Congregation Beth Israel Bulletin, Volume 138, Number 18, May 1992 Page: 2 of 3
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Brotherhood Raffle Showcases Grand Prizes
Hurwitz Building Dedicated
AIDS Care Team
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Betsy Schwartz
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16 April 1992
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Passover Food Drive
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Tot Shabbat
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Visit Israel With Rabbi Karff
Pictured at the dedication of the Hurwitz Building are Barbara and Charles Hurwitz and
their sons, Shawn and David.
Brotherhood Golf
Tournament June 5
Sharing The Reform
Kibbutz Experience
Summer Youth
Fellowship Program
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President Armand Shapiro and Rabbi Samuel E. Karff acknowledged this impor-
tant milestone in the life of the congregation. Barbara and Charles Hurwitz expressed
appreciation to all who attended the ceremony and expressed gratitude that their
endowment gift will help maintain the physical facilities and enhance the educational
programs of Congregation Beth Israel now and in the future.
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upon the schedules
of both the student
and the agency.
Let your high
school and college
students know that
this program will of-
fer them a fresh per-
spective and will ex-
pose them to the in-
Congregation Beth Israel Bulletin (USPS
128640) is published the first and fifteenth
of the month, September through May,
monthly in June, by Congregation Beth
Israel, 5600 North Braeswood Blvd.,
Houston, Texas 77096. Second Class post-
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Send address changes to Congregation Beth
Israel, 5600 North Braeswood Blvd.,
Houston, Texas 77096.
On April 16, the main edifice of Congregation Beth Israel was formally named.
With the appropriate blessing, a new mezuzah was affixed to the doorpost of the main
entrance. A dedicatory plaque in the entry foyer will read:
CALENDAR OF
TEMPLE ACTIVITIES
ternal workings of social service agen-
cies as they begin deciding their career
direction.
Applications are now being accepted
at the Temple office. Fellows will be
chosen by June 1.
Response to Brotherhood’s Raffle is
going great. If you haven’t sent back
your entries, better hurry. The raffle is
limited to only 1,000 tickets.
The winning entry gets to choose
from a fantastic list of prizes, each valued
at $5,000:
• Trip for two to Israel from Travel Tech
• Gift certificate from Robert’s Fine
Jewelry
• Gift certificate from Star Furniture
• Spectacular stereo system from
Home Entertainment, Inc.
• Man’s shopping spree at Harold’s
Runners-up don’t go home disap-
pointed either. Six runners-up can win a
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trip for two to New York from Travel
Tech, $ 1,000 gift certificates from Robert’s
Fine Jewelry, Star Furniture, Home Enter-
tainment, Harold’s or Tootsie’s!
Tickets are priced at $100 for a book
of 5 or single tickets for $25 each. The
winners will be drawn at the conclusion of
Brotherhood’s golf tournament on June 5
and you do not have to be present to win.
Act now and mail back the tickets you
receive in the mail with your check and
completed stubs to Brotherhood, Con-
gregation Beth Israel, 5600 North
Braeswood, Houston, Texas 77096.
If you need more tickets, call Roz at
771-6221.
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May 15 - June 1
15 Junior Congregation
16-17 Religious School Closing
Exercises
19 Sisterhood Installation Luncheon
22 Board Installation
25 Temple Closed
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Dedication Of A New
Torah Scroll
Hats off to Entree for another suc-
cessful programming year. Entree’s
steering committee of singles and couples
took it upon themselves to sponsor
educational and social events for all young
members of our congregation. The En-
dowment Fund Committee, Board of
Trustees, and staff of the Temple were
extraordinarily supportive of our efforts,
and they continue to encourage us as we
look forward to 1992-1993.
Entree is a unique group that fosters
interest in congregational life among young
members of Beth Israel (ages 23-40).
Entree gets together in members’ homes
for tasting parties, barbeques, and infor-
mal meetings. At the Temple, we enjoy
getting together for a private oneg, Jewish
parenting classes, and Tot Shabbat.
Our newsletter is published four times
a year. Inside, readers find calendar up-
dates, retrospectives on events, and ar-
ticles written by members about their
professions and how they relate to other
young people. Rabbi Lyon also writes an
article on Jewish thought for today.
Entree is unlike any young members
group we have ever experienced. It’s
upbeat, contemporary, and inviting. The
Steering Committee welcomes all young
members to come along with us next
year — Entree!
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Take a Chance
on the
Brotherhood
Winner’s Choice Raffle
At the Friday evening service May
22nd when we install the new Officers
and Board members of our congregation,
we also shall formally dedicate a new
Torah Scroll. The Scroll is a gift of Alfred
and Paula Friedlander and their family in
honor of Alfred’s special birthday.
Crowns, breastplate and yad (pointer)
have been commissioned and will orna-
ment the new Scroll.
The congregation’s presence is espe-
cially encouraged for this meaningful
moment.
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Beth Israel Care Team —
A Personal View
The Jewish Educator’s
Council and the Beth Israel
Connection
Sisterhood
Installation Luncheon
Set For May 19
Tee times still remain for players who
want to participate in Brotherhood’s
Second Annual Golf Tournament on
June 5 at Westwood Country Club. The
tournament begins at 12 Noon and draws
a wonderful field of friends of Brother-
hood who enjoy a great day for a good
cause.
Special prizes are awarded for the
golfer who is “ closest to the hole ” and for
the longest drive, as well as recognition
of the winning team in the best ball
scramble.
Hole sponsorships are available also
at $250 per hole.
To sign up or get more information,
contact David Lurie at 675-9755.
Rabbi Samuel E. Karff is planning a
trip to Israel for this fall, leaving November
8 and returning on November 18. If you
are interested in participating, please
call his office for more information.
About a year ago an announcement
at a Friday night service asked for vol-
unteers to join the Beth Israel Interfaith
Care Team to assist people in our
community who have AIDS. I mulled it
over for almost a month. What exactly
would I be asked to do? Would I be
exposed to the virus? How would my
family and friends react?
I decided that the only way to answer
my questions was to attend a Care Team
meeting. There I was given a booklet that
explained the HIV vims and how it is
transmitted. I learned that all I needed to
do was what I could and what I felt com-
fortable doing. Some members drive our
“client” to doctors’ appointments or assist
in grocery shopping. Some cook. Other
help our client with his business records.
Some just visit and phone him. In short,
what I was being asked to do was only to
volunteer a smile, a kind word, and what-
ever time fit into my schedule.
I’ve been on the Care Team for a year
now. I wonder why it took me almost a
month to decide to attend that first
meeting. The team is supportive of each
other. Our client is very grateful to have
the companionship and assistance we
provide. And I receive much personal
satisfaction.
Please call Fran Brockstein at 660-
6042 (home) or 228-9735 (office) or
me, Sid Ross, at 774-5651 if you have
any questions. Come to a Care Team
meeting so you, too, can learn that you
shouldn’t have waited so long.
Hurwitz Building
Endowed bg Barbara and Charles Hurwitz
in loving memory of their parents
Marg and David Gollub, and Eva and Hgman Hurwitz
in gratitude for the legacg of a
vibrant Judaism,
and in honor of their children,
Shawn and David
bearers of the heritage to
future generations
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RABBI KARFF
BROADCASTS ON
SUNNY 99.1 FM
EACH SUNDAY MORNING
AT 6:50 A.M.
Rabbi Lyon and Diane Moreno are
going to miss all the children when Tot
Shabbat takes a hiatus for the summer.
But that doesn’t mean Tot Shabbat has
to end. You can make Tot Shabbat in
your home with friends you’ve made at
Beth Israel.
Get together with friends and their
children for Shabbat on the first Friday of
the month. Gather around on a rug in
the living room. Sing “Bim-Bam, Shabbat
Shalom, ” and “What Do You Like About
Shabbat?” Say the blessings and recite
Barechu and Shema. You can even tell
a story from a good children’s book from
our library. Don’t forget our family bless-
ing. Then enjoy Shabbat dinner with
friends, just like we do at Tot Shabbat.
Rabbi Lyon and Diane Moreno wish
all our friends a safe and healthy sum-
mer, and Shabbat Shalom!
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Barbara Eskowitz, luncheon co-chair, and
Annette Jacobson, Vice President, meet to
discuss installation. Not pictured is Carol
Slobin, luncheon co-chair.
Officers and Board members of Sis-
terhood will be installed formally at a
special luncheon on Tuesday, May 19 at
11:00 a.m. In addition to a delightful
menu and reports of Sisterhood’s activi-
ties for the past year, guests can look
forward to a fantastic fashion show by
Cotton Club.
Chairing the luncheon are Barbara
Eskowitz and Carol Slobin. The cost of
the luncheon is $7.00 per person and
babysitting is available on request.
Call the Sisterhood office, 777-4315
to make your reservations.
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Dear Congregants,
This year’s Passover Food Drive was
a tremendous success. Your support
through food and monetary donations
helped Braes Interfaith and The Fourth
Ward Pantries continue supplying
Houston’s hungry at a time when the
need is great.
Congregation Beth Israel can be proud
of the impact its efforts are making in
helping the needy in our community.
Thank you so much for your generosity.
Sincerely,
Peggy Portnoy
Chairperson, Passover Food Drive
The last meeting of the Jewish
Educator’s Council of Houston for the
1991-1992 year was held on Thursday,
May 14 in the Resource Center of the
Federation Building.
Congregation Beth Israel salutes our
Educational Director, Ken Midlo, who
completed two years as President of the
JEC. The Board of Trustees honored
Kenneth with a lunch for all of his col-
leagues at that meeting.
Nancy Pryzant Picus, Director of
Judaic Studies for our Shlenker School,
completed her one-year term as Sec-
retary of the JEC and was elected Vice-
President for the 1992-1993 session.
Succeeding Ken as President will be
Leah Braunfeld of Beth Yeshurun;
the Secretary is Deena Grossman of
Brith Shalom.
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gregation Beth
Congregants pose with Rabbi and Mrs.
Matthew J. Eisenberg at the Congrega-
tional Seder held on Friday, April 17.
About 150 members and guests joined to
read the Haggadah, sing songs and share
the seder meal.
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Our sages taught: when the saving of
life is at issue, one must not follow the
majority. We infer from our sages’ les-
son that compassion and protocol are
found among the minority. Patients with
AIDS depend on the loving care and
dedication of the minority in our coun-
try, our city and our congregation.
At Beth Israel, our AIDS Care Team
recently experienced the death of its
second client. He was a uniquely warm
man who appreciated all that the Team
did for him. His companion told Team
members, “You can’t imagine what you
gave him. Were it not for you, he would
not have known compassion and love at
a time when others turned away. ” Team
members were touched by his life, and
moved by his death. A memorial service
held in our Chapel memorialized this
man who found tenderness in the cour-
age of the minority.
Today, our AIDS Care Team has a
new client. They are eager to share
what they have learned from their expe-
rience with another member of our
community who is in need of our special
human touch. We invite you to join the
winning minority who have made a
difference in their own lives and the lives
of those who count each day as a bless-
ing. Please call Rabbi David Lyon, or
visit the Welcome Table on Shabbat
where a member of the Team will be
pleased to speak with you.
The Program is designed to offer
high school (including entering juniors)
and college students the chance to learn
first hand the problems facing our com-
munity and to be a part of the solution.
Students will be placed for summer
employment in Houston-area social ser-
vice agencies. A stipend will be available
with extensive training and on-going
supervision. The hours and weeks of
employment are flexible, dependent
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fellowship program.
Beth Israel members David and
Vickie Vogel of La Grange file the
following reporton their March 13-30
stag at a Reform kibbutz:
The Colorado psychiatrist boosted
the small-town Texas lawyer up the rock
face to the retired New Jersey stockbro-
ker who helped her get her footing. She
scrambled up the next few feet to reach
the outstretched hands of the Arava date
packer and the real estate broker who
hoisted her to level ground.
The opening scene of an avant garde
theatrical production? No, just one of
many memorable moments on the re-
cent ARZA Kibbutz Yahel Experience.
Desert hiking, camel riding, camping in
a Beduin tent, cruising on the Gulf of
Eilat, visiting an Ethiopian ulpan, shop-
ping in the Beduin shuk, and many
other disparate activities highlighted the
stay at Yahel, the first Reform kibbutz in
Israel, thirty-five miles north of Eilat.
A group of seventeen Americans
ranging in age from 27 to 80 united by
their love of Israel and a sense of adven-
ture lived, worked and studied at Yahel in
between visits to the area’s other attrac-
tions. To their resumes can be added a
new skill: harvesting and packing on-
ions, which they quickly learned to do
with speed and efficiency.
Because of bad weather in the north,
onions are bringing a high price in Israel
and the temporary kibbutznikim were
pleased to be able to contribute to
Yahel’s success through their labor.
Nothing tastes sweeter than a Jaffa
orange or even a pomelo while standing
in a field with sandy knees, sun-warmed
faces and hands reeking of onions. At
mid-day, the tractor trailer returned the
onion pickers to the dining hall for a
hearty meal.
Besides the work and the fun, top-
notch lecturers covered subjects ranging
from kibbutz life to Israeli politics, to the
Reform Movement in Israel, to modern
Hebrew poetry.
Yahel members welcomed the group
into their community and homes with
warmth and good humor. This program
is more than a “once-in-a-lifetime” expe-
rience — it is one to be savored again
and again. The first seventeen partici-
pants did not say, “Shalom,” but
“L’hitraot,” see you later!
For information on the next Yahel
Kibbutz Experience, contact Shelley
Segal, ARZA, 15 Ottawa Ave. No.,
Minneapolis, Mn. 55422.
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