Emanu-El in the Neighborhood
Training Manual - 2013
Two Lake Street
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 751-2535
www.emanuelsf.org
Clergy Message
Dear Neighborhood Liaisons,
These are the deeds which yield fruit in the time to come: honoring parents, doing deeds of
loving-kindness; attending the house of study punctually, morning and evening; providing
hospitality; visiting the sick; helping the needy bride; attending the dead; probing the meaning
of prayer; making peace between one person and another and between husband and wife.
And the study of Torah is the most basic of all.
- Talmud, Shabbat 127a
We hope that our new initiative, Emanu-El in the Neighborhood, will help us create a kehilah
kedoshah, a “sacred community”. The Talmud teaches us that only be being there for each
other during times of joy and times of pain can we create a sacred community.
In our hectic, fast-paced lives, it's common to feel overwhelmed, isolated and alone. The
sense of belonging we feel when we make the time to take an active role in our communities
can give us a deeper sense of meaning and purpose. Some of you may already have this
built-in community but we are aware that many of you don’t.
This initiative is only possible due to the tremendous contributions of Emanu-El’s Caring
Community which for over a decade has being providing meals, letters and visits to those in
need. Our goal is to strengthen our culture of being there for each other in order to reinforce
connectedness among our members.
Thank you for volunteering to be a Neighborhood Liaison. We are grateful for your
commitment to Congregation Emanu-El and its continued growth.
L’Shalom,
Rabbi Stephen S. Pearce, Senior Rabbi
Rabbi Ryan T. Bauer
Rabbi Carla Fenves
Rabbi Jonathan Jaffe
Rabbi Sydney B. Mintz
Cantor Roslyn Barak
Music Soloist Marsha Attie
Welcome to Emanu-El in the Neighborhood!
As a volunteer, you let every member you touch know they are part of a greater
community, and their sorrow and/or joy touches all of us. Your acts might
initially go unacknowledged, but they never go unnoticed and they are always
appreciated.
We are reminded of the power of faith that changes lives, the love of family that
strengthens spirits, and the blessing of God’s forgiveness that allows us to
repent of our sins and begin anew.
Members participate in a wide array of worship, educational, and service
opportunities, yet some may find it difficult to create an intimate connection with
other congregants. Emanu-El in the Neighborhood addresses the challenge of
building community by offering congregants the opportunity to meet, celebrate,
and care for one another in neighborhoods, as well as at the Temple.
Your actions enhance the services the Temple already provides. Our goal is to
let our neighbors know they are not alone! The simple act of writing a
condolence card, making a phone call, or cooking a meal is a privilege and a
mitzvah.
Please feel free to contact me with questions or new ideas.
Sincerely,
Sandy
Sandy Rechtschaffen
Community Engagement Director
Congregation Emanu-El
Two Lake Street
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 751-2541 x 177
(415) 751-2511 Fax
sandyr@emanuelsf.org
Emanu-El in the Neighborhood
Training Manual
Table of Contents
~ How We Started
~ The Roles of the Neighborhood Liaison
~ How a Request Gets to a Liaison
~ Ritual Observance Support and Resources
~ Need to Know
~ Email and Phone Templates
~ Meal Train Program
~ Sample Invitations
~ Neighborhood Liaisons’ Contact Information
~ Neighborhood Liaisons’ Bios
~ How We Started
We are grateful to Rabbi Ryan Bauer, whose passion for community building has
highlighted the need to strengthen congregant-to-congregant relationships.
Emanu-El in the Neighborhood is an enhancement of the wonderful and
innovative work of the Caring Community, which has enhanced our congregation
over the past decade.
Based on information gathered from the more than 500 congregants engaged in
house and one-to-one meetings, isolation, loneliness, and disconnectedness
were identified as a common thread. Through the Board’s strategic planning
process, some long-term goals were identified to engage our members in social
and caring connections, congregant‐to‐congregant, building community, reaching
out with acts of loving kindness (g’milut hasadim), and responding to the call for
social action and social justice, tikkun olam (healing of a broken world).
Two of these goals are:
 Providing opportunities for congregants to meet/talk/eat face‐to‐face,
and to build relationships among themselves.
 Empowering congregants to organize community‐based activities that
create and sustain congregant‐to‐congregant social relationships and
caring relationships.
Community involves learning to live in terms of an interconnected "we" more than
an isolated "I”. As we invest in one another and accept responsibility for creating
the community we want, our lives will be enriched. We believe that Emanu-El in
the Neighborhood will offer our congregants the structure and forum to create
this sense of belonging and interdependence.
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~ The Role of the Neighborhood Liaisons
Neighborhood Liaisons are the cornerstones of our Emanu-El in the
Neighborhood program, and are trained to communicate with members in their
zip codes, connecting congregants to one another and to the synagogue.
Communication will be through a combination of email, snail mail, and phone
calls.
Specific responsibilities are:
 Contacting congregants to cook and deliver meals for those in need by
using www.mealtrain.com;
 Contacting congregants to attend a neighbor’s shiva; and
 Contacting congregants to host and celebrate Jewish holidays and
Shabbat, such as hosting a neighborhood Break the Fast.
 Emailing monthly neighborhood newsletter
 Emailing welcome letter to new members
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Emanu-El in the Neighborhood responsibilities are:
Deaths
 Contact with the mourner by Neighborhood Liaison (NL)
 Set up Mealtrain if desired and email neighborhood
 Contact neighbors to attend shiva if needed
Illness/accident/surgery
 Contact with the patient by Neighborhood Liaison (NL)
 Set up Mealtrain if desired and email neighborhood
 Visit if desired
New babies
 Contact with the new parent by Neighborhood Liaison (NL)
 Set up Mealtrain if desired and email neighborhood
 Visit if desired
Shabbat and holiday celebrations, including Havdalah in the Neighborhood
 Contact neighbors to solicit hosts
 Provide host with contact list, sample invitation and Evite instructions or
create the Evite yourself (whichever the host prefers)
 Facilitate congregant-to-congregant engagement through publicizing
neighborhood events
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~ How a Request Reaches Neighborhood Liaisons
Each Neighborhood Liaison will receive the contact information of all
congregants in the assigned zip codes with monthly additions and deletions
1. Neighborhoods with two or more liaisons need to decide how the
responsibilities will be divided.
2. Ruth Pepper, Membership Department Administrative Assistant, will email
Liaison(s) each Friday a list of births, deaths, or illnesses, in the form of
Care Calls, which have occurred in their assigned zip code(s). The Care
Call provides each NL with all the necessary information to then reach out
to the congregant. Ruth may be reached at rpepper@emanuelsf.org or
(415) 751-2541 x 170.
3. Please send Sandy Rechtschaffen, at sandyr@emanuelsf.org, a copy of
any communications you send so the Temple can print and mail them to
those congregants who do not have email access.
~ Need to Know
Confidentiality
 Your name and your bio are posted on our website at
www.emanuelsf.org/ein
 Your contact information is also posted. This can be changed if you
wish.
 All emails should be BCC’d
Sending emails
 When an email bounces back to you, please call the congregant to
get an updated email address and then email the update to Database
Administrator Irina Leinova, ileinova@emanuelsf.org or (415) 7512541 x129.
 All emails should be BCC’d
 Please include, “Let us know if you wish to be removed from this list”
on all emails. If a congregant asks not to be contacted in the future,
please keep track of this on a separate spreadsheet, as our midyear update will again include the congregant.
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 When confirming a host for a neighborhood celebration, please
inquire whether there is a pet, as many congregants may be allergic.
Having a pet should not preclude someone from hosting an event, but
invitations sent should explicitly let congregants know about a pet.
(Sample invitations for celebrations are at the end of this
manual. Please share these samples with each confirmed host).
 When confirming a host for a neighborhood celebration, please
inquire whether children are welcome.
Congregants’ expectations
 This year of Emanu-El in the Neighborhood, we would like each
group to try to schedule
o Break Fast
o Havdalah: see the schedule on page 16. This is a firm date
because clergy are involved.
o Hanukkah
o Shabbat
 You have the freedom to use this manual as a guide to add more
programs. You may want to judge the receptiveness of congregants
in your area before experimenting/expanding the prior outlined
responsibilities.
 Please be aware, however, that congregants from different areas will
compare experiences. If some have the opportunity to celebrate
holidays together and others don’t, there may be hard feelings.
 You also have the freedom to survey your neighbors to determine
their needs and willingness to participate.
Sample questions
 Are you interested in our neighborhood coordinating…?
 What kinds of neighborhood coordination would you like
to participate in?
 Are you interested in carpooling to Emanu-El classes,
services, Youth Education….?
 Can we count on you to help out when meals are needed
in times of illness, bereavement, etc.?
Example Email:
Greetings neighbors,
Laura and I are excited to officially be your Emanu-El
neighborhood co-liaisons and we look forward to meeting each of you
throughout the year. Our "neighborhood" includes Hayes Valley,
SOMA, Potrero Hill and the Financial District. Our goals, as your
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liaisons, are to provide opportunities for us to meet, talk, and build
relationships with each other face-to-face. We hope this will connect
congregants to know more people who live nearby. Our
neighborhood is only as strong as we make it. With your help,
we're hoping to host holiday get-togethers in our neighborhood and
support each other in times of need and celebration.
To start with celebrating, please save-the-date for a Hanukkah party:
December 20, 2011. An evite with more details will be sent shortly.
Please respond to this email and let us know the following:
1) Are you willing to host a holiday in your
apartment/condo/house? If yes, how many people can you
accommodate? (Don't worry, all activities are potluck so you won't be
responsible for cooking!)
2) Are you willing to cook or pick-up and deliver a meal to a neighbor
in need (ie. a neighbor who just had a baby, lost a relative, or who is
ill)?
3) What type of neighborhood event would you most likely
participate in or help organize? (This could include brunch, a happy
hour, shabbat dinner - or perhaps one stop on a progressive shabbat
dinner, etc.)
4) Are you excited to meet your Emanu-El neighbors? This program
is new and we would love to hear feedback!
Thanks again,
Elisa and Laura
PS: If you do not want to be on these mailings, please let us
know and we'll remove you.
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Your time commitment
 There will be weeks with multiple events—several births and deaths
as well as slow periods. Not everyone contacted will need our
services, and if the requests outnumber the volunteers, please ask
Sandy R. for help.
 Please expect to put in 1–2 hours each week through emails and/or
phone calls.
 Know your boundaries and limitations of what you can do. If you find
yourself in an uncomfortable situation, please contact Sandy R.
immediately.
 Our goal is to confirm 2 co-liaisons in each zip code grouping. Until
we have reached our goal, please refer all questions you may have to
Sandy R. If there are 2 liaisons in your zip code group, we
recommend that 1 liaison is responsible for contacting congregants
regarding celebrations and 1 liaison be responsible for contacting
congregants regarding births, deaths and illnesses. If you have more
than 2 liaisons, you may decide how to break down the work.
 There will be 2 NL meetings spread out throughout the year to
discuss progress and ideas. Dates to be determined.
~ Email and Phone Templates
Suggestions for Making Contact with a Congregant
The very nature of care is spontaneous and personalized. However, sometimes it
is difficult to know just the right thing to say or the most appropriate way to offer
help. Here are some guidelines in case you are unsure. Let the person know you
represent Emanu-El in the Neighborhood. In most cases, you can end your email
by letting them know you will be following up to offer a Mealtrain.
Sample Emails
For those who are ill
Dear ____,
I am writing on behalf of our synagogue's "Emanu-El in the Neighborhood "
program. I understand that you (or family member) have been ill/or just had
surgery.
I hope you’re feeling better and I would love to check in to see if offering you a
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week of meals during recovery would be helpful. I will give you a call in a couple
of days, or please feel free to call me at ______.
Subject line: Emanu-El in the Neighborhood would like to help you
Dear Erica,
I am writing on behalf of our synagogue's "Emanu-El in the Neighborhood
Marina" program. I understand that your mother is now in hospice and you are
traveling back and forth to Ohio. The Marina Neighborhood would like to extend
our thoughts to you during this difficult period. Please know that we are thinking
of you. I would love to check in to see if offering you a week of meals during this
time would be helpful. I will give you a call in a couple of days or please call me
at XXXXX
Bereaved
Dear ____,
I am writing on behalf of our synagogue's "Emanu-El in the Neighborhood "
program. I understand that you have just experienced the loss of _________.
Our Neighborhood extends its condolences during this time of loss.
Please know that we are thinking of you and send our hopes that you will find
solace and comfort during this time. I would love to check in to see if offering you
a week of meals during your time of mourning would be helpful. I will give you a
call in a couple of days.
Another care email example:
Subject line: Sorry for your loss
Dear Nicole,
I am writing on behalf of our synagogue's "Emanu-El in the Neighborhood"
program. I understand that you have just experienced the loss of your mother,
Colette. Our Neighborhood extends its condolences during this time of loss.
Please know that we are thinking of you and send our hopes that you will find
solace and comfort during this time. Please let me know if a week of meals
during your time of mourning would be helpful. I will call you in a couple days to
check in with you or please feel free to email or call me.
Warm regards, Anna
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New Baby- subject line: Mazel tov from the Neighborhood!
Dear ____,
I am writing on behalf of our synagogue's "Emanu-El in the Neighborhood "
program. I understand that you just had a baby and our neighborhood extends a
huge mazel tov during this happy time. Please know that we are thinking of you
and I would love to check in with you to see if we can offer you a week of meals
to make your life easier. I will give you a call in a couple of days.
Telephone Calls
Take a moment before the call and think about the situation.
If you get an answering machine, it is okay to leave a message. Be natural.
Imagine how your voice and your message can be soothing to the person on the
other end.
Say your name and that you are calling on behalf of Emanu-El in the
Neighborhood.
Say you will try again in a couple of days.
Leave your phone number, but make it clear that s/he should not feel pressured
to return your call.
If the congregant answers, say, in just a few sentences, that you are calling as
part of Emanu-El in the Neighborhood and that we are interested in how the
congregant is doing. Sense if it is appropriate to offer a Mealtrain.
Listen and respond in a warm and natural way. If there is a request for something
that seems beyond the scope of Emanu-El in the Neighborhood, let the person
know you will check into it and get back to them in a day or so. Please contact
Sandy R. for clarification.
Example phone call:
Hi _______,
My name is _______________ and I am the Neighborhood Liaison for
Congregation Emanu-El in your zip code. Do you have a minute?
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First I wanted to offer our condolences/congratulations on _________________.
How are you doing? One of the ways Emanu-El in the Neighborhood works is to
help support our neighbors during just these occasions. Would you find meals
cooked and delivered to your home by fellow congregants something that would
help you during this period?
If recipient says “yes” please follow directions on how to set up a Mealtrain.
If congregant says “no”, please ask them to reconsider. Further declines may be
followed up with your name and phone number in case they change their mind.
Phone calls should be followed up with an email confirming what has been
discussed and what has been agreed upon going forward.
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~ Mealtrain Program
How to Create a Calendar for Food Delivery
Once the Neighborhood Liaison has spoken with the congregant in need and
determined that they would like to receive food (we will begin with one week of
food service), the NL asks about the following:
 Dietary restrictions, if any
 Food likes and dislikes
 Delivery window and where food should be left (ring doorbell, leave in
cooler on front porch, etc.)
Create a Meal Calendar for:
Arrival of a new baby
Injuries/Surgeries
Extended illnesses
Welcoming a new neighbor
Military deployment
Death of a family member
1.
Visit: www.mealtrain.com
2.
Click on “Start a new Mealtrain
3.
Enter the recipient of this Mealtrain
4.
Enter the address where meals are to be dropped off
5.
Select dates
6.
Enter recipient preferences
Invite congregants in that zip code to sign-up through email.
NL must regularly check this Mealtrain to see that slots are being filled! If
slots are not filled, a reminder email may be sent through Mealtrain to your
neighbors. NL must also include Alicia Sullivan on ALL Mealtrains created!
asullivan55@sbcglobal.net. Mealtrains must be canceled by the NL, and
neighbors notified by email if congregant dies.
Example Mealtrain email:
Emanu-El in the Neighborhood invites you to join the meal train for
(CONGREGANT NAME). CONGREGANT will be recovering from XXXX and we
encourage you to help your neighbor by selecting a date and cooking one extra
portion when preparing your regular dinner.
What is a Mealtrain?
A Mealtrain is the coordinated effort to support a friend through meals.
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It is our suggestion that congregants cooking and delivering a meal do not use
containers that they need back, which eliminates the burden for the recipient to
manage what belongs to whom.
There is a wonderful explanation of a Mealtrain posted on our website at
http://www.emanuelsf.org/EIN
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Principles to Help the Volunteer
 You have an obligation to carry out your action(s) with confidentiality and
kindness. Your contact represents Congregation Emanu-El.
 Health and safety—yours and the congregant’s—are the highest priority.
If either of you is ill or contagious, don’t visit.
 Be mindful of the help that we can realistically offer. In most cases,
simply your presence or your voice is an enormous comfort.
 Be yourself. Learn as you go along, both what you do well and what you
may want to do better. The prepared comment can sometimes sound
insincere. Whenever possible, use your own words of care and concern.
 If you receive a request beyond your comfort level or the scope of your
training/responsibilities, contact Sandy Rechtschaffen for guidance
sandyr@emanuelsf.org
 People under stress may not want our services at the time of contact.
Do not feel rebuffed or hurt.
 This is a new initiative. We will stumble and there will be room for
improvement. It will be helpful to share your neighbor’s feedback, as well
as your own, with the Temple and other NLs so that we can adjust as
needed.
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EIN Jewish Celebrations:
Break Fast
Havdalah
Havdalah schedule is on page 16. Dates are firm because clergy are involved.
Hanukkah
Shabbat
Items to send to confirmed hosts:
Sample invitation
Neighborhood email list columns “C” and “H”(and please remind the host to send
invitations using the “Bcc” line)
Evite directions
Host Event Evaluation Form
Sample email to host:
Dear XXXXX,
Thank you so much for offering to invite and host our XXXXX neighborhood for
the celebration of XXXXXX on DATE!
I am attaching a sample invitation for you to use to ensure you remember to
include all pertinent information.
 Please send out this invitation by XXXXX (1 month prior to event).
 Please email (or include in the invite) Sandy Rechtschaffen at
sandyr@emanuelsf.org, so she can print and mail your invitation to those
congregants without email.
 Please keep me apprised, as the Neighborhood Liaison, if response rate
seems too low or too high as you track RSVPs.
 Please email Sandy R. the list of names of attendees after event.
Feel free to call me with any questions you may have.
Sincerely,
XXXXXXXXX
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~ Directions for creating an Evite:
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Go to Evite.com
Click on “Create an Invitation”
Scroll down to select the invitation you wish from the choices by clicking on it.
Enter details for the event:
 Event Title: “Emanu-El in the Neighborhood Break the Fast” or “Havdalah” or
“Hanukkah Party” or “Passover Seder”
 Event Type: Religious
 Host
 Phone
 Address, City
 When: Date and Time
Your message to guests will appear below your invitation design.
a. See samples beginning on page 14.
Click “preview” invitation to see if you like the way it looks.
Click “Save Draft” on bottom left.
Send the draft Evite to yourself and Sandy R. (sandyr@emanuelsf.org) by adding
your email address and hers, and clicking on “finish and send”. This is to ensure that
you like the way it looks.
Click “next step” and copy and paste email addresses into left-hand box and then
click on “Add to Guest-List”. For neighborhoods with too many email addresses, you
must copy and paste in chunks for the Evite to accept all recipients.
Click on Next Step.
Reply Options—please check the following
 Notify me when guests RSVP
 Notify me when guests comment
 Consider option to hide guest list
 Evite automatically sends reminder emails two days before your event to any
of your guests who have replied yes or maybe as well as those who haven't
replied. If you'd like to send additional reminders to your guests, you can use
the Send a Message feature on your invitation. When you send your guests a
message, the email will include a link to your invitation.
 Set the maximum number of guests who can attend (please make this larger
than what you can accommodate as some will RSVP “yes” and then cancel).
 Allow guests to indicate number of kids attending
Note: If you are more comfortable using another email invitation program, please feel free to
do so.
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Havdalah Schedule 2012-2013
October 20 Group 16
October
20, 2012
Rabbi
Bauer
So. Marin
Mill Valley
Group 14
Sausalito
94102,
October 20,
2012
Cantor
Barak
SOMA
94103,
Potrero
94104,
Group 15
94107,
94158
October 27,
2012
October 27,
2012
November
3, 2012
November 3,
2012
January 12,
2012
January
26, 2013
March 2,
2012
Rabbi
Fenves
Rabbi
Pearce
Rabbi
Jaffe
Rabbi
Fenves
Rabbi
Bauer
Rabbi
Pearce
Rabbi
Fenves
April 13, 2013 Rabbi
Mintz
April 20, 2013 Rabbi
Jaffe
Mission/Bernal
Group 1
94110
94134
94124
Castro/Noe Valley
94114
Group 3
NOPA
Group 5
94117
Marina
Group 9Pacific Heights
Group 4
Outer Richmond
Group 7
Nob/Russian Hill
Groups 2 & 12
Sunset/SW
Groups 8, 10, & 11
Inner Richmond
Group 6
16
94123
94115
94121
94108,
94133,
94109
94122,
94131 plus
more
94118
94129
Rabbi Fenves
CONGREGATION EMANU-EL CARING COMMUNITY
Care Call and Neighbor Liaison REPORT FORM
Date: 2/27/12
Congregant’s Name: Suzanne Dowling
Address: 1779 Alabama St., SF, CA 94110
Name/age of family members:
husband: Frank
Email: sbattat@yahool.com
Involved Rabbi:
Reason for call:
Illness
Death
ILLNESS
Name of ill person:
What relationship is ill person to member?
Reason for illness call:
Comments:
Age: 46
Phone: 643-9608
Birth
Homebound
Age:
DEATH
Name of deceased: Erna Wertheim
What relationship is deceased to member? grandmother
Comments:
Age: 105
Date of death: 2/25/12
BIRTH
Name of baby:
Comments:
Date of birth:
HOMEBOUND
Name of homebound:
What relationship is homebound to member?
Comments:
REFERRAL INFORMATION
Referred to:
Date of Rerferral:
17
Age:
Sample of a Monthly Newsletter to be sent to your
Neighborhood:
February 2013 Emanu-El in the Neighborhood
Newsletter
Welcome to our Newest Members:
Eliza Nemser and Matthew Quan, Cole Street, San Francisco
Condolences to our Neighbors on the Following Deaths:
Miriam Meyerowitz – died 7/24/12, mother of Robin Meyerowitz, Ashbury Street, San Francisco
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If you wish to reach out to your one of your Neighbors, contact your Neighborhood Liaisons,
Patrece Bryan at patrecebryan@yahoo.com and Bonnie Miluso at bonniemiluso@gmail.com
Emanu-El in the Neighborhood
Invites You to Celebrate Havdalah
Group #1: Havdalah
Saturday, February 9, 6:30-8:00 pm with Rabbi Carla Fenves
Hosted by: Patrece Bryan and Bonnie Miluso
45 Massasoit Street 94110
Space is limited! Please RSVP to: patrecebryan@yahoo.com no later than February 5!
THE HAVDALAH (literally, “separation”) ceremony is observed at the end of Shabbat (on Saturday night, when
three stars are visible in the sky), in order to mark the distinction between the departing sacred day and the
coming ordinary weekday. Join us in the mitzvah of observing Havdalah and thanking God for separating the days
and making our Shabbat sacred.
Please bring a dish to share:
Last names beginning with:
A-E
cheese, vegetables, nuts, olives
F- J
appetizers
K-M
fruit
N-S
dessert
T-Z
refreshments, including wine
*No pork or shellfish please. Vegetarian dishes encouraged.
*Feel free to contact us with suggestions or preferred alternative
SOMAnu-El Shabbat Family Worship
Friday February 22 @ 6:00 pm
- Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center
PASSOVER IS EARLY THIS YEAR!
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MONDAY, MARCH 25 & 26
Emanu-El in the Neighborhood Seder Matching
What are your plans for Passover? Have a space? Need a space? Contact your Neighborhood Liaisons to
host or be hosted.
Thinking about hosting a Seder but not sure how?
Passover in Two Hours: the Message and the Culinary
Sunday, March 10, 9:30 – 11:30 am
Guild Hall
A rabbi and a chef walk into Guild Hall—what happens? You get two hours of a fast paced and super informative
participatory workshop on the all basics of Passover.
The HOW TOs:
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How to know what is kosher for Passover
How to arrange the Seder plate
How to cook special Passover dishes
How to understand the message of Passover
How to participate in a Seder
How to conduct a Seder with ease
Whether you are conducting, cooking, or attending, you will be ready! You will leave with a CD of Passover music
by Cantor Roslyn Barak.
Leaders: Rabbi Ryan Bauer and chef extraordinaire Rebecca Ets-Hokin
No charge; individual and family congregants welcome
Passover culinary samples and coffee will be served
Please contact Terry Kraus with any questions: tkraus@emanuelsf.org or (415) 750-7552
Register by March 6
Beginning March 5 (six sessions):
Caring For Your Aging Loved One – Who Knew? Instructions Not
Included.
Are you involved with aging or ill parents or loved ones? Are you unsure if the changes you’re observing are
“signs”, and if so, of what? Do you worry you have what it takes to be supportive through one of life’s greatest
challenges? Do you often feel isolated and alone? For more information, click here
Register online at: www.emanuelsf.org/register
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New Member Welcome Email
Dear XXX,
Welcome to our Neighborhood! As a new member of Congregation Emanu-El,
we would like to welcome you to our Temple family and to our community. We
look forward to meeting you and connecting at neighborhood celebrations, such
as Shabbat and Holiday dinners, to name a few.
Please visit https://www.emanuelsf.org/eingroups to see how we broke down the
Bay Area into neighborhood groups as well as the dates for our upcoming
events. Please consider hosting an event, as it’s a great way to meet your fellow
Emanu-El neighbors and build community. All events are potluck and attendance
can be capped at your comfort level.
You also may click on the names of your Neighborhood Liaisons, which will bring
you to their bios and contact information.
Please feel free to reach out to us at any time for help or support, if needed. As
fellow neighbors and congregants, we are here for you and your family in times
of joy and sorrow.
Best,
NLs signatures
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Emanu-El in the Neighborhood Invites You!
To ensure that all members feel a sense of community, Emanu-El congregants are opening their
homes to break the fast together. Please join us!
WHO: Our Emanu-El Neighbors
WHAT: Emanu-El Neighborhood Shabbat potluck to celebrate with others the sweetness of life
and the New Year. Congregants are asked to select at least one item from the following list that
will serve a minimum of 6 adults.
Last names beginning with:
A-E
F- J
K-M
N-S
T-Z
cheese, vegetables, appetizers, smoked fish
bagels, assorted cream cheese, noodle kugel, lox, assorted spreads
chicken, lasagna, brisket, pasta salad, quiche
cake, cookies, rugelach, fresh fruit, blintzes
refreshments, including wine
*No pork or shellfish please. Vegetarian dishes encouraged.
*Feel free to contact host (hostess) with suggestions or preferred alternative
WHERE:
(neighborhood and host(s) name(s) and address (cross street) and
parking details)
WHEN: Wednesday, September 26 at 6:30 pm (If applicable, the start time should always be
after a service). Space is limited! RSVP by Thursday, October 6th (your email and phone
number)
Children of all ages are welcome. Please note that this household has a (cat) (dog).
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Emanu-El in the Neighborhood Invites You!
Shabbat is the most important ritual observance in Judaism. It is the only ritual observance
instituted in the Ten Commandments. Shabbat is primarily a day of rest and spiritual
enrichment. The word "Shabbat" comes from the root Shin-Beit-Tav, meaning to cease, to end,
or to rest. Shabbat involves two interrelated commandments: to remember (zakhor) Shabbat,
and to observe (shamor) Shabbat.
WHO: Our Emanu-El Neighbors
WHAT: Emanu-El Neighborhood Shabbat potluck to celebrate with others the day of rest.
Congregants are asked to select at least one item from the following list that will serve a
minimum of 6 adults.
Last names beginning with:
A-E
F- J
K-M
N-S
T-Z
cheese, vegetables, appetizers
salads
chicken, lasagna, brisket, pasta salad, quiche
cake, cookies, fresh fruit
refreshments, including wine
*No pork or shellfish please. Vegetarian dishes encouraged.
*Feel free to contact host (hostess) with suggestions or preferred alternative
WHERE:
Jennifer Moses and Ron Beller, 2090 Vallejo Street
WHEN: Friday, February 3, 6:30 pm
Space is limited! RSVP by XXXXXXX jennifer@rbjm.net or (415) 346-2171
Children of all ages are welcome. Please note that this household has a (cat) (dog).
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Emanu-El in the Neighborhood Invites You to
Celebrate Havdalah
THE HAVDALAH (literally, “separation”) ceremony
is observed at the end of Shabbat (on Saturday
night, when three stars are visible in the sky), in
order to mark the distinction between the departing
sacred day and the coming ordinary weekday. Join
us in the mitzvah of observing Havdalah and
thanking God for separating the days and making
our Shabbat sacred.
WHO: Our Emanu-El Neighbors
WHAT: Emanu-El in the Neighborhood ushers in the new week at the close of Shabbat.
Congregants are asked to select at least one item from the following list that will serve a minimum
of 6 adults.
Last names beginning with:
A-E
F- J
K-M
N-S
T-Z
cheese, vegetables, nuts, olives
appetizers
fruit
dessert
refreshments, including wine
*No pork or shellfish please. Vegetarian dishes encouraged.
*Feel free to contact host (hostess) with suggestions or preferred alternative
WHERE:
(neighborhood and host(s) name(s) and address (cross street) and
parking details)
WHEN: Saturday, Month Day, 6:30 pm
(If applicable, the start time should always be after a service)
Space is limited! RSVP by Day of week, month, date (your email and phone number)
Children of all ages are welcome.
Please note that this household has a (cat) (dog)
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Emanu-El in the Neighborhood Invites You
to Celebrate Hanukkah
Hanukkah means “dedication”.
Help us kindle the lights as we
commemorate the rededication of the Holy
Temple. Hanukkah starts on the 25th of the
Jewish month of Kislev- December 20,
2011
WHO: Our Emanu-El Neighbors
WHAT: Emanu-El in the Neighborhood celebrates the Festival of Lights.
Congregants are asked to select at least one item from the following list that will serve a minimum
of 6 adults.
Last names beginning with:
A-E
F- J
K-M
N-S
T-Z
potato pancakes - latkes
appetizers – cheese and crackers
fruit
jelly-filled doughnuts –sufganiyot or blintzes
refreshments, including wine
*No pork or shellfish please. Vegetarian dishes encouraged.
*Feel free to contact host (hostess) with suggestions or preferred alternative
WHERE:
(neighborhood and host(s) name(s) and address (cross street) and
parking details)
WHEN: Saturday, December 24, 6:30 pm
(If applicable, the start time should always be after a service)
Space is limited! RSVP by Saturday, December 17 (your email and phone number)
Children of all ages are welcome.
PLEASE BRING A HANUKKIAH AND CANDLES!
Please note that this household has a (cat) (dog)
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Emanu-El in the Neighborhood Event Evaluation Form:
1.
What was the best part about being a host?
2.
What was the most difficult part about hostingt?
If food was involved:
3.
How did the potluck assignment process work out? Did you have enough food and
enough variety?
4.
What comments can you share from attendees?
5.
What would you do differently leading up to a hosted event?
6.
Any recommendations for improvement welcome
Host Name(s):
Number of Actual Attendees:
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Contact List of Neighborhood Liaisons:
Hightlighting indicates still looking for the first or second liaison—please suggest
names
Group 1
Mission/Bernal Heights, Visitacion Valley, Bayview
94110, 94134, 94124
Neighborhood Liaison(s):
Patrece Bryan and Bonnie Miluso
Group 2
Nob Hill
94109
Neighborhood Liaison(s):
Aliza Sinkinson
Faraz Shooshani and Diane Sharp
Caren Alpert
Group 3
Castro, Noe Valley
94114
Neighborhood Liaison(s):
Misha Weidman
Silvia Cheskes
Leora Fulvio
Group 4
Pacific Heights
94115
Neighborhood Liaison(s):
Barbara Cohrssen Powell
Sara Ehrlich
Group 5
Cole Valley, NoPa
94117
Neighborhood Liaison(s):
Liz Winograd
Ilana Minkoff
Group 6
Inner Richmond, Jordan Park, Laurel Heights, Presidio, Presidio Heights
94118, 94129
Neighborhood Liaison(s):
Eleanor Coffman
Peggy Sugar
Dale Rogers
Group 7
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Outer Richmond
94121
Neighborhood Liaison(s):
Jean Levinson
Alicia Sullivan
Group 8
Inner Sunset
94122
Neighborhood Liaison(s):
Michael Edelstein and Rachel Styne
Lindesy Moses and David Sikes
Group 9
Marina/Cow Hollow
94123
Neighborhood Liaison(s):
Jorun and Harmon Shragge
Nancy Alpert
Group 10
West Portal, St. Francis Wood, Ingleside, Twin Peaks, Glen Park
94127, 94112, 94131
Neighborhood Liaison(s):
Tristan Seifer
Nancy Levine
Group 11
Outer Sunset, Lake Merced
94116, 94132
Neighborhood Liaison(s):
Venessa Garner and Michael Kobrin
Looking for second liaison
Group 12
North Beach, Embarcadero, Chinatown, South Embarcadero
94133, 94111, 94108, 94105
Neighborhood Liaison(s):
Julia Vetromile
Looking for second liaison
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Group 13
Peninsula
Neighborhood Liaison(s):
Looking for liaison
Group 14
Mill Valley
94941
Sausalito
94965
Neighborhood Liaison(s):
David and Arianna Orleans
Group 15
Hayes Valley, SoMa, Potrero Hill, Financial District
94102, 94103, 94104, 94107
Neighborhood Liaison(s):
Laura Saunders
Elisa Haidt
Marty Schneider
Group 16
East Bay
Neighborhood Liaison(s):
Donna Craft
Looking second liaison
Group 17
Northern Marin
Kentfield
Greenbrae
Larkspur
Cortre Madera
San Rafael
Novato
Ross
San Anselmo
94904
94904
94939
94925
94901
94949
94957
94960
Neighborhood Liaison(s):
Carol Ross
Jennifer Zukerkorn
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Temple Staff Contact List
Sandy Rechtschaffen
sandyr@emanuelsf.org
Community Engagement Director
(415) 751-2541 x 177
Irina Leinova
Database Administrator
ileinova@emanuelsf.org
(415) 751-2541 x 129
Ruth Pepper
rpepper@emanuelsf.org
Community Engagement Admin. Asst.
(415) 751-2541 x 170
Terry Kraus
tkraus@emanuelsf.org
Director of Membership Services
(415) 751-2541 x 111
Rabbi Ryan Bauer
(415) 751-2541 x 180
rbauer@emanuelsf.org
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Neighborhood Liaison Bios
Group 1
Mission/Bernal Heights, Visitacion Valley, Bayview
94110, 94134, 94124
Bonnie Miluso, Bonnie Miluso grew up in Napa and made her way back to the
Bay Area in 2008
after spending law school in DC. Bonnie is a litigation attorney
at Grotefeld,
Hoffmann, Schleiter, Gordon & Ochoa. She is also a long time
LGBT activist and
currently serves as a member of San Francisco's Human
Rights Commission's LGBT
Advisory Committee. She loves living in Bernal
Heights with her partner,
Patrece, and their three dogs, Boise Giuseppe, Rufus
and Tuch. In her free time
Bonnie enjoys volunteering for the SPCA's Animal
Assisted Therapy Program with
her schnoodle, Boise, visiting patients at the VA
hospital and senior citizen
homes throughout SF.
Patrece Bryan,
A military brat, Patrece spent her childhood moving every 3
years. This early
exposure to the world still greatly influences Patrece's
worldview. She
graduated from Amherst College and spent the early years of
her career working
at prestigious advertising agency, Leo Burnett, in its'
Account Management
training program. Prior to starting her own consulting
business, Patrece was a
Vice President of Business Development for user
experience strategy, design and
digital production consultancies. A recent
convert to Judaism, Patrece completed
her Mikvah on August 9th, after
completing The Course and studying closely with
Rabbi Bauer during the
conversion program.
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Group 2
Nob Hill
94109
Aliza Sinkinson grew up in the Bay Area and left to attend college at Indiana
University. She then moved to Washington, DC where she worked for AIPAC.
Aliza moved to San Francisco three years ago with her fiancé, Dave, and they
have been members of Emanu-El since then. She works in government affairs
for McKesson Corporation.
Faraz Shooshani has been a member of Emanu-El with his partner, Diane, for a
couple of years. He was born in Iran and grew up in Chicago after his family
moved to the States. Faraz first came to the Bay Area to attend UC Berkeley,
then moved to the East Coast, LA (where he and Diane met), and back to the
Bay Area most recently about five years ago. He works in downtown San
Francisco in finance / investments.
Diane Sharp grew up in Omaha and came to San Francisco via Washington DC,
Atlanta, and most recently, LA. She converted to Judaism two years ago after
several years of study, first in LA and then at Emanu-El. Diane works for Stanford
Management Company in Palo Alto.
Caren Alpert has been a member of Congregation Emanu-El for five years and
serves on the Art Committee with Michelle Ackerman for the past two. She is a
San Francisco-based photographer whose work has appeared in Conde Nast
Traveler, Departures, Real Simple, The New York Times, San Francisco
Magazine, Martha Stewart Living and LUXE. She specializes in food, travel, and
lifestyle topics, and teaches editorial photography at Academy of Art University in
San Francisco. Caren started her career at Time Inc. as a photo editor working
with titles such as Health and Money Magazines. In addition, she's worked as an
editor and researcher for Vogue, George (JFK Jr.'s political magazine), and for
Miramax Films. For the past 2 years, she has been working on a fine art project
where she shoots food using scientific microscopes. It combines Caren's love of
food, technology and art. Born in New York, and raised in Tucson, Ariz., Caren
earned a bachelor's of fine arts in photography and graphic design from the
University of Arizona. When not shooting, enjoys cooking, traveling,
snowboarding, hiking, and raising her pet rabbit, Moose. She looks forward to
meeting her Emanu-El neighbors.
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Group 3
Castro, Noe Valley and Eureka
94114
Silvia Cheskes was born and raised in Mexico City and did high school in
Houston (although she hasn’t lived there in over 20 years.) After a couple of
stints in other cities (Austin, Ann Arbor, Cincinnati) she moved to San Francisco
and has loved every minute of it. Her husband is from St. Louis, but also calls
SF home, and their daughter Daniela, 20 months old, is a native San
Franciscan. They have really enjoyed being members of Temple Emanu-El,
especially when they get to meet so many great people!
Misha Weidman was born and raised in Sydney, Australia. He has lived in San
Francisco for (gulp!) nearly 30 years. Now a broker-associate at Paragon Real
Estate Group, Misha began his professional life as a real estate attorney and
accidentally cofounded a small chain of gourmet chili bars along the way. His
wife, Nina, originally hails from Princeton, New Jersey. She is a research
scientist in the field of technology and internet privacy. Their twins, Maya and
Adam, are recent B'nei Mitzvah of the Temple. After having “synagogueshopped” over the last five years or so, they feel they have finally found in
Temple Emanu-El the vibrant, open community they were looking for.
Leora Fulvio, Leora is a New York City native who has been in San Francisco
since the
first dot com boom. She was planning on moving back East upon
finishing
graduate school at CIIS but her plans were foiled when she fell in love
and
married her husband Matthew. She is currently in private practice in Noe
Valley
as a Marriage & Family Therapist and Matt works downtown as an
architect.
In the Fall of 2011, they welcomed a baby boy into the world. Though
they
love San Francisco, they felt the void of not having a community of family
close by.
They decided to join Emanu-El because they wanted to feel
a sense
of family to share the joys (and not so joyous times) of life with.
Group 4
Pacific Heights
94115
Sara Ehrlich grew up in New York City and moved to San Francisco with her
husband, Chris, eleven years ago for his dream job. She thought that they would
be here for just two years but grew to love San Francisco as if they were natives.
She and Chris have a daughter, Charlotte, who is eight years old and enrolled in
Hebrew school at the Temple and a son, Harrison, who is six weeks old. They
joined the Temple last year when their daughter asked whether she could do
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Communion with the other girls in her class at Convent Elementary School. They
figured it was time to introduce her to her own religion.
Barbara Cohrssen Powell has lived in San Francisco for over forty years and
joined the Temple about eleven years ago after her husband died. She decided
that she needed to connect. Since then, she has been semi-active in various
Temple activities. Currently she is editing a multi-volume book, working out at the
JCC, and trying to remember the Hebrew that she learned for her Bat Mitzvah.
Group 5
Cole Valley, NoPa
94117
Liz Winograd: Upon graduating from college, Liz took a couple of months off
before starting to work and decided to travel around the west coast. When she
landed in San Francisco, she knew this is where she wanted to live for awhile,
and twenty years later still calls San Francisco her home. She has lived in NOPA
for fifteen years and joined Emanu-El ten years ago. Liz currently works for a
national research, consulting, and legal organization dedicated to building
economic health and opportunity in vulnerable communities. Her role as Director
for the early care and education program is to help create systems that provide
every child with access to high-quality, affordable early care and education. She
is also the newest member of Emanu-El’s Local Organizing Committee.
Ilana Minkoff has lived in Cole Valley for eleven years and has belonged to
Emanu-El for most of them as part of the Young Adult Community initiative. She
is a Realtor with Sotheby's International Realty and has a "little dog" dog walking
business in Cole Valley, as well. Both parts of Ilana’s career allow her to do what
she loves most, socializing and getting to know her neighbors (and their dogs).
Ilana loves the small town feel of walking down the street and knowing everyone!
She spends much of her free time doing volunteer work with Young Adult Cancer
Survivors and the Breast Cancer Community through UCSF and Breast Cancer
Emergency Fund. Ilana looks forward to getting to know more neighbors and
sharing the good times and assisting during the bad.
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Group 6
Inner Richmond, Jordan Park, Laurel Heights, Presidio, Presidio
Heights 94118, 94129
Eleanor Coffman’s family has belonged to Emanu-El since 1925 when her
grandparents joined at the time the present sanctuary was completed. She is a
4th-generation San Franciscan and grew up at Temple. Eleanor was a member of
Cantor Barak's first Anshei Mitzvah class, as she wanted to finally learn to read
Hebrew so she could help her son prepare for his bar mitzvah. Since 1988
Eleanor has taken many adult education classes. She is a member of the
Museum Committee and has been Care Call Captain for the Caring Community
for the past several years. Eleanor’s son David went all through Emanu-El
religion school. He lives in Glen Park with his wife Heather, daughter Naomi, age
2 ½, and son Leo, age 13 months. David has been blowing the shofar at High
Holiday services since he was about 10 years old so many of you may know or
recognize him.
Peggy Sugar - Peggy was born in New York, raised in Palo Alto and has lived
almost all her adult life in San Francisco. She works as an internal consultant
with the Medical Group of Kaiser Permanente at their Northern California
headquarters in Oakland, and lives in Lone Mountain with her husband, Eric, and
their 7 year-old son, Will, who attends Town School. Will is also currently
enrolled in the Youth and Family Education program on Sundays at the Temple
after 'graduating' from 4 years of Temple preschool. Peggy and Eric joined
Temple Emanu-El shortly after Will was born seeking a Jewish community home
and access to a vibrant youth education program.
David Bass- Dave has been a member of Congregation Emanu-El since 2007
and lives in the inner Richmond with his family. David is originally from NY and
has lived in San Francisco for the past 25 years. David has four children whose
ages range from 8 to 14 years old.
Group 7
Outer Richmond
94121
Jean Levinson and her husband Gershon have been members of Emanu-El for
just four months and already feel that they have found their spiritual home. Jean
is a retired nurse and Gerhson is an anesthesiologist. They have two sons, one
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of whom is a bureau chief for the WSJ living in Jerusalem and the other a
graduate student at Columbia.
Alicia Sullivan and her husband, Michael Baumstein, came out to the Bay
Area from New York City twelve years ago with their two children: Jennifer, now
25 and Daniel, almost 13. They joined the Temple six years ago. Alicia is a
fundraising professional and is also the Chair of the Caring Community.
Group 8
Inner Sunset
94122
Rachel Styne, her husband Michael Edelstein and their son, Cooper, have
been members of Emanu-El for just over a year. Through various groups within
Emanu-El such as a havurah and Building Blocks, they have found the
community they craved to help make San Francisco their home. Michael was
raised in New Jersey and Rachel, while born in San Francisco, was raised in
Davis, CA. Together, they moved from New York City four years ago. Rachel is a
trained opera singer and opened Sprout San Francisco with a close friend (and
Emanu-El member) in 2009. Michael is a sales manager at Thomson Reuters in
San Francisco and sits on the board of Bay Area America SCORES.
Lindsey Moses Sikes & David Sikes—Lindsey is a third generation San
Franciscan. She is a real estate broker working for KD Real Estate in the city.
She loves helping her fellow San Franciscans pursue their desired lifestyle. Dave
is a Los Angeles native (but San Franciscan by disposition), here by way of New
York, Michigan, and Berkeley. He's an attorney, but happiest grilling something
on a rare warm summer day. Lindsey and Davie met at an Emanu-el young adult
event and were recently married in the Main Sanctuary. They are enjoying life in
San Francisco as first time homeowners in their beautiful Inner Sunset home.
Lindsey and Dave are excited to expand their Emanu-El community through
acting as Neighborhood Liaisons.
Group 9
Marina/Cow Hollow
94123
Jorun was born in Stockholm, Sweden and moved to San Francisco twenty
years ago when she married Harmon Shragge. Her whole family is still in
Sweden and they visit every summer. Harmon is a 2rd generation San Franciscan
as well as a 2nd generation member of Temple Emanu-El where they were
married. Harmon is also 2nd generation member of the Concordia Argonaut Club
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where the whole family swims and works out and has dinners all the time. Jorun
and Harman have three children, Ingrid (14), Ulrika (10) and Henrik (6). The
children attend school in San Francisco and they are currently all enrolled in the
Temple Emanu-El youth education. Ingrid had her Bat Mitzvah at temple EmanuEl last year and it was just wonderful!
Nancy Alpert has been a member for about three years (about the time her now
10-year-old daughter started going to Sunday School!), though she had
participated in Emanu-El's great programs before that. Nancy especially loves
attending the Women's Retreats and highly recommends them. She also is a
Book Buddy and volunteered with Jewish Coalition for Literacy for two years.
Nancy grew up in Long Beach, came north for school, and was a social worker
for the elderly for twenty years. She is now on hiatus and pursuing her interest in
writing (travel essays, poetry, children's books, and her daughter's school
newsletter.) Nancy misses her family, who are all in the southland, and hopes to
connect more deeply with neighbors through this Temple initiative.
Group 10
West Portal, St. Francis Wood, Ingleside, Twin Peaks, Glen Park
94127, 94112, 94131
Tristan Seifer and her husband Brian Aubry have been members of Emanu-El
for over six years. Originally from Pennsylvania, Tristan took a circuitous route
through many states before settling down in San Francisco in 1998. She is an
editor and writer. Brian is a hydrogeologist and is a co-founder and partner at
GeoLogica, Inc., an environmental consulting firm. Their two children, Madeline
(10, 5th grade), and Evan (7, 2nd grade), attend Brandeis Hillel Day School.
Nancy Levine has been a member of Emanu-El for five years and has lived in
San Francisco for twenty. She is originally from Idaho. She works for Genentech
in their central IT organization and her husband Rich works at Charles Schwab in
San Francisco. Their two daughters are in the 4th and 6th grades at San
Francisco School. They make the trek to Emanu-El three times a week for their
various classes.
Group 11
Outer Sunset, Lake Merced
94116, 94132
Michael Kobrin and Venessa Garner are both California natives who grew up
in the Central Valley. Michael moved to San Francisco 6 years ago to finish his
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BA degree in History and Jewish Studies at SFSU. He recently graduated from
Hebrew Union College (DeLeT Fellow) and will begin his Education
Administration MA at SFSU January 2012. Venessa moved to San Francisco 4
years ago and works for the Social Security Administration. She is also a
member of the US Army Reserves. They will be married this December! They are
excited to connect with the Emanu-El community in their neighborhood!
Group 12
North Beach, Embarcadero, Chinatown, South Embarcadero
94133, 94111, 94108, 94105
Julia Vetromile was born in SF and grew up and went to school primarily in the
Richmond district. Julia grew up Catholic and became a Jew by choice twenty
years ago. She and her husband David Goldstein have been members of
Emanu-El about six years. Previously they belonged to Beth Israel Judea. Julia
loves the fabulous adult education at Emanu-El. They have two grown children,
Elianna and Abraham, who both live on the East Coast. Julia and David have
lived at the same address on Washington Street since 1977, where they moved
after graduating from UC Berkeley. They raised both their kids here, and sent
them to SF public schools. Julia is an engineer by profession, working in energy
efficiency consulting.
Group 15
Hayes Valley, SoMa, Potrero Hill, Financial District
94102, 94103, 94104, 94107, 94158
Elisa Haidt is a native Californian who, for the most part, grew up in Los Altos.
After heading to the Midwest for college, spending a few years in NY, and then
grad school in LA, she is happy to be back in the SF Bay Area. She has lived in
SoMA (or “South Beach”) for over five years now and has been a member of
Emanu-El for the same amount of time.
Laura Saunders grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and after trying out many
different cities, settled in San Francisco nine years ago. Laura is active in the
Emanu El young adult community, and for the past four years, SoMA has been
home.
Marty Schneider
Group 16
East Bay
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Group 17
Northern Marin- Belvedere, Corte Madera, Greenbrae, Kentfield,
Larkspur, Ross, San Anselmo, San Rafael, Tiburon
Carol Ross has lived in San Rafael for 35 years and has been a member of
Emanu-El for the past 5 years. Her eldest daughter, Amy, lives in SF and is also
a member of the Congregation. She looks forward to meeting more of her fellow
Marin congregants and is happy to become more involved in our Emanu-El
community.
Jennifer Zukerkorn
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