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Tides Nov-Dec 2015 PDF
Tides Nov-Dec 2015 PDF
NovemberDecember 2015
6:00 PM
7:00 PM
Tuesday, Nov 10
7:00 PM
Thursday, Nov 12
Mah Jongg Tournament
Gift Shop Sale
10:00 AM
Channukah Bazaar
5:30 PM
ECLC Thanksgiving
Performance & Family Event
Saturday, Dec 12
10:00 AM
Sunday, Dec. 13
Latke Fest
Saturday
November 21st at
6:00 PM
Monthly
Lunch & Learn
Tuesday, Nov 24
12.00:PM
Come Shop!
CHANUKAH BAZAAR
Wednesday, Nov. 18th thru
Friday, Dec. 11th
LatkeFest
SCHEDULE OF SERVICES
Friday, November 6
Shabbat Parashat Chayei Sara
7:00 pm
Saturday, November 7
Shabbat Service
Torah Study
9:00 am
9:45 am
Friday, November 13
Shabbat Parashat Toldot
7:00 pm
Saturday, November 14
Shabbat Service
Torah Study
9:00 am
9:45 am
Friday, November 20
Shabbat Parashat Vayetzei
7:00 pm
Saturday, November 21
Shabbat Service
Torah Study
9:00 am
9:45 am
Friday, November 27
Shabbat Parashat Vayishlach
Beach Shabbat
5:30 pm
Saturday, November 28
Shabbat Service
Torah Study
9:00 am
9:45 am
Friday, December 4
Shabbat Parashat Veyeshev
7:00 pm
Saturday, December 5
Shabbat Service
Torah Study
9:00 am
9:45 am
Friday, December 11
Shabbat Parashat Miketz
7:00 pm
Saturday, December 12
Shabbat Service
Torah Study
Talia Lipman Bat Mitzvah
9:00 am
9:45 am
10:00 am
Friday, December 18
Shabbat Parashat Vayigash
7:00 pm
Saturday, December 19
Shabbat Service
Torah Study
9:00 am
9:45 am
Friday, December 25
Shabbat Parashat Vayechi
7:00 pm
Saturday, December 26
Shabbat Service
Torah Study
9:00 am
9:45 am
Matthew J. Durbin
Rabbi
I hope you had a meaningful holiday season. November brings members of our community and the Reform movement, the 2015 URJ Biennial. We have a large delegation for a Temple of our size. 20 members
of Temple Beit HaYam will be meeting with over 5000 other Reform
Jews from across North America as we discuss our movement and our
communities and how to meet the needs of our members. I will report
on this in the January/February issue of the Tides.
Making a donation to Temple Beit HaYam in times of joy and sorrow
is an act of righteousness as you are giving Tzedakah. You can place
the donation in any of our funds. I would like to take this opportunity
to describe our various funds:
Adult education
We have some wonderful classes scheduled for this year. By contributing to this fund, you are enabling us to bring even more educational
opportunities, materials, guest speakers, and educators to the membership.
Babysitting Fund
We are trying to provide babysitting during Friday night Shabbat services for those families with very young children. Contributions to this
fund help to offset the cost of providing babysitting, allowing their parents or grandparents to attend services.
Building Fund
These contributions are applied to our HOA fund and are used for
maintaining our building. So far this year we have replaced our air
conditioners on the sanctuary side of the building, painted the sanctuary
side of the building, restored the lobby floor, and professionally
cleaned our bathrooms. There are always repairs and the air conditioners on the school side will need replacement in the coming months.
These donations supplement what the membership contributes each
year.
Caring Community
This committee serves our membership by visiting the sick if asked,
sending cards, supplying packages to seniors during holidays, and supplying members who are sitting Shiva locally with a meal for their families. Contributions to this fund help to pay for these activities.
Robert and Marion Cummings Scholarship fund
This fund is used to supply scholarships to children attending the
ECLC.
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Beth Pennamacoor
Cantorial Soloist & Education Director
Jonathan P. Kendall
Rabbi Emeritus
Noreen Tolman Temple Administrator
Tammy Kaiser ECLC Director
Marcy Morris Youth Director
Eugene Francis Facility Custodian
Security James Winant
Board of Trustees 5776
Amy Alpert
President
Sandy Crile
VPRitual
Kim Rosen
VPEducation
Jami Chaban
Co-VP Membership
Eileen Stampoulis
Co-VPMembership
Michael Millner
Secretary
Stacy Stoller
Treasurer
Karl Drehobl, M.D.
Chairperson-ECLC
Karen Weisberg
Past President
Jeffrey Chaban Brotherhood President
Joni Winnick Sisterhood President
Jill Lebofsky Youth Comm. Co-Chair
Shelly Halpern Caring Community Co-Chair
Renee Sherman Caring Community Co-Chair
Gary York Fundraising Chair
Lauren Ram Social Action Co-Chair
Jesse Katz Social Action Co-Chair
Trustees
Richard Erth
David Gubernick
We want Temple Beit HaYam to be your Home away from home. If you dont see an activity or program you
would like, let us know. You can email me at amyalp@bellsouth.net, contact Noreen or a board member and
let us know what you would like. We are here for you.
Come and be part of your community as we meet in Your Home Away from Home.
We are all in this together.
Your President,
Amy Alpert
Sisterhood
I would like to start off by extending a heart felt thank you to all the sisters that helped make our High Holiday projects successful. Mindie Newman for the beautiful apples and honey display, Tara Zweben and Zweben Law Group for our Safe Space food drive, Shelly Halpern, Amy Alpert, Noreen Tolman, Natalie Reed,
& Cordelia Marks for the Rosh Hashanah greeting book. A special thank you to Sara Crombie for hosting
our opening meeting, and Stacy Stoller our membership chair. It was and always is fun to catch up with everyone!
If you missed the fantastic Bluegrass & Blue Jeans Shabbat last month with Doni & Eric, make sure to take
note of Sisterhoods two other musical Shabbat dates. On January 15th we are bringing in Shir Appeal, a
Jewish Music A Capella group from Tufts University. Then on April 15th, with the help of the Forrester
family, we are bringing back the popular Sheldon Low!
Our next gift shop sale date is Thursday, November 12th, (the same day as our sold out Mah Jongg tournament!) and the full swing Channukah Bazaar will begin on Sunday November 22nd. Please make sure to give
the Sunday school children some gelt so they can pick out presents for the entire family! Many items will be
drastically reduced so we can begin to bring in some new and exciting merchandise to the gift shop.
Looking forward to 2016, Fashion Show tickets for January 28th are available from any Sisterhood board
member or by filling out the enclosed flyer. The popular Progressive dinner is February 27th, (if you are
willing to host please let us know), and our first Womens Passover Seder is Thursday April 7 th. With Rabbi
Rose leading, it will surely be a meaningful and spiritual evening.
Stronger together,
Joni Winnick
Sisterhood President
Sponsor an
Oneg Sponsors
Oneg Shabbat
September 4th
Sisterhood
September 11th
In honor of Ted & Marcine Komens Anniversary
September 18th
Ronnie Fassberg
In honor of her birthday
Its easy
September 25th
Sisterhood
October 2nd
The Spivak Family
In honor of their daughters baby naming
The Religious School Kindergarten Class
October 9th
Temple Beit HaYam Breast Cancer Survivors
In honor of all survivors and those lost in battle
Allegro Senior Living
October 16th
The Religious School Fifth Grade Class
October 23rd
Sisterhood
House of Hope
Your Help Is Needed!
House of Hope, our only Martin County based food bank, is struggling to keep up with the increased
demand for assistance and food for residents of our county. The organization, which has been in existence here for 26 years, was able to keep up with the soaring need last year due to a grant from
the federal government. The expiration of that funding coupled with the staggering increase in requests for assistance has created a crisis for the agency and the population it serves. They are desperately in need of food NOW, because most food drives do not start until November. They
also provide food to the Boys and Girls Club, because many of the children who receive the school
Lunch program do not get adequate meals at home on weekends.
The food banks greatest needs right now are:
RICE, CANNED FRUIT, BEANS,
TUNA, MAC & CHEESE
They also need SHAMPOO, SOAP, TOOTHPASTE and DISH SOAP because these items are not
covered by food stamps. Please note that items in glass containers cannot be accepted. If you are
able to help, baskets for this collection are located in the Reception Gallery. This is an ongoing project. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT!
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Announcement
Baby Naming for Lielle Sarah, daughter of Kytia & David
Spivak took place on October 2, 2015 in the Temple Sanctuary
during Simchat Torah. It was also very special because it was
her fathers birthday and her parents anniversary. Lielle was
born on Sept. 18, 2015 and weighed 5 lbs. 13 oz.
Congratulations to the Spivak Family and best of luck!
Leonard Chumsky
Port Saint Lucie
Howard Sodokoff
Palm City
Lara Fix
Stuart
Elmer Marlin
Palm City
Diana Vardian
Stuart
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BaHty News
Bnei Mitzvah
Talia Lipman will be called to the Tor ah on the occasion of her Bat
Mitzvah on December 12 2015. Talia is the daughter of Avron Lipschitz,
MD and Joanne Snodgrass both South African immigrants. She was
born in Dallas, Texas, lived in Baltimore, Maryland and settled in Stuart,
Florida with her family. Talia is a 7th grade student at Hidden Oaks
Middle School in Palm City Florida. Her Bat Mitzvah project included
volunteering in an underprivileged preschool in the township of Diepsloot one hour outside Johannesburg South Africa over her summer
vacation. She loves travelling with her family, swimming and performing at Star Struck Performing Art School Theatre Company and has won numerous local academic awards.
An Honor roll student and talented young writer, she has won the local Reflections writing contest for 4
years running and the photography contest in 2014. She was also regional finalist in the Martin County
spelling B in 2013. Talia is a great cook and loves baking and cooking, making elaborate dinners for her
friends and family. She loves diving and snorkeling in the ocean. Talia has a strong sense of responsibility
and community and is passionate about helping young children. She is interested in pursuing a career in
healthcare as either a surgeon or pediatrician.
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Caring
Committee-CC
We (Co-Chairs Shelly Halpern and Renee Sherman with Elinor Mastroff and Heddy Shenfield)
had a Happy New Year and enjoyed our visits to the neighboring assisted living facilities, nursing
homes and home bound with Rabbi Durbin. We provided forty-two High Holiday gift bags filled
with a lovely plant purchased from Harbor Bay Florist, a plug-in yahrzeit candle, purchased
through our gift shop, a Jewish calendar, a decorated rock to enhance their new plant was provided by our teens under the guidance of Marcy Morris. A card with prayers, a holiday card created by the ECLC children and a holiday card from the Caring Committee were also included in the
gift bags which were handed to Jewish residents and patients. It is heartwarming to, again, receive the response and welcome from the residents and patients when we visit. They are grateful
for the company and to know that the TBH Jewish community cares about them.
Thank you to Roseann Conrad for helping Shelly put the gift bags together. Thank you to Linda
Oliver and her staff at Harbor Bay Florist for re-potting the flowers and taking care of them in between visits. Thank you to Marcy Morris and teens and Tammy Kaiser and ECLC students.
Special thanks to the staff members of the facilities for their hospitality and appreciation of our
celebrating the holidays with the Jewish residents. They are always eager for us to visit and give
their residents and patients the spiritual fulfillment and the knowledge that the Jewish community
Cares. We visited the following facilities in Stuart: Allegro Senior Living, Parkway, The Place of
Stuart; Ocean Palms, Martin Nursing, Stuart Nursing, Stuart Lodge; in Palm City: Sandhill Cove
and Palm City Nursing; Hobe Sound: The Manors of Hobe Sound and Pine Grove Manors; Port
St. Lucie: The Gardens at Port St. Lucie and various residences.
We are looking forward to bringing joy on Hanukah to all our family members at the above facilities. If you have a relative at a local facility that is not mentioned above, and you would like us to
visit them, please contact us.
Co-chairs contact information:
Shelly Halpern
(561) 629-3792
telshel66@gmail.com
Renee Sherman
(772) 214-7803
renees81@comcast.net
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Ritual Committee
by Sandy Crile
High Holy Days: Once again, the overwhelming response to our High Holiday services has
been extremely positive. Many thanks to all those who worked so tirelessly to make it all happen,
especially Rabbi Durbin, Cantor Beth Pennamacoor, Peter Jones and Noreen Tolman. Thanks also
to the countless people working as individuals and in committees who went that extra mile. I would
like to give a special thanks to my Ritual Committee members for all their efforts over such a long
period of time.
High Holiday Machzorim: Next years High Holiday season promises to be a great new adventure for us. We will be able to use the new prayer books. In many respects they are patterned
after the Siddurim we use throughout the remainder of the year. The Hebrew will be accompanied
by transliterations. The books will contain our traditional prayers and translations, along with many
beautiful writings. Look for a flyer inserted in this Tides for information on the books and how you
can sponsor a set.
Saturday morning Shabbat Services and Torah Study: We encourage you to come on a Saturday morning to worship and study with us in a cozy and relaxed atmosphere. Services start at
9:00 am, and Torah Study starts around 9:45 am. Feel free to join us for one or both activities.
Please check the Temple calendar (in the Tides, or on the website) before coming, as the schedule
changes when there are morning Bar/Bat Mitzvah services.
Our Torah Scrolls: Over the life of our congregation, we have been blessed with five Torah
scrolls, beginning with our Czech scroll via the Memorial Trust, and culminating with a beautiful
scroll we affectionately refer to as the Alpert Family Torah, or the Massachusetts Torah. We have
evaluations and appraisals on all of them completed by Sofer on Site, based in Miami. If anyone is
interested in learning more about our Toratot, email me (address is in the directory) and I will send
you the information.
Calling all Volunteer Musicians: We are still looking for congregants who play keyboard or
guitar, to accompany Cantor Beth once or twice a month. The more musicians who come forward,
the less often anyone would need to play at a service. Cantor Beth will happily provide you with music and ample rehearsal time with her. What a great opportunity to shake the dust off your old keyboards and guitars and have some fun with your fellow talented congregants! Call me or Cantor
Beth if you might be interested or want more information.
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Congratulations/Mazel Tov
On Your Birthday!
November
Marian Gold
Ray Bergman
Daniel Levy
Eric Berkowitz
Cara Tenore
Maurice Winnick
LeeAnn Lester
Noreen Tolman
Bruce Nathan
Ira Pearlstine
Debbie Millner
Debbie Harvey
Toree Goldstein
Allan Gerber
David Gubernick
Robert Levin
Barry Ginsburg
Gayle Sokoloff
Marianne Brown
Felice Samuel
Stephen Kowel
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Rebecca Kozlov
Judy Viny
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Eileen Stampoulis
Jill Kantrowitz
Mindie Newman
Lisa Miskanic
Arlette Cataldo
Arlene Wettenstein
Allen Keidong
Mimi Levine
Mary Kaye Collins
Jean Marie Pintus
Margaret Slobasky
Helen Saltzman
Eli Wettenstein
Jeffry Gillman
James Arthur
Robert Makemson
Alan Forst
Michael Millner
Ilene Lesin
Barbara Berns
Scott Hoffman
Norma Erth
Harriet Wendell
Debbie Diamond
Stephanie Drabin
On Your Anniversary!
November
Linda & Lawrence Oliver
Rita & Leon Wolper
Cara Tenore & Barry Steinholtz
Jessica & Jason Berger
Jacquelin & Martin Austin
Myrna & Richard Benett
Mindie & Paul Newman
Genevieve & Michael Bonan
Michelle & Eric Katzman
Lisa & Michael Zitner
Lori & Steven Levin
Marilyn & Fredrick Simon
Jo & Alex Moskovic
Carole Million &
Arthur Moonshine
Toni & Fredrick Werblow
Debbie & Wayne Diamond
Holly & Jeffrey Bergman
Joan & Murray Burton
Heather & David Rodin
Nicole & Shaun MacKenzie
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Eileen Helfman
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Jeff Halpern
Crystal Beacham
Gary York
Bruce Gopman
Tammy Kaiser
Elaine Sandow
Olga Drucker
Alan Kohn
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Jennifer & Michael Katz
Jill Kirschenbaum &
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Jill & Howard Kantrowitz
Theresa & Andrew Gallant
Michele & David Jacobs
Marlene & Daniel Suls
Felice & Gregory Firestone
Carla & David Gubernick
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House of Hope
Your Help Is Needed!
Wanted
WE NEED YOU!
We need Musicians. Do you play the guitar?
Please audition for us. We NEED YOU!
Please contact , the temple office (772) 2861531.
Richard A. Krathen, MD
Dermatology Associates of the Palm Beaches
Your Ad
Could be here
For more information
Contact the Temple Office
772-286-1531
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September October deadline August 1
November-December deadline October 1
January-February deadline December 1
March-April deadline February 1
May-June deadline April 1
July-August deadline June 1
Email your articles to:
Dana Simmons at
volunteer@tbhfl.org
Souper Sunday
Did you know that Temple Beit HaYam
congregants work together at a soup
kitchen in Palm City one Sunday a month?
Adults and children 14 and older can
volunteer. It is a rewarding experience,
helping those who need it the most.
If you are interested in helping at our
Souper Sundays, contact Lauren Ram who
keeps the database of volunteers and job
assignments.
Laurens email address is:
ramdr@bellsouth.net
The next dates are :
Sunday, November 8th and December
13th, 2015.
The group is in need of volunteers.
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Non-Profit
Organization
U.S. Postage
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Stuart, FL
Permit #771
Parking Reminder
If you are attending a meeting or event during the weekday work hours and the
Temple parking lot is full, you may park either in the back of the Blake Library
parking lot and walk through to the Temple or park in the lot at the Corsair Building
across the street. Please do not use the lots for other businesses in Monterey
Commons, and please do not park in the reserved spaces or driveway. We appreciate you
passing this information along to your non-member friends.
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