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You Are Invited to The Installation of

Rabbi Sandra Bellush Friday, September 9

Service at 6:15 p.m. in Sanctuary Shabbat Dinner Following Join us as we welcome Sandra and Arnold, El Paso-style!
Gourmet Mexican Cuisine Catered by The Greenery Favorite Desserts Buffet Dinner: $12 per person; $6 under 12 RSVP by Tuesday, September 6 Temple Office: 532-5959 or www.templemountsinai.com/donate

The members of Temple Mount Sinai will celebrate a special milestone in our 113-year history next month: the installation of a new spiritual leader for our community. On September 9, Rabbi Sandra Bellush will be formally welcomed as Temple Mount Sinais ninth rabbi and first woman rabbi, joining Rabbi Larry Bach in leading our growing congregation. Rabbi Sigma Faye Coran of Cincinnati will join Rabbis Bach and Bellush, and Rabbi Emeritus Ken Weiss, in conducting the historic installation during Friday night services. Ordained in May 2011 at the Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion, Rabbi

Bellush brings a wealth of experience to her new position. After a career in management consulting and investment banking in New York City, she pursued her Jewish studies first in the Shliach Khilah training program in 2003-2004. There she met Ellen Goodman, one of our Temples lay leaders, and first heard about our congregation. Rabbi Bellush went on to earn her Master of Arts in Hebrew Letters in 2010, receiving the Nathan Stern Prize for achieving the graduating classs highest academic standing. While a student and rabbinic intern, she worked with six congregations, including a university Hil(Continued on page 2)

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lel group and taught at the Cincinnati Reform Jewish High School. At Hebrew Union College, she was awarded the Cora Kahn Prize for outstanding sermon delivery and oratory, a prize also earned by Rabbi Bach during his rabbinical training. To celebrate the longanticipated addition of a second rabbi, we will be welcoming Sandra and her husband Arnold with a fiesta: a festive dinner of Mexican specialties catered by The Greenery. El Pasos entire Jewish community is invited to join us on this landmark occasion. The dinner will include a Favorite Desserts Buffet, with congregation members bringing their own dessert specialty or family favorite. Volunteers are needed to contribute a dessert and to help with table decorations and set-up; please call 833-4526 or email cindygraffcohen@gmail.com. In keeping with our Shabbat dinner tradition, payment must be made in advance; please mail a check to the Temple to make your reservation. To charge your payment, you may call the office or email your reservation.

about Rabbi Coran

Rabbi Sigma Faye Coran has served as Senior Rabbi of K.K. Bene Israel / Rockdale Temple, Cincinnati, Ohio since July 1, 2004, when she became the first female Senior Rabbi serving a Cincinnati congregation. Ordained at Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, Ohio in 1993, Rabbi Coran served as the Jewish Chaplain at Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts until 2004. She was also the Family Educator at Congregation Beth Israel, North Adams, Massachusetts. Since ordination, Rabbi Coran has served congregations in Ann Arbor, Michigan and Worcester, Massachusetts and is active in a variety of social action organizations. When Rabbi Bellush and her husband Arnold relocated to Cincinnati in 2005 there were four Reform congregations in Cincinnati. Upon meeting Rabbi Coran, the Bellushes decided to make Rockdale Temple their new spiritual home. Congregant Bellush sang in the Choir and taught Religious School in the year prior to studying in Jerusalem. Several years later, Student Rabbi Bellush served as a rabbinic intern at Rockdale under Rabbi Corans guidance and direction. Rabbi Coran lives in Cincinnati with her husband, Rabbi Matthew Kraus, and their four children, Jacob, Shirah, Micah, and Eden. Rabbi Coran is an avid reader, a media-watcher, and most importantly, a great listener --three traits which spark conversation and connection with the 450 families of the Rockdale Temple community. K.K. Bene Israel Rockdale Temple is the oldest Jewish congregation west of the Allegheny Mountains. Founded by a small group of Jews who had settled in Cincinnati, then a frontier town, the first meeting took place in 1824. The first building was consecrated in 1836. Since that time there have been nine rabbis at Rockdale Temple and Rabbi Coran is the tenth rabbi to serve the congregation.

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Landscaping
Temples landscaping was greatly affected by the freeze in February and we want to share what is happening to care for our Temple grounds. We are actively watering all of the plants and trees on the property and working to complete repairs on the irrigation lines to insure that the plants receive appropriate water. We are encouraged to see new growth on some of the trees, but we will certainly lose some of them. We are continuing to water to give the plant material time to recover and then we will determine exactly what will need to be removed and to decide what will be replaced. In the short run, this will leave the landscape unsightly but it will give us the opportunity to replace only what is needed. We feel this is the most cost effective and reasonable option. Our annual landscaping budget does not anticipate costs like this. Large landscaping projects are typically funded though donations to the "Landscaping Special Projects Fund. We are asking that you think of the beauty of our grounds when making donations to Temple and consider the Landscape Fund to assist in making Temple the beautiful place it was in the past. Hopefully the grounds here may be renewed in the not too distant future.

Albertsons Cash-Back Fundraiser

Please remember to use your key tag each time you shop for groceries at Albertsons. All you need to do is have the card scanned when you check out. Temple will earn 1% of your shopping total each time you scan the card, at no additional cost to you. If you need additional key tags, they are available in the Temple office.

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Shabbat Worship Schedule

August 26-27 Parashat Reeh Friday, August 26 Candlelighting, 7:20 pm Oneg Shabbat, 5:45 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service, 6:15 pm Saturday, August 27 Torah Study, 9:30 am Shabbat Morning Service, 10:30 am Havdalah, 8:49 pm September 16-17 Parashat Ki Tavo Friday, September 16 Candlelighting, 6:53 pm Oneg Shabbat, 5:45 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service, 6:15 pm Saturday, September 17 Torah Study, 9:30 am Shabbat Morning Service, 10:30 am Havdalah, 8:22 pm September 23-24 Parashat Nitzavim Friday, September 23 Candlelighting, 6:44pm Oneg Shabbat, 5:45 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service, 6:15 pm Saturday, September 24 Torah Study, 9:30 am Shabbat Morning Service, 10:30 am Havdalah, 8:13 pm

September 2-3 Parashat Shoftim Friday, September 2 Candlelighting, 7:12 pm Oneg Shabbat, 5:45 pm Family Shabbat Service, 6:15 pm Saturday, September 3 Torah Study, 9:30 am Shabbat Morning Service, 10:30 am Havdalah, 8:40 pm

September 9-10 Parashat Ki Teitzei Friday, September 9 Candlelighting, 7:03pm Oneg Shabbat, 5:45 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service, 6:15 pm Saturday, September 10 Torah Study, 9:30 am Shabbat Morning Service, 10:30 am Havdalah, 8:31 pm

September 30-October 1 Shabbat Shuvah Parashat HaAzinu Friday, September 30 Candlelighting, 6:35 pm Oneg Shabbat, 5:45 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service, 6:15 pm Saturday, October 1 Torah Study, 9:30 am Shabbat Morning Service, 10:30 am Havdalah, 8:04 pm

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2011 Schedule of High Holiday Services

Slichot Saturday, September 24 10:30 pm service Rosh Hashanah Wednesday, September 28 Evening Service 8:00 pm Thursday, September 29 Childrens Service 9:00 am Morning Service 10:30 am Shabbat Shuvah Friday, September 30 Kabbalat Shabbat Service 6:15 pm Saturday, October 1 Torah Study 9:30 am Shabbat Morning Service 10:30 am Sunday, October 2 Tashlikh, 10 amKeystone Heritage Park Kever Avot Memorial Service 6 pm Mount Sinai Cemetery Yom Kippur Friday, October 7 Kol Nidrei 8 pm Saturday, October 8 Childrens Service led by mini-MSTY 9 am Morning Service 10:30 am Study & Conversation 12:30 pm Afternoon Service led by MSTY 2 pm Grief Support 3:30 pm Yizkor Memorial Service 4:30 pm Neilah Concluding Service 5:15 pm Break the fast 6 pm Sukkot Wednesday, October 12 Erev Sukkot Service 6:15 pm Thursday, October 13 Sukkot Festival Morning Service 10:30 am Friday, October 14 Sukkot Service & Religious School Consecration 6:15 pm Simchat Torah Wednesday, October 19 Simchat Torah 6:15 pm Shemini Atzeret Thursday, October 20 Festival Morning Service & Yizkor 10:30 am

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August Birthdays
August 2 Louis Cohen Curtis Pratt Richard Rotwein* August 3 Rosanne Peyton Charley Pittle Ulrich Poehlmann* August 4 Bob Avner August 5 Robin Krasne* August 7 Stuart Meyers* Alek Rosen Rebecca Shapiro August 8 Leon Feldt Steve Golden Judy Leonard Karina Lomeli Curtis Spier August 9 Jay Heins Leba Hirsch* August 10 John Briseno* Judy Feldt Susie May Ansley Meyer Ron Saltzman August 11 Laura Goldman Aaron Wechter August 12 John Silverman* Michael Slayton* August 13 Bob Rosen August 14 Caleb Eisenberg Claire Jacobs Max Mansfield August 15 William Ehrlich Jack Eisenberg Frances Kahn* Maura Ryan August 16 Andrew Ames Blanche Brown Cyd Goldfarb August 17 Brooke Holland* August 18 Sam Goldfarb Mary Heins August 19 Milton Cherno Sandy Dula* Julie Kallman Gideon Kotkowski Lou Robbins* Bruce Rodsky* August 20 Char Abrams* Reece Klein Eve Riter Isabel Schnadig* August 21 Joyce Anenberg Barbara Ettinger Jordan Katz Dina Marcus August 22 Bob Blumenfeld Cheryl Gordon* Ronald Pratt August 24 Ann Feldman* August 25 Robyn Camhi August 26 Sister Blumenthal Tobi Purvin August 27 Adam Furman Debbie Marcus Brenden Rosen Lillie Tennen* August 28 Betty Stein August 29 Stewart Forbes Randy Goldstein Taube Jenkins Michael Mansfield* Cheyanne Mickenberg Daryl Stein August 30 Aaron Batkin* Stav Belkin Becky Myers Jackson Pittle August 31 Gloria Crohn Jackson Culter Ruth Erlich Susie Goldman

August Anniversaries
August 4 Dave & Tiff Christiansen David & Susan Schecter August 6 Mitch Puschett & Cathy Glen-Puschett August 10 Jim Levy & Liz GoodmanLevy August 11 Erez & Limor Belkin Steve & Eve Riter August 14 Andrew & Teri Rosen August 16 Shelly & Carolyn Gopin David & Eva Pearlman* August 17 Burton & Cindy Cohen* Avi & Miriam Kotkowski Gary & Judith Weiser August 18 Jay & Mimi Gladstein* August 19 Roger & Trish Belbel Simon & Grace Bir Cliff & Martha Eisenberg August 21 David & Alison Westermann August 22 Louis & Cindy Cohen* Curtis & Jacquelyn Spier August 23 Lyndon & Randee Mansfield Harrell & Louise Rice Sam & Susan Simon* August 26 Bill & Miriam Goldfarb* *denotes special birthday or anniversary August 28 Steve Feinberg & Susan Foote August 29 Gene & Connie Finke* August 30 William & Jennifer Ehrlich August 31 Manny & Betty Schydlower

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September Birthdays
September 1 Limor Belkin Adam Nazarian September 2 Jackie Gulbas September 3 Greta Duran* David Novick September 4 Cindy Cohen* Katie Schmidt September 5 Rosalie Kaufman Steve Lauterbach Cameron Mansfield September 6 Olga Kosheleva* Nancy Schwartz September 7 Lori Gaman Gabriel Levin September 8 Bill Belford Sylvia Krapin Ann Lauterbach* Louann Pranses Ben Puschett September 9 Zach Krasne Anat Reiter September 10 Marlene Fass Mark Fenenbock Peter Herman Jack Heydemann September 11 Melanie Alkov Jeremy Gopin Richard Katz Vladik Kreinovich September 12 Tova Herman September 13 Jamie Tennen September 14 Ross Blackburn Alan Gaman Ellen Goodman September 15 Alan Krasne Arlene Sonnen September 16 Zachary Ducorsky Bill Goldfarb* September 17 Madyn Cabrera Barry Kobren September 18 Carsen Culter Sid Kligman Phillip Tennen September 19 Ricky Rosales September 20 Becky Horowitz William Klein* Amelia Krohn Douglas Leffman Al Schlusselberg Sarah Velasco Sylvia Wechter September 21 Bita Mobbs* Elise Puschett Craig Schecter Muriel Tucker David Eisner September 22 Amanda Robalin Alex Stein Irma Oppenheim September 23 Lynn Ames Suzi Davidoff September 24 Jamie Frank Fred Marcus Helene Solomon* September 25 Aaron Goodman September 27 Haidi Appel* Sy Ash September 28 Amanda Metrikin Jean Scherotter September 29 Mike Robalin September 30 Andrew Marcus David Pearlman Asa Shiloff Sammy Westermann Jo Witkoff

September Anniversaries
September 1 Paul & Susan Krupp Garrett & Sylvia Levin September 2 Ron & Debbie Marcus Hal & Pat Marcus* Mickey & Susan Schwartz September 3 Ross & Linda Fruithandler Alan & Mimi Pittle Stuart & Shari Schwartz September 4 Bernie & Judy Lauterbach September 12 Marv & Char Abrams Dennis & Anat Reiter September 20 Charlie & Sue Zaltz September 24 Charley Pittle & Kristie Eichhorn-Pittle September 25 Charles & Betty Stein September 29 Steven & Linda Miner* September 5 Phil & Judy Bargman September 13 Richard & Rosalie Kaufman Randy Goldstein & Karen Herman September 7 Marty & Jody Klein September 17 Phil & Ann Rothstein Bob & Jane Rosen September 19 Alan & Jean Kahn

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Mazel Tov! Congratulations

to Michael Herman, son of Peter and Tova Herman. He has completed his six year Residency in Urology at Cornell Medical School in New York and has been invited to join the faculty at Cornell as a full time professor of Urology. to Dareck Heller, son of Fifi Heller-Kaim, Boris Kaim and the late Jon L. Heller, who is engaged to Sara Ruiz, daughter of Carol and Pete Ruiz of High Rolls, New Mexico. Grandparents are Louis and Marian Gelfand and Gloria Gelfand. ...to Michael Herman and Elizabeth Chase on the birth of their daughter, Hannah Claire. Grandparents are Peter and Tova Herman and Andrew and Lee Chase. ...to Marc and Becca Schecter on the birth of their son, Alexander Levi. Grandparents are David and Rose Schecter. ...to Misha Koshelev, son of Vladik Kreinovich and Olga Kosheleva, on successfully defending his PhD dissertation at Baylor College of Medicine. ...to David and Shelly Mansfield on the birth of their daughter, Laila Mae. Grandparents are Lyndon and Randee Mansfield and Kris and Jimmy Kasch; great grandmother is Sara Mansfield.

Hamakom YnachemMay God Bring Comfort...

to Jessica Meyer and Jackie Baker on the death of their father, Jerome Levy. to Rob Schapiro, John Schapiro and Debra Schapiro on the death of their mother, Marcella Schapiro. to family and friends of Nicholas Freireich. ...to Claire Jacobs on the death of her brother, Paul Bonner. ...to Marilyn Silverstein on the death of her mother, Ruth Rybak. ...to Lou Alpern on the death of his father, Phil Alpern. ...to John Lavis on the death of his brother, Eddie Lavis.

Thank you!
Many thanks to everyone who helped us celebrate our special anniversary. We appreciate all of the good wishes and the donations that were made in our honor. Charlotte and Bud Ramenofsky

Keeping in Touch
If you have a child in college or graduate school, please call the Temple office at 532 -5959 or email us at egluck@templemountsinai.com to let us know so we can send a special holiday gift box. Also, please keep us posted if your child has graduated.

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Phantom Dinner Success

Thank you for making Temples annual fundraiser a great success. By purchasing seats at the imaginary banquet, you helped Temple reach its goal of $12,000. Temple members are encouraged to personally thank the managers and proprietors of the restaurants that provided gift certificates. It is important for us to let them know how much we appreciate their sponsorships.

Phantom Dinner Donors

Lou & Laura Alpern Larry & Joyce Anenberg Jerry & Haidi Appel Wendy Axelrod Larry & Alanna Bach Phil & Judy Bargman Lietzie Belford Arnie & Sandra Bellush Barbara Berliner Julian Bernat Ron Blumenfeld Dorothy Borschow Bob & Edi Brannon Blanche Brown Bill & Jessica Carvajal Burton & Cindy Graff Cohen Louis & Cindy Cohen Marty & Bonnie Colton Bill & Marcia Dahlberg Jim & Marian Daross Bob & Greta Duran Lily Falcon Dick & Marlene Fass Sue Feldblum Alan & Lori Gaman Ralph & Rosa Garcia Lucy Garcy Jay & Mimi Gladstein Abe & Annette Goldberg Bob & Shirley Goldfarb Estelle Goldman Merton & Laura Goldman Evelyn Goodman Ellen Goodman Eleanor Goodman Tripper & Doris Goodman Bruce & Shelly Gopin Norman & Cheryl Gordon Bruce & Erline Gordon Jack Heydemann Dan & Leba Hirsch Joan Johnson Stuart & Frances Kahn David Kern Alan & Rebecca Krasne Bob & Elaine Krasne Vladik Kreinovich & Olga Kosheleva Arthur & Rhoberta Leeser Judy Leonard Mel & Arlene Levenson Norma Levenson Nat & Nanci Maddux Lyndon & Randee Mansfield Hal & Pat Marcus Mildred Marcus Bob & Susie May Keith & Becky Myers Soheil & Ellen Nazarian David & Susie Novick Jaime & Laurie Papa Alan & Mimi Pittle Mark & Joyce Post Bud & Charlotte Ramenofsky Mike & Debby Robalin Bob & Jane Rosen Noel Rosenbaum Nancy Rothschild Phil & Ann Rothstein Carl Ryan & Suzi Davidoff Tibor & Ann Schaechner Andrew & Erin Schonfeld Edward & Evelyn Schwartz Lee Schwartz Stuart & Shari Schwartz Lolli Scott John & Kristine Shecter Stuart & Nancy Shiloff Bob & Sara Shiloff Bob & Jane Snow Jon & Arlene Sonnen Jim & Anne Spier Bill & Anne Spier Scott & Bonny Stevens Arthur Weiss David & Alison Westermann

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Religious School
The first Day of Religious School is August 28, from 9:30 to Noon. On that morning, the students will gather in the Chapel for tfilah, participate in a welcoming assembly, spend some time learning about the upcoming 2011-2012 curriculum, and set up classroom guidelines. Parents, grandparents and Board members are encouraged to join us at 11:15 am in Schwartz Hall for a family activity and a Religious School Kick-Off Brunch, sponsored by MRJ. Hebrew classes for the third through sixth grades begin on Wednesday, August 31 from 4:15 to 5:30 pm. LOOKING AHEAD Please mark your calendars and plan to join the TMS Community for an outdoor Rosh Hashanah Service and Tashlikh, Sunday, October 2, at the Keystone Heritage Park/Desert Botanical Gardens. We will meet there at 10:00 am for a brief experiential service, a tashlikh ceremony (cast your bread on the waters) and a snack which will include apples and honey to welcome the new year. The gardens are located off Doniphan Drive, north of the intersection with Sunland Park Drive. If you wish to contact Grace Bir, you can reach her on her cell at 269-4331 or in the office at 532-5959, Ext. 27. Graces e-mail address is gbir@templemountsinai.com.

Gesher
I always thought it was silly to put your infant or really young child into class situations. I thought, What could he possibly be getting out of this? When he came home singing I had a little dreidel at age 2, I realized he was learning and absorbing far more than Id ever know! ~parent of a Gesher child Gesher provides more than just age-appropriate art projects, stories and social time for children from birth to age 4. It opens a pathway into Jewish life a bridge to walk along while learning about life. If you have a child that would like to participate in Gesher during the 2011-2012 school year, please join us for the first class on Sunday, August 28th. We begin our class with tfilah (prayer) at 9:30am along with the rest of the Religious School. This is where our prayer bridge is begun! Then we go back to our classroom in Zielonka Hall for stories, movement, music, art and more with Alison Westermann, the new Gesher teacher. For more information, to request a registration form, or to volunteer in any way to help with Gesher, please contact Alison at alisonwestermann@gmail.com or call 915-443-4084.

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Growing in Body, Heart, and Spirit

Each week (for the most part), we offer opportunities for growth in body, mind and heart. Not so much classes as opportunities for practice, our yoga, meditation, and text study are at the core of our adult learning and growth. Theres great benefit from attending regularly, but drop-ins are always welcome! Meditation. There are members of the congregation who share a commitment to a regular meditation practice, and recognize that a group environment provides support for that practice. Please consider joining us as we sit, focus and reflect. We are currently looking for a new, more convenient time for a weekly 45minute sit. If you are interested, please call Rabbi Bach. Yoga Practice, Wednesdays at 9 am. Take a much needed break in your day for one hour of yoga on Wednesdays at 9 am. Anusara-Inspired teacher, Susan Jaffee, will lead you through a life-affirming, heart-oriented practice. This hour yoga session is suitable for yoga students of all levels. Please wear comfortable clothing and bring your own mat and yoga props (belt, block and yoga blankets). The Weekly Portion as a Vehicle for Spiritual Growth, Saturdays at 9:30 am. Every Saturday at 9:30 am, a diverse and lively group of participants gathers to study the weekly Torah portion through the lens of Hasidic spirituality. Rabbi Bach typically brings a text from one of the classics of Hasidic Torah commentary, in Hebrew and in translation, which serves as the starting point for our conversation. We conclude in time for the 10:30 am Shabbat morning service. Bagels and coffee are provided, and all are welcome.

Adult Hebrew, Tuesdays at 6 pm

Adult Hebrew 6 pm, Tuesdays. The Adult Hebrew class continues to meet in the Zork Library at Temple on a different night of the week, Tuesday evenings from 6 pm to 7 pm. The students are progressing nicely with their reading and understanding of Hebrew and the weekly Torah portions. If you are interested in learning with us, please join us on Tuesday evenings. If you have any questions, feel free to call Ed Solomon at 525-4616.

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WRJ
On Thursday, August 11, WRJ held a Board meeting at 7 pm in Zielonka Hall, and began making plans for an exciting year of programming. If you are interested in becoming a part of Temples WRJ group, please contact Amissa Burton at 449-8877.

January 2012 trip to Israel

Have you been to Israel and always wanted to return? Have you yet to visit Israel and long to make a first trip? Would you like to experience Jewish history in many of the places where it was made? Would you like to meet the modern-day peoples of Israel? If you answered yes to any of the above questions, Temple Mt. Sinai invites you to join us on our journey to Israel, January 1 January 13, 2012. We have designed an itinerary that focuses on Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, the wondrous Arava and Negev, and Eilat. The trip also includes an optional daytrip to the exquisite Nabatean city of Petra in Jordan. The price for the land portion of this trip (excluding Petra) is $2550 per person (double occupancy rate). Air travel is in the planning stages. A refundable deposit of $200/person may be made at any time. For an itinerary and registration form, or to ask any questions, please contact Alanna Bach at 328-6062 or abach@elp.rr.com.

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Community-Supported Agriculture
Los Poblanos Ranch in Las Cruces to offer El Paso delivery sign up now! Would you be interested in a weekly box with fresh, local and/or organic produce including locally grown greens, fruit and other vegetables? Are you looking for a way to reduce your carbon footprint while increasing your and your familys health? Heres the answer! Temple has offered some space on Friday afternoons for weekly deliveries of Harvest Boxes from Los Poblanos Organic farm in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Each weeks box costs between $28-32 and includes different items each week, depending on what is in season and currently being harvested. If you are interested in a harvest box, or some of their other products (see their website for other fantastic items like meats, cheeses, milk, eggs and more!), please visit the farms website: www.nmorganics.com, and select El Paso as your pick-up location. Your groceries will be delivered to Temple on Fridays at 3:30, and will be available for pick-up until 6 pm. If you have any questions about this farm, their products or anything from this article, feel free to contact Alison Westermann at alisonwestermann@gmail.com or 915-443-4084.
Assistive listening devices are available at the entrance to our chapel and sanctuary. Please ask a greeter for assistance. If you have inadvertently left Temple with one of these devices, please return it as soon as possible. These headsets are programmed to be used only in our Sanctuary and Chapel, and many of them have disappeared, meaning that they are not available for congregants who use them at services. If you find you have one of these (perhaps in that drawer with all the yarmulkes!), please return it to the Temple office so that it may be put back into service. Thank you for your cooperation.

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Tributes from May 15 to July 8, 2011

Campership Fund in honor of Ann Schaechner's Special Birthday by Stuart & Frances Kahn in memory of Sidney Fox by Jeralyn Scher Bill & Marcia Dahlberg in memory of Wolf Bowman by Arnold & Lila Bowman Friedman/Bloom/Rothstein Outdoor Chapel in memory of Norman Feldman by Ann Feldman in memory of Robert Goodman by Shirley Tudzin, Eitan & Audrey Lavi, Bill & Anne Spier in memory of Weldon DePrang by Dennis & Anat Reiter speedy recovery to Barbara Given by Dick & Toni Harris Isadore Kahn Memorial Fund in honor of Barry & Ellen Dorfman's Anniversary by Stuart & Frances Kahn in honor of Bud & Charlotte Ramenofsky's Special Anniversary by Stuart & Frances Kahn in honor of Jimmy & Anne Spier's Special Anniversary by Stuart & Frances Kahn Jeffrey Levy Fund in appreciation of Ed Solomon by Michael & Jessica Meyer in memory of Jerry Levy by Rick & Leslie Otis & Family, Bob & Elaine Krasne, Christopher & Joanne Meyer, Tony & Elodia Conde, Bob & Sara Shiloff, Rod Thompson, Carol Walsh, Patricia Meyer, Michael & Jessica Meyer, Abe & Annette Goldberg, Marian Rich, Kevin & Lynnann Madden, Sharon Stein & Family, Madge Plese Jo Ann Rothbardt Petersen Healing Resource Center in honor of Ron Blumenfeld's Special Birthday by Phil & Judy Bargman in memory of Robert Goodman by Phil & Judy Bargman Jon Heller High Holiday Fund in memory of Janice Heller by Fifi Heller-Kaim & Boris Kaim

Caring Community Dinner Donation in honor of Lolli Scott's Special Birthday by Phil & Ann Rothstein Fund in memory of Fan Geller by Ruth Braun Caring Community Fund in appreciation of Susan Jaffee by Flory Korf General Donations Fund in appreciation of Temple Mount Sinai by Azucena Monzon, Douglas Waters in honor of Alan Schwartz's Special Birthday by Shirley Tudzin

in honor of Charlotte & Bud Ramenofsky's Special Anniversary by in honor of Albert Schwartz on Father's Day by Skip & Teresa Irma Oppenheim Schwartz Cemetery Fund in memory of Robert Goodman by Paquita Litt

in honor of Ann Schaechner's Special Birthday by Eleanor Goodman

in honor of Bill and Holli Berry's Special Anniversary by Dick & in memory of Sarah Gerofsky by Fran Marlene Fass Fleischer in honor of Bud & Charlotte Ramenofsky's Special Anniversary by Eleanor Goodman, Isabel Schnadig, Ethel Oppenheimer Flower Fund Jerry & Marcia Schwartz in honor of Ellen Hirsch's Bat Mitzvah in honor of Rhoberta Leeser's Special by Dan & Leba Hirsch Birthday by Tibor & Ann Schaechner in memory of Daniel Freundlich by in honor of Shari Schwartz's election William Freundlich as President of Temple Mt. Sinai by in memory of Freda Shiloff Hill by Devora Rubin Bob & Sara Shiloff in memory of Bessie Eppstein Levy by in memory of Harry Rosenberg by Margie Landau Ruth Braun in memory of Eleanor Bukstein by in memory of Herbert Lakehomer by Edward & Helene Solomon Arthur & Rhoberta Leeser in memory of Fan Geller by Ann in memory of Howard Byrd by Joey Marks, Devora Rubin, Steve & Sharol Taylor & Michele Alderete-Taylor Brickman & Family, Mark & Dori Fenenbock, Norman & Cheryl in memory of Lillian Balk Kaminsky Gordon by Bob & Shirley Goldfarb in memory of Michael Colton by Marty & Bonnie Colton in memory of Florence Schoichet by Blanche Brown

in memory of Fred Licht by Arthur & in honor of Bud and Charlotte Ramenofsky's Special Anniversary by Rhoberta Leeser

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in memory of Jerry Levy by Fifi Heller-Kaim & Boris Kaim, Lou & Marian Gelfand in memory of Martha Lyle by Fifi Heller-Kaim & Boris Kaim in memory of Robert Goodman by Fifi Heller-Kaim & Boris Kaim Kahn Endowment For Youth Fund in memory of Frances L. Kahn by Alan & Jean Kahn Krasne Discretionary Fund

Birthday by Dick & Jean Scherotter, Stuart & Shari Schwartz, Arthur & Rhoberta Leeser, Sue Bendalin, Bob & Sara Shiloff in honor of Bill and Holli Berry's Special Anniversary by Bill & Anne Spier in honor of Bill Dahlberg's Special Birthday by Phil & Judy Bargman, Bill & Anne Spier in honor of Bob & Elaine Krasne's Anniversary by Tibor & Ann Schaechner, Loree Furman

in honor of Ruth Braun's Birthday by Norma Levenson in honor of Shari Schwartz becoming President of Temple by Tibor & Ann Schaechner in memory of Edmund Given by Marty & Bonnie Colton in memory of Ervin H. Schwartz by Tibor & Ann Schaechner in memory of Fan Geller by Stuart & Shari Schwartz in memory of Fred Licht by Stuart & Shari Schwartz in memory of Harry Rosenberg by Ruth Braun in memory of Henrietta Scherotter by Norma Levenson in memory of Jerry Levy by Marty & Bonnie Colton in memory of Lothar Blumenthal by Sister Blumenthal & Family in memory of Rebecca Clayton by Jo Witkoff in memory of Robert Goodman by Marty & Bonnie Colton in memory of Sam Levenson by Norma Levenson

in honor of Bob Krasne's Special in honor of Ann Schaechner's Special Birthday by Dick & Jean Scherotter, Tibor & Ann Schaechner Birthday by Marty & Bonnie Colton in honor of Bud & Charlotte in honor of Anne & Jim Spier's Ramenofsky's Special Anniversary Special Anniversary by Marty & by Tibor & Ann Schaechner, Lillian Bonnie Colton Silberman, Gershon & Barbara in honor of Bob Krasne's Special Ettinger, Eddie & Susie Goldman, Birthday by Marty & Bonnie Colton, Stuart & Shari Schwartz, Arthur & Bill & Anne Spier, Ron Blumenfeld, Rhoberta Leeser, David & Susie Bob & Sara Shiloff, Tibor & Ann Novick, Sue Bendalin, Bob & Sara Schaechner Shiloff, Ruth Braun, Sanford & in honor of Charlie Zaltz's Special Nancy Sher, Loree Furman, Norma Birthday by Marty & Bonnie Colton Levenson, Dick & Jean Scherotter in honor of Charlotte & Bud Ramenofsky's Special Anniversary by Bill & Anne Spier, Marty & Bonnie Colton in honor of Holli & Bill Berry's Special Anniversary by Marty & Bonnie Colton in honor of Charlie Zaltz's Special Birthday by Dick & Jean Scherotter, Ron Blumenfeld

in honor of Rhoberta Leeser's Special in honor of Evelyn Schwartz's Birthday by Bill & Anne Spier, Marty Birthday by Tibor & Ann Schaechner & Bonnie Colton in honor of Jim & Anne Spier's in honor of Ron Blumenfeld's Special Special Anniversary by Bill & Anne Birthday by Bob & Elaine Krasne Spier in memory of Fan Geller by Bob & in honor of Laura Corral's Birthday Elaine Krasne by Arthur & Rhoberta Leeser speedy recovery to Lee Schwartz by Bob & Elaine Krasne speedy recovery to Marty Colton by Bob & Elaine Krasne Landscape Special Projects Fund

speedy recovery to Marty Klein by Mel & Arlene Levenson in honor of Charlotte Ramenofsky's Birthday by Tibor & Ann Schaechner speedy recovery to Rena Marcus by Sue Bendalin in honor of Edward Schwartz's Birthday by Tibor & Ann Schaechner speedy recovery to Sue Zaltz by Dick & Jean Scherotter MAZON Fund in honor of Charlotte & Bud Ramenofsky's Special Anniversary by Valerie Barnett in memory of Dr. Gordon Lantz by Edward & Evelyn Schwartz

in honor of Rhoberta Leeser's Special Birthday by Stuart & Shari Schwartz, Milton & Joan Cherno, Bill & Marcia Nathan Goldman Zadie Fund in appreciation of Rabbi Bach by Dahlberg, Sue Bendalin Estelle Goldman, Merton & Laura in honor of Ron Blumenfeld's Special Birthday by Bill & Anne Spier, Marty Goldman in memory of Benjamin Goldman by Estelle Goldman in memory of Morris Bilsky by

& Bonnie Colton, Dick & Jean Scherotter, Bob & Sara Shiloff, Shelly & Carolyn Gopin, Dick & Toni in honor of Ann Schaechner's Special Harris, Jay & Marilyn Mendeloff in honor of Alanna Bach's Special Birthday by Marty & Bonnie Colton

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Estelle Goldman Prayer Book Fund in honor of Bud & Charlotte Ramenofsky's Special Anniversary by Phil & Ann Rothstein

by Jay & Mary Heins in honor of Rose Schecter's Special Birthday by Stuart & Frances Kahn Special Oneg or Kiddush

in memory of Samuel Ovsay and Louis Ovsay by Arthur Weiss in memory of Saul Poretsky by Sheldon Poretsky & Sylvia Delgado in memory of Wolf Bowman by Arnold & Lila Bowman

in honor of Ann Schaechner's Special in honor of the Confirmation Class of Birthday by Tibor Schaechner 2011 by Stuart & Shari Schwartz in honor of Arnold and Rabbi Sandra Syd Dictor Memorial Fund speedy recovery to Marty Klein by in honor of Ron Blumenfeld's Special Bellush by Stuart & Shari Schwartz Rona Dictor Birthday by Phil & Ann Rothstein in honor of Arthur & Rhoberta in memory of Abraham Ettinger by Gershon & Barbara Ettinger Rabbi Bach's Discretionary Fund in appreciation of Rabbi Bach by Raquel Aldama Leeser's Birthdays by Ruth Braun in honor of Evan Blackburns Bar Mitzvah by Bert & Bert Blackburn in honor of Brenden Rosen's Bar Mitzvah by Andrew & Teri Rosen Tree Of Life Donation in honor of Bob Krasne's Special Birthday by Rita Novak, Laurie Robinson and Sheldon Krantz in honor of Bud & Charlotte Ramenofsky's Special Anniversary by Bernie & Judy Lauterbach, Phil & Judy Bargman, Jay & Marilyn Mendeloff, Bill & Miriam Goldfarb, Carolyn Feinberg, Jeanne Moye, Paquita Litt, Evelyn Goodman, Tibor & Ann Schaechner, Abe & Annette Goldberg, Bob & Elaine Krasne, Jack Heydemann

in honor of Ellen Hirsch's Bat in honor of Ann Schaechner's Special Mitzvah by Dan & Leba Hirsch Birthday by Bob & Jane Snow in memory of Alan Paul Stein by Charles & Betty Stein in honor of Bud & Charlotte Ramenofsky's Special Anniversary by Sue Feldblum in memory of Manuel H. Eisner by David Eisner in memory of Robert Goodman by Judy Leonard in memory of Bertha Polstein by Mark & Joyce Post in memory of Bessie Poretsky by Sheldon Poretsky & Sylvia Delgado

in memory of Bettye Gordon Kohlhagen by Bruce & Erline Gordon in honor of Elaine Krasne's Special Birthday by Rita Novak, Laurie in memory of Roz Chicofsky by Alan in memory of Doris Eisenberg by Robinson and Sheldon Krantz & Lynn Ames Jack Eisenberg Rabbi Bellush's Discretionary Fund in honor of Rabbi Bellush's ordination by Rabbi Rachel Saphire, Ed & Mary Mokuvos in memory of Howard Burnham by Iris Burnham in memory of Max Feldt by Leon & Judy Feldt in memory of Meyer Fagelman by John & Rita Silverman

Welcome Rabbi Sandra and Mr. Arnie Bellush to Temple Mount Sinai in memory of Morris Weiss by by Bill & Anne Spier Arthur Weiss Rabbi Ken & Sue Weiss URJ Youth Travel Fund in honor of Ken and Sue Weiss' Special Anniversary by Marty & Bonnie Colton, Bill & Anne Spier, Bob & Elaine Krasne Ruth Kahn/Andrew Kahn Rose Garden in honor of Bud & Charlotte Ramenofsky's Special Anniversary

in memory of Neal Axelrod, Iris & Fred Sauermilch by Wendy Axelrod in memory of Pauline Raney by Del Raney in memory of Phillip Horwitz by Julian Horwitz in memory of Rachel Raskob by Chantal Assael & Carlos Fernandez & Family in memory of Robert Scher by Jeralyn, Alan, Danielle and Lillian Rachel Scher

in honor of Ron Blumenfeld's Special Birthday by Paulette Newberger, Stanlee & Jerry Rubin, Rose & David Schecter, Harriet & Marvin Roth, Irene Oppenheimer & Ralph Melin, Brenda & Herb Ehrlich, Anne & Jimmy Spier, Jane & Bob Rosen, Alicia & Irvin Nadler, Sue & Charles Zaltz, Frances & Stuart Kahn, Eve & Steve Riter

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Yahrzeits for August-September, 2011

August 5-6, 2011 Julius Abrams John Amstater Bessie Appel Antonio Arbona Bennazar Hattie Sax Berg Karl W. Blumenthal Kenneth Harris Bromberg Maurice Burman Ruth Goodman Carr Harry Cohen Jacob Cohen Norman Farb Ruth Levy Glasgow Evelynne Goldstein David Goodman Bella Harris Ethel Hymes Andrew Kahn Rose Lee Kahn Max Katz Sam B. Katz Ada Zork Krakauer Betty Katz Krupp Lillian Stern Lait Clara Lauterbach Alvin M. Levy Gus Levy Jim Malone Francisco Regalado Dora H. Rosen Rose Rubin Karen Schwartz Anna Shydlower Harry Silverstein Ray S. Slater Irwin (Doc) Stein Vera Stolaroff Leo Taub George Yelderman August 12-13, 2011 John Eftis Rose H. Elion Ida Yellen Feinberg Isaack Feldt Esther Goldman Morton Itzkovitz Ida Cohen Joseph Etta Klieger Itzhak Kotkowski Hyman Levy Jeffrey Scott Levy Joseph Merkin Emily Michael Sherry Murray-Taylor Harold Osborne Barbara C. Rosenwasser Phyllis Rybak Frankie Salazar Jay Sherwin Cecelia Silberberg Maury Spiritus Jean Warren Ethel Washer Julius Waxman Evelyn Wittenberg August 19-20, 2011 Nathaniel Ashkenaz Charlotte Awerbuck Irving Axelrod Michael R. Barnett Herbert Berg Pauline L. Blaugrund John (Jack) Cohen Rose Fink Kathryn George Frost Lillian Gavenman Alexander Gluck Martha Goldberg Louis Krapin Fanny Lazovick Gertrude Levine Harry Marcus Joseph Markowitz Max Mondshine Max Moye Benjamin Polstein Lotta A. Rosing Frances Potashkin Saltzman Adele Fridner Schwartz Irving Schwartz Soletta M. Schwartz Herman Siegel Marcus Simon Mitchell Solomon Rae Stein Ann J. Stillman Miriam Turk Talpis Arline Daiches Yonack Gus Zimmerman Bertha Krakauer Zork August 26-27, 2011 Jesus Aldama Marvin Aronson Sophie Bargman Harry Baskind Isaac Berger Leah Berger Yosef Berger Bess Denison Berkman Blanche Breeman Charlotte Shifrin Dal Carole Feldberg Abraham Finkelstein Esther Freitag Moses Halkin Bluma Hoffman Simon Jacobs Etta R. Karch Marjorie Katz Herman Kayser Erna Kerner Charles Knipp Edith Krantz Ted Krupp Marilyn Leeser Louis R. Lent Florence Leopold Samuel E. Lipson

As a reminder, our cemetery is open from 8 am until 3 pm, Sunday through Friday. It is closed on Shabbat

Bruce Litt Charles Medici Erma Munch Lynne Persing Jack Post Madeline Ralston Arthur Rivkin June T. Rubin Benjamin Sattinger Robert M. Scher Sarah Goldberg Shanblum Constance Jean Simmons Regina Stern Solon Aaron Stolaroff Naomi Wolfe Bluma Zinger September 2-3, 2011 Eduardo Assael Jack A. Bernard Maurice Don Blaugrund
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Paul I. Borschow Mary V. Friedman Esther L. Given L. H. Goldstein Rudy Kahn Edmund H. Krohn Arthur Lawrence Sol L. Levy Lillian Litowitz Helen Migdal Joe H. Rosenwasser Jean Lapowski Schecter Rivian Fayman Shain Leon Shydlower Etta Zimmerman Solnick Joseph Mayer Strelitz Leah Sulkes Sue Ann Weinstein September 9-10, 2011 Louis Baskind Irving Batkin Sol Berg Maud Brown Berger Johanna Blumenthal Robert Brown Lorrayne Dargan Lionel Brian Feiner Pauline Goldman Archie Goodman Harry Herskowitz Jake Katz Robert Krakauer Sydney Levenson Morris Marcus Frieda Mathias Roger Metcalf Frieda Jacobs Morse Ceclia Goldberg Proctor Sarah Purvin Stanley Rivin Mickey B. Rose Netta Sandler Frieda Simon Sidney Simon Ida Weiss

September 16-17, 2011 Barbara Feinberg Beckoff Max Blumenthal Mildred Brennen Marie Broghamer Vernon Carvajal Carlos Cortes Debra Koortz DeRosa Millie Feldberg Irving Forbes Richard Given Norman Goldberg Bob Griffing Ella West Hardy Abraham S. Kahn Ida P. Kahn Lidiya Kosheleva M. Bernhard Krupp June Lieberman Margarito Martinez Harold Medoff Larry Oppenheimer Meyer Riegler Oscar Rybak Moses Schaechner Paul Lisle Schieman Bernard Schoichet Henry Silberman Harriet Rae Simon Kenneth Simon Herbert Trackmann Hedwig Wertheim Isaac Wertheim Lottie Wertheim Anne Zaltz September 23-24, 2011 Sanford Belkin Seymour David Bendalin Hyman Blumberg Sarah Borschow Sidney Borschow Sam Charles Joseph Cohen Frieda Eisen Eugene B. Fatman Lillian Finke

Hattie Freudenstein Sidney Gage Joe S. Galatzan Solomon E. Harrison Fred Kahn Regina Kellen Emily Louise Lapowski Betty Levy Theodore Levy Bernard Lipstet Dorothy Lubbert Anna Main Herman Markowitz Mahin Nazarian Jacob Oppenheim Dora Rosen Margie Sagor Shirlee Scharf Fern Schrier Sarah Silverman Mordecai I. Soloff Daniel Washer Hilda Weinstein September 30-October 1, 2011 Barney Borenstein Joseph Davidson Mollie Feldt Fannie Atkin Franklin Beatrice Rebecca Gottlieb Jerry Harris Ben Itzkovitz Sylvia Kozak Mamie Feldt Krull Alfred Levin Grace Raileanu Ruth L. Robinson Bill Rodenhaber Celia Schechter Edgar L. Schnadig, Jr. Samuel I. Schwartz Clara Stone Charlotte Weiss October 7-8, 2011 Irma L. Berliner Ida Blumenthal

Sam Borschow Morris Calisher Harry Feurberg Clara Frame Sylvia Gershowitz Mary Deborah Ghazzarosian Robert W. Hollingshead Mary Karsch Lazar Kopilowitz Lillian Kopilowitz Jeannette Lavis Abraham J. Migdal Sophie Press Jack Rosenfeld Rose Saltzman Gary Scherotter Ruth Jean Schnadig Ralph Robert Swatt Ignatz Weiss

If you notice an error in our Yahrzeit lists, please speak with Sally or Elisa in the Temple office. They will be happy to correct it.

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