The CMI Bulletin
OCTOBER 2023
More than a place - We’re a community
SERIES 108 No. 3
October
Tishrei - Cheshvan
Shabbat Services
Join your CMI community for Shabbat Services each Friday evening and Saturday mornings when we have a B’Mitzvah to celebrate!
SHABBAT SH’MINI ATZERET-SIMCHAT TORAH
Deuteronomy 33:1 - 34:12
Friday, October 6 6:00 p.m. Evening Service 7:30 p.m. Oneg
Saturday, October 7 10:30 a.m. Simchat Torah Service with Yizkor
SHABBAT NOACH
Genesis 6:9 - 11:32
Friday, October 20 5:30 p.m. Oneg 6:00 p.m. Evening Service
SHABBAT B’REISHIT
Genesis 1:1 - 6:8
Friday, October 13 5:30 p.m. Oneg 6:00 p.m. Evening Service
Saturday, October 14 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service Celebrating the Bat Mitzvah of Lisolette (Lilo) Gaul
SHABBAT LECH L’CHA
Genesis 12:1 - 17:27
Friday, October 27 5:30 p.m. Oneg 6:00 p.m. Evening Service 7:00 p.m. New Member Dinner
Saturday, October 28 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service Celebrating the Bar Mitzvah of Liev Frahm.
September: Dana Brozinsky, Julie Chevan, Phil Jacobs, Joel Jacobson, Howard Lurie, Dave Rodnick, Diane Rosen, & Alan Sturtz
October: Ivey Cooley, Sarah Greenblatt, Karen Kimball, & Alan Sturtz
TODAH RABAH MONTHLY SHABBAT GREETERS
Flowers & Oneg for Friday, October 13 & Saturday, October 14 are sponsored in honor of Lilo Gaul becoming a Bat Mitzvah with love from Jean & Greg Gaul and Grandma Elaine & Papa Bill.
To arrange for your sponsorship, contact Tamara at (203) 288-3877 or tepstein@cmihamden.org.
PULPIT FLOWERS & ONEG SPONSORSHIPS
Welcome New Members!
The Congregation extends a warm welcome to our newest members:
Kaleb Cahoon, Jeffrey & Susan Dorfman and children, Adina (8) & Samuel (4), Zach & Amy Korwin and children, Emily (6), & Ashley (3), Sam Raskin & Chrlotte Krontiris and children, Arthur (7) & Esther (1), Thomas & Jessica Spencer and children, Benjaimn (7), Jack (5) & Sadie (2), Michael Loewenberg & Patricia Willens.
TODAH RABAH Thank you to Rabbi Dennis Ross and Cantor Arthur Giglio for all of their hard work, committment and spiritually uplifting words and prayers. Thank you to Alex Forte leading the Young Family & Youth Service/Programs with Michelle Goldstein.
TODAH RABAH HIGH HOLIDAY GREETERS Michael Allen, David Astrachan, Tamar Braverman, Dana Brozinsky, David Chevan, Julie Chevan, Kamryn Cohen, Kim Cohen, Ivey Cooley, Bob Epstein, Tamara Epstein, Sarah Greenblatt, Nancy Horowitz, Steve Jacober, Joel Jacobson, Karen Kimball, Sarah Legassey, Richard & Marie Shaw, Alan Sturtz, Martha Weisbart, Sue Wildes
TODAH RABAH HIGH HOLIDAY BIMA SITTERS Peter Alpert, Cynthia Astmann, Dana Astmann, Karen Baar, Len Brin, David Chevan, Julie Chevan, Michael Dimenstein, Nancy Horowitz, Joan Lakin, Sue Millen, Hedda Rubenstein, Jim Serling, David Schaefer, Alan Sturtz, Sue Wildes
TODAH RABAH HIGH HOLIDAY PARTICIPANTS Candle Lighters: Michael Dimenstein & Hedda Rubenstein and Sarah Greenblatt Torah Readers: Aaron Singer, Corey Stone & Levi York Haftorah Readers: Max Hoffman, Matt Lupoli Shofar: Michael Braverman Organist/Music Director: Eric Trudel Choir: Dylan Armstrong, Louise Fauteaux, Pamela Frigo Johnson, Gene Stenger Cellist: Mariusz Skula Reflection Service Leaders: Stan Friedman & David Chevan Reflection Service Participants: Michele Abrams, Cynthia Astmann, Dana Astmann, Dana Brozinsky, David Chevan, Andrea Chorney, Stanley Friedman, Sarah Greenblatt, Max Hoffman, Mandi Jackson, Dalton King, Diane Orson, Leslie Redmond, Harold Shapiro, Marji Shapiro, Alan Sturtz, Patricia Vener-Saavedra, Jonathan Zabin, Seth Zabin Adult Study 1: Professor Shelly Kagan Adult Study 2: Karen Baar, Nancy Moss-Racusin, Beth Stenger & Nancy Yedlin.
LIVESTREAM, SOUND & AUDIO Thank you to Chad Breer for helping to have our new audio/visual systems run as smoothly as possible. Thank you to Michelle Goldstein for troubleshooting our livestreaming throughout all of the services during both Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
PULPIT FLOWERS, KIDDUSH, & BREAK FAST One of the nicest ways to honor a special occasion is to sponsor pulpit flowers or the oneg for services. Congregation Mishkan Israel is grateful to the following Sponsors: Rosh Hashanah: Flowers are sponsored by Jimmy Shure & by the Gans - Seidel Families. Kiddush is sponsored by Jimmy Shure. Yom Kippur: Flowers are sponsored by Jimmy Shure, the Gans - Seidel Families and Sarah Greenblatt in memory of her mother, Evelyn Greenblatt
Thank you so much for all those who so generously donated to our annual High Holy Day Food Drive! If you were unable to donate this year, you can still support those with food insecurity by donating to our Hunger Fund.
Life Is Delicious
One of our core values as a congregation is the care and uplifting of our broader community, lived through our long history of community service and activism. For over twenty years, the Life Is Delicious program has provided home-cooked, high quality meals to those who need them. As many of you know, Life Is Delicious has had a long standing relationship with the Columbus House Shelter in New Haven, particularly in the winter months where extraordinary need requires them to open an emergency overflow shelter. One Sunday every month, Life Is Delicious cooks a meal at CMI and serves it at the shelter. We also cook and serve meals when Columbus House sends 12 men to various churches and synagogues in the New Haven area as part of the Abraham’s Tent program. Sadly, all of that came to a halt during COVID. Columbus House suspended all its volunteer programs. Abraham’s Tent was cancelled two years in a row. Now, after three years, we are restarting the vital work of Life Is Delicious in our beautiful, newly-renovated kitchen.
During the time Life Is Delicious was suspended, many of its active volunteers moved, left for college, or have drifted away. So, as we renew ourselves for this season, please help us in renewing this valuable program, so central to our identify as a congregation. All are welcome to volunteer – we’ve had participants from 5 to 90, families, singles, the young and the old. You do not need to know how to cook as there are plenty of ways to help aside from cooking. It is always a great time for a great cause. If you are interested in getting involved, please contact Aaron Singer or Peter Alpert.
Mazel Tov to our Newest B’Mitzvah
Lieselotte (Lilo) Gaul October 14, 2023 Daughter of Madeline Ravich & Scott Gaul
Liev Frahm October 28,2023 Son of Ellery & Penny Frahm
2023-2024 Chai Holy Day Campaign
Thank you to everybody who has already donated to the Chai Holy Days campaign! These generous unrestricted contributions will allow CMI to address some of the financial challenges our congregation has faced. We are grateful to all who help ensure that CMI stays strong now and well into the future.
Below are gifts that we received at the time of press.
DOUBLE TORAH Roz & Jerry Meyer Shirley Scholder David Silverstone
DOUBLE CHAI James Horwitz & Sandra Allison Hedda Rubenstein & Michael Dimenstein
TORAH John & Frances Gordon Judith Hahn Robert & Ruth Lesser
CHAI Dr. Irwin Braverman Rabbi Herb & Elin Brockman Stuart & Hedy Bush Letty & Floyd Caplan David & Julie Chevan Stanley & Roberta Friedman Tamar Gendler & Zoltan Szabo Laura Goldblum Sarah B. Greenblatt John & Susan Hoffmann Bill & Nancy Horowitz Priscilla Jencks Ira & Marsha Moses William & Elaine Ravich Jeremy Schwartz & Tracy Rabin Aaron Singer & Elizabeth Caspe Richard & Marie Shaw Judith & Mark Sklarz Alan & June Sturtz
ADDITIONAL GIFTS:
Astmann Family Barnett - DiBenigno Family Phyllis Bausher
Richard & Alice Baxter David Berkowitz & Anne Watkins Elaine Blumenthal
Ivey Cooley James Cohen & Frances DeToro Matthew & Michele Cohen
Jack Crane
Rochelle Cummings David & Stacey Eldredge Len & Stephanie Farber Jack & Harriet Fast The Finkel Family
Leah Glaser & Stephen Amerman Saul & Sonya Goldberg Martin Gordon
Neil & Marlene Greenberg
Herbert Hershenson
Allan Hillman & Penny Marcus
Robert Homer & Susan Fishbein Alvin Klevorick & Susan Bender Wendy Kohli & Philip Bennett Meir & Barbara Kryger Ruth Lambert & Henry Harrison Howard Lurie Barbara Marcus
Nancy Moss-Racusin
Shirley Pripstein
Marilyn Rittner
Diane Rosen Karen Scholder
ADDITIONAL GIFTS CONT’D Joan Shapiro & Luther Turmelle Ana Sirota Rabbi Howard Sommer & Dr. Linda Waldman Rabbi Steven & Caryl Steinberg Jeanne Steiner & Will Rosenblatt Cheryl Tenin Bertrand & Martha Weisbart Marian Wexler Randy Wingate & Tanya Bilchik
CMI EVENTS
Celebrate a JEDI (Jewish Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion) Sukkot
Thursday, October 5 from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Eli Whitney Museum & Workshop, 15 Whitney Ave, Hamden
Come join with the greater New Haven Jewish community to celebrate Sukkot and help us build a more cohesive and inclusive Jewish community. CMI is one of the co-sponsors of this JEDI Sukkot, coordinated by the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven. Children’s activities will be run by PJ Library and Kosher food will be served. Join us in the Sukkah with the lulav and etrog, and around the campfire, as we come together to appreciate the beautiful diversity of our community. This event is free and open to the community. Please register in advance.
Wednesday, October 4 at 12:00 p.m Join us for the CMI Book Club to discuss the novel, All Other Nights, by Dara Horn. It was published in 2010, and received excellent reviews. Bring some lunch, and we will provide tea and water. Please share this information with anyone else you know at CMI who might be interested. For a brief synopsis and more information about the author, visit our website.
Simchat Torah
Simchat Torah Service Friday, October 6 at 6:00 p.m., Oneg at 7:30 p.m. Join us as we unroll the ENTIRE TORAH and dance and sing to celebrate Simchat Torah! Raise your voices and show off your ruach with lots of singing and a wonderful sense of community! We look forward to seeing you on one of the most joyous evenings of the year!
Simchat Torah Service w/Yizkor Saturday, October 7 at 10:30 a.m. Congregation Mishkan Israel’s Simchat Torah service with Yizkor as we celebrate and also remember our loved ones. Services begin at 10:30 a.m. and will be offered in person and online through livestream.
CMI’s Rosh Chodesh Circle Returns!
Sunday, October 15, the 13th of Tishrei at 7:00 p.m. Hebrew for “head of the month” – Rosh Chodesh is the monthly holiday that celebrates the arrival of the new moon, marking the start of a new month in the Jewish calendar. In biblical times, Rosh Chodesh was a day of festive meals and refraining from doing business. Later, it became a special holiday for women.
Our intergenerational group provides for female identifying and non-binary individuals thirteen and older a place to meet, form bonds, find meaningful ways to worship and contribute to our community through discussion, song, poetry, storytelling, art, dance, and food. Our programs are themed, based on the interests of group members.
Join us! New members of all ages encouraged! To RSVP or if you have any questions, contact Michele Abrams.
Saturday, October 21, 2023 From 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The CMI Brotherhood of Men & Women (BMW) is pleased to announce that registration is open for the 2023 Deli & Trivia Night! As is our tradition, dinner will include corned beef, pastrami, turkey and sandwich fixings. Sides to be served include cole slaw, potato salad and green salad. We will be offering eggplant parmesan as a vegetarian option. Thank you to Katz’s Deli of Amity, CT for providing our wonderful deli meal.
This year, we are offering lower prices for both children and adults. Please be sure to register in advance.
We hope you will join us for this delicious and entertaining event!
5:30 pm Musical entertainment by William Bartlett Quartet
6:00 pm Havdalah Service
6:15 pm Buffet Dinner
7:00 pm Trivia Contest
(Contest will include 5 rounds: Jewish History, Jewish Culture, Israel, and religion. Each table of 8 participants will be a team for the Trivia Contest. Winning groups will receive gift certificates).
Please register onlline in advance or print a registration form and mail it in with your payment to:
CMI, Attn: Brotherhood, 785 Ridge Road, Hamden, CT 06517.
An Evening of New Beginnings - Celebrating New Members
Friday, October 27 5:30 p.m. Oneg 6:00 p.m. Service 7:00 p.m. New Member Dinner All Congregation Mishkan Israel members are invited to welcome and honor those congregants who have joined our synagogue in the past year. Come to celebrate and show our new members how vibrant our community is!
Please RSVP by October 20 with your dinner reservation.
All New Members are our complimentary guests - New Members should RSVP by emailing Tamara Epstein or calling her at the office at 203-288-3877.
SOCIAL JUSTICE
MLK MURAL - Town of Hamden MLK39 Mural depicts individuals tied to CMI
The Town of Hamden unveiled its MLK39 mural honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as part of the town’s 2023 Juneteenth celebration. The mural, one of 39 being mounted in communities across Connecticut, now graces the Dixwell Avenue facing wall of Hamden’s Miller library.Designed by the very talented mural artist Emida Roller, it depicts both historic and current trailblazing individuals from Hamden along with Dr. King. In the mural, Dr. King is shown standing side by side withRabbi Robert Goldburg from Congregation Mishkan Israel (CMI). Their images come directly from a photo of the two men that appeared in the New Haven Register following King's historic visit to CMI in October 1961. Scott Jackson, Hamden’s first African American Mayor and current CMI member is also recognized in the mural.
CMI was one of the supporting organizations for the mural project; our members donated to the matching fund campaign, attended the community paint days, and Nancy Yedlin and Mara Balk, from CMI, sat on the town of Hamden MLK39 muralsteering committee.
More than 125 people attended the unveiling of the mural, including CMI members, public officials, individuals, friends, families and descendants of thosedepicted in the mural. RiseUp for Arts and the Town of Hamden’s Arts and Culture department leaders spearheaded the efforts of the many community members who worked together to bring the mural and the unveiling event to fruition.
CMI Rabbi Emeritus Herbert Brockman, was one of the honored speakers at the event remindingall who gathered to "pay tribute to the legacy of Dr King and his presence here in Hamden. In 1961, Dr King came to Congregation Mishkan Israel to dedicate the new sanctuary in the spirit of brotherhood and allyship which he and Rabbi Goldburgshared inthose early years of the struggle for civil rights. Rabbi Goldburg saw in Dr King the ancient prophetic spirit our Rabbi endeavored to bring to his congregation and through him, down to us today. We hope and pray that we continue to be worthy of their legacy."
To learn more about the MLK39 Racial Equity Mural Tour and its other sites in Connecticut, go to https://www.theriseupgroup.org/mlk39.
Here is a great short video from WTNH TV from the Juneteenth event when the mural was officially unveiled.
Civil Right Journey
Congregation Mishkan Israel is sponsoring a "Civil Rights Journey," Thursday, February 15 through Sunday, February 18, 2024, and I hope you can join us!
I've led this trip several times in the past and am excited by the response at CMI. With the support and participation of CMI's Confronting Racism team, we will be touring Atlanta, Montgomery, Selma, and Birmingham in an educational program that sees the civil rights struggles from a Jewish perspective and meets with those who were personally involved. Please visit Etgar 36 , our tour organizer, and see the attached itinerary for information about sites, accommodations, meals and more for what promises to be an enjoyable, moving, and memorable educational experience. I hope you will come with us.
A deposit of $300 is required to reserve your space. Your deposit will be fully refundable until November 1, after which a cancellation fee or loss of full payment will apply. We urge you to consider buying travel insurance to protect yourself in case of the unforeseen. Please register early because space is limited to one bus.
All participants will be asked to make their own flight arrangements to/from Atlanta, whether traveling from Hartford, New York or elsewhere. I, and participating members of Confronting Racism, will likely be on the same flight, timed for Atlanta bus pickup. Once our flights are booked, we will let you know the details so that you can make your own arrangements. If you cannot meet us at our designated time, in Atlanta, probably by 8 PM Thursday, February 15, you will have to take a cab or Uber, etc., at your own expense to meet us at our first hotel outside of Atlanta. We are considering a bus or car pool from the Temple to the departure airport.
Information about pricing is below, with more information to follow. Prices include bus, hotels, meals from Friday breakfast through Sunday breakfast, admissions and program. It does not include airfare, bus driver tip, Thursday dinner or Sunday lunch.
The final pricing will be based on our final number of participants but the range is approximately:
$1,095 to $1,265 per person for 2 in a room
Single supplement of $295
3 in a room brings $60 off per person
4 in a room brings $90 off per person
Our preliminary search shows flights from NYC at about $225 and Hartford at about $425. We recognize that some participants will fly from other cities and some will want to use frequent flyer programs. We will have more flight details as soon as possible.
Please make your reservation.
We are excited about the trip and hope you will join us. Please reach out to me at RabbiRoss@CMIHamden.org with any questions.
JCARR - REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT
As we celebrate the beginning of the year 5784, we also celebrate the beginning of JCARR’s ninth year. What better way to begin the year than by welcoming our ninth family?
If you aren’t yet familiar with JCARR, here are the basics. The Jewish Community Alliance for Refugee Resettlement (JCARR) is a partnership of six New Haven-area synagogues and the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven. The six synagogues are CMI, Temple Emanuel, B’nai Jacob, Congregation Or Shalom, BEKI, and Temple Beth David. We are a co-sponsor for Integrated Refugee and Immigration Services (IRIS), Connecticut’s principal refugee resettlement agency. Since its inception, we have sponsored eight families from various countries, including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Syria, Iraq, Angola, Afghanistan, and Ukraine. Each family has a unique story and different strengths and needs.
What does it take to resettle a family? Imagine arriving in a new country, not speaking the language, having no job, having left behind everything familiar. JCARR volunteers assist recent refugee and immigrant family members in accessing community resources to address their needs for housing, language acquisition, formal education, transportation, social service support, healthcare, religious affiliation, and employment - building self-sufficiency in the community.
What does that look like? It means ensuring we are financially secure and finding an apartment - which is always tricky because we don’t yet know how many family members will be in a referral we accept. The apartment will be furnished with the basics. Volunteers quickly enroll adults in ESL classes and children in school. People learn to speak, read, and write English. Health needs are addressed. Skills such as taking the bus, paying bills, making doctor’s appointments, grocery shopping, and using a computer are taught. Generally, work skills are assessed within six months, and employment opportunities are found. We build on each family’s unique interests and strengths as we help them move toward independence.
If you want to learn more, please get in touch with either Susan Millen or Lina Lawall.
We greatly appreciate your generous donations! Your support enables us to do what we do: help refugees access and navigate the resources that will empower them to build their lives in our community.
To make an online donation, go to https://jewishnewhaven.org/refugee-resettlement/give. Online donations go directly into JCARR's bank account. You can also send checks payable to The Jewish Federation, with JCARR in the memo line, to The Jewish Federation, 360 Amity Road, Woodbridge, 06525. Attention: Jennifer Zuppe.
American Judaism faces many challenges in the coming decades. This was highlighted at Mishkan Israel during discussions that occurred as we transition to a new rabbi. Other Jewish organizations are facing similar issues. Affiliation with synagogues, changing demographics, the changing meaning of Zionism and antisemitism are challenging issues. In these discussions, questions were asked like “Does the history of Judaism in America have lessons for us as we move forward?”
As a result of these discussions, members of CMI and the CMI Brotherhood of Men and Women initiated discussions with other organizations to explore these issues. The outcome is a collaboration of CMI, the Jewish Historical Society, the Jewish Federation and Temple Beth Sholom. Meetings in the spring and summer to discuss possible approaches for exploring these issues culminated in a submission of a proposal for an adult education course.
The series will involve four sessions on Sunday mornings spread throughout the year. Sessions will be two hours from 10 a.m. to noon with leading experts on the four pivotal issues mentioned above.Each session will address these overarching questions:
a. What can we learn from history that helps us strengthen American Jewish life?
b. What can we learn that strengthens the Jewish community going forward?
c. What are the issues that unite us and divide us? What are the commonalities and differences in our thinking within the Jewish community?
d. What are the areas for collaboration across institutions that would strengthen American Jewish life?
The four sessions are:
November 19 Evolution of the American Synagogue
Leader- Rabbi Dan Judson, Provost, Hebrew College, Newton, MA
January 28 Interfaith Families and the Implications for Judaism
Leader-Dr. Samir Mehta, Director of Jewish Studies at the University of Colorado. Currently, Visiting Faculty, Harvard Divinity School.
March 10 Modern Antisemitism-What is different? What are implications for Judaism?
Leader- Dr. LiramKoblentz-Stenzler-Senior Researcher and Head of the Global Far Right Extremism Desk at the Institute for Counter-Terrorism at Reichman University, Visiting Lecturer at Yale University.
April 7 Zionism in America- Jewish Identity and Israel
Leader- Dr. Joshua Shanes- Director of the Arnold Center for Israel Studies and Associate Director of the Jewish Studies Program at the College of Charleston, South Carolina
Two sessions will be held at CMI and two sessions at Temple Beth Sholom, 1809 Whitney Avenue in Hamden. Registration for the four-part series will begin in mid-October. For more information contact Larry Schaefer.
This program has been made possible through generous support from the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven.
MEETING THE MOMENT: What the Jewish Past Teaches About the Future
Yahrzeits
* In perpetual memory
Louis Aronson Albert L. Bolton Walter Terry Breslav, Jr. Harry Bromberg * Richard Byer Anthony R. Cannon * Arthur Caplan Louis Cohen * Gary Eager William Eisner * Ronald Ferguson * Dorothy Freedman Frederick J. Geisinger * Samuel Gingold * Nancy Goldenberg Leila Gompertz Arthur Jerome Grove Caroline Schoenberger Hahn Lena Heller Barbara R. Hershenson * Jack Kaplan Benny Kerber Mabel R. Klebanoff * Ruth Kliger * Merwin M. Krevit * Barbara Kupferberg * Larry Laycob Lee Leventhal Alice MacDonald Peter Ellis Mendelsohn * Richard Louis Moore Charles Naden Julius L. Popowich * Helen Rich Frank J. Schaefer Sarah (Sockie) Schaefer Judy Schatten Sol S. Scholder * Anita Lutchin Schreff Benjamin Sklaver Judge David W. Skolnick Jennie Stern Charlotte Styles * Nathan Sussman Lilyan J. Ullman * Sylvia Ullman * William Wallack * Irene Warnk Jane Wysolmerski Beverly Zakar Julius Zanker Marc Zimmerman
October 6
Clara Shafer Adams * Norman Andrews Joseph Arovas * M. Frederick Batter * Vitta Berger * Samuel Berger * Virginia H. Bruson * Fred Cleiff Bess Cohen Yvette Eder Meyer Eisenberg Abraham A. Fisher * Mary Fribush Sigmund Gallert Abraham Glick Aaron Goldburg * Milton Greenberg Edith Sylvia Pinto Hallo * Sharon Chasin Frankel Hoxley Rachel Jacobs * Edward Kasper Jerome Saul Klein Dorothy Fuchs Koskoff * Joseph M. Koufman Dr. William Mendelsohn * Fanny Milles * Bessie Milner Robert Naden Eleanor Ominsky Samuel Polsky * Betty Puklin Alexander Rosenthal Arthur M. Ross, Sr. * Rose "Yayer" Rundback * Richard Schwartz Judith Schwartz Miriam Setlow William H. Silver * Greta Simon * Lionel Sirkin Isabel Stitelman Joseph H. Ullman II * Abraham Zuckerman Clifford Zundell
October 13
In Memory of
Larry Bausher
Rita Alpert * Vivienne L. Bassett * Steven Beck David B. Bershtein * Mr. Jordan Braverman Jay Brown Barbara Bruson Burns * Dorothy Cassin Steven Cohen Jessica Miller Craig Lucie Dale Irving Eisen Rosalie Fagelson Pearl Karmasin * Dr. Bernard Leon Kartin * Louis Lapides * Vivian Berman Lewis * Mariluz C. Mermelstein * Saul S. Milles, M.D. * Vivian Milstone * Mortimer J. Newman * Emma Newman * Nathan Rosenthal Anna Schwarzchild * Herbert Setlow Ethel Ullman Silverman Gertrude Steckerl Abdul D. Steinbach * Kate Sturtz Rachel Sugenheimer * Miriam Lee Tropp Frank Unger * Flora Rosenthal Weil * Mina Wolfe * Nancy Woodbridge Felicia Zanker-Masucci
October 20
Herman Alpert * Irving Bachman Max L. Baker Myrna Baskin Elihu Berke * Florence Berkowitz * Birdie C. Berman * Jay Bovilsky Ursule Felix Cahn * Benjamin H. Carroll Ada Cohen Norman Field Ray Goldberg William Goodkind Sherman Arnold Goodman * Michael Hankin Lester L. Hershman * Leonard Hillman Rose Kabatznick * Herbert P. Karlsruher * Fanny Kern * Linda Kohn Melvin Kosowsky * Abraham Kosowsky John E. Loeb Samantha Lauren Mack Edward C. Millen * Belle Shirley Moscovitz Hoang Thi Nga * Mae S. Perlin * Emil Mark Polski Jennie M. Rosenbluth * Maurice H. Rudnick * Robert Ruth * Michael Jay Schaefer Abraham Shiffrin Serafima Sorochan Miriam Pagter Spear * Louis Spodick Bernard A. Steinbach * Bertha M. Thalheimer August Weil * Gerald Yudkin Samuel H. Yudkin *
October 27
Amy J. Barry on the loss of her mother, Charlotte M. Jay Phyllis Bausher on the loss of her husband, Larry Bausher Tamar Braverman on the loss of her mother, Eva Ranon
In Sympathy to
Recent Donations
“…who donates much to charity becomes the richer for it…”
Zohar, iii, 110b
TARGET AREAS - immediate use funds General Fund Phyllis Bausher in memory of Sydney Bruskin Stuart & Hedy Bush in memory of LEWIS BUSH Len & Stephanie Farber in memory of SYDNEY SOLOMON The Hahn Family in memory of DR. RICHARD SHELLING Ruth Koizim in memory of FANNIE GOLDFARB Lina Lawall & Larry Schaefer in memory of AUGUSTA LAWALL Howard Lurie in memory of JOSEPH HOZER Stuart Margolis in honor of DR. DAVID E. SILVERSTONE Marian Montano & Chuck Spatz in memory of IRVING SPATZ, D.D.S. Nancy Moss Racusin in memory of MS. SHIRLEY RACUSIN Linda Prosco in memory of RHODA KORFF The Rashba Family in memory of HARRIET RASHBA Joel & Lorraine Roseman in memory of SADIE ROSEMAN Hedda Rubenstein & Michael Dimenstein in memory of RELLA RUBENSTEIN Jimmy Shure & Patty Bray in memory of RUTHANN BECKERMAN Susan Skolnick in memory of HON. DAVID W. SKOLNICK Dr. Linda Waldman & Rabbi Howard Sommer in memory of JUNE WALDMAN
Building Fund Judy Naden in memory of CHARLES NADEN
Hunger Fund Irma Bachman in memory of SONIA BROWN Liza Comita & Simon Queenborough for the HHD Food Drive Frederick Rosen in memory of LARRY BAUSHER
Social Action Fund Judith Naden in memory of FRANK GOLDSMITH Judith Naden in memory of SUSAN R. JACOBSON (wife of Joel Jacobson)
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THE CONGREGATION MISHKAN ISRAEL BULLETIN
October 2023 Series 108 No. 3
THE CONGREGATION MISHKAN ISRAEL
785 Ridge Road, Hamden, CT 06517
Phone: (203) 288-3877 Fax: (203) 248-2148
http://cmihamden.org
Rabbi Dennis Ross x236 rabbiross@cmihamden.org
Rabbi Emeritus Herbert N. Brockman, Ph.D. D.D. x238 cmirabbi@cmihamden.org
Cantor Arthur Giglio x244 cantorg@cmihamden.org
Steven Jacober, Executive Director x241 sjacober@cmihamden.org
Michelle Goldstein, Religious School Director x237 mgoldstein@cmihamden.org
Jennifer Verrier, Early Childhood Director x246 jverrier@cmihamden.org
David E. Silverstone, President president@cmihamden.org