September 2008 - Temple Adat Shalom

Presidents’ MessageFrom the BoardDear Sisterhood Members,As we embark on a new time at Temple Adat Shalomwith a new rabbi, our Sisterhood has much to lookforward to this year. As your new president, I lookforward to a time with exciting new ventures.We have a very full schedule this year and we haveour new Programming VP to thank for that. Welcomeaboard to Phyllis Mehlman. We have many new faceson our Board this year, a list can be located on Page 4.Thank you to all of them for the jobs they will do.I would like to remind you that all members are invitedto attend our Sisterhood Board meetings at 9:15 a.m.,the first Thursday of the month, even if it is just to sitand listen or to contribute a new idea. If you wouldlike to contribute an idea, please call or email me to beadded to the Agenda: Sisterhood@adatshalom.com.Thank you to our Sisterhood for all it has done for myfamily this year while I was ill. It is so wonderful toknow we have so many people who care about us. Youare quite a remarkable group.Thank you as well to members of Sisterhood and Men’sClub who helped organize and run this Summer’sHavdalah-in-the-Park event.On October 26, we will have our annual Wine-and-Cheese event for all the paid-up members, so if youhave not paid your 2008-2009 dues yet, there is still afun and free event to attend if you pay now. We shallenjoy great food and good wine, but, most of all, greatfriends and fun.November 13th will bring the Woman-of-the-Year event,featuring our good friend as well as Past President andcurrent Gift Shop chair and buyer, Janet Pollack. Janethas held so many positions in Sisterhood, we havealmost lost count. She brought Tot Shabbat to TAS aswell as many other things. Please look for her bio inNovember’s issue of the Happenings.In December, we will not only run a program whichwill come from one of the local museums, but earlierin the month we will have a Chanukah dinner/dancefeaturing vendors such as our very own Gift Shop,Angelica Teal’s lovely designs in cloth as well as AlisonWeisman’s beautiful glass jewelry, just to name a few.Our Board meeting was opened by our newPresident, Lauren Milana, at 9:34 a.m. We welcomedLauren with open arms. Attendance was good, andeveryone was ready for another new beginning.Each presidential change preserves continuityfrom the previous one. As with all new things, itis accompanied by lots of new ideas—keeping ourranks busy and growing. Mazal Tov to Lauren and allof the rest of our new Board members. Good wishesto our past Co-Presidents, Lorraine Thall and BarbaraBirenbaum. They will continue to inspire.This first meeting was mostly taken up with Policyand Procedure changes. These updates were givennew thought and much discussion ensued. WRJwill be holding its district convention in Seattle,Washington, this November. It should be a veryexciting convention to go to.Sharon Stanford, Outreach Chair, spoke of the manyplans for this new year. Robin Daus reported thatour Flower Fund is doing well. May the blossomsmultiply.Marlene Garstang reported that there is a delay insome of the beautification plans for the Temple.We are ready to assist with our ideas as soon as themajor committee gets its act together.Florence Krantz, our ever efficient Treasurer, gaveher report on our forthcoming budget for this year.We are hoping to augment our budget bottom linewith the addition of new members.Our New Member Brunch is set for September 21 at11:00 a.m. at Lauren Milana’s home. We will allhelp out.Our October 26th Wine-and-Cheese Paid-up MemberEvent will be hosted, as last year, at Janet Pollack’shome. Which brings to mind that we will be workingintensely on making our Woman of the Year Event,in honor of Janet Pollack, memorable and successful.This busy meeting was adjourned at 11:35 a.m.See you next month,Freda Heller,Friendship ChairI hope you will find time to attend all of these eventsand, most of all, I sincerely hope you will enjoy this8year with Sisterhood where you can find many new andwonderful friends.B’Shalom,Lauren MilanaSeptember 2008 3 Happenings

PRESIDENTVICE PRESIDENTSAdministrationMembershipWays and MeansReligion & Educ.ProgrammingSpecial ProjectsSECRETARIESFinancialRecordingTREASURERIMMED. PAST PRES.HAPPENINGS EDITORHAPPENINGS MAILINGSPOLICIES & PROCEDURESPARLIAMENTARIANSOCIAL ACTIONYOUTH COMM. LIAISONWRJ LIAISONCHAPLAINOUTREACHHOSPITALITYFRIENDSHIP/MITZVAHPAST PRES. COUNCILNOMINATING COMMCORRESPONDING SEC’YPUBLICITYFLOWER FUNDGIFT SHOP COORD/BUYERGIFT SHOP ASST BUYERGIFT SHOP BOOKKEEPERSISTERHOOD SHABBATBY-LAWSHISTORIANPHOTOGRAPHERNEW YEAR’S CARDENTERTAINMENT BOOKSSTATIONERY CO-CHAIRSTATIONERY CO-CHAIRSTATIONERY BOOKKPRRESERVATIONSentertainment ‘09The 2009 Entertainment Booksare available. Sale price ofthe book is only $40. Buy onetoday! (And remember, theymake excellent gifts anyone canenjoy.)Lauren MilanaLisa AventDianne LapidotJudith SchwartzmanNatalie SchaefferJanet SchultzeMichele FinkelPhyllis MehlmanDiane HillmanLorraine ThallBetsy GardnerFlorence KrantzBarbara BirenbaumLorraine ThallLorraine ThallBobbie SevierNatalie DiamondMarlene GarstangDiane SingerBeverly GreenfieldRenée PlevinOPENSharon StanfordOPENFreda HellerBarbara BirenbaumLorraine ThallJulie GarciaLorraine ThallRobin DausLaura DruckerJanet PollackOPENFlorence KrantzCarol GendelNatalie DiamondOPENFreda HellerCindy SchwedockDebbie SavitzkyRuth GachOPENCindy SchwedockAngelica TealFor information, or to have a book held for you,please contact Debbie Savitzky at the Temple office,or email her at: dsavitzky@adatshalom.com.Israeli Folk DancingCatches OnOn August 24, 2008,Barbara Birenbaumtaught a class onIsraeli Dancing withTAS members LaurieRathsam. Alan Rathsam,Lynne Elson, FranIsrael, Emily Weinberg,and Lyla Birenbaumdemonstrating thedances. The class, held at Poway Community Church,was part of the Weekend Experience Program from thePoway Interfaith Team.The audience got up and joined in with the dancersand everyone enjoyed the lesson thoroughly. At theend of the program, it was announced that Barbara willbe giving Israeli Dance Lessons at TAS in the Spring.For anyone interested in signing up for classes, pleasecontact Barbara if you are interested atbarbara@birenbaums.com.—Phyllis MehlmanJewish-Muslim Dialogue Update Last winter, at the URJ conventionhere, Rabbi Eric Yoffee challengedcongregations to step outside theircomfort zones and urged us to reach out toMuslims in our communities and establish an ongoingdialogue. Our Sisterhood has accepted that challengeand a committee composed of Barbara Birenbaum,Carol Gendel and Phyllis Mehlman has been working formany months to make contact with an equal number ofwomen from the San Diego Muslim community.This past spring, on May 25, 2008, six of us cametogether for the first time to introduce ourselves anddiscuss our hopes for improving communication andunderstanding between our communities. Using thebook “The Faith Club” as a model, we will meet on aregular basis to learn more about each other as peopleand about our faiths. It is only by building bridges ofcommunication that we will break down the barriers ofmistrust and misunderstanding that nurture so manyof the problems between ourcommunities.In the future, we plan to hold events that will bringtogether our Sisterhood members and Muslim womenfrom the community to learn about and celebrate ourcommon heritage.We challenge you to join us in this remarkablejourney. Please read the book “The Faith Club” byRanya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver, and Priscilla Warner.And when the invitation comes for an interfaith forumcomes, be prepared to join us in opening minds andhearts to our Muslim cousins.Happenings 4 September 2008

If you enjoy reading and discussing books, Sisterhood invites you to join our Book Group, facilitatedby Helene Miller, the second Tuesday of every month. The cost toparticipate is $10 and all of the books are available at the publiclibrary as well as in paperback. Please contact Freda Heller at (858)592-4759 or rh592@aol.com to join. Enjoy. . .Sept. 9Nov. 11Dec. 9Jan. 13Feb. 10Mar. 10Apr. 14May 12Peony in Love ................................................Lisa SeeA Thousand Splendid Suns ............... Khaled HosseiniThe Translator .................................... Leila AboulelaThe Gravedigger’s Daughter .......... Joyce Carol OatesThe Yiddish Policeman’s Union ......... Michael ChabonThe Septembers of Shiraz ........................ Dalia SoferThe Bad Girl ................................. Mario Vargas LlosaThe People of the Book ....................Geraldine BrooksSeptember 2008 5 Happenings

If your nameis not on this list, we’remissing you as a member!Please send in the form on Page 6to renew your membership or to joinour Sisterhood.*Alpert, SandyAmster, CarolAppel, TobyArocha, DianeAudick, PennyAvent, LisaBaker, LorriBarrie, MiriamBenowitz, MaeBerman, NikkiBirenbaum, BarbaraBirnkrant, JeanneBlum, JanBouchet, MargaretCharap, LynneCirlin, ShirleyCohen, KarenCohn, BettyCohn, SusanColton, RaynaCooper, CarynCriqui, Mary LouDaus, RobinDavis, JenniferDiamond, NatalieDillon, JeanneDrucker, LauraDucloux, BrendaDunn, EllenElson, LynneEmery, LorraineFeldman, JuneFields, LorraineFigler, LindaFine, CeilFinkel, MicheleFischlowitz, TeresaFish, JoanFlanzer, JoyceFrank, SherrieFriedman, Jane Sable-Gabaeff, ShirleyGach, RuthGaffen-Meyer, LaurenGallagher, WendyGarcia, JulieGardner, BetsyGendel, CarolGarstang, MarleneGilberg, MarciaGilford, TerriGilson, SueGlassman, RaeGold, AnneGolden, LayahGoldstein, FranGolub, FlorenceGoodman, MarlaGranowitz , BarbaraGreen, LouiseGreenfield, BeverlyHaberman, Cara CohenHalperin, GloriaHecht, JoyHeller, FredaHochman, NataliaIsaacson, EstelleIsrael, FranKallet, ShirleyKaplan, MavisKaufman, EileenKent, BarbaraKnopman, SusanKramer, HelenKrantz, FlorenceKrasnow, DianneKreisworth, JulietteKruger, IleneLakier, NancyLalouche-Kadden, MichelleLamon, EvelynLange, NadineLapidot, DianneLasser, SylviaLeiderman, RuthLevin, EleanorLevin, PhyllisLevitt, EllenLitoff, JulieLitoff, RosemarieLizerbram, AndreaLocke, PeggyLocke-Kahn, DeborahMarcus, BarbaraMarcus, LottieMarks, SylviaMarkus, MarleneMartin, AntoniaMehlman, PhyllisMilana, LaurenMilner, SusanMiranker, RevaMolbegott, SharonMoll, SandraMorrison, LeslieMorse, BettyNeuberger, BettyOzer, ElizabethPacker, MarilynPadzensky, SharonPincus, MaudPinkel, AnnePlevin, ReneePollack, JanetPollack, JudithPope, DebraPores, EdnaPoticha, JoanPrescott, SharonRathsam, LaurieReed, BarbaraRoback, JenniferRoberts, AndreaRobertson, KarinRose, RandyRosenberg, NaomiRosenberg, RoseRoss, Mona AngelRowling, SherylRubin, DorisSamuels, BerniceSandbrand, BerniceSandler, BeatriceSavin, PhyllisSavitzky, DebraSchaeffer, NatalieSchankler, DorothySchultze, Janet Arons-Schwedock, CindySeiver, BobbieSerbin, BeverlyShack, ElinorShapoff, RoseSilverstein, LibbySimon , LesleeSinger, BeLindaSinger, DianeSinger, SonnySirk, LucilleSouleles, CandaceSpector, AnnStanford, SharonStegman, ShariSteiner, InezSteinhauser, HelenStone, LillianSugarman, CathleenSugarman, SylviaTabak, PhyllisTeal, AngelicaTeutsch, HildaThall, LorraineTorchin, JoyTucker, KateVoit, GerryWalder, GailWeil, AnnetteWeil, EllenWeinstein, EllenWeisman, AllisonWeitzman, KayWexler, SharonWilson, ShariYoslov, JudithZanders, GiselleZaslow, FlorenceZuckerman, Sybil*Are you a newcongregant?If so, your firstyear of Sisterhoodmembership isautomaticallycomplimentary!Contact Dianne Lapidotatdianneldot@aol.comSeptember 2008 7 Happenings

Family Order FormTemple Adat Shalom/ Poway , CACreated: 6/11/2008 9:24:37 PMYes I want to help Temple Adat Shalom raise money by buying gift cards throughout the year. Please order me the following cards now and let me know when I can pick them up.Clic on retailer list at glscrip.com to see all you can order.NameCustomer #AddressOrder DateCity State ZipCheck #Apparel & AccessoriesProduct % Qty TotalExpress $25 13.00 % $Limited $25 9.00 % $Men's Wearhouse $25 8.00 % $Ross Dress for Less $25 8.00 % $Department StoreProduct % Qty TotalBloomingdale's $25 12.00 % $Sears $25 Gift Card 9.00 % $Dining - CasualProduct % Qty TotalBoston Market $10 12.00 % $Buca di Beppo $25 8.00 % $California Pizza Kitchen$10Cheesecake Factory $25 5.00 % $Chuck E Cheese $10 8.00 % $Claim Jumper $25 8.00 % $Dining - On The GoProduct % Qty TotalBaskin Robbins $2 9.00 % $Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf$254.00 % $Coco's $10 8.00 % $El Torito / Acapulco $25 9.00 % $Marie Callender's $25 18.00 % $Outback / Carrabas $25CardRed Lobster/Olive Garden$259.00 % $Red Robin $10 9.00 % $SweetTomatoes /Souplantation $105.00 % $8.00 % $9.00 % $Jamba Juice $10 7.00 % $Panera Bread $10 9.00 % $Starbucks $10 7.00 % $Starbucks $25 7.00 % $Discount StoreProduct % Qty TotalWal-mart/Sam's Club $25 2.00 % $Electronics & OfficeProduct % Qty TotalBest Buy $25 2.00 % $Office Depot $25 4.00 % $Staples $25 Gift Card 5.00 % $Staples $100 5.00 % $EntertainmentProduct % Qty TotalBarnes & Noble/B.Dalton$25Blockbuster $10 7.00 % $Borders / Waldenbooks$10Borders / Waldenbooks$25Gas & AutoProduct % Qty TotalArco $50 2.00 % $Chevron $50 2.00 % $GroceryProduct % Qty TotalAlbertsons/Jewel $25CardAlbertsons/Jewel $100CardHome Decor9.00 % $9.00 % $9.00 % $4.00 % $4.00 % $Smart & Final $25 3.00 % $Stater Bros $25 5.00 % $Stater Bros $100 5.00 % $Product % Qty TotalBed Bath & Beyond $25 7.00 % $Pier 1 $25 9.00 % $Pottery Barn / WilliamsSonoma $25Pottery Barn / WilliamsSonoma $100Home ImprovementOnline & Mail OrderiTunes $15 4.00 % $Specialty RetailerProduct % Qty TotalBath & Body Works $10 13.00 % $Bath & Body Works $25 13.00 % $Jo Ann Fabrics $20 6.00 % $Rite Aid $25 4.00 % $Sporting GoodsProduct % Qty TotalSports Authority $25 8.00 % $Travel8.00 % $8.00 % $Product % Qty TotalHome Depot $100 3.00 % $LOWE'S $100 Gift Card 4.00 % $Product % Qty TotalProduct % Qty TotalMarriott $50 Card 12.00 % $MARRIOTT $100 Card 12.00 % $Product % Qty Total$$$$$Make Checks Payable To: Temple Adat Shalom/ Poway , CA Total Due All Columns: $Happenings 8 September 2008

THANK YOU TOTHE FOLLOWING MEMBERSWHO CONTRIBUTEDTO SISTERHOOD'SFLOWER FUNDBIRTHDAYS5/0 Jeanne Birnkrant5/1 Elinor Benjamin,Renee Plevin5/6 Toby Appel5/7 June Feldman5/12 Carol Amster5/15 Allison Weisman5/21 Naomi Rosenberg5/24 Peggy Locke5/25 Marilyn Packer5/26 Helene Miller5/28 Natalie Diamond5/30 Natalie Schaeffer6/3 Leslee Simon6/4 Leslie Morrison6/12 Betsy Gardner6/15 Phyliis Tabak6/24 Kay Weitzman6/30 Lauren Milana7/11 Andrea Roberts7/13 Florence GolubMaud Pincus7/15 Miriam Barrie7/20 Susan Milner7/21 Randy Rose7/22 Cara Cohen HabermanSylvia MarksRose Shapoff7/30 Diane LapidotANNIVERSARIES5/15 Lisa & Steven Altman5/20 Kate & David Tucker5/30 Marcia & Gerald Gilberg6/2 Sylvia & Robert Lasser6/3 Marilyn & Arnold Packer6/6 Cara Cohen Haberman &Mark Haberman6/9 Marcie & Bill Yellin6/10 Evelyn & Joel Lamon6/12 Sharon & Tom StanfordCathleen & Barry Sugarman6/14 Shirley & Fred Kallet6/20 Natalie & Sheldon DIamond6/22 Leslie & Allen Morrison6/27 Leslee & Douglas Simon6/30 Lorraine & Aron Thall7/2 Natalie & Stan Schaeffer7/3 Janet & Larry Pollack7/6 Laura & Marvin Drucker7/8 Diane & Nuriel Lapidot7/23 Julie & Mike Garcia7/24 Marlene & David Garstang7/26 Lauren & Joe Milana7/27 Sylvia & Marvin MarksSybil & Ronald ZuckermanTo donate tothe Flower Fund andkeep our bimahlooking beautiful,contact:Robin Daus at(858) 451-2288oruse the EnrollmentForm on Page 6WRJ/Sisterhood Temple Beautification Endowment Fund(Minimum donation $10.00 per Tribute)Enclosed please find my check in the amount of $_____. Donation to beapplied to the WRJ/Sisterhood Endowment Fund.Please send acknowledgement to:Name:Address:Message:Mail this form along with your check to: Temple Adat ShalomAttn: Endowment Funds, 15905 Pomerado Road, Poway, CA 92064September 2008 9 Happenings

• May through August, 2008 • Contact: Freda Heller (858) 592-4759In Memoriam. . .Mary Lou Criqui's cousin, Kim EasonMarlene Garstang's mother-in-law, Elinor MalinCarol Gendel's friend, Faith GaborFreda Heller's cousin, Gerald LublinNatalia & Daniel HochmanKarla LoweryPhyllis Mehlman's cousin, Dr. William CohenBetty Neuberger's husband, AlvinJanet Pollack's grandfather, Jack WeilDebbie Savitzky's mother-in-law, Jean SavitzkyAnjelica Teal's father, Alejandro MoenaRefuah Shleima to. . .Mary Lou Criqui (medical procedure)Natalia Hochman (hospice care)Leslie Morrison (surgery)Anne Pinkel (hospitalized)Bernice Sandbrand (surgery)Helen Steinhauser (injury)Mazel Tov to. . .Lynne Elson, on the birth of her great-granddaughterAnne Gold on the marriage of her daughter, ShannonFreda Heller on the marriage of her granddaughter,RebeccaPeggy & Norman Locke, on the rabbinic ordination oftheir daughter AlexandraPhyllis & Jay Mehlman on their daughter Sharon's awardfrom the American Immigration Lawyers Associationfor outstanding serviceEllen Levitt on the birth of her grandsonLaurie & Alan Rathsam's son, Jonathan, on receiving hishis Ph.D. degree and his post-doc fellowship throughthe National Science Foundation to Ben-GurionUniversity.Special BirthdayCantor Lori FrankJuliette KreisworthRenée PlevinKarin RobertsonOralia ShulmanLucille SirkSylvia SugarmanPhyllis TabakEllen WeilSpecial AnniversaryJan & Merv BlumJoyce & Paul FlanzerMarlene & David GarstangMaud & Howard PincusJudy & Neil SkolnickJoy & Jack TorchinTemple Adat Shalom15905 Pomerado RoadPoway, CA 92064www.adatshalom.comNON-PROFIT ORG.U.S. POSTAGEPAIDSan Diego, CAPermit No. 2692Editor/DesignerLorraine ThallProofreadingMaud Pincus