June/July - Temple Israel

June /July 2012 Iyar / Sivan - Sivan / Tammuz 5772 Volume 91 Number 8 

Inside This Issue: 

Rabbi Article 2 

Services Schedule 4 

Contributions 6 

Milestones and 

Condolences 8 

Director’s Message 9 

Co President’s Message 12 

Leagrams 14 

TEMPLE ISRAEL 

918 E. GIBSON ST 

SCRANTON PA 18510 

www.templeisraelscranton.org 

http://www.facebook.com/templeisraelofscranton 

T HE M ESSENGER 

Temple Israel 

Join us for a Special Kiddush 

As we honor 

“Rabbi Joe” Mendelsohn 

11:30a.m. June 2nd in 

Levy Hall 

Rabbi Mendelsohn has been our Rabbi for the last 

8 years, serving as Temple Israel’s spiritural leader, 

caring for us and contributing to the Scranton 

community as well. 

Please join us as open our doors so all can honor 

“Rabbi Joe.” 

Services start at 9:00 a.m. in the chapel. 

R.S.V.P. Temple Israel office. 

Open to the Public.

June/July 2012 

Thank You 

These two words cannot convey the full range of emotions I have experienced these past months. While, on one 

hand, Linda and I have been faced with a radical change in our path, the honor, love and support I have received 

from the Scranton community and from many of our members has been overwhelming. Just this past month I 

was formally honored by the Lackawanna Bar Association and the Jewish Home of Eastern Pennsylvania. 

And then THE VISIT! “Rabbi, we [Temple Israel] want to honor you…” resulting in the Kiddush luncheon June 

second. Alma Shaffer and her committee insisted on making this as special as possible while I struggled with 

accepting this honor. You see, I have taught that caring for others should be done without expectation of reward 

– all the more so for me. Hired as Rabbi for Temple Israel has carried a number of responsibilities; while I have 

tried to meet them all, sometimes I have fallen short of my goals. But I have worked for you 24/7 for these past 

eight years, responding to each challenge as it has arisen. I have experienced a number of successes and a few 

failures as we have moved along our Temple path, changing in so many ways and yet remaining the consistent 

Conservative Jewish force of Scranton. 

Caring for the people of Temple Israel, however, has been a labor of love. I have appreciated each time that I 

shared in your simhot and have been thankful that I could help in your times of challenge. I am reminded of a 

story: 

Rabbi Hayyim ben Leibush Halberstam of Zanz (19th century Poland) said, “In my youth when I burned with 

the love of God, I thought I would convert the whole world to God. But soon I realized that it would be quite 

enough to convert the people who lived in my town, and I tried for a long time, but did not succeed. Then I 

realized that my agenda was still too ambitious, and I focused on the people in my household. But I could not 

convert them either. Finally I realized: I must work on myself, so I may give true service to God. But I did not 

even accomplish this.” There are numerous versions of this story, but the message is the same: the one each of 

us must work on is ourselves. 

Now you know why I truly say “thank you,” for this defines success. If we have the good fortune of making a 

positive difference in someone else’s life, we have managed to change ourselves, and as our paths change, we 

find new opportunities for self-growth and change. You have made me successful. 

THANK YOU 

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Temple Israel Messenger 

Let Us Know When Someone’s in the Hospital 

The Temple Israel Annual Meeting 

will be held 

Wednesday evening, June 20, 2012 

at 7:30 p.m. 

in Levy Hall 

PLEASE JOIN US TO: 

Elect Officers and Board Members 

Install Officers 

Hear Reports from the Committees of the Temple 

including 

Review of the Temple Israel's 

2012-2013 Budget 

New national health information privacy standards 

have been issued by the U.S. Department of Health 

and Human Services (DHHS), pursuant to the Health 

Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 

(HIPAA). While each hospital interprets these rules 

differently, one thing is becoming clear: 

Unless you tell us, we might not know! 

When you are admitted to Regional Hospital of 

Scranton (RHOS) you will be asked to consent or not 

consent to the facility notifying any Clergy of your 

presence in the facility. If you consent, you will be 

asked for the name of your Clergy and the contact 

information of the house of worship you want RHOS 

to notify for you. In accordance with your consent, a 

call will be placed to the Clergy you have identified. 

If anyone calls the hospital and asks for you by name 

or room number; that information will be given unless 

you choose to “opt out”. 

What does it mean to “opt out”? Some individuals 

do not want anyone to know they are in a hospital or 

healthcare facility, so upon admission everyone has the 

right to “opt out”. Therefore, if you choose the “opt 

out” option and a family member, friend or clergy calls 

requesting your room number, no information on your 

admission will be provided. 

Dessert and Coffee will be served 

Regional Hospital has just shared with us that it will 

stop giving out lists of patients by faith. Therefore, 

when we call asking for Jewish patients, the hospital 

will not release your information to us. 

The Solution? 

Please call the office when someone you know is in 

the hospital. 

We’d rather be called numerous times about you 

than learn after the fact that we did not visit you 

because we didn’t know. 

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June Service Schedule 

Shabbat – 12 Sivan 

Friday, June 1, 2012 

Minha/Kabbalat Shabbat 

Light Candles 

Saturday, June 2, 2012 

Morning Services 

Kiddush honoring Rabbi Mendelsohn 

Minha/Ma’ariv 

Havdalah 

5:45 pm 

8:17 pm 

9:00 am 

8:35 pm 

9:20 pm 


Friday, June 8, 2012 


5:45 pm 

Light Candles 

8:21 pm 


Celebrating the bar mitzvah of Jake Epstein 


9:00 am 


8:35 pm 

Havdalah 

9:25 pm 


Friday evening, June 15, 2012 


Light candles 




Havdalah 

5:45 pm 

8:24 pm 

9:00 am 

8:30 pm 

9:27 pm 

Rosh Hodesh Tammuz 

Wednesday, June 20 

Shaharit 

Thursday, June 21 

Shaharit 

Shabbat – 3 Tammuz 



Light candles 




Havdalah 




Light candles 




Havdalah 

7:00 am 

7:00 am 

5:45 pm 

8:25 pm 

9:00 am 

8:40 pm 

9:28 pm 

5:45 pm 

8:26 pm 

9:00 am 

8:40 pm 

9:29 pm 

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July Service Schedule 

Wednesday, July 4, 2012 

Shaharit 


Friday evening, July 6, 2012 


Light candles 

Saturday, July 7, 2012 



Havdalah 




Light candles 




Havdalah 

Rosh Hodesh Av 

Friday, July 20 

Shaharit 

Office Closed 

8:00 am 

5:45 pm 

8:25 pm 

9:00 am 

8:40 pm 

9:27 pm 

5:45 pm 

8:22 pm 

9:00 am 

8:35 pm 

9:24 pm 

7:00 am 

Shabbat – 2 Av 



Light candles 




Havdalah 

Shabbat – 9 Av 



Light candles 



Minha 

Tisha b’Av – the 9 th of Av – Observed the 10th 

Continue with Ma’ariv 

Sunday, July 29, 2012 

Shaharit 

Minha 

Ma’ariv 

5:45 pm 

8:17 pm 

9:00 am 

8:30 pm 

9:19 pm 

5:45 pm 

8:15 pm 

9:00 am 

8:25 pm 

8:00 am 

1:00 pm 

9:00 pm 

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BIBLE 

IN HONOR OF: 

Special birthday of Sara Morris 

Dolly & Bob Baron 

PRAYER BOOK 

YAHRZEIT OF: 

Beloved father Heinie Scheck 

Leonard Scheck 

IN MEMORY OF: 

Irving Mark 

Jennie Levy 

Sidney Newman 

IN HONOR OF: 


Barbara & Louis Nivert & family 

REBA & ART DOUGLASS RELI- 

GIOUS SCHOOL FUND 

IN HONOR OF: 

Birth of a grandson to Marsha & Larry 

Mandel 

Barbara & Louis Nivert 

Birth of a granddaughter to Margaret & 

Doug Sheldon 


Don Douglass receiving the JCC Man of 

the Year Award 

Rochelle & Howard Spizer 

Morris Goldstein 100th birthday 


Sheila Cutler receiving an award from 

JFS 


Marian Beckhorn receiving the Woman 

of Distinction Award 


IRVING AND FRAYDEL EISEN- 

STAT LEADERSHIP DEVELOP- 

MENT FUND 

IN HONOR OF: 



Faye & Richard Bishop 

MICHAEL L. AND SARA R. 

GOODMAN SCHOLARSHIP 

FUND 

RECOVERY WISHES TO: 

Mrs. Bill Johnson 

Barbara & Shelly Ehrenpreis 

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IN HONOR OF: 

Special birthday of Suzie Jacobson 

Barbara & Shelly Ehrenpreis 

HAPPINESS FUND 

IN HONOR OF: 



Linder family 

Birth of a great-granddaughter to 

Naomi & Paul Alamar 

Rosalie Engelmyer 

Morris Goldstein on his 100th birthday 

Barry Propper 

MILLER-MEISTER FUND 

IN MEMORY OF: 

Madge Benovitz 

Bob Meister & family 

Erica & Stephen Miller 

SARA MORRIS MITZVAH FUND 

IN MEMORY OF: 

Irving Mark 

Sheryl & Seth Gross 


Nina Silverman 

Bev Meil & family 

Marion ,Pete & Lynn Pearll 

IN HONOR OF: 


Phyllis & Ed Brandes 

Iris Liebman/Mike Mardo 

Paula Wasser 





Arnold Golnick & family 


Gloria Jurkowitz 

Odessa & Meyer Levine 

Mary & Lawrence Litwak 

Felice, Al, Wendy, Brett, Lisa Morris & 

Stacy & Brian Hessler 


Bev Meil 

Carol & Jack Nogi 

Marion & Pete Pearl 

Helen Pinkus 

Michelle & Sam Reef & family 

Ron, Alicia, Judi Rosenbaum 

Harriet & Joe Schectman 

Alma Shaffer 

Elma Starr 

Gladys & Jack Suravitz 

Paula Wasser 

Arlene & Phil Wizwer 

Birth of a great-grandson to Jessica & 

Ian Downs 

Adele Baldinger 

Rabbi Joseph Mendelsohn being honored 

by the Lackawanna Bar Association 





ALVIN NATHAN YOUTH 

FUND 

IN MEMORY OF: 

Sylvia Cohen 

Melba Nathan 

R. RALPH ROSENFELD 

ECUMENICAL FUND 

YAHRZEIT OF: 

Beloved brother Myer Rosenfeld 

Esther F. Rosenfeld 

Beloved sister Pearl Rosenfeld 


Beloved brother Milton Rosenfeld 


Beloved brother Wilfred Rosenfeld 


TEMPLE FUND 

YAHRZEIT OF: 

Beloved parents Lillian & Heine Scheck 

Dorie Spiegel 

Beloved mother Cophia Gidalevich 

Yuriy Gidalevich 

IN MEMORY OF 

Sylvia Cohen 

Claire Dubin & family 

Ruth Feinberg 

Odessa & Myer Levine 

Gary Itzkowitz 

Claire Dubin & family 

Irving Mark 

Carole, Jim, Irving Cader 

Susan & Joseph Kamerling 

Jill & James Linder & family 

Irv Nudelman 

Elaine & Warren Sicherman


Mollie Pollack 

Charlotte & Marvin Pollack 

Charlotte Schneider 

Carole, Jim, Irving Cader 

Audrey Smith 

Judy & Barry Warshal 


Lee Hollenberg 

Harriet & Joe Schectman 

IN HONOR OF: 





Mim & Joel Joseph 

Rochelle & Howard Spizer 

Phyllis & Michael Weinberg 

Birth of a granddaughter to Margaret & 

Doug Sheldon 


Bat mitzvah of the granddaughter of 


Margaret & Doug Sheldon 

Jan & Barry Weiss 

Bar mitzvah of the grandson of Ellie & 

Bernie Barton 

Carol & Hersch Jacobs 

Sasha Aronzon receiving the JCC Lillian 

Blume Memorial Award 

Mim & Joel Joseph 


Victoria & Ignatz Deutsch 

Birth of a granddaughter to Marcia 

Ufberg 

Victoria & Ignatz Deutsch 

LOUIS WOLF FOUNDATION 

YAHRZEIT OF: 

Beloved father Aaron Langer 

Mildred Weinberg 

RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY 

FUND 

IN MEMORY OF: 

Eva Cohen 

Linda & “Rabbi Joe” Mendelsohn 

Sylvia Cohen 


Ruth Feinberg 


Janice Freedman 


Irving Mark 



Alma Shaffer 

IN HONOR OF: 

100th birthday of Morris Goldstein 

Gladys & Jack Suravitz 

“Rabbi Joe” Mendelsohn honored by 

the Jewish Home 

Dolly & Bob Baron 

Generosity of William Rosenstein & 

Sons 


Generosity of Harris Cutler(Philip G. 

Ball Company) 




Harlene Arenberg 

Rabbi Joseph Mendelsohn honored by 

the Lackawanna Bar Association & the 

Jewish Home 

Harlene Arenberg 

Paula Wasser 

Special birthday of Miriam Lewiskin 

Gary Bonk 

Birth of a great-granddaughter to 


Paula Wasser 

Rabbi Joseph Mendelsohn years of 

service to Temple Israel & the greater 

Scranton Community 

Rachel Weisberger 

Rabbi Joseph Mendelsohn recent awards 

from the community 

Elma Starr 

MINYAN FUND 

IN MEMORY OF: 

Sylvia Cohen 


Faye & Bob Rosenberg 

A generous contribution has been 

made to the Sara Morris Mitzvah 

Fund by Ellis, Barbara & Ashley 

Morris in honor of the 

90th birthday of Sara Morris 

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MILESTONES 

We take note of the following happy occasions and Temple Israel wishes 

to express its congratulations to: 


Sasha Aronzon 

Ellie & Bernie Barton 

Irving Cader 

Don Douglass 

Sandra Epstein 

Joseph Hodin 

Caroline Gottschalk 

Michael Gottschalk 

Suzie Jacobson 

Saul Kaplan 

Norma Lipman 

Rita Marcus 

Iris Liebman Mardo 

Burton Marks 

Ed Monsky 

Morey Myers 

Carol Nogi 

Roberta Novick 

Geordee Grable Pollock 

Margery Rosenberg 


Carol Rubel 

Faye & Melvin Spatt 

Stephen Sugarman 

Marcia Ufberg 

Melvin Ufberg 

Elaine & Edwin Utan 

on the birth of a great-granddaughter 

on receiving the JCC Lillian Blume Memorial Award 

on the bar mitzvah of their grandson 

on his special birthday 

on receiving the JCC Man of the Year Award 

on her special birthday 





on receiving the JCC Diana Lustig Lifetime Achiev. Award 





on receiving the JCC George Joel Senior Service Award 








on their special anniversary 




on their special anniversary 

CONDOLENCES 

In memoriam, our Congregation observes the passing of loved ones 

and friends, and express its deepest condolences to: 

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May their souls be bound up in the 

Bond of Eternal Life


I am happy to say that over the past several weeks we have had some wonderful events at Temple Israel. The last Messenger related 

about a Teen Service in February. On the May 5th Shabbat we had a repeat engagement and, once again, it was a treat for those of us 

who attended. I want to thank Sam Rosen, Cantor Aronzon, Rabbi Mendelsohn, Sam Myers and Henry Litvak for the beginning of the 

service. Our Torah readers were Ben Vale, Cantor, Sam Myers, Jared Cohen, Henry Litvak. Rachel Smertz read a beautiful Haftorah. 

Lindsay Cohen did the conclusion of the Torah Service and Musaf. Everyone performed beautifully and Mitchell and Connie Cohen 

and family treated the congregation to a beautiful kiddush. On the same Shabbat the congregation helped Morris Goldstein celebrate 

his 100th birthday. On the previous Shabbat, April 28th, we had a wonderful 90th birthday celebration of Sarah Morris and a gala kiddush 

given by the Morris family. 

At the May 12th service, the congregation was treated to our annual Sisterhood Shabbat honoring Marian Goldstein-Beckhorn as the 

Woman of Distinction. It was inspirational to see all the women who took part in the service and everyone who came to honor Marian, 

who has been so devoted to the Temple and its Sisterhood for 20 years. Again, we were all treated to a lovely kiddush sponsored 

by the Beckhorn family. On May 18th, we held the Religious School Family Minha/Kabbalat Shabbat services and dinner which was 

also open to the entire membership. If nothing else, if you attend our services you will be well fed and I encourage all of you to attend 

services on a more frequent basis. Believe it or not, you are missed when you don’t come more often. 

I want to take the opportunity to first thank Carol Rubel for her six years of service as the Chairperson of our Board of Education. 

Carol’s talents and insights were of absolute value to the committee and she will be missed at that position, although, thankfully, Carol 

will continue as a member of the Board. Rabbi Steve Nathan did an outstanding job as our Master Teacher of the Hebrew School and 

deserves a big thank you. Also, Penny Myers did so much volunteer work on behalf of the school and Sam Myers helped Rabbi Nathan 

every week and they should to be recognized for their important work. Finally, I must thank Elise Rubinow, of Elan Gardens, for 

all she has done to help the Temple run the Hebrew School at Elan Gardens. 

There are two more dates I want to emphasize in this Messenger. On JUNE 2, 2012, Temple Israel will have a large kiddush honoring 

Rabbi Mendelsohn for his devoted work over the past eight years. I certainly hope all of you, if it is physically possible, will attend to 

recognize the Rabbi’s devotion to the congregation. Please call Julie in the office to indicate your presence so we can plan accordingly. 

On June 20, 2012, we will have our annual meeting and our new slate of officers and board members will be installed. Please come out 

at 7:30 in the evening and enjoy some refreshments along with submitting your ballot. 

As you can see, there is a great deal of activity going on at temple and we wish more of you would take advantage. 

You will note in other parts of this edition about our Shavuot Services over the Labor Day weekend and I look forward to seeing many 

of you there. The holiday falls at a pleasant time of the year which should not prevent you from coming out. 

I wish all of our members have a wonderful summer and don’t forget Temple Israel is open every day of the year even during the 

summer months. 

Seth S. Gross, Executive Director 

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There is no question but that Conservative Judaism’s congregations face serious challenges - particularly those in the Northeast who 

remain in their traditional locations even though many of their members have moved to the suburbs. So in that regard Temple Israel is 

not unique. 

A recent study of Synagogues across the country found that US Jewish congregational life is showing signs of stagnation with few 

young adults, many older members and an overabundance of sanctuary space for its needs. Conservative Congregations struggle 

because of fewer innovations in service styles and ambivalence about the need to change as well as strained financial resources. All 

Congregations (other than Orthodox) suffer from lackluster attendance and pallid attempts at recruitment of new members. 

Young people between ages 18 and 34 constitute a scant 8% of our Congregations and, by contrast, they have more than three times that 

amount in members 65 or older. And our Temple has fewer of the younger and more of the older. 

With educated young adults marrying later and having fewer children they have competing opportunities for social interaction and spiritual 

searching. And to make matters worse religious commitment among newer generations is tapering. The civic and communal sense 

of obligation to “belong” has dropped along with ethnicity and anti-semitism - while intermarriage and other options such as Chabad 

have increased. This is true in America for all religions. 

With the exception of Bar and Bat Mitzvah ceremonies and special events such as our beautiful Sisterhood Shabbat, attendance at synagogue 

services is thin. The study shows that across the country Saturday morning attendance with no Bar or Bat Mitzvah is 24 worshipers 

for every 100 members - and for Reform on Friday nights it is 17 out of 100. And the prime reason why Conservative numbers are a 

bit higher is because of proximity to Conservative synagogues - particularly by the older members who still live near the Synagogue. 

So people who do join do so for practical reasons such as B’nai Mitzvah training rather than for spiritual enrichment. 

And for the most part Conservative Synagogues have done a poor job welcoming newcomers such as following up on visitors with 

phone calls, mail and email including sending out printed material about the Temple. We know that Chabad is much better at this as you 

can walk in and immediately get an invitation to Shabbat lunch or dinner. We believe the answer is not necessarily the programs we 

offer as we feel that people want relationships. People in the internet world and with two-career families are, frankly, too busy for more 

and more activities. 

We have to build relationships with our members and each other to make everyone feel more a part of the Temple Israel “community” - 

something the Leadership will be emphasizing as we move forward. We have new ideas on how best to do this - and we welcome all of 

your ideas as we need to reach out more aggressively to unaffiliated Jews in the community. 

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Tisha b’Av – the 9th of Av 

Tisha B’Av is not a holiday, rather it is a day mourning many losses. According to Jeremiah 3:12, the First Temple, built by King 

Solomon, was destroyed by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar in 586 B.C.E. on the 10th of Av. The Second Temple was destroyed 

by the Romans in 70 C.E., on the 10th of Av, according to the historian Josephus. The Talmud, however, gives the date of 

both destructions as the 9th of Av (Tisha B’Av), which became the accepted date. 

The Talmud justifies the 9th of Av as the major day of mourning because a series of calamities occurred on this day throughout 

Jewish history. The Mishnah (Ta’an. 4:6) enumerates five disasters: “On the 9th of Av…” 

1. it was decreed that the Children of Israel, after the Exodus from Egypt, should not enter the Promised Land; 

2. the First and 

3. the Second Temples were destroyed; 

4. Bethar, the last stronghold of the leaders of the Bar Kokhba Rebellion, was captured in 135 C.E.; and 

5. one year later, in 136, the Roman emperor Hadrian established a heathen temple on the site of the Temple and rebuilt Jerusalem 

as a pagan city which was renamed Aelia Capitolina and which the Jews were forbidden to enter. 

The expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492 is said also to have occurred on the 9th of Av and many feel the date of our first use 

of atomic bombs on Japan is close enough to the 9th of Av to be included. 

Tisha B’Av falls on Shabbat; since this is a fast day, observance is done on the 10th of Av – the night of Saturday, July 28 and the 

day of Sunday, July 29. Services will be at 8:00 p.m. Monday night instead of 5:45 p.m., 7:00 a.m. Tuesday morning, 1:00 p.m. 

for our Minha Torah service and 8:30 p.m. to close the day. 

PRACTICES: Because this is a time of mourning, 

Except for Shabbat, meat meals are not eaten for the first 8 days of Av (the 9th we fast) because meat is reserved for enjoyment. 

Leather, jewelry and cosmetics are customarily not worn. 

Those beyond the age of Bar/Bat Mitzvah are encouraged to fast at least through Minhah which should not be recited before 

1:00 p.m. 

Leather shoes are removed on the night of Tisha B’av after “barkhu.” 

As many people as are able should sit on the ground for the reading of Eiha. 

May these tragedies never be repeated. 

“Rabbi Joe” Mendelsohn 

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We are a warm and friendly Congregation 

and can and will be supportive of each 

other in all kinds of ways. We can each do 

more to ask others to be involved with 

them in Synagogue life - an example is the 

good response we get when we ask others 

to help make a Minyan when there is a 

Yahrzeit. 

So please share with us your ideas as to 

how to build the relationships that will be 

the key to our future success. 

Phyllis Brandes 

Louis Nivert 

Richard Bishop 

Co-Presidents 

Is There a New Graduate in 

Your Family? 

If you would like the names of 

new high school and college 

graduates in your family published 

in the next Messenger, 

please send the information 

to the Temple Office by 

July 2, 2012. 

CULTURAL ARTS FUND 

Are you looking for a gift of distinction? 

Remember the Cultural Arts Fund for a long lasting tribute for 

that special birthday, anniversary or event. 

The Cultural Arts Fund of Temple Israel is the appropriate and 

different way of gift giving. 

A donation plaque is a wonderful way to honor that special 

someone. 

Interested? Call the Temple office at 342-0350 

CULTURAL ARTS PLAQUE 

The following will be inscribed on the Cultural Arts Plaque 

In Honor Of 

The 100th Birthday Of Morris Goldstein 

From: Faye and Robert Rosenberg 

May 8, 2012 

CEMETERY COMMITTEE REPORT 

Those who have recently visited the Temple Israel Cemetery have 

remarked that it is in excellent condition. It is the desire of the 

cemetery committee to keep it maintained in this condition. 

In order to insure that our cemetery continues to keep looking good, 

we are asking for concerned members to join our committee in 

helping to see that this continues. 

It takes little time but a lot of concern and dedication, the problems are 

few, but the oversight is important. Please call the Temple office and 

offer to help. 

Thank you. 

Lewis Sare, Cemetery Chairman 

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TEMPLE ISRAEL SISTERHOOD LEAGRAMS 

We are ready with our Leagram list for July – August. 

Send anniversary and/or birthday greetings. 

Please cooperate with the Leagram Chair, Shelly Garber, The price of one Leagram used for multiple 

listings is $1.00. 

A check payable to the Temple Israel Sisterhood or cash with your order is necessary. 

Birthdays and Anniversaries July 1 to July 31 

Birthday Date Anniversary Date 

Debra Eisenstat 7/1 Mr. & Mrs. Jay Willner 7/7 

Emily Adler 7/2 Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Utan 7/7 

Carol Rubel 7/2 Mr. & Mrs. Michael Weinberg 7/9 

Iris Liebman Mardo 7/3 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ufberg 7/11 

Esther F. Rosenfeld 7/6 

Nancy Friedman 7/10 

Michael Roth 7/11 

Madeleine Jacobs 7/11 

Margaret Sheldon 7/11 

Alan Glassman 7/12 

Connie Cohen 7/13 

Dorie Spiegel 7/13 

Ruth Miller 7/15 

Fern Blum 7/17 

Susan Linker 7/17 

Burton Marks 7/18 

Faye Spatt 7/20 

Norma Lipman 7/23 

Esther Kurlancheek 7/23 

Arthur Z. Jurkowitz 7/23 

Anita Plotkin 7/23 

Carol Nogi 7/25 

Zachary Farber 7/25 

Joseph Hodin 7/27 

Barry Propper 7/29 

Please send a Leagram to the names I have circled. If you are not circling the names, please be sure the Leagram 

chair can tell which name is indicated by your check mark. 

Total amount enclosed is: $__________________($1.00 per name circled) 

Signed as follows:____________________________________________ 

MAIL TO: 

SHELLY GARBER 

501 PINE ST, APT 911 

SCRANTON PA 18510 

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TEMPLE ISRAEL SISTERHOOD LEAGRAMS 

Birthdays and Anniversaries August 1 to August 31 

Birthday Date Anniversary Date 

Irving Cader 8/1 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Rosenberg 8/3 

Jeanne Atlas 8/2 Dr. & Mrs. Mitchell Cohen 8/4 

Donald Douglass 8/4 Mr. & Mrs. Barry Weiss 8/13 

Roberta Novick 8/5 Mr. & Mrs. Melvin Spatt 8/14 

Sandra Epstein 8/5 Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Brandes 8/15 

Doris Waldman 8/6 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Weinman 8/16 

Stephen Sugarman 8/6 Atty. & Mrs. Morris Raub 8/16 

Vladimir Aronzon 8/7 Atty. & Mrs. Richard Bishop 8/16 

Sidney Newman 8/7 Mr. & Mrs. Elliot Schoenberg 8/18 

Lori Raub 8/10 Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Pollack 8/21 

Shirley Alperin 8/10 Mr. & Mrs. Sanford Cohen 8/24 

Jayne Simon 8/11 Mr. & Mrs. Saul Kaplan 8/29 

Rita Marcus 8/12 

Margery Rosenberg 8/14 

Marcia Ufberg 8/17 

Richard Bishop 8/18 

Dorrie Dickstein 8/19 

Sidney Lebowitz 8/20 

Melvin Ufberg 8/21 

Bernard Rosenfeld 8/21 

James Cader 8/21 

Shirley K. Friedman 8/23 

Miki Troy 8/29 

Geordee Grable Pollock 8/30 

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TREE OF LIFE 

Shacharit: 

Sunday 

Monday 

Tuesday 

Wednesday 

Thursday 

Friday 

Mincha/maariv: 

Sunday - Friday 

8:00 a.m. 

7:15 a.m. 

7:25 a.m. 

7:25 a.m. 

7:15 a.m. 

7:25 a.m. 

5:45 p.m. 

A gift of a leaf on our Tree of Life is a perfect way to 

honor family and friends on the important occasions in 

their lives. 

For birthdays or anniversaries or other simchas, call 

Seth Gross or Temple office at 342-0350 

to place a leaf on the Tree of Life in their honor. 

Temple Israel Dunmore Cemetery Hours 

Sunday - Thursday 

Fridays and all days 

before holidays 

Dunmore Cemetery 

Associaation Hours 

8:00 am - 2:00 pm 

TEMPLE ISRAEL 

affiliated with 

United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism 

918 E. Gibson St. 

Scranton PA 18510 

Phone: (570) 342-0350 

Fax: (570) 342-7250 

Email: tiscran@epix.net 

www.TempleIsraelScranton.org 

Joseph F. Mendelsohn 

Rabbi 

David Geffen, Ph.D. Rabbi Emeritus 

Vladimir Aronzon 

Cantor 

Marshall Wolkenstein Cantor Emeritus 

Seth Gross 

Executive Director 

Steve Nathan Educational Director 

OFFICERS 

Richard Bishop 

President 

Phyllis Brandes 

President 

Louis Nivert 

President 

Jay Okun 

Vice President 

Barbara Nivert Vice President 

Marvin Brotter 

Treasurer 

Robert Rosenberg Finance Chair 

Karen Pollack 

Secretary 

Closed on Saturdays

June/July - Temple Israel

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