cot-ton is high”. For many of us in the Jewish communitysummer means less carpooling or delivering and col-lecting our children from regular or religious school,and for children who are fortunate enough to do so, itmight mean summer camp in an increasing variety ofoptions. Others might choose to attend summer schoolto get ahead (or get caught up). But with the weather(hopefully) better, we look forward to leisure activitymore often and for longer periods than we do duringthe rest of the year.

Here at Temple Israel, summer means beginning thepreparations – already – for the coming High HolyDays, hiring teachers for the coming school year,planning the worship and events calendars, and takingsome time to evaluate where we are so that we cancontinue to serve our community better in the weeksand months ahead. While we would like to imaginethis as a slower time, in fact we use the unstructuredsummer time to prepare ourselves for the more struc-tured time that comes at summer’s end.

The month of June/Iyar-Sivan also includes one of themajor Jewish Festivals, Shavuot, a.k.a., the Feast ofWeeks. Coming seven weeks and a day after the sec-ond day of Pesach (Passover), it celebrates God’s giv-ing and our receiving the mitzvot at Mt. Sinai. In abroader sense, it is one step in the process that beganwith the Exodus from Egypt, when we were a ragtagmass of slaves who had no religion or communitystructure, and it provides the foundation for the Jewishcivilization that follows. Armed with the mitzvot, weare better prepared to govern ourselves once we enterCanaan (the Promised Land), to serve each other andGod in appropriate ways, and to distinguish ourselvesas a people “chosen” by God to be a “light unto thenations.”

What does it mean, then, to be “chosen” and to be a“light unto the nations?” I have come to understand itto mean that God has expected us to bear a certain re-sponsibility for maintaining and repairing the world inwhich we find ourselves. The guidebook for how todo that is the Torah and the extensive explanations ofthe Torah that our sages have written over the ages.Virtually any subject that we might raise has an ante-cedent in Jewish text, and any question that we mightask has already been addressed in some manner orform by those who came before us.

So when we gather on Shavuot to hear and relive thegiving of the Law, we should be reminded that notonly is the job not done, but in our complex and con-fusing world, there is more of a job to do than ever!The concept of our receiving instructions on how tolive in the world leads us to understand that we cannotsay that we don’t know what to do or how to do it. Sowe have no real excuse for looking to others to “fix”things for us. We have the tools we need. We mayneed a little refresher course on how to use them. Butwe are not excused from fulfilling our responsibilities,and we cannot turn to anyone else to do our job for us.And, of course, as Hillel said, “If not now, when?”Hillel also said, “…and do not say: ‘When I have lei-sure I shall study’ – you may never have any leisure.”What he meant went beyond study; he meant that thethings that need fixing, need fixing now; most of themcan’t wait. And neither should we.

So while I wish you a relaxing, refreshing, and re-warding summer, I also wish you the time, commit-ment, devotion, dedication, and determination to helpto implement some of the mitzvot of which we are re-minded at Shavuot. We have finished counting thedays between Pesach and Shavuot. Now we need tocount on you.

Shalom,Rabbi Allen B. Bennett

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

I am writing this article just after our last day of Religious School Event and Com-munity-wide picnic. This was my last year as a Religious School parent. As youread this, Noah’s bar mitzvah will have just passed.

I had a great time today. It was so good to see all the new families in the religiousschool at this event. I got to meet people that had been in the school almost allyear, for the very first time. I have to apologize, it had been my intention to meeteveryone before this day, and for those I did meet it was extra special to see youhere today, and know that I knew a little more about you than the others, so far.

I wish we could see and spend time together more often through the year. Notjust on the first and last school days, but perhaps at a potluck Shabbat dinner.

Everyone needs to eat dinner. If we arranged it so we had an early service (which we already do, every firstFriday of the month) and then dinner together (which we already do every first Friday of the month) do youthink it would be easier to come out and all spend time together?

We all agree that our Jewish community is so important. The religious school is what brought me to TempleIsrael but the community I have found here is why I stay. Now that I no longer will have the Religious Schoolcommunity, it is my responsibility to find ways to connect us all.

I was reminded today of the families that left temple after their youngest child completed their bar and batmitzvah. They were the families in my Religious School community when I first started with Temple Israel.They have moved or moved on and those they left behind feel the void of their absence. Fortunately I have ayounger child and a much wider Temple community now. The community that draws me now is not just theReligious School.

So I invite you all to become a more active part of the greater Temple Israel community. Those of you whohave kids now grown and out of the house, come and spend time with us, we miss seeing you around. Thoseof you just starting out come and get to know what built the foundation our little Temple. Let’s spend moretime together hanging out at game night, pot luck dinners or any other event the Temple is hosting.

Our Annual General Meeting is on Wednesday June 15 in the social hall at 7:00 pm. The day before, June 14,we will have a meeting to discuss the proposed budget. I encourage you all to come and see how we work,what keeps us going and how you can be a bigger part of it all.

B’Shalom

Cindy


EDUCATION NEWS

Mindy’s column will return next month

THANKS TO THE CHILDREN’S CLOTHING SWAP VOLUNTEERS

The Fundraising Committee thanks the following members for helping the Temple with our third Children'sClothing Swap:

Dorie Behrstock, Sam Chelouche, Alison Harris, Kimberlee MacVicar, Michele Marcucci, Carol Parker,Melissa Raber, Suzi Scher, Nicole Thresher, Eliana Whatley (the best runner ever!), Jen Whatley and WayneZensius. A special thank you to our event coordinator, Jennifer Bregman Forshaw, for taking on the challengeof coordinating her first event for Temple Israel. We really appreciate everyone's help.

Despite the angst of having our entrance blocked due to a cement job and added parking pressure of twonearby events/services happening, parents left happy and with full bags of items.

THANK YOU TO OUR VOLUNTEERS

Each month, we will be thanking some of our volunteers in the Bulletin. Temple Israel could not function with-out our hard-working congregants. This month, thanks go out to:

Mindy Myers for another great school year

The Religious School teachers and TAs

All the event workers at the end-of-year community picnic

Michael Berkowitz and Color Me Mine

The Education Committee

Nicole Thresher for organizing our participation in the A's Jewish Heritage Night


As many of you know, I have been delighted to leadseveral interfaith tours to Israel and Jordan during mytenure as the rabbi of Temple Israel. While the guestlists have differed on each trip, the level of excite-ment, enthusiasm and enjoyment has remained prettyconstant among the various travelers. We have allcome back from these trips with a much greater under-standing of, and appreciation for, the complexities ofthe region including the geography, history, politics,economics, demographics, etc.

With the announcement of my planned retirement atthe end of June, 2012, I have realized that the next tripwe are scheduled to take will be the last one I lead asTemple Israel’s rabbi. I am reminded of Mark Twain’squip that we should learn from the mistakes of othersbecause we won’t live long enough to make them allourselves. In this case I hope to have learned from myown mistakes, and want to make this final trip the verybest one ever.

So if you have ever wanted to participate in one ofthese trips with me, this will be your last chance. Hereare the details:

We leave on Monday, November 28, and we returnon Tuesday, December 13. That is, we leave on theMonday after Thanksgiving and we’re back a full

twelve days before Chanukkah and Christmas(Chanukkah begins on Christmas Eve this year). Morethan a “holy land theme park tour,” our trip is reallyan in-depth introduction to Israel, from ancient timesto modern, and from north to south, and east to west.Under the auspices of Da’at Educational Tours and itssubsidiary ARZA World, we receive VIP treatmentfrom the moment we register until we are back in ourhomes once again. Our trip includes a brief trip toPetra, Jordan, where the historical site there has beendesignated one of the new “10 Wonders of theWorld.”

If you ask any of the guests who have gone on ourprevious trips, they will tell you that they learnedmore than they ever expected in ways they could nothave imagined, and gained a respect for the countryand people of Israel (and its neighbors) that they neverthought they could have.

Please join me for what promises to be our best tripyet (as well as my tour leader swan song and last hur-rah). For details, more information, and registration,go to www.arzaworld.com, and search for Temple Is-rael of Alameda. Alternatively, call me at the office at(510) 522-9355, x 312, and let’s talk.

Rabbi Allen B. Bennett

LAST CHANCE TO TAKE A TRIP TO ISRAEL WITH RABBI BENNETT!

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AnyClip Heads to Hollywood

Israel's AnyClip has cut a dream deal with UniversalStudios to bring favorite clips from the movie giant'senormous library to the Internet. The sexy spots inLast Tango in Paris; the scary moment when theshark in Jaws is about to chomp into a leg and otherclassic moments from the movies we'd like to find,see again and share, will be available from the Israelicompany AnyClip. AnyClip has developed a technol-ogy that can tag and trace elements in digital film, andwith human editing can hand over bite-sized clips thatcan be replayed and relived over and over and overagain. Universal's Sam Nouri says; "AnyClip's unique

ability to tag, provide custom keywords and allowsearches within a full feature film is an extremelyvaluable asset. An authorized and licensed searchabledatabase of movie moments has never existed before.

“ISRAEL GOOD NEWS BULLETIN” is intended tohelp you learn more about the positive contributionstaking place in the state of Israel. Adapted from“Israel 21C and news from the Weizmann Institute,these stories are distributed by the “Temple IsaiahIsrael and World Jewry Committee” and selected andprovided to you monthly by the East Bay JCRC. Ifyou are interested in learning more about the East BayJCRC, please contact your JCRC representative(supply name and contact information).



New tool could predict future earthquakes

As Japan continues to pick up the pieces after its dev-astating earthquake and tsunami that has killed over10,000 people, left hundreds of thousands homeless,and threatened a nuclear catastrophe, Israeli geologistshave unveiled a new tool that allows researchers tolearn critical lessons for the future by understandingpatterns of seismic activity in the past. Developed byProf. Shmuel Marco of Tel Aviv University, the tool,which he calls a "fossil seismograph", examines geo-logical formations to find historical patterns of earth-quakes reaching far back into the ancient past."Current seismographical data on earthquakes onlyreaches back a century or so," says Marco, whose lat-est research was published in the journal Geology.With this information, experts can better predictwhere and when earthquakes, may occur in the future- and take measures to prevent catastrophic damage.

Send in the robots to pick the ripest fruit

Robotics researchers at Ben-Gurion University of theNegev have received a $1.3 million grant to developintelligent sensing and manipulation algorithms forrobots that can zone in on the highest value crops topick. The project is part of "cRops" (Clever Robotsfor Crops), a European Union Seventh Frameworkprogram. cRops will develop the scientific know-howand several prototype systems to harvest greenhousepeppers, orchard fruits and premium wine grapes. Thehighly configurable, modular platform system willconsist of a robot transported on a carrier along withmanipulators and "intelligent tools" that can beadapted to new tasks and conditions. The cRops ro-botic platform will be able to detect the fruit, sense itsripeness, and then move to grasp and softly detachonly the ripe fruit. It will also be capable of targetedspraying during the growing process. Nine other coun-

tries are involved in the project.

Breakthrough Lets Patients Breathe Easy

Around the globe, some 200 million people sufferfrom chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),a progressive lung condition. As the disease worsens,patients typically face hospitalization several times ayear - at a cost of thousands of dollars per day. TheIsraeli Breeze@home, device will allow COPD andother chronic lung disease patients to stay out of thehospital while receiving continuous remote monitor-ing by their healthcare provider from home. AwaitingFDA approval it is the second generation of the hospi-tal-based Deep Breeze vibration response imaging(VRI) technology approved by the FDA in 2007.These VRIxp systems are in use at major hospitalemergency rooms in the United States and many othercountries.

AKOL helps the developing world feed itself, viathe cloud

Learning how to cope with drought and raise produc-tive cows is now just a click away, thanks to a kib-butz-based company's cloud-based software supportedby IBM. AKOL gives low-income farmers the abilityto get top-level information from professional sources.Since much of its land mass is desert, Israel is in aunique position to help countries like China, Russiaand Australia and others learn to cope with drought.AKOL’s exclusive Internet-based system shares thatinformation with those who need it most. Recently,IBM signed a development agreement with the com-pany, whose name is an acronym for AgriculturalKnowledge On-Line "Years before the popularizationof the Internet, we had online databases and applica-tions that members of Kibbutz Bror Hayil in southernIsrael were able to access in order to improve theirproductivity. Over the years, we developed applica-tions for many areas of agriculture, including raisingpoultry, managing vineyards and producing olive oil"says company CEO Ron Shani. Today, AKOL isbuilding those applications, helping to transmit Israeliknowledge to farmers around the world.

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ISRAEL “GOOD NEWS” BULLETIN


TEM PLE ISRAEL’S

90TH ANNIVERSARY

COOKBOOK

2010

THE MIDWAY SHELTER COOKING PROJECT

The Temple Israel Dinner Cooks are proud to have been preparing dinner once a month for the residents of theMidway Shelter for the past several years. Many religious and community organizations in Alameda take partin this activity, so that the women and children who are putting their lives back together at the Shelter get anourishing, healthy dinner each day.

In April, Bev Blatt, Nancy Freed, Alison Harris, CJ Kingsley, Carol Parker, and Doris Weiner Gluckman pre-pared and delivered Chili Relleno Casserole, fruit salad, cornbread, dessert, and juice. We always have agood time visiting with each other and catching up on each others’ lives while we cook! And, as Mary Goldfrequently says, “Many hands make work light”!

We cook on the third Wednesday of each month. Our next cooking session will be on June 15. Four or fivevolunteers are needed, and if you’d like to help, please contact Alison Harris at 521-3375 or [email protected].

The 90th Anniversary Cookbook is available in theTemple office, or, you can contact

Alison Harris at

[email protected] or

510-521-3375

and we will arrange to get you your copy at a mutuallyconvenient time.

BRUCHAS AND BAGELS

Our monthly pre-service gathering, Bruchas & Ba-gels, takes place the 2nd Friday of the month, at 6:30p.m., in the Social Hall, prior to that evening's Shab-bat service. This is a casual way to come together todo the candle, wine and challah blessings (aka"Bruchas") while noshing on bagels and meeting yourfellow congregants. So the right amount of fresh ba-gels and challah are ordered, please e-mail memberMel Waldorf at [email protected] or call theTemple office with your RSVP.


JUNE 2011

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNES-DAY

THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

18:45 AM Jazzer-cise

5:15 PM Jazzer-cise

7:00 PM RitualCommittee meet-ing

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5:30 PM I ni C


5:15 PM Jazzer-cise

6:30 PM Shabbatevening service onthe patio

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3:00 PM I ni C


5:15 PM AAmeeting

5:15 PM Jazzer-cise


5:15 PM Jazzer-cise

8:00 PM Bandrehearsal

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SHAVUOT

8:45 AM Jazzer-cise

10:00 AM Festivalmorning servicewith Yizkor

5:15 PM Jazzer-cise

7:00 PM Board ofDirectors meeting

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5:30 PM I ni C


5:15 PM Jazzer-cise

6:30 PM Bruchasand Bagels

7:30 PM FridayNight Chai Shab-bat service

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3:00 PM I ni C


5:15 PM AAmeeting

5:15 PM Jazzer-cise

7:00 PM RabbiSearch Committeemeeting


5:15 PM Jazzer-cise

7:00 PM AnnualGeneral BudgetMeeting



10:00 AM Mid-way Shelter Cook-ing

5:15 PM Jazzer-cise

7:00 PM AnnualGeneral Meeting

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5:30 PM I ni C


5:15 PM Jazzer-cise

7:30 PM Shabbatevening service

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3:00 PM I ni C


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5:30 PM I ni C


5:15 PM Jazzer-cise

7:30 PM Shabbatevening servicewith Torah reading

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269:30 AM Minyan& Bagel Breakfast

3:00 PM I ni C


5:15 PM AAmeeting

5:15 PM Jazzer-cise


5:15 PM Jazzer-cise

298:00 PM Bandrehearsal withdancing

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SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNES-DAY

THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY


5:15 PM Jazzer-cise

6:30 PM Shabbatevening service onthe patio

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IndependenceDay

Office Closed8:45 AM Jazzer-cise

5:15 PM AAmeeting

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4:00 PM HebrewSchool

5:15 PM Jazzer-cise

7:00 PM RitualCommittee Meet-ing

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5:15 PM Jazzer-cise

6:30 PM Bruchasand Bagels

7:30 PM FridayNight Chai Shab-bat service

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5:15 PM AAmeeting

5:15 PM Jazzer-cise

7:00 PM RabbiSearch Committeemeeting


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10:00 AM Mid-way Shelter Cook-ing

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6:30 PM Educa-tion committeemeeting

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319:30 AM Minyan& Bagel Breakfast

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JULY 2011


Big Band Concert/Dance

in Alameda Every Last Wednesday of the Month

Come and listen/dance to Dave’s Swingtime Big Band playing the hits from the 30’s to the

60’s.

18 piece big band plus a female vocalist performs east and west coast swing, rumbas,

waltzes, cha chas, tangos, night club two-step and a few surprises!

Every last Wednesday of the Month

Temple Israel 3183 Mecartney Road

8:00 pm to 10:00 pm

$5.00 donation requested

For further details call Dave at 510-521-1349 or Email: [email protected]

JAZZERCISE OFFERING SPECIAL DISCOUNT TO TEMPLE ISRAELMEMBERS!

Jazzercise on Bay Farm Island would like to offer any Temple Israel member a 25% EFT discount on ourmonthly membership. Jazzercise does not offer this discount to anyone else because our prices are so low.This is a special offer for Temple members only.

Normally Jazzercise is $40.00 per month, which is already a greatvalue. At 25% off, Temple members are being offered an extraordi-nary fitness value. Jazzercise hopes you will take advantage of it.

Please let Karen Park know if you have any questions. The Templeoffice cannot answer any questions you may have.

Karen ParkJAZZERCISE

-on-BAY FARM ISLAND -and- TWIN TOWERS CHURCH GYM

510-865-2213


CONTRIBUTIONS

GENERAL FUND

Stella Campbell In memory of Del Campbell

Ed and Peg Kofman In memory of Mort Kofman

Mark and Kimberlee MacVicar In memory of Gunther Gates

CJ Kingsley In memory of Leo Birenbaum

Cruz Arellanes II In memory of Irv and Dorothy Lutz

Alice Kamby In memory of Minnie Skee

ANNUAL GIVING CAMPAIGN

Sylvia Blumberg In honor of Miles Asher Geller

Daniel Kapler In memory of Art and Rose Kapler

Fred and Jen Whatley In memory of Jack and Wil Garfinkle

Stella Campbell In memery of Lily Benisty Kent

Lee and Alison Harris In memory of our parents

Margie Gates

RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND

Lee and Alison Harris In memory of Herschel C. Lurie

Mike and Betty Riback In memory of Alexander deHaan

Walter McQuesten In memory of Edna Gertrude Koschnitski

Irene Weinberg In memory of Frank Weinberg

Patti Moskovitz In honor of Monica Moore

TREE OF LIFE

Ritual Committee In memory of Frank Weinberg

ONEG SHABBAT

Ritz Diamond Cohen In memory of Frank Weinberg

These donations were received between February 7 and May 2, 2011.


YAHRZEITS

June 3Samuel Leonard 5/28Silvia Slate 5/29Morris Prins 5/31 Iyar 27Paul Korosboff 6/1Ernest Silton 6/1Jacques Saad 6/2 Iyar 29Lillian Ascher 6/3 Sivan 1Leon Caplin 6/3June 10Ann Coleman 6/4 Sivan 2George Dubroff 6/4Julie Parker 6/4Jay Renfro 6/4 Sivan 2Rachel Weintraub 6/4 Sivan 2William Wolensky 6/4 Sivan 2Dorina Barnett 6/5Doris Flickstein 6/5Manfred Gates 6/5Hannah Green 6/5 Sivan 3Elizabeth Kirkland 6/5Eva Goldberg Weiner 6/5 Sivan 3Margaret Mandel 6/6 Sivan 4Isaac Allen Barnett 6/7Herman Raymond Falk 6/7 Sivan 5Rose Kapler 6/7Larry Berkowitz 6/8Celia Elsie Guber 6/8 Sivan 6Eleanor Peters 6/8Beilah Samuel 6/8 Sivan 6Czirel Samuel 6/8 Sivan 6Leah Samuel 6/8 Sivan 6Moishe Samuel 6/8 Sivan 6Rachael Samuel 6/8 Sivan 6Yitzchak Samuel 6/8 Sivan 6Benjamin Becker 6/9 Sivan 7Bernice Brazil 6/9Pauline Bercovitz Wright 6/10Mendel Korsunsky 6/10 Sivan 8Harry Riback 6/10June 17Benjamin Albert 6/11 Sivan 9Anna Frank 6/12 Sivan 10Evlin Dorfman 6/13Bella Dorfman 6/14Violet Kantor-Schwartz 6/14Lorraine Rabinovitz 6/14Sarah Borsuk 6/15

Naomi Levy Haynes 6/15Efraim "Fred" Hoffman 6/15 Sivan 13Abraham Kofman 6/15Bernard Korman 6/15Shirley Kutin 6/15 Sivan 13James Parker 6/15Isidro Pascual 6/15 Sivan 13Betty Miller 6/16 Sivan 14Marguerite Parker 6/16John Scroggins 6/16Frances Glazer Garmo 6/17 Sivan 15Bianka Hopp 6/17Paula Klein 6/17June 24Gertrude Fertig 6/18Sara Minovitz 6/18Ann Green 6/19Edward Kofman 6/19 Sivan 17Gayle Carlow 6/20Jack S. Glazer 6/20 Sivan 18Jack Pressman 6/20 Sivan 18Edward Glazer 6/21 Sivan 19Dan Green 6/21Rose Rebecca Glazer 6/22 Sivan 20Belle Soll 6/23Jay Levine 6/24July 1Rachel Hellman 6/25Ludwig Ottenheimer 6/25Beatrice Riback 6/25Robert Albert 6/26Edward Sawyer 6/26 Sivan 24Michael Dehaan 6/27Alma Unger 6/27Sylvia Albert 6/28 Sivan 26Frank Guber 6/30 Sivan 28

Saul Wolff Jacobs 6/30


CELEBRATIONS

BIRTHDAYS

ANNIVERSARIESDavid & Judith Altschuler June 3 38thStacy & Shaun Reid June 5 7thSteve Smith & Nancy Freed June 5 23rdWilliam & Cynthia Schaff June 6 18thLarry & Brooke Sussman June 7 13thLois & Stewart Blumsack June 8 42ndRobert & Susan Greenspan June 8 37thWalter & Judy Jacobs June 13 46thPatrick & Marcy Carnerie June 14 13thDavid & Karyn Ogorzalek June 16 11thPamela Sawyer & Margaret Rowland June 16 31stStephen & Sheila Corman June 18 44thRoger & Brenda Finberg June 19 46th

Jerry & Natividad Rabinovitz June 21 25thHarvey & Bea Stoller June 21 47thRobert & Jerrilyn Kaplan June 22 36thMike & Betty Riback June 22 42ndRobert & Kathleen Garfinkle June 25 39thDavid Penney & Ronnie Blumenthal June 25 22ndJay & Eileen Savel June 25 45thJean-Pierre Chelouche & Joyce August June 27 40thRon Soltz & Susan Huang June 28 19thMary & Arthur Gold June 29 8th

Stewart Blumsack June 1Henry Cohen June 2Gabriella Karlin June 2 11thMallory Penney June 6 19thMarcello Serrano June 6 7thClaudia Waldman June 6 15thRonald Graham June 8Lois Blumsack June 10Bea Stoller June 10Chloe Rose Reid June 11 1stRabbi Allen Bennett June 12Grace Friedman June 12 15thMyra Litvack June 12Samantha Ackiron June 14 10thSteven Harris June 14Bella Karlin June 14Doris Weiner-Gluckman June 16Barbara Stahl June 17Harry Hankin June 19Jerry Rabinovitz June 19

Mitchelle Tanner June 19Benjamin Parker June 22 18thElaine Kofman June 24Mirna Lessinger June 24David Ogorzalek June 24Cindy Berk June 25Alexandra Kofman June 25 18thSvetlana Lozovik June 25Wilma Garfinkle June 26Peter Parker June 26Evin Ellson June 28 4thJay Garfinkle June 29Elizabeth Rafalaf June 29 19thHelen Montell-Weiland June 30 12th


TEMPLE ISRAEL BULLETIN

The Temple Israel Bulletin is a monthly periodical.Deadline for articles is the 10th of the month for thefollowing month’s issue. Comments can be directedto the Temple office: 3183 Mecartney Rd., Alameda,CA 94502-6912, Phone 510-522-9355, Fax 510-522-9356, email: [email protected].

RABBI: Allen B. Bennett,

[email protected]

DIRECTOR OF CONGREGATIONAL LEARNING:

Mindy Myers

[email protected]

ADMINISTRATOR:

[email protected]

PRESIDENT: Cindy Berk

[email protected]

The TI Times is a weekly email publication sent tothe Temple Israel membership with email addresses.If you would like to receive the TI Times please con-t a c t t h e T e m p l e o f f i c e a t : o f [email protected]

OFFICE HOURSRabbi Allen B. Bennett is generally in the office:

10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Wednesdays,

9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Thursdays,

9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Fridays,

and Sundays during Hebrew and ReligiousSchool hours.

The office is open from 9:00—Noon on Monday andTuesday and 9:00 AM– 12:00 PM Thursday throughFriday.

Because the Rabbi may be involved in meetings, otherappointments, tutoring students, etc., during the timeshe is in the building, it is best to make an appointmentbefore coming in.

YOUR TEMPLE ISRAEL BOARDOF DIRECTORS

President - Cindy BerkTreasurer—Jacob Lustig

Secretary—Beth Magidson

Fundraising— Kimberlee MacVicar & JenWhatley

Personnel—Betty Riback

Operations – Eric StrimlingEducation—Mike Riback

Ritual— Suzi Scher

Membership—Charley Weiland


UPCOMING ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS

ISRAEL IN THE GARDENSJune 5, 11:00 AM—5:00 PM: See page 6 for more information

SHAVUOTJune 8, 10:00 AM: Festival morning service with Yizkor

BRUCHAS AND BAGELSJune 10, 6:30 PM: Join us for the recitation of the traditional Shabbat blessings over the candles, wine, and challah,and enjoy a light bagel snack! See page 9 for more information.

MINYAN AND BAGEL BREAKFASTJune 26, 9:30 AM: Join us for davening followed by a delicious bagel brunch

WANNA DANCE?June 28, 8:00 PM: Dance to the Big Band sound of Dave Altschuler’s Swingtime Band. A $5.00 donation at the dooris requested. See page 11 for information.

Documents

June 2011 Temple Israel Bulletin