The Bulletin of Congregation Ner Tamid, October 2001

The R eform Jewish Congregation of Las Vegas ...A S pecial P lace to Belong October 2001 - Vol. XVI No. 2 Sanford D. Akselrad Rabbi Jennifer C. Weiner Assistant Rabbi Bella Feldman Cantorial Soloist Stewart Blumenfeld President Chanukah Bazaar The Annual Chanukah Bazaar sponsored by Sisterhood, will be held on Sunday, November 4th, in the Social Hall. The fun begins at 11am and will continue until 3pm. As always, our bazaar gets bigger and better every year. A raffle drawing will be held to benefit the Sisterhood Fun-D for Youth Programs with spec?tacular prizes! One thing you can always count on is a mouth-watering lunch prepared by the Party Shop. The Gift Shop will be open with a sensa?tional selection of gift items. You won't want to miss the crowning, of Ms. ^koodle Kugel, NerTamid's award winning contest! wring your family bring your friends to this years fun and festive Chanukah Bazaar. To reserve a booth or enter the Ms. Noodle Kugel Contest, please call Toni Popowcer at 263-0177, or Jan Fleckner at 876-1288. The CNT Office will be closed October 2nd, for Sukkot, October 9th, for Shemini Atzeret. Yiskor Services will begin at 10am in the Beit T'fillah. The CNT Office will also be closed October 25th for a maintenance day. 14 Tishri-14 Heshvan 5762 Monty E. Willey Jacqueline Fleekop Lois Bergman Melanie Gorman Executive Director Education Director Preschool Director Bulletin Editor Simchat Torah, Consecration, and The Shabba-Tones, All In One Special Night! Don't miss out on the fun for Simchat Torah on Friday, October 12, 2001 at 7:30pm! The Shabba- Tones will perform on this special night, making it even more festive! In addition, we will celebrate this holiday with our Torah march and the unrolling of the Torah for all to see. Our new Consecrants (new students in the Kindergarten through first grade) will be blessed on this special evening. Consecrants should arrive by 6:30pm for a group photo. aVf^Q her?' for -O'* ? In This Issue... & Worship Services....................... ......2 Rabbi?s Message....................... ......2 Message from our President....... ......3 Notes from our Cantorial Soloist.. ......4 Religious School/Preschool........ .... 5-6 Auxiliaries............................... .... 7-8 October B?nai Mitzvot................ ......9 Birthdays & Anniversaries........... .... 18 Tributes.................................. 19-20 In Memoriam.......................... ....21 Yahrzeits.................................. ....21 (the Bulletin is published monthly)Worship Services Conducted by Rabbi Sanford Akselrad, Rabbi Jennifer Weiner, & Cantorial Soloist Bella Feldman October 5 Sukkot Family Service 7:30pm Oneg sponsored by CNT Sisterhood October 6 Justin Mishalow Bar Mitzvah 10am Kiddush sponsored by The Mishalow Family Torah Study 10am October 12 Consecration, Simchat Torah Service with The Shabba-Tones and with Jr. Choir 7:30pm Oneg sponsored by CNT Sisterhood October 13 Stephan Ferris Bar Mitzvah 10am Kiddush sponsored by The Ferris Family Torah Study 10am October 19 Baby Naming for Mira Angelina Gollard 7:30pm Oneg sponsored by The Gollard Family October 20 Torah Study 10am October 26 Shabbat Service 7:30pm Oneg sponsored by CNT Sisterhood October 27 Torah Study 10am 6^ Rabbi's Message Every summer our staff meets and tries to determine what new programs should be added to our Temple agenda. We try and sift through the various programs that are already offered, strengthen those that are worth while but aren?t quite right, and provide programs that have been requested at various times by Congregants. One of our goals this fall is to strengthen our adult education program. With two Rabbis on staff we are now planning various ways to share our learning with our Congregants and community. One of the desires as our Congregation has grown has been to have more Rabbinic contact with our membership. This year we will be making a number of changes to fulfill this goal. Rabbi Weiner will teach the conversion class and Adult B?nai Mitzvah Class. In addition, both Rabbi Weiner and myself will offer a number of "mini-classes" throughout the year on a variety of subjects. Two other projects that will begin this fall involve our children. The first class is a special "Rabbis? Class" which will group our upcoming B?nai Mitzvah students in groups of 6-8> for a series of three classes taught by either Rabbi Weiner or myself. In broad terms we will cover the core values of Judaism: God, Torah and Israel. This class will allow us to get to know the students in a more informal manner and also enrich their learning experience as they prepare for their B?nai Mitzvah. This class will meet on Sunday mornings and students will be informed of their participation through the Temple office. The second class will be for 10th-12th graders. This year we will begin our newly structured Post Confirmation Program. Taught by Rabbi Weiner and myself, students will have a chance to meet once a month, on Sunday mornings to discuss a variety of topics ranging from medical ethics to Diaspora-lsrael relations. This monthly class will take place from 11am.-1:30pm and requires that students register to be a part. These are just a few of the new projects that we have been working on for the fall. In the months ahead other offerings will take place. Have an idea of a program or class that you would like to see? Let one of us know or better yet, come join our adult education committee or youth activities committees. In addition to these programs our committees are also busy planning a number of programs throughout the year. And so if you have been putting o^ learning about your Judaism, keep that "new year?s resolution" and become an Adult Bar/Bat Mitzvah. Or take a class from one of your Rabbis or come to Torah class on Tuesdays or Saturday mornings; or any number of classes offered by our adult education committee. And encourage your teenagers to do the same. The longer that they stay involved the stronger their sense of Jewish identity will be. I look forward to learning with you in the months ahead. May the sweetness of the new year be even sweeter with the gift of Torah upon our hearts. L?shana Tova, to a good year! 9{aB6i Sanford Sfsefrad Congregation N e r Tamid October 2001 Temple Board Members Ij>R. Stewart Blumenfeld President iCOTT Stolberg VP Admin istration VP Ways & Means VP Membership VP Religious Activities VP Education & Youth VP Member Activities VP Social Action m ^>a Howard Skolnick Richard Granich Ira Spector Hilary Torchin Mindy Wadkins Scott Dockswell Leon Marco Lynn Sasso Esther Saltzman Jacky Rosen Robb Worth Beth Bromberg Cookie Olshein Esq. Cecilia Schafler Ira Miller Gina Polovina Doug Unger Esq. Ruth Urban Michael Milano Samantha Saltzman Sid Garber Drew Levy Bob Unger Esq. Jerry Gordon Esq. Cal Lewis Eileen Kollins Kenneth Schnitzer Dr. David Wasserman Dr. Steve Kollins Michael Cherry It'R. Bernard Farrow GENE KlRSHBAUM* avid Goldwater* Rabbi Sanford Akselrad Rabbi Jennifer Weiner Treasurer Secretary Trustee Trustee Trustee Trustee Trustee Trustee Trustee Trustee Trustee Sisterhood Brotherhood NTTY Golden Chai PastPresident Past President Past President Past President Past President Past President Past President Past President Past President Past President Past President Past President Ex Officio Ex Officio Torah Study Dates Tuesdays ivith %abbi y\J(seCrad 12pm-lpm/ ?Board ?Boom October 23 and 30th Saturdays zoith a lay Leader 10am / Library October 6th, 13th, 20tb, and 27 th m_____________ On Building A Synagogue 3y the time you receive this issue of the Bulletin, you will have heard ?offi?cially? that our congregation has de?cided to create a new home for itself. This decision is based on the result of a year-long study of what we want the nature of our congregation to be as we grow. And we do expect to grow, from approximately 650 families now to perhaps 750 families a few years from now, and more to come after that. These projections are based on our present growth trajectory, the growing Jewish popula?tion of the Las Vegas valley, ana the attractiveness of CNT to new residents interested in joining a Reform syna?gogue. Growth produces change, from addi?tional demands for the time and ser?vices of our Rabbis, to greater demands for space in religious school, to a more crowded calendar of bar/bat mitzvahs, to a more crowd?ed sanctuary at Shabbat and holiday services, to a desire for more pro?grams of adult education, interfaith out?reach, conversion services, and social programming, all of which re?quire space, more space than our present facility can give us. More?over, if during the Holidays you heard Rabbi Akselrad describe our vision of the CNT of the future, you will know that we expect eventually to occupy a campus rather than just a building. For the CNT family, the campus will be a focal point for Jewish spirituality, cul?ture, living, learning, and playing. Temple ceased to exist, the syna?gogue became the hub of social and religious life for Jews. Twenty cen?turies later, for many of us who choose to affiliate, it still is. Twenty centuries. If you stop to think about it, this temple is your person?al time machine. The next time you sit in temple, use your imagination. Imagine your grandparents early last century and imagine their grandpar?ents the century before and imagine the nearly 100 generations of Jews before them who sat on benches in similar places all over the world and expressed their Judaism through prayers (some of them the same words you will say the next time you are at Shabbat services), by study?ing the lessons of the sages, and by just schmoozing comfortably with fellow Jews. Now picture yourself at the new CNT, perhaps in our lovely sanctuary on a Shabbat evening, perhaps at a holiday service at our outdoor sanctuary, or maybe quietly reading a book from the CNT adult library in the meditation area. And picture your children and their chil?dren studying in our ultramodern re?ligious school or possibly attending our day school based on Reform principles. Continuity?a vivid mem?ory of the past and a felt obligation to the future?is the theme of our campaign to build the new facility: ?L?dor vador, yad b?yad?, ?From gen?eration to generation, hand in hand?. The synagogue has played a central role in Jewish community life for well over 2000 years. There is, in fact, some archaeological evidence that there were synagogues in existence in places other than Jerusalem (in?cluding Alexandria and other places in Egypt) at least as early as the 2nd century BCE, that is, even before the destruction of the Temple in 70 CE. Their purpose, however, was more for study ana community gatherings than for prayer, which was still largely re?served for the Temple. But when the We soon will place the architect?s preliminary rendering of the campus in the temple lobby. Please look at it and use your imagination. See it in your mind?s eye, completed: beautiful, dignified, inspiring. See it as your own link to our past and to our future. We?ve already built a splendid past at CNT. Now we?re working on the future. B?shalom, Steioart A Special October 2001 Place To Belong Notes from our Cantorial Soloist In a conversation with a dear friend today, we talked about similar experiences of being aware of the connection between personal growth, and how our perspective can change, due to that growth. I was reminded of the reason we read Torah throughout the years. It is said that because we grow and change as individuals, so do our lessons. We may read the same stories over and over, but due to our particular place in life, each year we have the ability to gain a new understanding, if we have grown. Part of my journey of growth this past year has had to do with ?control?. Accepting and learning to let <3-d take care of certain aspects of my life that are not within my power has helped me tremendously. It brings me to a new understanding of myself and my connection to (3-d. As we begin the new year, I encourage everyone to try out this concept. Perhaps it may make your journey easier and give you a new sense of connection to your higher self. SURRENDER Surrender to the mystery of life And in doing so Open your heart to Divine wisdom. Surrender to that simple place of knowing Where in the softness and calm God speaks to you. Surrender to your desire To believe in goodness and beauty and love For in all these are Godly waves of truth. To surrender is not to relinquish responsibility. Tend to what is yours, release what is God?s Learn to live with ambiguity. There is a force stronger than your will and ego. Have faith. Surrender. B?shalom, Beffa Thank you to all of those who provided our congregation with the gift of music throughout the High Holidays: Teen Choir Hilary Scheele Rachel Alterman Samantha Alterman Rebecca Zuckerman Relyssa Roe Javanne Golob Shaina Corpodian Sydney Yuman Sara Plotkin Jessey Knox Adult Choir Sopranos Barbara Rosenberg Katherine Scott Sally Birman Muriel Companes Jacquie Smith Frances Klamian Tenors Christy Molasky Fern Percheski Dick DeFranco Glori Rosenberger Marty Fessler Leah Sichel Brian Frankl Nannette Spector Cynthia Zeidner Altos Michael Minden Michael Mehr Sheldon Rosenberg Bass Susan Breene Dee Ann Emmer Randi Macosko Maxine Molinsky Gary Chodikov Larry Rudolph Larry Sasso Jill Oaks Congregation N e r Tam id Additional Participants Lola Rivera, Cantorial Soloist Ed Birch, Accompanist Rhonda Greeson, Accompanist Peter Bugel, Choir Director David Eckert, viola October 2001 Religious School News Religious School Calendar October 2001 Sunday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 2 No R/S 3 4 7 9 No R/S 10 11 14 16 17 18 21 23 24 25 28 No R/S 30 31 No R/S Have you ever watched a horse race? When my children were young we sometimes would go to Brandywine, Delaware to watch the horses. Shey had amusements for children and a won- brrul picnic area at the park. It was a great way to get out of the City (Philly) and into the country AND have a lot of fun. We didn't really bet the horses, after all we kept think?ing four kids times four tuitions. This rational thinking took the excitement of betting out of our minds quickly. The most excitement the children had was yelling??THERE THEY GO!" Well, HERE WE GO\ Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur have come and gone, but the lessons still resonate in our minds. The festival of Sukkot has become a time of prayer and joy at CNT as families and friends come together for our Sukkot Family Dinner (October 5th). Simchat Torah is the ending and beginning of Torah. We turn, turn, and turn as we begin the lessons again. Each year with the experience of life and the lessons of the Rabbis we find new mean?ing in each reading to guide our Jewish souls. Our new students will be blessed and conse?crated on this evening as they begin their edu?cation as students of Jewish thought. What a wonderful time for all to celebrate the future flf Judaism. Our future burns bright as the NER TAMID at CNT because our young adults are continu?ing their Jewish education and not running out of the door after their Bat/Bar Mitzvah ser?vice. We offer Post B'nai Mitzvah*, Chai Acade?my** and our Youth Groups, TNT and NTTY. Many times synagogues offer these programs, at CNT young adults ATTEND. There they go to activities, higher education, Hillel and hopefully to lives as involved Jewish Adults. B'shalom, Jackie jCeefop Director of Education * Post B'nai Mitzvah for 8th grade ? Confirmation for 9th thru 12? grades ** For 10th -12th grades Chai Academy October 2001 A S pecial Place To Belong CUT PRE/CHeei AN? l?N?ERCAftTEM It?s hard to believe that the High Holy Days are behind us and fall is just around the corner. This month we will be celebrating the joyous Holidays of Sukkot and Simchat Torah. We will all help to decorate the beautiful CNT Sukkah and we will perform the Mitzvot (Commandments) of eating in the Sukkah Hut, as well as shaking the Lulav and Etrog in all directions (to show that G-d is everywhere). We will hold our own Simchat Torah parade marching around with the flags we made ourselves. We will also make our own Torahs and go into the Synagogue to see the Torahs in the Ark. Ethan Russo & Yair Marciano Practice blowing the shofar Last month was a very busy one here at the preschool. It was a pleasure watching the children say the blessings over ?Apples Dipped in Honey? as they savored each bite of the sweet holiday treat. The boys and girls all got to blow the Shofar (Ram?s Horn) and it was delightful to hear the sounds these little ones made from this traditional instrument. We made Shana Tova Cards for our parents and even our friends and wished each other a hearty L?Shanah Tova Tikatevu. The children had a taste of the round challah with raisins and we all said we are sorry to each other, for things we had done that were not so nice, last year. We said we would be kind to each other and our parents this new year of 5762. Our classes took the traditional Tashlick walk to cast away our sins. It was an interesting experience hearing how each of these 2-5 year olds expressed their feelings of hope and renewal this most holy time of the year. Our classrooms are filled with exuberant and delightful youngsters who enjoy coming to school and sharing a learning experience with their peers and dedicated teachers. Our staff is proud of the accomplishments of our students in this first few weeks of school. The children are all learning their ABC?s, numbers letters, shapes, colors and how to use scissors, pencil, and glue. We are all enjoying computer, music and Spanish. Clay Ladd & Braden Pleggenkuhle get ready for school Our open house before school was fun Next month we will be preparing for Thanksgiving and our annual Thanksgiving Day Feast. Hag Simach (Happy Holidays) from all of us at the Preschool and Kindergarten. Lois ?Bergman Early Education Director. Nikki & Julie Korer on the first day of school Congregation N e r Tamid October 2001 Auxiliaries <?iiteifiood dVzwi As I write this article it is the beginning of many new things. By the time you read this we will have welcomed in a new year and all the holiday activities will be over, only to get geared up for the next flurry of holiday activ?ity. However, Sisterhood has been very busy throughout the summer planning our pro?grams for the year including fall activities and fund-raisers which include the wonder?ful Hanukah Bazaar and raffle as well as the Miss Noodle Kugel contest set for Sunday, November 4th. The Sisterhood Board, which now numbers 35 women, includes the officers as well as the committee chairs and co-chairs. In August, the board participated in a hard working and fun day-long orientation and retreat, which helped build an effective team and set the stage for an exciting year. Rabbi Jennifer Weiner concluded the program with a beautiful Havdalah service after the board worked on creating a special prayer for Sisterhood. 1 would like you to get to know the Sisterhood members a little better. As promised, I will introduce a few of the Board members each month starting with the Board officers. My right hand, and second command, is Fran Sanoff, the Vice President of Administra- ^ron. Fran has been in Las Vegas 28 years and comes from Brooklyn. She and her husband of 50 years, Harvey, have a daughter, a son, and 2 grandchildren. Fran and Harvey are founders of CNT. Donna Willey, the Co-Vice President Membership, has been in Las Vegas 15 years and came here from Queens, New York. She is married to Monty and has two daughters, Michelle 15 and Amanda 10 who have grown up in the CNT religious school. Monty's 15 year old daughter, Samantha, is also a member of their family and has been an active part of CNT. Sheryl Chenin-Webb, the Co-Vice President of Membership has been in southern Nevada for 37 years and comes from Cleveland, Ohio. She and her husband Doug have a 7 year old son, Justin, who wants to be an artist. Jan Fleckner, the Co-Vice President of Ways and Means is a relative new comer to CNT and moved here permanently from Columbus, Ohio about a year ago. She and her husband Doug have gotten very involved in temple life and also chair the Library Committee for CNT. Jan's son, who is engaged to be married, lives in Washington, DC. and her daughter and son-in-law live in Phoenix. Toni Popowcer, the Co-Vice President of Ways and Means is anoth?er New Yorker, but comes from Niagara Falls. She has been in south?ern Nevada 20 years and lives with her husband Alan and their 3 ^kildren, Jessie, 8, Zachary 6 and Joshua 4. Toni and her family are ^Pst moving from Henderson to Summerlin. Sandy Stolberg, Vice President Programming and Immediate Past President, is known to most of you as she served as the Sisterhood President for the last 3 years. Sandy presently sits on the national board of Women of Reform Judaism. She and her husband, Scott, who is the Administrative Vice President of CNT, have been in Las Vegas for 8 years and moved to Las Vegas from Huntington Beach, California after spending most of their lives in Chicago. Their 2 children, Ben, 7, and Megan 11, a Sisterhood member in her own right, are frequently seen around CNT. Jan Byer, Recording and Corresponding Secretary, moved to Las Vegas 5 years ago from Carson, California where she and her husband were very active in their synagogue. She was past-president of that temples' Sisterhood, and her husband, Bob, was past- president of the Synagogue. Jan has served as the president of Women of Reform Judaism's District 24 and continues to be involved with WRJ as a national board member, a position she has held for several years. Jan and Bob are the parents of 2 children and have 2 grandchildren. Marlene Sherman, Treasurer, moved to Las Vegas 13 years ago from St. Louis. She has been married to Irvin for 43 years and they have 3 daughters and 3 grandchildren. Marlene was the youngest Sister?hood president in the history of her former synagogue in Park Forest, Illinois. She also previously served as our Sisterhood's treasurer several years ago and her experience on both accounts serves us well. Bette Stahl, Parliamentarian, has also been married a remarkable number of years, 42 to be exact. She and her husband David, who has served on the CNT Board of Trustees for a number of years, have 3 children and their 5th grandchild is on the way. Bette is another one of our many board members who was born in Brooklyn, al?though she moved here 14 years ago from Columbus, Ohio. The Sisterhood officers are a great reflection of our Sisterhood's mem?bership, women of all ages and experiences. Our monthly business board meetings, which are open to all Sister?hood members, are at 7:30 pm the 2nd Thursday of every month in the CNT Library. However, if you haven't been involved in Sisterhood and want to really see what we are all about, I encourage you to come to our regular activities and programs which are scheduled throughout the year. Next month I will be introducing a few of the committee chairs and co-chairs. Please feel free to call me if you have any questions about Sisterhood, or want to get involved on a committee. We welcome your participation. I can be reached at 458-8529. Until next month-Shalom, Hfutfi October 2001 A S p ecial Place To Belong ^% Auxiliaries Continued Men 's Club Shalom. I want to take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy and healthy New Year. May peace ana good fortune shine on ail. Men's Club is off and running. By now you should have received an invoice for annual dues of $40. Also don't forget to check the little box at the bottom so we can reserve an entertainment book for you. Entertainment books will be available for pick up and purchase at the Temple beginning the first day of Sunday School. It looks like we are going to have another banner year! On Thursday, August 23, we had a "Night With the 51 ?s." The ball game was attended by over 100 Men's Club mem?bers and their families, and it was great seeing Rabbi Akselrad throw out the first ball. The crowd was screaming "Sandy Koufax, Sandy Koufax? No, Sandy Akselrad, Sandy Akselrad." We also welcomed Rabbi Jennifer Weiner and I can tell you she certainly fits in with the clan. We wel?come her and look forward to a long and fruitful relation?ship. The Men's Club, in conjunction with "The 51's" sponsored 35 underpriveledged children, of all sects and religions, to a night at the game. I want to thank everyone for their support and you nave my permission to add this to your "Mltzvah" list. I want to thank TJ COON who did an unbe- lieveable job of running this event and personally coordi?nating it with "The 51's." His enthusiasm is unparralleled and I look forward to working closely with him this year. On September 16 we had our annual ?Kick Off Breakfast?. Rabbi Jennifer Weiner, our guest speaker, was welcomed with open arms by a packed house. After breakfast she mixed and mingled, giving us the opportunity to find out how her agenda ana responsibilities are benefiting our Congregation. Paul Unger spoke to us about his wonder?ful experiences this past summer at Camp Pearlman in Starlight, PA. The Men?s Club subsidized this expensive experience with a small grant. Of course we saw the Unger?s and their friends at the breakfast and we would like to give thanks for Mike Unger?s speedy recovery after surgery. Please leave the third Sunday of every month free as we will be continuing our Sunday Breakfast Seminar Series. Hopefully October will bring tne return of Professor John Marschall from UNR. Let's see what he uncovered this past year about Jewish Life in "Southern Nevada." We will be trying some new things this year and bringing back some old ones. Yes, there will 6e a golf tournament. Yes, we did put up the Sukkah. Yes we will provide the sodas for the Hanukkah and Purim events (Hillary Torchin we still need a written request though-hint hint). Yes we will provide funds for the library again (Jan Fleckner we still need a written request-hint hint to you tool] and YES WE WILL PROVIDE FUNDS FOR GRANTS AND EVENTS IF YOU PUT IT IN WRITING AND IT HAS MERIT. All of this is based on support and we ask all of the dad's (and mom's too) whose children received pens and grants, all of you who participated in Social Action events we helped with and community events that we helped with to "PLEASE SEND IN YOUR DUES." Last year we broke all records with 103 members. By $40 each you do the math. C'mon show your support. We will be having another Men's Club Weekend and we hope to rent the Desert Princess again. So many people want to come back and those who missed it don't want to miss it again. Look for that second weekend in May. A new venture will be having a liasion for the young men in the Temple's youth group. We are going to have a nurturing program to get tnem prepared to stay active in the Tem?ple in their later years. That is the project for Jay Levy and we know he will do a great job. Well, I really should leave something for next month so at this time I will again wisi| you all a very happy and healthy New Year. \ Shalom, ?Micfmef ?MUano President Rabbi Akselrad threw the first pitch at The Las Vegas 51's Game at August 23rd's Men's Club event. Congregation N e r Tam id October 2001 Hi, my name is Justin Mishalow and I am an eighth grader at Thurman White Middle School. My favorite hobbies are playing many sports, talking on the telephone and e-mailing my friends on AOL. Baseball is the love of my life and I olay on a competitive team. I love to sing for he Thurman White Choir. I am extremely excited that my relatives and friends will share this special day with my family and me. Please join me on October 6, 2001 as I will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah. My name is Stephan Ferris. I am fourteen years old and a freshman at Palo Verde High School. My interests are French, marching in the band and watching a real good scary movie. I look forward to my Bar Mitzvah on October 13, 2001. Helping the Jewish Community of Kingman, Arizona For many years I have been the chairperson for the Supplementary schools at CAJE (Coalition for the Advancement/Alternatives of Jewish Education). I keep in touch with 1,254 schools in America, South America, Canada and Aruba helping with ideas and problems. A few months ago Rabbi Akselrad received and e-mail from Kingman, Ari?zona asking for help. Rabbi A passed it on to me, so on Wednesday (when Power ball didn?t hit) August 22nd, I traveled across Hoover Dam with all the fortune seekers to Kingman. I met with the board, the board of education, some of the eleven students and their parents. In a very short time we worked out a curriculum, supply needs, resources an Internet school program and special events. We at CNT sometimes take for granted the ad?vantages of our congregation. Kingman has ser?vices once a month and school one hour per month. How difficult to give a child a sense of identity and belonging. How much more of a problem to teach a child Hebrew and History one hour a month. Please feel free to come to me with your educa?tion concerns & needs when they occur and not at the end of the year. I am very interested in my community. I have often said, ?Every Jewish Child deserves a Jewish Education and we will find a positive way to teach each learner.? Jackie October 2001Holiday Service Schedule October 5 Decorate Sukkah 6pm Sukkot Family Dinner 6:30pm Sukkot Family Service 7:30pm October 12 Simchat Torah and Consecration Service with Shabba-Tones 7:30pm Sukkot Festivities at CNT Please join us on October 5th for Sukkot family tun! The evening will be filled with exciting activities beginning at 6pm when we will decorate the Sukkan. The Sukkot Family Dinner will begin at 6:30pm and will be a potluck. Please bring a dairy dish that serves 10. The dinner requires an RSVP. Call 733-6292 to sign up, and to get more information about what to bring. The Sukkot Family Service will follow the dinner at 7:30pm. Hope to see you there! SISTERHOOD JOINS NATIONAL DRIVE TO COLLECT OLD WIRELESS PHONES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. DONATE YOUR USED CELL PHONE ANdI HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR SISTERHOOD OcTobER is Domestic ViolENCE Awareness MontIi. In AN EFFORT TO oFFeR Aid ANd SUPPORT, CoNqREqATiON Ner TAMid SisTERhood is joiNiNq iN tFie natIonaI "Donate a PhoNE CALL to PROTECT" cAMpAiqN to coLIect old wSreIess phoNES which pRovids doMESTic violENCE viCTiMS WITh A LiFeLiNE iN AN EMERqENCy. ThE pROqRAM, STARTEd by ThE W'iReIeSS FoUNdATioN, Motorola ANd NATioNAl COAlmON AqAiNST DoMESTic ViolENCE, WAS dssiqNEd TO coLIect old wiRElESS phoNES ThEN REluRbish, REpRoqRAM, ANd disTRibuTE tIiem to viCTiMS iN NEEd. To dATE, ThoUSANds oF pEOpU ACROSS ThE COUNTRy hAVE doNATEd ThEiR phoNES. UNfoRTUNATEly, ThERE ARE AN ESTiMATEd FOUR MillioN doMESTic violENCE viCTiMS EAch yEAR, SO MORE phoNES ARE NEEdEd. CoNqREqATioN Ner TAMid is AskiNq ceII phoNE users TO ANSWER ThE CaII ANd TURN iN ThEiR USEd CeII phoNES TO do A MiTZVAh For AN AbuSEd WOMAN ANd Also TO do a MiTZVAh For SisTERhood by hElpiNq to RAisE FuNds For SisTERhood. SisTERhood will recewe $1.00 For EAch phoNE collECTEd. CollEcrioN eFForts will bs ONqoiNq. Donors will recewe a RECEipT For tax Purposes, as ThsiR doNATioN is tax dEducTibU. ANy pORTAI)Ie CeIIuLaR OR PCS phoNE is ACCEpTEoJI ExcludiNq bAq phoNES or VEhiclE'iNSTAlUd ModEls. SisTERhood will Also TAkE ThE phoNE's bATTERy OR chARqER, iF AVAiUblE. All dONORS should dEACTivATE ThE w!reIeSS SERviCE oF ANy dONATEd phoNES bEFoRE TURNiNq ThEM iN. IF you hAVE A phoNE you'RE NO loNqER UsiNq, plEASE doNATE iT TodAy AT CNT. For more InFormatIon contact Demse E. WaUIrep, SisTERhood MiTZVAh CoMMiTTEE ChAiR AT dwAldREp! (?MSN.COM. Let's start the New Year off right! Wanted 20 people who want to lose weight CNT is looking to start a Weight Watcher's support group but we need your help. We need a minimum of 20 people who are motivated to lose a little weight. If you are interested in dropping a few pounds please call Toni Popowcer at 263-0177 to get on the list. Congregation N e r Tam id October 2001 Amerian Jewish Society for Service Founded 1950 dJcar Jllr. 11)dkg.: Our aluliJty to house oui cAQ-SS work camp, (or siae, /reeks ut Oongceqeitioti Oder Hamid mas, a, critical component o( a oery successful, project. 10e are damply, indehted. to your- Congregation (me mak?ing our- prefect so proeluctine. lOt awe pLmmi uuleed to- s