The Bulletin of Congregation Ner Tamid, September 1999

September 1999 - Vol. XVIII No. 9 Sanford D. Akselrad Rabbi Bella Feldman Cantorial Soloist Drew Levy President Neal Schuster Student Rabbi 20 Elul 5759 - 20 Tishrei 5760 Monty E. Willey Executive Director Jacqueline Fleekop Education Director Lois Bergman Preschool Director Melanie Gorman Program Director CONQREQA TiON Ner TAMid WeIcomes CantorIaI Soloisr DEboRAh Kovirz BarIcat AqAiN This YEAR, OUR CONqREqATiON will oUer doublE Hiqh Holy Day EVENiNq SERvicES. Our EARly fAiviily SERViCES foR Rosh HAshANAh AINd Yom KippuR EVENiNq will bEqiN at 6pM. ThESE SERvicES will bE ?ducTEd by RAbbi AksElRAd ANd ORiAl soloisT, BeIIa FeHman. STudENT RAbbi NeaI SchuSTER ANd quEST CANTORiAl soloisT DEboRAh KoviTz BarI<at will ASsisT iN lEAdiNq ThE SERvicES. Ms. BarI<at will bE A PART of ThE JO VOiCE choiR whEN Worship Services Rabbi?s Message Message from our President Notes From our Cantorial Soloist School News & CNT Preschool Young Couples Group 1st Event Teens at Ner Tamid Auxiliaries & Committees Yiskor/Yom Kippur Birthdays/Anniversaries ?foutes Jrzeits & In Memorium (the Bulletin is published monthly) 2 2 3 4 4 7 8 9 10 13 14 16 shE is not AssisTiNq iN lEAdiNq ser- ViCES. DEboRAh BarIcat Nves iN PAcific PAliSAdES, CAlifoRNiA ANd hAS bEEN doiNq pARwiME cantorIaI siNqiNq foR ThE PAST SEVERAl yEARS iN ThE Los ANqElES AREA. ShE STudiES pRivATEly wiTh Cantor WilliAM SIhar- liN, Cantor EMERiTus at Leo BaecIc TempIe, BeI-Mr CAlifoRNiA. DEbo?RAh livEd iN IsraeI foR six years whERE ShE lEARNEd hER HEbREW ANd dEVElopEd an iNTEREST i'n childhood Music Ed UCATiON, COMplETiNq a CERTificATE iN DaIcroze EurytIe Mies ThERE. BacI< iN ThE U.S. shE STudiEd Music at CAlifoRNiA State NoRThRidqE ANd continues STudyiNq VOiCE PRivATEly AS weII AS COMPOS- iNq foR VARioUS PROJ'ECTS. ShE is lookiNq foRWARd to joiNiNq Ner TAMid foR ThE Hiqh Holy DAys. Sukkot and Sinchat Torah Yartily Tun! Please join us on Friday, September 24, for Sukkot family fun! At 6pm, we will decorate the Sukkah. The Sukkot Family binner will be from 6:30 - 7:30pm, followed by Sukkot Family Services at 7:30pm. Please bring fruit to hang in the beautiful Sukkah built by the brotherhood. For the dinner, please brinq a dairy dish that serves ll), in a disposable container. If your lasT name begins with A-H, please bring a salad, I-Z, bring a main dish. Desserts ana bread are not needed. Please RSVP for the dinner by September 17. Don?t miss out on the fun for Simchat Torah on Friday October 1! The special service will begin at 7:30pm. We will celebrate this holiday with our Torah march and the unrolling of the Torah for all to see. On this special evening, we will also bless our new Consecrants (new students in the Kindergarten through first grade). Those who will be consecrated will need to arrive by 6:30pm for a group photo.? Worship Services Conducted by Rabbi Sanford D. Akselrod & Cantorial Soloist Bella Feldman September 3 Shabbat Services 7:30pm Oneg Sponsored by the Sisterhood September 4 Selichot Program 7:30pm Selichot Service 9pm September 10 Erev Rosh Hashanah Family Service 6pm Erev Rosh Hashana Late Service 8:15pm September 11 Rosh Hashanah Service 10am Septmber 17 Shabbat Services 7:30pm Oneg Sponsored by the Sisterhood September 19 Kol Nidre Family Service 6pm Kol Nidre Late Service 8:15pm September 20 Yom Kippur Service 10am Youth Service 10am Toddler's Service 10am Speaker 1pm Healing Service 2pm Afternoon Service 3pm Yiskor Service 5pm Concluding Service 6pm September 24 Sukkot Family Service 7:30pm September 25 Sukkot Morning Service 10am vA y ....................................... A2 \ CoNQREQATiON NeR TAMid Sitting at my desk to write a ser?mon or a Rabbi?s message always begins with the same step: staring at a blank page. Like most writers, some days are easier than others to put thought to paper. And then there are times when ideas seem sparse or just beyond my reach. Unlike when I write a sermon which can have a topical theme or deal with the Torah Portion, when I write a rabbi?s message, I must place my thoughts into the future-about four weeks or so based upon our bul?letin deadline, and imagine what will be meaningful or important at that time. It is in a minor way like living in two ?time places? at once - the present and the future. As I sat down to write my High Ho- lyday message, I thought that ex?perience itself was worth dwelling upon. For the theme of the Holy days is that of tshuvah, repentance. It is a time to reflect upon our lives, and to look at the experiences of our lives and resolve to do better today and in the future so that we might be written into the book of life for goodness and life. And so how do we start? Like the good writer we start with a fresh sheet of paper and then we draw upon our experiences. Our lives be?gin a fresh each day, a story just waiting to be written. How each page will be expressed is in large measure up to ourselves. To be sure, there will be twists and turns be?yond our control. Illness, accidents, other characters in our life?s story enter into the picture-but Juda?ism teaches us that the essential task of life, choosing between good and evil, is up to us. Unlike other traditions, we do not believe that we are born with sin which must be washed away. Judaism teaches that we are born basically ?neutral? or more precisely, with an inclination towards both good and evil. In He?brew we call these inclinations the ?yetzer tov? (the inclination to do good) and the ?yetzer ra? (the incli?nation to do evil). Yet even this defi?nition isn?t quite precise enough. For the yetzer ra really isn?t reflective of a desire to do evil per say, but of those more aggressive emotions and feelings such as pride and arrogance and greed that can lead us to do evil. Put ironically, without them, Judaism teaches, buildings would not be built, charity would suffer, and leadership would weaken. No, we can not strict?ly favor one over the other. We look for a balance. We look for a life in which our inclinations towards life are balanced and well reasoned so that good will be the ultimate product^4 our lives, and that of our fellow man beings. So, this year, we begin anew to write yet another chapter to our as yet un?finished lives. We begin by staring at a blank piece of paper, our reflection in the mirror. What do we see? And what will we create? And what will be our story.? The answer in large mea?sure is up to us. The challenge is to never give up growing, changing or af?firming our lives or the goodness of our own personal destinies. May this year to come be one of growth and reflection, of blessing and good health, for you and yours. L?shana Tova Tikateyvoo-To a good and joyous year. %aS6i Sanford SU(seCrad nmi?i t t. : roiu ? ? -T- ? SEpTEMbER 1999 Temple Board Members ?rew Levy Stewart Blumenfeld Scott Stolberg Howard Layfer Ira Spector Judy Cornet Lynn Sasso Sylvia Beller David Stahl Ruth Urban Mel Hallerman Rita Goldstein Frances Klamian Jacky Rosen Leon Marco Jere' Davis Esther Saltzman Sharna Blumenfeld Mindy Unger-Wadkjn Sandy Stolberg Steve Joseph Stuart Kallick TBD Sandy Pittle Bob Unger Jerry Gordon Cal Lewis Eileen Kollins Kenneth Schnitzer Dr. David Wasserman 'R. Steve Kollins Michael Cherry r. Bernard Farrow hgene Kirshbaum* Rabbi Sanford Akselrad President VP Administration VP Ways & Means VP Membership VP Religious Activities VP Education <6 Youth VP Member Activities VP Social Action Treasurer Secretary Trustee Trustee Trustee Trustee-Membership Trustee Trustee Trustee-Youth Trustee-Library Trustee-Bulletin Sisterhood Brotherhood NTTY TNT Golden Chai Past President Past President Past President Past President Past President Past President Past President Past President Past President Past President Ex Officio ?Deceased Wanted: Members to do Mitzvot! CNT is looking for members who are willing to give rides to congregants to and from Temple on Friday nights. Please help a fellow member enjoy the CNT experience by volunteering to drive them. Call Melanie at the CNT office, 733-6292 to make a difference today! Summer vacations and family get togethers have come and gone. The dreaded heat-wave of sum?mer is behind us. And, it is time to look toward the start of school and fall. Life goes on...not only at home and at work, but at the Temple as well. Does our temple close down for the summer? Does our office staff or clergy take a long vacation? The answer to these questions is a pro?found, NO! B?nai Mitzvahs are being planned and held. Other life cycle events are being held, some planned and some not. High Holiday prepara?tion is in full swing. We must not for?get that temple life is on-going, never stopping to take a break. You may not see it or feel it, but it is there, always ready, willing and able to meet the needs of the congrega?tion. Let us not forget this as we go about our daily lives. Dues must con?tinue to be paid, religious school fees must be paid and respect must con?tinue to be given to our clergy and all our staff paid or volunteer. Your board of directors have had a busy and full summer. A couple of items I want to update you on start with our temple Bylaws. The Bylaws committee has been chaired by Dav?id Stahl, who has done a great job. The bylaws had not been updated for some time (possibly since originally written when the temple was formed) and we had to make some adjustments based on the boards? discussions at our last retreat. We added and changed some of the vice president positions on the board, so they had to be incorprated into the bylaws. We also corrected and re?vised some dates to coincide with the actual way we have been operat?ing the temple, such as going from a calander year to a fiscal year. After the entire board had a chance to look over the proposed changes and gave their input to David, we again went through all the changes and voted to approve the bylaws at our August meeting. The cantorial search committee com?pleted the lengthy application need?ed to post our opening with the Joint Cantorial Placement Commission. The job opening has been posted on their system and will be published in their next newsletter. We have already re?ceived a couple of resumes and inquir?ies and will now finish formalizing our interviewing process. This is an encour?aging start, as we felt the demand for cantors far exceeded the supply of qualified candidates. Time will only tell. Once the high holidays are over we should see alot more activity. Past president Jerry Gordon is heading up this committee and has gotten us off to a great start. The Long Range Planning Committee is also in full swing with Mindy Unger- Wadkins heading the charge. The com?mittee has a base core of members picked by the Rabbi and Bob Unger, but will be greatly expanded to include many members of the congregation as the process proceeds. It will include a mix of active and inactive members, a mix of ages and gender, and a mix of ?talent?. Once the specific areas to be studied are determined, focus groups will be established, discussion ses?sions will be held and plans will be for?mulated. This is a very important and much needed function for our temple and its future. If you are called upon to help out, please do not hesitate to say yes. This is a great opportunity to give something back to your temple. Not only do we have these wonderful ?events? going on, all the committees are on-going, all the affiliate organiza?tions, like Sisterhood and Brotherhood are meeting and socializing. Programs are being planned and held. Just take a look at the temple calander. Congre?gation Ner Tamid is there for you, the members, twelve months a year. En?joy the rest of your summer. (Drew cA (S p ie in l r()la SEpTEMbER 1999 c e (Jo- (Belong. ^ 3 E ^ptesfrom our Cantorial Soloist Thie school year we will be welcoming back a familiar face from the past. I am so pleased to announce Billy Tiep will be our new music specialist on Sundays. Billy worked with me sev?eral years ago as my assistant and continued throughout college to work as a songleader at several different synagogues and camps. He returns to us a seasoned professional and will be a wonderful addition to our staff. Billy will also be working with our Jr. Choir and leading the youth High Holiday services. Lori Frankl, who worked with our music program last year, will continue to help out with Jr. Choir on Sundays and will also be as?sisting Laurel Lardent with B?nai Mitz- vah tutoring in preparation for my maternity leave. Over the summer, I mailed out an invi?tation to participate in a special choir which will debut A Children?s Service for A New Century. This exciting project will take place on March 31, 2000 and is the first service ever to be co-commissioned by over 30 congregations throughout the Unit?ed States. Rehearsals began the first day of religious school, however, I have decided to extend the deadline for those interested to September 12. I strongly encourage all students from 3rd to 7th grades to come on board and sing in our special Choir For A New Century. There will be a CD released next year after it?s premiere and I want the largest choir in the nation! Rehearsals take place after religious school on Sundays from 1-2pm throughout March. There is a $50 fee to join the choir which includes the cost of a T-shirt & Kippah (to be worn at the service) and one CD. Application forms were given out to all students on the first day of reli?gious school, or you may simply call me at the Temple. Scholarship funds are also available. This is a once in a millennium opportunityyou don?t want to miss! rgg/fo AduU B'nai MItzvaLi CIass 1999*2000 This year's AdulT B'NAi MItzvaN cIass will bEqiN ThuRsdAy, NovEiwbER 4, 1999. ThE cIass will bE TAuqhT by MeUssa RotIi From 7:30'9pM iN room 12. ThE cIass is liMiTEd to ten pEopU. ThE B'na! MiTZVAh CEREMONY Will TAkE plACE SATURdAy, June 5, 2000. If you would lilcE to siqN up OR hAVE QUESTIONS REqARdiNq tIie cIass, pIease caII tIhe TempIe offiCE at 755^6292. School News The holiday season is a chance to reflect on our accomplishments and failures of the past year. The traditions of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are unique to the Jewish people because they give us a time for genuine soul searching, self examination and a way to make amends for our misdeeds. Many changes have occurred in the methodology of how we teach our students. It is not enough to have a curriculum that seems to work without looking for ways to make the lessons taught creative and relevant. Each year I reexamine the improvements we have made and set new goals and objectives. Our Hebrew level has improved over the years and we will be incorporating some more creative influences into our Judaism program. ---------------------------------- ^ 4 ConqreqarioN Ner TAMid The accountability for your child's education at Congregation Ner Tamid does not rest solely on the principal or the educator. To raise a Jewish child you must support them, encourage them and snare the importance of the experience. We have not only a religion to guide us but a very distinctive culture. Literature, music, foods, art and customs taught in religious school must be incorporated into every component of a child's life. At Congregation Ner Tamid we have so much to offer your family. Please join us for Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, our Sukkot family dinner ana Simcha Torah. Qtudents who are new to religious school will be consecrated during our Simcha Torah family service. Check the calendar for all the wonderful you can share as a The High Holidays are a time for evaluation so check yourself out. Are you complacent about Hebrew school because your child is more than two years away from a Bar/Bat Mitzvah? Are you discussing more about the party with your third grader than about studying? Do you encourage uour child to set time aside to study Hebrew or read a Jewish book? I promise to do my share for Congregation Ner Tamid?s students but I do need your support. Together we will raise children who are proud to identify themselves as a Jewish person. L'shana Tovah fteefop Director of Edui ucation f SeptemIjer 1999CNT PRESCHOOL Reforming Reform: A Look at the New Principles of Reform Judaism A Special Selichot Program The Selichot Program and Service will be a special opportunity to prepare tor the Jewish New Year. This Seli?chot Program: Reforming Reform: A look af the new Principles of Reform Juda?ism, will be on Saturday, September 4 at 7:30pm. Come learn about this his?toric statement of principles and more about Reform Jewish belief and practice. Rabbi Akselrad will discuss the nature of the principles and how they relate to our own Congregation, our in?dividual practice, and how they have impacted upon world wide Jewry. You won't want to miss this special program! It is open to the community and free of charge. The Selichot Ser?vice will follow the program, at 9:00pm. It will be led by Rabbi Akselrad, cantorial soloist Bella Feldman and the High Holy Day Choir. ^Hiat a ^ffeschoi learning and all lat busy season here at the sy eschool. Our students are busy about the high holidays, air of the beautiful traditions that are part of this special time of the year. The boys and girls are learning the blessing over "Apples Dippea in Honey" and having the opportunity to blow the Shofar (Ram's Horn). We are making Shanah Tova Cards for our parents and friends. It is delightful to hear these little ones wish each other a hearty L"Shana Tova Tikatevu (Happy New Year Greeting). The youngsters will taste a round Chaltah with raisins and we will all say we are sorry for things we have done, that are not so nice, this last year. We will be kind to each other and our parents for this new year of 5760. Our class will even take a TA8HLICK WALK TO CAST OUR SINS AWAY. It is surely an interesting experience to hear these 2-5 year olds express their feeling of hope and renewal at this most time of the year. We will all of decorate perform the Mitzvah of eating in our own beautiful Sukkah Hut. have the opportunity the Sukkan and i Our classrooms are filled with exuberant and delight youngsters who enjoy coming and sharing a learning experience with their peers and dedicated teachers. Next month we will celebrate the happy holiday of Simchat Torah. We will make our own flags and Torahs and even have a Parade to celebrate this joyful time of year. Our classes are almost completely filled. We have only two spots remaining. If you would like your child or grandchild to participate in our innovative and dynamic school, please call me at the Temple office at 733-6292. Shanah Tova from all of us at the preschool. . . _ Lois ?Bergman Left: Making Banner Fun at our Summer program Bottom Left: CNT's July Camp Chaverim Bottom Right: Crazy Get-up Day SEpTEMbER 1999 ( / S p tc 'u il rp ln ( 't CJo H e lo m f Did you know the Torah (the first five books of the Bible) is divided up into weekly portions so that you can read the entire Torah, from begin?ning to end, in one year? Did you know we start that year on Simchat Torah, and also end it on that day? Simchat Torah is a celebration of the Torah - God?s gift to civilization. It is arguably the greatest book ever written - impacting all of West?ern culture and affecting human civilizations world-wide. A group of Ner Tamid neigh?bors has been meeting through?out the year studying the parsha, or portion, of the week. I have learned so much about the history of our people, the history of Israel, and the evolu?tion of Judaism as a religion/ culture. I have also learned about leadership and parenting, lessons from the past that are applicable to today. The Torah is truly entertaining (except Leviticus), and 1 invite everyone to Join us on Satur?day, October 2, at 10am for the most exciting Torah Study session of the year - where we will read the last lines of the Torah, and begin again at Gen?esis 1:1. Rabbi Akselrad will lead Yiskor Services and student rabbi Neal Schuster will lead the Torah Study immedi?ately after. And, if you find that you like this experience, then 1 challenge you to at?tend all future Torah Study times. Congregation Ner Tamid has three different Torah Study classes occur?ring each month! On selected Saturdays, the student rabbi (or a lay lead?er) leads participants in the Torah portion of the week. We read the Torah, the commentaries prepared by scholars, and discuss how certain events or laws affect us today. These Torah Study classes are listed in the Worship Services sec?tion of the newsletter and correspond with the week?ends the student rabbi is with us. In the summertime break, we meet on the first and third Saturdays of each month. Rabbi Akselrad leads a class every other Tuesday after?noon from noon to 1pm. His class is an in-depth study of the Torah, in an in?formal and relaxed atmo?sphere. Rabbi?s class explores the Torah, at a pace set by the participants. It took the group two years to get through Genesis! Rabbi starts and ends his class on time, and several participants are able to come on their lunch break from work! Rabbi?s class tak a break in the summertime, ar will resume on Tuesday, September 28th at noon. Long-time member Katherine Scott, who just completed a para-rabbinic course in Cincin?nati, will be starting a new Torah Study class modeled after Rabbi?s on every other Wednesday evening, for those who would like to study and explore the Torah, starting with Genesis. Katherine?s class will start on Wednesday, October 6 from 6:45pm to 8:30pm and continue every other Wednes?day thereafter. You can also keep up with the Torah Study classes and times by calling the CNT Events Hotline, sponsored by our Brotherhood, at 263-5960. If you would like to purchase a Torah Commentary for your home use, you can purch^^ one at most major bookstor^B or by calling the Temple offire at 733-6292. So please join us on Saturday, October 2, from 10am to 12:30pm for the special ?Be?ginning and End? Torah Study. Come find out why it?s called the greatest book ever written! Shazona Tartar Chair, Adult Education Committee ?Torah Study With ?Katherine Scott Torah study with JQitherine Scott will take, place from 6:4S-8:00pm in the C9\(T HBrary on the following Wednesdays: October 6, 20 December 1, IS February 2, 16 %{pvember 3, 17 January 5,19 March 1, IS s>- CoNQRECjA rioN Ner Tam id SEpTEMbER 1999CNT's Youn< jpl< First Event: Couples Club Molds ) W r A Pizza in the Hut yCC @ CNT, Young Couples Club at Congregation Ner Tamid, will hold it's first event, Pizza in the Hut, on Saturday, September 25 at 6pm. The event, which is co-sponsored by the Jewish Community Center of Southern Nevada, will be fun and free! It is open to young couples in the community in which at least one of the members is between 21 and 35, and at least one of the members is Jewish. There will be pizza, games and a Havdallah Service in the Sukkah. It will be a great opportunity for young Jewish couples to get to know each other, and a fabulous kick off event for this new and exciting group! For more information about the program or the group, or to RSvP, call Melanie at the Temple office, 733-6292. oops.... /pO/h'4' fP f/x* x* 4 4 Yiddish Lesson for September Chas v'cholileh! - G-d forbid! Chmalyeh! - Bang, punch; Slam! Wallop! Chochem attick - A wise guy Chutzpeh - Srazenness, gall baitzim cA ? S p e c ia l SEpTEMbER 1999 h p ia e c dJo (B e lo n g . Hebrew Classes Now Forminc! HEbREw REAdiNq CrasN Course LeveL 1 5 ThuRsdAys, BEqiNNiNq OdobER 5 TiME: TBD Instructor, Jill iAsiENski HEbREw REAdiNq CrasIi Course LeveI 2 5 ThuRsdAys, BEqiNNiNq NovEMbER 11 (No cIass Novemeder 25, ThANksqiviNq) TiME: TBD Instructor, Jill JAsiENski CaII 755-6292 For more iNloRMATioN Teens at Ner Tamid Being a teenager is a difficult place to be in the scheme of life. A teen?ager is too old to be a child, cute, innocent, and curious and too young to be independent. The part about being too young to be independent causes most teens difficulties. The desire to experiment and challenge authority makes the teen years hard for both the teen and the adults they come in contact with. What can we do to make the transi?tion from being a teenager to adult easier? Keep busy! It has been proven that a busy teen is a happy teen. Boredom causes teens to get into trouble. Congregation Ner Tamid has a won?derful youth group that has been re?energized. NTTY is a place for teens to complain and compare. NTTY is a place for socializing and sharing. NTTY is a place of guid?ance and learning. Meetings every Sunday from 6 to 7:30 (unless there is a special program) in Room 6 at Congregation Ner Tamid. This year's activities include a day at Brian Head and the hosting of Western Conclave. Almost 200 teens from around the West are coming together to make friends, pray, study, and just have fun over Martin Luther King week?end. On Sunday mornings, our teens will be selling bagels, muffins, cof?fee, and juice to raise funds to off?CoNQREQA TiON Ner TAMid set the cost of the many events they will be offering. Please support our "NTTY Cafe" which is being spon?sored by Sisterhood. Last spring, my son went to Spring Conclave in Pnoenix. He was im?pressed by the programming and not impressed by the food. Eric was thrilled at trie chance the weekend offered him to make new friends and he was very impressed by the host congregation. The thing that stands out as the highlight of conclave was an elderly couple that housed two teenagers, took them to the mall on free time, made sure there was junk food in the house (that they them?selves would never eat) and enjoyed taking them to and from the syna?gogue. They did not have any of their own children in the group but cared about teenagers. They felt that it was important for them to sup?port these young Jewish people. They knew it is important to encour?age teens to be involved in youth pro?grams. What a wonderful experience for everyone! Please offer your support to our teenagers. Help them fit in, be in?volved, and participate in Jewish Youth Programs. Shalom, Jacqueline fledfov birector of Education Staff Youth Coordinator Bereavement Croup Now Forminc IF yOU OR SOMEONE you Iove hAS Iost A loVEd ONE WiThiN tNe Iast yEAR, pLease bE SURE TO CONSidER This ANNOUNCEMENT. CNT will Rave a bEREAVEMENT QROUp, bEqiNNlNQ ON MONdAy, SEpTEMbER 27 AT 7pM. NAdiNE CRACRAfT, liSCENSEd MARRiAQE ANd FAMlly TllERApiST, will lEAd ThE QROUp which will run For 6 MoNdAys. IF you ARE iNTERESTEd, plEASE CONTACT MElANiE Gorman at ThE TempIe officE, 755-6292. i (Do you have a famiCu memSer or friend who is hospitatized? Rabbi Akselrad would like to help you and your family by visiting Temple members and friends of our congregation who have been hospitalized. Since there is no notification from the hospitals, please contact Karen at the Temple office at 733-6292 when a family member or friend is hospitalized. SEpTEMbER 1999 AUXILIARIES & Slsterfiood Xews Well, here it is September already. Where has the summer gone? Hope that yours was terrific, mine was! Because it was filled with planning the upcoming calendar for Sisterhood and tnat is not only challenging, but rejuvenating! We can all use a little rejuvenation once in a while! We have so many wonderful events planned for this year, you won?t want to miss one of them! V Before I tell you about some of those wonderful events though, I want to encourage you to send in your dues and either become a member or renew your existing membership. The dues this year are only $30.00 or $50.00 for a Mitzvah Membership. Please send them here to Temple addressed to Sisterhood, Attn: Loret?ta Hollander or Helene Laefer. As you will see, you won?t be sorry. On ost Sisterhood Events there is a embership advantage. We will start the year with our won?derful Paid Member Luncheon on Oct 3rd...who says there?s no free lunch! This year Rabbi will do two book reviews! One in December which will be dessert, and one in March which will be a lunch. We are also planning a night out at the Mediterranean Cafe for Oct. In January, I?m excited to say Mayor Oscar Goodman will be our Speaker. As I write this, we are planning a whirlwind trip to Nordstroms in San Francisco. Of course we have our Chanukah Bazaar on Nov 7th, and our Women?s Seder in April. This is a partial list of our plans. Marsha Goldberg and Donna Willey, our VP?s of Programming, are hard at work to make this a fun filled, exciting year! Over the summer we have had many new members to Sisterhood and I would like to welcome them, Eileen Anes, Jennifer Curran, Gloria Gold?berg, Naomi Goldsmith, Amy Reiner, Lisa Roe, Fran Schofel, Marlene Sher?man, Sara Weil, JoAnn Weingarten, Florence Weinstein. Look for flyers in this bulletin and be sure to read anything in your mailbox from CNT, otherwise you'll never know what you're missing!! I wish a Happy and Healthy Ner Year to all my friends at CNT. Shalom, Sandy Your llrotliorliood Golden Chat Golden Chai Seniors wish everyone a happy and healthy New Year. The High Holy Days are a main event in the lives of seniors and we look forward to services, visiting with children and grandchildren, seeing old friends, visiting back home if Eossible. Some of us have left ehind all we knew and are making our way in a new life here. We cherish each other and hope that you will cherish us. Be patient and kind. Let the phone ring a few extra times. Offer a ride. Bake a cake. We wish you all the happiness that the New Year will bring and we pray that you are written down for a good year. L?Shana Tovah! Shalom And Love, Sandy Tittk. Advisor L?Shana Tova from your Men?s Club The summer has come and gone, the kids are back in school. Your Men?s Club Officers have been installed and we?re revving up our engines for an?other active year that will continue to hold your interest. Your Executive Board is as follows: Stephen Joseph, President, Mike Milano, Administra?tive Vice President, Gary Gilman, Vice President of Programming & Social Activities, Howard Layman, Vice Pres?ident of Membership, Jerry Davis, Secretary, David Nathan, Treasurer and Allan Nathanson, our Jack of ALL Trades. Knee again your Men?s Club will be Ushering at our Early and Late Posh Hashana and Yom Kipper Services, which began last year and proved to be very successful, not to mention highly praised. If you?re interested in becoming an Usher please, call Allan Nathanson at 796-5391. This New Year we will continue to be a very active Men?s Club. We are work?ing on speakers that will interest our entire congregation, to include Plan?ning for Retirement, Understanding the Stock Market, Health, Aging, Parenting, and Jewish Issues just to name a few. The final details are being ironed out for our Golf Tourna?ment, Father Child Activities, and Sporting Events. We will continue our fund raising with the sale of ?Enter?tainment 2000? Books and Yom HaShoah candles as well as other fund raising programs so we may continue supporting our Temple?s programs. Our Calendar will shortly be in the mail, which will outline our activities for the first six months of the year. ?Entertainment 2000? Books are available for purchase at this time. This year as in the past you will be able to examine and obtain these books at the Temple Office or on Sun?day in front of the Religious School. The price of the book remains at $30, the same price it has sold for in pre?vious years. As an added service, if you have an order of six (6) or more books, your order will be delivered to your home or place of business within the Valley area. (continued next page) cdL S p je ? tcd . rP lu ( v Q 'a r>elo,i? XFX "w SEpTEMbER 1999 Havurah Information Watch for details on our fall get-together for CNT members interested in joining or forming a Havurah. It will be a potluck dinner (not just desserts this time) on Sunday, October 10 at 6:30 p.m. For those who have been waiting for this opportunity, and for those who are just starting to thinh about activities beginning after the High Holy Days, we encourage you to mark your calendars and plan to join us! Brotherhood (continued) There are many groups selling the ?Entertain?ment 2OOO" Books, now more than ever we need your support. Please purchase your ?En?tertainment 2.000" Books from your Temple Men?s Club. Call the Temple office or Steve Joseph at 656-9963 for more information. The men of Ner Tamid run your men?s Club programs! We bring together men from dif?ferent backgrounds and walks of life that want to share the goal to help with t