NHC Bulletin April 2021

NANUET HEBREW CENTER AFFILIATED WITH THE UNITED SYNAGOGUE OF CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM 411 S. LITTLE TOR ROAD, NEW CITY, NY 10956 (845) 708-9181 Visit us at: http://www.nanuethc.org E-mail address: [email protected] April 2021 Nisan — Iyar 5781 Volume 50, Number 8 Lag ba’Omer — Lessons of a Plague Tiberias — Rabbi Akiva Tomb (photo credit Shmuel Bar-Am.jpg) A Modern Lesson from Rabbi Akiva's Pupils By ANAT TALMY https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/lessons-of-a-plague/ Among the greatest figures in Jewish history, Rabbi Akiva shines. The Talmud compares him to Moses, which is the ultimate compliment. Rabbi Akiva was a leading scholar and a sage who lived between the first and second century CE and contributed a great deal to the Mishnah, which is a compilation of the oral tradition of Jewish law. From all the 613 commandments (mitzvot) in the Torah, Rabbi Akiva recognized that the commandment “love your neighbor as yourself” is among the most valuable. Continued, page 28 April Calendar Inside, p. 22

Nanuet Hebrew Center Please let the NHC office know of all important life events & occasions, including births, Published monthly by the Nanuet Hebrew Center weddings, etc., illness and deaths. CLERGY Rabbi Office: 845-708-9181 [email protected] Paul Kurland Cantor SERVICES 845-623-0407 [email protected] Barry Kanarek SHABBAT Friday evening Shabbat services at 6:00 p.m. [email protected] The 1st Friday of each month is Family Shabbat Gail Kaiser EXECUTIVE BOARD Co-President Saturday morning services at 10:00 a.m. Jeffrey Schragenheim Co-President Please call the office the Wednesday before Shabbat if you would like an aliyah on Saturday David Katz Vice President Andrew Toplitsky Vice President Nathan Schlanger Treasurer Jeffrey Tepper Financial Sec'y MINYAN Sunday thru Thursday evening at 7:30 p.m. Charyl Zweigbaum Corresponding Sec’y Jay Jaffe ARMS Recording Sec’y Wendy Spelman Ritual Comm. Chairperson Please try to attend minyan as often as possible to enable mourners and those who are observing John Fogelman Ritual Co-Chair Emeritus yahrzeits to say Kaddish. Mitchell Spiegel Men’s Club Co-President Eric Zweigbaum Men’s Club Co-President Donna Smith Sisterhood President Other Departments/Contacts Rebecca Bernstein Educational Director [email protected] Cynthia Schneider, Peggy Tepper Catering [email protected] Candle lighting times (New City area) Dates Starts Ends Estelle Eisenkraft Tree of Life/Stones Frieda Levitas Chair, Comm. of Education Esther Spiegel HAZAK Flora Silver Chesed Committee Co-Chair April 2-3 7:05 8:05 7:12 6:13 Marion Fuld Chesed Committee Co-Chair April 9-10 7:20 8:22 7:27 8:30 Gift Shop [email protected] April 16-17 7:34 8:39 Judy Friedlander [email protected] NOTE FROM THE EDITOR—All articles, photos, April 23-24 ads or other info contributed for publication in the Bulletin must be received by the 15th of the month, April 30 — May 1 to be published the following month, subject to space availability and editor's approval. Contributed OFFICE Hours: material may be edited as necessary. Please email your attached word documents, PDF files, or JPG Closed during the current crisis. We may be photos as attachments to an email with the Subject reached by email or you may leave a message line: BULLETIN.” on the machine. Page 2 NHC Bulletin Nisan — Iyar 5781 April 2021

In This Issue: April Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 From Co-President Gail Kaiser. . . . . . . . . . 5 Cover story continued . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Sisterhood Cooking Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Life Cycle . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . 32 Makom News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Tzedakah . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . .36 USY/Kadima . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Hazak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Getting Together, with Zoom It is encouraging to see so many participating with Zoom in Synagogue meetings and events over the last few months, including the Rabbi’s Monday Study Group, our daily minyanim, pre-Shabbat gatherings, programs for children, USY/Kadima programs, and our new Macom Hebrew School with Montebello Jewish Center. We have been able to attend funerals to mourn with our friends. This is to acknowledge the extra effort of those who have not been particularly comfortable with meeting this way, whether with computer, tablet or cellphone, and are still in the learning curve (present company included). Since on-line meetings will no doubt be an indispensable part of our activities in the short term (and who knows how much in the long term), those of you who are not yet connected are invited to join up and download the program, at Zoom.us. There is plenty of information out there, if you google Zoom, including YouTube tutorials and the like. In this issue find a page of general instructions published by the University of California and a handy page of Zoom ‘Etiquette’ for any occasion supplied by Jeff Schragenheim. If you would like someone to walk you through the download, you may call the office. Once you have the program, it is so easy: You just click on the link provided in your invitation from Rabbi Kurland at the time specified, join the meeting, et voila! April 2021 Nisan — Iyar 5781 NHC Bulletin Page 3

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From the Co-President We are commanded by the Torah to count forty‐nine days starting from the  second day of Passover. On the fiftieth day we celebrate the festival of  Shavuot, originally the start of the wheat harvest (early summer) and the end  of the barley harvest (spring). More importantly, Shavuot marks the giving of  the Torah to the Jewish people, the watershed event of our history.  The seven weeks between Passover and Shavuot are the days of the  “Counting of the Omer” – the Omer (“sheaf”) being an ancient measure of a  grain offering which was brought to the Temple on the day the counting  began, the second day of Passover. Thirty‐three days into the count, Jews  celebrate a “minor” holiday known as Lag B’Omer. The word “Lag” means 33  because it’s comprised of the letters “lamed” whose numerical value is “30”  and “gimel” whose value is “3”.  This fifty‐day period should have been a time of joyful anticipation. Having  experienced the Exodus from Egypt on Pesach, every Jew literally “counts the  days” from the first night of Passover until Mattan Torah – the revelation of  Torah at Mt. Sinai which took place on Shavuot, exactly fifty days after the  Exodus. While the Exodus marks the physical birth of the Jewish nation, the  Giving of Torah completes the process through the spiritual birth. Each year,  as we celebrate the Seder on Passover, we are commanded to “see ourselves  as though each of us actually experienced the Exodus.” It therefore follows  that we must prepare ourselves during the “Sefirah” (counting of the Omer)  to once again accept the Torah on Shavuot to make our freedom spiritually  complete.  Clearly then, the Sefirah days should have been days of joy, but instead they  are observed as a period of semi‐mourning. Weddings, music, and haircuts  are not permitted, and some do not shave during this entire period. It is only  on the thirty‐third day of counting that we come across the holiday of Lag  B’Omer, the one day when mourning is halted and grief is forbidden. Why is  this period so full of sadness, and what does the celebration of Lag B’Omer  signify?  April 2021 Nisan — Iyar 5781 NHC Bulletin Page 5

In the time of Rabbi Akiva (c. 50 – 135 C.E.), who witnessed the destruction of  the Second Temple and who was the greatest Torah Sage of his generation,  twenty‐four thousand of his disciples died in a cataclysmic G‐d‐sent plague that  lasted for the first thirty‐two days of the Omer. The underlying spiritual cause of  this epidemic was the students’ lack of respect for one another. According to  tradition, the plague ceased on Lag B’Omer, and it became a joyous day,  interrupting the sadness of the Omer period for 24 hours.  The 33rd day of the Omer signified a new period in the life of Rabbi Akiva. Having  lost all his students to the plague, he established a new venue for his legacy,  consisting of just five sages. It was Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai who became the  most prominent of Rabbi Akiva’s disciples and who most fully internalized the  lessons of his great mentor. It was he who revealed the inner depths of the  Torah and unlocked the secrets of its innermost dimensions through his  teachings. These teachings later served as the basis for the Book of the Zohar,  the primary work of Kabbalah, or hidden aspects of Torah. It is said that he died  on Lag B’Omer, and his yahrzeit also serves to commemorate this day.  Gail Kaiser, Co-President, Nanuet Hebrew Center REMINDER — TEA and PEANUT BUTTER Multiple synagogues help with the Rhoda Bloom Kosher Food Pantry and provide different types of food. NHC's responsibility is to supply TEA (boxes of tea bags) and PEANUT BUTTER to the Food Pantry families. Please drop off Kosher peanut butter and tea at the box outside of the NHC office. We are always looking for additional volunteers to support the Rhoda Bloom Kosher Food Pantry and distribute food at the JCC-Jewish Family Services. While NHC's turn to provide extra volunteers is every February, you are welcome to participate other months as well. For more information, please contact Susan Saffar at 352-1711 or [email protected]. Thanks for your help in supporting these 250 families! Page 6 NHC Bulletin Nisan — Iyar 5781 April 2021

Sisterhood Zoom Cooking Show    We are looking forward to cooking up some fun together soon!  But in the meantime,  the NHC sisterhood heated things up on ‘From Our Kitchens to Yours” with your host,  Mindy Sayer.  The show aired in Zoom, March 14, 2021.  Four Gourmet Chefs — Gerri  Kurland, Chiam and Suzanne Kofinas and Amy Kanarek shared some recipes to spice  your Passover menu.  Gerri Kurland cooked up a vegetarian Chopped liver.  Husband  and wife team, Suzanne and Chiam Kofinas, created a lamb and artichoke dish.  Amy  Kanarek shared her famous almond cookie recipe.  It was a fun evening for all! April 2021 Nisan — Iyar 5781 NHC Bulletin Page 7

From Our Kitchens to Yours Recipes   Vegetarian Chopped Liver — Gerri Kurland  Yummy Almond Cookies – Amy Kanarek  3 egg whites  1 c sugar  3 cups finely ground almonds  Whole almonds and/or chocolate chips (white or dark) are optional  Beat egg whites & 1 t. of vanilla w a fork.   Mix in sugar & almonds.  Mix in  chocolate chips, if using.  With wet hands, form into balls about the size of a walnut or a ping pong ball  & place on parchment paper.  Press a whole almond on top of each cookie, if  desired.  Bake at 350 for approx 18‐20 minutes, depending on the size of the cookies.   If cookies are small, check them at 12‐14 minutes.  Page 8 NHC Bulletin Nisan — Iyar 5781 April 2021

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Makom Religious School News This past month our students were hard at work reviewing the Passover story and  practicing the Ma Nishtana. Some of our students were able to read it in Hebrew for the  very first time! During our Passover program we sang  some amusing Pesach songs with  Cantor Kanarek and Rabbi Kurland. Our Prek & K classes decorated placemats for the  seder and baked matzah. Our second grade students enjoyed having parts and acting  out the Passover story and plagues with their talented teacher Morah Mindy. The upper  grade students were given a choice of joining another class to either bake matzah,  macaroons or cookies. They enjoyed seeing some of their former teachers and meeting  new ones as they baked Passover foods together. We are all excited and hoping to be  meeting in person outdoors on Sunday, April 11 at Nanuet Hebrew Center!    All the best,  Rebecca Bernstein  Educational  Director  Page 10 NHC Bulletin Nisan — Iyar 5781 April 2021

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Especially during our unsettling environment, why go to a store to buy greeting cards? For just $3.00 each, you can have a personalized, handwritten Leagram sent to a member of our congregation, a relative or a friend. These can be sent for any occasion including, birthdays, anniversaries, Mazel Tovs for weddings, engagements, special events such as Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, get well and condolences. Each month, when the Bulletin is e-mailed, an additional message is sent which includes a Leagram list for the following month. If you don’t have an e-mail address, you can contact the NHC office to have a list mailed to you. Just circle the ones that you would like sent, enclose a check for the total amount and follow the instructions on the bottom of the Leagram list. In addition, you can also send Leagrams to non-members. Just write the name and address to whom it should be sent and the type of message you’re requesting. Please keep in mind that this is an NHC Sisterhood fundraiser which helps support our synagogue. You don’t have to be a member of Sisterhood to participate. Thank you and stay safe. Best regards, Diane Fishman, Leagram Chairperson Page 12 NHC Bulletin Nisan — Iyar 5781 April 2021

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USY/Kadima News Rachel Benner, Youth Advisor This March was a bit of a slower month for CenterRock USY. Our board was full of their own outside programming and studying, ACTs, SATs, etc. We got together for a Passover themed escape room with OJC and NCJC. The kids worked together to solve problems and travel through Egypt to the holy land. We have some great events coming up to finish the year. We are planning for some fun out in the sun! Check out the calendars for everything coming up! The 2021-2022 USY/Kadima year is coming! We want to hear from you guys what we should plan!!! Email any suggestions for upcoming events to [email protected] Again, a huge thank you to all of our sponsors of our Purim music bingo: Elijah Reichlin-Melnick — Hair on Wheels by Anna — State Senator Rockland Ken Zebrowski — Assemblyman Bobs Art and Framing – New City Ed Day — County Executive Trustco Bank — Airmont Harriet Cornell — Rockland County Find Your Fit College Advising — Legislator New City George Hoehmann — Clarkstown FitYou Complete — Airmont Rockland Dance & Fitness Studio Supervisor Duke of Oil and Tune — New City — Suffern 16 Handles — New City Manely Beauty Studios — Nyack, Colorstreet Nails with Danielle Montebello Jewish Center Landrum — Suffern Men's Club Marcy Endlich Karsenty — Nanuet Hebrew Center Men's Club Juliette Jaymes Photography Mahwah Page 14 NHC Bulletin Nisan — Iyar 5781 April 2021

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HAZAK We heard some good news at our March get-together. Some of our members have already received the vaccine shots and others are in the process of getting them. If this keeps up we may be able to have an in-person, socially distanced meeting, in the near future, at the synagogue. We should discuss this at our next Zoom get-together on Thursday, April 1st. Besides discussing the covid 19 situation at our last get-together, we also had a lively conversation about Passover. Being stuck at home, we discussed what is worth watching on television. We had some really good laughs. In addition, for those of us that have Verizon, there is a Jewish channel to watch, 798 JBS. This month’s “Meet the Members of Hazak” is Myrna Schenkel. Myrna grew up in Coney Island. (Although she didn’t like the Roller Coaster, she preferred the beach.) She started college as a full time student but when her father passed away she got a job as a lab tech. She continued going to school nights and earned her degree from Brooklyn College with a B/S in Chemistry. Upon graduation, she became a bench chemist for quality control at Burroughs Wellcome, a British Company, which makes Sudafed, etc. She met Alan, who was also a chemist, on a blind date that was arranged by her girlfriend, who was also a chemist (get the connection). They were married in 1965 and she stopped working to raise her two girls, Hadassah and Heather. During this time, they moved to North Carolina for eight years. Myrna did go back to work in an office and now is fully retired. To keep busy, she is on the Kiddush committee and writes Leagrams for Sisterhood. Myrna has a great granddaughter, Rachel Leah. Another sign of the times: He: I’ve lost 100 pounds since the pandemic began. She: You still look the same to me. He: I know, I lose and gain the same ten pounds over and over. Arthur Fishman–Chief Super Executive Senior Staff Hazak Writer, Word Processor and Proof Reader. Page 20 NHC Bulletin Nisan — Iyar 5781 April 2021

FEBRUARY 2021 Program Dates: August 7, 2020 - March 13, 2021 Stop & Shop hopes everyone is staying safe and, as always, we thank you for your continued support of local schools through the A+ Program. Below is your school's combined AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, & JANUARY award totals. We apologize for the delay. SCHOOL: 18033 COMBINED TOTAL: $165.14 SUPPORTERS: 47 Please Sign Up If You Have Not Already Done So. April 2021 Nisan — Iyar 5781 NHC Bulletin Page 21

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Zoom Meeting Etiquette With this new era of video conferencing and online meetings, many have found that there are a new set of guidelines to follow. Let’s face it: attending meetings and minyanim from home is difficult. So here are some suggestions, compiled from Zoom’s own website as well as other sources, which will help you navigate your way through this new technology. Use the video option when possible. It lets people see you and confirm you are not some computer-generated voice. This is particularly important if you are the one hosting the meeting or a speaker, and slightly less so if you are an attendee, Dress appropriately, or Do not wear your pajamas. Times are tough for those sequestered at home, and wearing sweatpants all day, every day is one of the few silver linings. But if you are in a position where you can put on something you would usually wear;it is probably a good idea. You might also find it makes you feel a little more normal. Stage your video area. Keep in mind that people are not just seeing you, they are also seeing whatever the camera is pointed at behind you. Maybe arrange it so that your camera is not facing towards a pile of unfolded laundry? More light is better. Video quality is dramatically improved with more lighting. And don’t you want everyone to see your beautiful face, now that you have gone to all of the trouble to put on actual clothes and stuff? An extra nearby lamp is usually helpful. Just make sure the light is in front of you, not behind you - being backlit makes you harder to see. Try to look into the camera. If you are speaking to the group, looking into the camera will give the appearance of eye contact with whoever you are talking to. It is also definitely better than being forced to stare at your own face and realizing how badly you need a haircut. Do your own tech support before you start. Make sure you do a test run at some point, and that you are aware of your audio and video settings before you start. Most video conference services allow you to see a test of what your camera is recording before you start broadcasting it to everyone else, so have it arranged the way you want it. Zoom, for instance, has a feature that lets you test your settings before your meetings begin: just go to zoom.us/test. You can also usually decide if you come in with audio hot or muted before you accidentally broadcast whatever is on the TV in the next room. And speaking of sound … Stay on mute if you are not talking. Background noise can be really distracting. If you are not sharing anything at the moment, go ahead and hit mute until you do. That way, no one has to listen to the car alarm that goes off in your neighborhood or your neighbor’s perpetually barking dog. Do not eat during the meeting. It can be a little gross to watch other people eat sometimes. Or listen to them chewing, for that matter. Hold off if you can, or if not, maybe turn off the video and audio. Do not do other private things while on a meeting. Having a side conversation with someone in your house, especially if you are unmuted, can be a enormous distraction to others. Stay focused. Keep unnecessary conversations to a minimum. It can get very hard to be productive when several people are all talking at once, and even more so when overlapping audio and shuffling video screens are involved. For more details on how Zoom operates, check out their website and their FAQ page. April 2021 Nisan — Iyar 5781 NHC Bulletin Page 25

In Our Mailbox Dear Rabbi Paul, We really appreciate your generous donation to support our online fundraising campaign. Your gift did twice as much good, because every donation to the campaign was doubled by our matchers! Thanks to you, Hillel of Rockland is STRONGER THAN EVER! We will continue to support Jewish college students throughout the pandemic and inspire them to connect with their heritage through creative and exciting activities. Thank you very much again, and please accept our warm wishes for health and success! Sincerely, Rabbi Dov & Shevy Oliver Directors Page 26 NHC Bulletin Nisan — Iyar 5781 April 2021

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Continued from cover Rabbi Akiva had 24,000 students, but sadly, between Passover and the 33rd day after it, known also as the 33rd day of the Omer, or Lag Ba’Omer, almost all of them perished from a plague. The Talmud explains that the reasons for this plague were the students’ judgmental behaviors and their lack of respect for each other. Until the plague struck, the Omer was an annual celebratory 49-day count leading to the historic reception of the Torah. Following Akiva’s tragedy, however, the first 33 days of the Omer became days of mourning. Jews cannot get married, listen to live concerts, have parties or even get a haircut during these weeks. We have known many cases of plagues and other disasters throughout Jewish history. Why commemorate this plague and mourn these lives? One reason is the significance of the lesson this plague teaches us: love for one’s neighbor. In light of the upcoming Lag B’Omer holiday, and as tribute to Rabbi Akiva and his followers who paid the price for their disrespectful behavior, I’d like to reflect on the value of the commandment to love your neighbor as yourself. It is a powerful instruction but often hard to abide by. It is easy to love one’s neighbors when they are similar in appearances, behaviors, worldviews or ways of life. Much less so when they are not. In the U.S. we often teach our children about inclusiveness. But inclusiveness is not merely about accepting different appearances. It is also about tolerating different worldviews and opinions. By definition, differing perspectives need to coexist for a discourse to contain a free exchange of ideas. Sadly, most of us only like to hear opinions in line with our own. Polarization over political views is nothing new. When we become convinced that there’s only one morally correct option, other opinions are immediately condemned. If you support the “wrong” side of any issue, have no doubt that someone will think you are evil. Now, the pandemic lockdown has extended our polarizations even beyond our politics. Can we go for a walk? Should we wear a mask while walking? Should we help an out-of- town friend take shelter here? When and how should we lift the lockdown? Is the lockdown’s economic toll too severe? Lately, many such pointed questions are being asked. Should merely asking these questions be perceived as provocative, uncompassionate or worse? Should we defame and shame people who take one side or the other? It is one thing to love others when things are going well. It is another thing to express that love when times are tough. In this stressful time, under the coronavirus lockdown, I find more and more judgment in our community. Since we are currently minimizing face-to-face interactions, our primary recourse for connection is social media. This is unfortunate because behind screens people use sharper words and harsher tones. Not only are opinions more commonly disrespected, but so are the people expressing them. Rabbi Akiva’s students died of a plague. But our sages remember their death as a punishment for disrespecting each other. This is because words, tone and conduct matter. Continued next page April 2021 Nisan — Iyar 5781 NHC Bulletin Page 29

So here it is, my unpacking of lessons of another plague for the present one. Do not repeat the mistakes of Akiva’s pupils. Be less judgmental, even in such stressful times. Do not make others afraid to state their opinions. Remember that a free exchange of ideas is only free if the discourse is grounded in respect. We should aspire to live by Rabbi Akiva’s emphasized principle from the Torah: to love the members of our community as ourselves. Anat Talmy is a software engineer living in Pittsburgh. A 16th Century manuscript authored by the Famed Kabbalist Rabbi Chayim Vital, discussing essential behaviors, physically and mentally in “Time of Plague”. Please be sure to visit, like and share Nanuet Hebrew Center's Facebook page: www.facebook.com/nanuethc This page is open to all NHC members, family, friends and potential new members. We also welcome you to post information and photos on this page that are appropriate to Nanuet Hebrew Center. Page 30 NHC Bulletin Nisan — Iyar 5781 April 2021

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April Yahrzeits /‫יזכור‬ 1 Sandra Chasworth 8 Fay Levine Saundra Steinberg Benjamin Schneider Gerald Klein Beatrice Marshall Fred Markowitz 9 Edith Edelman 18 Joel Silver Vivian Abrams Herbert Joseph Schwartz Rose Losev 19 Ronald Silver 2 Joseph J. Darvin 10 Leo Karpfen Bella Greiman 3 Karl Leib Herman Weiner 11 Frances (Fannie) Cozcewith 20 Joseph Kaplan Sophie Cohen Shep Geller Jack Karp Beatrice Gartenlaub Lena Alexander Edythe Fisher Morris Redalje Samuel Kupferberg Harvey Gilston Mac Fox Gertrude Schuler Elsie Engel Sol David Gladstone 12 Esther Rudnick Willaim Bernanke Esther Borenstein Anne Weinger Ingrid Braun Charlotte Plotch Leon Aarons Harry Benjamin 21 Sara Atias Hasson 4 Beatrice Melzer Meyer Schwartz Abraham Kshonz Georgia Berger Archie Borkon Howard Kshonz Leonard Chalfin 13 Meyer Halfond Jean Balaban Max Picarsky Ethel Rogow 22 Joel Wechsler Rita Dranow Herman Lang Arthur Newfield Joseph Segall Albert Budak Ludwig Heilbronn 23 Martin Freedman 5 Mordechai Wacksman 14 Bella Gottschalk Charles Zuckerman Ruth Fogelman Cynthia Metz Sheldon Irwin Schwartz Daisy Glassmen Max Aronson Sophie Lieser Hannah Yokell Frances Levy Anna Vogel Gizi Binder Fagel Eliscu 15 Anna Gerbitz Morris Chalupsky Adele Borakove Edward Reiback 24 Fay Wacksman 6 Mary Newhouse Herbert Sheiman Anna Levine Gershon Spiegel Abe Bigelisen Bertha Gersh Andrew Gross 16 Fanny Lieberman Julius Schragenheim Jack Kayem Lawrence Spiegel Bernard Packer 7 Bertha Noble Jerry Israel 25 Al Abrams Mollie Burten William Besselman Philip Kurland Abraham Berman Ida Patsner Ann Guttman Samuel Lifshitz Howard Lieber Minora Levine Jack Chalfin 17 Esther Kantor Regina Watstein 8 William Leib Marvin Pollack Lorelei Mack Lenore Amir Samuel Karp Joseph Wexler Eugene Price 18 Abigail Diane Bergling Estelle Spindel Israel Klinger Jennie Beck Rhea Chalfin Sally Felfand Joseph Schwartz Page 32 NHC Bulletin Nisan — Iyar 5781 April 2021

April Yahrzeits (continued) / ‫יזכור‬ 26 Marian Taub 27 Sol Lomita 30 David Wanger Raymond Reich Bess Green Barbara Kleinberg Harriet Rubin Etta Benjamin Theodore Schulman Nadtali Farkas Herman Cozcewith Robert Stark Anna Rogozyk Joseph Issak Sari Casper 28 Philip Myerson Monroe Kantor Florence Gordon Pauline Gliner Harold Klarfeld Gussie Rosenfeld Lillie Blassberg Scott Newhouse 17 Mollie Metlitz 29 Lee Reiter Mina Goldberg Mary Berkis Jacques Chamak May Yahrzeits / ‫יזכור‬ 10 Ilse Spatz 18 Oskar Minsker Bella Carash Rochelle Broadman Gunn 1 Eleanor Sparer Sam Laufer Tillie Kreps Irving Silver Anna Kluger Hyman Feldman 11 Ruben Meltzer Abraham Morenberg 12 Rosa Novick 19 Alwine Kallmann Richard Edwin Glass Samuel Kagan Rose Levine Norma Nevins Marcia Siegel Marty Borenkoff Goldie Wiener 2 Arthur Urvater Martha Greene Zukergood Mitchel Rubin Sophie Madinek Irving Gross David Tepper Gertrude Engel Regina Schalnger 13 Nathan Beckerman 20 Marcus Wachtel 3 Sue Littman Sidney Fenster Robert Olitsky 4 Stanly Rubin 14 Harry Mittleman Klara Schaller 21 Stanley Rose Samuel Strauss Irving Cohen Louis Kantrowitz Dora Cohen 15 Rachel Rubinstein Stanley Rose Samuel Weisberg Bertha Kantrowitz Harry Widlis Walter Pomerantz Charles Plazure Anna Kaplan Morris Dranow Sitta Spatz Rosiland Greene 5 Elias Feit 16 Rita Yatchie Emil Altman Stephen Paseltiner Sarah Farkas Hyman Levine Susan Schaffer 22 Louis Gerbitz Benjamin Kirshner Sam Levine Adele Rothfeld 7 Tessie Markowitz Alfred Zinn Charles Postrion Roslyn Epstein Julia Fierman Edith Wolff Esther Levinson 17 Arthur David Cozewith Ida Gloskin Esther Bernanke 8 Wallace Koenig 9 Michael Lassaw Frances Sulkin April 2021 Nisan — Iyar 5781 NHC Bulletin Page 33

May Yahrzeits (continued) / ‫יזכור‬ 23 Louis Wachs 27 Karl Wrightman 30 Ann Klein Newman Kerry Vegosen 28 Donald Spanton Jerome Zukergood Erna Ten Brink 24 Estelle Nelson Sidney Fisher Bertha Rubin Steven Pezenik 31 Kenneth Leftkowitz Marvin Blumenstein Anne Binenfeld Jack Hecker Rosalind Feldman 29 Michael Firestone Gabriella Weber Charles Safran Leonora Popelsky 25 Mildred Szmuklaski Theodore Schwartz Pearl Aronson Dolores ZweigbaumEl- Fay Adolf Bar/Bat Mitzvah Mazal Tovs / ‫מזל טוב‬ Jason & Rachel Meltzer on the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter Alyssa Meltzer John Hecht on the bar Mitzvah of his grandson Eadon Hecht Marriage Mazal Tovs / ‫מזל טוב‬ Phyllis & Ken Benjamin on the marriage of their granddaughter Gabrielle to Ari Solomon Cindy & Max Hattem on the marriage of their son Max to Hadassah Rachel & Craig Cohen on the marriage of their niece Gabrielle to Ari Solomon Gail Wanger on the marriage of her nephew Max to Hadassah Josh Wanger on the marriage of his cousin Max to Hadassah Birth Mazal Tovs / ‫מזל טוב‬ Suzanne & Chaim Kofinas on the birth of their grandson Abraham Daniel Kofinas Speedy Recoveries/äîìù äàåôø Bernetta Gordon Allan Eisenkraft Condolences/ íéîåçðú The family of Joe Gordon Judy Fenster April Anniversaries Mazal Tovs / ‫מזל טוב‬ 2 Arthur & Phyllis Tuttle 15 Kevin & Joyce Ryan 8 Craig & Carol Rudnitsky 17 Gregory & Elena Liberov 9 Murry & Marilyn Wolf 22 Ralph & Amy Marchese 10 David & Pat Postrion 29 Gerald & GloriaLevitus 12 Arthur & Diane Fishman May Anniversaries Mazal Tovs / ‫מזל טוב‬ 6 Andrew & Rachel Benner 23 Andrew & Shari Gold 15 Richard & Marilyn Hausner 25 Michael & Franci Kaufman 17 David & Anita Goldwasser 25 Kenneth & Debra Rubin 19 Martin & Gwen Wyenn 26 Allen & Monica Sauberman 20 Michael & Lisa Scheiner 29 Nathan & Ann Gross 31 Ari & Corey Maas Jeff & Karen Schragenheim Page 34 NHC Bulletin Nisan — Iyar 5781 April 2021

Tzedakah Kari Warren For those of you who are not sure of how Tzedakah works — It is really very simple.... The minimum donation is $5.00 (and the dollar amount is NOT included on the card). Pick a fund — General, Rabbi's Discretionary Fund, Cantor's Discretionary Fund, Building Fund, Shabbos Club, Hebrew School, Prayer Books or Bonnie Lynne Scholarship. You can call, mail or e-mail your donation to the office. This is a great way to help your shul and acknowledge life cycle events in someone's life. Nanuet Hebrew Center will send a card to the person letting them know that you made a donation in their honor or sending them condolences. We also will list your donation in the Bulletin. You may also make a donation to someone that is not a member of the shul. They will also receive a note as well, as long as you supply us with their address. If you have any additional questions, please call or e-mail me @ [email protected] April 2021 Nisan — Iyar 5781 NHC Bulletin Page 35

Tzedakah / ‫צדקה‬ Tzedakah received and recorded by the 10th of the month or the first business day after, will be acknowledged on these pages. If the office is closed because of holidays falling on these days, only donations received before the holiday will appear. Please also note that acknowledgment or lack thereof on these pages does not constitute an official receipt of your donation by the shul. In the event that acknowledgment of your donation does not appear, please let the synagogue office know and we will print it in the next issue of the Bulletin. Planning Ahead Now is the time to start the planning that enhances the work of the congregation by raising the necessary funds so dues need not be raised. Our ongoing fundraisers include the Rabbi's Walk and the Tree of Life. To reserve a brick on the Rabbi’s Walk or reserve a stone or a leaf on the Tree of Life, call Estelle Eisenkraft in care of the office at 845-708-9181. Donations to General Fund Marilyn Brenner & Murry Wolf Mazal Tov to Ilse and John Lang on the birth of their great granddaughter, Olivia Voycik Fred Chalfin In memory of brother, Leonard Chalfin In memory of father, Jack Chalfin In memory of mother, Rhea Chalfin Ronnie Drachman Mazal Tov to Diane & Arthur Fishman on the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson, Isaac Shatsoff Judith Fenster In memory of mother, Rose Lehr Diane Fishman In memory of father, Max Schweid Diane & Arthur Fishman Mazal Tov to Phyllis & Ken Benjamin on the marriage of their granddaughter Gabrielle to Ari Solomon Marion Fuld In memory of mother, Hannah Kayem Arlene & Myron Hecker Get well wishes to Rabbi Kurland Mazal Tov to Jill Schneider in honor of her birthday Renee Leffler In memory of father, William Kimmel Henny Neuburger In memory of mother, Lena Alexander Page 36 NHC Bulletin Nisan — Iyar 5781 April 2021

Eliott Newman In memory of wife, Naomi K. Newman In memory of brother-in-law, Daniel S. Klein Sheila & Allen Reiter Mazal Tov to Diane & Arthur Fishman on the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson, Isaac Shatsoff Mazal Tov to Claire & Joel Gondelman on the Bat Mitzvah of their granddaughter Hadassah Gondelman David Rubinstein Get well wishes to Judy Fenster Michelle Rosen Sapir In memory of Charles Braunfeld Myrna Schenkel In memory of sister, Florence Hecker Bruce Schnur In memory of father, Nathan Schnur Renee Schnur In memory of father, Fred Markowitz Flora Silver Get well wishes to Allan Eisenkraft Mazal Tov to Phyllis & Ken Benjamin on the marriage of their granddaughter Gabrielle to Ari Solomon Mazal Tov to Claire & Joel Gondelman on the Bat Mitzvah of their granddaughter Hadassah Gondelman Mazal Tov to Ilse and John Lang on the birth of their great granddaughter, Olivia Voycik Mazal Tov to Fran Melamed in honor of her 100th birthday Cindy Spiegel In memory of mother, Sandra Chasworth Andrew Toplitsky In memory of mother, Mona Toplitsky In memory of father, Jerry Toplitsky Arthur Tuttle In memory of brother, Barry Tuttle Phyllis Tuttle In memory of father, David Klinger Rita Zowader In memory of brother, Stanley Blumenthal In memory of mother, Sara Blumenthal April 2021 Nisan — Iyar 5781 NHC Bulletin Page 37

New Building Fund Phyllis & Kenneth Benjamin Mazal Tov to Diane & Arthur Fishman on the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson, Isaac Shatsoff Mazal Tov to Diane & Arthur Fishman in honor of their anniversary Ellie & Alan Farber Mazal Tov to Phyllis & Ken Benjamin on the marriage of their granddaughter Gabrielle to Ari Solomon Mazal Tov to Diane & Arthur Fishman on the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson, Isaac Shatsoff Ilse & John Lang Mazal Tov to Phyllis & Ken Benjamin on the marriage of their granddaughter Gabrielle to Ari Solomon Mazal Tov to Diane & Arthur Fishman on the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson, Isaac Shatsoff Mazal Tov to Claire & Joel Gondelman on the Bat Mitzvah of their granddaughter Hadassah Gondelman Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund Jodie Ben-Haim In memory of mother, Lenore Amir Daniel Hoffman In memory of brother, Barry Hoffman Frances Melamed In memory of husband, Monte Melamed Rhoda Patsner In memory of mother-in-law, Muriel Rifkin Shabbos Club Michael Harap In memory of father, Albert Harap In memory of mother, Esther Harap Page 38 NHC Bulletin Nisan — Iyar 5781 April 2021

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