September 2019 Bulletin

VOLUME 125 NUMBER 1 ShalomSEPTEMBER 2019 THE BULLETIN OF REFORM CONGREGATION KENESETH ISRAEL & THE MEYERS LIBRARY Tikkun Olam: Our Mission 5780

From KI Leadership Tikkun Olam CORE VALUE President’s Putting Tikkun Olam First Reform. I marched and attended rallies in Message Philadelphia, and organized events at KI on Knowing that I had been the KI Social climate, health, refugees and immigrant rights. I Janice Justice Policy Task Force Chair for the last tried to educate myself to the point of exhaustion, Schwartz-Donahue, three years, it seemed a natural decision that not knowing which cause to help first. I learned President the theme for my first year as President of that when we “lobby” our State Senators and our Congregation would be Tikkun Olam. Representatives, we are working on social justice “policy” issues, and when we volunteer at KI for Okay, so what exactly does that mean HaMotzi we are performing social “action.” for the year ahead and how do we define tikkun olam? At KI, we will continue to focus on our “proximal” relationships, where we can make an The Hebrew translation means to “repair the world”. However, how can “KI” impact we can see for ourselves. or how can “I” possibly take on the effort When we wrap gifts at to repair the whole world? Hanukkah and bring them to That is a daunting task! students at Lowell Elementary More personally, tikkun olam School, or knit scarves for our is the way we must behave, HaMotzi guests, we receive the actions we must take to instant rewards from those we benefit others. That seems are helping. We know exactly an easier task, a definition who they are: we can see them! “I” can certainly live with. They are right in front of us, around us, next to us. They are The High Holy Days are our neighbors. KI’s identity a perfect time to ask, “What and purpose is so clear, even have I done in my life to our own building professes, benefit others?” In my case, “Thou Shalt love thy neighbor as thyself…”. my parents always had a blue What’s more, this year we will also be working tzedakah box in an with an interfaith initiative called POWER, where important place in our home, my mom was busy we can join with other religious organizations to with Hadassah, and my dad was a member of an effect even greater change locally. Odd Fellows Lodge. They were often engaged As Reform Jews, we must speak out for those in doing good deeds and dragging my brother who are vulnerable, and continue to seek justice and me to JCC fundraising activities. As a child, for all who are in need. This is who we are! I knew there was a strong connection between Doing acts of tikkun olam are at the core of our my Judaism and doing acts of kindness. belief system. During the High Holy Days, consider what Now, as an adult, I wonder: do we perform personal acts of tikkun olam you can do. Does acts of tikkun olam just to make ourselves feel fasting on Yom Kippur truly help you to recognize better? So we can say, “Oh, I donated to HIAS, the pain of those who suffer from hunger through or I brought in a jar of peanut butter for the the year? What more do you think you can do? food pantry, I volunteered at an event, I took part I am open to hearing from you, and how you in a rally…” No, as adults we must act to make feel KI is doing in meeting your needs. You can changes that are more lasting where needed. always reach me at: [email protected]. Shanah Tovah! For the last three years, I have been trying to plug holes in that proverbial leaky dike! As part of the RAC’s Pennsylvania contingency, I lobbied in Washington on behalf of Dreamers and Immigrant Justice and Criminal Justice 2 SEPTEMBER 2019

From the Bimah Social Justice: More Than a Holiday Theme 1860s, then labor rights in the 1880s, Rabbi’s Reform Judaism, including KI, has Message Back in the days when I taught college full time, my largest class was “Religions of the World.” On average, I had 250 to 300 taken stands on a wide variety of students and five to six graduate assistants. Once a year, my issues. Today is no different. In fact, religion class packed one of the largest lecture halls at SUNY in today’s world an emphasis on Binghamton. Many of my students were interfaith dating social ethics is urgent. couples trying to learn about each other’s faith. My students The term most widely used by came from dozens of different countries and backgrounds. American Jews is “Tikkun Olam” or Many were of mixed faiths themselves. “repair of the world.” Rooted in Bible, rabbinics and mysticism, Tikkun To orient the students to think comparatively about religion, Olam has become a “theology of I used a teaching strategy I called “The Four C’s.” The Four C’s works” which asserts that redemption, were cult (ritual), creed (belief ), code of conduct (ethics) and the repair of the world, primarily Rabbi Lance J. community. Each faith, I explained, had all four, and combined and prioritized them differently. For contemporary Judaism, depends on social action. Sussman, Ph.D. I suggested community was first, followed by code of conduct, with creed and cult sharing the third level of priority. The Reform movement in Of course, the rankings are debatable, which is a good thing. Judaism has a national plebiscite, which defines our issues, priorities However, if code of conduct is number two in Judaism, and methods. National consensus is translated into action by it is only in second place by a hair. Ethics in any Judaic system the RAC, Reform’s Religious Action Center in Washington, is, by definition, central to the Jewish experience and for many D.C. At KI, we have a Social Justice Policy Task Force, a Social Jews is actually primary and above community or personal Action Committee, an Inclusion Committee and numerous identity. Certainly, in Classical Reform Judaism, “Menschlichkeit” hands-on Mitzvah-based projects, from HaMotzi to tutoring at (ethics) was more important than “Yiddishkeit” (Jewishness). Lowell and beyond. In many ways, we truly are a Social Justice congregation. Judaism’s “code of conduct” is grounded in the Torah and, That is why this year’s theme at KI, from Rosh HaShanah to especially the Prophets. Ancient Judaism deeply believed that Confirmation, is Tikkun Olam, the repair of the world. We stand the terms of its covenant with God were religious (monotheism) for justice and inclusion. We stand against racism and homophobia. and ethical. However, the prophets were divided over whether We believe in gender equality, the right to seek asylum, the right the covenant was conditional based on performance, or to basic food security and access to medical care. We believe in unconditional. Still others believed the covenant was both choice and deplore both mass incarceration and the privatization conditional and unconditional, but that is a story for another day. of prisons. We believe in education and environmentalism and have serious reservations about the death penalty. We are engaged “Code of Conduct” in Judaism is both personal and social. across the spectrum of issues and work diligently to promote There are values incumbent on both the individual and the justice in our time. We accept our tradition’s view that justice community. The social or collective aspect of ethics in Judaism is always urgent and bystanderism is sinful. In short, the world means that Judaism is always political. Morality begins at is unredeemed and we have work to do, personally and as a home and ultimately becomes the basis for national policy. congregation. So, for this New Year, 5780, we will be intensifying our work The modern American view of the separation of Church to repair our world where we can, at home and across the nation. and State is widely misunderstood in this regard. Separation The rabbis of old cautioned us not to think we can complete the only refers to actual governance as in established churches, but work, nor that we are free to desist. “Justice, justice, you shall not to the broader political discussion, of which governance is pursue” our ancestors were taught! At KI, we are still heeding only a subset. Hence, political movements in America, like that message and preparing for another year of mitzvot and Abolition and Prohibition, are deeply rooted in faith. It is social action. important to point out that religion informs both the left and From our house to yours, Shanah Tovah, a year of repair, the right in American politics, and that the current Admini- kindness, and justice! stration has radically advocated for communities of faith to participate in the political process in unprecedented ways! Reform Judaism, in particular, emphasizes “Code of Conduct,” both personal and collective. Beginning with Abolition in the S U P P O R T K I ! C a l l 2 1 5 . 8 8 7 . 8 7 0 0 o r v i s i t w w w . k e n e s e t h i s r a e l . o r g . T h a n k y o u !  SHALOM KI 3

From the Bimah Cantor’s Reconnecting with Tikkun Olam help assist the “green” playground build committee. Message Please let me know if you are interested in repairing Our theme for the High Holy Days this year the world with your “time.” Cantor is “Tikkun Olam: Repairing the World.” While Amy E. Levy “repairing the world” may seem like a very large Intention is a more subtle way to repair the and heavy task to do alone, working within our world. Setting the intention to spread more peace, own KI community provides a path to bringing happiness, and love in the world also brings healing and wholeness to the world. wholeness. Coming to services, praying together, and joining the choir strengthens us and amplifies Each of you has a unique ability to contribute what needs to be said to repair the world. to the sacred work of helping to fix our world. Some ways may be obvious, like volunteering for Taking time to pray for those in need, to our monthly HaMotzi dinners to help the food thank God for our gifts, and to cherish our insecure in our area. Some ways may be subtler, heritage all bring light to our world. I hope you like singing in our Adult Volunteer Choir, will consider sharing your talent and energy with Shir KI, throughout the year. us, so we can work together to repair our world. I am happy to guide you to opportunities such as Repairing the world can be done with time leading Shabbat Morning Services/Torah Study and with intention. Becoming a tutor at Lowell with our Minyanaires, and singing with Shir KI. Elementary School offers the opportunity for you to support their much-needed literacy efforts. In the year 5780, I pray that we can all find Lowell’s School-Based Teacher Leader (SBTL), opportunities for tikkun olam, and that we let Kelly Kindey, expressed additional needs beyond our KI community be the pathway to making helping in a classroom; they are also seeking important changes in our world, and to bringing volunteers to help organize and staff the library a more light and more love! few mornings a week. We also need volunteers to Tikkun Olam in Action: Come Tutor at Beautiful Family of Four: KI organist Lowell Elementary School! Andrew Senn (left) and his husband Edward, with twins, Anthony and Arabella Senn, By Toby Grubman and the judge who finalized the adoption As I enjoyed the beautiful, lazy summer months, I was also of their foster children. It was an incredible day, in a courtroom filled with many loving eagerly anticipating the start of another successful year of collaboration friends and family members. Mazal Tov to with the Lowell School in Olney. I met with Lowell’s new principal, the Senn Family! Mrs. Maureen Skalski, and she is looking forward to working with KI’s community of dedicated volunteers. Along with tutoring, a few projects we discussed were: • Re-organizing their library and securing a group of volunteers to staff it a few mornings a week while teachers bring their classes in • Financially supporting a small “Student of the Month” celebration (canceled last year for lack of funding) • Assuring that donated supplies are aligned with school needs Lowell can always use volunteers that can help in many ways. If you want to see smiles and enthusiastic support from both students and faculty, and participate in true tikkun olam, please email me at [email protected] or call 215-663-0657 so that I can find a good fit for your availability and skills. I look forward to connecting with you to support the students at Lowell! 4 SEPTEMBER 2019

Worship High Holy Days 5780 — Tikkun Olam Selichot 12:30 p.m. Study Session (Chapel) Saturday, September 21 2:00 p.m. Family Service, ages 5 to 12 7:30 p.m. Dessert Reception, 3:30 p.m. Afternoon & Memorial Followed by Selichot Services Program & Service 5:10 p.m. Ne’ilah Service Rosh Hashanah Sukkot Sunday, September 29 We Were Strangers Too 8:00 p.m. Erev Rosh Hashanah Service Sunday, October 13 Monday, September 30 In Sukkah 9:00 a.m. Tot Service, ages up to 5 5:00 p.m. Dinner and Study— (Chapel) 10:00 a.m. Morning Service “We Were Strangers Too“ 10:30 a.m. Kid’s Program, 2nd – 5th Monday, October 14 Grades (Family Lounge) 1st Day of Sukkot 2:00 p.m. Family Service, ages 5 to 12 10:30 a.m. Sukkot Morning Service, 3:30 p.m. Tashlich at Wall Park Shabbat Followed by Kiddush Friday, October 4 Friday, October 18 8:00 p.m. Shabbat Shuvah 5:45 p.m. Snacks in the Sukkah Yom Kippur 6:30 p.m. Family Shabbat Service, Tuesday, October 8 6:00 p.m. Kol Nidre for the Soul led by 6th Grade 8:00 p.m. Kol Nidre Service Sunday, October 20 Wednesday, October 9 Erev Simchat Torah 9:00 a.m. Tot Service, ages up to 5 5:00 p.m. Dinner for Consecration (Chapel) 10:00 a.m. Morning Service Students 10:30 a.m. Kid’s Program, 2nd – 5th 5:30 p.m. Erev Simchat Torah Grades (Family Lounge) Service Monday, October 21 10:30 a.m. Shemini Atzeret/Yizkor Service & Luncheon, BY RSVP ONLY September Worship Schedule Friday, September 6 Friday, September 20 Sunday, September 29 Shabbat Shoftim ~ Deuteronomy 16:18 Shabbat Ki Tavoh ~ Deuteronomy 26:1 8:00 p.m. Erev Rosh Hashanah 8:00 p.m. Shabbat Evening Service 5:45 p.m. Apples and Honey Appetizers Saturday, September 7 6:30 p.m. Family Shabbat Service Service 9:00 a.m. Torah Study Saturday, September 21 Monday, September 30 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service 9:00 a.m. Torah Study Rosh Hashanah Day 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service 9:00 a.m. Tot Service & Bar Mitzvah of Michael 2:00 p.m. Rydal Park Shabbat Ryan Silverman, with Special 7:30 p.m. Dessert Reception (for preschool-age families) Sermon: “Tikkun Olam” with 10:00 a.m. Morning Service Rabbi Lance J. Sussman, Ph.D. followed by Selichot 10:30 a.m. Kids’ Program, Friday, September 13 Program & Service Shabbat Ki Tetze ~ Deuteronomy 21:10 Friday, September 27 2nd–5th Grades 6:00 p.m. Welcome Back Tot Shabbat Shabbat Nitzavim ~ Deuteronomy 29:9 2:00 p.m. Family Service (for 8:00 p.m. Shabbat Evening Service 8:00 p.m. Shabbat Evening Service Saturday, September 14 Saturday, September 28 elementary-age families) 9:00 a.m. Torah Study 9:00 a.m. Torah Study 3:30 p.m. Tashlich at Wall Park 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service S U P P O R T K I ! C a l l 2 1 5 . 8 8 7 . 8 7 0 0 o r v i s i t w w w . k e n e s e t h i s r a e l . o r g . T h a n k y o u !  SHALOM KI 5

Youth and Education JQuest Opening Hearts to Jewish Education B’Yachad I have spent the past three summers at our family. This takes work, and it does not happen Rabbi Stacy Reform Movement Summer Camp — URJ Camp overnight, but it is crucial. Eskovitz Rigler, Harlam. Recently I was sharing with an Israeli Director of how summer camps were founded to help kids fall The second way to help your kids is to attend Religious in love with Judaism. They would return home, family programming. Kids need to know that Education after having lived a 24/7 Jewish life, infused with Judaism is important to your family, and that you spirit and joy. This is what we call the “magic” of will make time, or sacrifice other activities, in order summer camp. For those who are able to have this to attend events at the synagogue beyond the High immersive experience, this could not be truer. Holy Days and JQuest. This year we are starting Personally, I feel that an essential part of my work with two family programs: the first at Horsham at KI is to help all of our students fall in love with Outdoor School on Sunday, September 8; the Judaism. My time at camp helps me understand second will be an Informal Shabbat Service on the method behind the “magic” and use it at KI. Friday, September 20. Both of these days will be devoted to Jewish learning, living, and creating So, how do you get your kids to fall in love connections. with being Jewish? The first way is to encourage them to make friends at the synagogue. Start the Most importantly, please let us know if there year by identifying one or two students to have is anything we can do to help establish connections over or go out to lunch with after JQuest. Then at KI for you and your family. We are partners in arrange for them and others to attend our youth creating meaningful experiences and we want to group events, like the Club KIFTY Welcome make sure that your year begins in the most positive Back Party on October 6. Creating a circle of way possible. As we embark on a new Jewish year, friends is the first step for almost every child and I look forward to helping our kids learn to love being Jewish! Preschool Gifts to Preschool Start the New Year Off Beautifully News Wow — what a summer! Our 80’s Throwback We have also received a donation of four new Liz Z. Sussman, Summer was awesome. We enjoyed 11 themed smart boards for our pre-K classrooms and cafeteria. M.Ed., Director of weeks of fun, including some environmentalist We are so thankful to the Barry Family for this Early Childhood experimentation with the folks from the Tookany/ thoughtful endowment, and are so excited to Education Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership, begin using them this year! some totally knarly magic with Dave Darwin, 6 SEPTEMBER 2019 tie-dye week, and of course, lots and lots of We open the year with our High Holy Day outdoor sunshine and water play. As always, learning and celebrations, as we ready our Shofars our Friday morning, all-camp Shabbat services to welcome the New Year. We look forward to in the play scape were a highlight. We sit as a realizing our dream for the preschool: to further community in the warmth of the morning sun expand our spaces to allow for increased demand to welcome Shabbat, and to celebrate the gift for our superior early childhood education. We are of being together. It is such a special time. dedicated to providing a singular early childhood experience, and are committed to partnering with This school year, we are so lucky to have families to help raise kind, peaceful and considerate many beautiful improvements to our building, children, in a world that needs it more than ever. including lovely new windows and a brand new Infant Playground. Our “Daisy Garden,” We welcome back our families and staff from donated by the Solis-Cohen Family in memory last year, and send a very special welcome to all of little Daisy, will bring so much happiness of our new friends, in this year of 5780! and opportunity for exploration to even our youngest preschoolers. A dedication ceremony Shanah Tovah, wishing all a happy and will take place for this special space very soon, healthy New Year! and all are welcome to join us to mark the occasion.

Youth and Education KIFTY For Fun & Friendship, Become a KIFTY Kid News By Danielle Carlin Danielle Carlin, I hope you all had a fantastic summer, and I welcome you all back to KI and to a new year with Youth Engagement Coordinator KIFTY! We have many exciting events planned for this year, so I hope that you and your children will join us. For those who haven’t yet been involved in KIFTY, it is KI’s youth group that is divided into two sub-groups: Club KIFTY and Senior KIFTY. Club KIFTY runs events for kindergarteners through sixth graders, and Senior KIFTY runs events for ninth through twelfth graders. KIFTY is a great way for your children to get to know other KI kids and participate in events outside of JQuest or Quest Noar, which helps strengthen relationships. Mark your calendars for this year’s events, listed below. As the events approach, I will share more detailed information, but if you have any questions please feel free to contact me at [email protected]! Senior KIFTY Events Club KIFTY Events October 26: KIFTY Halloween Event October 6: Welcome Back Party, December 14: KIFTY Hanukkah Event 12:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. March 8: Purim Carnival — will need teen January 12: Family Ice Skating, volunteers! 12:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. March 22: KIFTY Bounce and Box March 8: Purim Carnival May 2: KIFTY Shul In April 26: End of the Year Event, 12:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. Grade Shul-in/Trips October 18: 6th Grade service and shul-in at KI March 20: 4th and 5th Grade service and shul-in at KI May 16: 8th and 9th Grade NYC Trip KIFTY is also a part of a larger community of youth groups in the Pennsylvania Region and participates in NFTY-PAR (North American Federation for Temple Youth Pennsylvania Area Region). NFTY events are a great way for your teens to get to know other Jewish teens in the area, and build new relationships while strengthening their Jewish identities. NFTY Events September 7: NFTY Kick Off Event (for 9th–12th Graders) September 28: NFTY Leadership Training (for 9th–12th Graders) November 15–17: NFTY Fall Kallah (for 9th–12th Graders) December 7: NFTY Fall 6, 7, 8 (for 6th, 7th, and 8th Graders) January 17–18: NFTY WINSTY (for 9th–12th Graders) April 4: NFTY Spring 6, 7 (for 6th and 7th Graders) Interested in learning more about the KI Brotherhood? How about ushering Shabbat or High Holy Day Services? For more information, please contact David Pinsky at [email protected]. Shavuah Tov! Be Well! S U P P O R T K I ! C a l l 2 1 5 . 8 8 7 . 8 7 0 0 o r v i s i t w w w . k e n e s e t h i s r a e l . o r g . T h a n k y o u !  SHALOM KI 7

Membership On This Year, Join in KI’s Tikkun Olam Efforts Membership I hope you all had a peaceful, Committee, our Social Justice Policy Task Force, and rejuvenating summer, and are ready KIGreenfaith, and now our Small Group Initiative, all started for an engaging year. I spent time because a few congregants felt strongly about these topics this summer meeting with members and issues. of various KI committees and groups This year’s theme is Tikkun Olam. So many amazing things to plan for the year ahead. We happen at KI, but I am not sure everyone knows about them. discussed how to create excitement Yet when new members join, they learn about our many social and interest, draw new participants, action and social justice opportunities. Many of you have been and make their events appeal to at KI for years, and may not yet be aware of our newer projects. a wider range of people. If you are interested in helping to make the world a better place I also had the opportunity to this year, particularly in the areas we focus on — food insecurity, Jaimie Abt meet with one of our new members, education, inclusion, the environment, and other social justice Shmelzer, Linda Forman, who has experience issues — please contact me and I will put you in touch with the Membership forming small groups at her previous right people. Engagement synagogue. Linda is eager to start I also ask that you take notice of our ongoing food/ Director small groups for us here. This is a clothing collections. In addition to our annual High Holy Day great way for our congregants to food drive, we are always collecting non-perishable food for make meaningful connections HaMotzi Dinners and for the Abington Interfaith Food with people who share similar interests. For more information, Cupboard. We also collect school supplies and uniforms for you can contact me, or Linda directly at [email protected] Lowell Elementary School. If you, or someone you know As events go, look for some annual favorites, like Oscar belongs to a wholesale store, please consider buying food night, some new activities for families, and specific programming and supplies there — you get a lot more for your money! for older adults! Many people are working hard to ensure that Our community works best when we hear from more there is something for everyone this year at KI, but it is up to people, so please come see me and share your voice. I look each of us to make our voice heard. If you have an event idea forward to seeing you, and hearing from you often! you’d like to see happen at KI, please come and talk to me. In just the last few years, Senior Moments, the Inclusion Good Reads: notably the excommunicated Spinoza. The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish She is a true 17th-century feminist. The Weight of Ink is two books in one. A collection The two 21st-century scholars of 17th-century documents dictated by an elderly blind have their own challenges, as they rabbi to his scribe is discovered in an old suburban London painstakingly handle the fragile letters. The ravages of house. Scholar Helen Watts and her assistant, the brash Parkinson’s limit Helen’s ability to work meticulously, and Aaron Levy, translate the document and piece together the Aaron’s unrequited love interferes with his concentration. tale the papers tell. Their story alternates with that of the 17th-century protagonists, Rabbi Moshe HaCohen Mendes The book’s passages with abstruse philosophical and his ward and scribe, the orphaned Esther Velasquez. discussions can be difficult to follow. Don’t be deterred: skip the heavy arguments and proceed to the narrative. It is unusual for a rabbi to have a female scribe, but Esther’s accomplishments are remarkable for a woman Esther is an unusual woman. As she gets more involved in the of her time. How the researchers unravel her secret life rabbi’s correspondence and philosophical discussions with makes for a satisfying conclusion to a very long novel. Amsterdam’s Jewish community leaders, she desires to learn more, and develops her own somewhat heretical ideas of Reviewed by Bobbi Forman theology. Under various male pseudonyms, she clandestinely corresponds with leading intellectuals of 1660s Europe, 8 SEPTEMBER 2019

In Our Community Why We Must Pursue Justice For All Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable By Dr. Arlene B. Holtz, Chair, Social Justice Policy Committee network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one When I became the Chairperson of the Social Justice directly, affects all indirectly…Anyone who lives Policy Task Force, I quickly realized that I needed a clear inside the United States can never be considered understanding of “Social Justice” as compared with “Social an outsider anywhere within its bounds. Action”. I’ve learned that definitions of Social Justice vary, but for now here’s what I learned. Social Justice can be Forming coalitions and working collaboratively with viewed as both a goal and a process. people of different races and other faiths strengthens our process and helps us to make just decisions. We are now The Goal of Social Justice working with POWER, a group that organizes people across lines of faith, race and income level to impact policies for the The goal is to create a just society, but what does that common good. We also are collaborating with other Reform mean? I’m reminded of a line from Bryan Stevenson’s book Congregations through the Religious Action Center, as we Just Mercy, which our committee read last year. He wrote, work toward honoring our pledge to the Brit Olam, which “The opposite of poverty is not wealth; the opposite of KI President Janice Schwartz-Donahue signed on our behalf poverty is justice.” A commitment to justice requires a at the recent “Consultation on Conscience”. In addition, we commitment to creating a society that is fair to rich and are planning a visit with Congresswoman Madeleine Dean poor, a community that empowers all strata of society, and a to advocate for the rights of immigrants and asylum seekers. government that protects the vulnerable, including children and the elderly, a nation that welcomes the stranger and Social justice work is not for the faint of heart; it takes protects them. Stevenson wrote that we are all implicated courage to respond to the prophet Micah (6:8) who tells us when we allow people to be mistreated, and that an absence what the Lord requires of us: “to do justly, to love mercy, and of compassion can corrupt a community, or a nation. Our to walk humbly with your God.” At times, it means coming social justice work calls us to engage with policy makers at up against powerful people, including government leaders the local, state, and national levels, to advocate for the rule who refuse to see us or hear us. It reminds me of Bryan of law that encompasses fairness and compassion to rich Stevenson, who wrote about the time he met an elderly and poor alike. Our social justice work requires not only Rosa Parks. When he told her about his work with the action, but also advocacy, such as lobbying policy makers, Equal Justice Initiative, Rosa Parks told him, “Ooooh honey, petitioning government representatives, and persuading that’s all going to make you tired, tired, tired.” Everyone was others about our positions through letters to the editor, silent for a moment, and then another elderly woman told blogs, and other social media. him, “That’s why you’ve got to be brave, brave, brave.” The Process of Social Justice So, it is with a prayer for energy and courage we set out to do social justice work, firm in our commitment to The way we do our work is as important to what we Isaiah 1:17 “to seek justice, relieve the oppressed…plead want to achieve as the goals themselves, because we cannot for the widow.” Please join us. achieve our goals unless we work in a way that respects the diversity among us. In his “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote: Special Events and Programs with Rabbi Lance J. Sussman, Ph.D. Masterpieces of Jewish Literature “Teddy Roosevelt and the Jews” Fall: “The Spiritual World of Rabbi Abraham Special Sermon with the Temple Judea Museum — Joshua Heschel” — Wednesday, October 23 at 7:30 p.m. Friday, October 25 at 8:00 p.m. Spring: “My Favorite Book: As A Driven Leaf by Milton Steinberg” — Wednesday, May 20 at 7:30 p.m. KI members: FREE; Non-members: $10 per class. Contact the clergy office to pre-register: 215-887-8702 or [email protected] S U P P O R T K I ! C a l l 2 1 5 . 8 8 7 . 8 7 0 0 o r v i s i t w w w . k e n e s e t h i s r a e l . o r g . T h a n k y o u !  SHALOM KI 9

In Our Community Women of KI Upcoming Events By Lynore Eisman, President, Women of KI Welcome to all our Women of KI Sisters! We hope your summer was restful, fun, and energizing! Women of KI come together for friendship, social activities, and projects to benefit our community. We work hard all year long to bring you innovative and thought-provoking programming. Please come and join our activities! Feel free to contact me at 215-676-1812 or [email protected], or Carole Levitan (Membership) at 267-818-6130 or [email protected] with questions. Our Sisterhood advocates for many social issues. Food insecurity is of particular interest to us. Our KI Mitzvah Garden and monthly KI HaMotzi Dinners are always in need of your support and assistance. Please join us! Volunteer! To start the year, Women of KI and Adult Education are presenting “A Star’s Brunch” on September 15. Brunch will begin at 11:00 a.m. Program will begin promptly at noon in the Chapel. KI’s very own Lee Slobotkin, who portrayed leading roles in The Book of Mormon on Broadway and the Women of KI & National Tour of Wicked, will be entertaining us with tunes from stage, screen and more! Program and Brunch— $36; Program only—$25. For further information, please contact Caryl Levin at 215-635-7078 or [email protected] Your check to Women of KI is your reservation. Write A Star’s Brunch on memo line. Send to KI, 8339 Old York Road, Elkins Park, PA 19027, attention: Caryl Levin by September 10. Also, be sure to visit our KI Gift Shop and Gallery for all life cycle event gifts. We now feature Ketubahs designed by local artists. See our coupon on page 18! SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 Women of KI Board Meeting Please return slip below by September 6 to KI with check made out to WKI; put “A Star’s Brunch” in the memo line) Sunday, September 8 at 10:00 a.m. Board Meeting to plan for our September Name______________________________________________ and October events. Seated with__________________________________________ A Star’s Brunch Sunday, September 15, 11:00 a.m. (Brunch) and Noon (Broadway Performance) Presented of Women of KI and Adult Education See information at right. Upcoming HaMotzi Dinners Sundays, September 22, October 27, and November 24, at 5:00 p.m. All who are in need are invited. Contact Sue Fried at 215.327.8065 or [email protected] or Paulette Sterman-Soroko at 215.287.1073 or [email protected]. Join with us and become a part of Circle one: Brunch & Program ($36) Program Only ($25) “the nurturing soul of our KI Community.” Total $_____________________________________________ 1 0 S E PTEMBER 2019

In Our Community KI HaMotzi Community Dinners Save These Dates! for the Food Insecure Your Name is Renée, 20th Anniversary By Sue Fried ([email protected]) & Paulette Sterman-Soroko ([email protected]), Celebrate the 20th Anniversary HaMotzi Dinner Chairs of the book Your Name is Renée by Stacy Cretzmeyer, which details the HaMotzi dinners continued experiences of our featured speaker, throughout the summer thanks to our KI member Ruth Kapp Hartz, a dedicated committee and fabulous Hidden Child Survivor of Nazi- volunteers! We had our annual BBQ occupied France during World in July and assorted hoagies in August. War II. With scenes from the play, “Beyond the Blue Windows,” With the start of the new school year, a dramatization of Ruth’s life we will have another group of eager sixth graders story by Deanne Scherlis Comer. and their families, who will be volunteering at the Starring Diane Steinbrink, Gloria dinners as part of the Legacy Mentoring Program. Salmonsohn, Dave Perelman, It is so rewarding to watch the students gain and students from Rooted Tree confidence and grace, as they welcome, prepare, Productions. Sunday, September 8 serve, and help our dinner guests throughout the year. from 2:00–4:00 p.m. at Gratz College (7605 Old York Rd, Elkins This year, food collected through our High Holy Day Park, PA 19027). $15, free for ages Food drive will be donated to the Abington Interfaith Food 17 and under. Ruth Kapp Hartz Cupboard and the KI HaMotzi Dinner Pantry. This will help will be selling and autographing keep our pantry stocked and ready for our guests. her books for $20. For additional information or to reserve your seat, contact Ruth Almy, [email protected] Items Needed: Canned veggies and fruit; canned tuna, or 215-464-4701. Presented by Gratz College and the chicken, and salmon; Chunky soup; canned entrees such as beef Holocaust Awareness Museum and Education Center. stew, pasta and meatballs, etc. (No Pork or Shellfish in any of the products, please); peanut butter and jelly; pasta sauce; *** toiletries such as soap, shampoo, tissues, and toilet paper Senior Moments Committee Quest Noar students/families will help sort and store these non-perishables. If you are interested in helping, please contact us! The Senior Moments Committee invites you to a fun and informative afternoon on Wednesday, September 18. JQuest students will also assist us by purchasing non-perishables Join us for lunch at 12:30 p.m., followed by “Everything from the HaMotzi “Store” located in the lobby on Sundays when You Wanted to Know About the High Holy Days But school is in session, from 9:40–9:50 a.m. Please encourage your Were Afraid to Ask”, a fun trivia game and question and children to use their Tzedakah money for this cause. answer session, featuring our very own Rabbi Lance J. Sussman, Ph.D. We will also learn some lively melodies Purchasing and dropping off non-perishables in KI’s Tzedek with Hazzan David Tilman. RSVP by Friday, September Center (inside the coatroom) when you enter the building helps 13, 2019 to 215-887-8700. Lunch & program: $15 p/p our guests immensely. Many say they take items home from KI for KI members, $18 p/p for non-members. Program to sustain them until the next community meal, visit to a local only: $8 p/p for KI members, $10 p/p for non-members. pantry, or when their SNAP vouchers arrive. PLEASE bring a few items along every time you come through KI’s doors! *** Also, please consider donating to KI’s Sharing is Caring KIG Presents… Fund–HaMotzi Dinners. You can sponsor an entire dinner for $800. It is a wonderful way to celebrate a simcha or honor a Spend an evening at KI with Israeli loved one. These dinners are sustained through your generosity. ornithologist and conservation leader Join our dedicated HaMotzi Committee in the mitzvah of Jonathan Meyrav, Israel Ornithological Center. Tikkun Olam — Healing the World. One Meal at a Time. Wednesday, September 25. Cohosted with Wyncote Audubon. More details to follow. Finally, please patronize the following local merchants, who regularly donate delicious goods to support our cause: Daryl’s Pastries of Glenside, Jules Thin Crust Pizza in Jenkintown, Fill a Bagel in Jenkintown and Oreland and Panera in Jenkintown. Wishing you a Happy and Healthy New Year! S U P P O R T K I ! C a l l 2 1 5 . 8 8 7 . 8 7 0 0 o r v i s i t w w w . k e n e s e t h i s r a e l . o r g . T h a n k y o u !  SHALOM KI 11

In Our Community Ahavat Israel CORE VALUE KI Music Arts Announces Its Israel Committee 21st Season of Superb Concerts Cultivating Peace Through Play By Ellen & Bob Bildersee, Chairs, KI Music Arts Committee By Sonnie Katz, Chair KI Israel Committee Erev Rosh Hashanah, September 29, 2019, ushers in the beginning Clear your calendars for a wonderful season of concerts! The KI Music Arts of the Jewish New Year with hopes of peace. In reading this article in Committee is planning a spectacular series ISRAEL 21c, I have found some hope. I hope that you do, too. for the upcoming 2019–2020 season! When tolerance comes in the shape of a soccer ball Saturday, October 26 is the opening concert for our 21st season. As we go to Extracted from article by Abigail Klein Leichman, 7/7/19, ISRAEL21c blog print, we are awaiting more information Peres Center for Peace program forms mixed soccer teams from Arab and on that concert. Check the website at www.kenesethisrael.org for more details. Jewish Israeli schools; kids communicate in the universal language of sports. “I did not know I could play with Jews or talk to them. Now I want Our other dates and concerts: Sunday, November 17 to and I can,” wrote an Arab middle-school pupil whose school was one of The Dali String Quartet performing 10; five Jewish, five Arab — to participate in “Playing Fair, Leading Peace,” Latin Rhythms with dancers! created by the Jaffa-based Peres Center for Peace and Innovation to unite Sunday, December 8 Jewish and Arab Israeli children through soccer. The DePue Brothers Band returns with a whole new program! In 2018–19, “Playing Fair, Leading Peace” engaged 300 fifth- to Sunday, March 15 seventh-graders in Arab and Jewish sectors of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Jaffa, To be announced…stay tuned! Kalansua, Kfar Saba, Beersheva, and Tel Sheva. Sunday, April 26 To be announced…stay tuned! In each participating school, one class is matched with one class from Sunday, May 17 the corresponding nearby school. Kids and their teachers are guided by Main Line Symphony Orchestra returns two specially trained university students (one Jewish, one Arab) in five with guest artist Ricardo Morales, Principle tolerance education and prep sessions held at their own school, and in Clarinet of The Philadelphia Orchestra. five joint soccer matches on one another’s turf. We are eagerly anticipating this very In these games, Arabs don’t play against Jews; each team mixes children special season: see you at KI for these from the hosting and visiting schools. Moreover, there are no referees; spectacular programs! the children are given the responsibility of determining rules and mediating disputes. ABOVE: A participant in “Playing Fair, Leading Peace” in Jaffa. Photo courtesy of the Peres Center. “They need to communicate to solve issues during the game by https://www.israel21c.org/when-tolerance-comes- themselves. This is a smart component of the program,” says Tamar in-the-shape-of-a-soccer-ball/ 1 2 S E PTEMBER 2019 Hay-Sagiv, director of the Education for Peace and Innovation Department at the Peres Center. One child wrote on the evaluation form after the first visit: “Even after they prepared us, I was still afraid of them, but when I met them, they looked like us, only with different clothing.” The Peres Center has used sports, specifically soccer, as a tool to break down barriers between youth, Hay-Sagiv tells ISRAEL21c. Their flagship project, Twinned Peace Sports Schools (TPSS), involves leadership training and mixed teams led by professional coaches. Britain’s Prince William kicked around a ball with the TPSS team in Jaffa during his visit to Israel last summer. Started in 2002, TPSS is the first and longest-running initiative of its kind in the region. Hay-Sagiv says it “significantly influences Arab and Jewish, Israeli and Palestinian girls and boys to become agents of positive change in their community and around the world.”

In Our Community KI Adult Education Update By Caryl Levin Whatever your interests are, Adult Ed likely has a program for you! Please join our community of learners and friends and engage in interesting conversations with interesting people. Here are our September programs: Thursday, Sept. 5, 11:30 a.m. Monday, Sept. 16, 11:30 a.m. “Jewish Artists You Should Know” with “Tikkun Olam, Refugees And Me” with Julie Kornfeld Marvin Kreithen A discussion with Julie Kornfeld, attorney and longtime This talk is an overview of the work of noted refugee advocate, about the global refugee crisis. Jewish artists who are included in the collections of the world’s top museums. Monday, Sept. 23, 11:30 a.m. Monday, Sept. 9, 11:30 a.m. “From Realism To Abstraction” “Leonard Cohen: Poet, Prophet and a Take an artistic journey from Realism to Abstraction while exploring artworks in the Michener Art Museum Broken Hallelujah” with Bev Cohen Collection and beyond. Learn about the surprising We will examine Cohen’s poetry and his singing/ evolution of Modernism from its roots in the Ancient songwriting career in light of his traditional Jewish World, through the development of Impressionism, upbringing in one of Montreal’s most important families. up to its place in contemporary art. In Other Adult Ed News… A Magical Night Leila Naitove, Phil Kates, and Dave Posmontier provided a joyful, uplifting night of wonderful music for 110 attendees at “Music for the Heart and Soul” at KI on June 11. Leila, a teacher at our KI nursery school, has the voice of an angel. Phil Kates is a violinist in the Philadelphia Orchestra and Dave Posmontier is the most popular pianist in our area. Their playlist included “L’Dor Vador”, “Blowing in the Wind”, “Yerushalayim Shel Zahav,” “Hallelujah” (Leonard Cohen), “Maria,” “Oyfn Pripetshik,” “Bei Mir Bistu Shein,” selections from Fiddler on the Roof and many other all-time favorites. Each performer had a chance to showcase his or her unique style, and they all worked together in perfect harmony. The applause after each song was long and loud, and the final standing ovation acknowledged their phenomenal performance. The concert was preceded by a truly delicious dinner of chicken, salmon or vegetarian lasagna, lovingly prepared by Mindi Glachman, Lynore Eisman, and Caryl Levin. Lunch With Learners In late June, Caryl and Mike Levin hosted a beautiful luncheon at their home for fully paid registrants of KI’s Adult Education Program. Forty-nine people enjoyed a delicious lunch, connection, camaraderie and cooperative weather! They discussed the 2019–2020 programs, and shared a pleasant afternoon together. So begins yet another year of learning and friendship with wonderful Adult Ed registrants! S U P P O R T K I ! C a l l 2 1 5 . 8 8 7 . 8 7 0 0 o r v i s i t w w w . k e n e s e t h i s r a e l . o r g . T h a n k y o u !  SHALOM KI 13

Lifelong Learning Visual Tribute to a Beloved President, an Artist & Their Connection to KI By Rita Rosen Poley “…Service in Every Cause which Seemed Edith Emerson, 1920, Oil on canvas (Woodmere Art Right and Good.” A quote of the artist, Museum) — The Calling of Elisha, a design for a portion Edith Emerson, is the title of the current of KI’s Elijah Window by the artist. TJM exhibition, which commemorates the independence, talent and lifestyles, made strides for women’s 100th anniversary of the death of President rights just at the time women in the U.S. received the right to Theodore Roosevelt and the 100th vote. It is also about the Spanish and American War; the story anniversary of KI’s Theodore Roosevelt Memorial window. of Elijah; the design and commission process; TR’s relationship The idea for the exhibition was a very welcome, but with the Jewish community; the history of the Teddy Bear and challenging, suggestion from our Rabbi, Lance J. Sussman, much more. Ph.D., who pointed out to me about two years ago that 2019 would be both the centennial of TR’s death and of the KI From Rabbi Sussman’s statement: window. The challenge was how to make a visually interesting The decision to illustrate the KI Teddy Roosevelt Window display about a topic short on objects, long on story. Well, with the support of members of the TJM Artists’ Collaborative, with images of the prophet Elijah was based on a number of KI Archives staff, private collectors and institutions such unexpected similarities in the lives and personalities of the as the Woodmere Art Museum and Dickinson University, two men. Most striking is the fact that both were outdoorsmen. an interesting and visually rich exhibition has come together. Elijah came from a rugged territory in the northeast sector of I know you will not want to miss it! ancient Israel. TR, though a New Yorker, was an adventurer Some background: Following the death of Theodore and sought safaris. Second, both sought the quiet of remote Roosevelt in 1919, at the insistence of Rabbi Joseph Krauskopf, territories in their time of trouble. Elijah fled to Horeb KI commissioned a huge stained glass window in Roosevelt’s where he encountered the still, small memory. This window was originally installed at the synagogue’s voice within. When TR’s wife and Broad Street building where it was dedicated November 2, mother died on the same day in 1919. Designed by the noted artist, Edith Emerson, the 1885, he too fled to the wilderness intricately faceted glass was executed in the D’Ascenzo Studios for respite. Finally, both men, while in Philadelphia, the leading fabricators of that time. In the late controversial in their day, became 1950s, the glass, now in KI’s main lobby, was one of four beloved folk heroes for the ages. important windows that were moved to our current building. Elijah is welcome at every Seder as Edith Emerson (1888–1981) was known for her designs the guest of honor and everyone for murals and stained glass. Violet Oakley, her mentor and an loves a Teddy Bear. even more famous artist at the time, was also faculty member at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts where she met Emerson, a student whom she invited to live with her. Emerson never left and after Oakley died, she served as president of the Violet Oakley Memorial Foundation. It was actually Oakley who received the commission for the TR window from KI, but with the approval of the synagogue’s Board of Trustees, she transferred the project to Emerson. The Dedication Program, which included remarks by Edith Emerson, Violet Oakley and by the editor of the Jewish Exponent, is an artifact in its own right. The story the exhibition has to tell is wide ranging. It is about the unusual and enduring friendship between President Theodore Roosevelt and Rabbi Joseph Krauskopf. It is also about the artist, Edith Emerson and her partner, Violet Oakley who, through their 1 4 S E PTEMBER 2019

Lifelong Learning From the Meyers Library finalist for the Sami Rohr prize and fiction award winner of the Association of Jewish Libraries. It is the story of a young man By Ellen Tilman, Director of Library Services who becomes aware of a painting that he believes was looted We are busy finalizing plans for the Meyers Library’s from his family in Hungary during the Second World War. To recover the painting, he must repair his strained relationship 2019–2020 program year. We hope you’ve all enjoyed a summer with his harshly judgmental father, uncover his family history, vacation. Often, books from our library also take vacations. and restore his connection to his own Judaism. Bring a bag Please check shelves, car backseats and magazine piles for books lunch at 12:30 p.m., discussion begins at 1:00 p.m. Save the that may have accidentally taken up residence. The return of following dates for future discussions: November 19; January 14 misplaced books allows other library users to enjoy them too. and March 31, 2020. All selections are available in the Library and on the library Kindles. Author Visit Jewish Film Series We are thrilled to announce that best-selling author, Ann Patchett will be at KI on The Meyers Library sponsors a Jewish Film series. To best Wednesday morning, September 25 to read meet participants’ needs, each film has evening and afternoon and discuss her new book, The Dutch House, screenings. Titles to be announced soon. Please save these dates: in a program co-sponsored with Open Book November 12, December 10, March 24, and May 19. Screenings Bookstore. Set in a fictionalized Elkins Park, at 1:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Films are free for KI members, and this is a story of family, betrayal, love, responsibility a voluntary contribution for non-members. and sacrifice. Tickets are required at $30/pp, and include admission, a signed copy of the book, coffee and pastry. (The author will The Meyers Library is a wonderful resource, with a huge selec- personalize books at the event if you wish.) Additional copies tion of books for reading and research, a comfortable environment, will be available for purchase. Doors open at 9:30 a.m., program and good coffee! Join the friendly volunteers who keep our library begins at 10:00 a.m. Tickets may be purchased online at: going! To receive information on new acquisitions, library http://go.openbookphilly.com/AnnPatchett-KI events and updates please send your email address to library@ kenesethisrael.org and ask to be added to the Library email list. Become a Book Reviewer Library Hours In this issue we are including a recommended “Good Reads”, The Weight of Ink. (See page 8.). We need volunteers The library is open on Tuesday and Wednesday from to write these book recommendations! Have you read a 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; Thursday from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Jewish book that you recommend others read? Would during the Academic year; and until 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday you like to see your name in print? Contact Ellen about whenever JQuest B’Yachad is in session. We are also open becoming a Book Reviewer for our “Good Reads” column. on Sunday mornings from 9:30 to 12 noon when there is a program in the building. Book carts with the latest in Adult Book Discussion Group contemporary fiction are brought to the Oneg Shabbat on Friday evening. All books may be borrowed for two weeks The Meyers Library hosts a popular Adult at no charge. To reserve a book, please call 215-887-8700, Book Discussion Group: it is a moderated x122 or email: [email protected]. book discussion, not a book review. The only requirement to join is that you have read the book. Participants share insights, reactions, and comments with other readers. On Tuesday, September 17 at 1:00 p.m. we will discuss Memento Park by Mark Sarvas, a New York Times best seller, KIGreenfaith Tip Use less gasoline. Cars are the number one source of greenhouse gases in the US and cause massive smog pollution. Carpool, take the train or bus, walk, or bike when you can. Small changes like driving slower and keeping your tires inflated can make a difference. Buying a new car? Take an electric vehicle (EV) for a test drive. Get in-touch with KIGreenfaith ([email protected]) who can connect you with local EV owners. Over the lifetime of the car, an EV is like driving a car that gets 68 mpg. If an EV isn’t for you, opt for the most fuel-efficient model possible. S U P P O R T K I ! C a l l 2 1 5 . 8 8 7 . 8 7 0 0 o r v i s i t w w w . k e n e s e t h i s r a e l . o r g . T h a n k y o u !  SHALOM KI 15

September 2019 Calendar Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 Labor Day 3 4 5 6 7 Offices and Preschool Closed 1st Day of Preschool 11:30 a.m. Adult Ed. Program 8:00 p.m. Shabbat Evening 9:00 a.m. Torah Study 7:30 p.m. Adult Choir Rehearsal Service 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Morning 8 9 10 11 12 13 Service, Rabbi Lance J. Sussman, Ph.D. 9:15 a.m. First day of JQuest 11:30 a.m. Adult Ed. Program 4:30 p.m. First Day of 1:00 p.m. Israel Committee 7:00 p.m. Social Justice 6:00 p.m. Welcome Back Tot Special Sermon— B’Yachad at Horsham JQuest B’Yachad Meeting Committee Meeting Shabbat ”Tikkun Olam” Outdoor School 6:15 p.m. First Day of Quest Noar 7:30 p.m. Religious Practices 8:00 p.m. Shabbat Evening 14 10:00 a.m. Wof KI Board Meeting 7:30 p.m. Adult Choir Rehearsal Committee Meeting Service 9:00 a.m. Torah Study 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 9:15 a.m. JQuest B’Yachad 11:30 a.m. Adult Ed. Program 12:30 p.m. Library Program, 12:30 p.m. Senior Moments 7:00 p.m. Board of Directors 5:45 p.m. Apples and Honey 9:00 a.m. Torah Study 11:00 a.m.“A Star’s Brunch” lunch at 12:30 p.m., Event Meeting Appetizers 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service book discussion at 2:00 p.m. Rydal Park Shabbat with Lee Slobotkin, 1:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Inclusion Meeting 6:30 p.m. Family Shabbat 7:30 p.m. Dessert Reception presented by Women Service of KI & Adult Ed. 4:30 p.m. JQuest B’Yachad followed by Selichot 6:15 p.m. Quest Noar Program & Service 7:30 p.m. Adult Choir Rehearsal 28 22 23 24 25 26 27 9:00 a.m. Torah Study 9:15 a.m. JQuest B’Yachad 11:30 a.m. Adult Ed. Program 4:30 p.m. JQuest B’Yachad 10:00 a.m. Author Event, 8:00 p.m. Shabbat Evening 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Morning 5:00 p.m. HaMotzi Dinner 6:15 p.m. Quest Noar Ann Patchett, Service 7:30 p.m. Adult Choir Rehearsal The Dutch House Service TBD KIG presents Israeli ornithologist and conservation leader Jonathan Meyrav 29 Erev Rosh Hashanah 30 Rosh Hashanah Day I 8:00 p.m. Erev Rosh Hashanah 9:00 a.m. Tot Service (for Service preschool-age families) Keneseth Israel Phone Directory Preschool.................................. 215.885.2425 Administrative Office.......... 215.885.8700 Museum.................................... 215.887.2027 10:00 a.m. Morning Service Rabbinic Office....................... 215.887.8702 Gift Shop................................... 215.884.4364 JQuest B’Yachad.................... 215.884.4364 10:30 a.m. Kids’Program Fax............................................... 215.887.1070 (2nd – 5th Grades) 2:00 p.m. Family Service (for elementary-age families) 3:30 p.m. Tashlich at Wall Park

October 2019 Calendar Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 Rosh Hashanah 2 3 4 5 Day II NO JQuest B’Yachad 11:30 a.m. Adult Ed. Program 8:00 p.m. Shabbat Shuvah 9:00 a.m. Torah Study NO Quest Noar Evening Service 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Morning NO Adult Choir Rehearsal 11 Service 6 7 8 Erev Yom Kippur 9 Yom Kippur 10 6:00 p.m. Tot Shabbat Sukkot 12 9:15 a.m. JQuest B’Yachad 11:30 a.m. Adult Ed. Program NO JQuest B’Yachad 9:00 a.m. Tot Service 11:30 a.m. Adult Ed. Program Service 12:00 p.m. Club KIFTY Welcome NO Quest Noar (for preschool-age 7:00 p.m. Social Justice 9:00 a.m. Torah Study 6:00 p.m. Kol Nidre for the Soul families) 8:00 p.m. Shabbat Evening 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service Back Party 8:00 p.m. Kol Nidre Service Committee Meeting Service 10:00 a.m. Morning Service 13 Erev Sukkot 14 Sukkot, Day I 15 10:30 a.m. Kid’s Yom Kippur 17 18 19 9:15 a.m. JQuest B’Yachad 10:30 a.m. Sukkot Morning 4:30 p.m. JQuest B’Yachad Program 11:30 a.m. Adult Ed. Program 5:45 p.m. Snacks in the Sukkah 9:00 a.m. Torah Study 1:00 p.m. Lilith (out of Service Followed by 6:15 p.m. Quest Noar 12:30 p.m. Study Session 7:00 p.m. Board of Directors 6:30 p.m. Family Shabbat 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Morning Kiddush 7:30 p.m. Adult Choir Rehearsal 2:00 p.m. Family Service (for building) Meeting Service led by Service 5:00 p.m. In the Sukkah ~ elementary-age 6th Grade 2:00 p.m. Rydal Park Shabbat families) 24 Brown Bag Dinner 3:30 p.m. Afternoon & followed by Erev Memorial Services 11:30 a.m. Adult Ed. Program Sukkot Service 5:10 p.m. Ne’ilah Service 7:00 p.m. Board of Trustee 20 21 Simchat Torah 22 16 25 26 9:15 a.m. JQuest B’Yachad 10:30 a.m. Shemini Atzeret/Yizkor 4:30 p.m. JQuest B’Yachad 7:00 p.m. Inclusion Committee 8:00 p.m. Shabbat Evening 9:00 a.m. Torah Study Erev Simchat Torah Service & Luncheon 6:15 p.m. Quest Noar Meeting Service — Special 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Morning 5:00 p.m. Dinner for (RSVP only) 7:30 p.m. Adult Choir Rehearsal Sermon “Teddy 23 Roosevelt and Service Consecration Students the Jews” 6:00 p.m. KIFTY Event 5:30 p.m. Erev Simchat Torah 6:30 p.m. Preschool Back to TBD KI Music Arts School Night Service Opening Concert 7:30 p.m. Masterpieces of Jewish Literature 27 28 29 30 31 9:15 a.m. JQuest B’Yachad 10:30 a.m. Adult Ed. Program 4:30 p.m. JQuest B’Yachad 1:00 p.m. Israel Committee— 5:00 p.m. HaMotzi Dinner 6:15 p.m. Quest Noar Movie 7:30 p.m. Adult Choir Rehearsal

Life Cycles Mazal Tov to the following congregants on their Special Simchas… Births Sondra Polish and Michael Zukerman, our members. Hailey Rae Shapiro, daughter of our members Mollie and Michael Shapiro; granddaughter of We mark with sorrow the passing of . . . our members Beth and Michael Serdikoff Bennett Lesley Duco, daughter of Abbey Duco Ned Howard Finkel, son of our member and Steven Duco; great-granddaughter of our Miriam Finkel member Fredlyn Brown Florence Rothman Deutscher, our member Brooklyn James Coffey, daughter of Lindsay Arthur “Artie” Fields, our member, husband of our and Daniel Coffey; great-granddaughter member Leslie Fields of our member Phyllis Greenberg; and Frank L. McKitten, father of our member Rhonda great-niece of our member Connie Gottlieb (Aaron Krauss) McKitten Irving Ansel Zinner Eisman, son of Naomi Zinner Herbert Burnham Cousins, husband of our member and Adam Eisman; grandson of our members Rita Gold-Cousins Lynore and Elliot Eisman Stuart Baer, our member, husband of our member Elaine Baer Weddings Asna Podgur, aunt of our member Rochelle Lent Sonia Loigman, our member Jennifer Bender and Kevin Liebmann. Jennifer is the Harriet Gutman, our member daughter of our members Merryl and Scott Bender. Jonathan Sall, son of our member Joan Sall Sarah Schulman and Benjamin Hyman. Sarah is the Norman Rosen, brother of our member daughter of our members Joyce and Seth Schulman. B. Walter (Marcia) Rosen; uncle of our member Bridget Cotellese and Benjamin Saltzburg, our Lynn (Evan Schwartz) Rosen members. Benjamin is the son of our members Thelma Bayuk, our member, mother of our member Susan and Lee Saltzburg, grandson of our member Barbara (Frank) Janas Adrianne Saltzburg, nephew of our members Ruth Elgart, sister of our member Paul (Ruth) Frank Robert & Pamela Saltzburg and Sue & Ben Myerov. Amy Ackerman and Michael Schlesinger, our members. Michael is the son of our members Kathy and Robert Schlesinger, the grandson of our member Rita Lifson and the great-nephew of our member Marilyn Lifson. Visit the New KI Gift Shop! Bring a guest ONLY OFF and receive another The KI Gift Shop is always available to you. Just go to our PLEASE BRING Main O ce and our sta will be happy to assist you! 10% o ! THIS COUPON WITH YOU. REFORM CONGREGATION KENESETH ISRAEL GIFT SHOP HOURS: 8339 Old York Road • Elkins Park, PA 19027-1597 Sunday 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM 215.887.8700 • www.kenesethisrael.org Tuesday 4:15PM – 6:30 PM 1 8 S E PTEMBER 2019

Contributions All listings indicate donor first, followed by the honor or memorial. YAHRZEIT Maxine Dalsemer..............................................................................Richard Dalsemer Julia Davis................................................ Fannie Kraft; Philip Kraft; Herman Schwartz DONOR IN MEMORY OF Sheila DeAnnuntis.................................................................Melvin Geiss; Kenny Saull Deena Dell.................................................................................................. Maren Dell Lewis & Elaine Abel...................................................................................Hirmon Abel Adam Dickstein..........................................................................................Janet Miller Phyllis Dittrich......................................................................................Herbert Kramer Ray & Joan Abrams.............................................................................Gertrude Freilick David & Cathy Dodies...................................................... Rebecca Dodies; Ruth Dodies Harold K. Don, Jr............................................................................... Eugenia L. Samler Richard & Marci Abt............................................................... Sylvia M. Abt; Ellen Gold Thomas Eichenbaum..................................................................... Shirley Eichenbaum JoAnne Entrekin.......................................................................................... Ruth Vogel Barbara Lindauer Adelson...................................................................Joseph Lindauer Jules & Chantal Feinberg.......................................................... Simon Liez; Henri Stark Stephen & Eileen Feldman..................................................................... Sarah Rudnick James & Joanne Adler.............................................................................. Frank Snyder Martin & Eleanor Feldsher............................................ Ethel Feldsher; Mona Feldsher; Yetta Milkstein; Mary Sciaky Florence Ain.............................................................................................Theodore Ain Ted & Diane Feldstein..........................................................................Joshua Feldstein Carl Fertman...................................................................................... Frances Fertman Steven & Phyllis Allen.................................................................. Chad Allen; Leah Lev Ken & Ellen Finkelstein....................................................................... Anita Finkelstein Nina Fischer........................................................................................... Morris Vernick Craig & Robin Anforth........................................................................ Sidney Goldstein Sandra Fischer.....................................................................................Sharon P. Fischer Susan Fisher............................................................................................... Ethel Fisher Beatrice Apfelbaum......................................................................... Morris Apfelbaum Lynn Fletcher...........................................................................................Ruth Halpern Eleanor Fox.......................................................................................................Jack Fox Maxine Arno......................................................................... Irvin Arno; Beatrice Eskin Penny Frederick........................................................... Kenneth Blau; Mollie Weinstein Morton Freedman............................................................................. Milton Freedman Howard & Myrna Asher............................................ Harriet Asher Stern; Bessie Zeitlin Nataporn B. Freedman.............................................Lee Freedman; William Freedman Albert Friedman................................................................................ Charles Friedman Barber Family...........................................................................................Jeremy Hunn Allan Furman.................................................................Louis Furman; Frances Gimpel Darlene Gilbert..................................................................... Irving Gilbert; Rose Miller Herbert & Rochelle Bass........................................................................... Mildred Bass Sally Ginsberg......................................................................................... Sylvia Gilgore Sondra Gittis................................................................................Bernard M. Hamberg Maxine Bass..................................................................................................Lee Smith Steven E. Glauser...................................................................................Marvin Glauser Dennis Glick..................................................................................................Ruth Glick Harris Baum...............................................................Seymour Z. Baum; Florence Paul Jennifer Goldbloom.........................................................................Eugene Goldbloom Peggy Goldenberg............................................................................Millicent Esser Kay Brenda Baumholtz.............................................................................Libby Baumholtz Shelley Goldin................................................................... Rose Goldin; Samuel Goldin Ely & Lauren Goldin.................................................................................Maya Sverdlik Flora Becker...................................................................................... Edward R. Becker Michael & Jamie Goodman.................... Sandra K. Jaslow; Deena Kaplan; Bryant Lehr Mitchell M. Gordon............................................................................Ellen A. Solomon Rick & Amy Bedrick.................................................................................. Ruth Bedrick Connie Gottlieb................................................................................... Stanley Gottlieb Harry & Lillian Gottlieb................................................................................. May Spitz Elsa Behrend.........................................................................................Albert Behrend Irma Green................................................................................................Albert Green Ellis Greenberg.................................................................................. Meyer Greenberg John Behrend........................................................................................Albert Behrend Alan & Joan Gross...................................................................................... Mabel Gross Carol Halpern........................................Frances R. Halpern; Diana Speier; Harry Speier Martin Beilin....................................................................................... Benjamin Beilin Susan Hamberg.............................................. Bernard M. Hamberg; William Hamberg Carl & Edith Hanzelik..........................................................Alfred D’Elia & Fay Hanzelik Judy Bell................................................................................................. Sylvia Gilgore Jerold Harrison.................................................................................. Marlene Harrison Barry Hendler...................................................................................... Pauline Hendler Ruth Bender...................................................................................Nathan Blumenfeld Babe Hernes................................................................ Sophie Garfield; Nathan Hernes Rhoda Blumenthal Hershman....................................................Benjamin Blumenthal David Berman..........................................................................................Jean Berman Steven Hess..................................................................................Howard Stanley Hess Jerome & Dolly Horowitz........................................................Sadie Fairstone Horowitz Bers Family................................................................................................. Janice Bers Daniel D. Bleicher.................................Carol Bleicher; Herman Bleicher; Reba Bleicher Douglas Block & Michael Block.................................................................Werner Block Annette Blume............................................................................Mother of Leslie Mille Ilene Bomze............................................................................................ Helen Slagoff David & Helen Braverman............................... Harry (Hesh) Braverman; Israel Mandel George Breslau..................................................................................... Martha Breslau The Briker Family......................................................................................... Lucy Briker Norman Brody.................................................................Doris Brody & Selma D. Brody Fredlyn Brown................................................... Lesley Ruth Brown Duco; Morris Sacks Elaine Brumberg..................................................................................Irene V. Gorman Cindy Charlton................................................................................... Estelle Steinberg The Charny & Ellis Families...................................................... Harriet Schneeberg Ellis Judith Charny & Family.................................................................... Harry Schneeberg Michael & Phy Chauveau.............................Jacob Woolfe Chauveau; Minnie Chauveau Lorraine Cherashore................ Jean Cherashore; Howard Kornblum; Shirley Kornblum William & Florence Clyman......................................................................Anna Clyman Benay Coffman........................................................................ Samara Coffman Nation Fred & Marla Cohen................................................................................. Robert Cohen Emil & Lois Cohn.................. Emil Cohn, Sr.; Emil Cohn, Jr.; Ruth K. Cohn; Effye W. Kun; Joseph L. Kun; Jerome W. Starr; Rose Starr Les Cooperson & Robyn Miller...............................................................Ann Cooperson Geraldine Cramer.................................................................................Blanche Cramer James Cristol...........................................................................................Elise H. Cristol Barbara Cutler.......................................................................................... Lewis Brandt Robert Cypres......................................................................................Bertha H. Cypres S U P P O R T K I ! C a l l 2 1 5 . 8 8 7 . 8 7 0 0 o r v i s i t w w w . k e n e s e t h i s r a e l . o r g . T h a n k y o u !  SHALOM KI 19

Contributions All listings indicate donor first, followed by the honor or memorial. Edward E. Itzenson............................................................................. Gerri Shechtman Donna Ostroff..........................................................................................Albert Weiner Nan Jurman...........................................................................................Paul Bernstein Renee Parris.......................................... Natalia Kudelka; Ethel Kazen Paul; Tillie Parris Marc & Adrienne Kahn, Ryan & Alec Kahn..................................................Mollie Kahn Malcolm Pascal..........................................................................................Jon C. Weiss Robert Kahn...............................................................................................Mollie Kahn Lana R. Pinkenson............................................................................Miriam Pinkenson Ellen Kaplinsky................................................................................Lester B. Kauffman Jeffrey & Ellen Plaut........................ Anna Langberg; Vivian Langberg; Marianne Plaut Sonnie Katz............................................................................................ Lillian R. Stark Judy Plon.................................................................................................Herta C. Plon Hannah Kaufman.......................................................................................Albert Kitey Irina Pogrebivsky.................................................................................. Genya Vaysleyb Jules & Connie Kay....................................................................................Mamie Glass Steffi Polin.............................................................................................. Jill Zsitkovsky Marilyn Keesal................................................................................. Raymond Goldfine Shanlee Pollack.....................................................................................Benjamin Kirsh Stefan & Donna Keller...............................................................Virginia“Ginger”Keller Lynda Quinn........................................................................................Jerome Ornstein Elaine Kieserman............................................................................ Stanley Kieserman Paul & Ann L. Rappoport.......................................Lewis E. Littmann; Anne Rappoport Frederick & Sharon Kieserman.................................................................... Faye Finkle Phyllis Raskin-Macey...........................................................................Max Lieberman Harriet Kleiman........................................................................................Jack Kleiman Jack & Ruth Ringlestein, Yonah & Jason Kirschner...................... Jack L. Ringlestein, Sr. Marcy Klugman.................................................. Marilyn Klugman; Marvin Perlmutter Adele Roda.............................................................................. David Roda; Philip Roda Alan Koch....................................................................................Nora Koch; Ruth Koch The Rodgers & Kaufman Families........................... Herbert Kaufman; Lincoln Rodgers Marilyn Koff...........................................................................................Nathan Schlok Al Rodstein................................................................................................ Louis Pokras Buddy Korn, Jr..................................... Blanche Bergman Korn; Charles Korn; Ray Korn Myrna Rosenau.............................................................. Jules Lisker; Nelson Romisher Sandra S. Kramer................................................... Selma Gorodetzer; Herbert Kramer Harriet Rosenberg.............................................................................Harold Rosenberg Aaron Krauss.......................................................................Sandra Glass; Mollie Lipkin David & Sandy Rosenthal......................................................................Elsie Rosenthal Elaine Langman............................................................ Betty Cohen; Robert Langman Henry Rubin..................................................................Harry Kessler; Benjamin Rubin Mickey & Judy Langsfeld.................................. Bessie S. Langsfeld; Morton Langsfeld; Taffy Rubin........................................................................................Warren Blumberg Morton A. Langsfeld, Jr. Bill & Deborah Rubinsohn............................................. Don Freedman; Ryan Hartigan Michael Levin..........................................................................................Beatrice Levin Greta Rubinstein & Family....................................................................... Rita Goldston Mike & Caryl Levin...............................................................Mamie Glass; Martin Levin Barbara Rudnick.................................................................................. Harry A. Altman Merle Levy...........................................................................................Daniel Fairshter Charles & Phyllis Salinger................................................ Rebecca Dodies; Ruth Dodies Margaret Lichtenstein......................................................................Oscar Lichtenstein Ross Schriftman........................................................Jacob Berlow; Shirley Schriftman Sandra Lieberman.....................................................................................Todd Marcus William A. Schur..............................Sophie Schur Freier; Charlotte Penn; Robert Schur M. Tony Lieberman..............................................................................Barbara Brenner Fredda Segal...........................................................................................Harry S. Levin Irvin Liebman....................................................................................... Lester Liebman Murray & Hope Seitchik..................................................Bernard & Ethedel Haimowitz Marilyn Lifson............................................................................................Max Koslow The Serdikoff Family................................................................Helen McCray; Mae Weil Matthew London.....................................................................................Anna London Alice Shapiro...................................................................................... Malcolm Shapiro Paul, Suzanne, Scott & David Lynch...................................................Michael Goldberg Binnie Sharp.............................................................................................Irving Laikin Anita & Murray Madnick & Family.......................Jack Bender; Lydia Margaretta Black; Joel & Brenda Shear.................................................Albert Chernoff; Burton Sternthal Robert Premet; Justin Ryder Wysocki Joan & Leonard Shore.................................................Milton J. Kolansky; Morris Shore Elsa Malmud...................................................................................Henrietta V. Kravitz Howard & Emmie Shubin...................................................................... Charles Shubin Robin Marks & Bruce Marks.................................................................... Bernice Marks Janet Simmons.............................................................................................Allan Blitz Lise Marlowe.....................................................................................Judith Anne Glass Stan & Lois Singer.......................................................Rose Malerman; Sadye Mondell Nathaniel & Charlene Mayer..... Ezra Mayer; Max Mayer; Samuel Mayer; Yisrael Mayer Arlene Snyder....................................................................................... Isadore Lidman Marsha Elefant McGee............................................................................ Lillian Elefant Eugene Speier...........................................................................................Diana Speier Eve Mennies............................................ Adolph Schonwetter; Margaret Schonwetter Dean Spiegel..................................................................................Meyer H. Silverman Craig Messinger............................................................................. Milton I. Messinger Sandy Stein..............................................................................................Manuel Stein Carolyn Meyer.............................................................. Milton Gottlieb; Sylvia Gottlieb Phil & Ellen Steinberg.......................................................... Bernice“Bunny”Steinberg Harold Meyer.........................................................................................Charles Rieder Paulette Sterman-Soroko..........................................................................Donald Mills Lee Michaels.............................................................Barbara J. Michaels; Sara M. Paul Arlene Stone.............................................................................................. Daniel Baer B. Franklin Miller.........................................................................................Lynn Miller Freda Sussman & Marcelle Fischler............................................................ Kurt L. Sacki Harold, Carol & Seth Miller....................................................................Jacob Wollman Barbara Tenenbaum...............................................................................Eugene Appell Judith Monheit..................................................................................... Sadye P. Deitch Jenny Thibeault, Kate Sweedler & Caleb Sweedler..................................Toni Sweedler Toni Montague................................................... Minnie Sukerman; Samuel Sukerman Ross & Enid Tishler & Joseph Tishler....................................Morris Tishler; Myra Tishler Marilyn Neigut & Family.................................. Louis A. Neigut; Jack Silver; Lena Silver Marlene Wald.......................................................................................... Ruth Kushner Lisa Nerenberg................................. Louis Nerenberg; Shirley Nerenberg; Anna Paikin Sally Weinstein..........................................................................Helene“Teri”Goldstein Laurence & Mary Lou Nodiff............................................................... Edward A. Nodiff Robert Wenick...................................................................................... William Wenick Sallie Olson..............................................................................................Joseph Olson Libby Wikler...........................................................................................Stanley Wikler 2 0 S E PTEMBER 2019

Contributions All listings indicate donor first, followed by the honor or memorial. Joanne Wills...................................................................................... Stanley L. Basche Marlene & Gary Dukart............................................................................ Arthur Fields Andrew & Lorraine Woldow..................................................................Robert H. Wahl Merle Wolf...............................................................................................Ruth Solotoff Anita Foreman......................................................................................... Arthur Fields Melvin Yudis....................................................................... George Yudis & Sylvia Yudis Larry & Maxine Zalkin............................................................................ Jack Zalicovitz Paul & Ruthie Frank.................................................................................. Arthur Fields Stephen & Karen Franklin......................................... Walter F. Spiegel; Julia Sundheim Sidney & Marjorie Gable........................................................................... Arthur Fields ADAMS LIBRARY FUND Stephanie Glaymon.................................................................................. Arthur Fields DONOR IN MEMORY OF Daniel Jonas & Alexandra Epsilanty............................................................ Millie Jonas Margaret Lichtenstein....................................................................Kenneth Rosenberg Mitchell & Judith Kramer......................................................................... Arthur Fields ADULT EDUCATION FUND Mickey & Judy Langsfeld.......................................................................... Arthur Fields DONOR IN MEMORY OF Patricia Loudis.......................................................................................... Arthur Fields James & Joanne Adler.................................................................................Ruth Elgart Joanne Madorno...................................................................................... Arthur Fields Howard & Myrna Asher............................................................................ Arthur Fields Dick & Jill Pomerantz................................................................................ Arthur Fields Judy Behrend........................................................................................... Arthur Fields Jeffrey & Ali Reich............................................................Arthur Fields; Martin Yarnoff Mike & Caryl Levin.................Ben Alexander; Ruth Elgart; Arthur Fields; Jonathan Sall Nan Rosner...........................................................................................Harriet Gutman DONOR IN HONOR OF Taffy Rubin..................................................................................................Stuart Baer Joan Brantz......................................................................................Caryl & Mike Levin Brenda & Joel Shear........................................................................ Benjamin Fishbein Rebecca Landau...................................................................Adult Education Programs Ruth Schoenberg.................................................................................. Sonia Loigman Mike & Caryl Levin............................. Speedy Recovery of Susan Adler and Dick Simon Harriet Stuart & Bill Schwarzman............................................................. Arthur Fields Claire Schein............................................................................................... Fran Nodiff Ron & Sue Trichon.................................................................................... Arthur Fields JUDITH ALTMAN MUSEUM UFA Federation......................................................................................... Arthur Fields DONOR IN MEMORY OF Donald & Bonnie Wittenberg................................................................ Sonia Loigman Margaret Lichtenstein..................................................... Florence Rothman Deutscher Rochelle Wolf...............................................................................................Ned Finkel DONOR IN HONOR OF ARCHIVES FUND Joanne Beck............................................................Bar Mitzvah of Daniel Beck Zaslow DONOR IN MEMORY OF Barbara Bronstein......................................................Special Birthday of Elsa Behrend Connie Segal Gottlieb......................................................................Florence Deutscher Fredlyn Brown.............................................................80th Birthday Maxine Dalsemer Ruth Schoenberg....................................................Florence Deutscher; Thelma Bayuk Jeffrey & Ali Reich.......................................................................... Birth of Caleb Kress CANTOR’S PHILANTHROPIC FUND Evelyn Troncelliti.................................................................................Charles Kahn, Jr. DONOR IN MEMORY OF Janine & Howard Vigderman...............................................................Harry Greenberg Judith Charny...................................................................................Helen Schneeberg GENERAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND Marion Kirsch.......................................................................................Edythe G. Weiss DONOR IN MEMORY OF DONOR IN HONOR OF William Schur.................................................................................Arthur“Artie“Fields Eric & Lisa Abramowitz....................................................................Cantor Amy E. Levy Lesley Solomon........................................................................................ Arthur Fields Judith Charny..................................................................................Cantor Amy E. Levy DONOR IN HONOR OF Lynore & Elliot Eisman.....................................................................Cantor Amy E. Levy Sean & Danielle Carlin........................................................ Rabbis Peter & Stacy Rigler Anita & Murray Madnick................ Graduation of Sophia Howard and Spencer Manin HAMOTZI FUND EDUCATORS PHILANTHROPIC FUND DONOR IN MEMORY OF DONOR IN HONOR OF Elliot & Lynore Eisman........................................................Stuart Baer; Sonia Loigman Judith Monheit......................................................................Bar Mitzvah of Max Sultz DONOR IN HONOR OF GENERAL FUND Maxine Dalsemer............................................................................... Hamotzi Dinners DONOR IN MEMORY OF Skits Soroko & Paulette Sterman-Soroko..............................Janice Schwartz-Donahue Amy & Rick Bedrick.................................................................................. Arthur Fields HIGH HOLY DAY MUSIC FUND Brian Beere & Caron Graff-Beere............................................................Martin Yarnoff DONOR IN MEMORY OF Marty Beilin...........................................................................................Saundra Beilin John & Anne Solis-Cohen......................................................................... Arthur Fields Gwen Blum.............................................................................................. Arthur Fields KING DAVID HARP SOCIETY Arnold & Jeanne Brenman........................................................................... Ned Finkel DONOR IN MEMORY OF Barbara Bronstein........................................................................... Benjamin Fishbein Frank & Ellen Abrahams................................. Elaine S. Abrahams; Gustave Abrahams; Drew & Jody Brookman............................................................................ Arthur Fields Myra Abrahams; Betty Stern Robert & Betty Cohen.............................................................................. Arthur Fields Steven & Phyllis Allen............................................................... Edward Wallis Berman Rachel Cohen.........................................................................................Martin Yarnoff Les Cooperson & Robyn Miller.................................................................... Pearl Pripas Robert Drucker................................................................................Florence Deutscher Renate Elgart.......................................... Adolph Schonwetter; Margaret Schonwetter S U P P O R T K I ! C a l l 2 1 5 . 8 8 7 . 8 7 0 0 o r v i s i t w w w . k e n e s e t h i s r a e l . o r g . T h a n k y o u !  SHALOM KI 21

Contributions All listings indicate donor first, followed by the honor or memorial. Jan Finkelman........................................................................Anna Marymor Goldston Marvin & Louise Kleinman................Sharon Goldhar; Arthur Grossman; Jonathan Sall Rhoda Hershman..............................................................................Matthew Lampell Marilyn Merksamer..............................................................................Harriet Gutman Anita & Murray Madnick..........................................................................Dustin Cohen Marilyn Neigut.............................................................................................Ellen Geiss Eve Mennies................................................................................................. Ned Finkel Bruce & Lydia Rubin................................................................................. Arthur Fields DONOR IN HONOR OF Leonard & Joan Shore.............................................................................. Arthur Fields Anita & Murray Madnick.......................................................Arabella & Anthony Senn Philip & Linda Stein............................................................................. Morey X. Powell Eve Mennies........................................... Nadine Silverman; Janice Schwartz-Donahue Phil & Ellen Steinberg.........Stuart Baer; Theodore G. Kaufman; Sister of Lou Weinstein CLARENCE L. & ESTELLE S. MEYERS LIBRARY FUND James & Stephanie Udell.......................................................................... Arthur Fields DONOR IN MEMORY OF Dick & Bobbi Weiss................................................................................... Arthur Fields Denise Ellner......................................................................................... Sonia Loigman Frank & Nancy Wurman.............................. Barrie Golland, Stephen Klein, & Lilly Taus Myron & Janet Waxman...........................................Alan Portnoff; Helen Schneeberg; DONOR IN HONOR OF Gert Stevens; Ray Stevens Barbara Bronstein.................................................................. Birthday of Lynn Neigut; DONOR IN HONOR OF 65th Wedding Anniversary of Joan & Leonard Shore Babe Hernes................................................. Barbara Rudnick’s Grandson’s Graduation Judith Charny...........................................................................Rabbi Lance J. Sussman Myron & Janet Waxman.................................................................... Shayna Saltzburg Robert & Rhea Dennis....................Conversion of Rob Dennis; Rabbi Lance J. Sussman MUSIC ARTS FUND Elliot & Lynore Eisman..............................................................Rabbi Lance J. Sussman DONOR IN MEMORY OF Howard & Marilyn Koff..........................................................................Rabbi Sussman Susan Checkman.......................................................................................Carl Herman Family of Arthur Fields.............................................................Rabbi Lance J. Sussman David Smith.......................................................................................... Abraham Klein Lynn Neigut..........................................................Barbara Bronstein’s new apartment Ellen Toplin................................................................................................Carl Herman Brenda & Joel Shear.................................................................Rabbi Lance J. Sussman DONOR IN HONOR OF Laurence & Shirlee Sutow........................................................Rabbi Lance J. Sussman Irv Matusow & Barbara Rudnick........................................................Nadine Silverman BEN & RENEE RICHMAN FUND FOR ELDER CARE ONEG FUND DONOR IN MEMORY OF DONOR IN MEMORY OF Chuck & Alice Richman........................................................Fran Sonnenreich’s brother Alan & Ann Cohen............................................................................Helen Schneeberg DONOR IN HONOR OF Sonnie Katz......................................................................................Helen Schneeberg Terry & Marjorie Caddy............................................70th Birthday of Charles Richman; Howard & Marilyn Koff...........................................................................Martin Yarnoff Leo Marx Palermo & Temma Palermo; 7th Birthday of Ryan Richman DONOR IN HONOR OF FAY & LEO ROSENAU FUND Harris Baum.............................................................................................. My Birthday DONOR IN MEMORY OF Howard & Marilyn Koff...............................................................................Sonnie Katz Jerry & Lois Rosenau.................................................................................Leo Rosenau Murray Miller.......................................................................... Birthday of Diane Miller DONOR IN HONOR OF Jan C. Finkelman.................................................................................................. Oneg Jerry & Lois Rosenau........................................Marriage of The Adler’s Granddaughter Michael Schlesinger & Amy Ackerman.....................................................Our Marriage RICHARD E. RUDOLPH, JR. PRESCHOOL FUND PRAYER BOOK FUND DONOR IN MEMORY OF DONOR IN MEMORY OF Robin Wiesner Duretz & Family................................................................Ruth Horwitz Robert Kahn, Marc & Adrienne, Ryan & Alec..............................................Mollie Kahn DONOR IN HONOR OF DONOR IN HONOR OF Cindy Goodman, Jill Levine, Marie Rufo............................. Jennifer & Kevin Liebmann Jerrold & Sara Weinger..................................................... 90th Birthday of Adele Roda Judi & Bruce Waxman..............................................80th Birthday of Maxine Dalsimer RABBI’S PHILANTHROPIC FUND SHARING IS CARING FUND DONOR IN MEMORY OF DONOR IN MEMORY OF James & Joanne Adler.............................................................................. Arthur Fields Annette Blume.............................................................. Herman Levin; Sonia Loigman Herb & Rochelle Bass............................................................................... Arthur Fields Sallie Olson........................................................................................... Sonia Loigman Judith Charny...................................................................................Helen Schneeberg Claire Spilker.......................................................... Benjamin Fishbein; Sonia Loigman Julius & Elaine Ellison.......................................................................Helen Schneeberg Barry & Joanne Wills.................................................................................... Allan Gold Joyce Fishbein.............................................................................................. Ned Finkel DONOR IN HONOR OF Barbara Bronstein................................................................Ned Finkel; Martin Yarnoff Annette Blume...........................70th Wedding Anniversary of Ted & Thelma Lindhorn Ina Gaber Greenspan................................................................................ Arthur Fields Amy & Eric Weinstock & Kenny Weinstock............................ Janice Schwartz Donahue Jules & Connie Kay.............................Ben Fishbein; Helen Schneeberg; Martin Yarnoff Barry & Joanne Wills........................................................................Samuel Lizerbram Marion Kirsch.......................................................................................Edythe G. Weiss (See Contributions on P. 23) 2 2 S E PTEMBER 2019

(Contributions Continued from P. 22) TEMPLE JUDEA MUSEUM FINE ARTS FUND DONOR IN MEMORY OF Lynn Brody........................................................Eilene Esterman 215.887.8700 • FAX 215.887.1070 • www.kenesethisrael.org Jane Johnston...............................Florence Rothman Deutscher SENIOR STAFF Ellen Parkinson..................................................Eilene Esterman Senior Rabbi, Lance J. Sussman, Ph.D., D.D. [email protected] / 215.887.8702 DONOR IN HONOR OF Cantor, Amy E. Levy, M.S.M. [email protected] / 215.887.8702 La Salle Academy....................The Tour of the Landau Windows Director of Religious Education, Rabbi Stacy Eskovitz Rigler, MAJE [email protected] / 215.887.8704 21ST CENTURY FUND Executive Director, Brian Rissinger [email protected] / 215.887.8700 DONOR IN MEMORY OF Director of Early Childhood Education, Liz Z. Sussman, M.Ed. [email protected] / 215.885.2425 Marc & Andy Brookman...........................................Larry Rifkin Membership Engagement Director, Jaimie Abt Shmelzer [email protected] / 215.887.8700 Leon & Sharon Rosenthal.......................................Arthur Fields Director/Curator, Temple Judea Museum, Rita Rosen Poley [email protected] / 215.887.2027 DONOR IN HONOR OF Librarian, Meyers Library, Ellen Tilman [email protected] / 215.887.8700 Fredda Segal......................................Parking Accommodations Youth Engagement Coordinator, Danielle Carlin [email protected] / 215.887.8700 TYSON BROADCAST FUND Choir Director/Pastoral Care, Hazzan David Tilman [email protected] / 215.887.8702 DONOR IN MEMORY OF Organist, Andrew Senn Rabbi Emeritus, Simeon J. Maslin, D. Min. Annette Field..................................................... Nathan D. Field Cantor Emeritus, Richard Allen Executive Director Emeritus, William Ferstenfeld Michael Goodman.............................................. Leonard Piracci DONOR IN HONOR OF Mary Gainer.................................................Streaming Services Rebecca Landau...........................................Streaming Services Richard Peel.................................................Streaming Services Steven & Carol Weller...................................Streaming Services WOMEN OF KI FUND DONOR IN HONOR OF Marlene Bookbinder......................... Janice Schwartz-Donahue Joan Brantz...............................................A Wonderful Evening Lynn Neigut..................................... Women of KI Honoring Me OFFICERS Natalie Shamberg & Claire Spilker......Lynore Eisman; Sue Fried; President, Janice Schwartz-Donahue [email protected] Marlene Glass; Paulette Sterman-Soroko; Vice President, Andrew Altman [email protected] Janice Schwartz-Donahue Vice President, James L. Rosenthal [email protected] Sondra & Michael Zukerman.......................................... Birth of Secretary, Donna Bleznak Keller [email protected] Irving Ansel Zinner Eisman Treasurer, Isaak Kruger [email protected] Immediate Past President, Evonne Jonas Kruger [email protected] Honorary Presidents Joyce Fishbein, Hon. Jan E. DuBois, Miriam Finkel, Connie Kay, E. Harris Baum, Norma Meshkov, Karen L. Sirota, Carey S. Roseman, Andrew J. Flame, Peter J. Soloff, Richard Weiss Shalom Like KI Keneseth Israel on Facebook: is an affiliate THE BULLETIN OF KENESETH ISRAEL & THE MEYERS LIBRARY congregation of REFORM the Union for Editor, Donna Bleznak Keller Reform Judaism Assistant Editor, Anita Madnick C O N G R E G AT I O N SHALOM KI 23 Graphic Designer, Marjorie Trager KENESETH ISRAEL S U P P O R T K I ! C a l l 2 1 5 . 8 8 7 . 8 7 0 0 o r v i s i t w w w . k e n e s e t h i s r a e l . o r g . T h a n k y o u ! 

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For The Future KI CORE VALUES Yahadut Mitkademit Limmud Reform Judaism Sacred Learning Sunday, October 20 — As a diverse community repre- T’fillot Kehillah Erev Simchat Torah senting a broad constituency Prayer and Spirituality Community 5:00 p.m. Dinner for Consecration of nearly 1,000 families strong, Tikkun Olam Ahavat Israel we have identified seven core Social Justice/ Jewish Pride/Love of Israel Students values that define the heart and Repair of the World 5:30 p.m. Erev Simchat Torah Service soul of our congregation. Hiddur Mitzvah Presorted Wednesday, October 23 Arts and Culture 1st Class 7:30 p.m. Masterpieces of Jewish US Postage 8339 Old York Road Literature with Rabbi Lance J. Elkins Park, PA 19027-1597 Paid Sussman, Ph.D.: “The Spiritual Address Service Requested: Permit #81 World of Rabbi Abraham Langhorne, PA Joshua Heschel” Friday, October 25 8:00 p.m. Rabbi Lance J. Sussman, Ph.D. Special Sermon with the Temple Judea Museum: “Teddy Roosevelt and the Jews” Sunday, November 17 10:00 a.m. Meyers Library Author Event — Rabbi Simeon Maslin with his new book, God For Grown-Ups: A Jewish Perspective please recycle Reading Archival Material Can Change Our View of History by Jack A. Myers, KI Archivist As I contemplated what to write about this month, that KI member, Samuel Jacob, was requesting the Board’s others reminded me that readers expected short snippets permission to allow his son, Felix Rosenau Jacob, to have the of history. “History” is an interesting label for the material honor of celebrating a Bar Mitzvah in the Temple. (Archive contained in the Archives. It is often the product of the records show he was confirmed 3½ years later.) recorder of the contemporary events, or the events as written about in an earlier period. An example of this Having been referred to the Rituals Committee, it was is found by comparing aspects of reported in the February 1931 Board Minutes that the KI’s history as presented in the Congregation’s 90th, 100th, 150th committee unanimously approved. and 170th Anniversary Books. “The President personally referred to Sometimes, it is simply a matter of the tremendous impression which the emphasis or label, inclusion or omission. ceremony recently held in the Temple, For years, our literature referred to David the first in many years, made upon the Einhorn as KI’s first rabbi (1861–1866), Congregation, and deemed by many thus omitting the leadership of Rabbi members as a forward step toward Solomon Deutsch of Posen, Germany, cementing a permanent link between who, as the minutes describe, led the the Congregation and those families congregation from 1857 to 1860. whose sons would henceforth receive the inspiration of the Bar Mitzvah ceremony.” At the same time, our archival records can challenge For me, this upended a commonly held belief that “oral history” or lore. Evonne Kruger, our immediate past Rabbi Bertram Korn was the first to have a Bar Mitzvah at president, was recently reading the Board Minutes of KI. He turned thirteen in October 1931. We now intend December 1930, when she discovered an entry noting to search through earlier minutes to locate the name(s) of earlier celebrants. Visit us at KIPAH.org.