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WE REMEMBER...

MAY/JUNE 2018
Iyar/Sivan 5778

president@TBD

Bikur Cholim is a mitzvah. It involves the process of visiting and
extending aid to the sick. It is considered an aspect of gemilut chasadim
(selflessness and loving-kindness). This dates back to references in the
Torah when G-d visited Abraham after his circumcision (Genesis 18:1) as
well as in the Talmud and in the Book of Psalms. As part of our full
service to our congregants and the local Jewish community Temple Beth
David desires to fulfill the mitzvah of Bikur Cholim. Our talented clergy,
Rabbi Arberman and Cantor Bensimhon, and a group of interested
congregants willingly visit the sick, whether at home, in the hospital or in Larry Kushins
other care facilities. In order to provide this service we need to know the
name and location of a sick individual as well as whether they are desirous and willing to be
visited by our clergy and/or lay members. Please inform the office or clergy when someone
is ill. When you call please specify whether they want only the clergy to visit or any
member of our Bikur Cholim Team.

Providing a Minyan for congregants and the community to say kaddish. For many years
Temple Beth David has offered a daily minyan for anyone who has a yahrzeit or is in
mourning to recite the mourner’s kaddish. We send a weekly e-mail to members listing the
upcoming yahrzeits. Please help us all by supporting the minyan. If each of us comes for
our own yahrzeit as well as a few extra days per year we can have a minyan (ten Jews) for
our weekday services. I will be initiating a program to contact each member to help with
this. Please join us on Sunday mornings at 9am and Monday through Thursday evenings at
6:30pm

Engagement issues are a major theme of most synagogues. As we end the synagogues
calendar year I hope that some of you have become more engaged with Temple Beth David
socially, educationally or spiritually. Our lay leadership hopes that in the coming year more
of you become engaged as we expand our vistas in all three areas.

Larry Kushins
President

president’s circle@TBD

Joan and James Berkowitz Elaine Fleisher Sharon and Rubin Pikus
Linda and Scott Fayne Phyllis and Lawrence Kushins Paul Shipper
Susan and Stuart Feldman Jennifer and Gary Lesser Florence and Irwin Shipper
Toby and Michael Fine Pamela and Joseph Lubeck Hank Strauss
Bernice and Albert Firestone Dedee and Stephen Lovell Marian and Irving Wiseman

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rabbi@TBD

In the HBO series Westworld, robot-hosts appear as men, women and children. They are
programmed to interact with normal humans in a kind of old-West vacation land where guests
can behave however they please.

Some of the human guests take on heroic roles, but others choose to act out their darkest Rabbi Arberman
impulses, participating in torture, rape and murder. The robot hosts have been designed so
that they can’t harm the guests; so these are acts of pure sadism, without risk of
reprisal. The philosophical question that the show poses is: Do we have any moral
responsibilities as to how we treat creatures that do not have human level consciousness and
are not “alive”?

I remember a few years ago, I witnessed a sefer Torah fall out of it’s place and land on the
floor. Now, it makes sense that we hold the teachings of the Torah to be holy. But aside from worrying about any
damage to the scroll, why do we ascribe such importance to the physical book? Why are we upset just to see the
Torah lie on the floor?

In fact, Judaism has many examples of encouraging respect for “domem” or inorganic objects. A prime example is
when Moshe smashes the first set of Ten Commandments he gets at Har Sinai.

Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi (Talmud, Ber. 8b, Menach. 99b) quotes the Torah passage: “The tablets, and the broken
pieces of the [first set of] tablets were placed in the Ark.”

Based on this, he taught: “Be careful regarding how you treat [broken people] an elderly individual who has
forgotten his learning due to old age, sickness, an accident, or even in his struggle to make a livelihood”

In other words, how we treat the broken pieces of the tablets teaches us about how we should treat people.

Another example of respect for inanimate objects comes from the description of Temple practices for the Kohanim in
Exodus (20:23): ”You shall not go up the steps of my altar [rather build a ramp], so that your nakedness will not be
uncovered upon it.”

According to Rashi, (11th century, France) the concern was that taking wide steps would cause their robes to open
below — exposing their nakedness to the stones in a humiliating manner…”

”Now, if regarding these stones, which do not have the intelligence to object to their humiliation, the Torah says, 'Do
not treat them in a humiliating manner,' in the case of your fellow man, who was created in the image of your
Creator, and cares about his humiliation, how much more so must you treat him with respect!”

The rabbis expanded on this teaching: We must refrain from insensitive acts to other people, even when the other
person is unaware that s/he is being disrespected; even when the offender does not mean to offend, and even
when the offense is not full-fledged. (Likutei Sichot vol. 21, pg. 124.)

We could surely say the same for the treatment of lifelike robots. Even if we could be certain that they weren’t
conscious and couldn’t really suffer, their torture would very likely harm the torturer.

It’s like what the philosopher Emmanuel Kant taught. Although he saw animals as mere things, devoid of moral
value, he insisted on their proper treatment because of the implications for how we treat one another: “For he who
is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men.”

When the Torah dropped in shul, I saw how upset and disoriented everyone looked. Yes, the Torah has God’s name
in it. Yes, it has God’s commandments for us. But it does not have feelings. Objects are not “aware” — indeed,
believing so is idolatry. We treat these objects with respect because we are training ourselves in sensitivity.

If we are meant to be shocked and upset when a sefer Torah falls…how much more should we be shaken when a
person falls — literally or figuratively. For God’s name is written in the siddurim which we kiss and the Torah we
received on Shavuot. But more importantly, it’s written on the soul of every human being.

Rabbi Paul Arberman

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cantor@TBD

Shabbat Moments

Time together with family is irreplaceable. This is why when Lila’s school Cantor Bensimhon
teacher this year asked Lila each morning why she was late to school, and
followed the question with instruction to “do better next time,” I stepped in. I
really like Lila’s school teacher, but there was a very important lesson here to
be learned.

TIME is the one thing in life that we can never get back. So often our days are filled with tasks
that feel so important in the moment, but truly are not important at all. We rush rush rush and
forget to stop and smell the roses. Unfortunately, sometimes it takes a mistake or God forbid an
accident or an injury for us to truly pause and reflect on all that we have missed.

It is the natural cycle to rest. Nature teaches us this through the natural progression of the
seasons. The torah teaches this through the first days of creation. Yet, all too often we
forget...and there is an explanation for our forgetfulness. In the Torah it says “a perpetual fire
shall be kept burning on the altar, not to go out (Lev. 6:6).” On one hand, the Torah instructs
us to be like Abraham, rushing to serve guests (and God) at any and every opportunity.
Alternatively, we see Moses in the desert building the tabernacle, slowly, methodically,
diligently, and we know that on each seventh day there was rest, Shabbat.

The Torah teaches we need to do both, and we need balance. “We should arise with energy
from sleep, because while asleep we have been sanctified and made a different person, fit to
generate new things (Tzava at Harivash #20)” explains the Baal Shem Tov. You see, if we don’t
slow down, rejuvenate, and replenish ourselves, we will not only be walking around like
zombies, but we won’t be awake enough to see and engage with the reminders the Torah
already put in place for us: tzitzit, tefillot (prayers), kippah, mitzvot...all reminders of who we
are, from where we came, and who we must strive to become. This is why we need Shabbat,
but not Shabbat only on the seventh day of the week, Shabbat in each and every day.

Throughout my day I find myself needing to stop and take a deep breath to release my
shoulders...over...and over...and over again. This is my practice of remembering, of taking care
of myself, of bringing a little Shabbat into each moment so that I am awake enough to see and
engage with what’s really important.

We can’t teach our children what matters in life if we don’t take time out of our crazy schedules
to BE with our children. There are many reasons for tardiness...disorganization, poor time-
management, lack of structure or boundaries, change in routine or environment...all stemming
from anxiety, confusion, or possibly fear...Sometimes Lila is late to school because she
misplaced her socks and can’t find another pair because her room is too messy. Most often Lila
is late because we were creating a meaningful moment of Shabbat together, catching up over
breakfast, snuggling and reading a book, taking the dog for a walk and connecting with
nature….enjoying the TIME that we will never have again. May your days be filled with Shabbat
moments.

Cantor Danielle Bensimhon

COVER PHOTO: Sheldon and
Marlene Schneider read names
during the Yom Hashoah Vigil—
Day of Remembrance

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youth@TBD

I want to thank everyone who made my first year at Temple Beth David such a
wonderful experience!

So excited for next year. I invite you to send me suggestions and ideas of things you Amy Wulwick
would like to see on our calendar for events next year! I am more than happy to
meet you in person for a coffee or a coke.

Look out for our 2018/2018 Calendar and Membership Forms to arrive in the mail
over the summer. Get all forms in as soon as possible!

If you wish to take a larger role in next year’s events please come in and see me. There is potential
you (kids, pre-teens, teens, and even parents) to take an active role.

I look forward to growing with you in these experiences and adventures.

Please feel free to stop by or email me at [email protected].

education@TBD

As the Religious School year draws to a close, I have been looking back at all that we've done this
year from our Tu’Bishvat Rap’s, Glow in the Dark Purim Celebration, Chocolate Seder, Challah
Baking, Pillow making for our troops overseas...Coming in halfway through the year I couldn’t have
done it without our amazing teachers. Laurie, Lara, Chen, Anat, Alice, Hadar, Tracy and Rose thank
you for making this transition so easy. You ladies are the best; you have made such a difference in
the lives of all the children!

Our Religious School has had a marvelous year of Jewish Learning and involvement. Introducing
Shalom Learning into the classes has been a wonderful addition to the students’ Jewish Studies.
We are already working to make the 2018-19 school year an even richer experience!

I look forward to seeing you all in August!

Please feel free to stop by or email me at [email protected].

Amy Wulwick
Youth & Religious School Director

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preschool@TBD

The preschool has been very busy preparing for our annual Mothers Day
breakfast. The children are hard at work singing and making gifts. It is
always wonderful to see all the preschool moms with their children!

It is hard to imagine that this year has gone by so quickly. The Graduating
Explorer class has been preparing for our end of the year show and Jenny Fenton
graduation ceremony. Soon, they will be donning their caps and gowns and
moving on to kindergarten! This time of year is always bittersweet for the preschool staff
who taught some of the children when they started in the beginning of their preschool
years. We are very proud of their growth and progress but also sad to see them go.

Summer Camp is right around the corner! Our amazing camp staff is busy creating fun
activities and projects for the children. All camp and preschool forms are to be submitted in
person in the Temple office. Should you know of anyone looking for a wonderful camp or
preschool experience , send them our way!

Mrs. Jenny Fenton
Preschool Director

Congratulations Class of 2018!

Henry Abromowitz Austin Couluris Sofia Roe
Maddox Aronowitz Andrew Diller Naomi Sarnoff
Ilana Balloff Mason Harris Adam Schwarzberg
Lara Balloff Barr Kalin Bodhi Tung
Ethan Barokas Zoe Paul Kalena Tung
Saylah Barsky Cora Peck Xander Vialpando
Guy Ben Shimol Evan Politziner Madison Witten
Ethan Bernstein Harley Quasha Logan Yaffa
Lailie Bialock Mackenzie Raifman Maya Zimmerman

Important Dates:

Wednesday May 9 @ 9:30 - Preschool Mothers Day Breakfast
Thursday May 24 @ 5:30 pm - Graduation and Explorer Musical
Friday May 25 - Last day of preschool - Noon Dismissal
Monday June 4 - First day of Camp

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BETH DAVID REMEMBERS

YOM HASHOAH

DURING 6TH ANNUAL
12 HOUR VIGIL

Sunday, April 8 marked a unique and singular annual event in our area, as Temple Beth David of Palm
Beach Gardens held its 6th Annual Yom HaShoah/Holocaust Remembrance Day Vigil of Remembrance.

During this resonant and moving event, in which participation has grown each year, religious school
students, congregants and representatives from other communities of faith joined together to read the
names of Holocaust martyrs, as well as those of the Righteous Among The Nations. An unbroken chain of
readers ascended Beth David’s bima, and for 12 consecutive hours succeeded each other in reciting the
names of Jews who died as innocent victims of the Nazis and their cohorts during the period of the
Shoah.

Temple Beth David’s Vigil was opened by Rabbi Paul Arberman with a message about the power of
memory and the relevance of the lessons of the Holocaust, the chanting of the powerful El Melai
Rachamim prayer by Cantor Danielle Bensimhon and the lighting of 6 memorial candles by members of
the congregation with close family ties to survivors of the Shoah. Roslyn Franken, well-known speaker
and the author of Meant To Be offered a talk about her parents, one a Holocaust survivor and the other a
survivor of the Nagasaki atomic bombing and the triumph of the human spirit. Beth David’s Rescued
Holocaust Torah Scroll, saved from wartime destruction and preserved from a Czech synagogue was on
prominent display during the Vigil, as a silent witness to the temple’s ceremonies of remembrance and
was also featured prominently during Beth David’s Passover-Yizkor Shabbat service on the day preceding
the Vigil, which featured poetry readings about the lessons of the Holocaust. The Rescued Torah was
then borne into the crowded pews of the congregation, where all present stood, and every hand reached
forward to touch this special and holy scroll.

Beth David congregants who attended and read throughout the 12 hours of the Vigil, each with her or his
own unique connection to the tragic events of the not too distant past, experienced individual reactions to
it, and to the reading of names itself. Solemn music sounded in the sanctuary as some readers prefaced
their readings with tales of their own families’ travails and losses. Many felt tears rise to their eyes as the
sheer enormity of the Holocaust, and the raw emotion of the act of remembrance came to the fore, and as
day turned to night and the Beth David sanctuary grew dark, illuminated only by the light from a reading
lamp, and from the flickering yellow memorial candles lit by each reader and listener.

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Some of the wonderful people of the Church of St. Paul of the Cross of North Palm Beach again joined
with Temple Beth David to participate in the reading, and to recognize and recall those gentiles who, at
the risk of their own lives and those of their families aided, hid and saved Jews from the hands of their
oppressors and murderers during the era of the Shoah. Their emotion was as palpable as that of any of
the Beth David family who either read, or attended to reflect, as listeners and witnesses.

Images of Jewish life in pre-Holocaust Europe were projected onto the sanctuary walls all throughout the
Vigil as name after name of the dead, and the infamous places of their death were recited. Current photos
of death camp sites taken by temple members and youth during attendance at Marches of the Living were
on display as well in the temple’s sanctuary, as were materials about the rescue of Torah scrolls. Beth
David also provided information and registration forms to demonstrate its support for and participation in
The Names Project, an effort by Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust Memorial to identify the many Holocaust
dead whose names are still unknown.

Temple Beth David’s Yom HaShoah Vigil of Remembrance was and is a unique and deeply affecting ex-
perience – communal and yet highly personal; a remembrance of horror and loss, and yet an affirmation
of survival and life; a harkening to a darker time in history, and yet enforcing the resolve of “never again,”
and the sacred obligation to “never forget”; an ongoing plea for justice and tolerance.

Todah Rabah to Barbara & Len Schwartz for making this day special and for this article

Lucas Cohen Barbara and Len Schwartz

Jack and Eva Cohen

Friends from the Church of St. Paul

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weremember@TBD

Shabbat - 4/27/2018 Shabbat - 5/25/2018 6/19/2018 Lena Stern
5/1/2018 Abraham Plasky 5/25/2018 Bebe Petrou 6/20/2018 Anna Lipshultz
5/1/2018 Jeanette Berger 5/25/2018 Helen Schnier 6/20/2018 Frances Eichler *
5/1/2018 Milton Manin 5/25/2018 Nissim Azulay 6/20/2018 Isaac Krasner *
5/2/2018 Dolores (Debbie) 5/25/2018 Rose Schwartz 6/20/2018 Jacob Rossman
Gilman * 5/26/2018 Anne Cohen 6/20/2018 Sara Blom Krause
5/2/2018 Philip Greenberg 5/26/2018 Carlo Kunstler * 6/21/2018 Bessie Rubin
5/2/2018 William Knobler 5/26/2018 Emil A. Kaufman 6/21/2018 Bluma Ring
5/3/2018 Adalbert Weiszberger 5/26/2018 Marian Shapiro 6/21/2018 Harry Schwartz
5/3/2018 Arthur Pollack 5/26/2018 Nathan Weitz 6/21/2018 Joseph Shuter
5/3/2018 Joan Lappin 5/26/2018 Phillip Warshaw 6/21/2018 Kathryn Kaufman
5/27/2018 Chanoch Dressler 6/21/2018 Lilly Wanuck *
Shabbat - 5/4/2018 5/28/2018 Louis Seide 6/21/2018 Morton Steele
5/4/2018 Bella Feuer 5/29/2018 Sophie Rosenhand
5/4/2018 Gerard Alexander * 5/29/2018 Yehouda Matalon Shabbat - 6/22/2018
5/4/2018 Herman Rosenthal * 5/30/2018 Abraham Wagner 6/22/2018 Martin Marcus
5/5/2018 Morris Hoffman 5/30/2018 Peter Kralyevich 6/22/2018 Mollie Goldstien
5/7/2018 Judith Marilyn 5/30/2018 Samuel Israel 6/22/2018 Samuel Berman *
Schwartz * 5/31/2018 Martin Paul * 6/23/2018 Ingrid Rosenthal
5/8/2018 Arlyne Warshall * 6/23/2018 Sadie Schlomowitz
5/8/2018 Nathan Schallop Shabbat - 6/1/2018 6/24/2018 Chanoch Wacks
5/10/2018 Sam Evans 6/1/2018 Rose Badanes 6/24/2018 Ethel Saperstein
6/3/2018 Avraham Bensimhon 6/26/2018 Mitchel Kass
Shabbat - 5/11/2018 6/3/2018 Jose Hackman 6/27/2018 Fannie Feit
5/11/2018 Samuel Handler 6/3/2018 Melvin Berkow * 6/27/2018 Jennie First
5/12/2018 Jules Richards 6/4/2018 Albert Salinas * 6/28/2018 Caroline K. Rogers *
5/12/2018 Lisa Casper 6/6/2018 Harry Knopf 6/28/2018 Ethel Chudacoff
5/12/2018 Martin Werner 6/6/2018 Marion Meltzer 6/28/2018 Freida Gordon *
5/12/2018 Sam Frank 6/6/2018 Paul Schulman *
5/13/2018 Daniel Moskow * 6/7/2018 Berta Hirsch * Shabbat - 6/29/2018
5/13/2018 Nat Aaronson 6/7/2018 Bessie Brooks 6/29/2018 Frank Cohen
5/13/2018 Stanley J. Hartman * 6/7/2018 Frank Reuben 6/29/2018 Roberta Lerman
5/14/2018 Bertha Sherbal 6/30/2018 Joan Masch Passon *
5/14/2018 Frances Dobin Shabbat - 6/8/2018 6/30/2018 Lisa Ellen Manko *
5/14/2018 Irene Kase 6/9/2018 Betty Perloff 7/1/2018 Regina Rosenberg
5/14/2018 Lillian Rozonsky 6/9/2018 Dee Schloss 7/1/2018 Robert Kaufer
5/15/2018 Irving Alstodt * 6/10/2018 Felix Smaul *
5/15/2018 Rae Epstein 6/11/2018 Ben Slavin (* indicates a plaque)
5/16/2018 Helen Greenwald 6/11/2018 Helen Goldstien
5/16/2018 Herbert Zimkind * 6/11/2018 Lee Frame condolences@TBD
5/16/2018 Morris Greenberg 6/11/2018 Maurice Schloss
5/17/2018 Arthur Goldstein 6/12/2018 Ted Frank Dr. Jeffrey Dresner, on the loss of his
5/17/2018 Gary Silverberg 6/13/2018 Esta Bloom mother, Audrey Dresner (3/2/2018)
5/17/2018 Sam Schwartz 6/14/2018 Bessie Wagner Annice Silberberg, on the loss of her
6/14/2018 Gussie Offenberg husband, Sy Silberberg (3/8/2018)
Shabbat - 5/18/2018 6/14/2018 Joseph Greenberg Yossi & Cantor Danielle Bensimhon, on the
5/18/2018 Anne Lampert 6/14/2018 Ruth Boxer loss of brother & uncle (3/14/2018)
5/18/2018 Irene Fox * Dr. Stephen Livingston, on the loss of his
5/18/2018 Jean Klein Shabbat - 6/15/2018 father Robert Livingston (3/22/2018)
5/18/2018 Sam Kagel 6/15/2018 Nathan Brenner
5/19/2018 Herman Grossman 6/15/2018 Theodora Kritz
5/19/2018 Louis Jackson 6/16/2018 Dorothy Greenberg
5/20/2018 David Sachs 6/16/2018 Judith Wilf *
5/20/2018 Dorothy Schreidell 6/16/2018 Patrice Talisman
5/20/2018 Harry Personik 6/16/2018 Paul Mehl
5/20/2018 Jack Joseph Becker * 6/16/2018 Virginia Lippock
5/21/2018 Leroy Werner 6/17/2018 Marie Arditti
5/21/2018 Sylvia Waldgeir 6/17/2018 Morris Rombro
5/22/2018 Morris Berke 6/17/2018 Shirley Finkelstein
5/22/2018 Paula Rosenthal * 6/17/2018 William S. Fishman
5/23/2018 Louis Niefield * 6/18/2018 Joel Dobin
5/24/2018 Jeane Hoffman 6/18/2018 Robert Werner
6/19/2018 Herb Starr
6/19/2018 Irving Fox *

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happybirthday@TBD

MAY 13 William Toback JUNE 14 Thomas Sonderman
14 Jonathan Gerber 15 Joel Kaminester
1 Jonathan Barokas 14 Eliot Matalon 1 Jeffrey Garelick 15 Mark Petricoff
1 Jacob Goldman 14 Karen Winer 1 Jeffrey Rubin 16 Marion Lowenstein
2 Alan Greenwald 15 Charli Feiner 1 Barbara Schwartz 17 Denise Dresner
2 Paul Maybaum 15 Florence Shipper 2 Larry Field 17 Harold Greenberg
2 Rose Rosenkranz 16 Robert Schlamowitz 2 Linda Mauskopf 17 Kedra Singer
3 Claire Matalon 17 Sheryl Paul 2 Stuart Werner 18 Leo Abraham
4 Jordan Lifshitz 17 Martin Schnier 4 Terri Lander 18 Michael Milstein
4 Sophia Schafler 19 Joel Hersch 4 Greg Sandberg 18 Steven Warshall
4 Michelle Suskauer 19 Neil Waltzer 5 Donald Chudacoff 19 Phyllis Cohodes
5 Howard First 20 Glenn Englander 5 Arthur Schwartz 19 Joshua Katz
5 Jorge Rosenberg 22 Harvey Barnett 6 Anna Fox 19 Lisa Lappin
5 Samuel Storch 22 Bente Lyons 6 Harold Strickberger 20 Gregg Lerman
6 Sandra Meltzer 23 Susan Kline 7 Edward Kline 20 Stuart Schwartz
7 Ethan Barokas 24 Peter Morpurgo 8 Leonard Barrack 20 Katharine Sonderman
7 Robert Goodman 24 Laurie Toback 8 Blaire Slavin 20 Brittany Zaretsky
7 Karen Klapper 26 Melody Alstodt 9 Annice Silberberg 20 Maya Zimmerman
8 Doris La Kier 26 Jared Bucker 10 Jack Cohen 22 Morris Miller
8 Danielle Storch 26 Robert Kaplan 11 Gabrielle Resnick 22 Mona Moskow
9 Erna Liebovich 26 Henry Thrower 11 Gail Schallop 23 Dan Handler
9 Etta Mehl 29 Lillian Lesser 12 Amy Banooni 24 Selma Bubel
9 Beth Rockoff 30 Naomi Sarnoff 12 Daniel Kaminester 24 Peggy Sadow
10 Steven Kanner 31 Steven Lazarus 12 Jack Kaplan 26 Gerald Feldman
10 Muriel Saltzman 12 Richard Rosenblatt 28 Jason Feldman
11 Meredith Kaplan 12 Alexander Zane 28 Ellen Maybaum
11 Lynda Schnier 13 Arnold Goldberg 29 Aaron Binder
12 Len Schwartz 13 Bobbi Sobel 29 Daniel Hein
13 Joseph Lubeck 14 Barbara Leibovitz 29 Louis Mark
13 Arielle Schwarzberg 14 Ann Schwartz 30 Ellie Zimmerman
14 Elaine Schwartz

happyanniversary@TBD JUNE 15 Gary and Eileen Rosenthal
18 Steven and Arlene Lazarus
MAY 2 Ronald and Amy Kohn 18 Joshua and Jessica Nolan
4 Thomas and Katharine Sonderman 3 Brian and Lisa Seymour 19 Sheldon and Marlene Schneider
6 Rob and Debbie Quint 3 William and Laurie Toback 21 Eric and Rhonda Gottlieb
14 Jason and Donna Feldman 5 Albert and Bernice Firestone 21 Jason and Lara Wanuck
15 Nicholas and Judith Schiller 7 Jeffrey and Denise Dresner 22 Mitchell and Laura Friedman
16 Michael and Shari Meltzer 7 Shawn and Ilana Falitz 22 Froman and Etta Mehl
22 Frederick and Sandra Meltzer 7 Alan and Marcy Marcus 22 Harold and Frances Strickberger
24 Earl and Doris La Kier 7 Irving and Marian Wiseman 23 Alex and Bobbi Sobel
25 David and Amy Goldman 8 Robert and Ruth Cohn 24 Edwin and Maxine Veil
25 Robert and Lisa Hauser 9 Mitchell and Lisa Goldstein 30 Philip and Deborah Edelstein
25 Oren and Jessica Lifshitz 10 Lawrence and Lois Kleinberg 30 Frank and Roslyn Roth
26 Jeffrey and Deborah Zane 10 David and Ginger Ploshnick
27 Monte and Sheri Resnick 10 David and Debra Stern
29 Rafael and Shelly Harris 13 Howard and Kathy Rensin

mazeltov@TBD

Froman & Etta Mehl on the birth of their grandson,
Moshe Tzvi Boxenbaum on February 15, 2018

Carolyn Bell and Bruce Reinhart
both were appointed as Judges in March

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generosity@TBD

Youth In honor of Scott & Linda Fayne, Barbara & Len Schwartz, Carol & Bob Sum-
In honor of my Aliyah in observing the 20th yahrzeit for my wife, Annette W. mers and all of our friends here at Temple Beth David for being so kind and
Seidenberg, from Mel Seidenberg welcoming, from Richard Goldberg and Rosemary Chromey
A contribution, from Richard & Beth Goldfarb
Building Fund In memory of Robert Livingston, father of Dr. Steven Livingston, from Susan
In memory of Bernice Feinberg, from the Handler Family & Even Goldstein
In honor of Bob Wolfson's 90th Birthday, from Shirly Herskovitz
Cantor's Music Fund In memory of my husband, Irving Hyams, from Ada Hyams
In memory of Yossi's brother and Cantor's uncle, Yehoshua Bensimhon, from In loving memory of my father, William Rindner, from Irene Katz
Melody & Harvey Alstodt In memory of our parents, Nickolas & Piroska Katz and William & Belle Rind-
In memory of my parents, Albert & Eleanor Appleman, from Dean Appleman ner, from Louis & Irene Katz
In memory of my loved one's yahrzeit, from Gail S. Berman In memory of Lillian Altman and Jerome Rindner, from Louis & Irene Katz
In honor of Sue & Lou Mark's new granddaughter, Sienna, from Linda & Scott In loving memory of my aunt and uncle, Abe & Jeanette Berger, from Etta &
Fayne Froman Mehl
In honor of Gail & Charles Schallop new grandchild, from Linda & Scott Fayne In honor of Marlene Schneider's birthday, from Etta & Froman Mehl
In honor of my mother, Bernice Firestone's Birthday, from Nancy Firestone In honor of Rabbi Debra Eisenman, from Anita Naftaly
In memory of my parents, Hyman & Mollie Guth, from Libby Fishman In honor of Bob Wolfson's 90th Birthday and Liz Wolfson reading the Hafta-
In loving memory of Yehoshua Bensimhon, from Fern Friedman rah, from Florence Nagin
A contribution, from Ronald & Florene Goldner In loving memory of my mother, Dorothy Werner, from June Newman
In memory of Yehoshua Bensimhon, from Rhonda & Rick Gottlieb In loving memory of my father, Joseph Sadow, from R. Bruce & Peggy Sadow
In loving memory of Harry Horwitz, from Maureen Horwitz In honor of Bob Wolfson's 90th Birthday, from Elise, David, Daniel, Emma
In loving memory of Anne Horwitz, from Maureen Horwitz and Micah Saltzberg
In memory of Edwin Kabler, from Brenda & Ronald Kabler In loving memory of my father, Alalbert Weiszberger, from Judith & Nicholas
In memory of my father, Harry Cohen, from Brenda & Ronald Kabler Schiller
In loving memory of my father, Sam Frank, from Phyllis Kushins In loving memory of my mother, Elaine, from Dr. Robert Schlamowitz
In loving memory of Dr. Yossi Bensimhon's brother, Yehoshua Bensimhon, In honor of Riki Arberman's Hebrew class, from Dr. Robert Schlamowitz
from Jay & Evelyn Lipschutz In loving memory of my father, Samuel Schwartz, from Dr. & Mrs. Stuart
In loving memory of Yehoshua Bensimhon, from Judy Marcus Schwartz
In loving memory of Sy Silberberg, from Judy Marcus In loving memory of my mother, Anne C. Smith, from Dr. Stuart & Elaine
In loving memory of my brother, Shlomo Matalon, from Eliot Matalon Schwartz
In memory of Milton Maybaum, from Paul Maybaum A contribution, from Paul Serrins
In loving memory of Yossi's brother, Yehoshua Bensimhon, from Sharon & In loving memory of my husband, Leonard, from Frances Spiselman
Rubin Pikus A contribution, from Ronald & Michele Torch
In loving memory of Yossi Bensimhon's brother, Yehoshua, from Martin & In loving memory of my aunt, Lee Schreidell, from Sandi Wexler
Lynda Schnier In loving memory of Jack & Anne Zodikoff and Mort Zodikoff, from Richard
In loving memory of my father, Rubin Greenberg, from Barbara & Len Zodikoff
Schwartz
Wishing Major Marks a speedy recovery!, from Barbara & Len Schwartz Hebrew School Scholarship Endowment Fund
In wishing Jeff Zane a speedy recovery!, from Barbara & Len Schwartz A contribution, from Eva & Jack Cohen
In memory of Yossi's brother, Yehoshua Bensimhon, from Barbara & Len Wishing Major Marks a rapid and full recovery, from Linda & Arnold Goldberg
Schwartz In memory of my mother, Pearl Kaplan, from Jack Lee Kaplan
In memory of Cantor's uncle, Yehoshua Bensimhon, from Barbara & Len In memory of Jodi Saltzman, from Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Saltzman
Schwartz In appreciation to Bobbi Sadow for her support of the Yom Hashoah Vigil,
In honor of Carolyn Bell and Bruce Reinhart being appointed as Judges, from from Barbara & Len Schwartz
Barbara & Len Schwartz In appreciation to Amy Wulwick for her support of the Yom Hashoah Vigil,
Wishing a speedy recovery for Marion Miller, from Barbara & Len Schwartz from Barbara & Len Schwartz
In loving memory of my mother, Florence Greenberg, from Barbara & Len In memory of Melton Stern, from Debra & David Stern
Schwartz In memory of Eleanor Stern, from Debra & David Stern
In appreciation to Cantor Danielle for her support of the Yom Hashoah Vigil,
from Barbara & Len Schwartz Oneg/Kiddush Fund
A special thanks to Elaine Fleisher and her congregational friends for a warm In loving memory of Murray Boxer, father of Robin Chaney, from The Chaney
welcome, from Arlene Simon Family
In honor of Ken Greenfield, from Fran & Hal Strickberger In honor of the birth of Sienna Mark, granddaughter of Sue and Lou Mark,
In loving memory of my husband, Stanley Winer, from Karen Winer from The Chaney Family
In honor of the birth of Sue and Lou Mark's granddaughter, Sienna Mark, In loving memory of Mel Wolf, from Shirly Herskovitz
from Karen Winer In memory of my mother, Esther Gelman, from Doris & Earl La Kier
In loving memory of Yehoshua Bensimhon, from Major Marks
General Fund In loving memory of my mother, Elisabeth Ordentlich, from Stefan & Elena
A contribution, from David Ashkenaz Ordentlich
In memory of Robert Livingston, father of Dr. Steven Livingston, from Deb- In memory of Alex Lagowitz, from Ginger & David Ploshnick
orah Balik & Jeff Zane In memory of my father, Philip Greenberg, from Micki Segal
In beloved memory of Katherine S. Bronstein, from Bruce Bronstein In loving memory of my mother, Helen Hacker, from Karen Wanuck
In loving memory of Vera Benezra, from Jack & Eva Cohen In loving memory of my grandmother, Ana Newman, from Karen Wanuck
In loving memory of my mother, Trudi Reiter, from Robin Reiter-Faragalli
In memory of Audrey Dresner, mother of Dr. Jeffrey Dresner, from Linda & Prayer Book Fund
Scott Fayne A contribution to Temple Beth David's large print siddur bima copy, from Dr.
In honor of Carolyn Bell and Bruce Reinhart, both being appointed as Judges, Howard Begel
from Linda & Scott Fayne In honor of Ziv Arberman's Bar Mitzvah, from Linda & Scott Fayne
In loving memory of Robert Livingston, from Linda & Scott Fayne In loving memory of Yehoshua Bensimhon, from Linda & Scott Fayne
In honor of Stuart Feldman in reading the Torah and Haftarah, from Linda & In honor of Dr. Stuart Feldman with thanks for your kindness, from Richard
Scott Fayne Goldberg & Rosemary Chromey
In loving memory of Michaels mom, Sylvia Fine, from Toby & Michael Fine In honor of Bob & Carol Summers with thanks for your kindness, from Rich-
In loving memory of Toby's mother, Anne Grossman, from Toby & Michael ard Goldberg & Rosemary Chromey
Fine In honor of Scott & Linda Fayne with thanks for your kindness, from Richard
In memory of my beloved father, Samuel Handler, from Barbara First Goldberg & Rosemary Chromey
In memory of our beloved son, Dr. Kenneth First, from Dr. & Mrs. Howard In honor of Len & Barbara Schwartz with thanks for your kindness, from Rich-
First ard Goldberg & Rosemary Chromey
A contribution, from Stan Freedman In loving memory of Dr. Sy Silberberg, from Cookie & Mark Govrin
In loving memory of my husband, Irving Freling, from Esther Freling In loving memory of my beloved brother, Richard A. Jenks, from Debra Jenks
In memory of Harry Klein, from Phyllis Garner & Robert Harvey
In loving memory of my father, Julius Ross, from Linda Ross Kushner

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Prayer Book Fund Continued
In honor of Claire & Elliot Matalon's Anniversary, from Etta & Froman Mehl
In loving memory of our dear father and grandfather, Gerard Alexander, from
The Morpurgo Family and The Alexander Family
In loving memory of my mother, Elisabeth Ordentlich, from Stefan & Elena
Ordentlich
In honor of Nelson Pole for the honors he received
In loving memory of Dr. Stephen Livingston's father, Robert Livingston, from
Phyllis & Mark Stein
In loving memory of Dr. Jeffrey Dresner's mother, Audrey Dresner, from
Phyllis & Mark Stein
In memory of Constance Sultan with thanks to Mitch Goldstein, from David
Sultan

Rabbi's Discretionary Fund
In loving memory of my mother, Jenny Becker, from Harry Becker
In loving memory of Meyer Kanner, father of Dr. Steven Kanner, from Mrs.
Fran Dillon
In loving memory of my father, John Skubon, from Mrs. Fran Dillon
In loving memory of my brother, Jon Skubon, from Mrs. Fran Dillon
In memory of Mr. Arthur Tauscher, from Dr. & Mrs. Howard First
A contribution, from Ruth Goldstein
In memory of Harold "Dutch" Lipschutz, from Mr. Harold Greenberg
In loving memory of Dora Feuer, from Bernice Kaperst
In loving memory of my mother, Sylvia Frank, from Phyllis Kushins
In memory of Joseph Lesser, from Lesser Family
In loving memory of my husband, Daniel M. Lyons, from Bente S. Lyons
In memory of Milton Maybaum, from Paul Maybaum
In appreciation to Rabbi Arberman for his support of the Yom Hashoah Vigil,
from Barbara & Len Schwartz
A special thanks to Elaine Fleisher and her congregational friends for a warm
welcome, from Arlene Simon
In memory of Dorothy Werner, from Michael Werner

Rose Rosenkranz Religious School Fund
In memory of my aunt, Florence Ovrutski Jenks, from Debra Jenks & Robert
Harvey
In loving memory of Betty Hochen, from Maxine Reiss

Torah Fund
In loving memory of my mother, Beulah Priceman, from Melody Alstodt
In loving memory of my mother, Marie Bensimhon, from Dr. Georges Ben-
simhon
Mazel Tov to Froman and Etta Mehl on the birth of their great grandson,
Moshe Tzvi, from Claire & Eliot Matalon
In appreciation to Stefan Ordentlich for his support of the Yom Hashoah Vigil,
from Barbara & Len Schwartz
In memory of Audrey Dresner. Mother of Dr. Jeffrey Dresner, from Florence &
Irwin Shipper
In loving memory of my father, Isidor Shipper, from Irwin & Florence Shipper

simchas@TBD

Temple Beth David is proud to announce that Aaron Jacob Binder will become a
Bar Mitzvah on June 23, 2018. Aaron, son of Melissa Mangus and Adam Binder, is
a 7th grade student attending Independence Middle School in Jupiter. Aaron is a
member of the IMS Track Team were he participates in long jump, 440 yard dash,
880 medley and the mile relay. During Aaron's free time, he enjoys movies, watch-
ing YouTube videos, playing basketball, running, reading and various other sport
activities. For his Mitzvah project, Aaron knows the importance of good sneakers
when running, jumping and playing sports, so he will be collecting gently used
sneakers to donate to underprivileged children in schools where they cannot afford
a good pair of sneakers.

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upcomingevents@TBD

professional directory@TBD

BLANK, LLOYD & DONNA 625-2251

Print Headquarters - Full Service

DRESNER, JEFFREY, M.D., FACP


Internal Medicine, P. B. Med. Grp.(WPB) 840-4600
(Jupiter) 747-9600

FELDMAN, STUART, A., D.D.S. 746-2679

Periodontology & Oral Implantology 686-2477


GARELICK, JEFFREY, M.D., P.A.
691-0320

Digestive Diseases & Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

KAPLAN, JACK LEE, PH.D.
839-1100

Investments and Financial Planning

LESSER, GARY S., ESQ. 665-2028

Personal Injury and Wrongful Death

MANKO, GENE, M.D.
354-1525

Infertility/Gynecology/Laser Surgery

MARCUS, ALAN J., D.O.
845-0833

Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease

SELIGMAN, BRENDA M., C.P.A. 632-6066

Accounting and Tax Services

STERN, DAVID, D.O.


Internal Medicine P. B. Med. Grp.(WPB) 840-4699
(Jupiter) 747-9600

This directory is open to TBD congregants. To be listed, please send a
message to [email protected]. Annual cost is $110.00

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Temple Beth David,
4657 Hood Road,
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418;
Telephone: 561-694-2350.
Email: [email protected]

Affiliated with the United Synagogue
of Conservative Judaism

Paul Arberman
Rabbi

Danielle Bensimhon
Cantor
Bobbi Sadow
Director of Administration, Preschool and
Religious School

Amy Wulwick
Religious School Administrator and
Youth Advisor
Jenny Fenton
Interim Preschool Director

Danielle Simpson
Business Manager

Julie Wagner
Administrative Assistant
Gina Bongiorno
Receptionist

Articles for the next edition of Temple Beth David’s,
The Shofar, are due by June 15, 2018.
Please send all submissions to:
[email protected]

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