 Or Chadash Newsletter June 2013
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OC Summer Schedule
as of June 1, 2013
Please check the website for updates and changes.
(A Shabbat pool-party, visits to Stockton Market and Dilly's,
Lambertville Fireworks, and more still to be scheduled.)
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Friday, June 7
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6 PM
| Kabbalat Shabbat Service
with Rabbi Forman and Student Cantor Kathy Gohr | | Saturday, June 8 | 10 AM | Bar Mitzvah of Josh Witzling | | | 5 PM | B'not Mitzvah of Brenna and Samantha Kahle | Tuesday, June 11
Friday, June 14 | 7:30 PM |
Annual Meeting
Celebrate Shabbat with family and friends -
No service at Or Chadash
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Friday, June 21
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Celebrate Shabbat with family and friends -
No service at Or Chadash
| | Saturday, June 22 | 9 AM |
OC Bikes: Meet for Breakfast @ Skylands Airport
Bike ride to Stockton. Details to follow.
| | Friday, June 28 | 6 PM |
Kabbalat Shabbat Service at Or Chadash
| | Sunday, June 30 | Time TBD |
Hava Nagila exhibit @ Jewish History Museum in NYC.
Look for more info soon.
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Celebrate Shabbat with family and friends -
No service at Or Chadash
| | Friday, July 12 |
6 PM
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Kabbalat Shabbat Service
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Friday, July 19
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Celebrate Shabbat with family and friends -
No service at Or Chadash
| | Sunday, July 21 | 9 AM | OC Hikes: Hike with us at a Hunterdon County Park.
Look for more info soon. | | Friday, July 26 | 6 PM |
Kabbalat Shabbat Service @ Deer Path Park
Weather Permitting.
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Celebrate Shabbat with family and friends -
No service at Or Chadash
| | Friday, August 9 | 6 PM |
Kabbalat Shabbat Service @ OC
(Or it will be our Deer Path Park Rain Date)
| | Saturday, August 10 | 9AM |
OC Bikes: Meet for Breakfast @ Skylands Airport
Bike ride to Stockton, then to the Peach Festival
Or Meet us at the Peach Festival @ Manoff Farms in PA.
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Celebrate Shabbat with family and friends -
No service at Or Chadash
| | Friday, August 23 | 6 PM |
Kabbalat Shabbat Service - OC Reads.
Look for details on Book Selection.
| | Friday, August 30 | |
Celebrate Shabbat with family and friends -
No service at Or Chadash
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Shabbat and Holiday
Service Schedule
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June 7: 6:00 PM
Kabbalat Shabbat Service June 8: 10:00 AM Bar Mitzvah - Josh Witzling June 8: 10:00 AM B'not Mitzvah - Brenna and Samantha Kahle June 14: No Services
June 21: No Services
June 28: 6:00 PM
Kabbalat Shabbat Service
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| Important Dates to Remember |
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Saturday, June 22 - 9:00 AM - Bike ride to Stockton
Sunday, June 30 - Visit Hava Nagila exhibit @ Jewish History Museum in NYC. Details coming soon.
Friday, July 26 6:00 PM - Kabbalat Shabbat @ Deer Path Park
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Hava Nagila Exhibit Visit
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 The Hava Nagila: A Song for the People uses engaging imagery, video, music, and imaginative design to tell the little-known history of the wordless melody from Ukraine that became the theme song for Jewish celebrations around the world. The exhibition traces the song's hundred-year journey from a shtetl in Eastern Europe, to communities of early Jewish settlers to Palestine, to the banquet halls of America where it remains a centerpiece of both communal memory and popular culture.
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Kup O' Joe
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Caffeinated Conversations  ....with Rabbi Forman.
Kup O' Joe takes a coffee break for the summer. We look forward to sharing a cup with you again in the fall.
*Kup is Yiddush for Head/Mind
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| Donations | | |
Mishloach Manot
Mike & Lisa Tauscher
General Contribution
Bernard & Carol Miller
In Memory Of N. Sherbet, Samuel, Florence & Fanny Miller
Victor Sloan & Sandra Gong
School & Mitzvah Day Supplies
Sanctuary Chair Fund
Phillip & Carrie Freed
In Memory Of Anne Shapiro Sieglaub
Educ Enrichment Fund
Bruce & Betsy Zalaznick
In Memory Of Catherine Peckman
Bruce & Betsy Zalaznick
In Memory Of Frank Ricigliano
Rabbi's Discretionary Fund
Jeff & Christine Berg
Thank You for Teaching
Allen & Salena Kern
Chesed (Caring) Fund
David & Katherine Moutner
In Memory Of Anita Moutner
Oneg Fund
Adam & Audrey Belkin
In Honor Of our son Jared becoming a Bar Mitzvah April, 17 2013
25th Anniversary
George Eckelmann & Jane Engel
John Graybeal & Laura Senator
Trustee Circle
Louis & Caryn Speizer
Gerald & Ronda Starr
In Honor Of Max Altshuler becoming a Bar Mitzvah
Marc & Caryn Tomljanovich
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Upcoming Yahrzeits
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June 7
Arthur Horowitz
father of Cindy Stoter
Sylvia Horowitz
mother of Cindy Stoter
Patricia (Whelan) Albert
ex-wife of Myles Albert
Lillian Magid
aunt of Bruce Zalaznick
Ann Gorin
grandmother of Debbie Weiss
Isidor Soodik
stepfather of Harvey Gold
Ethel Pearl
aunt of David Moutner
Ted Pytlar
father of Ted Pytlar
June 14 (to be read June 28)
Minnie Singer
aunt of Harvey Gold
Richard E. Ingram
husband of Susan Ingram and father of Andrea Harvey
June 21 (to be read June 28)
Selma Simon Ingram
mother-in-law of Susan Ingram and grandmother of Andrea Harvey
Boris Rabiner
grandfather of Betsy Zalaznick
Rose Rabiner
grandmother of Betsy Zalaznick
Eileen Gong Weiner
sister of Sandra Gong
June 28
Irving Senator
grandfather of Laura Senator
Leonard Weil
grandfather of Paul Weil
July 5 (to be read July 12)
Paul Adelman
grandfather of Laura Senator
Marcus Leon
grandfather of Betsy Zalaznick
Harold Smith
husband of Connie Smith
July 12
Ilmari Bernard Erkkila
father of Craig Erkkila
Morton Garb
father of Lori Blutfield
Sarah Winter Lerman
loved one of David & Isabel Mahalick
Diane Sigel
mother of Meridith Sigel-Willey
Joe Zalaznick
grandfather of Bruce Zalaznick
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25th Anniversary Donations
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Or Chadash gratefully acknowledges the generous donations to the 25th Anniversary Fund received to date from:
Larry & Beatrice Abrams
Kurt & Susan Blaicher
Tim & Miriam Blanke
Ira & Estelle Breines
Jeff & Christine Berg
Jeffrey D. Charney
George Eckelmann & Jane Engel
Rabbi Joseph M. Forman
Harvey Gold Evelyne Hersch Mark & Jessica Hodkinson Estelle Katcher
Robert & Shirl Levy
Darren & Elizabeth Loew
Stephen & Diana Propper
Rick & Jill Rosenthal Joseph & Carolyn Sansevere John & Toby Sarinick
John Graybeal & Laura Senator
Stephen Sinoway & Beth Golden
Victor Sloan & Sandra Gong
Louis & Caryn Speizer
Gerald & Ronda Starr
Marc & Caryn Tomljanovich
Paul & Meredith Weil
Ross & Susan Weinick
Gary & Deb Weiss
Richard Willey & Meridith Sigel-Willey
Mark & Kristina Witzling
Bruce & Betsy Zalaznick
Eric & Naomi Zwerling
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| Jewish Family Services | | |
JFS is a non-profit, non-sectarian social service agency whose mission is to preserve and strengthen the quality of individual, family and community life based on Jewish values. We provide our services to a diverse socio-economic client population that includes individuals, children, young adults, families and the elderly.
Click here for information on additional services.
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| Meals On Wheels | |
Meals on Wheels needs volunteer drivers in our area. Serve your homebound senior neighbors a hot noontime meal. The commitment to drive is only once a month. It will take only an hour or two once a month to get that good feeling of giving. Call our office at (908)284-0735 to offer your time or for more information (and/or check out our website at mowih.org). Help us, help others. Many thanks.
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Rabbi's Message
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Dear Members of our Or Chadash Community,
This week marks my 20th year in the rabbinate. Since I began my career as a young(er!) rabbi at Keneseth Israel in Elkins Park, PA, not only has the Jewish world changed, the rabbinate has, as well, along with it. That photo you see of me to the right -- in a suit and tie! - was my daily dress. I would never leave the house without a pen and upon arriving at the office or back home, I would discover who had sent me (snail) mail or had left a phone message for me. Answering complex or esoteric questions about Judaism sometimes required a visit to the local Jewish library or a phone call to a knowledgeable colleague. Communicating with the community meant writing a Bulletin article perhaps two months before it would arrive at your doorstep or mailbox. There would be snow on the ground when I would need to write about the spring flowers of the Passover season.
How much has changed! And yet, there are many aspects of my rabbinate that are a constant. One of them is the role that community plays in creating a congregation. As Brian Williams noted in his commencement address last week at Elon University: "We call our online world a community, but that's just to make us feel better," Williams said. "It's not -- this is. People to your right and left with hopes and dreams and fears."
We often see our new Jewish world as an online community. And there are great benefits to that -- this e-Newsletter is a wonderful example. But the real community is found only when we are in the presence of one another.
In response to our recent Survey on Summer Services, we created the schedule you see above. It has more activities and earlier service times. In Pirkei Avot 3:3 it states: "If two people sit and share words of Torah, the Divine Presence rests between them." As we begin our summer schedule and series of OC Summer Fun Activities, I hope you will make time to join us -- to join YOUR community -- and share words of Torah, of ideas learned, of sorrows unburdened, and of joys shared.
Shalom,
Rabbi Joseph M. Foman
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President's Message
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 This month brings my transition to the role of Immediate Past President, a role I graciously accept making way for Caryn Tomljanovich, and I want to thank everyone for their assistance, input, and passion over the last two years. Of the many ways serving as president has enriched my life, perhaps the most meaningful is seeing firsthand that each of us has something to contribute to make Or Chadash the special place that it is and that there is such satisfaction when we do.
As president, I have always been mindful of Or Chadash's mission: to offer a "caring and inclusive congregation that prays together, builds Jewish community through acts of Tikkun Olam, shares life's events and provides education for all ages." It is a deserving mouthful. As I reflect on this past year, I feel that we touched each component of the mission statement many times in many ways, and I'm proud of our accomplishments. From Holiday Services to Sandy relief, from Confirmation to Step Up For Israel, the list of activities goes on and on. I can take credit for some stuff, but much of the credit - and the thanks - goes to Rabbi Joe, Cantor Kathy and Betsy Zalaznick for their extraordinary efforts.
Our Annual Meeting is coming up on June 11th. We have several Officers and Trustees stepping down, and I would like to recognize them for their years of dedicated service. Steve Sinoway, Bob Levy, Darren Loew, and Ross Weinick have each made invaluable contributions to the life of our temple, and they have my enduring thanks for their leadership and hard work. We also have members taking on new positions. At the Annual Meeting, we will welcome Kristina Witzling as 1st Vice President and Gerry Jones, Michele Korfin, Laura Senator, and Sandra Gong as Trustees. I know Laura, Michele, and Gerry will be welcome additions to leadership, and everyone appreciates Sandra's and Kristina's continued efforts.
I hope you have a wonderful transition from spring to summer, and I look forward to seeing you at Or Chadash on Tuesday, June 11 at 7:30 PM and over the summer at services.
Jeff Berg
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In Our Community
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Refuah Sh'leima (Get well) to...
Eileen Berkelhammer
Muriel Trambert
Todah Rabbah...
We want to express a warm thank you to everyone who volunteered for Mitzvah day.
Mazel Tov...
We wish Ben Atkinson and Faith Fuhrman Mazel Tov for their wedding which was held May 18.
In order to help us be a more caring community, please share your lifecycle events with Rabbi Forman.
Feel free to click on a hyperlink to send a note and let someone know you are thinking about them.
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Mitzvah Day
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Thanks to all of our volunteers, Mitzvah Day was a huge success!
Click here for more information and pictures.
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Confirmation
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| Mazel Tov Graduates! | | |
Mazel Tov to all of our graduates.
We wish you well on all of your future endeavors.
We like sharing milestones and have tried to include everyone.
If your name is missing, please let us know.
High School Graduates
| | High School | College | | Jake Altshuler | Hunterdon Central
High School | Rutgers University | | Taylor Beckman | Hunterdon Central High School | Muhlenberg College | | Rachel Brodsky |
Somerville High
School
| The College of New Jersey | | Mitchell Blutfield | Hunterdon Central High School | University of Virginia | | Daniel Drill | Somerville High
School | Ithaca College | | Zachary Hann | Voorhees High
School | The Julliard School | | Jeremy Levine | Hunterdon Central High School | Franklin and Marshal | | Erika Lewy | Hunterdon Central High School | University of
North Carolina Chapel Hill | | Matthew Zwerling | Hunterdon Central High School | University of Florida |
College Graduates - Alyssa Becker
Bucknell University
Jack Beers
Drew University
Michelle Coriell
Washington and Lee University
David Eckelmann
Lafayette College
Jon Erkkila
Lawrence University
Jon Kurlansik
Rutgers University
Daniel Weinick
Rutgers University
Emily Weinick
Gettysburg College
Jon Zalaznick
Cornell University
Graduate Degrees Amanda Moutner
Cornell University, Masters in Archaelogy |
| Religious School | | Our Religious School classes perform a Mitzvah each year by collecting Tzeddakah money for worthy organizations. Here are some of the organizations supported by each class.
K/1st Grade
Teacher: Victor Sloan
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Jewish Family Service is a not for profit, non-sectarial social service agency
whose purpose is to preserve and
strengthen the qualtiy of individual,
family and community life based on
Jewish values.
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Nothing But Nets is a global, grassroots campaign to raise awareness and
funding to fight malaria, a leading cause of death among children in Africa.
Nothing But Nets provides everyone--
students to CEOs, bishops to basketball players--the opportunity to join the fight against malaria by giving $10 to send a net and save a life.
| 2nd Grade
Teacher: Andy Stein
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Pencils of Promise is a non-profit
organization that builds schools and
increases educational opportunities in
the developing world. Pencils of Promise believes every child should have access to quality education. It creates schools, programs, and global communities
around the common goal of education
for all. It has school-building operations in Laos, Nicaragua, Guatemala, and
Ghana
| 3rd Grade
Teacher:Andrea Weinberg |
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Heifer International's work is to end
hunger and poverty and care for the
earth by giving families a hand-up, not
just a hand-out.
Heifer empowers people to turn hunger
and poverty into self-reliance and hope.
The donation from our third grade
purchased honeybees, a trio of rabbits, a flock of chicks, and a goat!
| 4th Grade
Teacher: Kate Metelitsa |
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Maccabi USA endeavors, through
sports, to perpetuate and preserve the
American Jewish community be
encouraging Jewish pride, strengthening Jewish bonds and by creating a
heightened awareness of Israel and
Jewish identity. The volunteer
organizatino seeks to enrich the lives of Jewish youth in the United States, Israel and the Disapora through athletic,
cultural and educational programs. Our
fourth grade is sponsoring an athlete
participate in the Maccabi Games. Ari
Epstein, a recent graduate of University of Chicago will be competing in the
triathalon, with plans to attend medical
school in 2014. Read all about Ari here. | 5th/6th Grades
Rabbi Jonathan Gerard |
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| Jewish Helping Hands is committed to
the work of tzedakah, justice and
righteousness in the world. Its goal is to reach out to needy and vulnerable
populations both in the United States
adn abroad to provide ground-level
financial and hands-on-support.
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The Jewish Federation of Somerset, Hunterdon and Warren Counties works to
enrich the quality of Jewish life in our
tri-county area by bringing comfort and
hope to the vulnerable and by investing
in programs that build Jewish
knowledge, identity, and community --
ensuring the next generation of Jews.
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| discussion/class voting will conclude in September 2013
| 7th Grade
Rabbi Joe Forman |
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| Israel Religious Action Center.
The public and legal advocacy arm of
the Reform Movement in Israel, IRAC
was founded in 1987 with the goals of advancing pluralism in Israeli society and defending the freedoms of conscience, faith, and religion. Today IRAC is the preeminent civil and human rights organization in Israel focusing on the issues of religion and state and is the leading Jewish organization that advocates on behalf of a broadly inclusive Israeli democracy, infusing social justice advocacy with the spiritual energy and humane worldview of Progressive Judaism.
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| Or Chadash In The News | | Confirmation in the news!
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Bar Mitzvah - Josh Witzling
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 Joshua Witzling will become a Bar Mitzvah on June 8, 2013. He is the son of Mark and Kristina Witzling of Raritan Township. Josh is in the seventh grade at J.P. Case Middle School, where his favorite subject is science. Josh has been dancing at Premiere Dance of Flemington for 8 years and competes on the award-winning Legacy National Dance Team. He dances hip-hop, jazz, tap, and lyrical. Josh enjoyed learning about his Torah portion, Korach, which tells the story of Korach's challenge to Moses and Aaron's leadership of the Jewish people. For his Bar Mitzvah project, Josh has been providing bagged-lunches for Elijah's Promise Soup Kitchen, and birthday packs for the Flemington Food Pantry. He is looking forward to celebrating his Bar Mitzvah with his family, friends, and teammates.
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Bat Mitzvah - Brenna Kahle
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On June 8th Brenna Kahle will become a Bat Mitzvah. She is the daughter of Robert and Annette Kahle. Brenna has three sisters, Jordan, Megan and Samantha. Brenna goes to Readington Middle School and is in the sixth grade. She enjoys spending time outside, baking, playing the violin, and reading. Her Torah portion, Chukat, is about learning to appreciate the things God has given you. For instance, God gives you food and water to survive. Brenna has taken on a huge challenge with her Mitzvah project. She has drafted the help of family and friends to collect at least 180 caps. There are several people including Brenna, knitting and crocheting chemo and preemie caps. These caps will be donated to hospitals that can use them the most. Brenna is working hard on her prayers and confidence for her Bat Mitzvah.
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Bat Mitzvah - Samantha Kahle
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Samantha Kahle will become a Bat Mitzvah on June 8th. She is the daughter of Robert and Annette Kahle. Samantha has three older sisters, Jordan, Megan and Brenna. She is in the sixth grade at Readington Middle School. Sam loves to bake, cook, play with her IPod, read and be outside. Her Torah portion, Chukat, shares the lessons God has taught Aaron and Moses. One example is don't take credit for something you didn't do. Samantha is lucky enough to have plenty of help with her Mitzvah project. She and several other people are knitting and crocheting preemie and chemo caps. The Rabbi has given her and her twin sister a goal of 180 caps to donate. It is a pleasure listening to Sam prepare for her Bat Mitzvah.
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