The Bulletin of Congregation Ner Tamid, October 1996

Reform Judaism Meets the 21st Century Rabbi Janet Ross Marder Mark your calendars now for an insight?ful and informative weekend on October 25-26th as our Congregation hosts a fall ?Scholar-in-Residence? weekend featuring Rabbi Janet Marder, Director of the Pacific Southwest Council of the Union of Ameri?can Hebrew Congregations. Rabbi Marder is one of the leading women rabbis in the Reform movement and is an outstanding speaker. Her topic Friday night will be ?Theology for Skeptics and Cynics: How to be a Person of Faith in a Secular World.? The program continues Saturday morning at 10:00 a.m. with a creative Shabbat morn?ing Service. Rabbi Marder?s topic will be ?Reform Judaism Meets the 21st Century: Controversies, Challenges and the Future of our Movement." Rabbi Janet Marder, a Los Angeles native, graduated from the University of California at Santa Cruz and was ordained in 1979 by cWorsfiip Services Conducted by Rabbi Sanford D. Akselrad & Cantorial Soloist Bella Feldman Friday, October4 Consecration Picture 6:45 pm ConsecrationandSimchatTorah 7:30pm Services with the Junior Choir Oneg sponsored by the Families oftheConsecrants Saturday, October5 YiskorServicesin the BeitTefillah 10:00am Friday, October 11 Bat Mitzvah of Charlene Naft 7:30pm Oneg sponsored by Richard and Ava Naft Babynaming of Gonnor Edwards Sacks, grandson of GeriShiffman 9:30pm Saturday, October 12 Bat Mitzvah of Meredith Grower 10:00am Kiddush sponsored by Marty and Ronnie Grower Friday, October 18 Shabbat Services 7:30pm Oneg sponsored by the Sisterhood Saturday, October 19 Bar Mitzvah of Zachary Silver 10:00am Kiddush sponsored by Kim Silva Friday, October 25 Tot Shabbat in BeitTefillah 6:30pm Shabbat Services 7:30pm Guest Speaker Rabbi Janet Marder Oneg sponsored by the Sisterhood Saturday, October 26 Feminist Shabbat 10:00 am Guest Speaker Rabbi Janet Marder Kiddush sponsored by the Sisterhood the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. Her graduate studies continued in the Dept, of Compara?tive Literature at UCLA, specializing in Modern Hebrew and Yiddish. In 1983 she became the first ordained Rabbi of Beth Chayim Chadsashim, a Los Angeles synagogue with special outreach to lesbian and gay Jews. During her five years with that congregation, she founded NE- CHAMA, a Federation-funded program of AIDS education for the Jewish community. She recently completed a year of service as President of the Pacific Association of Reform Rabbis, the first woman and the first non-congregational Rabbi to be elected to that office. She is married to Rabbi Sheldon Marder of the Hebrew Union College. Together they lead a Shabbat morning minyan at Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills, and share the joys and challenges of raising two daughters: Betsy, 13, and Rachel, 10. features Simchat Torah....................................2 Rabbi?s Message................................2 President?s Message..........................3 Tot Shabbat.........................................3 Notes from Our Cantorial Soloist......4 A Message from Melissa.....................4 B?nai Mitzvah Students.......................5 Board Member Profile........................6 Involvement Opportunities..................7 Auxiliaries & Committees....................8 Meet the Candidates.........................9 Yiskor................................................10 Anniversaries & Birthdays................11 Tributes.............................................12 Yahrzeits............................................14 ct Sp?jeial JJlace O'aSimchat Torah Family Services! Join us for the most exciting holiday of the year - Simchat Torah! On Friday, October 4th, we will celebrate this holi?day with our Torah march and unrolling of the Torah for all to see. On this special evening, we will also bless our new Con- secrants (new students in Kindergarten through the 2nd grade) and enjoy songs by our Junior Choir. ?Torah WisdomSpeakstoEvery Generation? ?Turn it and turn it, for all is within.? This quote from the Talmud describes the traditional view of knowledge found within our Torah. Traditionalists believe that all knowledge is to be found within the Torah. Taken in a literal sense, perhaps to us modems this seems to stretch things just a bit...but on the other hand...taken in the metaphorical sense, it is true indeed. The Torah has been and always will be more than simply a chronicle of biblical history and laws from a by-gone era. Torah for us is the essence of Judaism. Today, there is a great deal of talk about ?family vdues.? For us, the talk has been on ?Torah values.? But even this notion has changed over the centuries. The beauty of our tradition is that it is a dynamic one. Each generation of Jewry is J challenged to interpret the Torah tradition in accordance with the challenges of its own age. Just as Rabbi Hillel interpreted the Torah for his day-creating new institutions and manners within accepted tradition to ease the burden on his people-so too do we today look for ways Torah may speak to us. It is this notion that remains both our weakness and our strength. For too many Jews, the fact that Torah INFORMS rather than COMPELS means that they can choose whatever suits their fancy or whims. Nothing could be a more disturbing distortion of Reform theolo?gy. If we are to be serious about our religion, then it must do more than inform us, it must inspire us to reach beyond our core values. The gift of Torah aoes have everything within; everything that is truly important? for Torah touches issues related to life and death, our relationsj^fc with our fellow human beings; a sense W tradition and history; and mitzvot...a system of ethical laws that help guide us in our path towards a higher humanity. This month we will celebrate our annual Simchat Torah services on Friday October 4th at 7:30 p.m... As always this proves to be one of our most popular services. Along with the consecration of our new religious school students, we also will march around with our Torahs (all FIVE of them!) And unroll our Torah the length of our Sanctuary and beyond for a dramatic Torah reading. And for those who enjoy studying Torah, our Tuesday study group begins October 1st at noon. Offered every other week, feel free to drop in throughout the year for an hour of shmooz and study session in our library. As the New Year encourages a return to our tradition, let us all seek wisdom and strength from our tradition of Torah. 9{a6Bi Sanford Congregation Ner Tamid October 1996 Bob Unger President Drew Levy VP Administration Allan Nathanson VP Ways & Means Jacky Rosen VP Membership David Stahl VP Religious Activities Scott Stolberg VP Education Scott Dockswell VP Social Alan Mann Treasurer Debra Kaner Secretary Sylvia Beller Trustee Stacey Yahraus Trustee Ruth Urban Trustee David Mendelson Trustee Jon Sparer Trustee Rita Goldstein Trustee Esther Saltzman Trustee Kenny Epstein Trustee Janis Rounds Sisterhood Jeff Markewich Brotherhood Helen Zliser Golden Chai Joey Unger NTTY Shayna Unger TNT Jerry Gordon Past President Cal Lewis Past President Eileen Kollins Past President Kenneth Schnitzer Past President Dr. David Wasserman Past President .Dr. Steve Kollins Past President [Michael Cherry Past President Eugene Kirshbaum* Past President Leo Wilner Advisor Rabbi Sanford Akselrad Ex Officio *Deceased HIGH ENERGY! There is no better way to describe our Board of Trustees. Our most recent meetings have been very exciting for me to watch. The only problem is that I have to lead the meetings and try to get to all of the topics our Board members want to discuss. Our meetings have been exhilarating. Our membership is soaring. During the budget?ing process, we anticipated 50 new member families would join during the entire fiscal year. To our amazement, we added 55 new families during the 30 days between our Au?gust and September board meetings alone. Our Sisterhood and Brotherhood are both at record membership levels. Opening day for our religious school was overwhelming. We are well on our way to the largest school attendance we have seen. If these growth statistics were all I had to report to the Congregation, then I would not be so highly energized. My ener?gy comes from the Board. Our Congregation is well represented by this group. They are all excited, dedicated, thoughtful members who are, above all, committed to bringing Ner Tamid to a new level. Each of our offic?T ot Shabbat October 25 at 6:30pm is Tot Shabbat Time! Tot Shabbat is a special Shabbat religious program geared especially for tiny tots, 3-6 years of age and their siblings. Cantorial Soloist Bella Feldman will conduct a wonderfully exciting worship experience followed by arts and crafts and a snack. Mark your calendars now. Return the form below to the Temple or or call the Temple office to make your reservation. Give your children fun-filled and meaningful Shabbat. NAME- ADDRESS. PHONE__ TINY TOT NAME. Sponsored by Sisterhood ers and committee chairpersons are per?forming at lull speed. Each of them can?t wait to tell the Board about their particular events or committees work. We openly discuss current problems and solutions in a very constructive way which further en?hances communication and creates more energy. Our calendar is jam packed with services, luncheons, youth events, meet?ings, classes, fund-raisers, and community and social events. One of the new regular agenda items we have initiated this year is that each Board meeting will include a policy discus?sion. There are, of course, many policy dis?cussions that come up in all of our meetings. However, most of the time they are a result of a pending problem or up?coming event. What we nave added this year is an ongoing review of many temple policies that have never been fully ad?dressed, as well as some which have be?come outdated. These discussions certainly include a wide range of opinions from our Board members and will result in some ?el?evated volume levels? in the Boardroom, but the result is a coherent and unified team leading our Congregation. It is a great feeling for all of us. If you would like to suggest a topic for our Board Policy Review please let me know, or if you would like to attend one of our meetings, they are held on the sec?ond Tuesday of every month and are open to any member. We only ask that you con?tact tne office and let us know you are com?ing. The Boardroom is small but we can move to the library if many members want to attend. I am sure your opinion of our Board will be the same as mine. L?Shana Tova, (Bob dt Sftejcud. r()laee (Jo (Belong,4-----------k b czftfot?? fn.onh OWL dgjnlrtnlnf ^Srtf O ____' ^_________________A*------------------*? I?m writing this article just before the High Holidays and I?m imagining how wonderful our choir will sound twenty voices strong. Each choir rehearsal this summer sounded better than the last and I can?t wait for everyone to hear them. After five years of building a dedicated group of singers...what can I say...they?re fantastic! I know our Congregation will enjoy their beautiful music and appreciate how much they add to our Services. I?d like to take this opportunity to thank all of the members and list them by name. Frances Klamian, Bonni Casale, Glori Rosenberger, Fern Percheski, Rhonda Gly- man, Christy Molasky, Jill Smith, Nannette Spector, Suzanne Bertram, Lizbeth Knight, Barbara Rosenberg, Maxine Molinsky, Randi Friedman, Marty Fessler, Michael Mehr, Sheldon Rosenberg, Dick De Franco, Shirley Gellin, Peter Bugel, Larry Sasso and David Averbach. On behalf of myself and everyone in the choir, a great big thank you to our accompanist Rhonda Greeson and our new choir secretary, Fern Percheski. Without their help we couldn?t have done it! You will be hearing from our Adult Choir at many Services throughout the year and our Junior Choir debut this year at Simchat Torah and Consecration Services this month. There are a couple of fantastic Jewish music opportunities coming to our commu?nity this month that I must share with you. On Saturday night, October 5, at the Government Center, the Klezmatics will be in concert. Some of you may have seen a special on HBO with Yitzchak Perlman and the Klezmatics. The group plays a mixed style of Klezmer and Jazz music and they are wonderful! The second music opportunity: ?A Mobile Music Fair? will happen on October 13 in our parking lot during the Religious School?s ?Rummage Sale?. Tara West Publishers is a traveling Jewish Music Store and they will be here from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. They have anything and everything Jewish you ever wanted to own on cassette or CD. This will be the first time they have visited Las Vegas and I hope everyone will take a look...Chanukah is just around the corner and music is a wonderful gift! Shalom, ?Betta CNT HITS 500! As we enter this New Year, I am pleased to say that our congrega?tional family has grown to over 500 strong. I?m sure that the small group of individuals who started Ner Tamid in 1974 had hoped of one day having such a flourishing congregation. I like to think that we have grown due to the warmth of everyone at CNT staff to the hard working membership committee who greets you every Friday night, the Sisterhood who treats you on Friday nights, and every other committee, volunteer and member in between. Even though we are bigger, we can make it better by participating and making a place for both old and new members alike. I would like to extend a special thanks to my wonderful committee, whose support I can always count on and extend an invitation to everyone to join us and help make our membership even better. Because, although I can tell you about how beautiful our sanctuary is and all the terrific programs we have to offer, what really makes it all work is you, our membership, whose energy is the life of our congregation, and who truly make Congregation Ner Tamid a ?Special Place to Belong?. Jach fysen, Vice President Membership I ! We are working on many programs for the New Year. We will be starting our Bereavement Group at the end of October and our Sixth Annual Adult B?nai Mitzvah will begin in Novem?ber. Our Adult Education classes are going strong. A Yiddish class is in the works if there is enough interest. Let me know! The first Outreach social will be Sunday evening, October 13. Jewish Singles Network (JSN) is growing rapidly and planning lots of great programs in the future. We are very proud of our Havurahs, both continuing and newly formed. The Campership Program Committee (Scholarships for Summer Camps) will have its first meeting of the year after Religious School on October 13th. I?m also looking forward to working on the Regional SWFTY event which will be hosted by our own NTTY in December. The Marriage Workshop for newly married and engaged couples led by Dr. Sandra Ziskrout was very success?ful. The High Holiday Youth Service and program was a great experience for all the children involved. We hope that you enjoyed the Sukkot dinner and that it can be an annual event. As we continue to grow we realize that with new members come great new ideas--so please introduce your?self and let me know what we can do to continue to make our temple ?a special place to belong.? Last, and most importantly, I would like to give a very special thank you to Danny, Kelly, Joy and all of the teachers and Aides who helped to make the High Holiday youth service such a success. MeCissaKiszel Toy to our October B?n^i MHzv&h Students! Charlene Naft / October 11 Meredith Grower / October 12 Zachary Sliver / October 19 Hi, my name is Charlene Naft. I am in 8th grade at Thurman White Middle School. I am interested in karate and acting. My Bat Mitzvah is a very important time for me. My family and I hope you can all be there. E-Mail List Updates for October Adj2: Cohen, Aaron akcohen@pepperdine.edu Gross, David dustytoy@aol.com Joseph, Stephen VinylMan@juno.com Kaufman, Norman kaufman1@juno.com Mann, Alan almann078>@aol.com Schnitzer, Ken KSCH N ITZER@msn.com Change: Dockswell, Scott scotswel@ix.netcom.com Katz, Jeffrey pwd1@juno.com Markewich, Jeff scout@wow.com Rosen, Jacky/Larry siegfried7@aol.com Shaw, Gil/Natalie gilshaw@juno.com Shaw, Natalie (delete) Wikler, David/Jackie DWikler@anv.net !g.M-U..WI-U..M-a..WI-B.=WE= Shalom! My name is Meredith Grower. My Bat Mitzvah will be on October 12th. 1 am an eighth grader at Greenspun JHS. 1 enjoy playing tennis, swimming, and playing the alto saxophone in my school band. 1 am very excited about my special day and hope to see you there. New Member October 20 at 7pm President 3?b User's W House m Call the Temple at 733-6292 to RSVP no later than October j7. Welcome All What a way to begin a New Year !! Join us for Shabbat Services; join a Havurah, belong to Sisterhood, Brotherhood, in other words... be a part of our family! If you have any questions, please call the Temple office at 733-6292. We welcome you and we are here for you! This is what makes Ner Tamid "A Special Place to Belong." I am Zach Silver and I will become a Bar- Mitzvah on Oct. 19,1996. I was born in Long Island, New York. My family and I moved to Las Vegas when I was seven. Attending 8th grade at Hyde Park Middle School keeps me very busy. Collecting sports cards, playing video games, working with the computer, and being on a baseball team are my interests. My family and I would like you to join us for the proud moment of me being called to the Torah. Plain Paper Fax Computer Items: A&6 or higher Color inkjet printer Printer 600 dpi or higher Lotus 1-2-3 v.5 (Windows) Color flatbed scanner {600 dpi)Board Member Profile Vke-President, Alan Nathan son I was bom and raised in Brooklyn. N.Y. in 1932, and lived in the surrounding area. I attended the public school system and Brooklyn College, and continued my education at New York University and Wabash College in Indiana. My majors were in Banking and Finance, Marketing and Management, and Advertising. 1 served in the United States Air Force from 1952 to 1936 as a Weatherman, and served a one year tour of duty in Korea. I have been employed at various jobs since the age of eight. After completing my military service, 1 was employed by Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company for thirty-three years V - and retired in 1988 as Vice President, Commercial Lending Officer. 1 have held various leadership positions in the Brotherhood, 1 am currently Scrip Salesman, and I am also the Vice President of the Ways and Means committee. ACan One of the social action commit?tee's ongoing projects is to keep in touch with our college students. We send them New Year's greetings. SOCIAT * Hannukah and Passover packages, and birthdag cards. Also, reading mate?rial is periodicallg sent from UAHC in New York. To make sure gour profes?sional-to-be is on our mailing list, please fill out the following form and send it to the temple. Thank gou. Bette Stahl. Social Action Chairperson Name__ College_ Address. E-Mai/Address. Phone # _____ Year in School - Birthdate_____ priendj are Needed for UNUV Student* Families and friends are needed from our congregation to befriend out-of-town and international students sponsored by UNLV. The ?Home Away From Home Program,? sponsored by UNLV?S Alumni Association, matches students to ?friends? in our Las Vegas community. Participants stay in touch with their students throughout the school year which helps the students feel more ?at home? while going to school here. If you would like to have a friendship connection with an out-of-town UNLV student, please call Program Coordinator, Sharlene Flushman at 794-2888, Assistant Coordinator Susie Godown 456-4838 or the UNLV Alumni Office 895-3621. The Singles Scene! Jewish Singles Nelwork is a group where singles can gel together and enjoy programs and events once a month. The group ranges from age 21 to 45. For more information, call Rochelle Goldstein at 227-8568. Next event is October 13...brunch at Las Bagels! RUMMAGE SALE October 13, 1996 LOCATED IN OUR PARKING LOT 8:000 AM - 1:00 PM BENEFITS THE RFLIGIOUS-SCHQQL DONATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED OCTOBER 1 - H ALL ITEMS WILL BE ACCEPTED HOUSEHOLD, TV's, CLOTHES, TOOLS, SPORTS EQUIPMENT IF YOU CAN HELP WITH THE RUMMAGE SALE CONTACT SCOTT STOLBERG @ 22B-6HOS A 6 A Congregation Ner Tamid October 1996 Adult B?nai Mitzvah Classes Begin This year?s Congregation Ner Tamid Adult B?nai Mitzvah class will start on November 4th at 7:15 PM. Over forty men and women have been able to fulfill their spiritual and personal goals through this program during the last five years. Class will be on Monday evenings, 7:15 ? 8:45 PM in room 12. The majority of the class will be taught by Melissa Roth; Rabbi and Bella will each lead several sessions. Don?t worry if your Hebrew is rusty or even non-existent, as the first three months of the class will be spent learning how to read Hebrew. The B?nai Mitzvah ceremony has been scheduled for Saturday, June 7, 1997 at 10:00 AM. The class is limited to 10 students. If you have any questions, please call Melissa Roth at the Temple, 733-6292. W(/Ol(/?/H?A/r OPPORTUA//T/?S Please contact the following chairpeople if you are interested in finding out more about their committee(s). There are a number of ways to be involved in Congregation Ner Tamid and we welcome your participation. Adult Education: Budget: Social Actions: Goods & Services Auction: House: Membership: Music/Choir: Outreach: Ritual Committee: Religious School: Youth Activities: Brotherhood: Sisterhood: Golden Chai: Havurah: JSN: Katherine Scott Alan Mann Bette Stahl Alan Nathanson Drew Levy Jacky Rosen Bella Feldman Susan Mehr David Stahl Scott Stolberg Esther Saltzman Jeff Markewich Janis Rounds Helen Zliser Steve and Sue Joseph Rochelle Goldstein CORRECTION: In the September Bulletin, an incorrect phone number was given for Steve and Sue Joseph to sign up for Havurah groups. The correct number is 656-9963. Outreach Congregation Ner Tamid?s Outreach Committee has planned some very informative and fun activities for the coming year. Outreach is for interfaith families, Jews-by- Choice, and all those seeking to learn more about Judaism. Outreach offers programs that include holiday preparation workshops, socials, services and Shabbat dinners. Outreach is open to the entire community and reaches out to anyone interested in a Jewish future. Mark your calendars for our first event, an ?Outreach Social? at the Temple at 6:30 on Sunday October 13, 1996. This will be a casual coffee chat to meet new people and learn what Outreach is all about. Our Cantorial Soloist, Bella Feldman will lead us in a Shabbat workshop. We will learn the blessing over the candles, wine and Challah. Please come and join us. Call Melissa Roth at 733-6292 to RSVP or to be put on the mailing list. TA/T /s o/i/ r//e loose// a a Attention all you sixth, seventh, and eighth graders out there. There is a great new club and it?s hot! The first meeting of the year has just passed, but you can still join in. Directly after Hebrew school, be a part of the hip new craze that is taking over Las Vegas. Come join all your friends while we plan the year. Give your opinion and be heard. In?stead of sitting at home, stay a while and hang out with the Teens of Ner Tamid. TNT is the place to be! Sftayna Unger, President I Aa/d A/T7V Gets a Rua/a//a/g Start// Ner Tamid Temple Youth held It?s first meeting of the year on Septem?ber 8th, which served as NTTY orientation. The night was a great success. Matt Unger organized a great mixer for the group and Danny Gross, Kellie Friedmutter, and Joey Unger led the group in a fantastic song session. This month we also started the planning process for the Conclave coming to Las Vegas on December 12th. October is going to be a super month for NTTY. Coming up on the l6-18th in Tempe, AZ is Social Action Weekend (SAW) which is SWFTY?s second regional event of the year. Come and be a part of NTTY and have a great time. We love to see new faces! Our meetings are usually held every Sunday night from 6:00 - 8:00 at CNT. If you have any questions, call Joey or Matt Unger at 454-1205 or Jolie Alhadeff at 433-1355. Joey Unger, President cJl (Special r()laee (Jo (Belong.AUXILIARIES & Golden Chai For all of you card players, Golden Chai is having another open card party on Sun?day afternoon, October 6th, from 12:30 to 4:30 p m. There will be refreshments served and a raffle. We hope many of you will consider bringing your regular game of bridge, mah jong, pan, poker, scrabble or whatever and join us for a pleasant after?noon. The charge is only $3.00 per per?son. Reservations are required to insure sufficient equipment, etc. Some of our members who like to knit are helping the Temple Social Action Com?mittee with their holiday project of making slippers to donate to nursing homes. We expect to participate in Temple activities when possible and hope that more Temple seniors will in turn participate in our pro?gram. We are seeing an influx of younger retirees coming into the Temple and to Gold?en Chai, which greatly enhances our orga?nization and its activities. (By the way-we need a few bridge players!) Once again, we wish you the best of health and happiness in this New Year. Love and Shalom, Oiekn Zttser ft ? ? GIFT SHOP HOURS Sundays 9:00am - 12:15pm Tuesdays 10:00am - 6:00pm Thursdays 1:00pm - 5:00pm Watch for notice of extended hours v- --- y l 8 l Congregation Ner Tamid $ ? ROTW?KH0oD K B\u i R.BP 0 Z.1 sv Jeff Harkewich I want to start out by saying that I hope you had a nice holiday season. Thank you to all Brotherhood members who helped out during high holiday services, as well as those who helped to build the annual Suk- kah. Your contribution was very much ap?preciated. With the incredible growth of our Con?gregation, the Brotherhood contribution and participation in the welfare of the syna?gogue has increased. Besides the annual financial support to the general fund, we also provide scholarships to religious school students and the summer campership pro?gram. A few other things that we are re?sponsible for: Ushering for High Holidays (Sept.) Sukkah raising party (Sept.) Entertainment Book sales (Oct.-Mar.) Yom Ha-Shoah Candles Help with Purim Carnival (Mar.) Passover Seder ushering Sabbath ushering Gifts for B'nai Mitzvah Repair of Prayer Books Outings (hockey games) Monday Night Football Viewing The Temple Directory As you can see, it is very important for you to become active in Brotherhood so that we can provide this tremendous pro?gramming for you and your family. All you need to do to join this stellar auxiliary is to send the ANNUAL dues of $36.00 (dou?ble chai). Now that the holidays are over, look for more events sponsored by Brotherhood. We meet the first Sunday of every month and we will be doing some really fun things, so please join Brotherhood ASAP! Ques?tions?? Comments?? Call me at 796- 2054 or scout@wow.com P.S. It is almost time to rejoice... Entertainment Books go on sale soon!!! SISTERHOOD 1 cake yeast Vi C sugar, raisons, nuts, cinnamon Dissolve yeast in 'A C warm milk. Make a well in center of flour, mixed with salt. Add dissolved yeast, cover and let stand. Dissolve 1/4 lb butter in balance of warm milk. Beat egg yolks with 'A C sugar and add to milk mixture. Mix and let raise in warm place for two hours. Spread 1/4 lb. softened butter in dough. Roll dough out, cover with cinnamon, sugar, nuts, and raisons. Roll up and cut 1 inch slices. Place 1 spoon brown sugar, scant tbsp. melted butter, few of halved nuts and a few drops of water in a small muffin tin, place cut slice on top. Let raise, then bake at 375 degrees for 15-20 minutes. Remove from pan immediately!! MmMm Good!!!! If you have a special "loved" recipe and would like to share it with our congregation, call Ronae Fink at 454-8929. Did you know that to keep raisons from sticking in your processor, dip the blades in HOT WATER before using - or - add a sliced banana to the white of an egg & beat until stiff. It's a great substitute for whipped cream. See you next month and Happy Baking! Sisterhood Campership A meeting for the Sisterhood?s Camper?ship Program will be held on Sunday, October 13 at 12:15 in Room 12. This meeting is mandatory for parents and children who will be participating in the Campership Program, as well as for those families interested in finding out about this program. If you have any questions, please call Melissa at 733-6292. October 1996 A Year of Great Beginnings 500 and Growing Piisyearisthe beginning ofmyfourthyearas Educational Director of the M.B. Dalitz Religious School. Many changes have taken place in our congregationandourschoolsincelcametoCongregation NerTamid.The wordour is more than a wordto me, it is a statement. Without the Sort of our Board of Directors, our Rabbi and senior staff, school and parents, we would not beable to offer ourchildrentheguality education we nowdo. Often in my articles, I have shared some of my life experiences. As a child Igrewupwith Grandparentsand Great Grandparents living in my home. Iknowthatwhoiamandwhat my philosophy of life may be, wasagift they gaveto me. My great-grandmothertold me life has only beginnings, notendings, one experience leadstothe next. She would often say?You never stop learning, you just begin a new lesson.? When I moved here I saw itas a new beginning. Lastyearwhen wededicated ournewfacilities I also sawanother beginning. Wearenowina new school year and will continue to improve and expand our programs and curriculum. Now we have a NewYear5757, a new start, another paragraph to be added to our page in the ?Book of Life.? Blow the trumpets and beat the drums!!! We have over 52Q families, now joined, to that ?Special Place?... ojyell nachus! The names of our new extended family members are: Ada B. Feldman Stuart Anixter Elizabeth Lee Harris Susan B Weingarten Herman and Leah Stone Ivan and Rhona Zweig Jerald and Jean Friedman Edwin and Lois Simon Dorothy Aronson Carol Dorris Leonard Herzog Kenneth and Selma Altose Pamela D. Katz Gaky H. Beyer Cynthia Zeidner Earl and Myrna Leppo Marvin and Janice Rosenthal Leo W Hahn and Sherry Hahn Richard and Sheila Allan Louis and Sandra Sickle Patrick and Lois On- Martin and Rosalind Lrtt Myron and Irene Bernstein George Freidman Eleanor L. Spector Judith Klein Hilary L. Baggs Janette L. Goldstein Suzanne M. Bertman Matilda Green I wish all of my NerTamid Family: Agoodyear...A healthyyear... Ayearofgreatbeginnings. L?shana Tova, Jackie Fleekop The first day of school was exciting with over three hundred parents and students in atten?dance for our first assembly. Challahs and crafts were made, songs sung, apples and honey eaten, and lessons given. Students and teachers took time to get to know each other. It was a wonderful beginning of the school year 5757. A A October 1996 ( l S p e c ia l rf)laoe CTio (Belong. ? ^BLOOD DRIVE Are you a ?Blue Blood?? We NEED all blood for the 4th Annual Blood Drive for Congregation NerTamid. We must add to our supply of blood held in Congregation Ner Tamid?s name at the United Blood Bank facility. No one knows when an emergency will strike!!! Please keep our Congregation safe. Donate Blood Sunday, November 17th, 1996 11:00 am to 3:00 p.m. CNT Chanukkah Bazaar Please call Joe Fink at 454-8929 and regis?ter NOW. Your children learn by example. Be an example and donate. Scrip Use SCRIP for your HoCiday food Purchases It?s the easiest way to support your Temple with no extra cost to you... For each $100 purchase of SCRIP, you will receive a $2.50 credit to?ward your Temple dues (up to $100 reduction on purchase of lim?it of $4,000 in SCRIP). SCRIP can be purchased in the Temple of?fice during work hours, through the mail, and at Sunday school during the school year. You can purchase SCRIP through the mail, just send the coupon below: Name:____________________ Address:__________________ Ci ty estate:________________ Zip:______________________ Phone:____________________ Store (Albertson?s, Smiths, or Vons):____________________ 5?s, 10?s, or 20?s:___________ Total Amount:______________ Any questions, contact Allan Nathanson at 796-8391 A Ai0A Congregation Ner Tamid <J)o you have a Jamity member or a friend wfio is hospitalized? Rabbi Akselrad would like to help you and your family by visiting Temple members and friends of our congregation who have been hospitalize