12345678Birthdays and Anniversaries910111213141516171819Margie GoodmanDaniel GottfeldSue ShachalLori MoorheadBruce FoxMarcia RatnerRobert KaufmanJoshua TuckerKaren HenryLinda MowryJann JonesLorie KaplanWendy MacLeanAndrew NussbaumGabriel SegalBobbye GorenbergJames BeninghausButch DiSessaJoseph GitinGary KatzBeverly MendelJulie MooreMatthew RissmanBernice GaonJill HuchitalRita LorenKristi BlumsteinRuth RossKathryn SucherKen AbramsMichelle GearyAriana HenryKelsey HurwitzKathy JenkinsBarbara KristalSherman NaymarkAileen Teren-FosterFrieda ForsterLeo RinslerIva RoseDavid ZellMarilyn HandloffGary JonesMitchell ReisnerMatthew RossAdam RubinMichele EatonStuart JohnsonOliver PohlandJerry BarnhartJanet BergAdam ConeShari KaplanJordan SofrisFred JustIsaac OakVicki Nosanov GoldmanRichard BurriesciSamantha CasalePatrick Salak202122232425262728293031167891118192023242629Rhonda HansenMax JohnsonEvlyn HubertAl RothZachary HeerwagenRoss MowryRichard FermanAmy LambertBeth DayenBradley PhinickAdam SciupacKristina FernandezMyra ReinhardNoah RubinMort BerlantCarolyn Fabisch<strong>El</strong>sa GordonDawn MalterLarry GerstonEvelyn TurkusSusana CahnDoris DavisJeff BlueJoAnne HerschNancy MarkhamRobert CantGail JacobsBill MedeirosAnniversariesMarvin and Bonnie BamburgBill and Anita MedeirosManny and Gloria AscherRon and Sue TimpsonGeorge and Carol HofheimerBennett and Deborah Jacobstein<strong>El</strong>i and Sue ShachalRobert and Rosalyn ApplebaumChris and Stacey DederingKarl and Susannah PfalzerBob and Teri BrolemanByron Lilly and Nancy WeintraubRandy and Stacey OharaOliver Pohland and <strong>El</strong>ena KlawJerry and Claire BarnhartBob and Judy LevySteve and Shari KrandelFabio Marino andRobin Feinman-MarinoMichael and Millie SprintzFred and Freda JustJeff and Karen KruppDavid and Linda MighdollSimchasMatthew Ross, son of Julieand Jay Ross, will be called tothe Torah as a Bar Mitzvah onSaturday, <strong>May</strong> 9. Matthew is aseventh grade honor rollstudent at Fisher Middle Schoolin Los Gatos. In his free time,Matthew enjoys playing a varietyof sports, including baseball andbasketball, football and golf,playing board games andspending time with his friends.In an effort to share theseinterests with those lessfortunate, Matthew will becollecting sports equipment andgames to donate to localchildren’s charities including the Family Supportive Housing Inc. andthe Santa Clara County Children’s Center in San Jose. His parasha,Emor, discusses equality and fairness. Matthew is the secondgeneration to become a Bar Mitzvah at <strong>Temple</strong> <strong>Emanu</strong>-<strong>El</strong>, where hisgrandparents have been members for many years. His family is veryproud of him!Kelsey Hurwitz is a seventhgrader at Miller Middle School.Her Torah portion is aboutsome good and bad things thatwill happen to you if you obeyor disobey God. For hermitzvah project, Kelsey had abake sale and has done manyother things in an effort to raisemoney to donate to the SanJose Police Department CanineUnit to buy a bullet proof vestfor one of the dogs. Her hobbiesinclude soccer, photography andswimming. She would very much like to thank her grandparents,aunts, uncles and cousins for coming out from across the country tosupport her on her special Bat Mitzvah day on <strong>May</strong> 16. Her lovingand honored parents are Walter and Robin Hurwitz.Mitchell Reisner completedhis basic training inthe U.S. Army. Mitchell willbe studying AdvancedIndividual Training in MilitaryIntelligence at Fort Huachuca,Arizona and is planning a careerin the CIA or FBI. He is agraduate of San Jose State. Hisproud parents are David &Harriet Reisner. His sister isMelissa and is a Lance Corporalin the Marines.Yasher Koach!We wish a very happy birthday and anniversary to our congregants who are celebrating this month. If your name is not listed or the informationis wrong, please be in touch with the office to provide us with updated information. Thank you.<strong>May</strong> you be blessed with a year of goodness and fulfillment.18
Yarzheits<strong>May</strong> 1 (7:15 PM Service)Sarah Banks, Uarda Burns, Mollie Drezinsky, Rose Sarah Forest,Muriel Gardner, Morris Golden, Rose Handen, Judith Hettler,Annette Hornbein, Jeannette Josephs, Siegfried Kahn, AlexandraKanciruk, <strong>El</strong>ias Levin, Mildred Lurie, Jack Marchick, Samuel SemmyMarcus, Paris Frank Massik, Irving Mighdoll, Anne Miller, BenjaminNadel, Beatrice W. Newman, Dewey Richards, Bernice Richman,Eric Rinsler, Beatrice Rosenblum, Herb Terrell, Clara Weinstein,Malvin Weiss, Robert Wooten<strong>May</strong> 8 (7:30 PM Service)Rachel Epstein Annan, Mollie Bain, Marcus Joel Bernstein, SophieBlumer, Joseph Boroditsky, Bessie Engleman Cohn, Victor Donath,Jack Gardner, , <strong>El</strong>eanore Goldfinger, Helen Hersch, Theodore D.Holstein, <strong>El</strong>vira Kakis, Leonard Katz, Nathan Litman, Isaac Miller,Percy Mostow, Lena Naymark, Jamie Beth Nussbaum, Harry Pollak,John Puopolo, Isaac Rousso, Philip Ruby, Steven Rutherford, LillianF. Silver, Sarah Simon, Mollye Sockolov, Max Sucher, RobertTobias, Harry Aaron Wagner, Jack Weiss, Joseph Woron, NormanZinker<strong>May</strong> 15 (7:30 PM Service)Gertrude Altman, Morris Atlas, Ruth Bryman, Esther Cohen, FreidaIda Engleman, Rachel Glicksberg, Hilda Goldman, HermanGreenberg, Ursula Gusdorf, Lillian Heller, Samuel Kahn, Nettie Lee,Louis Leven, David Levine, Nathan Lewis, Florence Libglid, Jack B.Mackay, Kate Mamon, Gary Melmon, Rebecca Miller, JeanModiano, Sheldon Prizant, Murray Rockowitz, Tony D. Rose, SarraSaltzman, Seymour Louis Stone, Irwin Tuttelman<strong>May</strong> 22 (7:30 PM Service)Frances Atlas, Morton Barr, Claire Basist, Philip Basist, BernieBernstein, Dr. Samuel Abram Blauner, Juliet Roy Bloom, MaxBoxer, Harold Dworkin, Hirsch Engleman, Beatrice Fishman,George I. Frank, William Frankel, Michael L. Freed, AbrahamFriedman, W.C. Grammer, Nathan Havlin, Bernard Hawk, RoseHubert, Joe Jaffee, Dora Kaisel, Craig Karnal, Jacob Ari Katz, AnnaC. Lax, Rachel Leiter, Abe Lerner, Carl McClure, Bluma Nadel,Randy Reiser, Burton Rubenstein, Julius Schatten, <strong>El</strong>friede Schimek,Max Schwalbe, Gilbert Senigaglia, Albert I Silver, Max Simans,Charleen Weinstein, Ruth Wiseman<strong>May</strong> 29 (6:30 PM service)Clara W. Altschuler, Meyer Bloom, Angie Cavallaro, Robert Cohn,Vivian Debenport, Anita Eisenberg, Larry Fabisch, Julian Forster,Lottie Ganz, Binyamin Gold, Irwin Goldberg, Edith Goldeen, AlGolden, Joel Goldfarb, Mae Citron Gordon, Sidney Huchital, EileenJackel, Beverly Levin Jordan, Emily Grace Leiter, Emil Leoffler,Gertrude Levine, Ethel Lindauer, Oscar Shev, , Howard Silberman,Harry Smith, Isadore Stein, Philip Svigals, Irving Taub, SidneyWeissman, Max David Yampol, Rose YzhakiGloria Melmon AscherRealtor12988 Saratoga/Sunnyvale RoadSaratoga, CA 95070www.gloriaascher.comOffice 408.741.1111Direct 408.741.1174 ex. 604Fax 408.741.7076Cell 408.781.8624Dana L. MagatSenior Rabbirabbimagat@templesanjose.orgLeadershipClergyMeeka SimerlyCantor Internmeekantor@templesanjose.orgJoseph Gitin, D.D.Rabbi EmeritusBoard of TrusteesPresident: Steve Greenberg president@templesanjose.orgImmediate Past President: Ruth Krandel pastpresident@templesanjose.orgVP Administration: Steve Krandel vpadmin@templesanjose.orgVP Marketing/Communications: Nancy Weintraub vpmc@templesanjose.orgVP Membership: Laura Danoff-Robinson vpmembership@templesanjose.orgVP Education and Youth: Marci Gerston vprey@templesanjose.orgSecretary: Barry L. Cohen secretary@templesanjose.orgTreasurer: Joe Riggio treasurer@templesanjose.orgRich Albert Mark Cahn Gerry GassmanUri Gottfeld Jonathan Hirshon Kim JackmanSteve Ladowitz David Mimeles Ruth Pangilinan<strong>El</strong>eanor Rusnak Michelle Schneiderman Greg TuretzkyBrotherhood President: Bob Levy brotherhood@templesanjose.orgSisterhood President: Rita Loren wote@templesanjose.orgEESY Presidents: Brent Ghan and Kristina Fernandezyouthgroup@templesanjose.orgCommitteesMarci Gerston Adult Education vprey@templesanjose.orgBob Hersch Dues dues@templesanjose.orgUri Gottfeld Facilities facilities@templesanjose.orgKim JackmanSharon GenkinMembershipMembershipMembership@templesanjose.orgRobin Hurwitz Religious School rs@templesanjose.orgMark Cahn Ritual ritual@templesanjose.orgRich Albert Tikkun Olam to@templesanjose.orgJames PerlsteinExecutive Directorjperlstein@templesanjose.org408.292.0939Deborah ZimmerMember Services Coordinatordvorazim@templesanjose.org408.292.0939Marcy WeissDirector of InformalEducation/Clergy Assistantmweiss@templesanjose.org408.292.0939MaryAnn OrlowskiBookkeepermorlowski@templesanjose.org408.292.0939StaffEditor: Marcy WeissPaula MarshReligious School PrincipalPaula@templesanjose.org408.292.3223Beth RoelligReligious School AssistantSchool@templesanjose.org408.292.3223Barbara SmeadPreschool DirectorBarbara@templesanjose.org408.293.8660Bob BasuinoCemetery Administratorrjbasuinosr@aol.com408.297.363619