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Many, many thanks to everyone whose hard work made our December
celebrations so wonderful. The uplifting concert on December 9 with
Itzhak Perlman and the Family Hanukkah Celebration on December 10
brightened the dark days of winter. Scroll down to see the names of the
many volunteers.
January brings a host of new classes and programs. Rabbi Melissa
Weintraub, Director of Education at Rabbis for Human Rights, will teach
a 4-week class on the ethics of war, beginning Tuesday, January
9. Rabbi Kalmanofsky will examine Jewish laws and customs surrounding
death and mourning, beginning Thursday, January 11, and Rabbi Marion
Shulevitz will teach the Five Megillot beginning on Monday,
January 22. Rabbi Shmuel Sandberg will continue his Monday lunchtime
study sessions, reading the Book of Kings beginning on January 8.
Two new reading groups begin in January. Alyssa Quint, an expert in
Yiddish literature, will teach a 4-part, monthly class beginning
on January 16, and Rabbi Shmuel Sandberg will lead our newest reading
group, American Jewish Literature, which will meet on the same
evening.
Families with kids 7 and older will enjoy a Kabbalat Shabbat
service and dinner on January 5, and those with kids 6 and younger
are invited to a Havdalah Pajama Party on January 6. The
Family Social Action Committee continues its work and its planning
for the year, and meets next on January 3. And the popular monthly
Family Kiddush Lunch takes place on January 27.
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January Calendar |
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CANDLE LIGHTING TIMES
1/5 4:24 pm / Shabbat ends 5:30 pm
1/12 4:31 pm / Shabbat ends 5:35 pm
1/19 4:39 pm / Shabbat ends 5:42 pm
1/26 4:48 pm / Shabbat ends 5:50 pm
SERVICE TIMES
Morning Minyan:
Monday & Thursday 7:20 a.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 7:30 a.m.
Sunday & Civil Holidays 8:30 a.m. Rosh Hodesh 7:15 a.m.
Evening Minyan
Wednesdays at 8:00 pm
Shabbat Services
Friday Evening Services 5:30 pm
Shabbat Morning Services 10 am
Minyan Rimonim: January 6, 20
West Side Minyan: January 13, 27
Family and Children's Services 11 am
Ages 4 and Younger
Ages 5-7
Ages 8-12
Teen Tefillah: January 6, 20
ONGOING WEEKLY CLASSES AND ACTIVITIES
Shabbat Morning Parsha Study
9:30 a.m.
Talmud Study w/ Rabbi Kalmanofsky
Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m.
Yiddish Discussion Group
Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m.
Shirei Chesed - AC's Community Chorus
Thursdays, 7:30 pm
(Resumes in February)
WEEK OF JANUARY 1
Mon. 1/1 New Year's Day: Office Closed
Tues. 1/2 Israeli Literature Reading Group, 7:30 p.m.
Wed. 1/3 Senior Adult Program, 12 p.m.
FSAC Meeting, 6 p.m.
Program w/ Rabbi Matt Berkowitz, 7:30 p.m.
Fri. 1/5 Family Kabbalat Shabbat & Dinner, 5 p.m.
Sat. 1/6/ SHABBAT Vayehi
Bar Mitzvah: Aaron Landesman
Sun. 1/7 Winter Blood Drive
Minyan M'at Meeting
WEEK OF JANUARY 8
Mon. 1/8 Book of Kings class w/ Rabbi S. Sandberg, 12:30 p.m.
Tues. 1/9 Ethics of War class w/ Rabbi M. Weintraub
Fri. 1/13 SHABBAT Shemot
Bat Mitzvah: Rachel Ernst
WEEK OF JANUARY 15
Mon. 1/15 Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Office Closed
Bar Mitzvah: Jacob Rosenberg, 11 a.m.
Tues. 1/16 Ethics of War class, 7:30 p.m.
American Jewish Fiction Reading Group, 7:30 p.m.
Wed. 1/17 Yiddish Reading Group w/A. Quint, 7:30 p.m.
Fri. 1/19 Minyan M'at Dinner
Sat. 1/20 SHABBAT Va'era
Rabbi's Nahmanides class resumes
Bar Mitzvah: Zachary Behrman (Havdalah)
Seudah Shlishit 4:15 p.m.
Sun. 1/21 Outings Group Dance, 7 p.m.
WEEK OF JANUARY 22
Mon. 1/22 Book of Kings class, 12:30 p.m.
Tues. 1/23 Ethics of War class, 7:30 p.m.
Fr. 1/26 Sanctuary Minyan Home Hospitality Dinners
Sat. 1/27 SHABBAT Bo
Family Kiddush Lunch
Bar Mitzvah: Joshua Poretz
Bat Mitzvah: Liz Chernov (havdalah)
WEEK OF JANUARY 29
Mon. 1/29 Book of Kings class, 12:30 p.m.
The Five Megillot w/Rabbi M. Shulevitz, 7:30 p.m.
Tues. 1/30 Ethics of War class, 7:30 p.m.
Thurs. 2/1 Shirei Chesed resumes, 7:30 p.m.
Sat. 2/1 SHABBAT/ Beshalah/ Shabbat Shirah / Tu
BiShevat
Bat Mitzvah: Zoe Rubin (Minha)
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God's Image Everywhere |
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Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky
Among the proudest moments I have experienced as an American
rabbi came this month at the first Rabbis for Human Rights’
Conference on Judaism and Human Rights. Hundreds of rabbis and
rabbinical students came from across North America, and from
Orthodox, Conservative, Reconstructionist, Reform and even the
Secular Humanist denomination, to learn, discuss and organize
against torture.
Rabbis should visit the sick and comfort the bereft, certainly.
We should help people learn to lay tefillin and perform
rituals. But rabbis also must spread the word among kol ba’ei
olam, all the world’s citizens, that our Torah teaches that
all humans bear God’s image, and that this sacred divine signature
is blurred whenever God’s children are subjected to debasing
treatment. My colleagues and I did ourselves proud, I must say,
when we came together at the UJA-Federation of New York to raise
our voices against cruel treatment of prisoners around the world.
AC members Larry Cohler-Esses in the Jewish Week and J.J.
Goldberg in the Forward both wrote about this conference,
and I suspect many of you have seen their reports. They each wrote
in particular about conference speaker Sister Diana Mack Ortiz, a
nun, who – since a 24-hour torture at the hands of Guatemalan
police in 1989 – has devoted her ministry to anti-torture
activism. Her speech was horrifying, graphic and unforgettable.
I played a very small, very peripheral role in organizing the
conference. All kudos to Rabbis Brian Walt, Melissa Weintraub,
Gerry Serotta, and Ellen Lippman for their work in creating this
important venue. I myself am proud to associate with Rabbis for
Human Rights-North America. I sometimes disagree with their work
in Israel, and tend not to share their analysis or rhetoric
surrounding the Israeli-Arab conflicts. But I came to this
conference with great energy about RHR’s criticisms of American
policy regarding treatment of our prisoners. Abu Ghraib was not an
exceptional aberration, though we wish it were so. Prisoners have
been murdered in Afghanistan and Iraq; detainees are subjected to
extreme and degrading treatment; and, thanks to the Military
Commissions Act of 2006, prisoners are denied one of Western
society’s and our own Constitution’s signal protections: the right
of Habeas Corpus, or the right to challenge a judicial process,
while in custody. (All kudos to our member Jennifer Cowan, who has
done pro bono work on behalf of the Guantanamo detainees on the
Habeas Corpus issue. Yasher Koach!)
We should all oppose terrorists and support our government’s
vigilance in our defense. But we must not forget that America
stands for a politics that venerates human dignity and freedom.
Those principles must apply to those who frighten us, and even
those who hate us, as well as those whom we love.
As Jews, we must learn more and raise our voices more on this
issue. Please join us at AC for Rabbi Melissa Weintraub’s class,
beginning January 9, on wartime ethics and torture. Please consult
the National Religious Coalition Against Torture,
, to learn more about these issues and to take action.
Please join me in raising your voice against the maltreatment of
prisoners.
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Ansche Chesed Grows Greener! |
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Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky
All through American society, people are becoming more aware
that as we burn through fossil fuels to our heart’s content, we
are poisoning life on this planet, and disrupting its balanced
eco-system. Humanity’s steady increase in carbon emissions (from
cars, industry and especially electricity production) tracks
precisely to increased global temperatures. And this will lead
almost inevitably to climatic upheaval: the melting of polar
regions, the disruption of ocean currents, the rising of seas, the
dessication of soil and the disappearance of inland lakes and
seas. (To name a few.)
But Jews believe that nothing stands before repentance. One can
always change. We at AC are trying to do our part. Ten percent of
our members have switched – as I proposed – to renewable,
hydroelectric- and wind-based power. Many others have purchased
energy-saving compact fluorescent bulbs, through bulbs.com, as
part of the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life campaign
called Light Among the Nations.
And I am proud to report that our synagogue’s board voted this
week to switch 100% of our building’s electricity to renewable
“green power,” as well. With this move, we qualify to become the
first American Conservative synagogue, and only the fourth
nationwide, that becomes an EPA “Green Power Partner.” Yasher
Koach Ansche Chesed!
There are no more important religious issues today than our
care of the fragile habitat God gave us. The Midrash records that
God told Adam and Eve to take care of the world, for no one could
fix what these primal people destroyed. That teaching remains
equally true today: no one can restore the habitats we destroy. If
we take seriously the Bible’s teaching that God placed us in this
Garden of Delights to guard it and tend it – and we should take
this most seriously! – then we in our synagogue community should
be proud of the steps we’re taking to steward God’s world and
God’s children who live here.
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Classes Beginning in January |
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HOLY WAR? JEWISH ETHICS OF COUNTER-TERRORISM
Rabbi Melissa Weintraub
Given Judaism’s abiding emphasis on the sanctity of life, how are
we to make sense of the injunction to participate in limited
warfare? What does our tradition consider legitimate grounds for
war? How humanely must we treat our enemies during wartime? This
class explores a variety of sources – from midrashim to medieval
legal texts to contemporary scholarship – to shed light upon
pressing ethical issues for both America and Israel.
4 Tuesdays, 7:30-9:00 p.m., beginning January 9.
AC members $75 / Non-members $100
Rabbi Melissa Weintraub is Director of Education and
Outreach at Rabbis for Human Rights-North America, an organization
dedicated to the integration of Jewish education, activism, and
prayer in support of human rights. She was ordained as a
Conservative Rabbi at the Jewish Theological Seminary, and
graduated from Harvard University with a summa cum laude degree in
Political Theory and Women’s Studies. She is the author of several
articles treating the subjects of human dignity, war ethics, and
human rights in Jewish sources, and is currently working on a book
exploring Jewish religious responses to terror. A noted speaker
and educator, she has lectured and taught on Jewish theology,
mysticism, and ethics in an array of conferences, synagogues, and
adult education settings throughout North America.
LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF DEATH AND MOURNING
Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky The way a culture confronts
death reveals so much about how that culture understands life. We
will examine the major rituals surrounding funerals, the treatment
of corpses, and mourning during shiva and through the year. We
will also examine some metaphysical questions as we consider the
meaning of life and death, and learn about how Judaism addresses
life.
4 Thursdays, 7:30-9:00 p.m., beginning January 11.
THE FIVE MEGILLOT
Rabbi Marion Shulevitz
Beautiful heroines, royal heroes, love, sex and a dash of
philosophy—all in the Bible? Come study the Five Megillot: the
Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther, which
we read every year in shul on various holidays. Each session will
consist of an introductory overview of the book and some close
reading of text, with class discussion and participation.
5 Mondays, 7:30-9:00 p.m., beginning January 22. (No class
Presidents’ Weekend, February 19).
AC members $75 / non-members $100.
Rabbi Marion Shulevitz, an AC member, is currently rabbi of
the Amsterdam Nursing Home in New York. She has co-led the Parshat
HaShavua Shabbat study sessions and has taught in our Adult
Education program.
Lunchtime Learning:
MONARCHY, MAYHEM, AND PROPHETIC MASTERS
Rabbi Shmuel Sandberg Learn about the religious and
political life of Jews in Judah and Israel, from King Solomon to
Gedaliah.
Mondays, 12:30 p.m., beginning January 8.
Rabbi Alvin Shmuel Sandberg holds a Ph.D. in English and
American Literature, and was ordained at The Jewish Theological
Seminary.
YIDDISH AS JEWISH VERNACULAR
Alyssa Quint
In contrast to Hebrew – appropriate for sacred books – Yiddish was
the Jewish people’s funny, ironic and bawdy voice of the street,
often undermining strict social discipline and revealing anxieties
beneath. In this group, we will read and discuss samples of
Yiddish literature, with each class focusing on a different genre.
Monthly: 4 Tuesdays, 7:30-9:00 p.m. January 16, February 20,
March 20, April 17.
AC members $60 / Non-members $80.
Alyssa Quint writes and lectures on modern Yiddish and
Jewish literature, currently at Princeton University. She holds a
Ph.D. in Yiddish Literature from Harvard, and is the managing
editor of Jewish Studies Quarterly and a contributor to the
English-language Forward.
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Ansche Chesed's Study and Reading Groups |
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SHABBAT MORNING PARSHA STUDY
The Way of Truth: Nahmanides’ Torah Commentary
Ramban brings literary taste, linguistic precision, halakhic
breadth, and mystical depth to his Bible interpretations. Rabbi
Kalmanofsky’s Shabbat morning discussion group based on his
writings will resume on January 20 and run through February 24.
The group meets from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
NEW: AMERICAN JEWISH LITERATURE READING GROUP
First monthly meeting: Tuesday, January 16 at 7:30 p.m.
A discussion of novels, short stories, and autobiographies that
explore the American Jewish experience. Our first selection is
Anzia Yezierska’s BREAD GIVERS (Persea Books). The book is
available at West Side Judaica. At the first meeting the group
will decide on future selections. The group will be led by Rabbi
Shmuel Sandberg.
ISRAEL LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION READING GROUP
Tuesday, January 2, 7:30 p.m.
The group will discuss THE YELLOW WIND, a journalistic memoir by
David Grossman. The group is led by Professor Janet Burstein.
SENIOR ADULT PROGRAM
Film: Nowhere in Africa
Wednesday, January 3, 12:00 p.m.
This film, about a German Jewish refugee family trying to adjust
to life in 1930s Kenya, won the 1993 Academy Award for Best
Foreign Film. Don't miss it! In German, English, and Swahili with
English subtitles.
ISRAEL-ZIONIST READING GROUP
Monday, January 22, 7:45 p.m. The group will discuss chapters
7-9 of THE ACCIDENTAL EMPIRE by Gershom Gorenberg.
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Winter Blood Drive January 7 |
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The need for blood never takes a holiday, and blood is urgently
needed during the winter season in the New York area. Please take
an hour to do this life-saving mitzvah. Eligible donors need to be
at least 16 years old, in good health, and weigh a minimum of 110
pounds. To schedule an appointment, which helps our staffing needs
and cuts down waiting time, call Sylvia at 212.865.0600 ext. 203.
Blood Drive Hours: 10 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.
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Family Programs Update |
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FAMILY KABBALAT SHABBAT SERVICES & DINNER
Friday, January 5 at 5:30 p.m.
Families with children ages 7 and older are invited to
Kabbalat Shabbat services and dinner. RSVP by Wednesday, January 3
to lisa@anschechesed.org or 212.865.0600 ext. 243. Members: Adults
$18, children $7 Non-members: Adults $22, children $7 The gym will
be open. Free free to bring your own wine.
FAMILY HAVDALAH PROGRAM
Saturday, January 6
Kids ages 6 and under are invited to a havdalah pajama party! Wear
your PJs, bring your blankie, and come for story time, lullabies,
and cookies and milk.
FAMILY KIDDUSH LUNCH
Saturday, January 27, 12:00 p.m.
Join us for a kiddush lunch sponsored by Ansche Chesed Hebrew
School families. Come to children's services and then eat and meet
at our festive kiddush. If you would like to sponsor a monthly
kiddush, either alone or with other families, contact Lisa Adler,
lisa@anschechesed.org.
For more information on the above programs, contact Lisa
Adler, Director of Family Programming, at lisa@anschechesed.org or
212.865.0600 ext. 243.
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Outings Group Dance Sundays |
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Sunday, January 21: Latin Fiesta! Learn the basics of
salsa, cha cha and merengue with expert teachers from Empire
Dance. The beginner lesson teaches you waht you need to get out on
the dance floor and have some fun. No partners or reservations
necessary. Everyone is welcome.
Doors open at 7 p.m. Lesson from 7:30 to 8:30 followed by open
dancing until 10.
Cost: AC and MOMC members $15, others $20
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News & Notes |
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MAZAL TOV TO:
Deborah Rosenthal on having the beautiful windows that she
created for Minyan M'at featured on the front page of the December
14 issue of The New York Sun.</>
November and December's b'nai mitzvah and their families:
Sasha Gayle-Schneider
Adiel Schmidt
Oliver Marsh
Kiara Nerenberg
Noah Krimstein
Jennie and David Rosenn and brother Benjamin
on the birth of Isaiah Lev.
Ilana Batnitsky, Glenn Nadaner and brother Harry on
the birth of Pearl Rachel.
Ellen Tucker and Allan Rosenstein and Aaron
Rosenstein on the birth of their granddaughter and niece,
Sadie Louise Rosenstein.
Abraham Marvin Konopko on the birth of his grandson, Oliver
Lee Konopko.
CONDOLENCES TO:
Bob Ernst on the death of his mother, Emma Ernst.
Michael Levine on the death of his mother, Anita Levine.
Jack Messing on the death of his mother, Rachel Messing.
Foster Padway on the death of his brother, William Padway.
Lois Sharzer on the death of her mother, Sylvia Ziev.
TODAH RABBAH TO:
Lori Cohen for preparing the dinner for the Family Havdalah
Program on November 11 with Tami Lehman-Wilzig.
The sponsors of the December 2 Family Kiddush Lunch: Deborah
Shapira and Barry Stern; Ellen Braitman and David
Shapiro; Dan Jacob and Jennifer Cowan; Carolyn Cohen
and Ruby Namdar.
To everyone who worked so hard to make the December 9 concert
with Itzhak Perlman such a wonderful event: Committee Chairs
Alan Divack and Carolyn Greene; Freda Eisenberg and
Celia Reiss (post-concert reception), Aliya Cheskis-Cotel
(head usher), Israel Fridman (printing), Jane Head
(lighting), Elana Weinberg(artwork presented to Itzhak
Perlman). Many thanks also to the members of the Benefit
Committee: Claudia Brodsky, Richard Cantor, Lori Cohen and
Christopher Rothko, Naomi Cohen, Ross Diamond, Freda Eisenberg,
Mary Feinberg, Eva Fogelman, Israel Fridman, Debbie Friedman,
Navah and Robert Frost, Benjamin Geballe, Lisa Gersten, Marge
Goldwater, Joshua Hanft, Frances Degen Horowitz, Marilyn and Larry
Levi, Jenny and Greg Lyss, Judith Margolin, Anne Mintz, Michael
Paley, Karen Palmer, Sharri Posen, Carol Ann Rabolt, Celia Reiss,
Jennifer Rosenberg, Lisa Rosenstein, Shana and David Roskies, Ruth
and Ira Salzman, Nahma Sandrow, Ricki Lulov Segall and Jeff French
Segall, David Shapiro, Roberta Kupietz Shapiro, Nancy Sinkoff,
Barbara Sontz, Andrew Weiss, Marilyn Wolff, Bonnie Zaben. Thanks
also to our volunteer ushers: Sheila and Sheldon Lewis, Joyce and
Martin Mann, Meyer Cavalier, and Rachel Shalmon; and to the entire
office and maintenance staff.
To the parents and kids who volunteered at our Family
Hanukkah Celebration on December 10: Hallie Marx, Effie Kline-Salamon,
Jacob Pastor, Ariel Cohen, Sam Greenberg, Sheryl Reich, Lenore,
Ken, Stephen and Julian Michaels, Marla Alhadeff, Ben Kaufman,
Nina, Scott, Leo and Ruby Fine, Carolyn Cohen, Linda Goldstein,
Stefan Manuel, Kayla Taus, Rina Taus, Michael Wise, Solomon Wise,
Sabrina Rosenthal, Lynn Rosenthal, Becky Bickley, Donna Gitter,
Steven Bloom, Galit Ben-Joseph, Neil Einhorn, Jordan and Elana
Horvath, Danielle Levine-Salem, Lauren Heymann, Carolyn Desch,
Irene Guiter-Mazer, Leah Weisfogel, Gail Eisen, Vicki Szenes, Orit
Karni-Schmidt, Lucas Mansell, Sara Pitts, Wendy Lieber, Ayelet
Rosenberg, Arlyn Apollo, Rena Schaum, Leora Davis, Lisa Litt, Zvi
Gabbay.
TODAH RABBAH TO NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER SHELTER VOLUNTEERS:
(Names in bold indicate AC members)
Irwin Abraham, Shira Atkinson, Trudy Balch, Andrew Blank,
Elizabeth Cavorti, Geoffrey Claussen, Alan Divack,
Howard Eisenberg, Iris Fass, Matthew Feigin,
Shannon Frank, John Frazer, Woody Freiman, Sarah Galena,
Marilyn Gunner, Kareen Halper, Yair Harel, Erez Hoffman,
Marjorie Hort, JTS Students, Ken Karan, Kehillat Hadar,
Gary Kallman, Shlomy Kattan, Kathy Kendall, Joy Kinaragu,
KOE Minyan, Justin Kolhagen, Jeremy Lawrence, Joyce Mann,
Martin Mann, Naomi Marcus, Naomi Martin, Jocelyn
Maskow, Andy Menkis, Michael Meric, Aaron Messing,
Linda Messing, Hannah Meyers, Michael Mortenson,
Rachel Obenshain, Mike and Susan Patterson, Jennifer Raider,
Armin Rosen, Dan Schwarzbaum, Kate Sharp, Mike Shultz,
Shira Silton, Becca Stern, Phyllis Towney, Betsy Uhrman, Shmuly
Yanklowitz, Bonnie Zaben.
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Donations |
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NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER DONATIONS
(Through December 20)
GENERAL DONATIONS
Arline and Stephanie Aaron in honor of Rabbi Ellen Flax
Frank Baloe
Galya Benak in honor of Larry Levi with love from the
Benak Family
Deborah Brodie in memory of Sylvia Ziev, mother of Lois
Sharzer; in memory of Lee Bekc, mother of Bonnie Beck; in honor
of the birth of Rabbi Jennie and David Rosenn’s son, Isaiah
Rosenn, Emma Bronznick Goldberg’s Bat Mitzvah, Sasha
Gayle-Schneider’s Bat Mitzvah, and Adiel Skopp Schmid’ts Bat
Mitzvah
Aaron Brown
Sara Shudofsky and Robert Ernst
Rabbi Diane Cohler-Esses & Larry Esses in memory of
Melvin Holtz, father of Barry Holtz, and Naomi Bartnoff, mother
of David Fisher
Maks and Rochelle Etingin
Sylvia L. Gadel in memory of Bob Ernst’s mother, Emma
Ernst
Benjamin and Rachel Geballe in honor of the birth and
bris of Shai Oz Geballe
Howard and Sheri Herzberg
Harvey Mirsky
Nathaniel Persily
Debra Cassel Rand in honor of the birth of Isaiah Lev
Rosenn, son of David and Jennie Rosenn
David and Jennie Rosenn
Daniel Serviansky in honor of Ben and Rachel Geballe on
the birth of their son
Roberta Kupietz-Shapiro and Paul Shapiro in honor of
Adiel Schmidt 's Bat Mitzvah and Sasha Gayle-Schneider's Bat
Mitzvah
Arturo Sheimberg
Dr. Joyce Slochower in honor of Sasha Gayle-Schneider's
Bat Mitzvah
Estelle Soloff
Shalom J. Stavsky
Carl Wisotsky in memory of Anita Levine
YAHRZEIT DONATIONS
Oscar Awner in memory of his brother, Max Awner
Beatrice Blanco in memory of her mother, Sofie Greenberg
Bernice Boltax
Corinne Boren in memory of her father, Joseph Boren
Theodore Braude in memory of his mother, Ada Braude
Herman Brauner in memory of his father, Herman Brauner
Larry Cohler-Esses in memory of his father, Jerome M.
Cohler
Zelda Damashek in memory of her father, Max Guttman
Susan F. Dickman in memory of her mother, Paula Dickman
Rabbi Judith Edelstein in memory of her father, Benjamin
Edelstein
Howard Eisenberg in memory of his mother, Naomi Eisenberg
Henry M. Eisenberg in memory of his mother, Naomi
Eisenberg
Sarah Fisher-Gillman in memory of her mother, Rose Fisher
Harold Gabel in memory of his father, Morris Gabel
Amanda Geffner in memory of her father, David Hirsch
Harriet Geller
Mark Goodman in memory of his father, Hyman Goodman
Mark and Carole Gothelf in memory of their friend, Steven
Vincor
Martin Green in memory of his father, George Green
Tamara M. Green in memory of her brother, Stephen Marcus
Richard Grosbard in memory of his mother, Helene Grosbard
Atina Grossmann in memory of her father, Hans Grossmann
Esther Hautzig in memory of her mother, Raya Rudomin, her
grandmother, Frume Reisel, and her uncle, Benjamin Chonnon
Hillson
Katherine Herz in memory of her grandmother, Janet Frank
Ernest G. Kahn in memory of his grandfather, Sigmund Kahn
Ruth Kaufman in memory of her mother, Charlotte
Morgenstein
Neal Kaunfer in memory of his mother, Florence Rosenberg
Jennifer Kinberg in memory of her grandfather, Edward
Kinberg
Phyllis Kish in memory of her husband, Jack Kish
Harold Koenigsberg in memory of his mother, Helen
Koenigsberg
Toni Landau in memory of her mother, Ruth London
Fred Mansbach in memory of his mother, Mary Mansbach
Linda Messing in memory of her father, Harold Waldman
Paula Milla-Kreutzer in memory of her mother, Ada Milla
Ronald A. Morris in memory of his mother, Blanche K.
Morris
Ernie Polstein in memory of his father, Joseph Polstein
Gladys Rosen in memory of her daughter, Amanda Elizabeth
Rosen
Nahma Sandrow in memory of her father, Rabbi Edward T.
Sandrow
Talia Schenkel in memory of her father, Nathan Schenkel;
in memory of her friend, Sergio Sager Michael Schmidt in
memory of his father, Yaakov Schmidt
Ruth Sharfman in memory of her father, Carl Sharfman, and
her mother, Lillian Sharfman
Herta Shriner in memory of her beloved father, Max Lewin
Michele J. Siegel in memory of her grandmother, Pauline
Siegel
Lorin Silverman in memory of his great aunt, Anne Mintz
Ira Silverstein in memory of his father, Meyer
Silverstein, may his memory be for a blessing
Ellen Stern-Summer in memory of her father, Irving Stern
Enid Stettner in memory of her grandfather, Louis
Ballinger
Ruth Sussman In memory of her father, Louis Sussman
Michael B. Trencher in memory of his father, Joseph David
Trencher
Ian Yudelman in memory of his father, Joe Yudelman
RABBI'S DISCRETIONARY FUND
Tamar Goldstein and Thomas Cassidy
Suzanne and Mayer Cavalier
Kathleen Van Savage-Fink and Stephen Fink
Benjamin and Rachel Geballe in appreciation of Rabbi
Kalmanofsky
Martin and Debra Greenberg
Stacy Gordon and Neil Guterman in memory of Bonnie Beck’s
mother and David Fisher's mother
Fred Herschkowitz in memory of his mother, Etta
Herschkowitz
Barbara and Michael Kaplan
Judy E. Katz
Abraham M. Konopko in honor of the birth of his first
grandson, Oliver Lee Konopko
Jack and Linda Messing in honor of Adiel Schmidt’s Bat
Mitzvah
Bettyrose Nelson
Diane Seymour-Schoer and Allen M. Schoer in memory of his
father, Louis Schoer
RABBI'S DARFUR FUND
Louis P. Klein
Esther Lazarson
Naomi G. Marcus
Boris Rubinstein
SHELTER FUND
Miriam Benhaim and Benyamin Cirlin
Walter Hautzig in memory of his grandmother, Ernestine
Hautzig
Frederick Jelinek
Jin Y. Woo and Ira W Lit
Marcia Talmage-Schneider and Fred Schneider in memory of
Lois Sharzer's mother, Sylvia Ziev, Leonard Sharzer's mother,
Mildred Sharzer, in honor of Rabbi Morton Leifman’s and Howard
Eisenberg’s birthdays, and in honor of the Bat Mitzvahs of Emma
Goldberg, Adiel Schmidt and Sasha Gayle-Schneider
SANCTUARY MINYAN KIDDUSH FUND
Paul and Mary Feinberg
Arleen Stern and Albert Gal
Renee B. Hausman
Sheila Kaufman-Lewis
Natalie Lukas
Jack and Linda Messing
Bettyrose Nelson
Hanina Levin and Mark Nerenberg
Sharri Posen
Ellen Tucker and Alan Rosenstein
Boris Rubinstein
Rachel Shalmon
Roberta Kupietz-Shapiro and Paul J. Shapiro
Irene Soloway and J.F. Shaw
Frances O. Unger
Anonymous
Anonymous
MUSIC FUND
Judith Edelstein and James Meier
KOL NIDRE APPEAL
Robert A
Joseph Allerhand
Yael Aloni-Netzer and Ariel Aloni
Robert Ambaras
Oscar Awner
Allen and Arlene Baily
Trudy K. Balch
David and Sandra Bergman
Marc Berley
Corinne Boren
Nancy Siegel and Eric Brachfeld
Beth Moritz and Leonard Brauner
Cheryl Dresner-Bressman and Seth Bressman
Stephan Brumberg
Deborah Skakel and Joel Chernov
Feygele Jacobs and Michael Cholden-Brown
Benyamin Cirlin and Miriam Benhaim
Alonzo F. Cobb, Jr.
Donna Fishman and Steve Cohen
Rabbi Lauren Kurland and Scott J. Cohen
Mark Cohen
Kay Cynamon
Jane Head and Charles Davidson
Ralph Davidson
Elizabeth C. Denlinger
Evelyn R. Dichek
Amy Zarrow and Alan Divack
Nancy Sinkoff and Gary Dreiblatt
Howard and Arlene Eisenberg
Evan and Freda Eisenberg
Beatrice Epstein
Sara Shudofsky and Robert Ernst
Rita Falbel
Paul and Mary Feinberg
Ellen Flax
Eva Fogelman
Israel Fridman
Robert and Navah Frost
Arleen R. Stern and Albert Gal
Paul Gareen
Ben and Rachel Geballe
Michael and Amanda Geffner
Arthur and Ellen Giglio
Neil and Sara Gillman
Rachel
I. Leo and Grace Glasser
Ronald M. Gold
Marilyn P. Goldberg
Jeremy, Valerie and Judah Goldman
Shannon Frank and Isaac Green
Martin and Debra Greenberg
Isabel and Melinda Gros
Richard and Ronnie Grosbard
Stephen E. Gross
Renee Barocas Hausman
Simon and Natasha J. Hirschhorn
Floyd and Frances Horowitz
Marjorie H. Hort
Rabbi Rebecca Joseph
Ghislaine Boulanger and Charles Kadushin
Gary and Ronelle Kallman
Miriam Harris-Kaplan and George Kaplan
Rabbi Jan Caryl Kaufman in memory of Naomi Bartnoff,
mother of David Fisher
Harold and Elizabeth Koenigsberg
Judith Berman-Kohn and David Kohn
Abraham M. Konopko
Jonathan and Bonnie Landman
Deborah Crowell and Micha Lang
Stuart G. Laurence
Lois Leatherman
Morton and Vera Leifman
Gail Mota and Joel Leshen
Janet Leuchter
Chaya Levin
Yael Libedinsky
Jennifer Notis Lyss and Gregory Lyss
Toni Landau and Fed Mansbach
Naomi G. Marcus
Maura Harway and Richard Mark
Jocelyn Maskow
Sarah Phillips-Matthews and John Matthews
Judith Edelstein and James Meier
Linda Messing
Jack and Linda Messing
Ronald and Elaine Morris
David Morris and Elisheva Urbas
Solomon L. and Deborah Mowshowitz
Bettyrose Nelson
Karen Palmer
Rachel E. Reiner and Eric B. Parness
Elysa and Menachem in memory of Rabbi Henry and
Irma Guttman, Endre Berger, Max and Evelyn Goldmintz, Rabbi
Samuel and Edith Teitelbaum, and Rose and Max Pastreich
Sara Shapiro-Plevan and William Plevan
Anthony and Rebecca Poole
Sharri and Richard Posen
Adolfo Profumo
Sharon and Michael Rebell
Jennifer Rosenberg
Boris Rubinstein
Ruth and Ira Salzman
Carole Sands
Frances and Samuel Schiff
Marlene Stulbach and Nathan Schleifer
Allen and Diane Schoer
Shuly Rubin Schwartz
Judith R. Morgolin and Seth R. Schwartz
Dale E. Seiden
Paul Shapiro and Roberta Kupietz Shapiro
Diane M. Sharon
Herta Shriner
Diane Slaine-Siegel and Joel Siegel
Michele J. Siegel
Lorin Silverman
Larry J. Silverman
Esther and Ira M. Silverstein
Charles and Mary Simon
Phyllis Sperling
Ellen Stern Summer
Mara L. Heiman and Andrew Sunshine
Jeffrey H. and Kara L. Tav
Zippora Twersky
Sarah Van Arsdale
Michael and Dorothy Weiss
Melinda C. Gros and Ronald M. Werter
Michael Z. Wise
Hans and Helen Witsenhausen
Isabel and Melinda Zaben
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Alan Divack, President
Israel Fridman, Vice President
Debra Greenberg, Vice President
Michael Weiss, Vice President
Roberta Kupietz Shapiro, Treasurer
Marge Goldwater, Secretary
TRUSTEES
Richard Cantor
Freda Eisenberg
Mary Feinberg
Donna Fishman
Robert Frost
Carolyn Greene
Jordan Horvath
Frances Horowitz
Dan Marc Jacob
Iris Korman
Carol Levithan
Sheldon Lewis
Linda Messing
Elaine Morris
Bettyrose Nelson
Alan Rosenstein
Ira Salzman
Nancy Sinkoff
Bonnie Zaben
Anthony Zak
HONORARY TRUSTEES
Maks Etingin
Samuel Schiff
Herta Shriner
ANSCHE CHESED STAFF
Jeremy Kalmanofsky, Rabbi
Rabbi Lauren Kurland, Director of Education
Hazzan Natasha Hirschhorn, Music Director
Joshua Hanft, Executive Director
Michelle Dingoor, Assistant Executive Director
Sharri Posen, Program Coordinator
Lisa Adler, Director of Family Programs
Jamiilah Outlaw, Administrative Assistant
Mariya Liberova, Accounts Payable/Receivable
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