The Bulletin

Union Temple of Brooklyn

Affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism

JUNE 2009 Sivan - Tamuz 5769 Vol. 160, No 10

SCHEDULE OF SERVICES FOR JUNE

SHABBAT NASO II
5 Friday Evening 6:30 PM
6:30 PM - Kabbalat Shabbat
7:30 PM - Potluck Dinner
6 Saturday Morning 10:30 AM

Trouble Makers
SYNAPLEX SHABBAT
9:30 AM: Brunch
10:30 AM: Shabbat Morning Service:

Coming to
The Crown of a Good Name
Naming Service for Congregants

the Temple!
Torah: Numbers 6:1-7:89 Haftarah: Judges 12:13-25

SHABBAT BEHA’ALOTECHA
12 Friday Evening 8:00 PM
See them on Shabbat Evening Service:
Installation of Officers & Trustees

Movie Night - 13 Saturday Morning 10:30 AM

David Vogel will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah

June 24th at Torah: Numbers 8:1-12:15

SHABBAT SHELACH-LECHA
Haftarah: Zechariah 2:14-4:7

6:30 pm. 19 Friday Evening

Kabbalat Shabbat
6:30 PM

Details on page 8
Baby Naming: Anna Ruth Kuflik,
daughter of Allison Day & Arthur Kuflik
20 Saturday Morning 10:30 AM
11:15 AM - Tot Shabbat
Please remember that services are Torah: Numbers 13:1-15:41 Haftarah: Joshua 2:1-24
conducted throughout the summer
months without interruption. SHABBAT KORACH
Kabbalat Shabbat begins 26 Friday Evening 8:00 PM
Friday at 6:30 PM Late Shabbat Service

except July 24 and August 28, 27 Saturday Morning 10:30 AM

when services will begin at 8:00 PM. Torah: Numbers 16:1-18:32 Haftarah: I Samuel 11:14-12:22
All Saturday morning services
begin at 10:30 AM.
Rabbi’s Message

Mi Shebeirach for an Aliyah

The Mi Shebeirach blessing has become a regular feature of our services. Mi She-
beirach means “The One who blessed.” It begins: Mi Shebeirach avoteinu, Avra-
ham, Yitzhak, v’Ya’akov, v’imoteinu, Sarah, Rivka, Rahel, v’Leah... Hu y’vareich
et… “May the One who blessed our fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and our
mothers, Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel and Leah, bestow Your blessing upon ... and so
on.”
Though most often we have recited Mi Shebeirach for those who are ill, our liturgy
actually provides different Mi Shebeirach texts for various occasions. There are blessings at an aufruf for a
bride and groom; blessings for new parents and blessings for their babies; and indeed, blessings for each per-
son who is given the honor of being called the Torah to recite the Torah blessing - the honor that we call an
Aliyah (going up to the Torah). The Torah blessings are completed, and then the Mi Shebeirach is recited by
the Rabbi or Cantor.
While earlier generations of Reform Jews preferred to excise all these “Mi Shebeirachs” from the service, of-
ten out of a general anxiety about needlessly elongating the liturgy, our own generation has shown a marked
preference for putting them back in. There is a general sense that it is important to acknowledge and bless
people in their lives: whether as a prayer for a restoration to health, or in the joy of a new baby, an impending
marriage, or for the honor of being called to the Torah.
Our new siddur, MISHKAN T’FILAH, has inserted a Mi Shebeirach for an Aliyah, which essentially is the tradi-
tional text. Some of the members of our Religious Practices Committee found the traditional wording objec-
tionable from a theological standpoint, so I took the liberty of rewriting the blessing. The translation of the
text now reads:
May the One Who blessed our fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and our mothers, Sarah, Re-
becca, Rachel and Leah, bless ________ (son)(daughter) of _________ who has ascended to the
Torah, with good health, happiness, prosperity and peace; with wisdom and understanding, with
the love of Torah and reverence for the Divine. And let us say Amen.
We have used this already at Shabbat Morning services, and it seems to be well received by those in atten-
dance, and appreciated by those who have been called for an aliyah. Thus, the next time you happen to be at a
morning service, you’ll hear this Mi Shebeirach in addition to the one for healing. We hope you will enjoy the
addition of this blessing. Though it adds little more than a few seconds to the service, it holds considerable
significance for those being blessed, and their families.
Blessings to all –
-Rabbi Linda Henry Goodman

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Officer’s Column
Thank You All
It’s June, and a good time to thank everyone who does principals and teachers. Our officers and Board members,
anything to help make Union Temple work. Sisterhood and Brotherhood, and members who have vol-
unteered their expertise and talent for special programs.
Thanks to our administrator and temple staff, who
The members who put together our bulletin and advertis-
keep the business and building running... and our
Rabbi, who sees to our spiritual maintenance. Our stu- ing and who beautify our space. Have I left anyone out? I
dent cantor and music director, who bring truly special hope not, because all the officers have deep appreciation
music to our Shabbats. All the committee chairs and for everything and anything anybody does.
their committee members, who contribute their time Of course, thanks go to every congregational member.
and energy to bring us educational programs, Shabbat You are the Union Temple community, and commu-
programs, movies, book discussions, and all kinds of nity is ultimately what a temple is about.
other activities. Our Religious School and Preschool
-Ellen Kolikoff, Secretary

Gala a Huge Success!

After months of planning and anticipation, the Union Temple 160th Anniversary Gala Dinner –themed Renais-
sance 160 - was a huge success. On Saturday night, April 18, 167 Temple members and friends gathered in
the ballroom for an evening of celebration. Amid elegant décor and piano accompaniment, we paid tribute to
three dedicated temple leaders: President Doris Klueger; Vice President Henry Singer; and trustee and past
Vice President Dr. Marvin Lieberman.
Early in the evening, the kids from our religious school presented a memory box they have been working on,
collecting memorabilia from this moment in time, to be set aside and reopened fifteen years hence, at the tem-
ple’s 175th Anniversary. Among the treasures will be an invitation to the gala, the dinner journal and a DVD
commemorating the history of Union temple, up to and including the 160th Anniversary festivities. Thanks are
due our Religious School Director, Dr. Ann Landowne, for supervising this project.
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz presented a proclamation naming April 18, 2009 as Union
Temple’s 160th Anniversary Celebration Day and a citation honoring
TODAH RABBAH our President, Doris Klueger. The Temple received another procla-
mation in its honor from Representative Anthony Weiner. City
Special thanks to the following sponsors of
th
our 160 Anniversary Gala Dinner, who Council Member David Yassky addressed the group, with laudatory
made generous contributions after the Din- words about the proud tradition of this Temple, as did a representa-
ner Journal had gone to press. tive from the office of Congresswoman Yvette Clarke.
Union Temple is most grateful for your support. Over dessert, the glittering crowd was treated to “So You Think You’re
Gertrude Adams A Union Temple Maven?” , a game show testing members’ knowledge
John and Nancy Beranbaum of the history of Union temple. The members did pretty well.
Jack and Gerry Berenholz
Cheryl's Global Soul Each of the honorees was presented with a gift, a beautiful
Michael and Helen Forman Havdalah service fashioned of colored art glass. Zeva Rischko intro-
Sonny and Rita Fuchs duced her friend, honoree Dr. Marvin Lieberman; Mike Wolfson
Loretta Glazer spoke for Henry Singer, and Marvin Polonsky for Doris Klueger.
Daniel Levitan and Ann Schwartz
This all could not have come together without help. Our Temple
Kenneth Meister and Laurie Shahon
Steven Rifkind and Devora Fong-Rifkind beautification experts - Zeva Roschko, Karen Guccione and Ralph
Lynne Schwartz Julius - really came through, providing gorgeous table decorations
Rosemarie Shaffer on a tight budget. Denise Waxman spun together the video loop of
Henry and Sue Singer current and archival photos illustrating the history of Union Temple.
Jeffrey Stein and Denise Waxman
(Continued on page 8)
Joan Wooters-Reisin

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Religious School

A Profile in Courage
By the time you read this article, Religious School interview (and also played basketball with the stu-
will be over for the year. May was a terrific month for dents!) and to Zeva Greendale-Roschko who has
the children. The sixth- and seventh-grade students in helped with all aspects of this project and of course,
Rachel Dayan’s class practiced their interviewing Mrs. Marianne Dreyfus. The children gave Mrs.
skills by interviewing Mrs. Marianne Dreyfus. Dreyfus a Mother’s Day poster as a token of apprecia-
Mrs. Dreyfus was twelve years old when she traveled tion for sharing her story.
from Germany to London with the Kindertransport We also want to thank Nikki Lebenson who gave the
program. The children asked tough questions about children an exciting tour of the Union Temple
her experiences in Germany: Was she scared? Was “archives” lead a lively discussion and shared original
she ever in danger? What was her saddest memory? photographs and documents from the early history of
They also tried to get a picture of everyday life by ask- Union Temple. We are looking forward to continuing
ing about friends, food and fun. Mrs. Dreyfus shared and developing our Living History project next year.
her love of ice skating as a young girl in Germany. All current Religious School families should have re-
Mrs. Dreyfus was a profile in courage for our students. ceived registration materials by e-mail. Please return
She was very matter of fact about her experiences and your registration as soon as possible to facilitate plan-
she told the children how she always tries to look for- ning for September. Have a wonderful summer.
ward rather than dwell on sad memories from the past.
Kol Tuv (All the Best).
She gave an eyewitness account of the burning of the
Great Synagogue in Berlin during Kristallnacht in -Ann Landowne, Religious School Principal
1938, describing how her family’s apartment was on a
high floor in a building nearby and she could see the Brotherhood
dome burning. Mrs. Dreyfus shared how relieved her
family felt when no Gestapo agents came to their door Mitzvahs and More
that evening. The next day she received a letter from
school informing her family that she could no longer Brotherhood members had
attend because she was Jewish. Some of her teachers a nice showing during at
and friends were kind people and sorry she had to leave Mitzvah Day on May 17th.
the school but the situation was very bad. Shortly after-The assignment: paint a
wards Mrs. Dreyfus left Germany for England. In Lon- closet in the preschool that
don she lived through the Blitz and continued to attend probably hadn’t had one in
school despite the attacks. She shared a “close call” 50 years! But the Brother-
with the students when a bomb blast shattered the win- hood was more than up to
dows of their home during an air raid. the task. The closet was Steve Segall brightens shelves
emptied and fresh coat of with a new coat of paint at
Mrs. Dreyfus also spoke about happy memories of bright blue paint was rolled Mitzvah Day.
traveling to the United States with her grandfather, the and brushed on in no time. Thank you to all the Broth-
esteemed Rabbi Leo Baeck, z”l when he was invited erhood members who helped out that day.
to teach at the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati. It
was on this trip that Rabbi Stanley Dreyfus z”l and Next month we can all look forward to the annual
Mrs. Dreyfus first met and began a trans-Atlantic Brotherhood breakfast and election of officers. As
courtship. They married and moved to East Liverpool, usual, there we be savoring the omelets cooked by
Ohio which was a small town and very different than Treasurer Arnold Kolikoff .
the big city of London. The children were very inter- The Brotherhood would like to wish everyone a happy
ested in hearing about the similarities and differences summer!
between Berlin, London, and the New York City. We
are indebted to Dee Dee Royals who filmed the entire -David Rapheal, Secretary

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Preschool
Our Little Birds Are Set to Fly!
As we enter the end of the school year we are all en- tures in more detail. The Robins and Swallows are
joying the great outdoors and marveling at the growth also starting a unit on the life cycle of the caterpillar,
of our preschoolers over the last year. Much of the and observing several garden snails that are currently
classroom activity at this time of year focuses on visiting their classroom.
growth, plant, animal and personal. After a very long The Hummingbirds have begun to study our neighbor-
winter and a very wet spring, we are spending more hood. They have taken many walks observing all of
time outdoors visiting the park and taking walks the things in our area that comprise our neighborhood.
around the neighborhood. Our four year olds have also Last week they visited the Botanic Garden to see the
brought the fruit of their neighborhood walks into their cherry blossoms. While they were at the garden, the
classroom through a neighborhood study. This is what children sketched what was in bloom. When they
we were doing at the preschool at the beginning of came back to the classroom they made a mural of the
May. Botanic garden. They have also made a mural of our
The Chickadees, our two year olds, have flown into neighborhood. The children drew tall buildings and
the great outdoors! This week they took their first for- low ones, the road, subway, trees and flowers. The
ays outside as a class. They were belted into the children are also busy building the neighborhood in
school's deluxe six-seat strollers and pushed all the the block area. In the coming weeks they will be visit-
way to the Mount Prospect playground. What a treat to ing some neighborhood stores and creating their own
explore with classmates! The class has been able to let neighborhood out of boxes.
off steam as well as enjoy this great spring weather. -Susan Sporer, Preschool Director
They will continue to go out about once or twice a
week through the spring, weather permitting. The
Chickadees are also exploring the wider spaces of our June is Gay Pride Month and
school, playing at times in other classrooms and en-
joying the water tables a great deal.
Brooklyn Pride Festival is June 13
The Starlings, our other twos class, used liquid water- Please join us at Union Temple's table at
colors to make wind “snakes” that spin when air blows Brooklyn Pride Festival. The event runs from
in the window. They also made sculptures using play 11 am 'till 6 pm, on Prospect Park West be-
dough, pipe cleaners, and beads and buttons. They are
tween Ninth Street and Bartel Prichard Circle.
also having fun digging in the dirt that’s in the water
table and playing with the sparkling green play doughMany members of Brooklyn's gay community
they made in class. will be on hand, along with their friends, rela-
To welcome spring, the Sparrows, three year olds, tives and supporters. This is a great opportu-
have planted beans and peas. They’ve noticed how nity to greet our neighbors and enjoy another
the plants have roots that grown down to soak up wa- aspect of Brooklyn's lively cultural mix.
ter and leaves and stems that grow toward the sun.
The children are enjoying digging in the dirt that was Associated events include the Interfaith Pride
put in the water table. At the art table, the Sparrows Service at 6:30 on
have started work on a spring mural. On Earth Day, June 10 as well as
the Sparrows used liquid watercolors to decorate wind the Gay Pride Pa-
spirals that spin when the air blows in through the rade, which steps
window. off at 8:30 pm on
The Robins and Swallows, threes classes, came back June 13, from Pros-
from spring break and were thrilled to find that quite a pect Park West and
few pupae had turned into beetles. The children have Fifteenth Street.
been using magnifying glasses to see all the tiny crea-

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Sisterhood

A Summer Respite
Suddenly it's June, that wonderful time of year when we all wind things up so that we can then wind down and
enjoy sunny summer days and vacation fun. Sisterhood had a great season—timely, meaningful programs
filled with learning, sharing, laughter and surprises. We're already deep in plans for more of them for next
year, and we know you won't want to miss even one. We hope that you'll be with us for them all as a member.
Sisterhood bills will be mailed out this month. If you are not yet a part of our warm circle of friendship, please
join now. If you are already a member, please renew promptly for next year. Membership is only $36. Just
think—for only double chai you can perform the mitzvah of bringing hope and help where they are needed by
adding your voice, your heart, and your hands to ours as together we reach out to help our temple, our commu-
nity, and our world.
Remember, too, that even during the summer you can make a contribution to Sisterhood's Memorial Fund,
Hattie Newman Happy Day Fund, and Rose Keit Flower Fund. It's a beautiful way to remember loved ones
and to mark happy occasions and at the same time to be a part of Women of Reform Judaism as we work to
help others and to make our world a better place.
Have a terrific summer—and come back rested and happy, and ready to join us in another great season!
-Barbara Brett, Recording Secretary

Calling All Actors!

Come join Union Temple in presenting The Gates Are Closing on Septem-
ber 12th, a play by Merle Feld. It takes place in a synagogue on Yom Kip-
pur--evening, the following morning, and late that afternoon. The action
follows 10 main characters spanning a wide range of ages, backgrounds, and professions, as
they grapple with issues of identity, meaning, loyalty, betrayal, repentance, and forgiveness, on
this most somber of days.
The temple is looking for people to join the production. No experience necessary!
• Murray, an engineer in the throes of midlife emptiness.
• Jonah, Murray's son, a med student questioning his difficult calling.
• Mindy, an almost-Bat Mitzvah caught between Orthodox grandparents and a mother who is
a convert.
• Shimon, a well-to-do Israeli who has settled in America and wrestles with his guilt.
• Joan, a single social worker struggling to balance her professional and her personal life.
• Becky, a rabbi's wife caught in a crisis of faith.
• Emily, the daughter of Holocaust survivors.
• Miriam and Aaron, an orphaned brother and sister, questioning and avoiding the relationship.
• Jake, the rabbi, working hard.
Interested? Contact Jannette Katz at jannkat@aol.com, or
Ellen Kolikoff at ekolikoff@optonline.net

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 MAZAL TOV TO OUR GRADUATES!
Ariel Barnett, daughter of Abe Barnett, is graduating from SUNY Albany.
Claudia Bona-Cohen, daughter of Neil Cohen and Amy Bona, is graduating
from Saint Ann’s School, and will be attending Wellesley College.
Emily Bona-Cohen, daughter of Neil Cohen and Amy Bona, is graduating from Hunter College
with a Master’s degree in Applied Social Research.
Johanna Golomb, daughter of John and Barbara Golomb, is graduating Emerson College, and
will be teaching Theater Arts.
Sophia Golomb, daughter of John and Barbara Golomb, is graduating from Friends Seminary,
and will be attending Brandeis University.
Sarah Gomori, daughter of Dr. Peter Gomori and Jannette Katz, is graduating from Midwood
High School Humanities Program, and will be attending SUNY Purchase.
Hillary Horowitz, daughter of Eric and Ronni Horowitz, is graduating from Midwood High School
and will be attending SUNY New Paltz.
David Kurfirst, son of Dr. Jonathan and Beth Kurfirst, is graduating The Beacon School.
Alexander Kurland, son of Jeff and Barbara Kurland, is graduating from LaGuardia High
School, and will be attending the University of Rochester.
Danielle Lebenson, daughter of Richard and Peggy Lebenson, is graduating Stuyvesant High
School, and will be attending Simmons College.
Nicole Lebenson, daughter of Richard and Peggy Lebenson, is graduating CUNY Macauley
Honors College, and will be the commencement speaker for Brooklyn College. She will be working
over the summer with the parent organization of the Fulbright Scholarship in Mexico City through the
Watson Fellowship.
David Meister, son of Ken Meister and Laurie Shahon, is graduating from The Hill School, and
will be attending Claremont McKenna College.
Sophie Miller, daughter of Karen Harber, is graduating from 8th grade at the Math and Science
Exploratory School and will be attending La Guardia High School, majoring in Dance.
Alison Reed, daughter of David and Stacey Reed, is graduating from the Mark Twain Middle
School, and will be attending Stuyvesant High School.
Andreas Reich, son of Rebecca Reich, is graduating from the Williamsburg HS for Architecture
and Design, and will be attending Drew University.
Camilla Rothenberg, daughter of Ned Rothenberg and Lois Ellison, is graduating from The
Beacon School, and will be attending Dartmouth College.
Chloe Silversmith, daughter of Mark and Lisa Silversmith, is graduating from The Math and Sci-
ence Exploratory School, and will be attending LaGuardia High School.
Alex Steckman, son of Larry Steckman and Annette Schulz, will be graduating from Brooklyn
Friends, and will be attending the Art Institute at Edward R Murrow High School.
Joseph Stein, son of Geoffrey Stein and Dr. Ann Landowne, is graduating Tufts University with
a degree in International Relations.

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 @Mazal Tov to our Bar Mitzvah@
David Vogel
Son of William and Stephanie Vogel
David is a seventh grader at the Brooklyn Studio Secondary School to
which he was accepted for creative writing. At home David likes to read
and write about American history. He enjoys using his PlayStation with
his friends and listens to music and plays video games on the com-
puter. His favorite subject in school is gym where he exercises and plays
sports. David used to be on a soccer team with AYSO.
David is quite a family person. He loves getting together with his cousins on vacations and
holidays. He especially looks forward to visiting his cousin Kaya up in Mellenville, NY. Here,
he gets a chance to go hiking and play outdoors. David was born in Guatemala. He arrived in
the States when he was just six weeks old. He is named after his grandfather "David."

Movie Night at Union Temple

Wednesday June 24, 2009
6:30 PM
Making Trouble:
Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women
A salute to female Jewish comediennes. Starring: Molly Picon, Fanny Brice, Sophie Tucker,
Joan Rivers, Gilda Radner, Wendy Wasserstein.

As four noted funny ladies -- Judy Gold, Jackie Hoffman, Cory

Kahaney, and Jessica Kirson -- chat about their craft over
lunch at Katz's Delicatessen in New York City, they lend a
framework to a celebration of iconic women in Jewish comedy
and the influence of Jewish culture in American humor.
Admission is free. Members and nonmembers welcome!
Light refreshments will be served
Union Temple of Brooklyn 17 Eastern Parkway Brooklyn, NY 11238
(718) 638-7600 Website:www.uniontemple.org
email: uniontemple@uniontemple.org

to Temple Administrator John Golomb, for his tireless

Gala A Success and cheerful help throughout the long planning process.
We are grateful to Past President Hortense Hurwitz, for
(Continued from page 3)
the perspective she lent to the proceedings. And special
Demetria Royals documented the evening in film, and thanks to Rabbi Linda Goodman, for her insight, coun-
is working with Jerry Bunke on the DVD. Our thanks sel and encouragement every step of the way.
to them all. Only 15 years until the next Gala!
The 160th Anniversary Committee gives special thanks -Beatrice Hanks

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 Tzedakah
UNION TEMPLE MEMORIAL FUND
Donated by .....................................................................................In memory of
Rabbi Linda Henry Goodman.................................................................. Philip G. Henry
Erica Shatz Spry ...................................................................................... Sarah Shatz
Susan Kahn.............................................................................................. Aurthur Kahn
Doris Klueger .......................................................................................... James Brooks
Nancy Greenberg..................................................................................... Stella Bloom
Helen Heller............................................................................................. Stella Bloom
Denise Waxman....................................................................................... Dorothy and Abner Waxman
Barbara Morgan....................................................................................... Shirley Leibowitz

HAPPY DAY FUND

Donated by .....................................................................................In honor of
Mr. and Mrs. David Zupnick................................................................................ Jessica Roschko
Leonard Konigsberg and Camille Scarciotta....................................................... In appreciation to Union Temple
Rosemarie Shaffer ................................................................................................. In honor of Doris Klueger, Henry Singer and
Marvin Lieberman for their years of dedication to the Temple
Laurie Lieberman .................................................................................................. In honor of Marvin Lieberman for years of
dedication to the Temple

RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND

Donated by
Howard and Linda Simka ..................................................................................... in appreciation

Social Action
Sharing Our History
It all started when the Social Action Committee was to do the interviews on Mitzvah Day with some of the
searching for an interesting project for the oldest stu- residents. They actually met with a 103-year-old
dents in our Religious School to do on Mitzvah Day. woman who has had a fascinating life.
After discussing it all with the school principal, Ann Religious School parents accompanied the children and
Landowne, we all decided that rather than singing to
Rachel Dayan, their teacher, on this exciting mission.
the residents at the Senior Center near us, a true mitz-
vah would be to visit with them, to interview them, Our resident film/ new media maker Dee Dee Royals
and to show an interest in what their lives were like was so enthusiastic about this project that she filmed it.
when they were young. Because it was our Temple’s We plan to make this a yearly “happening” for Reli-
160th celebration, we also decided to interview some gious School students.
older members of our temple and put their stories in
the memory box. -Zeva Roschko, Co-Chair, Social Action Committee
We enlisted Nikki Lebenson to help us because of her
interest in oral histories and archives. She took the stu-
We express our deepest sympathy to
dents on a “ghost walk” to see the “ancient treasures” MARK and JOAN PETERS,
collected in the back room of the Sanctuary, (One was a and Shaina and Aaron,
temple Bulletin article from 1941 referring to FDR’s on the death of Mark's father
“Day of Infamy” speech on Pearl Harbor Day.) ANTONY PETERS
After making up some searching questions the chil- on May 24.
Our sympathy goes as well to Mark's
dren talked to Marianne Dreyfus whose early life
Uncle Michael and Aunt Holly,
involved a trip on the Kindertransport when she was and the entire extended family.
the same age as the children who interviewed her.

We then involved Lenny Shiller, whose father is a May his memory be for a blessing
resident at the Center, and he arranged for the students

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 Memorial Plaques
June
Janet Lippen Protter ..................June 1, 1976
Stephen Caplin ..........................June 2, 1935
Frieda Kraus ..............................June 2, 1942
Josephine E. Glassheim .............June 2, 1982
Dorothy Levitt............................June 3, 1985
David B. Wohlberg ....................June 4, 1951
Eva Goldstone............................June 5, 1995
Louis Ribman.............................June 6, 1912
Minnie Minkoff..........................June 6, 1961
Isidore Leviton ..........................June 9, 1965
Etta Fradin Nevin.....................June 10, 1930
Nellie Lustig.............................June 10, 1941
Col. David Marcus ...................June 10, 1948
William A. Wasch....................June 10, 1968
Lt. Norman K. Bernstein..........June 11, 1944
Samson O. A. Ullman ..............June 11, 1947
N. Byron Cronheim..................June 11, 1964
Elsie A. Wasch.........................June 12, 1956
Hannah Wertheimer .................June 14, 1927
Arnold Schmidt........................June 14, 1939
Jennie Fogel .............................June 15, 1928
Nettie Schoen ...........................June 16, 1931
David L. Wasch .......................June 16, 1932
Natalie S. Wasch......................June 16, 1970
Charles Sturzer.........................June 17, 1972
Samuel Minkoff .......................June 18, 1947
Joseph Friedman ......................June 18, 1953
Dorothy Zweig .........................June 18, 1980
Helen W. Millman ...................June 18, 1990
Lilyan Austen...........................June 19, 1971
Anna Drexler............................June 20, 1958
Malvine Nathanson ..................June 21, 1918
Anna Linde...............................June 23, 1926
Morris Woronock.....................June 24, 1947
Jennie Rosenberg .....................June 24, 1973
Irwin Karlitz.............................June 24, 2001
Sophia Hess..............................June 25, 1945
Genevieve Bernstein ................June 27, 1919
Michael Furst ...........................June 27, 1934
Dinah Bloom............................June 27, 1951
Abraham Abraham...................June 28, 1911
Louis E. Fogel..........................June 28, 1956
Bernard Marienhoff .................June 28, 1952
Eleanor Dumey ............June 29, 2007
Henry Elroc ..............................June 29, 1984
July
Louis Newman ...........................July 1, 1928
Mathilda Weill............................July 1, 1958
Solomon Goodman.....................July 1, 1964
Rose Barkan ...............................July 2, 1944
Michael Elman ...........................July 2, 1957
Harry Jaffa ..................................July 3, 1903
Dr. Joseph Zimmerman .............July 3, 1963
Federick B. Hirsch......................July 3, 1972
David A. Wallach .......................July 3, 1993
Gus Weill....................................July 5, 1941
Hattie Baum................................July 6, 1958
Charles Bloch .............................July 8, 1947
Amelia Meruk.............................July 8, 1948
Rabbi Dr. A Stanley Dreyfus July 8, 2008
Babbette Schmidt .......................July 9, 1924
Hazel Cronheim..........................July 9, 1981
Aaron Jacobs ............................July 10, 1942
Milton Hamburger....................July 10, 1964
Norman Silverman ...................July 11, 1997
Mildred Strauss.........................July 12, 1934
Charles Rockmore, Past Pres.. July 12, 1988
George Levitt............................July 14, 1966
Celine M. Lefkowitz.................July 15, 1953
Constance Rockmore................July 15, 1965
Alex Berlin ...............................July 15, 1976
Jennie Diener............................July 15, 1978
Isabel Meyer .............................July 16, 1936
Isabel Hyams Abraham ............July 17, 1873
Bessie Felsenfeld......................July 17, 1955
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Pauline Sturzer .........................July 17, 1988
Irene Schwartz..........................July 18, 1993
The Bulletin
Lily G. Meyer...........................July 20, 1970
Olive Cohen .............................July 21, 1957
Union Temple of Brooklyn
Ann Greenberg .........................July 21, 1998 17 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn NY 11238
Ida Iason ...................................July 22, 1948
Donald R. Oppenheimer ..........July 22, 1998
(718)638-7600
Ruth E. Wolfort........................July 23, 1966 Fax (718) 783-9151
Anna Ruttenberg ......................July 24, 1944
Lawrence E. Abraham..............July 24, 1945
E-mail uniontemple@uniontemple.org
Joseph Shaffer ..........................July 24, 1978 Website Uniontemple.org
Irene Schwartz..........................July 24, 1998
Norma Korman.........................July 24, 2003 Dr. Linda Henry Goodman
Dr. Robert Kamen ....................July 26, 1976 Rabbi
Helen Klupt ..............................July 26, 1976
Bernard B. Dorf........................July 27, 1924 Maria Dubinsky
Theodora H. Lorence ...............July 29, 1970 Student Cantor
Julien W. Newman ...................July 29, 1976
Madeline P. Drexler .................July 29, 1978
Dr. Jonathan B. Hall
August Music Director
Max C. Fogel.........................August 1, 1962
Carl Ornitz ............................August 1, 1970 Dr. Ann Landowne
School of Religion Principal
Rose Stegman Lippin ............August 1, 1995
Rose Levitt ...........................August 2, 1949
Harry A. Goldstone ..............August 2, 1968 Susan Sporer
Abraham Greenberg .............August 2, 1984 Preschool Director
Joseph Wertheimer ...............August 4, 1930
Henry Newman ....................August 4, 1934 Doris Klueger
Lillian S. Fogel .....................August 4, 1966
Sally Smallberg ....................August 4, 1991 President
Rachel Klein..........................August 5, 1933
Henry Singer
Augusta Stark ........................August 5, 1946
Henry A. Rowland ................August 5, 1962 Jeffrey Stein
Sophia Rosenzweig ..............August 7, 1949 Vice Presidents
Gabriel Baum .......................August 8, 1905
Martin G. Peters ...................August 9, 1934 Ellen Kolikoff
Mary G. Kamins ...................August 9, 1943
Mendel Rosenzweig .............August 9, 1957
Secretary
Leon J. Goodman .................August 9, 1966
Beatrice Hanks
Helen Jacobs .........................August 9, 1975
Luba Louria ........................August 10, 1926 Treasurer
Irma C. Katz .......................August 10, 1948
David Nachman ..................August 11, 1922 Mike Baron
Dr. William Linder..............August 11, 1945
Paul Grossman ....................August 11, 2001
Hortense R. Hurwitz
Dr. William Linder .............August 12, 1953 Honorary Presidents
Clara Parnes .......................August 12, 1953
Hillard R. Nevin Jr. .............August 12, 1955 Eleanor Forman
Dr. Hillard R. Nevin ...........August 12, 1955 Honorary Trustee
Hilary C. Nevin ..................August 12, 1955
Cecile M. Nevin .................August 12, 1955 David Rapheal
Emanuel Newman ...............August 12, 1957 Bulletin Editor
William Marks ................... August 12, 1990
Clara London ......................August 13, 1918
Jacob Rosenfeld .................August 14, 1905
John Golomb
Temple Administrator
Laura Hamburger ...............August 17, 1936
Berenice Gerstman ..............August 17, 2000
Isabelle Silverman...............August 18, 1972 Martin Kasdan
Lillian Flyer ........................August 18, 1973 Funeral Director
William Baron ....................August 18, 1990 1-800-522-0588
Rose Elroc ..........................August 19, 1994
Philip Lipstein ....................August 19, 1966
Anna M. Polisar .................August 19, 1969
Alexander J. Linde ..............August 21, 1934 Union Temple suggests that its members
Morris Sasuly .....................August 23, 1960
Robert L. Drexler ...............August 23, 1971
contact our Funeral Director
Estelle Marks ......................August 23, 1988 Martin D. Kasdan of
Sadye R. Altman ................August 24, 1979
Harris Farber ......................August 25, 1927
Boulevard-Riverside Chapels
Helen Dumey .....................August 25, 1970 1895 Flatbush Avenue
Irma Tedesche ....................August 25, 1978
Jacob Grossman .................August 26, 1940 Brooklyn, NY
Dr. Leon Louria ..................August 27, 1923
Dr. Bernard Stattman .........August 27, 1956
1-800-522-0588
Charles N. Cohen, Past PresAugust 29, 1955 Proudly maintaining more
Dr. Walter Sherer ...............August 29, 1971
Rose Ehrlich .......................August 29, 1991
than 50 years of Temple involvement
 June 2009—Sivan-Tammuz 5769
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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9:30 AM Brunch
10:30 AM
Shabbat Morning
Service
“The Crown of a
6:00 PM 6:30 PM
6:30 PM Good Name”
Calendar Meeting Kabbalat Shabbat
Adult Education Naming Ceremony
6:00 PM All Committee Pot Luck Dinner
Committee for congregants
Officers Reps to follow

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9:30 AM 10:30 AM
Brotherhood Shabbat Morning
Breakfast 6:30 PM Service
11:00 AM Gay Pride Bar Mitzvah:
8:00 PM
Social Action Interfaith David Vogel
Shabbat Service
Committee Service Installation of
6:00 PM St. Augustine’s Officers
Bd of Trustees Sterling & Park & Trustees

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10:30 AM
Shabbat Morning
Service
11:15 AM
6:30 PM
Tot Shabbat
6:00 PM 6:30 PM Kabbalat Shabbat
HHD Honors Synaplex Baby Naming:
Meeting Committee Anna Ruth Kuflik

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Seventh Heaven Rosh Chodesh Rosh Chodesh 10:30 AM
Street Fair Tammuz (30 Iyar) Tammuz (1 Tammuz) Shabbat Morning
Service

6:30 PM 5:30 PM 8:00 PM

Movie Night: Religious School Late Shabbat
“Making Trouble” Committee Service

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Please remember that services are conducted
throughout the summer months without interruption.
Kabbalat Shabbat begins Friday at 6:30 PM
except July 24 and August 28,
when services will begin at 8:00 PM.
All Saturday morning services begin at 10:30 AM.

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In Union Temple Building at
17 Eastern Parkway
718-789-4600
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Union Temple Members

Union Temple of Brooklyn

17 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238
(718) 638-7600
Uniontemple@uniontemple.org

JUNE 2009
UNION TEMPLE OF BROOKLYN BULLETIN

Movie Night is June 24th - See Page 8