AS WE END THE WEEK AS WE END THE WEEK
JULY 15 JULY 15, 2016
EVENTS
Friday, July 22: Beach Service, Jacobs home, 6:00 pm
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Always a Good Time for Good News!!
Mazal Tov to Goldie Gitlin, who will be celebrating her upcoming 90th birthday on Sunday!
Mazal Tov to Heidi & David Gotlib on the marriage of their son, Jesse, to Bryna Brooks on July
- And Mazal Tov to proud grandparents, Barbara & Aaron Gotlib.
Mazal Tov to Robbie Apfel & Bennett Simon on the occasion of the Bat Mitzvah of their
granddaughter, Maya, in Oakland, CA this past Shabbat
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High Regard for the Oxford Creamery
The Oxford Creamery, owned and run by T.I.’s Liz & Ken Ackerman, was named by Time
Magazine this week as one of the top 240 places to go to celebrate America. Mazal Tov Liz &
Ken!
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High Holiday Usher Appeal
Do you have an excess of shpilkes and just can’t stay in your seat?
Or, perhaps, do you just enjoy being in an authoritative position?
Well, we have the job for you!
Join the High Holiday ushering crew! We can use your help to help
others. If you’re available and willing to help, please contact Barry
Shuster at 508- 558-0440 or [email protected].
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Beach Kabbalat Shabbat!
We’ve held two Beach Kabbalat Shabbat services thus far this summer, and we have
two more still to come.
Please join us at the next one, Friday evening, July 22, at 6:00 pm, at the home of
Ilene & Richard Jacobs. These services have been very well received, and we’d
love to see more people come and enjoy them.
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Save the Date to Honor Cantor Schudrich!
Nathaniel Schudrich is finishing up his 18th year as our Cantor, having stated at
Tifereth Israel in the summer of 1998. Save the date and time of September 11,
5:00 pm to help celebrate Cantor Schudrich’s 18 years with us! Details to follow.
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Ziskind School – Year End/Year Start
The Ziskind School wrapped up a great year back in May. See the school picture, below.
Planning is in full swing for the new year. For more information or to sign up, contact Education
Director Melynda Schudrich at [email protected] or leave a phone message for
her at the synagogue, 508-997-3171.
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You Can Pray Anywhere!
Rabbi Kanter at Sundance, Utah, with view of Mount Timpanogos
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Convalescent Groundbreaking – IDs Requested
The picture below is from the groundbreaking for the New Bedford Jewish Convalescent Home
from 50 years ago. Can you identify any of the people in the picture? If so, contact Cindy Yoken
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Lost and Found
Are you having trouble seeing this picture? Perhaps you left your glasses at T.I.! If any of these
are yours, please come to the office to claim them.
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Go Amazon!
If you’re an Amazon shopper, please remember to start your shopping experience by
going to Amazon through the link on the top left side of the TI web page. Tifereth
Israel receives back a portion of the revenue, and it costs you, the buyer, nothing
additional.
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Introducing Jewish Singles Mingle
Jewish Singles Mingle, is a new Jewish singles group for Greater Boston area singles ages 45–
- The group is featuring two initial events: a Red Sox game and an outdoor concert.
Dinner & Music on the Green
Come spend a warm Sunday evening with other singles, ages 45–65, for a light mid-Eastern
buffet dinner at a restaurant in Newton Centre, followed by a hot outdoor salsa concert on
Newton Centre Green. We’ll be listening to Grupo Fantasia, playing calypso, reggae, and salsa
music. Bring a chair or blanket for the concert.
The event is on Sunday, July 24, 5:00 – 8:00 pm. Pre-payment is required for dinner; space is
limited. Cost is $15 per person. Dinner is on, rain or shine. Deadline for registration is Tuesday,
July 19, 2016.
Can’t make dinner? Join us on Newton Centre Green at 6:30 pm for the concert. Look for the blue
and white balloons to find us. Register and pay at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jewish-singlesmingle-dinner-music-on-the-green-tickets-26301930783
Dinner & Red Sox Game
Come munch, schmooze, and cheer on the Sox!
Join other Jewish singles, ages 45–65 for pizza and pasta in Kenmore Square before we head off
to Fenway to see the Red Sox vs. Tampa Bay. The date is Monday, August 29, at 5:15 pm.
Price is $50 (includes your game ticket and dinner—pizza, pasta, salad, and soft drinks. Alcoholic
drinks available for purchase.)
We’ll send you the location for dinner closer to the game date. Game tickets will be distributed at
dinner. Sorry, no walk-ins. The deadline for reservations is Friday, July 22, 1016.Pre-payment is
required. Our limited tickets are sure to go fast, so reserve your space asap. If the event is full,
your money will be refunded.
Register and pay at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jewish-singles-mingle-dinner-red-sox-gametickets-26182777392.
Questions? Contact Marilyn at [email protected]
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Synagogue Council Unity Mission to NY
My House shall be called a House of Prayer for all people
(Isaiah 56:7)
Join us for the Alan Teperow Unity Mission to New York City.
Sunday, November 21 & Monday, November 22
A transformational journey with a diverse group of travelers to major Jewish institutional centers .
Learn about the similarities and differences across the streams of Judaism.
Cultivate community and develop friendships along the way.
Enjoy the culture and food (kosher) of the Big Apple.
You will return with new appreciation for the practices of other Jews–and your own.
We guarantee it!
Keep an eye out for details and registration information…..and tell a friend!
“We all unfortunately grow up with stereotypes, but in two days, it is amazing how many of those
can be shattered and how much a greater understanding of other streams of Judaism can
increase. Sharing such an intense experience can also lead to friendships with people one would
otherwise never meet.”
Mission Participant
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March of the Living 2017 Trip
Over 10,000 Jewish teens ages 17-18 from 40 countries
participated in the 2016 March of the Living (MOTL). This
memorable and moving trip of a lifetime annually brings teens
from haunting Nazi concentration camps and ghost-like shtetls
to the miracles of modern Israel.
The trip coincides with Holocaust Remembrance Day in Poland,
followed a week later in Israel with Israel Memorial Day and Israel Independence Day. The 2017
March is set for April 24 to May 2.
Mass. MOTL Chairman Irv Kempner’s, goal for 2017 is to
recruit at least 20 teens from across the Bay State – double
this year’s figure — and to triple the scholarship total: “For
2016, we raised $22,000. Next year, if we raise $60,000, we
can pay half the cost for each participant.” The local
committee has already started 2017 scholarship
solicitations.
One of this year’s participants, Tovya, said, “The March was
the culmination of my entire Jewish education – a real-life
manifestation of my heritage. It expanded my understanding
of the miraculous revival of our nation. I plan to share this
new perspective with peers, friends – anyone who will
listen.”
The March of the Living was
established in 1988 to improve the
way people learn about the
Holocaust through an emotional
experience outside of school. The groups are accompanied by local guides, historians and
survivors. A 2015 study showed that participants in MOTL-type trips have higher levels of
identification with Israel and are more likely to value marrying Jews than the general Jewish
population. See more at http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Study-March-of-the-Living-participationboosts-Jewish-Zionist-identity-443210
For more information about donations to and/or participation in future MOTL teen or adult options,
see https://motl-wordpress.wmkwso.easypanel.host/ or contact Irv Kempner: [email protected] / (617) 285-
- See highlights of the 2015 trip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJci5G5SbsI, and the
2016 trip at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKTIg5tl0Us .
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PJ Library
PJ Library, sponsored by the Harold Grinspoon Foundation and the Jewish Federation of Greater
New Bedford (here locally), provides free Jewish children’s books to kids ages 6 months through
8 years old, regardless of the family’s Jewish background, knowledge, or observance.
PJ Library doesn’t need to tell you that reading to your children is important. Study after study has
shown it impacts a child’s development. Even the mere presence of books in a home increases
the level of education they can reach. (Great news for those of us who haven’t gotten around to
cleaning out the playroom in a while.)
But finding the right books and making the time to read as a family can be hard. That’s where PJ
Library comes in.
PJ Library sends Jewish children’s books to families across the world every month. We know that
something magical happens when parents sit down together to read with their children. PJ Library
shares Jewish stories that can help your family talk together about values, traditions, and culture
that are important to you.
To-date, PJ Library has mailed almost 8 million free books to homes in the U.S. and Canada.
Your children can be the next recipients! Go to the PJ Library at https://www.pjlibrary.org/Home,
and click on “Sign Up”.
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Divrei Hashavua – Words of the Week
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The Musings of Rabbi David Wolpe: The Way Of The Tzaddik
At the Sami Rohr book prize ceremony in Jerusalem, the winners summarized what they had
learned in writing their works. Yehuda Mirsky, author of a beautiful biography of Rav Kook, said
movingly: “I was just astonished that such a person could exist. Someone at once so deep and so
good.”
His comment reminded me of the statement of famed psychiatrist Karl Menninger in his journals
— that he didn’t believe in God but he believed in the tzaddik, the righteous person. Yet a truly
righteous person is a path to God; in our tradition God is manifested less in miracles and more
through the actions of human beings. When we encounter someone of the stature of Rav Kook,
his light reflects back above.
Sometimes it is harder to have faith in human beings than to have faith in God. Yet we are not
only called to be good, but to see good. There are no flawless people, and we do a disservice to
the tzaddik when we pretend they are perfect. Let us be moved instead by the vision of a
struggling human being who reaches heights and plumbs depths that can inspire us all with the
souls that God creates.
Rabbi David Wolpe is spiritual leader of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles. Follow him on Twitter:
@RabbiWolpe. His latest book is “David: The Divided Heart” (Yale University Press).
Read more at http://www.thejewishweek.com/editorial-opinion/musings/waytzaddik#pgEewgTlJjdB3FEP.99
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Shabbat Hukkat 5776
Courses of Grief
By Dr. Shuly Rubin Schwartz, Walter and Sarah Schlesinger Dean of Graduate and
Undergraduate Studies and Irving Lehrman Research Associate Professor of American Jewish
History, JTS
Bereft, I combed through the grass in Central Park at dusk when I realized I had lost my late
husband’s house keys. Yes, on some level, I knew it wasn’t about the keys. His sudden death two
months earlier had devastated me in much more profound ways. And yet, I felt desperate to find
those keys!
Many are the paths of grieving, and they are irrational and ever shifting. This week’s parashah,
which includes the deaths of Miriam and Aaron, gives us the opportunity to reflect on the grieving
process.
Continue reading the “JTS Parashah Commentary”:
http://www.jtsa.edu/courses-of-grief
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Yahrzeits for Week of July 16, 2016
Saturday, July 16
George Alpert
Anna Greenstein
Richard Walder
Sunday, July 17
Pauline Fletcher
Shirley Levin
Alfred Revzin
Jeanette Forman
Gordon Wolfe
Monday, July 18
Nannette Shwartz
Sibyl Besunder
Harry Levinson
Tuesday, July 19
Maynard Kestenbaum
Louis Kaplan
Sydney Kaplan
Wednesday, July 20
Louis Winet
David Frisch
Mildred Herstoff
Beatrice Wagner
Thursday, July 21
No yahrzeits
Friday, July 22
Sophie Camhi
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Shabbat candlelighting this Friday evening, July 15, is by 7:58 pm.
Mincha/Ma’ariv/Havdallah services on Shabbat afternoon, July 16, begin at 7:55 pm.
Shabbat Shalom,
Ken
