September 2022

High Holy Days Message From Rabbi Debbie Stiel

The High Holy Days are a perfect time • Susannah Heschel: according to my father, the crises we
annually to find and read a poignant and face today are also a religious problem: ‘the systematic
introspective Jewish book. Ideally, the author liquidation of man’s sensitivity to the challenge of God.’
helps us to explore the themes of the season He used to say, “God begins where words end” (p. xxiii). In
and to look deep inside ourselves, thus order to pray we need a refinement of the inner life, a
assisting us in our preparation for the Days of sharpened conscience, a recognition that “prayer is
Awe. This year, one such book that I am action, an event.”
reading is a relatively new book titled Thunder in the Soul; • Authentic faith is more than an echo of a tradition. It is a
it is a collection of writings from Rabbi Abraham Joshua creative situation, an event. For God is not always silent,
Heschel, z’l. and man is not always blind. In every man’s life there
are moments when there is a lifting of the veil at the
Heschel had the rare gift of being able to take the horizon of the known, opening a sight of the eternal ( p. 3).
spiritual, that which seems almost beyond the ability to be Faith does not come into being out of nothing…faith is
articulated, and express it clearly and insightfully. Let me prepared by awe, by acts of amazement at things that we
share a few of his jewels with you. I hope they will be apprehend but cannot comprehend (p.28).
helpful on your spiritual journey this year. • Justice is not an ancient custom, a human convention, a
value, but a transcendent demand, freighted with divine
• Heschel notes that it is not reason but wonder and awe concern (p. 47).

that open us to the vastness of the universe, making us May we, in this holy season, find ourselves moved
by awe of God and this holy world. May we hear God’s call
receptive to the deepest aspects of reality that are for justice and goodness. May we be reminded that we
are holy and capable each year of bringing more love,
accessible to us (p. xv). …For the pious person, God is not kindness, honesty and healing into this world. Wishing you
and your family a Shana Tova from all of us at Temple
an object to be known. Rather, …there is a judge and Solel!

center of meaning apart from and beyond our own minds.

Philosophy of religion conducted in this manner, then,

celebrates humility before the divine, since the awareness

of God’s overwhelming priority decenters us and puts us in

our proper place. – from Robert Erlewine’s introduction to

the book

- Rabbi Debbie Stiel

THE MISSION OF TEMPLE SOLEL IS TO BE A VIBRANT, INCLUSIVE AND
ENGAGED REFORM COMMUNITY, GROUNDED IN RELATIONSHIPS AND DEEDS,

AND ELEVATED BY SHABBAT AND TORAH.

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Service & High Holy Days Schedule Selichot

Friday, September 2, 2022 3:00 pm Preschool Service (open Join us on Saturday September 17 for a
Erev Shabbat Service 6:15 pm to the community) very special evening of reflection, in-
September anniversary blessings will 4:00 pm Join Temple Solel for quiry, and prayer leading up to the High
be offered, with an oneg to precede Tashlich Service—the symbolic Holy Days. As we hear the evocative
and follow service. ritual of casting away those things High Holy Day melodies and themes for
that don’t serve us well. Location: the first time this year, we begin to open
Friday, September 9, 2022 Chart House 7225 McCormick ourselves to the awe and introspection of
Family Shabbat Service 6:15 pm Pkwy. this sacred time. We will also be very
Oneg to precede and follow service, fortunate to hear "A Talk with Temple
with an amazing family Shabbat Sunday, October 2, 2022 Solel Member and Nationally-Renowned
featuring our 6th grade class! There Kever Avot Service 12:00 pm Artist Beth Ames Swartz: Choosing Mitz-
will also be blessings for September Remembering our loved ones and vot, Love and Creativity over Fear and
birthdays. visiting their graves. Green Acres Pain".
Mortuary & Cemetery, 401 N.
Friday, September 16, 2022

Erev Shabbat Service 6:15 pm Hayden Road, Scottsdale, 85257 Beth Ames Swartz’s insights on life are
Oneg to precede and follow service. informed both by her strong Jewish iden-
Tuesday, October 4, 2022 tity and by the common threads she has
Saturday, September 17, 2022 6:30 pm Erev Yom Kippur Kol discerned from studying many spiritual
Selichot: Dessert Reception,
Program and Service 7:00 pm Nidre Service traditions. Decades of deep reflection on
7:00 pm Join us for a dessert
reception and program* followed by Wednesday, October 5, 2022 life, love, meaning, spiritual growth, heal-
Selichot Service with Rabbi John Yom Kippur ing and invisible light are all woven into
Linder, Rabbi Debbie Stiel, and 9:30 am Family Friendly Service her artwork and her perspective on life.
Cantorial Soloist Todd Herzog. for school-age children and their

*A Talk with Temple Solel Member families On this evening, we will watch a very ab-
and Nationally Renowned Artist 12:00 pm Yom Kippur Day Service breviated version of a PBS film that has
Beth Ames Swartz: Choosing 2:30 pm Study Session led by Judy been produced about Beth Ames Swartz
Mitzvot, Love and Creativity over
Fear and Pain. Schaffert
3:00 pm Preschool Service (open and her art work. Rabbi Stiel will lead a
Sunday, September 25, 2022 to the community) short conversation with the artist, and
Erev Rosh Hashanah
6:30 pm Erev Rosh Hashanah 2:30—4:00 pm Open Ark: a quiet there will be time for questions. As we
Service begin a new year, this will be an oppor-
time for reflection and prayer tunity to explore important life themes
Monday, September 26, 2022 4:00 pm Healing Service featuring deeply. For more information on Beth and
Rosh Hashanah contemplative chanting and an to view the film in its entirety, visit her
9:30 am Family Friendly Service for opportunity for individual prayer website at Bethamesswartz.com
school-age children and their open to everyone
4:30 pm Afternoon Torah Service,

Yizkor, a Ni’lah –open to everyone. 7:00 pm – Delicious dessert reception

Break fast to follow in our

courtyard.

families. Further details available at 7:30 pm – "A Talk with Temple Solel
12:00 pm Rosh Hashanah Day www.templesolel.org/events
Service Member and Nationally-Renowned
Artist Beth Ames Swartz: Choosing

Mitzvot, Love and Creativity over Fear

MAZAL TOV! and Pain"

To temple member Cynthia Marcus on the recent birth of 8:00 pm – Together we will welcome
her great grandson Lofton Lloyd Gay! He is a blessing to our whole the last week before Rosh Hashanah
community! through Havdalah, the change of the

Torah mantles to their holiday covers,
and special, beautiful, Selichot peniten-

tial prayers and music.

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The Power of Ritual

“Ritual doesn’t make mystery happen. It helps Lisa Estabrook, a blogger and artist, writes that “ritual
us see and experience something which is is any regular practice that brings you into the
already real. It does not create the sacred, it present moment and helps you find meaning and
only describes what is there and has always gratitude for life itself. It is basic and yet
been there, deeply hidden in the obvious.” extremely important self-care!” In the Jewish tradition,
we have our own rituals in the month of Elul and
- Rachel Naomi Remen MD flowing into the High Holy Days. By taking small
Dear Temple Solel Family, actions each day, we begin to prepare ourselves for
Rituals are used in many different aspects of life. It the soul-searching and cleansing process of the
could be something as simple as your bedtime routine holidays. The sound of the shofar vibrates our being
to the way you prepare for a test or a sporting event. and is meant as a wake-up call for our lives. We recite
Rituals are defined as a predefined sequence of Psalm 27 each day to remind us that even as we do
symbolic actions. They must occur in fixed the difficult work of teshuvah that God is with us. We
succession, they must have symbolic meaning, and recite selichot, special penitential prayers, each
other than that, they must have no other obvious morning. We visit the graves of our loved ones to
useful purpose. Rituals are used to provide order, remind us where we come from, and the debt we owe
especially when we are faced with uncertainty and to our families and ancestors.
anxiety in our lives. I think most of us would agree that All of these rituals help to center us. They prepare us
this describes the world we have lived in for the past mentally and spiritually for the year ahead. They allow
couple of years. us to dictate what is important to us and they help us
In the context of sports, rituals are used to enhance to define the direction we want our lives to take.
performance. Rafael Nadal, winner of 20 Grand Slam Whether we choose one of these traditional rituals, or
singles titles in tennis, is known as having 19 different something that we create for ourselves… like hiking in
rituals that he performs before his matches. If you the mountains, taking some moments of silent
watch basketball players before they shoot a free- meditation before the day begins, or writing in a
throw, you will notice that they have a series of gratitude journal before going to sleep… we can
actions that they always take before shooting the ball. harness the power of ritual to begin living life in a
The greater the importance of the situation, the more more present, conscious way and creating our lives
important the ritual. This is because rituals allow us to on our own terms, despite the chaos that seems to
control at least one aspect of our world in the face of surround us.
so much that is beyond our control. We can apply this
practice to our lives as well. In song,
Todd Herzog
Cantorial Soloist

SEPTEMBER ANNIVERSARIES

Jed & Lisa Cohen.................................... 5 yrs Chuck and Shari Warshaver .................36 yrs
Robert & Dorothy Braun-Cohen ............ 8 yrs Mark and Mary Schubert .....................37 yrs
Wendy Blum & Bruce Berey ................ 10 yrs Matt and Patty Lernor..........................38 yrs
Austin & Brian Wilt .............................. 11 yrs Mark and Barbara Stern....................... 38yrs
Rebecca & Adam Kramer..................... 13 yrs Joel & Linda Bramoweith .....................39 yrs
Aron & Kristy Ketchel .......................... 13 yrs Pnina Levine & Alan Gold.....................40 yrs
Daniel & Erica Openden ...................... 16 yrs Samuel & Judith Josephson .................41 yrs
Benee Hilton-Spiegel & Jay Spiegel ..... 16 yrs Frank and Willa Rae Rader ...................41 yrs
Neal & Jennifer Bookspan ................... 19 yrs Richard and Suzanne Swift...................44 yrs
Randall & Theresa Udelman ................ 20 yrs Paul & Deborah Miller .........................51 yrs
Marc & Susan Berkowitz ..................... 21 yrs James & Vivian Ullman.........................52 yrs
Howard Abrams & Jodie Labowitz....... 22 yrs Aaron & Diana Turk..............................59 yrs
Jeff & Laura Beraznik ........................... 25 yrs Erwin and Barbara Weinstein ..............60 yrs
Barry Krumholz and Carolyn Pettit ...... 27 yrs Jay & Lois Berman................................61 yrs
Mal and Jane Jozoff ............................. 28 yrs Freeman & Shirley Rosenblum.............63 yrs
Rob and Lisa Speck .............................. 28 yrs Joe and Rana Schwartz ........................68 yrs

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What’s New at The Solel Preschool? Eliana Ganz daughter of Michelle and

We have finished the first few weeks of school and the Craig Ganz, will become a bat mitzvah on
children are having a great time making new friends, Saturday, September 3, 2022
learning new concepts and just having a good time. Our at 10:30 am. Lauren attends
back to school parent meet and greet was a success! Our Ingleside Middle School and
parent organization planned a wonderful gathering of food enjoys playing soccer and
and conversation. It was the first of many activities doing dance. For her mitzvah
planned by our SPPA, Solel Preschool Parent Association. project, Eliana has been
These will help our parents connect with each other and volunteering at various
our school!
women’s shelters to provide assistance
We are enjoying being together for Havdalah, Tunes with and care to those in need!
Mr Todd and Friday morning Shabbat! Book Bubbe will be
joining us again this month and she is always a favorite Spencer Goldberg, son of Rebecca
visitor! We will be adding a new morning visitor this year.
Ms Judy will be bringing music and movement, Jammin’ and Adam Goldberg, will become a bar
with Judy! Our first Tot Shabbat of the year will be Friday, mitzvah on Saturday, September 10, 2022
September 2 nd at 4:30PM. Everyone is welcome to join
us! Our enrichments will be starting this month as well and at 10:30 am. Spencer attends
the children really enjoy these added activities. We will Phoenix Country Day School,
have Yoga with Ms Hollie, Little Scientists with Ms Erin, and has joined boys team
First Steps Sports with Mr Corey, Literacy Counts with Ms charity, which is a volunteer
Jill and Ms Sherri and Hebrew with Ms Alla. service group. He spent his
time over the summer serving
The Solel Preschool will be learning about Rosh Hashanah various local philanthropic
in this month. You may hear teachers in the preschool organizations and he plans to
greeting others with the blessing L’shanah tovah (say “le- continue volunteering with
sha-NAH to-Vah). We will be making New Year’s cards to BTC throughout the year.
send to our families. We will be eating challah bread and
apples dipped in honey. The challah will be made round Declan Travis son of Lori and Brent
shaped to symbolize the head of the year. Apple art
projects will be filling our classroom walls and the sound of Travis will become a bar mitzvah on
the Shofar will fill our halls as we ring in the New Year and Saturday, September 17, 2022
prepare for the year ahead. at 10:30 am. Everybody at
Temple Solel wishes a hearty
Mazal Tov to Declan! It is a
blessing to have you, your
siblings, and the entire Travis

family here with our wonderful
community in Paradise Valley!

Jewish Meditation
Tuesday, September 13 at 10am on Zoom

Elijah heard God in the still, small voice - 1 Kings 19:12

Linda Irish Sometimes we need silence and the opportunity to step
Solel Preschool Director back from our lives and observe what is going on deep
within us. Meditation provides us with the opportunity to
September Lunch and Learn Opportunities stop and Shma! –listen. Meditation has been a part of some
(12:00-1:00pm) people’s Jewish practice for centuries (perhaps millennia).
Today it is one spiritual practice available to us as Jews
Join us Wednesdays, September 7 and 21 for our Lunch that can help us in many ways.
and Learn. This month, Rabbi Stiel and Rabbi Linder will Rabbi Linder and Rabbi Stiel take turns leading this. They
share teaching intended to enhance and deepen our High offer a brief Jewish meditation teaching followed by a
Holy Days’ experience. Lunch and Learn is on the 1st and short meditation on the 2 nd and 4 th Tuesdays of each
3rd Wednesday of each month on Zoom. Our clergy and month. Those who do it, love it! So give it a try. To join us
special guests teach these classes. Save the dates, and for this 30 minutes of meditation, click on the Meditation
then see the weekly eNUZ for the registration link. link in the weekly eNUZ.

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A Message from Endowment years, give money every month or even donate money
when the mood strikes me. It does not have to be a large
Have you ever wondered what the difference was sum to make an impact. I always asked myself ‘why should
between endowment and donations? I give to the endowment fund when I already give to the
annual campaign and support other activities at the
Endowments are usually created for a specific purpose. Temple’? Well, I have been a member of Temple Solel for
Unlike charitable organizations which accept donations more than 35 years. While there have been Rabbis,
and operate using those funds, organizations with Cantors and Executive Directors I liked and others I was
endowment funds do not spend the donations themselves. not too fond of, I have always loved being a member of
Endowed funds invest the total amount of the financial gift Temple Solel.
and operate using the income on the invested funds. A
well-funded and properly administered endowment fund Temple Solel is not about who these leaders and staff are
only spends a portion of the income earned, while the as much as it is about the congregation and the members
remainder is added to the principal for growth. In this of the Temple. So, I decided that in order to ensure that
respect, an endowment is a perpetual gift. While looking Temple Solel remains “in business” so others can have a
up the definition of endowment, I read this: “An safe and friendly place to meet other kind and likeminded
endowment is a donation of money, stock, or property people, I needed to make a donation to the endowment
that is given to a non-profit organization, or the total fund. As we approach the High Holiday season, I would ask
assets that a nonprofit organization has invested. Usually, each member of the Temple Solel community to think
funds given to endowments are significant. An endowment about what they would like Temple Solel to look like not
may be used to fund capital improvements or build new just next year but in the years to come. Remember, this
buildings, or it may be used to fund special programs or place is about all of us and we need to make sure we have
ongoing expenses. Often people leave money for an a perpetual gift of the spirit of Temple Solel for the next
endowment in their will.” I had always thought an generations to enjoy. If you have questions, please feel
endowment fund was set up for people who had a free to contact any director of the Temple Solel
substantial amount of money to give. In my mind, only Endowment Foundation or Robert Siamon, President,
people with thousands of extra dollars gave to an Temple Solel Endowment Foundation at
endowment fund. I recently found out I was mistaken. I [email protected]
can give any amount of money to the Temple Solel
Endowment Fund in a yearly lump sum for a number of Mary Ann Bloom,
Temple Solel Endowment Foundation Member

High Holy Day Absence Letters

As students and adults get ready to miss school and work for the High Holy Days, we hope these letters will be
helpful samples for what you might want to communicate.

Dear Teacher, Please excuse my child from school on Monday, September 26 and
Wednesday, October 5. He/she will be attending worship services at Temple
Solel for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur on these days. These are two of the
most important days on the Jewish calendar, and it is customary for the Jewish
community to assemble together. I hope there will be no extra work assigned on
this day. Thanks for your understanding.

Dear Staff, Please excuse my absence on Monday, September 26 and Wednesday, October 5. I will be
attending worship services at Temple Solel for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur on these days. These are two of
the most important days on the Jewish calendar, and it is customary for the Jewish community to assemble
together. Thanks for your understanding.

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Starting Sunday, August 28 & going until Pizza in the Hut!
Rosh Hashanah!
Sunday, October 9, 2022
We are excited to be preparing for the new year at
Temple Solel! The best way to make sure you’ll have 6:00 pm Dinner and Services
a great next year is to be mindful of what you’re do-
ing and what you’ve done, that’s why we spend the Come enjoy the holiday of Sukkot in the
entire month of Elul reflecting on our lives in the Solel Sukkah, stay for pizza and fun!
Jewish tradition. Details to follow.

The clergy team has prepared an awesome month of
Elul, with a different reflection theme each week:

Week 1 (8/28-9/3)- Preparation: how should we gear
up for the year ahead?

Week 2 (9/4-9/10) - Waking Up: what things are re-
ally important to us?

Week 3 (9/11- 9/17)- Teshuvah: how can we return
to being our true, authentic selves?

Week 4 (9/18- 9/24) - Cheshbon HaNefesh: what is
working for me and what isn’t?

Keep an eye out for the eNUZ and Clergy Message in
your email, we’ll be sending updates and lessons for
the theme each week!

A Tree Grows

in Solel

The purchase of a leaf on Temple Solel’s
Tree of Life provides a special way to
commemorate a

life-cycle event, while at the same time
providing needed funds for our children’s

religious education. You have probably
noticed the inscribed leaves, each one

reminding us of a special Simchah or
thought celebrated by a temple member or

organization. These leaves can be
purchased for $180 each. All funds are
used to support various Temple Youth and

Education Programs.

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Greetings, Fellow Book Lovers! Men’s Group Happy Hour
Thanks to Gayle Pincus for leading our August zoom
discussion of The Last Kings of Shanghai: The Rival September Happy hour tba
Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern Chi-
na by Jonathan Kaufman. We will not meet in Sep- Stay tuned to eNUZ and the Friday Night
tember to prepare for the High Holidays. bulletin for information on where this event
Then on October 18 at 6:00 p.m. we will recon- will take place. Questions? Contact Steve
vene to discuss A Walker in the City by Alfred Slogoff at [email protected]
Kazin. In it, Kazin recalls his childhood in the
Brownsville section of Brooklyn with such tactile
specificity that readers, too, will smell "that good and
deep odor of lox, of salami, of herrings and half-sour
pickles" that emanated from the neighborhood push-
carts. His story is set in the working-class Jewish
community of New York City in the decade preced-
ing the Great Depression. Kazin eventually came to
understand that the roots he had been so anxious to
tear up were the source of his deepest identity.
Come November 15 we will try something complete-
ly new. Please think about your favorite or most influ-
ential Jewish book, and explain to the group what
makes the book compelling. Children's, novel, non-
fiction, foreign language books--whatever moved
you. This may be a good session for new people to
join just for a taste of book club.
On December 20 join us to talk about The Convert,
a novel by Dutch author Stefan Hertmans based on
an historical woman in the 11th century who left her
parents' home in France in pursuit of love and mar-
riage with a Jewish scholar, only to be buffeted by
the Crusades and other events of the time.
Upcoming book club dates: January 17, February
21, March 21, April 18 (tentative)
For more information or to be added or removed
from our mailing list, email us
at [email protected].
Happy reading!
Judy Schaffert

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Great first day of raker
religious school

Left: The Solel
Preschoolers are
mesmerized by the
joy and songs of tot
Shabbat!
Above: All the kids
on the Bimah for
the first day of
Raker Religious
School!
Right Page: The
Temple Solel
Engagement Fair– a
big thank you to all
our volunteers!

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Dear Raker Families, After a specific period of study, students were
subject to a public examination! It was a very
If you have been following a few simple service, no rituals!
of the articles I have written about Today, based on each Temples' ritual committee
continuing Jewish education and the Rabbi's input, Confirmation can be quite
beyond the Mitzvah year, then full of pageantry. The students wear white robes,
you will understand why I am bring a flower offering to the Bimah, participate in
writing about Confirmation, a dramatic readings and speeches, all illustrating
Reform originated ceremony for teens that is tied themes of dedication and commitment to
to the holiday of Shavuot. From the Reform Judaism. While confirmation was originated in
Judaism.org, I want to share some information Germany, the first Confirmation in America was
with you that will, I hope, influence your decision held at New York's Anshe Chesed Congregation
to have your student extend their Jewish in 1846. In 1927, the Central Conference of
education after their Mitzvah. American Rabbis (CCAR) recommended that
Confirmation, one of the "youngest" Jewish life Confirmation become a Reform movement-wide
cycle ceremonies, began less than two hundred practice.
years ago. According to this article, " What is Confirmation at Temple Solel is May 5, 2023! A
Confirmation?" Israel Jacobson, a wealthy wonderful service where our teens speak about
German businessman, built a new synagogue in their commitment to their Jewish community.
1810 and introduced a few new reforms, several Their words to us confirm that Judaism is alive
of which were considered quite radical. One, he and strong and that our teens are doing some
introduced mixed seating, two, the sound of an very good things to support Tikkun Olam.
organ and three, a new graduation ceremony, *RTC first event is September 14, 6:15 -7:45 at
Confirmation. Open to boys only, a separate Congregation Beth Israel. This event is for all 7-
Confirmation program for girls was introduced in 12 grade students from all of the Reform
1817, and in 1822 the first class of both boys and congregations in the Valley. See you there!
girls together was introduced. In 1831, Rabbi
Samuel Egers of Germany, decided to hold L’Shalom,
Confirmation on Shavuot, the festival of the giving Tobee
of the Torah on Mount Sinai, which is widely
accepted today.

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Contributions We appreciate the thoughtfulness of those who support Temple Solel by remembering and
honoring their friends and loved ones through their generous contributions.

2022-23 ANNUAL CAMPAIGN Sue Silvert. Temple Solel has lost a Edward Marcus from Cynthia
In memory of wonderful supporter from Marvin Marcus
Jeff Chapman. the mishlove family & Barbara Chassin. Esther Macey from Cynthia Marcus
are saddened to hear about the loss Sue Silvert from Milly Kaplan Sue Silvert from Francine Garner
of Jeff. Please accept our Sue Silvert from Robert Cohen & Ann Benderoff from Howard &
condolences from Lauren Mishlove Dorothy Braun-Cohen Paula Donsky
Sue Silvert from Steve & Terri Ann Robert Gelman from Stephen & Henry Donsky from Howard &
Greenberg Marilyn Strahl Paula Donsky
2022-23 ART @ SOLEL FUND Irving Koppelman from Jane Ash
In honor of 2022-23 DR. WILLARD Andy Seplow from Judith Seplow
our 58th anniversary from Frank & ABRAHAM MEMORIAL FUND Herbert Gold from Judy Gold,
Rebecca Weinberg In memory of Taylor Barron and Family
2022-23 CANTORIAL SOLOIST Dale Abraham from Harold & Geri Lipsman from Kathy
DISCRETIONARY FUND Andrea Lewkowitz Goldstein
In memory of 2022-23 ENDOWMENT FUND Sara Kanefsky from Mark & Karen
Sue Silvert and Arlene Bonime In appreciation of Kanefsky
from Sandra Harris Andy Abraham from David and David Rich from Perry Simons &
2022-23 CARING COMMUNITY Faith Boninger Melanie Rich
FUND In memory of Shepard Powell from Peter & Dana
In appreciation of Syndney Crossman from Avery Powell
all that Dottie Braun and her Crossman Frederick Schwartz from Peter &
committee has done for our Arlene Bonime from Kenneth & Dana Powell
daughter, Kim Barkov. She is a Barbara Love Charls Bolno from Phylis & Gary
gem to our temple from Sondra Sue Silvert from Susan Waldbaum Bolno
(Sandy) & Albert Barkov David Lanson’s engagement from Judee Sheehan from Saramae Teich
In honor of Susan Waldbaum family Gene R Cohen and Ida T Cohen
Tracy and Marc Schwimmer on the Arlene Bonime from Susan from Scott & Yoon Cohen
birth of grandson, Charlie Samuel Waldbaum Ana Lidia Sarak from The Piccione
Schwimmer from David & Faith 2022-23 GENERAL FUND Family
Boninger In memory of My father, Yefim Brigadier from
In memory of Morris Dickman from Barbara and
Jeff Chapman from David and Faith Marvin Chassin
Boninger
Joshua Bonime from Erica Bonime
Bea Duboe from Marshall & Lesley
Lustgarten

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Contributions We appreciate the thoughtfulness of those who support Temple Solel by remembering and
honoring their friends and loved ones through their generous contributions.

Yuri Sayapin & Ludmila Brigadier In memory of Don H Levy from Philip & Marilyn
Ira A Thomas from Ira & Susan Don Levy from Alan & Beverly Hawkes
Thomas Lavitt Donald Levy from Phylis & Gary
Esther Joseph from Larry & Fern Papa Don Levy. We love you from Bolno
Kane Alexandra, Zachary and Miles Don Levy from Robert & Eve
Bea Kane from Larry & Fern Kane Donald Levy from Barbara and Danoff
Dale Abraham from Marlene Ross Marvin Chassin Don Levy Sending our deepest
Charles Fuchs from Sandra Henry McFliker from Barrie & condolences to the entire extended
Mozenter Bellarri Adleman Levy family. May Don's
2022-23 JIM WAXENBERG Donald Herbert Levy from David memory always be for a blessing
YOUTH FUND and Faith Boninger from Sheldon & Beth Tauber
In memory of Donald Herbert Levy from Erica Donald H Levy. Sending our
Jeff Chapman. With sadness and Bonime thoughts and love from Steven
love from Alaine and Michael Brandwein & Jerald Underdahl
Mr Lynda K Stotsky from Lauren
Mishlove Don Levy I want to remember the Donald Levy from The Chavurah
Irvin Field from Marney Field life and love of Rabbi Linder's group
Jeff Chapman from Steven & Shari Father in Law, a dear man, friend, Donald Levy from The Wax Family
Cohen husband, father, grandfather and Jeff Chapman from Tim & Keri
Mr Jeff Chapman from Tyler & great-grandfather, Don Levy from Eckstein
Shana Abrahams Jamie Kaplan Don Levy. Sending love to you
2022-23 ONEG FUND Donald Levy from Jayme Meisel Nancy and the whole family from
In honor of Don Herbert Levy from Joel Todd and Kerry Herzog and Taylor
our 50th wedding anniversary from Nomkin & Betsy Grey
Phylis & Gary Bolno
2022-23 RABBI LINDER'S Your beloved father, Donald Levy Norman Krumholz and Benjamin
DISCRETIONARY FUND from Laura & Ronald Miller Binn from Eleanor Krumholz
In honor of
Edward Levy from Kenneth & Martin Jozoff and Robert E Jeff Chapman from Sinai Mortuary
Barbara Love Schlemmer from Malcolm & Jane 2022-23 RABBI STIEL
Jozoff DISCRETIONARY FUND
Jeff Chapman from Mark & Andrea In honor of
Podolsky Toba Chaya bat Chasa Freda from
Donald Herbert Levy from Nelson Neil & Peggy Trachtenberg
& Lisa Lerner In memory of
Eleanor Jean Lerner from Nelson A Harry Rosen from Martin & Rollie
Lerner Rosen

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Contributions (Cont’d)

Thank you Jeff Chapman from Stanley & 2022-23 SOLEL PRESCHOOL
for your wonderful blessings from Linda Burech FUND
Scott & Yoon Cohen
2022-23 RAKER RELIGIOUS 2022-23 SOCIAL ACTION In memory of
SCHOOL FAMILY PROMISE FUND David Miller from Andrew & Ann
In memory of In honor of Abraham
Dave Miller. Susann I am so sorry our grandson’s service in the I.D.F. David Miller from Irving & Esther
for your family...May you find from Frank & Rebecca Weinberg Kozinets
comfort in the days to come and In memory of Our brother, Gerald Wlody, from
may his memory forever be a Arlene Bonime from Phylis & Gary Sanford & Regina Wlody
blessing. Deepest sympathy, from Bolno
Allison and Jim Collins
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Yahrzeits

Kaddish will be recited on Erev Shabbat on the following dates:

September 9, 2022 September 30, 2022

Henry Eli Friedman Dolores Wilkins Eula Fister Grace S. Spencer Helene Zucker
Winkelman Rona Malofsky Rebecca Rudin Edith Kuschner Shirley Robert Joseph
Harriet Widland Sidney Edwards Hilda Henig Frank Levine Koppelman Ornstein
Max Wlody Terry Rick Fannye Kottle Isadore Rader Jan Ligerman Frieda Miller
Kathleen Solon Yetta Klein Louis Weistrich Lena Budd Dorothy Shefrin Samuel Sposeep

Alex Hamburg Myron Widland Clara Hanover William Warren Irving Schauer Frieda Miller
Yehuda Breslow Willard Wetterland Ada Bistrow Jerome W. Starr Alfred Cohen Elaine Howard
Milton Seligman Florence Kessler Jean Moss Milton Green Donald Samuel Sylvia Wall
Lucille Goldin Herbert Berman Gordon May Rose T. Starr Pine Stephen Victor
Ida Towbin Flora Milstein Irvin Bolno Gregg Alpert Anne Keller Rigberg
Ezabella Brigadir Bella Miller Hilda Gershman Stanley Bonime Edward Glazer Mark Donaldson
Helen Horowitz Edna Pindler John Washburn Rose Tucker Pauline Levine Louis Balon
Marvin Rosenberg

September 16, 2022 Our Temple Family

Jo Ann Jozoff Speck Rita Turkel Lee Deaths
Sarah Morris Spierer Walter Seligman Randy Newman, husband of Marcy Newman
Schwimmer Elmer Becker Yetta Perlmutter Barry Rosenblum, brother of Toby (Abbey) Goldberg
Norma Melny Max Evelyn Friedman Dennis Randall, brother of Marnee and brother-in-law of
Miriam Hass Hammerman Joyce Lederman Paul Solon

Elizabeth Greta Sharp Annette Strauss In Loving Memory
Moretsky Saul Barkov Mary S. Hersch Harry Robbins and Phyllis Robbins, mother and father of
Goldie Micay Maurice Marvin Armida Danoff Laurence Robbins
Diane Shotz Cohen Harold Blechman Susan Robbins, sister of Laurence Robbins
Barbara Daniel Razansky Lorin Rosenberg
Guggenheimmer Harold Jacobs William H. New Members
Celia Shatkin Josh Schacter Kessler Al and Eleanor Farkas
Linder Stanley John Harry Greenberg Anita Fishman
Gertrude Zweig Grant Stephen Jackson Anna Schiffman and Song Alexander Liu and son, Preston
Austin and Brian Wilt and children, Elliot, Bennett and The-
Charles Friedman Harold Morris odore
Janice Arlene Frances Nadler Benjamin and Jennifer Abelson and children, Gabriela, Eli-
ana and Samuel
September 23, 2022 Benjamin and Jennifer Sabraw and children, Naomi and
Lilah
Bernyce Sherman Pearl Chozen Philip Shelton Caryn Frank
Bonnie Olson Marie Mendel Klara Glaser Jeremy and Dawn Miles and children, Brody and Zoey
J. Allan Garner Maurice Klugman Lawrence J. Lyle and Jennifer Brauner and daughter, Stella
Rosalie Polakof Ed Benson Buchman Lewis Toporek and son, Edward
Harold Banen Leslie Zweiback Maureen Covinsky
Robert and Deborah Gordon
Dorie Rifkin Abraham Brust Rachel Stratton-Mills and Glenn Mills and daughter, Madi-
Martin Weiss Abraham Baum son
Irving Petshaft Ester Gietal Brust Dara Silverstein and Jonathan Cohen and children James,
Louis Klein Klara Glaser Leo and Lana
Martin A Weiner Beatrice Perlo Lewis and Vicki Miles
Louis Hyman James
Al Cohen Waxenberg
Morris Freedland Sadie Petshaft

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Gift Shop News

Our Gift Shop is one of the best-kept Rabbi John A. Linder [email protected] x.122 Rabbi
secrets in the valley. Come and see what Rabbi Debbie Stiel [email protected] x.131 Rabbi
we have to offer—items change with the Todd Herzog [email protected] x.136 Cantorial Soloist
Jewish holidays and seasons. Rabbi Maynard W. Bell Rabbi Emeritus
We have Bar and Bat Mitzvah presents,
amazing tallitot from Israel at different Executive Committee & Trustees
price points, and much more. Rae Rader ...............................................................................................................President
Don’t forget baby gifts, wedding presents Eve Danoff ....................................................................................Executive Vice President
and even a beautiful mezzuzah. We also Doreen Feldberg………………………………………………… Immediate Past President
have jewelry to meet your every want and Phil Hawkes........................................................................................................... Treasurer
need and lovely hostess gifts. Becky Lieberman ....................................................................... Vice President - Education
Leon Gavartin..........................................................Vice President - Facilities and Security
Return Policy Perry Simons .........................................................................Vice President - Development
Madelaine Berg ...................................................................... Vice President - Membership
The temple will cheerfully accept any
returns for store credit only. Trustees Risa Jacobson Laura Miller
Phylis Bolno Jennet Kirkpatrick
Torah Portions/Candle Dottie Braun-Cohen Becky Lieberman
Lighting Times Stephanie Cherny

September 2 Shofetim /6:34PM Administrative Staff
September 9 Ki Teitze /6:25PM
September 16 Ki Tavo/6:15PM Peter Pishko [email protected] x.124 Executive Director
September 23 Nitzavim /6:05PM Tobee Waxenberg [email protected] x.123 Director of Raker Rel. School
September 30 Va-Yelekh /5:56PM Noni Clark [email protected] x.125 Controller
Joan Giannini [email protected] x.127 Office Manager
Linda Irish [email protected] x.163 Preschool Director
Jackie Siamon [email protected] x.135 Preschool Assistamt Director
Sonya Placencia [email protected] x.135 Preschool Billing & Office Asst.
Alberto Mena [email protected] x.129 Facility Manager
Vojo Stanisic [email protected] x.129 Custodian
Mason Marks [email protected] x.121 Engagement Specialist
Jesse Edwards [email protected] x.120 Religious School Coordinator
Tara Marcussen [email protected] x. 126 Clergy Assistant

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interested in the work of the Foundation, please contact Foundation Board President Robert Siamon

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