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Temple President

andrea comerchero

Comfort Foods and Our Well-Being

  • Apples are one of the iconic symbols of autumn. Luckily, the amazing flavor of autumn apples need not be lost when winter arrives. By making applesauce in the fall and preserving it in jars, you can pair autumn apples with your Hanukah latkes, even when snow is on the ground and winter is undeniable. (myjewishlearning.com)
  • At this time of year and with the challenges everyone has been facing, what better way does our faith have to bring us some solace than cooking some comfort food. Comfort food is a wonderful way to reduce stress, elevate our mood, and relax. I hope you enjoy my variation of Homemade Apple Sauce and all the wonderful recipes in the December 2021 Issue of the Tikvah Times.

Let us renew ourselves for the year ahead...Let us honor the precious legacy that is ours. (from “Prayer for Our Congregation – Our Members,” Rosh HaShanah Services - September 2021)

KOL NIDRE DONATIONS FOR 5782

  • ANGEL • Gloria & Lawrence Konstan • Cheryle & Steve Levine • Barbara Silberman • Ken & Neela Weber
  • CHESED • Lynn & Jay Beber • Andrea & Marc Comerchero • Phyllis & Marc Newman • Janet & Barry Spool • Irene & Stanley Zorn
  • TZEDEKAH • Arnold & Sylvia Bloch • Elaine Farber • Justin Wax Jacobs • Anonymous • Lisa Selkin Lupo • Marilyn Markowitz • Joyce & Joel Mensoff • Sandra & David Peskin • Susan & Martin Siroka • Madeleine Wolf
  • BENEFACTOR • Anonymous • Farhad Bolandakhtari & Nazita Dashitpour • Arline & Jack Cazes • Nancy Eschemuller • Libby Glowatz • Robin & Bob Jacobson • Carole Kaplan
  • PATRON • Robert Bader • Marty Cohen & Rabbi Randy Sheinberg • Beth Feldman • Sonia Fink • Fran Fredrick • Lori & Mark Gordon • Ronni & Charles Hollanders • Terry & Ira Lepzelter • Traci & Victor Levy • Helaine & Ed Schachter • Stuart & Judy Weinstock
  • SPONSOR • Maureen & Steve Berman • Brotherhood of Temple Tikvah • Terry & Michael Cutler • Arleen & Ronald Degen • Martin & Susan Fox • Marc & Michele Gold • Lois & Richard Howard • Joe & Judy Kirschner • Rachel & Nicole Lavoie • Lynn Moser • Phyllis Richards • Susan Schall
  • DONOR • Muriel Adler • Sharon Adler • Michael & Karen Arkin • Michele & Dennis Baltuch • Florence Baravarian • Sharon Bibergal • Betsy Jacob Bivrano • Henry Bloch • The Chirel Family • The Diamond Family • Rochelle & Evan Fischer • Vivian E. Floch • Alan Fogelman & Susan Feinblatt • Merle Fishkin • Sharon Fricano • Steven & Doreen Geller • Vivian Goldbaum • Stephen & Barbara Goldberg • Anonymous • David Herz & Janet Stahl • Mimi Kahn • Andrea & Doug King • Leslie Kizner • Joel & Sadie Kramer • Sandra Lichtenstein • The Magidson Family • Mark & Robin Mandell • Margery & Edward Orenstein • Robert Peskin & Tracey Browning • Mr. & Mrs. Richard Ravens • Barbara & Milton Rosenberg & Family • Ron, Barbara, Melissa & Justin Schreiber • June & Jack Schwarz • Claire Shapiro • Doris & Irv Silberman • Julie Steiner O'Donnell • Elaine & Howie Weiss • Joan Wiener • Laurence & Aki Wolfson • Linda Lustig-Zaffos & Jack Zaffos
  • PARTICIPANT • Deborah Abramowitz • Jeanie & George Berger • Cindy & Joe Bettelheim • Sheila & Martin Bosker • Sharyn & Joel Chanin • Rochelle & Evan Fischer • Muriel Gorochow • Toby & Steve Israel • Abe & Hanna Kormas • Steven B. Levine • Andrew & Marilyn Mandell • Lee Newman • Karla & Orlando Osuna • Rachel Raphael-Kupferberg • Helene & Alene Schonhaut • Susan & Irwin Schneider • Rosalyn Schwartz • Jeffrey Young • Howard & Gale Zeidman

rabbi randy sheinberg

What is Jewish About Eating?

  • It is often the case that when I attend a celebration for a family who does not know me well and they find out that I am a Rabbi, the host will offer me an apology. “I guess you can’t eat anything from that bacon station,” or “Hope you aren’t offended by the coconut shrimp hors d’oeuvres.” People assume that as a Rabbi my religious beliefs guide what I eat, and therefore that I keep Kosher.
  • They are partly right. As it happens, I do not follow the biblical laws of kashrut. (While I do not like ham, seafood is one of my favorite types of food.) Yet although I do not keep Kosher in the traditional sense, my religious beliefs do very much guide my eating habits.
  • In the Jewish world, food and faith are intertwined. Judaism views the human body as sacred space, akin to God’s Temple. To harm it in any way is to desecrate that Temple; and conversely, to tend and care for it is a mitzvah, it is sacred work. One important way that we care for our bodies is by feeding them, by providing them the proper nutrients to enable them to thrive. It is a mitzvah to eat healthy.
  • Not only that - it is also a mitzvah to eat food that we enjoy. The Jerusalem Talmud even goes so far as to say that in the world to come, we will be asked to give an account for that which we would find pleasurable to eat that we gazed at and did not eat.
  • There are many explanations for the biblical laws of kashrut. Some say they were created to help us eat healthy foods (for example, the prohibition against eating pork might have been because pigs were known to carry diseases.) Others say that following the laws of kashrut helps one to eat mindfully, because you must pay attention to and distinguish between foods that are prohibited and those that are permitted; and still others say that eating a Kosher diet links you to Jews everywhere who have followed those dietary laws for generations.
  • While I do not follow biblical kashrut, I do embrace these Jewish goals for sacred eating. I do believe it is important to eat healthy food. I do not always eat what I should, however I do try to pay attention to the nutritional value of what I put in my mouth and make a healthy choice where possible. I also try to eat mindfully. I often say a blessing, sometimes aloud and sometimes to myself, before I sit down to a meal. Doing so helps me slow down and savor the food, and appreciate the bounty that is before me. Furthermore, I do believe that food is a wonderful vehicle for linking Jews across time and across the globe.
  • Although I do not follow biblical kashrut, I do have other Jewish mitzvot in mind when I make my choices about what and how much to eat. The mitzvah of ba’al taschit (avoiding waste,) guides me to take only as much food as I need when I approach a lavish buffet. The mitzvah of tza’ar ba’alei khayim (avoiding harm to animals,) guides me to minimize the amount of animal protein I consume when there are healthy vegetarian options available. And the mitzvah of shomrei adamah (protecting the earth,) encourages me to eat food that consumes fewer resources, and that is sustainably sourced or harvested.

Eating is one of the pleasures of life, and it is something that we do every day of our lives. I hope some of the recipes in this issue will help enhance your enjoyment of eating. And I hope too that whatever you choose to eat, this Issue helps you make eating a sacred Jewish act.

Our house of worship that feels like home...

It is heartwarming to remember the many beautiful celebrations we shared in our Temple, and now it is heartbreaking to see the devastation from the flood. However, we are more than a building. We are are a community!

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Education Director

SHARON FRICANO

December at Religious School: To Learn That When Self-discipline is Infused with Self-kindness, A Healthy Balance and Sense of Self-understanding, A Balance Will be Achieved – and There is Nothing Our Youth Cannot Accomplish

  • At the beginning of December, we honored our new students. We also celebrated Hanukah as it came very early this year. The students played Hanukah Trivial Pursuit, acted out the Hanukah story, played Name That Tune, and listened to the story, “The Christmas Menorah” about a town where everyone put up menorahs in the windows to stop anti-Semitism. The students also designed velvet art menorahs and went home with a goody bag of gelt, a dreidel, and cookie cutters.
  • During the month of December students will be studying the Middah of Gevurah (attribute of discipline.) Gevurah is an important concept for teenagers. As they become more self-absorbed and self-conscious about changes in their bodies and voices, it takes more courage to speak up and draw attention to themselves. As they often form cliques, worry about who is “in” or who is “out” and get embarrassed about many things, they may become hesitant to show courage and speak out on behalf of themselves and others. Yet this is also the stage when students will challenge adult explanations, their own assumptions, rules, and the parental/teacher limits set for the group. That is why this is exactly the appropriate time to teach students the Art of Gevurah. The students will become more capable of thinking abstractly and understanding values like justice and mercy, as well as to behave with courage and moral strength which requires training and practice within "safe" environments.
  • Gevurah also incorporates the idea that we all can be heroic in our everyday lives by living an exemplary life and doing what is right and just. Our goal is to encourage students to apply gevurah to issues of withstanding peer pressure, sticking their neck out for others, self-restraint, self-discipline, and taking a leadership role in their group when the opportunity or need to be an upstander comes along.

DECEMBER'S UPCOMING EVENTS: December 3rd - Consecration at 7:00pm • December 11th - Junior Congregation at 9:30am • December 18th - Family Havdalah/Game Night at 7:00pm • December 26th - Religious School Closed • January 2nd - Religious School Closed

TIKVAH TOTS

TRACY CHIREL & NICOLE TAYLOR

NOURISHING OUR TIKVAH TOTS’ TUMMIES AND SOULS

  • We Jewish families celebrate our holidays with prayer, songs, and food. Hanukah is no exception. We go to synagogue, sing about the victory of the Maccabees and the Menorah that burned for 8 days, and we eat. Some foods are traditional for specific holidays, such as hamantaschen, matzah, and apples and honey. Others are great for any holiday, such as gefilte fish, matzah ball soup, and brisket.
  • Food is another way to make Hanukah meaningful for our Tikvah Tots. Hanukah foods are delicious, sadly fattening, yet cooked in oil for a reason. It reminds us of the oil that should have lasted for just one day, but burned for 8 days until the ancient Jews could get more oil for the eternal light.
  • The food most enjoyed by our Tots must be Hanukah gelt - chocolate coins covered in gold foil. Sitting in a circle with them and playing the dreidel game is a great way to mix food, tradition, and fun - as is baking rugelach. Here is a delicious recipe.

ENJOY!

Director of Youth & Family Engagement

Cheryl Stern

A Trademark of Our Culture

  • Are Jewish people really the “People of the Book,” or are we the "People of the Cookbook?" Our recipes symbolize who we are, from where we came, and where we currently live. Our food choices tend to be represented by our culture and heritage.
  • Cooking can be a creative outlet for our children. Look in any pre-school, elementary school, middle school or high school cooking classroom and you will see our youth developing their abilities to focus on the task at hand, fine tuning their fine and gross motor skills/coordination, increasing their vocabularies, and improving both their literal and critical thinking and reading skills, learning and improving their math skills, and last but not least – having fun.
  • December’s Upcoming Events: December 3rd - Consecration at 7:00pm • December 11th - Junior Congregation at 9:30am • December 18th - Family Havdalah/Game Night at 7:00pm

B’Shalom

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Mazel tov x 2!

BROTHERHOOD

PRESIDENT - MARC GOLD

Food Brings a Lot of Joy, Gratitude, and Generosity to Each of Us & Others

  • Hi everyone - when you actually read this, Hanukah 2021 will have already begun.
  • Wow…so early this year. In our home, we made potato latkes, 3 weeks prior to Hanukah’s onset. We like to test different versions of the same thing.
  • Of course, the main reason for this early start was to get our 2-year-old granddaughter, Seyla used to them. How could she reject the aroma of yummy latkes? Just how? Be sure to ask me how she did!
  • With our growing family, we plan to host two Hanukah Celebrations this year; one for the immediate family and one for our extended family. During our extended family party, we annually have a Potato Latkes Tasting Contest. Everyone who joins us brings homemade latkes.
  • Upon entering our house, the latkes are escorted to our kitchen and secretly labeled. Only ONE person, other than the individual who made each variation of those latkes knows who made them. We usually get 5 to 6 entries, we select 3 judges, label each entry, and the tasting begins.
  • The winner gets a Latkes Trophy to be kept for ONE YEAR. This annual tradition is a nice event during our celebration. In past years, I have tasted all the entries and they were all pretty good…lots of applesauce is needed too.
  • As for Brotherhood, we held our Ben’s Delicatessen Fundraiser in Bay Terrace earlier last month. I want to thank everyone who was able to get to Ben's and order either take out or eat in. The profits made from this Fundraiser went to our Temple.
  • Later in November, on Black Friday…Brotherhood also distributed Shabbat Challah to all our members who requested them. We had a nice crew of Brotherhood members who made the deliveries on Black Friday Morning. I hope we made their Shabbat a good one.
  • Brotherhood will not fall asleep at the wheel in December. As always, we are trying to keep our members involved in activities and of course support our Synagogue. On Tuesday Evening, December 14th at 7:00pm we will be holding our 3rd Trivia Night. It will be on ZOOM and should be exciting and nostalgic as our members try to remember the answers to the tricky questions. Of course, prizes will be awarded to our winners. Please see the Weekly Update for more information.

Until next month…Happy Hanukah everyone!

sisterhood

PRESIDENT - PHYLLIS RICHARDS

Keep Calm and Eat Latkes

  • Every year as we prepare to celebrate this holiday, we claim it is either early or late. Has Hanukah ever arrived on time? This year it begins on the Sunday of the Thanksgiving weekend. It is a bit confusing to plan food for Hanukah when we may have Thanksgiving leftovers in the refrigerator. However, I am sure we can rise to the challenge.
  • My family expects potato latkes, always made from scratch. It is an essential part of dinner, along with brisket. For dessert we enjoy my special rugelach recipe that I got from a student’s mom. It was many years ago when I was teaching 2nd grade in a Yeshiva, and I will always remember Lee being in ecstasy enjoying his snack. His mom sent me the recipe and here it is:

In normal times, Sisterhood prepares Hanukah refreshments for the congregation. This year we are planning to have Oneg Goodie Bags-to-Go for the December 3rd Service when our new students will be Consecrated. Although it will be a different Oneg due to Covid, the warmth of Hanukah will be there.

caring community

HELENE SCHONHAUT

Our History and Culture are Intertwined with Our Kitchen and Cooking

  • The traditions of our Jewish culinary customs come in 3 main cuisines. These cuisines are Ashkenazi, Sephardic, and Mizrahi. Our food is also influenced by other cultures, such as: Persian; Yemenite; Indian; Latin American; Central Asian; and Ethiopian. So, as I write this column with our theme being - The Food Issue: As the Everyday Act of Eating is an Essential Part of Our Spiritual Path, I am reminded of the rich tapestry of foods in our culture.
  • Here are some fun “kitchen tips,” followed by a favorite recipe of my children and granddaughters - • TIP #1: After using a sponge several times, wet the sponge, and put in the microwave for at least 2 minutes…nearly all harmful germs will die, and the sponge can safely be used again. • TIP #2: To quickly soften bar butter if you forget to take it out of the fridge to soften… fill a glass with hot water, spill out water, hold glass over butter, and the heat will act as a softening agent without melting it completely. • TIP #3 - Moisten a paper towel and put it beneath cutting board before you begin chopping your meat, or veggies; the damp towel will keep board from slipping around.
  • REMINDERS: The Afternoon Book Club will next be reviewing Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (Never Let Me Go breaks through the boundaries of the literary novel. It is a gripping mystery, a beautiful love story, and also a scathing critique of human arrogance and a moral examination of how we treat the vulnerable and different in our society. In exploring the themes of memory and the impact of the past, Ishiguro takes on the idea of a possible future to create his most moving and powerful book to date. - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6334.Never_Let_Me_Go#other_reviews) at 1:30pm on December 9th (Please note time change.) • The Creative Writing Club will next meet on Tuesday, December 21st at 7:30pm. • The Evening Book Club will next be reviewing Indian Women by Saumya Dave (From a compelling new voice in women's fiction comes a mother-daughter story about three generations of women who struggle to define themselves as they pursue their dreams. Simran Mehta has always felt harshly judged by her mother, Nandini, especially when it comes to her little "writing hobby." But when a charismatic and highly respected journalist careens into Simran's life, she begins to question not only her future as a psychologist, but her engagement to her high school sweetheart. - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53025774-well-behaved-indian-women) at 7:30pm on Monday, December 27th at 7:30pm.

lifelong learning

MERYL ROOT

Join Us to Feel Connected to Others Who Have Done the Same for Generations

  • December Lunch & Learn: The Bible as a Resource for a Time of Crisis, A Torah Study - Let’s Learn with Congregation Or Ami in Los Angeles, CA on Saturday, December 11th from 12:00pm - 1:30 pm EST on ZOOM. Temple Tikvah has co-sponsored this event along with Hebrew Union College and synagogues across the country. Rabbi Dr. Tamara Cohn Eskenazi, the Effie Wise Ochs Professor of Biblical Literature and History, Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion will lead us in the study of The Bible as a Resource for a Time of Crisis, A Torah Study. A flyer will be forthcoming.
  • January Lunch & Learn: “More Than One Way to Worship:” - We are planning to attend Saturday morning services with the congregation of Lake Success Jewish Center on January 8th via ZOOM. Services start at 10:00am. Following services, we will have a discussion with Rabbi Randy Sheinberg. If anyone is interested in attending in person, we suggest that you do so in the month of December to get a feel for the Saturday morning service in person. We are all going to meet on ZOOM so that we can move into a discussion following the service. All ZOOM links will be available in January. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at lifelonglearning@templetikvah.org.
  • Torah Study: Torah Study with Rabbi Randy Sheinberg continues every Saturday morning at 9:00am on ZOOM. All links are available in the Weekly Updates. We will continue reading B’resheit/Genesis through much of December learning about our ancestors. Toward the end of December, we will begin the second book of the Torah, Sh’mot/Exodus. All are welcome and no experience is required; so please join the discussion and see how the Torah is as timely as ever. All are welcome and no experience is required.
(https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/almost-grandmothers-challah-463)

SOCIAL ACTION

ELAINE BROOKS, JUDY KIRSCHNER & ELAINE WEISS

Tikkun Olam

  • As the everyday act of eating is an essential part of our spiritual path, what Jewish food nourishes your soul? This is the basis of the Tikvah Times’ theme this month; and the practice of recognizing what we have and appreciating our benefits also must be “food” for thought. For example, since the flooding of Temple Tikvah caused by Hurricane Ida, we have held our Shabbat Services at the Lake Success Jewish Center; for the October 22nd Social Action Shabbat, we were fortunate to have Patti Woods of Grassroots Environmental Education (https://www.grassrootsinfo.org/) talk with us about the safety of our local water supply; and as part of our emphasis this year on the concept of “Think Globally, Act Locally” we asked the members of our congregation to consider taking the Temple Tikvah Climate Change Pledge to care for and protect our environment.
  • As a continuation of “Think Globally, Act Locally,” we coordinated with Sisterhood for a presentation by Jana Jacobson on November 4th entitled: “Ready to Bust Beauty Myths?” At this event we learned about the lack of safety and sustainability of cosmetics and personal care products. We recorded the session so others can learn from it if you were unable to attend.
  • Tikkun Olam, the repair of the world also needs to make strides in the enormous need of stopping the increase in the disasters caused by human abuse of the environment. The small steps of many individuals can start to repair the world. The struggle to stop climate change belongs to everyone.
  • There are many organizations from which we can learn more about ways to recognize and protect our surroundings. Please explore any or all of the following websites: Greenfaith.org; Dayenu.org; InterfaithPowerandLight.org; The Water Resilience Coalition (https://ceowater-mandate.org/resilience/sign-the-pledge); reetheocean.com; or NYRenews.org.
  • Tikkun Olam, the repair of the world can also come in small steps of caring and generosity. Please consider making a donation to The INN, The Sid Jacobson JCC, and other organizations that are also food banks, and that also have resources to give warm clothing to the needy and toys for children, as well as to local organizations or Toys for Tots throughout December. Together we can welcome 2022 on the right note.

We invite you to join us at the next meeting of the Social Action Committee on Sunday, December 12th at 10:30am. A ZOOM invite will be in the Weekly Updates. We will discuss and define our next undertaking. As we celebrate the coming of our secular New Year let us always think about new ways to repair the world!

(https://littleferrarokitchen.com/mini-potato-chard-knishes/)

We invite you to join us at the next meeting of the Social Action Committee on Sunday, December 5th at 10:30an. A ZOOM invite will be in the Weekly Updates. We will discuss and define our next undertaking. As we celebrate the coming of our secular New Year let us always think about new ways to repair the world!

with Gratitude

TODA RABA – תודה רבה

donations

  • CARING COMMUNITY FUND: Alene Schonhaut in honor of Ruth Vincent-Schechtman & Matthew Schechtman on the birth of their son, Jules Archimedes Schectman
  • KEHILA FUND: Mindy Aloff • Florence Baravarian • Diane Berger • Michael Blick • Betsy Jacob Biviano • Arnold & Sylvia Bloch • Sharyn & Joel Chanin in memory of Lester Bertan • Ariel Cohen • Martin Cohen & Rabbi Randy Sheinberg • Michael & Talia Cohen • Bernice Comerchero • The Domeny Family • Assemblyman Anthony D'Urso • Mary Egan in honor of Helen Lipson's 100th Birthday • Randee Epstein • Jewish Federation & Foundation • Rochelle Fischer • Judith Fisher • Marcia & Frank Gould • Steven Greenstein • Irene Haber • Alana Hollander • Andy Hollander • Terry Hood • Charles Hyman • Rabbi Lewis Kamrass • Audrey & Paul Korman • Cheryl Kuster • The Mah-Jongg Ladies in memory of Lester Bertan • Laurence Lande • Nicole & Rachel Lavoie • Traci & Victor Levy • Faustina Lindsay • Susan & Andre Louis • Bonnie & Bob Love • Sari Mainzer in memory of Ronald Mainzer • Mark & Robin Mandell • Jill Marcus • Marsha Mason • Barbara & Joseph Massey in memory of Libby Glowatz • Michele Mavrovouniotis • Jacqueline & Kevin McCorey • Denise McCreadie • Joyce & Joel Mensoff • Joyce & Joel Mensoff in honor of the birth of Lisa Lupo’s and Susan & Marty Siroka’s new granddaughter, Anna Bea • Constance Miller • Stacy Miller • Henry Mohrman • Jacqueline Mulligan • Roni Nelson • Edna Diana Oling • Theresa Odell • Jody & Terry Osterweil • Carol Pally • Karen Palmer • Lois Pepkin • Robert Peskin & Tracey Browning • Sandra & David Peskin • Dr. Benjamin Piltch in honor of April, Hodari & Jeremy Heron • Alene Schonhaut • Alene Schonhaut in honor of the birth of Lisa Lupo's granddaughter, Miss Anna Bea • Claire Shapiro • Deborah (Kaplan) Shapiro in memory of Edward Kaplan • Lois Silverman • Sisterhood • Lawrence & Jennifer Smilg • Michael & Ruth Smilg • Joyce Stoner • Candice & David Tarr • Norma Taylor in honor of Helen Lipson's 100th Birthday • Maura Turner • Ken & Neela Weber • Joan Wiener • Susan & Walter Witte • Henry Zanetti • Temple Tikvah Board of Trustees in memory of Libby Glowatz
  • PRAYER BOOK DEDICATION: Norman & Terry Manko in memory of Lester Bertan
  • RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND: Traci & Victor Levy - a heartfelt thanks to Rabbi Randy Sheinberg for Clara’s Bat Mitzvah • Daniel & Jamie Ginsburg in gratitude to the Rabbi for her time and the Temple Community for welcoming us
  • SIMCHA FUND: Gloria & Larry Konstan in honor of the birth of Anna Bea, granddaughter of Lisa Lupo & Susan & Martin Siroka • Traci & Victor Levy - a heartfelt thanks to Cantor Contzius for Clara’s Bat Mitzvah & Yury’s lovely piano playing • Barbara Silberman in honor of Clara Levy’s Bat Mitzvah • Susan & Martin Siroka in honor of the birth of their precious new granddaughter Anna Bea
  • TEMPLE TIKVAH MEMORIAL FUND: Karla Adasse in memory of Julius Adasse • Muriel Adler in memory of Phil Hersh • Carolyn Alexander in memory of Aaron Alexander • Ann Arkin in loving memory of Richard Arkin • Ellen S. Aronoff in memory of Dr. Philip Sechzer and Jeri Sechzer • Lois & Andy Baron in memory of Stephen Baron and Estelle Pearl • Lorraine Bertan in memory of Celia Bertan • Arnold & Sylvia Bloch in memory of Florence & Marion Schiebel • Bernice Bloch in memory of Marion & Judson Schiebel and Florence Bloch • Martin & Sheila Bokser in memory of Lillian Jupiter Sussman • Doris Brown in memory of Hannah Ginsberg • Arline & Jack Cazes in memory of Erich Herz • Gayle & Joel Feinstein in memory of Mary Malkin • Nancy Foster in memory of Dr. Milton & Anne Foster • Susan Fox in memory of Jack Gelman • Fran Fredrick in memory of Edgar Daniel • Marc & Michele Gold in memory of Wilma Cohen and Louis Lasker • Muriel Gorochow in memory of Dina Zavlick • Dean Hernan in memory David Rosenstroch and Ruth Hernan • David Herz & Janet Stahl in memory of Susanne Herz • Roberta Hoffer in memory of Frances Hoffer • Robin & Robert Jacobson in memory of Pearl Sarnoff • Nancy Kiss in loving memory of Sue Hurwitz • Lawrence & Debbie Klig in memory of Betty Klig and Yehuda Klig • Patrice Kolomer in memory of Evelyn Lipchonsky • Elaine Lasner & Family in loving memory of Leonard Lasner • Terry & Ira Lepzelter in memory of Jerome Lepzelter and Robert & Dolores Schonfeld • Victor & Traci Levy in memory of Harry S. Levy • Andrew & Marilyn Mandell in memory of Samuel Mandell • Lynn Moser in memory Sonya Okun • Lee Newman & Family in memory of Erwin Singer and Lillian Newman • Karla & Orlando Osuna in memory of Shirley Brooks • Suzanne Plastrik in memory of Harvey Plastrik • Sandra & David Peskin in memory of Al Cohen and Dan Egan • Phyllis Richards in memory of Sadie Soloshatz • Barbara & Milton Rosenberg in memory of Rose Rosenberg • Helaine & Edward Schachter in memory of Michele Levine • Susan Schall in memory of Burton Schall • Barbara Silberman in memory of Samuel Kellner • Felice Tarter in memory of Rhea Tarter • Saul Teichberg in memory of Lillian Teichberg • Burton & Roslyn Tropp in memory of Sol Tropp • Gale & Howard Zeidman in memory of Robert Mindlin

December yahrzeits

THE HUMAN SOUL IS A LIGHT FROM GOD...MAY IT BE YOUR WILL THAT THE SOULS OF OUR LOVED ONES ENJOY ETERNAL LIFE, ALONG WITH THE SOULS OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB, SARAH, REBECCA, RACHEL, AND LEAH AND THE REST OF THE RIGHTEOUS THAT ARE IN GAN EDEN...AMEN.

*December calendar

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  • WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1st - Brotherhood Meeting at 7:00pm & Choir Rehearsal at 7:00pm
  • THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2nd - On the Marc Sports Talk at 4:00pm
  • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3rd - Consecration and Family Hanukah Shabbat Services at 7:00pm with Oneg Goodie Bags-to-Go Sponsored by Sisterhood
  • SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4th - Torah Study at 9:00am
  • SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5th -LAST NIGHT OF HANUKAH / Religious School Hanukah Program & Kol Simkha Junior Choir at 9:00am and Tikvah Tots Hanukah Celebration at 11:00am
  • MONDAY, DECEMBER 6th Semi-Annual Congregational Meeting
  • WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8th - Choir Rehearsal at 7:00pm
  • THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9th - A Taste of Wise Aging at 11:00am; Afternoon Book Club at 1:30pm; On the Marc Sports Talk at 4:00pm; and Sisterhood Board Meeting at 7:30pm
  • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10th - Shabbat Services at 7:30pm
  • SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11th - Torah Study at 9:00am; Junior Congregation at 9:30am; and Lifelong Learning at 12:00pm
  • SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12th - Kol Simkha Junior Choir at 9:00am & Social Action Meeting at 10:30am
  • TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14th - Brotherhood Trivia Night at 7:00pm
  • WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15th - Choir Rehearsal at 7:00pm (tentative); Tal Schneider, An Israeli Journalist at Lake Success Jewish Center & Online at 7:00pm; and Temple Tikvah Book Club Event at 7:30pm
  • THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16th - On the Marc Sports Talk at 4:00pm
  • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17th - Tikvah Tots at 6:30pm & Shabbat Services at 7:30pm
  • SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18th - Torah Study at 9:00am & Havdallah / Family Game Night at 7:00pm
  • SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19th - Kol Simkha Junior Choir at 9:00am & Chai/Teen Event at 12:00pm
  • TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21st - Writing Group Meeting at 7:30pm
  • THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23rd - On the Marc Sports Talk at 4:00pm
  • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24th - Shabbat Services at 7:30pm (VIRTUAL ONLY)
  • SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25th - CHRISTMAS / Torah Study at 9:00am
  • SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26th - RELIGIOUS SCHOOL CLOSED
  • MONDAY, DECEMBER 27th - Evening Book Club at 7:30pm
  • THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30th - On the Marc Sports Talk at 4:00pm
  • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31st - Shabbat Services at 7:30pm (VIRTUAL ONLY)

* PLEASE REFER TO THE WEEKLY UPDATES & THE LINK BELOW (CLICK ON NEW EVENTS, THEN CALENDAR) FOR THE MOST UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION *

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