Tidings

Temple Ohabei Shalom - Judaism in Motion

November 2009/Cheshvan-Kislev 5770
What’s Inside:
Come In…And Bring Your Lamp With You
Rabbi John Franken
Page 2 Editor’s Note: The following is a reprint of Rabbi with a magnificent synagogue.
• Message from Cantor Franken’s sermon on Rosh Hashanah morning. Look in There are rooms of every shape
Schloss future issues of Tidings for ideas of how you might light and size, suitable for worship
your lamp at Temple Ohabei Shalom! services, classes, meetings,
• High Holy Day Thank parties, gatherings, and every
You’s The story is told: In a mountain village in Europe many
other conceivable function. And
years ago, there was a nobleman who was concerned
few synagogue sanctuaries are as beautiful as the
about the legacy he would leave to the people of his
Page 3 one in which we dwell this morning.
town. He spent a great deal of time contemplating his
• Ansin Religious dilemma and, at last, decided to build the community a But we must bring in the light. We must share our
School synagogue. light with one another so we can all be a community
• B’nei Mitzvah together. It means sharing light like Harold Koritz
He determined that no one would see the plans for the
• Challah Days did here winter after winter by trudging through the
building until it was completed. He spent many hours
snow and ice of Summit Avenue and Beacon Street,
and a great sum of money working with contractors and
through rain and snow and gloom of night, to lead
Page 4-5 builders to create the perfect structure.
our Daily Worship Service.
• Mitzvah Day At long last, the construction was finished. The
It means sharing light like Betsy Gould, of blessed
townspeople were excited and curious about what they
memory, who as Mitzvah-doer extraordinaire
would find upon entering their new synagogue. Early
organized volunteers to visit elderly and infirm
Page 6 one morning, they came into the building for the first
members, and bring meals to the healing and the
• Sisterhood time and marveled at the synagogue's magnificence.
bereaved among us. And it means sharing light like
• Brotherhood There were rooms of every shape and size, suitable for
Amelia Cochin and Miriam Seldin-Stein, two
worship services, classes, meetings, parties, gatherings,
teenagers who care so passionately about Jewish
and every other conceivable function. And no one
Page 7 environmental stewardship that they raised funds to
could ever remember so beautiful a synagogue
• Annual Toy Drive bring a solar-powered eternal light to this
anywhere in the world!
sanctuary.
• Tot Shabbat Then, noticing a seemingly obvious flaw in the design,
When each of us lets our own light shine forth, our
one of the townspeople asked, "Where are the lamps?
community as a whole is brightened. In the last
What will provide the light?" Everyone looked around
Page 8-9 and, behold, nowhere in the entire building was a light
year, many of us have blessed our community with
• Tributes or a lamp.
their own lamps. Because of them, we were able to
• Circle of Giving realize important accomplishments.
The proud nobleman pointed out brackets that were
We adopted a compelling and inspiring mission
strategically placed all along the walls throughout the
Page 10 statement for our community, now featured on the
synagogue. He then gave each family an oil lamp as he
• Judaism in Motion cover of our service leaflet. We also acquired and
explained, "Whenever you come to the synagogue, I
introduced a new prayer book, Mishkan Tefila,
• Torah Study want you to bring your lamp, and light it. When we are
which has made our Shabbat worship more
all here together, our synagogue will be illuminated.
participatory, more accessible, more educational,
But when you are not here, the lamp will remind you
Page 11 that some part of our building will be dark. I have built
and more joyful.
• Rabbi’s Article (cont’d) for you the structure, but you must bring the light. You We created a post-Confirmation program for our
must share your light with one another so we can all be high school juniors and seniors to combine their
Page 12-13 a community together." ' love of Judaism with their passion to do tikkun
• Yizkor Elohim olam.
Like the community in our story, we too are blessed
Continued on Page 11

Progressive in attitude yet traditional in practice, Temple Ohabei Shalom is an inclusive Reform Jewish
community committed to nurturing, sustaining, and touching Jewish lives through joyful worship, life
long-learning, and repair of the world in word and deed.
 same can be said of Andy O’Connell, our fabulous guitarist.
Song and Soul Andy shares with all of us the words of his fingers, expressed
Cantor Randall Schloss through the strings and resonant wood of his guitar.
Last year, prior to our annual benefit Perhaps the most exciting news for our entire congregation is
concert, we created the Music and that many of the musicians above will be participating in our
Worship Fund. This fund became the regular Shabbat worship throughout the year. On most first
beneficiary of the fundraising efforts of the and third Friday nights of each month we will have particularly
concert. The purpose, and by association, festive Shabbat music featuring Andy O’Connell, David Sparr,
the name of this fund are very important to me. Music and and the Rauch/Geller family among others. Our youth and
worship are inextricably linked in the synagogue. They both adult choirs will also add to our worship experience
serve to create for our community the sense of a shared, sacred throughout the year.
experience. One cannot exist without the other.
Finally, a date has been set for our third annual Concert
The great theologian and philosopher Abraham Joshua Heschel benefitting Music and Worship at TOS. I look forward to an
often wrote of the power of music and its connection to the exciting evening with our entire congregation, supporting the
sacred. In his book, Man’s Quest for God, he writes: musical and spiritual life of our community.
In no other act does man experience so often L’shalom,
the disparity between the desire for
expression and the means of expression as in
prayer. The inadequacy of the means at our High Holy Day Volunteers
disposal appears so tangible, so tragic, that We would like to thank those who helped to make this year’s
one feels it a grace to be able to give oneself High Holy Day services so successful. It took dozens of
up to music, to a tone, to a song, to a chant. volunteers to perform the services, greet our guests, handle
The wave of a song carries the soul to heights the ticket tables, and sing with our chorus. The entire
which utterable meanings can never reach. community is grateful to those who participated:
Such abandonment is no escape…. For the Guest Musicians Shofar Blowers & Head Ushers
world of unutterable meanings is the nursery The Greenfield Family Eddie Jacobs
of the soul, the cradle of all our ideas. It is (Arnie, Tracy, Sammy, & Jonah) Mark Lipof
not an escape but a return to one’s origins. Leah Schloss Yom Kippur Scholar
Student Singers Susan Katz-Zeiger
Whether or not you particularly strive to express yourself Jay Rauch Ticket Table & Ushers
through prayer, I think Heschel’s conception of music as a Micah Katz-Zeiger Stan Keizer
primal mode of expression pertains to all of us. Music can do Ashley Davidson Spencer Gould
what often words alone cannot. Eliza Klein Ed Kahn
Jeremy Klein Margie Kahn
I am happy to report that here at this year at Temple Ohabei Jonah Cochin Daniel W. Krueger
Shalom, we have some wonderful, musical things in store. Franchesca Salamanca David Kanter
Already, at our High Holy Day and festival services, we were Alicia Salamanca Priscilla Green
treated to and fulfilled by moving music. Our professional Juliana Rogoff Karen Landman
choir, generously supported by Shelley Schwartz, moved down Torah/Haftarah Readers: Cassandra Warshowsky
from the hidden choir loft and joined our congregation this Tova Rubenoff Max Colt
year, to the benefit of all of us. Our youth choir made its 5770 Margie Khan Louis Goldman
Cathryn Stein Ellen Mosner
debut by leading us in Or Zarua during our Kol Nidrei service.
Miriam Seldin-Stein Marsha Levine
The Greenfield family shared a beautiful “L’chi Lach” on Yom
Amanda Beggs Ronny Sydney
Kippur afternoon. Our volunteer adult choir, which sang so Rhonda Solomon Mike Weintraub
movingly at our Slichot service, is now sixteen voices strong. Micah Katz-Zeiger David Chused
And at Simchat Torah we danced and sang to the fabulous Hannah Rimm Ashley Davidson
klezmer music led by Steve Rauch, Jay Rauch, and Lisa Geller. Jay Rauch R.K. (Shelley) Schwartz
We are blessed to have a music director, David Sparr, who is a Jake Harris Shellee Robbins
living example of Heschel’s ideals. We all know that David Diane Rosen Howard Koor
provides us with beautiful music, but his contribution to our Mindy Berman Chip Shore
community does not end with music, it begins with music. Amelia Cochin Joshua Paris
Spencer Gould Judy Mabel
David often serves as gabbai for our Torah readers, he engages
Len Davidson Max Shore
in Torah study, and he participates fully in our community. The
Sonia Marton Katherine & Joshua Shmikler
Laura Jacobs ...and to anyone we missed!
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Ansin Religious School

Important ARS Dates: Mazel Tov to our

No School Dates
Please mark your calendars . . .
November 8 Please join us on Mitzvah Day
November 28 Thanksgiving weekend
Rosh Hodesh: It’s a Girl Thing! Gatherings:
For girls in grades 7 & 8 - Locations to be announced.
November 22, 2009, 4:00 pm
Save the Date . . . December 12 – 13, 2009
TOSTY Shul-in
An amazing adventure not to be missed for ARS students
in Gan and Grade 2 (and a parent). Applications coming
soon . . . watch your mailbox for more information!
Bar Mitzvah!
Martin Patsouris
November 21, 2009
For Martin’s Mitzvah Project,
he focused on Community Servings, which is dedicated to
providing free home delivered meals to people and their
dependent families who are homebound with HIV / AIDS
and other acute life threatening illnesses. Martin has
volunteered his time in the kitchen helping prepare and
package meals on numerous occasions and has inspired
his family and friends to do the same. Here’s a web site
link to Community Servings: www.servings.org

Diane K. Trust Center “Challah Days!”

The Diane K. Trust Center for Early Education of

Temple Ohabei Shalom is pleased to announce the
beginning of its “Challah Days” program. Families
enrolled in the center and Congregants will have the
Mazel Tov to our Bat opportunity to preorder a delicious challah, freshly
baked by Jason Kriger, and have it labeled and waiting
Mitzvah! for them on Friday mornings in the synagogue foyer or
at the Center. The proceeds of this program provide
Zoe Leibovitch
challah for the Center’s special Shabbat celebrations and
October 24, 2009
support and enhance the programs of the Center as well.
Order forms are available in both the Temple and Early
For my Mitzvah Project, I am going to
Childhood Center offices and delivery has already begun.
read books and play with children who are sick in the
Thank you for your participation and bete’avon!
Children's Hospital. This was by far my favorite idea for
community service. The reason why volunteering to do
this stood out to me is because it's very personal. I go to
each child alone and read/play with them so it makes
them feel like they are really being helped on a personal
level. It would give me great joy to bring these kids spirits
up and play with them. I know that if I were in their
position it would mean the world to me to have an "older
kid" read and talk to me.

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Auxiliaries
Beacon St. Brookline, MA 02446. Make
Sisterhood News checks payable to Sisterhood and mark
Zita Samuels
Betsy Gould Mitzvah Fund in the memo.
Please come to the Sisterhood-Brotherhood Pot Luck Supper
and Movie Night on Tuesday, November 17, 6:30 PM. We For your advance calendar, the Sisterhood is planning a
plan to show the movie Arranged, an engaging film about two Chanukah lunch and Yankee swap at TOS at noontime, on
young teachers in Brooklyn, an Orthodox Jew and a Muslim, Wednesday, December 16.
who discover they have a shared expectation of entering into
arranged marriages. Sisterhood members are asked to bring a
dairy/pareve pot luck main dish; the Brotherhood will provide
dessert and popcorn. Please RSVP to Margie Kahn, 617-277-
7936, or e-mail edkandmsk@comcast.net .

Sisterhood members will be participating in Mitzvah Day on

Sunday morning, November 8, beginning at 8:30 AM, at the Brotherhood News
Synagogue. We will be holding a Chanukah sale to give
Jonathan Atkins & Louis Goldman
everyone an opportunity to stock up on Menorahs, candles,
and Judaica. At this writing, we are also planning to
participate in a project assembling birthday gift bags for The New Year 5770 is off to a GREAT start for the
homeless women. In addition, we will begin the annual Brotherhood. Our first event of the season was the Annual
collection of toys for the Grow Clinic; please see the notice Installation of Brotherhood Officers Ceremony and Dinner/
elsewhere in this issue of Tidings. Be sure to come to Mitzvah Dessert Reception. John Shalett, President of the Men of
Day to participate in the Sisterhood project or other activities Reform Judaism (MRJ) presided over the installation activities
of your choice. and gave a presentation to the assembled brothers and guests.
He delivered an excellent talk on the MRJ, and on its
The Sisterhood Book Group will be meeting on Sunday,
Educational Programming arm, the Jewish Chautauqua Society
November 1, 11:30 AM at the synagogue to discuss
(JCS). He discussed the need for all of us to support the JCS,
Everyman by Philip Roth. Please contact Amy Hozid
as it is one of the best ways to bring understanding to peoples
ahozid@gmail.com or 617-566-1939 for further information
of all faiths about Jewish culture, rituals, and religion.
or to be added to the Book Group contact list.
The Mitzvah Committee will be sending Chanukah packages to Our November event will take place on Tuesday, November
college students; please get the names and addresses of your 17, 2009, at 6:30 PM. This is the Annual Sisterhood Pot
students to our Rabbinic Intern, Jamie Wildstein Luck Supper and Movie Night with Brotherhood. The
jwildstein@ohabei.org. The students always enjoy receiving Sisterhood will provide the main courses, while the
these reminders of home. Brotherhood will bring dessert and popcorn. The movie is
titled Arranged, and concerns arranged marriages. This movie
At this writing (early in October) the Betsy Gould Memorial
should prove to be an enjoyable event with the Sisterhood and
Concert featuring Estelle Katz, with a special appearance by
will also prove to be informative. Please RSVP by either calling
Cantor Randall M. Schloss and accompaniment by David Sparr
Jerry at 617-731-5736 or by emailing
has not yet taken place. Hopefully, by the time you read this,
brotherhood@ohabei.org.
all who attended this unique event will have thoroughly
enjoyed it and attained spiritual comfort in honoring our very
As always the Brotherhood wishes to thank everyone who has
beloved Betsy. Many, many thanks to all who participated in
remembered to bring in or mail in there stamped Butcherie
planning, publicizing, supporting, attending, and were
receipts. Please continue to support this vital program.
otherwise involved in this event.
The Betsy Gould Mitzvah Fund is still accepting donations to
fund the continuation of Betsy's work on Mitzvah Projects
(twice yearly mitzvah visits to shut-ins; Pesach and Chanukah
packages to college students; and the Toy Drive for the Grow
Clinic). Please mail any donations c/o Sisterhood, TOS, 1187
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 TOY DRIVE: November 8 - December 18, 2009
ANNUAL HOLIDAY TOY DRIVE The synagogue is continuing its tradition of supporting
The Grow Clinic at Boston Medical Center
in its efforts to serve malnourished, at risk children.
You can help by:
Bringing unwrapped new toys
to the collection bins located in the Synagogue office
and outside of the Montague Chapel.
Puppets, Checkers, Stuffed Animals, Dolls, Books, Games…
Absolutely no guns, GI Joe figures, war games, etc.
Donating a bottle or two
of unwrapped Sesame Street Complete Vitamins.
Please do not substitute any other brand.
Writing a check
payable to “Ohabei Shalom - Grow Clinic”
and sending it to Temple Ohabei Shalom,
1187 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA 02446.

Thank you!

Friday, November 6
5:45 pm
Activities & Service
Montague Chapel
6:30 pm
Shabbat Dinner
$10, Adult, $6 Child
Rabbi Franken and Cantor Schloss bring
the Shabbat experience alive for the
youngest participants in our community.
Join us for activities, music, dancing and
dinner for all! RSVP to 617-277-6610.
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Tributes
Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund In Memory Of David & Beryl Hoffman Betsy Gould
Pheobe Langenthal Betsy Gould Mary Beth O'Sullivan Betsy Gould
Shari Langenthal Meehan Ellen Harder Betsy Gould
In Honor Of Ellen Harder Sara Weintraub
Larry & Denise Green High Holy Day Honors Stan Keizer Betsy Gould
Daniel W. Krueger Michael Pessah Sara Weintraub
Karina & Josh Gilbert In appreciation Steven Siegel Betsy Gould
Cantor’s Discretionary Fund In Appreciation of Lourdes Alvarez Betsy Gould
Ed & Margie Kahn Honor of chanting at the High Julie Fouhy Betsy Gould
Holy Days Esther Rabinovitz Betsy Gould
Larry & Denise Green High Holy Day Honors Murphy School Betsy Gould
Josh & Kathy Shmikler Cantor officiating at their recent Ben, Rosalie and Andrea Harris Betsy Gould
wedding Betsy Tinkham Betsy Gould
In Honor of Nancy Sheehan Betsy Gould
Andrew Schloss & Nancy Bloom Rachel Schloss’ Bat Mitzvah John Hughes Betsy Gould
In Memory of Mr. & Mrs. David Finucane, Jr. Betsy Gould
Beth & George Abrams Ross Abrams at his unveiling Gert Goldberg Betsy Gould
Doris Zich Betsy Gould
Abraham and Manya Blacher Jerry & Suzi Kahn Betsy Gould
Kirstein Holocaust Education Fund In Memory of Debby. Ron and Jeremy Iken Betsy Gould
Sara Scolnick Betsy Gould Spence & Eddie Gould Betsy Gould
Betsy Gould Memorial Fund In Memory of Ellen Fox
Susan Liberman & David Rogovin Betsy Gould Spence & Eddie Gould Ezra Goldin
Susan Liberman & David Rogovin Hyman Bloom Harvey & Rhonda Solomon Alfred Maleson
David Goldman & Barbara Needle Betsy Gould Ellen Mosner & Howard Koor Paul Mosner & Edith Pransky
Larry & Denise Green Betsy Gould Kathy Shmikler Betsy Gould
David G. Kanter Betsy Gould Lois Platt Betsy Gould
Robin Shore and Laura Moskowitz Betsy Gould Shirley Spero Alfred Maleson
Lester N. Gould and Amy L. Gould Betsy Gould Aaron Weissman Alfred Maleson
Doris K. Feldman Betsy Gould In Honor Of
Richard A. Daynard & Carol Iskols Betsy Gould Larry & Denise Green Rabbi Lipof
Daynard Ben and Rosalie Harris Bill & Marcia Harris
Bernard A. Plovnick Betsy Gould Mariane & Richard Dornfield The marriage of Simon Singer
Spencer A. Gould Betsy Gould & Elena Brachtel
Arthur J. & Rosalyn Gould Betsy Gould Sheila Shulkin Louis Isenberg's Birthday
Maureen T. & Robert Jelloe Betsy Gould
Gopen Library Fund In Memory of
Bruna H. & David E. Rosengard Janice, Rick, Jennifer & Sydney Betsy Gould
Fund In Memory of Lipof
Robert Rosengard Rayna Hazan Louise Levingston Herberta Goldman
Robert Rosengard Helen Rosengard
High Holy Day Food Drive In Honor of
Building Fund Shirley Spero Rabbi Franken & Cantor
Stella Levi To beautify the Temple Schloss
Cantor Zimmer Music Fund In Memory of Alexander & Brenda Tanger
Doris Zimmer Hyman Dukaten Roberta & Stephen Paris
Doris Zimmer Rose Dukaten Eddie & Spence Gould
David Kanter
General In Memory of Shellee Robbins & Donald
Louise Levingston Betsy Gould Steinbrecher
Shirley Spero Betsy Gould Corinne Gilbert
Larry & Denise Green Betsy Gould
Anonymous Betsy Gould Minyan Fund In Memory of
Sidney & Phyllis Dorfman Betsy Gould William Price Betsy Gould
Liz Reisner-Speranzella & Betsy Gould Jeffrey & Sheri Lefman Betsy Gould
Family Jerry Kravitz Etta Kaufman
Minyan Fund Cont’d In Memory of
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Jerry Kravitz Rose Gould
Rene Oranburg William Oranburg The Circle of Giving
Tanger Family Bernard Ross
Alex & Marina Zelfond Golda Bereablit
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Enid Beal Rashelle M. Levine The Circle of Giving provides for consistency in our funding
Gerald & Toby Penn Sara Melnick
Selma Bengis Ruth Savitsky
and gives everyone the opportunity to join in supporting our
Marliyn Barron Aaron M. Mayburg community above and beyond the annual membership
Marliyn Barron Betsy Gould commitment.
Robin Kroopnick Henry C. Rosen We cannot place a price on the spirit and warmth of our
Rikki Alexander Avis Alexander community. The circle is made whole when you participate
Shepard Gardel Isaac Cohen
Louise Levingston Herberta Goldman
every year. Join us this year as we strive for 100%
Daniel Krueger Betsy Gould congregant participation in our annual appeal.
Marylin Klickstein Betsy Gould
Marjorie & Drew Jacobs Betsy Gould Tidings List of Givers as of Oct 1, 2009
George Bazer Betsy Gould
Jon Rotenberg Richard Ross
George Bazer Alan Litchman &
Jane Ross Richard Ross Danit Ben-Ari & Tom Marton Laura Trust
Emiliya Emilfarb Boris Gorokhovsky Cherise & Bob Bransfield Sherry Michelson
Lesley Seder Ann Olans Crossman Jesse Cochin & Alice Newton Ellen Mosner &
Judi Zucker Richard Ross Len Davidson & Howard Koor
Lois Platt Rose Gould
Phyllis Sisson Kenneth Sisson
Laurie Katzman Josh & Tanya Paris
Sol Cohen Nissim Coehn Steven Davis Roberta & Stephen Paris
Sol Cohen Haim Cohen Dick & Carol Daynard Sheldon & Hilde
Sol Cohen Solomon Gerson Dan & Eva Deykin Rotenberg
Ita N. Wiener Benjamin G. Persky Leona Maida Estridge Zita Samuels
Dolores Koffman Leonard S. Koffman
Dolores Koffman Celia Foster
Saul & Doris Feldman R. K. (Shelley) Schwartz
Esta & Robert Epstein Diane & Arthur Gordon Beth Glasky Adrienne Shishko &
Alan Litchman & Laura Trust Richard Jacob Litchman Louis Goldman Joel Sklar
Roger & Myrna Landay Mildred S. Landay Doug & Toni Gordon Chip Shore & Shari Lisann
Dan & Doina Simovici Adela Brauner Spencer & Betsy Gould (z’ll) Simon Singer &
Anne Fries Elliot Fries
Edward & Elizabeth Jacobs Doris Jacobs
Larry & Denise Green Elena Brachtel
Judith Levowich Peter & Dorothy Levowich Arnie & Tracy Greenfield Shirley Spero
Howard Freedman Herbert P. Freedman Ellen Harder & Cathryn Stein &
William & Betsy Micucci Belle Hacker Edward Bloom David Seldin
Jessica Toby Shoher Trust Harold M. Shoher Bill & Marcia Harris Ronny Sydney
Daniel & Eva Deykin Ann Yona
Robert & Martha Rubin Jesse A. Rubin
Ed & Betsy Jacobs Alexander and Brenda
Shirley Eisenberg Eugene R. Eisenberg Ed & Margie Kahn Tanger
Paul Smith Michael David Smith Jonathan Kaufman & Kathy & Josh Shmikler
Evelyn Ruby Abbott M. Ruby Barbara Howard Diane Trust
Marilyn Barron Rose E. Mayburg Stan Keizer Cassandra Warshowsky &
Rimma Korman Moses Dubinsky
Pauline Rhodes Florence M. Rhodes
Hana Kolton-Patsouris & Jeff Colt
Robin Kroopnick Annette H. Rosen Peter Patsouris Michael Weintraub &
Arlene Goldberg Hoxie & Faye Evelyn Goldberg Dan Krueger Diane Rosen
Sila Susan Liberman &
Ronna Dallal James Pivnick David Rogovin
Mitzvah Fund
Joan Yates Add your name to our growing list of generous givers.
Your gift is critical to keeping TOS a warm and vibrant
Music & Worship Fund In Memory of
Louise Levingston Herberta Goldman
community. Gifts can be sent to Circle of Giving, 1187
Beacon St., Brookline MA 02446.
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Shabbat Rishon
November 6, 7:30 PM
Join the Ohabei Shalom Community for a service and
topic geared towards our adult members. A festive Oneg
and chance for discussion will follow.
Mark your Calendars!
Our next Shabbat Rishon will be December 4 at 7:30 PM
featuring congregant Richard Daynard who will speak on
Tikkun Olam and the Campaign Against Big Tobacco.
Richard A. Daynard holds a J.D. from the Harvard Law
School, an M.A. in Sociology from Columbia University,
and a Ph.D. from M.I.T. in Urban Studies and Planning
(specializing in Law and Social Policy). He is a Professor
of Law at the Northeastern University School of Law,
where he has been teaching since 1969. Professor
Daynard has been involved in a number or organizations
devoted to combating the epidemics caused by tobacco
and, more recently, obesity. He has published over 80
articles, appeared in or been interviewed by major
international media programs, and spoken on these issues
in over 30 countries.
Calling all Singers & Musicians!
Musicians: Are you a musician? Come share your talent with your
community!
TOS Choir: From novices to experienced singers, all are
welcome! Rehearsals are usually held on Monday evenings at 7:00
p.m. in the Chapel.
Mahkelah: Makhelah offers students who love to sing an opportunity
to learn and perform both new and traditional music in Hebrew and
English. Cantor Randall Schloss leads the choir in weekly rehearsals
and a variety of performances at religious services, concerts, choral
festivals, school events, nursing homes, and more. All students
(grades 3-7) are encouraged to join.
If you would like to participate or would like more information,
contact Cantor Schloss at rschloss@ohabei.org.
Join the TOS Group on Facebook!
Search “Temple Ohabei Shalom” and click
“Join this group.” See photos from recent
events, connect with other members, past and
present, get notices on TOS programs, and
more! See you online!

Friday, November 20
Judaism In Motion

6:00 p.m.
followed by a festive community dinner (RSVP required)
Shabbat Torah Study
5:45 pm Twice a month
Snacks and Meet & Greet (2 and 4th Saturdays)
nd

Chapel Foyer beginning on November 14

6:00 pm
9:00 am – 10:15 am
Erev Shabbat Service
Join us as we read (in English), discuss,
Montague Chapel
debate, and learn together in a warm
7:15 pm
and welcoming environment. The
Shabbat Dinner
sessions will be facilitated by Rabbi
$12 per Adult & $8 per Child (under the age of 12)
Franken or by a lay volunteer who has
We ask everyone to bring a dessert to share! (No nuts please.)
prepared topics for discussion. Torah
study is always “come as you are,” and
Name:___________________________________ Please RSVP to the Temple no preparation is required (or
Ohabei Shalom office by
expected). Dress comfortably, and
____ Adult Dinners at $12 $_______ Tuesday, November 17.
perhaps bring a spouse or friend. We
____ Child Dinners at $8 $_______ Make checks payable to meet in the Berenson Library. Coffee
TOS or you can call the and tea are provided, No experience
office to pay by credit card.
Donation to defray expenses $_______ necessary! All opinions welcome.
If you have any questions,
TOTAL AMOUNT $_______ please call the synagogue
office (617) 277-6610.

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Continued from Page 1 programs, lectures, cultural activities, and travel. We can create more
We redesigned our religious school format with a goal of putting havurot affinity groups to unite members with common backgrounds
community Shabbat celebration at the center of our children’s school and interests. We can adopt a community-wide, year-round tikkun
experience. olam project such as establishing a once-a-week soup kitchen or
adopting a local school. And we can do many other things we have
We introduced a dynamic “Judaism in Motion service” which will
the passion to create, just as Miriam and Amelia organized their solar
become a fixture in the coming year. We completed a magnificent
eternal light project.
renovation of our classroom wing, enabling our children to learn in a
state-of-the-art facility. We refurbished Penn-Spero Hall. There’s a wonderful story about a rabbi who is teaching a group of
children. A locomotive is about to come into their village for the first
We held five leadership retreats, improved our governance model,
time ever and the children say, “Rabbi, we’ve got to see the
greened our synagogue, began to dismantle a threatening structural
locomotive!”
deficit, and launched a leadership development initiative. And,
perhaps most exciting of all, we built and in just a few weeks will be And the rabbi says, “What’s a locomotive? We’ll continue to study.”
dedicating our new Diane K. Trust Center for Early Education! “But Rabbi,” the children say, “The whole world is talking about the
locomotive. You’ve got to see it.”
All of these accomplishments happened because people like you
shined their lamps on our community. And their collective efforts And they push and cajole and drive him to such a point that he takes
have set us on a path of being and remaining the caring, stable, vital, them out to see the locomotive. The tremendous machine comes,
and healthy community which we all expect and in which we all take with a deafening noise, heaving forth flames and billowing smoke.
pride. Already through the Trust Center for Early Education alone,
The rabbi waits and watches as people come out of the carriages and
some ten new households have joined the Ohabei Shalom
go up into the carriages. Then the locomotive whistles and steams,
community. And as our preschool grows, scores more will join us as
jerks forward and pulls away.
well.
The rabbi stands there, transfixed. Ten minutes after the locomotive
Our ancestors wandering the desert owned few possessions. They
has left the rabbi remains there standing. The students come up to
left Egypt on the run. No suitcases. No backpacks. No U-hauls. No
him and say, “Rabbi, are you feeling well?”
Mayflower. But they did bring out one very important thing:
themselves. They brought their skills, their talents and, most of all, “Yes, answers the rabbi.
their passions. And so when God finally commanded them, “V’asu li
“Then shouldn’t we go back to our studies?”
mikdash v’shachanti b’tocham—Build me a sanctuary so that I may
dwell among you,” they all lined up like Red Sox fans would for “We will go back shortly but first, my children, tell me what you have
tickets to the World Series. learned.”
“And everyone who excelled in ability and everyone whose spirit Some spoke about the smoke, some about the noise, and some
moved him came forth.” (Ex. 35:21) Men and women, spinners and about the locomotive’s enormous size.
weavers, goldsmiths, silversmiths and coppersmiths, woodcarvers,
Then the rabbi said, “What I saw was one car with a fire in its belly
stonecutters, and designers, and craftsmen of every kind—all of
and all the other cars without any fire. The one car with the fire
these people stepped forward to offer their God-given talents to
carried all the other cars and all of those people.” ²
construct a dwelling place the Eternal.
We are blessed with a magnificent sanctuary and a physical plant
Their collaboration and generosity meant that they succeeded not
more than adequate for our needs. The structure has been built.
only in building the Tabernacle, but ensuring that the Divine
Now we can illuminate it in all its grandeur. As the nobleman told his
Presence would dwell among them for generations to come. The way
people, “You must bring the light. You must share your light with
they rose to the occasion changed the course of our history.
one another so we can all be a community together."
Our challenge, then, is to emulate our ancestors in the wilderness—
to give of our talents, whatever they are, and to find ways to employ All of the great things we have accomplished in the last year were the
them for the collective benefit of our holy community and our sacred results of some passionate people who came in and lit their lamps to
mission. Whatever our gifts—be they as historian, engineer, illuminate this community. In the New Year, may more of us be able
biologist, musician, physician, high school student, receptionist, or enter this sanctuary and shine our own lamps on this community
simply as a caring member who wants to create something new for dedicated to God, Torah, and Israel our people.
our congregation, each of us has special gifts with which to bless and
enrich this community. ' Based on a telling by Rabbi Marshall T. Meyer, z”l
² I am grateful to Rabbi David Widzer for sharing this story with me.
There are so many great things we can yet accomplish!! We can be a
wellspring of lifelong learning, where adults and kids alike find joy
and meaning in the study of Judaism and Jewish civilization. We can
be a synaplex of synagogues where on Shabbat there are multiple
ways to participate in Jewish life: joyful and meaningful worship,
learning, doing deeds of kindness, and bringing justice and healing
into our world.
We can be a hub for connecting ourselves to Israel through exchange

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Yizkor Elohim - We lovingly remember

U.S. Army (Res.) Capt. Benjamin A. Sklaven

Elias Gottlieb, father of Robert Gottlieb

We extend our deepest sympathy to their families. Those listed below are recorded in our Book of Remembrance, windows, or on memorial
plaques. An asterisk indicates that the plaque will be illuminated during the Shabbat of yahrzeit.

November 1-7 John Willis * Herbert Leiter

Abraham H. Bleich Joseph A. Aaron November 8-15 Hyman Smith
Abraham Rosenfield * Joseph Burack * Abraham H. Bleich * Ida Corman Parker *
Albert A. Raphael * Joseph Lipof Allida Grossman Ida Pearlman
Anna Aronson Julia Spitz Anna Feldberg J. Benn Keizer *
Anna Snider Ullian * Lena Becker * Arnold M. Barron * J. Maynard Cashman
Annie R. Shapiro Lena F. Rosenberg * Arthur Gerome Katherine Kachelnik
Annie Rubin Leonard Levine * Barbara Comenitz Kenneth M. Baker *
Benjamin F. Beal * Leonard S. Bailey Barnard Ginzberg Laura Gallagher
Benjamin H. Lazarus Levi Cohen * Barney Fagelman Lillian F. Aronson
Brian M. Hubar Lillian Hochberg Bleich Beatrice Greenhood Lillian H. Bleich *
Carrie Thalheimer Lillian Solomon * Bertha B. Hambro Louis L. Lobel *
Cherna Freyda Shapiro * Mandel Max Lewenberg Celia Fisher * Margy Kritzman
Dagobert Horn Maurice P. Penan * Celia Palefsky Marion Kopel Pear *
David Aronson May Goldforb Chana Leah Solomon Mark Stone
Dorothy Silin Morris B. Beal * Charles H. Milender * Mary G. Goldman *
Ellen Smith Harting * Morris Diamond Daisy T. Veiner * Matthew Scott Berger
Evelyn Seletsky * Morris Rothstein * David D. Brooks * Mildred Frank
Fanny S. Lazarus Nathan N. Levins David Disman Brooks * Milton J. Zabarsky *
Frank S. Shapiro * Olivia M. Braverman * Doris L. Starr * Minnie Sharaf *
Franklin Epstein Philip Antupit Edward M. Dangel * Mollie N. Penan *
Gail Arvedon Rachel Scolnick Ethel Douglas Grace * Morris Penn
George Moskowitz Rosa Fishel Etta Marlin Morris Rothstein *
Gertrude Brightman * Roy F. Edwards * Eve A. Goldenberg * Nathan Sepinuck
Gertrude Gordon Ruth Abelson Finch Eve Israel Naiman Pauline Pantell
Harold Widett Samuel Bennett Mannos Frieda Gorfinkle * Phillip Small
Henry Saphirstein * Samuel Glass * George J. Penan * Rae F. Cohen
Herbert Malick * Samuel Gordon * Gladys Less Rebecca Horowitz
Howard Gordon Sana Gould Hannah Brodsky * Recha R. Adler *
Hyman Hootstein * Sarah Ring Hannah Sima Kirzon S. Eunice Gosian
Ida Marcus Sidney Adler Harold M. Linsky * Sadie Berger
Irene Hambro Dana * Solly Scheinberg Harry Gold * Samuel (Cy) Mover
Iris Grill Veltin Solomon Smith * Harry Indursky * Sarah Josephs
Jacob Goldman * Sonia Singer Harry Olansky * Sarah Richman *
Janet Scolnick Stanley Band Helen Gilbert Stillman Sheldon Faber
Jennie Vinocoor * William H. Sneirson * Henrietta Benjamin Solomon Hozid
Jessie Paris Yitshak Rabin Henry O. Harris Solomon Kozol
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Yahrzeits, continued
Sophia Heiderman Joseph Freidson * Annie T. Goldman Pauline Bloom
Sophie Burkhardt Julia Lebach Benjamin Myers * Pauline G. Rifkin *
Sylvia Miller Kermit Archer Bernard Lebow * Rebecca Mannos
Theresa Ruff Lawrence Kahn Bernard Nelson Rebecca Myers
Vivian Lopatin Leo Shlanger Bernard Siff Royal Franklin Beal *
Leon M. Goodman Bertha Dublin Samuel Schertzer
November 16-23 Louis Caplan Bess Needleman Samuel Sedar *
Aaron Kotin Louis Morningstar * Clara Benson * Saul Landman
Aaron Ziegler * Louis Pokroisky * Daniel Seidler * Shirley Rock
Abraham Bernhardt Louise Parker James David Halperin Stanton L. Black
Abraham Myerson * Maori Killick * David Israel Sharaf * Stella Zelinkoff
Alan Jay Grossman * Mary Goose * Dorothy Beckanstin Smith Sylvia S. Levine
Albert Rosenberg Mary Miller Dorothy Franklin Levin
Anna E. Glass * Maurie D. Wiseman * Dr. Henry Kaplan
Annie Lewenberg Max Horn Edwin Claff *
Arnold Jacob Utstein * Michael Lipof * Emma Goldinger
Avram Simovici Mollie Risman Esther R. Rothstein *
Bertha Koritz Morey Freedman * Evelyn Bazer
Bertha Raphael Morris Bernstein * Fannie Bernstein *
Bertha Waldman Morris Blinderman Fannie L. Burack *
Charles Hootstein Morris Dulman Florence Weiner
Dora Weiner * Nelson Butters * Frank Green *
Edith S. Freedman * Olga Falkson * George I. Shapiro *
Edmund Aronson Pauline Cohen Golden Wasser *
Eleanor Aronson Philip Mode Hannah Zimmer
Elizabeth G. Kline Rachel Raphael Harry Rabinowitz
Elizabeth Wyzanski Richard Von Bargen Harry Rosenfield *
Esther Morse Robert Burack * Harry Stein
Eva Sanger Sarah Gosman Henry Shulman *
Fannie M. Strout * Selma Lazarus Gold Hilda R. Cohen *
Francis S. Wyner Shirley B. Utstein * Ina Gordon Long *
Frank Wilson * Shirley R. Porte * Jacob David Seidler *
Gertrude Haft Tanger * Simon Brucker * Jean Jacob Gross
Gertrude London * Solomon Belenki John H. Goldberg *
Golda Zeiger Solomon Croan Judd Seldin
Gussie G. Gorfine Solomon Warshowsky Katie Comenitz
Helen Uhr Geller * Sonia Forman Lillian Gold
Hyman S. Feldman * Steven M. Coler * Lillian Levine
Hyman Tishler * Sylvia Rideman Linda Penn
Ida Bernstein Wolf Abrams Louis Benson *
Ida Margolis Marcus Masse
Ida Rubin November 24-30 Mel Levine
Irving Greenbaum Abraham Green * Minna K. Berkowitz *
Issack Barahai Abraham Stepansky Mortimer Katz
Jean Platt Anna Grodberg Nathan Hydeman
Jennie Goose * Anna Schoenfeld Nehemiah H. Whitman *
Joseph A. Kline Annie Sher Nellie Perle Rosnosky *
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 November Calendar
1 11:30am Sisterhood Book Group 6:30pm Sisterhood & Brotherhood Pot luck & Movie
2 6:00pm Junior Chai & High School 7:00pm Brookline Networking Group
7:00pm School Committee Meeting 20 6:00pm Judaism in Motion Erev Shabbat Service
3 3:30pm Ansin Religious School 7:15pm Shabbat Dinner
5 10:00am Sisterhood Meeting 21 9:00am Adult B’nei Mitzvah Class
6 5:45pm Tot Shabbat 9:30am Shabbat School
6:30pm Shabbat Dinner 10:30am Shabbat Service
7:30pm Shabbat Rishon Bar Mitzvah of Martin Patsouris
7 9:00am Adult B’nei Mitzvah Class 23 6:00pm Junior Chai & High School
10:30am Shabbat Services 22 4:00pm Rosh Hodesh: It’s a Girl Thing!
No ARS Shabbat School 24 3:30pm Ansin Religious School
8 8:30am MITZVAH DAY -please see pages 4 & 5 for details! 25 3:00pm Office Closes
9 6:00pm Junior Chai & High School 26 Office Closed - Thanksgiving
10 3:30pm Ansin Religious School 27 Office Closed - Thanksgiving
7:00pm Board of Trustees Meeting 6:00pm Erev Shabbat Service
11 Veteran’s Day - Office Closed 28 10:30am Shabbat Service
14 9:00am Torah Study No ARS Shabbat School
9:30am Shabbat School 30 6:00pm Junior Chai & High School
10:30am Shabbat Services December
15 10:00am Trust Center for Early Education Dedication 1 3:30pm Ansin Religious School
16 6:00pm Junior Chai & High School 4 5:45pm Tot Shabbat
17 3:30pm Ansin Religious School 7:30pm Shabbat Rishon with Professor Dick Daynard

Leadership Staff and Executive Board

John A. Franken, Rabbi Jesse Cochin, President

Randall M. Schloss, Cantor
Emily G. Lipof, Rabbi Emerita
Steven Davis, Executive Director
Shari A. Churwin, Education Director
Karen Glansberg, Director of Early Education
Kate Mikesh, Dir. Informal Education
David Sparr, Music Director
Arnie Greenfield, Vice President
Cathryn Stein, Vice President
Michael Weintraub, Vice President
Ronny Sydney, Vice President
Martin Shore, Assistant Treasurer
Daniel W. Krueger, Recording Secretary

Daily Worship Service Schedule

November Candle Lighting Times
Monday - Thursday: 8 am & 6pm
6 - 4:14 p.m. 20 - 4:01 p.m. Friday: 8 am
13 - 4:07 p.m. 27 - 3:57 p.m. Sunday and legal holidays: 9:00 am & 6pm
Please note there is no Saturday Daily Worship Service at 6pm.
Daily Worship Services are now being held in the library.
There are openings for new leaders. If this interests you, contact
Ita N. Wiener at 617-734-7137 or Spencer Gould at 781-329-
7439. Thank you!

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