First Hebrew Congregation of Peekskill

Elul 5768 - Tishrei 5769 / September 2008

Candle lighting
Meetings and Events
Sept. 5…… 7:02pm
Sept. 12…… 6:51pm Board of Trustees……….Tuesday, Sept. 2 @8:00pm
Sept. 19…… 6:39pm Sisterhood Breakfast…... Sunday, Sept. 7 @ 9:15am
Sept. 26…… 6:27pm Men’s Club Meeting……. Sunday, Sept. 28 @ 9:15am
Sept. 29…… 6:22pm
Sept. 30…… 7:22pm Hebrew & Nursery School Events
Nursery School
Parent Orientation……Thursday, Sept. 4 @7:00pm
Hebrew School
Opening Day………….Sunday, Sept. 7 @9:00am
Nursery School
Family Picnic………… Sunday, Sept. 7
Tot Shabbat…………….. Friday, Sept. 12 @7:00pm
Hebrew School Open House --
Shabbat Service -- Uptown Meet the Teachers……Sunday, Sept. 21
Friday Evenings……………8:00 pm Welcome party for Rabbi Paskind &
Saturday Mornings………...9:30 am Family………………… Sunday, Sept. 21 @4:00pm

Learner’s Minyan
Saturday, Sept. 13 @10:30am
Saturday, Sept. 20 @10:30am

B'nai Mitzvah……………..Mazel Tov

Gabriella Rosen………… Shabbat, September 13th
Noah Ruff……………….. Shabbat, September 20th
Noah Roby……………… Shabbat, September 27th

Daily Minyan -- Downtown

Rosh Hashana
Monday thru Friday……. 8:00 am
Sunday…………………..
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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
Kenny Kissel.......................... 526-6557
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
Dear Friends – new friends, whom we have
just met, and ‘old’ friends – whom we’ve known for
months – by the time you read this I hope my wife
Judy and I will have started to settle in Peekskill. As I
am writing these words – we are surrounded by
boxes on every side as we use every spare minute to
pack. I’m doing a lot of thinking these days about
cardboard and what it holds, about all the things we
collect and keep. They are very special to us – but in
their boxes, they all look the same. I can hardly tell
the difference between pillows and books and sheet
music.
The act of packing up is part of the process of
transitioning. We’ve been getting ourselves ready for
quite a while to become part of the First Hebrew
family. We’re looking forward to getting involved in
the congregation. And each time we visited, whether
for a meeting, or to look for our new house, we were
greeted so warmly by everyone we met. So we really
do feel that we have friends at FHC already, and we
are looking forward eagerly to meeting each and
every one of you in the days ahead.
I’m also very interested to learn about the
community. The best way I know how to do that is to
All Dues Variance forms must be received by September 30,
2008. Any forms received after that date will not be
considered for a reduction for the 2008-09 fiscal year.
Thank you for your cooperation,
Dues Variance Committee
Get Well
First Hebrew wishes a speedy recovery to:
Susan Abrams Beth Becker
Fran Bensky Morton Bensky
Jeanne Berger Selda Bloome
Luz Corona Murray Halperin
Rose Herbst Louise Levy
Jerry Saltzman Mindy Spock
.
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listen to what each of you can tell me about it. I want
to know what you think FHC has that works and what
could work a little better, what it needs, and what the
larger Peekskill area needs as well.
I promise to do my best to connect your
name with your face as quickly as possible. Please
be patient with me. In order to get to know you as
soon as possible we’re exploring having some
informal get-togethers. More on those soon.
In the meanwhile, please feel free to call and
chat, or drop in, or share your concerns or problems
with me any time. I’m always glad to schedule some
time to get together for something that’s important to
you. Together I hope we can continue to build FHC
into the place we all want it to be.
I close for now with warm wishes of
hatzlahah, Much success, for Rabbi Claudio and Ann
Kupchik and family, and wishes for all of us to enter
the New Year ahead renewed and refreshed and
ready to do the work of our Creator. From my family
and myself, I wish you and yours Shanah tovah
um’tukah, a Sweet New Year.
Lee S. Paskind
Babysitting
FREE Babysitting will be available
once a month during the
Saturday Shabbat service.
We need babysitters!
We are offering ten dollars an hour from
9:30am-12:00ish.
For more information, please contact Alice
Yasuna, Selu@optonline.net
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President’s Message
As Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are fast
approaching, we join together in reaffirming our
commitment to Judaism and to our FHC congregation.
As we prepare for this important Jewish New
Year, we welcome Rabbi Lee Paskind, his wife Judy
and their family to become part of our extended
Jewish family. With a new year and a new Rabbi our
expectations are high and we have great hope that
with new spiritual leadership we can address our
present and future challenges with real solutions.
Our first order of business is to come
together as a family, to work together to shape
our future. Over that last year we have accomplished
many things that we all can be proud of. Together,
with our spiritual, professional and lay leadership we
have an opportunity to move forward, to shape the
future of FHC, Conservative Egalitarian and Judaism
in Northern Westchester. Together we can make FHC
the place to raise our Jewish children, renew and
uplift our spiritual soul, educate ours mind, help the
FHC community and the community at large, and
enjoy the company of our Jewish neighbors and
develop friendships and bonds that will last a lifetime.
Our second order of business is to grow
our community. We must reach out and develop
new friendships and bonds with our Jewish
neighbors, acquaintances and friends and grow
FHC. The process has begun with the efforts of our
Membership Committee headed by Frances Weiner
But we all must reach out to prospective members
and embrace them in the hopes of rejuvenating
FHC. The challenge is there, but hopefully with our
new team, together we shall have greater success.
The third and final order of business is
to relax and enjoy FHC. Many generations of past
and current congregants have worked long and
hard to make FHC what it is today. Our facilities,
including the physical buildings, the land, the
cemetery, the investments made, etc. provide FHC
members a level of amenities and benefits not
usually found in a congregation of our size. We are
truly blessed with what we have and what can be
our future.
So, as we prepare to celebrate the Jewish
New Year and atone for our sins, let us also take
stock of who we are, where we have been and
where we can be. Let us all take a collective deep
breath and corresponding sigh, recharge our
personal batteries and get to work, together.
Shalom.
Jeremy Krantz, President

MAZEL TOV

• To Sheryl & Matthew Baker on the engagement of their daughter Sandi

Baker to David Schassler. A July 24, 2009 wedding is being planned.

• To Sandy & Gary Stein on the engagement of their daughter Robin to Adam
Garber. A 2009 wedding is being planned!

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 the Hebrew School Principal,
Dear Parents, Students, and Congregants
I hope you all had an enjoyable and relaxing
summer. I am both honored and excited to continue
my role as principal of the Hebrew School. As it is
now time to embark on that wonderful journey that is
the new school year I would like to take this
opportunity to welcome everyone back and extend a
special warm welcome to all new students and their
families. I have been working with the faculty to
prepare for the opening of classes and am certain
that they will, as always, warmly embrace and guide
your children as they experience their individual
paths to Judaism throughout the school year.
This will be a year of change. Some of the
changes minor such as the way we name our
classes, as outlined in the parent manual, others
more complex such as the way we structure our
curriculum, teaching methodology, and programming.
Some also involve changes in faculty. All of these
changes share the common goal of making Jewish
education more accessible, meaningful, and
enjoyable for our children, their parents, and the
entire community while continuing to preserve the
best of what has made our school so successful. I
look forward with great enthusiasm to working with
Rabbi Paskind, our talented and devoted faculty, our
profoundly dedicated board of education, our children
and parents, and all members of the community as
we refine and implement our vision of life long Jewish
education.
Please note that our first day of Hebrew
school for all classes Gan - Zayin (K-7) is Sunday
September 7th starting at 9a.m. Our first Hebrew High
school session will be Tuesday September 9th.
I especially look forward to meeting all the
Hebrew school parents on Sunday September 21st.
That morning during school hours we will hold an
open house during which time parents will have the
opportunity to meet their children’s teachers, learn
about the school’s curriculum, and get to know other
parents in the school community.
While chatting with a friend of mine in Israel
we were discussing the meaning of "a land flowing
with milk and honey". Crossing the border from
Jordan back to Israel was a stark reminder of that
conversation. G-d gave the people a land with the
potential to make it a thriving paradise but the
implementation was upon them. The miracles of the
modern state of Israel are countless yet there is
much yet to be done. The same holds true for Jewish
education. We have been given the tools and the
guidelines it is up to us to study and implement them
in a way that gives new meaning to our lives as Jews
every day while building a better world both local and
global, as well as constantly remembering and
studying the centrality of Israel to the Jewish people.
With many new and exciting programs
planned and as always a renewed seriousness of
purpose I look forward to an enjoyable and rewarding
school year.
Bi’Shalom and Shanah Tovah!
Jeffrey Wrightman

September B'nai Mitzvah………..Mazel Tov

First Hebrew Congregation will call the following to the Torah as B’Nei Mitzvah at
our regular Saturday morning-uptown services, 9:30 a.m. We welcome all
members of our community to join in these simchas. The families welcome all
those attending to join with them at the Kiddush following services in honor of the
Bar/Bat Mitzvahs.
Shabbat, September 13th – Gabriella Rosen, daughter of Daniela & Andrew
Rosen
th
Shabbat, September 20 – Noah Ruff, son of Martha & Gary Ruff
Shabbat, September 27th – Noah Roby, son of Fran & Lester Roby

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 Message from Sisterhood
“May He who blessed our ancestors
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, Sarah, Rebecca,
Rachel, and Leah, bless this entire
congregation…”(Siddur Sim Shalom). We recite this
prayer every Shabbat during the Torah service. This
seemed like a fitting way to begin this special article,
in which we welcome Rabbi Paskind and his family to
our family at First Hebrew Congregation.
What could be a more appropriate time to
welcome Rabbi Paskind but now, the season that
marks the approach of the High Holidays and Rosh
Hashanah. Every year at this time I remember
shopping for the new clothes and new shoes that I
would wear to synagogue with my family. I
remember the arrival in the mail of the New Year
cards from family and friends wishing us Shanah
Tovah. This is a season of new beginnings, of
wishing each other a sweet year. This is a time for
our Sisterhood and our congregation to be focused
on the sweetness of this new beginning for all of us.
May Rabbi Paskind and his family look back
with fondness on the steps of their journey that
brought them here. May we also look back with
fondness on our memories. But let us all be open to
creating new memories together, to entering the new
year of 5769 in peace and friendship. We invite all
returning and new Sisterhood members to join us on
September 7, 2008 for our first meeting of the year.
Rabbi Paskind will be our special guest.
Shalom and Shanah Tovah,
Mindy Steinholz Spock
Sisterhood Executive Board
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
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
Visit us on the Web:
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Message from Men’s Club
I want to start by expressing my hope that
you all had great summers! Last year, I wrote at this
time that from my perspective, the summers keep
flying by ever faster and that although it is becoming
harder and harder, I still view summer as a time to
try to attend more to leisure activities and put the
rigors (at least some) of modern life on the back
burner. I guess this summer proved that summers
now fly by faster than ever. However, what doesn’t
change is that now that September has arrived, it’s
time to gear up again for activities here at FHC!
This time of year presents a new opportunity
for all of us to generate positive energy and a
commitment to get involved in the multitude of
activities that are available at FHC. In case you
don’t know, the Men’s Club meets one Sunday
morning each month right after Hebrew School drop
off for a great breakfast and a chance to socialize.
Some months we have planned activities or
programs. I welcome all of you guys out there to
come join us at our Men’s Club breakfasts this year
and to get involved in planning and implementing
our programs and activities for the coming year.
Steven Cohen,
Men’s Club Co-president
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……...
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Sisterhood Meetings 5769 (2008 – 2009) @ 9:15am Parking Spot

Sunday, Sept. 7………….. General meeting Moishe is driving to work. He's

Sunday, Oct. 5 …………… General meeting
Sunday, Nov. 2…………… General meeting
Sunday, Dec. 14…………. Joint meeting with MC
Sunday, Jan.11……………General meeting
Sunday, Feb. 1…………… General meeting
Sunday, March 1…………. General meeting
Sunday, April 19………….. Joint meeting with MC
Sunday, May 3…………….General meeting
Men’s Club Meetings 5769 (2008 – 2009) @ 9:15am
late for a meeting, looking for a parking
place and can't find one.
In desperation, he turns towards
heaven and says, "G-d, if you find me a
parking place, I promise that I'll eat only
kosher, respect Shabbat, and all the
holidays."
At that moment, a place opens
up just in front of him.

Sunday, Sept. 28………….General meeting He turns his face up to heaven

Sunday, Oct. 26………….. General meeting and says, "Never mind G-d, I just found a
Sunday, Nov. 23…………. General meeting spot."
Sunday, Dec. 14…………..Joint meeting with Sisterhood
Sunday, Jan.25……………General meeting
Sunday, Feb. 8…………….Downtown Synagogue
Sunday, March 8…………. Purim Carnival
Sunday, April 19………….. Joint meeting with Sisterhood
Sunday, May 31………….. BBQ

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Men’s Club Breakfast meeting
Sunday, Sept. 28 @ 9:15am

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 SISTERHOOD OF FIRST HEBREW CONGREGATION OF PEEKSKILL
1821 E. Main Street Peekskill, NY 10566

Dear Congregants,

We are asking you now to participate in our annual BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE which will be
used in our synagogue for Yizkor on Yom Kippur, and may be used on Shemini Atzeret, Pesach
and Shavuot when Yizkor is recited. Recorded in the BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE will be the
names of departed ones in whose memory a contribution is sent to Sisterhood in support of our
synagogue.

On the form below, you can list the names of those loved ones you would like to record in our
BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE. Please print or type the names to minimize the possibility of
typographical errors. PLEASE NOTE: Unless you request otherwise, all memorialized names
will appear in alphabetical order, and all those paying tribute will be listed by the name(s) printed
on the “REMEMBERED BY” line below. It would be helpful if you could return the listing
immediately, but NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 12, 2008. Please note that the BOOK OF
REMEMBRANCE is not associated with any permanent memorial plaques in the synagogue. We
can print in the BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE only those names that are sent to us with your
donation.

Wishing you an enjoyable summer in good health, and with kindest regards.

Phyllis Stern Sue Ellen Silber

739-4981 788-4144

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Please include the following names to be printed in the BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE 2008

_______________________________ ________________________________
Name departed Name of departed

______________________________ ________________________________
Name departed Name departed

______________________________ ________________________________
Name of departed Name departed

If you want the names to be listed in other than alphabetical order, please indicate the order by
numbering the names. Please use a separate piece of paper for additional names, and attach it
securely hereto.

I/We enclose $_______(minimum of $5 PER NAME of departed, please , NOT PER LINE – Joe
Doe= $5; Joe and Joan Doe, even if written on one line= $10) as a donation in memory of our
beloved departed whose names are to be printed in the BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE. Make
check payable to Sisterhood, FHC and mail with this form to the address above. Please write
BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE on the envelope. Thank you.

REMEMBERED BY:_________________________________________________________
Your name(s)

Full address__________________________________________________Phone:_________

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

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED COOPERATION!

AUGUST 27TH –
Peter Korngold ...............
Jeremy Krantz................
Alice Krochmal ...............
Carol Kuczinski ..............
SEPTEMBER 3rd -
Dawn Kuszel ..................
Jay Levy.........................
Bruce Lindenbaum .........
Rochelle Madenberg ......
SEPTEMBER 10th -
Joseph Martin ................
Lori McDonald................
Roberta McKeon ............
Michael Meadvin ............
SEPTEMBER 17TH -
Steven Memis ................
Mindy Krazmien .............
Jay Miller........................
Ilene Moskowitz .............
SEPTEMBER 24TH -
Renee Nachamie ...........
Michele Newberger ........
Roshi Newman...............
Ben Newman .................
OCTOBER 29TH –
Fran Miller ......................
Larry Miller .....................
Charles Newman ...........
Edith Nissenblatt ............
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 $200 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 $200.
Important Note: Your 2008–2009 dues include a $200 family surcharge and
$100 singles surcharge for Bingo. If a member family meets its two-bingo
requirement during the year, the family will receive a $200 credit. Similarly, if
a single member meets his/her one-bingo requirement during the year, he/she
will receive a $100 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
Help support our Hebrew School when you shop online.
Visit the congregation’s website:
www.FirstHebrew.Org for details.

NO BINGO ON THE FOLLOWING DAYS

OCTOBER 1ST – 2ND Day Rosh Hashanah
Bingo’s new Night:
Wednesdays
OCTO ER 8TH – Kol Nidrei
OCTOBER 15TH – 2ND Day Sukkot
OCTOBER 22ND – Simchat Torah

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 GERSHORN KURSHEEDT, Institution Builder
In 1848, Gershorn Kursheedt of New Orleans
wrote to Rabbi Isaac Leeser of Philadelphia, “I
have but one ambition in life, and that is to
elevate the character of our people in the eyes of
God and man.” Historian Kenneth Libo
observes that “no American did more in his day to
build Jewish congregational life at home...and
raise funds for the Jews of Palestine than
Gershern Kursheedt.”
Born in 1817 in Richmond, Virginia, Gershorn
Kursheedt had a distinguished Jewish pedigree.
His grandfather was the first American-born rabbi,
Gershorn Mendes Seixas of New York, and his
parents were Rabbi Israel Baer Kursheedt and
Sarah Abigail, daughter of Gershorn Mendes
Seixas. The seventh of Israel Baer and Sarah
Abigail’s nine children, Gershorn is reported to
have absorbed “a passionate love of Jewish
learning and a proud concern for Jewish causes
from both his parents. He was challenged to
put both of these commitments to work when he
moved to New Orleans at age 21 to work in an
uncle’s retail business.
The Jewish community of New Orleans
established its first synagogue, Shanaria-Chasset,
in 1828, ten years before Kursheedt’s arrival. By
that time, the young congregation had fallen to
precarious depths. A German-Jewish periodical
reported that Shanaria-Chasset’s rabbi, Albert
“Roley” Marks, was disgracing the community.
“This stigma in the ranks of the Jewish
ministry eats whatever comes before his maw,
never keeps the feast of Passover, indeed, has
none of his boys circumcised....At Purim, the
book of Esther could not be read since....the
rabbi-reader was preoccupied with his duties as
(part-time) fire chief. When challenged by a
pious member of the congregation, the rabbi,
beside himself with wrath, pounded the pulpit and
shouted, “By Jesus Christ, I have a right to pray!”
After his death the rabbi’s widow, a Catholic, was
restrained only with difficulty from putting a
crucifix on his grave”.
Considering the situation at Shanaria-Chasset
hopeless, Kursheedt helped organize a new
congregation, Nefutzotyh Yehudah, which elected
him its first president. To fund construction of a
synagogue for the congregation, Kursheedt
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turned to one of New Orleans’s wealthiest men
Judah Touro, who until that time had only
weakly identified with his Judaism and done
very little philanthropically to help his fellow
Jews. Kursheedt turned Touro into a
practicing Jew and America’s first great
philanthropist.
Kursheedt persuaded Touro, who was
unmarried and childless, to use his fortune to
continue the Jewish traditions so beloved by
Touro’s father Isaac, hazzan of the synagogue
in Newport. Kursheedt convinced Judah
Touro to purchase an abandoned neoclassical
church in downtown New Orleans and
renovate it into a 470-seat sanctuary. On the
advice of Kursheedt and Isaac Leeser, Touro
funded the salary of Rabbi Moses Nathan to
serve the congregation. Kursheedt made all
the arrangements for dedicating the building in
1849 and, according to historian Bertram Korn,
the ceremony had a deep impact on Touro.
After the dedication, Touro “seemed to have
returned to Judaism,” Korn observed, “in a
most determined way. He attended services
regularly, built a schoolhouse next to the
synagogue in 1851 and provided rooms there
for Gershorn Kursheedt to live.”
As part of his commitment to the Jewish
community of New Orleans, Gershorn
Kursheedt organized the city’s Hebrew
Benevolent Society, the forerunner of today’s
Jewish community federation. A yellow fever
epidemic in 1853 left the Hebrew Benevolent
Society with responsibility for supporting 4
Jewish widows and 20 orphans. Kursheedt
persuaded Touro to fund the construction of a
home for Jewish widows and orphans.
Before the home could be built Touro died.
Just before his passing, Kursheedt got Touro
to write a will leaving most of his estate to
Jewish causes. Touro’s bequests were at
that time the largest ever left by an American
citizen to charitable institutions. His estate of
$200,000 provided funds for every existing
traditional synagogue in America and $50,000
for the relief of poor Jews in Palestine. Until
the very end, Kursheedt reported that he
struggled to get Touro to provide for these
Cont. on next
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Cont. GERSHORN KURSHEEDT “worthy” Jewish poor instead. The colony of
Jewish charities. After Touro’s death, Kursheedt houses became the first Jewish neighborhood
wrote to Leeser, ”If you knew how I had to work to outside the old walls of the city. Montefiore
get that will made...you would pity me...(There wrote to Kursheedt, “It must be a great
were) arguments, changes and counter-changes happiness to you to know that with your great
in the sums for institutions, till my heart influence with the late Mr. Touro...you have
sickened.” been the means to directing the eyes and
hearts of many of our Brethren toward the Holy
Despite these struggles, Touro named Land and contributing to the welfare of our
Kursheedt co-executor with Sir Moses Montefiore coreligionists now dwelling in that land of our
of a $50,000 bequest to the poor Jews of Fathers.” Kursheedt had indeed achieved his
Palestine. Kursheedt traveled to England to “one ambition”: elevating the character of his
meet with Montefiore, from whence the two men people in the eyes of God and men.
traveled to Jerusalem, where they could
determine how best to use the Touro bequest. I hope these wonderful articles from the American
Montefiore proposed constructing a hospital, an Jewish Historical Society continue to give pride and
idea to which Kursheedt instantly consented. pleasure in the accomplishments of our people. They
are designed to inform and build pride in our children and
When the two men returned to Jerusalem in 1857 in ourselves.
they discovered that, in the interim, the
Rothschild family had built such a hospital. The Edith Nissenblatt, Sisterhood, VP/Education
two men determined to build almshouses for the
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 Yahrzeits
The following Yahrzeits will be observed during the months of Elul and Tishrei as
noted on the memorial plaque in our sanctuary:

Bertha Shafer.................. Elul 2 Leo Blumberg ................Elul 23 Tzenah Scharfstein....... Tishrei 15

Anna Heck ...................... Elul
Harold "Rudy" Rudorfer... Elul
Frederick Laufer.............. Elul
Marvin H. Radler ............. Elul
Joseph Friedman ............ Elul
Esther Newman .............. Elul
Ruth Siverstein Blair........ Elul
Malka Rachel Winter ....... Elul
Etta Zivia Rudick ............. Elul
Willliam Brown ................ Elul
Philip Fidler ..................... Elul
3 Dorothy Laufer...............Elul 23 Jacob Weitz .................. Tishrei 15
5 Samuel Poritzky.............Elul 24 Rosetta Hilburg............. Tishrei 17
6 Faye Benes ...................Elul 28 Lillian Ruth Mills............ Tishrei 18
6 Seymour Strickberger ....Elul 29 Joseph Selinger............ Tishrei 18
7 Mildred Cohen .............. Tishrei 19
9 Pearl Ruback.............Tishrei 1 Emanuel Ganeles ......... Tishrei 21
11 Lena Treiber ..............Tishrei 1 Joseph Edward Drogy .. Tishrei 21
11 Hyman Lupion ...........Tishrei 6 Leo Mark ...................... Tishrei 23
16 Samuel Goldberg.......Tishrei 8 Julius Reiss .................. Tishrei 29
20 Morris Gaffen.............Tishrei 11
21 Herman Pomerantz ...Tishrei 12

May their memory be a blessing to all

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

Condolences…

ƒ To the family of Rosalyn Roskin on her passing.

ƒ To Rose Herbst and the entire Herbst family on the loss of their beloved Adolph.

“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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 ONEGS
• A belated Oneg for Mary Goldfarb in honor of her grandson Alex Goldfarb's birthday on June 25
• A belated Oneg for Mary Goldfarb in honor of her granddaughter Aimee Goldfarb's birthday on July 28

Friday, September 5
Amy & Paul Burckhard in honor of their daughter-in-law Jessica’s birthday on September 9
Sharon & Martin Edelstein in honor of the wedding anniversary of Joseph & Susan Sanders on September 9

Friday, September 12
Mary Goldfarb in honor of her grandson Noah Roby’s birthday on September 12
Mort Bensky in honor of Fran’s birthday on September 14
The Burckhard family in honor of David’s birthday on September 15
The Schechter family in honor of Howie’s birthday on September 15

Friday, September 19
The Bleiweis family in honor of Alex, Rachel and Grace’s 16th birthday on September 19
Alice Krochmal in honor of Lisa Segal’s birthday on September 19
The Burckhard family in honor of their Mom, Mary Blackman’s birthday on September 20
Fran & Larry Miller in honor of Rona Domow’s birthday on September 20
The Ruff family in honor of Noah’s Bar Mitzvah on September 20
Marilyn & Freemont Reif in honor of their son Richard’s birthday on September 23
The Perlman family in honor of Richard’s birthday on September 23
The Becker family in honor of Scott’s birthday on September 24
Martin & Sharon Edelstein in honor of their son-in-law Joseph Tomaras’ birthday on September 24

Friday, September 26
The Calo family in honor of Danielle’s birthday on September 26
Mary Goldfarb in honor of her grandson Noah Roby’s Bar Mitzvah on September 27
Mike Seid in honor of his great grandson Zachary Hassan’s birthday on September 27
The Burckhard family in honor of Joshua’s birthday on September 29
Deborah Post & Jeffrey Stern in honor of their 20th wedding anniversary on October1

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Roshi Newman
In honor of: the Bat Mitzvah of Maia Silber – from Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Lane
In memory of: Ronald Goldsand – from Carol Goldenblank
In memory of: Adolph Herbst - from Selda Bloome, Mr. & Mrs. Louis Trachtman,
Mr. & Mrs. David Nagelberg, Mr. Allan Laucheimer.
In memory of: Dorothy Rubenfeld – from The Newburyport Chamber of Commerce
Congregation
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 Krantz family meets former President Clinton
I have been asked to post some pictures of President Clinton and Senator Clinton a copy and at
our family's special visit with President Bill Clinton. our meeting told President Clinton about FHC and
While these pictures have next to nothing to do with that special private speech given by Eleanor
FHC, I do have a nexus with FHC to discuss. On Roosevelt. As Masoud was able to get the FHC
July 1, 2008 our family met President Bill Clinton at Uptown 1957 event on You Tube, I would like to be
his office in Harlem which fulfilled Noah's make a able to get the Eleanor Roosevelt speech accessible
wish request to the Make a Wish Foundation. At the to FHC. If anyone has any ideas (possibly a You Tube
meeting we brought to President Clinton some audio posting with pictures of Eleanor Roosevelt) let
presents. My lovely wife brought President Clinton me know.
baseball caps for the TS Alliance (which is the
If anyone knows the date and/or year the
organization doing research to cure Noah's disease),
speech was made, let me know. If anyone knows who
and a baseball cap from the Make a Wish
recorded the speech let me know.
Foundation. Our family also brought him a
personalized Buffalo Bills cap. Anyway, the visit with President Clinton was,
as MasterCard would say, "Priceless".
Having read several books about President
Clinton and Senator Hillary Clinton, I was aware of Shalom,
their affinity for Eleanor Roosevelt. As some of you Jeremy
may be aware, back in the 1950's Eleanor Roosevelt
spoke at FHC downtown and gave a private
speech/lecture about world affairs at that time.
Someone with great foresight recorded her speech
and during our recent cleanup of FHC, several
copies of the recorded speech were found. I made

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 I wanted to pass along to the
congregation a terrific exhibit we saw
over the summer. We took my son and
a few of his friends to the Basketball
Hall of Fame in Springfield, MA, and
there is an exhibit there on Maccabi
Basketball honoring Israel's 60th
birthday! It's a wonderful exhibit and
includes a brief but beautiful slide show
of Israel's history. It touched me deeply
since my son is playing Maccabi
basketball this summer and my
daughter is currently in Israel. It's a nice
day trip – less than a 2 hour drive.
Dianne Perlman
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Based on the information on the
website (http://www.hoophall.com), the
exhibit will be open, at least, until the
end of 2008.

Summer’s Distinguished Visitor

Happy New Year

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 For ten days every October, Tzahal Shalom
of Northern Westchester welcomes a delegation of Tzahal Shalom Program for
active duty combat officers from the Israeli Defense
Forces. Their mission is to connect with our
2008 Begins on Sunday,
community, to bring a bit of Israel into our homes, 10/26/2008 and will run for ten
and to meet with seniors, adults, college students, days and will end on November
teens and children. These IDF officers come from
different military branches and are chosen for their
5, 2008
bravery, their stories, and their ability to
communicate in English.
While in Northern Westchester, the soldiers
get a reprieve from active combat duty and a
chance to see New York. Most importantly, they
begin to understand the support they have from our
community and return to Israel with a renewed spirit
and great pride! In return, we get the gift of their
presence and build relationships with these special
individuals.
Soldiers are housed by host families in our
community. Each soldier and host family also has a
‘buddy’ family that is involved with them during their
stay. There are a multitude of ways for the
community to get involved: host a soldier for dinner,
host a parlor meeting, drive, attend outings, or join
a committee.
While in our community, the soldiers attend More information available at:
various synagogue and community events as well
as sightseeing in New York. They travel to West
Point, go to the UN, see the Statue of Liberty, take
http://www.tzahalshalom.org/
in a Broadway
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 Rabbi
Kupchik’s
Farewell
Dinner

June 7th, 2008

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Rabbi Kupchik’s Farewell Dinner
On June 7th, 2008, First Hebrew
Congregation bid a fond farewell to Rabbi Kupchik
with a Farewell Shavout Service and Dinner,
followed by a study session. We davened, ate, and
studied in a celebration that contained 120
congregants, members of the Peekskill Pastor’s
Association, and our local elected officials. Linda
Puglisi, the Supervisor of the Town of Cortland; Mary
Ford, the Mayor of Peekskill; Don Bennet, the
Deputy Mayor of Peekskill; and George Oros, the
Minority Leader of the Westchester County Board of
Legislators all spoke and gave Rabbi Kupchik lovely
framed certificates. Representative John Hall and
State Senator Vincent Leibell couldn’t make the
dinner, but did send letters and framed Certificates
in their stead.
This farewell dinner was a true synagogue
event. Congregants cooked, donated, decorated,
and cleaned up for this bittersweet celebration.
Arlene Kaufman cooked four noodle kugels, Sue
Ellen Silber cooked two, I cooked six quiches,
Sisterhood provided an array of wine, bagels,
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Sisterhood Meeting
Sunday, Sept. 7 @ 9:15am
Drop off the kids and join us for the first
meeting of the year
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hummus, pita, fruits, and veggies, cookies, and Men’s
Club provided a wonderful ice cream cake for this
dairy Shauvout meal. Daniela Rosen provided the
tablecloths and floral arrangements, and helped to
arrange and clean up. Mindy Steinholtz Spock and
Jamie Spock provided the flowers for the bimah, Lisa
Segal the office support, and Fran Olmsted the
shopping, cooking, cleaning and the moral support to
keep me from going entirely insane. I must also thank
Estelle Fryburg for her generous donations for the
spirits, and Shelley Kessler, Zhila Radparvar and Lisa
Cohn for helping with the cleaning and straightening
up. If I’ve forgotten anybody, please forgive
me. Everybody truly came together to make this a
successful event. I look forward to working with
everybody again, for happier occasions.
I wish Rabbi Claudio Kupchik, his wife Ann,
and sons Jacob and Simon a fond farewell, and wish
them well for the future.
Shalom,
Alice Yasuna
Sisterhood
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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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 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
to Kehilataynu; however, we reserve bulletin@firsthebrew.org. If you do not email Rabbi Paskind directly,
the right to edit for style, and length. In have a computer, and/or your use rabbi@firsthebrew.org
addition, all articles submitted by FHC submission is not available in digital
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Did you know that
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We are of Our Children! printer, so you can read it
The Board of Education would like to honor our wonderful Bar/Bat Mitzvah without having to wait for the
students in a special way! post office to deliver it! You
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We would like each student to submit a brief biography (5-7 sentences) to be version of the current
placed in the synagogue bulletin. The biography could include information such as month’s calendar. Come
their Bar/BatMitzvah date, grade, school, outside interests, and should include a check it out! If you have any
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sent after that time will be placed in the next bulletin, which may be after the
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 Jewish Holidays (5769)
Holiday Dates in 2008 - 2009
Rosh HaShana Tues - Wed, Sept 30-Oct 1
Yom Kippur Thurs, October 9
Sukkot Tues - Mon, October 14-20
Shemini Atzeret Tues, October 21
Simchat Torah Wed, October 22
Hanukkah Mon - Mon, December 22-29
Tu B'Shvat Mon, February 9
Purim Tues, March 10
Passover Thurs - Thurs, April 9-16
Yom HaShoah Tues, April 21
Yom HaZikaron Tues, April 28
Yom HaAtzmaut Wed, April 29
Lag B'Omer Tues, May 12
Yom Yerushalayim Fri, May 22
Shavuot Fri - Sat, May 29-30
Tisha B'Av Thurs, July 30
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million good reasons to sponsor an Oneg—birthdays, anniversaries, engagements, weddings, bar/bat
mitzvahs, graduations, births, etc.
In order to update our files, we are asking you to fill out this form. Even if you have been a sponsor, please
take a minute and go over your list. If you have never sponsored an Oneg, now is the time to add your name
and your loved ones’ names to the pages you see in the bulletin as well as having your SIMCHA announced
from the Bima. Listings must be submitted TWO MONTHS PRIOR to the occasion in order to be printed in
the bulletin. The cost is minimal—$6.00 for one Oneg, $30.00 for five Onegs, and $36.00 for seven
Onegs (one is free)! Remember to fill out this form and mail it with a check made out to Sisterhood FHC to:
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