Ruach - Congregation Beth Shalom

Ruach 

6800 35th Ave NE 

Seattle, WA 98115 

206.524.0075 

Congregation Beth Shalom • Voted in JT News—Best Congregation from 2009-2011! 

August 2012 • Av-Elul 5772 Volume 44, Issue 11 

M E S S A G E F R O M R A B B I B O R O DI N 

The Observant Life 

As a rabbi, I am frequently asked questions about 

observance – some fall into the realm of timeless 

questions of traditional observance, such as kashrut or 

holiday or life cycle observance, and some are exclusively 

contemporary questions, related to changes and 

advances in technology and science and new ways of 

interacting within the world. While I have favorite books 

on particular subjects (such as the holidays), until this 

spring, I have had no comprehensive source for 

researching questions of observance that I found 

satisfying or employed an understanding of Jewish law 

that matched my understanding of halacha. 

(Conservative Judaism understands halacha as being the 

evolving code of Jewish living that represents the 

revealed will of God as codified by our rabbis and adopted 

and shaped by the Jewish people over the course of our 

four thousand year old tradition.) And with this 

background in mind, I want to share with you with great 

excitement, and encourage everyone to own a copy and 

to read, an incredible new resource book of Jewish 

practice that covers an incredible breadth of subjects 

from a rich, thoughtful, well researched perspective, 

called The Observant Life edited by Martin Cohen and 

Michael Katz, whose tag line is “Wisdom of Conservative 

Judaism for Contemporary Jews”. 

This book was written by over thirty different 

Conservative rabbis who work in various fields of Jewish 

life, sharing their own expertise and research in their 

subject areas as well as responsa of the Committee on 

Jewish Law and Standards (the halachic decision making 

body of the Conservative movement). This book both 

makes accessible traditional practices and perspectives 

and applies traditional principles and wisdom to new 

contemporary situations. In particular, I appreciate its 

articulation of the wisdom of our tradition on how to fully 

engage in this world – in guidance on the issues that 

arise when “sitting in your home” (family relations, 

dietary laws), and when “walking on the way” (the 

workplace, taxation and contracts, interfaith relations). 

The Observant Life is different than any other book on 

Jewish law I have seen. Usually, books on observance 

limit to their subject to those of ritual observance 

(holidays, lifecycle, kashrut) but do not address ethics 

and ethical behavior. In other words, books on 

observance usually focus on the mitzvot bein adam 

l’makom, (commandments that concern the relationship 

between human beings and God) and don’t address the 

second area of mitzvot, mitzvot ben adam l'havero 

(commandments that concern relations between human 

beings). This book takes seriously the goal of halacha 

which is to inform and sanctify all areas of living, 

including both ritual and ethical, between us and God and 

between us and our fellow human beings and includes in 

its chapters a very broad array of subjects. 

The prophet Micah (6:8) suggests what God desires of 

humanity can be reduced to three things: God has told 

you, O man, what is good, and what Adonai requires of 

you: Only Acting Justly, And Do Deeds of Loving- 

Kindness and to Walk Humbly with your God: 

כִּ‏ י אִ‏ ם-עֲשׂוֹת מִ‏ שְׁ‏ פָּ‏ ט וְ‏ אַהֲ‏ בַ‏ ת חֶ‏ סֶ‏ ד,‏ וְ‏ הַ‏ צְ‏ נֵעַ‏ לֶכֶת,‏ עִ‏ ם-‏ 

אֱ‏ הֶ‏ י‏.‏ 

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE: 

Updates R1-4 

Youth Updates 

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Adult Education R6-8 

The High Holiday 

Packet 

is a pull-out, included 

in the center of this 

issue of the Ruach! 

Anniversaries & Birthdays R9-10 

B’nai Mitzvah 

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HIGH HOLIDAY PACKET 

HH1-6 

Events in Member’s Lives R13-14 

Contributions R14-16 

Service Schedules and Calendars R18-20 

Tzedakah Form 

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Message from Rabbi Borodin continued 

(Continued from page 1) 

This statement of Micah is the organizing principle of the 

book which is divided into three major sections. The first 

section, Walking Humbly with God, concerns matters of 

Jewish ritual. The second section, Acting Justly, deals 

with the challenges that face committed Jews who are 

engaged with the modern secular world. And the third 

section, Deeds of Loving-Kindness, considers our 

relationships with others. As suggested by this 

description of its contents, this book covers numerous 

subjects including chapters on Shabbat, prayer, 

repentance, citizenship, personal integrity, public 

appearance and behavior, civic morality, commerce, 

intellectual property, same-sex relationships, 

responsibilities between parents and children, 

relationships between siblings, medical ethics, and caring 

for the needy. 

This book is aimed towards people trying to lead richly 

Jewish lives in the context of our contemporary world 

which seems to provide endless possibilities and pitfalls – 

providing guidance on how to live lives suffused with 

values of faith and sanctity in all areas of our daily 

engagement in the world (be it the home, the synagogue, 

the bank, the theater, the law court, the old age home or 

the emergency room). The underlying principle is that 

there is no place on earth devoid of the divine spirit and 

no aspect of life that is not enhanced through 

approaching it with the spirit of Godliness and with acts 

of holiness. And the book provides guidance as to how 

one might live such a life. 

The Observant Life is a tremendous resource for all 

dedicated Jews who are interested in learning about our 

tradition’s wisdom about living a life of holiness in this 

world. It is an incredible resource for us who desire to 

travel on the sacred path of living a life where everyone 

is cherished and seen as created in God’s image. It is an 

invaluable guide for the journeys of our lives. 

Throughout this coming year, we will be creating 

opportunities for us to learn and dialogue around some of 

the many subjects discussed in this book. Among other 

programs in the works, will be a monthly Shabbat 

afternoon discussion group. This book is suitable for 

study with others and study on your own, and a resource 

for when questions arise. It is one of the few books that 

I would consider a must for all of our homes. Now, is 

always the right time to learn. 

CBS 2012-2013 Board of Directors 

President 

Mark Stiefel 

President Elect 

Andrew Cohen 

Past President 

Jill Cohen 

Vice-President 

Michael Madwed 

Treasurer 

Marie Poole 

Secretary 

Craig Lawson 

Religious School Committee 

Chair 

Galit Ezekiel 

Members at Large: 

Karen Binder 

Rhona Feldman 

Neeloufar Gharavi 

Jeff Gillman 

Nancy Goldov 

Steven Katz 

Rachel Kleit 

Susan Morgensztern 

John Schochet 

Peter Shapiro 

David Tarshes 

Perry Weinberg 

Deadlines: 

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Rabbi Jill Borodin 

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Irit Eliav 

Director of Education 

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Leah Lemchen 

Early Childhood Center Director 

leahlemchen@bethshalomseattle.org 

Carol Benedick 

Program Director and 

B’nai Mitzvah Coordinator 

carolbenedick@bethshalomseattle.org 

Marjie Cogan 

Front Office Coordinator 

marjiecogan@bethshalomseattle.org 

Sandy Sloane 

Lifecycle Coordinator 

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Emma Shusterman 

Bookkeeper 

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Rachel Kotkin 

Asst to the Director of Education 

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Carlos DelCid 

Custodians/Handymen 

Rimma Lobas 

Morena Guidos 

Custodial Attendant 

Synagogue office address: 6800 - 35th Ave NE • Seattle, WA 98115 • website: www.bethshalomseattle.org 

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For this message I will highlight the new Livnot Project 

and our Scrip program. 

One of the most exciting new programs for Beth Shalom 

high school students is the Livnot Project. This fall, as a 

partnership between our Shul and Herzl-Ner Tamid, 

Livnot will offer teens the ability to learn from hands-on 

experiences. In addition to time in the classroom, 

students will “walk the talk” by working directly with 

social justice agencies and learning from some of 

Seattle’s best Jewish educators. 

Please join me in welcoming Julie Hayon, the Livnot 

program director to our community and thank Carol 

Starin, Irit Eliav and Rabbi Borodin as well as their 

Herzl-Ner Tamid counterparts for their excellent work 

and innovative thinking to create this program. We also 

appreciate the generous grant received from the Jewish 

Federation to assist in the start-up of this program. 

I would also like to highlight our Scrip/Gift Card 

program. In this program, members purchase Scrip 

(Gift Cards) at face value to use at local stores to 

purchase groceries and household items. Beth Shalom 

benefits as we receive 4% to 5% of the Scrip sales 

amounting to income of $10,000 per year. Currently 

one-quarter of our members participate in the Scrip 

program and our retailers include: QFC/Fred Meyer, 

PCC, Safeway, Albertsons, Starbucks, Home Depot and 

ARCO. Many of us already shop at these retailers on a 

regular basis. 

Message from the President 

members joined in – our income would increase to over 

$30,000 per year. You might wonder, is it difficult to 

obtain Scrip In fact it is very easy -- just stop by the 

Shul office or send in a check; in addition you can order 

Scrip via email or over the phone. You can also set up 

an automatic monthly purchase plan and in the future 

we expect to have additional purchase options. PCC 

allows you to reload your Scrip card at the store. Kevin 

Coskey works tirelessly managing the program and he 

can be reached at scrip@bethshalomseattle.org. A 

special thanks go to Kevin for his leadership of our Scrip 

program. 

I’ll share with you how Sheryl and I use the Scrip 

program. Every month we figure out our budget for 

Scrip, often $600 and then we email an order to the 

office. The next time we are at Shul we provide our 

check and pick up our Scrip. We started buying a small 

amount of Scrip and after a few months we determined 

a regular amount to purchase. For us, Scrip has 

become part of the shopping culture for our family and I 

would encourage you to do the same. 

Enjoy the rest of our wonderful summer in the Pacific 

Northwest! As always, if you have a comment for me, 

email me at: CBSMarkS@gmail.com. 

B’Shalom 

Imagine the increased income for our Shul if more 

members participated -- if three-quarters of our 

Mark Stiefel 

T OD D A H R A B A H A N D W E LC OME: C HA N G E S I N OUR B ’ N A I M I T Z V A H C OOR D I NA T OR 

From Rabbi Borodin 

I want to begin by thanking Michal Stern for her 

dedication and hard work the past 6 years as our Bar/Bat 

Mitzvah Coordinator, working with our B’nai Mitzvah 

students, their parents and our tutors. I know many of 

you have benefited from Michal’s guidance, sensitivity 

and teaching. We are excited for Michal who will be 

taking on new and additional teaching responsibilities at 

SJCS (Seattle Jewish Community School) starting this fall 

and look forward to many of our children benefiting from 

her strong teaching as she will now be the lead Hebrew 

and Judaics teacher for both first and second grades at 

SJCS. We look forward to Michal continuing her 

involvement at Beth Shalom as an active member, 

teacher, leyner and haftorah reader. 

I want to welcome our new Bar/Bat Mitzvah Coordinator 

– someone who is not new to Beth Shalom, but new to 

this role. I am delighted that Carol Benedick, in addition 

to her work as our part time Program Director, will now 

be our Bar/Bat Mitzvah Coordinator. Carol brings a 

number of strengths to this role including being an active 

davener, Torah reader, haftorah reader, parent of two 

daughters who have celebrated becoming bat mitzvah at 

Beth Shalom and mother of a bnai mitzvah tutor. 

Additionally, Carol (with her family) recently spent a 

sabbatical year in Israel where she was able to do 

extensive Hebrew study and studied davening with 

HaMorah, Joyce Shane, z”l. Carol also brings to this 

role, strong organization skills, knowledge on Beth 

Shalom customs and practices, and resources on 

organizing events and communal meals at Beth Shalom 

as our longtime program director. 

Michal and I have been working carefully with Carol to 

facilitate a seamless transition between coordinators. 

We are blessed at CBS to have many wonderful 

committed Jewish educators. 

Toddah Rabah to Michal and Brucha Habaa to Carol. 

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M E M B E R P R O F I L E: S H E L L Y C R O C K ER 

Shelly Crocker, member of Beth Shalom since 1990, was 

born in Georgia, raised in Minnesota,. Shelly fell in love 

with her high school sweetheart, Sandy, and exchanged 

vows in a commitment ceremony in her mother’s 

backyard in 1984. She graduated from law school in 

1990. 

Shelly and Sandy moved to Seattle as a new couple in 

1984. Shelly started conversion classes immediately at 

Beth Shalom with Rabbi Ira Stone. She converted in 1986 

and applied for membership in 1990. At that time their 

daughter Hannah had been born, but the Beth Shalom 

by-laws would not allow them to join as a family because 

they were a lesbian couple. Mark Benjamin, president of 

the board then, assured the couple that they would 

change the by-laws. Good to his word, within a month, 

the by-laws were changed and Shelly and Sandy were the 

first lesbian family to join Beth Shalom. 

Shelly and Sandy have two young adult children, 

Hannah, 22 who graduated from UNC Chapel Hill and 

Emma, 18 who is getting ready to start her freshman 

year at University of Washington. 

Shelly owns 2 law firms, a commercial bankruptcy firm 

called Crocker Law Group and an individual consumer 

debtor firm called Resolve Legal. When not engaged in 

work family and friendships, Shelly likes to garden, cook 

and read voraciously. 

Shelly is a regular Shabbat shul-goer. She sees Shabbat 

services as her ‘spiritual tune-up for the week.’ Weekly 

prayer, study, meditation, and Kiddush with the Beth 

Shalom community centers her. Her Mussar practice that 

began several years ago after reading Rabbi Stone’s “A 

Responsible Life” with a Beth Shalom study group, has 

had the greatest impact on her Jewish practice. Her 

whole way of being in the world as a Jew has been 

shaped by her weekly hevruta, and her va’ad (8 other 

group members).The group meets by video conference 

every other week for one hour with Rabbi Stone to study 

Mussar texts and another hour with Beulah Trey, the 

group facilitator, to examine personal middot (character 

traits). 

As if one spiritual transformation were not enough, the 

other transformative experience for Shelly was the Beth 

Shalom AJWS (American Jewish World Service) weeklong 

service trip to El Salvador. Witnessing the impact of 

global inequality and injustice, Shelly became inspired to 

engage in social action. She started the Global Study 

Group, an after Kiddush discussion group, she went to 

Olympia with Beth Shalom members to advocate against 

homelessness and she joined the board of Building 

Changes, a non-profit organization to end homelessness. 

Updates 

Shelly is pictured here on the right with her partner, Sandy Kibort. 

Her advocacy work ignited a passion in her to run for 

office. She is currently campaigning for the House of 

Representatives in the 46th district in which the shul 

resides. 

While Shelly and Sandy have traveled to Israel multiple 

times, the most significant two visits were during their 

daughters’ respective high school semesters at TRY, 

Tichon, Rama, Yerushalayim. These visits coincided with 

Passover in Israel where the entire family celebrated 

seder with Sandy’s 85-year-old aunt, a Holocaust 

survivor, who immigrated to Israel from New York at 81- 

years-old. An inspiration! 

To newcomers of Beth Shalom Shelly believes the key to 

building community is involvement, whether it is sitting 

on a committee, volunteering to cook with Shabbas 

Chefs, Mitzvah Corps, or attending adult education 

classes. She especially values adult ed classes for the 

ongoing learning with excellent teachers and the 

opportunity to meet and befriend new people of all 

different ages and walks of life. 

One final note. Aside from being active on the board, 

cemetery committee, social action and the capital 

campaign in the past, Shelly has been a Gabbai 

(usher/greeter) for almost six years. “Being the Gabbai is 

the best job. You get to meet everyone, including out of 

town guests, and newcomers. You have the privilege of 

teaching folks how to put on a tallit and say the blessing 

for the first time. You get to wish others a Shabbat 

Shalom. And best of all, there is only one meeting a 

year.” 

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Youth Updates 

F R O M TH E D I R E C T O R OF E D U C A TI ON: I R I T E L I A V 

I have always been someone who is fascinated by 

history. I love visiting museums, touring old houses, and 

reading the stories of people in generations long gone. I 

enthusiastically look at old photographs and listen to the 

stories of the people who live on only in the hearts and 

minds of those who love them. 

But the importance of history isn’t simply in the stories of 

those who are gone. I’ve been reflecting this week on the 

history of our community, specifically on all that has 

happened in the 12 years that I have been fortunate to 

be a part of it. I write this during a particularly 

emotionally intense week. We have lost another beloved 

member of our community and we are all reeling from 

the shock. At the same time, one of the very first children 

I met at Beth Shalom (when he was just a year old) is 

about to celebrate his Bar Mitzvah. I am thrilled to 

celebrate this simcha, this happy occasion. This is the 

true bittersweet nature of life…sorrow and joy are often 

intertwined. 

I often feel this combination of emotions while watching 

our children during times of sadness. I have attended a 

great many funerals and shiva minyanim for members of 

our community and their loved ones. At these events, my 

eyes (as usual) are often on our children. I am constantly 

amazed at their intrinsic ability to respond appropriately 

in difficult times – especially when their friends are 

amongst the mourners. They know when to give a hug or 

hold a hand. They are not afraid to cry – to show their 

emotion at the true loss that they also feel. They also 

know when their friend needs to simply be a child and go 

back to laughing or playing a game. 

A small part of me is a little sad that they have 

experienced enough loss in their young lives to know 

what to do during these difficult times. But, a much 

larger part of me is proud that, as a community, we have 

taught them well. We have taught them both what it 

means to be a friend and to be a member of the Jewish 

community. And they have risen to the challenge, in an 

exceptional way. 

And as someone who knows quite a bit about the 

histories of members of our community, it is especially 

powerful to watch children follow in the footsteps of their 

parents and even grandparents in fulfilling certain roles 

for their peers. It is inspirational to know that we are 

training the next generation to continue the legacies that 

have been created for them at Beth Shalom. It is 

wonderful that they too will be there to keep our 

community vibrant and strong and that this will continue 

to be a place where we take care of one another. 

One day, when they share their personal histories with 

their own children and grandchildren, I am confident that 

they will be grateful that they were raised in a place that 

taught them to respond to others with kindness and with 

love. And from the bitterness of this loss, that is the 

sweet message I am taking to help me move forward. I 

hope that, in some small way, it does the same for you. 

Join the CBS Religious School! We were voted best Supplementary Education program 

by the readers of the JTNews in 2010 AND 2011! 

Do you know any children from preschool (beginning at age 3) to middle school who are interested in being part of 

Jewish education at Beth Shalom Religious School enrollment forms were mailed out with your dues packet. Our 

school is a thriving educational community that has been growing tremendously over the last several years! To learn 

more about our classrooms, our experiential educational programs, and more, please contact Irit Eliav, Director of 

Education, at Iriteliav@bethshalomseattle.org. 

CBS Food Drive 

September 17th-October 9th 

The Social Action Committee (SAC) is again organizing the annual CBS Food Drive to stock the Jewish 

Family Service Food Bank. CBS members can bring non-perishable food items or buy a Gift Card 

between September 17th - Rosh HaShanna- and October 9th. Collection bags will be handed out at the 

end of services during Rosh HaShanna. For more information, contact Gail Coskey, SAC Co-chair, 

at: sacchairs@bethshalomseattle.org. 

The annual JFS Food Sorting at their warehouse will take place Sunday, September 30th. 

More information about this event will be posted soon on the JFS website. 

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Adult Education 

ADULT EDUCATION 2012– 2013 

Living Judaism Year Course 

Living Judaism–The Basics 

Instructor: Ron DeChene 

This course serves as both an introduction to Judaism for 

Jews looking to deepen their knowledge, non-Jewish partners 

of Jews, and as the required course for conversion students. 

It lays the foundation for participants to build a strong 

personal Jewish identity. 

Register by 9/13 for 5% discount 

We will study the essential spiritual, religious, ethical, legal, 

historical, and cultural elements that inspire a commitment to 

Jewish life and involvement. 

Participants will be encouraged to explore various forms of 

Jewish identity through practice. Participants will also take 

one of our Hebrew courses during the first hour of the course 

as part of this year of study. 

*Tuition includes the cost of one of our Hebrew 

courses as well as the Living Judaism course. 

Pre-requisites: Interview with Rabbi Borodin and completion 

of the Living Judaism application. 

Time: 

Tuesday Nights, 7-9:30pm (includes Hebrew) 

Dates: Class begins Oct. 18 (23 sessions + additional 

get-togethers) 

Cost: Singles - $450/Member*, $550/Non-member*; 

Partners who are taking this class together, please call the 

office for special pricing. 

Find out more about Living Judaism 

at our Special Intro Class 

Tuesday, October 4 at 8:00pm 

Learn about the High Holidays at our September 

Food For Thought class at the DeChene-Hovden home 

FOOD FOR THOUGHT 

DINING ROOM LEARNING 

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We’re still figuring out our fall classes. 

Here’s what you can expect: 

• A Tuesday night class with Beth Huppin 

• A daytime class with Yiscah Smith on 

Wednesdays at 3:00pm 

• A weeknight class with Yiscah Smith 

• A fall workshop with Rabbi Borodin 

on End of Life issues 

• A Shabbat afternoon trop class 

with Carol Benedick 

We will offer package deals if you take a year-long 

Hebrew class and Beth’s or Yiscah’s year long 

classes. Details will be revealed in cybershul and 

the September Ruach. 

High Holiday Preparation 

High Holiday Prep classes are planned for 

Tuesday evening, September 11 with Rabbi Borodin 

Please join us for more classes on Wednesday, 

September 12 from 7-9:15pm. Instructors include 

Shirah Bell and others. 

HIGH HOLIDAY PREP CLASSES ARE FREE! 

MORE HIGH HOLIDAY PREP CLASSES WILL BE 

ANNOUNCED IN THE SEPTEMBER RUACH 

Come to a workshop learning series over the summer. We will work together 

from How to Run a Traditional Jewish Household and other texts while 

enjoying a pasta dinner. 

All levels of learning are welcome! 

When: Tuesday, evenings at 7pm 

Workshop continues through September 11 

Where: Robert Hovden and Ron DeChene’s home, RSVP and 

address will be provided, carolbenedick@bethshalomseattle.org. 

We’ll learn together while enjoying a pasta dinner. Bring an appetite 

for learning! All are welcome! No Charge. 

Read 

Blu 

Greenberg


Hebrew I (Alef Bet) 

Instructor: Talya McCurdy 

This introductory class lays a foundation for 

future Hebrew learning in any direction by 

combining the skills of sight-reading with the building blocks 

to recognize how Hebrew works as a language and a part of 

our lives. Come prepared to sing, play, pray, and question. 

Text: Aleph Isn’t Tough 

Hebrew Language 

Time: Tuesday nights, 7:00-8:00pm 

Dates: Class begins Oct. 16 (23 sessions) 

Cost: $200/Member, $250/Non-member 

Biblical Hebrew II, Instructor: Jeremy Alk 

The focus of this class is on learning the building blocks of 

basic biblical Hebrew. Students will build vocabulary, study 

grammar, and improve their reading fluency. The class 

moves with the pace of students. There is no weekly/ 

monthly/yearly goal. There are weekly homework 

assignments. (No exams though.) 

Text: EKS Hebrew Primer 

Academic pre-requisites: Basic Hebrew literacy – 

ability to decode Hebrew words; discipline to spend one 

hour per week studying. 




Biblical Hebrew III, Instructor: Mark Solomon 

This class is a next step for students who are able to read 

Hebrew but not translate. The text we will use is First Hebrew 

Primer for Adults. We’ll start at Chapter 17 and do a review 

of Qal verbs. The text will be supplemented by more detailed 

information provided by the instructor. The hour and a half 

sessions will give us a chance to learn the inner logic of 

Biblical Hebrew and provide lots of translation practice. This 

class is aimed at students who want to have a firm grasp of 

Biblical Hebrew, not “pick up a little Hebrew.” There will be 

homework and regular attendance is expected. In return you 

will be able to translate Biblical Hebrew narrative on your 

own at the end of the two year sequence. Really. 


Dates: Class begins Oct. 16 (23 1.5-hour sessions) 


Siddur Hebrew, Instructor: Yiscah Smith 

For students with basic Hebrew grammar/vocabulary 

knowledge, this class will focus on understanding Siddur Hebrew. 

We will look at both literal and theological ways to understand 

and translate the t’fillot. Basic grammar rules and 

vocabulary will be reviewed and expanded throughout the 

year. The use of words in modern Hebrew as well as the echoes 

from Biblical Hebrew will be explored. Learn Hebrew, discuss 

theology and understand what you’re saying when 

davening in Hebrew. 




Middah of the 

Month 

Shirah Bell 

August’s Topic: 

Silence—Shtikah 

The central statement of 

faith in Judaism is the Sh’ma, which reads: “Hear Israel, 

the Lord your God, the Lord is One.” Only in silence is it 

possible to hear. Two aspects of silence are explored in 

Mussar—restraint in speaking with others and 

contemplative quiet. The interpersonal dimension of silence 

gets more attention. In the Tanach we are told that a wise 

person is one who knows what to say and when to say it 

but also knows when to keep silent. And even a fool is 

judged wise just because he keeps silent (Proverbs 17:28). 

Jewish thought and practice are very concerned with the 

careful use of speech. After all, God brought creation into 

being with speech. It recognizes that, like any powerful 

resource, speech can be both creative and healing as well 

as dangerous and destructive. The primary Mussar 

guideline for speech is not whether something is true but 

rather what impact our words will have on another. If our 

speech may cause people financial, physical, psychological, 

or other harm (or even anxiety or fear), then we are 

enjoined to hold our tongues. The practice of careful 

speech is called sh’mirat ha’lashon, which literally means 

“guarding the tongue.” 

Beyond mastery of our speech is the act of quieting down 

itself, stepping back from a life saturated with sounds, 

many of them of our own making. Silence is a pregnant 

state out of which can emerge worlds of possibility we have 

no hope of knowing so long as our lives are overfilled with 

words and noise. Certain sorts of insights and 

understandings about life, and about my life, don’t ever 

come to me by talking, or even by thinking, but are the 

gifts of silence. It’s only by entering silence that I can find 

my way to prayer. So it was with the men of the Great 

Assembly, who would sit for an hour in silence before they 

began their prayer. It is only in silence that the million 

concerns of my day become quieted enough that I can 

reach out to God. Otherwise, I’m just too busy and 

distracted. 

Consider two Mitzvot as they relate to silence: 

Don't bear tales among your ‏ֹלא־תֵלְֵך רָ‏ כִיל בְּעַמֶּיָך 1) 

people (Vayikra 19:16) 

And you should serve the Lord וַעֲבַדְתֶּם אֵת יְהוָֹה אֱֹלהֵיכֶם 2) 

your God (Shemot 23:25) (which develops into the 

mandate to be in silence for the Amidah.) 

Please join Rabbi Harry Zeitlin and Shirah Bell for an 

experience of silence on Shabbat August 18 (this is 

the THIRD Shabbat, not our usual fourth Shabbat.). 

(Adapted by Shirah Bell from Everyday Holiness with 

permission of Alan Morinis; all rights reserved.) 

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Name: 

Address, 

Phone, Email: ( ) , 

PLEASE INDICATE YOUR COURSE SELECTIONS 

 

 

 

 

 

Living Judaism– The Basics, $450/member, 

$550/non-member (partner discount available. call the 

office for application) 

Hebrew Level I, $200/member, $250/non-member 

Hebrew Level II, $200/member, $250/non-member 

Hebrew Level III, $300/member, $350/non-member 

Siddur Hebrew, $200/member, $250/non-member 

 

 

 

 

Learner’s Minyan, no charge 

Sunday Torah Study, no charge 

Israeli Dancing, Punch Card - $30/member, 

$40/non-member 

Beit Midrash/Talmud Study 

Member Non-member A 3% fee is applied to all credit card payments 

Enclosed is my payment via Check Visa/MC 

Card # / / / exp. 

Signature of Cardholder 

Verification Code 

date 

Total Tuition: 

3% CC fee (if applicable 

Less 5% until 9/13/12 (____) 

Total Included: 

Scholarships are available for members. 

Let us know! 

Refund Policy: 

Beth Shalom will refund tuition in the event a course is canceled. Students who withdraw from a 

course and request a refund within two weeks of the course’s start date are eligible for a pro-rated 

refund. Tuition will not be refunded for course withdrawal after two weeks from a course’s start date. 

For Office Use Only 

Date Rec’d: 

Original to CB 

There is no charge for Shabbat Learning. 

Israel Discussion Group 

1st Shabbat of the month, 1:15—2:15pm 

Next discussion tbd 

Learner’s Minyan with Ron Schneeweiss 

2nd Saturday of the month, 10:30-11:15am 

October 13, 2012 

Overview; Shema 

November 10, 2012 

Amidah (Sh’moneh Esrei) for 

Shacharit and Musaf 

December 8, 2012 

Kedushah of Shacharit and 

Kedushah of Musaf 

January 12, 2013 

Torah service (1) 

Taking out the Torah 

Shabbat Learning 

Feb. 9, 2013 

Torah Service (2) How to 

do an Aliyah/Returning the 

Torah 

Mar. 9, 2013 

Ashrei 

April 13, 2013 

Ein Keiloheinu; Aleinu 

May 11 2013 

Kaddish; Adon Olam 

June 8, 2013 

Tallit/Tzitzit 

Torah and Prayerbook 

Learn Talmud after Lunch 

with Rabbi Stuart Light 

What’s Shabbas without a little Talmudic logic Put 

your lawyerly skills to work learn how the Rabbis of 

old picked apart every word of the Torah and Mishna 

in order to discover nothing less than TRUTH. 

We meet every Saturday after lunch, about 1:00pm in 

the Sanctuary. No charge 

Sunday Torah Study 

The Northwest's feistiest Torah study group 

wrestles with the text of the upcoming parashah every 

week in a member-led medley of laughter, challenge, 

and insight. High-energy participation is strongly encouraged; 

no prior study is necessary. 

Time: Weekly on Sunday, 10:15-11:15am 

Cost: No Charge 

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ANNIVERSARIES & BIRTHDAYS Mazel Tov to All 

A NNIV E R SA RIE S 

Terri & Damian Green 8/2 

Gregory & Bella Korshin 8/3 

Alan & Etana Kunovsky 8/6 

Michael & Deirdre Gabbay 8/8 

Michael & Amee Sherer 8/8 

Richard Silverstein & 

Janis White 8/9 

David Springer & Ronnie Katz 8/9 

Jay Krulewitch & Robin Moss 8/11 

David & Hannah Pressman 8/11 

Tal Saraf & Irene Basloe Saraf 8/11 

David Miller & Elizabeth Skirm 8/11 

Marvin & Michele Stern 8/11 

Aharon & Heidi tenBroek 8/13 

Robert & Lisa Low 8/14 

Jennifer Cohen & 

Michael Spiro 8/15 

Joshua & Shoshanna Cohen 8/15 

Jeff & Marcy Gillman 8/16 

Harry Goldman & 

Jettie Person 8/16 

Mitchell Hymowitz & 

Rhona Feldman 8/16 

Stuart & Wiebke Light 8/17 

Howard Miller & 

Leslie Ambrose 8/17 

Louis & Carolyn Friedkin 8/18 

David Rapp & 

Marci Greenberg 8/19 

Jerry & Dorothy Becker 8/20 

Myron & Arlene Berg 8/20 

Dave Tarshes & 

Debby Kerdeman 8/20 

George & Barbara Grashin 8/21 

Henry Zimmerman & 

Nadine Cadesky- 

Zimmerman 8/21 

Elizabeth & Lorne Richmond 8/22 

Edward Sider & Kay Rodriguez 8/22 

Joel Goldstein & 

Rachel Jacobson 8/23 

Pat Hurshell-Reinert & 

Otto Reinert 8/23 

Howard & Eileen Klein 8/23 

James Mayer & Faith Katkin 8/25 

Sanford Melzer & Ellen Evans 8/25 

Alan Rodan & Alison Sands 8/25 

Adam Shapiro & 

Michele Yanow 8/25 

David & Maxine Alloway 8/26 

Howard & Sarah Shalinsky 8/26 

Betsy Maurer & 

Andrew Schulman 8/27 

Susan & Isaac Morgensztern 8/27 

Marc Rosenshein & 

Judy Soferman 8/27 

Douglas Ramsay & 

Michele Brot 8/28 

Andy & Courtney Savin 8/28 

Steve Greene & Peggy Mesnik 8/29 

Ellie Weiss & Dana Tell 8/29 

Jeff Miller & Joan Lite Miller 8/30 

Robert & Polly Amkraut 8/31 

Keith & Samantha Ketover 8/31 

B IRTHD AY S 

Yuval Barash 8/1 

Edee Polyakovsky 8/1 

Andrew Savin 8/1 

Tamar Azous 8/2 

Emma Kibort-Crocker 8/2 

Lelach Rave 8/2 

Reuben Antolin 8/3 

Ruth Dick 8/3 

Joel Goldstein 8/3 

Amalia Antolin 8/4 

Alan Brinn 8/4 

Gregory Korshin 8/4 

Matt Lemchen 8/4 

Jay Zink 8/4 

Karen Binder 8/5 

Honore Cole 8/5 

Ari Levin 8/5 

Jennifer Silver 8/5 

Abbie Spear 8/5 

Michael Krasik 8/6 

Daniel Raskind 8/6 

Adriel Bienn 8/7 

Jeremiah Isgur 8/7 

Carol Starin 8/7 

Leon Bensadon 8/8 

Jason Ewall 8/8 

Jacob Frum 8/8 

Natanya Haber 8/8 

Alan Rodan 8/8 

Lucy Taskar 8/8 

Heather Leinen 8/9 

Karin Madwed 8/9 

Seth Rosenbloom 8/9 

Julia Snyder 8/9 

Arlene Cherwin 8/10 

Harvey Niebulski 8/10 

Joshua Schroeter 8/10 

Amee Sherer 8/10 

Benjamin Sheynkman 8/10 

Hilary Stern 8/10 

Reuben Berg 8/11 

Kelli Bernhard 8/11 

Daniel Glazer 8/11 

Steve Katz 8/11 

Betsy Schneier 8/11 

Michael Sherer 8/11 

Benji Antolin 8/12 

Kathryn Carroll 8/12 

Paul Schwartz 8/12 

Jacquie Bayley 8/13 

Bryan Berg 8/13 

Pamela Center 8/13 

Carl Kittay 8/13 

Sarah Lawson 8/13 

David Alloway 8/14 

Wimsey Cherrington 8/15 

Samuel Cohen 8/15 

Adrienne Howell 8/15 

Chana Josephson 8/15 

Lynn Katz 8/15 

Olivia Zieve 8/15 

Raquel Gordon 8/16 

Malika Krasik-Geiger 8/16 

Mara Cowan 8/17 

Sonya Pien 8/17 

Robert Amkraut 8/18 

Cheryl Lamin 8/18 

Sarah Levy 8/18 

David Miller 8/18 

Alexander Ostrow 8/18 

Alex Sayres 8/18 

Ellie Weiss 8/18 

Deborah Arnold 8/19 

Ben Grad 8/19 

Jonathon Azose 8/20 

Meredith Binder 8/20 

Stacy Globerman 8/21 

Ilene Ruvinsky 8/21 

Michael Barrett 8/22 

Jonah Hulvershorn 8/22 

Steven Katz 8/22 

Lis Lutz 8/22 

Joshua Britt 8/23 

Martha Cassidy-Brinn 8/23 

Ron Ralph 8/23 

Peter Ringold 8/23 

Naomi Savin 8/23 

(Continued on page 10) 

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BIRTHDAYS and B’NAI MITZVAH Mazel Tov to All 

(Continued from page 9) 

Ava Cohen 8/24 

Shoshanna Cohen 8/24 

Rachel Fesler-Schnitzer 8/25 

David Frum 8/25 

Julie Klein 8/25 

Phillip Levin 8/25 

Amital Orzech 8/25 

Asaph Brumer 8/26 

Dan Satterfield 8/26 

Deborah Gordon 8/27 

Mara Benjamin 8/28 

Chloe Leichman 8/28 

Raffi Wineburg 8/28 

Jacob Diamond 8/29 

Josh Isgur 8/29 

Joshua Isgur 8/29 

Karen Putterman 8/30 

Lily Raskind 8/30 

Selena Shelley 8/30 

Sandra Sloane 8/30 

Emanuel Jacobowitz 8/31 

Samantha Ketover 8/31 

Leah Rapalee 8/31 

Get a taste of the holidays 

with Beekeeper, Yoel Lessing 

Sunday, September 9, 2012 

11:30am-1:00pm 

1:00pm 

• Bring your family to Beth Shalom and 

learn about bees and beekeeping 

• Sample apples and honey 

• Stay for lunch 

No charge 

Please let us know you’re coming. 

RSVP on the CBS website—www.bethshalomseattle.org 

or call the office, 206-524-0075. 

Yoel Lessing is a bee 

enthusiast and a volunteer 

beekeeper at the Kesher Garden, 

a community 

garden at the Stroum 

Jewish Community Center on 

Mercer Island. 

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September 2012 

Congregation Beth Shalom 

High Holidays 5773 

Selichot marks the start of High Holiday preparations, a time when we are called upon to do teshuva— 

the work of inventory and reconciliation. Join us for a Selichot Program, 

an evening of learning, conversation and services to help us begin our spiritual preparation 

TORAH OF RECONCILIATION—WITH RABBI SHELDON LEWIS 

Saturday Night 

September 8th, 2012 

9:15PM Havdalah 

9:30PM Discussion with 

Rabbi Sheldon Lewis 

Author of 

Torah of Reconciliation 

11:00PM Dessert 

11:15PM Selichot Services 

-no charge- 

Sheldon Lewis was born in Chicago and 

educated at the University of Chicago and 

the Jewish Theological Seminary in New 

York City, where he received his rabbinic 

ordination. He is rabbi emeritus of 

Congregation Kol Emeth in Palo Alto, which 

he served for thirty-three years. Rabbi 

Lewis has always tried to promote peace 

and understanding in his community, 

within families, between varying streams 

in Judaism, and among religious faiths. He 

has been deeply engaged as well in 

nurturing peace between nations, in the 

Middle East and beyond. 

Announcements and Information 

G ENTLE YOGA & TORAH STUDY DURING THE B REAK ON YOM K IPPUR 

During the break on Yom Kippur we will offer a study session in the Beit Midrash based on the day’s Haftarah portion. 

In addition there will be a gentle yoga and stretching session in the social hall. There is no need to bring anything for 

the yoga class. It is being designed as a centering and stretching practice for people who are fasting and dressed for the 

holidays. 

HIGH HOLIDAY HO NORS 

Thanks to Sheryl Kipnis and her team of volunteers for their work with the High Holiday honors. The High Holidays 

Honors Committee used the following criteria for assigning honors: all new Board and Committee Chairs (but not returning 

Chairs or Board Members), anyone recommended for an honor by one of the Committee Chairs, new members, 

anyone who lost an immediate family member or anyone who had a major illness or surgery in the past year. As 

always, if there is an occasion you would like to mark with an honor (on Shabbat, Yom Tov, or high holidays), please be 

in touch with Sandy Sloane at 206-524-0075, in our office. 

P REPARE CBS FOR THE HIGH HOLIDAYS 

Sunday, September 16, 9am-2pm (we’ll finish earlier if we have 

more volunteers.) We need your help setting up chairs, moving 

books and all the other associated chores to help prepare our community 

for the High Holidays. Everyone is welcome and encouraged 

to come by, even if just for an hour. There is much to do and things 

to move, and it’s always much more fun with YOU! 

Contents 

Service Schedule 2 

Ticket information, Announcements 3 

Family, Youth & Child Programs 4 

Ticket Order form and Yizkor Book Entry 5 

Childcare Registration & Lulav/Etrog Order Form 6 

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Rosh Hashanah September 16-18, 2012 

Erev Rosh Hashanah Sunday Leaders 

Candlelighting 

7:00 PM 

Erev Rosh Hashanah 5:30 - 6:15 PM Sanctuary Mara Benjamin 

Day 1 Rosh Hashanah 

Monday 

Main Service 8:30 AM - 1:15 PM Sanctuary Jason Kintzer & Mara Benjamin 

Young Family Services (0-5 years) 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM Unitarian Church Miryam Kabakov 

Family Service (1st-5th grade) 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM Unitarian Church Jason Kintzer 

Children and Youth Programming 11:00 AM - 1:10 PM Education Wing & Annex Irit Eliav & Educators 

Tashlikh 5:15pm (leave CBS at 4:30pm) Ravenna Park Rabbi Borodin & Marci Greenberg 

Minchah/Ma'ariv 7:30 - 8:15 PM Sanctuary 

Candlelighting 

Day 2 Rosh Hashanah 

after 8:02 PM 

Tuesday 

Main Service 8:30 AM - 1:15 PM Sanctuary 


Carl Sayres, Stephen King & Mara 

Benjamin 

Family Service (1st-5th grade) 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM Unitarian Church Rabbi Stuart Light 


Minchah/Ma'ariv 7:30 - 8:15 PM Beit Midrash 

Yom Kippur September 25-26, 2012 

Kol Nidrei 

Synagogue Doors Open 

5:30 PM 

Tuesday 

Erev Yom Kippur Minchah 6:10 PM Sanctuary Mara Benjamin 

Kol Nidrei/Ma'ariv & Appeal 6:40 - 9:15 PM Sanctuary Mara Benjamin 

Family Service (1st-5th grade) 7:15 - 8:45 PM Beit Midrash Jason Kintzer 

Children and Youth Programming 7:15 - 9:15 PM Education Wing & Annex Irit Eliav & Educators 

Yom Kippur 

Wednesday 

Main Service 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Sanctuary Jason Kintzer & Mara Benjamin 


Family Service (1st-5th grade) 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM Unitarian Church Jason Kintzer 


Rabbi's Sermon/Yizkor after 11:30 AM Sanctuary Jill Cohen (Yizkor Shatz) 

Musaf 12:00-3:00 PM Sanctuary Mara Benjamin 

Break & Yoga & Learning 3:00 - 4:15 PM Social Hall & Beit Midrash tbd 

Minchah 4:15 - 5:45 PM Sanctuary 

Darshan Yonah 5:45 - 6:15 PM Sanctuary Dana Tell 

Neilah 6:30 - 7:44 PM Sanctuary Mara Benjamin 

Final Shofar 7:45 PM Sanctuary All 

Havdalah/Ma'ariv 7:45 - 7:55 PM Sanctuary Ron Schneeweiss 

Holiday Ends 

7:44 PM 

Break Fast Meal 7:55 PM Social Hall 

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Ticket Information and Announcements 

MEMBERS 

All members receive high holiday tickets by 

mail. These tickets must be shown at the door 

for all services on Rosh Hashanah & Yom 

Kippur. Children and young adults up to age 

22 do not need separate tickets. 

Extra tickets 

Those over the age of 22, and visiting family 

and friends, are requested to purchase tickets 

to attend services at least one week in 

advance. 

MEMBERS OF OTHER 

SYNAGOGUES 

Out of town visitors who present a letter of 

good standing from their Conservative home 

synagogue will receive tickets at no charge. 

Please mail or bring the letter to the office to 

receive your tickets by September 10, 2012. 

NON-MEMBERS 

(or members to be, we hope!) 

Tickets are available on a first come first serve 

basis at the office. If you decide to join Beth 

Shalom within three months of the holidays, 

your ticket purchase price will be applied to 

your first year’s dues. Last year we sold out, 

so call early. 

We are offering Prospective Member Open 

Houses on Tuesday, September 11 at 6:30pm 

and Sunday, September 16, at 5:00pm. 

PROSPECTIVE-MEMBERS 

New & Prospective Member are invited to 

join us for an Open House. Come on 

Tuesday, September 11 at 7:30pm and stay 

for a class taught by Rabbi Borodin at 

8:00pm. Come on Sunday, September 16 at 

5:00pm and be our guest at Erev Rosh 

Hashanah Services at 5:30pm. To RSVP 

please call 206-524-0075 or email 

marjiecogan@bethshalomseattle.org. 

COST 

Each additional ticket for the season is a 

requested $200.00 donation per ticket -$180 

early-bird price until August 31st, which must 

be paid ahead of time. This donation helps 

to cover the costs of high holiday 

programming, staffing, advertising, and 

supplies. To purchase tickets, please stop by 

the office or send your check and order to us 

at: CBS 6800 35th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 

98115, by September 14th. 

Requests for reduced rates are handled by the 

front office. Please speak with Marjie at 206- 

524-0075 at least one week in advance. 

OUR HAZZANIM & DARSHANIM 

At the time of this printing, our team of 

Hazzanim are Mara Benjamin, Jason Kintzer, 

Stephen King, Daniel Markowitz, Carl Sayres, 

and Ron Schneeweiss. Darshanim are Rabbi 

Borodin, Beth Huppin, Dana Tell and Scott 

Cline. Others may be added. 

A CALL FOR USHERS & GREETERS 

We need ushers and greeters for all services. 

Please, consider this opportunity to 

contribute your time to Beth Shalom. 

If interested in becoming either, please 

contact us at: 

ushers@bethshalomseattle.org, or 

greeters@bethshalomseattle.org. 

CALLING ALL 

SHOFAR BLOWERS 

Are you interested in blowing the shofar 

during the High Holidays We’ll hold a 

Shofar Blowers meeting with Sam Perlin in 

early September. Please contact Sandy Sloane 

in the CBS office to find out the date of the 

meeting. 

Sandy can be reached at 206-524-0075 or 

sandysloane@bethshalomseattle.org. 

FINAL SHOFAR BLAST 

We invite all to join in blowing the final blast 

from the shofar at the end of Neilah. Please 

bring your shofar to the front of the 

Sanctuary with your name prior to Kol Nidrei 

to avoid needing to carry it on Yom Kippur. 

EXTRA OFFICE HOURS 

The shul will be open on Sunday, Sept. 30 

from 9:30am –12:00pm noon for people to 

pick up their pre-ordered Lulavim & Etrogim. 

Come to the outside kitchen door on the 

northwest side of the building. 

PARKING 

Parking in the Beth Shalom lot during high 

holy days is reserved for the elderly, expectant 

mothers and those requiring easier access. 

Remember that 35th Ave NE has parking 

restrictions from 7:00am—9:00 am 

(southbound) and from 4:00pm—6:00pm 

(northbound) Monday-Friday. 

Please note that Congregation Eitz-Or will be 

holding services at the Unitarian Church, so 

on-street parking may be scarce. 

If you are able, please consider walking or 

carpooling. Also, consider parking several 

blocks from Beth Shalom to make parking 

easier for everyone. 

HIGH HOLIDAY PRACTICES IN THE 

SYNAGOGUE 

The ten-day period beginning with Rosh 

Hashanah and ending with Yom Kippur is 

known as the Ten Days of Repentance. 

Yom Kippur is known as Shabbat 

Shabbatot, the Sabbath of Sabbaths, and is 

the holiest day of the year. Even when Yom 

Kippur does not fall on Shabbat all of the 

restrictions of Shabbat apply and the 

leniencies of Yom Tov (ability to cook, use 

fire, or carry) do not apply. Additionally we 

are prohibited from eating, drinking, 

engaging in sexual relations, bathing (except 

for minimal washing of the hands after 

relieving oneself), anointing oneself (using 

creams, lotions, perfumes) and wearing 

leather shoes. It is customary to wear white. 

Some wear a kittel (plain white linen robe) 

during services. The Tallit is worn at all Yom 

Kippur services until the end of Neilah. The 

fast is to last 25 hours and can be ended after 

nightfall. 

TASHLIKH 

Join us for a joyful communal celebration of 

Tashlikh at Ravenna Park on Monday, 

September 17. We’ll meet at shul at 4:30pm 

and walk to the park together. 

When we arrive at the park, we’ll gather for 5 

minutes at 5:15pm at the ballfield on the 

corner of NE 55th St. and 25th Ave. NE, 

then we’ll stroll towards a good spot at the 

creek. This year Marci Greenberg will also 

give us a nature tour of the park. 

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Family, Youth and Child Programs 

We offer a wide variety of programs for families, youth and children. All programs take place at Beth Shalom 

or neighboring buildings. We have taken much care in crafting quality programs for all age groups 

and to that end, greatly appreciate your help in ushering your children into an age appropriate option. We 

recognize that families may have children in different age groups and deciding what program to attend 

may be a challenge. Family Services may be a good option for children who wish to stay with their parents. 

Should you have any questions as to which program is best for your family or child, please feel to call Irit 

Eliav, Director of Education at 206-524-0075. If you would like to volunteer to help with any of these programs, 

we’d be thrilled to have your help. Call and let us know. 

Erev Rosh Hashanah, Rosh Hashanah Day 1, 2nd Day and Yom Kippur Day 

Erev Rosh Hashanah 

Program Time Age 

Childcare* 5:00 –6:30 PM 1-5 

Morning Programs Time Age 

Childcare* 9:00 AM - 1:15 PM 1 - 5 

Young Family Service 9:45 - 10:45 AM 0 - 5 

Family Service 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM 1st - 5th grade 

Children and Youth Programming 11:00 AM - 1:10 PM 1st - 12th grade 

Erev Yom Kippur (Programs begin at conclusion of Kol Nidrei Prayer ) 

Program Time Age 

Childcare* 6:00 - 9:00PM 1 - 5 

Family Service 7:15 - 8:45PM 1st - 5th grade 

Children & Youth Programming 7:15 - 9:15PM 1st - 12th grade 

* CHILDCARE Registration on page 5-6 

Childcare is available for children aged 1-5 for $15 per child per day at CBS and $5 for the evening of 

Erev Rosh Hashanah. Pre-registration is required. Parents are responsible for all diaper changes. Members 

may volunteer 1-hour per day per child to receive free childcare that day (you must still pre-register your 

child)! For more information on childcare, call Marjie at 206-524-0075. 

FAMILY SERVICES FOR HIGH HOLIDAYS 

We are delighted to continue our family services on Rosh Hashanah (both days), and Yom Kippur for families with 

young children (0-5 yrs.) and school-age children (grades 1st-5th), also on Kol Nidre for families with school-age children 

(grades 1st-5th). These services will include interactive stories, a mini-service, and singing for our younger children and 

their adults. The Young Family Services (0-5yrs) and the Family Services (grades 1st-5th) are held in the Unitarian 

Church next door. (Children must attend with a guardian: parents, grandparents, or other adult). For more 

information, please contact Irit Eliav, Director of Education at Iriteliav@bethshalomseattle.org. 

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Yizkor Book Entries & Ticket Order Form 

(Childcare Registration and Lulav & Etrog Order Form on reverse side) 

COMPLETE AND MAIL OR FAX (206-525-5095) THIS ORDER FORM BY THE DEADLINE OF 

SEPTEMBER 14TH. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS CALL 206-524-0075 

YIZKOR FORM 

PLEASE INCLUDE THESE NAMES IN THE YIZKOR MEMORIAL BOOK 

Name 

Relationship 

Name 

Relationship 

Name 

Relationship 

Name 

Relationship 

TOTAL (Suggested donation $18 per name) $ 

TICKETS AND CHILDCARE PAYMENT FORM 

Childcare Registration is on 

the back of this form-page 6 

QUANTITY DESCRIPTION PRICE TOTAL 

TICKETS 

Extra or non-member tickets, details p 3 

Childcare, Erev RH, details p. 4 

Childcare, RH, Day 1, details p. 4 

Childcare, Day 2, details p. 4 

Childcare, KN, details p. 4 

Childcare, YK AM, details p. 4 

@ $200.00 each/ 

$180 early-bird price—ends 8/31 

@ $5.00 each 

@ $15.00 each 

@ $15.00 each 

@ $15.00 each 

@ $15.00 each 

TOTAL $ 

Name(s): 

Address: 

City, State, Zip: 

Phone: 

Method of Payment: 

_______Check Enclosed 

_______Visa/MC (fill in info below) 

cc verification #______ (3 digit on back) 

Amount 

There is a 3% 

fee on all 

Credit cards 

_ _ _ _- _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ exp___/___ 

Name on Card_____________________________ 

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CHILDCARE REGISTRATION, AGES 1-5. Absolutely no children will be admitted without preregistration. 

No exceptions. $15 per child. $5 on the evening of Erev Rosh Hashanah. FREE day of 

childcare for each day you volunteer 1 hour/child. Check the box below on your pre-registration form 

to sign up for your shift. The deadline for this form is Friday, September 14, 2012. 

NAME 

AGE 

(CIRCLE THE APPROPRIATE DAYS) 

1 Erev RH RH1 RH2 KN YK 



□ 

I would like to volunteer for 1 or more 1-hour shifts. 

Order your LULAVIM AND ETROGIM 

NAME: 

ADDRESS: 

LULAV AND ETROG ORDER FORM 

Order Form: Payment is required at time of order. 

Order deadline: Noon on September 14, 2012 

METHOD OF PAYMENT 

CITY, STATE, ZIP: 

PHONE: 

Check enclosed:_______ Amount:___________ 

Visa/MC:______/_______/______/______ 

Verification Code____ exp. date ______/_______ 

There is a 3% charge on all Credit cards. 

QUANTITY DESCRIPTION PRICE PER SET TOTAL 

Lulav and Etrog Standard 

Set 

$40.00 

Schach* $20 

*There is a limited amount of schach available this season; first come, first served. 

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Updates 

Call for Poetry and Prayer Submissions 

For the sixth year in a row, we look forward to producing our own original book of 

prayers, poems and reflections written for the high holidays. We would love to include 

your writings or art. Please send or deliver all submissions to Sandy at 

sandysloane@bethshalomseattle.org in the office by August 31. This book of prayers 

and poems has been an important source of inspiration during the holidays. For more 

information, please speak with Editor, Pat Hurshell at (206) 722 9237 or 

phurshell@comcast.net or speak to Rabbi Borodin. 

Congregation Beth Shalom Blood Drive 

Sunday, 8/19 from 10:00am-4:00pm 

(Closed from 12:30-1:30pm) 

You can help. Give Blood! 

The Mobile Bus will be in Front of the Library across the street. 

Avoid a wait. Make an appointment online at 

www.psbc/programs/drive.aspURL=1205 

Puget Sound Blood Center - Local Donors Serving Local Needs 

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Updates 

Join CBS and Rabbi Borodin as we 

celebrate 

SIMCHAT SUKKOT 

and support the 

HOMELESS-TO-RENTER 

(H2R) Program 

For New & Prospective Members 

Tuesday, September 11 • 7:30pm 

We invite you to an Open House to learn more 

about Congregation Beth Shalom. 

Following the Open House, please stay for 

a class taught by Rabbi Borodin . 

Sunday, Sept. 16 • 5:00pm 

Join us before Erev Rosh Hashanah services 

for an opportunity to schmooze and nosh 

with Rabbi Borodin and other members of the 

Beth Shalom community. 

Join us for Erev Rosh Hashanah services 

at no charge. 

High Holiday tickets are also available for purchase. 

Congregation Beth Shalom 



206-524-0075 

info@bethshalomseattle.org 

WHERE: Temple Beth Am, 

WHEN: 

WHAT: 

2632 NE 80th Street, 


Saturday, 

September 29, 2012, 

from 7:30 p.m. 

Havdalah, music, wine, 

light refreshments and 

a featured speaker 

from Mary’s Place, a 

day center for 

homeless women and 

their children 

Minimum donation $18 per person 

or $36 per family, payable at the 

door, or online with credit card at 

htpps://templebe.ejoinme.org/ 

h2rsukkot 

The Klez Katz graciously agreed to 

play and are volunteering their time. 

3 of the 4 members of the band are 

Beth Shalomniks: Harvey Niebulski, 

Jay Krulewitch, and Brad Spear. 

BEIT SHALOM 

CEMETERY 

Purchasing cemetery space during life 

- rather than waiting for an emergency - 

is a gift to yourself and your family. 

More information can be found at the CBS website under “About CBS.” 

To receive a cemetery packet, contact: 

Tzachi Litov at (206) 524-0075 or tzachilitov@bethshalomseattle.org 

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MEMBERS IN SHLOSHIM OR YUD 

BET HODESH 

Craig Saran, for his mother, Dorothy Saran, 

z”l (8 Tammuz) 

Linda Portnoy, for her uncle, Marvin Tarnof 

(7 Tammuz) 

Steve Katz, for his mother, Harriet Katz, z”l 

(3 Tammuz) 

Olivia and Michael Zieve, for their grandmother, 

Charlotte Zieve, z”l (3 Tammuz) 

Sandie Zieve, for her mother-in-law, 

Charlotte Zieve, z”l (3 Tammuz) 

Carol Brown, for her husband, Brent Brown, 

z”l (18 Sivan) 

Rachel Brown, and Craig Brown, for their 

father, Brent Brown, z”l (18 Sivan) 

Carol Brown, for her mother, Eleanor Covell, 

z”l (29 Iyar) 

Vera Kantor and Israella Kleiman, for her 

mother, and her grandmother, Leah Schwartz, 

z”l (12 Iyar) 

Elizabeth Braverman, for her father, Barry 

Braverman, z”l (8 iyar) 

Nadine Cadesky-Zimmerman, for her 

father, Macey Cadesky, z”l (2 Iyar) 

Lyle Margulies, for his father, Isadore 

Margulies, z”l (21 Nissan) 

Elizabeth Richmond, for her step-mother, 

Helga Ashkenaze, z”l (24 Adar) 

Gene Huppin, for his brother, Sam Huppin, 

z”l (8 Adar) 

Harold Bobroff, for his mother, Pamela 

Bobroff, z”l (22 Shevat) 

Bob Rothstein, for his mother, Beulah 

Rothstein, z”l (20 Shevat) 

Beth Skirm, for her mother, Rosemary 

Skirm, z”l (13 Shevat) 

Bob Rothstein, for his father, Alvin “Buddy” 

Rothstein, z”l (1 Shevat) 

Allen Gown, for his father, Daniel Gown, z”l 

(17 Tevet) 

Wally Kegel, for his mother, Katie Kegel, z”l 

(9 Tevet) 

Julian Judelman, for his mother, Esther 

Judelman, z”l (4 Tevet) 

Betsy Deutsch, for her father, Cyrus Rubin, 

z”l (24 Kislev) 

Grace Rubin, for her husband, Cyrus Rubin, 

z”l (24 Kislev) 

Margaret Montsaroff, for her father, Peter 

Williams Montgomery, z”l (19 Kislev) 

Joel Erlitz and Marc Erlitz, for their father, 

Stanley Erlitz, z”l (18 Kislev) 

Jeff Miller, for his mother, Ruth Miller, z”l (7 

Kislev) 

Rick Kustina and Frank Kustina, for their 

mother, Helen Kustina, z”l (26 Heshvan) 

Michelle Weinberg, for her father, Milton 

Lubow, z”l (9 Heshvan) 

Ellen Spear, for her father, Howard Arbetter, 

z”l (19 Tishrei) 

Sharona Gordon, for her father, Robert 

Gordon, z”l (8 Tishrei) 

Joe Orzech, for his father, Ze’ev Orzech, z”l 

(15 Elul) 

EVENTS IN MEMBERS LIVES 

Rita Edelson, for her son, David Harris 

Edelson, z”l (8 Elul) 

Carolyn Bernhard, for her mother, Beverly 

Grashin, z”l (24 Tammuz) 

Jeff Gillman, for his mother, Vicki Gillman, 

z”l (13 Tammuz) 

REFUAH SHLEMAH 

CBS MEMBERS 

Cora bat Asher v'Sarah 

Aviiva Ora bat Sara v’Abraham (Joy 

Silver) 

Yasev ben Haninbear v’Hinamira (George 

Grashin) 

Gedaliah Yosef ben Yehudit 

Rolande bat Vivie (Rolande Chesebro) 

Avigdor ben David (Avi Erlich) 

Masha bat Shaindel 

David Henached shel Goldja (Elric 

Wolfsbruder McCurdy) 

Yachna Maryam ha’Cohen bat Masha 

Leah 

Chisda ben Yonah (Tony Moore) 

Chizkiyahu Yitzchok Yehoshuah ben 

Rachel v’Eliezer 

Yitzchak ben Miriam v’Benjamin (Ira 

Kalet) 

Yaffa Tova bat Reuven (Jane Fein) 

Batsheva bat Sofia 

Ita bat Taube (Inna Lacker) 

Aviella Bara bat Nechama Raisel 

v’Shlomo Vared (Susan Aylesworth) 

Malka bat Leah v’Rav Avram (Mildred 

Rosenbaum) 

RELATIVES of Members 

Shoshana bat Irene (Susan Markowitz), 

cousin of Patti Kieval 

Ezra Zimmerman, nephew of Henry 

Zimmerman 

Ira Weiner, cousin of Kayla Weiner 

Joyce Sundsvold, mother of T.J. Sundsvold 

Daniel McNamara, brother of Tink Williams 

Lori Abrams, sister of Eileen Klein 

Joanna Reid, cousin of Jennifer Cohen 

Deena Semler, sister of Carrie Horwitch 

Sima Tema bat Chava v'Gershon (Shirley 

Stephson), mother of Amy Stephson 

Noos'n Leib ben Rivkah v'Volf, uncle of 

Harvey Niebulski 

FRIENDS of Members 

Yehuda Dov Ha'Cohen ben Malkah, 

(Ernest Cohen), friend of Sharon Greenberg 

Larry Zolton, friend of Patti Kieval 

Rabbi Joshua Stampfer, friend of 

Congregation Beth Shalom and Camp 

Solomon Schechter 

Tova Rina bat Yetta Davida v’Herschel 

Hayyim, friend of Paul Schwartz 

Rachel bat Gavriela v’Yehuda (Andrea 

Stern), friend of Patti Kieval 

Krista Conner, friend of Kayla Weiner 

Renee Freiden, friend of Debbie Gordon 

Seth Barronian, son of a collegue of Michael 

De Haan 

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Esther bat Sarah, friend of Robert Hovden 

MILESTONES 

Mazel Tov to Hannah Phelps and her 

family, on becoming Bat Mitzvah 

Mazel Tov to Sarah Medwell & Colin 

Redican, and Karen Binder on the 

naming of their daughter and granddaughter 

Mazel Tov to Michael De Haan on the 

article about him and his father’s story 

of the holocaust in the West Seattle 

Herald. Here is the link: 

http://www.westseattleherald.com/2012 

/05/08/features/admiral-residenthighline-medical-center-anes 

Mazel Tov to Deena Hymowitz, for being 

elected as the Communications Vice- 

President of Pinwheel Region USY 

Mazel Tov to Jeremy Schroeter, and his 

family on becoming Bar Mitzvah 

Mazel Tov to Stan Zeitz, on his 80th 

Birthday, 

Mazel Tov to Amee Sherer, on the small 

piece about her class at SJCS and 

“mitzvah glasses,” in the JFS Matters 

bulletin - Yasher Koach 

Mazel Tov to the kids graduating from 

the ECC! Sophie Isaac, Jonah Kessler- 

Cohen, Noa Scheiner, Gil Scheiner, Alma 

Warmoth and Will Bailey 

Mazel Tov to Arielle Bernstein & Mark 

Pinsof, and their families, on the Aufruf 

and upcoming Chuppah 

Mazel Tov to Judith Mentzer & Kathryn 

Bern, on their first Jewish wedding 

anniversary 

Mazel Tov to Jill Ginsberg & Orly 

Steinberg, on the birth of a baby girl, 

Lilah Anabel Berg 

Mazel Tov to Sarah & Drew Samnick, on 

the birth of a baby girl, Cora Joelle 

TODDAH RABAH 

Rebecca & Matthew Phelps and Karen 

Binder, for Hosting Kiddush 

Rabbi Stuart Light, for being Kabbalat 

Shabbat Service Leader 

Joanna Gerber, for helping in our offices 

Eyal Preis, for being Kabbalat Shabbat 

Service Leader 

Rabbi Dov Gartenberg, for being our 

Guest Darshan and leading a discussion 

after Kiddush 

Harry Goldman & Jettie Person, for 

being our Shabbas Chefs , and their 

helpers, Carolyn & Dan Bernhard 

Stan Zeitz, for all of the gardening 

Rachel Jacobson, for being Kabbalat 


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EVENTS IN MEMBERS LIVES 

(Continued from page R13) 

Joel Freedman, for being our Shabbas 

Chef, and his helpers, Rebecca Cory, 

Hannah Cohen-Cline, Nicole Guidry 

Haber, and John Schochet 

Shai Greenberg, for being Kabbalat 


Kevin Coskey, for being our Shabbas 

Chef, and his helpers, Iris Brumer, 

Yehudit Blume, Nate Bensimon, Trudy 

Antolin, David Volk, Mitch & Shuly 

Dernis and Rachel Coskey 

Dani Nurick & Julia Snyder, for being 

Kabbalat Shabbat Service Leaders 

Debi Vans Evers, for being our Shabbas 

Chef, and her helpers Judith Mentzer 

and Mike Bottenfield 

Stan Zeitz, for cleaning out the Beth 

Shalom gutters 

Amy Gebler Ashkenazy and Bonnie 

Rochman, for chairing Family Camp 

Lisa Kartiganer & Joshua Schroeter, for 

Hosting Kiddush 

Deborah & Craig Lawson, for the flowers 

in the sanctuary, in honor of Stan 

Zeitz’s birthday 

Pat Hurshell, for teaching the Piyut class 

Don Aylesworth and Stan Zeitz, for 

building a new stairway on our roof 

Shabbas Chef, Rabbi Stuart Light, for 

preparing Kiddush with his helpers, Ana, 

Efi, and Yonah Light, Rachel Coskey, Iris 

& Asaph Brumer, and Emily & Maddie 

Marks 

Dessert Shabbas Chef, Karen McGonigle, 

for creating desserts to last through the 

summer, and her helpers, Laurie 

Becker, Marilyn Meyer, Alison Sands, 

Carol Slosberg, Edith Horn, Edna 

Oberman, Gloria Goldstein, and Claire 

Gonder 

Michael Madwed, for leading Kabbalat 

Shabbat services 

Norbert Sorg, for being our Guest 

Darshan 

Hilary Bernstein, and Judith Mentzer & 

Kathryn Bern, for Sponsoring Kiddush 

Shabbas Chef, Judith Mentzer, for 

preparing Kiddush with her helpers, 

Hilary Bernstein, Robert Hovden, and 

Marie Poole 

Shabbas Chef, Iris Brumer, for preparing 

Kiddush with her helpers, Yehudit 

Blume, Kim Schulze, Emily Marks, David 

Volk, Trudy Antolin, and Kevin Coskey 

Edna Oberman, Kayla Weiner, and 

Marjie Cogan, for staffing the Pride 

Festival Jewish table 

All the Pride Parade Marriage Equality 

Marchers from Beth Shalom 

Don Aylesworth, for finishing the third 

roof stairway, and Stan Zeitz, for 

working on the fourth stairway 

SHAVUOT TODDAH RABAH 

Cheesecake Bakeoff Coordinators: 

Danielle Yancey, Iris Brumer, Issy 

Kleiman 

Most Unique Cheesecake (there was a 

tie): Sheryl Kipnis-Tofu Chocolate Mint 

Cheesecake; Michele Yanow - Key Lime 

Cheesecake 

Best All Around Cheesecake: Robert 

Hovden 

The rest of the fantastic cheesecake 

bakers: Michaela Yancey, Ellen Spear, 

Gail Coskey, Ariella Kleiman and 

Charlotte Minor, Iris Brumer and Yehudit 

Blume, Issy Kleiman and Gabby Kleiman 

Instructors: Nance Adler, Yiscah Smith, 

Rachel Jacobson, Joel Goldstein, Rabbi 

Light, Rabbi Borodin 

Actors: Rebecca Polyakovsky, Karin 

Madwed, Liora Minkin, Carolyn Friedkin, 

Michael Denini, Meg Savlov, Jenny 

Singer and Deb Arnold 

A SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL OF OUR 

VOLUNTEERS WHO GENEROUSLY DEVOTE 

THEIR TIME TO THE SHUL CONSISTENTLY!! 

Adult Education Fund 

The O’Quin family 

In memory of Daniel James O’Quin, 

z”l 

Kellan & Ted Eisenhardt 

In appreciation of Yiscah Smith 

Laurie Pritchard 

In honor of Bruce’s conversion with 

thanks to: Michael Madwed, Daniel 

Markowitz & Rabbi Borodin 

Campership Fund 

The O’Quin Family 

In memory of Herbert O’Quin, z”l 

In memory of Bette Lorraine 

O’Quin, z”l 

Lois & Ron Ralph 

In honor of the Bat Mitzvah of 

Hannah Phelps 

In honor of the Bar Mitzvah of Noah 

Etzioni 

In memory of grandmother, Bertha 

Burda, z”l 

Carol Reynolds 

In memory of Nadine Mack, z”l 

CONTRIBUTIONS 

Jerry & Dorothy Becker 

In memory of father, Solomon 

Becker, z”l 

Cemetery Fund 

Debrah Jeffs-Grad 

In appreciation of Kevin Coskey, 

Iris Brumer, Yehudit Blume, Nate 

Bensimon, David Volk, Mitch & 

Shuly Dernis, Rachel Coskey, Marjie 

Cogan, Rabbi, Rebecca Polyakovsky 

& Trudy Antolin 

Double Chai Plus Chavurah 

Kathy Andeway 

Andrew Cohen & James Packman 

Suzanne Cole 

Sharon Greenberg & Louis Janson 

Margot Kravette 

Edward Krigsman & Brooke Pinkham 

Steve & Ellen Marx 

Joel & Marcy Migdal 

Tony Moore 

Philip Nurick & Liora Minkin 

Joe Orzech & Carol Benedick 

Allen & Lori Safer 

Paul Schwartz 

Jonathan Solovy & Stacey Fisher 

Brad & Ellen Spear 

Robert & Kathleen Spitzer 

Michele & Marvin Stern 

Debi Vans Evers & Michael Bottenfield 

General Fund 

Margot Kravette 

Joshua Schroeter & Lisa Kartiganer 

Richard & Lynette Brodsky 

Merle Weiss & Diane Pien 

David & Yehudit Blume 

Svetlana & Mike Burke 

John Schochet & Tenaya Scheinman 

Yaakov Medrash & Riva Zeff 

Debra & Jordan Gussin 

Jay & Rachel Sardeson 

Anonymous donation of silver 

Harold & Jane Modell 

Jack Falk 

In appreciation of the warmth & 

hospitality of CBS 

(Continued on page R15) 

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CONTRIBUTIONS 


Judith Mentzer & Kathryn Bern 

In honor of Jill Cohen’s tenure as 

CBS president 

Shirah Bell 

In memory of her mother, Betty 

Kaplan, z”l 

Bob & Cindy Strauss 

For Steve Katz, in memory of 

Harriet Katz, z”l 

For Sandy Zieve, in memory of 

Charlotte Zieve, z”l 

In memory of father, Sherwood 

Fein, z”l 

Herb & Elaine Selipsky 

In memory of Morris Selipsky, z”l 

In memory of Nina Selipsky, z”l 

Jacquie Bayley 

In memory of step-father, David 

Panar, z”l 

Lisa & Bob Low 

In honor of the Stiefel’s 30th 

anniversary 

In honor of Amram Migdal’s 

wedding 

Kathy Andeway 

For Carol Brown, in memory of 

Brent Brown, z”l 

Kevin & Gail Coskey 

In honor of Shoshanna Barnett 

In memory of Richard Coskey, z”l 

Nancy Zeitz 

For Carol Rasher, in memory of 

Judith Rasher, z”l 

Jane Fein 

In memory of husband, Sherwood 

Fein, z”l 

In memory of mother, Elsie Hart, 

z”l 

Ed & Claudia Berman 

In memory of Al Berman, z”l 

Carol & Allen Gown 

In memory of father, Leo Safron, 

z”l 

Judith & Mark Benjamin 

In honor of Michael Krasik leyning 

Torah at the morning Minyan 

Judy & Steve Adler 

In honor of the Stiefel’s anniversary 

David & Patricia Kader 

In appreciation of Torah honors 

Robert Seidenstadt 

Steven Bock & Hope Harris 

In memory of Philip Bock, z”l 

Ted & Kellan Eisenhardt 

In memory of father, Henry 

Eisenhardt, z”l 

Ed Sider 

In memory of father, Joseph Sider, 

z”l 

Terry Damm 

For Lyle Margulies, in memory of 

Isadore Margulies, z”l 

In honor of an Aliyah 

Israel Travel Fund 

Deborah Kerdeman & Dave Tarshes 

In honor of the Bar Mitzvah of Shai 

Rapp Greenberg 

Joel Altus 

In memory of Avram Altus, z”l 

Kiddush Fund 


For Craig Saran, in memory of 

Dorothy Saran, z”l 



Stan & Nancy Zeitz 

For Alice Rasher, in memory of 

Judith Rasher, z”l 

In honor of Stan’s 80 th birthday 


In memory of Salina Becker, z”l 

Landscape Fund 

Paul Schwartz & Debra Revere 

In memory of mother, Ruth 

Goldhov, z”l 

Cindy Hirsch 

In memory of grandfather, Chaim 

Hirsch, z”l 

Library Fund 

Paul Schwartz & Debra Revere 

In memory of father, Samuel 

Schwartz, z”l 

Microsoft Matching Gifts 

Norbert Sorg 

Mitzvah Corps 

Joani Diskin Saran & Craig Saran 

In memory of grandmother, Lena 

Kris, z”l 

In memory of mother, Helen 

Rosenfield, z”l 

Barbara & David Goldberg 

In honor of Sheryl & Mark Stiefel’s 

anniversary 



New House Fund 

Mark & Sheryl Stiefel 

Prayer Book Fund 




Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund 

Carolyn Bernhard 

In memory of mother, Beverly 

Grashin, z”l 

Sandy Zieve 

In memory of father, Bobby 

Goldfarb, z”l 

In memory of mother-in-law, 


In appreciation of Jason Kintzer, for 

leading Shiva 

In appreciation of Trudy Antolin, for 

Shiva set up 

Ruth Dick 



Norm & Isabella Chapman 

In memory of grandmother, Libby 

Ginsburg Chapman, z”l 

Evelyn Gharavi 

Kevin & Gail Coskey 

In honor of Peggy Mesnick 

Arlene & Myron Berg 

In memory of my parents, Harry 

Berg, z”l & Betty Berg, z”l 

Olivia & Michael Zieve 

In memory of grandfather, Bobby 

Goldfarb, z”l 

In memory of grandmother, 


Marta Kosaly 

In memory of George Kosaly, z”l 

Lynette & Rich Brodsky 

In memory of father, Herb Temkin, 

z”l 


In memory of brother, Samuel 

‘Buddy’ Friedman, z”l 

Carol Reynolds 

In memory of father Merle Griff, z”l 

Geda & Nikolay Shapiro 

Asher & Sharon Kipersztok 

In honor of the Stiefel’s 30th 

anniversary 

Rina & Jason Redrup 

In honor of Abbie Anne Glickman’s 

Bat Mitzvah 

Gregory & Bella Korshin 

In memory of Yakov Byk, z”l 

In memory of Vladimir Korshin, z”l 

(Continued on page R16) 

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Seattle Jewish Cooperative Playschool 

In appreciation of Rabbi Borodin 

Marilyn Bierman 

In memory of brother-in-law, 

Sydney Bierman, z”l 

In memory of husband, Edwin L. 

Bierman, z”l 

Susan Monas & Sam Wineburg 

For the Brumer family, in memory 

of David Brumer, z”l 




CONTRIBUTIONS 




In honor of Rabbi Borodin 

Terry Damm 

Harold Goldfarb 

For Edna Zola, in memory of Len 

Zola, z”l 

Religious School Fund 

Rebecca & Matthew Phelps 

Allen & Carol Gown 



Torah Fund 


In honor of the Aufruf of Ariel 

Bernstein & Mark Pinsof 

Youth Fund 

Patty & Mayer Glimcher 

For The Brumer family, in memory 

of David Brumer, z’l 

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Updates 

Buy Scrip/Gift Cards For CBS 

Come to the shul office and purchase QFC/Fred Meyer, PCC, Safeway, Albertsons, 

Home Depot, Starbucks, and ARCO from Marjie. 

Remember that your use of these gift cards when you shop provides great benefit to the 

synagogue, and it costs you nothing extra! 

On the Beth Shalom web site, there is now a page dedicated to information about the Beth 

Shalom scrip program. You can go directly to http://www.bethshalomseattle.org/ 

scrip_faq.php, or simply follow the new link on the home page. Check it out! All questions or 

feedback about the scrip program are welcome. 

If you have any questions about the scrip program, please contact Kevin Coskey at 

(206) 365-2275 or scrip@bethshalomseattle.org, 

and the CBS Offices at 206-524-0075. 

Beth Shalom’s Judaica On-line Shop 

The box on the CBS homepage at www.bethshalomseattle.org, directly benefits 

Congregation Beth Shalom. 

A percentage of all proceeds will come back to us and is yet another way to support the 

community at no additional cost to you. Just shop! 

A few ways this site can be useful would be to consider getting your simchah gifts here for 

B’nai Mitzvah, weddings and other lifecycle events. There is an online registry to take 

advantage of as well as many other exciting benefits. 

The direct link to the website: http://bethshalomseattle.judaicabeautiful.com/store/ or you 

can go to our website at www.bethshalomseattle.com. 

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SERVICE SCHEDULE FOR AUGUST 2012 - AV~ELUL 5772 

Members of the Beth Shalom community lead worship services at CBS. If you have synagogue skills 

and wish to participate, call Sandy Sloane, 206-524-0075. 

CBS DA I LY MI NYANS 

Please support the minyan by attending on a regular or even irregular basis one or more days a week. 

The minyan does not meet on Festival days. The minyan (Monday – Friday) starts at 7:00AM on all 

American holidays except Thanksgiving, December 25 th , New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence 

Day and Labor Day when it will meet at 9:00AM. 

Monday through Friday mornings: 7:00-7:45am (Beit Hamidrash). 

Sunday mornings: 9:30-10:15am, (Beit Hamidrash) 

Monday Evening Minyan: 7:30-8:00pm, (Beit Hamidrash) 

Thursday Evening Minyan: 7:30-8:00pm, (Beit Hamidrash or Sanctuary) 

For Torah Readings on Mondays and Thursdays, add ten to fifteen minutes to services. 

YESHAR KOACH TO OUR SERVICE LEADERS SINCE THE LAST RUACH 

AND TODDAH RABAH TO THE KIDDUSH SPONSORS 

Ashrei Club: Maya Kintzer, Cameron Lavi, Miriam Kleit, Mariah Pritchard, Edee Polyakovsky, Shuli Dernis, 

Graduating 5th Graders, Hannah Wahl, and the Kintzer Kids 

Daveners: Yoni Kintzer, Hannah Phelps, Jason Kintzer, Ellie Madwed, Michael Madwed, Mark Fefer, 

Ron Schneeweiss, Sam Sherer, Nance Adler, Carl Sayres, Carol Benedick, Joel Goldstein, Rachel Jacobson, 

Jill Cohen, Shira Bettinger, Sivan Tratt, and Linda-Jo Greenberg 

Leyners: Amelia Fineberg, Annette Fineberg, Mitch Dernis, Danielle Yancey, Randy Phelps, Hannah Phelps, Norbert 

Sorg, Shoshanna Barnett, Mark Fefer, Nancy Geiger, Michael Sherer, Sam Sherer, Juliana Sherer, Carol Benedick, 

Brenda Kurland, Alison Sands, Sheryl Kipnis, Linda-Jo Greenberg, Jonathan Kurland, Michaela Yancey, Natan 

Lubow, and Teddy Rothman 

Haftorah: Hannah Phelps, Steve Greene, Ira Kantrowitz-Gordon, Michele Yanow, Tzachi Litov, Yonah Karp, 

Carl Sayres, Dina Tanners, and Ron Schneeweiss 

Gabbaim Rishon & Sheni: Sharon Greenberg, Rafi Stern, Michael Madwed, Debby Kerdeman, Nance Adler, 

Teddy Rothman, Marilyn Meyer, Michael Madwed, Brenda Kurland, Jason Kintzer, Ron Schneeweiss, and 

Shoshanna Barnett 

Gabbaim: Margot Kravette, Jordan Gussin, Dave Tarshes, Shelly Crocker, Karen Binder, Alison Sands, Alan Rodan, 

Bob Low, Jacquie Bayley, Amy Stephson, and Lyle Margulies 

Guest Speakers: Hannah Phelps, Rabbi Dov Gartenberg, Rabbi Elizabeth Goldstein, Michael DeHaan, 

Norbert Sorg, and Rabbi Lauren Kurland 

Greeters: Brad Spear, Linda Gebaroff, Robert Hovden, Craig Lawson, Sheryl Kipnis, Pat Hurshell, Kevin Coskey, 

Rik Katz, Allen Gown, Lee Cronbach, Bob Center, Marilyn Meyer, Julia Walsh, Howard Cockerham, Ron Yancey, 

Claire Gonder, Paul Schwartz, Mark Benjamin, and Stan Zeitz 

Minyan Leaders: Ellen Goldblatt, Lori Safer, Linda-Jo Greenberg, Sam Perlin, Robert Hovden, Rhona Feldman, 

Sharona Gordon, Paul Schwartz, Nance Adler, Stuart Light, Eyal Preis, Carl Sayres, Shai Greenberg, 

Danielle Yancey, Julia Snyder, Dani Nurick, Vanessa Edrich, Kathy Andeway, Nancy Geiger, Stan Zeitz, and 

David Gross 

Kiddush Hosts: The Phelps Family 

Kiddush Sponsors: Mark & Sheryl Stiefel, David Barrett & Debrah Jeffs-Grad, Hilary Bernstein and Judith Mentzer 

& Kathryn Bern 

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SERVICE SCHEDULE FOR AUGUST 2012 - AV~ELUL 5772 

CANDLIGHTING AND THE WEEKLY KABBALAT SHABBAT MINYAN 

(Friday Evening Services): Beit Hamidrash 

The regular Kabbalat Shabbat services last approximately one hour. The service is 

spirited with the beautiful melodies of Kabbalat Shabbat including L’cha Dodi and Yedid 

Nefesh. After services, participants return home for Shabbat dinner. Shabbat hospitality will 

be available. Children are welcomed and treasured. If you wish to help lead services, to offer 

home hospitality after services, or simply to participate on a regular basis, please contact Paul 

Schwartz at kabbalatshabbat@bethshalomseattle.org. 

Date Kabbalat Shabbat Candelighting Havdallah 

August 3-4, 2012 6:00PM 8:23 PM 8:51 PM 

August 10-11, 2012 6:00PM 8:12 PM 9:40 PM 

August 17-18, 2012 6:00PM 8:00 PM 9:28 PM 

August 24-25, 2012 6:00PM 7:47 PM 9:15 PM 

August 31- 

September 1, 2012 

6:00PM 7:33 PM 9:01 PM 

SHABBAT MORNING SERVICES: Main Sanctuary at 9:30am - 12:00pm 

Shabbat Morning 

Dates & Portion 

August 4: Vaethanan 

Deut: 5:1-18, 6:23-25 

Haftarah: 

Isaiah 40:1-40:26 

Concurrent Services 

10:00-12:00pm Babysitting Co-op 

10:30am FDI, Junior Congregation 

11:00am Tot Shabbat 

B’nai Mitzvah, Sermon 

Topics and Special 

Occasions 

Bar Mitzvah of 

Julian Pritchard 

August 11: Ekev 

Deut: 9:4-29, 10:1-11 

Haftarah: 

Isaiah 49:14-51:3 

August 18: Re’eh 

Deut: 12:29-13:19, 

14:1-29 

Haftarah: 

Isaiah 54:11-55:5 





Nance Adler D’var Torah 

Marilyn Meyer 

D’var Torah 

August 25: Shoftim 

Deut: 18:6-22, 19:1-13 

Haftarah: 

Isaiah 51:21-52:12 



Bat Mitzvah of 

Raquel Gordon 

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9:30am—Minyan 

10:15am—Torah 

Study 



Study 


10am-4pm—Blood 

Drive 


Study 



Study 


7:30pm—Minyan 








7:00pm—Food for 

Thought—Dining 

Room Learning 


7:00pm–Food for 

Thought—Dining Room 

Learning 

7pm—Three Flavors of 

Marriage Equality (JFS) 




Room Learning 




Room Learning 


6:45pm—Israeli Dance 

Class 



Class 



Class 



Class 



Class 


7:30pm—Evening 

Minyan 



Minyan 



Minyan 



Minyan 



Minyan 


6pm—Shabbat in the 

Park View Ridge 

8:00pm—Kabbalat 

Shabbat Service 













Bar Mitzvah of Julian 

Pritchard 

9:30am—Shabbat Svcs 

10:00am—Babysitting 

10:30am—FDI & Kids 

Kehilah 

11am—Tot Shabbat 

1pm—Talmud Study 

1:30pm—Israel Discuss Grp. 

9:30am—Shabbat Services 



Kehilah 

1pm-Talmud Study 




Kehilah 


1:15pm—Midot & 

Mitzvot 

Bat Mitzvah of 

Raquel Gordon 




Kehilah 


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2. GIFT INFORMATION 

My gift is (choose one) □ In honor □ In memory □ In honor of an Aliyah 

of 

I would like a gift acknowledgement sent to (other than myself): 

Name: 

Address: 


PLEASE USE MY DONATION TO SUPPORT : 

□ General Operating Fund 

All donations to the General Fund help maintain a balanced budget. 

A Special Fund: 

□ Adult Education Fund □ Campership 

□ Cemetery Fund □ Israel Travel Fund for Youth 

□ Joey Wes Library Fund □ Kiddush Club 

□ Kitchen Fund □ Landscape Fund 

□ Library Fund □ Mitzvah Corps Fund 

□ Prayer Book Fund □ Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund 

□ Religious School Fund □ Torah Fund 

□ Social Action Fund 

□ Youth Fund 

Please return form to: 

Congregation Beth 

Shalom 



Fax: 206-525-5095 

3. PAYMENT INFORMATION (Note: there is an additional 3% charge on all credit cards) 

Enclosed is my gift of $ 

via (choose one) □ Check □ Visa □ Mastercard 

Card # ________/_________/__________/_________ Exp. _________ 

Card Verification #________ 

Signature of Cardholder _________________________ Date _________ 

Thank you for your support of Congregation Beth Shalom! 

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Congregation 

Beth Shalom 



tel 206.524.0075 

fax 206.525.5095 

email: info@bethshalomseattle.org 

www.bethshalomseattle.org 

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Voted Best Congregation in Town! 

Final Shabbat in the Park 

Friday, Erev Shabbat 

August 3, 2012 

Join us at Viewridge Playfield 

4408 NE 70th St. 

Summer’s here and we want to enjoy 

Shabbat’s late start outside! 

6:00pm Playground Time in the Park 

6:30pm Kiddush and HaMotzi in the Park 

8:00pm Kabbalat Shabbat at Beth Shalom 

Bring your own picnic dinner, drinks, plates and silverware. 

We’ll provide the challah and grape juice for Kiddush. 

Singles, Couples, Kids, Adults 

All are welcome!

Ruach - Congregation Beth Shalom

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