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<strong>October</strong> <strong>2011</strong> | 3 Tishrei 5772 - 3 Heshvan 5772<br />
The<br />
A Publication of Mosaic Law Congregation<br />
Our congregation<br />
is very pleased to<br />
have Joseph<br />
Robinson, a sixth<br />
year rabbinical student serve as<br />
Mosaic Law’s Rabbinic Intern for the<br />
next eight months. Joseph will initiate<br />
his internship on the weekend of Yom<br />
Kippur which begins Friday night,<br />
<strong>October</strong> 7th. He will join me on the<br />
pulpit for Kol Nidre and also participate<br />
in the Kol Nidre and Yom Kippur<br />
Services. In addition, Joseph will<br />
have the opportunity to be part of our<br />
Family Service and USY Service on<br />
Yom Kippur Day, the goal of which<br />
is to meet and interact with as many<br />
Mosaic Law members as possible. I<br />
want to personally thank all of the<br />
nine Mosaic Law families who have<br />
so graciously contributed above and<br />
beyond to make this rabbinic internship<br />
possible. This anonymous group<br />
of families stepped up last year when<br />
we initiated our rabbinic internship<br />
program with Matt Shapiro who did a<br />
wonderful job during his brief tenure<br />
with our congregation. During<br />
Joseph’s time with us, on eight selected<br />
weekends, he will preach from the<br />
pulpit, conduct a learner’s Minyan on<br />
Shabbat morning during the Torah<br />
service, teach a class on Shabbat afternoon,<br />
coordinate a Sunday Mitzvah<br />
project and be an additional resource<br />
to our congregation’s religious<br />
school, youth program, Havurot as<br />
well as join Rabbi Taff in attending to<br />
some pastoral needs of our congregants.<br />
Joseph comes highly recommended<br />
to this internship by respected<br />
rabbis who he has worked with in<br />
the past.<br />
Joseph Robinson was born in southern<br />
California, in the town of Lake<br />
Forest. He completed four years of<br />
undergraduate work at San Diego<br />
State University, receiving a Bachelors<br />
degree in Sociology, and a minor<br />
in Judaic Studies. After completing<br />
his secular education, Joseph studied<br />
in Jerusalem, at the Conservative<br />
Yeshiva for two years.<br />
While in San Diego,<br />
Joseph was<br />
active in both Hillel,<br />
The foundation<br />
for Jewish<br />
Campus Life, and<br />
KOACH, the<br />
C o n s e r v a t i v e<br />
movement’s college<br />
outreach program.<br />
He developed<br />
and implemented curriculum for<br />
the San Diego Hebrew High School<br />
and acted as a sixth grade educator for<br />
Congregation Beth Am, in Del Mar<br />
Heights. Additionally he has spent<br />
several summers leading United<br />
Synagogue Youth’s Pilgrimages to<br />
Eastern Europe and Israel. Moreover<br />
his passion for youth work has afforded<br />
him the opportunity to work in<br />
both the Ramah and Jewish Community<br />
Center’s camping world.<br />
Currently Joseph is finishing his final<br />
year of rabbinical school at the<br />
American Jewish University in the<br />
Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies.<br />
He is the only son of Deborah and<br />
Jay, and the middle child between<br />
older sister Sarah and younger sister<br />
Rebecca. Joseph remains happily<br />
married for two years to his lovely<br />
wife Emily Hausman. For those who<br />
would like to email Joseph, he welcomes<br />
messages from our congregation<br />
and looks forward to becoming<br />
an integral part of our Mosaic Law<br />
community. His email address is:<br />
jrobinson@ajula.edu.<br />
NEW TIME FOR KOL NIDRE<br />
I want to remind all Mosaic Law families<br />
that because sundown is early<br />
this coming Friday, <strong>October</strong> 7th, our<br />
Kol Nidre Service will begin at 6:00<br />
PM sharp (not the usual 6:15pm starting<br />
time). I urge all of you to please<br />
try to arrive no later than 5:45pm so<br />
we can begin the Kol Nidre on time.<br />
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Services & Festivals 2<br />
Reflections from the<br />
President 3<br />
From the Director of<br />
Education and Youth 4<br />
From the Men’s Club 5<br />
Bar/Bat Mitzvah 5<br />
KOH Library 8<br />
Cooking with Evie Lieb 10-12<br />
Birthdays & Anniversaries 16<br />
Donations 17-19<br />
Mazel Tov!, Kiddush Sponsors<br />
& Condolences 19<br />
High Holydays<br />
Dates to<br />
Remember - page 3<br />
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September<br />
Services & Festivals<br />
Shabbat Candlelighting<br />
Times<br />
<strong>October</strong> 7 - 6:24pm<br />
<strong>October</strong> 14 - 6:13pm<br />
<strong>October</strong> 21 - 6:04pm<br />
<strong>October</strong> 28 - 5:55pm<br />
Shabbat<br />
Shabbat Morning Service – 9:00am<br />
<strong>October</strong> 1 - Parashat Haazinu<br />
Havdalah - 7:36pm<br />
<strong>October</strong> 8 - Parashat Motsaey Yom<br />
Kippur<br />
Havdalah - 7:25pm<br />
<strong>October</strong> 15 - Parashat Yaaleh<br />
Veyavo<br />
Havdalah - 7:15pm<br />
Brandon Pollack Bar Mitzvah<br />
As is our custom, after we begin the Kol Nidre service, late comers will not be<br />
permitted to enter the sanctuary until after Dr. Lerner will complete the chanting<br />
of the prayer which is recited three times.<br />
NEW INNOVATIVE ADULT LEARNING PROGRAM<br />
Also, on Yom Kippur, look for a brochure which will explain our new LEAP<br />
Program for Adults (Learning Enrichment Adult Programming). LEAP will consist<br />
of three mini-workshops on various Jewish topics held on Monday evenings<br />
from 7 to 8:15pm. The third session will be a lecture on the topic open to the entire<br />
community. I am grateful to Talia Berger, who as KOH Library and Cultural<br />
Center Program Director has agreed to volunteer to help coordinate our new<br />
LEAP program. Thank you to Larry Mozes, a member of our Board of Trustees<br />
who is spearheading the Adult Education Team, under a new concept which has<br />
been initiated by our board. Also, as part of this new program will be scheduled<br />
workshops on Jewish Ethics, the first one to be the subject of ―Mentschmaking,‖<br />
which I will have the honor of teaching. These workshops will be held on specific<br />
Sunday mornings from 11am to 12:30pm. Most of these classes and workshops<br />
will be in the KOH Library or other space as scheduled in our synagogue building.<br />
And for those who need to learn how to read Hebrew, we will also be offering<br />
a seven week class for adults taught by Rachel Salman. Look for the information<br />
which will be provided to everyone on Yom Kippur and then emailed to<br />
the entire congregation.<br />
Lastly, I hope that after Yom Kippur you will all consider joining us for the holiday<br />
of Sukkot and Simchat Torah. These holidays are my favorite holidays and<br />
allow us to immerse ourselves in Z’man Simchataynu, the Season of our Joy.<br />
On behalf of Avi, Amy, Ethan, Josh and Ari, I wish all of you an easy fast and<br />
may we all be sealed in the Book of Life.<br />
<strong>October</strong> 22 - Parashat Bereshit<br />
Havdalah - 7:05pm<br />
Natalie Rochman Bat Mitzvah<br />
<strong>October</strong> 29 - Parshat Noach<br />
Rosh Chodesh II<br />
Havdalah - 6:56pm<br />
Minyan Schedule<br />
Mornings<br />
Sunday – 8:30am<br />
Monday, Thursday &<br />
Rosh Chodesh – 7:15am<br />
Federal Holidays – 8:30am<br />
Leisure League<br />
Reminder – as mentioned at the last MLC Leisure League<br />
Luncheon in June, the MLC leisure event on <strong>October</strong><br />
27th is cancelled. We’ll see you in February 2012.<br />
Lloyd & Sandy Shaffer<br />
Afternoons<br />
Monday – Thursday – 5:45pm<br />
Friday Kabbalat Shabbat – 5:45pm<br />
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Reflections from the President<br />
It Takes a Congregation - Caren Zorman<br />
The Scroll<br />
By the time The Scroll reaches your<br />
mailbox, Rosh Hashanah will be upon<br />
us. It seems to me that it arrives<br />
regardless of whether or not I’m ―ready‖<br />
for it. And, I’m convinced that each year<br />
it arrives way too early – regardless of when it actually falls on<br />
the Gregorian calendar.<br />
But arrive it does and prompts all of us at shul to morph into<br />
High Holyday mode. The planning actually begins in July<br />
when our devoted office staff begin scheduling services,<br />
arranging logistics for Tashlich, and working with the president<br />
on establishing both ticket prices and the dollar amount<br />
that should be on the High Holyday appeal card. The dedicated<br />
Team Ritual ramps up their preparation in August for determining<br />
High Holiday honors, floor runners, who will lein during<br />
which service on which day and what the route of the<br />
Torah processional will be.<br />
This is just a small fraction of the preparation that goes on.<br />
This year, our shul is blessed to have beautiful, new machzorim,<br />
courtesy of a generous gift from Hy Kashenberg. With<br />
his military contacts, Dr. Karl Zeff was able to successfully<br />
distribute our older machzorim to various military bases so<br />
that they may be used by our men and women in uniform.<br />
And, there was a band of merry elves who spent a Sunday<br />
meticulously putting on the book plates and organizing the<br />
machzorim in the cantor’s room.<br />
Our childcare offerings this year were led by Deborah<br />
Gonzalez, who hired Ashalla Sanders and her conscientious<br />
crew of daycare providers to watch over our little ones. Deborah<br />
will, once again, be leading the Family Service in the Center.<br />
For our 6-12th graders, Monica Shapiro will be facilitating<br />
the teen service.<br />
A huge thank you to Michael (& Louise) Caplan for arranging<br />
our ―same place‖ for Tashlich. Thank you to Alan & Nancy<br />
Brodovsky for hosting our Selichot program on September<br />
25th and to Judy Persin for arranging the cleaning of the<br />
Torah mantles. Sisterhood graciously hosted the pre-Selichot<br />
nosh and looking ahead, an anonymous donor has provided the<br />
ever-popular light sticks for the Neilah service.<br />
As you can tell, getting ready for yontif is truly a group effort.<br />
With the finely run machine we know as Mosaic Law, the<br />
group effort is worthy of some huge recognition.<br />
On behalf of Jack, Aaron, Evan and myself, a warm wish for a<br />
sweet new year and a g’mar chatimah tovah.<br />
See you in shul!<br />
High Holyday <strong>October</strong> Dates to Remember<br />
Kol Nidre: Friday, <strong>October</strong> 7th - Service at 6pm in the Sanctuary<br />
Childcare available 6pm—8pm ($40/child; $80/2 children; $100/3 or more children; $22 1 day drop-in)<br />
Yom Kippur: Saturday, <strong>October</strong> 8th - Service at 8am and 4:45pm in the Sanctuary (childcare available at morning service only)<br />
Childcare available 9:30am—2pm ($40/child; $80/2 children; $100/3 or more children; $22 1 day drop-in)<br />
Family Service: 10am at The Center (no ticket required)<br />
Teen Service: after Rabbi’s sermon<br />
Yizkor: during service<br />
N’eilah: 7pm (children who wish to participate in the light parade should gather to line up at 6:45pm)<br />
Erev Sukkot: Wednesday, <strong>October</strong> 12th - Service at 5:45pm in the Chapel<br />
1st Day of Sukkot: Thursday, <strong>October</strong> 13th - Service at 9am in the Sanctuary<br />
2nd Day of Sukkot: Friday, <strong>October</strong> 14th - Service at 9am in the Sanctuary<br />
Pasta in the Hut: Sunday, <strong>October</strong>. 16th - 4:30pm in the Sukkah<br />
Hoshanah Rabah/Erev Shemini Atzeret: Wednesday, <strong>October</strong> 19th - Service at 7am in the Chapel<br />
Shemini Atzeret/Yizkor: Thursday, <strong>October</strong> 20th - Service/Yizkor at 9am in the Sanctuary<br />
Erev Simchat Torah at 7pm in the Sanctuary<br />
Simchat Torah: Friday, <strong>October</strong> 21st - Service at 9am in the Sanctuary<br />
Kabbalat Shabbat Service at 5:45pm in the Chapel<br />
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From the Director of Education<br />
and Youth - Orit Morgenshtern<br />
<strong>October</strong> 13th – Sukkot family dinner in Rabbi’s Sukkah for the Perachim Youth Group (RSVP<br />
required - see below)<br />
<strong>October</strong> 14th – USY Youth Group Shabbat Dinner at the Rabbi’s house<br />
<strong>October</strong> 23rd – Religious School resumes<br />
<strong>October</strong> 30th – Youth Activity Day<br />
Youth Group News:<br />
Perachim (Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade) will be going<br />
to the Rabbi’s Sukkah for dinner on Thursday, <strong>October</strong><br />
13th. This will be a family event: parents and sibling are<br />
welcome. Please RSVP to Sharon Best at sbest@live.com<br />
or call (949) 232-4453.<br />
B’nai Mazal (3rd and 4th grade) will be going to Sky<br />
High to bounce around on Sunday, <strong>October</strong> 30th. For more<br />
information contact Matt Miller at mmiller1187@gmail.com<br />
Machar (5th and 6th grade) will be Rock Climbing to the<br />
top on Sunday, <strong>October</strong> 30th. For more information contact<br />
Monica at shapiro2@comcast.net<br />
Kadima (7th and 8th grade) will be going to a corn maze<br />
and finding their way out on Sunday, <strong>October</strong> 30th. For<br />
more information contact Abigail Roush at abigail.roush@gmail.com<br />
USY (9th through 12th grade) will be holding a Sukkot<br />
Family Shabbat dinner in the Rabbi’s Sukkah on Friday,<br />
<strong>October</strong> 14th. Come join us for a sukkot experience filled<br />
with ruach and great food. This will be a family event parents<br />
and sibling are welcome. To RSVP please email Ari<br />
Polsky at USY sacramentousy@gmail.com or call (916)<br />
572-8791.<br />
Midrasha - Classes will be held on Wednesday evenings,<br />
from 7:00 to 9:00pm. Classes will rotate between the two<br />
congregations by semester, with the first semester being<br />
held at Congregation Beth Shalom (4746 El Camino Avenue<br />
Carmichael, CA 95608), starting <strong>October</strong> 26th and<br />
ending May 2nd of next year. New and returning students<br />
are welcome and encouraged to be a part of this important<br />
new program! The Midrasha program is both academic<br />
and social, and it serves the crucial need of helping our<br />
youth understand the nature of their Jewish identities.<br />
Classes are offered on Jewish ethics, identity, history, and<br />
community action. Utilizing multimedia presentations and<br />
visual aids, Midrasha will promote honest discussion and<br />
absorbing debate, in a way that is relevant, enlightening,<br />
and just plain fun. For more information, contact Ian<br />
Lobel at sacramentomidrasha@yahoo.com.<br />
USY News: December 25th-29th is the <strong>2011</strong> International<br />
Convention in Philadelphia. Five days of nonstop programming,<br />
making friends from across North America,<br />
leadership training and much more!!! For more information<br />
go to www.usy.org/ic.<br />
If you have not registered for one of our Youth Groups,<br />
contact Barbara Blue at blue@mosaiclaw.org. These<br />
groups are open to all MLC members, both Religious<br />
School and Shalom School.<br />
If you are making a donation to Mosaic Law in honor, memory, or for a simcha, please take this opportunity to help the Education<br />
Department while supporting your children or grandchildren and designate your donation to Religious School Scholarship<br />
Fund, fund number 305. Thank you in advance!<br />
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From the Men’s Club - Alex Zamansky<br />
Shana Tova! Summer ended on a positive note for the<br />
Men’s Club as we had fantastic participation and ―fan‖<br />
turnout for our annual inter-synagogue softball game<br />
against B’Nai Israel. We had a lot of fun and everyone<br />
would agree that we were the best dressed Boys of Summer<br />
that day as we took the field in our Mosaic Law azure<br />
colored uniforms!<br />
Our commitment to supporting the Religious School remains<br />
as strong as ever as we partnered with Sisterhood to<br />
sponsor transportation for all the Youth Group kids to attend<br />
the circus on September 18th. I especially want to<br />
give a big thank you to Roger Cochran for his leadership<br />
and sponsorship of the family BBQ that preceded the kids’<br />
field trip that day.<br />
If you aren’t receiving emails or hearing about Men’s Club<br />
events, please let me know because we are having a lot of<br />
fun these days. We recently had a successful poker night<br />
hosted by Past Men’s Club President, Erich Olson, in<br />
which we were able to continue to fundraise for the Education<br />
Fund. Thank you to everyone who came, thank you to<br />
Hannah for tolerating all of us and congratulations to Jack<br />
Zorman for winning the tournament! As we look forward,<br />
we will be planning a golf tournament, an event with<br />
Sisterhood and the Latke Cup, which is right around the<br />
corner.<br />
I wanted to mention that all members of the Men’s Club<br />
will be receiving a very special kippah when they renew<br />
their membership for this coming year. If you are interested<br />
in our upcoming activities, have an idea for the Men’s<br />
Club or want to learn about being more involved with the<br />
Men’s Club, please contact me at adzamansky@yahoo.com.<br />
Bar/Bat Mitzvah<br />
Shalom. <strong>My</strong> name is Brandon Pollack and my Bar<br />
Mitzvah is on <strong>October</strong> 15th, <strong>2011</strong>. I am in eighth<br />
grade, and I currently attend Arden Middle School.<br />
I like to play sports, such as basketball and soccer. For<br />
my Bar Mitzvah project, I am working with the organization<br />
MEHR that puts on senior programs and dinners<br />
for Persians in the Sacramento community.<br />
I selected this organization as it as it brings together<br />
the elderly from the Persian community to share dinners,<br />
speakers and other Persian culture together. I am<br />
excited that my relatives from New York, Texas, Connecticut,<br />
Florida and throughout California are coming<br />
to my Bar Mitzvah. Hopefully, I will see you there too.<br />
Shalom. <strong>My</strong> name is Natalie<br />
Rochman. <strong>My</strong> Bat Mitzvah is<br />
on <strong>October</strong> 22nd, <strong>2011</strong> and my<br />
parshah is Bereishit. I am in the<br />
8th Grade at Arden Middle<br />
School in the High Achiever<br />
program. From preschool<br />
through 6th grade, I attended<br />
Shalom School. I enjoy reading,<br />
playing soccer, skiing, and<br />
cheerleading. <strong>My</strong> Bat Mitzvah project was to assist the<br />
teachers in the Shalom School preschool. Also, I worked as<br />
a volunteer tutor for Mosaic Law’s Adult B’nai Mitzvah<br />
class. I would like to thank my tutor, Hannah Olson, and<br />
my family for helping me prepare for my Bat Mitzvah.<br />
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Jewish Genealogical Society of Sacramento<br />
Sunday, <strong>October</strong> 16, <strong>2011</strong>, 10 a.m.<br />
Jews of India -- Yael Numark<br />
Yael Numark is a Sacramentan born in<br />
Mumbai (Bombay) who'll discuss the legacy<br />
and history of India's Jewish communities.<br />
Yael says many of the same Jewish traditions<br />
found throughout the world are found in<br />
Mumbai's eight synagogues, although there<br />
are also traditions specific to India. The written<br />
record of Jews in India goes back to the<br />
1700s.<br />
All are welcome to attend the meeting<br />
Sunday, <strong>October</strong> 16th at 10am at the Albert<br />
Einstein Residence Center, 1935 Wright<br />
Street, Sacramento. For more information<br />
about the Jewish Genealogical Society of<br />
Sacramento, visit www.jgss.org or e-mail the<br />
JGSS at jgs_sacramento@yahoo.com.<br />
b a -<br />
Trip to Israel<br />
A $200 Deposit Secures a Space for our December 25th<br />
to January 5th Trip to Israel!<br />
On Sunday, December 25, <strong>2011</strong>, members of Mosaic<br />
Law, relatives, friends, and others throughout our community<br />
will have the opportunity to join Rabbi Reuven<br />
Taff on a memorable 10-day tour of Israel.<br />
The trip is for adults and families, first-timers and those<br />
who have already been to Israel. Highlights of the tour<br />
will include staying at deluxe five-star hotels, and an<br />
optional one-day tour of the ancient ruins of Petra,<br />
Jordan. The itinerary includes a jeep tour of the Golan<br />
Heights, including a visit to the mystical city of Tzfat, a<br />
tour of Massada and a day of leisure at the beautiful<br />
southern city of Eilat.<br />
Those traveling with Rabbi Taff will fly non-stop from<br />
Los Angeles on Sunday, December 25th. The group will<br />
return to Sacramento on Thursday, January 5th, 2012.<br />
Opportunities to extend beyond the tour are available as<br />
well. Look for the complete information (itinerary and<br />
costs), which is attached to our monthly e-scroll. For further<br />
information please contact Mary Blumenstein at<br />
mary@mosaiclaw.org or Rabbi Taff directly at rabbi@mosaiclaw.org.<br />
Most importantly, do not delay! This<br />
trip is expected to be sold out.<br />
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<strong>October</strong> Events at the KOH Library<br />
and Cultural Center<br />
Every Survivor Has a Story<br />
To Tell - The Story of<br />
Frank Rothman<br />
Holocaust survivor Frank Rothman and documentary producer<br />
and editor Ada Cochavi Ross will appear together at<br />
the KOH Library and Cultural Center on Sunday, <strong>October</strong><br />
9th, <strong>2011</strong> at 2:00pm to present the compelling documentary<br />
"Every Survivor Has a Story To Tell - The Story of<br />
Frank Rothman".<br />
Mr. Rothman was born in Czechoslovakia in 1924. At age<br />
19 he was sent to a series of four concentration camps,<br />
including Auschwitz. In 1945 he was liberated by the<br />
Russian army and immediately following the war he<br />
moved to the United States. He has spent the last decade<br />
dedicated to educating the public, particularly the youth,<br />
about his experience during the Holocaust and how such<br />
tragedies must be avoided. After living through unimaginable<br />
horrors, his message is not one of anger or despair.<br />
Instead, he brings the message that through education and<br />
by survivors speaking in their own voices about their unthinkable<br />
experiences at the hands of the Nazis...there is<br />
hope for future generations.<br />
Ada Cochavi Ross is a video producer and editor. She has<br />
a passion for documenting and capturing personal family<br />
stories in movies and is a graduate of film schools at UC<br />
Santa Cruz and Tel Aviv University. She has worked on<br />
popular productions such as "Toy Story" and "Bugs Life"<br />
with Pixar and in several well-known video production<br />
houses in the Bay Area. Ada's focus now is telling the personal<br />
stories of Sacramento area Holocaust survivors<br />
through the medium of film. Her company is called Memories<br />
In Motion and you can obtain more information by<br />
visiting www.memoriesinmotion.tv.<br />
For more information please contact Taliah Berger, KOH<br />
Program Director, at (916) 541-3720 or<br />
taliah@kohlcc.org. This program is open to everyone and<br />
we encourage parents to bring their children, ages 10 and<br />
up.<br />
Library Hours<br />
Sunday - By appointment only<br />
Monday - 10:00am - 1:00pm<br />
Thursday - 10:00am - 1:00pm<br />
Friday - 10:00am -1:00pm<br />
We will be closed when there is no religious school and<br />
for all Jewish and secular holidays.<br />
Phone:<br />
(916) 485-4143<br />
Address:<br />
2300 Sierra Boulevard<br />
Sacramento, CA 95825<br />
KOH Blog – The KOH Library and Cultural Center<br />
has its own blog at www.kohlibrary.blogspot.com.<br />
Comments are always welcome.<br />
Jews and The Civil War:<br />
Martin London Lifelong<br />
Learning Lecture Series<br />
The Martin London Lifelong<br />
Learning Lecture Series is once<br />
again bringing a wonderful program<br />
to Sacramento. Sunday,<br />
<strong>October</strong> 9th, <strong>2011</strong> at 7:00pm in the<br />
KOH Library and Cultural Center.<br />
Adam Mendelsohn will be speaking<br />
on the fascinating and complex topic of the Jews<br />
and the American Civil War. Professor Mendelsohn,<br />
Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies and the Director<br />
of the Center for Southern Jewish History and Culture<br />
at the College of Charleston, and Jonathan Sarna have<br />
edited the recently released book Jews and the Civil<br />
War: A Reader, which is considered the first and foremost<br />
scholarship on this topic. This lecture is open to<br />
the entire community and there will not be an admission<br />
fee.<br />
The KOH Library is located in The Center at Twenty-<br />
Three Hundred at 2300 Sierra Boulevard, Sacramento<br />
95825. For more information on this program please<br />
contact Andy Baron at ABaron9936@aol.com. You<br />
may also contact Taliah Berger at (916) 541-3720 or<br />
taliah@kohlcc.org.<br />
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KOH Jewish Artist Series - Roni Golan<br />
Painter and hypnotherapist Roni Golan has an exhibit in the KOH Library and Cultural Center as a part of<br />
the ongoing KOH Jewish Artist Series. His work is well known for its originality and creativity, bringing a<br />
fresh perspective into the contemporary art scene. Roni describes his paintings as both intentional and spontaneous,<br />
taking the viewer's eye into shapes, patterns and colors that produce visual pleasure at first glance.<br />
Then, in the process of translating the elements in his art into the real world, one can discover the joy of<br />
ambiguity. The use of lines in his art is intended to serve as guides, leading the viewer's unconsciousness<br />
towards a new experience and to convey the beauty awaiting us when our vision moves past both real and<br />
imagined demarcations.<br />
Roni's art will remain on exhibit in the KOH Library during regular library hours and by appointment<br />
through December 2, <strong>2011</strong>. For more information on this wonderful exhibit, to confirm library hours or<br />
schedule an appointment to view the exhibit please contact Taliah Berger at (916) 541-3720 or<br />
taliah@kohlcc.org.<br />
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Cooking with Evie Lieb<br />
Break the Fast and Celebrate the Harvest:<br />
Mingling Old and New<br />
<strong>October</strong> brings more opportunities<br />
to celebrate the New Year with<br />
traditional fare. It amazes me that<br />
after so many years of teaching and writing about Jewish<br />
cooking, I learn something new while preparing each<br />
Scroll article. The bread recipe I am sharing this month is<br />
made in a way very much like my challah recipe that many<br />
MLC members have enjoyed over the years. The bollo is<br />
so delicious and delicately sweet that it’s the perfect way<br />
to break the Yom Kippur fast. In my research I read that in<br />
some parts of the Mediterranean world it is served in the<br />
living room as soon as people return from services. (I admit<br />
that in the past I have had some of my fruited challah<br />
in the car to sustain me on the way home; now I am looking<br />
forward to a new treat!)<br />
The Syrian wheat salad is quite easy to prepare and requires<br />
no cooking. The ingredients can be purchased well<br />
in advance so you can have them on hand to make the salad<br />
a day or two ahead for serving for break-the-fast or for<br />
a Sukkot meal for family and friends. The version I’m<br />
sharing is just one of several that I found in my research. If<br />
you want to delve into the variations available on the Internet,<br />
be sure to put ―bazargan recipe‖ into the search box;<br />
Bazargan is also an Iranian name and will bring up all<br />
sorts of biographical information!<br />
Finally, try the delicious and mostly do-ahead fruit crisp<br />
offered here. It can be made with parve margarine without<br />
sacrificing flavor. The components are prepared and stored<br />
in the freezer, ready to be assembled quickly. The dessert<br />
can be baking in the oven while you’re serving and eating<br />
a holiday meal.<br />
I hope these dishes will become favorites in your kitchen<br />
the way they have in ours!<br />
BOLLO (Sephardic Sweet Anise Bread)<br />
Rabbi Gil Marks recounts the rich history of this bread in<br />
his Encyclopedia of Jewish Food, tracing it back to medieval<br />
times. He points out that Jews expelled from Spain<br />
took it with them to other Mediterranean locations, where<br />
it was served to break the Yom Kippur fast and as part of<br />
Sukkot celebrations. I have adapted the recipe for the food<br />
processor, and included an optional overnight rise in the<br />
fridge, making it much less time-consuming. Makes 2 medium<br />
loaves, 24 rolls or 1 loaf and 12 rolls<br />
4 C bread flour<br />
2 TBSP anise seeds<br />
½ TBSP salt<br />
1 envelope or 2¼ tsp fast-acting or instant yeast<br />
1 C hot water (up to 130°)<br />
¼ C good olive oil (not extra-virgin) OR<br />
2 TBSP extra virgin olive oil + 2 TBSP canola oil<br />
2 large eggs<br />
Egg wash (l large egg beaten with 1 tsp water)<br />
Place flour, seeds, salt and yeast in bowl of processor fitted<br />
with dough blade.<br />
Process to combine well. Combine the water, oil and honey<br />
in a measuring cup with a lip. With machine running,<br />
add liquid to flour mixture, pouring only as fast as it can<br />
be absorbed. Stop machine and scrape down sides if necessary.<br />
Beat the eggs together in the now-empty measuring<br />
cup and add to the dough in the same manner. Process<br />
about 1 minute or until mixture is homogeneous. If dry,<br />
add water, a tablespoon at a time; add flour by the tablespoon<br />
if the dough seems too moist to handle. Remove to<br />
work surface and knead briefly to assure that you have the<br />
proper consistency. Dough may be slightly tacky, but it<br />
shouldn’t remain on your hands. It’s OK to put the dough<br />
back in the processor if you need to add more flour; alternatively<br />
you can sprinkle flour on the work surface and<br />
knead it in by hand.<br />
Transfer dough to a plastic bag or bowl and cover or seal,<br />
leaving adequate room for the dough to double. Let rise at<br />
room temperature for 30 minutes, then refrigerate for one<br />
hour or until doubled in volume (a finger poked gently in<br />
the surface leaves an indentation that doesn’t fill in immediately).<br />
You can leave the dough in the fridge overnight<br />
and complete the bread the following day.<br />
Remove the chilled dough from refrigerator. Divide in two<br />
or cut into 24 pieces. (Or use one half of dough for 12<br />
pieces). If you have a kitchen scale, it is helpful to weigh<br />
the entire batch of dough and determine what the weight<br />
of the individual loaves or rolls should be by dividing by<br />
the number of pieces you are going to shape into bread.<br />
(<strong>My</strong> rolls are about 47 grams each, about 1 2/3 oz. They<br />
lose a little weight after moisture escapes during baking).<br />
Cover with a towel or plastic wrap and let sit on work sur-<br />
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face at room temperature for 15 minutes.<br />
Line a large baking sheet with parchment and set aside.<br />
Shape loaves into flat 6‖rounds and shape the rolls into<br />
smooth balls. Place on prepared sheet, cover with plastic<br />
wrap and let rise until doubled, about 45 minutes. Adjust<br />
oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 375°.<br />
40 minutes and rolls for 18 to 20 minutes, or until tops are<br />
golden and there is a resonant sound when tapped on the<br />
bottom. An instant-read thermometer inserted in the bread<br />
should read 200°. (If you have both large and small<br />
breads, simply take out the smaller ones and return the pan<br />
to the oven to complete the baking of the loaf.) Remove to<br />
a wire rack to cool. Store in a plastic bag at room temperature<br />
for a day or two, or freeze for a month.<br />
Prick any sizable air<br />
bubbles with the tip of a<br />
small knife or skewer.<br />
Brush rolls with egg<br />
wash; try not to get any<br />
drips onto the parchment.<br />
Bake loaves for 30 to<br />
BAZARGAN (Syrian Cracked Wheat<br />
Salad)<br />
This recipe is adapted from Joyce Goldstein's<br />
Saffron Shores: Jewish Cooking of the Southern<br />
Mediterranean .Since it keeps well in the fridge for<br />
several days, it’s a good dish to prepare ahead as part of a<br />
break-the-fast menu. Makes 6 to 8 servings.<br />
2 C finely cracked bulgur wheat (#1 designation on package)*<br />
2 ½ C water<br />
1 tsp kosher salt for the soaking water<br />
6 tablespoons olive oil<br />
2 tablespoons pomegranate molasses*<br />
2 tablespoons tomato paste<br />
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, or to taste<br />
2 teaspoons ground cumin<br />
1 teaspoon ground coriander<br />
½ teaspoon ground allspice<br />
¼ teaspoon Aleppo pepper* or more to taste<br />
Salt, pepper and additional spices to taste<br />
1 C walnuts, toasted and coarsely chopped (pecans are<br />
also good, although not traditional)<br />
¼ cup pine nuts, toasted (optional)<br />
3 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley<br />
Put the wheat in a bowl. Combine the water and 1 tsp. salt<br />
and pour over the bulgur. Let soak until the grains are tender,<br />
45 minutes or longer. Drain well. (It may appear that<br />
all the water has been absorbed, but be sure there isn’t any<br />
in the bottom of the bowl before adding other ingredients.)<br />
Transfer to a dry bowl.<br />
In a small bowl, whisk together the olive oil, pomegranate<br />
molasses, tomato paste, lemon juice, and spices. Add to<br />
the wheat and toss. Season to taste with salt, pepper and<br />
more of the spices. Fold in the nuts and parsley and mix<br />
well. Cover and let sit at room temperature for 4 hours or<br />
as long as overnight. Store in the refrigerator if not serving<br />
within this time frame. Bring to room temperature before<br />
serving.<br />
*Available at Middle<br />
Eastern markets<br />
FREEZER KIT FOR STREUSEL-TOPPED<br />
FRUIT CRISPS<br />
This recipe by Laura Ohm appeared in The Oregonian.<br />
The parve version is delicious; freezing the margarine for<br />
the streusel will facilitate processing and help to maintain<br />
the desired crumbly texture of the streusel. Stock your<br />
freezer with unsweetened frozen fruit and store the premade<br />
streusel in measured portions. Then you can have a<br />
nice dessert for unexpected guests in a little more than a<br />
half-hour—with very little hands-on time required. Makes<br />
enough for 4 – 6 crisps.<br />
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For the fruit component: spread blackberries, raspberries<br />
and/or blueberries on a rimmed baking sheet, freeze solid,<br />
then pour into self-sealing freezer bags in 2-C portions.<br />
You can also use IQF (individually quick frozen) unsweetened<br />
berries or cherries from the grocery store.<br />
For the streusel:<br />
2 C firmly packed brown sugar<br />
1 C granulated sugar<br />
1 C all-purpose flour<br />
1 ½ C regular rolled oats, uncooked<br />
½ tsp salt<br />
½ tsp cinnamon<br />
1 C unsalted butter or parve<br />
margarine (2 sticks),<br />
cut into small cubes<br />
¾ C toasted nuts, coarsely chopped*<br />
least 6 months.<br />
Alternatively, pulse the sugars, flour, salt and cinnamon in<br />
bowl of food processor. Scatter on the butter cubes and<br />
pulse until mixture is crumbly. Remove mixture to a large<br />
bowl and stir in the oatmeal and nuts.<br />
To make a small crisp to serve 4 to 6 people: Toss 2C frozen<br />
berries or other fruit with 2 T sugar and 2 teaspoons<br />
all-purpose flour. Add 1 teaspoon lemon juice, vanilla or<br />
other flavoring, if desired. Place fruit in 1-quart baking<br />
dish and top with ½ to 1 C streusel. Bake in preheated<br />
400˚ oven for 30 minutes, or until bubbly and brown on<br />
top. Use more of each of the elements for more servings.<br />
Note: You can make individual servings in oven-proof<br />
ramekins or custard cups (as in the illustration). Use ½ C<br />
berries for each serving and as much of the topping as you<br />
like (and will fit). Place on a cookie sheet (for ease of handling)<br />
and bake about 20 minutes.<br />
Fruit, sugar, flour and flavoring for filling (see below)<br />
*Toast nuts on a baking sheet in a 350˚ oven for 5-8<br />
minutes or until fragrant and lightly browned<br />
In a medium mixing bowl, combine brown and white sugars,<br />
flour, oatmeal, salt and cinnamon. Rub butter into dry<br />
ingredients with your fingers until mixture is crumbly.<br />
Add nuts. Divide into 1-cup portions and freeze in selfsealing<br />
freezer bags or plastic containers. This will keep at<br />
Community Notes<br />
New Senior Group at Or Rishon<br />
<strong>October</strong> 12, <strong>2011</strong> at 12pm<br />
Everything Honey! Did you know that honey is the ONLY food in the world that does not spoil? That it has medicinal<br />
value? That Queen bees are made from ordinary ―drone‖ bees? Please join us in the Sukkah for lunch and a honey program<br />
as local beekeepers share their passion for bees and honey. Fresh local honey will also be available for tasting and<br />
for purchase. For more information call Rina at (916) 944-1980. To RSVP call Temple Or Rishon at (916) 988-4100.<br />
The PJ Library<br />
The Jewish Federation of the Sacramento Region is excited to announce that The PJ Library has been expanded to<br />
include children up to age 8! Enroll your child or grandchild or renew their participation until their 9th birthday!<br />
The PJ Library® provides free Jewish books and music to eligible children. Each month, children receive the gift of a<br />
Jewish book or CD as well as a reading guide to enhance your family’s experience. Enroll now!<br />
For more information, contact The PJ Library Director Ardyth Sokoler at pjlibrary@jewishsac.org or (916) 486-0906.<br />
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Mosaic Law Congregation<br />
Archives<br />
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Mosaic Law’s Archive Committee will be co-hosting<br />
with some of the other congregations and agenices in the<br />
Jewish community a workshop on the organization and<br />
cataloging of their archives. The workshop will be led by<br />
Nancy Zimmelman Limoil, head of the California State<br />
Archives. With great expertise, Nancy will guide us<br />
through the steps needed to get our archives organized.<br />
The date for this workshop will be announced soon.<br />
With many ―thanks‖ to the very generous offer from congregation<br />
member, Jeffery Berger, we will have a site in<br />
which to sort and work on our current collection.<br />
In addition to our current collection, Mosaic Law is<br />
actively seeking older documents, newsletters, photographs,<br />
programs, invitations, old New Year Greeting<br />
Books, etc., to add to our archives. If you or older family<br />
members have served on the synagogue board and have<br />
agendas or minutes, please consider donating them or<br />
copies to the archives. If you wish to donate photographs,<br />
please try to identify the people in the photograph.<br />
Kindly direct any questions to Judy Persin at (916)<br />
487-0088 or the Mosaic Law office at (916) 488-1122.<br />
If you are interested in attending our workshop, please<br />
contact Judy Persin at the above number. We will need<br />
lots of help with this project.<br />
Mosaic Law Friedman<br />
Courtyard Bricks Update<br />
At this time, the Friedman Courtyard Brick<br />
Committee is sorry to announce that it does not<br />
have enough pre-orders for bricks in time to requisition<br />
them for the High Holydays. There is a minimum<br />
requirement needed to place the order. It is<br />
hopeful that the committee will be able to fulfill<br />
that requirement by the beginning of the New Year<br />
(January 2012).<br />
The brick program is an ongoing project. If you<br />
have a special event or person you wish to honor or<br />
memorialize, consider placing a brick in our Courtyard<br />
to mark that special occasion or individual(s).<br />
Simply contact Judy Persin, Courtyard Brick Chairperson,<br />
at jbpersin@aol.com.<br />
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Birthday Wishes for <strong>October</strong><br />
1 Max Berkowitz<br />
1 Noah Reiner<br />
2 Debra Brown<br />
2 Nadia Cohan<br />
3 Jacob Friedman<br />
3 Betsy Singer<br />
4 Scarlet Edber<br />
4 David Lerner<br />
4 John Ortego<br />
5 Carol Salasky<br />
5 Michael Singer<br />
6 Robbie Holland<br />
6 Harriette Schwartz<br />
7 Micha Ben-Reuven<br />
7 Rachel Ostwald<br />
7 Moshe Rosenberg<br />
7 Sima Toledano<br />
8 Lisa Horst<br />
8 Rosalie Roth<br />
9 Irving Kagan<br />
9 Ian Lobel<br />
9 Rachel Salman<br />
9 Art Terner<br />
10 Mark Aizenberg<br />
10 Ava Fahn<br />
11 Steven Block<br />
11 Julie Lavine<br />
11 Joshua Rosenblume<br />
12 Zachary Stauber<br />
12 Katherine Tokarski<br />
13 Kaz Brodovsky<br />
13 Aaron Kravitz<br />
13 Susan Weiss-Shannon<br />
14 Scott Govenar<br />
14 Debra Lewis<br />
14 Phillip Rosenberg<br />
14 Roxanne Stanger<br />
15 Randi Gold<br />
15 Elisa Levy<br />
15 Michael Salman<br />
15 Talmor Suchard<br />
16 Steven Leibovitz<br />
17 Aaron Soskin<br />
17 Michaela Terner<br />
17 Dani Weinstein<br />
18 Matthew Baron<br />
18 Courtney Shannon<br />
18 Alex Zamansky<br />
19 Rick Brodovsky<br />
19 Orit Morgenshtern<br />
20 Benjamin Green<br />
20 Naomi Green<br />
20 Sybil Jakob<br />
20 Richard Lehrfeld<br />
20 Patrice Ratinoff<br />
21 Clifford Berg<br />
21 Cade DePeel<br />
21 Cody DePeel<br />
21 Jan Highman<br />
21 Amit Morgenshtern<br />
21 Molly Ratinoff<br />
21 <strong>My</strong>chal Stecher-Weitzman<br />
21 Navit Suchard<br />
22 Michael Fahn<br />
22 Jack Gurev<br />
22 Jennifer Gurev<br />
22 Sarah Gurev<br />
23 Michael Cohodes<br />
23 Jeffrey Goldstein<br />
23 Lior Morgenshtern<br />
24 Justine Dowden<br />
25 Moayan Shenhar<br />
25 Sandra Singer<br />
26 Melissa Opper<br />
26 Judy Prohofsky<br />
26 Jill Reiser<br />
26 Michael Schaffer<br />
26 Daniel Schwarz<br />
26 Judi Turtletaub<br />
27 Stacey Grijnsztein<br />
27 Ricki Lobel<br />
27 Marian Samoville<br />
28 Mervin Fahn<br />
28 Ben Glovinsky<br />
28 Daniel Racket<br />
29 Chuck Brabec<br />
29 Helaina Kravitz<br />
29 George Wald<br />
30 Michael Cohen<br />
30 Ariel Shenhar<br />
31 Hillel Damron<br />
31 Andrew Kincaid<br />
<strong>October</strong><br />
Anniversaries<br />
1 Robert & Laura Wendel<br />
2 Henry & Rande Zaretsky<br />
3 Michael & Holly Fahn<br />
6 Gilbert & Janice Linver<br />
7 Richard & Terry Pachter<br />
8 Steven & Judith Lewis<br />
8 David & Ruth O'Riva<br />
10 Jeff & Irit Winston<br />
12 Bob & Debbie Brown<br />
12 Gerson Stauber & Sherry Shapiro<br />
14 Scott & Gayle Govenar<br />
14 Richard Robinson & Marjorie<br />
Swartz<br />
14 Zeev & Ortal Shtulvarg<br />
15 Steven & Melanie Mopsick<br />
16 Sam & Bernice Ross<br />
17 Allen & Carolyn Green<br />
17 Richard & Leslie Schuman<br />
18 Harvey & Elise Canter<br />
18 Dan & Katherine Gumpert<br />
18 Daniel & Ellen Yamshon<br />
20 Dwight & Joann Freund<br />
24 Mervin & Yael Fahn<br />
26 Scott & Monica Shapiro<br />
30 Bruce & Etty Blackman<br />
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General Synagogue Fund<br />
In memory of Emilie Jacobson, her<br />
mother<br />
Sharon Jacobson<br />
In honor of Danny Weiss<br />
Nancy & Dick Bernheimer<br />
In honor of Bob Lauer’s 70th birthday<br />
and Bob & Suzie’s Lauer’s 35th anniversary<br />
Lynne Galin<br />
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Generous Gifts From Thoughtful People<br />
Donations Made Between July 16 - August 22<br />
Aliyah Fund<br />
In appreciation of his Aliyah on the<br />
10th anniversary of his father’s death<br />
Howard Futerman<br />
Beryl Schuster Bar/Bat<br />
Mitzvah Fund<br />
In memory of Dr. George Daniel, my<br />
dear friend<br />
Ilene Lerner<br />
Building Maintenance Fund<br />
In memory of Nathan Goldberg, his<br />
father<br />
Irv Goldberg<br />
Mazel Tov! Jackson Reese Stanek on<br />
receiving his Hebrew name<br />
Janet & Stanton Herrin<br />
Ernest & Sylvia Fahn Israel<br />
Scholarship Fund<br />
In memory of Loretta Yassinger &<br />
Archie Vine, parents of Sid & Linda<br />
Yassinger<br />
Yael & Mervin Fahn<br />
In memory of Mollie Fitterman, sister<br />
of Lou Weintraub<br />
In memory of Maury Laks, a former<br />
member of Mosaic Law<br />
Rowena Fahn<br />
In memory of Alice Polakoff<br />
Shirley Malitz<br />
In appreciation of the use of the facilities<br />
at MLC<br />
Al Anon<br />
In memory of Alice Polakoff<br />
Rosalie & Herman<br />
Rosenbaum<br />
Kesher Fund<br />
In honor of Mathaniel Spilkin becoming<br />
a Bar Mitzvah<br />
Bonnie Penix<br />
KOH Library & Cultural<br />
Center<br />
Mazel Tov! Ben Yassinger on his<br />
90th birthday<br />
Charlotte Ballard & Bob Zeff<br />
In appreciation of the KOH Library &<br />
Cultural Center<br />
Soni & Ron Meyer<br />
In memory of Robert Hall, Beloved<br />
husband and father<br />
Shirley Cohodes & family<br />
Louis & Dorothy Brodovsky<br />
Memorial Fund<br />
In memory of Jo Moravi<br />
Nancy & Alan Brodovsky &<br />
family<br />
Murray Bachman Minyan<br />
Fund<br />
In memory of Mollie Fitterman, sister<br />
of Lou Weintraub<br />
Bebe & Randy Pollack and<br />
Mehrnaz Halimi & Stephen<br />
Waks<br />
In memory Alvin Mund, father of<br />
Linda Kamras<br />
Iris & Ron Bachman<br />
In memory of Alvin Mund, beloved<br />
father of Linda Kamras<br />
Leslie, Jerry & Ro’e<br />
Kuperstein<br />
In memory of Loretta Yassinger<br />
Charlotte Ballard & Robert<br />
Zeff<br />
Past Presidents’ Youth<br />
Fund<br />
In memory of Alvin Mund, father of<br />
Linda Kamras<br />
Yael & Mervin Fahn<br />
In memory of Sylvia Fishman<br />
Judy Persin & family<br />
Mazel Tov! Linda & Marvin Kamras<br />
on the birth of their grandson, Milo<br />
Adlai<br />
Judy Persin<br />
In honor of Bob & Suzie Lauer’s 35th<br />
anniversary and Bob Lauer’s 70th<br />
birthday<br />
Yael & Mervin Fahn<br />
In memory of Alvin Mund, father of<br />
Linda Kamras<br />
Lynne Galin<br />
In memory of Alice Polakoff<br />
Charlotte Ballard<br />
Other<br />
In honor of the birth of our son, Grant<br />
Parker Kubel<br />
Jackie & Phil Kubel<br />
In memory of Sima Bernzweig<br />
Jackie, Phil & Shirley Kubel<br />
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Donations (continued from page 17)<br />
Rabbi’s Mitzvah Fund<br />
In memory of Mollie Fitterman, sister<br />
of Lou Weintraub<br />
Yael & Mervin Fahn<br />
In honor of Janet & Jason Solomon<br />
In memory of Judy Kahler’s brotherin-law<br />
Louise & Michael Caplan<br />
In honor of David Varshawsky<br />
Roxanne & Philip Stanger<br />
Mazel Tov! Irit & Jeff Winston on<br />
the engagement of their sons Joseph<br />
to Noa Atun & Joshua to Irit Simhi.<br />
Sharon & Sam Anapolsky<br />
In honor of Roger Cochran and his<br />
preparation of the kiddush lunch for<br />
Eliana’s Bat Mitzvah<br />
Deanne & Trent Meyer<br />
In appreciation of Rabbi Taff for his<br />
support and compassion during and<br />
after Alice’s illness and passing<br />
The Family of Alice Polakoff<br />
In memory of Loretta Yassinger &<br />
Archie Vine<br />
Lynne Galin<br />
In honor of the engagements of Joseph<br />
& Joshua Winston<br />
Louise & Michael Caplan<br />
In appreciation of Rabbi Taff’s service<br />
for Sylvia Fishman<br />
Judy Persin & family<br />
In memory of Doris Pinchuk Seller,<br />
dear sister of Kitty Finkelstein<br />
Barbara & Davina Dubnick<br />
In honor of Joyce Berger on her<br />
birthday<br />
In honor of Marci Davis on her<br />
engagement<br />
Lynne Galin<br />
Yahrzeit<br />
In memory of Hyman Block, his<br />
father<br />
Charlie Block<br />
In memory of Sonia (Sunny) Mehler,<br />
his wife<br />
Robert Mehler<br />
In memory of Edith Rotenberg Smith,<br />
her dear mother<br />
Soni Meyer<br />
In memory of Beldon Ruxin, her<br />
beloved husband<br />
Marilyn Ruxin<br />
In memory of Bonnie Dayan, his<br />
sister<br />
Larry Saltzman<br />
In memory of Mildred Rasmussin, her<br />
mother<br />
Betsy Singer<br />
In memory of Ida Greenberg, her<br />
mother<br />
Rita Frumberg<br />
In memory of Anna Kranz, her<br />
mother<br />
In memory of Szymon Kranz, her<br />
father<br />
Liz Igra<br />
In memory of Bernard Deutsch, her<br />
brother<br />
Ann Deutsch, her stepmother<br />
Shirley Cohodes<br />
In memory of Fanny Neuwald, her<br />
grandmother<br />
Karen Neuwald<br />
In memory of Moses Bank, his uncle<br />
Jacob Igra<br />
In memory of Klara Hoffman, her<br />
grandmother<br />
Betty Salomon<br />
Mosaic Law Congregation<br />
Board of Trustees <strong>2011</strong>-2012<br />
Executive Board<br />
President - Caren Zorman<br />
First Vice Pres - Jonathan Lightman<br />
Second Vice Pres - Dan Ott<br />
Treasurer - David Long<br />
Secretary - Lynn Temple<br />
Immediate Past President -<br />
Deborah Gonzalez<br />
Board of Trustees<br />
Bruce Anapolsky<br />
Scott Cartwright<br />
Moti Darf<br />
Baryohay Davidoff, PhD<br />
Tamsen D’Souza<br />
Larry Mozes<br />
Erich Olson<br />
Randy Pollack<br />
Hilda Sadigh-Harouni<br />
Larry Saltzman, MD<br />
Robert Spector<br />
Gary Weinberg<br />
Vicki Wheelock, MD<br />
Karl Zeff, MD<br />
Carol Loew - Sisterhood President<br />
Alex Zamansky - Men’s Club President<br />
Past Presidents<br />
Alan Brodovsky<br />
Mark Cohn<br />
Alan Edelstein<br />
Morton Ehrlich, MD<br />
Morton Friedman<br />
Deborah Gonzalez<br />
Kenneth Goore<br />
Frank Gumpert<br />
Marvin Kamras, MD<br />
Steven Mopsick<br />
Charles Nadler<br />
Michael Opper<br />
Mitchell Ostwald<br />
Arlene Pearl<br />
Elliott Pearl<br />
Steven Polansky, MD<br />
Sid Rosenberg<br />
Marc Sussman<br />
Robert Zeff, MD<br />
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The Scroll<br />
Kiddush Sponsors, <strong>Host</strong>s and Co-Sponsors<br />
for August 21 - September 24<br />
Anonymous<br />
Judy Persin in honor of her birthday<br />
The Brodovsky Family in honor of Nancy’s birthday<br />
Ron Meyer in honor of Soni’s birthday<br />
Debbie & Mark Aizenberg in honor of their anniversary<br />
Gene Elzufon in honor of Eleanor’s birthday<br />
David Navi in honor of Judy Persin on her birthday<br />
Trent & Deanne Meyer in honor of the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter, Eliana<br />
David Rosenheimer in honor of the birthday of his wife, Elena Gelfand<br />
Tamara Hurwitz in honor of the Bat Mitzvah of her daughter, Eden Elliot<br />
Don & Shira Gilbert in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of their son Adam<br />
Alan & Monica Spilkin in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Nathaniel<br />
Tamsen & Andrew D'Souza<br />
Nancy Brin & Jerry Shapiro in honor of his 50th anniversary of his Bar Mitzvah<br />
Margret & Joe Cohan sponsoring Kiddush in honor of the baby naming of their granddaughter, Natalia Cohan<br />
Martha & Richard Pastcan in honor of the 20th anniversary of their son, Ben's Bar Mitzvah.<br />
DeeDee & Larry Mozes in honor of their anniversary<br />
Lynn Temple in honor of the Bat Mitzvah of her daughter Nicole<br />
Mazel Tov!<br />
Ian Lobel on his engagement to Genalyn Santos. Also Ricki Lobel proud mother of Ian, and Raena very pleased daughter<br />
of Gen.<br />
Lillian Gabriel on the marriage of her grandson, Jesse Gabriel to Rachel Roesner<br />
Condolences for August 21 - September 24<br />
Terri Friedman on the loss of her dear cousin, Diane Wolf of blessed memory<br />
Judy Kahler on the sudden loss of her dear brother-in-law, Richard Marracino of blessed memory<br />
Mark Gold on the loss of his dear mother, Rebeca Gold of blessed memory<br />
Dianne Cohn on the loss of her dear cousin, Gudbrand Olimb of blessed memory. Mr. Olimb was the patriarch of<br />
Dianne's family in Norway<br />
Raul Gandelman on the loss of his son-in-law, Robert Hall of blessed memory. Mr. Hall was the husband of Mr.<br />
Gandelman’s daughter, Evi<br />
Frank and Ruby Persin, and Judy Persin on the loss of Frank’s dear sister and Ruby and Judy’s dear<br />
sister-in-law, Sylvia Fishman, of blessed memory.<br />
Rabbi Reuven Taff on the loss of his dear aunt, Doris Pinchuk Seller, of blessed memory<br />
Jaquetta (Jo) Morvai, dear member of Mosaic Law and widow of the late Oscar Morvai. Jo is mourned by her children<br />
David Morvai (Bobbette), Mina Morvai Schnitzer, her sister-in-law Julie Lavine (Harry) and four grandchildren<br />
Jeffrey Keitges on the loss of his dear wife, Georgia Keitges of blessed memory. She is also mourned by her daughter<br />
Jorie Keitges.<br />
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