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Jewish Community of Amherst
Candle Lighting
October 3~ 6:10 pm
October 10 ~ 5:58 pm
October 17 ~ 5:47 pm
October 24 ~ 5:36 pm
October 31 ~ 5:27 pm
Times shown are 18 minutes
before sunset for Amherst, MA
Meetings
October 1
Ritual Life Committee
School Committee
October 2
Board Meeting
October 17
Adult Ed Committee
October 23
Board Meeting
Message from Co-President
Guy Wood, 802-387-5676, [email protected]
I’m writing this on 10 September. My
bags are packed and early in the morning I’ll
leave for JFK airport to Poland and then to
Israel for a month, volunteering in a social
work/farming program on a kibbutz.
For the first time since I became a member of the JCA, I won’t be celebrating the
high holidays with the rest of you. My copresident, Bill Zimmer, will be giving the
High Holidays President’s address.
I’ve been thinking today what I would
say if I were giving it. And tonight, if I were
writing it I would say to each of you that I
invite you to be at the center of the JCA. For
those of you who are active in the many different ways the JCA offers opportunities, I
encourage you to notice that and to continue
to figure out what it means to be at the center
of our community. For those of you who are
new to the JCA, or are trying to figure it out,
please join with the rest of us in making the
changes in your life that will put you where
you want to be in the JCA, and find your
place in our Jewish community. When I say I
invite you to be at the center of the JCA, this
Affiliated with the
Jewish Reconstructionist
Movement
October 2014
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isn’t meant as a clever sales pitch to you. It’s
sincere, an invitation to be active, contributing, learning and struggling with the rest of
us who care about the JCA and its future.
Bill and I have sometimes wondered how
some of our members see this community.
We’re looking for people with a passion to
be part of it. I belong to other communities
beyond my immediate family; NPR, the Appalachian Mountain Club, community volunteer organizations, etc. The others have
their moments of significance, but the community that is special to me, that’s part of my
weekly life, week in-week out, is the JCA. It
isn’t always easy, it isn’t always fun, but in
sum, it is meaningful to me.
Bill and I are both retired, and we have
other parts of our lives, such as family, that
pull us away from the Amherst area. However, we still find it rewarding and important
to be a part of the JCA, and invite you, if you
haven’t done so already, to also be a full, active member.
B’shalom,
Guy
Yom Kippur
Sukkot
Shemini Atzeret
Kol Nidre – Friday, October 3
Reconstructionist Service: 6:00 pm
Masorti Service: 8:00 pm
Sukkah Building
Sunday, October 5
at 10:00 am
Yom Kippur – Saturday, October 4
Reconstructionist Service: 9:00 - 11:00 am
Masorti Service with Yiskor and Musaf: 9:30 am
Sukkot Family
Celebration
Wednesday, October 8,
4:00 - 6:00 pm
Shemini Atzeret
Services (Yizkor)
Thursday, October 16
at 9:30 am
(Yiskor: 11:45 am, Musaf: 12:15 pm, approximately)
Shofarot Program: 10:00 am
Family Service: 11:30 am
Minchah Service: 5:20 pm
Ne’ilah Service: 6:45 pm (approximately)
Tekiah Gedolah: 7:16 pm
Sukkot Services
Thursday, October 9
at 9:30 am
Simḥat Torah
Simḥat Torah
Community
Celebration
Thursday, October 16
at 6:30 pm
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Beit Shalom Committee
Jewish Community of Amherst, Inc.
742 Main Street, Amherst, MA 01002
(413) 256-0160, fax (413) 256-1588
Religious School (413) 256-0160 ext. 203
email: [email protected]; Online at: www.j-c-a.org
Rabbi Benjamin Weiner
Rabbi David Dunn Bauer (2003-2010)
Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg (1989-2002)
Rabbi Emeritus Yechiael Lander
Director of Lifelong Learning: Jody Rosenbloom (256-0160 ext. 203)
Office Hours:
Tuesday - Friday: 10:30 - 4:00
Wednesday: 4:00 - 6:00 & Sunday 9:00 - 1:00
(When Religious School is in session)
_____________________________
The Beit Shalom Committee is available to members of the JCA congregation
wishing assistance in addressing personal
differences that have arisen between individuals, among committees or with those
in leadership positions within the JCA.
The Committee will step in to help facilitate the resolving of conflicts only when
they cannot otherwise be successfully
resolved between the parties themselves
or through other existing JCA structures.
Communications with Beit Shalom members will be kept strictly confidential unless agreed upon differently by the participants.
Committee members are:
Josette Henschel: 213-0186
[email protected]
Rob Okun: 253-9372
[email protected]
Board of Directors
Officers:
Co-Presidents: Guy Wood (802-387-5676)
Bill Zimmer (413-537-7827 )
First Vice President: Bob Solosko (413-527-0725)
Second Vice President: To be determined
Clerk: Janis Levy (413-584-6418)
Treasurer: Jonathan Shefftz (413-256-1101)
Kitty Talan: 253-2248
[email protected]
Members:
Donna Baron, Jaymie Chernoff, Richard Cohen, Robert Friedman,
Hans Herda, Amy Kroin, Eli Kwartler, Andra Rose, Flo Stern
Membership: Tobi Sznajderman (413-549-1795)
Administrative Director:
Karen Bell (256-0160 ext. 207, [email protected])
Office Manager: Susan Thomas (256-0160, [email protected])
Administrative Assistants: Nora Mariano, Dan Reynolds (256-0160)
For information about using JCA space including
renting the Social Hall, contact:
Karen Bell (256-0160 ext. 207, [email protected])
For a list of committee chairs and members, go to:
http://www.j-c-a.org/committees.html
Please refer to your Guidebook for contact information.
(If you have not received your Guidebook, call the office.)
_____________________________
NEWSLETTER
Editor/Graphic Designer: Aaron Bousel
(Voice: 253-3544, Voice & Fax: 253-3846; [email protected])
Proofreader: Sarah Thomson
Deadline for the November issue is October 12th
October 2014, Vol. 13, Issue No. 9 Newsletter is published 11 times per year.
Subscription price is included in membership.
Have you checked out the
JCA Judaica Store lately?
Books by JCA members and
others,
siddurim, chumashim, tallitot,
mezzuzot
and many lovely gift items.
You can shop whenever
the office is open
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Devarim:
Words from Rabbi Benjamin Weiner
In honor of the High Holiday season, into which we are about to enter as I write these
words, I wanted to share a poem that came to my inbox recently, by EE Cummings. Called
i thank you God for most this amazing, it also seems a good poem for the celebration of the
birthday of the world—whether that event occurs once a year, or every day. I look forward
to getting back to writing more substantive d’varim in this space, just as soon as my High
Holiday sermons are done!
i thank You God for most this amazing
i thank You God for most this amazing
day: for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything
which is natural which is infinite which is yes
(i who have died am alive again today,
and this is the sun's birthday; this is the birth
day of life and of love and wings: and of the gay
great happening illimitably earth)
how should tasting touching hearing seeing
breathing any-lifted from the no
of all nothing-human merely being
doubt unimaginable You?
(now the ears of my ears awake and
now the eyes of my eyes are opened)
Rabbi Liaison Committee
The committee meets monthly with the rabbi.
The purpose of the Rabbi Liaison Committee is to support
and enhance the rabbi-congregational relationship by:
1. Serving as a channel to communicate comments,
issues and/or complaints from congregants who
would prefer not to contact the rabbi directly.
2. Meeting with the rabbi to help with processing and
thinking through issues or concerns that are raised
either by congregants or by the rabbi.
All congregants are encouraged to speak to members of
the committee about any concerns they may have that they
would like to be brought to the rabbi’s attention.
All information is shared only with the rabbi and the
committee and will be held in confidence.
Amy Mittelman 256-0883, [email protected]
Aaron Bousel 253-3544, [email protected]
Richard Cohen, 256-6145, [email protected]
Barbara Burkart 256-8139, [email protected]
Deb Fine 256-1572, [email protected]
Ted Slovin 253-3518, [email protected]
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Ritual Life Committee
Yossi Bryer-Charette, Co-chair, 860-559-4926, [email protected]
Aaron Bousel, Co-chair, 413-253-3544, [email protected]
RELIGION CALENDAR
Yom Kippur
October 3, Friday- Kol Nidre
6:00 PM
Reconstructionist Service
8:00 PM
Shemini Atzeret
Deuteronomy 14:22-16:17, Numbers 29:35-30:1
October 16, Thursday
9:30 AM
Shemini Atzeret Services (Yizkor)
Service Leader: Rabbi Weiner
Masorti Service
October 4, Saturday- Yom Kippur Day
9:00 AM
Reconstructionist Service
9:30 AM
Masorti Service

Simḥat Torah
October 16, Thursday
6:30 PM
Simḥat Torah Celebration
10:00 AM

Shabbat Bereshit, Genesis 1:1-6:8
October 17, Friday
6:15 PM
Shofarot
11:30 AM
Family Service
5:20 PM
Minchah/Ne'ilah

Sukkah Building
October 5, Sunday, 10:00 AM

Sukkot
Leviticus 22:26-23:44, Numbers 29:12-16
October 9, Thursday
9:30 AM
Sukkot Services
Service Leader: Rabbi Weiner

Shabbat Ḥol Hamo'ed Sukkot
Exodus 33:12-34:26, Numbers 29:17-22
October 10, Friday
6:15 PM
Farbrengen Friday
Service Leader: To be announced
October 11, Saturday
10:00 AM
Shabbat Ne'eemah
Service Leader: Rabbi Weiner
October 18, Saturday
10:00 AM
Service Leader: Rabbi Weiner
D’var Torah: Rabbi Weiner

October 24/25, Friday/Saturday
Rosh Ḥodesh Ḥeshvan

Shabbat Rosh Ḥodesh Ḥeshvan, Parashat Noaḥ,
Genesis 6:9-11:32, Numbers 28:9-15
October 24, Friday
6:15 PM
Service Leader: Rabbi Weiner
October 25, Saturday
10:00 AM
Service Leader: Rabbi Weiner
D’var Torah: Rabbi Weiner

Service Leader: Rabbi Weiner
D’var Torah: Judy Davis

Check the JCA website at:
www.j-c-a.org/services.html
for updated religion calendar information.
See page 12 for more information about High Holidays.
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Kiddush and Oneg
Sponsors
August 30Ken Schoen and Jane Trigère
in honor of their wedding
anniversary, and
Aaron and Patience Bousel
in commemoration of the
yahrzeit of Aaron’s father,
George Bousel
September 13Nina Brand and Heather Davis
in honor of their son Cole
Davis-Brand becoming Bar
Mitzvah
October 11Judy and Allen Davis, in honor
of Judy's birthday
If you would like to help with
or sponsor a kiddush, please
contact Rosemary Spear at:
[email protected]
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First Friday Evening Family Service
Please join us on the first Friday of the month at 5:30 pm for a brief child oriented service followed by a potluck supper. Although the service is geared towards young children, it
contains all the elements of a regular Friday evening service, including mourner’s kaddish.
People of all ages are encouraged to attend. It’s a wonderful opportunity to get to know each
other in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.
Shabbat Ne'eemah
This service, held on the third Friday of the month, features a small group of instrumental
and vocal musicians, our "musical daveners" who set the tone for a soul inspiring service
with the congregation joining in the singing and chanting.
Sukkah Building
Come help us put up our JCA Sukkah! This is a fun project and a good way to meet some
new people. Coffee and donuts provided! Sunday October 5 at 10:00 am. If you can't make
it that day (and even if you can) we'll gather to dismantle the Sukkah on Sunday October
19, also at 10:00 am.
Torah Reading Co-ordination
If you are interested in reading Torah and would like
to schedule a time to read, please contact:
Jayne Pearl, 256-1310, [email protected], for reading in November
Eliza Gouverneur, 256-6145, [email protected], for reading in December
If you would like to learn to read Torah, or would like help choosing or preparing a
reading, please contact Batya Perman, 549-4853, [email protected].
Thank You To Volunteers
Chemical Sensitivities
A number of our members have allergies to perfumes, colognes and other
fragrances. Please try to
minimize the use of these
products when coming to
the JCA. Thank you.
Shacharit (morning)
Minyan
The weekday
shacharit minyan
continues to meet
every Tuesday at
7:30 am in the
small sanctuary.
The Ritual Life committee would like to thank those who have given their time and expertise in service to the ritual life of the community:
• September Torah readers: Ruth Love Barer, Aaron Bousel, Cole Davis-Brand,
Marvin Ellin, Jane Myers, Yosef Rumshiskiy
• D'var Torah giver: Cole Davis-Brand
• Musicians: Shabbat Band
Misheberach List
The JCA is joining the tradition of having a list of people in need of healing read by
Rabbi Weiner during the Shabbat service, so that the energy from the whole congregation
will be going out to them. If you would like to have your name placed on this list please
contact Rabbi Weiner, Karen Bell in the office, the Chesed Committee, or send the info to
[email protected]. Deliah Rosel will be updating the list each week.
For privacy concerns, each person seeking to be included is responsible to add only
their own name, in Hebrew or English. The list will be updated weekly by Deliah Rosel. If
you know that this support from the healing prayers of our community is for a time-limited
situation, please include that information so as to more easily keep the list current.
Yahrzeit Reminder
We have been sending yahrzeit reminders to those who have placed memorial plaques in
the sanctuary, and who have requested the reminders.
Please leave a message in the JCA Office if you think you should be getting reminders
but have not received them.
Meditation Minyan
The weekday
meditation
minyan continues
to meet every
Wednesday at
7:30 am in the
small sanctuary.
Prayerbook Fund
The focus of the Prayerbook Fund is now the purchase of
the recently published Mahzor Lev Shalem to be used in the
masorti high holiday services.
Donations of any amount are gratefully accepted, however a minimum
donation of $45.00 is required for a book dedication plate.
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Education News
Jody Rosenbloom, Director of Life Long Learning, 256-0160, ext. 203
Introducing Our School Staff
Jody Rosenbloom, M.A. is entering her 18th and final
year as the Director of Lifelong Learning at the JCA. Working with Jody is a strong team of teachers:
Shalom Sunday/Tech Project: Melissa Zeitz, M.A. Melissa is in her 12th year at the JCA. She has an M.A. in education from UMass, and has certification in special education,
as a school technology specialist, and in Jewish early childhood education.
1st/2nd grade: Samantha Kramer, a Hampshire College
Div2 student who was a teaching assistant for a 2nd grade
Sunday school class at her home synagogue in South Carolina for 3 years. Samantha was also involved in NIFTY &
Kutz Camp, the youth and leadership programs in the Reform
movement.
3rd grade/Hebrew Learning Covenant Coordinator/JVCorps Coordinator: Keren Goderez Rhodes is returning for
her second year. This summer, Keren helped with administrative support for Camp Shemesh. She grew up in Amherst
and attended Brandeis University. She is in business running
GLAZED donut shop with her husband, Nick. Keren has two
children, Aiden & Noa
4th grade: Adin Bohmiller. He worked at Kerem Shalom
in Concord, MA all through high school, including work as a
class assistant, helping as a Hebrew tutor, assisting children
with special needs, and piloting technology to assist student
learning. He is beginning his freshman year studying engineering at UMass.
5th grade/Family Educator: Marlene Rachelle, M.A.
This is her 3rd year teaching at the JCA. She has an undergraduate degree in communications from UMass and was a
producer at MTV Networks for over a decade. More recently,
Marlene completed an M.A. from Jewish Theological Seminary’s Davidson Graduate School of Education. She and her
wife Laurel are parents of three year old, Eli.
6th grade: Heidi Diamond Shaffer moved to Western
Massachusetts last year from Pennsylvania. This is her 2nd
year teaching at the JCA. She has taught Spanish in public
schools and worked in various synagogue schools for over
26 years.
7th grade: Amy Epstein has taught several grades, a
Rosh Hodesh group, Shabbat B’Yachad arts programs and
Teva Torah since 2007. Amy graduated from UMass with a
degree in sociology. She worked with youth in Boston & Santa Fe, and most recently with LGBT teens in Holyoke, MA.
Music Specialist: Av Harris returns for his fifth year of
song leading. Raised in New Hampshire but with family in
Israel, Av grew up surrounded by Jewish music and Hebrew
through the interests of his parents, his years in Jewish camping, and his travels. Av is the director of communications for
the Connecticut Secretary of the State. Av’s daughters are
Nora (6th grade) and Lily (8th grade).
Camp Shemesh Director/Family Education & Teen
Staff: Cara Michelle Silverberg returns for her fourth year.
She has years of experience working in environmental education and leadership development. She holds a B.A. in bioregional studies with an emphasis in environmental education
from Prescott College in Arizona. She has run Jewish educational programs, camping trips, and ecology programs for all
ages for the Teva Learning Alliance. Cara also led the family
and mountain services at High Holidays.
Assisting our teachers are Rachel Warshaw (UMASS)
on Sundays and Rosalie Shays (Mount Holyoke) on Wednesdays. Our teen teaching assistants include: Sophia Keins
(12th), Hannah Ballentine (10th), Lily Harris (8th), Ben
Hernandez-Sommer-Kliman (8th), Adin Klotz (9th),
Aleeza Kropf (9th), Emily Porter (9th) and Tavi Wolfwood
(10th). TA Coordinator: Dane Kuttler
Calendar
Sat/Sun,
Oct. 4/5
NO CLASS (Yom Kippur Weekend)
Wed, Oct. 8
Sukkot Family Program (see page 8)
Sat/Sun,
Oct. 11/12
NO CLASS (Columbus Day Weekend)
Thurs, Oct. 16 Simḥat Torah Family Service 6:30 pm
Sun, Oct. 19
Shalom Sunday class w/concurrent parent
group AND the B’Tzelem Elohim Group meets
from 10:15-11:30 am.
Sun, Oct. 26
Kedusha LaTorah Workshop for 1st & 2nd
graders with parents.
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B’Tzelem Elohim/In God’s Image:
A Monthly Parent/Grandparent Support & Education Group
Building Jewish Identity for Children with Special Needs
YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN US
On Sunday mornings Oct. 19, Nov. 16 & Dec. 21
From 10:15-11:30 at the JCA
Free and open to the community.
We are fortunate that for 5 years we have been able to facilitate building Jewish identity for children with special
needs with this offering known as B’Tzelem Elohim/In God’s Image. Join other parents and grandparents of children
with special needs (e.g. dyslexia, atypical sensory integration or processing, ADD, ADHD, and/or Autism Spectrum)
that may cause challenges---behavioral or emotional -- to help identify needs, problems and solutions; to educate
ourselves and the community; and to enhance our religious schools, holiday celebrations and home practices for
our children to have a fuller Jewish identity. The group is led by Rhonda Shapiro-Rieser. She has a D.Min in Jewish Spiritual Direction, is a licensed Mental Health Counselor and holds a graduate certificate in autism spectrum
disorders from Antioch University.
For further information, contact: Jody Rosenbloom, Director of Lifelong Learning at 256-0160x203.
This program is possible through the generous funding from the Family Education Initiative of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation.
JCA Adult Reading Group
The 1st meeting of the year of the ARG will be on Thursday October 2, 2014, at 7:30 PM
in the JCA library. We will be discussing a non-fiction book that has received very positive
reviews, My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel, by Ari Shavit. It is not in
paperback, but it is in used hardbacks and of course available through a library or Kindle.
Come join us; new participants are always welcome!
Any questions, please call Ken Talan, 253-2248.
Adult Education Offerings Fall, 2014
Increase your Jewish knowledge, meet new people, learn new
skills, and challenge your understandings of our world by participating in a JCA Adult Education program this fall.
More information on each program is available in the online
Adult Ed booklet that you can find at www.j-c-a.org. For additional program information email [email protected]. For
registration information email [email protected].
Some programs require preregistration and have limits on the
number of participants so register soon. Some programs ask for
a donation to help cover the cost of the program. No one will be
denied access to programming because of financial need. Your
participation is more important than the amount of your donation.
In lieu of monetary donations for programs, please bring a nonperishable food item to be donated to the Survival Center as part
of the JCA Perpetual Food Drive.
Magen David Holographic Glasses
Now On Sale At JCA Judaica Store!
A fun gift for kids, grandkids of any age—or
yourself!
Add this to your Shabbat-lighting ritual!
Great for any holiday celebration.
Slip a pair into a
get-well card to cheer
up someone who is
ill!
Keep a pair in you
tallis bag to view the
sanctuary chandeliers before or after services!
Just $4 – available during JCA regular office
hours.
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Havurah K’tana will be meeting Saturday,
September 20 from 4-6pm to play, nosh, and make
havdalah. Contact Rachael Goren-Watts at
[email protected] for more information on the
Havurah and location for this month's gathering.
There will be no Tot Shabbat this month, as Kol Nidre falls on the first
Friday in October. See you in November.
On the first night of Sukkot, October 8, the family Sukkot celebration will have
a special puppet show for tots with
Anna Sobel-- see announcement in this newsletter.
We have been invited to "Kedusha LaTorah" on Friday, November 7 to
honor new JCA School 1st graders and new students.
5:30-6:30 followed by a potluck.
Contact Anna Sobel at [email protected] with any questions or if you’d like
to be added to the JCA Tots list-serve.
In the meanƟme, starƟng Saturday, October 18, childcare will be
available weekly during Shabbat morning services from 10-12:30.
These programs are largely funded by the Harold Grinspoon FoundaƟon Family & Teen EducaƟon IniƟaƟves.
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Jewish Community of Amherst Newsletter — October 2014
JCA 2014/5775 High Holidays Service Schedule
Rosh Hashanah Eve – Wednesday, September 24
Reconstructionist Service: 6:00 pm
Teen Service: 6:00 pm
Masorti Service: 8:00 pm
1st Day Rosh Hashanah – Thursday, September 25
Reconstructionist Service: 9:00 - 11:00 am
Masorti Service with Musaf: 9:30 am
(Musaf: 12:15 pm, approximately)
Shofarot Program: 10:00 am
Family Service: 11:30 am
Tashlich at Groff Park: 4:00 pm
2nd Day Rosh Hashanah - Friday, September 26
Masorti Service with Musaf: 9:30 am
(Musaf: 12:15 pm, approximately)
Mountain Service: 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
(Meet at Notch Visitor’s Center, Route 116)
Kol Nidre – Friday, October 3
Reconstructionist Service: 6:00 pm
Masorti Service: 8:00 pm
Yom Kippur – Saturday, October 4
Reconstructionist Service: 9:00 - 11:00 am
Masorti Service with Yiskor and Musaf: 9:30 am
(Yiskor: 11:45 am, Musaf: 12:15 pm, approximately)
Shofarot Program: 10:00 am
Family Service: 11:30 am
Minchah Service: 5:20 pm
Ne’ilah Service: 6:45 pm (approximately)
Tekiah Gedolah: 7:16 pm
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Not Bread Alone
Yom Kippur Food Collection
We are seeking JCA volunteers to work at Not
Bread Alone, our Amherst soup kitchen, where
JCA has provided volunteers for over 20 years.
Regular volunteers are needed : once a month,
second Sunday of the month, for either the cooking/prep shift (9:30 a.m. – Noon) or the clean-up
shift (Noon – 2 p.m.).
If you are unable to make a regular monthly
commitment, you can also serve as a sub, for those
months when you might be available.
If you are interested and/or would like more
information, please contact JCA coordinator at
NBA, Devorah Jacobson [email protected]
It’s a great opportunity for families to do together, Bar / Bat Mitzvah students, seniors, singles, and everyone in our community.
During Yom Kippur, the Haftorah we read includes Prophet Isaiah’s words imploring us, as we fast, to share your bread
with the hungry (58:7). In Western Massachusetts, 100,000
people struggle with hunger. No one should be hungry. On
Kol Nidre and Yom Kippur Day, please bring your greatly
needed donations of non-perishable food, perhaps the equivalent of one day's food, to be distributed by the Amherst Survival Center's Emergency Food Pantry to those in need in our
community. A collection box will be in place anytime before
or after Yom Kippur if you wish to contribute then. THANK
YOU!
Critically needed: tomato products, beans, nut
butters, breakfast cereal, and healthy kids' snacks
We have set the goal of collecting 5,775 pounds of food
for the hungry during this year, 5775. Please help our JCA get
off to a good start in achieving that goal!
Tikkun Olam Committee
UMASS Hillel’s Ride to Provide Sunday Oct. 19th.
Join hundreds of participants on Sunday morning, October 19, 2014 for your choice of 9, 18 and 36
mile bike routes and a 5K fun run/walk/ride around the UMass Amherst campus! This event funds the
UMASS students doing alternative Spring Break tikkun olam activities. If you join the JCA Team the
money raised is split 50/50 between Hillel and the JCA. We'd like to have a big contingent from the
JCA to welcome the new Hillel Rabbi -Aaron Fine - son of Deb and Larry Fine and graduate of the JCA
Sunday School, former Camp Shemesh Director and all around GREAT GUY. To sign up for the JCA
team go to <http://www.umasshillel.kintera.org/faf/home/default.asp?ievent=1116779
Donations to Project Rehovot
Haim and Yaffa Gunner in memory of
Dorothy Wald, step mother of Barbara
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Haim and Yaffa Gunner in memory of
Moshe Bolotin, husband of Elly Bolotim
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Adult Education Offerings ~ Fall, 2015
Lunch and Learn
Rabbi Ben Weiner
Every Wednesday, 12:15 – 1:15
One Bam, Two Crak, Three Dot: the JCA Mah Jongg Club
September 21, October 19, November 16, December 14, 2014
Sundays, 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Jews and Climate Change - Book Discussion
Active Hope: How to Face The Mess We Are In Without Going Crazy
Sunday, October 19, 2014
2:00 - 4:30 PM
Jews and Climate Change - Book Discussion
Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth
Sunday, November 16, 2014
2:00 - 4:30 PM
These are the Words: An Introduction to Judaism (r)
Rabbi Benjamin Weiner
October 21, 28; November 4, 11, 18, 25; December 2, 9, 2014
Tuesdays, 7:15 - 8:45 pm
Israel and Palestine: The Clash of Nationalisms (r)
Professor Aaron Berman
October 22, 29; November 12, 19; December 3, 10
Wednesdays, 7:30 - 9:30 PM
Chanting Torah (r)
Cantor Elise Barber
Mondays 7:00 - 8:00 pm
October 27; November 3, 10, 17, 24; December 1, 2014
Honoring Traditions: Creating a Quilted Challah Cover (r)
Ziva Harmatz
Sundays 1:30 - 4:30 pm
November 9, 23; December 7, 21, 2014
Fiddler on the Roof Sing-Along
Saturday, December 6, 2014
7:00 - 10:00 PM
To register (r) contact [email protected] more information, see the
full brochure online at www.j-c-a.org or contact [email protected]
Additional booklets are available at the JCA.
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~Membership Committee Corner~
~ Thank you ~
~ to all of you who helped make our Open House a Great Success!
Special thanks go to Rabbi Weiner, Jody Rosenbloom and Bill Zimmer
for sharing words of wisdom,
and to Karen Bell for taking the time to be with us.
A HUGE thank you to Sibies for donating delicious pizza
and The Next Barn Over Farm for lovely salad!!
The biggest thanks go to all the New, Prospective and Old members
who came and schmoozed!
~Help set up our Sukkah!~
Sunday, October 5th at 10 am in the JCA Courtyard.
This is a lovely tradition and is fun for all ages!
~Let’s all Celebrate Simchat Torah Together!~
New, old and prospective members, come dance with the Torah!
Thursday, October 16th, starting at 6:30 pm
~New Member Shabbat and Havdalah Matchmaking!~
--Would you like to host a new member for Shabbat dinner or
Havdalah?
--Are you a new JCA member who would like to meet
other members over Challah and wine?
Email Ruth Kane-Levit: [email protected] and
let us know if you would like to host or be a guest.
We will be the Shabbat Matchmakers!
~JCA Outing Club~
--Calling all hikers, bikers, kayakers and fellow lovers of the outdoors!
In the coming months the JCA Membership Committee will be launching
a new initiative to allow those of us who love to commune with nature,
to be able to do so with other JCA members. For now, we are calling it
the JCA Outing Club, otherwise known as the Outdoor Kvetchers Club,
Alta Kaker Kayaking Club or Oy is My Tush Aching Biking Club!
--We are creating an email list-serve that all interested members
can use to announce outings.
If you are interested in being notified of activities or organizing hikes,
rides, kayak trips etc., email Oran Kaufman: [email protected]
and we will add your email to the list.
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Compassionate Community
Monthly Notes From The Chesed Committee
Bikur Cholim – Visiting the Sick
According to the rabbis, the three most important Jewish mitzvot are caring for the corpse, helping a poor couple
marry, and visiting the sick. This last mitzvah is called Bikur
Cholim. It is said that God was the first to have performed
this mitzvah when he visited Abraham who was recovering
from his (adult) circumcision. Therefore, we are told, that
when we visit the sick, we are not only visiting as ourselves
and as representatives of the community, but in fact, acting
“in the image of God." Visiting the sick, the rabbis say, “adds
life” to the one who is ill.
Rabbi Weiner and the Chesed Committee are hoping that,
as a community, we can increase our capacity for this compassionate practice of Bikur Cholim.
Here are a few things we can all do:
Check in with our neighbors and friends when they don’t
show up in the usual places. Call and see if they are okay. Ask
if they need help of some kind, and if they are sick, ask if they
would like the rabbi to include them in his weekly prayer for
health (the misheberach).
Or call the JCA office to register concern, and someone
from the Chesed Committee will call and check in on them.
If we, ourselves, are in need of some help—a visit when
we are homebound, a meal, a ride to a doctor, someone to
pick up groceries, etc., call the office or a Chesed Committee
member. Remember: It is a mitzvah to give another person
the opportunity to do a mitzvah.
Finally, if we are able, we should volunteer to be added to
the Chesed Committee’s list of people who can be called on
to make a visit, cook a meal, offer a ride, etc.
Below Is A Description Of The Chesed
Committee’s Role, And The Names Of Current
Members.
We meet at 7:15 p.m. on the first Monday of the month,
usually. Please check with the JCA office to confirm our
meeting time.
Chesed Committee
The Chesed Committee assists JCA members in times of
joy, sorrow, and need, coordinating volunteers to help with
meals, rides, errands, visits, shiva minyanim, etc. We also
welcome babies to the community (see below).
If you, someone in your family, or someone in the community is ill, hospitalized, or in need of assistance, please let
us know right away. Even if no help is needed, it is important
for us as a community to be aware of each other’s health and
wellbeing. Although it sometimes feels awkward to share this
kind of information, it is an important part of being “in community.” We can’t help if we don’t know.
Please be part of the JCA’s growth as a “compassionate
community.”
Contact the office at 256-0160 or any of our current members:
Ellen Middleton
253-3059
Eva Brown
256-8066
Hans Herda
549-1010
Judy Davis
549-0128
Kitty Talan
253-2248
Reed Alper
549-0438
Robin Diamond
253-0660
Susan Myers
532-5839
Susan Zarchin
256-0667
Amy Mittelman
256-0883
David Piech
253-7586
Celebrating Babies: Shalom Baby Baskets
Know any new babies in the community? The JCA’s
Chesed and Membership Committees have teamed up with
Havurah K'tana (Little Friends Circle) to welcome new
babies into our community with a "Shalom Baby Basket."
Please contact us when you learn of families with a new baby
(JCA members or potential members). We will stop by with
a decorated basket containing a menorah, a PJ Library book,
a card made by children in the JCA Religious School, and, as
well, information about area Jewish resources for families.
We’ll also bring a meal and a plate of goodies! Please contact
Ariella Schwell ([email protected] or 230-3694) or
Reed Alper ([email protected] or 549-0438).
Celebrating Marriages
The Chesed Committee commemorates weddings in the
JCA community with a card and something sweet. Please
contact us through the JCA office if you know of a wedding
in our community.
Thank You, Volunteers!
The Chesed Committee thanks all who have recently provided compassionate support to others in the community.
Thank you to everyone who has made a meal, provided a
ride, lent a sympathetic ear, visited a person in need of companionship, or performed other acts of chesed (loving kindness) throughout the past month.
We welcome our newest Chesed Committee members –
Amy Mittelman and David Piech.
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Shekel Talk: From Your Treasurer, Jonathan Shefftz
This month’s Shekel Talk column
will focus on some unexpected expenditures.
Specifically, the overheating problem appears to have been connected to
not only the $273 thermostat replacement at the end of last month, but also
the $400 radiator replacement yesterday, and now – just as I was preparing
the write this column – $2,300 of head
gasket work.
Okay, so that is for my wife’s aging
car, not the JCA. But it does lead in
rather nicely to some unexpected expenditures that the JCA might soon be
facing.
By the time this column goes to
press, you will probably have already
heard all about this. It reminds me a
bit of a call with my mother a few years
ago:
“Did you see The Forward article
about the former rabbi who’s living
with a former nun?”
“Yes, sounded like one of those
jokes where a rabbi and a nun go into
a bar, except this time because they’re
dating.”
“That’s our former rabbi.”
Not such a funny joke when it’s
your childhood temple!
And not such a funny joke when the
temple is hit by lightning only shortly
before the High Holidays is the JCA!
Mix in the twist that the only damage from a lightning strike to a Jewish temple was done to the decidedly
non-Jewish steeple, and it becomes …
well, I’ll leave the theological implications to Rabbi Ben and the potentially
humorous implications to the annual
comedy night.
Fortunately we can also leave the
insurance back-and-forth to our new
Administrative Director Karen Bell.
Plus we have many other committee
members and officers who will consider the alternative costs for repair
versus removal, as well as address any
potential historical issues with Town
government.
And yes, now I really am going to
bring this back around to Mommy’s
car!
When I first heard of both of these
sets of unexpected expenditures, my
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Financial Officer and my supervisor
– little Micayla Shefftz – might be upset if she is never able to retrieve her
precious stickers should we not opt for
repair . . . of Mommy’s car that is, not
the steeple.)
My second thought was to be grateful that both potential financial hits do
not cause an immediate crisis. Dipping
into savings, facing difficult decisions,
taking up lots of time, yes. But having
to sacrifice basic needs, no. Such unexpected financial expenditures make
me realize even more how important it
is to be on a sound financial footing,
since some unexpected events are ultimately inevitable, whether for a household or the JCA.
Until my next column – or at any
other time too – you can always reach
me with any questions or concerns at
[email protected] and also download past columns at my http://tinyurl.
com/ShekelTalk documents folder.
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JCA Hall Gallery
Beginning August 2nd, Rochelle Shicoff will be our exhibitor. Here is her statement about her work:
It Came to Pass my latest series of photomontages, depicts
sacred objects from currently functioning Lower Eastside,
NYC historic orthodox synagogues.One room synagogues
known as shtiebels established early in the 20th century by
newly arrived immigrants, are also shown.The photographs
highlight only ritual objects such as torahs, talleisim and siddurim. In this work the focus is to emphasize and express the
intimacy and power of particular sacred objects. To add a
secular element, handmade paper, fragments of my past paintings, encaustic and oil painted surfaces are added to photographs taken during my travels through Japan, Italy, Mexico
and the United States. This series was inspired by my memories of synagogue life where the cantorial music of my father
and grandfather, who were cantors, could be heard.
For the Jewish viewer, It Came To Pass is meant to engender a connection to their heritage. For the non-Jewish viewer,
it can encourage and stimulate an understanding and illumination of an important aspect of Jewish culture,.
The Deadline for the
November Newsletter
is October 12th
All submissions MUST be made either by e-mail
or e-mail with a file attached.
If you do not have access to a computer or email,
please contact the editor.
PLEASE RESPECT THE DEADLINE!
Thank you, Aaron Bousel,
[email protected] 253-3544
The exhibit is from Aug. 7 until Oct. 31.
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Donations
High Holiday Donation
Kathryn & Stephen Rose
Adult Ed
Barbara Jenkins & Eli Kwartler
Rabbi Discretionary Fund
Bharati & Michah Winston
Amy Rothenberg & Paul Herscu
Jeff & Marilyn Blaustein
Children's Scholarship Fund
Sara Schley & Joseph Laur
Arlie & Josh Rose
Tzedakah
In memory of Robert Solomon
(Marian & Leonard Lubinsky)
Guidebook
Judy Glaser & Robert Stern
Judy & Allen Davis
Yaffa & Haim Gunner
Beverly & Steve Woolf
Patience & Aaron Bousel
A Esther Mercer
Jeanne & Robert Potash
Jayne Pearl
Elaine & Arnold Trehub
Ronnie Williams & Suzanne Arnopolin
Elissa & Bernie Rubinstein
Jaymie & Michael Chernoff
Susan Myers
Randi Stein
Condolences
We offer our sympathy and heartfelt condolences to the
families and friends of those who have recently died:
Anne Atkins Rein, mother of Deliah Rosel
Rabbi Weiner wants to make sure the community knows he is available and eager to visit at
home, or in the hospital, with people who are unwell
or otherwise in need of some spiritual support. The
important step is to make sure he knows you are in
need! Please don't hesitate to contact him directly,
or through the JCA office, if you would like a visit.
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• Arrive & Settling In:
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• Bell to begin silent meditation:
8:25 a.m.
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