CHAI NOTES - Congregation Shir Shalom

September 2012 Elul 5772 - Tishrei 5773

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A MONTHLY PUBLICATION OF CONGREGATION SHIR SHALOM www.ShirShalomBuffalo.org

Yamim Nora’im (Days of Awe) 5773/2012

The High Holy Days Services of Congregation Shir Shalom

Conducted by Rabbi Irwin A. Tanenbaum, D.D., Rabbi Alex Lazarus-Klein

and Cantor Sharon Eve Colbert, M.J.S.M.

S’lichot

Saturday, September 8, 2012

8:30 PM Hosted by Temple Beth Zion,

Broder Center

Featuring clergy from Congregation

Shir Shalom, Temple Beth Tzedek,

Temple Beth Zion

Erev Rosh Hashanah

Sunday, September 16, 2012

6:00 PM Young Family Service (45 minutes)

8:00 PM Traditional Service

Rosh Hashanah Day

Monday, September 17, 2012

9:00 AM Early Service (A-L)

11:45 AM Late Service (M-Z)

3:00 PM Family Service

4:00 PM Tashlich

4:30 PM Refreshments

8:00 PM Evening Service

Rosh Hashanah Second Day

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

10:00 AM Second Day Service

Shabbat Shuvah

Friday, September 21, 2012

7:30 PM Erev Shabbat Shuvah Service


9:00 AM Shabbat Morning Torah Study

Kever Avot


1:30 PM White Chapel Memorial Park

Erev Yom Kippur

Kol Nidre


6:00 PM Early Service (A-L)

8:45 PM Late Service (M-Z)

Yom Kippur

Wednesday, September 26, 2012



2:15 PM Reflections (open area)


4:15 PM Mincha Service

*6:00 PM Yizkor Memorial Service and Ne’ilah

Concluding Service

Break the fast together immediately following

the Service. Sponsored by Marlene Glickman

and Family. RSVP is requested by calling

633-8877. *Approximate Time

Sukkot

Monday, October 1, 2012

10:30 AM Joint Liberal Sukkot Morning Service at

Congregation Shir Shalom

Monday, October 8, 2012

10:30 AM Joint Liberal Simchat Torah Service

and Yizkor at Havurah

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CONGREGATIONAL

FAMILY PICNIC

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

RELIGIOUS SCHOOL

OPENING ASSEMBLY

9:00 AM

JUDAICA SHOP

SALE

9:00 AM - 11:30 AM

BOOK FAIR BY

TALKING LEAVES BOOKS

9:00 AM - 12:00 NOON

Upcoming Services

September 2012

Parashat Ki Tetze

Deuteronomy 21:10 – 25:19


9:00 AM Torah Study

10:00 AM Beit Midrash

10:30 AM Shabbat Morning Service

Bat Mitzvah of Alyssa Helak

* * *

Parashat Ki Tavo



6:15 PM Tot Shabbat

7:00 PM Erev Shabbat Family Service


9:00 AM Torah Study



8:30 PM Erev S’lichot Program at

Temple Beth Zion, Broder Center

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Parashat %itzavim



7:30 PM Erev Shabbat Service


9:00 AM Torah Study



4:30 PM Mincha/Havdalah Service

Bar Mitzvah of Zachary Reinstein


Erev Rosh Hashanah

6:00 PM Young Family Service

8:00 PM Traditional Service

Monday, September 17, 2012

Rosh Hashanah




4:00 PM Tashlich

8:00 PM Evening Service


10:00 AM Rosh Hashanah

Second Day Service

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For aging poet Yeats, time was an enemy. He penned: I spit in the

face of time that has transfigured me.” But, Benjamin Franklin kept

two boxes on his desk. One box was marked: “Problems it will take

time to solve.” The other: “Problems time has already solved.” For

Franklin, time was a friend.

But one thing is certain: time moves relentlessly forward. It cannot be

hoarded like manna, nor can it be reversed. Life’s most crucial

question is – how are we using time? Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel,

professor and philosopher, wrote: “Judaism is a religion of time, aiming at the

sanctification of time.” And time is sanctified when we use it – to forgive and ask

forgiveness; to remember things too long forgotten, and to forget things too long

remembered; to reclaim sacred things too casually abandoned, and to abandon shabby

things too highly cherished.

Time flies – but we are the navigators. In our new Congregation Shir Shalom, we each

have the greatest of all opportunities: the chance to change (reform), to begin anew

(reconstruct).

As we face the coming year of 5773, together in our astonishing new enterprise, may we

hurry to heed the words of the great Psalmist: “Teach us to number our days so that we

may attain a heart of wisdom.” May we take the time to overcome, to create, and go

forward “from strength to strength.”

Your Rabbis and Cantor, the entire Shir Shalom staff, your officers and board, will work

tirelessly to advance our goals. Please, friends, take time to join us in this most

promising and exciting year.

Rabbi Irwin A. Tanenbaum, D.D.

At a recent Music Committee meeting, Cantor Sharon was

explaining the service outline for this year’s Yizkor service, when a

few of the members of the group indicated they were close to tears.

How amazing that even a mere mention of prayers can illicit such a

strong emotional response.

That is the High Holy Days in a nutshell – a time when our minds

and hearts are overflowing with feeling. We are flooded with

memories, not only from this past year, but from our entire life, as

we try to come to grips with both the many wonders available to us in this world, and the

finitude of human existence.

While there were many differences in the way our two legacy congregations – Temple

Beth Am and Temple Sinai - observed the holidays, each community shared in the goal

of making meaning of the most meaningful time of the Jewish year. Rabbi Tanenbaum,

Cantor Sharon, myself, and the many committees that helped plan this year’s services,

can assure you that Congregation Shir Shalom will continue this pursuit, not only for this

year’s High Holy Days, but for the many, many more that lie ahead.

Welcome to the year 5773,

Rabbi Alex

From Our Rabbis

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This year’s High Holy Days at Congregation Shir Shalom will witness many things that

come in twos: two prayer books, two choirs, two Rabbis, and two Rabbis’ High Holy

Day messages for Chai Notes. In honor of our first High Holy Days together as a com-

munity, both of us would like to wish you a Shanah Tovah U’Metukah, a Sweet New

Year! We look forward to seeing you at services.

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Rabbis

Irwin A. Tanenbaum, D.D.

Alex Lazarus-Klein

Cantor

Sharon Eve Colbert, M.J.S.M.

Director of Education

Sharon Malek Jacobs

Temple Administrator

Joanne M. Rekoon

President

Todd Sugarman

V.P. Administration

Jill Hamilton

V.P. Membership

Michael Rosenberg

V.P. Worship

David Berghash

V.P. Education

Shari Jo Reich

V.P. Finance

Joseph Glickman

Secretary

Robin Raphael

Treasurer

Sid Weiss

Sisterhood Co-Presidents

Julia Cohan

Marina Finkelstein

Men’s Group Co-Presidents

Bruce Corris

Dan Ferber

%ewsletter Editor

Sharlene Vogler

Temple Office Telephone

633-8877

633-8878 (after hours and weekends)

Temple Office Fax

633-8952

Religious School Telephone

633-8953


is also on Facebook.

November 2012

Chai Notes

Deadline

The deadline for articles to be

submitted for inclusion in the

%ovember 2012 issue of

Chai Notes is September 21, 2012.

Please submit articles to the

editor at [email protected].

From Cantor Sharon Eve Colbert, M.J.S.M.

As I was wheeling my brand spanking new recycling cart, courtesy of the Town

of Amherst, to my backyard, I thought of S’lichot. What? S’lichot are penitential

prayers that are spoken in earnest during the Hebrew month of Elul, which leads up

to Tishrei and the High Holy Days.

Recycling. The essence of the Jewish year. In secular life, it’s the Form 1040,

birthdays, oil changes, report cards – it goes on and repeats. On a private, soulful

level, there are things that shouldn’t be recycled and carried through from year to

year – regret, guilt, grudges. All these potentially damaging character traits are

listed in the Vidui (confessional) portion of our Days of Awe Services. Bad things

done over and over again – can I say it? Is it politically incorrect? STOP

RECYCLING!

In the Torah parshah Metsora (Lev. 16:7), the Israelites place their sins on an

unblemished male goat, and send it off to the legendary Azazel (a desert goat-

demon, as cited by Ibn Ezra and Nachmanides: Hertz Commentary), a demon so

evil, he could absorb their sins. What in modern times is the dispensary for our sins?

That rolling cart by your backdoor, of course! Every week, we throw our household

trash into it, and roll it to the street – there, a big noisy, smelly piece of machinery

takes it – good riddance! A material Tashlich.

Tashlich – “you will toss” is what we desire to do with all those bad habits (recycled

undesirable behaviors). Traditionally, we gather as a supportive faith community to

rid ourselves of non-material, self-destructive burdens that we carry as individuals.

We toss, pitch, maybe even heave pieces of bread into the creek near our building.

We display our desire not to recycle our non-material trash for another season. It’ll

be good for you, I promise.

L’Shanah Tovah Tikateivu

From the President

Dear Friends: The historic merger of Temple Beth Am and Temple Sinai has been

successfully completed, and we begin the New Year 5773 as Congregation Shir

Shalom. With the cooperation, help and support of our clergy, our staff and our en-

tire congregation, we have begun a new era for us all, and we have much to look

forward to in the years ahead. Our future looks very bright. My family and I would

like to wish everyone a Happy New Year, and I hope to see everyone at High Holy

Day Services.

Todd Sugarman

From the Vice President of Administration

Shalom to all of my new and old friends at Congregation Shir Shalom. This High

Holy Day season is especially meaningful, because it is our first time celebrating

these holidays together as a merged community. This has been a time of change

for all of us, but we are looking toward a bright future for our newly-formed Temple.

I wish you and your families a year of health, prosperity, and all things good, and

look forward to getting to know more of you in the coming year.

Jill Hamilton

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From Sharon Malek Jacobs – Director of Education

It has been said that to be a Jew is not just to remember what has been, but what can be.

This is the season when my thoughts turn to Jewish introspection. It is a sacred time for me, as I focus on welcoming the New

Year of 5773 and a new Religious School year, that includes faculty, students and their families. If there is one thing that I have

learned as Director of Education, it is that no matter how diligently I prepare and plan over the summer, I should expect the

unexpected. I approach this situation from a positive stance. I eagerly anticipate what might come along that is interesting and

challenging. I hope that my experience, faith and attitude will guide me to embrace opportunities for which I did not plan.

My reflection on the past year and dreams for the year ahead reach a crescendo on Yom Kippur. Human beings usually don’t

fast voluntarily. Jews fast to remind themselves of the work ahead. When our bodies and minds begin to grumble, that is a

reminder for us to consider those who have so much less. I think about Tikkun Olam and extending help to so many whose

basic needs are not being met. How can I inspire those whom I reach, to also reach out and extend their hands to others?

Our Religious School needs help to continue to give all the children who pass through our halls a quality Jewish education. Our

economy, being what it is, may impose an educational and spiritual fast on some of the youngest members of our community.

Perhaps, during your fast this Yom Kippur, you can think about reaching out to make a scholarship donation so all of our

students will have the opportunity to put their hopes and dreams into a Jewish context.

My family joins me in wishing Congregation Shir Shalom health, happiness, peace, prosperity and sweetness in 5773.

L’Shanah Tovah U’Metukah

[email protected]

2012 - 2013 ~ 5773

Religious School Opening Day Activities

September 23, 2012 ~ 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

8:30 AM

Parent/Student Check-in - Main Lobby outside of Sanctuary.

9:00 AM - 12:00 Noon

Visit the Annual Book Fair in our Open Area. This event helps

to raise funds for our Religious School’s special projects.

9:00 AM

Parents accompany and stay with their children at the Opening

Assembly. Please bring a Tallit, if you have one, so you can join in

the blessing of our students as they begin their year of Jewish studies.

10:15 AM

Teachers will meet students and parents in their classrooms.

*Textbooks will be distributed at each classroom. Parents are

required to sign upon receipt of their child’s books.

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Opening Day Picnic and Fun Fair. Games, face painting, crafts

and prizes. Mini Sukkah building, pumpkin decorating and a

BOUNCE HOUSE!

Religious School

Teacher Aide Orientation

This required class will take place

at CSS on Sunday, September 16th,

from 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM.

Sunday, September 30th at 9:15 AM

Opening Parent Council Meeting

All parents are needed

and welcome.

Please attend.

Reminder

The first Tuesday of Religious School is October 2nd at 4:30 PM.

Schmooze with Rabbi Alex

Religious School parents are invited to

meet Rabbi Alex Lazarus-Klein on Thursday,

September 20th, from 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM

in the Open Area.

This is an informal evening with light

refreshments and casual conversation

with Rabbi Alex, who will be participating

in many aspects of our Religious School

during this coming year.

Please Note

�o Religious School on October 7th.

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Cell Phones Now Recycled

at Congregation

Shir Shalom

Don’t toss out your

used cell phone or

accessories. Bring

them to Temple for

recycling!

If you have any pictures or

information regarding Congregation

Shir Shalom that you would like to

see posted on our Facebook page,

please email the information to

[email protected]

Attention

Temple Members!

Don’t forget to save and

drop off your “pop tabs” from

beverage and other cans in the box in

the Temple office, to benefit

the Ronald McDonald House.

Meet with the Rabbis

If you need either of our Rabbis for

guidance, advice, or if you just want to

schmooze, here are their schedules.

Rabbi Tanenbaum is available every

Tuesday, from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM;

Rabbi Alex is available every

Thursday, from 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM.

Check with N.Jo, at 633-8877, to

make sure you are on the schedule, or

just stop by the office, and they will

see you on a first come, first served

basis.

Mazel Tov to our B’nei Mitzvah

and Their Families

Alyssa Helak

September 1st, 10:30 AM

Jonathan Zarzecki

September 29th, 10:30 AM

Zachary Reinstein

September 15th, 4:30 PM

High Holy Days Family Services

Open to the Community - Bring your family & friends

Erev Rosh Hashanah Young Family Service

September 16th at 6:00 PM

Rosh Hashanah Family Service

September 17th at3:00 PM

Immediately followed by Tashlich.

Throw your sins away by tossing

crumbs in the creek!

Fun yet Spiritual - stay for this

memorable, centuries-old Jewish ritual.

Yom Kippur Family Service

September 26th at 3:00 PM

Remember the Yom Kippur Food Drive

Ganainu - Spread the Word!!

Register for our outstanding monthly program for 3 and 4 year olds,

with a parent or caregiver. We are delighted to welcome Ashirah Lazarus-Klein,

who will lead special projects, songs, stories, games, snacks and more.

This enables your child to become familiar with the Temple setting.

For a Registration Form, contact the Religious School office at 633-8953.

Class meets from 9:00 AM - 10:45 AM on the following Sundays:

9/30, 10/21, 11/11, 12/9, 1/6, 2/10, 3/17, 4/14 & 5/5

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Shop at Shir Shalom

New items have been

arriving at the

Gift Shop

all summer.

September 23rd

9:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Special Sale for the

Opening Day of

Religious School

Sisterhood Judaica

Gift Shop

Gift Shop Hours during Religious School:

Sundays: 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM

Tuesdays: 4:15 PM to 6:15 PM

By appointment, call Jean at 634-3504.

Congregation Shir Shalom Endowment Fund

Rabbi Lazarus-Klein’s Discretionary Fund

Rabbi Tanenbaum’s Discretionary Fund

Cantor Colbert’s Discretionary Fund

Temple Administrator’s Discretionary Fund

Educator’s Discretionary Fund

Building Fund

Capital Repair Fund

Cemetery Fund

Chesed Fund

Fight Hunger Fund

General Fund

General Education Fund

Landscaping Fund

Library Fund

Music Fund

Sanctuary Fund

Social Action Fund

Thanksgiving Baskets Fund

Yahrzeit Fund

Youth Group Scholarship Fund

Cantor Susan Wehle Caring Committee Memorial Fund

Cantor Susan Wehle Memorial Garden Fund

Rabbi Daniel E. Kerman Memorial Fund

Rabbi Steven & Patty Mason Israel Scholarship Fund

Abe and Shirley Marquisee Memorial Fund

Anne Bernstein Memorial Education Fund

Dr. Barnett A. Slepian Memorial Fund

Dr. Max & Jeanette Rivo Memorial Fund

Bella & Bert Kremer Education Fund

Bess & Morris Michaels Memorial Courtyard Garden Fund

Edith & Joel L. Cohen Memorial Prayer Book Fund

Ellen Davis Memorial Fund

Hyman Midda Memorial Fund

Irving & Helene Fudeman Memorial Fund

Jane Oved Memorial Fund

Julian Safir Memorial Fund

Leonard Goodman Fund

M. Sobel Education Fund

Marshall L. Glickman Memorial Fund

Morris & Gussie Spivack Youth Library Memorial Fund

3eustatter-Shapiro Fund

Robert Unher Memorial Fund

Samuel B. Cohen Memorial Fund

Congregation Shir Shalom Funds

If you wish to honor those whose memories are dear to you, or express your gratitude for a joyous occasion, you are invited

to make a contribution to Congregation Shir Shalom. Below is a list of funds for your donations:

If you have questions regarding any of the funds listed above, please contact Joanne M. Rekoon in the Temple office at 633-8877.

If you choose to contribute to more than one fund, a separate check for each donation would be greatly appreciated.

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High Holy Day

Service Information

S’lichot


8:30 PM

Hosted by Temple Beth Zion

Featuring clergy from Congregation

Shir Shalom, Temple Beth Tzedek,

and Temple Beth Zion.

Erev Rosh Hashanah

Family Service


6:00 PM

Bring the youngest in your family

to this brief Erev Rosh Hashanah

Service. The Service will be

conducted by Rabbi Irwin A.

Tanenbaum, Rabbi Alex Lazarus-

Klein and Cantor Sharon Eve

Colbert, and will end at 6:45 PM!

Tashlich

Monday, September, 17, 2012

4:00 PM

Join us for the symbolic casting off

of sins into a body of water. This

practice is based on a verse spoken

by the prophet Micah who ex-

pressed the hope that G-d would

cast the sins of Israel into the sea.

We will walk to nearby Ellicott Creek

(weather permitting) on Rosh

Hashanah afternoon at 4:00 PM.

Bring your bread crumbs to cast

into the water. We will gather in the

Temple parking lot.

Kever Avot

Graveside Memorial Service


1:30 PM

It is traditional to visit the graves of

loved ones in the time before the

Days of Awe. Please join our clergy

as we gather at the Congregation

Shir Shalom sections of White Chapel

Memorial Park Cemetery at Niagara

Falls Boulevard and Tonawanda

Creek Road. After a brief Service,

there will be time for private reflection.

Family Services

Our Family Services on Rosh Hasha-

nah and Yom Kippur are led by our

Clergy, with music by guitarist Andy

Symons. These Services are open

to the entire Community and start at

3:00 PM on Monday, September 17th

and on Wednesday, September 26th.

High Holy Day Ticket

Policy Reminder

High Holy Day Tickets have

been sent only to those

members in “good standing.”

“Good standing” is defined

as being current with your

Dues payments. If you did

not receive your tickets, or

if you have any questions,

please call the Temple office

at 633-8877.

Tickets will be available to all

members at a Ticket Will

Call Window conveniently

located at the entrance to

our Temple’s Kitchen.

Ushers will be at Temple

to assist you with this and

any other concerns you may

have throughout the

Services.

Fasting

Every Jewish person over the age

of Bar/Bat Mitzvah is expected to

fast on Yom Kippur. Besides the

lessons that fasting teaches about

self-denial and appreciation of what

we have, it provides a physical com-

plement to the emotional and spiri-

tual cleansing of the Day of Atone-

ment. Children should be encour-

aged to fast if they show an interest

in doing so. For a pre-Bar/Bat Mitz-

vah, the fast may involve skipping a

meal during Yom Kippur rather than

a full day’s fast. Pregnant women

and nursing mothers should ab-

stain from fasting as should any

person who is ill or who has been

advised against fasting by a phy-

sician. Let common sense guide

you in the fulfillment of this mitzvah.

Child Care Available for

High Holy Days

Congregation Shir Shalom pro-

vides complimentary child care for

children in third grade and younger

during morning services on Rosh

Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

Children in fourth grade and above

are expected to attend services

with their parents. Older children

should not find it difficult to sit

through the entire service. Every

parent must be responsible to

assure that his/her child does not

linger in the foyer, become unruly,

or disturb the child care services.

Families interested in child care

are asked to make reservations

by calling the Temple office at

633-8877, by September 12th,

with the names and ages of

each child.

Please indicate which service

(early or late) you will be attending.

High Holy Day child care will be

provided. Donations for child care

are appreciated.

Your Family. Our Heritage.

Israel’s Future.

State of Israel Bonds

High Holy Days Campaign

2012-5773

Parking

Please Note: Additional parking

is available on Tristan Lane,

Indian Trail, and at the Church

at the corner of Indian Trail and

Sheridan Drive. Do not block

fire hydrants or driveways.

Thank you!

Calling all Shofar Blowers

Come blow your horn at the

Ne’ilah Service, the last Service

of Yom Kippur Day, Wednesday,

September 26, 2012. Bring your

own Shofar, or borrow one of

ours. Let’s end the High Holy Days

with a big communal blast!

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From the Vice President of Membership

Shalom! On behalf of the Membership Committee of

Congregation Shir Shalom, I would like to wish you a

happy and healthy New Year. L’Shanah Tovah.

Michael Rosenberg

From the Vice President of Worship

Rosh Hashanah marks the beginning of the Jewish Year. It is

a time of joy and celebration. From everyone on the Ritual

and Liturgy Committee, may the New Year bring health and

joy to you and your family.

David Berghash

From the Vice President of Education

Shalom and Good Yontov from the Vice President of Educa-

tion. My family and I wish all of you a sweet and wonderful

New Year.

Shari Jo Reich, Sheryl Duquette, Cydele and Lillian

From the Vice President of Finance

Happy New Year to Congregation Shir Shalom! That has

a wonderful sound to it. I see great things ahead for our new

and expanded Congregation: many new and enhanced pro-

grams, and sharing of traditions and memories. Two success-

ful organizations coming together, financially strong and

able to provide the services you expect. I hope you share my

excitement for the coming year. L’Shanah Tovah!

Joseph Glickman

From the Secretary

On behalf of myself, my husband, Alan Gellin, and our

son, Nathan Gellin, we want to wish all of our old and new

friends at Congregation Shir Shalom a happy, healthy and

prosperous New Year. L’Shanah Tovah!

Robin Raphael

From the Treasurer

On behalf of myself and my wife, Linda, we wish all of our

old and new friends at Congregation Shir Shalom a happy

and healthy New Year. L’Shanah Tovah.

Sidney Weiss

From the Temple Administrator

I am honored to serve as Temple Administrator of Congrega-

tion Shir Shalom. It is a very special place, filled with many

dedicated and passionate people, including our clergy, staff,

volunteers and congregants. Come and share Jewish life with

us! From my family to yours, may the New Year be filled

with health, happiness, peace and prosperity.

Joanne M. Rekoon

From the Co-President’s of Sisterhood

As we get ready to begin a New Year, we pause a moment to

take a deep breath and appreciate where we are. A year ago,

none of us expected that we would be observing High Holy

Day Services as Congregation Shir Shalom. A few very dedi-

cated people moved mountains to make it happen. The best

way to thank them is for all of us to come together as one,

and commit ourselves to the success of Congregation Shir

Shalom. Join with us, won’t you? We wish all of you a very

healthy and happy New Year. L’Shanah Tovah.

Marina Finkelstein and Julia Cohan

From the Co-President’s of

the Men’s Group

L’Shanah Tovah! The Men’s Group wants to wish everyone

at Congregation Shir Shalom a happy and healthy New Year.

We are looking forward to a wonderful year, making new

friends and beginning new traditions. We’re also happy to

bring back an old favorite. Bubbe’s Kitchen will be held on

Sunday, November 4th. Stay tuned for more details. In the

meantime, have a happy and sweet New Year.

Bruce Corris and Dan Ferber

If you need our newsletter on tape,

please call the Temple office at 633-8877.

You don’t have to just be celebrating a Bar/Bat Mitzvah

to sponsor an Oneg! Celebrate any Simcha! Call the

Temple Office at 633-8877 for all of the details.

We would like to thank our congregant, Bob Kanner,

for donating a printer to the Temple. It has made it’s

home in the new office of Rabbi Alex Lazarus-Klein.

Many thanks to Bob for his generosity.

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“This is how it was.” These are the opening words of My Russian Grandmother and her American Vacuum

Cleaner, a memoir by Israeli novelist Meir Shalev, and they are echoed often, as Shalev meanders his way

through the history of his family in Israel, in a humorous, conversational style.

The central (human) figure of this charming book is Shalev’s Grandma Tonia, who came to Israel in 1923 as a young woman,

married her deceased sister’s husband, and settled with him in the moshav of Nahalal. Difficult, demanding, and unrelentingly

opposed to the dirt and dust that permeated her adopted land, she finds herself the conflicted owner of a shiny new

“svieeperrr” sent to them by her husband’s “double traitor” (capitalist and American) brother in California.

Interwoven with Shalev’s account of his family’s history and his own life, the “svieeperrrr,” imprisoned in a locked room for

forty years, after only one use, becomes a character in its own right. His story of “this is how it was,” provides a wonderful

look at Israel’s beginnings, though the lives of one contentious, but irrepressibly vital family.

Leslie Jaszczak, Library Volunteer

[email protected]

LIBRARY CORNER

8th - 12th Grade Comparative Religions Class

This year, the monthly Sunday program that is offered to our older/post B’nei Mitzvah students is again named,

Comparative Religions.

Students will continue to acquire a deeper understanding of our neighbors’ religions, and similarities or differences

with Judaism. The focus this year will be on Buddism, Hinduism and Islam. We are hoping for face-to-face conver-

sations with representatives from these religions.

We are fortunate to have Gail Lewis, who is very involved with CSS, and who brings a breadth of experience with

interfaith studies, including the Network of Religious Communities and the Williamsville Interfaith Clergy.

Class meets from 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM on the following Sundays:

10/14, 11/18, 12/9, 1/13, 2/10, 3/10, 4/14 & 5/5

There are still spaces available in this class.

Students do not need to have attended sessions last year to join this class.

For information and/or to register, please call the Religious School office at 633-8953.

Celebrate Sukkot on Friday, October 5th

Family Service

7:00 PM

Consecration of

Kindergartners

and NEW students

will take place, including

certificates and gifts.

Soup (provided) and

Pot Luck Salad Supper

5:30 PM

Last names beginning with:

A-H Please bring: Fruit Salad

I-P Please bring: Green or Veggie Salad

Q-Z Please bring: Pasta, Potato or Grain Salad*

* No meat please.

RSVP required by October 2nd for Supper - please call 633-8953!

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Vice President of Education - Shari Jo Reich

Adult Education

Adult Library

B’nei Mitzvah

Education

Preschool Activities

Religious School Parent Council

Spivack Memorial Youth Library

Vice President of Worship - David Berghash

Chesed/Caring

Confirmation

High Holy Days

Interfaith Connection

Music

Oneg Shabbat

Ritual and Liturgy

Shabbat Celebration

Social Action/Tikkun Olam*

Vice President of Administration - Jill Hamilton

Building

By-laws

Cemetery

Chai Notes Newsletter

Communications

Jewish Reconstructionist Movement

Mutual Review-Rabbis and Cantor

Operations

Personnel

Union for Reform Judaism

Vice President of Membership - Michael Rosenberg

Membership

New Member Orientation

Outreach

Strategic Planning

Welcoming

Vice President of Finance - Joe Glickman

Annual Giving

Dues

Endowment

Finance

Fundraising

Planned Giving

MUM– Maintenance of Union Membership

*Social Action/Tikkun Olam: Alan Camhi, Chris and Julia

Cohan, Amy O’Donnell, and David and Janet Shucard,

ARZA

Fight Hunger Fund

Food Baskets for Bimah

High Holy Days Food Drive

Israel Bonds

Mazon

Soup Kitchen and Underwear Collection

Thanksgiving Day Food Baskets

Sisterhood Co-Presidents:

Julia Cohan

Marina Finkelstein

Men’s Group Co-Presidents:

Bruce Corris

Dan Ferber

Congregation Shir Shalom Committees

Every member is encouraged and needed on our

Committees. If you wish to volunteer, please

contact the Vice President who heads the

Committee in which you are interested.

Parkinson’s Support Group Meeting

Thursday, September 13, 2012

The Parkinson’s Support Group will hold its monthly

meeting on Thursday, September 13th, at 6:30 PM

at Congregation Shir Shalom.

For additional information, please call Joyce Gafter

at 689-1559, or email her at [email protected].

Save the Date

Apple Cookoff

Friday, October 5, 2012

If you have any questions,

please contact Bruce Corris

at 636-8387.

After Yom Kippur’s Morning Services end, and before the Family Service begins, we will celebrate our “Reflections” hour.

5773’s Congregation Shir Shalom participants, Esther Bates and Paul Colbert, will be speaking this year.

Their very interesting Jewish journeys will be shared. Please savor their stories as you reflect on your own experiences.

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Join the Congregation Shir Shalom Sisterhood

for a Luncheon at Carrabba’s Italian Grill

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Congregation Shir Shalom Sisterhood

Fall Rummage Sale

Sunday,

October 28, 2012

9:00 AM-1:00 PM

$1.00 Admission

1:00 PM-3:00 PM

$10 Bag Sale

Saturday,

October 27, 2012

3:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Set Up

Volunteers needed both

Saturday and Sunday!

Call Rella Corris at 636-1541 or

Jannelle Whitcomb at 834-2549

for details or to volunteer!

(Please bring in your items beginning October 1st.)

Sukkot Luncheon to Follow Service

on October 1, 2012

Sisterhood will be hosting a luncheon immediately

following the 10:30 AM Joint Liberal Sukkot

Morning Service being held at


on October 1, 2012.

If you plan to attend the luncheon,

please RSVP to the Temple office

at 633-8877 by no later than

September 24th.

Save the Date

Annual Sisterhood Paid-Up Brunch

Sunday, October 14th, 2012, at 11:00 AM

There will be jewelry by Small Indulgences,

and great raffle items!

The Endowment Fund

In Memory of:

Robert Malek, by Richard and Ellen Brody Kayton

Flora Rosen, by Selma Leondar

Barbara A. Simon, by Carole and Gary Bluestein

Yevgeniy Shustorovich, by Lana Weinstein

Honoris Starr, by Jennie Pohl

In Honor of:

Samuel Arnovitz, on his 100th Birthday, by

Sylvia Barlow

Emily Edelstein

Steve and Sharon Jacobs

Lois Malek

Sybil Rosen

Phyllis Shapiro

Evelyn Solomons

Adele Yosim

Phyllis Rosokoff, for a Speedy Recovery, by

Joan and Bob Kossoff

Congregation Shir Shalom, on the Merger, by

David L. Grayck

In Appreciation of:

Laura Yellen, for Arranging Special Oneg Shabbat for

Samuel Arnovitz’ 100th Birthday, by

Evelyn Solomons

Rabbi Tanenbaum’s Discretionary Fund

In Memory of:

Honoris Starr, with Appreciation, by Gilda Laufer

Madeline Stern, with Appreciation, by George Ivers

In Honor of:

Julia Cohan, for a Speedy Recovery, by Gayle Nosenchuck

In Appreciation of:

Rabbi Tanenbaum, for visiting during Recent Recovery

from Surgery, by Phyllis Rosokoff

Rabbi Tanenbaum, for Officiating at the Wedding of

Amy Orlick to Brett Berman, by Arthur and Cheryl Orlick

Rabbi Lazarus-Klein’s Discretionary Fund

In Memory of:

Marjorie Schlisserman, by Albert Schlisserman

Honoris Starr, by

Dr. Kenneth and Elaine Kellick

Gilda Laufer

The Cantor’s Discretionary Fund

In Memory of:

Barbara A. Simon, by

Lillian Gerstman and Jen Innerfield

Peter Simon

In Honor of:

Julia Cohan, for a Speedy Recovery, by Gayle Nosenchuck

Nicholas Lowinger, on becoming a Bar Mitzvah, by

Gayle Nosenchuck

Joshua Seefried, on becoming a Bar Mitzvah, by

Lillian Innerfield Gerstman

In Appreciation of:

Cantor Colbert, for her Beautiful Service

at the Unveiling of Beverly Bluestein-Cohen, by

Carole and Gary Bluestein

Cantor Colbert, for Officiating at the Wedding of

Amy Orlick to Brett Berman, by Arthur and Cheryl Orlick

The Anne Bernstein Education Fund

In Memory of:

Anne Bernstein, by Ellen and Alan Bernstein

In Honor of:

Claire and Irving Gareleck, on their 65th Anniversary, by

Ellen and Alan Bernstein

The Cantor Susan Wehle

Caring Committee Memorial Fund

In Memory of:

Honoris Starr, by Minnette and Daniel Epter

The Cantor Susan Wehle Memorial Garden Fund

In Memory of:

Robert Malek, by Martin and Nancy Robinson

The Chesed Fund

In Memory of:

Mary Rosenberg, by Michael Rosenberg

The Edith and Joel L. Cohen Prayer Book Fund

In Memory of:

Honoris Starr, by Irv and Gloria Atlas

The Fight Hunger Fund

In Memory of:

Jerry Stromberg, by Joanne and Gary Stromberg

In Honor of:

Robin Adler, for Completing a 100 mile Ride for Roswell,

by Stanley, Rella and Bruce Corris

The General Fund

In Memory of:

Goldinger-Shaposhnikov, by

Lillian and Yakov Shaposhnikov

Marie Suchman, by Seymour and Marge Suchman

Yankif Joseph, Peisach, Molka Chaya and

Doyv Chapovetski, by

Lillian and Yakov Shaposhnikov

The General Education Fund

In Memory of:

Lillian Leavitt, by Judy Bardach

The Landscaping Fund

In Memory of:

George Goon, by the Sisterhood of Congregation

Shir Shalom

Ed Kleban, by the Sisterhood of Congregation Shir Shalom

Phil Lippa, by the Sisterhood of Congregation Shir Shalom

Robert Malek, by the Sisterhood of


Honoris Starr, by the Sisterhood of


Margaret Tavano, by the Sisterhood of


The Music Fund

In Memory of:

Estelle Arbitman, by Maureen Seitz

Tillie Seitz, by Maureen Seitz

(continued on page 13)

September Donations (those received by July 21, 2012)

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The Nursery School Fund

In Memory of:

Maurice Kohn, by Ruth Birman

The Sisterhood Fund

In Memory of:

Shirley Winters, by Gerald and Diane Symons

The Yahrzeit Fund

In Memory of:

Tillie Cheiffetz, by Elaine Cheiffetz

The Youth Group Scholarship Fund

In Memory of:

Noah Kurland, by Zella Glickman

The Abe and Shirley Marquisee Memorial Fund

In Honor of:

Joseph Buch, on his 90th Birthday, by Joanne, Howard,

Lance, Jorey and Aden Rekoon

The Bella and Bert Kremer Education Fund

In Memory of:

Dora Brody, by Freda and Harold Brody

Bert Kremer, by Richard Kremer

The Bess and Morris Michaels

Memorial Courtyard Garden Fund

In Memory of:

Walter Pietrzak, by Paul Michaels

The Leonard Goodman Fund

In Memory of:

Morris Bardach, by Judy and Bob Bardach

The M. Sobel Education Fund

In Memory of:

Chana Feferberg, by Wolf Tombak

Abraham Tombak, by Wolf Tombak

Miriam Tombak, by Wolf Tombak

The Marshall L. Glickman Memorial Fund

In Memory of:

Barbara A. Simon, by Joe Glickman

In Honor of:

Rella Corris, for a Complete Recovery, by Joe Glickman

Gail Lewis, for a Complete Recovery, by Joe Glickman

Temple Beth Am, for our Last Service, by Joe Glickman

* * *

%OTE: Writing a separate check for each donation

allows us to credit the full amount of your

contribution to the fund you specify for your gift.

September Donations (continued from page 12)

Upcoming Services

September 2012

(Continued from page 2)

Parashat Vayelech

Deuteronomy 31:1 – 30


7:30 PM Erev Shabbat Shuvah Service


9:00 AM Torah Study




1:30 PM Kever Avot


Kol %idre

6:00 PM Early Service (A-L)

8:45 PM Late Service (M-Z)

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Yom Kippur



2:15 PM Reflections



6:00 PM Yizkor and Ne’ilah Service

***

Parashat Ha’azinu

Deuteronomy 32:1 – 52


7:30 PM Erev Shabbat Service


9:00 AM Torah Study



Bar Mitzvah of Jonathan Zarzecki

***

Save the Date

Bubbe’s Kitchen

Sunday

November 4, 2012

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A Jewish Congregation in Göttingen, Germany

Members of former Temple Beth Am may not be aware of the cooperation between former Temple Sinai, and a Jewish congre-

gation in Göttingen, Germany, which was initiated several years ago.

The Jewish community of Göttingen was totally obliterated by the Nazis. The last Jews were deported to the annihilation

camp in 1942. There was no organized Jewish life in Göttingen for many years. The “Society of Christian and Jews Working

Together,” which was formed shortly after the defeat of the Nazis, strove to keep the memory of the Jewish past alive. In 1994,

after Jewish immigrants came from the former Soviet Union, the Jewish congregation, Juedische Gemeinde Göttingen, was re-

born. At present, it has about 180 members, a majority from the former Soviet Union. Unlike many other new congregations

in Germany, which are Orthodox, the Göttingen congregation is “Liberal,” somewhere between what we in the U.S. consider

Reform and Conservative - close to Reconstructionist.

There is full equality of men and women. With the financial help of a group of Göttingen non-Jewish citizens, the congregation

was able to bring a small synagogue, which had survived Kristallnacht, to Göttingen, and to restore it. Georg and Wilma Iggers,

who have been members of both Temple Sinai and the Göttingen congregation, initiated cooperation between the two Temples

on various projects: Two years ago, both congregations worked together on the repair of the Torah Scrolls; this past November,

the Society of Christians and Jews invited Rabbi Alex to participate in the annual observance of Kristallnacht (now properly

called the Pogrom in Germany). While in Göttingen, Rabbi Alex performed a funeral, when the Rabbi from Hannover was

unable to come.

Finally, the Göttingen congregation and Temple Sinai have worked closely together with an interfaith student group at Colgate

University, who will be sending a group of Jewish and Christian students to Göttingen, in May 2013, to meet German Jewish,

Christian, and Muslim students. Georg Iggers has established the contacts in Göttingen, and Rabbi Alex has been fully informed.

The Society of Christians and Jews is co-sponsoring the project, and will see to it that all of the Colgate students stay with fami-

lies in Göttingen.

Georg and Wilma Iggers hope that the cooperation begun by Temple Sinai will be continued by Congregation Shir Shalom.

If anyone would like additional information about the Göttingen congregation, please feel free to contact George at 639-7605,

or email him at [email protected].

Temple Sinai’s

60th Anniversary Gala

Top left

Maddie Hamilton and Leah

Finkelstein attended the Gala.

Bottom left

Marina Finkelstein dances

with Melania Puius, while

Adrienne Crandall and

Julia Cohan clap.

Right

Rabbi Alex and Jill Hamilton

get ready to extinguish the

Havdalah candle with Marina

Finkelstein looking on.

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Members of Temple Beth Am and Temple Sinai walked approximately 3.2 miles down Sheridan Drive in Amherst to

transfer the Torahs from Temple Sinai to their new home in the Ark of the newly formed Congregation Shir Shalom!

“Stroll with the Scrolls”

July 1, 2012

From left, Melania Puius, Mirel Puius, Josh Finkelstein,

Rayna Grossman and Jessie Grossman get ready

to start the Torah Procession.

Todd Sugarman and Mark Finkelstein carry the

Torahs under a Chupah held by Michael Rosenberg

and Cary Moscato (who donated the Chupah).

The Torah Procession continues from Temple Sinai to

Congregation Shir Shalom.

Todd Sugarman and Jill Hamilton are the last

to carry the Torahs into their new home at

Congregation Shir Shalom.

Welcomed by Rabbi Irwin Tanenbaum (left) and Rabbi Alex Lazarus-Klein,

the Torahs from Temple Sinai take their place in the Ark of

Congregation Shir Shalom,

September 2012 Memorial Anniversaries

September 7, 2012

Carl E. Arbesman, Teresa Bicknese, Frances Bink, Marci Birzon,

Raymond D. Bluestein, Claire Bluestone, Bethany Bradley, N. Robert

Capone, Eugene Chertock, Sol Cutler, Lasar Epstein, Arthur Ettelson,

Morris Feldman, Shane Ferguson, Shloma Finkel, Ida Freedman, Harry

Gische, Irving Goldstein, Rose Gottlieb, Joseph Graber, Harold Addison

Hawkins, Morris L. Horwitz, Phyllis Jaszczak, Willard Johnson, Saul

Kantor, Anne Katzel, Thomas Knipfing, Marian Krohn, Fruma Lerman,

David Levine, Frank Markowitz, Abe Martin, Morris Mesch, Louis

Mossmond, Benjamin Muchnik, Pauline Newman, Charlotte Norman,

Sarah Yallof Oehlbert, Bernard Pollack, Ida Reback, Max Rivo,

Deborah Schiller, Estelle Schlissel, Nathan Schneider, Sophia Slepian,

Harry Smith, Sara Snyderman, Matthew Gregory Stein, Sam Strauss,

Belle Sunshine, Gertrude Sweet, Rose Symons, Florence Taksen, Jacob

Ungerleider, Syd Wartley, Joseph L. Weber, Lawrence Weiner, Stanley

Wolff, Mordecai Yood, Sam Zakalik.

September 14, 2012

Sherwood Alt, Peggy Arbesman, Sigmund Arywitz, Max Berger,

Solomon Bihovsky, Nathan Bunis, Gary Burke, Leo Burwick,

Herb Cantor, Sol Cutler, Norma Dreschner, Lavern Flynn, Carolyn

Foreman, Sarah K. Foreman, Sidney Friedman, Gerald Glaser, Rose

Herring, Lizzie Iggers, Betty Jacobson, Betty Markel Jacobson, Sarah

Karchefsky, Harriet Karls, Lisa Khazin, Sally Kronenthal, Rose Krupp,

Samuel Kushner, Jacob Leavitt, Lilo Lindenfeld, Nicholas Lowinger,

Maya Muchnik, Belle Nosenchuck, Beatrice Perlstein, James Z. Pugash,

Minnie Serota, Cecelia Spiegelman, Martin Tall, Abraham Tombak,

Miriam Tombak, Minnie Toubkin, Louis E. Weinberg, Mary Wunder.

September 21, 2012

Robert Algase, Edward Arbesman, David Arbitman, Bette Arwitz,

Albert Ashkin, Esther Auerbach, Joe Berger, Estelle Borowitz, Dora

Brody, Leo Burwick, Charles Colbert, Geraldine W. Coonly, Dorothy

Corwin, David Cytryn, Benjamin Golden, Rose Goldstein, Nathan

Gordon, Esther Kerchner, Jack S. Knopp, Helen Levine, Sol Levinson,

Max Lieberman, Ralph Liss, Jean Lyons, Genya Matlin, William

Mintzer, Marilyn Moskowitz, Adele Mueller, Leo Mueller, Rabbi David

Nelhaus, Bernard Polakoff, Morris J. Powsner, Morris Reeder, Milton

Reingold, Fanny Reisner, Marjorie Schlisserman, Louis Shapiro, Celia

Silverman, Isador Simon, Max Slonim, Benjamin Starsky, Marshall

Strauss, Sam Subotnick, Rachel Tick, Roslyn Troeller, Rosa Vinokur,

Mina Winiger, Yankel Winiger, Bella Zhebrak.

September 28, 2012

August Bicknese, Philip Blatt, Merwin Bristol, Lorraine Cherbow,

Evelyn Ehrlich, Mildred Engel, Regina Faden, Katherine Falk, William

Finkelstein, Thaddieus J. Gardon, David Ginsberg, Benjamin Gold,

Daniel Goldenberg, Zelda B. Goldenberg, Lillian T. Goodman, Abe

Gottlieb, Lester Gross, Hyman Guttman, Anne Helfant, Jane Selya

Heskins, Leo Kahn, Lewis Krohn, Sheila Macoff, Michael Morcelle,

Harold Jay Mullman, Milton Phillips, Leo J. Rosen, Shelly Ruben,

Simon Rubin, Lewis Ruslander, Macy Savatsky, Chuck Schepart, Edith

Schwartz, Tammy Esther Siegel, Sol Sloan, Evan Slomovitz, William Z.

Snitzer, Paul Strauss, Joseph Stulberg, Marie Suchman, Ruth Taksen,

Louis Toppall, Frank Tripi, Herman S. Umof.


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September Dates:

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In Memoriam

Our Congregation extends its sympathy

to the families of:

Dellie Herzog

Philip Lippa

Robert Gordon Radlin

Faye Tal

Margaret Tavana


Religious School

First Ever Book Fair


9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon

Please join us at our first ever Congregation

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Talking Leaves Books will sponsor a selection

of books and merchandise. This was a long-

standing tradition at Temple Beth Am.

It is a wonderful opportunity to expand

your home collection and shop for gifts.

Be sure to stop by for Starbuck’s coffee, spon-

sored by the Starbuck’s on Sheridan Drive in

Williamsville, and baked goods provided by

our own Parent Council.

You will receive a raffle ticket for each book

or item you purchase to enter to win a Gift

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Temple Beth Am

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4660 Sheridan Drive

Williamsville, New York 14221

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

9:00 AM Torah Study


10:30 AM Shabbat

Morning Service

Bat Mitzvah of

Alyssa Helak

2

3

OFFICE CLOSED

7:30 PM BINGO

4

3:00 PM—4:00 PM

Meet with Rabbi T.

7:00 PM Executive

Board Meeting

5

6

1:30 PM-3:00 PM

Meet with Rabbi Alex

7:00 PM Tikkun Olam

Committee Meeting

7

9:30 AM Current Events

Discussion Group

12:00 Noon

Communications

Committee Meeting

5:30 PM Family Potluck

6:15 PM Tot Shabbat

7:00 PM Erev Shabbat

Family Service

8

9:00 AM Torah Study

10:30 AM Shabbat

Morning Service


8:30 PM Erev S’lichot

Program at

Temple Beth Zion

Broder Center

9

8:30 AM B.J.E.

Teacher Enrichment/

Faculty Orientation

(Off-site)

12:00 PM Cantor’s

Chanters

10

OFFICE CLOSED

7:30 PM BINGO

11

3:00 PM—4:00 PM

Meet with Rabbi T.

12

13

1:30 PM-3:00 PM


6:30 PM Parkinson’s

Support Group

7:00 PM Sisterhood

Meeting

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Service

15

9:00 AM Torah Study

10:30 AM Shabbat

Morning Service


1:00 PM Cantor’s

Chanters

4:30 PM Mincha/

Havdalah Service

Bar Mitzvah of

Zachary Reinstein

16

10:00 AM Teacher Aide

Orientation

Erev Rosh Hashanah

6:00 PM Young Family

Service

8:00 PM Traditional

Service

17

9:00 AM Early (A-L)

Rosh Hashanah Service

11:45 AM Late (M-Z)

Rosh Hashanah Service


4:00 PM Tashlich

4:30 PM Refreshments

8:00 PM Evening

Service

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10:00 AM Rosh

Hashanah

Second Day Service

OFFICE CLOSED

19

20

1:30 PM-3:00 PM


7:30 PM Parents

Schmooze with

Rabbi Alex

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9:30 AM Current Events

Discussion Group

Articles Due for

November Chai Notes


Shuvah Service

22

9:00 AM Torah Study

10:30 AM Shabbat

Morning Service


1:00 PM Cantor’s

Chanters

23

9:00 AM Religious School

9:00 AM Judaica Shop Sale

9:00 AM R/S Book Fair

11:00 AM Fun Fair & Picnic

1:30 PM Kever Avot

24

OFFICE CLOSED

7:30 PM BINGO

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Office Closes at Noon

Erev Yom Kippur

6:00 PM Early (A-L)

Kol Nidre Service

8:45 PM Late (M-Z)

Kol Nidre Service

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9:00 AM Early (A-L)

Yom Kippur Service

11:45 AM Late (M-Z)

Yom Kippur Service

2:15 PM Reflections



*6:00 PM Yizkor and

Ne’ilah Service

7:00 PM Break Fast

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1:30 PM-3:00 PM


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Service

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9:00 AM Torah Study


10:30 AM Shabbat

Morning Service

Bar Mitzvah of

Jonathan Zarzecki

Non-Profit Org.

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September 2012

Our calendar is

prepared more than

one month

in advance of

publication and is

subject to change.

The Judaica Shop

is open

during

Religious School

Sun. 9:00—11:30 AM

Tues. 4:15—6:15 PM

For the most current information, visit our web site

www.ShirShalomBuffalo.org/calendartba.html

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9:00 AM Religious School

9:00 AM Ganainu

9:15 AM Parent Council

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