First Hebrew Congregation of Peekskill

Tishrei - Cheshvan 5769 / October 2008

Candle lighting

Sept. 29…… 6:22pm Oct. 14…….. 6:58pm

Sept. 30…… 7:22pm Oct. 17…….. 5:54pm
Oct. 3…… 6:16pm Oct. 20…….. 5:50pm
Oct. 8…… 6:07pm Oct. 21…….. 6:48pm
Oct. 10…… 6:05pm Oct. 24…….. 5:44pm
Oct. 13…… 6:00pm Oct. 31…….. 5:35pm

Meetings and Events

Sisterhood Breakfast…... Sunday, Oct. 5 @9:15am
Board of Trustees……….Tuesday, Oct. 7 @8:00pm
Men’s Basketball……….. Sunday, Oct. 19 @7:30pm
Men’s Club Meeting……. Sunday, Oct. 26 @9:15am

Hebrew & Nursery School Events

Shabbat Service -- Uptown

Zion Class parent meeting....... Sunday, October, 5
Coffee W/ Principal…………… Sunday, Oct. 26@11:00am
Friday Evenings……………7:00 pm
Saturday Mornings………...9:30 am

Watch mail for the date for

Rabbi Paskind’s Installation

1st day of Rosh Hashana…Tuesday, Sept. 30
Kol Nidrei…………………Wednesday, Oct. 8
1st day of Sukkot………….Tuesday, Oct. 14
Simchat Torah…………….Wednesday, Oct. 22
Daily Minyan -- Downtown
Monday thru Friday……. 8:00 am
Sunday…………………..
October 08 9:00 am Sukkah HOP……….. Sunday Oct. 19
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 First Hebrew Congregation of Peekskill
Uptown Synagogue
1821 East Main Street
Telephone:..............(914) 739-0500
(914) 788-4657
Fax: ........................(914) 739-0684
Nursery School
Telephone:..............(914) 739-0504
Downtown Synagogue
813 Main Street
Telephone:..............(914) 737-8155
Emails
Congregation: ....... fhc@firsthebrew.org
Rabbi Paskind: ..rabbi@firsthebrew.org
Lisa Segal:........... lisa@firsthebrew.org
Website:................www.firsthebrew.org
Rabbi’s Office Hours
To be announced; please contact office.
Synagogue Office Hours
Monday–Thursday: .7 am–12 noon &
1 pm–4 pm
Friday:.....................7 am–2 pm
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First Hebrew Congregation of Peekskill
is affiliated with the United Synagogue
of America, Women’s League for
Conservative Judaism, Federation of
Jewish Men’s Clubs, and Young
Judaea
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Please send additions,
comments, suggestions,
corrections, .... to:
Bulletin@FirstHebrew.Org
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Directory
Rabbi................................. Lee Paskind
Educational Director.......... Jeffrey Wrightman ..................
.......principal@firsthebrew.org
Administrator..................... Lisa Segal ........ 845-778-4754
Nursery School Director .... Barbara Kaufman
President........................... Jeremy Krantz ......... 736-6455
1st Vice President ............. Mark Stern............... 739-4981
2nd Vice President ............ Alice Krochmal . 845-528-1684
3rd Vice President............. David Kasdan.......... 737-8248
Financial Secretary ........... Carol Gold
Recording Secretary ......... Ilene Zanchelli ......... 734-8107
Committee Chairpersons
Bar/Bat Mitzvah............Debby Bleiweis ............. 734-7623
Linda Treinish ............... 788-9798
Beautification ...............Daniela Rosen .............. 734-7282
Bikkur Holim.................Daniela Rosen .............. 734-7282
Bingo............................David Shea……………..734-8231
Mark Stern .................... 739-4981
Board of Education
Hebrew School.......Laurie Baskin................ 736-1227
Buildings & Grounds ....Mark Stern .................... 739-4981
Bulletin .........................Masoud Radparvar ....... 962-6702
Capital Improvements...Mark Stern.................... 739-4981
Bruce Lindenbaum ....... 739-7159
Cemetery .....................Richard Zorn................. 671-7546
Fund Raising................Steven Cohen............... 734-2149
Andy Polay ................... 736-2055
Daniela Rosen .............. 734-7282
Gift Shop ......................Arlene Kaufman............ 232-5999
Alice Yasuna................. 737-7687
Hospitality ....................(to be announced)
Library Committee........Fran Olmsted......... 845-424-4077
Membership .................Frances Weiner ............ 734-9602
Men’s Club Co-Presidents
Steven Cohen............... 734-2149
Paul Schaffer ................ 739-5714
Programs .....................(to be announced)
Publicity........................Lili Kasdan .................... 737-8248
Ritual............................Donald Feldman ........... 736-3417
Social Action ................(to be announced)
Sisterhood President....(to be announced)
United Synagogue .......David Kasdan ............... 737-8248
Youth Director ..............(to be announced)
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 Rabbi’s Message
Out of all our holy days, it is Sukkot that the
Rabbis singled out for the special mitzvah of joy.
This comes from the Torah. In Deut. 16:13-15 we
read “On the holiday of Sukkot…You shall rejoice in
your festival..and you shall have nothing but joy.”
The beauty of the outdoors, the physical
satisfaction of building and then eating in the
sukkah, the signs of growth that the four plants of
the lulav and etrog represent – these are all part of
this joy for me.
But there is one thing I enjoy even more –
and that is celebrating this holiday by visiting the
sukkot of friends. I like to see their creativity at
work. And I like to see if they have ideas I can
borrow for decorating, celebrating or just enjoying
new foods.
This year I want to invite you to join the First
Hebrew family for a Sukkah Hop. We will meet at
the synagogue on Sunday, Oct. 19 at noon. From
there we’ll set out to enjoy a light progressive meal
in several different sukkot around our area. We’ll
say the brakhah for eating in the sukkah together,
and we’ll have a lulav and etrog for anyone who
would like to fulfill that mitzvah as well. Most
important – we’ll have fun with family and friends as
we rejoice together on this beautiful holiday.
If you think you will need a ride, please call
the office to let us know. And feel free to contact
me (at the office, or rabbi@firsthebrew.org) if you
have any questions.
I look forward to seeing you for a lovely
afternoon of sukkah eating, singing and rejoicing.
Judy and I and our children Ita, Miriam and
Uriel wish you and yours a Hag sameah, a truly
joyous holiday.
Lee S. Paskind

Get Well

First Hebrew wishes a speedy recovery to:

Mazel Tov
Fran Besnky Morton Bensky
to Larry and Fran Miller who became Selda Bloome Murray Halperin
grandparents on April 11, 2008 to a Luz Corona
beautiful little baby girl named Sara
Rebecca Moses. Their daughter
Rochelle and her husband Eric Moses
are the proud parents.
All Dues Variance forms must be
received by September 30, 2008.
Any forms received after that date
Babysitting
will not be considered for a reduction
FREE Babysitting will be available for the 2008-09 fiscal year. Thank
once a month during the
Saturday Shabbat service. you for your cooperation.

We need babysitters! Dues Variance Committee

We are offering ten dollars an hour from
9:30am-12:00ish.

For more information, please contact Alice

Yasuna, Selu@optonline.net
Happy Jewish New Year
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 LET’S WELCOME RABBI PASKIND TO FHC!
“The Jewish New Year is not only a clean slate for each individual, it’s also a new beginning for our
congregation as a whole under the leadership of Rabbi Lee Paskind.’ Jeremy Krantz, President, FHC
Rabbi Lee S. Paskind brings to First Hebrew
Congregation more than two decades of experience
as a Conservative Congregational Rabbi. His soft
and welcoming approach to people from all types of
backgrounds, and his ability to connect with young
and old alike make him a leader everyone can
gravitate and respond to.
Since joining First Hebrew in mid-August,
Rabbi Paskind has begun to weave together new and
existing programs, as he continues to listen to the
needs and desires of FHC members. Our
synagogue’s emphasis on family outreach and social
action are initiatives that are “dear to my own heart,”
the Rabbi readily admits.
With an eye towards future generations,
Rabbi Paskind has already started an email program
for college students. “The goal is to keep this
vulnerable population connected to synagogue and
Jewish life,” he explained. For families, he plans to
make services more interactive, and therefore more
attractive and enjoyable for all. On Shabbat, his
sermons will sometimes give way to studying
portions of our prayers. “Understanding the prayer
service, and why we do what we do is important to
making people feel comfortable in synagogue,” the
Rabbi firmly believes.
He has also begun to work closely with
Sharon Memis and Frances Weiner who have
launched a monthly Friday Night Family Service for
young children. Child-friendly books will enhance
this service, and special activities are planned.
Likewise, he is working with our Board of Trustees,
Board of Education, Ritual Committee, and others at
FHC to create a smooth transition and even better
programming.
Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Marx Lecture
Sunday, October 5 at 7:30pm
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Like First Hebrew Congregation, Rabbi
Paskind also has a long tradition of community
service and interfaith associations. From 2001-2004,
Rabbi Paskind was the Chair of the Social Action
Committee for the Rabbinical Assembly of America.
He was also a founding member of his community’s
crisis intervention group, and co-founder of a group
that trained interfaith volunteers to care for home-
bound seniors. He’s now joined the Peekskill Area
Pastors Association in their community-wide efforts.
The common thread Rabbi Paskind uses to
reach out to people of all ages and stages in life is
his use of the teachings of the Torah as they apply to
issues of modern life. For example, in expanding
adult education, he plans to discuss the Torah and
gene therapy, fertility, organ donation and end-of-life
issues. With our Hebrew High students, he’ll relate
Torah to eating disorders, drugs, alcohol and other
religions such as Islam.
“I see synagogue as a place for caring and
learning,” believes Rabbi Paskind. “My role is as
facilitator, to help my fellow Jews challenge
themselves to grow both spiritually and as
contributing members of society.”
Rabbi Paskind is a graduate of the Jewish
Theological Seminary of America, and received an
Honorary Doctorate for 25 years of service in 2005.
“We’re lucky to have Rabbi Paskind and his delightful
wife, Judy, join First Hebrew Congregation…Our
future is looking great,” declared Jeremy.
Lili Kasdan, Chair, Publicity Committee
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 President’s Message On another topic, as we all focus on the
Presidential election and the dynamic Presidential
It would be an understatement to say that I
tickets that now have an African American
look forward to the year 5769. I am excited and
Presidential candidate and a Female Vice
thrilled when I think about FHC and its future. I am
Presidential candidate, we are now starting to see
hopeful that we can realize our potential as a beacon
the benefits of the American melting pot and the
of Conservative Egalitarian Judaism in Northern
efforts of the Civil Rights and the Women Rights
Westchester and that we can provide more services,
movements. It is incredible that in my lifetime I can
both religious and social for our Jewish community.
say that the glass ceiling for race, sex and religious
I am hopeful that FHC can grow its membership and
beliefs continues to be broken.
the benefits it offers to all.
I am thrilled that no matter what happens in
Let me also take this opportunity to welcome
the Presidential election, we will have a first that will
our new spiritual leader Rabbi Lee Paskind and his
shatter the *White-Male lock *on the Executive
wife Judy. On behalf of FHC we welcome the
branch of our government.
Paskind to our community with open arms and open
hearts. I am hopeful that the Paskind will feel Let us hope that the day may come when a
comfortable in their new home and that the FHC person running for office in the United States is no
family becomes an extension of their family. longer categorized as a Black candidate, Female
candidate, Jewish candidate, or a Gay candidate.
It is never easy to leave a community that
Let the “person” be categorized by their political
you have lived in for many years and then start
positions, moral values, voting record and lifetime
anew. Everyone at FHC should make a concerted
accomplishments.
effort to be compassionate, caring and helpful to the
Paskind as they join us in our collective journey. Shalom,
Together, let us have a prosperous, productive and
Jeremy Krantz, President
joyous New Year.

Sisterhood Meeting

Sunday, Oct. 5 @ 9:15am

Men’s Club Breakfast meeting

Sunday, Oct. 26 @ 9:15am

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 Message from the Hebrew School Principal,
Dear Parents, Students, and Congregants,
We are in the heart of the autumn holiday
season and entering the second month of the school
year. During this time we also enter a very special
structure, the Sukkah. The school children prepare
festive decorations, the parents prepare food, and
the teachers prepare an educational program.
Although it sounds simple when we enter the Sukkah
together something very magical happens. In the
most intuitive of ways we connect with our traditions,
our history, and Jews everywhere in the world who
observe this ritual.
There are many explanations for why we
observe this ritual. Whatever the reason though, the
act of observing the ritual of constructing, sitting in,
and, sharing a meal in the Sukkah brings us together
as a community and reinforces all of the good
reasons that we are collective in observing so many
of our rituals. This is a group effort in every way with
every member playing an important role. Our children
see the adults in our community coming together to
create an experience which teaches as well as
models the values we want them to acquire.
In the end the structure is a temporary one.
After a week we take it down and are left with the
sweet memories of cool autumn days outside in the
Sukkah. We are left, however, in addition to
memories with important lessons. Although many of
the structures we build may be temporary the
collective efforts which we engage in every day bring
us closer as a community. They reinforce the
customs, traditions, and heritage of our people and
connect us to the larger Jewish community. Perhaps
most important they foster in our children a thirst for
knowledge and a desire to give meaning to as well as
build their own Jewish lives.
Bi’Shalom
Jeff Wrightman

Noah Ruff
My name is Noah Ruff and I am an eighth grader at Blue Mountain Middle School. I have many
passions in life, including karate, acting, drawing, and playing the trumpet. I am a black belt and have acted
in several shows in New York City. When I grow up I want to be a cardio thoracic surgeon, a chef, or a
special artist.
Over the past few months I have volunteered at the VA hospital. I accompany Rabbi Kupchik and
help him perform Shabbat services with the residents on Fridays. Throughout the past several months I
have met and connected with several people. I enjoy spending time with the residents and I think they
enjoy having me there.
I would like to thank several people who helped me prepare for my bar mitzvah. First, Rabbi
Kupchik for my bar mitzvah lessons, going with me to the VA, and of course for services every Saturday.
Thank you to all my Hebrew School teachers and the many Hebrew School principals I have had over the
years. And, thank you Alice Krochmal for helping me prepare my haftorah and torah portion. Throughout
life, I will continue to follow the traditions of Judaism.

Help support our Hebrew School when you shop online.

Visit the congregation’s website: www.FirstHebrew.Org for details.

Bar/Bat Mitzvah Students

Please send your biography to mradparvar@hotmail.com at least 5
weeks prior to the first day of your Bar/Bat Mitzvah month to be placed
in the Bulletin.
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Message from Sisterhood
"Sisterhood...Women Enjoying Jewish Life“
This is the statement that the Sisterhood
Executive Board has come up with, which you will
be seeing frequently. It is our way of summing up
our experience and welcoming all to participate in
our programs and activities. Our programs of
course include our monthly meetings but also
much more. We collect tzedekah for distribution to
worthy charities both local and large scale. This is
not limited to monetary collections but also
includes canned goods and our annual drive to
collect needed items for a battered women's
shelter. We provide the flowers that grace the
Bimah during services for Rosh Hashanah and
Yom Kippur. We provide the food for the
congregation to break the fast at the conclusion of
Yom Kippur and the apples for the joyful
celebration of Simchat Torah. In addition,
Sisterhood organizes and prepares the annual
Book of Remembrance, the Shalach Manot
packages for Purim, donates the Siddurim for the
Aleph class, our members organize and lead an
annual Shabbat morning service, and we
generously support First Hebrew Congregation.
We count on your support in order to carry
out all our programming. These things are simply
not possible without the active participation of the
women of this congregation. Please join us for our
next meeting on October 5th. Daniella Rosen of
Four Sprouts Floral Designs (and the FHC
Beautification Committee) will lead a flower
arranging workshop. We will also have a lovely
french toast breakfast. Everyone is welcome for
what is sure to be a great morning. Paid-up
Sisterhood members will receive a token of our
appreciation. We will be happy to accept
membership payments in advance of the meeting
or at the meeting. Please contact Zhila Radparvar
if you have any questions. We look forward to
seeing you there.
Shalom,
Mindy E. Steinholz Spock
Sisterhood Executive Board
Sisterhood e-mail List
If you would like to be included on Sisterhood’s
e-mail list, please send your e-mail address to
Fran Olmsted at sisterhood@firsthebrew.org
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Message from Men’s Club
As the High Holidays are upon us, I want to
suggest that each of us considers ways that we
can be more involved in the activities at FHC. For
you men out there, one way is to come join us at
our Men’s Club breakfasts and participate in the
activities we are planning for this year. This
month’s breakfast is on Sunday, October 26 at
9:15. Gives you a chance to start your day with
some hearty eggs, lox and onions and bagels and,
most importantly, leaves you plenty of time to get
home for the Giants and Jets, and certainly in time
for the Mets (or Yanks, in respect of my co-
president) world series game that night. Hope to
see you there (at FHC, and at Shea if someone
can get me a ticket)!
Steve Cohen
FHC Babysitting Clearing House
Who of us with young children isn’t looking
for a few good babysitters? FHC will
continue to list the names of our teenagers
(and others) who would like to baby-sit for
other families in the congregation. Of
course, you will need to pay these sitters!
FHC will provide this service purely as a
convenience to its members and will take
no responsibility for the individuals who
offer their services here for pay.
Email your names and telephone numbers
to: Bulletin@FirstHebrew.org
Babysitters now available:
Marli Kasdan.........
Jessie Meadvin.....
Ariel Rosen............
Jamie Spock……...
Remember Sisterhood’s Judaica Shop
for gifts, talitot, teffilin, yarmulkes, books,
videos, and song cassettes
Call to make an appointment—
Arlene Kaufman 232-5999
Alice Yasuna 737-7687
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Sisterhood Meetings 5769 (2008 – 2009) @ 9:15am
FHC’s Men’s Basketball Schedule
Sunday, Oct. 5 …………… General meeting
@ 7:30pm
Sunday, Nov. 2…………… General meeting
Sunday, Dec. 14…………. Joint meeting with MC
Sunday, Jan.11……………General meeting
Sunday, Sept. 14
Sunday, Feb. 1…………… General meeting
Sunday, March 1…………. General meeting Sunday, Oct. 19
Sunday, April 19………….. Joint meeting with MC
Sunday, Nov. 16
Sunday, May 3…………….General meeting
Sunday, Dec. 14
Sunday, Jan. 11
Men’s Club Meetings 5769 (2008 – 2009) @ 9:15am
Sunday, Feb. 8
Sunday, Oct. 26………….. General meeting Sunday, March 29
Sunday, Nov. 23…………. General meeting
Sunday, Dec. 14…………..Joint meeting with Sisterhood Sunday, April 19
Sunday, Jan.25……………General meeting Sunday,, May 17
Sunday, Feb. 8…………….Downtown Synagogue
Sunday, March 8…………. Purim Carnival Sunday, June 14
Sunday, April 19………….. Joint meeting with Sisterhood
Sunday, May 31………….. BBQ

Donations
If you have any spare school supplies lying around your house, the Peekskill Community Action Project will
be happy to take your donation. They are located at 709 Main Street in Peekskill and they're there from
8:30 in the morning (the woman's name is Mary and her phone number is 739-1451). While it's kind of late
for back-to-school donations, they always have families coming in looking for stuff.

Arab Newspaper
A Jewish man was sitting in Starbucks reading an Arab
newspaper. A friend of his, who happened to be in the
same store, noticed this strange phenomenon. Very
upset, he approached him and said: 'Moshe, have you
lost your mind? Why are you reading an Arab
newspaper? 'Moshe replied, 'I used to read the Jewish
newspapers, but what did I find? Jews being
persecuted, Israel being attacked, Jews disappearing
through assimilation and intermarriage, Jews living in
poverty. So I switched to the Arab newspaper. Now
what do I find? Jews own all the banks, Jews control the
media, Jews are all rich and powerful, Jews rule the
world. The news is so much better!'

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 B i n g o
FHC WEDNESDAY NIGHT BINGO SCHEDULE
September – October 2008

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED COOPERATION!

SEPTEMBER 24TH -
Renee Nachamie ....
Michele Newberger ........
Roshi Newman...............
Ben Newman .................
Help support our Hebrew School when you shop online.
OCTOBER 29TH –
Fran Miller ...................... Visit the congregation’s website:
Larry Miller .....................
Charles Newman ...........
Edith Nissenblatt ............ www.FirstHebrew.Org for details.

NO BINGO ON THE FOLLOWING DAYS

OCTOBER 1ST – 2ND Day Rosh Hashanah
OCTO ER 8TH – Kol Nidrei
OCTOBER 15TH – 2ND Day Sukkot
OCTOBER 22ND – Simchat Torah
Important Note: Your 2008–2009 dues include a
surcharge for Bingo. If a member family meets its two-
bingo requirement during the year, the family will
receive a credit. Similarly, if a single member meets
his/her one-bingo requirement during the year, he/she
will receive a credit.
URGENTMESSAGE — NEW POLICY: If you are
unable to attend on your scheduled Bingo night, IT IS
YOUR RESPONSBILITY TO GET A REPLACEMENT.
Thank you for your continued cooperation!!!! Workers
should report to Bingo by 6:15 pm and are expected to
stay until at least 10:00 pm
Why are we asking you to donate your time to helping out
with Bingo? It generates approximately $20,000 in
revenue per year to our operation of the synagogue. The
time commitment is only about three hours on a
Wednesday night. We now start Bingo at 6:30 pm so you
and our customers can get home earlier. If you are
opposed to fulfilling your obligation as a member, then
pay the $400 Bingo assessment immediately and let Lisa
know to take you off the Bingo list. As a member in good
standing it is your obligation to participate in this
fundraising activity. If the congregation chooses not to
continue providing Bingo to the community and forfeiting
the OPM (other people’s money), then the congregation
will need to be assessed accordingly to raise the
$20,000, or determine what services will be cut. Do your
part of fundraising and show up for your assigned Bingo
night. Bring a book or magazine to read (there is time
when you are waiting). If you come late, it is still better
than not coming at all. Or, if you choose, send the $400.

Happy New Year

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 Joe Louis & the Jews
In the history of American sports, few titles
have carried as much status as that of boxing’s
heavyweight champion of the world. As a symbol of
virility and power, boxing titles have been a source of
pride for ethnic, religious and racial groups at least
since the nineteenth century. In the 1920's and
1930's, American Jewish champions Benny Leonard
and Barney Ross became heroes to their people.
Contenders Max Baer and Maxie Rosenbloom
proudly wore Stars of David on their trunks in the
1940's and 1950's, as did recently retired
middleweight boxer Dana Rosenblatt.
An American Jew has never held the
heavyweight crown, but American Jewry closely
embraced Joe Louis, an African-American, as their
own when, in June of 1938, Louis knocked out Max
Schmeling, Nazi Germany’s best heavyweight.
American Jewry claimed Louis’s knockout victory as
their own. In their eyes, Schmeling’s humbling by a
black man refuted Hitler’s argument that German
Aryans constitute “master race.” Art Buchwald, who
grew up in New York, recalled that as a child in 1938
he was sure of three things: “Franklin Roosevelt was
going to save the economy...Joe DiMaggio was going
to beat Babe Ruth’s record, and Joe Louis was going
to save us from the Germans.”
Louis might not had a chance to fight for the
heavyweight title if a New York Jewish promoter, Mike
Jacobs, were not his manager. Born on the Lower
East Side in the 1880's, by the mid 1930's “Uncle
Mike” Jacobs had become the sport’s leading
promoter. In 1942 alone, Jacobs promoted 250
boxing cards and in the course of his career staged
61 champion fights. He excelled at developing a
fighter’s public identity.
Jacobs recognized Louis’s boxing talent, but
also knew that, as a black man, Louis would have a
difficult - if not impossible - time getting a title shot.
Jack Johnson, the flamboyant and self-confident
previous African-American heavyweight champion,
won his crown in 1908, but his relationships with
white women created a backlash that led to
Johnson’s conviction on a morals charge and the
stripping of his title. The next black champion, if
there were to be one, would have to be low-keyed,
polite and circumspect. He would have to be
marketed as representing all Americans, not just
African-Americans. Jacobs was the man for the job.
Jacob recognized that American boxing
crowds, and particularly the numerous Jewish fans,
ached to see Schmeling and Primo Carnera, an
Italian heavyweight and symbol of Mussolini’s rise to
power, defeated by an American fighter. In the early
1930's, Schmeling and Carnera had each briefly held
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the world title. In 1934, the first fight that Jacobs
lined up for Louis was against Carnera. The young
Louis knocked out Carnera in six rounds. In 1935,
Louis knocked out Maxie Baer in the fourth round,
setting up a showdown with Schmeling to determine
who would be in line to fight the reigning champion,
Jim Braddock.
While many in the Jewish public longed for
Louis – or anyone else – to conquer Schmeling and
embarrass Hitler, some Jewish groups opposed
giving Schmeling a world platform. Several of them
applied pressure on Jacobs to cancel the
Louis-Schmeling fight. Jacobs replied that Louis
would defeat Schmeling, giving the lie to Nazi
propaganda. More than 45,000 fans filled Yankee
Stadium expecting to see the “Brown Bomber” defeat
Schmeling. They left disappointed. After a
lopsided battering, Louis was knocked out in the
twelfth round. Hitler cabled Schmeling to
congratulate him on his “splendid patriotic
achievement.” (Despite Hitler’s embrace, Schmeling
would later prove a “righteous Gentile” by harboring
several Jews from arrest and deportation to the
camps.)
Schmeling had earned the right to fight for
Braddock’s crown but Jacobs and Braddock’s Jewish
manager, Joe Gould, decided the American public
would rather not run the risk of seeing Schmeling, as
one sportswriter put it, “take the title back to Germany
and present it to Adolf Hitler for the German
Museum.” Jacobs guaranteed Braddock a
whopping $500,000 payday to fight Louis instead and
the match was made. Louis knocked out Braddock
and became champion. As historian Peter Levine
observes, the fight “launched Louis’s reign as one of
boxing’s greatest champions and secured his place
as a hero of an oppressed American black population
It also set the scene for one more battle with Max
Schmeling that enhanced Louis’s status as a hero for
all Americans.” One might add, and especially for
Jews.
Jacobs promoted the second battle between
the two men, in June 1938, as a confrontation
between democracy and fascism. When
Schmeling’s ship docked in New York it was met by
hundreds of anti-fascist pickets. The Non-Partisan
Anti-Nazi League and the American Jewish Congress
again urged Jacobs to cancel the fight. Jacobs
offered to donate 10 percent of the gate to groups
helping Jewish refugees. Louis proclaimed that he
was “backing up America against Germany,” and
promised he would be “going to town” against
Schmeling.
Cont. on next page
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Cont., Joe Louis & the Jews members of an American minority could defeat
Germans. The lesson was not lost on the hundreds
Louis delivered on his boast, knocking Schmeling out
of thousands of American Jews who fought against
in the first round. Americans cheered, and African
Germany in World War II.
Americans and Jews celebrated the loudest. In their
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eyes, Louis had vindicated American democracy. In
1946, after the world had learned how brutally far the I hope these wonderful articles from the
Nazis had carried their racial theology, a story in the American Jewish Historical Society continue to give
American Hebrew praised Mike Jacobs for giving Joe pride and pleasure in the accomplishments of our
Louis the opportunity to strike “a terrific blow to the people. They are designed to inform and build pride
theory of race supremacy.” in our children and in ourselves.
While Schmeling’s defeat did not save Edith Nissenblatt
European Jewry from the Nazi killing machine,
Sisterhood VP/Education
Louis’s knockout helped American Jews believe that
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Share your memories
Everyone has a story to tell. Most of us Edith Nissenblatt
would love to tell about our mom and dad,
One Lakeview Drive, Penthouse Six
our bubie and zadie, a loved tante and fetta,
Peekskill, New York 10566
people who fill our memory no matter how
or if you are on the Internet, send email to:
far back.
ediebaby@verizon.net
Won’t you let us in on your past? Send your
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The following Yahrzeits will be observed during the months of Tishrei and Cheshvan
as noted on the memorial plaque in our sanctuary:
Pearl Ruback.................Tishrei
Lena Treiber ..................Tishrei
Hyman Lupion ...............Tishrei
Samuel Goldberg ..........Tishrei
Morris Gaffen.................Tishrei
Herman Pomerantz .......Tishrei
Tzenah Scharfstein .......Tishrei
Jacob Weitz...................Tishrei
Rosetta Hilburg..............Tishrei
Lillian Ruth Mills ............Tishrei
Joseph Selinger.............Tishrei
Mildred Cohen ...............Tishrei
Emanuel Ganeles..........Tishrei
Joseph Edward Drogy...Tishrei
Leo Mark .......................Tishrei
Julius Reiss ...................Tishrei
Betty Ostro ................. Cheshvan 1
Samuel Messenger .... Cheshvan 2
Charles Blank ............. Cheshvan 3
Yahrzeits
1 Louis Shafer ..................Cheshvan 3 Bertha A Sellin .................. Cheshvan 13
1 Isabelle Schiffer.............Cheshvan 3 Ruby Trager ...................... Cheshvan 15
6 Harriet G. Goldberg .......Cheshvan 4 Sarah Levin ....................... Cheshvan 18
8 Sidney Grossman..........Cheshvan 4 Florence Silver .................. Cheshvan 18
11 Harold Leonard Rosoff ..Cheshvan 4 Ida Solov ........................... Cheshvan 18
12 Henry Silverstein ...........Cheshvan 4 Arthur Bensky.................... Cheshvan 19
15 David Sperber ...............Cheshvan 4 Max Hershkowitz............... Cheshvan 20
15 Marie Blumberg .............Cheshvan 5 Milton Skolsky ................... Cheshvan 21
17 Dora Mintz .....................Cheshvan 5 Henry Becker .................... Cheshvan 21
18 Samuel Rosenman........Cheshvan 5 Joshua Zamaloff ............... Cheshvan 21
18 Morris Kaplan ................Cheshvan 6 Samuel Kissel ................... Cheshvan 22
19 Irving Blackman.............Cheshvan 7 Bill Grushow ...................... Cheshvan 23
21 Florence Radowitz.........Cheshvan 7 Martin H. Gad.................... Cheshvan 26
21 Samuel Scope ...............Cheshvan 8 Abraham H. Garfunkel ...... Cheshvan 27
23 Al Sevelovitz ..................Chesvan 9 Zygmunt Herschhorn ........ Cheshvan 27
29 Irving N. Grayber ...........Cheshvan 10 Myrtle Gaffen ................ Cheshvan 29
Harry Agunien ...............Cheshvan 11 Moe Reif ....................... Cheshvan 30
Helen Weiler ..................Cheshvan 11 Evelyn Zorn................... Cheshvan 30
Stephen Janowitz ..........Cheshvan 12
Marvin Kuritzky..............Cheshvan 12

May their memory be a blessing to all

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Date Converter Tishrei 14 ... Mon 13-Oct Tishrei 30 ... Wed 29-Oct Cheshvan 16 ... Fri 14-Nov
Tishrei 15 ... Tue 14-Oct Cheshvan 1 ... Thu 30-Oct Cheshvan 17 ... Sat 15-Nov
Elul 29 ... Mon 29-Sep Tishrei 16 ... Wed 15-Oct Cheshvan 2 ... Fri 31-Oct Cheshvan 18 ... Sun 16-Nov
Tishrei 1 ... Tue 30-Sep Tishrei 17 ... Thu 16-Oct Cheshvan 3 ... Sat 1-Nov Cheshvan 19 ... Mon 17-Nov
Tishrei 2 ... Wed 1-Oct Tishrei 18 ... Fri 17-Oct Cheshvan 4 ... Sun 2-Nov Cheshvan 20 ... Tue 18-Nov
Tishrei 3 ... Thu 2-Oct Tishrei 19 ... Sat 18-Oct Cheshvan 5 ... Mon 3-Nov Cheshvan 21 ... Wed 19-Nov
Tishrei 4 ... Fri 3-Oct Tishrei 20 ... Sun 19-Oct Cheshvan 6 ... Tue 4-Nov Cheshvan 22 ... Thu 20-Nov
Tishrei 5 ... Sat 4-Oct Tishrei 21 ... Mon 20-Oct Cheshvan 7 ... Wed 5-Nov Cheshvan 23 ... Fri 21-Nov
Tishrei 6 ... Sun 5-Oct Tishrei 22 ... Tue 21-Oct Cheshvan 8 ... Thu 6-Nov Cheshvan 24 ... Sat 22-Nov
Tishrei 7 ... Mon 6-Oct Tishrei 23 ... Wed 22-Oct Cheshvan 9 ... Fri 7-Nov Cheshvan 25 ... Sun 23-Nov
Tishrei 8 ... Tue 7-Oct Tishrei 24 ... Thu 23-Oct Cheshvan 10 ... Sat 8-Nov Cheshvan 26 ... Mon 24-Nov
Tishrei 9 ... Wed 8-Oct Tishrei 25 ... Fri 24-Oct Cheshvan 11 ... Sun 9-Nov Cheshvan 27 ... Tue 25-Nov
Tishrei 10 ... Thu 9-Oct Tishrei 26 ... Sat 25-Oct Cheshvan 12 ... Mon 10-Nov Cheshvan 28 ... Wed 26-Nov
Tishrei 11 ... Fri 10-Oct Tishrei 27 ... Sun 26-Oct Cheshvan 13 ... Tue 11-Nov Cheshvan 29 ... Thu 27-Nov
Tishrei 12 ... Sat 11-Oct Tishrei 28 ... Mon 27-Oct Cheshvan 14 ... Wed 12-Nov Kislev 1 ... Fri 28-Nov
Tishrei 13 ... Sun 12-Oct Tishrei 29 ... Tue 28-Oct Cheshvan 15 ... Thu 13-Nov

Condolences…

• To Ruth Hersh on the loss of her brother Stuart Weinger

• To Betsy Bergman and family on the loss of Betsy’s father Edward Jacobson
• Gary Abrams and family on the loss of his father Stanley Abrams

“Hamakom Ienahem, May God comfort the mourners among all the mourners for Zion and
Jerusalem”

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 You Shop…Stores Donate.
Turn Purchasing Power
into Fundraising!

Use Scrip for your monthly food, clothing and gift

shopping and stores automatically donate money to FHC.

Scrip is a store gift card issued by stores to help non-

profits like FHC raise money. Each card purchased from
FHC Scrip looks and functions just like gift cards bought
at the store.

FHC Scrip now has WALMART, plus:

iTunes Gap Build-A-Bear
Gymboree Macy’s Barnes & Noble
Kohl’s JCPenney Bloomingdale’s
ShopRite Stop & Shop A&P
Movies, restaurants, & more!

The order form (next page) lists the percentage of sales donated by each store.
Use the card within one year from the date of purchase. You will be contacted
when your order is ready for pick-up at FHC during office hours: Monday -
Thursday 7am - 4pm and Friday 7am - 2pm. To pick up during Hebrew School,
please make arrangements with Scrip Coordinators Susan Cohen (734-2149) or
Lili Kasdan (737-8248).

Order by the end of the month for pick-up after the 10th
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 Thank you

Thanks to Warren Brown and Frances Weiner, on

Sunday, June 22nd over 30 children ages 8 and
under participated in a program at FHC where
they were photographed and fingerprinted by a
professional ID team.

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 Belated Onegs for:
ONEGS
• Mike, Kathy, & Lori Colman in honor of Robin's marriage to Jared Streger on July 13
• The Rosen family in honor of Gabriela's Bat Mitzvah on September 13
• Warren Brown in honor of his grandson Samuel L. Brown's birthday on August 7
• Warren Brown in honor of Barry & Diane Brown's wedding anniversary on August 24
• Warren Brown in honor of Steven & Carol Brown's wedding anniversary on September 20
• Warren Brown in honor of his daughter-in-Law Carol Brown's birthday on September 23

Friday, October 3
The Becker family in honor of the Rabbi & Judy Paskind joining our family at FHC
The Feuerman-Balow family in honor of John’s birthday on October 5
Roshi & Ben Newman in honor of their granddaughter Rebecca Emily Litchfield’s birthday on October 6
Mike Seid in honor of his grandchildren Wendy & Donald Ennis’ wedding anniversary on October 6
The Feurman-Balow family in honor of Fran & John’s wedding anniversary on October 7
Mike Seid in honor of his great grandson Benjamin Grossman’s birthday on October 8
The Martin family in honor of Joe’s birthday on October 9
Sharon & Marty Edelstein in honor of their son Jonathan’s birthday on October 9

Friday, October 10
Sue Weiler in honor of Judi & Eric Sohn’s wedding anniversary on October 10
Alice Krochmal in honor of Sam Budesa’s birthday on October 10
The Becker family in honor of Simon Kupchik’s 2nd birthday on October 12
Alice Krochmal in honor of Simon Kupchik’s 2nd birthday on October 12
Lea & Alberto Kupchik in honor of their grandson Simon Kupchik’s 2nd birthday on October 12
Carol & Chuck Newman in honor of their wedding anniversary on October 13
Roshi & Ben Newman in honor of their children Carol & Chuck Newman’s wedding anniversary on October 13
Linda & Lloyd Treinish in honor of their wedding anniversary on October 16
Michele Singer & Ken Litvin in honor of their wedding anniversary on October 16
Selda Bloome in honor of her grandson Noam Velan’s birthday on October 16

Friday, October 17
The Becker family in honor of Beth’s birthday on October 17
The Schechter family in honor of Scott’s birthday on October 17
Roshi & Ben Newman in honor of their granddaughter Samantha Jacqueline Kahn’s birthday on October 17
The Berger family in honor of Joel’s birthday on October 18
The Bleiweis family in honor of Debby’s birthday on October 20
The Martin family in honor of Paula’s birthday on October 21
The Levy family in honor of Rachel’s birthday on October 23
The Martin family in honor of Sarah Meytin’s birthday on October 23

Friday, October 24
The Rosen family in honor of Daniela’s birthday on October 24
Selda Bloome in honor of her granddaughter Hope Sierra Bloome’s birthday on October 24
The Mazeres family in honor of Miriam Mendelowitz’s birthday on October 25
Paula & Joe Martin in honor of their grandson Jacob Micah Meytin’s 2nd birthday on October 27
Mike Seid in honor of his daughter Deborah Lack’s birthday on October 28

Friday, October 31
The Burckhard family in honor of Ariane’s birthday on November 2
Selda Bloome in honor of her great grandson R’oi Joey Krupnik’s birthday on November 2
The Levy family in honor of Jay’s birthday on November 3
Irene Reiss in honor of her sister Susan Weiler’s birthday on November 5
Fran & Larry Miller in honor of Susan Weiler’s birthday on November 5
Marilyn & Freemont Reif in honor of their granddaughter Julia Reif’s birthday on November 5
The Martin family in honor of Josh’s birthday on November 6
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 First Hebrew Congregation
“O p p o r t u n i t i e s f o r G i v i n g”
Yahrzeit Plaques
(memorial)
In memory of a member……….............................$200
In memory of a non-member………………………$300
In memory of and purchased by a non-member...$500
Chapel Seats
(engraved brass plate on seat backs)
First three rows...........................$1,500/plate
Second three rows……………....$1,000/plate
Last row…………………………..$750/plate

Tree of Life Miscellaneous

(in honor of a birth, Bar or Bat Mitzvah, wedding, special Bricks (exterior near front entrance, for any life event
anniversaries, life events, in memoriam, etc.) or message, engraved)…………………………….$150
Leaf…………….$100 Classroom named for a family member................$25,000
Rock……………$250 Library or lounge named for a family member….. $50,000
Root……………$350 Wall Plaques: please inquire
Memorial Plate..$500
Other Donation Ideas
Books Gifts of highly appreciated stock or real estate—save on
(plate on inside cover recognizes your gift and names income tax while avoiding capital gains taxes!
those you wish to honor) Scholarships—for youth programs and camps and travel
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All those interested in joining our

Bikkur Holim/Nihum Avelim committee
and fulfilling the mitzvah of visiting the
sick / comforting the bereaved, please
contact Daniela Rosen @ 734-7282

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 Kehilataynu Editorial Policy Email List
and Publishing Information If you’re interested in getting
emails with the weekly
announcements, please visit
The synagogue bulletin is a place not Please keep the following in mind: the website at
only for news and information about • Articles and announcements must be www.firsthebrew.org. If you
FHC and its members, but also a received in the FHC office by the last wish to contact the
forum for members to place week of each month, five weeks before synagogue for any other
information that may be of interest to publication. business, please note that
their fellow congregants. We are • Please submit your article or the e-mail address to use is
happy to consider all articles submitted announcement via e-mail to fhc@firsthebrew.org. To
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Articles for the December 2008 Bulletin are due by:

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Around Town

Volunteers Needed to Deliver Kosher Meals to the

Homebound

Volunteers are needed to deliver kosher meals to

homebound individuals living in Mount Vernon, New
Rochelle and Yonkers. Sponsored by Westchester
Jewish Community Services, the Kosher Meal
Program operates Monday through Friday from Sinai
Free Synagogue in Mount Vernon where the meals are
picked up at 11:30 AM and the warming containers are
returned daily at about 1:00 PM. Volunteers use their
own cars and can travel in two-person teams. Each
route encompasses about five deliveries and takes
about one and a half hours from start to finish.
Volunteers can participate weekly, monthly or on an
as-needed basis. Anyone interested can contact
Caron Gelles at 668-4350.

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 The New York Musical Theatre Festival & Golden KALF Theatricals
present
Tickets go on sale
September 1
at
www.NYMF.org

Performances:
Tues., Sept. 23 at 8PM
Wed., Sept. 24 at 1PM
Fri., Sept. 26 at 9PM
Sat., Sept. 27 at 1PM
Thurs., Oct. 2 at 9PM
Sat., Oct. 4 at 1PM

37 Arts, Theatre C
450 W. 37th Street
(bet. 9th and 10th Aves.)

ALL SEATS $20!

www.NYMF.org

A Musical Comedy of Biblical Proportions

This tuneful Kleban Award-winning musical brings to life the real psychological phenomenon that makes
ordinary tourists in Jerusalem come to believe they are figures from the Bible. When a host of characters
including Noah, Jesus, God, and not one, but two, Virgin Marys are led by Moses in an Exodus from the hospital
psych ward, the result is a journey that is both hilarious and heartwarming.

Book and Lyrics by Laurence Holzman & Felicia Needleman

Music by Kyle Rosen

Directed by Annette Jolles

Featuring the talents of
Ron DeStefano, Roger DeWitt, Alan H. Green, Mary Gutzi, Liz Larsen,
Vanessa Lemonides, Austin Miller, Ronica Reddick, Felicia Ricci,
Bruce Sabath, Chandra Lee Schwartz, Nick Verina,
J.D. Webster & Stuart Zagnit
Musical Director Sariva Goetz Choreographer Lorin Latarro
Set Design Lauren Helpern Design Jennifer Caprio
Lighting Design Ed McCarthy Sound Design Jim van Bergen
Stage Manager Alyssa Stone Casting Director Geoff Josselson
Artwork by Yvette Silver

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 Jewish Food

Latkes
A pancake-like structure not to be confused with
anything the House of Pancakes would put out. In a
latka, the oil is in the pancake. It is made with
potatoes, onions, eggs and matzo meal. Latkas can
be eaten with apple sauce but NEVER with maple
syrup. There is a rumor that in the time of the
Maccabees they lit a latka by mistake and it burned
for eight days. What is certain is you will have heart
burn for the same amount of time. It's a GOOD thing.

Matzoh
The Egyptians' revenge for leaving slavery It consists
of a simple mix of flour and water - no eggs or flavor
at all. When made well, it could actually taste like
cardboard. Its redeeming value is that it does fill you
up and stays with you for a long time. However, it is
recommended that you eat a few prunes soon after.

Kasha Varnishkes
One of the little-known delicacies which is even more
difficult to pronounce than to cook. It has nothing to do
with Varnish, but is basically a mixture of buckwheat
and bow-tie macaroni (noodles).Why a bow-tie? Many
sages discussed this and agreed that some Jewish
mother decided that 'You can't come to the table
without a tie' or, G-d forbid 'An elbow on my table?'

Blintzes
Not to be confused with the German war machine.
Can you imagine the N.J. Post 1939 headlines:
'Germans drop tons of cheese and blueberry blintzes
over Poland - shortage of sour cream expected.'
Basically this is the Jewish answer to crepe Suzette.

Kishka
You know from Haggis? Well, this ain't it. In the old
days they would take an intestine and stuff it. Today
we use parchment paper or plastic. And what do you
stuff it with? Carrots, celery, onions, flour, and spices.
But the trick is not to cook it alone but to add it to the
cholent (see below) and let it cook for 24 hours until
there is no chance whatsoever that there is any
nutritional value left.

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 Kreplach
It sounds worse than it tastes. There is a Rabbinical
debate on its origins. One Rabbi claims it began when
a fortune cookie fell into his chicken soup. The other
claims it started in an Italian restaurant. Either way it
can be soft, hard, or soggy and the amount of meat
inside depends on whether it is your mother or your
mother-in-law who cooked it.

Cholent
This combination of noxious gases had been the
secret weapon of Jews for centuries. The unique
combination of beans, barley, potatoes, and bones or
meat is meant to stick to your ribs and anything else it
comes into contact with. At a fancy Mexican
restaurant (kosher of course) a youngster, who had
just had his first taste of Mexican fried beans,
commented: 'What! Do they serve leftover cholent
here too?!' Next time try something unusual for
guests: make cholent burgers for supper. The guests
never will come back.

Gefilte Fish
A few years ago, problems with filter in a fish pond
caused a few fish to get stuck and mangled. A five
year old boy looked at them and commented 'Is that
why we call it 'Ge Filtered Fish'?' Originally, it was a
carp stuffed with a minced fish and vegetable mixture.
Today it usually comprises of small fish balls eaten
with horse radish ('chrain') which is judged on its
relative strength in bringing tears to your eyes at 100
paces.

Bagels
How can we finish without the quintessential Jewish
Food, the bagel? Like most foods, there are legends
surrounding the bagel. There have been persistent
rumors that the inventors of the bagel were the
Norwegians who couldn't get anyone to buy smoked
lox. Think about it: Can you picture yourself eating lox
on white bread? Rye? A cracker? Naaa. They looked
for something hard and almost indigestible which
could take the spread of cream cheese and which
doesn't take up too much room on the plate. And why
the hole? The truth is that many philosophers believe
the hole is the essence and the dough is only there
for emphasis.

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In order to update our files, we are asking you to fill out this form. If you have never sponsored an Oneg,
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