Highlights in October
October 6th Congregational Meeting
Exclusively on Zoom -See page 11
Sisterhood Soup, Sweets, & Bread Sale -See page 7
Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Winnig
-See page 12
Adult Education Class -See page 12
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October 2021|Vol 86 No. 2 | Tishrei—Chesvan 5782
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CONGREGATION RODEF SHOLOM
1119 ELM STREET YOUNSTOWN, OH
PHONE: 330.744.5001
WWW.CONGREGATIONRODEFSHOLOM.ORG
RABBI PAULA WINNIG
INTERIM RABBI
SARAH WILSCHEK
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
BOARD OF TRUSTEES NANCY BURNETT
PRESIDENT
JASON BOSTOCKY
VICE PRESIDENT
ROBERT RAWL
TREASURER
DOUG ABBATIELLO
SECRETARY
AARON HIVELY
PAST-PRESIDENT
NEIL ALTMAN BRIGITT BERK
SALLY BLAU
CO-PRESIDENT OF SISTERHOOD
MILANA DIMENSTEIN PHYLLIS FREEDMAN BETHANY GOLDBERG
RON HEIMAN TEDD KUNKEL
JESSICA LEV ALAN NATHAN
TOD NEWMAN
PRESIDENT OF BROTHERHOOD JANE POLLACK
KANDY RAWL
CO-PRESIDENT OF SISTERHOOD
ALAN SAMUELS HUNTER THOMAS WILLIAM TRACHTMAN
SAMIE WINICK
RABBI FRANK MULLER, D.D.
RABBI EMERITUS
A Message from Our Interim Rabbi
Dear Friends:
Beginning on the evening of October 5, 2021, we will
celebrate Rosh Hodesh, the first day, of the Hebrew month of Cheshvan.
Cheshvan is the only month of all the month of the Jewish calendar in which there are absolutely no holiday celebrations. We of course have regular Shabbat celebrations, but no additional holidays. After all the celebrations in the
preceding month of Tishri, the Cheshvan lull is welcome. It gives us a chance to reflect on the messages and demands made on us throughout our Days of Awe and our Sukkot and Simchat Torah celebrations. Cheshvan also gives us the time to perhaps put into action some of the changes we promised to make during our reflective High Holyday experience. But Cheshvan also gives us the chance to move forward, to try something new, to expand our views a bit about we can accomplish when we have some unimpeded time.
In the Midwest, this is a time to take walks outside to see the beautiful autumnal colors. We watch the birds begin to move to their winter homes, or to prepare their nests for winter. The squirrels are busy scavenging all the nuts fallings from trees. And we know as the days shorten and the weather cools, that another winter looms ahead. Some years these changes are very gradual, and some years, they seem so abrupt. This is so like our lives. Some years seem to pass quickly, others seem to drag on endlessly. Some people are good and welcome the new possibilities that changing the status quo bring. Some people always yearn for the “good ol’ days” when they thought everything was just perfect. Most people fall somewhere in between these attitudes, needing time to adjust to changes around them.
In a commentary on Yom Kippur Rabbi Yitzchak Hutner, a Rabbi in Poland and the United States wrote: The truth of the matter is that the power of change is the greatest innovation, after the wonder of the creation of Heaven and
Earth,” (Pachad Yitzchak, Yom Kippur 1:8). The power to change is what makes the work we did during Tishri possible. The High Holyday prayer “U’netaneh Tokef” emphasizes the power of change. The prayer says: if we do these three right things, Repentance, Prayer and Righteous Deeds, we can change even the most severe decree against us.
Cheshvan is the time to reflect and to move forward. To accept the changes in the natural world, and to make changes in our own lives. We can choose to follow the pattern of the weather, making some gradual changes, or we can make decisive immediate change. But no matter which style suits us better, change is coming in nature and for all of us.
We hope and pray that most of the things that will alter our lives will be positive, healthy, and happy. We pray for the strength to overcome the difficult times surrounded by loving family, community, and friends.
May all of us embrace the power of innovation and change to help us continue to enjoy the wonders of our world, our life and our community.
Wishing you all a beautiful month of Cheshvan.
Sincerely,
Rabbi Paula Jayne Winnig | Interim Rabbi, Congregation Rodef Sholom
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A Message from Our Interim President
Dear Congregants,
It’s a new year- a new beginning- 5782. As we emerge from a time of deep introspection and repentance, we enter a time when we put into action all the vows we have made. The days grow short, but our ability to spread light in the world lengthens.
Opportunities to spread that light abound. Each moment of each day provides us with opportunities to seek joy- joy in volunteering, joy in reaching out to others, or in simply saying thank you.
There are 15 Hebrew words for joy, and the word joy is found 100 times in the Torah, but what is joy? My favorite definition defines joy as “a conscious commitment to have a sense of gratitude and contentment regardless of life’s challenges.” Joy comes from within; it is something to be shared with others.
As we look around us, we can see many things that are positive in our lives. Our congregation’s home is a beautiful and historic synagogue, but it is those who enter its portals who provide a spiritual connection. It serves as an anchor in the community and the spiritual resting place for Shabbat services and life-cycle events.
As a congregation, we breathe life into a building. Our prayers rise up in unison and are joined by the prayers of Jews around the world. We are a small congregation in a small community, but a part of a bonded family committed to making the world a better place for generations to come. As we light our sabbath candles, we both remember and observe- our history, our tradition, our covenantal promises.
As we go out into this cool, crisp air of October, let us find reasons for joy in our daily lives, and let us find ways to make a difference in the lives of others.
Wishing you peace, health, and joy in this new year.
Nancy Burnett
President, Congregation Rodef Sholom
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Sisterhood Soup Sale 11am-1pm Pick up @ Rodef
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October 2021
**All programming will be virtual unless otherwise noted.**
Prayer - Study– Network– Get Connected! The future is ours to create!
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Yahrzeits
October 1, 2021
October 8, 2021
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*Miriam Linnah Bard Martin Finegold Lillian Meislik *Yetta Mirsky Saltzman
*Eddie Bostocky *Rebecca Magid Fried *Miriam Merecki *Edward Schlosberg
*Emanuel Brunswick *Ruth Friedlob Daniel Mirkin *Irene Ehrlich Shapiro
*Irving Burger *Imre Grossberg *Nate Hartzell Moyer Elizabeth Silverman Lena Cohen *Lillie Guggenheim *David Oyer *S. Paul Solyn
*Jennette Crow *Blanche Hartzell *Dan Robins *Rose Gerber Werner
*Dr. Samuel Davidow *Elayne Kurjan *Marion B. Roth *James K. Williams Meyer Finegold *Dr. Louis Lyman Dr. Samuel Safier Max Zlotnick
* Denotes permanent memorial plaque
In the rising of the sun and in its going down, We remember them
At the blueness of the skies and in the warmth of summer, We remember them
Lillian Beck *Marcia Malkin Hoffman Janice Perelman *Ida Silvers
*Sara Fibus Beizer Harry Jubelirer *Joann Saltzman Richstone *Mamie Smith
Cliff Booker *Stuart Jack Kann *Dr. Ernst Rose Estelle Honey Sokolov Dora Frank *Charles Kaufman Harriett Lobl Rosenberg *Rose Stahl
*Lily Liebman Gancfried *Cecile Kobacker Milton Rudick *Louis A. Stein
*Benjamin Giber *Lt. Morton Levy *David Sacherman *Vivian Stoler
*Edward Goldstein *Sara Lippman Harold Sage Lawrence Trachtman Betty Goldstone *Morris Lockshin *Helen Sedwitz *Philip Weiner
*Mae Mendelson Gross Bernice F. Louis *Helen Shapiro *Eugene Weiss
*Ernestine Harr *Dr. Chester Lowendorf Ida Ress Shapiro *Ralph Wilkoff
*Helen Hartstein *Atty. Albert Marowitz *Dr. Stanley Shensa Phyllis Hartstein *Freda Messing *Harold Shine Lillian Haughton Pauline Nelson Sam Sigler
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YAHRZEITS CONT.
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October 15, 2021
Jacqueline Abrams Dena Fine Herman Klein *David Rosenblum
*Alice Alexander *Sadie Silverman Florman *Henrietta Klein *Nathan Roth Leonard Baroff *Samuel Goldberg, M.D. *Joseph Lefkort *Goldie Rudolph
*Ruth Barr *Edward Goldstein *Donald Levinson *Lillian Schmidt
*Rosa Berkowitz *Alma Goodman *Dr. Jack Malkoff *Helen Schweiger
*Isador Bernstein Cecelia Handler *Fanny Myrand Gilbert Shepse
*Dorothy Bruswick *Fanny Myers Hartzell Ben Nudel *Solomon Sherman Louis B. Cohen *Angelica Himelreich John Perelman *Rose Simon
Rebecca Dimenshteyn *Betty Light Katz Gustav Polk Sophie Spector
*Frank Ephraim *Rose Kaufmann Simon Poze *Allen Wilkoff
*Selma Feldman *Allen Keller *Jack Robins
Bella Applebaum Rose Goldstone *Frank Pearlman Harriet Ruth Schwebel
*Hattie Ashkenas *Frances Freda Harmon *Saul Rose *Louis J. Shulman
*Clara Badner *Philip Hodes *William Rose *Howard Solomon
*Shirley Barr *David Kirkorsky *Ada Rosenbaum *Helen Sperber
*Hilbert Beloff *Anna C.M. Kobacker Mildred Rosenberg Jean Spikell
*Ruth Stolmack Camens *Helen Levine Myrna Rosenberg Esther Stein
*Isaac Friedman *Lester Livingston *Louis H. Rothman Joy White Drew Gelbaum Elmer Malone *Hannah Sauer *Bertha Weisner Philip Gelfand *Donna Manevich *Sam Scher *Anne L. Zoss
*Bess Sisman Giber *Jacob Newman *Dr. Sam Schwebel
October 22, 2021
October 29, 2021
Anderson Bard *Rose Friedlob Jean Miller *Jack Steinberg
*Eleanor Bernstein *Samuel Goldstein *David Moskovitz Harriet Steiner Harry Bleier *Isaachar Goldston Rosemary Mundell *Dr. Lyon Strean Angela DeAngelo Philip Heal *Helen Pearlstein *Ben Tamarkin Boris Dimenshteyn *Albert Hodes *Harry S. Post *David Traxler
*Martin Dittman *Helen Hume Myrtle Rosenblum Martin Waldman
*Jerome Engel Natalie Jubelirer *Robert A. Roth *Dr. Herman Zeve
*Jean L. Eppstein *Julia Lefkort Lillian Roth
*Selma Fibus *Florence Lipscher *Minnie Schlesinger
*Maurie Rose Fried *Jere Lustig *Anna Shulman Somatt
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October 1st: Ashley & Adam Sperling (27 yrs) October 11th: Stella & Walter Spikell (41 yrs)
October 2nd: Kim & Mark Buckley (39 yrs) Octrober 13th: Sherry & George McKelvey (48 yrs)
October 5th: Andi & Steve Baroff (36 yrs) Darlene & Rabbi Frank Muller
(19 yrs)
October 7th: Bethany & Randy Goldberg
(14 yrs) October 19th: Jenn & Brad Simon (25 yrs)
October 9th: Katherine & Alden Chevlen
(16 yrs) Renee & Randy Silverman (25 yrs)
Addie & Mike Rawl (16 yrs) October 24th: Kim & Jeff Simon (23 yrs)
October 11th: Lynn & Pete Mendelson (52 yrs) October 26th: Renae & Steven Scharf (25 yrs)
MAZEL TOV TO THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS ON THEIR
OCTOBER ANNIVERSARIES:
Mazel Tov to the following members for a special birthday in October:
October 1st: Andi Baroff October 16th: Jan Berkowitz David Heilman October 19th: Daniel Gear
October 2nd: Dick Goodman October 25th: Allan Sharapan
October 11th: Neil Altman October 26: Toni Greenbaum
October 12th: Irv Lev
Todah Rabbah!
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Todah Rabbah to Linda & Fred Knox for sponsoring the beautiful Rosh Hashanah Pulpit Flowers in loving memory of parents,
Dorothy & Bernard Pomper and Miriam & Abe Knofsky.
Todah Rabbah to our Yom Kippur Pulpit Flower sponsors:
• Jeanne & Ken Fibus in loving memory of
Selma & M. Murray Fibus and Shirley & Roy Strasberg
• Sue Weiss & Family in loving memory of Bernard Weiss
• Adele Bark & Family in loving memory of Imre Grossberg
• Rabbi Paula Winnig in loving memory of Marion & Sidney Winnig, Gwen Winnig Rivkin, and Cantor Renee Coleson
TZEDAKAH CIRCLE
Endowment Fund
In loving memory of:
Janice & John Perelman By Michele & Dale Perelman In loving memory of:
Leonard Baroff By Andi & Steve Baroff In loving memory of:
Martin Waldman
By Judy & David Waldman In loving memory of:
Henry Ekker By The Ekker Family In loving memory of:
Frances Schwebel Solomon By Nina & Barry Solomon In loving memory of:
Sallye Cohen Frohman By Anita & Dick Shapiro By Louise & Fred Kannensohn By Sarah & David Wilschek By Martha & Jon Siegel In loving memory of:
Jocelyn Spiegel By Jonathan Spiegel
By Rebecca & David Grossman By Mira & Rob Spiegel
In loving memory of:
Helen Levine
By Linda & David Levine In loving memory of:
Rabbi Berkowitz
By Barbara & Lee Feldman
Marilyn’s Mitzvah Meal Fund
In loving memory of:
Philip A. Heal By Inez Heal
In loving memory of:
Irving Burger By Debra Burger In loving memory of:
Jacqueline Abrams By Karen & Richard Abrams In loving memory of:
Dr. Samuel Safier By Carole & Bill Weimer In celebration of:
Sarah Wilschek’s 12 Under 36 Award
By Beverly & Alan Nathan In loving memory of:
Sallye Cohen Frohman By Linda & Fred Knox
Music Fund
In loving memory of:
Emeterio Escandon Zalmon Zoss
By Dr. Kathy Zoss
Oneg Fund
In loving memory of:
Elmer Malone Lawrence Rawl
By Kandy & Bob Rawl and Family
Cemetery Fund
In loving memory of:
Eddie Bostocky
By Susan & Jerry Bostocky In loving memory of:
Atty. & Mrs. Stanley M.
Eppstein
By Steven Eppstein In loving memory of:
The Whitman/ Knofsky Families
By Neil Weinberger
In loving memory of:
Eugene Lauger
Jeannette Freedman Lauger Fannie & David Freedman Pearl Freedman
By Brahna Lauger Wilczynski In loving memory of:
Doris Gordon By Michael D. Gordon
Social Action Fund
In celebration of:
Nancy Burnett’s Abe Harshman Award
By Beverly & Alan Nathan By Yetta & Paul Gluck In celebration of:
Sarah Wilschek’s 12 Under 36 Award
By Yetta & Paul Gluck The speedy recovery of:
Lisa Long
By Yetta & Paul Gluck In loving memory of:
Sallye Cohen Frohman By Minna Brown
Rabbi Discretionary Fund
In loving memory of:
Natalie & Harry Jubelirer By Alice & Steve Julbelirer In loving memory of:
Shirley Barr
By Nancy & Michael Barr By Alyse Barr
In appreciation of:
Rabbi Winnig
By Cyndi & Nick Katz and Family
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In loving memory of:
Jacob & Arnold Malkin By Dr. Walter Malkin In loving memory of:
Morris Simon By Michael Simon
Building Fund
In loving memory of:
Estelle Honey Sokolov By The Sokolov/ Miller Families
Religious School Fund
In loving memory of:
George Rubin Harold Berk
By Brigitt & Rob Berk and Family
Atty. Benjamin Roth & Marion Roth Fund
In loving memory of:
Sallye Cohen Frohman Marsh Burdman
Josh Mitnick
By JoAnn & Daniel Roth
Tamarkin Chapel Fund
In loving memory of:
Sallye Cohen Frohman By Doris Tamarkin
In loving memory of:
Buddy Tamarkin By Linda & Fred Knox
Morris & Esther Simon Fund
In loving memory of:
Pauline Lily Nelson Morris Simon
By Jenn, Brad, Neela, Maren, Jayde, & Brooky Simon
Pulpit Flower Fund
In loving memory of:
Dorothy & Bernard Pomper Miriam & Abe Knofsky By Linda & Fred Knox In loving memory of:
Sallye Cohen Frohman By Rachel Prince
TZEDAKAH CIRCLE CONT.
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