‫כסלו–טבת‬
DECEMBER 2012
Hanukkah
5773
From Rabbi Elliot J. Cosgrove
Come, let us go up to Israel!
W
hen it comes
to expressing
commitment and
affection to those whom
we love most, both quality and
quantity matter. Not only must our
expressions of love be sincere and
substantive, but they should also
be frequent and sustained over the long term. It is those
relationships that we tend to with regularity and affirm
with constancy that are the ones that grow stronger over
time, remaining vital throughout our lives and across the
generations.
For Jews, our relationship with Israel is such a
relationship. While many of us cherish a first visit to Israel
or another fondly remembered trip in years past, each one
of us has an obligation to give Israel engagement and travel
an ongoing place in our lives. Every time I visit Israel, I am
amazed at how fast the country changes. No matter how
often I am there, I have yet to go and not see something
new.
I am very proud of the priority our community gives to
Israel missions. This December, a sold-out delegation will
travel to Israel for a Bnei Mitzvah Family Mission. Our June
2013 Young Family Mission also sold out quickly after it
was announced. For those on waitlists, be assured that we
will be announcing the next round of missions in the near
future!
I am excited that our relationship with Birthright Israel
continues in strength. Through the vision and generosity
of our own congregants, we will be co-sponsoring
a community-wide post-college trip in June 2013.
“Graduates” of numerous Manhattan synagogues will have
the opportunity to experience Israel with other young adults
(ages 22-26) on this transformative program. Please visit
pasyn.org for more information.
Finally, there is still space to celebrate Israel’s 65th
birthday in Israel! From April 13 – 19, 2013, PAS will fill
one bus as part of a wider mission from UJA-Federation
of New York. We will tailor the week’s program to our
own community’s present interests and past experiences,
and we will also have opportunities to join friends from
across the New York community for unique access to Israeli
leadership. The chance to be in Israel for Yom HaZikaron
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and Yom HaAtzma’ut is a special one, not to be missed.
Please see page 6 of this Bulletin for trip highlights and
check pasyn.org for more information and to sign up.
With so much Israel travel on the calendar, I am
particularly proud that our synagogue has worked with UJA
to make these experiences affordable to our membership.
This year, our community was awarded the Doree and
Chuck Greenberg Family Mission Scholarships to Israel.
These funds help defray the costs of what we all know to be
a not insignificant financial commitment. As an institution
of Jewish education, we are obligated to make the very
opportunities that we prioritize as Jewish values financially
accessible. We are grateful to UJA and the Greenberg family
for making these funds available. Please contact my office
directly for more information.
Four times during one calendar year members of our
community will be traveling to Israel. There will be more
trips in the years to come. I hope it will not be long before
you are there with your PAS family!
Park Avenue Synagogue Bulletin
Volume 65 · N°. 4
DECember 2012
Kislev / Tevet 5773 ·
‫כסלו–טבת‬
From Rabbi Elliot J. Cosgrove........................................... 2
PAS Book Fair & Opening Lecture.................................... 3
Schedule of Religious Services .......................................... 4
Hanukkah at PAS................................................................ 5
Lighting the Hanukkah Candles.......................................... 5
From Rabbi Steven I. Rein.................................................. 6
Israel at 65 Trip in April...................................................... 6
Synagogue Family.............................................................. 7
Adult Education & Events.................................................. 8
Caring Network................................................................. 11
Youth Education & Events................................................ 12
Congregational School Schedule...................................... 12
Young Family Education.................................................. 13
High School & Youth Groups........................................... 13
Contributions.................................................................... 14
Calendar............................................................................ 19
A Look Ahead..................................................... Back cover
annual community event
PAS Hanukkah Book
& Gift Fair Tuesday, December 4 | 4:00 – 7:00 pm
Wednesday, December 5 | 9:30 am – 7:00 pm
Thursday, December 6 | 9:30 am – 6:30 pm
The perfect place to do all of your Hanukkah shopping while supporting the Congregational School Parents’ Association.
Choose from thousands of books for readers of all ages, from recent bestsellers to classics of Jewish literature to cookbooks
and coffee table books. Looking for that unique gift for a friend or family member? Or perhaps you'd like to treat yourself to
something special. The PAS Gift Fair offers toys, clothing, accessories, jewelry, stationery and personalized gifts from a wide
variety of vendors. Some of our vendors come for one day only, so stop by more than once!
Author Visits and Events:
Tuesday | December 4 | 7:00 pm
Opening Event: Harold Kushner
Celebrate the opening of the PAS Book and Gift Fair with a
lecture from Harold Kushner about his new book, The Book
of Job: When Bad Things Happen to a Good Person. Books
will be available for purchase, and Rabbi Kushner will sign
them following the lecture.
Co-sponsored by the PAS Book Fair, Young Couples Group, and
the Department of Adult Learning
is rabbi laureate of
Temple Israel in the Boston suburb
of Natick, Massachusetts. A native of
Brooklyn, New York, he is the author
of more than a dozen books on coping
with life’s challenges, including the
best-selling Conquering Fear and
Overcoming Life’s Disappointments.
Harold Kushner:Ariel Kushner Haber
Harold S. Kushner
www.pasyn.org
212–369–2600
Wednesday | December 5 | 9:15 am
Favorite Books with Debbie Cosgrove
Join Debbie for a light breakfast and learn about three of her
favorite books. All of them will be available at the Book Fair
to purchase for yourself or as gifts.
Co-sponsored by The Women's Network and the PAS Book Fair
Wednesday | December 5 | During the afternoon
Glamour magazine contributing beauty editor Andrea
Pomerantz Lustig – a member of PAS – will sign copies
of her new book, How to Look Expensive: A Beauty Editor's
Secrets to Getting Gorgeous without Breaking the Bank
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Schedule of Religious Services · ‫כסלו–טבת‬
Daily minyanim Monday-Friday at 7:15 am; Sundays and Legal Holidays at 9:00 am. Ma’ariv Sunday-Thursday at 5:45 pm.
Saturday, December 1
17 Kislev
Parashat Va-yishlah
9:15 am | Sanctuary service with guest
speaker Ambassador Yehuda Avener
20 mins after morning services | Minha
Friday, December 7
23 Kislev
5:00 pm | YFE Shabbat service with
Birthday Blessings (p. 13)
6:15 pm | Friday Evening service
Saturday, December 8
24 Kislev
Parashat Va-yeishev
9:15 am | Sanctuary service
Bar Mitzvah of William Nunberg
9:30 am | Havurah service
20 mins after morning services | Minha
4:00 pm | Hazzan’s Tisch & Havdalah
Once a month we are all invited to savor
the last part of Shabbat at home with
Cantor Azi Schwartz and his family.
We’ll schmooze a bit, snack a bit, maybe
even sing a bit, then say ma’ariv (the
evening service) together and end with
havdalah.
To register, visit pasyn.org, Music at PAS, and
click on Events, or call 212-369-2600, x128.
Friday, December 14
1 Tevet
6:15 pm | Friday Evening service
Friday, December 21
8 Tevet
6:15 pm | Friday Evening service
Saturday, December 22
9 Tevet
Parashat Va-yiggash
9:15 am | Sanctuary service
20 mins after morning services | Minha
Friday, December 28
15 Tevet
6:15 pm | Friday Evening service
Saturday, December 29
16 Tevet
Parashat Va-y’hi
9:15 am | Sanctuary service
20 mins after morning services | Minha
Saturday, December 15
Friday, December 2 6 Kislev
2 Tevet
6:15 pm | Musical Kabbalat Shabbat
featuring the Congregational Singers Parashat Mi-ketz
Below and Cover: The Congregational
Rabbi Elliot J. Cosgrove and Rabbi Steven I.
9:15 am
| Sanctuary service
Musical Kabbalat Shabbat is a fast-paced,
participatory
Friday evening service enhanced
with musical instruments and
School Zayin class made hanukkiyot out
Rein will preach and conduct services together
Bat Mitzvah
of Sarah
Backer
singing.
Supported
by
the
John
and
Jennifer
Monsky
Musical
Traditions
Fund.
of objects as an assignment in The Jewish
with Cantor Azi Schwartz, Cantor Shiree
9:30 am | Havurah service
Lens, a program that teaches students about
Kidron, and the Synagogue Choir, with Colin
11:15 am | YFE Shabbat programs (p. 13)
Saturday,
December
3 7 Kislev
photography
while
they explore Jewish
Fowler at the organ.
after panel discussion (p. 10) | Minha
values, holidays and history. Two teams were
chosen to have their work published in the
Bulletin. Congratulations to Evan Frommer,
Sam Harris and Nate Sassoon for the work
on the cover and to Bradley Kaufman, Jordan
Levinson and Jacob Rizzi for the work
pictured here.
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Hanukkah 5773 at PAS
Sunday, December 2 | 10:30 am | Hanukkah Party with PJ Library & Sheldon Low (p. 12)
Monday, December 3 | 7:00 – 8:00 pm | Holidays Ahead of Time: Hanukkah (p. 8)
Tuesday, December 4 | 4:00 – 7:00 pm | PAS Hanukkah Book & Gift Fair (p. 3)
Wednesday, December 5 | 9:30 am – 7:00 pm | PAS Hanukkah Book & Gift Fair (p. 3)
| 7:30 pm | Young Couples Group Annual Latke/Vodka Party (p. 9)
Thursday, December 6 | 9:30 am – 6:30 pm | PAS Hanukkah Book & Gift Fair (p. 3)
Sunday, December 9 | 11:00 am | Project Ezra Hanukkah Party (p. 9)
| 2:00 pm | Kadima/Etgar Hanukkah Party (p. 13)
| 4:00 pm | Hanukkah Concert with Joey Weisenberg (p. 10)
Monday, December 10 | 6:00 pm | Hanukkah Candle Lighting in the Lobby
Tuesday, December 11 | 6:00 pm | Hanukkah Candle Lighting in the Lobby
| 7:00 pm | Behind the Scenes with the Conservative Rabbis of the East Side (p. 9)
Wednesday, December 12 | 6:00 pm | Hanukkah Candle Lighting in the Lobby
Thursday, December 13 | 6:00 pm | Hanukkah Candle Lighting in the Lobby
| 6:30 – 8:30 pm | Lights in the Darkness: Hanukkah Reflections (p. 11)
Tuesday, December 19 | 6:30 pm | Singles Hanukkah Party (p. 9)
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eginning at the far right, put the candles in the Hanukkiah from right to left, the direction
of Hebrew writing. Light the candles from left to right, so each night you light the newest candle
first. If possible, place the Hanukkiyah in a window, so that it is visible from outside the house.
First Night Only
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Barukh atah Adonai, eloheinu
melekh ha-olam
asher kidshanu
b’mitzvotav,
v’tzivanu l’hadlik ner
shel hanukkah.
Praised are You Adonai, our God who
rules the universe, who made us holy
by giving us mitzvot, and commanded
us to light the Hanukkah
lights.
Barukh atah Adonai, eloheinu
melekh ha-olam
sheh asah nissim
la-avoteinu
ba-yamim ha-hem
u-va-z’man ha-zeh.
Praised are You Adonai, our God who
rules the universe, who accomplished
miracles for our ancestors in ancient
days, and in our time.
Barukh atah Adonai, eloheinu melekh
ha-olam,
sheh-heh-heyanu, v’kiy’manu,
v’higiyanu la-z’man ha-zeh.
Praised are You Adonai, our God who
rules the universe, granting us
life,
sustaining us, and enabling us to reach
this time of year.
Get up-to-the-minute information about PAS programs, events &
schedule of religious services at www.pasyn.org/calendar.
212–369–2600
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A Hanukkah invitation from Rabbi Rein
Meet a Modern Day Maccabee: General Norton
A. Schwartz, Chief of Staff, USAF, Retired
“Keeping Peace and Waging War”
Thursday | December 13 | 7:30 pm | at JTS, 3080 Broadway
As much as we love to tell the story of the oil burning for
eight days, we know that the miracle
of Hanukkah is in the military victory
against all odds. Judah Maccabee and
his militia defeated the Greco-Syrian
governor of Judea and later crushed
the viceroy of the Seleucid Empire
along with his army and cavalry.
These victories were a testament to
the undeniable will of the Maccabees
and the Jewish people of 165 BCE. Both for Israel and for
worldwide Jewry, the Maccabees represent our control of
our own destiny, our ability to combat our enemies, and our
continuing to be a light unto the nations. Judah Maccabee is
a historical figure, but his persona appears in leaders to this
very day.
General Norton A. Schwartz, who recently retired as
the Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, brings
the spirit of Judah Maccabee into our day and age. General
Schwartz was the senior uniformed Air Force officer
responsible for the organization, training and equipping
of 680,000 airmen in the United States and overseas. As
a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, he was a military
adviser to the Secretary of Defense, the National Security
Council and the President. General Schwartz previously
served as Commander, U.S. Transportation Command, the
single manager for global air, land and sea transportation for
the Department of Defense. In addition, what you will not
read in his official CV is that General Schwartz is a former
member of USY and the son of Si Schwartz, an international
United Synagogue president.
As a Chaplain in the USAF, I am honored to introduce
General Schwartz at JTS on the sixth night of Hanukkah and
to moderate the discussion after his lecture.
No cost or registration. Please bring a government photo ID for
admittance to JTS. For more information, please contact Rabbi
Rein at srein@pasyn.org.
Give yourself a Hanukkah
gift! Sign up now!
Celebrate Israel's 65th Birthday in Israel with
PAS and UJA-Federation of New York!
Highlights of the PAS track of the UJA-Federation of New
York's Mission Celebrating Israel's 65th Anniversary:
• Briefings from a senior government official on security
issues facing Israel and a member of the Israeli Defense
Forces about the situations with Iran and the Palestinians
• Meetings with leaders from the Jewish Agency for Israel
and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, two
of UJA-Federation's key overseas partners
• Visits to Independence Hall, the Palmach Museum, the
Menachem Begin Heritage Center and the Israel Museum
• Lectures from renowned Israeli scholars about water issues
in Israel and surrounding areas, the Arab Spring, social
policy and immigration
• Yom HaZikaron ceremony on Ammunition Hill
• Gala Yom HaAtzma'ut dinner
• Cocktails with members of the Israel Defense Forces at an
army base
• Yom HaAtzma'ut celebration on the streets of Jerusalem
• Festive meals with the PAS community
• Gala farewell dinner Please note: the trip itinerary is in formation and subject to change
based on availability of museums and speakers.
If you have questions about the greater UJA-Federation Mission
or wish to sign up, visit http://www.ujafedny.org/event/view/
celebrate-israel-at-65/ or contact Susan Flanders at 212.836.1813
or flanderss@ujafedny.org. Tell her you are interested in the PAS
track.
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Synagogue Family
‫ ברוכים הבאים‬Welcome
‫ בני מצוה‬Bnei Mitzvah
Joseph & Lindsey Appelbaum
Andrew & Anne Baker
Jonathan & Geraldine Brownstein
Wendy Croom
Robin Dolch
Josh & Marjorie Harris
Andrew Katz & Brooke Porter
David & Jennifer Millstone
Jeremy & Carrie Schein
William Nunberg
Sarah Backer
Son of Mindy & Milton Nunberg
Daughter of Marla Backer and Scott Backer
Will began his
education at Park
Avenue Synagogue in
the Gan class and is
now in 7th grade at the
Salk School of Science.
He is an extremely diligent student who
enjoys Math and Science.
Will is an avid sports fan and a fine
athlete. He participates in football,
basketball, and track on his school teams
as well as at Brookwood Camp where he
spends summers. He is known for being
a team player and a good sportsman.
Will’s other interests include travel,
spending time with friends and family,
playing video games and barbequing at
the beach.
Will’s greatest gift is his ability
always to see the good in people and the
silver lining in a difficult situation. In the
face of adversity, he always looks to the
light. In his 13 years, he has experienced
more than most people have in a lifetime
and he continues to thrive. His resilience
is a trait to be admired.
Will wishes to thank his family, the
clergy, his teachers, Ronit Aranoff, and
his tutor for helping him prepare for his
special day.
Sarah has been involved
with PAS since she
was a toddler. Now
in 8th grade at the
Lycée Français de
New York, she is an
enthusiastic and diligent student whose
favorite subjects are Social Studies and
Mandarin.
Sarah loves to sing. As a member
of Tavim, the PAS youth choir, she
has sung at the Jewish Home Lifecare
and also sang at the Cantors Assembly
Convention in 2010.
Through her involvement with the
Rabbi Judah Nadich High School, Sarah
teaches children in Gan and participates
in the Food Pantry and the PAS Rock
Band. Sarah loves animals and has been
a nurturing caregiver to the rescue dogs
that she and her family have adopted.
If she could, she would adopt all the
homeless dogs in New York.
Sarah, who is named for her greatgrandmother Sarah, is compassionate
and caring and always smiling. She is a
loving big sister to her brother Adam.
Sarah would like to thank her family,
the rabbis and cantors, Ronit Aranoff,
all of her teachers and her tutor Ariela
Wallace for helping her prepare for this
special day. Sarah’s family is extremely
proud of her and also wishes to thank the
PAS clergy and staff.
‫ מזל טוב‬Mazal Tov
Sidney Rosoff – on receiving the Aileen
Osbourne Webb Award of Distinction,
the highest recognition awarded by the
American Craft Council, in appreciation
of his many years of wise counsel to the
Board of the ACC
Jessica & Scott Chestman – on the birth
of a son, Charlie Harrison Chestman,
and to big brothers Samuel and Jack
Nicole & Richard Nackenson – on the
birth of a daughter, Alexandra Julia
Nackenson, and to big brother Benjamin
Rachel Bluth & Derek Smith – on the
birth of a daughter, Alexandra Irene
Smith, and to big brothers Asher,
Graham and Simon.
December 8
Parashat Va-yeishev
Jennifer & Stephen Taubenfeld
– on the birth of twin sons, Benjamin
Miles Taubenfeld and Aaron Reiland
Taubenfeld, and to big brother Asher
December 15
Parashat Mi-ketz
‫ המקום ינחם‬Condolences
Samuel & Emma Hest on the loss of his father, Lionel Hest / Dr. Margo Cohen on the
loss of her husband, Perry Cohen / Fern Hurst & Peter Rubin on the loss of her father,
Stanley Karesh / Samuel Schaeffler on the loss of his wife, Sondra Schaeffler
www.pasyn.org
212–369–2600
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Adult Classes & events
Weekly Classes
.
MONDAY (No classes on December 24, 31)
THURSDAY (No classes on December 27)
CONTINUING MULTI-SESSION SERIES
Siddur Hebrew 2 | 6:15 – 7:15 pm |
Cantor Judi Rowland
Melton 1 | 9:15 – 11:30 am | Rabbi
Elliot Cosgrove and Debbie Cosgrove
Adult Bat Mitzvah | 6:30 – 8:30 pm
| R. Neil Zuckerman & C. Judi Rowland
Hasidism | 9:15 – 10:15 am | Rabbi
Zalman Rothschild
Holidays Ahead of Time:
Hanukkah | Monday | December
3 | 7:00 – 8:00 pm |Rabbi Zalman
Rothschild
Modern Hebrew | 7:30 – 9:00 pm |
Varda Hubara
Leadership & Crisis: Jewish
Resources & Responses | 10:30
– 11:30 am | Rabbi Neil Zuckerman
TUESDAY (No classes on December 25)
Essential Essays | 8:00 am, after
minyan | Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove
Contemporary Jewish Thought
| 11:30 am | Rabbi Steven Rein
Siddur Hebrew 1 | 6:15 – 7:15 pm |
Cantor Judi Rowland
Introduction to Judaism | 6:15 –
8:30 pm | Rabbi Steven Rein
WEDNESDAY (No classes on Dec. 26)
Perusin’ the Parashah
Medieval Style | 8:00 am, after
minyan | Abe Lebovic
Melton 2 | 6:45 – 9:00 pm | Rabbi
Shmuel Afek and R. Zalman Rothschild
Library Lunch & Learn | 12:00
– 1:00 pm | Facilitator this month: Liz
Offenbach
Congregational Singers | 7:00 –
8:15 pm | Cantor Azi Schwartz (Meets
only December 6)
FRIDAY
Talmud Torah: Masekhet
Brakhot, Tractate Brakhot | 8:00
am, after minyan | Rabbi Steven Rein
SATURDAY/SHABBAT
Parashat HaShavua | 8:45 am
For additional information about classes
and events, please look in the Fall Program
Calendar or on www.pasyn.org.
Hasidism | 6:45 – 7:45 pm | Rabbi
Zalman Rothschild
Centropa | 8:00 – 9:15 pm | Rabbi
Shmuel Afek
Context | 6:45 – 9:30 pm | Dr.
Benjamin Gampel (Meets only
December 5)
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To register for Adult Education
classes, unless otherwise noted in
the description, go to http://pasyn.org/
lifelong-learning/adult-education, click on
“Classes” on the left side of the page and
then on the appropriate registration link.
Those without Internet access may call
212-369-2600, x121.
ADULT classes & events
For additional information please look in the Fall Program Calendar or on pasyn.org.
This Month at PAS
Co-sponsored by the Caring Network at PAS
& Men’s Club
Hospice and Palliative Care for
Health Care Professionals
Sunday | December 2 | 10:30 am
– 12:00 pm | Rabbi Steven Rein &
Metropolitan Jewish Health System
Holidays WAY Ahead of Time
Purim Spiel Organizational
Meeting!
Sunday | December 2 | 4:00 pm |
Cantor Shiree Kidron
There will be roles for everyone. Grab
the chance to be silly in synagogue! The
performance will be on Purim evening,
Saturday, February 23, 2013, followed
by the Megillah reading.
Sponsored by the Young Couples Group
Annual Latke/Vodka
Hanukkah Party
Wednesday | December 5 | 7:30 pm
To register, visit pasyn.org and click on
Young Couples Group. Under Upcoming
Events, click on the event.
Monthly Interfaith Dialogue
Thursday | December 6 | 6:30 – 8:00
pm | Rabbi Steven Rein and Father
Ugo Nacciarone from the Church of St.
Ignatius Loyola | at PAS
Sponsored by the Women’s Network
Sholem Aleichem Yiddish Club
Tuesday | December 11 | 1:00 – 2:30 pm
Sponsored by Women’s Network
Daytime Book Discussion
Group
Monday | December 17 | 11:00 am –
12:30 pm | Renée Waldinger
Great House: A Novel by Nicole Krauss
Project Ezra Hanukkah Party
Sunday | December 9 | 11:00 am
Join the Men’s Club and post Bnei
Mitzvah students to provide lunch
and entertainment at PAS for elderly
residents of the Lower East Side. You
don’t have to be a member of Men’s
Club or a student to volunteer!
Behind the Scenes with
the Conservative Rabbis
of the East Side
Sponsored by Women’s Network
Jews on the Chocolate Trail
with Rabbi Deborah Prinz
Monday | December 17 | 7:00 pm
Rabbi Prinz will speak about her
recently published book, On the
Chocolate Trail: A Delicious Adventure
Connecting Jews, Religions, History,
Travel, Rituals, and Recipes to the
Magic of Cacao. A chocolate tasting
will follow her talk!
RSVP to Vera Sullivan at verasullivan@
verizon.net or call Helene Agress at
212-362-1233.
Sponsored by Women’s Network
Lunch, Film, Discussion:
Broadway: The American
Musical, Part 6
Tuesday | December 18 | 1:00 pm
Sponsored by the Singles Committee
Sponsored by Men’s Club
The Park Avenue Synagogue Lecture Series
The Shifting Landscape of American Jewry
Hanukkah Party
Tuesday | December 18 | 6:30 pm
Enjoy live music, food, wine, and
camaraderie as we make Hanukkah last
just a little bit longer. Cost: $25/person.
To RSVP, go to pasyn.org, click on Calendar
and then on the event, or call Fred Mirsky at
212-634-6447, x2158.
Rachel Ain, Scott Bolton, Elliot
Cosgrove and Ephraim Pelcovits;
moderated by Steven Wernick
Tuesday | December 11 | 7:00 pm
No charge
We will enjoy Hanukkah refreshments
after the program.
For information about the participants, as
well as information about all the events in
the series, please read the Fall Program
Calendar or visit pasyn.org. Sign up at www.
pasyn.org under Adult Education and then
The PAS Lecture Series 5773.
A Call for Comments
Wed. | Dec. 12 | 12:00 pm |
Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove
To join in a discussion of the issues
presented by the speakers, participate in
an hour-long conference call hosted by
Rabbi Cosgrove.
Sign up at pasyn.org under Adult Education
and then The PAS Lecture Series 5773.
www.pasyn.org
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ADULT classes & events
For additional information please look in the Fall Program Calendar or on pasyn.org.
Shabbat with MERCAZ Olami
and Masorti Olami
Saturday | December 15
Park Avenue Synagogue will welcome
the international board of MERCAZ
Olami and Masorti Olami. These Zionist
organizations of the international
Conservative/Masorti movement
promote and support Zionist education
and programs as well as representing
the interests of the movement, working
to ensure a fair distribution of resources
to support Conservative/Masorti and
pluralistic Judaism around the world.
Events
Shabbat Events
Hanukkah Concert with
Special Guest Joey Weisenberg
Sunday | December 9 | 4:00 pm
Following candle lighting and
Hanukkah songs with Cantor Schwartz,
Cantor Kidron, the Congregational
Singers and Tavim, we will explore
the inner rhythm of synagogue music
with Joey Weisenberg and his band.
Joey’s specialty is building singing
communities. In addition to performing,
he will have us singing new nigunim
(melodies) and keeping the rhythm with
“table top drumming.”
Joey Weisenberg is a mandolinist,
guitarist, singer and percussionist based
in New York City. He is the Music
Director and Community Educator of
the Kane Street Shul, Brooklyn’s oldest
synagogue, and the Musical Director
of Yeshivat Hadar, the first full-time
egalitarian yeshiva in North America.
He has recorded two CD's of nigunim,
as well as “Table Top Rhythms for
Jewish Singing,” an instructional video
series that teaches how to bring more
rhythm into the Jewish world.
Ambassador Yehuda Avner
Saturday | December 1
Guest Speaker at
Sanctuary services:
Rabbi Jonathan
Wittenberg
Jonathan Wittenberg
trained for the
rabbinate at Leo Baeck
College in London
after studying English at King's College
Cambridge. He serves as rabbi of the
New North London Synagogue and
as Senior Rabbi of the Assembly of
Masorti Synagogues of the UK. Rabbi
Wittenberg has a strong interest in
pastoral work, particularly in the care of
the sick and dying. He is deeply engaged
in Jewish/Christian and Jewish/Muslim
interfaith dialogue. He lectures widely
and writes frequently for the Jewish and
interfaith press and has broadcast for the
BBC and on Al Mustakillah television.
He has initiated a project to create a
multi-faith secondary school, launching
the vision in the House of Lords. He has
written several books for adults and one
children’s book.
20 minutes after Kiddush
The Opportunities and Challenges
of Global Jewry: A Personal
Perspective
Rabbi Cosgrove will moderate a panel
discussion with Masorti leaders from
Latin America, Europe and Israel. Don’t
miss this opportunity to hear about the
goals that we share in common with all
of Am Yisrael.
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Champions of the Jewish People:
Israel’s Prime Ministers Past & Present
Ambassador Yehuda Avner is an
Israeli former diplomat and prime
ministerial advisor. He is the author
of The Young Inheritors: A Portrait
of Israel’s Children and The Prime
Ministers: An Intimate Narrative of
Israeli Leadership. Ambassador Avner
is a fellow of the Jerusalem Center
for Public Affairs. [For a detailed
biography, please see the Fall Program
Calendar or visit www.pasyn.org.]
Ambassador Avner will also speak at the
Congregational Shabbat Dinner on Friday,
November 30.
Edmond de Rothschild
Library
Autumn
Hours
Monday – Thursday: 12:00 – 6:30 pm | Friday by appointment | Librarian: Marga Hirsch
Note: the library is closed during classes on Wednesdays, 6:45 – 9:00 pm, and Thursdays,
9:15 – 11:45 am. Outside of these times, the library is usually open. When Marga is not there,
follow the instructions posted in the library for checking out and returning books.
On display in the Library: Color photographs of Central Park taken by Rabbi Judah Nadich, z”l.
The PAS Gallery
crystal clear, an installation by
susan c. dessel
December
Emblems of the International
Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
are used to designate and protect relief
workers helping victims of natural
and other disasters. This installation
raises the hope that in the twenty-first
century the Red Crystal – the only
neutral emblem, symbolic of neither
religion nor nationality, but of nature
– can shelter the relief workers of all
countries.
The artist will be available at the
exhibit at certain times (check pasyn.
org and the weekly email) to engage
visitors in discussion and invite them to
contribute to the exhibit.
Artist susan c. dessel received public funds
from the Manhattan Community Arts Fund,
supported by the New York City Department
of Cultural Affairs and administered by the
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council to create
a new installation, crystal clear. This was
one of just 25 grants awarded in 2012 in the
area of visual art.
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The Caring Network at PAS
Lights in the Darkness:
Hanukkah Reflections
Thurs. | December 13 | 6:30 – 8:30 pm |
Shira Felberbaum, MSW
Light candles together with others who
have been bereaved. Honor your loved
one in the context of Hanukkah, sharing
stories and traditional wisdom with
others who understand how it is to feel
loss at a season of light and joy.
Caregiver Support Group
Wed. | December 19 | 6:30 – 7:30 pm |
Yael Kornfeld, LMSW
Are you a caregiver? Are you an older
person’s emergency contact? Do you
provide local or long-distance support
to an aging relative or friend? Do you
spend time each week promoting the
care or safety of an elderly person? If you have answered yes to any of
these questions, we invite you to join
our monthly evening discussion group
to compare notes and problem-solve
with others who are facing and dealing
with similar responsibilities. You will
learn new strategies for managing an
important role. Light refreshments will
be served.
To find out more, or to register, contact Yael
Social Work Support for PAS
Members and Their Families
Wednesdays | 9:00 – 11:30 am |
Shira Felberbaum, MSW
For more information or to make an
appointment, please call Shira at 212-632-
4735 or email her at sfelberbaum@jbfcs.org.
You can also contact Rabbi Rein at srein@
pasyn.org or at 212-369-2600, x124.
Social Work Support for PAS
Seniors, Families and their
Caregivers
Thursdays | 10:00 am – 2:00 pm |
Yael Kornfeld, LMSW.
For more information or to make an
appointment, contact Rabbi Rein at
srein@pasyn.org or at 212-369-2600, x124
or Yael at 212-769-2850 or ykornfeld@
dorotusa.org.
Onsite social work support is made possible
by a UJA Partners in Caring grant.
at 212-769-2850; ykornfeld@dorotusa.org.
November 2012
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Youth Education & Events
Congregational School Program Schedule
Saturday | December 1 | 9:15 am – 12:00 pm | Shabbat Experience for Gimel, Dalet, Hey & Vav Learners (Grades 3-6)
| 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Family Shabbat Experience for Gan, Alef & Bet (K-2)
Sunday |December 2 | Young Family Hanukkah Party with Sheldon Low (see below)
Tuesday – Thursday | December 4, 5, 6 | Book Fair | All learners will be dismissed at 5:30 pm to attend the Book Fair
Saturday | December 8 | 9:15 am – 12:00 pm |Shabbat Experience for Hey & Vav Learners (Grades 5-6)
| 10:00 – 11:00 am | Shabbat Experience for Gimel & Dalet Learners (Grades 3-4)| at Liederkranz
| 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Gimel & Dalet Familes join Shabbat Experience | at Liederkranz
Monday – Thursday |December 10, 11, 12, 13 | 6:00 pm |ALL School Hanukkah Candle Lighting in the Lobby at dismissal
Saturday | December 15 | 9:15 am – 12:00 pm | Shabbat Experience for Gimel, Dalet, Hey & Vav Learners
| 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Family Shabbat Experience for Gan, Alef & Bet
Monday | December 17 | 4:00 – 6:00 pm | Zayin (Grade 7) monthly Monday program
Monday – Thursday |December 17, 18, 19, 20 | 6:00 – 8:00 pm | Parent/Teacher Conferences
Saturday | December 22 | Bnei Mitzvah Family Israel Trip (until January 1)
Saturday, December 22 – Sunday, January 6 | Winter Break | NO SCHOOL
Hanukkah, O Hanukkah, Come to Our Party!
Sunday | December 2 | 10:30 am
Twirl like a dreidel, stretch out your arms like a hanukkiah! Sing and dance and get ready for Hanukkah
with musician Sheldon Low and his guest artists: Cantor Azi Schwartz, Cantor Shiree Kidron, YFE
Director Matt Check and Musician-in-Residence Hadar Orshalimy.
Tavim Youth Choir
Mondays | December 3, 10, 17 | 5:00 – 5:40 pm | Cantor Shiree Kidron
Open to anyone in third grade or up, the Tavim Youth Choir learns music for Shabbat, holidays and just
for fun. Tavim performs at services and celebrations and also visits senior centers to entertain and sing
with the residents.
Contact Cantor Kidron at skidron@pasyn.org or 212-369-2600, x126 for more information.
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Youth Education & Events
Young Family Education
To register, go to pasyn.org. Click on Young Family Education.
Youth Activities & RJNHS
Under Upcoming Events, click on the event.
Shabbat Service and Dinner for Families with
Young Children – Birthday Blessings, Too!
Friday | December 7 | Service 5:00 pm, Dinner approx.
5:30– 6:30 pm
Families with children ages 0-6 are invited to join our clergy
for a family-friendly Kabbalat Shabbat service, followed
immediately by a child-friendly buffet dinner and short
program. Children with December birthdays will receive a
birthday blessing and a small gift. Space is limited. Cost:
$35/members, $45/non-members, $15/children.
PAS Food Pantry (except December 26 and 28)
Food Packaging:
Wednesdays | 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Food Distribution:
Fridays | 3:30 pm – beginning of Shabbat
Shabbat Morning Programs
Saturday | December 15 | 11:15 am – 12:00 pm
Our service includes Shabbat songs, dancing, a short story
and other activities, and ends with Kiddush and a light
snack.
Project Ezra Hanukkah Luncheon
Sunday | December 9 | 11:00 am
As part of Park Avenue Synagogue’s annual Hanukkah
celebrations, PAS learners and Men’s Club members host
a party for elderly Jewish residents of the Lower East Side
who participate in Project Ezra. Our guests are transported
from their homes to PAS where we welcome them warmly,
serve a hearty Hanukkah meal, sing and play dreidel, to give
these honored members of our community an unforgettable
holiday experience.
PAS Expectant Mothers’ Circle
Monday | December 17 | 6:00 pm
Facilitators: Alexandra Kwiat, Psy.D. and Mariana Strongin,
Psy.D.
Co-sponsored by the PAS Caring Network and the
Department of Young Family Education, this series of group
discussions will give expectant moms a chance to share their
experiences of pregnancy and prepare for the transition to
motherhood. Specialized speakers will address topics such
as nursing, sleep, nutrition, changes in marital relationships
and returning to work after the baby is born. There will also
be information about choosing Hebrew names, planning a
brit milah or naming ceremony, and Jewish bedtime rituals
to begin with your newborn.
To register, visit pasyn.org, click on Young Family Education and
then on the event in the list on the right.
Both Alexandra and Mariana are members of PAS and parents of
young children. They are co-founders of a mental health practice
that specializes in the support of expectant mothers.
Parent and Teen Shabbat Study Session with
Rabbi Cosgrove
Saturday | December 1 | 4:00 – 5:00 pm
Contact Caryn Roman at croman@pasyn.org or 212-369-2600,
x141 to volunteer.
Kadima & Etgar Hanukkah Party
Sunday | December 9 | 2:00 – 4:00 pm
Celebrate the Festival of Lights with food, friends, and fun!
Spend the afternoon snacking on latkes and sufganiot (fried
jelly doughnuts), try your luck in a dreidel tournament, work
on a craft project, and enjoy a few special holiday surprises.
All 3rd/4th graders (Etgar) and 5th/6th graders (Kadima) are
invited.
RSVP by December 5 at pasyn.org (click on Youth Activities/
RJNHS) or call Caryn Roman at 212-369-2600 x141.
PAS College Connections
Help us keep in touch with your college student!
Students receive a monthly email with synagogue news,
updates, and insights from PAS clergy and educators, plus
holiday packages on Hanukkah, Tu BiShvat, Purim and
Pesah. We’ll also let students know when PAS clergy and
educators make visits to their campus. Submit your student’s
updated information online at pasyn.org/Youth Activities/
RJNHS or contact Caryn Roman at croman@pasyn.org or
212-369-2600, x141. Printed forms are also available in the
PAS lobby.
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Kol Nidre Appeal 5773
O
n behalf of the Officers
and Board of Trustees,
thank you to everyone who
donated to our annual Kol Nidre Appeal
through October 26, whose names are listed
below. Your generous gifts support all aspects
of the Synagogue, from daily worship to
services for families with young children, from
the Shabbat Dinner series to the camaraderie
of early morning study with the rabbis, from
Cantor’s Concerts to the Caring Network.
The annual Kol Nidre Appeal is one of our
most important synagogue-wide fundraising
campaigns; the funds that are raised support
the synagogue operating budget, making
possible our continuing spiritual renewal and
growing sense of community. This year we face
continued financial challenges because:
• Membership dues account for 40% of
our operating budget, and tuition accounts for
another 40%, leaving 20% to be raised from
contributions.
• We continue to make significant capital
expenditures in order to preserve and improve
our facilities.
• The economic situation continues to put
financial pressure on many of our members.
As always, we appreciate your generous
donations. Jewish tradition teaches that
every member of a community is expected to
contribute to the welfare of the community.
Even those who benefit from communal funds
are expected to contribute in order to help
others. We hope that everyone who is able to
do so will continue to step up for those who are
less able to give now but who have supported
the Synagogue in the past and will again in the
future. In the spirit of this tradition, we look for
100% participation in the Kol Nidre Appeal.
Again, heartfelt thanks to those who have
already given. If you have not yet taken the
opportunity to make a Kol Nidre pledge, we
look forward to hearing from you.
B’shalom,
Howard Rubin
Martin Halbfinger
Co-chairs, Kol Nidre Campaign
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Gregory & Alison Abovsky
Brian & Stephanie Abrahams
Stuart & Debra Abramovitz
Robert & Deanna Adler
Leslie & Judith Agisim
Philip & Blanche Agisim
Helene Agress
Daniel & Tara Agroskin
Arthur Ainsberg
James & Suzanne Aisenberg
Isidoro & Edna Aizenberg
Lauren Albert
Steven & Evelyn Alden
Joseph Allerhand & Randi Schatz
Howard & Sara Altschul
Roberta Amon
Harris & Susan Joy Amster
Robert P. & Carol Antler
David & Neva Anton
Jonathan Arfa & Barbara Bernstein
Ian & Naomi Arons
Thomas Ascheim & Deborah Davis Ascheim
Glenn & Debra August
Martin Axman
Andrew Bab & Jennifer Shurdut Bab
Cary & Frieda Baer
Howard & Rachelle Balaban
Andrew & Marcy Barkan
David & Janice Barnard
Joel & Gail Baron
Joseph & Raneet Barr
Brett & Natalie Barth
Andrew & Erin Bass
Emilio & Reina Bassini
Janice Baxter
Marc Becker & Caryn Seidman-Becker
Richard & Rachel Becker
Robert & Lucy Becker
Michael Bederman & Anna Gerb
Uri Behar & Batya Levi Behar
Barry & Judith Beil
Susan Bender
Leonard Polonsky & Georgette Bennett
Michael & Stacey Bennett
Izzet & Selda Bensusan
Max & Dale Berger
Josephine Berger-Nadler
Arie Berggrun & Melissa Waterstone
Milton & Jena Berlinski
David & Marilyn Berman
Harold Bernanke
David & Lynn Berney
Pamela Bernstein Friedman
Daniel & Vivian Bernstein
Donald Bernstein & Jo Ellen Finkel
Ernestine Bernstein
Mark & Arlene Bernstein
Peter & Jennifer Bernstein
Alvin Bernstone
Mark & Geri Besca
Kenneth & Ann Bialkin
Matthew & Ellen Biben
Naomi Birnbach
Leon & Debra Black
Ronald & Lori Bland
Alan & Nancy Block
Ethan & Heather Bloom
Jeffrey & Jeanne Bloom
Kenneth & Alissa Blumberg
Charles & Ellen Bock
Mark & Francine Bogdanoff
Ruth Boody
Howard Borkan & Barbara Yagoda-Borkan
Ariel Boyman & Lauren Wagner Boyman
Roberta Brause & Rita Brause
David & Lisa Breakstone
Sonia Breindel
Bernie & Connie Breslin
Jane Bressler
Lee & Shira Bressler
Deena Bressman
Robert & Amy Bressman
James & Deborah Breznay
Thomas & Renee Brodie
John & Gayle Brody
Harry & Elissa Bromer
David & Judith Brook
David Brous Jr. & Catherine Rothman Brous
Barry Bryer & Meryl Wiener
Martin & Aviva Budd
Stanley & Gail Bulua
H. Paul & Edna Burak
Peter Buttrick & Anne Wattenberg Buttrick
Robert & Toni Ceisler
Barry & Jennifer Chaiken
Clive & Bonnie Chajet
Frank Chaney & Ronda Wist
Charles & Bonnie Charrow
Carol Chavkin
Jeffrey & Katherine Chavkin
Peter & Jessica Chavkin
Wallace Chavkin
Beryl & Rima Chernov
Joel & Sherry Cherwin
Scott & Jessica Chestman
Matthew & Bonnie Chook
Adam & Chelsea Cohen
Adam & Samara Cohen
Carmel & Babette Cohen
Carol Cohen
Edward & Betsy Cohen
Ed Cohen & Nadine Habousha Cohen
H. Kenneth & Carol Cohen
Jonathan & Martha Cohen
Lawrence & Lisa Cohen
Marion Cohen
Michael & Ilona Cohen
Ronald Cohen & Donna Kramer
Geoffrey & Marcia Colvin
Harvey & Eva Comita
Stephen & Anita Comite
Arturo & Caren Constantiner
Daniel & Adena Conway
David & Kathy Cook
Samuel & Barbara Cooper
Elliot & Debbie Cosgrove
David & Jessica Cosloy
Wilbur Cowett
Alexander & Erica Crisses
Ronald & Linda Daitz
David Dane
Bruce & Dawn Darringer
Morton & Joanne Davis
Juliet Diller
James Dinan & Elizabeth Miller
Larry Hite & Sharon Dolch-Hite
Jason & Nancy Dolinsky
Jame & Stefanie Donath
Harvey & Suzanne Drachman
Scott & Elissa Drassinower
Mark & Judith Drucker
James & Nancy Druckman
Michael & Allison Dubrow
Irene Duell
Joe & Sally Dwek
Maurice Edelson & Jennifer Altman
CONTRIBUTIONS
David & Susan Edelstein
Howard Edelstein
Louis & Anita Ehrenberg
Roger & Carol Einiger
Edwin Eisen & Elaine Sollar Eisen
Irene Eisenberg
Michael Eisenberg & Mara Saideman
Brian & Erin Eizenstat
Marc & Donna Ellenbogen
Kenneth Ellis
Jonathan & Jodie Elyachar
Robert & Marjorie Emden
Bonnie Englebardt
Ruthe Eppler
M.Neville & Roberta Epstein
Enrique & Joscelyn Ergas
Helen Erlich
Susan Erlich
Fran Evans
Ruth Ezra
Barton Farber
Ronald Feiman & Hilary Ronner
Bernie & Phyllis Feinberg
Tobette Feinberg
Elizabeth Feiner
Herb & Harriet Feiwel
Roger & Bambi Felberbaum
William & Joan Felder
Yale & Donna Fergang
Elias Feuer & Ethel Rubinstein
Eric Feuerstein & Rebecca Raphael
Mark & Lori Fife
Jerome & Estelle Finkelstein
John & Carol Finley
Mark & Rachael First
Steven & Allison Fisch
Michael Fischer
Alexander & Enid Fisher
Edward & Vivian Fisher
Mark & Jill Fishman
Stephen & Marjorie Fiverson
Jeffrey & Sheryl Flug
Patrick & Lori Fodale
Adam & Marissa Forsted
Barry & Karen Frankel
Jon Frankel & Erin Richard Frankel
David & Karen Freedberg
David & Erica Friedman
Jeffrey & Stacy Friedman
Marilyn Friedman
Richard & Susan Friedman
Steven & Cheri Friedman
Eugenie Fromer
Wayne & Patti Fuchs
Phyllis Gallahou
Daniel Ganitsky & Elizabeth Dekoven Ganitsky
Lane & Marilyn Garcy
Clifford & Alexandra Gelb
Esther Gelber
Sarah Gelber
Eliot & Limor Geller
Martin Geller & Lauren Schor Geller
Jack Topal & Evelyn Gelman
Harold Geringer
Yola Gertel Friedman
Nathan & Emily Gindi
Iona Ginsburg
Jerry Gliklich & Jane Salmon
Thomas Gluckman
Scott & Ruth Gold
Edward & Myrna Goldberg
Eleanore Goldberg
Michael & Susan Goldberg
Charles Goldblum & Tirzah Schwarz
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Daniel & Daniela Goldin
Harrison & Diana Goldin
Dorothy Goldman
James Goldman
Geoffrey & Jennifer Goldschein
Howard & Marjorie Goldschein
Herman Goldsmith
George Goltzer & Barbara Gertel Goltzer
Jerry & Susan Goodman
Leonard & Constance Goodman
Mark & Judith Goodman
William & Jody Gorin
Michael Grad & Emily Christenfeld Grad
Laurence & Rebecca Grafstein
Evan & Jodi Greebel
Richard Green & Elaine Gilde
David & Laureine Greenbaum
Allen & Marilyn Greenberg
Doris Greenberg
Gregg Greenberg & Jennifer Polli
Michael & Vicki Greenberg
Sylvan Greenberg
Ira & Linda Greenblatt
David Greenfield
Alan Greenwald
Alexander & Lisa Grinberg
Efraim Grinberg
Michael & Ronda Gross
David & Miriam Grossberg
Morton & Judith Grosz
Peter Gruenberger & Carin Lamm Gruenberger
Katherina Grunfeld
Ben & Susan Gutmann
Sam & Jenna Gutmann
Steven Gutwillig & Michele Green
Richard & Susan Haass
Martin & Irene Haber
Martin & Lynn Halbfinger
Alan & Louise Hamilton
Aaron & Moriah Hara
Stanley & Yvette Harmon
Kimberly Harounian
Ben & Jessie Harris
Maury & Laurie Harris
William & Ellen Harrow
David Helfgott & Anita Cela
Andrew & Heather Heller
Sanford Heller
Mel Herman & Judith Jankof Herman
Philip & Erica Hermann
Arthur & Janet Hershaft
David & Diane Hess
George & Helene Hines
Mark & Dena Hirsch
Alan Hirschfeld & Emily Roberts
Steven Hirth
Michael & Nancy Hodin
Allison Hoffman
Andrew & Jennifer Hoine
Shelley Holm
Stephen & Pamela Hootkin
Ari House & Jessica Levitas
Carol Hyman
Joel & Alissa Isaacson
David Ishayik
Gary & Dale Israel
Sharon Jablon
Alan & Barbara Jacobs
Marvin & Tina Josephson
Sheila Josephson
Carol Judelson
Stephen & Helen Judlowe
David & Barbara Julie
Barbara Kahn
Bruce & Debra Kahne
Jason Taubman Kalisman & Philip Kalisman
Michael Kalisman & Gayle Taubman Kalisman
Amos & Floy Kaminski
Howard & Joyce Kaplan
Jeffrey & Robin Kaplan
Barbara Kapnick
Adam & Jennifer Karol
Kent Karosen
Dennis & Gail Karr
Jarred & Rachel Kassenoff
Fred & Karen Kastenbaum
Abraham Katz & Marion Scheinberger
Bernard Katz & Phyllis Kaplan-Katz
Carolyn Katz
Henry & Stacy Katz
Marc Katz
Neil & Barbara Kaufman
Ronald & Susan Kaufmann
Jeffrey Keller & Stacey Berg Keller
Marc & Heidi Kieselstein
Arthur & Ronnie Kirsch
Richard & Dana Kirshenbaum
Zelma Kiwi
Samuel & Francine Klagsbrun
Jason & Wendy Klansky
Alan & Lauren Klein
Brett & Dena Klein
Robert & Susan Klein
Kenneth & Farah Kleiner
Linda Klempner
Elie & Elana Kobrin
Arnold Komisar
Paul & Vivienne Koreto
Joshua & Nancy Korff
Phyllis Kossoff
Allen & Denise Kozin
Earl & Janet Kramer
Ronald Kreismann
Aron & Lillian Krell
Jeff Krevat & Susan Weiner Krevat
Harry Krieger
Alice Kulick
Maxim & Victoria Kulikov
Scott & Galit Kursman
Brian Kushner & Phyllis Levinberg
Gregory & Alexandra Kwiat
Dorothy Lang
Stephen & Randi Langford
Arthur Langhaus & Kathy Marlin Langhaus
Florence Lapidus & Karen Lapidus
Philippe Laub
Ralph & Ricky Lauren
Frank Lederman
David & Joan Lefkowitz
Sam Lehr & Lisa Fishman
Debra Lehrman
Mikel & Marcy Lehrman
Kevin & Stephanie Leichter
Ann Leichtling
Leonard & Joan Leiman
Isaac & Susan Lemor
Leona Leon
Evan & Wesley LePatner
Laurence & Susan Lerner
Joan Lessing
David & Gabrielle Levene
Martin Levenson & Joan Levine Levenson
Ruth Levenson
Stephen & Stephanie Levey
Marvin & Linda Levine
Michelle Levine
Paul & Joyce Levine
Peter & Janet Levine
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CONTRIBUTIONS
Laila Levitas
Carol Levitt
Marian Levitt
Judith P. Lewis
Adam & Janet Lichtenstein
Zanvel & Sylvia Liff
Barton Lilenfield
Ellen Liman
Marc & Jennifer Lipschultz
Michael & Wendy Lipsky
Cindy Lipton
Marvin & Renee Lipton
Scott Litner
Judy Lobel
Miriam London
Jeffrey Loria
Sivia Loria
Joel & Helene Lupatkin
Larry Lurin & Eileen Lewis-Lurin
Brian & Rachel Lustbader
Ivan & Andrea Lustig
Matt & Andrea Lustig
Ann Lyons
Richard & Christine Mack
William & Phyllis Mack
Marjorie Magner
Lorraine Malden
Aaron & Randie Malinsky
Steven & Heidi J. Mandel
Franklin & Terry Mark
Matthew & Cindy Mark
Morris Mark & Susan Kolin Mark
Steven & Jana Markowicz
Bryce & Elisabeth Markus
Robert & Rita Matthews
George & Corinne McCormack
Gary & Dana Meltzer
Daniel & Heather Mendelow
Steven Merdinger
Jaimey Mergler & Amy Jellinger-Mergler
Scott & Norma Mero
Sandra Meron
Jonathan & Sandy Merrill
Jeffrey & Lisa Messinger
Corey & Lara Metz
Amy Millard
Robert & Sheila Miller
Gerald Millman & Mary Sue Zitwer Millman
Fredric Mintz & Leslie Berman Mintz
Alexander Mishkin & Jennifer Newstead
David & Robin Mitchell
Scott & Leah Mittelman
Lawrence & Ellyn Mittman
Benjamin Mizrachy
Shary & Sherie Moalemzadeh
Abby Modell
Aram & Sherine Moezinia
Greg & Alexandra Mondre
Jeff & Audrey Mordos
Donald Morgan III & Israela Morgan
Lawrence Morrison & Hayley Friedman Morrison
Belle Moser
Nathan Moser & Rita Ungar Moser
Jeffrey & Hilary Moses
Howard Muchnick & Susan Schwartz
Richard & Felice Muchnick
Tom Mukamal & Elana Maser
Edward Munves Jr. & Norma Munves
Henry & Doris Murad
Charles & Carol Mutterperl
Mark & Gwendolyn Myers
Gary & Felicia Nachman
Richard & Nicole Nackenson
Judith Nadelmann
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Edie Nadler
Stephen Nadler & Ellen Kavee
John & Tanya Neuwirth
George & Monique Newmark
Alan & Dawn Nickman
Barton & Nancy Nisonson
Michael Norwich & Audrey Weiss Norwich
Bernard Nussbaum & Nancy Kuhn
Larry Nussbaum & Jayne Thylan
Martin & Kane Nussbaum
Michael & Sharon Oberman
Michael Odell & Andrea Olshan
Liz Offenbach
Morris & Nancy Offit
Paula Offricht
Sylvia Olnick
Stuart & Judi Oltchick
Morris Orden
Susan Orenbuch
Ethan & Dana Orlinsky
Seth Orlow & Myra Freed
Rhoda Ostrow
Steve Ostrow & Arlette Tawil
Jeffrey Palca
David & Ronnie Parker
Nathaniel & Debra Paull
Martin & Doris Payson
Todd & Diane Pearl
Harlan & Debra Peltz
Arthur & Ilene Penn
Herbert Peress
Walter & Blossom Peretz
Jonathan & Candace Perkin
Dana Perlman
Louis & Barbara Perlmutter
Cynthia Pfeffer
John & Rachel Philipp
David Phillips & Ellen Zweig-Phillips
Adam & Marni Pinkow
Morris M. & Laurie Ferber Podolsky
Lester & Geri Pollack
Roy Pomerantz & Deborah Gahr
Gregory & Diana Porges
Jeffrey & Elisa Port
Jeffrey & Judith Poss
Claudia Poster
Marc & Sherri Powers
Saul Pressner & Barbara Gmora
Robert Price
Beverly Richman Prutkin
Mark Pruzansky & Sheila Erlich-Pruzansky
Alex Pustilnik & Rachel Bluestein
Edward & Rosanne Raab
Ruth Rabinowitz
Joshua & Melissa Raskin
Robert Raskin & Carol Goldstein
Malcolm & Susan Rattner
Jerome & Magda Rebhun
Ariel & Tal Recanati
Madeleine Redlich
Daniel & Melissa Reichman
Steven Rein & Jodi Hirsch Rein
Lorin Reisner & Miriam Judlowe
Jane Revasch
Harriet Rice
Adam & Jennifer Rifkin
Robert & Arleen Rifkind
Steven & Lisa Rizzi
David Robbins & Joyce Chang Robbins
James Robbins
Mordecai Rochlin
Helen Rodbell
Russell & Judith Rodewald
Alain & Ellen Roizen
Anne Rosberger
Doug & Lori Roseman
Robert & Joan Rosen
Fredric & Julie Rosenberg
Joseph & Willa Rosenberg
Daniel & Sheila Rosenblum
James & Sheri Rosenfeld
Menachem & Jean Rosensaft
Michael & Joana Rosensaft
Eric & Susan Rosenthal
Jason & Beth Rosenthal
Jonathan & Suzanne Rosenzweig
Sidney Rosoff & Joann Abrams Rosoff
Andrew & Nicole Ross
James & Laura Ross
Philip & Tracy Ross
David & Margaret Roth
Estelle Roth
James Rothman & Stefanie Katz-Rothman
Ronni Rubin Bolger
Howard & Nan Rubin
Andres & Suzette Rubinstein
Barry Rutcofsky & Mindy Birnbaum
Howard & Shereen Rutman
Frederick & Julie Ruvkun
Arnold L. & Lite Sabin
Jeff Cohen & Beth Sackler
Neil Sadick
Mara Safra
Stuart & Stephanie Saft
Rochelle Saideman
Richard Samuels & Janet Weisberg-Samuels
Marvin & Mimi Sandler
Bob & Nazanine Sarraf
Andre Sassoon
Philip Satow
Jeffrey Schackner & Allison Wiener
David & Stacie Schapiro
Richard Scharf & Dana Golding
Daniel & Lynn Schaul
Sylvan & Joan Schefler
Gerald & June Schiller
Jonathan Schlesinger
Andrew & Andrea Schnipper
Gil & Sari Schorr
Edwin & Diane Schottenstein
Mort & Miquette Schrader
Brian & Lori Schreiber
Paul & Joan Schreiber
Michael & Paola Schulhof
Neal & Gwen Schultz
Harvey Schulweis
Eric & Erica Schwartz
Mark & Carolyn Schwartz
Malka Schwarz
Melvin Schweitzer
Herbert & Geraldine Sedler
Michael Seiden & Lili Mahlab
Florence Seligman
David & Dana Shani
Aaron & Carolyn Shapiro
Alexander & Susanna Shapiro
Eytan Shapiro & Lesley-Anne Gliedman
Kenneth & Rochelle Shapiro
Steven & Deborah Shapiro
Harvey & Rita Sharinn
Peter Sheft & Nancy Peretz Sheft
Annette Sherman
Marc & Joan Sherman
Mitchell & Penny Shore
Sylvia Shulman
Bippy & Jackie Siegal
Samuel & Randi Siegal
Barry & Elana Siegel
CONTRIBUTIONS
Bryan & Christine Siegel
Edward & Elyse Siegel
Stanley & Dianne Siegelbaum
Craig & Erica Siena
Mitchell & Beth Silber
Sydney Silberman
Ramie Silbert
Nina Silfen
Randy & Sheri Siller
Brad & Nicole Silver
David & Joanna Silver
David & Patricia Silvers
Andrew & Daphne Silverstein
Leo & Carol Silverstein
Rob & Heidi Silverstone
Michael & Jacqueline Simmon
David & Jacqueline Simon
Irwin & Daryl Simon
Laura Simon
James & Marilyn Simons
David Simpson
Barry & Helene Singer
Sheldon & Doris Siskin
Howard & Jaar-mel Sloane
Barry & Donna Slotnick
David & Alyssa Small
David & Jo Ann Small
Gerald & Diane Smallberg
Chris Smith & Linda Yarden
Spencer & Karen Smul
James & Tina Snyder
Howard & Gayle Sobel
Craig & Diane Solomon
Florence Solomon
William & Terry Solomon
Martin & Rochelle Spergel
Allen & Rita Spiegel
Robert & Dawn Spiera
Brian & Suzanne Stadler
Jay & Stacy Stark
Michael & Tamara Stark
Neil & Amy Steiner
Aaron & Zina Stern
Ernest & Barbara Stern
Ernest & Zina Stern
Frances Stewart
Steven & Marcia Stone
Bernard & Bernice Strassner
Hugh Straus
Leone Straus
Maxim & Marianna Strongin
Victor & Iris Lane Struber
Joshua & Jessica Sullum
Terry Dudnick Taffer
Glenn & Hope Taitz
Joshua & Barbara Tannenbaum
Simon & Heidi Tarsh
Arline Buxbaum Tarte
Michael & Robin Taubin
Robert & Debbie Teitelbaum
Charles Temel & Judy Wesalo Temel
Marilyn Tobias
Robert & Jane Toll
Michael Toporek & Jill Segal-Toporek
Marvin & Helene Torker
Ray & Nancy Treiger
Mario & Alexandra Tuchman
Adam & Lauren Turteltaub
Marshall & Sally Tycher
Adam & Andrea Usdan
John & Eva Colin Usdan
Martin Usdan
Nathaniel & Tara Usdan
Michael & Elizabeth Varet
John & Joyce Varvatos
John & Lauren Veronis
Louis Vogel & Robin Stevens Vogel
Stephen Volk & Diane Kemelman Volk
Barry & Teri Volpert
James Wacht & Meryl Pearlstein
Harry & Stephanie Wagner
Harry & Susan Wagner
Jacqueline Wahl
Renee Waldinger
Daniel & Terry Wasserman
Steven Wasserman & Randi Goldberg
Florence Wasserstein
Marvin & Lois Weinberg
Bible Fund
Ronnie & David Parker, in memory of his mother, Beatrice D. Parker.
Ronnie & David Parker, in honor of Mary & Gerry Millman.
Bikur Cholim
Ruth Levenson, in honor of Mark Fraier, Hatan Torah.
Frances Stewart, in memory of her beloved father Fred Hahn.
Cantor's Music Fund
Evelyn Gelman & Jack Topal, in memory of Amnon Presler, father of Dr. Noa Schwartz.
Andy Heller.
Nancy & Joel Hirschtritt, in memory of Amnon Presler, father of Dr. Noa Schwartz.
Andrea & Ivan Lustig, in memory of Amnon Presler, father of Dr. Noa Schwartz.
Rebecca Raphael & Eric Feuerstein, in memory of Amnon Presler, father of Dr. Noa
Schwartz.
Michael & Robin Taubin, in memory of Amnon Presler, father of Dr. Noa Schwartz.
Congregational School Fund
Natalie & Brett Barth, in memory of Heinz Eppler, father of Marcia Colvin.
Natalie & Brett Barth, in memory of Leah Corwin, mother of Paul Corwin.
Natalie & Brett Barth, in honor of the Simhat Torah honorees, Nadine Habousha Cohen and
Mark Fraier.
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Jeffrey & Tracy Weiner
Steven & Tammy Weinfeld
Allen & Jo-Ann Weingarten
Harry & Roslyn Weinrauch
Irving Weinstein & Rona Kurtz
Selma Weintraub
Scott & Nancy Weisberg
Bernard Weiss
Sheldon Werdiger & Miki Kagan
Barry & Lisa West
G. Martin & Nina Wexler
Shelby White
Robert & Jacqueline Willens
Richard & Debbie Wilpon
Adam Winik & Jennifer Joseph Winik
H. Richard & Deborah Winn
Charles & Deanne Winnick
Barry & Joan Winograd
Benjamin & Susan Winter
Nathaniel & Helen Wisch
Steven & Debra Wisch
Michael & Erica Wohlstadter
Frank & Roberta Wolf
Ronald & Anna Wolf
Steven & Stacy Wolfe
Vera Wolff Sullivan
Steven & Joyce Wolitzer
Howard & Jody Wurzel
Charles & Jodi Yellen
Gerald Young & Patrice Green
Abraham & Liliane Yurkofsky
Milt & Pauline Zablow
Kirk Zachary & Susan Smirnoff
David & Marissa Zackowitz
Rami & Amanda Zaitchik
Rafael & Dale Zaklad
Marlene Zausner
Brett & Lori Zbar
Jonathan & Arlyne Zeichner
Joshua & Cori Zeichner
Annette Zimmerman
Gary & Chana Zimmerman
Joel Zinberg & Colleen Edwards
Bernard & Roberta Zuckerman
Rabbi Cosgrove's Discretionary Fund
Dr. Jean Pakter Bachman's family, in memory of Dr. Jean Pakter Bachman.
Donna & Michael Bome, in memory of Edgar Livingston, father of Robin Taubin.
Sally & Joe Dwek, in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of Ellie & Herb Frommer's grandson Evan
Frommer.
Marshall & Carolyn Gluck, in honor of Ruth Gluck Feder’s Baby Naming.
Andy Heller.
Rose Less.
Deborah Levinson.
Jeffrey H. Loria.
Robert Millman, in honor of Rabbi Cosgrove.
Rebecca Raphael & Eric Feuerstein, in memory of Joey Barr’s father.
Irwin & Renee Shlachter, in memory of Daniel Gutwillig, loving son of Steven Gutwillig &
Dr. Michelle Green.
High School Food Pantry Fund
Howard & Sara Altschul, in honor of Mark Fraier, Hatan Torah.
Edward Cohen & Nadine Habousha Cohen, in appreciation of her honor of sharing the
Bimah with Mark Fraier on Simhat Torah.
Ed, Nadine, Reuben & Daniel Cohen, in honor of Mark Fraier’s being named Hatan Torah on
Simhat Torah.
Ed, Reuben & Daniel Cohen, in honor of Nadine Habousha Cohen’s being named Kallat
B’reishit on Simhat Torah.
Paul & Anne Corwin, in honor of Nadine Habousha Cohen and Mark Fraier.
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CONTRIBUTIONS
Cooper and Peri Dunn.
Sarita & Mark Fraier, in honor of Nadine Habousha Cohen on the occasion of her being
chosen as Kallat B’reishit for 5773.
Sarita & Mark Fraier, in honor of the entire Park Avenue Synagogoue community for their
kind words and deeds upon Mark's being honored as Hatan Torah for 5773.
Carol Goldstein, in memory of Heinz Eppler, father of Marcia Colvin.
Racheline Habousha, in loving memory of her parents, Hayim & Adele Habousha.
Gail & Dennis Karr, in memory of Leah Corwin, mother of Paul Corwin.
Jane & Stanley Kreinik, in honor of Mark Fraier, Hatan Torah.
Susan & Isaac Lemor, in memory of Leah Corwin, mother of Paul Corwin.
Susan & Isaac Lemor, in honor of Mark Fraier, Hatan Torah.
Andrea & Ivan Lustig, in honor of Nadine Habousha Cohen, Kallat B’reishit.
Andrea & Ivan Lustig, in memory of Paul Corwin’s mother, Leah Corwin.
The Poss Family, in memory of Amnon Presler, father of Dr. Noa Schwartz.
Joan & Sylvan Schefler, in honor of Mark Fraier, Hatan Torah.
Ray Treiger, in memory of his beloved father Sam Treiger on his Yahrzeit.
Ms. Robin Stevens Vogel, in honor of her birthday.
Meryl E. Wiener, in memory of her beloved father Meyer Wiener.
Meryl E.Wiener & Barry A. Bryer, in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of Jack Adam Silver,
grandson of Joan & Sylvan Schefler.
Meryl E. Wiener & Barry A. Bryer, in honor of Mark Fraier, Hatan Torah.
Meryl E. Wiener & Barry A. Bryer, in honor of Nadine Habousha Cohen, Kallat B’reishit.
Meryl E. Wiener & Barry A. Bryer, in memory of Sherry Rutman.
Eugene & Roberta Zinbarg, in honor of their anniversary.
Stephanie Lynn Kossoff College Fund
Mark Schwarz.
Library Fund
Julius Paige, in memory of his beloved mother Beckie Pogrebinsky.
Amy & Neil Steiner, in honor of the Baby Naming of Lyla Reese Ellenbogen, daughter of
Donna & Marc Ellenbogen.
Albert & Rachel Murad Memorial Scholarship Fund
Gloria & Wilson Aboudi, Anne & David Lawi, Rachel & Bill Meer, Dorothy & Fouad
Mooallem, Vicky & Saleh Mouallem, Peggy Peress and Caroline & Fred Sion, in honor of
Doris & Henry Murad
Prayer Book Fund
Richard S. Green & Elaine S. Gilde, in honor of Nadine Habousha Cohen, Kallat B’reishit
and Mark Fraier, Hatan Torah.
Andrea & Ivan Lustig, in honor of Mark Fraier, Hatan Torah.
Andrea & Ivan Lustig, in memory of Heinz Eppler.
Harold Michels, in memory of his beloved wife, Barbara Michels.
Harold Michels, in honor of the Silverstone family, Heidi, Rob, Michael and Max.
Mary, Gerry & Robert Millman, in honor of Mark Fraier, Hatan Torah.
Frances F. Tompkins, in memory of Wulf Peter Bielenberg, brother of Lite Sabin.
The Taitz Family, in honor of Mark Fraier.
Rabbi Rein’s Discretionary Fund
Ellen Schwartz Cooley.
Andy Heller.
Welfare Fund
Ruth Levenson, in honor of Nadine Habousha Cohen, Kallat B’reishit.
Diane & Gerald Smallberg, in honor of Mark Fraier, Hatan Torah.
Diane & Gerald Smallberg, in memory of Dr. Bernard Burack.
Synagogue Offerings
Julian Avrutick, in memory of my dear friend George Friedman.
Roy & Joanne Benjamin, in memory of George Friedman.
Elaine Block, in memory of her beloved husband Paul Block, father of Alan Block.
E.J. Borrack, in memory of Mary Zitwer Millman's beloved mother, Edith Zitwer.
E.J. Borrack, in memory of Neva Martin Anton's beloved father, Willy Martin.
Constance Breslin, in memory of her beloved father, Eli Malcolm Lane.
Constance & Bernard Breslin, in honor of Mark Fraier, Hatan Torah.
Harriet Brownstein.
The Cejwin Crew: Louise & Roger Challop, Sandy & Norm Ivers, Jill & Mark Cohen and
Barbara & Ira Korner, in honor of Mark Fraier, a mensch of a man.
John & Martha Cohen, in memory of Leah Corwin, mother of Paul Corwin.
Marion Lust-Cohen, in honor of her daughter-in-law, Nadine Habousha Cohen.
Samuel Cooper, in memory of his beloved mother, Ray Cooper.
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Bradley Corben, in memory of his beloved grandfather, Jacob Cohen.
Dr. Joe & Sally Dwek.
Jane & Jimmy Fassler, in honor of Laurie & Maury Harris.
Elizabeth Feiner, in memory of her beloved father, George Cooper.
Harriet Feiwel, in loving memory of her beloved mother, Libby Rich.
Harriet & Herb Feiwel, in loving memory of Marcia Colvin's father, Heinz Eppler.
Harriet & Herb Feiwel, in memory of Leah Corwin, mother of Paul Corwin.
Cleone Fetaya, in honor of Nadine Habousha Cohen.
Jocelyne Fetaya, in honor of Nadine Habousha Cohen.
Marilyn Garcy, in memory of her beloved mother, Celia Staum.
Richard S. Green & Elaine S. Gilde, in honor of Adam First's Bar Mitzvah.
Dr. James Goldman, in memory of his beloved mother-in-law, Ida Gilbert.
Racheline G. Habousha, in honor of Nadine Habousha Cohen, Kallat B’reishit.
Dena Hirsch, in memory of her beloved mother, Drazel Penberg.
Nancy & Joel Hirschtritt, in memory of Leah Corwin, mother of Paul Corwin.
Nancy & Joel Hirschtritt, in memory of Wulf Peter Bielenberg, brother of Lite Sabin.
Dale Israel, in memory of her beloved father, Edward Pearlman.
Gary Israel, in honor of his birthday.
Sharon Jablon, in memory of her beloved father, Seymour Kupersmith.
Barbara & David Julie, in honor of Mark Fraier.
Sandra Kaplan, in honor of Gertrude Oltchick.
Adam Karol, in memory of his father, Marshall Karol.
Jennifer & Adam Karol, in honor of Alivia Klein's Baby Naming.
Fred & Karen Kastenbaum, in honor of Mark Fraier for all of his wonderful services.
Marilyn Katz, in memory of her beloved mother, Lillian Greenberg.
Carol Kekst, in memory of her beloved brother, Saul Schapiro.
David J. Kekst, in honor of Hannah Kekst's Aliyah.
Gershon Kekst, in memory of his beloved mother, Chana Kekst.
Dorothy Ann Kirsch, in honor of her birthday.
Donna Kramer & Ronald Cohen, in loving memory of Leah Corwin.
Donna Kramer & Ronald Cohen, in loving memory of Heinz Eppler.
Cantor David & Joan Lefkowitz, in memory of Sherry Rutman.
Cantor David & Joan Lefkowitz, in memory of Jay Sanders, husband of Nancy Sanders.
Cantor David & Joan Lefkowitz, in memory of Amnon Presler, father of Dr. Noa Schwartz.
Leona Leon, in loving memory of Fannie Leon, on the occasion of her Yahrzeit.
Marian Levitt, in memory of her beloved mother, Mildred Pascal
Dr. Ann Lyons, in memory of her beloved father, Julius Moskowitz.
Robert Miller, in honor of his birthday.
Robert Millman, in honor of Rabbi Rein.
Robert Millman, in honor of Rabbi Zuckerman.
Michael, Murray & Staff, Park East Butchers, in memory of Heinz Eppler.
Debra Paull, in memory of her beloved father, Daniel Weinberg.
Dr. Brian & Myra Pollack, in memory of Wulf Peter Bielenberg, brother of Lite Sabin.
Ruth Pordy, in memory of her beloved brother, Marvin Gansberg.
Carolyn & Ruby Ptak, in memory of Brent Pasternak, Ida & Milton Segal, and Sylvia &
Harry Ptak.
Frida Riederman, in appreciation of the beautiful Shabbat services at Park Avenue
Synagogue.
Shereen & Howard Rutman & Family, in honor of Nadine Habousha Cohen, Kallat B’reishit.
Shereen & Howard Rutman & Family, in honor of Mark Fraier, Hatan Torah.
Shereen & Howard Rutman & Family, in memory of Heinz Eppler, father of Marcia Colvin.
Shereen & Howard Rutman & Family, in memory of Leah Corwin, mother of Paul Corwin.
Dr. & Mrs. Howard Rutman, in memory of George Friedman. .
Marjorie & Murray Sachs, in memory of George Friedman.
Andre Sassoon, in memory of his beloved mother Sarine Sassoon.
Esther Silver, in memory of her beloved father Murray Altfeld.
Susan Smirnoff, in memory of her beloved father Nathan Smirnoff.
Judy & Michael Steinhardt, in memory of George Friedman.
Dr. Marilyn Tobias, in memory of her beloved father Henry Tobias.
Robert & Ellen Tolle, in honor of Mark Fraier, Hatan Torah.
Jacqueline Wahl, in honor of her birthday.
Lois Weinberg, in memory of her beloved father, Aaron Harry Paul.
Selma Weintraub, in memory of her beloved husband, Morris Weintraub.
Selma Weintraub, in honor of Mark Fraier's special honor as Hatan Torah.
Susan Winter, in honor of the Yahrzeit of her father, Lewis Rosenfeld.
Linda Yarden & Chris Smith, Callie & Eric Smith, in memory of Robert S. Ascheim.
David & Marissa Zackowitz, in honor of the Bris of Benjamin Zackowitz.
Marlene Zausner for Yizkor.
Bobbie & Jerry Zuckerman, in honor of Mark Fraier, Hatan Torah.
24 Kislev
10 Tevet
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11 Tevet
1:00 pm PAS offices close
31 18 Tevet
1:00 pm PAS offices close
24
11:00 am Bk Discussion Grp
5:00 pm Tavim
6:15 pm Hebrew 2
6:30 pm Adult Bat Mitzvah
7:00 pm WN Chocolate Trail
7:30 pm Modern Hebrew
4 Tevet
17
3 Tevet
26 Kislev
16
30 17 Tevet
20 Kislev
5
21 Kislev
8:00 am Essential Essays
8:00 am Perusin’ Parashah
9:00 am JBFCS soc wrkr
11:30 am J Contemp Thought 9:30 am Book Fair
6:45 pm Context
4:00 pm Book Fair opens
6:45 pm Melton 2
6:15 pm Hebrew 1
6:45 pm Hasidism
6:15 pm Intro to Judaism
7:30 pm YCG Latke Vodka
7:00 pm Harold Kushner
8:00 Centropa
Lecture
4
22 Kislev
9:15 am Melton 1
9:15 am Hasidism
9:30 am Book Fair
10:00 am DOROT soc wrkr
10:30 am Ldrshp & Crisis
12:00 pm Lunch & Learn
6:30 pm Interfaith Dialogue
7:00 pm Cong Singers
6
23 Kislev
Candles, 4:11 pm
8:00 am Talmud Torah
3:30 pm Food Pantry
5:00 pm YFE Shabbat service
6:15 pm Friday Evening svce
7
17 Kislev
Parashat Va-yishlah
24 Kislev
Parashat Va-yeishev
1st Hanukkah candle
8:45 am Parashat HaShavua
9:15 am Sanctuary service
9:30 am Havurah
20 mins after services, Minha
4:00 pm Hazzan's Tisch
8
8:45 am Parashat HaShavua
9:15 am Sanctuary service
20 mins after services, Minha
4:00 pm Parent-Teen Shabbat
Study w/ R. Cosgrove
1
5 Tevet
12 Tevet
PAS offices closed
25
8:00 am Essential Essays
11:30 am J Contemp Thought
1:00 pm WN Film
6:15 pm Hebrew 1
6:15 pm Intro to Judaism
6:30 pm Singles Hanukkah
Party
18
8:00 am Essential Essays
11:30 am J Contemp Thought
1:00 pm Yiddish Club
6:15 pm Hebrew 1
6:15 pm Intro to Judaism
7:00 pm PAS Lecture Series
27 Kislev
6 Tevet
26
13 Tevet
8:00 am Perusin’ Parashah
9:00 am JBFCS soc wrkr
6:30 pm Caregvr Support Grp
6:45 pm Melton 2
6:45 pm Hasidism
8:00 Centropa
19
8:00 am Perusin’ Parashah
9:00 am JBFCS soc wrkr
12:00 pm Call for Comments
6:45 pm Melton 2
6:45 pm Hasidism
8:00 Centropa
28 Kislev
7 Tevet
27
14 Tevet
9:15 am Melton 1
9:15 am Hasidism
10:00 am DOROT soc wrkr
10:30 am Ldrshp & Crisis
12:00 pm Lunch & Learn
20
9:15 am Melton 1
9:15 am Hasidism
10:00 am DOROT soc wrkr
10:30 am Ldrshp & Crisis
12:00 pm Lunch & Learn
6:30 pm Lights in Darkness
29 Tevet
8:00 am Talmud Torah
6:15 pm Friday Evening svce
15 Tevet
28 Candles, 4:18 pm
8:00 am Talmud Torah
3:30 pm Food Pantry
6:15 pm Friday Evening svce
8 Tevet
8:45 am Parashat HaShavua
9:15 am Sanctuary service
20 mins after services, Minha
16 Tevet
29 Parashat Va-y’hi
8:45 am Parashat HaShavua
9:15 am Sanctuary service
20 mins after services, Minha
9 Tevet
8:45 am Parashat HaShavua
9:15 am Sanctuary service
9:30 am Havurah
11:15 am YFE Shabbat
programs
20 mins after services, World
Cons Judaism Panel
after program, Minha
2 Tevet
21 Candles, 4: 14 pm 22 Parashat Va-yiggash
8:00 am Talmud Torah
3:30 pm Food Pantry
6:15 pm Friday Evening svce
Candles, 4:11 pm
1 Tevet
Hanukkah candle
Hodesh
15 8th
10 3rd Hanukkah candle 11 4th Hanukkah candle 12 5th Hanukkah candle 13 6th Hanukkah candle 14 Rosh
Parashat Mi-ketz
7th Hanukkah candle
5:00 pm Tavim
6:15 pm Hebrew 2
6:30 pm Adult Bat Mitzvah
7:30 pm Modern Hebrew
25 Kislev
2nd Hanukkah candle
19 Kislev
5:00 pm Tavim
6:15 pm Hebrew 2
6:30 pm Adult Bat Mitzvah
7:00 pm Holidays Ahead of
Time
7:30 pm Modern Hebrew
8:00 pm Bk Discussion Grp
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SATURDAY
December
WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY Daily Shaharit Minyanim Monday-Friday at 7:15 am; Sundays and Legal Holidays at 9:00 am.
Ma’ariv Sunday-Thursday at 5:45 pm. Any changes are noted when they occur.
For Congregational School Shabbat programs, see the CS program schedule on p. 12.
Information is subject to change. Confirm at www.pasyn.org or with the Synagogue office.
11:00 pm Project Ezra
2:00 pm Kadima/Etgar
Hanukkah Party
4:00 pm Cantor’s Hanukkah
Concert
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MONDAY TUESDAY of Events DECember 2012 kislev / tevet 5773
PAS Calendar
10:00 am MC Bagel Brunch
10:30 am Hanukkah Party w/
PJ Library & Sheldon Low
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DAY
50 East 87th Street, New York, NY 10128
DECember 2012 / kislev – Tevet 5773
Elliot J. Cosgrove, Ph.D., Rabbi
Steven I. Rein, Assistant Rabbi
David H. Lincoln, Rabbi Emeritus
Azi Schwartz, Cantor and Music Director
Shiree Kidron, Assistant Cantor
David Lefkowitz, Cantor Emeritus
Steven M. Friedman, Chairman of the Board
Brian G. Lustbader, President
Beryl P. Chernov, Executive Director
Rabbi Neil Zuckerman, Director of Congregational Education
Liz Offenbach, Director of Synagogue Programming
Rabbi Eve Rudin, Principal of the Congregational School
Carol Hendin, Director, Early Childhood Center
Matthew Check, Director of Young Family Education
Caryn Roman, Director of Youth Engagement
Marga Hirsch, Director, Edmond de Rothschild Library and Publications Editor
Jonathan Schlesinger, Chief Financial Officer
John Davis, Facilities Director
Lawrence Conley, Director of Media
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