Bet Knesset Bamidbar Newsletter, January 2000

Bet Knesset Bamidbar NEWSLETTER January 2000 2000 What will the next century bring? FROM RABBI S DESK HERSHEL BROOKS What a dream number 2000 is for so many of us. When I grew up in the 30's, I imagined the year 1960 being so far off in the distant future. 2000 was unimaginable. G-d blessed us to see the century change! In this past century we have seen the Machine Age, the Industrial Age, the Jet Age, the Atomic Age, the Space Age, the Electronic Age. If you think of the last 2000 years, what man has accomplished in the past century alone is mind-boggling. And yet, we still come back to basics. What an appropriate message is the following story. There is a story told of an artist who had become dissatisfied with his work, and told his wife: "I am going out to search for the most important, the most beautiful thing in the world, and that's the picture I must paint." His travels took him to many countries. He saw many things that were beautiful, but he was not satisfied; he did not find what he was looking for. One day he stopped a bride on her wedding day. "Tell me," he said to the radiant young girl, "what is the most beautiful thing in the world?" "Love", she answered without hesitation. The artist went on his way disappointed. He could not paint 'love'. Sometime later he met a soldier returning from war. "Soldier," he said, "what is the most beautiful thing in the world?" "Peace", the soldier answered as he hurried home. Again the artist looked disappointed. He couldn't paint 'peace'. Continuing his search he stopped a rabbi on the way to the synagogue. Surely, he thought, this man would be able to help him. But the rabbi answered simply, "Faith is the most beautiful thing in the world." How could one paint a picture of "faith'? The artist felt his search was hopeless and returned home, weary in body and in soul. Then, when his wife warmly greeted him, he found the love of which the bride had spoken. All about his home was the feeling of security, the tranquil peace that the soldier thought so beautiful. And, in the eyes of his young children was the faith described by the rabbi. Here was the subject for his painting - his family and his homel This would be his masterpiece. Now, the most important task incumbent upon each of us is the creation of a home and a society that will be characterized by a sense of peace, faith, and love. This will be "moshiach's time". Alma and I wish you a happy New Year. May you all be blessed in the year 2000. May you have as much excitement as you may want and as much contentment as you can handle. Amen. About our Newsletter: Bet Knesset Bamidbar of Sun City Newsletter is a monthly publication. BKB address is P.O. Box 33503, Las Vegas, NV 89133. The deadline for the February newsletter is January Iff" or the second Friday of the month, whichever you prefer. Anything submitted after the deadline will appear in the next month's newsletter. The Newsletter Staff consists of Alma Brooks, Editor, Arlene R. Goodman, Sarah Greene, Gloria Meyers, Charlene Tolman, Hershel Weinrott, Ruth Weinrott and Betty Weltman. PRESIDENT SHEL KOLNER What a way to start the new milleniumlll For me it is multifaceted. It is the beginning of the Year 20001 I get to fully retire from my being the Year 2000 Compliance Officer for my company and I get to step into the lay leadership role for Bet Knesset Bamidbar. I look forward to this new opportunity and challenge with great expectations. Trudy and I have made a lot of friends over the past 15 months since we have been in Sun City and we look forward to including many more of you in that circle. First of all, I will ask all of you to not listen to and believe the rumors that are starting already. That is, of course, unless you started the rumor. If you hear things that you want to know more about, I would ask each of you to come up and talk to me during Shabbat Services or call me at home. I will be forthright and direct with you - so you be the same with me. If you wish to use the suggestion box or to drop me a note, I would appreciate hearing from you in any manner. I will try my best to respond in a timely manner. I believe the Temple is operating very well and do not plan to upset the operation. I would like to see additional things happen for us and I will be bringing ideas to the board of directors in the coming months. I will be reporting on these to you in my future monthly articles. V s p Ws In the mean time, we have some good times to look forward to. In addition to the regular Shabbat Services we will have our annual Installation Luncheon on January 16, 2000, our first adult B'not Mitzvah on January 29, 2000, our 2nd annual Passover Seder on April 19, 2000 and all the functions the Singles Group, Sisterhood and Men's Club bring. I want to thank our outgoing officers and board members. They have done a terrific job and I only hope that I and the rest of the officers and board members can do as well. Ariene Goodman did a fabulous and thankless job over the past 2 Vi years. No one knows the time and efforts she put in on behalf of all of us. We thank you, Ariene! 11 The other officers - Shirley Barondess, Rhoda Schwartz, Lou Klionsky, Sophie Fogelman and Roy Feinberg - we thank you for your contributions also. These people will be recognized and honored at the Installation Luncheon on January 16, 2000. I also thank our retiring member of the board, Phyllis Pokat, and the out-going President of the Men's Club, Ray Izen. I look forward to working with Rabbi Brooks, the new Board of Directors and al! the others who contribute on a daily basis to the success of the Temple. But most of all I look forward to working with all of you. I wish you the Happiest and Healthiest of New Years. SINGLES' NEWS FAYE ARSHAWSKY, President Hope everyone had a wonderful Chanukah. The new Singles' Board is as follows: President Faye Arshawsky Co-Vice Presidents Adele Rosenthal & llene Marcus Recording Secretary Nan Bonn Treasurer Trudy Dubowe Corresponding Sec'y Edith Greenburg Program Louise Schneider We have a very exciting year planned, and hope to see all you 'Singles' at our meetings and get-togethers. The January meeting has been cancelled. Flyers will be sent out for our first meeting which will be February 13th. The new Singles' Board wishes everyone a very happy and healthy New Year 2000. 3 SISTERHOOD NEWS JANICE BARON, President Our Sisterhood Installation of Officers, held on December 8, 1999 at Texas Station, was a most enjoyable success. My Board surprised me with a gift of a gavel, personalized with my name, BKB Sisterhood President, 1999-2000. Are they hinting that I'm not loud enough? Coming in with no experience, in April, 1999, the Board was just wonderful. Their cooperation, support and guidance made everything flow beautifully. My thanks and appreciation to each of you for being there for me and for the Sisterhood. We now have a shopping committee for our Oneg Shabbats. If you think you'd like to help with this "sweet" task once in a while, please call Helene Glasser at 243-0508 or Sheila Harris at 228-8055. If you want to sponsor an Oneg Shabbat, please contact Rhea Sturza at 255-4660. It's an honor. You receive a Blessing from the Rabbi and we all get to share your special occasion with you. There's not much involved in helping with setting up or cleaning up afterwards, but it is lots of fun. Our next Board Meeting will be held on January 3, 2000, at 9 a.m. at Nevada State Bank. Please join us at our next Sisterhood Meeting on January 26 at the Rainbow Library at 9:30 a.m. At this time the program has not been confirmed. As always, we will serve refreshments. s v * Sv i Plant a tree in Israel to honor, memorialize or let someone know he or she is special. Call Doris Ross at 256-8023 to make your purchases. 0 Be Patient Your calls will be returned. MEN'S CLUB NEWS LOU POKAT, President I would like to thank all the members who were at the meeting and voted for all the new officers elected for the year 2000. Also, thanks to Ray Izen for the great job he did as President of the Mens' Club for the last 2-1/2 years. When this organization started, the most members that attended were 15 to 20 and now there are anywhere from 35 to 50 attending every month. Ray Izen personally picks up all the breakfast items and prepares a great breakfast for us and, hopefully, he will continue to do this in the future. With the help of Al Apfelberg, we have had great speakers at our meetings and our thanks to him for doing a great job. Our meetings will continue on the first Sundays of every month. Our next meeting will be Sunday, January 2, 2000. Rabbi Yisroel Schanowitz will be our speaker at this meeting. He will speak on Chabad's Outreach Program Regarding Substance and Alcohol Abuse. Our breakfasts will continue as before and we will try to plan some new activities and events that the Mens' Club will sponsor for the new year. I look forward to seeing more members at the meetings, as some of these events should be very interesting. REMEMBER! OUR MEETINGS ARE HELD AT MOUNTAINVIEW HOSPITAL THE FIRST SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH. 4 ABOUT RITUAL LOUIS KLIONSKY, VP Ritual > TO WHOM ARE WE PRAYING? The first thing we have to do, before we can talk about how to get your prayers answered, is to develop an understanding of who it is we are praying to, and what is God's relationship with us. That is the bedrock of prayer. The first thing to realize is that God is our father in heaven. He loves us unconditionally, without any bounds or limits. There is nothing he doesn't want to give us and there is nothing he can't give us. Underneath it all, on a subconscious level, we all realize this is true. That's why all people even those who are not at all religious and do not attend synagogue, still, at some time or another, pray. There's a well known saying that there are no atheists in a foxhole. When a guy is dug in and the enemy is coming, he will cry out. "Almighty, get me out of here, I want to live!" What is he really saying? "Dear God, Although I have ignored you for all these years, denied your existence and not appreciated all you have done for me, I'm in trouble now, and I know you're the only one who can help." You could only expect a response from someone that you're certain loves you, and whose love for you overlooks any mistreatment from your end. Even the atheist intuits the Jewish concept of God, a loving father who is always waiting and receptive to our re-establishing contact- just as any parent would be if his child had for some reason cut off relations. What is even more mind boggling, and an even more obvious testimony of God's love for us, is that the majority of people say they have had prayers answered. The statistic includes even those who by their own admission generally ignore God. Still, God overlooks that and answers their prayer! Have you ever had a prayer answered? Stop for a moment and consider the implication of having a prayer answered.... A MESSAGE . . . J B R V ^ arlene r . g o o d m a n Well the time has come. Yes, it's time to say shalom, adios and goodbye to the Presidency of Bet Knesset Bamidbar. It's been 2 Vi years, and sometimes it seems that the years flew by, and other times they didn't fly fast enough. There were happy, sad, frustrating, and aggravating moments and I enjoyed it all. There were pats and even pans; I enjoyed it all. There was the suggestion box with suggestions. Some were useful, funny, others vicious and some just too silly to acknowledge, but I enjoyed it all. Many of you have been supportive and many of you have not, I enjoyed it all. Meeting the new members and becoming friends, I enjoyed it all. Sometimes doing what is right for the many but not right for the few is tough, but I enjoyed it all. You can't win a popularity contest and be President I enjoyed it all. I think by now you get the drift. I am, have been and will continue to be an active member of Bet Knesset Bamidbar because you guessed it, I enjoy it all. I want to thank my Board for making my years as President good ones. Without all of you and your co-operation and support I could not have done it. We were a team Thank you all. A very big thank you to my HUSBAND FRED for his patience, in tolerating all the phone calls and the crazy hours that he had to work around when there were meetings, set ups and practices to attend to. My apologies for not sitting with you during services and holidays and for not giving you dinner on the Fridays when there were services. Luckily he can microwave. Thank you al] for your words of encouragement and support over the years. I really appreciate all of you and wish you all good health and happiness. 5 KOSHER PASSOVER SEDER ? APRIL 19, 2000 C O N D U C T E D B Y R A B B I H E R S H E L B R O O K S A full course Kosher Dinner and Seder conducted by our Rabbi, Hershel Brooks, will be held in the new facility at the Fiesta Hotel. The Seder, sponsored by Bet Knesset Bamidbar of Sun City, will only cost $44.00 per person. The Seder is not limited to members ONLY. You are welcome to invite your friends and family. Make up your own table. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *************** Cut off and return this form with your check to: Seder. Bet Knesset Bamidbar of Sun City. c/o Addie Klionsky. 10900 Mill Cove Ave.. Las Vegas. NV 89134 Reservation for Kosher Passover Seder Fiesta Hotel on April 19, 2000 Please complete the information below and enclose with your check. Name: Address: Phone: I need reservations at $44.00 each for a total of $ Date: Check No.: I want to sit with .5 BIRTHDAYS JANUARY 2000 January 1 January 10 January 20 Phyllis Caruso Carolyn Orandle Irwin Bernstein Rosa Ham rick Helen Davidove Rona Goldman Herb Golden Melvin Horwitz Morton Kaner Barbara Rosen Zoe Brown Lydia Lebovic Donald Stark January 11 Buzz Marcuse January 2 Herbert Groper Anne Moiseyev Louis Brown Jean Marks Herman Weiser Edith Einhorn Frances Seltzer Harold Wiener Frieda GendlofT Nolan Sklute January 21 Irving Reback Jerry Spielberg Diane Bortz Kenneth Wenicur January 12 Ruth Golden January 3 Beatrice Miller Marcia Weshner Liz Aron Rose Shinder January 22 Dorothy Brown Ely Sorkin Rae Schaffer Joan Fleischer Ruth Wolfe Millie Sobel Jordan Goodman January 13 Betty Weltman Gloria Greene Rosiyn Farhi January 23 Irene Silver January 14 Joseph Potozkin January 4 Robert Amelse January 24 Beverly Manishen Roz Bloch Manfred Berger Burton Menaker Bobby Coronel Harriet Miller January 5 January 15 Dolores Rudin Joyce Contarsy Mickey Abrams Eleanor Winchell Lois Gross Sheldon DeGraff January 25 Eric Groetzinger January 16 Janet Goldstein Phyllis Hanen Fred Cohen Ida Wise Jeanniene Samuels Tania Goldstein David Ziets Susan Server Hannah Pollack January 27 David Soifer January 17 Gloria Weiner Marcia Wolfe Mark Goodman January 6 Stanley Bisgeier Albert Krys Bernie Klar Bernice Feuerstein Samuel Levine January 28 Ike Hanen Selma Miller Ethel Braverman Benjamin Hill Bernice Pritikin Alan Fadem Terry Kupersmith Jaca-Lynn Pritikin Abraham Ginsberg Murray Waks January 18 Leonard Klein January 7 Bobbi Amelse Helen Mancou Phill Denenberg Joan Eisenstein Flo Shapiro January 8 Tom Hamilton January 29 Josephine Aaron Sheila Harris Pearl Bank Faith Eisler Frances Levin Bernice Fiel Seymour Paul Elaine Ogulnick Barry Goldman Faye Sobel Leita Paul Miriam Hymowitz January 9 Barry Yablansky January 30 David Alexman Norman York Bryna Barsky Alma Brooks January 19 Harris Dicker Kenneth Korotkin Wilma Jane Balick Bernard Eisenstein Carl Russak Beatrice Herman Lorraine Emery Sheldon Wagner Sally Hersch Sarah Halpert Florence Wilson Jack Klein Nate Mandell Adelle siegel January 31 Joan Oxenhorn Oops! We goofed. December 11 Tina Goldstein ANNIVERSARIES January 2 Hymen and Ruth Siver January 3 Ray and Claire Kovitz Leonard and Beverly Nadelman Morton and Corinne Schechter January 4 Herb and Diane Abrams Richard Dean and Rosanna Smith January 5 Sheldon and Rhoda Wagner January 8 Albert and Artene Abramson January 9 Henry and Goldie Landau Wierzbicki January 10 Fred and Estelle Cohen Mel and Debra Cohn William and Frances Levin Leonard and Helen Levitsky January 11 Raymond and Dorothy Duckat Robert and Carol Kugler January 14 Seymour and Marilyn Chernov Lester and Shariene Wigdor January 15 Joe and Bobbie Cohen Richard and Marilyn Fried Chester and Ariene Maas January 16 Barry and Jeanne Eriich January 18 Sherwin and Ester Tannenbaum January 19 Ray and Bemice Stekoll JANUARY 2000 January 21 Sidney and Helen Davidove Richard and Sue Schweitzer Paul and Beatrice Stotland January 22 Israel and Tillie Habif Bert and Carole Levy Melvin and Lanore Neiman Isadora and Phyllis Zamosky January 23 Nathan and Jean Modes Martin and Sondra Weiser January 24 Benjamin and Pearl Bressinger Alvin and Faith Eisler Roy and Corinne Feinberg Abe and Helen Sparber January 25 Alan and Harriet Fadem Fred and Blanka Schuh Ted and Elayne Tessler January 26 Leonard and Lois Gross January 27 Hy and Edie Abramson Sam and Jackie Arouesty Shell and Trudy Kolner David and Judy Pivar January 28 Arnold and Sandi Hoffman Michael and Rosalie Lubman January 29 Nathan and Ethel Braverman Harris and Joan Resnick January 30 Sanford and Dee Shindle ONEG SHABBAT SPONSORS On December 10,1999, we celebrated with: Marvin & Lynn Glabman on their 49th Anniversary Milt & Lucille Goldstein on their 47th Anniversary George & Ruth Canvasser on their 44m Anniversary Ruth & Hershel Weinrott on their 32nd Anniversary Larry & Jackie Hollander on their 28th Anniversary Vicki & Murray Waks on their 1st Anniversary Stan & Penny Bromberg on Stan's Birthday Please call Rhea Sturza at 255-4660 Sue & Dick Schweitzer on Sue's 59th Birthday to sponsor an Oneg Shabbat Kenneth & Anita Korotkin on Kenneth's Birthday Burton & Judy Arnold on their Granddaughter's Bat Mitzvah 8 The Adult Bat Mitzvah Class of Bet Knesset Bamidbar of Sun City cordially invites you to our Bat Mitzvah Service and Celebration January 29, 2000 Mickey Abrams Cookie Becker Ana Block Marilyn Borns Maxine Dicker Gertrude DuBowe Norma Ellman Cindy Feiner Sophie Fogelman Carol Fox Essie Friedman Celia Gampel Billie Ginsberg Gilda Haus Jackie Hollander Addie Klionsky Trudy Kolner Frances Levin Salya Lipow Mimi Spielberg Joyce Strull Vicki Waks Eleanor Weinstein Lillie Weissman TRIBUTES ? JANUARY 2000 We gratefully appreciate the offerings to BET KNESSET BAMIDBAR for the following occasions and from those listed. GET WELL FOR ? Angel Boms MESSAGE Speedy Recovery FROM Hank, Rita, Eli & Samson Stein ? Jack Maimes Get Well Get Well Bet Knesset Bamidbar Sherwin & Ester Tannenbaum ? Ed Kaufman Get Well Lionel & Lorraine Oiians ? Betty Pardo Speedy Recovery Speedy Recovery Speedy Recovery Speedy Recovery Speedy Recovery Speedy Recovery Shel & Trudy Kolner Bet Knesset Bamidbar Irv & Janice Baron Hershel & Ruth Weinrott Sid & Rhea Sturza Fred & Gloria Wishengrad ? Ruth Hart Speedy Recovery Bet Knesset Bamidbar ? Ruth Gottesman Speedy Recovery Speet'y Recovery Speedy Recovery Speedy Recovery Speedy Recovery Speedy Recovery Speedy Recovery Bet Knesset Bamidbar Hershel & Ruth Weinrott Sherman & Mimi Singer Irv & Janice Baron Sid & Rhea Sturza Paul & Freda Greenfield Morrie & Anita Berman ? Shirley Barondess Speedy Recovery Speedy Recovery Hershel & Ruth Weinrott Bet Knesset Bamidbar ? Manfred Berger Speedy Recovery Speedy Recovery Speedy Recovery Sherman & Mimi Singer Paul & Freda Greenfield Bet Knesset Bamidbar ? Maxine Kondritzer Speedy Recovery Speedy Recovery Speedy Recovery Bet Knesset Bamidbar Sherman & Mimi Singer In/ & Janice Baron ? Ricky Seriin Speedy Recovery Bet Knesset Bamidbar ? Leo Wilson Speedy Recovery Bet Knesset Bamidbar ? Morrie Siegel Speedy Recovery Bet Knesset Bamidbar ? Ruth Bogart Speedy Recovery Bet Knesset Bamidbar ? Buddy Pollack Speedy Recovery Bet Knesset Bamidbar 10 TRIBUTES JANUARY 2000 We gratefully appreciate the offerings to BET KNESSET BAMIDBAR for the following occasions and from those listed. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY FOR ? Herb & Ruth Golden MESSAGE Happy Anniversary FROM Herb & Ruth Stein ? Hershel & Ruth Weinrott Happy Anniversary Happy Anniversary Lionel & Lorraine Orlans Paul & Freda Greenfield ? Marv & Lynn Glabman Happy 49th Anniversary Joel Glabman & Rennie Gelman HAPPY BIRTHDAY I Q ? Jordy Boms MESSAGE Happy Birthday FROM Hank & Rita Stein ? Carol Tracht Happy Birthday Hank & Rita Stein ? Ruth Bogart Happy Birthday Hank & Rita Stein ? Harry Bank Happy Birthday Bob & Sarah Greene ? Sarah Greene Happy Birthday Lionel & Lorraine Orlans ? Ed Kaufman Happy Birthday Lionel & Lorraine Orlans ? Leonard Levitsky Happy Birthday Lionel & Lorraine Orlans ? Rabbi Hershel Brooks Happy Birthday Happy Birthday Hershel & Ruth Weinrott Hank & Rita Stein MISCELLANEOUS FOR MESSAGE ? Sam & Lois Weiner Mazel Tov on your Grandson's Bar Mitzvah FROM Harris & Maxine Dicker ? Alan & Barbara Rosen Warmest Wishes on your New Home Harris & Maxine Dicker ? Mickey & Mickey Abrams Warmest Wishes on your New Home Warmest Wishes on your New Home Hank & Rita Stein Harris & Maxine Dicker ? Mel & Lois Winograd Mazel Tov on your Granddaughter's Bat Mitzvah Harris & Maxine Dicker ? Bet Knesset Bamidbar In Honor of our Granddaughter's Bat Mitzvah Jerry & Ruth Miller ? Bet Knesset Bamidbar In Honor of the Birth of our 10m Grandchild Jerry & Ruth Miller ? Joel Glabman & Rennie Gelman In Honor of your Engagement In Honor of your Engagement In Honor of your Engagement Hank & Rita Stein Shel & Trudy Kolner Mickey & Mickey Abrams TRIBUTES JANUARY 2000 We gratefully appreciate the offerings to BET KNESSET BAMIDBAR for the following occasions and from those listed. IN LOVING MEMORY OF FOR MESSAGE FROM ? William Soroky Doris Soroky Doris Soroky Doris Soroky Doris Soroky Doris Soroky In Memory of Beloved Husband In Memory of Beloved Husband In Memory of Beloved Husband In Memory of Beloved Husband In Memory of Beloved Husband Bet Knesset Bamidbar Hershel & Ruth Weinrott Ire & Shirley Williams Lionel & Lorraine Orlans Barry & Shirley Barondess ? Beloved Mother Howard Liebeskind & Family In Memory of Beloved Mother George & Ruth Canvasser ? Lillian Levine Samuel Levine In Memory of Beloved Wife Ray & Bemice Stekoll ? Anson Franklin Joanne Franklin Joanne Franklin Joanne Franklin In Memory of Beloved Husband In Memory of Beloved Husband In Memory of Beloved Husband Bet Knesset Bamidbar Fred & Gloria Wishengrad Bob & Sarah Greene ? Richard Lapides Norma Press Norma Press In Memory of Beloved Brother In Memory of Beloved Brother Bet Knesset Bamidbar Shel & Trudy Kolner ? Stewart Wachs Margo Wachs & Family In Memory of Beloved Husband Leo & Florence Wilson ? Beloved Daughter Murray & Flo Broderson In Memory of Beloved Daughter, B.J. Hany & Elaine Sipelstein ? Roz Schwartz Edie Abramson Edie Abramson Edie Abramson In Memory of Beloved Sister In Memory of Beloved Sister In Memory of Beloved Sister Barry & Shirley Barondess Bet Knesset Bamidbar Jerry & Lea Solomon ? Roz Schwartz Family of Roz Schwartz In Memory of Your Beloved Mother Bet Knesset Bamidbar Please send money and requests for tributes directly to Ruth Golden at 9805 Folsom, LV 89134. Do not send to P.O. Box. BOOK DEDICATIONS From Arnold & Sandra Hoffman From Ester & Sherwin Tannenbaum In Memory of In Honor of RICHARD LAPIDES CASEY LUIS TANNENBAUM Beloved Brother of Norma Press 1" Birthday From Ana Block From Rhea Rose & Sidney Sturza In Memory of Her Parents In Memory of Their Daughter TESIA & CHAIM CYRKUS RANDEL ELAINE STURZA 12 YAHRZEIT DONATIONS JANUARY 2000 REMEMBERED BY IN MEMORY OF RELATIONSHIP Ruth Beckman Jack & Nathan Lichtig Brothers Thelma Bernstein Rebecca Linderman Mother Theima Bernstein Joseph Linderman Brother Irwin Bernstein Max Bernstein Father Helen Bloom Joseph Bloom Husband Nanette Bonn David Gottesman Father Helen Burwick Ellie Cohen Father Sidney Davidove Ida Davidove Mother Robert Friedman Harry Friedman Father Esther Gabriel Shelly Fagot Sister Louise Gedal Abraham Teich Father Harry Gerenstein Jack Gerenstein Father Billie Ginsberg Sydney H. Stone Brother Barbara Goldman Arthur Kravitz Father Milton Goldstein Charles Goldstein Father Tillie Gordon Allan Booke Husband Tina Goldstein Sidney Frankel Brother Lola & Allen Gottlieb Frances Fain Sister Freda Greenfield Alice Lembersky Sister Israel Habif Nace Habif Father Sarah Halpert Arthur Halpert Husband Sarah Halpert Abba Cashman Father Alan Hart Billy Hart Son Irwin Haus Morris & Esther Haus Parents Norma Haynes Esther t/Veinstein Mother Carole Helfand Allan Booke Father Sally Hersch Freda Catcher Mother Sally Hersch David Catcher Brother Sandi Hoffman Molly Rosen Mother Jackie Hollander Joseph Bloom Father Wally Hollander Molly Hollander Mother Annette Izaks Stanley Izaks Husband Esther Kahn Rachel Gandel Mother Bernice Kesner Francis Cutler Mother Sophie Klene Meyer Ellman Father Adline Klionsky Rae Topor Mother Jay Levinson William Levinson Father Leonard Levitsky Erma Levitsky Sister Vivian Mandell Allan Sibley Brother Judith Martin Rae Reiter Mother Kern Miller Benjamin Miller Brother Dorothy Morel Estelle Bernstein Mother Lanore Neiman Leo Goldberg Father Bernard Pollack Beatrice Pollack Mother Hannah Pollack Nettie Betansky Mother Joseph Potozkin Abraham Potozkin Father Seymour Pritikin Morris & Blanche Pritikin Parents Larry Rosen Charlotte Rosen Mother 13' YAHRZEIT DONATIONS JANUARY 2000 REMEMBERED BY IN MEMORY OF RELATIONSHIP Adelle Siegel Alex & Bessie Darch Parents Adelle Siegel Wilbur Darch Brother Adelle Siegel Irving Siegel Husband Shirley Singerman Alex & Lena Applebaum Parents Lea Solomon Irving Flax Father Marvin Solomon William Solomon Father Beatrice & Louis Stahl Bruce Evan Stahl Son Rita Stromberg Rebecca Abrams Mother Harriet Tulman Aaron Cohen Father Phillip Weiner Freda Pokroy Grandmother Phillip Weiner Morris & Yetta Weiner Parents Phillip Weiner Arthur Pokroy Uncle Stanley Weiner Arthur Weiner Father Bernard Weinstein Hyman & Clara Weinstein Parents Shirley Weisberg Alice Lembersky Sister Marcia Weshner Sylvia Schwartz Mother Marvin Winchell Florence Weinshelbaum Mother Shirley Winston Sol Samors Father Sheryl Zipser Jack Safran Father Our Deepest Sympathy The officers and members of Bet Knesset Bamidbar extend their heartfelt sympathy to the families of RICHARD HAROLD LAPIDES Brother of Norma Press ANSON FRANKLIN Husband of Joanne Franklin ROZ SCHWARTZ Sister of Edie Abramson WILLIAM SOROKY Husband of Doris Soroky r ? ----- ?-1 1 1 WE GET LETTERS: We deeply appreciate and wish to thank you for the kind thoughts and expression of sympathy extended scent sorrow. Elaine Brickman and Family during our recent 11 11 J My beloved Jerry always had a wish to see Israel. '' Due to illness he never did make it I have a feeling he's there right now looking at the [I beautiful trees planted in his memory. '| Thank you so much. Natalie Marks To my dear wife Marcia, ! Happy 41" anniversary and a very, very, very ! happy birthday and many more. Jl Your loving husband, ?| Lewis Weshner n 14 4 YAHRZEITS FOR JANUARY 2000 As we recite Kaddish on Friday evening, January 14, 2000, we recall with love: Sadie Abraras Ruth Getzell Celia Leiderman Benjamin Shat Henry Arouesty Jack Glasson Morris Levin Ida Katz Shure Sam Asher Lucille Gluck Bertha Levy Eli Silk Benjamin Balick James Golden Rose Levy Philip Singerman Bernard Becker Lewis Goldstein Joseph Lieberman Linda Sokol Louis Blitz Esther Goodman Seymour Maas Tillie Sorkin A1 Bogart Anna Greenberg Pauline Magasiny Joseph Sparber Irving Brody Mary Greenberg Louis Martin Bruce Evan Stahl Minnie Casper Julius Groetzinger Goldie Matzkowitz Henry W. Stone Joseph Cherkoss Victoria Habif Peggy Mehlman Bertha Stotland Dave Chudner Edward Hersch Vernon S. Miller Jerry Taube Bertha Cohen Max Hirschman Lionel Z. Newman Morris Vetensky Rose Cohen Libbie Speer Horovitz Rita Paul Morris Weiner Fannie Crane Max Horwitz Morris Rosenthal Elsie Weiskind Herman DeGrafT Jack Hurtig Ida Sanders Sarah Weiskott Charles Eisenstein Joseph Idelson Gussie SchafTer Thomas Weiss Bill Everakes Kathryne Idelson Samuel Schechter Rose Winer Isadore Falkson Gertrude Karel Max Schreiber Max Winer Margaret Fried Gertrude Kaufman Sophie Schultz Bessie Wohl Bettie Frost Joseph Kolner Dorothy Schwartz Leonard Wolfer Fanny GendlofT Irving Kopman Bessie Segal Henry Zipser Bertha Gerenstein Joseph Koss Florence Shaftel Harold Zuckerman Abraham Gest Max Kram Rose Shames As we recite Kaddish on Friday evening, January 28, 2000, we recall with love: Albert Alfasso Morris Friedman Jack Krys Marshall Shanas Fay Aronstein Solomon Fuchs Fred Kupersmith Carl Sherman Morris Barr Nathan Gelbman Philip Lapides Jennie Shulman Morris Berez Max GendlofT Rose Leader Miriam Berman Irwin Shulman Shirley Glabman Moses Lederer Leah Silver Sabina Blumenkranz Isadore Goldenberg Herman Lemberg Charles Silver Alan Catain Zelek Gordon Morris Linden Celia Silverstein J. Allen Charleston Stan Grayes David Mindes Selma Sloves Lucille Chernov Eva Halperin Harry Moskowitz Lillian Sobel Sam Chester Rose Haydnet Mollie Newman Fay Solomon Elizabeth Cohn Stephen Herzlich Harry Pogensky Conrad Strassner Herman Crane Morris Hobb Sadie Pokat Louis Sulpar Jack Dale Gerald Horwitz Harry Pokat Millie Sussman Judy Edelman Mildred Kishner Edith Rheinstein Ehrich Sussman Rose Eisenstein Hyman K lei man Edward Rigberg Celia Washinsky Rose Ellman Jules Kondritzer Joseph Roschko Abraham Yellowitz Ida Falkson Hy Koppelman George Saflre Nathan Zaplin Fannie Feldman Theodore Kramer David Server Leonard Friedman Theodore Kronfeld Bernice Shainen Jf\NUm 2000 C/\L?HDAIZ. January 1", New Year's Day January 2nd, Sunday at 9:30 a.m. Men's Club Meeting MountainView Hospital January 3fd, Monday at 9:00 a.m. Sisterhood Board Meeting Nevada State Bank January 14?, Friday at 7:30 p.m. Shabbat Services Desert Vista January 16*, BKB Installation Luncheon Orleans Hotel January 18*, Tuesday at 9:00 a.m. Temple Board Summerlin Library January 26*, Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. Sisterhood Meeting Rainbow Library January 28*, Friday at 7:30 p.m. Shabbat Services Desert Vista January 29*. Saturday at 9:00 a.m. Adult B'not Mitzvah Desert Vista CANDLE LIGHTING January 7th? 4:24 p.m. January 14th? 4:30 p.m. January 21" ? 4:38p.m. January 28* ? 4 :45p.m. Shabbat Candle Blessing Baruch Ata Adonai Elohenu Mel-ech Ha'olam Asher Kidshanu B'mitzvotav Vtzivanu L 'hadlik Ner Shel Shabbat STANDING COMMITTEES Membership Sarah Greene 256-1213 Membership Statistics Sarah Greene 256-1213 Newsletter Alma Brooks 256-9433 Yahrzeit Bobby Coronel 341-6323 Properties Max Ross 256-8023 Books Ted Friedman 228-9065 Tributes Ruth Golden 228-2992 Address: 9805 Folsom Bereavement: Minyons Art Mandel, Chair 254-8103 Shel Kolner, Back-up 838-7413 Shiva Freda Greenfield 242-0109 Sisterhood Co-chairs Shirley Wuisberg 254-3320 Mimi Singer 255-7256 Bet Knesset Bamidbar of Sun City P. O. Box 33503 Las Vegas, NY 89133-3503 Hershel Brooks, Rabbi Board of Directors 256-9433 391-2750 President, Shel Kolner 838-7413 EXECUTIVE BOARD President Shel Kolner Executive VP Rhoda Schwartz VP Religion VP Membership Louis Klionsky Sarah Greene Secretary Jean Modes Treasurer Steve Tolman DIRECTORS Manfred Berger Norman Segal Ted Friedman Rosanna Smith Irvin Haus Abe Sparber Sydell Miller Hershel Weinrott Max Ross Gloria Wishengrad Sisterhood President Janice Baron Men's Club President Lou Pokat Singles' President Faye Arshawsky NON PROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID Las Vegas, NV Permit No. 1031