The Shofar
February 2015
Shevat/Adar 5775
Inside This Month’s Issue…
Upcoming Events
Fri. February 6, 6:30pm: My
Jewish Neighborhood Shabbat/
Tu Bishvat dinners
Sat. February 7: Bat Mitzvah of
Alexandra Lee, daughter of
Shana and Andrew Lee
Sun. February 22:
Brunch
featuring
authors
Rachel
Meltzer and Dina Rose:
"Raising Healthy Eaters: From
toddlers to teens, from
omnivores to vegetarians”
Sat. February 28: Bat Mitzvah of
Aliza Myers, daughter of Glen
and Samantha Myers
Sunday March 1:
Preschool
Purim celebration featuring
Mama Doni, 10:30am
Our local stained glass artist
graces another house of
worship with her work (page 2)
USH
President
Lauren
Blumenfeld has some thoughts
on our budget (page 3)
Wednesday, March 4: Purim eve
festivities including Megillah
readings and Purim shpiels
USH Treasurer Myrna Kasser
shares information on the
status of our finances (page 3)
The Rabbi reflects on the
violence in France (page 4)
UNITED SYNAGOGUE OF HOBOKEN
Address: 115 Park Avenue, Hoboken, NJ 07030
Phone: 201-659-4000
Rabbi: 201-653-6696
Fax: 201-659-2614
Preschool: [email protected]
Phone: 201-653-8666
Learning Center: [email protected]
Phone: 201-659-4000
Web Site: www. HobokenSynagogue.org
E-mail: [email protected]
Saturday, March 7: USH Casino
Night at Hobobken Elks Club,
7pm
April 3 & 4: First and second
nights of Passover
May 15-17: Celebrate the 100th
anniversary of the dedication
of our synagogue building
Schedule of Services
Friday night: 7:00 pm
Saturday morning: 9:30 am
Monday: 7:30 pm
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STAINED GLASS UPDATE
By Louise Kurtz
It is with no small amount of kvelling that I
share with you that our esteemed stained glass
artist, Susie Klein, has completed and installed
twelve stained glass windows depicting the
Twelve Tribes of Israel for Congregation
B’nai Torah in Atlanta. The photograph on
the front page of this issue is a close-up of the
Asher window.
On a local note, we have started work on the
left side of the Shabbat windows – we are
close to having all ten windows on the South
side of the sanctuary installed!
Our
continuing thanks go to Susie Klein and also
to the January volunteers: Allen Reuben,
Susan Moore, Penny Metsch, Vivian Greene,
Louise Kurtz, Barbara Malach Kalman,
Tracey Schnabel, Marilyn Freiser, Alex Wolo,
Mark Orman, Heather Alberts, Liza Zablocki,
and to our newest volunteers: Karen Jurman,
Liana Moss, Pamela Grant, and Rhonda
Strosberg.
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USH BUDGETS AND OTHER THOUGHTS
by Lauren Blumenfeld, USH President
For me the winter is always the time of year that allows me to
reboot and to review the goals that I set for myself during the
High Holidays. Now as President, I am also looking at how
the Synagogue progressed.
To do this we need to look at our programs, finances and
most of all, our community. As far as the programs I ask
myself, are we providing meaningful experiences for all our
constituents? Is the young family Hanukkah party where we
hosted several hundred children or our recent lecture on
Sunday morning with the Editor of the Jewish Week meeting
their needs? To me the success of our programs is measured
by whether our lives have been made better because we’ve
spent this time together.
Another measure of our progress is our continued financial
stability. Over the last year and a half, I must admit I have
learned quite a lot about how our finances function. I thought
I would share some of my “Aha!” moments since I have
become President.
First – dues do not cover the operating expenses! More
specifically, to make things run at USH this year, including
the Kaplan Preschool and the Learning Center, will cost
$2,083,000. The collection of our annual dues is $345,300.
So you might ask, where does the money come from and
what is it spent on? Finding that out was my second “Aha”
moment.
The USH revenue comes from three main sources: our dues,
our donations, and the revenue from Kaplan Preschool. Dues
cover about 19% of the budget, donations 7% and Kaplan
Preschool 63%.
Third, I learned that our expenses are in three categories:
employee related expenses 74%, facilities related expenses
11.8% and programming related expenses 14.3%.
Finally, we believe it is part of our mission to educate the
future generations. To do this we, as most typical synagogues
in the United States do (there is no real difference between
what type of synagogue – Conservative, Reform, Orthodox),
financially support our Learning Center by 50%.
For example:
LC Costs Per Student
Community Subsidy
Parents of LC Student Pays
$3000
-$1500
_____
$1500
Having reported all of this, I hope to see you all at Casino
Night next month contributing to the health of our
community!
February 2015
NUMBERS MAKE MY HEAD SPIN…
by Myrna Kasser, USH Treasurer
Our president, Lauren Blumenfeld, has presented for
your reading pleasure this month a brief explanation of
what we spend our money on and where we get the
money to spend.
I now realize that the finances of USH are probably a
big black box to most of you. I welcome you as my
partners in the long-term project of keeping USH
solvent. If you haven’t been a member for the past 25
years, you probably don’t know that things weren’t
always as rosy as they now seem to be. In fact, at one
time, there was a serious danger that USH would fold,
just as so many other synagogues and temples in the US
have done. We were fortunate then that members
sprang to our aid, mostly by working the weekly games
held in North Bergen.
Fortunately, we no longer have to support bingo games.
Nevertheless, it’s always a challenge to stay ahead of
the expenses.
For example, in December we paid a total of $123,000
to our employees; we paid PSE&G $2,677; we paid
Verizon $350. All in all, in December it cost $181,267
just to keep the building, the schools, and the activities
going. Dues only covered $10,000 of that amount!
Casino Night is a real help on the plus side, not just to
USH, but to the Hoboken Shelter, the Hoboken
Emergency Food Pantry, and the Jubilee Center. We
are fortunate to be able to contribute to those
organizations in our community that do so much for
others.
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THOUGHTS ABOUT PARIS, VIOLENCE, HEROISM
AND PEACE
By Rabbi Rob Scheinberg
Reprinted from the Rabbi’s blog post of January 14
Many of us continue to be troubled and inspired by events
in Paris this past week: troubled by terrible acts of murder
and violence, and inspired by great acts of kindness and
self-sacrifice. I wanted to share some of the thoughts that
I shared with the community last shabbat, together with
some more thoughts as the situation continues to unfold.
Paris may be far away from Hoboken, but this is an event
that affects many people in our congregational family
directly. This week I have spoken with many members of
our community who are from Paris, or who have relatives
in Paris, including many who have shopped at the Hyper
Cacher supermarket and/or participated in the solidarity
march on Sunday. The terrible events in Paris this week
could very easily have affected someone with close ties to
our congregation.
The Charlie Hebdo murders were not random. The
perpetrators were Muslim extremists who attacked those
who were asserting their right to free speech, equalopportunity lampooners who made fun of Christianity and
Judaism and every other religion and ideology just as
fiercely as they made fun of Islam. And similarly, the
kosher supermarket murders were also not random. That
same strain of Muslim extremism that cannot countenance
anything they see as an attack on their religion is also
viciously and murderously anti-Jewish. That anti-Jewish
sentiment is not about Israel; it is about Jews. This was
one of numerous terrorist attacks against Jews in France
this year; it has simply attracted more attention than the
other incidents because of its connection to the murder of
public figures. We should be alarmed, but not at all
surprised, that extremists make connections between Jews
and everything they dislike about their society. I am
grateful that the French government is making it a special
priority this week to step up its protection of Jewish
schools and communal institutions, as we pray for their
safety and security.
At the beginning of the book of Exodus (Parashat
Shemot), many Israelite slaves may have been inclined to
assume the worst about every Egyptian, to regard each of
them as an oppressor. So the Torah gives us the example
of Pharaoh's daughter, and Shifra and Puah (according to
those commentators who understand ‫ המילדות העבריות‬to
mean 'midwives to the Hebrews' rather than 'Hebrew
midwives'), to remind us that righteous people can be
found in every people, every society and every culture,
lest entire nations and peoples and groups be painted with
the same brush. Were it not for 24-year-old Lassana
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Bathily, Muslim employee of Hypercacher market who
helped more than a dozen hostages hide in the freezer on
Friday, the carnage at the market would have been that
much worse. He is a modern day analogue to Pharaoh's
daughter and Shifra and Puah. (And because the police
assumed the worst about him, he spent more than an hour
in handcuffs on Friday until it was revealed that he was a
life-saving hero.) I have faith that the world, and the
Muslim world, have many, many more Lassana Bathilys
than murderous jihadists. And it is terribly disheartening
to read about random acts of violence against Muslims in
France this week. As we pray for comfort for the families
of Yohan Cohen (age 22), Yoav Hattab (age 21), Philippe
Braham (40s), and François-Michel Saada (age 55), who
were buried yesterday in Israel, may we also pray for
wisdom and discernment - to be vigilant, while also
treating each person as an individual created in God's
image.
This is one of those weeks when we are face to face with
the world’s brokenness - seen in the murders in France,
and also against the backdrop of horrific massacres of
hundreds of civilians in Nigeria by Boko Haram; dozens
murdered in terrorist bombings in Yemen, Pakistan, and
Lebanon; ongoing violence in Syria; together with any
number of tragedies in the United States and every
country. The Talmud teaches that each and every
innocent life destroyed is equivalent to the destruction of
the entire world (M. Sanhedrin 4:5). Building a world of
peace has proven to be extraordinarily difficult in practice
though it seems simple in theory.
But Jewish tradition recognizes that part of the key to
peace is enabling disparate elements to coexist. This is the
meaning of the frequent refrain in our prayers: “Oseh
shalom bimromav, hu ya’aseh shalom aleinu.’ “May the
One who establishes peace in the heavens, grant peace to
us.” But what peace exists “in the heavens”? The
eminent French Torah commentator Rashi remarks on
these words in their original context in the Book of Job
(25:2): The sky appears to us as if it were a pool of blue
water, and the sun appears to us as if it were a ball of hot
fire in the midst of that water. What appear to be opposite
substances do not neutralize each other or eliminate each
other, but rather they co-exist. Other religions may have
visions of peace in which everyone is the same, or in
which all blasphemers or enemies are neutralized. But the
Jewish vision of peace is different. It’s a vision in which
forces that appear to be opposed actually figure out how to
live together. This does NOT mean that we should
capitulate to the demands of aggressors. But it means that
we should not be threatened by difference. It means that
we recognize that God’s plan for the world includes
diversity within unity, and unity within diversity. And
whether we get closer to achieving such a world, or further
away from it, is not only up to God: it is up to every
world leader, and it is up to every individual.
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February 2015
MISHLOACH MANOT – YUMMY, FRIENDLY, AND A MITZVAH TOO!
Each year, our community participates in the tradition of Mishloach Manot—sending gifts of food to friends in honor of
the holiday of Purim. The tradition is to send at least two kinds of food to at least two people. We make it fun and
easy to send to others in our community. To participate, please fill out the form below and return it to the office with
your payment no later than Friday, February 20, 2015.
On Sunday, March 1, members of our community will deliver the gift bags to those within Hudson County. Those
outside the delivery area can pick up their bags at the synagogue starting February 26, but please call the office
first. Each household that receives a gift will receive ONE gift bag with a card from the people who sent the
greetings.
There are several options for participating in our Mishloach Manot program. You can send to everyone in the
community for a flat fee of $125. Alternatively, you can send greetings to individuals (just circle their numbers on the
form). The cost would then be $25 for the first name and $1 for each additional name. If you take this option you
can add automatic reciprocity and you will automatically send greetings to anyone you missed that sent greetings to
you. You will be billed $1 for each additional name, after the fact.
We will be sending Mishloach Manot to Israel through the American Zionist Movement (www.azm.org). This year these
gift packages will once again go to children in a number of underserved communities in Israel, Lone Soldiers, and
the IDF. Please consider a donation of $5 or more to join us in extending this mitzvah beyond our community to our
brothers and sisters in Israel –this gesture of support will be much appreciated.
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____________________________________________________________________________________
Name (please print)
Phone Number
email
Please make checks payable to “United Synagogue
Of Hoboken” and return this form to the office
with your payment by Friday, February 20, 2015.
You can also do this using PayPal on our
website www.hobokensynagogue.org
.
Options:
Send to everyone— $125
OR: First greeting— $25
additional greetings @ $1 each ___
If you’re paying by Visa/MC:
Additional contribution: ___
Card#: ________________________________
Donation for Mishloach Manot to Israel ___
Type of card: ___________________________
Total enclosed: $____
Exp. Date: ________ Card Security Code: ___
Automatic reciprocity yes__ no___
Signature: ______________________________
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Jurish
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Krepliak
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Tripodi
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Schwartzbach
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Goldberg
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124. Christian Gonzalez
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Aaronson
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127. Mattthew Gould & Asha
Bhandari Gould
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129. Michael & Carrie Granit
130. Amanda Grant
131. Gordon Grasmann
132. Daniel & Kate Greenberg
133. Dorian & Jennifer
Greenberg
134. Vivian Greene
135. Shay Grinfeld & Helit
Greenfield
136. Gertrude Grossbard
137. Stanley Grossbard & Dawn
Zimmer
138. Barry Grossman & Audrey
Merwin
139. Rachelle Grossman
140. Nuno Guerreiro-Josue &
Shlomit Keren Stein
141. Michael & Staci Gulliford
142. Grace Gurman-Chan &
Kenneth Chan
143. Jason & Lauren Gurtman
144. Lawrence Gutterman &
Moria Goshen
145. Gordon & Monique Haas
146. Noe & Rebecca Hamra
147. Robert & Julie Harari
148. Kelly Hayes
149. David & Kayo Heafitz
150. Stephen Hefler
151. Andrew Heiden & Rebecca
Teichman
152. Leon Hen-Tov & Natalia
Shuster
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154. Lisa Hershey
155. Douglas & Suzanne
Heyman
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157. Louis Hoffman
158. Michael & Maria Hofman
159. Florence Holtzman
160. Vinny & Soomin Hu
161. Todd Hyman
162. Scott & Lauren Inzelbuch
163. Mary Israel
164. Oded Itzhak & Shiri
Rosenblat-Itzhak
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Sachs
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168. Harry Kafka & Harriet Taub
169. Sarah Kafka
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Aurelie Kahn Jochimek
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Herman
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Kalman
173. David Kalmus & Dr. Abbie
Jacobs
174. Vikram Kalra & Anjali Kumar
175. Michael Kammer
176. Carol Kaplan
177. Myron Kaplan & Dr. Annette
Hollander
178. Matthew & Jill Kaplan
179. Norman & Myrna Kasser
180. Jonathan Katell & Rachel
Glasgow Katell
181. Charles & Heather Katz
182. Michael & Jill Katz
183. Richard & Amelia Katz
184. Brian Kempner
185. Tamara Kennon
186. Lee Khan & Stacey
Gallagher-Khan
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188. Hope Koturo
189. Benjamin & Marissa Kramer
190. Samuel & Candice Kramer
191. Alessa Kreger
192. Jeff Kreisler & Anne
Teutschel
193. Russell & Marni Kriegel
194. Sean & Amy Kron
195. Iris Kufert-Rivo
196. Louise Kurtz
197. Karl & Judy Laden
198. Alin & Karel Lahmy
199. Megan Lake
200. Melissa Landera
201. Amy Langer
202. William & Dana LaPiana
203. Miguel & Linda Laufer
204. Evan Marc Lazerowitz
205. Heidi Learner
206. Ryan & Shari Lederman
207. Laurel Lederman
208. Andrew Lee & Shoshana
Goldberg-Lee
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210. Norman Lee & Lorraine Pak
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Mitchell Levine & Catherine
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Benjamin & Jodi Levy
Philip & Rita Levy
Adam & Lisa Levy
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Flitterman-Lewis
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Weiss-Lewitt
221. Lawrence & Tiffany Lin
222. Aline Linden
223. Craig & Michele Linder
224. Carol Losos & Judson
Weaver
225. Joshua & Lauryn Lukin
226. Elysa & Robert Lyons
227. Scott Mack
228. Stewart Mader & Amy
Sommer
229. David & Melissa Mahl
230. Soren & Shamira Malekar
231. Ben & Rebecca Malinsky
232. Peter Mann & Paula Rocha
233. Manny & Jennifer Mantilla
234. Michael Marcello & Karen
Jurman
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Thomas Azzolini
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Labendz
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278. Dr. Vera Nadia Nowakiwskyj
279. Emily Numa
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282. Marcia Orange
283. Michael & Alexandra Oualid
284. Adriana Pacheco & Cathy
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Goldstein
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287. Jonathan & Robyn Pecarsky
288. Antonio & Joanne Perrotta
289. Anne Pettit
290. Maayan Pinhassi & Noa
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291. David & Monica Plotka
292. Michael & Jessica Pollack
293. Dylan & Shirael Pollack
294. Rony & Daniela Porat
295. Amy & Kevin Porter
296. David & Amy Posner
297. Kathy Price
298. Bruce & Kathy Prussack
299. Yael Rahamim
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300. Jonah Rank
301. Maurice & Sarah Recanati
302. Dr. Andrew Reibman & Ms.
Elisabeth Oldmixon
303. Blake & Jodi Remer
304. Allen Reuben
305. Mark Risman & Staci
Abramsky Risman
306. Dina Rose & Todd Clear
307. Marilyn Rose
308. Jeremy & Amy Rosen
309. Ron Rosenberg
310. Dr. Tuvia Rosenberg
311. Zehava Rosenberg
312. Erica Rosenberger
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315. Frank & Deborah Rosner
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Grossman
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Heather Gordon
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322. Mildred Sacks
323. Ana Sancho-Rumeu
324. Kirk Sanderson & Wendy
Rosenthal
325. Melissa Sandler
326. Valdi & Lauren Sapira
327. Michael & Sherri Satz
328. Rabbi Robert Scheinberg &
Rabbi Naomi Kalish
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331. Martin & Tracey Schnabel
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Schneider
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Huang
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Barry Shoot & Laurie
Letvak
Oren & Ginger Shukrun
Avi Siegel & Keren Shpigel
Laura Siegel & Brian Critz
Yvonne Silver
Ali Silver
Robert Silverbush
Ivan Silverman & Miriam S.
Kolko
Richard & Jane Silverman
Wayne & Wendy
Silverstein
Martin & Beth Skolnick
Jeri Slavin & Marty Gottlieb
Gary Spector & Elizabeth
Szabla
Steven Sperber & Phannee
Noiplai
Martin & Rochelle Spergel
Dana Spivak
David Spivak & Rebecca
Gansburg
Janice Springer
Jason Stahl & Theresa
Gambacorta
Jeffrey Stark & Lidia
Mongay
Matthew & Nicole Stein
Rebecca Steinberg
Reyna Steinberg
Eugene Steinhart &
Deborah Lewis
Richard I. & Isabella T.
Stempler
Dr. Sharon Stern
Steve Sternberg & Susan
Chait
Eric & Aliza Sternberg
Susan Stoll
Robert F. & Pamela Strell
Adam & Rhonda Strosberg
David Swirnoff & Merry
Firschein
Harriet Tainsky
Larry & Lenette Talpins
Craig & Candice
Teitelbaum
Adam & Rebekah Tessler
Todd & Amanda Thiede
Sean & Danielle Tietjen
Alan & Suelly Tigay
Anthony Townsend &
Nicole LaRusso
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Dr. Joel Trugman & Razel
Solow
Billy Truong & Shira Ein-Dor
Adam & Sasha Tulgan
Ruth Tyroler
Evan & Amy Uhlfelder
Matthew & Rachel
Vamvakis
Nicholas & Nicole van Aardt
Navik Vikas & Nidhi Sahani
Ryan Virag & Alicia GrippiVirag
David Vissering & Randi
Messing
Jeffrey Vock & Wendy
Setzer
Richard & Ella Vuernick
Randy & Rachel Wachtel
Mitchell Wallace & Wendy
Gaswirth
Simon & Melissa Ward
Scott Warren & Rachel
Meltzer
Eytan Weber
Corey & Beth Weiner
John & Dana Weinshank
Adam & Mara Weinstein
Barry & Julie Weinstein
James & Alicia Weinstein
Herman & Joanna
Weintraub
Jesse & Rachel Weiss
Aaron & Rebecca Weitman
Jody M. Weitz
Julie Weitzner
Alan Welner
Leo & Sydell Wertheim
Chris & Cindy Wiegand
Marcus & Mara Wignell
Joel & Lauren Winston
Nataly & Mark Yackanich
Joshua Youdovin
Benjamin & Lisa Zablocki
Carl Zeichner
Joshua & Angela Zeitz
Cantor Rebecca Zwiebel
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY
Yom Kippur Appeal
Joel and Marilyn Freiser
Josh Moskowitz
Scott and Jennifer Ostfeld
Tom and Robin Ahern
Joshua Youdovin
Craig Teitelbaum
Casino Night Diamond Level
Inserra Supermarkets – Shop Rite
Casino Night Table Sponsor
Matt Meistrich
Joel Trugman and Razel Solow
Casino Night Poke Sponsor
Gutterman Brothers
Kaplan Cooperative Preschool
Hope Koturo, in memory of Hope’s grandmother,
Mazie Greenwald
Mitchell Levine and Catherine Cruz Levine in memory
of Bevina Eclarin
General Fund
Lisa Hershey
Rob Appel
Carolyn Schoenlnast in memory of Belle Shanik
Alix Biel
Florence Holtzman
Lydia Schleyer in honor of Marcia Herman
Aline Linden
Bunny Friedman, in memory of her nephew, Danny
Arak
Mary Zamore
Daniel Kuperstein in honor of Zoltan Weisz
Charlie and Janet Hollander in memory of Elizabeth
Hollander and Gertrude Kravetz
Joel Trugman and Razel Solow
Garret Peterson and Danielle Starrantino in honor of
Chloe’s baby naming
Marsha Starrantino in honor of Chloe’s baby naming
Norman and Myrna Kasser in memory of Belle Taub,
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mother of Harriet Taub
Stanley and Carol Runyon
Gayle and Leonard Helfgott
Daniel Jacobs and Edith Sachs
Paul Glicksberg and Helene Schwartzbach in memory
of Belle Taub, mother of Harriet Taub
Harry Kafka and Harriet Taub, in memory of their
parents
Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund
Steve Sperber and Phannee Noiplai
Jonathan and Rachel Katell in honor of Rebecca
Weintraub’s bat mitzvah
Gabriel and Tammi Fox in memory of Belle Taub,
mother of Harriet Taub
Mike Evers and Dawn Raffel
Marc and Linnie Newman
Harry Kafka and Harriet Taub
Bruce and Kathy Prussack
Family Learning Center
Samuel and Rose Riemer Private Foundation
Building Fund
Hugh and Susan Moore in memory of Susan’s father,
Abe Camhi
Allen Levine
Bob and Elysa Lyons
Eugenio Brauner and Beth Mayerowitz
Keyboard
Charlie and Janet Hollander
Russell and Marni Kriegel
Joel and Marilyn Freiser
Bob and Jeanne Becker
Yvonne Silver
Audrey Merwin
Louise Kurtz
Hope Koturo
Rob Harari
Phillip and Claire Meistrich Speaker/Brunch
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Bernard Spanger
Alan Welner and Diana London in memory of Rose and
Motek Welner
THANK YOU FOR SPONSORING KIDDUSH
January 3, Joel Trugman and Razel Solow in honor of
Lisa, Ben, Joel, Marilyn and Myrna
January 10, Soren and Sharmira Malekar in honor of
Rabbi Scheinberg and Louise Kurtz
January 17, Strosberg family in memory of Fay Riemer
Trugman and Rose and Samuel Reimer
January 24, Kitty Bateman in memory of parents,
Abraham and Rachel Belsky, and Louise Kurtz, in
honor of her father, Bernard Kurtz
January 31, David Swirnoff and Merry Firschein, and
Seth Goodman, Elissa Aaronson, and family.
IN THE CONGREGATIONAL FAMILY
Welcome to New Members
David Altas and Jaclyn Aptekar
Michael and Jessica Pollack
Congratulations to
Alexandra Lee on her bat mitzvah and to her parents,
Andrew and Shana, and siblings, Elizabeth and Jared.
Daniel Atlas and Jaclyn Aptekar on their marriage.
Rabbi Moshe and Shaindel Schapiro on the birth of
February 2015
their daughter, Sara.
Nora DeBenedetto (Kaplan Preschool teacher) on
receiving a community service award from the
Hoboken Quality of Life Coalition for her work on
the uptown farmers’ market
Maria and Ben Blum (Preschool parents) on the birth of
their son, Leonard, and to siblings Sasha and Michael
Rabbi Annie Lewis (former USH rabbinic intern) and
husband Rabbi Yosef Goldman on the birth of their
daughter.
Sarah Kafka on her engagement to Jonathan Tarshis
Neil and to parents Harry Kafka and Harriet Taub,
and brother Jacob.
Condolences to
Ava Schoellnast and her family on the loss of her
grandmother, Belle Shanik.
David Gavant and his family on the loss of his mother,
Janice Gavant.
Deborah Lewis and her family on the loss of her father,
Mike Lewis.
Tom Foligno on the loss of his father and to his wife,
Laura, and their daughters Hannah and Sylvie.
Yael Rahamin (Learning Center teacher) on the loss of
her mother-in-law, Daisi Rahamin.
Louis Hoffman (Learning Center teacher) on the loss of
his grandfather.
Harriet Taub on the loss of her mother, Belle Taub, and
to her husband, Harry Kafka, and their children,
Jacob and Sarah.
The Shofar, the newsletter of the United Synagogue of Hoboken, is published
monthly in Hoboken, NJ. United Synagogue of Hoboken, 115 Park Avenue,
Hoboken, NJ 07030, 201-659-4000; www.hobokensynagogue.org
• President: Lauren Blumenfeld: [email protected]
• Rabbi: Robert Scheinberg: [email protected]
• Preschool Director: Rachelle Grossman: 201-653-8666 or
[email protected]
• Learning Center Director: Grace Gurman-Chan: 201-659-4000, x4 or
[email protected]
• Shofar Editor: David Swirnoff: [email protected].
Proofreading provided by Jane Klueger, Louise Kurtz, Allen Reuben
and Rabbi Scheinberg
• USH Office administrator: Laura Forino: 201-659-4000 or
[email protected]
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