Our Temple is in the midst of a remarkable transition.

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VOICE OF TEMPLE EMETH

September-October 2014 Elul 5774/Tishrei 5775

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In This Issue:

Successful Softball Season

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Philip Platcow, President

Preparing for Action

s I prepare this bulletin article, I am in the midst of… • Reviewing the work of our architect in preparation for the first phase of our Lev Shalem renovation to include the new Family Life Cycle Room, two

“ Your commitment,

involvement and

generosity inspire

us to action.”

Rabbi Alan Turetz

Pain and Promise

“ Our Temple

is in the

midst of a

remarkable

transition.”

n August, Netanyahu quoted Elie Wiesel: “Hamas is guilty of child sacrifice.” Their rejection of a July cease fire, agreed to by Israel, caused 90% of all subsequent casualties and destruction. ISIS, Boku Haram and far more as well render Wiesel all too accurate. As we approach 5775 and its September/October holiday season, a word of perspective.

“I remember the days of old,” exclaims King David, as Moses had before him. King David had plenty to remember: defeats, moral weaknesses, triumph, despair, exaltation, doubt and faith. He recalled the treachery of a son, the forgiveness of a father, the fury of enemies and the support of friends. Yet picturing so many complexities of his life that, in many ways, mirror our lives in 2014, he bequeathed to us the remarkable treasure of Tehilim – The Book of Psalms – the Psalms of David. Somehow, in some way, he synthesized an astonishing and often painful spectrum of memories in ways that speak permanently and endlessly through time – a powerful legacy of guidance and upliftment. Indeed, even in the midst of travail that is an inevitable component of each of our lives, using our power to reach out to others as King David did through

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Welcome Back Picnic

Sunday, September 14

Noon-2 pm (rain or shine)

Newton JCC

Food – Fun – Games – Activities

Sponsored by the Brotherhoods of Temple Emeth, Temple Reyim and Congregation Mishkan Tefila

Kids can join USY. Reservations are necessary:

call 617.469.9400

We invite new and prospective members to join us!

Coming Up

September 7 & October 5

Parent/Child Israeli Folk Dancing

October 6

Sisterhood Book Club (page 9)

October 22

Women’s Rosh Chodesh Study Group (page 7)

October 23 & 30

Bagels & A Bisl Torah (page 7)

October 30

“Chorror” Film Festival (page 9) Watch your mail, email and

What’s Nu for details.

accessible restrooms and significant upgrades of the Main and Rabbi’s office, all made possible by the pioneering generosity of our donors;

• Meeting with our dedicated and knowledgeable volunteers reviewing the work of engineers in preparation for the renewal of our award-winning Rotunda that is the most prominent structure in all of South Brookline, again, inspired by motivating philanthropy of our members;

• Meeting with Cantor Michael and our Music Director, Gennady Konnikov as we prepare to kick off our Temple’s musical calendar, and

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TEMPLE EMETH

194 Grove Street Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 Office: 617.469.9400 Fax: 617.469.9646 Email: [email protected] www.templeemeth.org Affiliated with United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism and the Synagogue Council of Massachusetts

PROFESSIONAL STAFF Rabbi Alan Turetz

Cantor Michael McCloskey,

Cantor-Educator

Rabbi Navah Levine,

Rabbi-Educator

Samara Katz, Director of

Congregational Learning and Director of Ma’or

Cynthia Levitt,

Executive Director

Lior Kagan,

Israeli Program Coordinator

Steven Zeitler, Youth Director Gennady Konnikov,

Music Director

Linda Silverstein,

Bulletin Editor

TEMPLE OFFICERS

Philip Platcow, President Scott Gladstone, Vice President Robert Mayer, Vice President Michael Clayton, Vice President Dr. Sarita Brouwer, Vice President Harvey Albert, Treasurer Nancy Freed, Associate Treasurer Elliot Mark, Financial Secretary Vivian Rubinstein Podrid, Secretary

Chesed Committee Update

The Chesed Committee is in full

swing reaching out to our Temple

family. It has been great for

everyone, volunteers and those

supported alike. We encourage

you to contact us if you would

like some assistance or wish to be

involved in reaching out to others.

Please contact Rabbi Levine at

[email protected]

or Cynthia Levitt at execdir@

templeemeth.org, or call the

Temple office at 617.469.9400.

Next committee meetings:

Thursdays, September 4 and

October 2 at 9:30 am.

Personalia –

Congratulations to...

Lois and Ben Goulston on the graduation

of their granddaughter, Stephanie Madison, from the Georgetown University Law School.

Elaine Reef on the Bar Mitzvah of her

grandson, Jared Reef at the Southern Gate of the Wall in Jerusalem, Israel.

Beverly and Harvey Albert, Joshua Shapiro, Carole Decter, Bob Lefkowith, Dr. Judith Garelick and Mickey Beldon

on their birthdays.

Anne Lerner on her 99th_birthday.

Harriet and Barry Park on their 50th

wedding anniversary.

Beverly and Harvey Albert on their

anniversary.

Edith Goldman and Morton Hoffman on

the marriage of their son, Daniel to Eliezah Dale, daughter of Karen and Rick Dale.

Dr. Jenifer Lightdale and Dr. Wayne Tworetzky on the Bat Mitzvah of their

daughter, Isobel.

Melissa and Howard Schwartz on the

Bar Mitzvah of their son, Jake.

Frances Schwartz and Harriet and Barry Park on the Bar Mitzvah of their

grandson, Jake Schwartz.

Help Make our High

Holy Day Services

More Meaningful

The Usher’s Committee and Officers have requested that the following procedures be observed during the High Holy Days to enable everyone to have a more meaningful service:

1. Please be prepared to show your tickets to the usher and he/she will help you be seated. We remind you that no one will be admitted into the Sanctuary without a proper ticket corresponding to the service. 2. No one should enter the Sanctuary

when:

• The congregation is standing • The ark is open

• A sermon is being given

3. We welcome children at services! Please leave carriages, strollers and umbrella strollers outside the sanctuary as they can become a hazard in the event of an emergency.

Matchmaking for a

Yom Kippur Break-Fast

Are you looking for a Break-Fast to attend this Yom Kippur? Are you hosting a Break-Fast and have space to invite others from the Emeth community? Rabbi Levine and the Temple Emeth Chesed Committee would like to help with the matchmaking! If you would like an invitation to a Break-Fast or have one to extend, please let Rabbi Levine know either by emailing rabbilevine@ templeemeth.org or by calling the Temple office.

Memorial Service

Sunday, September 21 at 9:30 am Temple Emeth will hold a High Holy Day Memorial Service on the grounds of the TE Memorial Park, 776 Baker Street, West Roxbury. This brief service, led by Rabbi Alan Turetz, is open to all who have loved ones buried in our memorial park, as well as the entire community.

Tashlich Service

Thursday, September 25 at 4:30 pm Tashlich (cast away) is observed this year on the first day of Rosh Hashanah. Join us as we symbolically cast away our sins into a natural body of water.

We will meet at the Brookline Reservoir at the corner of Route 9 and Lee Street.

Etrog and Lulav

Anyone wishing to order an etrog and lulav for Sukkot should contact the Temple office before Wednesday, October 1, at 617.469.9400 or [email protected].

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Pain and Promise

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R

on Berger,

an educator of distinction and author of

An Ethic of Excellence,

makes many impressive points about the relationship between creating culture and the community’s active participation. As we approach Temple Emeth’s 75th

anniversary, we can look back proudly at the establishment of a strong Temple Emeth community and extended family. However, it is also to the future that we do need to look. In the upcoming year, we have programs planned for all ages and stages. The staff has been working throughout the summer to present a creative, exciting and contemporary array of activities. This is simply the framework for a vibrant community.

Each and every member contributes to the overall culture, energy and vibrancy of the community we seek to create. In order to achieve this, we hope that the New Year will bring many opportunities for us to come together as a community, participate in learning, socializing, celebrating and building culture together. In the same way, the Ma’or school, which serves as a bridge between Temple Emeth, Congregation Mishkan Tefila and Temple Reyim, is actively creating community and building culture. In order to create a dynamic school culture of excellence, participation, innovation and high academic standards, all members of the community must make efforts to attend, volunteer, plan and promote the school.

An excellent place to begin is the 2nd

annual Back-to-School BBQ, to be held

at the JCC on September 14 at 12 noon after our first session of school. All are invited to kick-off the school year and enjoy a tasty lunch together, courtesy of the brotherhoods of the participating synagogues. You do not have to have children in the school to participate. The Directors and staff will be on hand to welcome you and to give you a preview of Ma’or’s plans for the year.

Throughout the year there will be opportunities to be involved at Ma’or. We are depending on family involvement, enthusiasm and energetic participation to enhance the classroom experiences for our children and to give them the best that Jewish education has to offer. Ma’or’s mission is to establish a culture of excellence and to make us a leader in the field. To this end, we are delighted to have received a CJP grant for innovation in education. This grant will afford us opportunities to further our goals, to create new and exciting programming, and to take advantage of the support of the greater Jewish community.

As we begin 5775, our new Jewish year, I encourage everyone to enjoy the warm benefits of community, and to enhance all our programs, events and activities with your presence and unique contributions. More than anything, I pray for a global Jewish community permeated by love and peace.

Shanah Tovah! Samara Katz, Director of Congregational Learning

Creating Community and Building Culture

Tehilim, we, Rosh Hashanah insists, are able to reinvent ourselves and recreate new horizons that enrich the soil of future growth. So too, the State of Israel, even encountering the loss of the priceless blood of her youngest, boldest and most heroic defenders, who defend us all, shall somehow transmute even virulent challenge and sadness into something redemptive. Nothing, of course, can ever bring back those fearless heroes – may their memories be a blessing. Again, most obviously, we are pained as well by the loss of any innocent life – on either side of any border – and in that context regarding Hamas, revisit Wiesel’s agonizing truth. I conclude with a second and related insight as we prepare for 5775.. Travelling this summer I mistook an almost identical suitcase as mine and removed it from the conveyor belt. I then noticed the following relevant sign: “Be careful, many bags look alike.” How true – do we not all carry bags with similar fears and dreams? Are we not all in this together? Does not your generosity to Temple Emeth, Lev Shalem, the State of Israel and noble causes – does it not bear witness to this reality? Temple Emeth is in the midst of a remarkable transition – each and every manifestation of your largesse and caring will be transformed into new spaces, new programs and new connections to new communities. We are proceeding with deliberate speed so as to maximize the impact of your loyalty. Make no mistake – you shall witness concrete consequences in 5775 – some dramatic and now almost completely planned. The results will be worth the wait! Most importantly, these results will bear witness to the strength of your commitment and the eternity of the State of Israel and the Jewish people.

May this New Year bring us closer to Isaiah’s great hope: swords beaten into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks – none waging war anymore. Shanah Tovah!

— Rabbi Alan Turetz

WANTED: DRIVERS

Might you offer a ride to a doctor’s

appointment or grocery store?

Please let Rabbi Levine know if she

may contact you when there is a

congregant in need of a ride.

Email [email protected].

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Rabbi Navah Levine, Rabbi-Educator

Sustaining Each Other in the New Year

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Cantor Michael McCloskey, Cantor-Educator

Selichot in Ancient and Modern Times

At the outgoing of [our day] of rest, we begin to approach You. Bend Your ear from the heights, One who dwells upon praise, to hear [our] cry and [our] prayer. – from the Selichot service

y best friend of 27 years is a devout Catholic. He is now a psychiatrist, but for several years after college he studied with the intention of becoming a priest. Because of our shared enthusiasm for our religious traditions, we have on many occasions attended one another’s respective services, including daily minyan, Easter,

Neilah, and Sunday mass. One of

the services that I have always found particularly inspiring, due to its reflective nature, warm character and moving music, is midnight mass, which occurs on Christmas eve. This service reflects a tradition of devotional vigils that were, and in many communities still are, held on the eve of a holy day.

Judaism as well has a service that explores similar motives and sentiments.

Selichot, the general term for penitential

prayers, also refers to a midnight service, the liturgy of which is constructed around the motive of Moses pleading for mercy on behalf of our people after the worship of the golden calf. When we come together as a community on Selichot, we are forgiven, provided that we make amends with those we have wronged. In Ashkenazic practice these selichot are chanted before morning prayers for at least four days prior to Rosh Hashanah. The initial service is customarily held at midnight, as this period of the night is considered particularly propitious for invoking the Mercy of Makor Hayyim, the Source of Life.

The music and liturgy of this service, allude to the holy days that follow. The

prayers and their nusahot (traditional melodies), anticipate both the intensity of the Yamim Noraim (Days of Awe) and the uplift inherent in their conclusion. Recently, in the State of Israel, Selichot tours have become immensely popular among “secular” Israelis. Thousands of persons flock to Jerusalem to tour some of the holy sites and synagogues, to hear moving stories of particularly pious rabbis and to listen to the chanting of these prayers of forgiveness.

In similar fashion we hope that you will join us for this moving service and the Cantor-Plex program that immediately precedes it (see page 5).

Ray, Leo and I wish you all a shanah

tovah um’tukah (wishes for a good and

sweet new year). e live in

scary times, and search for a message of hope. I write during a period of unsettling turbulence, in Israel and around the world.

A passenger plane is shot down over Ukraine, and hundreds of lives are lost. Tens of thousands of unaccompanied children – desperate children – are fleeing for their lives and crossing our borders, and there is no refuge for them. A hateful, bloodthirsty mob in Paris attacks a synagogue while chanting “Death to the Jews!” in French and “Slaughter the Jews!” in Arabic. Israel is under siege by Hamas – 1,500 missiles targeting every corner of the country and more to come, terrorists infiltrating through tunnels hoping to kill as many people as they can. All this, as the world looks to comparative body counts (how many Palestinian dead vs. how many Israeli dead) to decide who is

to blame. Once again, Hamas foments anti-Israel sentiment and gains credibility by intentionally setting up Palestinian civilians to die. It is frightening just how successful their approach has been. We know that this round of fighting will surely end, but how long before the next? And the one after that? Will Israel ever be safe from attack? Will Jews ever be safe from anti-Semitic hatred? Will this world ever become the peaceful one the prophets envision?

“Comfort, oh comfort My people, says your God.” These are the words of the

prophet Isaiah, whose prophecies of consolation (or comfort) are read on each of the seven sabbaths leading up to Rosh Hashanah and the beginning of a new year. Isaiah speaks to a traumatized Judean community exiled in Babylonia after the destruction of Jerusalem and offers assurance of a bright future. But whom is God exhorting to offer this comfort? Whose job is it to strengthen our faith in the future?

The Hebrew verb used for comfort –

nachamu – is a plural, so apparently

God is not addressing Isaiah, or at least not Isaiah alone. This plural led some early commentators to identify the addressees as heavenly angels, divine emissaries who bring God’s messages to us. I, myself, find the idea of such messengers a bit hard to take in, but the singer Chuck Brodsky offers me an image that helps. He sings:

We are each other’s angels – we meet when it is time

We keep each other going – and we show each other signs

It’s a beautiful, hopeful, earthly image. We are each other’s angels. No, we don’t know what will come, but we have each other to sustain us. As we enter the New Year, filled with both promise and uncertainty, we are each other’s angels -- and we have a job to do. Best wishes for a happy, healthy and peaceful New Year.

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Preparing for Action

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Our B’nai Mitzvah

September 6

Isobel Tworetzky

Daughter of

Dr. Jenifer Lightdale &

Dr. Wayne Tworetzky

October 25

Jake Schwartz

Son of Melissa &

Howard Schwartz

At the New Year it is written and on the Day of Atonement it is sealed... But repentance, prayer, and charity soften the severity of the decree. – High Holy Day liturgy

Selichot at Emeth: Music, Meditation and a Movie

Saturday, September 20 at 8:15 pm

Our special program begins with a viewing of Pay it Forward, starring Haley Joel

Osment, Kevin Spacey and Helen Hunt. Following the movie, Cantor Michael will lead a discussion of the film, the uniquely Jewish perspective of its director, Mimi Leder, and its theme of t’shuvah (repentance). Popcorn, movie candy and soda will be provided.

Selichot are prayers of penitence. (See Cantor Michael’s article on page 4.) These prayers

of repentance are first chanted at a meditational service that occurs either the Saturday night a week prior to Rosh Hashanah or the Saturday night immediately prior to the New Year. Traditionally held at midnight, this service showcases many of the most beautiful melodies of the High Holy day season and is a wonderful way of awakening ourselves to awe and compassion for both our fellow human beings and ourselves.

Our service will begin at 10:30 pm, led by Rabbi Turetz and Cantor Michael, with liturgical music by some of the greatest cantorial composers, including Eliezer Gerovitsch, David Putterman, and Shlomo Ravitz, and our music directors Morris Bleiwas (may his memory be a blessing) and Gennady Konnikov. We will also be dedicating the plaques that were presented in memory of loved ones during the past year.

Happy New Year

from the Temple Emeth

Administration

and Staff

• Karen and my final preparations for our trip to Israel to be present for our daughter Melanie’s graduation from her training class, and the beginning of her real duty in the Israel Defense Forces.

It makes sense that we would highlight the concept of preparation as High Holy Days approach. Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur call out to us with the sound of the shofar to prepare for the renewal of our lives at their central core, assessing our last year’s performance to inform our path forward for a more enlightened coming year and beyond. Temple Emeth has spent the last 75 years of diverse Jewish experience in greater South Brookline, Boston and Newton area in preparation for the next 75 years! The challenge for us all is…what will we do with these preparations? When the shofar sounds, what will we do, how will we answer?

As I begin my second term as your president, we are intent to act on our plans! Your commitment, involvement and generosity inspire the officers, staff and clergy to action. All of our exceptional contributors to our ongoing Lev Shalem capital campaign have encouraged us by their strong words of confidence in our Temple’s past, our current efforts and our future plans. Our 75th_{year will be filled with renewal}

of our grand facilities in both esthetic and functional ways, greater visibility of our congregation in our surrounding community with new outreach and uplifting educational and spiritual programming which will bring your mind and your soul to new heights.

I do not have as clear an eye into what the future holds for Melanie, the IDF and our eternal State of Israel, but I am completely optimistic that it will be filled with even greater innovation and outreach to her neighbors, and represent the beacon of light unto the nations that has characterized her miraculous existence for the past 66 years! With that same optimism, as we enter the year 5775, the officers, clergy, staff and my entire family wish you all a year of sweetness, good health, prosperity and mostly peace!

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SEPTEMBER 2014

ELUL 5774/TISHREI 5775

Parent/Child Folk Dancing 10:00 am Israeli Dancing 7:00 pm Israeli Dancing

7:30 pm Open House7:30 pm Intermediate Hebrew10:30 am

Kabbalat Shabbat 6:00 pm Light candles 6:43 pm KI TAVO Morning Services 9:30 am Mincha/Maariv 6:50 pm Labor Day Services 8:30 am and 7:00 pm Chesed Committee 9:30 am Open House 7:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 6:00 pm Light candles 6:55 pm KI TETZE Morning Services 9:30 am Isobel Tworetzky Bat Mitzvah Mincha/Maariv 6:55 pm

Ma’or and Ma’kor begin BH Back to School Picnic at the JCC 12:00 noon Israeli Dancing 7:00 pm Israeli Dancing 7:30 pm Intermediate Hebrew10:30 am Kabbalat Shabbat 6:00 pm Light candles 6:30 pm NITZAVIM-VAYELECH Services 9:30 am Perachim 10:30 am Mincha/Maariv 6:40 pm SELICHOT: Program 8:15 pm Service 10:30 pm Memorial Park Service 9:30 am Gan Ma’or begins 9:00 am at the JCC Israeli Dancing 7:00 pm Israeli Dancing 7:30 pm EREV ROSH HASHANAH Services 6:30 pm Light Candles 6:22 pm ROSH HASHANAH – 1ST_DAY Early Service 8:00 am Late Service 11:45 am Alternative Service 9:00 am-1:00 pm Tashlich 4:30 pm Evening Service 6:30 pm ROSH HASHANAH – 2ND_DAY Morning Service 9:30 am Alternative Service 9:00 am-1:00 pm Evening Service 6:00 pm HA’AZINU Morning Services 9:30 am Perachim Services 10:30 am Mincha/Maariv 6:25 pm Israeli Dancing 7:00 pm Israeli Dancing7:30 pm

Daily Minyan

Your attendance will help those who need to say kaddish. Do a mitzvah! Come to minyan!

Service Times

Mon.-Thurs. 7:00 am & 7:00 pm Friday 7:00 am & 6:00 pm Saturday 9:30 am (See calendar

for Mincha/Maariv) Sunday 8:30 am & 6:00 pm Holidays See calendar

Simcha Leaves

Celebrate special occasions by purchasing a lasting tribute! Engraved brass leaves are displayed on our Simcha Leaf board located in the hallway leading to the sanctuary. Cost per brass leaf is $400. Contact Cynthia Levitt at the Temple office.

Memorial Plaques

Purchased in memory of a loved one, memorial plaques are displayed in the Sanctuary and Chapel. The plaques contain individual lights and they are inscribed with the name and date of passing. Memorial lights are kindled on the date of an individual’s Yahrzeit and on Yizkor. To purchase a Memorial Plaque, contact Cynthia Levitt at the Temple office.

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OCTOBER 2014

TISHREI/HESHVAN 5775

Women’s Rosh Chodesh Study Group: Women in the Arts

Wednesday, October 22 at 7:30 pm

This year we will explore the impact Jewish women have had on art, music, theater, movies and television from an historical, traditional and current perspective. Nina Green is leading the group this year and welcomes input in planning, presentations and suggestions. Contact her at [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you and seeing you at our special evenings.

Israeli Dancing 7:00 pm

Columbus Day

No Israeli Dancing Sukkah at the JCCMa’or Pizza in the

Hoshanah Rabbah

7:00 am Intermediate Hebrew

10:30 am

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6:00 pm

Shemini Atzeret

7:00 am & 9:30 am Yizkor at both morning services

Erev Simchat Torah

Services & Celebration 6:00pm Simchat Torah 9:30 am Evening services 6:00 pm Light Candles 5:42 pm BERESHIT Morning Services 9:30 am Perachim Services 10:30 am Mincha/Maariv 5:50 pm CJUI Program Gan Ma’or 9:00 am at the JCC Israeli Dancing 7:30 pm Intermediate Hebrew 10:30 am Women’s Rosh Chodesh Study Group 7:30 pm Bagels & A Bisl Torah 8:00 am Kabbalat Shabbat 6:00 pm Light candles 5:32 pm NOAH Morning Services 9:30 am Jake Schwartz Bar Mitzvah Perachim Services 10:30 am Mincha/Maariv 5:40 pm

Ma’or Family Zoo Trip Brotherhood Keeper of the Flame in Peabody Israeli Dancing 7:00 pm Israeli Dancing 7:30 pm Intermediate Hebrew10:30 am Bagels & A Bisl Torah 8:00 am “Chorror” Film Festival

7:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 6:00 pm Light candles 5:22 pm Intermediate Hebrew 10:30 am Chesed Committee 9:30 am Early Mincha 1:00 pm KOL NIDRE Early Service 6:00 pm Late Service 8:30 pm Light candles 6:06 pm YOM KIPPUR Early Service 8:00 am Alternative Services 9:30 am Late Service 12:00 noon Mincha 4:30 pm Parent/Child Folk Dancing 10:00 am Israeli Dancing 7:00 pm

Sisterhood Book Club 10:00 am Israeli Dancing 7:30 pm Intermediate Hebrew 10:30 am EREV SUKKOT 6:00 pm Light Candles 5:57 pm SUKKOT – 1ST_DAY Services 9:30 am & 6:00 pm Light Candles 6:55 pm SUKKOT – 2ND_DAY Services 9:30 am & 6:00 pm Light Candles 5:54 pm CHOL HAMOED SUKKOT Morning Services 9:30 am Perachim Services 10:30 am Mincha/Maariv 6:00 pm

Bagels & A Bisl Torah

Thursdays at 8:00 am (after minyan) Join us on October 23 & 30 for a bite to eat and a little Torah study with Rabbi Navah Levine. Enjoy the warm companionship of Temple Emeth’s community of adult learners.

For the latest updates

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hanah Tovah!

Hope everyone had a great summer. The BH was busy this summer getting ready for the upcoming year! But before we get into the next year, lets recap some of the events from last year that you may have missed.

On June 10, the BH and Israel Bonds honored Herman Hamot. Surrounded by his son Seth and Seth’s wife, Benna, and their two children Gideon and Asa, Herman was honored with some brilliant music and tributary songs honoring and exclaiming his wonderful life. Mazel tov to Norma Levine for her brilliant musical

tribute, to Phil Platcow and everyone else who helped make this an awesome event! The Temple Emeth Brotherhood Softball team had a fabulous season! (See story below.) Mazel Tov to the whole team on a great season!

Save these dates:

Sunday September 14: Back to School/Temple Picnic, sponsored by the BHs of Emeth, Reyim and Congregation Mishkan Tefila. Join us at 12:00 noon (immediately following Ma’or classes) on the back lawn of the JCC in Newton.

Sunday, October 27: Keeper of the Flame event at Temple Ner Tamid in Peabody. Our honoree is Phillip Cohen, a long-time Temple Emeth member, Michael Clayton, Brotherhood President

Brotherhood Reports on Spring and Fall Events

a regular at minyan and around the temple. It will be a fabulous night and we look forward to celebrating with Phillip and his family. Please look for more information in the mail. March 2015: Shul Softball League Kickoff Breakfast.I know it’s a long way out, but Temple Emeth has been chosen to host this event, at which we will host players from 40 teams from around the greater Boston area that participate in the softball league.

I have been working with CMT and Reyim to combine more events and get some more programming in the works. Please stay tuned for more information on these events.

Happy and healthy New Year to all! Michael Rabb, TE Softball Team Captain

Softball Team’s Successful Season

T

he 2014 Men’s Shul Softball League season

was an unmitigated success for Temple Emeth. The TE team performed extremely well on the field, but more importantly the bonding and camaraderie among the players reached a new high. It’s a group of which the entire Temple Emeth community can be very proud.

Team members include Ken Zeitler and his son Steven, Jay Groob and his son Danny, Michael Rabb and his son Jordan, Mike Ginsberg, Rich Hodin, Rick Diamond, Bob Bossman and Phil Platcow. The roster is rounded out by half a dozen Jewish friends of the Temple.

The league is made up of forty-eight teams spread amongst three divisions based on merit. Emeth won the Division 2 championship in 2011 and in 2013 moved up to Division 1, the league’s most competitive division. There are 14 teams in Division 1. In 2013 we finished with a record of 4-5 and did not qualify for the playoffs, although we did get a taste of what it was like to play at the league’s highest level.

After opening the season this year with a one-run victory over last year’s league champion (Temple Beth Elohim of Wellesley) we knew we had a good team. We lost our second game by two runs, but that would be the last regular season we would lose. We won seven

in a row, finished with a record of 8-1 and were the first seed in a league of 48 teams. What an accomplishment! As with any team, some guys play more than others and some guys bat higher up in the order than other guys. Not once, did anyone ever complain about his place in the batting order or his playing time on the field. It was truly all for one and one for all, a supremely selfless group of individuals.

We won in both the first and second rounds of the playoffs and found ourselves in the championship game. Our opponent was Temple Beth Elohim of Wellesley (TBE), last year’s champion and champion in five of the eleven years the league has been in existence.

The championship game was well attended at our home field – Oak Hill Middle School in Newton. When we scored five runs in the bottom of the first inning to take a solid 5-2 lead we were feeling confident. TBE kept chipping away at the lead and eventually tied the game at five in the fourth inning. Emeth went up again 6-5 in the bottom of the fourth but TBE scored three runs in the fifth and that would be difference. TBE won the game and its sixth championship in twelve years with a score of 8-6. While no one is happy to lose, particularly in a championship game, your Temple Emeth softball team finished the 2014 season with its collective head held very high.

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Save the Date 9th_Annual

2014 Genesis Awards

Sunday, October 19, 3:00 PM Temple Emeth

194 Grove Street, Chestnut Hill, MA

2014 Genesis Award Recipient Pulitzer Prize Winner

Bret Stephens

foreign-affairs columnist for The Wall Street Journal

former editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post

Special Genesis Awards Guest, Yehuda Yaakov

Consul General of Israel to New England

VIP Luncheon Honoring Rev. Fumio and Elaine Taku

12:30 PM to 2:30 PM

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Sisterhood News

Sponsor Bimah Flowers

Beautify our Sanctuary for the holidays. Flowers are $190 per holiday/Shabbat. Pay online at www.templeemeth.org, or mail your check (payable to Temple Emeth Sisterhood) to:

Beverly Albert

Sisterhood Bimah Flower Chair 32 Wallis Road, Chestnut Hill 02467 Let her know for which holiday you want the flowers and how you would like your sponsorship to be announced.

Book Club

The book club will hold its first meeting of the 5775 year on Monday, October 6 at 10:00 am in the Rabbi’s Library. Ellie Smith will review Lovingkindness by Anne Roiphe. On November 3, Ellie will review Amok and Other Stories by Stefan Zweig. All are welcome.

Hold these Sisterhood Dates:

November 12

Sisters Sip & Shmooze 6-8 pm

with Sisterhoods of Congregation

Mishkan Tefila and Temple Reyim

December 5 & 7

Indoor Garage/Rummage Sale

id you know that many of the greatest horror movie directors and writers are Jewish? Perhaps our experience of being perceived as “other” and our rich lore regarding ghosts, demons and other supernatural entities has created such a talented cadre of directors and writers including Ira Levin, Paddy Chayefsky and Steven Spielberg.

Join Cantor Michael McCloskey on Thursday evening, October 30 for a triple-feature evening of friends and fright! Candy, popcorn, soda, and beer (for those of age) will be provided.

7:30 pm Ghostbusters, rated PG, directed by Ivan Reitman.

9:30 pm An American Werewolf in London, rated R, directed by John Landis. 11:30 pm The Shining, rated R, directed by Stanley Kubrick.

D

Celebrating the Darker Side of the Jewish Imagination

“Chorror” Film Festival on October 30

In Memoriam

We record with sorrow the passing of our esteemed members:

Arlene Davidson, beloved wife of Gerald

Jason Long, beloved husband of May

May the Almighty comfort their bereaved families.

Condolences

We extend deep-felt sympathy to: Howard Kahalas on the loss of his mother Penny Grossman on the loss of her step-mother Dr. Murray Mittleman on the loss of his father The family of Esther Van Dam

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Donations

General Fund Frank J. Blatt In appreciation of the morning minyan Gary Black In appreciation of Herman Hamot’s continued support of Israel and Jewish values and in appreciation of Mervin Gray’s lifetime devotion to Judaism and Jewish causes

Barsha & Jack Kantor

In honor of…

Elaine and Joel Levine’s birthdays

Sandra & Stanley Rosenbloom & Family

Mickey Beldon’s birthday

Laney & Ed Ellis

Josh Shapiro birthday

Elliott Linda

In memory of…

Saul Cutler, beloved husband of Anne Cutler

Suki & Jonathan Lapin

Joseph Hodin, beloved father of Dr. Richard Hodin

Michael Rabb

Frances Kahalas, beloved mother of Howard Kahalas

Arlene Goldstein

Arlene Davidson, beloved wife of Gerald Davidson

Ros & Alan Barron Fay & Lou Wilgoren Laney & Ed Ellis Lillian & Glenn Mamon Lucille & Dan Smolens Fran Schwartz

Roz & Ron Glickman & Family Carol Winer

Fruma Kaufman Bunny & Mel Pearlson Connie & Martin Rabinovitz Mimmy & Phil Cooper Anita Lichtblau Miriam Brandes Selma Mayer

Bunny & Ed Gerrig & Family Natalie & David Rose

The three precious Israeli teens, Eyal Yifrach, Gilad Shaar and Naftali Frenkel

Renee & Arnold Weinfield

Jay Long, beloved husband of May Long

Laney & Ed Ellis Lillian & Glenn Mamon Fay & Lou Wilgoren Marlene Clayton Arlene Goldstein Laura Rosenthal

The sister of Dvora Abrams

Fay & Lou Wilgoren

For the yahrzeit of… Ida Black Robert Black Bernard Jokel Betty Jokel Joseph Jokel Gary Black

Beloved father, Frederick Krupp

Edward Krupp

Bertha & Samuel Britt Scholarship Fund In memory of… Jason Long Nathan Slawsby

Myrna & Barry Bernard

Cantor’s Music Fund In honor of Leo Feller

Sheila Striar

In memory of…

Beloved wife, Judy Stolow

Arthur Stolow

Arlene Davidson

Karen & Lewis Edgers Barbara & Phil Poverman

Chesed Fund

In honor of Lexi Clayton’s Bat Mitzvah

Sheryl & Joe Schwartz + Family Millie Levitt

In memory of… Frances Kahalas

Barbara & Phil Poverman

Joseph Hodin

Sheryl & Joe Schwartz + Family Millie Levitt

Lilyan Wiener

Renee & Arnold Weinfield

Arlene Davidson

Rosalind Gray Harriet & Barry Park Jerry Charm

Rabbi Alan & Meryl Alpert Debbie Dworkin

Elaine Ross Arieh Catz

Jason Long, beloved husband of May Long

Harriet & Barry Park Rabbi Alan & Meryl Alpert Debbie Dworkin

Elaine Ross Arieh Catz

Doris Locke, beloved step- mother of Penny Grossman

Harriet & Barry Park Karen & Lew Edgers

Sidney Kriensky

Debbie Dworkin

For the yahrzeit of beloved sister-in-law, Anita Gray

Rosalind Gray

For Yizkor

Sheila Striar

Choir Fund

Wishes for good health to Carole Decter

Dr. Warren & Harriet Kantrowitz

Remembering Mervin Gray at Israel Bond tribute to Herman Hamot

Mazal tov to Herman Hamot 2014 Israel Bond Honoree In honor of the birth of Leonardo Penn McCloskey Feller, son of Cantor Michael and Ray

In memory of… Joseph Hodin

Philip Kurnos, beloved father of Ken Kurnos

Arlene Davidson

Laura Rosenthal

David Decter Social Action Fund With best wishes to …. Prof. Lewis Edgers upon his retirement

Lillian & Glenn Mamon on their new home

With gratitude to…

Harriet and Warren Kantrowitz for their minyan treat and much more Bill Bauman’s return to good health

Carole & David Decter

For the yahrzeit of beloved brother, Jack Zuckerberg

Lillian & Glenn Mamon

Louis S. Epstein Memorial Fund

In memory of Arlene Davidson

The Epstein Brothers

Edward Lander Memorial Fund

In memory of Dr. Barry Opatow For the yahrzeit of beloved mother-in-law and grandmother, Hilda Lander

Bobbi Lander + Family

Howard Lewenstein Scholarship Fund

For the yahrzeit of beloved father

Dr. Leonard Lewenstein

Rabbi Discretionary Fund In honor of…

The Bar Mitzvah of their grandson, Lance Tobasky

Barbara & Lou Tobasky

The naming of their

granddaughter, Natalie Maya Goldman,

daughter of Stephanie and Joshua Goldman

Donna & Richard Goldman

For the yahrzeit of beloved husband, F. Stanley Litchman

Florence Litchman

Rabbi Zev K. and Florence Nelson Religious School For the yahrzeit of ... Beloved mother, Gertrude Wall Beloved sister, Esther Kieval

Florence Gallop

Benjamin Sargon Memorial Fund For the yahrzeit of Benjamin Sargon

Miriam Sargon Rabbi Alan Alpert

Barry Sheinfeld Scholarship Fund In honor of….

Janet Ginns’ special birthday Mike Abromson’s special birthday In memory of Eileen Shapiro For the yahrzeit of…

Beloved sister, Rose Pernakoff Beloved brother, Michael Savitsky

Shirley Sheinfeld

Peter and Robert Siegel Scholarship Fund

Joel Siegel

In memory of Betty Greenzang

Rosalyn & Richard Siegel

Sisterhood Chair in Conservative Judaism Mazal tov to …

Mina & Harry Tillinger on the engagement of their

daughter and the birth of their granddaughter

Pat Freysinger, 2014 Woman of Distinction

In honor of…

Continued good health of Bill Bauman

Kindnesses extended by Sheila Striar

In memory of ... Arlene Davidson

Dr. Warren & Harriet Kantrowitz Temple Emeth Sisterhood

Doris Locke, beloved step- mother of Penny Grossman

Slabine Fellowship Fund In honor of Sylvia, Paul and Shelly Zieff

The Epstein Brothers

Sarlene and Isaiah Tarmy Scholarship Fund

In honor of the remarriage of Pam and Rob Wolf

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A New Cemetery for the

Boston Jewish Community

Or Emet Cemetery

Located at the Baker Street Jewish Cemeteries

776 Baker Street, West Roxbury

For information contact the Temple Emeth office: 617.469.9400

Yahrzeits

Week of September 6 Sylvia Deborah Aborn Leon Barbanel Rebecca Barth George Dollman Abraham Gray Wolf Kaplansky Harry Koplan Benjamin Luftman George Luftman Morris Port Sarah Raine Joseph Schultz Samuel Talmanson Week of September 13 Bernard Albert Joseph Brody Anna Cutler Abraham Epstein Anna Goldstein Bertha Kastel Evelyn Kemler Solomon Klein Julia Koplan Stuart Meltzer Tony Nathan Seibel Ida Striar Hyman Zilen Week of September 20 Martin Bernard Goldie Berman Milton Glanz Rose Kastel Anna Kerstein Salla Kirschberg Dov Kreisler Theodore Lefkowith Estelle Leibowitz Risa Singer Rosengard Edward Swartz Mae Tollins Reuben Zilen Week of September 27 Frederick Abbott Mollie Berenson Lillian Blinder Alan Bressler Max Greenstein Ruth Grossman Philip Hootstein Gussie Krupp Rose Shinsky Levine Louis Long Louis Meltzer Mollie Park Israel Ratner Dora Reef Herbert Schlesinger Rose Schneiderman Sara Dorothy Schultz Kate Zieff Week of October 4 Rose Bauman Stephen S. Berman Myra Cohen Philip Fein George Goulston Mollie Helman Nina Joseph Vera Kessel

Judge Nyman H. Kolodny Mildred Lerner

Albert Levitt Rebecca Levitt Ina Martel Gertrude Miller Rabbi Zev K. Nelson Peter Saalman Theodore Shaps

Week of October 11 Jacob Barron

Abraham Jack Bauman Nathan Bernthal Benjamin Bornstein Anna Brody Nathan Fein Dora Fine Harvey Gelfand Perry Hart David Kahn Bessie Lefkowith Alma Miller Dora Ratner Erna Rubinstein Robert Ross Eugenio Schwimmer Etta Shufro Fay Silverstone David Vigor William Weisman Celia Yaffe Jennie Zimon Week of October 18 Arthur Allured Harry Dogem Martin R. Eskin Martin Faigel Sidney Ginsburg Charles H. Gould Marilyn Green Harold Harnch John Josefo Selma Koplan Ethel Rabinovitz Howard Saalman Nathan Selbst Alezah Weinberg Week of October 25 Celia Abbott Harry Bauman Marcela Brody Charles Diamond Fay Gallop Julius Garber Anna Kaplan Myra Simon Philip Lily Shtifter

Dorothy Inis Taymore Philip Tritz

Louis Weisman Anna Zuckerberg

Dr. William Weisman Summer Camp Fund In memory of Arlene Davidson

Debbie & Peter Seresky

Debra Sue Zeidman Scholarship Fund

In memory of Arlene Davidson

Barbara & Lou Tobasky

For the yahrzeit of Fannie Zeidman

The Zeidman Family

Yahrzeit Fund

Dr. S. J. Alter

Dr. & Mrs. Henry Banks William Bauman

Jane & Jerry Berman Gabriel Bitran Lorraine Bressler The Brine Family Leslie Klein Bruder Sally Carver Harold Ceder Michael Ceder Neil Chayet Andrea Cohen Anna & Phillip Cohen Murray Cohen Nina & Raphael Cohen Gerald Davidson David Decter Saul Dell

Edith & James Diamond & Family Debbie Dworkin Harris C. Faigel Diane Feinstein Rita Gann Carol Ghatan Gerald Ginsberg

Roz & Ron Glickman & Family Nina Green + Family

Jori Ceder Grossack & Family Amy & Stanley Goldberg Daniel Greenblatt Jerome Hart

Deborah Datz Hirschler Robert Hite

Eleanor Jacobson Carolyn & John Kalish Phyllis Kaplan & Family Klara Katselnik Louis Katz Susan Keithe Brenda Kessel Shirley Kessel Mona Kerstein Dr. Robert Kerstein

Edward Koplow & James Koplow Herbert Lemelman

Bette Levine Norma Levine

Vivian and Milton Lipson Mildred Levitt

Norma Lilly

Marilyn Loitherstein + Family Lillian Mamon

Fran Miller

Caryn Mofenson Norma Lilly Harriet & Barry Park Beverly & James Philip Barbara & Phil Poverman Diana Prince

Marcia Stahl Ratner Merle Ratner Janet P. Rome Laura Rosenthal Gloria & Sumner Rosoff Dr. Calvin Ross Mitchell Rubenstein Joseph Sands Karl Schlesinger Sandra L. Serkess Louise Shivek Roz & Richard Siegel Harriet K. Silver Arnold Soloway Joanne & Myron Spector Lawrence Steiman Steven Stogel

Marsha & Neil Sugarman Cindy & Jonathan Tamkin Mina & Harry Tillinger Beverly Titunik Bertha Trehub Barrett S. Wayne Harriet Weinfield

Renee & Arnold Weinfield Leah Roseman Weiss Fay & Louis Wilgoren Ruth Winer

Justin L. Wyner Esther & Bert Wynn

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Mark Your Calendar

November 1

Concert to mark the start

of Temple Emeth’s

75

th

_{Anniversary year}

VOICE OF TEMPLE EMETH

Printed on recycled paper using 50% post-consumer waste

SELICHOT

Saturday, September 20

8:15 pm Special program with film 10:30 pm Service

EREV ROSH HASHANAH

Wednesday, September 24 6:30 pm Services

ROSH HASHANAH, Day 1

Thursday, September 25

8:00 am Early service in Sanctuary 9:00 am Traditional Alternative service

in K-H Auditorium

9:00 am Youth service for ages 7-12 10:00 am Family service for parents

and children ages 3-6 11:45 am Late service in Sanctuary

ROSH HASHANAH, Day 2

Friday, September 26

9:00 am Traditional Alternative service in K-H Auditorium

9:30 am One service in Sanctuary with open seating

KOL NIDRE Friday, October 3 6:00 pm Early service 8:30 pm Late service YOM KIPPUR Saturday, October 4 8:00 am Early service in Sanctuary 9:00 am Youth service for

ages 7-12

9:30 am Traditional Alternative service in K-H Auditorium 10:00 am Family service for

parents and children ages 3-6

12:00 Noon Late service in Sanctuary

3:15 pm Yom Kippur Forum, followed by Mincha, Neilah and Maariv