In This Issue
A Garage Sale Thank You!.
Cemetery Beautification Update
37th Carrot Festival a Huge Success!
Yahrzeits
Donations
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October 2015 e-Newsletter 
We apologize for the delay in sending this October e-Newsletter.  We have decided to make this a "thank you" issue, which includes articles about our recent garage sale, Carrot Festival and the ongoing cemetery beautification fundraising campaign.  October's yahrzeits are included, as well as the listing of donations that were received in August.  Our November e-Newsletter will be out soon!
A Garage Sale Thank You!
By Arleen Brilliant, Ris� Routenberg and Sharon Wohl

As co-chairs of the garage sale that was held on September 6 and 7, we want to thank all of our members who donated their treasures, as well as everyone who worked so hard to make it successful. 

Thank you to our volunteers, including:  Susan Axelrod, Linda Birnby, Olga Borodulin, Mike & Rachelle Brilliant, Naomi Bristol, Jill Bucinell, Hillary Fink, Randy and Rob Fox, Ruth Fraster, Ellin Friedman, Andy Gavens, Edith Kliman, Howard Kohn, Bos, Daniel & Ari Korevaar, Bette Kraut, Judy Kraut, Sam Lefkowitz, Fran Madison, Arlene Mendelson, Richard & Lois Mendelson, Anita Merims, Barbara & Alan Miller, Beth Nevins, Gary Reich, Larry Routenberg, Alice Rubenfeld, Judith Ruthberg, Marilyn Sofer, Roberta Steiner, Ruth Talmon, Barbara Wasser, Sylvia Winer, Allison, Mitchell and Howard Wohl, Linda Woodward-Stein, and Ann Zonderman.  

Thank you to our staff - Barbara, Jack, Jim and Tio - for their support.
A special thanks to the Men's Club for schlepping up the racks and hangers from the basement, and to Howard Wohl for returning them at the end of the sale.

Thanks also to everyone who brought in and sorted their donations. Sorting donations when you drop them off is a tremendous help.  Together, our hard work earned about $4,000.


Cemetery Beautification Update
 
The following article comes from remarks made during Rosh Hashanah services by Mark and Jeffrey Handelman, co-chairs of the cemetery beautification fundraising committee.
 
Shanah Tova!  Nearly everyone here has a loved one, close friend or congregant they knew well who is buried in the sacred ground of the Agudat Achim cemetery in Rotterdam.
Two years ago the synagogue's Board of Trustees approved the demolition of the chapel that had stood in the cemetery for many years. Years of disuse, neglect and vandalism took its toll on the structure.  At the time, Eric Moses spearheaded a fundraising effort to fund the first phase of the cemetery beautification project.

A beautification committee, chaired by Don Steiner, worked diligently with architect Mike Roth to design plans for a meditation garden where the chapel once stood.  The plans were approved by the Board of Trustees, and a contractor was selected after a competitive bidding process.

We are co-chairing a major fundraising initiative to complete the meditation garden and other cemetery beautification projects. To date, we have approximately $200,000 donated toward a goal of $500,000.

Other projects to be funded include:
    • Installation of an interfaith burial section
    • Resurfacing of all walkways in the cemetery
    • New perimeter fencing and repairs to the gates
    • Replacement of perimeter trees
    • Improved lighting & security
Today we are not here to solicit the congregation, but to bring you up to speed on progress at the cemetery.  When the time comes, we ask that you dig deep and make a truly meaningful pledge to the Agudat Achim cemetery beautification and restoration campaign.  

We are very excited to announce that we recently received word of a challenge donation.  If we raise $400,000 in our cemetery campaign, a donor has promised to fund the final $100,000.  If you know anyone with loved ones buried in the cemetery but who is no longer affiliated with our congregation who might want to participate in our fundraising endeavor, please provide us or the synagogue office with their contact information.  Thank you very much.  We look forward to continuing this fundraising endeavor with your support.
 
Thank you to all who have contributed to this very important fundraising campaign so far.  Click here to see photos of progress that has already been made at the cemetery.

Renovation of our Cemetery has Begun!
by Allan Pearlman

The first phase of the renovation will consist of an expansion of the existing cemetery, creation of an interfaith section and the construction of a meditation garden. The expansion of the grave sites has already been completed while the meditation garden will be completed in early November. Further improvements to cemetery will include road paving, new fencing, the addition of benches and new hedges. These improvements will be made as soon as fundraising efforts are completed. 

To see a copy of the fundraising brochure click here


 37th Carrot Festival a Huge Success!
By Hillary Fink
 
Our 37th annual Carrot Festival was held on October 11, and I want to take this opportunity to thank all of you for your support in making it the success that it was!  Whether you were on the committee, you shopped and/or schlepped, you cooked and/or baked, you helped with set-up on Saturday night, you volunteered on the day of the Festival, or you came to the Festival with your family and friends - anything that you did to contribute to our success is greatly appreciated.
 
While I would love to list each volunteer who helped at any given time, I don't want to risk leaving a name off the list.  Please know that all your efforts are greatly appreciated!  I would, however, like to single out the committee, who works tirelessly throughout the year.  Kudos to:  Jill Bucinell, Steve Cohen, Randy Fox, Sara Gavens, Aviva Hallenstein, Anita Merims, Jack Mintzer, Howie Mittleman, Ris� Routenberg, Jackie Rowen, Linda Shapiro, Sharon Wohl and Linda Woodward-Stein.
 
To celebrate our fabulous day, please join us for our annual Carrot Festival Shabbat on November 7.  In addition to honoring all of our volunteers, the annual Carrot Award will be presented.  Please save the date!
 
I hope that you enjoyed the great articles and photos that appeared on the front page in The Jewish World (October 15) and the Daily Gazette (October 12). Please click here for photos and feel free to share photos that you took on our Facebook page or by e-mailing them to Jack.
The Leora Judaica Gift Shop is having a once-in-a-lifetime clearance sale.  

All merchandise is 50% off the marked price, with the following exceptions:  mezuzah scrolls and new merchandise are full price

 All candles are 30% off the marked price.



As You Like It Kosher Catering

is currently taking bookings for your special event!

More Catering Photos here

 Please contact Ellen Daviero at asyoulikeit@nycap.rr.com 

or call the synagogue office at 393-9211 to lock in your date!

October Yahrzeits
 
October 1 -2
Abraham Davidovitz, Helen Wohl, Anne Ronen Berkov, Philip Anikstein
 
October 3 - 9
Tillie Hausler, Muriel Yablon, Esther Soffer, Dr. Eugene Moses, Shirley Flecker, Seymour Olin, Harry Soffer, Ida Belik, Basia Zugman, Eli Backer, Henry Cohen, Abraham Fein
 
October 10 - 16
Pauline Soffer, Lorraine Joel, Samuel Levy, Harry Fink, William Bristol, Frieda Rosner, Murray Gelwarg, Frances Chapman, Virginia Hyndman, Florence Greenberg, Cecile Vigo, Rivka Magarik, Mark Nevins, Ichiel Kraicer,  Ida Rubins, Hannah Berkov, Eli Rudnick 
 
October 17 - 23
Sarah Feldman, Leonard Friedman, A. Frances Fine, Irene Heskes, Claire Jarrett, 
Herman Elson, Sara Ritterband, Louise Naiman, Mary Takiff, Edward Shapiro, David Simon, Dorothy Bell, Sidney Snyder
 
October 24 - 31
Irving Hertzendorf, Meyer Lefkowitz, Herbert Luft, Sara Feiner, Lazarus Goodheim, Blanche Moses, Harry Happ, Nathan Fein, Semen Lirtsman, Harold Mickelson, Harris Toll, Joseph Finkelstein, Faye Davis, Katie Spiegel


candles burning
We gratefully acknowledge the donations that were made during the month of August.

August Donations

ADULT EDUCATION FUND
In memory of Ann Posner
        Charlotte Saunders
                                   
ALAN WESTHEIMER EDUCATION IN ISRAEL FUND
In memory of a very special person, Ann Posner
        Ruth Fraster
In memory of Ann Posner
        Lois & Dick Mendelson
                                   
ANITA MERIMS FUND
In memory of Solomon Rosenberg
        Valentina & Yefim Khirge
                                   
BIBLICAL GARDEN
In memory of Ann Posner
        Diana & Michael Gelfand
        Josie Kivort
In memory of David Takiff
        Edith Takiff
In memory of Gladys Gordon
        Lois & Dick Mendelson
In memory of Philip Brandes
        Sylvia & Herb Winer
        Jane Kintz
                                   
CEMETERY RENOVATION PROJECT
In honor of Ellen & Eric Kerness receiving the Robert J. Ludwig Community Service Award
        Alice Rubenfeld
In honor of Kimberly Rubenfeld's birthday
        Alice Rubenfeld
In memory of Andrea Packer's mother, Harriet Finkle
        Alice Rubenfeld
In memory of Ann Posner
        Sam Lefkowitz
        Alice Rubenfeld
        Patricia Seftel
In memory of Donald Adelson
        Joan & Gary Adelson
In memory of Inda Posner
        Alan Posner
In memory of our mother & grandmother, Anna Seftel
        Patricia Seftel & family
In memory of Philip Brandes
        Sam Lefkowitz
        Alice Rubenfeld
                                   
GENERAL FUND
Thank you to Karen Pearlman and the Lunch Bunch for the luncheon for Joshua's Aufruf
        Deborah, Jay, Joshua & Paula Yablon
In appreciation
        Marla Allentoff
In honor of Arlene Mendelson's Special Birthday
        Sally Moise & Bud Kleppel
In honor of Bobbie & Mark Moses 50th Wedding Anniversary
        Julia Eddy & Dan Mayer
In honor of Joshua & Lindsay Yablon's marriage
        Este & Sam Sylvetsky
        Randy & Robert Fox
        Deborah, Jay, Joshua & Paula Yablon
In honor of Mitchell & Allison Wohl's marriage
        Bette & Stuart Kraut
In honor of Rachel Schmidt's Bat Mitzvah
        Barbara & Alan Miller
In memory of Aleksandr Gampel
        Nelly & Vladimir Spigel
        Randy & Robert Fox
In memory of Andrea Packer's mother, Harriet Finkle
        Nelly & Vladimir Spigel
        Marilyn & Clifford Elson
        Randy & Robert Fox
        Barby & Stan Harris
In memory of Ann Posner
        Randy & Robert Fox
        Ris� & Larry Routenberg
        Fran Madison
        Barby & Stan Harris
        Murray Weissman
        Sally Moise & Bud Kleppel
        Polly & Al Schwartz
        Marilyn & Clifford Elson
        JoAnn & Walter Krefetz
        Ms. Joanne Seltzer
In memory of Ber ben Leiba Yuda Borodulin
        Zinaida & Yuriy Borodulin
In memory of Carole Cohen
        Polly & Al Schwartz
        Ann & Paul Zonderman
In memory of Gladys Gordon
        Julia Eddy & Dan Mayer
        Marilyn & Clifford Elson
In memory of Jean Wertlieb
        Ellen Wertlieb & Martin Greenberg
In memory of Jim Greenblott
        Ms. Joanne Seltzer
In memory of my boyhood friend, Philip Brandes
        Hershel Graubart
In memory of my grandfather, Aleksandr Gampel
        Oleg Shapiro
In memory of my mother, Anne Gerson
        Adrienne Klein
In memory of my parents and brother
        Jay & Lois Miller
In memory of our good friend Bill Goldstein
        Sally Moise & Bud Kleppel
In memory of our good friend, Barbara Ganek
        Sally Moise & Bud Kleppel
In memory of Philip Brandes
        Randy & Robert Fox
        Marilyn & Clifford Elson
In memory of Ruth Gelfand
        Diana & Michael Gelfand
In memory of William Fine
        Aileen Woolf Fine
                                   
HEALTH/ACCESSIBILITY FUND
In memory of Andrea Packer's mother, Harriet Finkle
        Kathy & Carl Englebardt
In memory of Ann Posner
        Sylvia & Herb Winer
In memory of Carole Cohen
        Kathy & Carl Englebardt
In memory of Gladys Gordon
        Kathy & Carl Englebardt
                                   
JUDAICA FUND
In memory of Charlotte Mollen
        Alice & Richard Toll
In memory of Elayne Terry Miller
        Barbara & Alan Miller
In memory of Loretta Ann Miller
        Barbara & Alan Miller
 
LAURA SCHEINZEIT CEMETERY BEAUTIFICATION FUND
In memory of Carole Cohen
        Lois & Dick Mendelson
In memory of Philip Brandes
        Pola & Imek Metzger
In memory of Sam Scheinzeit
        Jules Scheinzeit
In memory of Samuel Young
        Carole & Robert Feinberg
                                   
MICHAEL HANDELMAN FUND
In memory of Philip Brandes
        Kathy & Carl Englebardt
                                   
PRAGER MUSIC FUND
In memory of Ann Posner
        Margo & Jim Strosberg
        Evelyn & Gerhard Salinger
        Monika & Bob Woll
In memory of Solomon Tepper
        Alice Buff Tepper
                                   
PRAYER BOOK FUND
In memory of Harry Oshinsky
        Natalie & Bob Oshins
In memory of Frieda Ostinsky
        Natalie & Bob Oshins
In memory of my beloved husband, Melvyn Behn
        Anita Behn
In memory of my beloved father, Abraham Chaim Davidovitz
        Anita Behn
In memory of my beloved mother, Rose Barsuk Davidovitz
        Anita Behn
                                   
RABBI'S DISCRETIONARY FUND
In honor of Rabbi Ted officiating at Joshua & Lindsay's wedding
        Deborah, Jay, Joshua & Paula Yablon
Get well wishes to Ari
        Sally Moise & Bud Kleppel
With gratitude for our grandson's successful surgery and healing
        Kathy & Carl Englebardt
In memory of Ann Posner
        Leslie Wilder & Joyce Rhubin
In memory of Gladys Gordon
        Ann & Paul Zonderman
In memory of Stacey Beth King
        Lewis King
In memory of Victor Rosenthal
        Phyllis & Arnold Ritterband
                                   
RELIGIOUS SCHOOL DISCRETIONARY FUND
In memory of Jack Mintzer's Aunt, Irma Mintzer
        Barby & Stan Harris
                                   
REYUT
In honor of Reyut for their compassion during the shiva period for our grandmother, Mrs. Gladys Gordon
        Eric & Gilah Moses
                                   
SADIE SCHNEIDER ROSH CHODESH LEARNING FUND
In honor of Sunday Morning Minyan
        Nadine Bloom
In memory of Eva Hershenhorn Johnson
        Leslie Wilder & Joyce Rhubin
 
SARA & IRVING HANDELMAN MEMORIAL FUND
In memory of Philip Brandes
        Barby & Stan Harris
        Sally Moise & Bud Kleppel
        Monika & Bob Woll
                                   
YOUTH ACTIVITIES FUND
In honor of Rachel Schmidt's Bat Mitzvah
        Lois & Dick Mendelson
In memory of Ann Posner
        Bobbie & Mark Moses
In memory of Harriet Finkle
        Bobbie & Mark Moses


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