PSJC Commemorative Journal

The Park Slope Jewish Center honors

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In a Community Celebration of Leadership and Learning

November 13–14, 2010 / Kislev 6–7, 5771

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This sparkling celebration of the 10th anniversary of our community’s

partnership with Rabbi Carie Carter reflects many facets of who we

are and of the remarkable person who has been our spiritual leader

for ten years. We are sharing ritual and tradition, enjoying beautiful

music, gathering in friendship over fine foods, learning together,

and rededicating a sefer Torah. Just as our community grows on the

foundation of its history, our gala brings together our past and our

present as we embark on our future.

Like so many projects, this celebration was made possible by the work

of many dedicated people, each doing what it takes to make an event

shine. I will do my best to thank everyone who contributed to this effort,

and I ask forgiveness of those whom I have inadvertently omitted—

believe me, everyone’s help made a difference, and every effort is

deeply appreciated.

Thank you to the artists who are so generously sharing

their time and talent with us. In honor of Rabbi

Carter and this occasion, Cantor Natasha Hirschhorn

composed the song “Ashrei Haish,” based on Psalm 1,

and she is performing it at our gala concert with Cantor

Judy Ribnick and other friends. We are delighted

to welcome renowned Israeli jazz saxophonist Nir

Naaman and his quartet as well. Walter Schlomann

intrepidly produced a wonderful celebratory video

for this occasion. Merrie Handfinger designed and

created the beautiful new Torah cover, shown on

this page, for the rededicated sefer Torah repaired

by sofer Neil Yerman, who will share his learning

with us as Rabbi Carter completes the last strokes

on the sefer Torah.

Thanks to Peter Bornstein, Ellen Brickman, Sarah Chinn, Harolyn

Cohen, Dina Garfinkel, Irena Jaffe Goldstein, Yehudit Moch, Steve

Radwell, Leslie Salzman, Esther Schwalb, Reba Snyder, Angela Weisl,

Eden Wofsey, Flora Wofsey, and Helen Zelon, each of whom gave of

themselves to pull together the strands that have been woven together

to create this journal and the weekend of celebration. We appreciate

the contributions of Main Event Catering, Kosher Bagel Hole, J&R

Television, and Little Things to our party, and we always appreciate the

prompt and friendly help of our long-time office manager, Alan Taber.

And special thanks are due to our Board of Trustees for their leadership,

support, and generosity.

I am particularly grateful to the members of the steering committee.

Sarah Kahn Glass started with us along this road until she moved her

family to Oregon—Sarah, we miss you. Cheryl Berkowitz designed the

beautiful invitation and this wonderful journal; her patience, talent, and

vision have been invaluable. Freddie Brooks, Carol Diamond, Farrah

Noah-Daniel, Frances Rodriguez, and Tori Rosen have completed

this journey with me, working tirelessly on so many critical behind-

the-scenes components, and providing much needed sanity checks,

inspiring ideas, moral support, and warm comradeship.

Finally, without Rabbi Carter, we would not have this wonderful occasion

to celebrate. Thank you for everything that you are and that you do, for

and with us.

Florence Hutner

Chair

Acknowlegements | page 1

Rabbi Carie CarterTen years of inspired leadership

The Park Slope Jewish Center has been privileged for the last ten years

to have Rabbi Carie Carter’s steady hand at the helm, and her ready

smile and inspiring presence among us. In some ways, it feels as though

Rabbi Carter has been our leader and friend forever. At the same time,

we still remember her first weeks and months as she absorbed the

quirks of Brooklyn and of PSJC, traveling everywhere with her beloved

pug Buddy, guiding us as surely through times of joy as she did through

the unimaginable sadness and fear of September 11, 2001.

Rabbi Carter came to PSJC in 2000 after

serving for three years as Director and Assistant

Executive Director of Cleveland Metro Hillel. She

has also served as assistant rabbi and rabbinic

intern in various synagogues and at Princeton

University, and she received her ordination in

1997 from the Jewish Theological Seminary.

Rabbi Carter has extensive experience with

informal Jewish education at every level,

particularly in youth and camp programs, and she has long pursued her

passion for social justice and good works, including with such worthy

organizations as the AIDS/HIV Advisory Committee of Jewish Family

Services Association of Cleveland, Habitat for Humanity, and Human

Rights Campaign. More recently, her work on interfaith and interracial

projects has been inspiring, including opening PSJC to the first

interfaith Dialogue Project event.

We deeply admire Rabbi Carter’s extraordinary ability to make all feel

welcome, from the most assiduous Shabbat regular to the occasional

Introduction | page 3

visitor, regardless of age, sex, sexual orientation, family status, or

myriad other dimensions of diversity. She has also been dedicated to

promoting the inclusion of women within the public story of the Jewish

people. In the last ten years, PSJC has grown and broadened, thanks in

significant measure to our rabbi’s commitment to building an inclusive

Jewish community in which exploration and creativity are encouraged,

and where the dignity of every human being is honored and celebrated.

Rabbi Carie’s success in finding ways to engage and excite those who are

searching for meaning in Judaism, including those seeking to convert,

is enhanced by her tolerance and her oft-stated understanding that

no single path is right for everyone. She works hard and effectively to

provide “many roads to the palace” of Jewish living, grounding her

inclusiveness in a strong commitment to halachah and to Israel, and

founding her sense of justice and her teachings in a deep understanding

of Jewish learning.

Following her work and her example, we are also a community

concerned with our treatment of the earth and those who live on it. We

have participated in Prospect Park cleanups and Habitat for Humanity

builds, we have helped to feed the homeless and pursue justice for those

unable to seek it for themselves. Rabbi Carter has always had a special

love for water on this earth—the flowing streams without which life could

not be, like the streams of righteousness that nurture our souls—and we

are inspired by this connection. The first Psalm describes the ethically

righteous person as “a tree planted by streams of water, that brings forth

its fruit in its season, whose leaf does not wither.” Psalm 1:3. Carie Carter

inspires us by being like that tree, and we wish for her and her family—

Eden, Noa, and Tali—that, like the Biblical emblem, she continues to

prosper in all that she does.

From Rabbi Carie Carter | page 5

To the Park Slope Jewish Center

(members, staff, neighbors and friends)

Thank you for the kindness and generosity of spirit you have shown me

(and my family, Eden and Noa, and of course my dogs, Buddy and Tali)

over the last ten years.

At PSJC, I found presidents and boards, leaders, with whom I could dream

and an amazing number of people who would step up, day in and day out

to make those dreams a reality. I found fellow teachers and students ready

to join in learning and exploring the texts and textures of Jewish tradition.

I found people ready to share their skills, their talents, and their wisdom

with this community. I have been privileged to share the bima with shlichei

tzibbur of great spirit and integrity, people whose melody and soul help lift

us to heights difficult to describe. I have been honored to quietly sit and

talk with people of great depth and soul. And for that, I am grateful.

From the first day I walked through these doors, I knew that there was

something special at PSJC. And it was you, this Kahal (Community), the

individuals who come together in this space . . . to pray, to work, to shlep

and clean, to learn, to sing and to explore, to eat and to schmooze, to help

one another, to support those we don’t know, to simply be together . . . in

short, to create a real community—a community of which I am truly

honored to be a part.

Thank you for 10 years of creativity and exploration, of learning and

growth, of honesty and passion. Together, I look forward to many more

years of working together to build our Kehilah Kedosha, our ever-

expanding Holy Community, here in the heart of Brooklyn.

Carie

Rabbi Carie Carter

Dear Friends,

What does Rabbi Carter’s 10th Anniversary at PSJC mean to us? It

means that our community has been blessed for a decade with the

wisdom and loving kindness of a true mensch. She’s the real deal. She

is our teacher, shepherdess, part-time construction manager, peace-

maker, counselor, friend and mentor. And even with all our collective

and individual mishugas, she remains a patient listener and advocate.

She cares for us when we’re sick in body and spirit and celebrates with

us during our weddings, baby namings, Bar and Bat Mitzvahs and

everything in between.

One episode stands out in my life that gives a small taste of Rabbi

Carter’s focus and commitment. When my mother passed away several

years ago, Rabbi Carter asked if she could come over and see us before

we left town for the funeral in Scranton. While she may have wanted to

speak with me, she made it clear that she really wanted to spend time

with our children, hear what was on their minds. Mimi sat on the couch

and quietly evoked favorite memories of her grandmother: playing in

Bubby’s apartment, appreciating the clothes Bubby had bought her,

and the delicious meatloaf that waited for her every time we visited.

Jacob answered Rabbi Carter in between back flips on the floor. He

spoke matter-of-factly that once Bubby died, her soul, like all others,

would be placed into the body of a newborn baby and then, live

forever. “So, how long has Jacob believed in reincarnation?” Rabbi C.

asked. I didn’t know what to say. I had never heard about it till then. We

laughed; we cried. What else is new?

It was a lovely moment—one I hope to remember always. David and I

appreciated Rabbi Carter’s warmth before, but it was never so obvious

From Colleagues and Friends | page 7

to us. Her tireless care and concern for us—all of us, especially the

children, and indeed, “kol yoshvei tevel” (all the inhabitants of the

earth) is truly inspiring. She constantly works to help us become better

people. With her stirring Divrei Torah during Shabbat and holiday

services, she manages to gently focus us on what really matters, with

humility, generosity, and wisdom.

And so I offer Rabbi Carter my sincere congratulations on reaching this

wonderful milestone. I look forward to celebrating many more simchas

with you, Eden and Noa and your entire PSJC family for many years to

come. Amen Selah!

Fondly,

Esther Schwalb

President, Park Slope Jewish Center

Shalom,

It is my honor to send warm wishes and a hearty mazal tov to Rabbi Carie Carter

and the PSJC family for the 10 years she has served as your rabbi. Her caring,

intellect, and creativity have helped PSJC continue to blossom into a community

that welcomes people to Jewishly grow together.

On a personal level, every time I returned to visit the PSJC community, Rabbi

Carter warmly welcomed me. It is a pleasure for me to see and hear how she is

helping PSJC grow into this new phase of shul life.

I send Rabbi Carter, her family and the entire PSJC community blessings from

Jerusalem for a joyous celebration.

L’shalom,

Julie

Rabbi Julie K. Gordon

Rabbi Yehoshua Ben Perachya says, “Make for yourself a teacher and acquire

for yourself a friend, and judge each person favorably.” In the ten years since

Rabbi Carter came to PSJC, she has been both friend and teacher to me.

We join together annually for Selichot, as our congregations become one

community in penance and reflection. Otherwise, we meet infrequently, but

when we do we share the joys and woes of rabbis in neighboring and similar

congregations, and those of our own lives as well. By observing her, I have

learned and re-learned Ben Perachya’s lesson to judge each person favorably,

as she is so often a model for that teaching. It has been a true blessing to be

Rabbi Carter’s colleague and friend, and I look forward to more! May she,

Eden and Noa continue to thrive as a family, and may the family that is the

Park Slope Jewish Center continue to flourish under her leadership.

Rabbi Ellen Lippmann


Dear Park Slope Jewish Center:

I am so very happy to write to you about my affection and admiration

for your spiritual leader, Rabbi Carie Carter, on the milestone event

of her tenth year of holy service to your sacred community, kehillat

kedusha. I had the pleasure of serving as your rabbinic intern in my last

year of rabbinical studies at the Jewish Theological Seminary (1996-97),

under Rabbi Barth, so I know what a special and nurturing community

you are.

It has been my honor to have been Carie’s friend for more than twenty

years, when we first began our rabbinic program together in Los

Angeles, at what is now called the American Jewish University. I know

twenty years is a long time, but I can tell you that Carie’s kindness,

warmth, honesty, positive attitude, and clarity of vision have been

constants from that time to this. I also say, with envy, that she does not

look a day older than the first time I met her in late August of 1989,

which is really unfair!

Because I know something, from first-hand experience of Park Slope

Jewish Center and Carie, I can really say that your coming together was

truly a match made in heaven—bersheirt. I hope that the two of you

enjoy many more smachot together in the future, in happiness and joy.

Thank you for reaching out to me so I could have the opportunity to

express my esteem and love both to Park Slope Jewish Center and to

Carie on the celebration of ten years together.

B’ahava,

Rabbi Michael S. Beals

Congregation Beth Shalom

Wilmington, Delaware

Dear Carie (aka Rabbi Carie Carter),

Ten years ago, there was a new rabbi coming to the Slope. Little did I

know that she would become a colleague in the fullest sense of that word:

fellow traveler, conversation partner, trusted guide, chevruta and friend.

I have more patience, ask more questions, and listen more attentively,

thanks to you.

Mazal tov!!

Sue (aka Rabbi Oren)

“ Her mouth opens with wisdom. The Torah of kindness is on her

tongue.” (Proverbs 31:26)

It’s been my pleasure to know Rabbi Carie Carter, as a colleague and

friend, for the past decade. I am always impressed by Carie’s large

heart, patience, and modest but powerful wisdom. Carie knows how

to really teach and touch, how to guide people with love. She is a true

dugma, exemplar—she follows what she preaches. I have often sat

with Carie on Rabbinic courts interviewing and welcoming candidates

for conversion; it is a blessing that the door to Judaism is opened for

so many with her grace and insight. Carie is a “m’chbedet kol habriot,”

one who respects and sees the good in all people. She and the lay

leadership of PSJC have shared a compassionate and forward thinking

yiddishkeit with all who are searching. As a friend and Rabbi of your

local sister Conservative Shul, I wish you continued growth and nachis,

from strength to strength.

Yashir Ko’ach!

Rabbi Sam Weintraub

Kane Street Synagogue



Rabbi Carie Carter—The First Ten Years

It is a pleasure to greet and salute Rabbi Carie Carter on the occasion

of ten years since her installation as rabbi at the Park Slope Jewish

Center. As her colleague and one of her predecessors, there is one

word that expresses the essence of Rabbi Carie, and that is, simply, “A

Mensch.” She has always treated me with respect and put up with my

idiosyncrasies with great patience. More importantly, she has shown

her care for all the members of PSJC in their almost infinite variety.

Rabbi Carter has taken the foundation at PSJC created by her

predecessors and shaped it in a direction of growth and maturity, while

still trying to make it a place which welcomes new ideas. In thinking

about the future, I would hope all would join me in this celebration as

we all simply say the blessing “Ken yirbu,” may you continue to grow

and flourish in the years to come.

Rabbi Jeff Marker

It is difficult to compose in words how much Rabbi Carie Carter has

meant to me in my development as a rabbi and as an adult Jew. To say that

she is a ‘Rabbi’s Rabbi’ omits the intimacy of this moniker for me. For me,

she is not so much a ‘Rabbi’s Rabbi’ as she is this rabbi’s rabbi. Carie has

been for me an example of a kind of rabbinate that I have strived to emulate.

She has shown me the quiet heroism of doing good work; of doing this work

well. She has been a dugma ishit for the craft of this work. I have had the

opportunity to hear the evidence of her scholarship and to learn from her

profound and compassionate teaching. But, the deepest sense in which her

rabbinate has been this dugma for me is when I needed a rabbi for myself.

The deftness with which she understood my emotional need in a time of

crisis touched me in a profound place in my soul. I use this sense of skill

and deep listening as an ideal for which I strive in my pastoral work. There

are many reasons that a person joins the rabbinate. In all she does, Carie

illustrates one important reason: the chance to serve . . . that is, to serve well.

Shoshanah King-Tornberg

Nine years ago Rabbi Carter became my rabbi. Since then she has

walked me through becoming a Jew, standing under the chuppah and

having children. Carie has a gentle way of saying what needs to be done

without forgetting who the person is or the situation they are in. This type

of compassionate leadership has assisted in smooth transitions through my

life cycle events as well as everyday life. I always consider it a blessing to

have found PSJC and my rabbi, Rabbi Carter.

Laura King-Tornberg


It is my privilege to congratulate Rabbi

Carter on this remarkable achievement.

May the Almighty grant her the strength

to continue her extraordinary leadership at

the Park Slope Jewish Center for many

years to come!

Rabbi Shlomo Segal

Flatbush Jewish Center

I am delighted to celebrate the tenth anniversary

of my colleague Rabbi Carie Carter’s leadership

of the Park Slope Jewish Center. Leadership

in the rabbinate is hard won, often elusive. Yet

for the past decade, Carie has been a powerful

positive force, not only at PSJC, but throughout

New York. In places as diverse as Brooklyn,

Jerusalem, even Manhattan, folks talk about her

success and how she is a model rabbi.

To Carie I say Yasher Kochaykh, may you go from

strength to strength.

Rabbi Burton L. Visotzky, Ph.D.

Appleman Professor of Midrash and

Interreligious Studies

Director, Louis Finkelstein Institute for Religious

and Social Studies

Jewish Theological Seminary


Dear Carie—

While I have often suggested that being around you makes me feel

tall (and I couldn’t not make a short person joke so I hope you’ll

understand . . . the truth is that being around you always makes me feel

privileged. During the time we overlapped at JTS and in the years

since you came to your senses and returned to New York City, I have

thought of you as one of the warmest, kindest and most deeply spiritual

people I know. Of course, coming from me “spiritual” might be seen

as something less than a compliment but I use it because you are one

of the rare ones who really and truly exude a sense of deep spirituality

without a hint of feeling superior. Lest this seem to be a tribute to a

priggish, pious sort—and I would avoid such a person like the plague—

let me add that you are blessed with a sense of humor and what I like to

think of as “gentle candor”. You have weathered some storms without

becoming cynical and have succeeded in your life and in your work

because sometimes the good guys win!!

May you have as many more years in the pulpit as you wish and may the

esteemed denizens of Park Slope realize that it became a classy place

to live precisely when you moved in!

Ad meah v’esrim!

Carol Levithan

JTS ‘95

Keter donors | page 29

Our celebration of Rabbi Carie Carter’s 10th

Anniversary includes the rededication of a Torah

scroll, with a new cover made in honor of Rabbi

Carter and her scholarship and Jewish teaching.

In keeping with the centrality of Torah to our rabbi

and our community, we have named certain levels

of donation after the adornments of the Torah.

The Park Slope Jewish Center specially thanks our

keter xzw donors, whose ads are bordered in

blue. As the keter—the crown that tops the Torah

scroll—beautifies the Torah, the great generosity of

these donors enhances not only this celebration but

also the programming that makes PSJC a wonderful

community for so many.

Keter donors | page 31

Thank Yourabbi carie

for your ten years of leadership and inspiration

in gratitude, the nachman-schulman family

Still taking our inspiration from the Torah and

its adornments, the Park Slope Jewish Center

specially thanks our yad ci donors, whose ads

are bordered in green. Like the yad, the pointer—

literally “hand”—that marks our place in the Torah,

these donors showed the way by rising to the

occasion and making generous donations to help

make this celebration possible.

Yad donors | page 33

Congratulations and many thanks to

Rabbi Carie Carter For your ten years of exemplary leadership of


As past presidents of this congregation,

We understand the complexities, frustrations, and rewards

Of leading a community such as ours.

We appreciate and applaud your steady hand, great heart, deep love, and seemingly limitless capacity to see each person as an individual. Your ability to rejoice with us in good times and support us in difficult ones is a great gift to this community. In the ten years you have been among us, we have watched you grow from strength to strength, even as you have helped our community grow—in numbers, in strength, and in purpose.

Kol HaKavod.

Alvin Steinfeld (1982, 1991-93)Miriam Fleischmann (1983)Joel Sperber (1984-86)Ardele Lister (1987)David Rosen (1988-89, 1994-95)Norman Levin (1990)Sandra Kaplan (1991)Harolyn Cohen (1991)

Neil Kuttner (1996-97)Dan Tinkelman (1998-99)Elizabeth Schnur (2000-01)Eric Cohen (2002-03)Florence Hutner (2004-05)Mark Schwartz (2004-05)David Nachman (2006-07)Tori Rosen (2008-09)

Mazel Tov Rabbi Carter!

We thank you for all you do for us, for our kids,

and for the whole congregation.

All our good wishes,

The Miller-Kaplan Family Bill, Pam, Marisa, Ethan and Jared



Yasher Koachto Rabbi Carie and PSJC on this very

happy occasion celebrating Rabbi Carie’s 10 years of leadership!

We feel so fortunate to have been a part of PSJC and Carie’s tenure there. PSJC is a truly remarkable community

and Carie is its tireless, dedicated and inspired leader.

We wish we could be there to join in the celebration.

Sarah, Jonathan, Hannah, Abby and Jacob Glass

Donors | page 43

Rabbi Carter:

Mazal Tov on ten great years!

With love, affection, and great appreciation,

Your Rabbinic Interns

Mazel Tov! Rabbi Carie Carter

Our heartfelt thanks for your friendship, leadership, empathy

and deep compassion.

With love and gratitude, Tori, David and Sarah Rosen

Donors | page 45

Kol HaKavod, Rabbi Carie

David and Shoshana Cooper

With great admiration for Rabbi Carie Carter,

who each day teaches us the blessing of community,

and whose work on behalf of the community

seems to know no limits.

Miriam & David Fleischmann

Donors | page 47

Dear Rabbi Carie,

Thank you for always being there when we need you—

Bruce and Elizabeth Gross and Family

Donors | page 49

Rabbi Carie has taught: If one adds a “yod” (the tenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet) to the word “amo” (God’s people) in the last verse of Psalm 29, the word becomes “amav” (“God’s peoples”), and the verse reads, “God will bless God’s peoples with peace”. The addition of the smallest letter, yod, creates a vision of world peace.

Similarly, Rabbi Carie has encouraged us during these yod (10) years to believe that even a small effort by one individual, when combined with those of others, can create a significant impact. For this we thank her and pray that she and her loved ones will know peace.

With appreciation, respect and joy, Judy Ribnick and Diane Burhenne

Mazel tov Rabbi Carter!

Rabbi Michael, Natalie, Gabe, Emma, and Dani Pont

Donors | page 51

Donors | page 53

Mazal Tov!

From the Scott-Hennings

Dear Rabbi Carter—

Thanks for your love, leadership and support.

—Adult B’nai Mitzvah class 2009 (Jenny, Samantha, Fran, Liz,

Jan, Louise)

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and Corporate Events.

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Mazel tov, Rabbi Carie!

Donors | page 55

Congratulations

Rabbi Carie Carteron a decade of

outstanding spiritual leadership

at PSJC

Barbara & Stan Hopard

Rabbi Carter,

Mazel Tov and Thank You

for a wonderful ten years.

Martin, Roberta and Jonathan

Moskowitz

Donors | page 57

Donors | page 59

Mazal Tov Rabbi Carie!

“The righteous shall flourish,

like the palm tree.” —psalm 92

May you continue to flourish, at PSJC.

From the Friday Night Minyan Makers:

Charlie, Grace, Ruth, Sue, Stew & Cathy

Read at Jesse Naranjo’s Bar Mitzvah September 25, 2010

When Jesse and I walked into the Park Slope Jewish Center almost exactly nine years ago this evening, we could not have anticipated how important this shul would become to our family.

Jesse, then 4, was game for a Friday night adventure with his mother, and his mother was searching for anything that would soften the reality of what had occurred in lower Manhattan two weeks before.

Almost instantly, the calm tone of Rabbi Carter’s gentle, midwestern accent permeated the walls of the deep despair into which I had fallen. For nearly a year after that, Jesse and I would come to Friday night services. He would stand in the balcony, peering down at the rabbi, while I marveled as the Rabbi offered message after message about how we needed to look inwardly to try to heal the ills of the world. Her optimistic words have served as a guide for how we have conducted our lives ever since. We are so grateful to have Rabbi Carter as our rabbi.

From Rachel Gertzog and Sophia, Jesse and Rodrigo Naranjo

Mazel tov!

from Rabbi Josh, Betsy

& Adina Minkin

—Carole Gould

Donors | page 61

Donors | page 63

Celebrating the time that has passed and all that is to come!

Mazel Tov, Rabbi!

—The Cleek Family

In honor of the 10th Anniversary of Rabbi Carie Carter

—Her Houston Cousins and Uncle

Thank You Rabbi Carter for all you do . . .

from a calming phone call in a time of need

to a friendly welcoming smile to your wise words

that have changed our lives and the myriad other ways in which

your spiritual leadership is a blessing.

Mazel tov on 10 years!

Ellen, Michael, Banjo and Caleb Sande

Donors | page 65

Mazal Tov from Rabbi Lisa Grushcow at Congregation Rodeph Shalom

Thank you and Mazal Tov, Rabbi Carie!

Naomi Schrag, Todd Krichmar, Elinor Krichmar & Sadie Krichmar

Mazal Tov from Aunt Barbi &

Uncle Stanley Eisenman

We love you Carie!!

Thanks for everything, and

here’s to another 10!

from the

PSJC Teen Group Members

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Mazal Tov to Rabbi Carie

We appreciate your support over the years.

May you go from strength to strength!

Nicole Nash and the Hannah Senesh

Community Day School

Carie,

We are so proud of you for who you are

and all that you have done.

We love to hear about all of the things that you have been a

part of at PSJC. May you continue to enjoy all that life brings.

We love you.

Mom and Dad

Brian and Jill

East Midwood Jewish Center joins Park Slope Jewish Center

in honoring Rabbi Carie Carter for a decade of dedicated,

spiritual and inspired leadership.

Presidents,

Larry Isaacson

Michael T. Sucher

To Rabbi Carie Carter,

From The 2011 Adult B’nai Mitzvah Class Best Wishes On Your 10th

Anniversary

Mazel Tov!

We look forward to sharing a wonderful year of learning, challenges

and fun with you.

Todd Friedman Susana Honig

Kalinka M. Rothman Rachel Danzing

Vicki Felder Helen Lowery

Bambi Polk Susan Knightly

Donors | page 71

Congregation Beth Elohim congratulates Rabbi Carie Carter and the Park Slope Jewish Center

for Rabbi Carter’s 10 years of service at PSJC.

Rabbi Carter is a true friend and neighbor and we look forward to many more years

of friendship and meaningful service to our community.

Rabbi Andy Bachman, Senior Rabbi

David Kasakove, President

With love and thanks to

Rabbi Carie Carter,who nurtures and leads this community,

and understands that

Park Slope Jewish Centeris a network of many smaller groups

that intersect with and strengthen each other.

Tori & David Rosen

Miriam & David Fleischmann

Marlene & David Schwartz

Leon Goldstein & Lisa Altshuler

Helen Zelon & Nathaniel Sasson

Aron Halberstam & Jane Dorlester

Ardele Lister

Alvin & Deena Steinfeld

Adina Kalet & Mark Schwartz

and other grateful admirers. . .

Donors | page 73

Carie,

Thanks for all your great work

and constant dedication to our community.

Amy Glosser and Janno Lieber

Congrats! Carie Carter

Gunni & Norma “your dog pals”

♥

We thank our dear Rabbi Carter for her wonderful presence,

for being there and supporting us when our family needed her,

through both simchas and mourning, and for her voice of moderation,

empathy, and understanding on all matters, great and small.

We love you, Carie.

Howard Chernick

June Zeitlin

Rachel Chernick-Zeitlin

Norman Chernick-Zeitlin

Donors | page 75

Thank you Carie for ten years of kind service,

strong leadership, and provocative, thoughtful sermons.

And thanks to Eden and Noa for sharing you

with the rest of us.

Jean Berman and Aric Press

Congratulations to Rabbi Carie Carter for her

decade of dynamic leadership at PSJC

Lois A. Jackson, DDS and Michael Gerstein

Donors | page 77

Marsha Blank, LCSW

279 Windsor Place Brooklyn, NY 11215

Certified Schema Therapist

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Schema Therapy for Adolescents,

Families, Adults and Couples.

718-965-2817 phone/fax email: [email protected]

Dear Rabbi Carie,

Thank you for bringing us your knowledge, your wit, your

caring personality, your exceptionally well thought out

and deep sermons, and your beautiful smile that lights up

the entire sanctuary.

And especially, for your loving kindness to the Rose Apfelberg /

Marsha Blank / Lenny, Lucy, & Rachel Goldstein “Family.”

Mazal Tov on 10 years of dedicated service to our community.

Our Congratulations

to Rabbi Carie Carter

for 10 years

of inspired service.

Best wishes from

Slope Cellars

Mazol-Tov Rabbi Carter,

We wish you, Eden & Noa good health in the coming years.

We look forward to your service as Rabbi of the PSJC community

for many many more years.

Sincerely Eve & Ralph Blatt

Dear Rabbi Carie

Mazal Tov on reaching a 10-year milestone! May

you continue to be an inspiration to us all.

Best,

The Oranim Daycare Family

[email protected]

tel:347-267-4179

Donors | page 79

Congratulations to

Rabbi Carie CarterOn your ten years as spiritual leader of


And our deep gratitude to you

And the PSJC community

For your support of our chorus,

providing rehearsal space, encouragement and logistical support,

and helping us turn an idea into a musical reality.

Shir Chadash: the Brooklyn Jewish Community Chorus Now in our eleventh season.

For information about our concert schedule, or to inquire about singing with us, contact us

at [email protected]

Mohel Emily sends

a Mazel Tov to

Rabbi Carie Carter

for her 10 years

of gifted spiritual

leadership at PSJC.

Donors | page 81

Park Slope Jewish Center extends a special thank you

to these additional donors:

Elaine & Michael Griver Rabbi Jay & Julie Telrav, Temple Sinai

Marc Rentzer Rabbi Devorah Jacobson & Margaret Mantrangelo

Stephanie Hochman & Dan Mollin Dan Kahn & Ehi Oviasu

Rabbi Jo Hirschmann & Elizabeth Wilson Rabbi Simkha Y. Weintraub, LCSW

Rabbi Barat Ellman & Jay G. Barbara & Keith Marshall

Rosalie Friend Shelly & Joshua Klainberg

Iris R. Shever

This sparkling celebration of the 10th anniversary of our community’s

partnership with Rabbi Carie Carter reflects many facets of who we

are and of the remarkable person who has been our spiritual leader

for ten years. We are sharing ritual and tradition, enjoying beautiful

music, gathering in friendship over fine foods, learning together,

and rededicating a sefer Torah. Just as our community grows on the

foundation of its history, our gala brings together our past and our

present as we embark on our future.

Like so many projects, this celebration was made possible by the work

of many dedicated people, each doing what it takes to make an event

shine. I will do my best to thank everyone who contributed to this effort,

and I ask forgiveness of those whom I have inadvertently omitted—

believe me, everyone’s help made a difference, and every effort is

deeply appreciated.

Thank you to the artists who are so generously sharing

their time and talent with us. In honor of Rabbi

Carter and this occasion, Cantor Natasha Hirschhorn

composed the song “Ashrei Haish,” based on Psalm 1,

and she is performing it at our gala concert with Cantor

Judy Ribnick and other friends. We are delighted

to welcome renowned Israeli jazz saxophonist Nir

Naaman and his quartet as well. Walter Schlomann

intrepidly produced a wonderful celebratory video

for this occasion. Merrie Handfinger designed and

created the beautiful new Torah cover, shown on

this page, for the rededicated sefer Torah repaired

by sofer Neil Yerman, who will share his learning

with us as Rabbi Carter completes the last strokes

on the sefer Torah.

Documents

PSJC Commemorative Journal