June 2009 Sinai News

SINAI NEWS June 2009 • Sivan/Tamuz 5769 Fifth Annual 6th Grade Bake Sale On Sunday April 26, 2009 the 6th grade class new building, which up until November 2008 was subsidid a fabulous job of baking dized by the Union for Reform and selling their goods to Judaism. Any additional raise over $160.00 to benefit funds we can provide for proB’nei Mitzvah education for gramming is essential to our sister congregation, Emet them. Through the sale of v’Shalom in Nahariya, Israel. holiday roses, the 2008 dues Many thanks to room check off and the bake sale, parents Judy Flegel and Dan we have raised over $1100 Elias, and to Jennifer Mofor them. This year we also glowsky for volunteering for raised $250 to benefit the this event, and to the Brotherchildren in S’derot who have hood for donating bagels and been subjected to 8 years of cream cheese. rocket attacks from the Gaza This year fundraising Strip. for Emet v’Shalom has been Thanks to all who Justin Weil, Jake Lappin Back: Alex Elias, Madrichim especially important Much of Front: have supported our endeavand Hebrew teachers Aviva Glassman and Ariele Glasstheir revenue is now allo- man, teacher Jill Weinshel, Jack Rhead, Joey Flegel-Mishlove, ors! cated to cover rent for their Naomi Arenzon, Becca Klippel, Kayla Kogod.

Shabbat Schedule Shabbat Nasso - Numbers 4:21-7:89 June 5 Minyan Katan 5:30 pm Congregational Dinner 6 pm Family Shabbat Service 7 pm June 6 Torah Study 8 am Morning Minyan 9:30 am

Shabbat Sh’lach - Numbers 13:1-15:41 June 19 Shabbat Service 6:15 pm

Rabbi’s Corner

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Cantor’s Notes, Reflections

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June 20 Torah Study 8 am Morning Minyan 9:30 am

Lifelong Jewish Learning

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June Calendar

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Shabbat Korach - Numbers 16:1-18:32 June 26 Outdoor Shabbat Service 6 pm Shabbat Beha’alotcha - Numbers 8:1-12:16 June 27 Torah Study 8 am June 12 Shabbat Service 6:15 pm Morning Minyan 9:30 am Zach Stroli Bar Mitzvah 10 am June 13 Torah Study 8 am Morning Minyan 9:30 am David Wolfe Bar Mitzvah 10 am

In this issue

Sinai News Update, Personals 6 Social Action Planting Day

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B’nei Mitzvah, What’s Greening at Sinai

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Rummage Sale

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Donations

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June Yahrzeits

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Rabbi David B. Cohen • Cantor Rebecca Robins • Rabbi Emeritus Jay R. Brickman Interim Executive Director Stacy Schwab • Director of Lifelong Jewish Learning Sherry H. Blumberg, Ph.D., R.J.E. Sinai News - Nicole Sether Congregation Sinai • 8223 N. Port Washington Road• Fox Point, WI 53217 414.352.2970• 414.352.0944 (fax)• www.congregationsinai.org

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June 2009

Rabbi’s Corner All a Twitter? Not So Fast. When it comes to computers, the “new thing” is, by definition, smaller, faster, and cheaper. “Moore’s Law” defines how much so: the power of microprocessor technology doubles and the costs of production fall in half every 18 months. Hence, a powerful computer that once filled ten thousand square feet of office space, can now comfortably reside in your wristwatch. Plus, now you can afford it! The economies provided by “Moore’s Law” also changed the world of communication, as slow, inefficient modalities like written correspondence have given way to cheap and fast email, texting, and FaceBook entries. Yet, faster and cheaper doesn’t always yield “better.” Once upon a time, taking pen to paper, presumed sufficient inspiration to engage in the relatively inefficient act of correspondence. Today, it’s infinitely easier to connect; but do we really have that much more to say? Enter the latest conveyor of atomized information: Twitter. Twitter is a way to stay in touch with all of your “peeps” (people, in the current lingo) through the timely uploading of messages called “tweets” of up to 140 characters. The necessity for such brevity, coupled with the human desire to be “in touch” leads to some amusing examples from the Twitter world. “Back from Belgium,” Representative Darrell Issa of California tweeted last month. “They make quite a waffle.” Claire McCaskill, the junior senator from Missouri, tweeting non-stop since the inauguration, wrote: “I get an old style crunchy taco, and a chicken burrito supreme & Diet Coke at Taco Bell.. Miss those tostados.” Then: “Ok, ok, brain freeze. I know you can only get Diet Pepsi at Taco Bell.” (from the New York Times, April 19, 2009). To be fair, McCaskill and other politicians do use Twitter for more conventional political purposes, say, like sharing their views on upcoming legislation. Yet, much of what passes for conversation on Twitter is banal, pseudointimate details of someone’s life. A year ago, this was new and fun. Today, the “ambient awareness”, as Virginia Hef-

fernan coins it, promoted by Twitter, has transformed into something darker, perhaps because the world is a darker place given the economic downturn. She writes: “Where once it was “hypnotic” and “mesmerizing” to read about a friend’s fever or a cousin’s job complaints, today the same kind of posts, and from broader and broader audiences, seem . . . threatening. Encroaching. Suffocating.” While Twitter is an uber-efficient way to share and amplify the national zeitgeist, it now appears that technology can enslave, not just liberate. As writer Bruce Sterling put it when speaking recently at the tech conference “South by Southwest”, the clearest symbol of poverty is dependence on “connections” like the Internet, Skype and texting. “Poor folk love their cell phones!” he said. He didn’t intend to insult the poor; he meant that the clearest sign of wealth and prosperity is the desire and capability to “turn off” those devices (and their ringers!) and instead to enjoy some peace and quiet alone or with friends, or with a book or a walk in the woods, things you can put in your hand and which can’t be digitized and transmitted instantaneously across the world. Rather than feeling more “connected”, we end up craving the quiet and privacy we thought we were trying to escape. Only the most affluent can afford to abandon the technological umbilicus and hire personal assistants to continue to compose the stream of “tweets” emanating into the ether. The rest of us are looking for ways to escape the ever-beeping Twitter. As one of the more underprivileged “Twitterati” recently wrote: “I wish I didn’t feel the need to write pointless things here.” And interestingly, “I wish I was rich and had personal assistants.” What for? To sit and post “tweets” on his behalf so he could be rid of them. Ironic? Indeed. I am off to go buy a new book. Rabbi David B. Cohen

The Social Action Donation for June is…

Backpacks & Back to School Supplies Please drop off donations in the collection bin in Sinai’s foyer. Items will be donated to the SDC Family Shelter

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Cantor’s Notes

Reflections

Praising God with Our Instruments

The Transcendent

The book of Psalms, or T’hillim, is a source to consider turning to when reflecting on life’s joys and challenges; times of sorrow and times of celebration, and even each day of the week – simply for study and meditation. They also hold tremendous potential to inspire us. Through the text, we can be inspired both in our everyday happenings, and in our quest to know and understand God. The final psalm, Psalm 150, has always been a psalm that not only inspires me, but fills me with joy and excitement. Though the text is short, it has the potential to arouse something that exists in many of us – the opportunity to praise God with musical instruments, dance, and all that is inside of us:

Halleluyah. Praise God in the God’s sanctuary; praise God in the sky, God’s stronghold. Praise God for mighty acts; praise God for God’s exceeding greatness. Praise God with blasts of the horn; praise God with harp and lyre. Praise God with timbrel and dance; praise God with lute and pipe. Praise God with resounding cymbals; praise God with loud-clashing cymbals. Let all that breathes praise God. Halleluyah. Translation from JPS Tanakh, 1999

Are you a musician who has experienced the thrill of praising God through your instrument? Are you a musician who wants this experience? We’d love to know who you are! Our community is blessed with a number of talented musicians like Karen Horwitz, our accompanist, Bill Rickards, who accompanies our Shabbat worship on mandolin, and Rabbi Cohen, who brings his love of music and his outstanding musicianship into our prayer, our learning, and our fun. Perhaps you’ve wondered if you can lend your musical talents to our community? You can! If you love to sing or play a musical instrument, I hope you’ll be in touch soon. Not only would we love knowing all the different musical talents that exist in our Sinai family, but we cannot wait to share them with one another, and have a chance to praise God together with playing, singing, and dancing. I look forward to hearing from you soon. B’shirah (In song), Cantor Rebecca Robins

A phenomenon, new to western society, is a search for transcendent experience via mystical readings and/or meditative practices. A relationship with the transcendent is of course essential to religion. But I have attained to this state, since earliest childhood, by reading the Bible. I believed, and continue to believe, in the authenticity of the encounter with God of Abraham, Moses and the prophets. As we are to feel that it is we who went forth from Egypt in the Seder experience, we can attain to transcendence by believing in forbears who had the direct experience of communicating with the Almighty. Early Reformers made a sharp contrast between the Bible, which they considered divine, and Talmudic discourse, a collection of opinions, most of which they did not accept. I was entranced with the Biblical stories when I attended Sunday School. We finished the story of Daniel in the third grade (My teacher was a Mrs. Kaufman). The fourth grade began with a new teacher and “Stories from the Rabbis”. I felt so let down by the contrast that I dropped out of Sunday School. I have since come to appreciate much of rabbinic teaching, but I recognize this as the discourse of learned scholars. In reading the Bible, I sense myself in contact with the Living God. Rabbi Jay Brickman

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June 2009

Lifelong Jewish Learning Pre-school—2nd Grade

3rd—6th Grades

Learn some of the values words in Hebrew as well as For younger children this summer try to play games that would stress working together. If the child is enrolled in English, and play a game where the child gets points for using a sports activity, remind them that sportsmanship is a very the Hebrew. important Jewish value, Jews cared about community. We Words such as: Tzedek….Justice say “All Israel is Responsible, Ahavah….Love From Dr. Sherry Blumberg… one for the other”. This is like a team sport. The Jewish learning in Summer is “Caught” not “Taught” Hesed….Kindness Rachameem…Compassion In addition, you could Now that June is here and our formal religious and Shalom….Peace go to the library and hunt for books about Jewish values. adult classes are on “vacation”, I wanted to take this opportu- Re’oot….Friendship Does your child love animals? nity to suggest one of my favorite ways of Jewish learning. It is Emunah…Faithfulness the kind of unbounded learning that asks us to look at the Savlanut…Patience Then talk about how we have world and our experiences in the world ‘through Jewish eyes’. Sovlanut…Tolerance to care for the animals, and That is not to say that everything we do is going to be a Jewish G’vurot….Strength read them a story. A wonderthing, but rather that we continue to explore, through our daily Hochmah…Wisdom ful newer book is called “The living experiences issues and values such as: what is Holy, Binah, Da’at…Knowledge Kissing Hand” by Audrey what is Just, how are my actions and words leading to Peace Penn. It is not Jewish, but in the world, or contributing to Kindness and Compassion. This has a raccoon learn to under- kind of learning is more often “caught” rather than directly They can point out these words when they see them in stand that his mother’s love “taught!” action, in a movie, at camp, goes with him wherever he Thus, I would suggest that during this summer, each etc. One hundred points goes. Is God’s love like that of us picks something we would like to learn or to teach. It earns a prize! for us? could be something like being a friend or loving your neighbor. You can go online and find Jewish sources to study, or ask Teens Rabbi Cohen or Cantor Robins or me to help you find the Adults Challenging teens to sources – it might be a line from Pirke Avot or a story from the For adults, I would think Jewishly is best done if Midrash. suggest that you ask yourself, they think that they decided We can then look for that value and theme in each of “what kind of role model it by themselves. I like to the summer movies we see or books that we read or hear. We would I like to be this sumuse the statement from can try to find these ideas (or notice the lack of them) in our mer?” I know that I have Pirke Avot 1:6 : “to live a daily news. learned the most from my good life, you need to do We could even plan a vacation, visit family and friends, etc. role models, people who inthree things, find a teacher, during which we could explore these ideas. For example, a trip spire me, not necessarily make a friend, and give eve- to the beach can allow for people watching, in addition to get- from large actions, but often ryone else the benefit of the ting sun tan. How many people are kind, helpful, and how by their daily living. Seeing many don’t seem to care? doubt.” And, in Pirke d’ people who greet people with Whatever you do this summer, we can find Jewish Rabbi Natan it suggests that values in our actions. We can remember to ask questions kindness and friendliness, ‘A friend is someone you eat about Love, Tolerance, Wisdom, Strength, and Patience. We finding people who extend a and drink with…Friends can look for ways to make our world a better place because hand, even if it is only to shake another’s hand, these teach each other secrets, we acted Jewishly within it. are the kind of things that the secrets of Torah and the can make a great difference secrets of the Real World.’ Have a wonderful summer, in a person’s day. We beAsk teens who they believe Dr. Sherry Blumberg come role models by living their friends are? How do our lives with good intenthey know? What makes the tions, and with good actions. friend different from the other acquaintances? Then tell Sometimes we model best when we tell stories of our life, and them the statements from Jewish tradition. of the lessons we learned. Stories lead to others sharing their Also, get them involved in helping others this summer. It is stories and each addition can help to model patterns, selfa great time for those who are more fortunate to help oth- awareness, humor and a “path” for others. Storytelling is a ers who are not…Ma’asim Tovim (deeds of loving kind- wonderful way of modeling and letting the learning be ness). “caught.”

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Aleph Bet Yoga 8:45 am Brotherhood Softball 6 pm

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Aleph Bet Yoga 8:45 am Seniors Havurah 1 pm Brotherhood Softball 6 pm

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Aleph Bet Yoga 8:45 am Brotherhood Softball 6 pm

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Social Action Day at SDC 10 am

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Bible Study 9:30 am Mah Jong 7 pm

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Bible Study 9:30 am Northshore Library Book Club w/ Dr. Blumberg 6:30 pm

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Weight Watchers Meeting 5 pm Advanced Hebrew 7:15 pm

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Men’s Spirituality Group 7:45 am Weight Watchers Meeting 5 pm Board Meeting 7 pm Advanced Hebrew 7:15 pm

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Finance Committee Meeting 7:30 am Weight Watchers Meeting 5 pm Advanced Hebrew 7:15 pm

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Executive Committee Meeting 7:30 am Weight Watchers Meeting 5 pm Advanced Hebrew 7:15 pm

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Lunch & Learn 12 pm Outdoor Shabbat Service 6 pm Young Families Picnic 7 pm

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Lunch & Learn 12 pm Greening Committee Meeting 12 pm Shabbat Service 6:15 pm

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Lunch & Learn 12 pm Shabbat Service 6:15 pm

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Lunch & Learn 12 pm Minyan Katan 5:30 pm Congregational Dinner 6 pm Family Shabbat Service 7 pm

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Torah Study 8 am Morning Minyan 9:30 am Zach Stroli Bar Mitzvah 10 am

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Torah Study 8 am Morning Minyan 9:30 am David Wolfe Bar Mitzvah 10 am

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Torah Study 8 am Morning Minyan 9:30 am

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June 2009

Congregant News

Women of Sinai

Congregant, Andy Muchin has accepted a job as the Director of Cultural Programming for the Institute for Southern Jewish Life in Jackson, Mississippi. He will begin work there in June. The ISJL is a terrific place with an international reputation. They will be lucky to have Andy on their staff. We wish him the best!

We have been busy sculpting our bodies with exercise and weight loss. Come join us for a new session of weight watchers and for gentle yoga which meets in the social hall on Tuesday mornings at 8:45 a.m. It’s a new day and a new focus: Body and Soul. Laura Waisbren

Personals

Sinai News Update

Condolences to:

Beginning with the June issue, the Sinai News will be published bimonthly. The decision reflects both Sinai's desire to economize and to further utilize Sinai's new and improved web site, www.congregationsinai.org, to inform the congregation and community about activities at the synagogue. Each printed newsletter will include a twomonth calendar of coming activities. To have information published in the Sinai News, please submit a hard copy to the Sinai office or e-mail it to newsletter editor Nicole Sether at [email protected]. The deadline for all materials is the first Friday of each month. Thank you for your cooperation.

Jessica Lasser on the death of her grandfather, William Levin. Madeleine Lubar on the death of her nephew, Brian Adair.

Mazel Tov to: Debra Bradley and James Rosenbaum on their 25th wedding anniversary. Toby and Mitchell Colton on the birth of their grandchild Deva Norton Crouse. Moshe Katz who will be honored by Israel Bonds on June 9, 2009. Dorothy and Al Meyers on the engagement of their grandson Mark Marcus to Naomi Kolatch. Monica and Joshua Parkes on their 10th wedding anniversary. Naomi and Morton Soifer on their 50th wedding anniversary.

Did you know that shopping at Pick’ n Save can help Sinai? All you need to do is get an Advantage Plus Card and indicate you want the charitable rebate to be paid to Congregation Sinai (charity code: 127300). It’s that simple! Sinai will receive between 1-2% of your purchase amount! Please sign up today! Pick up the form at Pick’ n Save or in the Sinai office.

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Join us for a Congregation Sinai

SOCIAL ACTION PLANTING DAY Sunday, June 7, 2009 from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. At SDC’s Family Support Center Emergency Shelter 3025 W. Mitchell Street, Milwaukee We need Helping Hands to…… … … … … …

Plant Flowers – Shade perennials or Annuals Create Planters by the Front Door Make a Vegetable Garden+ Paint Front Hallway Donate Outdoor Toys*

Please bring you own: Shovels, Spades & Work Gloves Labeled clearly with your name R.S.V.P. to Naomi Soifer by May 31st if you can: •Attend & provide a flat of flowers or vegetable seedlings

OR---- If you cannot attend: •Provide a flat of shade-loving flowers (to be discussed with Naomi) •Provide vegetable seedlings: Carrots, Cucumbers, Lettuce, Cherry Tomatoes, Radishes, Green Beans (to be discussed with Naomi)

•Donate up to 3 large planters •Donate outdoor toys: *Children’s Picnic Tables, See-Saw, Riding Toys, Sliding Board, Jump Ropes, Basketballs (to be discussed with Naomi)

Contact Naomi Soifer at 414 352-3016 or [email protected].

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June 2009

B’nei Mitzvah Zachary Stroli Zachary Stroli will become a Bar Mitzvah on June 27, 2009. Zach is the son of Chrissy and Ronny Stroli, brother of Hannah, grandson of Suzy Peltz, Yitzhak Stroli,and Pat and Rich Haessly. Zach is a 7th grader at Milwaukee Jewish Day school. He plays on the basketball and volleyball team. In his free time he enjoys snowboarding, skateboarding, and riding his ATV and motorcycle. He also enjoys spending time with family and friends.

What’s Greening at Sinai? “It is forbidden to live in a town that does not have a green garden. “(Jerusalem Talmud, Kiddushim 4:12) A midrash tells us that Mount Sinai was situated in a desert, but when the Torah was handed down to Moses, flowers blossomed in gardens all around. At Sinai, we are planting our own flowering garden. Through efforts of the Greening of Sinai Committee, our Sukkah Garden Project is a reality. On May 17th, the day of the Sunday School and Congregational picnic, volunteers brought work tools and strong backs and arms to prepare planting beds and plant some of the heartier spring seeds. A second planting day is planned for after Memorial Day. The garden plan, designed by Naomi Cobb, will yield crops that will be harvested in the fall, and used to adorn our Synagogue’s Sukkah. Sunflowers, gourds, beans, and herbs are among our crop. The garden will be tended to throughout the summer by Sinai’s families. If you would like to have the opportunity to nurture our garden from planting to seedling to flowering to harvesting, please contact Naomi Cobb at [email protected] or 414-964-3230. Those who help can nibble the harvest! Tip of the month: If you are nurturing your own garden at home, here’s a tidbit to help out: try Companion Gardening. Companion Gardening is planting strongly scented flowers next to edible crops to deter pests.

Examples: *French marigolds in between tomato plants deter aphids. *Grow carrots and leeks together. Both have strong scents that drive away each other’s pests. *Plant nasturtium with cabbages - the nasturtium will attract caterpillars that destroy cabbage plants *Garlic planted among roses will ward off aphids. *Grow dill in the garden to attract aphid-eating hoverflies Make sure companion plants are planted at the same time as your edible crops to prevent pests from getting a foothold. Please watch the Sinai News for more information about the progress of our Sukkah Garden, especially a date for the planting day after Memorial Day, and other Greening of Sinai Committee projects. If you would like to get involved in Sinai’s Greening efforts, please contact Deb Schermer at [email protected]. Karen Schudson and the Greening of Sinai Committee

Board, officer nominees announced for 2009-2010 Following is the list of officers and members of the Board of Trustees nominated for election at Congregation Sinai’s Annual Meeting on May 17. (Please note the Sinai News went to press before May 17.)

Judith Ketten, President John Mann, Vice President Marc Kartman, Vice President Nick Padway, Vice President David Cobb, Treasurer Sandra Saltzstein, Secretary Marvin Fishman, Security Idy Goodman, Social Action Hugh Hoffman, Finance Ruth Lebed-Rofes, Outreach

Steve Moglowsky, Finance Bobbi Rector, Israel Tom St. John, Social Action Susan Solvang, Outreach Jill Weinshel, Membership Jim Stillman, Brotherhood Laura Waisbren, Women of Sinai Trustees: Susan Fishbach , Mark Sweet and 2 pending positions

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Sinai’s Rummage Sale

Save the date & your extra stuff! Start saving your electronics, bikes and home goods for Sinai's Annual Rummage Sale.

Sunday, July 26, 2009 Drop off items in good condition and on hangers Monday, July 20 - Saturday, July 25 Coats * Dresses Children’s Clothing * Men’s Clothing Sweaters * Designer Items * Jewelry * Fur Coats * Purses Bicycles * Children’s Riding Toys * TV’s and VCR’s Small appliances * Furniture * Bedding Items Sports Equipment * Kitchen Supplies No shoes or lingerie

For more information or to volunteer to help with the sale contact Jennifer Moglowsky at [email protected].

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June 2009

Donations Donations received as of May 1 Janet Greenebaum Scholarship Fund In memory of Max Feuer Janet Greenebaum In memory of Katherine Loewenthal Janet Greenebaum Tzedakah Fund In memory of Alta Merkel Joan and Mike Friedman In memory of Jay Goodman and Rachel Porter Idy and Bill Goodman

In memory of Erwin Grossmann Beth and Ron Shapiro In memory of Hyman Madnek Sharon Madnek and Family In memory of Leslie H. Unger The Rector Family Cantor's Discretionary Fund In appreciation Lori and Jim Salinsky In memory of Leslie H. Unger The Rector Family

Floral and Oneg Fund In memory of David Becker Margie and Irv Becker In memory of Fred Mayer In memory of Ruth Mayer In memory of Bob Rice Marion Rice and Family In honor of Mr. & Mrs. William Ruby’s new great-grandchild Bede Segal In memory of Shirley Wile Naomi Arbit and Family

Passport To Israel Fund In memory of Charles Hinterberg Jill Gershan

Chesed (Caring) Fund In memory of Katherine Fagan Bernice Fagan and Family

In memory of Bess Rosenberg Marcia Cherniack

In memory of Betty Miller Shari Cayle

In memory of Leslie H. Unger Patti and Doug Levy

Contributions made to the Temple In honor of David Arena’s Bar Mitzvah Laura Waisbren

Music Fund In memory of Siegfried Lowin and Frances Pories Linda and Bill Ross

Rabbi's Discretionary Fund In appreciation Lori and Jim Salinsky

In memory of Eunice Kartman Cynthia and Marc Kartman

In memory of Leslie H. Unger Marlene and Marvin Lauwasser

In memory of Miriam Baum Janet Fishman

Landscape Fund In memory of Brian Adair Patti and Doug Levy

In honor of Molly Zall’s Bat Mitzvah Marlene and Marvin Lauwasser

In memory of Hinda Larkey Dr. Jay Larkey In memory of Issac Mlavsky Alla Pinsky

In honor of Rabbi Cohen From the 2009 Sinai Affirmation Families In memory of A. Leon Fishbach, Sylvia Fishbach, and Pearl Stolzer Susan and Nathan Fishbach In memory of Wolfe Gershan Milton Gershan

In memory of Morris Mendeloff, Jr. Alan Mendeloff In memory of James I. Schulhof and Pearl Schulhof Caroline and Bill Schulhof Jacob M. Fine and Family Library Fund In memory of Helen Butlein Jayne and Eric Butlein

Prayer Book Fund In memory of Beatrice Kapper Sally Moskol and Family

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June Yarhzeits June 5, 2009 Goldye Anoff Borkovitz Edith Bilsky Fran Morris Boxer Louis Cohen Barbara Eiseman Sam Gassman Murray Glass Arthur Goldstein Sol Gollin Martin Jacobs Sam Kaufman Edward Loewenthal Milton Peterman Manny Rotter Harry Samson Max Schulner June 12, 2009 Sadye Brown Solomon Brown

David Fishkin Frieda Friedman Myron Fromstein Helen Goldberg Louis Greenebaum Sr. Bessie Hiken Robert Hindin Beatrice Hoffman Sallie Holtzman Joseph Sadowsky Evelyn Silverstein Abe Simon Sophie Smuckler Harry Soifer Jack Stark June 19, 2009 Daniel B. Albert Avram Gelbart Lore Levy David Lipschultz

Robert Pereles Else May Rubenstein Lenore Sachs Irving Sanderson Lorraine Schudson Dick Schulhof Dr. Sidney J. Silbar Doris Tishberg Dr. Eugene Jack Usow Nathan Weinberg Ben J. Wiener Morton Wolfe Earl Zechman June 26, 2009 Beverly Bender Dr. Theodore Cayle Murray Denemark Ardell Eisenberg Rose Fishkin Helen Grossmann

Grace Gruenberg Dr. Raymond Henkin Ellen Hunnicutt Selma Joy Kay Herman Larkey Bessie Mendelsohn William E. Miller Judith Peck Yeva Pinsky Morris Rabinovitz Eric Rofes Elza Roth Flora Rotman Ruth Schmidt Sam Sevak Min Ziskind

Outdoor Services begin June 26! Join us outdoors for Friday night services (weather permitting) on Sinai’s beautiful grounds.

June 26 - August 28 at 6:00 pm.

And Join us for Minyan Katan at 5:30 pm!

Friday, June 5, 2009 Minyan Katan 5:30 p.m. Dinner at 6 p.m. Family Shabbat Service at 7 p.m.

The cost of dinner is $5.00 for adults and $3.00 for children under 10. Please RSVP to Debra Stevens at (414) 352-2970 or [email protected] by Monday , June 1.

Congregation Sinai

8223 N. Port Washington Road, Fox Point, WI 53217 Member of the Union for Reform Judaism Board of Trustees, 2009-2010

Judith Ketten President Marc Kartman Vice President John Mann Vice President Nick Padway Vice President David Cobb Treasurer Sandy Sa;tzstein Secretary Karen Berk Lancina Ritual Marvin Fishman Security Idy Goodman Social Action Hugh Hoffman Finance Ruth Lebed-Rofes Outreach Steve Moglowsky Finance Bobbi Rector Israel Tom St. John Social Action Sandy Saltzstein Young Families Ron Shapiro Finance Susan Solvang Outreach Jim Stillman Brotherhood Laura Waisbren Women of Sinai Jill Weinshel Membership Susan Fishbach Mark Sweet

Dues for 2009-2010 – Changes to Look For Please take time to review your dues package for 2009-2010. There are a few changes in the payment options. In addition to the dues commitment letter and commitment form, please note: *An invoice is included based on your last year’s commitment. *Specific options for payment include monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, and annually (those who want to pay monthly will be required to sign up for automatic payments). *B’nei mitzvah payments will be invoiced a year in advance. It is very important to note your payment option on the commitment form. The default option will be quarterly payments. Should you have any questions or special requests, please call the office at your convenience: 414-352-2970.