Touro Synagogue

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Volume 186, Issue 7 Fall 2015 - Elul/Tishrei/Cheshvan 5775/5776

TOUROSYNAGOGUE

A message from our president, Susan GoodDear Congregants:

There will be much to be communicated during the upcoming year. As we stand at the threshold of this new year, I’m pleased to share my remarks from the annual meeting held in May. I hope you will take the words written and spoken from my heart to yours - and join me in making this our best year ever at Touro Synagogue.

I am filled with excitement and trepi dation as I assume the role of president of Touro Synagogue. Those who have taken this path before me have varied assets and talents, some of which I posses but many others I do not. However, my love for this place and the community it forms surpasses all my fears of inability.

As I stated at the L’Chayim Dinner, Touro became my spiritual home 40 years ago this year. I have received so much from this community: a feeling of belonging, a sense of helping others and most importantly lasting and loving relationships. Each in itself is enough reason for me to dedicate myself to this task.

To think that we are beginning our 188th year is an occasion for celebration. The Bible says that 40 years constitute a generation. If we did the math, that would soon be five generations of families who have made Touro their home. We know, however, that we have many congregants who are 6th, 7th or 8th generation members. I happen to be fortunate to be a member of one of those families. It is my belief that this continuum happens because we respect our past, while seeking what is best for our future.

When I was a young child I lived in a home with three generations. My grandfather, Hans Henry Hamburger who resided with us, was a German immigrant who came to America in 1937. He never quite mastered the English language and my sister and I would often giggle at his strange expressions. The one I remember most was something he said as we would be leaving home for an unfamiliar destination. He would always ask, “Do you know where you been?” Of course what he meant to say was, “Do you know where you are going?”

As an adult I have often thought about his confusion of vocabulary. It makes more sense to me now, for if you know where you came

from, you can always return to that place. His expression came to mind as I pondered the future of Touro Synagogue. We know the paths this congregation has traveled and many times we have looked back to look forward.

The generations from the 19th and even 20th centuries would most likely be shocked by some of the rituals and happenings of today: no organ, more Hebrew, no robes for clergy, more singing, new prayer books and live streaming of services, just to mention a few. However, think how radical it must have been in 1881 when the German congregation Gates of Mercy and the Spanish-Portugese congregation Dispersed of Judah consolidated to become Touro Synagogue of New Orleans. They, too, were looking back to look forward.

During my term as president, it will be my ultimate pleasure to engage with what I have termed, The Trifecta: Rabbi Berk, Cantor Mintz and Rabbi Todd Silverman. Our clergy, including Rabbi Goldstein, are definitely a dream team and we should all be thrilled to have them for our spiritual and pastoral needs and as our good friends.

Our staff, headed by the ever-capable Executive Director, Kerry Tapia, are here to serve and assist in any way for our congregants and in helping to preserve our magnificent physical structure. I hope you all will thank them for their dedication to Touro.

To those who have agreed to travel this journey with me today...the officers and members of the board, you should know well that no one person constitutes the leadership of any institution or organization. You are all needed and paramount to the well being of our congregation. Thank you for what you have done and will continue to do.

I appreciate my fellow congregants and

friends - some new and some long-standing - for their willingness to listen and respond to my dilemmas and deliberations. Your voices are important and I am grateful for all your wisdom.

And I am particularly thankful to my family, all four generations who are here today, for allowing me the opportunity to do this significant work. For the next two years I may be a little less available for some of the things we love to do together. However, I know each of you support me in this endeavor, especially Lou, who assumed this role 14 years ago. He will be my mentor and my critic and that should work well!

In closing I found in Rabbi Silverman’s personal statement which he submitted along with his application, some of the same thoughts I expressed here today. The following excerpt speaks to my heart and I hope to yours, too.

On my first day of rabbinical school I learned to sing a new song based on the ancient words of Pirkei Avot.

Da me’ayin bata, u’le’an atah holech, v’lifnei mi atah atid li’ten din v’choshbon.

Know from where you came, to where you are going and before whom you stand destined to give judgement and accounting.

He concludes with saying, “This is who I am, a combination of from where I came and to where I am going”

I feel this is true for Touro Synagogue as well. I am honored to take this journey with all of you and am grateful for the trust you have placed in me.

Todah Rabah!

B’ Shalom,Susan

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Next week, we will celebrate Shavuot – a festival that is a literal and poetic transfer of holiness from the Divine realm to the human. I love this imagery – holy arms outstretched to offer this immeasurable gift to humanity. And, we took it, willingly. And, now it’s in our hands.

The moment the transfer happened, the mitzvot came to us. And, that’s the good news and the bad news, right? When you really think about it. This is the 187th annual meeting of Touro Synagogue. And, we have been about the transfer and transition from day one. I sometimes wonder, because the story doesn’t offer this detail, did God have a little ambivalence about this? Was God wracked with trepidation while handing off this precious gift to the hands of mere mortals? Did God think this might be a bad idea? Maybe things were well enough, and should be left alone. Then, people wouldn’t ask questions, and wonder what all the commotion was about, and why things had to change, and what was going to be different, and who would fix the broken things, and who was in charge.

Dr. Ron Wolfson, visionary educator writes, “In Judaism, revelation is an ongoing phenomenon. The giving of Torah only began at Sinai; Torah is revealed to us continuously.” Torah was given into our hands, and we are to carry it with us at every step. And, with each new encounter, each new leader, each new generation, it becomes new. Continuously.

Looking around this room, there are precious, lifetime memories that surround us. And, for some these memories still kindle the brightest light; and there is mourning and loss. There is longing for a time when prayer was in a language we all understand. Remember prayer all in English? When no one on the pulpit dared wear a kippah or a tallit, considered the very embodiment of antiquity and irrelevance. My favorite sign that lived on the temporary history wall outside our chapel read:

“The privilege of worshipping with covered head at Touro Synagogue is from now on granted to MEMBERS OF THE CONGREGATION:

Therefore Non-Members are respectfully notified to guide themselves accordingly. By Order of the President.”

If you pay for the privilege of membership, you can wear that silly

beanie, but visitors should please not offend. Now, some people wear a kippah, some do not. But, it is not discussed. It does not offend.

There is a great Talmudic lament recorded from around the year 500C.E., where the voice of our sages bemoans the fact that there are too many roads being built. Soon, we will not even recognize the landscape. And, then, with all of the new roads, people will be able to travel so efficiently that there will no longer be a need for inns and innkeepers. And, no one will stop and have a meal and sit by the fire any more. And, relationships will be impossible, and civilized society will unravel. All because of these stupid, new roads.

This past weekend, I read an article on the new apple watch, reviewed by a travel writer who was trying it out on a recent trip to New York city. She wanted to know how user friendly it would be for travelers. The writer, Stephanie Rosenbloom concludes: “I’ll probably wait for the next version …Sometimes the app couldn’t find an address. Other times I was told, ‘directions not available.’

‘Hey, Siri, I’m lost.’ I said into Apple Watch one breezy spring afternoon.

She replied, as is her way, with a note: ‘You’re on 10 W 83rd Street.’

Close. But not quite. I tried again.‘You’re on 115 W 86th Street,’ she

wrote.Nope. I asked once more.‘You’re on 147 W 87th Street.’I wasn’t. ‘Hey, Siri,’ I said. ‘You keep

giving me the wrong location.’She responded in her usual polite

manner.‘You’re certainly entitled to that

opinion, Stephanie.’”Where are we right now, fellow

Touro Synagogue travelers? Do you worry we’re lost? We’re not. We are traveling and discovering. Some may not recognize the landscape and location. It is changing.

Remember when it seemed a wild idea to pave roads? To let people wear kippot? Or, create a website? To make a Facebook page for a synagogue? Remember when it was not even possible to watch services on your tablet at home? Remember when it felt odd – even too uncomfortable – to consider a female rabbi? Gay clergy?

We see how effects of change can feel bad or good to those who receive the message, especially from what feels like on high. But, our revelation atop Mt. Sinai was a single moment. And, we’ve been transitioning leadership, making decisions, trying new roads, literally and metaphorically, and telling our stories ever since. There is no on high. We are travelers.

Ongoing revelation is real. Should we try to remember and retain all that was said once, atop a mountain long ago? Or, are we to continue to listen to voices of wisdom and understanding – expecting to hear new perceptions. And, receiving these new perceptions with the same attitude of holiness as we did way back then.

There is a lot of change around Touro Synagogue. Are we desecrating the past by making these changes? Are we now transmitting only garbled perversions of what was once declared as immutable? Or can this leg of the journey be seen as an unfolding of the next iteration of sacred pursuit?

This is a brave and difficult time. I know there is some sadness and some confusion. And, there is some eager anticipation for what is to come. Both sadness and eagerness, we know well, can exist side by side, simultaneously. I have been amazed by the profound and evolved ability of our community to feel many things at once. To be confused, upset, joyous, grateful, connected, alienated, and trusting – all at once. This is very sophisticated human behavior. Not too many communities can pull it off. Before this year, I had never seen a community with this much capacity for complexity and love.

I serve and lead as your rabbi at this congregation’s behest – nothing more, nothing less. I am honored to be with you as we all listen to the ongoing revelation that is happening now, in the 187th year of Touro Synagogue’s inspiring lifetime.

Rabbi Alexis Berk’s Annual Meeting Address

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A MESSAGE FROM RABBI BERK ......................................................................................................................................................................................2HIGH HOLY DAYS AT TOURO ...........................................................................................................................................................................................3ELUL WALKS ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................4HIGH HOLY DAY SERVICES FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN ...............................................................................................................................4SELICHOT AT TOURO ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................5YOUTH EDUCATION ........................................................................................................................................................................................................6-7OCTOBER B’NAI MITZVAH ................................................................................................................................................................................................8ROSH HASHANAH AT TOURO .........................................................................................................................................................................................9HIGH HOLY DAY CELEBRATIONS.............................................................................................................................................................................9-10SIMCHAT TORAH ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................11SOCIAL ACTION AT TOURO ....................................................................................................................................................................................12-13PHOTOS FROM CAMP JACOBS ....................................................................................................................................................................................14MAZEL TOV! ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................16-17ADULT EDUCATION AT TOURO .............................................................................................................................................................................18-19YAHRZEITS ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................19DONORS & SPONSORS .............................................................................................................................................................................................20-21CALENDARS ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................22-23

Celebrate the High Holy Days at TouroErev Rosh HashanahSunday, September 138:00pm Evening Service, Main Sanctuary

Rosh HashanahMonday, September 149:00am Young Family Service, Forgotston Chapel, page 49:00am Tot Service, Grant Meyer Garden Pavilion, page 410:00am Morning Service, Main Sanctuary 12:30pm Congregational Rosh Hashanah Luncheon, page 93:00pm Tashlich, “The Fly” Audubon Park, page 10

Shabbat ShuvahFriday, September 186:00pm Shabbat Service, Forgotston Chapel6:45pm Shabbat Dinner and Friday Night Kumsitz (page 10) following services

Erev Yom KippurTuesday, September 228:00pm Kol Nidre Service, Main Sanctuary

Yom KippurWednesday, September 239:00am Young Family Service, Forgotston Chapel 9:00am Tot Service, Grant Meyer Garden Pavilion 10:00am Morning Service, Main Sanctuary12:30pm Music & Meditation Service, Grant Meyer Garden Pavilion2:00pm Afternoon Study and Reflection, Forgotston Chapel3:15pm Afternoon Service and Torah Reading, Main Sanctuary4:15pm Yizkor/Memorial Service, Main Sanctuary5:00pm Neilah-Concluding Service, Main Sanctuary Simple Break-the-FastEnjoy a light snack following the Neilah Concluding Service in the Bowsky Garden

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Parking Information - We are grateful to our friends at the Academy of The Sacred Heart who have graciously offered us the use of their parking lot located on Carondolet St. between General Pershing and Milan. Unfortunately, during the day-time services on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur school will be in session so the available spots will be limited. Please respect our neighbors and do not park in a driveway, and observe any posted signs you find in the lot.

High Holy Day Services for Families with Children Under 12

For babies and toddlers For children ages 4-8 For children ages 8-12

Littlest ones (ages 0-3 years) join Cantor Mintz and Rabbi Berk for a blessing and singing in the New Year.

Rosh Hashanah Monday, September 149:00 - 9:20 am

Yom Kippur Wednesday, September 23 9:00 - 9:20 am

Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur tot services held in the Grant Meyer Garden Pavilion.

Please join Rabbi Silverman for interactive Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services for children ages 4 through 8, accompanied by their parents. There will be prayer, stories, music and fun!

Rosh HashanahMonday, September 149:00 - 9:45 am

Yom Kippur Wednesday, September 239:00 - 9:45 am Young Family services will be in the Forgotston Chapel and are not intended for babies and toddlers.

Special discussion session and interactive project during services on both Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur morning. Exit service when announced and rejoin your family in time for the conclusion of main service.

Tot Services Young Family Services “The Stories and Lessons of the Season”

Join Rabbi Berk every Wednesday through the Hebrew month of Elul for a

meditative walk in Audubon Park.

Participants will meet at the St. Charles entrance to the park at 8 a.m.

Dogs and strollers welcome.August 19August 26

September 2September 9

PREPARE FOR HIGH HOLY DAYSELUL WALKS IN THE PARK

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Selichot at TouroSaturday, September 5

5:00 p.m. “Anonymous People” Film Screening in the Jacobs Social Hall Join us for a thought provoking film that has been especially selected for Selichot by Rabbi Berk. The goal of the movie is to create an advocacy platform so sturdy that people can step out of the shadows and talk about their recovery lives—without stigma and shame—just like the diseases of breast cancer and HIV/AIDS emerged from behind closed doors as a grassroots social justice

movement. All adults invited.

6:30 p.m. Dinner & Discussion in the Jacobs Social HallFeaturing guest speakers, $10 suggested donation for dinner. Please RSVP to [email protected].

8:00 p.m. Havdalah and contemplative Selichot ServiceWe will close the evening in the Forgotston Chapel as we direct our hearts and souls to the

process of teshuvah (repentance).

Selichot for Tots

Come in your pjs and bring your favorite stuffed animal for a special new year blessing to celebrate

Selichot. Juice and challah will be served.

Songs and sweet times with Cantor Mintz and Rabbi Silverman.

9:30 a.m. on Sept. 5 in the Shushan Assembly

José Calderón-Abbo, M.D., Mindful

Psychiatry

Dan Forman, Chief Executive Officer of

Hedge Group

John Antonucci, Addiction Counselor

SELICHOT

TOT ROCKS!October 3, 9:30-10:15 a.m.

with Rabbi Silverman and Cantor Mintzin the Shushan Assembly

Please join us for tot fun with songs, movement, Torah, challah and more. For all birth through pre-school age children with their parents.

Any families interested in hosting throughout the year, contact Rabbi Silverman with any questions

Please chek out the High Holy Day bulletin for the rest of the year’s dates.

On Friday evenings during Shabbat services, Touro Synagogue is pleased to offer fun activities for our youngest attendees during

Shabbat services. We’ve got board games, ping pong, toys and more! Littles (ages 0-5) in the Pre-K classroom on the 1st floor of the Religious

School. Bigs (6 and up) in the Jacobs Social Hall.

More info on the film: http://manyfaces1voice.org

Watch the trailer:https://www.youtube.com/

watch?v=bqoEtUn0Agw

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YOUTH EDUCATION

fun in the sunCheck out photos from the meet-and-greet pool parties with

Rabbi Todd Silverman this summer

In 2013, the Pew Research Center released findings from a study of American Jewry. At the time, the Pew Study caused nothing short of a frenzy amongst Jewish professionals ranging from Educators to Rabbis to Professors of Theology. The most ‘alarming’ and I say that in quotation because I have heard it described as such more times that I can count, but think it is actually an inspiration to fuel change, is that 22% of American Jews identify as having no religion. When broken down by generation, only 7% of the oldest generation of living Jews, those born between 1914 and 1927, identify as having no religion; whereas, 32% of millennials (those born after 1980) identify as such. So this all seems grim. How do we change the tides for ‘Generation Z’ the generation currently growing up before our eyes?

Admittedly, I am so sick of hearing about the pew study that I almost feel guilty using it as an avenue to make my point. I have been on countless webinars, sat in sessions and presentations, seen the research projected on giant screens while a presenter all but screams SO WHAT DO WE DO NOW!? But bare with me. New Orleans is special. I will go as far to say that at the end of my second year here, and JewCCY’s fifth year since its creation, an action that was taken to try and preserve the New Orleans temple youth groups, things are for the most part successful and just getting better. If we’re talking about changing the tide for Generation Z, I will say we’re doing everything right.

JewCCY, our city-wide Reform Youth Group, certainly advocates for our members to identify as Jewish. I would be shocked if any of our members

were to be in that group that identifies as ‘no religion’. We facilitate programming that strives to build their Jewish identities before, during and after their b’nei mitzvah studies on a continuum with constant growth and development. We build mensches just by existing. We encourage our members to act and live Jewishly, and proud.

Going back to the research for a moment. It suggests that an overwhelming majority of those millennials who DO identify as Jewish do not feel Jewishly connected to a synagogue. Yet, one of the most unique aspects of JewCCY is that our members feel Jewishly connected to not just the synagogue at which their parents have membership, but to two others in close proximity. We are providing our members with THREE Jewish homes.

Our past JewCCY President, now a Freshman in college, while attending a historically Jesuit university has joined a Jewish fraternity, and is the incoming president of his campus Israel Alliance.

That sound Jewish identity he would personally attribute to a myriad of different life experiences, including Jacobs Camp, Touro Synagogue, his wonderful parents and of course, the leadership he found within JewCCY.

I feel strongly that his story is not unique. Many of those who remain committed to youth group will be involved Jewishly on campus and beyond. May be a bit naïve of me to think, but I do believe the stronger the foundation we can build while our students are in middle and high school, the more likely the next pew study results on American Jewry might not cause such widespread panic.

Generation Z is looking for belonging, for identity, they feel most comfortable at ‘home’. Youth groups create a belonging environment, and I know from speaking to our teens many of them feel at home at Synagogue. This is special. We are doing it right. The future is bright for JewCCY and for our members. The 82 different middle and high school students that have attended our programs this year have been able to feel a sense of belonging, and a sense of home that only a Jewish youth group could provide. As we welcome our 5th graders to JewCCY, I’m sure they don’t know what they’re in for, but, every welcoming of the next generation is another benchmark for our youth group. I am sure in a few years they will understand, embrace and feel at home in our synagogues just as our graduating seniors do now. I look forward to celebrating JewCCY’s continued successes with our synagogue communities and know we will continue to go from strength to strength. Wishing everyone a great summer.

End of Year Reflections from the Community Youth Director Ivy Cohen

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YOUTH EDUCATION

Parents, please join Rabbi Silverman in the Mautner Learning Center to discuss the coming

Religious School year - curricula, programs and ideas.

Religious School starts on Sunday, August 23 at

9:00 a.m.

The first day of class for Uptown Hebrew is on

Wednesday, August 26 at 4:00 p.m.

If you haven’t registered yet, visit our website at

www.tourosynagogue.com/education/

registration-information/

Welcome back to Religious School &

Uptown Hebrew students GIVE THE GIFT OF A JEWISH EDUCATION

HELP US ACHIEVE OUR NEW YEAR’S GOAL OF RAISING

TO OFFSET SCHOLARSHIP REQUESTS $5776.00

Many financial need requests are received each year for Religious School and Uptown Hebrew. Please consider making a donation

to sponsor a child’s Jewish education. Sponsor one full tuition at $436 or at any

amount you can give.

Can’t sponsor a full tuition? You can still help us achieve our goal, donate $57.76. Even

$5.76 helps!

Thank you.

Have a chat and a coffee with Rabbi Silverman

Oct. 11: Grades 3 - 6 Nov. 1: Grades 7 - 10

Nov. 15: Grades Pre-K - 2ALL SESSIONS BEGIN AT 9:15 A.M.

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For my mitzvah project I have selected the Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind, an organization that combines my love of animals with my desire to help people, whilesupporting a project located in Israel. The Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind makes it possible for visually impaired Israelis to have a guide dog companion that understands Hebrew! Each dog learns that he or she is a “Kelev Tov” -

Russell Skipworth Adelman-Cannon Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, October 10, 2015

Jessica Skye ZweiflerBat Mitzvah on Saturday, October 17, 2015

Jessica is an eighth grade student at De La Salle High school. She brightens our lives with her kindness, strong sense of self and hilarious sense of humor. She loves both laughing and making people laugh, spending time with her friends and relaxing with her family.

To find out more about the nonprofit benefitting from Russell’s mitzvah

project, you can visit the Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind website by typing this URL into your browser:

http://igdcb.donorpages.com/Mitzvah/RussellAdelmanCannon/

OCTOBER B’NAI MITZVAH

, - or “Good dog!” and each visually impaired Israeli learns that he or she can live independently with a little help from a faithful friend. My goal is to raise $1,000.00 in order to sponsor a puppy that will one day be “partnered” with a visually impaired Israeli. Becoming a Bar Mitzvah means that I can hold the Torah and that I am responsible for it and that is important to me. This isn’t just about holding a sacred object, but knowing the words so I can hold the Torah inside of me. Becoming a Bar Mitzvah means I can continue to pass down what was passed down to me in the language of my people.

Andrew HermanBar Mitzvah on Saturday, October 24, 2015

In my past, I had the opportunity to play in my school’s band. I want other kids to have the opportunity to play the instrument of their choice. That is why I have selected the Roots of Music as my mitzvah project. My Bar Mitzvah is a chance for my entire family to come together and celebrate what I have worked hard to accomplish.

Andrew is the son of Stephen and Karen Herman and the grandson of Isaac and Lilian

Kirshbom, Russ Herman and Barbara Herman

Russell is the son of Laura Elizabeth Adelman- Cannon and Charles W. Cannon and the grandson of Stanley and Mary Beth Adelman; Lana Weeks, Steven and Carrell Ann Cannon

To find out more about the organization benefitting from Andrew’s mitzvah project, you can visit the Roots of Music website by typing this URL into your

browser:

http://therootsofmusic.org/

Jessica is the daughter of Kim and Richard Zweifler and the granddaughter of Jane and Peter Aransky, Ira Zweifler and Joan Zweifler.

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New High Holy Day prayerbook: Mishkan Hanefesh

Get a sneak peek of the prayerbook during Shabbat servicesWith Rabbi Berk and Cantor Mintz

Friday, September 4: Rosh Hashanah volumeFriday, September 11: Yom Kippur volume

The Reform movement has created a new High Holy Day prayerbook that allows theological contemplations and communal longings. Come explore the content and feel of

this new collection of prayers before the High Holy Days. A chance to appreciate and understand the approach with this new book; notice differences

in your favorite prayers; ask questions; become familiar – even fall in love with the poetry.

ROSH HASHANAH

You are cordially invited to join us for lunch after Rosh Hashanah Morning Service on September 14th in the Jacobs Social Hall

OPEN TO ALL $20 adults / $10 children

suggested donation

Please RSVP online at https://tourosynagogue.com/rosh-hashanah-luncheon/

so we can appropriately plan for lunch.

JEWCCY PRESENTS:

5776AUDUBON PARK

September 14th 3:45 p.m. Meet at the St. Charles entrance.

Food, fun, forgivenessA unique Rosh Hashanah opportunity for teens

Rosh Hashanah C O N G R E G A T I O N A L L U N C H E O N

All 6th-12th graders welcome.

Contact Ivy Cohen with any questions at [email protected].

Registration: https://jewccy.wufoo.com/

forms/rosh-hashanah-in-the-park/

This fall, Touro Synagogue will be joining communities across the country in using the Reform movement’s brand new machzor (High Holy Day prayerbook), Mishkan Hanefesh. We are so

excited to explore this new collection of prayers with you!

How is Mishkan Hanefesh different from Gates of Repentance?Mishkan Hanefesh retains much of the prayers and language of Gates of Repentance. But going further, it includes some more traditional, but deeply meaningful liturgy that previously been excluded from Gates of Repentance. It also pairs this liturgy with creative readings and beautiful poetry from Henry David Thoreau, Langston Hughes and others. The English translations of prayers include gender-neutral language and all Hebrew texts are also transliterated to facilitate more active participation.

How will this impact the music of the High Holy Days?Just as we sing new melodies each Shabbat, there will be some new music at this year’s High Holy Days, as well. However, most of the music will remain familiar, reminding many of the Holy Days of recent and distant memory. As the evocative melody of Avinu Malkeinu and the stirring sounds of Kol Nidre, and so many other prayers remain, we can be assured of the ways that the sounds of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur endure.

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Lunch in the SukkahCome join our clergy for a lovely lunch in our

congregational sukkah, hand built by our Confirmation class.

Bring yourself and a brown bag lunch, and we’ll provide drinks and a gorgeous courtyard sukkah

on these early fall days. 12:00-1:00pm

Come to one or all – we’d love to be with you.

• Rabbi Alexis Berk will host on Tuesday, September 29

• Cantor David Mintz will host on Wednesday, September 30

• Rabbi Todd Silverman will host on Thursday, October 1

SHABBAT SHUVAH

Join us once again on Shabbat Shuvah (the Shabbat between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur) for the first

of our monthly gatherings for communal singing!

Literally meaning “come and sit” in Yiddish, a kumzits is an opportunity to gather together in an intimate setting, for some beautiful communal singing and a

powerful, spiritual experience.

We hope you’ll join us for these monthly gatherings following Shabbat services and

dinner, beginning on September 18th!

MEET US IN THE SHUSHAN ASSEMBLY FOLLOWING SERVICES

Join Cantor David Mintz for

SHABBAT SHUVAH KUMZITS

Prayer and Tashlich: Tefilah at ‘The Fly’

Please join Touro Synagogue on September 14 at 3 p.m. for Prayer and Tashlich at ‘The Fly’ at Audubon Park. Bring a picnic, even some cold beer or soft drinks to share. Come with your frisbees, football and even your dog!

Bowsky Garden following Services October 2

Join us for an elegant Shabbat dinner in our

courtyard in celebration of Sukkot!

Scrumptious food, delicious wines and great company – under the

twinkling white lights in the trees of our Bowsky Garden.

SHABBAT SUKKAH:

Vintage Wines &

Harvest Moon

Bring a bottle of your favorite wine to share!

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Join us at Danneel Park for a Simchat Torah brunch and community celebration, as we lift our voices in song, hear the chanting of the Torah and dance into the afternoon with the Panorama Jazz Band!

SIMCHAT TORAH IN THE PARK

Come early! Bring your favorite brunch items like donuts and milk or Bloody Mary fixings with extra olives. Load up your blankets and chairs; Restrooms will be provided.

9:30 a.m.: Brunch Picnic; BYOB (bring your own brunch) donuts and milk; mimosas and fruit – whatever you fancy!

10:15 a.m.: Dance with Panorama Jazz Band, Hold the Torah; join in the celebration with Cantor Mintz

10:45 a.m.: Torah unroll – hear the whole Torah in ten minutes! Special stories and interpretations with Rabbi Berk and Rabbi Silverman

11:15 a.m.: Games and fun! Bring your footballs and frisbees!

Sunday, October 4, 9:30a.m., Danneel Park at Danneel and Octavia Streets

SIMCHAT TORAH

Coming this fall to Touro:

RICK RECHT IN CONCERTSunday, October 18th

Join us for this high-energy musical celebration in the Main Sanctuary! All are welcome!

Community lunch at 11:30 am ($5 suggested donation)Family Concert at 12:00 pm

For more information about this exciting event, please contact Cantor Mintz at [email protected]

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Touro Synagogue is committed to doing what we can to reduce food insecurity, which is shockingly common, in our Greater New Orleans community. As you know, we have supported Second Harvest Food Bank for years with our annual Yom Kippur food drive. And we support our neighborhood food pantry, the Broadmoor Food Pantry (BFP), with congregants, including religious school students, bringing non-perishable

foods to the Synagogue weekly for direct distribution to BFP. Please bring your non-perishable contributions to the Synagogue any time you are in the neighborhood or when you come for Shabbat services.

AND, our Pitt Street vertical garden, which was just getting off the ground one year ago, is bigger and better and continuing to grow fresh produce for distribution to BFP. Touro Grows! Come and see for yourselves.

If you are a master gardener, a weekday or weekend gardener, or just interested in providing healthy, fresh produce to those who need it most, we need you. If you are interested in harvesting (it’s fun!) or in learning more about our on-going efforts to help feed the hungry, please contact Ann Fishman at [email protected] or 460-1049.

SOCIAL ACTION

The foundation of Touro’s mission includes a deep commitment to promoting social justice. But what does that commitment really mean? And what responsibilities come with our prominent place in the history and geography of this city? A number of years ago, we intentionally asked ourselves those questions.

For us, the first steps were and continue to be creating opportunities for internal community education and reflection about issues at the forefront of contemporary, social concern. Our communal learning about and exploration of crucial, timely social concerns encourages collaborative reflection, advocacy, action, and a deeper awareness of human circumstances on countless fronts. All of our social action opportunities allow for one time

and/or on-going involvement,We have focused on education, crime,

hunger, homelessness, sex trafficking and recovery, LGBTQ civil rights and equality, and most recently, adding mass incarceration and mental health awareness and advocacy. With these initiatives in mind, Touro forged and now embraces on-going partnerships and alliances with many community organizations. We also have built and maintain an urban garden to help impact food insecurity in New Orleans.

We hope our actions and reflections are weaving webs of understanding and connectedness within and between our synagogue community and the greater New Orleans community. We offer in our actions with community partners a caring hand up and a longing that our companionship helps

the most vulnerable in our community to feel value in their own humanity and hope in their futures. We are taught that it is through our relationships with each other, in how we treat, support, and interact with each other that we find and experience the sacred and the holy. We are taught that the only way through the wilderness is by joining hands and walking together.

We hope you will explore the Touro social action landscape on the following pages and find an initiative that will interest you. We very much look forward to your involvement. For more information about any of the initiatives or to find out how you can become involved, contact the person listed at the end of each initiative below or contact Teri Hunter [email protected], chair of social action.

Get involved at Touro!

Broadmoor Food Pantry

Touro has partnered with the Broadmoor Food Pantry to fill in the gaps which include:

• fresh produce • canned meats • peanut butter • breakfast foods sugar • coffee • cooking oil • flour • healthy snacks.

Donations can be dropped off at Touro or directly at the food pantry at 2021 S. Dupre St and is open on Mondays from 10am-12pm and Wednesdays from 1:00-3:30pm. For information about The Broadmoor Pantry contact Anamaria Villimarin-Lupin at [email protected].

Helping 595 householdsDistributing more than 5 tons of food

LGBTQ ACTIONWe at Touro Synagogue join Reform Jews across the country in celebrating

last month’s Supreme Court decision on marriage equality. President Obama celebrated the decision as well, commenting that “there are days like this when that slow, steady effort is rewarded with justice that arrives

like a thunderbolt.”

We at Touro Syngagogue have been a part of that slow, steady effort. Continue the effort with us on Wednesday, October 14 at 6:30 in the Mautner Learning Center when we will gather for dinner and

discussion about our agenda and goals for the year. Please RSVP so we can appropriately plan for dinner. $10 suggested dinner donation per person,

and all are welcome. Contact [email protected] for questions, comments or to RSVP.

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SOCIAL ACTION

Eden HouseEden House is a residence/program for women who are recovering from

sex and human trafficking . It is a safe home where these ladies come to heal, learn, and rehabilitate for a better future. These ladies have nothing to call their own when they arrive at Eden House. Please consider donating items such as tooth paste, brushes, shampoo, conditioner, soap, body lotion, towels, and any personal care items. These items are used to create a welcome basket that Touro lovingly provides to new residents of Eden House. It is our way of welcoming them to a home that will be their place of belonging and growth. Contact [email protected] with any questions.

Touro walks as a congregation in several community walks each year. We hope you will mark your calendars and plan to join us in these fun, easy, and relational mitzvot.

NO/AIDS Walk: NO/AIDS Task Force is the oldest HIV/AIDS service organization in the Gulf South. It was founded in 1983 in response to the early devastating effects of the AIDS epidemic in the New Orleans area. For over 30 years, NO/AIDS Task Force has been providing hope, care and compassion to thousands of men, women and families affected by HIV & AIDS. NO/AIDS offers a full spectrum of care at low to no cost, including services such as: an HIV medical clinic, food pantry, home delivered meals, housing, mental health, peer support and many others. NO/AIDS also remains committed to the health of our entire community and reaches over 20,000 each year through HIV prevention education efforts. This year’s NO/AIDS Walk will be held on Saturday, September 26, 2015 along the traditional Uptown route.

Walk to End Alzheimer’s: Every 67 seconds someone in the United States develops Alzheimer’s disease. More than 5 million Americans are currently living with the disease. The Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s® is the world’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research. This year’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s will be held on Saturday, November 14, 2015 at La Salle Park (behind Zephyr Stadium).

NAMI Walk: The New Orleans Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) offers hope, help, and healing to people with mental illness - and to those who share their lives - through family support, education and advocacy, and quality psychosocial services. We will join together as a congregation and walk in National Alliance on Mental Illness fundraising walk around Audubon Park on Oct. 24. Former WWL-TV anchorwoman, Angela Hill, and Orleans Parish Coroner Dr. Jeffrey Rouse will lead the festivities. Please support us or join the team by visiting http://tinyurl.com/qa673wt.

Light The Night: The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Light The Night® Walk funds research to find cures and ensure access to treatments for all blood cancer patients. The New Orleans area walk is Thursday, Nov 5, 2015 at 5:30 pm at Lafreniere Park (3000 Downs Blvd., Metairie, LA 70003). Touro members can register as individuals to participate….or they are invited to join with many other Touro members who walk as a part of Team Sessions. Team Sessions has raised $100,000 over the past four years! For more information: http://pages.lightthenight.org/msla/NOrleans15.

TOURO WALKS

First 72+Last year, Touro Synagogue’s 7/8th grade religious school class had a

fundraiser for The First 72+, an organization that helps formerly incarcerated individuals transition and become independent members of our society.

Touro has begun a partnership with The First 72+. We will offer resident support through tutoring, mentoring, and teaching life skills (e.g. managing personal finances). Material donations also are needed and can be dropped off at Touro. Donatations needed include:

• Men’s clothes• Shaving and bathing supplies• Cleaning supplies• Paper products• Monetary donations can also be made to Touro to support this partnership.

Anything will help and be greatly appreciated. Please contact [email protected] for further information or to find out how you can become involved. You can visit The First 72+ website at www.first72plus.org for more information on the organization. Please stay tuned for updates about our partnership activities.

Mass IncarcerationIn the last 35 years, the number of U.S. citizens in prison has risen from

330,000 to approximately 2.3 million. Studies report that Louisiana has the highest per capita incarceration rate in the world.

As a congregation, we are conversing about the social, political and economic implications of mass incarceration. Please join us as we continue our examination of this critically important issue through speakers, discussion groups and reading groups, with a particular emphasis on the issue of sentencing reform. Those interested in taking action on this issue should be aware of our upcoming partnership with The First 72 Plus, a program providing re-entry support and housing for those recently released from prison.

For questions contact Dani Levine: [email protected], Julie Silbert: [email protected] or Naomi Yavneh: [email protected]

The Social Action Wheel: Be the Change You Wish to See in the World!

Many of us are concerned about issues of social justice, but not sure how to take action that will effect true change. In this workshop, we will use the “social action wheel” to think about the ways - as individuals and a community - we might move from direct service (feeding homeless people, for example) to a variety of community-engaged actions (e.g. advocacy, education) to create a more just world. All adults are welcome to discussion.

Contact [email protected] with any questions. Please RSVP with number attending by December 7.

December 13, 20159:15-11:15am

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Rabbi Berk, Rabbi Silverman & Cantor Mintz spent a wonderful week atJacobs camp

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Originally from Upstate New York, but more recently Southern California, Todd Silverman was ordained as a rabbi by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (Los Angeles) in 2015. During his time in seminary, Rabbi Silverman received masters degrees in Jewish Education and Hebrew Letters, and also holds a bacehlors degree in Theatre Arts from SUNY Oswego. Throughout his professional life he has worked with Jewish students and educators alike at religious schools, day schools, summer camps and youth groups, and is thrilled to be returning to his educational roots here at Touro Synagogue.

To learn more about Rabbi Silverman, visit our website at tourosynagogue.com

Rabbi Todd Silverman

T O U R O S Y N A G O G U E I N V I T E S Y O U T O J O I N I N C E L E B R AT I N G T H E I N S TA L L AT I O N O F

Rabbi Todd SilvermanF R I D AY , O C T O B E R 3 0 , 6 P M , F O L L O W E D B Y A S H A B B AT D I N N E R R E C E P T I O N

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off to COLLEGE

MAZEL TOV!

Shabbat Dinner every week at Touro SynagogueCelebrating a simcha? Help support Touro Synagogue’s beautiful Shabbat experience as you remember a loved one, celebrate your next birthday, anniversary, engagement, child’s birth, grandchild’s birth or other

simchas by sponsoring a dinner at one of our Friday night services.

Did you know that for $250 you can sponsor the Shabbat Dinner on Friday Night?

For more information please contact Donna in the office at 895-4843.

Zoe BerissParents: David Beriss and Jeanne

Kessler

High School: Benjamin Franklin

High School

Participated in soccer, student

government, and was a National

Merit Scholar

College attending: Macalester

College

Course of study: History or

Political Science

Abigail KahnParents: Marc and Chris Kahn

High School: Benjamin Franklin High

School

Participated in varsity tennis

as captain, Green Society, Peer

Assistance Team as Vice President,

Kindergarten Madricha at Touro, and

worked as the activities editor of the

yearbook

College attending: Tulane University

Course of study: Communications

Helene LovettParents: John Lovett and Maurya

Kilroy

High School: Lusher High School

Participated in the literary

magazine where she was the

editor, founder of Lusher’s science

Olympiad team and cross country.

College attending: Harvard

University

Course of study: Neurobiology

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MAZEL TOV!

Miriam Roberts and her fiancé Garrett Fine

Dr. Catherine “Cathy” Firestein and Dr. Joseph Avalos

Welcome to New Members

Mazel TovOn the birth of Lilia Marie Glazer,

granddaughter of Jay Glazer, granddaughter of Diane Jacobson

On the birth of Solomon Bernard Thorrick, son of Sarah and James “Jim” Thorrick,

brother of Isidore Thorrick

On the birth of Sienna Rose Lestelle, granddaughter of Terry and Andi Lestelle

On the birth of Claire Simone Good, daughter of Caroline and Jeff Good,

sister of Benjamin Good, granddaughter of Louis and Susan Good and

great granddaughter of Carol Good

On the birth of Abraham Stanley Levine, son of Dani and Vanessa Levine,

brother of Louis Levine

On the birth of Robert Louis Wynne, son of Mallory Gershen- Wynne

and Douglass Wynne, Jr.

On the 50th anniversary of Adie and Errol Genet. The whole family

celebrated with a trip to London

To Loel Samuel for receiving the President’s Award in recognition of her commitment of

time and effort on behalf of the National Council of Jewish Women

On the recent marriage of Alison and Josh Meyer, son of Julie Grant and Michael D. Meyer and

the brother of Rabbi Rachel Grant Meyer

On the publication of his new novel “Katrina Means Cleansing” by Charles ‘C.W.’ Cannon

On being recognized for his heroic work saving newborns during Hurricane Katrina,

Dr. Juan Gershanik

On the birth of Lila Sophia Theis, daughter of Laura Reeds and Peter Theis

Mazel Tov to Rabbi Alexis Berk The Forum For Equality has named our very own Rabbi Alexis Berk as the 2015 Acclaim

Award recipient for Faith and Equality.

SEPTEMBER 26

BECOME A TOURO STORYTELLER“Our tours have been a wonderful way to tell visitors our rich history and sheare with them the many beautiful aspects of our sanctuary and chapel. As the oldest congregation outside the original 13 colonies and the sixth oldest congregation in the country, we have a wonderful tale to tell. In addition, our benefactor, Judah Touro, was an enigmatic and very private manw ho became one of the most generous Jewish philanthropiosts in the U.S. at the time.”

Wouldn’t you like to know more about Judah and his famous Will? Adie Genet is holding storytelling traning sessions for Touro docents. Contact the office 895-4843 to sign up.

More information can be found at: http://forumforequality.org/wp/2015/07/31/2015-acclaim-awards/

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JEWISH ETHICS for physicians & health care providers

Join Rabbi Berk in exploring how we bring Jewish ethics to our professional lives. The session is driven by relevant ethical issues affecting health care providers. We look forward to seeing you there. Please RSVP to [email protected].

Tuesday, October 6, 6:30 p.m.in the Shushan Assembly

MEDICAL ETHICS

ADULT EDUCATION

Touro Book Group for Women

Monday, Oct. 26Monday, Aug. 24

The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty

The Fall by Simon Mawer

All meetings are in the Mautner Learning Center at 10:30 a.m. For more information and to be included on the mailing list, contact

Marjorie Weiner at [email protected] or 398-1669.

Touro’s Adult Hebrew AcademyIntroduction to Hebrew on Tuesdays

Join Cantor Mintz and study the Hebrew language for the very first time! The Tuesday evening class will include learning the basics of decoding Hebrew letters and building the skills for Hebrew reading.

September 29thOctober 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th

November 3rd, 10th, 17th

All sessions take place at 6:30 p.m. in the Mautner Learning Center

Beyond Decoding Hebrew on ThursdaysFor those who already have basic familiarity with Hebrew letters and are ready to take their Hebrew skills to the next level, join Rabbi Silverman for this Thursday evening course.

October 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29thNovember 5th, 12th, 19th

All sessions take place at 6:30 p.m. in the Mautner Learning Center

Calling all Torah readersDo you enjoy chanting Torah and are looking for opportunities to use this vital skill to empower yourself and the community? Join our corps of Torah chanters and help lead and elevate our community! Basic Hebrew skills are necessary.

If you’re interested, please contact Cantor Mintz at [email protected]

News and the Jews

A New Learning Experience!Each week, there are stories in our community and

our world that confound us and comfort us, confuse us and confront us.

What would Judaism say about these world issues? What is a Jewish response?

Join Rabbi Alexis Berk in the Mautner Learning Center for a lunchtime study. Each session will be completely unique in that we will explore a story from the week’s news through a Jewish lens, with a Jewish mindset.

Come join us! All are welcome.

Dates below:Oct. 8, 22; Nov. 12, 19; Dec. 3, 17; Jan. 7, 21; Feb. 4, 18; Mar. 3, 17; Apr. 7, 21; May 5, 19

*All sessions will take place from 12 p.m. - 1 p.m.

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YAHRZEITS

Everyone is invited on Saturday mornings at 9:00 a.m. to Unwrap Ancient Wisdom in a Post-Modern World with our Torah Study group.

PARASHOT*Aug. 30-Sept. 5: Ki TavoDeut. 26:1-29:8 / Isaiah 60:1-22

Sept. 6-12: NitzavimDeut. 29:9-30:20 / Isaiah 61:10-63:9

Sept. 13-19: VayeilechDeut. 31:1-30 / Hosea 14:2-10, Micah 7:18-20 and Joel 2:15-27

Sept. 20-26: HaazinuDeut. 32:1-52 / II Samuel 22:1-51

Sept. 27- Oct. 3: Chol HaMo’d Sukkot Exodus 33:12-34:26 / Ezekiel 38:18-39:7

Oct. 4-10: B’reishitGenesis 1:1-6:8 / Isaiah 42:5-43:10

Oct. 11-17: NoachGenesis 6:9-11:32 / Isaiah 54:1-55:5

Oct. 18-24: Lech LechaGenesis 12:1-17:27 / Isaiah 40:27-41:16

Oct. 25-31: VayeiraGenesis 18:1-22:24 / II Kings 4:1-37

*as requested by the Touro Torah Study group

Torah study

Friday, Sept. 4 / Saturday, Sept. 5Samuel Rabin, iSidoRe manaSSeS, iSRael Samuel luRie, meyeR GoldbeRG, leonaRd W. KRinSKy, GeoRGe b. aaRonS, edith Kaufmann, ChaRleS edWaRd loeb, leon max teleS, haRRy haaS, Sam a. SChulman, ViCtoR Cupple buRK, SaRa Kohn, haRRiet leVy felix, alex hoChStein, GuStaVe J. Klotz, JR., muRRay J. KopS, iSaaC WidofSKy, andRe zilbeRmann, ViVian mayeR teaGue, ophelia peine hauSmann, minnie SaRnoff fieRman

Friday, Sept. 11 / Saturday, Sept. 12 henRy SChWaRtz, henRy beRlin, max h. leVy, Rubin WeaKeR, Sol GRiShman, benJamin GoldenbeRG, iSidoRe heymann, Sam SChWaRtz, emanuel S. pulitzeR, haRCouRt n. leVy, henRy lazaRuS, maRJoRie i. Kullman, Salomon GeiSmaR, Jon fRanCiS leyenS, JameS mattheW daViS, emanuel flieGel, d.d.S.

Friday, Sept. 18 / Saturday, Sept. 19aRthuR iRVinG GottSeGen, Julian JuliuS loeb, edith iSRaelSon, heRbeRt ChaRleS leopold, KaRen JaCobSon GReenbeRG, max meyeR tannenbaum, iSadoRe leVy, leonaRd louiS bain, eleanoR honey bReneR, madelyn patz Cohn

Friday, Sept. 25 / Saturday, Sept. 26Julie tRautman, aaRon daniel zaCK, bella leVy aaRon, GeRtRude leVy leVy, feRdinand nathan falK, henRietta l. fRanK, dR. JoSeph R. SeeliG, dR. aaRon daVid heinemann, hilda hilleR, eliaS beRenSon, RoSe l. Kaufman, daVid KanteR, Rabbi daVid fiChman, alphonSe pinCuS, mRS. elKin moSeS

Friday, Oct. 2 / Saturday, Oct. 3helen moRSe KottWitz, Julia heymann Goodman, milton m. feitel, Camille haGedoRn oChS, baRbaRa SheRman loeb, louiS alan fRanCiS, Samuel JaCob SpieGel, SiGmund J. loeb, peteR RouSSel noRman, SandRa Joy WillenziK, daVid leVy, floRenCe haRtSon hilleR, blanChe Samuel Goldman, emil emanuel bloCK, haRRy RothSChild, Solomon aaRon StolaRoff, Velma lazaRuS GoldStein, JoSeph o. GRant, d.d.S., m.S., alVin lee dubeR, mathilda fRiedman ShuShan, albeRtina lob WaldhoRn,Captain benJamin neWman

Friday, Oct. 9 / Saturday, Oct. 10daVid oChS, haRRy latteR, Sidney SiGoloff, fannie beRenSon RubenStein, adolph iRa botniCK, noRma Reine leVy, SaRah leVy neWman, maRian flieGel, nettie b. bloCh, meyeR heinemann, Sadie bennett, William h. leVy, fannie lehmann oChS, ChaRleS bennett, floRenCe RoSenthal maaS, ShepaRd m. latteR,dR. Sidney a. KantoR

Friday, Oct. 16 / Saturday, Oct. 17iRma m. iSaaCSon, ChaRleS d. zuCKeR, JaCob melVin Cohn, doRothy R. Caplan, iRVinG RedleR, m.d., doRothy mann maRCuS, nathan i. SChWaRtz, amelia blum Samuel, ViRGinia ullman Weil, edWin a. VaCant, milton Sheen, anSel S. KottWitz, louiSe GoldStein WolChanSKy, philip daVid RittenbeRG

Friday, Oct. 23 / Saturday, Oct. 24peaRl Kaufman leVy, daVid Cohn, iSaaC l. haSpel, eStelle aaRon leVy, maRy SommeR SolinSKy Good, ShiRley latteR S. Kaufmann, Judith f. loWenbeRG, theReSa lubel baum, JoSeph leSteR ameS, Samuel ClaRenCe pulitzeR, beRyl leVy GeRnSbaCheR, Ruth RoSen WeiSleR, John b. lefKoWitz, GuStaVe p. CoVeRt, eVa leVenbeRG yaRRut, Saul bRooKS, e. SylVia fRanK, elizabeth JaCobS

Friday, Oct. 30 / Saturday, Oct. 31beRnaRd GRetzneR leVy, iRma leuCht RoSen, max SChWaRtz, doRothy buRGeR WaGGeR, hope (tiKVa) teleS Solomon, JaCqueS WildenStein, adelaide h. beRGman, ChaRleS louiS yuSpeh, JameS d. neuWiRth, miRiam leVy aSheR, Sam maRGoliS, Julia mayeR WeiSS, JonaS hilleR, milton m. GlueCK, Jean Salmon fRanKel, SylVia baSKind leVitCh, auGuSt maRx, SteVen hoWaRd phillipS, pauline JoSeph leVy, moRRiS elliS iRVinG, meRCedeS p. SontheimeR, GuStaVe lehmann, J. iSadoRe lindy, tilden piCK, anna Solomon, moiSe WaldhoRn

YahrzeitsPerpetually enshrined on the Yahrzeit Tablets of Touro Synagogue are the following loved ones for whom Kaddish will be recited for the months of September and October.

Our beloved are with us through the blessing

of memory ... we think of them now; they live

in our hearts; they are a continual blessing.

-Chaim Stern, Paths of Faith

Adele Levy Adatto

Roberta Ratner Carr, wife of Gerald Carr

Miriam Raie Jaudel Greenwald

Peter Byrne Manchester, uncle of Vanessa Levine, (Dani) and

great-uncle of Louis and Abraham Levine

John Antonucci, Sr., father of John Antonucci

Sidney Samuel Rosenblum, brother-in-law of Jackie Toledano

Judith Hertzberg, mother of Joan Wightkin

Mildred Lubritz Covert, sister of Celia Katz, aunt to Diane Africk and great-aunt to Dora, William, Nathan (Rachel)

and Max Africk

IN MEMORIAMMay their memory be for a blessing

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TOURO SYNAGOGUE FUND

In Appreciation of: Bernie Jaffe By: Lisa Goff

In Honor of: Tour of Touro Synagogue with Adrien Genet By: Susanne Esan and Esther Spasser Saint Dominic School E. Althaus Cohen Susanne Braun Ruth and Robert Fox Ilana Vichness Sara and Jerald Berger Tour of Touro Synagogue with Rita Olmo By: Roberta Koza Margo Budman Ellen and David Nesson Special Birthday of Hal Shepard By: Susan and Lou Good Phyllis and Jack Alltmont Speedy Recovery of Lisa Goff By: Susan and Lou Good 60th Wedding Anniversary of Rosina and Franklin Sapir By: Shirley Goldman Tour of Touro Synagogue By: Janice and George Levine Confirmation of Carolyn Dupre MossConfirmation of Camille Marguerite MossConfirmation of Andree Keil Moss By: Andree Moss Jane Phillips Linda and Richard Friedman for their warm hospitality By: Shoshi and Izydor Wilchfort Susan Good as new president of Touro Synagogue By: Phyllis and Jack Alltmont Kathy and Hal Shepard Scott Silbert as past president of Touro Synagogue By: Phyllis and Jack Alltmont 40th Wedding Anniversary of Ruth and Larry Kullman By: Phyllis and Jack Alltmont Laura and Walter Levy Tour of Touro Synagogue with Dick Latner By: Ilene Epstein Warm hospitality of Touro Synagogue By: Joan and Mark Epstein Birth of Claire Simone Good By: Kathy and Hal Shepard Tour of Touro Synagogue with Charlie Glaser By: Elaine and Nissan Varady Liza and Sergie WaismanSpeedy Recovery of Susan Good By: Mary Lynn and Charles Alltmont Betty Kohn Irene and Elliott Bisgier Betty, Jason, and Michael Green Birthday of Alan Sheen By: Betty Kohn 100th Birthday of Evelyn Bennett By: Stanley Schwam 80th Birthday of Anne Skorecki Levy By: Rene Lehmann

In Memory of:Helen K. Ackermann By: Jane Phillips Ely Winer Herbert C. YellinElias Winer By: Bryna Yellin Meyer “Mike” Sutton

By: Patti and Jack Lengsfield Andree Moss Mildred Lubritz Covert By: Patti and Jack Lengsfield Roswell Joseph Weil By: Elly Zakris and Peter Sather Andree Moss Linda Malkin Zoller By: Jack Zoller Roger Bissinger By: Rachel Timm and Ward Bowron Ellen Loeb Gandle By: Diane and Alan Franco Harriet Pinsker By: Shira Pinsker Joe Fishel By: Renee Zack Jesslyn Loeb Schilling By: Bruce Gandle Michael Gary Kaplan By: Beverly G. Kaplan and Carli K. Fried J. M. Cohn By: Brigette C. Cohn Adrian Joshua Morais Nathan Gernsbacher By: Adrien and Errol Genet Samuel Rabin By: Sarah Rabin Julius “Jay” Handelman By: Susan and Michael Greenberg David Greenberg Morris Herman Barry Mason By: Russ Herman Miriam Raie Jaudel Greenwald By: Melinda and Jimmy Koerber

Donations: By: Beverly Katz/Exterior Designs, Inc. Diane and Alan Franco Kim Glazer Jacqueline and Beryl Ames

CARING SUPPORT FUND

In Memory of:Seymour Gabiner By: Janice and Jeffrey Smith Eugene J. Bernstein By: Joseph Bernstein Marcos Gershanik Benjamin Garfinkel By: The Gershanik Family

CHOIR MUSIC SUPPORT FUND

In Honor of: Marriage of Alison and Josh Meyer, son of Julie Grant and Michael D. Meyer and brother of Rabbi Rachel Grant Meyer By: Janice and Jeffrey Smith Speedy Recovery of Susan Good By: Rose Marie and Ron Wagman

JAZZ FEST SHABBAT SUPPORT FUND

In Honor of: Danielle Thal By: Esther and Lawrence Thal Clem Goldberger By: Melinda and Bradley Smolkin Jenny and Gary Rich By: Brenda and Thomas Daniel Special Birthday of Nancy Kittay Litwin By: Charel Katz

Touro Synagogue’s warm hospitality By: Jody Mazur and David Banyai

In Memory of:Robert Brieff By: Andrea and Martin Mosbacher John Antonucci, Sr. By: Janice and Jeffrey Smith Richard and Frieda Berk By: Marlene Rae Thomas Al and Evey Friedkin By: Peter Friedkin

Donations: By: Claudia and Fred Slavin Richard Levy The Heemskerk Family Irvin T. Diemer David Adler Hertha Bart Andrew Polmer Renee and Henry Alterman Mary Lowry Wendy and Ned Goldberg Rebecca Asente Helaine Braunig Jenny and Gary Rich Reda and Charles Scher Vivien Kolber and David Shapiro Dan Finer Glenn Gottlieb Jean and Benjamin Alter Gail and Peter Sherer Virgene and Dale Biggers Martin Freedman Stanley Vriezelaar

ONEG SHABBAT AND PULPIT FLOWER SUPPORT FUND

In Memory of:Miryam Rosenblum By: Hertha Bart

Donations: By: Hertha Bart

PRAYER BOOK SUPPORT FUND

In Memory of:Roberta Ratner Carr By: Martin Goldstein and June Leopold

RELIGIOUS SCHOOL SUPPORT FUND

In Honor of: Confirmation of Shafir Davim Wittenberg By: James Wittenberg III

Donations: By: Danielle Nice and Nathan Schwam

SOCIAL ACTION SUPPORT FUND

Donations: By: Marilyn and Paul Kullman

TORAH STUDY SUPPORT FUND

In Memory of:Abner I. Jaffe By: Marlene and BernieJaffe

Donations: By: Garland Rolling

DonationsDONATIONS

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DONATIONS & SPONSORS

Thanks for April SponsorshipsWe thank these generous supporters

for their help in making Shabbat a wonderful experience:

Pulpit Flowers Dottie, Carmen and Andy Jacobs

Barbara Marcus Garland Rolling Crell Sikorsky

Elaine and Bernard Van der Linden Ellen and Stephen Manshel

The Franco Family The Toledano Family

Kim Glazer, Brooke and Evan

Shabbat DinnerTouro Synagogue Choir

Thanks for May Sponsorships We thank these generous supporters

for their help in making Shabbat a wonderful experience:

Pulpit Flowers Family of Louis Seidenbach

Janet and Rene Koppel David Bernstein

Mollie S. Herman and Adam J. Herman Martin Goldstein and Family Joyce and Sidney Pulitzer

Nonnie DeBardeleben Parents of Confimation Class of 2015

Shabbat Dinner Kathy and Randy Opotowsky Rabbi Berk and Cantor Mintz

Parents of Confirmation Class of 2015

ADELAIDE BERGMAN MUSIC FUND

In Memory of:Sylvia Shushan Minnie Reiner By: Dorothy Shushan

BUILDING PRESERVATION FUND

In Honor of: Birth of grandson, Henry Collier By: Marjorie and Roy Weiner

In Memory of:Fannie Weil Cohn Hornikel By: Ellen and Stephen Manshel Harry Weiner By: Marjorie and Roy Weiner

DEBRA VAN DER LINDEN SIDELNIK MEMORIAL FUND

In Memory of:Jennie Lassen By: Marilyn and Sidney Lassen Ryan Reaves By: Marcia and Carl Wasserman Ben Lubel Charles Grossman Marte Lubel By: Elaine and Bernard Van der Linden

DONALD MINTZ FUND

In Honor of: 50th Wedding Anniversary of Arlene and Paul Barron By: Susan and Byron Kantrow

EILEEN HAMILTON EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP FUND

In Honor of: Eileen Hamilton’s dedication and devotion to Touro Synagogue By: Janice and Jeffrey Smith Confirmation Class of 2015 By: Janice and Jeffrey Smith Confirmation of Shafir Davim Wittenberg By: James Wittenberg III

Donations: By: Julie Koppman and Brian Bain Jennifer and Rob Koppel

JACKIE WOLFF SCHOLARSHIP FUND

In Memory of:Vallie Lambert By: Marlene and Bernie Jaffe Mildred Lubritz Covert By: Frankie Wolff

CANTOR’S DISCRETIONARY FUND

In Honor of: Bat Mitzvah of Madelyn Ruth Goff By: Lisa Goff Adult Education at Touro Synagogue By: Rita Olmo Jazz Fest Shabbat By: Sandra Saltzman

Donations: By: David Schuster Lorna Blake and Robert Batterman Kim Glazer

RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND

In Honor of: Bat Mitzvah of Madelyn Ruth Goff By: Lisa Goff Honors received By: Jacqueline and Beryl Ames Wedding of Rachel Timm and Ward Bowron By: Nancy and Stephen Timm

In Memory of:Jean Samuelson By: Beverly Katz Miriam Raie Jaudel Greenwald By: Her Family

Donations: By: Garland Rolling David Schuster Kim Glazer Carol Wise

FIGHT AGAINST HUNGER DONATIONS

In Honor of: Birthday of Ann Fishman By: Ruth and Larry Kullman Carole and Marshall Gottsegen

In Memory of:Roswell Joseph Weil By: Ruth and Larry Kullman

Donations: By: Teri and Jonathan Hunter Garland Rolling

GENERAL DONATIONS TO FOUNDATION

In Honor of: Scott Silbert’s wonderful leadership Susan Good becoming president of Touro Synagogue By: Ellen and Marc Yellin

Donations: By: Stanley Schwam and the late Ruth Freedman Schwam

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September 2015Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30

8:00 a.m.Elul Walk in the park

4:00 p.m.Uptown Hebrew in session

7:30 p.m.Choir Rehearsal

6:00 p.m.Shabbat Service/Birthday Blessings

Selichot

9:00 a.m.Torah Study

9:30 a.m.Tot service

10:30 a.m.Shabbat Service

5:00 p.m.Selichot Evening Program

Religious School not in session

Office closed for Labor Day

12:00 p.m.Alzheimer’s Support Group

8:00 a.m.Elul Walk in the park



6:00 p.m.Shabbat Service



Erev Rosh Hashanah

9:00 a.m.Religious School in session (Pre-k - 8th grade)

8:00 p.m.Erev Rosh Hashanah Service

Rosh Hashanah

Rosh Hashanah(See schedule on

page 3)

Rosh Hashanah II



Shabbat Shuvah

6:00 p.m.Shabbat Shuvah Service / Friday Night Kumzits (Communal Singing following services)



9:00 a.m.Religious School in session (All grades)

7:30 p.m.Board of Trustees meeting

Erev Yom Kippur


8:00 p.m.Kol Nidre Service

Yom Kippur

Uptown Hebrew not in session

Yom Kippur(See schedule on

page 3)

No Choir Rehearsal



9:30 a.m.Shabbat Club


Erev Sukkot

9:00 a.m.Religious School in session (All grades)

Sukkot I

Office closed for Sukkot

Sukkot II

12:00 p.m.Lunch in the Sukkah with Rabbi Berk

6:30 p.m.Adult Hebrew Academy: Intro to Decoding with Cantor Mintz

Sukkot III

12:00 p.m.Lunch in the Sukkah with Cantor Mintz 4:00 p.m.Uptown Hebrew in session

5:30 p.m.Uptown Hebrew Late Nite

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October 2015Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Sukkot IV

12:00 p.m.Lunch in the Sukkah with Rabbi Silverman

6:30 p.m.Adult Hebrew Academy: Advanced Decoding with Rabbi Silverman


Sukkot V

6:00 p.m.Shabbat Sukkot Service / Vintage Wines & Harvest Moon

Sukkot VI


9:30 a.m.Tot Shabbat Rocks!


6:30 p.m.Shabbat Tisch

Sukkot VII Erev Simchat Torah

9:30 a.m.Simchat Torah Celebration at Danneell Park

Religious School not in session

Simchat Torah

Office closed 1/2 day for

Simchat Torah

10:30 a.m.Simchat Torah Festival Service with Yizkor


6:30 p.m.Jewish Ethics for Professionals Series: Physicians


12:00 p.m.News and the Jews with Rabbi Berk



6:00 p.m.Shabbat Shuvah Service / Friday Night Kumzits (Communal Singing following services)


10:30 a.m.Shabbat Service, Bar Mitzvah of Russell Skipworth Adelman-Cannon


9:15 a.m.Coffee with Rabbi Silverman for parents of 3rd-6th graders


12:00 p.m.Monthly Meditation



6:30 p.m.LGBTQ Advocacy Dinner and Program





10:30 a.m.Shabbat Service, Bat Mitzvah of Jessica Skye Zweifler

9:00 a.m.Religious School in session (all grades)

9:00 a.m.JewCCY Israel Panel

11:30 a.m.Rick Recht Concert with lunch

7:30 p.m.Board of Trustees Meeting



12:00 p.m.News and the Jews with Rabbi Berk





10:30 a.m.Shabbat Service, Bar Mitzvah of Harris Andrew Herman


10:30 a.m.Women’s Book Group

12:00 p.m.Alzheimers Caregivers Support Group





6:00 p.m.Shabbat Service / Installation of Rabbi Silverman



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Friday, September 46:00pm Shabbat Evening Service, Birthday Blessings,Forgotston Chapel

Saturday, September 510:30am Shabbat Morning Service, Forgotston Chapel8:00pm Selichot Service, Forgotston Chapel

Friday, September 116:00pm Shabbat Evening Service, Forgotston Chapel

Saturday, September 1210:30am Shabbat Morning Service, Forgotston Chapel

Friday, September 186:00pm Shabbat Shuvah Service, Forgotston Chapel


Friday, September 256:00pm Shabbat Evening Service, Forgotston Chapel


Friday, October 26:00pm Shabbat Evening Service, Birthday Blessings, Forgotston Chapel, Shabbat Sukkah, Bowksy Garden

Saturday, October 310:30am Shabbat Morning Service, Forgotston Chapel

Friday, October 96:00pm Shabbat Evening Service, Forgotston Chapel

Saturday, October 1010:30am Shabbat Morning Service / Bar Mitzvah of Russell Skipworth Adelman-Cannon, Main Sanctuary


Saturday, October 1710:30am Shabbat Morning Service / Bat Mitzvah of Jessica Skye Zweifler, Main Sanctuary


Saturday, October 2410:30am Shabbat Morning Service / Bar Mitzvah of Harris Andrew Herman, Main Sanctuary

Friday, October 306:00pm Shabbat Evening Service, Installation of Rabbi Todd Silverman, Main Sanctuary

Saturday, October 3110:30am Shabbat Morning Service, Forgotston Chapel

Shabbat Services September/October 2015Non-Profit Org.

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Susan Good, PresidentRabbi Alexis BerkCantor David MintzRabbi Todd Silverman Kerry Tapia, Executive DirectorTerry D. Maddox MM, Music DirectorDavid Goldstein, Rabbi EmeritusRalph H. Slifkin, Cantor Emeritus

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