The CMI Bulletin
More than a place - We’re a community
OCTOBER 2024
SERIES 109 No. 2
Shana Tova!
Happy New Year!
May your new year be full of peace and happiness
Shabbat & Holiday Services
Join your CMI community for Shabbat Services each Friday evening and Saturday mornings when we have a B’Mitzvah to celebrate!
EREV YOM KIPPUR
Friday, October 11 8:00 p.m. Kol Nidre Service COMPLETE SCHEDULE OF HIGH HOLY DAY SERVICES ARE LISTED FURTHER DOWN IN THE BULLETIN
Reserving Friday Night Honors
It is a custom to invite congregants who are observing a yahrzeit, a milestone birthday or milestone anniversary to lead the blessings at Shabbat Services. The honors are to light the Shabbat candles at the beginning of the service or to recite the kiddush and motzi (prayers for the wine & bread) at the end of services. If you will be observing a milestone simcha or yahrzeit in the weeks ahead and would like to lead one of these blessings on the Friday night of that week, please contact Allan Hillman.
THE CONGREGATION EXTENDS A WARM WELCOME TO
Kenneth Braffman Susan Engelhardt Adam & Phoebe Roth Jeffrey Saerys-Foy & Thea Cooper Saerys and their daughter, Flora
TODAH RABAH SHABBAT WELCOME TEAM
Thank you to our October greeters:
Kim Braun, Julie Chevan, Ivey Cooley, Sarah Greenblatt, Joel Jacobson, Howard Lurie, Diane Rosen, Richard & Marie Shaw, Cliff & True Wolff
High Holy Day Schedule
Selichot Community Program and Service Saturday, September 28, 7:00 pm at Temple Beth David, 3 Main Street, Cheshire
Memorial Service - held at the CMI Cemetery, 701 Whalley Ave., New Haven Sunday, October 6, 1:00 pm
ROSH HASHANAH
Wednesday, October 2 8:00 pm Traditional Service
Thursday, October 3 9:15 am Young Family Service 10:00 am Morning Service 10:30 am Youth Program/Service 2:00 pm Family Service
Friday, October 4 10:30 am 2nd Day Rosh Hashanah Congregational Service 12:30 pm Tashlich at the Bridge behind Eli Whitney Museum, 915 Whitney Ave., Hamden
YOM KIPPUR
Friday, October 11 8:00 pm Kol Nidre Service
Ssaturday, October 12 9:15 am Young Family Service 10:00 am Morning Service 10:30 am Youth Program/Service 12:30 pm Reflection Service 2:00 pm Adult Study with Prof. Shelly Kagan 2:00 pm Family Service 3:00 pm Adult Study with Confronting Racism 3:30 pm Afternoon Service 5:15 pm Yizkor (Memorial) 6:00 pm Ne’ilah/Havdalah
SIMCHAT TORAH Wednesday, October 23 6:00 pm Simchat Torah Service
Thursday, October 24 10:30 am Simchat Torah with Yizkor Services
PULPIT FLOWERS, KIDDUSH & BREAK FAST SPONSORSHIPS
One of the nicest ways to honor a special occasion is to sponsor pulpit flowers and Kiddush/oneg for services. Congregation Mishkan Israel is grateful to the following Sponsors
Rosh Hashanah flowers & kiddush are sponsored by Jimmy Shure. Yom Kippur flowers & Break Fast are sponsored by Sarah Greenblatt in memory of her mother, Evelyn Greenblatt. Flowers for all High Holy Days are sponsored yearly in memory of Dr. and Mrs. Louis R. Gans, Dr. Alan Gans and Audrey Gans Saidel.
To arrange for a sponsorship, contact Tamara at (203) 288-3877 or tepstein@cmihamden.org.
SUKKOT Thursday, October 17 10:30 am Sukkot Service Friday, October 18 4:30 p.m. Arts & Appetizers 6:00 p.m. Family Service
A Message From Rabbi Schaefer
It’s October and the holidays are finally here! I’ve been looking forward to Rosh Hashanah and celebrating the High Holy Days with Mishkan Israel for a long time. It’s a special time of year as family members return, friends join us, and we welcome the new year together in our beautiful sanctuary.
October will be filled with many of our most significant and meaningful holidays - Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, and Simchat Torah. This year, we also mark the first anniversary of October 7th and the brutal attack on Israel. With continued war and suffering in the Middle East, there has been little space to breathe, let alone heal this year. How can we hold our grief over the loss and tragedy and also embrace the spirit of these holidays?
Not by expecting the grief to lessen, but by finding ways to increase our hope, sense of connection, and joy. While the Days of Awe can feel heavy and reflective, the whole season is meant to inspire rebirth and renewal. We conclude with our most joyous holidays - Sukkot - the fall harvest festival and Simchat Torah - where we sing and dance and celebrate the renewal of Torah by finishing one cycle of reading and immediately beginning the next.
May these holidays of reflection, rebirth, and renewal bring about the change that we wish to see in the world and usher in a new day of hope and peace for all.
L’shana tovah u’metukah - May it be a sweet and meaningful new year for us all,
Rabbi Daniel Schaefer
A Message From Cantor Giglio
This year will be my 16th High Holy Days as your Cantor and although I may be getting older (just a bit), the High Holy Days are only getting better. There are many reasons why they are called the Days of Awe but for your Cantor the awe is in the music. There are so many profound texts and themes during these holidays, but what makes them so special are how the prayers are set so beautifully to music. Kol Nidre, Avinu Malkeinu, Sh’ma Koleinu, just to mention a few. I cannot wait to feel the waves of inspiration that comes over me during these Days and pass them on to you. The benefit of years of experience has brought me to a very special place and once again, I will endeavor to inspire our congregation with the awe and grandeur of our great Jewish Composers. Rabbi Schaefer along with myself are filled with anticipation to celebrate these High Holy Days with you, our community.
Come and feel the Hope!
The High Holy Days do not end but move right into one of the Shalosh Regalim or the three pilgrimage festivals. This one being Sukkot or the Festival of Booths. We celebrate the joy of the harvest and sit in our beautiful Sukkah that is decorated by your children during Religious School. Yet, it does not end there! We culminate this most special time of year with Simchat Torah. We have finished reading the Torah and we begin anew. We re-energize, regenerate and we start all over again. We are all interconnected. All of creation is a re-creation. In our tenuous time of climate change, it is so important to observe and celebrate these holidays. They make us conscious of the very fabric of our existence, a very fragile thing. The Sages did not frivolously pick these observances and we cannot take them for granted. Join us as we celebrate these very essences of our lives. Through them, we are blessed to share this floating blue orb of God’s creation!
In closing, I want to make a shout out for any talented musicians and singers who would like share their gifts and join me on the bimah for a Shabbat and more! It is a personal joy for me to bring you to the bimah and share your gifts on Shabbat. If you are toying with the idea but are uncertain, please email, call or speak with me. My email address is cantorg@cmihamden.org. You can also reach me at 917-658-3362 or just leave me a note in my mailbox and I will get back to you.
Shanah Tovah U’m’tukah!
May you have a happy and sweet New Year.
Chai Holy Day Campaign & Stained Glass Campaign
Reminder to make your Chai donations now!
Thanks to all of you who have already donated to this year's Chai Campaign! We are closing in on $100K towards our annual goal of $180,000 but need your help to reach our goal by the High Holy Days. The past couple of years have stretched Mishkan Israel financially and we will need to all step up and contribute generously to make sure we can flourish. We know we can--- but we need your help. Please make a gift today--- increments of Chai most welcome, but we also value participation at any level towards our goal of $180,000. In fact, if we could have 100% participation across the congregation it would be a huge help. Please give what you can!
Here are some things your gift makes possible:
· For our youngest members, Rabbi Schaefer is planning regular Tot Shabbats, and Shabbat Schmoozes and the Learning Tree offer many other ways for young families to connect.
· Religious school enrollment stands at 87 and Director Michelle Goldstein reports that enrollment continues to increase, with an unprecedented number of teen madrichim helpers.
· Our Rosh Chodesh group has created a space for women in the congregation to come together to celebrate together each month, and has created so much joy for those involved.
· From the Confronting Racism group, to Life is Delicious to the Pe’ah Garden, Chevra Hands, and Social Action Committee, our community continues to follow the path of Rabbi Goldburg and Rabbi Brockman in, fulfilling our congregational imperative to tikkun olam.
· Our Greeters and the Brotherhood of Men and women continue to make CMI a warm and welcoming place full of kindness in the air and food in our stomachs every Sunday morning.
· People attending CMI for the first time are in awe of our music--- our wonderful Cantor and music director and pianist Eric Trudell, and our many incredibly talented congregants.
· Our library is open with so many shelves of books for all ages, fiction and non-fiction, but Judaic in scope thanks to the hard work of so many dedicated volunteers.
· And we continue to honor our past, not only as our congregants join together as a community to celebrate Yahrzeit, but also through events like the tour of the Mishkan Israel cemetery, which tells stories of the generations of remarkable people who preceded us here at CMI.
Of course, the biggest news of all that we can all celebrate together is the return of Daniel Schaefer BACK to the childhood spiritual home as our new Rabbi. We hope that through your gift, you will join us in making his first year at CMI the tallest of successes. Thank you for your consideration and for BEING Congregation Mishkan Israel.
Welcome Back to our Stained Glass Donors
This week, we will be celebrating the many donors who stepped up to re-dedicate our beautiful stained glass windows. A special thanks to all of these wonderful people for making our sanctuary sparkle once again!
The Amos Window
Originally dedicated by Dr. and Mrs. Simon B. Kleiner
Rededicated by the Gendler, Szabó, Camper, Loeb, Isaacson, and Engel families in loving memory of Rabbi Everett Gendlers
The Hosea Window
Originally dedicated by the children of Arthur M. and Helen M. Ross
Rededicated in loving memory of those who have come before us, from generation to generation by Judith, William, Sarah, Martha, Michael, and Jonathan Ross
The Isaiah Window
Originally dedicated by Mr. and Mrs. J. Yale Rubin
Rededicated by the Greenbaum and Rubin families in loving memory of their parents and grandparents
The Micah Window
Originally dedicated by Ruth and Rollin Osterweis
Rededicated in loving memory of our parents Charlene N. and Marshall R. Lavin by Rabbi Steven J. and Caryl E.L. Steinberg
The Jeremiah Window
Originally rededicated by Elsa and Leo Links
Rededicated by the Sklarz family
The Ezekiel Window
Originally dedicated by Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin M. Rosoff
Rededicated in honor of Marsha Moses by her husband, three children, and seven grandchildren
The Hillel Window
Originally dedicated to Merle and Mark from Mr. and Mrs. Herbert N. Levy and Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Levy
Rededicated with a gift from the Schaefer family in loving memory of Bernard, Sarah, and Michael Schaefer
The Rashi Window
Originally dedicated by Ethel and Abe Lapides, Ruth and Robert E. Lapides, and Michael Lapides
Rededicated by an Anonymous Donor who has shown deep commitment to Congregation Mishkan Israel
The Maimonides Window
Originally dedicated by Mr. and Mrs. Victor M. Gordon and Mr. and Mrs. Arnold W. Gordon
Rededicated in loving memory of Boris M. Astrachan MD from his wife, four children, and eleven grandchildren.
The Judah Ha Levi Window
Originally dedicated by Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. Levy
Rededicated by David Beckerman in loving memory of my beloved wife Ruthann
The Spinoza Window
Originally dedicated by the Family of Jacobi Press
Rededicated by the Friedman, Millen, and Weisbart families in honor of their long-standing friendship
The Einstein Window
Originally dedicated by Mr. and Mrs. Abraham S. Weissman
Rededicated by Eun-Mi Shim and Michael Allen
2024-2025 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.
SIMCHA Jerome & Roslyn Meyer
MITZVAH David Silverstone
DOUBLE TORAH Batja Astrachan
DOUBLE CHAI Sarah Greenblatt Jim Horwitz & Sandy Allison Mark & Judy Sklarz
TORAH Judith Hahn Jeffrey & Clarky Sonnenfeld
CHAI Anonymous Betsy Hahn Barnston Irwin Braverman Herb & Elin Brockman Stuart & Hedy Bush Floyd & Letty Caplan David & Julie Chevan Debbie Freedman & Ben Ledbetter Steven & Roxanne Glaser Laura Goldblum John & Susan Hoffmann Bill & Nancy Horowitz Ruth Koizim Larry Schaefer & Lina Lawall Aaron Singer & Elizabeth Caspe Alan & Jane Sturtz
ADDITIONAL GIFTS:
Irma Bachman Richard L. Chorney Jack Crane Bob & Tamara Epstein Stephanie Farber Jack & Harriet Fast Saul & Sonya Goldberg John & Frances Gordon Neil & Marlene Greenberg Herbert Hershenson Allan Hillman & Penny Marcus Joel Jacobson Priscilla Jencks Ellyn Kaufman Al Klevorick & Susan Bender Wendy Kohli & Philip Bennett Barbara Marcus Nancy Moss-Racusin Bob & Susan Nobleman Nancy Olins Shirley Pripstein Rabbi Howard Sommer & Dr. Linda Waldman Gennadiy Sorochan Pearl Spodick Jeanne Steiner & William Rosenblatt Michael Ross & Beth Stenger Karen Scholder Bert & Martha Weisbart Marian Wexler Jonathan & Tracy Zabin
CMI EVENTS
Thursday, October 3 - CMI Office & The Learning Tree are CLOSED Monday, October 14 - CMI Office & The Learning Tree are CLOSED Thursday, October 17 - CMI Office is CLOSED Thursday, October 24- CMI Office is CLOSED
CMI CLOSINGS
Sunday, October 20 at 10:00 a.m.
Calling all knitters and crocheters! Our dedicated group of quilt-makers, called Chevra Hands, makes shawls, baby blankets and lap blankets that we donate to members of our congregation including newborns, people in the hospital and those who are home bound. Everyone is always welcome to join us. For more information, please contact Susan Millen (203-859-1965) or Lina Lawall (203) 215-9570).
Life Is Delicious
Sunday, October 20 at 10:00 a.m.
Life is Delicious will be in action again, cooking at CMI and serving at Columbus House. Please email Aaron Singer to let him know if you are able to participate in any of the options below - spots fill up quickly!
Shopping – 10:00
Set-up CMI kitchen – noon
Cooking – 1:00 – 3:30
Clean-up – 3:15-4:00
Serving at Columbus House – we will leave CMI around 4. Dinner is served promptly at 5 and concludes by 6.
Confronting Racism New Haven’s Untold Stories: Enslavement And Beyond
October 22, 2024 - 6:45 p.m.- 8:30 p.m.
Presentation in the CMI Sanctuary will begin promptly at 7:00 pm
In partnership with the Greater New Haven African American Historical Society, the CMI Confronting Racism Group is presenting a panel discussion of the little known history of enslavement in our local area. CMI member Diane Orson, Special Correspondent for CT Public and contributor to NPR, will moderate the discussion. Panelists are local historians and community leaders Joy Burns, Frank Mitchell, Denise Page, and Jill Snyder. Students from Music Haven will perform newly rediscovered music composed by Sawney Freeman, a once enslaved Connecticut musician and likely America’s first published Black composer. All CMI members and the Greater New Haven Community are welcome. Admission is free and registration is not required. Please contact Karen Baar for more information.
Saturday, October 26 Beginning at 5:30 p.m.
The CMI Brotherhood of Men & Women (BMW) is pleased to announce that registration is open for the 2024 Deli & Trivia Night! As is our tradition, dinner will include deli food (including a vegatarian option)
We hope you will join us for this delicious and entertaining event!
5:30 pm Musical entertainment by David Chevan & Friends
6:00 pm Havdalah Service
6:15 pm Buffet Dinner
7:00 pm Trivia Contest
(Contest will include 4 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 online in advance or print a registration form and mail it in with your payment to:
CMI, Attn: Brotherhood, 785 Ridge Road, Hamden, CT 06517. RSVP By October 14, 2024 Questions? Contact Robert Homer or Larry Schaefer
SAVE THE DATE Brotherhood of Men & Women – Yale Beineke Rare Book Library Exhibit Sunday, November 10 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
The Brotherhood of Men and Women are sponsoring a visit to an exhibit entitled, "In the First Person: The Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies” at the Yale Beinecke Rare Book library. More details to come in future E-News and the November Bulletin. Questions? Contact Robert Homer or Larry Schaefer
Please watch the E-News for upcoming dates. You can also check dates on our online calendar.
CMI Outreach
Life is Delicious
For over two decades, Life is Delicious has provided healthy, delicious meals to members of our community in need, and is a vital and vibrant part of CMI.
Once a month from the fall into the spring, we prepare a Sunday night dinner for residents of Columbus House in New Haven, serving up to a hundred people. It is a large effort, supported by scores of volunteers of all ages and abilities. The day starts in the morning with a shopping trip, moves on to kitchen set up, cooking, cleaning, bringing the food to Columbus House, and then serving the meal. Our younger participants are often the ones serving. A good time, and a meaningful one, is had by all.
Life is Delicious also provides many of the meals during CMI’s week hosting guests in the Abraham’s Tent program, when 10-12 Columbus House clients are housed at participating congregations over the winter months. In recent years, we have also teamed up with local churches to support Hamden’s Dinner for $1 program, preparing food and distributing it from Hamden Plains church on the fifth Saturday of months that have one.
If you are interested in learning more or in joining our mailing list, please reach out to Aaron Singer.
Chesed Team Outreach
Please also know that our Chesed team is here to help with any congregant in need of companionship/personal visits, food insecurity and rides. ALL information and requests will be kept confidential. If you or someone you know is in need of any of these resources, please contact the CMI office at 203-288-3877.
Reaching Out To Our Young People
High Holiday Season 2024
The Congregation Mishkan Israel Chesed Committee and Rabbi Schaefer want to stay in touch with our young people away at college, boarding school, in the armed forces, or at a distance from the community. To help them maintain their connection with CMI, Chesed committee members would like to send holiday goodies to these young members of our community. We need your help to make this connection possible!!! If you are the parent, grandparent, relative, or friend of someone who is living at a distance from our local community, please contact Nancy Moss Racusin or Jill Wurcel. The Chesed Committee will be happy to follow up!
Yahrzeits
* In perpetual memory
Dr. Robert S. Adams * Louis Aronson Walter Terry Breslav, Jr. Harry Bromberg * Sonia Brown * Arnold Brown Richard Byer Anthony R. Cannon * Arthur Caplan Seymour Aaron Cohen * Pearl Cohen * Gary Eager William Eisner * James Freedman Dorothy Freedman Frederick J. Geisinger * Samuel Gingold * Rochelle Sosne Glaser Nancy Goldenberg Moss Gompertz * Leila Gompertz Betty Z. Greenberg * Caroline Schoenberger Hahn Gerald S. Heller * Lena Heller Barbara R. Hershenson * Mae Homer * Barbara Horwitz * Earle E. Jacobs, Jr. * Benny Kerber Mabel R. Klebanoff * Merwin M. Krevit * Larry Laycob Lee Leventhal Alice MacDonald Richard Louis Moore Charles Naden Julius L. Popowich * Helen Rich Martin I. Rudnick Frank J. Schaefer Sarah (Sockie) Schaefer Judy Schatten Sol S. Scholder * Anita Lutchin Schreff Louis Shafer * Benjamin Sklaver Judge David W. Skolnick Jennie Stern Charlotte Styles * Nathan Sussman Lilyan J. Ullman * Sylvia Ullman * Irene Warnk Jane Wysolmerski Beverly Zakar Julius Zanker Marc Zimmerman
October 4
Clara Shafer Adams * Norman Andrews M. Frederick Batter * Vitta Berger * Rosalind Berman Virginia H. Bruson * Fred Cleiff Meyer Eisenberg Ronald Ferguson * Abraham A. Fisher * Aaron Goldburg * Milton Greenberg Evelyn Greenblatt Arthur Jerome Grove Edith Sylvia Pinto Hallo * Sharon Chasin Frankel Hoxley Rachel Jacobs * Jack Kaplan Jerome Saul Klein Ruth Kliger * Dorothy Fuchs Koskoff * Joseph M. Koufman Barbara Kupferberg * Dr. William Mendelsohn * Bessie Milner Robert Naden Samuel Polsky * Betty Puklin Robert A. Ravich Alexander Rosenthal Arthur M. Ross, Sr. * Rose "Yayer" Rundback * Richard Schwartz Judith Schwartz Miriam Setlow Richard Lawrence Shelling * William H. Silver * Greta Simon * Isabel Stitelman Joseph H. Ullman II * William Wallack * Abraham Zuckerman
October 11
Rita Alpert * Joseph Arovas * Vivienne L. Bassett * Steven Beck Samuel Berger * David B. Bershtein * Dorothy Cassin Bess Cohen Jessica Miller Craig Yvette Eder Rosalie Fagelson Sigmund Gallert Abraham Glick Joan Joffe Hall Pearl Karmasin * Dr. Bernard Leon Kartin * Edward Kasper Peter Mendelsohn * Saul S. Milles, M.D. * Mortimer J. Newman * Emma Newman * Ethel Ullman Silverman Lionel Sirkin Abdul D. Steinbach * Kate Sturtz Rachel Sugenheimer * Miriam Lee Tropp Frank Unger * Herman Vener Flora Rosenthal Weil * Nancy Woodbridge Clifford Zundell
October 18
Herman Alpert * Irving Bachman Max L. Baker Birdie C. Berman * Jay Bovilsky Jay Brown Barbara Bruson Burns * Ursule Felix Cahn * Benjamin H. Carroll Steven Cohen Louis Cohen * Ada Cohen Lucie Dale Irving Eisen Norman Field Mary Fribush William Goodkind Sherman Arnold Goodman * Michael Hankin Lester L. Hershman * Leonard Hillman Rose Kabatznick * Herbert P. Karlsruher * Fanny Kern * Louis Lapides * Vivian Berman Lewis * Samantha Lauren Mack Mariluz C. Mermelstein * Edward C. Millen * Vivian Milstone * Belle Shirley Moscovitz Hoang Thi Nga * Emil Mark Polski Nathan Rosenthal Robert Ruth * Anna Schwarzchild * Herbert Setlow Abraham Shiffrin Serafima Sorochan Miriam Pagter Spear * Louis Spodick Gertrude Steckerl Bernard A. Steinbach * Bertha M. Thalheimer Mina Wolfe * Gerald Yudkin Samuel H. Yudkin * Felicia Zanker-Masucci
October 25
In Sympathy
Amy Brin on the loss of her father, Alan E. Goldstein Debbie Freedman on the loss of her father, Joel Freedman Bess Horn on the loss of her mother, Ruth Lena Freedman
Recent Donations
TARGET AREAS - immediate use funds General Fund Saralee Black in memory of PETER BLACK Lydia Bornick in appreciation of CMI Harriet Calechman in memory of ABRAHAM SOFFER Burton Firtel in memory of ABRAHAM FIRTEL Steven Gompertz in memory of LEILA GOMPERTZ Judith Hahn in memory of DR. RICHARD SHELLING Arnold & Cheryl Kramer in honor of JOEL & CINDY’S 40th anniversary Lina Lawall & Larry Schaefer in memory of AUGUSTA LAWALL The Rashba Family in memory of HARRIET RASHBA Joel & Lorraine Roseman Fredda Sage in honor of JOEL & CINDY’S 40th anniversary David & Debra Samuels in memory of RUTH SAMUELS Susan E. Skolnick in memory of DAVID W. SKOLNICK Charles Spatz & Marian Montano in memory of IRVING SPATZ, D.D.S. Dr. Linda Waldman & Rabbi Howard Sommer in memory of MERRILL ROBERTS Dr. Linda Waldman & Rabbi Howard Sommer in memory of JUNE WALDMAN Building Fund Stephanie Farber in memory of SYDNEY SOLOMON Diane Lublin in memory of SAMUEL ALLEN Judy Naden in memory of CHUCK NADEN Music Fund Brenda Arovas in memory of JOSEPH AROVAS Brenda Arovas in memory of ALFRED SIMON Brenda Arovas in memory of GRETA SIMON Lina Lawall & Larry Schaefer in memory of AUGUSTA LAWALL Michael & Ellen Rosenthal in memory of LARRY LAYCOB Michael & Ellen Rosenthal in memory of NATHAN ROSENTHAL Nursery School Fund Steve & Alisa Germaine in memory of JANET GERMAINE Social Action Fund Cindy Kissin & Max and John Jacobson in memory of DANIEL JARED MARCUS
“…who donates much to charity becomes the richer for it…”
Zohar, iii, 110b
ENDOWMENT FUNDS - invested to generateannual income for specific purposes Schaefer Family Fund (leadership) Brenda Arovas in honor of LARRY SCHAEFER & LINA LAWALL’S milestone anniversary Abraham S. & Helen Ullman Youth Fund Andrew M. Ullman in memory of SYLVIA L. ULLMAN
RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND Phyllis Bausher in memory of LARRY BAUSHER Michael Dimenstein & Hedda Rubenstein in appreciation of Rabbi Schaefer’s support of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater New Haven. Michael Dimenstein & Hedda Rubenstein in memory of RELLA RUBENSTEIN
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THE CONGREGATION MISHKAN ISRAEL BULLETIN
October 2024 Series 109 No. 2
THE CONGREGATION MISHKAN ISRAEL
785 Ridge Road, Hamden, CT 06517
Phone: (203) 288-3877 Fax: (203) 248-2148
http://cmihamden.org
Rabbi Daniel Schaefer x236 dschaefer@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
Alan J Sturtz, Ed.D, President president@cmihamden.org