Bulletin March 2015 10 Adar/11 Nisan 5775 “The Community Synagogue in Southern Saratoga County” Founded in 1974 688 Clifton Park Center Road Clifton Park, NY 518-371-0608 SHARING THOUGHTS WITH OUR RABBI Since this is our special Annual Purim Edition CBS Bulletin instead of offering you yet another of my numerous articles, I thought I would use this space to share with you…. The Rav Chanan No Longer World Renown Secret Recipe for Hamentaschen 2/3 cup butter or margarine 1/2 cup sugar 1 egg 1/4 cup orange juice (no pulp) 1 cup white flour 1 cup wheat flour (DO NOT substitute white flour! The wheat flour is necessary to achieve the right texture!) 2 tsp. baking powder Various preserves, fruit butters and/or pie fillings. Blend butter and sugar thoroughly. Add the egg and blend thoroughly. Add OJ and blend thoroughly. Add flour, 1/2 cup at a time, alternating white and wheat, blending thoroughly between each. Add the baking powder with the last half cup of flour. Refrigerate batter overnight or at least a few hours. Roll as thin as you can without getting holes in the batter (roll it between two sheets of wax paper lightly dusted with flour for best results). Cut out 3 or 4 inch circles. Put a dollop of filling in the middle of each circle. Fold up the sides to make a triangle, folding the last corner under the starting point, so that each side has corner that folds over and a corner that folds under (see picture at right). Folding in this "pinwheel" style will reduce the likelihood that the last side will fall open while cooking, spilling out the filling. It also tends to make a better triangle shape. Bake at 350 degrees for about 15-20 minutes, until golden brown but before the filling boils over! Traditional fillings are poppy seed and prune, but apricot is my favorite. Apple butter, pineapple preserves, and cherry pie filling all work quite well. The number of cookies this recipe makes depends on the size of your cutting tool and the thickness you roll. I use a 41/4 inch cutting tool and roll to a medium thickness, and I get 20-24 cookies out of this recipe. B’tayavon! Ess gezunta hayt! See you in Shul on Wednesday night, March 4 at 7 PM for the Megillah reading. Stay warm! Shalom U’vracha, Rav Chanan RABBI’S SUNDAY MORNING LECTURES FOR March, 2015 March 8th: “Can Jews survive without Judaism?” March 15th: “What is the secret of Jewish survival?” March 22nd: “Mark Twain’s bleak report on Palestine.” March 29th: Annual Pesach Seder workshop These lectures are open to the ENTIRE community. There is no fee for attending. For further information call the Beth Shalom office at 371-0608. Schedule of Shabbat service for March 2015 Wednesday evening March 4th 7:00 PM Purim Night, Megillah Reading Friday, March 6th Shabbat evening service 7:30 PM Saturday, March 7th 10:00 AM 11:15 AM Friday, March 13th 7:00 PM Saturday, March 14th Friday, March 20th Saturday, March 21st Friday, March 27th Saturday, March 28th Shabbat Morning service Rabbi’s Torah study Friday Nite Live Shabbat service 10:00 AM 11:15 AM Shabbat Morning service Rabbi’s Torah study 7:30 PM Shabbat Evening service 10:00 AM Sisterhood/Men’s Club Shabbat service 7:30 PM Shabbat Evening service 10:00 AM 11:15 AM Shabbat Hagadol service Rabbi’s Torah study PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE I hope this note finds everyone enjoying this cold and snowy winter! What can you expect – it’s Upstate New York! People ask me, “Is it hard being President of a synagogue?” My answer is that it is a privilege and honor to serve a Jewish organization. But is it hard? I find it is not too hard and not too easy – just right! What makes it right for me has been the cooperation and sincerity of our board, membership, and staff in making the synagogue a warm and inviting place to come to pray, learn, socialize, and occasionally kvetch a little. In short, I have enjoyed being President and working with a fine board of trustees. No, this is not a farewell address, rather a status report on your President. Shalom, Harvey Knitting Group News____________ The next meeting of the knitting group will be Monday, March 16 at 7:00 pm, hosted by Hana Mondelblatt. Everybody welcome. You can let Hana know you will attend [email protected]. EXECUTIVE BOARD President…………….…...….Harvey Finkelstein VP Administration…..………Linda Russell VP Membership…….….........Ray Franzone VP Fundraising……….…......Lin Guinipero Treasurer……………..….......Janie Garnett Financial Secretary………….Betsy Knorr Recording Secretary…......….Denise Smith Past president………………..Mark Silverman 399-8121 371-3641 877-6125 588-7775 357-8881 877-8957 348-0569 371-0256 BOARD OF TRUSTEES Richard Jacobs Doris Calderon Rob Schleifstein Dee Ann Coniglio Bob Silverman Sheila Alfasso BOARD OF ADVISORS Appointed Board members Men’s Club……………………….…Mark Silverman Cemetery……….………………..….Don Rubin Education……………………….…..Marla Sheffer House……………………..…….…...Mark Silverman Interfaith……………………….… Israeli Affairs……...…………..….....BJ Rosenfeld Publicity……………………………..Rabbi Markowitz Reyut………..……………….…….. Carol Davis Ritual………………………………...Joyce and Mel Toub Rob Schleifstein Sisterhood ……………….……….. Fern Hayden Gift Shop…………………………… Lin Guinipero Social Action………………..…….…Michael Weitzman Web ………………..………………..Chris Grossman COEJL……………………. . .………Lew Morrison Listserv………………………………Jackie Betters/Sandie Vipler Bulletin…………………………… .Diane Silverman/Jackie Betters The deadline for all articles for the bulletin is the 15th of the month prior to publication. Please email your articles to [email protected] or you can drop them off at the synagogue office. Rabbi Markowitz’s office hours for the winter: Tuesday through Friday 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM You can also reach him by calling his cell phone at 518-878-6299 or by sending him an e-mail at [email protected] March Birthdays Mar. 1 2 2 2 4 5 5 6 8 12 13 20 21 24 30 30 Barry Forman Colleen Kohan Silverman Brett Paige Robert Silverman Andrew Gorelik Richard Garnett Deanna Rubinger Charles Kearnes Valerie Russell Barry Hamerling Anne Friedman Jeffrey Snyder Aleah Smith Lauren Weinberg Arnold Elman Martin Seaman MAZEL TOV to Our Temple Family Linda & Steve Gellman Lauren & Henry Paige Susan & Gary Zelezniak Eichenbaum 3/3 3/25 3/26 36th anniversary 8th anniversary 15th anniversary From the desk of Morah Tziporah Our Beth Shalom Hebrew School celebrated Tu B’Shevat by fulfilling the MITZVAH of planting seeds and learning about our New Year for Trees. Through JNF we purchased a tree which will be planted in Israel. ************************ We will begin preparation for Purim. ************************************** Each child in the hay Class began creating their tallit. The combined gimmel / daled class made their Torah wimple. *********************** Todah Rabbah to our Torah & Haftarah Chanters: Joshua & Sarah Eichenbaum, Samantha Gorelik, Eva Sheffer, Natasha Sheffer & Aleah Smith, Sanford Roth, Marcie Franzone, Ellen Bechky, Chris Grossman, as well as our guest chanters during the Hadassah Shabbat. ******************************** We are still collecting clean, empty soda bottles, cans & water bottles for recycling & refunding. All monies go to the TZEDAKAH fund to support projects chosen by the students in the Hebrew School. B’shalom, FLO Miller Director of Education MARCH MEN’S CLUB REPORT Sisterhood ‘will this winter ever end?’ Message A short message this month. Stay warm and safe in all the snow. Spring will come. The daylight hours are getting longer. Hamentaschen are being prepared. Pre-orders are being taken. Here is an update on future (scheduled) Sisterhood events: Joint Sisterhood/Men’s Club Shabbat: March 21, 2015 With all the snow we’ve been having, the men of the Men’s Club are so busy shoveling and digging themselves out of the huge piles of ice and snow, they didn’t have time to write an article for this month. They were kind enough to let Sisterhood use some of their space. A big Todah Rabbah to all our men. Another Sisterhood off-site dinner will be held June 10, 2015. Save the date and look for forthcoming details (perhaps at the vegetarian/Kosher Restaurant Terra, in Albany) *As Sisterhood represents a Jewish Organization, we request that whenever we have an offsite dinner meeting, please do your best to order Kosher Style.* Get involved! Help Sisterhood help our Synagogue, Hebrew School as well as the Community wide programs we now support. Together, we can succeed in helping Sisterhood sustain its vitality and well-being in support of our Synagogue. We’d love for you to experience Congregation Beth Shalom Sisterhood for yourself. We truly need all of you! Look for the yearly dues bill/letter in the mail. Sisterhood is a bargain at a mere $25.00 for the year. If you have any suggestions for programing or events, please contact me at [email protected]. Remember: Everyone is welcome to attend our monthly planning sessions. The schedule for our planning sessions (thru May 2015) is shown below. Reminders will be sent out one week ahead of the meeting date. Monday, March 23, 2015, 7PM, Synagogue Sisterhood now has their Pesach items on display in the Gift Shop. Come in and browse and get those last minute gifts or items that you need. Monday, April 20, 2015, 7PM, Synagogue Monday, May 18, 2015, 7PM, Synagogue Shalom Remember all items have been drastically reduced. Fern Hayden Sisterhood President Member Mar. A B B/L C D D/L F F/L GF GM H 2 3 3 3 3 6 7 7 8 8 10 10 11 11 11 12 12 12 13 13 13 15 16 17 17 17 18 18 19 19 21 22 22 22 23 25 25 26 27 28 28 28 28 29 29 30 31 Adar Nissan 11 12 12 12 12 15 16 16 17 17 19 19 20 20 20 21 21 21 22 22 22 24 25 26 26 26 27 27 28 28 1 2 2 2 3 5 5 6 7 8 8 8 8 9 9 10 11 Sanford Roth David Clayman Harvey Finkelstein Mark Silverman Sheila Alfasso Harriette Weitzman Laurence Shapiro Janie Garnett Arlene Simkins Michael Kupferman Alvin Brown Howard Vipler Ruth Goldstein Mark Silverman Larry Sugarman Robert Lowenberg Donald Rubin Beverly Engle Roberta Moses Sanford Roth Robert Schleifstein Denise Smith Lauren Weinberg Marilyn Shapiro David Knorr Larry Sugarman Paul Michel Carol Chaykin Nancy Ostrov Harriet Windman Herbert Alfasso Betsy Knorr Leonard Oshins Cindy Barnett Richard Bergman Doris Calderon Barbara Bergman Gloria Kupferman Harriette Weitzman Barry Forman Richard Garnett Linda Guinipero Howard Savage Donald Rubin Kenneth Margolius Audrey Cohn Alvin Brown MARCH YAHRZEITS Deceased Leon Roth Rita Clayman Jacob Finkelstein Rabbi Diane Leibovitz Rabbi Diane Leibovitz Rose Burkhoff Asher Hurwitz Harold Smerling Morton Kaiser Eva Kupferman Melvin Schulman Faye Gaies Vipler Norman Brown Elsie Silverman Bernard Sugarman Rena Lowenberg Rosalind Rubin Jacqueline Tamkin Malka Moses Rachel Roth Goldie Schleifstein StanleyBurmil Stanley Edwards Frances Cohen Catherine Knorr Hyman Sugarman Florence Michel Louis Rosenberg Albert Berkowitz Max Genden Lena Alfasso Theodore Buslovitz Freida Oshinsky Freida Oshinsky Nettie Bergman Louise Blanchard Stanley Brill Miriam Beerman Samuel Burkhoff Solomon Forman Sylvain Garnett Patty Mostowy Joyce Savage Lloyd Rubin Phyllis Solomon Leonard Cohn Miriam Kaplan Brown Relationship F M F FR FR GM U F F M B/L M B M B M S/I S D M M F F M M F GM F F F M F M GM M M B M GF F F C W B S F M ****************************************************************************** aunt M mother brother M/L mother-in-law brother-in-law N niece or nephew cousin S sister daughter S/L sister-in-law daughter-in-law W wife father father-in-law grandfather grandmother husband What better way to remember loved one(s) than to have a plaque placed on our Memorial Wall in memory of them. For more information on purchasing a plaque you can call the synagogue office 371-0608 and speak with Jackie. The cost for each plaque is $250.00 *************************************************************************************** Remember that special date with either a leaf or an acorn or even a stone on our Tree of Life. Congregants and interested public may celebrate a mitzvah (happy occasion) or commemorate a memory by purchasing one or more of the following: Leaves - $180 Acorns - $500 For further information regarding purchasing a leaf, acorn or stone for the Stones - $1500 Tree of Life, please contact Jackie at 371-0608 We gratefully acknowledge these contributions General Fund in memory of Peace Garden in memory of Carol Blansky by Ellen Kaplan Robert Burrick by Harriet Brown Solomon Shapiro by the Kupferman family Howard Kaufman by Eve Kaufman Anna Bruskin by Eve Kaufman Chaim Bruskin by Eve Kaufman Edith Kohan by Colleen & Bob Silverman Marcia Blumenthal by Linda & Steve Gellman Debbie Crane by Linda & Steve Gellman Rachel Roth by Carole & Sanford Roth Leon Roth by Carole & Sanford Roth Faye Gaies Vipler by the Vipler family Elsie Silverman by Diane & Mark Silverman Reyut fund in memory of Sid Lessne by BJ Rosenfeld Ben Davis by his loving family Ida Lazarow by Barbara Lazarow Torah Fund in memory of Sid Cohen by Flo & Les Miller Rabbi’s Disc. Fund in memory of Library Fund in memory of Sadie Genden by Harriet Windman Rhea Windman by Harriet Windman Marty Lazarow by Sandy & Don Rubin Marvin Schoenburger by Sandy & Don Rubin Sid Cohen by Dee Ann & John Coniglio Endowment Fund in memory of Edith Kohan by Carol Kohan Anna Wallenstein by Judie Nauman In memory of Sid Cohen by Joyce & Mel Toub Chumashim Fund Various programs at Congregation Beth Shalom Are generously supported in part by Jewish Federation of Northeastern NY THREE fundraisers with NO NET COST to you SCRIP The list includes hundreds of businesses nationwide—retail stores, supermarkets, restaurants, hotels, rental cars, pharmacies, movie theaters, i-tunes, Amazon… to name just a few. VENEZIA’S Enjoy great pizza, salad, eggplant, and other delicious food – dine-in or take-out. HANNAFORD Purchase gift cards through the synagogue Sisterhood and use when you grocery shop. Congregation Beth Shalom receives a percentage of the gross value of your scrip, Venezia’s, and Hannaford purchases and you get to spend the full face value!! Shop for your own everyday needs and give as gifts. This is a painless way for you to support our fundraising efforts!!! Please contact Lin for additional information or to place an order. Lin: [email protected] or call 518-588-7775 Do you have a special event coming up that you would like to share with your family, friends and synagogue family? Why not sponsor an Oneg or Kiddush? Sponsoring a Kiddush is honoring, celebrating, memorializing, and congratulating any individual/s or event. A Kiddush is a wonderful way to bring people together and begin to celebrate the Sabbath too. For more information you can call the synagogue office and speak to Jackie at 371-0608 or call Linda Russell at 371-3641 Various programs at Congregation Beth Shalom Are generously supported in part by Jewish Federation of Northeastern NY BOOK CLUB NEWS Watch our list serve for information on the March Book Club meeting and book. This book club is open to ALL, member, NON member, men and WOMEN. COME and see for yourself. Lew and Harvey All Are Welcome to a Community Lunch Nurturing the Body & Soul Come join us to enjoy a warm meal, or just to socialize with fellow Southern Saratoga area neighbors on Wednesday, March 25th at 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM at St. Edward the Confessor Church Social Hall 569 Clifton Park Center Road. Desserts to share are most welcome. RSVP…. Please due to limited seating: 371-7372 ext 227 Hosted by St. Edward’s Church and Congregation Beth Shalom “Future Wednesday meal dates” April 29th May 27th June 24th Mah Jongg News We are looking for experienced players who would like to substitute in our game. We meet Wednesday afternoon from 12:30 to about 3:30. Please contact Eve Kaufman @ 343-6420 or Carol Chaykin @ 383-4417. We would also like to hold learning sessions for those interested at another time. CLIFTON PARK PODIATRY Richard C. Berkowitz, DPM, FACFAS Medical and Surgical Care of the Foot 1673 Route 9 Halfmoon, NY 518-383-3338 Remember that special date with either a leaf or an acorn or even a stone on our Tree of Life. Congregants and interested public may celebrate a mitzvah (happy occasion) or commemorate a memory by purchasing one or more of the following: Leaves - $180 Acorns - $500 Stones - $1500 For further information regarding purchasing a leaf, acorn or stone for the Tree of Life, please contact Jackie at 371-0608 HALFMOON MOBIL Courteous, Quick and Clean Route 9 and Sitterly Road (across from Hewitt’s) Clifton Park, NY Locally Owned and Operated PREMIERE TRANSPORTATION GROUP David J. Brown, President 456 North Pearl Street Albany, NY 12204 518-459-6123 Professionally Chauffeur-driven Sedans, Limousines, Vans, and Coaches SAVE THE DATE FOR: A RUBY OCCASION in celebration of Beth Shalom’s FOURTIETH ANNIVERSARY We are planning a brunch which will be held at the Vista Restaurant in Jonesville on May 31st at 10:30 A.M. Invitations will be sent out as the date of the event gets closer. We need your help! *Any memorabilia of Beth Shalom’s forty year history (ASAP) *Names and addresses of former members who have moved out of town * Help plan the set up and set up on the day of the event. (Centerpieces, seating etc.) *Any other ideas to share with the steering committee? Please contact Sheila Alfasso [email protected] Women’s Philanthrophy Proudly presents our 8th Annual Community-Wide Event With Yael Luttwak Producer & Director of A Slim Peace Wednesday, March 25, 2015 7:00 – 9:30 PM Glen Sanders Mansion Havurah Vatik March Event Tuesday, March 17, 11 A.M - 1 P.M. At Congregation Shaara Tfille All Saratoga area Jewish seniors 55 plus are welcome! A Virtual Stroll through the “Gut” or “Valley” of Saratoga Springs Catering in accordance with Kashrut policy Join long-time teacher and local historian Ellen Steinberger as she takes you back hundreds of years through the vibrant area many know best as the site of Jewish boarding houses. Ms. Steinberger will spin stories of the people who made this section of the city a memorable community. Coupled with the lecture will be photographs from historical archives. of JFNENY A catered lunch follows the program $25 per person, $18 per child (12-21 years old) IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU CONTACT TEMPLE SINAI at 584-8730, mailbox 4, or [email protected] by March12th if you are planning to attend, need to cancel your reservation, or if you need transportation. 1 Glen Avenue, Scotia, NY 12302 Transportation available Wine, Hors d’oeuvres, and Dessert Reception Register at www.jewishfedny.org or call 783-7800 ext. 231 Pre-event screenings of A Slim Peace Thursday, March 19 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm at the Jewish Federation There is no cost to attend. Keep Havurah Vatik alive and well – bring along a friend to enjoy this program Havurah is grateful to its sponsors, First Niagara Bank and the United Jewish Federation
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