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Volume 86
October 2014 - 5775
Number 11
New Orleans’
First Reform
Congregation
Founded in 1870
From Where I Stand
Dear Friends,
I’m glad I grew up in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Our home was no more than 30 minutes from fields of corn and
cantaloupes, peach orchards and rows of beans and tomatoes. I grew up in the country, yet admittedly, my soul was almost
always hungry for the urban. I say “almost always”, because with the arrival of Succot, as long as I can
remember, my greatest delight has been in building and decorating the succah with the magnificent gifts of the fall harvest.
Quite simply, I become obsessed with decorating the Sanctuary Succah.
Everyone of us needs some time to get right with nature: to celebrate the glory of nature and to glory in its fragrant and
colorful variety. In his best-selling book of some years ago, The Rabbi, writer Noah Gordon tells the story of Michael Kind as he grows up, becomes
a Rabbi, and marries a minister’s daughter who converts to Judaism. It’s been a while, but as I remember, it’s not a bad novel.
Somewhere along the way, Michael’s father had changed his last name from Rivkind to Kind. As a young boy, Michael’s zehdeh, his
Orthodox grandfather, lived with the family, causing fierce tension at home between Michael’s mother and her father-in-law. Needless to say, the
bond which developed between the grandson and grandfather was exceedingly close and loving.
Each autumn during his four-year stay with the Rivkinds, Zaydeh built a succah in their postage-stamp back yard. The sukkah was a small
house of wooden planks covered with boughs and sheaves. It was hard work for an old man to build it, especially since hayfields, corn husks and
trees were not plentiful in Brooklyn. Sometimes he had to go deep into Jersey for raw materials, and he badgered his son Abe for weeks until he was
driven to the country in the family Chevrolet.
“Why do you bother?” his daughter-in-law asked him once when she brought a glass of tea to where he strained and perspired to raise the
hut. “Why do you work so hard?” “To celebrate the harvest.” “What harvest, for God’s sake? We are not farmers. You sell canned goods. Your son
makes corsets for ladies with big behinds. Who has a harvest?”
He looked pityingly at this female his son has made his daughter-in-law. “For thousands of years, since the Jews emerged from the
wilderness, in ghettos and in palaces, they have observed Sukkot. You don’t have to raise cabbages to have a harvest.” His big hand grasped
Michael behind the neck and pushed him towards his mother. “Here is your harvest.” She didn’t understand, and by then Zaydeh had been living with
them long enough not to expect understanding from her.
My friends, you and I need to claim our harvests in life, and frankly, I fear too many of them go unrecognized. The routine of life numbs our
sensitivity and receptivity to the glory and abundance of our separate circumstances. We become blind to our greatest treasures and fail to
appreciate the people and places and merciful benefits which make our lives worth the living. Succot is given to us as an antidote to such
indifference! Join us this year in decorating and celebrating around the Succah booths both outside on the Avenue and in the harvest splendor upon
the Sanctuary Bema.
Faithfully yours,
Rabbi Edward Paul Cohn
October Worship Services
Friday, October 3
Saturday, October 11
10:15 a.m.- Shabbat Service
Torah Portion: Chol HaMo-eid Sukkot: Exodus 33:12–34:26
Haftarah: 6 Ezekiel 38:18–39:7
(39:16) / Ecclesiastes
Saturday, October 4
Bat Mitzvah of Emma Meyer
10:00 a.m.- Yom Kippur Services Daughter of James & Hope Mayer
Rabbi Cohn will speak on “Awe In Granddaughter of Mr. & Mrs.
Harold J. Meyer, Jr. and Lynne W.
The Family Part IV” “Awe In The
Goldman
7:30 p.m.- Kol Nidre Services
Rabbi Cohn will speak on “Awe
In The Family” Part III
“Awe in Am”
World”
2:00 p.m. Young Family Service
Yom Kippur Memorial Sermon
“Awe In The Family” Part V
“Awesome Implications”
Torah Portion: Deut. 29:9-14,
30:11-20/ Lev.19:1−4, 9−18, 32−37
Haftarah: Isaiah 58:1−14/Jonah
1:1−4:11
Friday, October 24
6:15 p.m.- Shabbat Service
Marc Morial, National President of
the Urban League will speak and
present the “Living Legend Award”
to Rabbi Edward Cohn
Candle Blessing: Lillian Opotowsky
Ushers: Jenny Rich & Jodi Aamodt
6:15 p.m.- Shabbat Service Rabbi
Cohn will speak on “ A Word about
Noah”
Candle Blessing: Mollie Fried
Ushers: Guy Brenner &
Tracey Dodd
Saturday, October 18
Saturday, October 25
10:15 a.m.- Shabbat Service
Torah Portion: B’reishit
Genesis 1:1−6:8
Haftarah: Isaiah 42:5 - 43:10
Usher: Lillian Opotowsky
10:15 a.m.- Shabbat Service
Torah Portion: Noach
Genesis 6:9−11:32
Haftarah: Isaiah 66:1-13, 23
Friday, October 31
6:15 p.m.- Shabbat Service
Rabbi Cohn will speak on “Tricks
And Treats”
Candle Blessing: Sarah Churney
Kiddush: Harvey Herstein
Friday, October 10
6:15 p.m.- Shabbat Succot Service
Rabbi Cohn will speak on
“Goodness Gracious”
Friday, October 17
Ushers: Edward and Benjamin
Karp, Jeremy Meyer
President’s Message
L’Shanah Tova from the entire Gold Family!
Sheila Gold
Cantor’s Notes
One of the great joys in our congregation is the celebration of a Simcha, a joyous happy event. From weddings, a baby-naming, a conversion, many of these life-cycle events are singular events in the lives of people that will never be forgotten. And of course the celebration of a Bar/Bat Mitzvah in our glorious sanctuary is a special service that brings happiness and smiles to all that attend.
So guess what? You can come too! During the fall season, we have five Bar/Bat Mitzvah’s being held. These Shabbat morning services
are for anyone who want to come to services. Do you want to see the pride in the faces of parents and grandparents, as they watch their
child, now a young man or woman ascend the bimah and lead the congregation in prayer? How about when the Bar/Bat Mitzvah reads
Torah, makes his/her speech, and then goes to the ark, as our wonderful Rabbi Cohn blesses the child. There are tears, there is laughter, people are celebrating,
and you can share in that experience too. And if you don’t know the family, that is okay, because you are all a part of our Temple Sinai family, and it is a blessing
to everyone that you are there to celebrate with all.
I wanted to give you an update on my son Josh, who is serving in the Israeli army. This has been a very difficult summer in Israel, and I was in constant contact
with Josh during the 50 day war. Josh’s army base is Zikim, which is located just north of the Gaza strip. There were many missile alerts, and missiles landing in the vicinity, causing many Israeli army units to report to other area’s of the country. At one point, Josh’s unit was assigned to the city of N’tivot, which is
in the southern part of Israel, and was in great danger from the missiles being launched from Gaza. Josh’s unit was responsible for going door to door to make
sure citizens were okay, playing with the children, and helping out however they could. When I visited Josh in August with the Federation solidarity mission, we
visited Tel-Hashomer Sheba Hospital, where Josh was able to touch base with his friend Gabi, a lone soldier (from France) serving in the Golani brigade. Gabi
was injured when he entered a home in Gaza, and there was an explosion. Gabi was in a coma for two days, and to the surprise of everyone at the hospital, thank
goodness he recovered. It was a special moment when Josh and Gabi, two soldiers who knew each other from IDF training a year ago, gave each other a big hug.
It is my hope and prayer that this year 5775, will bring peace and happiness to all. There are great challenges ahead of us, and with God’s guidance and with our
work here in our community and globally, we can help make “shalom” a reality to all.
Cantor Joel M Colman
From The Temple Educator
Coming up this month:
Family Program for Sukkot – Wednesday October 8th 5:00 – 6:30 pm. Come decorate the outdoor Sukkah and then enjoy a family service
& FREE pizza dinner. This program is great for families with children of ALL ages!
Sukkot Under the Stars – Sunday October 12th 7:00 – 8:30 pm. Spend a little time dwelling in our outdoor Sukkah. Learn a bit more about
Sukkot, or just hang out and relax. Refreshments will be served and information available about our adult programming for 2014-15 that is all
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
Ann Zivitz Kientz Religious/Hebrew School Parent Open House – Sunday October 12th 9:00 am in the Chapel with Ann for an overview of both schools.
9:45 – 10:45 am enjoy going into your children’s classrooms and meeting the teachers and joining in the class. 10:45 am Consecration of our newest Religious
School students in the Sanctuary followed by a Simchat Torah Celebration and lunch given by our Sisterhood!
Family Shabbat – Saturday morning October 18th 10:15 am. Join members of our Hebrew School as they lead us in Shabbat prayer. Our ISJL Fellow Noah
Westrich will be reading from the Torah and leading a free, fun family lunch & learn after services!
CRASH HEBREW READING COURSE FOR ADULTS (Level 1) – Starts Wednesday October 22nd 6:15 – 7:15 pm, and will be held at Starbucks at 7700
Maple Street. Coffee is courtesy of Temple Sinai. No prior knowledge is needed and this course is FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Level 2 will start in
January for those wishing to continue the learning.
Mother’s Circle Class, “The Jewish Home and Shabbat” - Sunday October 26th 9:00 – 10:30 am in the auditorium. No prior knowledge is needed to attend
this class which is FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
For further information or to sign up for the Hebrew class contact Ann: AZK1007@aol.com.
RABBI EDWARD P. COHN TO RECEIVE THE LIVING LEGEND AWARD
Shabbat Service, October 17, 2014 6:15 pm
Temple Sinai will be honored to have Marc Morial, former mayor of New Orleans and current president of the National Urban League to speak at Shabbat
Services and to present Rabbi Cohn with the Urban League’s Living Legend Award. This award honors those who most exemplify the ideals of the Urban
League movement. As an historic civil rights and urban advocacy organization, the National Urban League honors Rabbi Cohn’s longstanding work on issues of
civil rights, human rights and community inclusion.
“Rabbi Cohn was the driving force behind the revival of the City Human Relations Commission,” said Marc Morial, President of the National Urban League,
and former Mayor of New Orleans.
Rabbi Cohn has also been one of the important forces over the years in building bridges among New Orleans diverse religions, ethnic and racial communities.
“Ed Cohn demonstrated an enthusiastic willingness to work alongside me while I was Mayor on very important issues of police reform, public safety, and community inclusion, and continues doing so today.”
Rabbi Cohn has further made an enormous difference in making New Orleans a better and more open city, and has embraced inter-faith married families, and
L.G.B.T. members of Temple Sinai.
The National Urban League is proud to recognize Rabbi Ed Cohn with its “Living Legend” award.
Sisterhood President’s Message
As we approach Yom Kippur, we hope you will have a
solemn & peaceful Yom Kippur with an easy fast. This
past August our Attic Sale was a big success! Thank you
again to Joanie Tuchman & all of her volunteers. I do not
have enough room to list all of you, but please know
Lillian Opotowsky
how much you are appreciated.
The ball is rolling for more activities with Brotherhood like our wonderful brunch for Religious School parents. Sisterhood will be working on a Mom’s Night Out that so many of you
requested. “Let’s get to know one another”. Give me a call at 504-5293167.
Please read your Bulletin & Sinai Happenings for
announcements and upcoming events.
Best Regards,
Lillian
Your Temple Sinai Leaders at the Board Retreat..
Brotherhood President’s Message
Greetings from the Brotherhood…and Happy New Year!
Thank you to all those who ushered during the High Holy
Day services! It’s a great honor to assist the Congregation
during this special time of year, so thank you to those of
you who were a part of the Rosh Hashanah and Yom
Kippur services.
A special thank you the Brotherhood members who helped
Josh Danzig
build the Sukkah. This year the Sukkah was constructed in
record time, so thank you for your efforts.
Speaking of the Sukkah, please come enjoy the Sukkah along with
Brotherhood members on Wednesday, October 8 at 4:30 pm. The
Religious School students will be decorating the Sukkah, and there will be a
special service and pizza dinner to follow.
Brotherhood members, please mark your calendar for 6 pm on
Tuesday November 4th for the annual Brotherhood dinner. The cost of the
dinner is included in your Brotherhood Dues. It will be at Temple Sinai and
catered by a great local chef that as of press time is almost finalized. Please
RSVP to: jdanzig4@cox.net
If you are not a member of the Brotherhood, dues are $38 per year
and include the Brotherhood Dinner on November 4 as well as many other
great events. Please email me for more information.
Josh Danzig
Brotherhood Annual Dinner at Temple Sinai
Nov. 4 at 6:00 pm
Please email President Josh Danzig to RSVP
jdanzig4@cox.net
Tuesday, Oct. 14
What would you save if your
house was on fire and it
contained not only everything
you own, but everything you are?
As we’ll learn from Alan Alda,
Jane Pauley and Fred Newman,
the question provokes unique
responses, and forces us to delve
deeply into our personal lives,
work and faith. Psychotherapist
and pastor Erik Kolbell, the
author of the book of the same
title, asks the questions and helps
us all to consider what it is that
we value most in life.
This program is generously
underwritten by Joan & Julian
Feibelman
SAVE THESE DATES
Temple Sinai and the 92nd Street Y
Broadcast Series of Temple Sinai- Fall 2014
Thursday, Nov. 20
Can America have a real national strategy
and move forward without the focus of war?
As we emerge from a decade of expensive
overseas wars, retired four-star general
Wesley K. Clark identifies a new unifying
national strategy to make the US independent of the Middle East, freeing the country
to fully focus on the
resurgence of China.
Thursday, December 4
America and Israel: The
Way Forward Join Dalia
Rabin, the former Israeli
Deputy Minister of Defense and current chairperson of the Yitzhak Rabin
Center, and Ambassador
Dennis Ross, who played a
leading role in shaping US
involvement in the Middle
East peace process, for an
enlightening discussion on
the future of Israel.
In Memoriam
Temple Sinai extends sympathy to
the mourning
Family of:
Odell S. Farmer, mother
of Verdie Richberg
Mark Steven Greenberg,
husband of
Barbara Greenberg,
father of
Lauren Wakeman (Devin),
and son-in-law of Herbert &
Sue Barton.
Mazel Tov to......
Mindy Brickman who was named as
one of CityBusinesses ‘Women of the
Year’
Rachel & Bert Moore on the birth of
their son, Matthew David Moore.
Matthew’s grandparents are Betty and
the late Herbert Moore and Karen and
the late Melvin Presser.
Dr. Alan & Joan Sheen on the birth of
their grandson, Lincoln Samuel Young.
Lincoln is the son of Laurie and Will
Young. And also to their daughter
Laurie Sheen Young who received the
Blue Ribbon (1st place) for a cookie
receipt at the Minnesota State Fair.
“May their memory be for a
blessing!
Temple Sinai Calendar
October 2014/5775
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Week of October 1-4:
1st: Hebrew School
3rd: Kol Nidre 7:30 pm
4th: Yom Kippur
Week of October 5-11:
8th: Hebrew School
4:00 - 6:00 pm
Decorating the Sukkah
followed by Services 5:00 pm
9th: Sukkot Office Closed
10th: Shabbat Service 6:15 pm
11th: Shabbat Service Bat Mitzvah of
Emma Mayer 10:15 am
Week of October 12-18:
12th: Religious School
9:00 - 11:30 am
Consecration,
Dance with the Torah, &
Consecration Lunch 10:45 am
13th: Executive meeting 6:00 pm
Board meeting 7:15 pm
15th: Hebrew School
4:00 - 6:00 pm
16th: Simchat Torah
Office Closed
17th: Shabbat Service 6:15 pm
18th: Shabbat Service - 10:15 am
Week of October 19-25:
19th: Religious School
9:00 - 11:30 am
Intro to Judaism
9:00 - 10:00 am
22nd: Hebrew School
4:00-6:00 pm
24th: Shabbat Service
6:15 pm
25th: Shabbat Service
10:15 am
Week of October 26-31:
26th: Religious School
9:00 - 11:30 am
Intro to Judaism
9:00 - 10:00 am
29th: Hebrew School
4:00 - 6:00 pm
31st: Shabbat Service 6:15 pm
October Birthdays
Rachel Aronson
Logan Babin, Jr.
Jeffrey Baron
Cary Becker
Joan Berenson
Darryl Berger
Henry Bernstein
Walda Besthoff
Sydney Besthoff, III
Guy Brenner
Katherine Buckman
Dillon Butvin
Ellen Chapman
Rhonda Chernekoff
Sarah Churney
Ellen Cleary
Gayle Cohen
Stanley Cohn
Kim Daves
Shannon Entrekin
Jonah Evans
Mayer Finkelstein
Albin Fisher, Jr.
Louis Fishman
Rosemary Fortmayer
David Fried, Jr.
Lynda Friedmann
Joshua Friedmann
Joseph Friend
Sally Fuerst
Elisabeth Gehl
Todd Glazer
Timothy Gold
Diane Gordon
Sanford Gottesman
Owen Grossman
Nicole Harvey
Eve Herman
Joyce Hiller
Leslie Hirsch
Edward Holub
Jack Hudson
Julius Isaacson, Jr.
Ben Jacobs, III
Allan Kagan
Karen Katz
Larry Katz
Philip Katz
Evelyn Katz
Jay Kern
Robert Kessler
Ann Kientz
Ivonne Kullman
Wilfred Kullman, Jr.
Lillie Lassen
Richard Levine
Aaron Levy
Gordon Linge
Simon Mexic
Ross Miller
William Mimeles
Clifford Mintz
Albert Mintz
Elizabeth Murov
Michael O'Dwyer
Lillian Opotowsky
Stanley Pulitzer
Elisa Redfield
Karen Reitman
Jenny Rich
Rebecca Rider
Meryl Rosenbloom
Carl Rosenblum
Richard Rosenfeld
Paula Shapiro
Francine Siegel
Michael Siegel
Elliot Singer
I. William Sizeler
Jane Sizeler
Pamela Steeg
Rodney Steiner
Lowell Stewart
Lauren Wakeman
Trisha Ward
Patricia Webb
Marion Weinstock
Andrew Weinstock
Margot Yuspeh
October Anniversaries
Sabina Altman
Lynne & Wilfred Kullman, Jr.
Meghan & Jacob Bitoun
Jo-Ellyn & Abraham Kupperman
Robert & Bridget Bories
Dianne & Sam Levkowicz
Robert & Lorynne Cahn
Scott & Lauren Neustadter
Valerie Coffin-Klein
Tiffany & David Oestreicher II
Jaclyn & Ben Cooper
William & Marcia Rafkin
Shannon & Dillon Entrekin
Ariane & Kevin Rung
Megan & Daniel Filowitz
Melvin & Briann Shear
Mollie & J. M. Fried, Jr.
Warren & Lisa Smith
Aaron & Devorah Friedman
Mollye & William Smolkin
Louis & Jane Glade
Devin & Lauren Wakeman
Jeff & Terri Haffner
Carol & Leslie Hirsch
Adam & Carla Rose Jacob
Claire & Leonard Katz
Carol & Norman Kauffmann, Jr.
Ashley & Michael Kirschman
Mitch Klein
October Yahrzeits
October 3, 4
Selma Harris Cahn
Bella Stern Fredrick
Drr. John A. Haas
Jake Levy
Clara Schuster Levy
Retta Fisher Loeb
Dr. Monte F. Meyer
Irwin W. Rosenthal
Berenice Kronengold Simon
Charles A. Snyder
William L. Springer
Rosa Rubel Wolf
October 10,11
Simon Baar
Rabbi Julian B. Feibelman
Carolyn K. Godchaux
Ben Goldstein
Rogenia Hyman Hiller
Richard Benjamin Kaufmann
Beulah Kern
Herman S. Kohlmeyer
Shepard M. Latter
Lucille DumasLouviere
Marvin Lewis Rich
Jack Rich
Simon U. Rosenthal
Elsie Wald Scheinuk
Julia Levy Schuster
Ida Schwabacher
Solis Seiferth, Sr.
Morris Steinberg
Ethel May Gutmann Stern
Herbert Stern
Denise Sternberg Sterne
Alex Watsky
October 17, 18
Sarah Aronson
Augustine Israel Bloch
Morris Block
David Caron
Julius E. Isaacson, M.D.
Florence Strug Kerner
Julius Lehman
Albert Levy
Rietta K. Levy
Frances Moss Levy
Rose Baginsky Love
Fannie Tillman Lucas
Claire Strauss Meyer
Harry Okun
Patricia Uhlmann Rich
Harriet Stern Rosenthal
Isaac D. Scharff
Bertha Scooler
Abraham Sherman
Bertha Levy Siegel
Bella Levy Sternberg
Leah Levy Ury
October 24,25
Levi H. Aronson
Sarah Blum Babin
Vera Levy Barton
Stanford M. Beer, Jr.
Amalia L. Blum
Mae Webman Goldberg
Alexander Hanau
Nona Horowitz
Henry Jacobs
Fred Kahn II
Samuel Karlin, M.D.
Shirley Latter Kaufmann
Jules Jacob Lazarus
Pam Frank Lenoir
Beverley Marcuse Levy
Leah Rosen Miller
Leigh Barton Muller
Albert J. Newman
M. L. Opotowsky
Daniel L. Scharff
Ethel G. Shroder
Harold Smith
William Stein, Jr.
October 31 - November 1
Miriam Cornman Ampolsk
Miriam Shapiro Aronson
Eugene Albert Aschaffenburg
Renee Samuel Bear
Rabbi Murray Blackman
Hannah Levy Bodenheimer
Irving Carr
Moses Frishman
Gilbert Hellman
Ella Shlenker Hess
David Jacobson
Ann Bograd Kiefer
J.N. Moses Kierr
Robert L. Kohlmann
Sigmund Mendelsohn
Beatrice Levy Neumaier
Alan H. Rosenbloom
William U. Rosenthal
Ida Sarah Sherman
Rebecca Sina
Reaching the Temple in an
Emergency when phones are
not working
If you have an emergency and need to reach
the Temple and the Temple phones are
unavailable due to a power outage, please
note the following cell phone numbers for
emergency use:
Rabbi Edward Paul Cohn:
504-231-6626
Cantor Joel Colman:
504-296-7221
EllenRae Shalett
(Exec. Director): 504-812-4993
The Congregation Extends its Sincere Thanks for the Following Contributions
ALTAR FUND
IN HONOR OF THE BAR
MITZVAH OF SIMON MARCUS
BRICKMAN
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Brickman
IN HONOR OF RABBI EDWARD
PAUL COHN BEING SELECTED
AS A RECIPIENT OF THE 2014
ANNUAL WEISS AWARD &
ALSO BEING REAPPOINTED
TO SERVE ON THE ADVISORY
COMMITTEE OF THE HUMAN
RELATIONS COMMISSION BY
MAYOR MITCH LANDRIEU
Mr. & Mrs. Irving Goldstein
IN MEMORY OF FLORENCE
LAZARUS LEVY ADLER, DR.
LEOPOLD L. LEVY, & DR.
HARTWIG MOSS ADLER
Donald I. Levy
IN MEMORY OF ETHEL &
AARON ABRAMSON AND
SANDY & SAM SCHUDMAK,
JR.
Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Schudmak, III
IN MEMORY OF RABBI
JULIAN B. FEIBELMAN
Mr. & Mrs. Irving Goldstein
IN MEMORY OF JOSEPH
GIARRUSSO, JR.
Honorable Robin Giarrusso
IN MEMORY OF JEROME
GOLDMAN
Lynne Goldman
IN MEMORY OF ROBERT B.
HASPEL
John Haspel, Shirley Haspel, Amy
Gainsburgh-Haspel & Family
IN MEMORY OF ALBERT K.
KLEIN
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Marcus
IN MEMORY OF ROBERTA
KORONES, PAULINE SMITH,
LOUIS & MILDRED GOLD, AL
& FRANCIS MADFIS AND SAMUEL & ESTELLE KORONES
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Gold
IN MEMORY OF DOTTY
NATHAN
Max Nathan, Jr.
IN MEMORY OF SARAH
WEINSTEIN OSOFSKY & MAX
OSOFSKY AND MARION
DONIGER DAVIDSON &
HARRY ELIOT DONIGER
Drs. Howard & Joy Osofsky
IN MEMORY OF SAMUEL
RABIN & MARYANN
LENGSFIELD
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Rabin
IN MEMORY OF J. PHILIP
STEIN
Karen Stein
IN MEMORY OF JANE & DR.
Altar Flowers
MELVIN STEINER, CAROL
STEINER RUBENSTEIN AND Altar Flowers:
EVERETT RUBENSTEIN
September 5 & 6 – In loving memory of Albert K. Klein from
Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Steiner
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Marcus and Dr. & Mrs. Sam Lupin and in
IN MEMORY OF BETTY
loving memory of Robert B. Haspel from John Haspel, Amy
GREIF ZIVITZ
Gainsburgh-Haspel, Shirley Haspel and family
Harrel A. Zivitz
IN MEMORY OF AUDREY
September 12 & 13 – In loving memory of Joe Giarrusso, Jr.
LILLIE ZURAWEL
from the Giarrusso family
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Dodd
September 19 & 20 – In loving memory of Marilyn Stewart
ORGAN CONSOLE FUND
from Lowell Stewart
IN HONOR OF HERMAN J.
October 10 & 11 – In honor of the Bat Mitzvah of Emma Leah
OBERMAYER’S 90TH
Meyer and in loving memory of Jerome L. Goldman, Leah
BIRTHDAY
Mrs. S. Herbert Hirsch
Goldman Karp and Emma Annette Weinberger from Hope &
SOCIAL JUSTICE FUND
Jimmy Meyer
IN MEMORY OF HONORE
SCHILL FOX
Mr. & Mrs. Harold Singer
IN MEMORY OF LORE
MARIE BAER MAY
MENDLER
Changing of the Torah Covers
Mr. & Mrs. Irving Goldstein
IN MEMORY OF SUSAN
ROSEN
Mrs. Betty Fishman
TEMPLE FUND
IN HONOR OF MR. & MRS.
IRVING GOLDSTEIN’S 69TH
ANNIVERSARY
Shirley Schiffman & Children
IN MEMORY OF DORA
HIRSCH
Irene Hirsch
IN MEMORY OF HELEN
CHAJA LEVKOWICZ
The Levkowicz Family
IN MEMORY OF SUSAN
ROSEN
Mr. & Mrs. Jay Aronson
IN MEMORY OF SUSAN
ROSEN
Temple Sinai Board of Trustee Members assist
Sarah Churney
Rabbi Cohn as the Torah Covers are changed for
IN MEMORY OF SIMON
SHLENKER, JR.
the High Holy Days.
Michael Shlenker
IN MEMORY OF Dr. SAUL
SILVERMAN
Nancy Kittay Litwin
Temple Sinai Simcha Board
A wonderful way to honor a Wedding, Bar or Bat Mitzvah,
Anniversary, Birthday, Graduation or any other happy occasion is
to place a plaque on the Temple Sinai Simcha Board in the
Sanctuary. To place an order or for more information, please call
EllenRae Shalett in the Temple Sinai office (504-861-3693).
Thank you for your support of Chesed August 20 - September 13
Mr. George Denegre, Jr. & Mrs. Mildred Denegre
Dr. & Mrs. Marc Glovinsky
Harvey & Shirley Herstein
Nancy Kittay Litwin
Mrs. Kay Kronenberg
Mr. & Mrs. Byron Levy
Drs. Howard & Joy Osofsky
Mr. & Mrs. Lee Schlesinger
Mr. & Mrs. A. Barry Simon
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Steeg
Mrs. Sylvia Stern
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Wahlder
Cedric & Julia Walker
Mr. M. Charles Wallfisch
Gabriela Lehmann Leaves a Jewish Legacy
Before Gabriela Lehmann passed away on March 9, 2010, she made provisions in her will to
fund the Kurt J., Molly S. and Gabriela Lehmann Yahrzeit Designated Fund, which she had
established at the Jewish Endowment Foundation of Louisiana in 2007. Through this fund,
annual donations are made to Temple Sinai and to other Reform, Conservative and Orthodox
congregations in metropolitan New Orleans to inscribe the names of her loved ones, as well as to
remember all those who have passed away and no longer have friends or family to remember
them on Yom Kippur, in the synagogues’ memorial books.
By establishing this fund and providing generous donations to these congregations, Gabriela
Lehmann has created a meaningful and important Jewish legacy for our community, managed by
JEF, to benefit our Greater New Orleans congregations and endure forever for future generations.
May her memory always be a blessing.
Temple Sinai Organist Dr. Marcus St. Julien and the Loyola University Symphony
Orchestra will present Organ Symphony Extravaganza at Temple Sinai on Sunday,
October 19 at 5:00 P.M. The program includes Camille Saint-Saëns’ Symphony No. 3, the
famous Organ Symphony. The Temple’s historic E. M. Skinner organ will also be featured
solo in Charles Marie Widor’s Symphonie I, Movement 1. This concert is free and open to
the public.
TEMPLE SINAI
EMAILS
Sheila K. Gold
Temple Sinai President
golds1@cox.net
Rabbi Edward Paul Cohn
D.D., D.Min.
sinai@usa.net
Joel M. Colman, M.S.M.
Cantor
joel@colman.us
Ann Z. Kientz
Director of Education
azk1007@aol.com
EllenRae Shalett
Executive Director
ershalett@templesinaino.org
Herbert Barton
Executive Director Emeritus/
Exec. Secretary Hebrew Rest
Cemetery Assn.
sinai@usa.net
Josh Danzig
Brotherhood President
jdanzig4@cox.net
Lillian Opotowsky
Sisterhood President
sidlil@bellsouth.net
Temple Sinai Office Staff
Paula Jackson Rabbi’s Assistant
pjackson@templesinaino.org
Linda Schillage Bookkeeper
lschillage@templesinaino.org
Carla Rose Jacob Communications Specialist
cjacob@templesinaino.org
To Report An Address or
Phone
Number Change, New
E-mail Address, or to Submit
a Mazel Tov for the Bulletin,
or for general
correspondence to Temple
Sinai: sinai@usa.net
TEMPLE SINAI BULLETIN
(USPS 538-240)
is published monthly for
50 cents per year by
Congregation Temple Sinai
6227 St. Charles Ave.
New Orleans, Louisiana 70118
VOL. 86
October 2014-5775
NO. 11
Sheila Gold............................................................President
Robert Brickman..........................Executive Vice-President
The Honorable Robin Giarrusso...................Vice-President
Tracey Dodd.................................................Vice-President
Harvey Herstein....................................................Secretary
Michael Kirschman...............................................Treasurer
Josh Danzig......................................President/Brotherhood
Lillian Opotowsky...............................President/Sisterhood
Dr. Edward Paul Cohn................................................Rabbi
Joel M. Colman, M.S.M............................................Cantor
Ann Zivitz Kientz..................................Education Director
EllenRae Shalett.....................................Executive Director
Herbert Barton........................Executive Director Emeritus
CONGREGATION TEMPLE SINAI
High Holy Day Services - 2014 (5775)
Yom Kippur Eve Friday, October 3, 2014
7:30 pm
Yom Kippur Saturday, October 4, 2014
•Morning Service (Sanctuary)
10:00 am
•Youth Service in the Chapel;
10:00 am
•led by Temple Sinai Youth
•Music & Meditation (Chapel)
12:45 pm
•Congregants in Conversation (Library)
12:45 pm
•Young Family Service (Sanctuary) 2:00 pm
•The Ark will be open in the Sanctuary from
12:45 to 2:00 pm for private meditation
•Afternoon Service (Sanctuary)
3:00 pm
•Memorial & Concluding Service (Sanctuary) 4:00 pm
•Moise S. Steeg, Jr. Break The Fast
5:30 pm
Sukkot Wednesday, October 8, 2014
5:00 pm
“Decorate the Sukkah” followed by a service
led by our Hebrew School students followed by a
Pizza dinner
Friday, October 10, 2014
Shabbat Sukkot Service
6:15 pm
Saturday, October 11, 2014
Shabbat Sukkot Festival Service
10:15 am
Simchat Torah Sunday, October 12, 2014
•Consecration of New Students Pre K-3
•Dance with the Torahs & Sisterhood Lunch
10:30 am
11:00 am
Periodicals Postage Paid
at New Orleans, Louisiana
DATED MATERIAL
DO NOT DELAY
“POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Temple Sinai
6227 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans, LA 70118”
HIGH HOLY DAYS RADIO & INTERNET BROADCAST
The Jewish Endowment Foundation of Louisiana is delighted to announce that the
following High Holy Day services will be broadcast live from Temple Sinai on
WRBH 88.3 FM
In addition these services will be streamed on the internet and you will be able to hear it
logged on to WWW.WRBH.ORG or WWW.TEMPLESINAINO.ORG
KOL NIDRE Friday, October 3 7:30 P.M.
Underwritten by the Ferber Family of Houma Foundation
For more information, please call EllenRae Shalett, Congregation Temple Sinai
861-3693
Saundra Levy, Jewish Endowment Foundation of Louisiana
524-4559
In addition, we are pleased to announce that video streaming will be available on
our site for all of the High Holy Day Services held in the Temple Sinai Sanctuary. To
view the Live From the Sanctuary Video Stream, you may click on the link at
www.templesinaino.org or go directly to our streaming page at www.templesinaino.
org/streaming.html.
When streaming is live, the image should appear in the box bordered in red. Otherwise,
you will see a photograph of the Sanctuary and a note that no stream is available.
All streamed services will be archived for viewing at a later date.
The Live from the Sanctuary Video Stream is underwritten in memory of loved ones:
Bruce Levy
Beverley and Loris Levy
Miriam Pailet and Benjamin Katz
Ronald Katz, and
Michael J. Neustadter,
from Lauren, Scott, and Michael Braden Neustadter, Jonathan and Saundra Levy,
and Allan Katz.
Temple Sinai is grateful for these wonderful gifts.