Rosh Hashanah Evening Service — Friday, September 18 at 8 pm

September 2009/Elul 5769-Tishrei 5770 Number 605

We must begin with ourselves, but not end with ourselves.

Turning, teshuvah, means something greater than repentance and
acts of penance. It means that by reversal of one’s whole being, a
person who had been lost in the maze of selfishness where he had
set himself as his goal, finds a way to God, that is, a way to the
fulfillment of the particular task for which he has been destined by
God. Repentance can only be an incentive to such active reversal.
Those who go on fretting themselves with repentance, those who
torture themselves with the idea that their acts of penance are not
sufficient, withhold their best energies from the work of reversal.
It is written: “Turn from evil and do good” (Psalm 34:15). You have
done wrong? Then counteract it by doing right.
Martin Buber (adapted)

at this season of teshuvah…

the Rabbis, Staff

and Leadership of
Temple Mount Sinai
wish you a shanah tovah umetukah —
a sweet and good new year.
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Worship Schedule, September ‐ October 2009

September 4-5 September 25-26
Parashat Ki Tavo Shabbat Shuvah
Friday, September 4 Friday, September 25
Candlelighting, 7:09 pm Candlelighting, 6:42 pm
Oneg Shabbat, 5:45 pm Oneg Shabbat, 5:45 pm
Family Shabbat Service, 6:15 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service, 6:15 pm

Saturday, September 5 Saturday, September 26

Torah Study, 9:30 am Torah Study, 9:30 am
Shabbat Morning Service, 10:30 am Shabbat Morning Service, 10:30 am
Bat Mitzvah of Lydia Duran

September 27-28
September 11-12 Yom Kippur
Parashat Nitzavim Sunday, September 27
Friday, September 11 Kol Nidrei, 8 pm
Candlelighting, 7:00 pm
Oneg Shabbat, 5:45 pm Monday, September 28
Kabbalat Shabbat Service, 6:15 pm Family Service, 9 am
Morning Service, 10:30 am
Saturday, September 12 Havurot, 1 pm
Torah Study, 9:30 am Afternoon Service (led by MSTY), 2:30 pm
Shabbat Morning Service, 10:30 am Grief Support, 3:30 pm
Yizkor/Memorial Service, 4:30 pm
S’lichot Ne’ilah/Concluding Service, 5:15 pm
Saturday, September 12
Service, 10:30 pm
October 2-3
Sukkot
September 18-19 Friday, October 2
Rosh Hashanah Candlelighting, 6:33 pm
Friday, September 18 Oneg Shabbat, 5:45 pm
Candlelighting, 6:51 pm Erev Sukkot Service, 6:15 pm
Evening Service, 8 pm in the Sukkah, weather permitting

Saturday, September 19 Saturday, October 3

Family Service, 9 am Sukkot Morning Service and
Morning Service, 10:30 am Bat Mitzvah of Hannah Blumenfeld, 10:30 am

Kever Avot
(Memorial Services at the Cemetery)
Wednesday, September 23
Memorial Service, 6 pm
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October 9-10 October 23-24

Simchat Torah Parachat Noach
Friday, October 9 Friday, October 23
Candlelighting, 6:24 pm Candlelighting, 6: 08 pm
Simchat Torah Under the Stars Oneg Shabbat, 5:45 pm
and Consecration, 6:15 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service with NFTY‐SW, 6:15 pm

Saturday, October 10 Saturday, October 24

Shemini Atzeret Torah Study, 9:30 am
Torah Study, 9:30 am Shabbat Morning Service, 10:30 am
Festival Morning Service/Yizkor 10:30 am

October 30-31
October 16-17 Parachat Lech-Lecha
Parachat Bereshit Friday, October 30
Friday, October 16 Candlelighting, 6: 01 pm
Candlelighting, 6: 15 pm Oneg Shabbat, 5:45 pm
Oneg Shabbat, 5:45 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service, 6:15 pm
Kabbalat Shabbat Service, 6:15 pm
Saturday, October 31
Saturday, October 17 Torah Study, 9:30 am
Torah Study, 9:30 am Shabbat Morning Service, 10:30 am
Shabbat Morning Service, 10:30 am

Leaves and Stones on the Temple’s Tree of Life

Do you know that you can honor or will remain on the Tree of Life forever.
remember a loved one with a leaf or a stone Your donation becomes part of the
on the Tree of Life? This beautiful work of Foundation Trust and benefits Temple
art is displayed on the wall in the foyer at Mount Sinai in perpetuity.
Temple just outside the Sanctuary. For more information, contact Sally Parke at
For a minimum donation of $300 for a leaf the Temple office at 532‐5959.
or $3,000 for a stone, the brass will be
engraved according to your instructions and
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September Birthdays
September 1 September 8 September 13 September 19 September 23
Limor Belkin * William Belford Shauna Goldman Rick Rosales Lynn Ames
Adam Nazarian Sylvia Krapin Jamie Tennen Susan Davidoff
Ann Lauterbach September 20
September 2 Louann Pranses September 14 Edward Babenco September 24
Jacqueline Gulbas Benjamin Puschett * Ross Blackburn Becky Horowitz * Jamie Frank *
Alan Gaman William Klein Fred Marcus
September 3 September 9 Ellen Goodman Amelia Krohn Helene Solomon
Greta Duran Salomon Holaschutz Douglas Leffman
David Novick Zachary Krasne * September 15 Al Schlusselberg September 25
Anat Reiter Alan Krasne Sarah Velasco Aaron Goodman
September 4 Arlene Sonnen Sylvia Wechter
Cindy (Louis) Cohen September 10 Robert Washer September 27
Katie Schmidt Marlene Fass September 21 Haidi Appel
Mark Fenenbock * September 16 Bita Mobbs Seymour Ash
September 5 Peter Herman Zachary Ducorsky * Elise Puschett *
Rosalie Kaufman Jack Heydemann William Goldfarb Craig Schecter * September 28
Steven Lauterbach Sara Rueff Muriel Tucker Amanda Metrikin *
Cameron Mansfield September 11 Jean Scherotter
Jeremy Gopin September 17 September 22
September 6 Brent Gulbas Barry Kobren David Eisner September 29
Olga Kosheleva Richard Katz Kenneth Given * Michael Robalin *
Vladik Kreinovich September 18 Quyen Nguyen
September 7 Carsen Culter Irma Oppenheim * September 30
Lori Gaman September 12 Sidney Kligman Amanda Robalin Andrew Marcus
Gabriel Levin Tova Herman Phillip Tennen Alex Stein David Pearlman
Elaine Rosen Asa Shiloff
Samuel Westermann
Josephine Witkoff
September Anniversaries
September 1 September 5 September 17
Paul & Susan Krupp * Phil & Judy Bargman * Bob & Jane Rosen
Garrett & Sylvia Levin Richard & Rosalie Kaufman *
September 19
September 2 September 7 Alan & Jean Kahn
Hal & Pat Marcus Marty & Jody Klein
Ron & Debbie Marcus * Phil & Ann Rothstein * September 20
Mickey & Susan Schwartz Charlie & Sue Zaltz
September 11
September 3 Steve & Lori Shapiro September 24
Ross & Linda Fruithandler * Charley Pittle & Kristie Eichhorn‐Pittle
Jeff & Ruth Katz September 12
Alan & Mimi Pittle Marv & Charlene Abrams September 25
Stuart & Shari Schwartz Dennis & Anat Reiter * Charles & Betty Stein

September 4 September 13 September 29

Bernie & Judy Lauterbach * Randy Goldstein & Karen Herman Steven & Linda Miner
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Hamakom Y’nachem—May God Bring Comfort...

to Bob Krasne on the death of his sister, Thama Lee Friedman.
to Evelyn Goodman on the death of her husband, David Goodman.
to Estelle Weinstein on the death of her husband, David Weinstein.
to Anat Reiter on the death of her mother, Miriam Resaely.
to Pinni and Nancy Kachel on the death of her mother, Arline Yonack.
to Paquita Litt, Skip and Beverly Litt, and Rick and Jennifer Litt on the death of their son and brother,
Bruce Litt.

Mazel Tov! Congratulations...

to grandparents David and Tina Wolfe, and Chet and Jan Frame, on the birth of Isabella Trejo (last
month’s “Mazel Tov” to Debbie and Miguel neglected to extend our good wishes to them).
to Charlene and Marv Abrams on the Bat Mitzvah of their granddaughter, Megan Abrams,
daughter of Mike and Marcie Abrams of Dallas.
to Anne and Bill Spier on the B’nai Mitzvah of their grandsons, Samuel and Benjamin Spier of
Houston, and to Sam and Ben’s parents, Danny and Shari Spier.
to Shari and Stuart Schwartz on the engagement of their son, Jason, to Jennifer Simar;
grandparents are Evelyn and Edward Schwartz and Reba and Harry Swiff of Dallas; Jennifer’s
parents are Karen and Ray Simar of Richmond, Texas.
to Rabbi Ken and Sue Weiss on the engagement of their daughter, Amy Weiss, to Scott
Levingston.
to Greta and Bob Duran on their daughter, Lydia, becoming Bat Mitzvah on September 5.
to Michelle and Dan Blumenfeld on their daughter, Hannah, becoming Bat Mitzvah on October 3.
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From the Study of our Navel‐Gazing,

Rabble‐Rousing Rabbi...
On retreat with the Rabbinical Leadership Program practiced, a well cared for interior life is the engine
of the Institute for Jewish Spirituality (of which that leads us to work, passionately and tirelessly, for
you’ll learn a bit during the holidays), I was musing our community. In the same way, the relationships
with a colleague about the significant overlap we form with others through our involvement in
between those rabbis who choose to take part in the pursuit of social justice are constant reminders
programs like IJS (which involve meditation, silence, of the commonality of our human condition and our
and contemplation) and those who choose to be radical equality before God; in other words, the very
involved in community organizing of the type building blocks of a rich life of the spirit.
promoted by the Union for Reform Judaism’s “Just
I plan to explore this theme in more depth with you
Congregations” initiative. On the face of it, one
this holiday season, both in my sermons and in new
might assume that those two types of programs
opportunities for us to practice what I’ll be
would draw two very different types of people...and
preaching. I look forward to the journey through
yet, there we were on retreat with many of the same
Tishrei with you, and to a new year filled with
folks we see in our justice work. We wondered to
promise. May our inner lives and our outer lives be
ourselves, why do the same rabbis go in for “navel
one.
gazing” and “rabble rousing?”
Shanah Tovah,
We were being facetious, of course. The truth is,
contemplative work is not really about “navel Rabbi Bach
gazing” any more than community organizing is
about “rabble rousing.” Properly understood and

Welcome New Members

We welcome Stanley Ross and his son, Nathaniel, to membership at Temple Mount Sinai.
We welcome Nancy Adele Schwartz to membership at Temple Mount Sinai.
We also welcome, and turn the spotlight on, Naomi Mercer. Naomi is currently deployed with the
4th Brigade Combat Team to COB Adder (Iraq), as the Brigade Human Resources Manager. She
also fills the role of Sexual Assault Response Coordinator and serves as a mentor for the Maysan
Province's Council for Women's Initiatives. She is active in the small Jewish community on COB
Adder that meets Friday evenings for informal Shabbat services and holiday
celebrations. Her daughter, Rory, is doing well and resides with relatives in the Greenville, South
Carolina area.
Do you know someone who is new to town, new to Judaism, or interested in getting involved with a
synagogue? Please help them be in touch with Susan Jaffee at 532-5959, or
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Adult Learning with Rabbi Bach

Shabbat Morning Torah Study, each A Taste of Judaism, Tuesdays in October and
Saturday at 9:30 am November
Each Saturday morning at 9:30, a lively group As our Mussar study winds down, we’ll go back
gathers in Zielonka Hall for an hour of text‐ to the beginning for “A Taste of Judaism.” Many
based study, usually rooted in the weekly Torah people have been introduced to Jewish thought
portion. Rabbi Bach often draws upon midrash, through this six‐hour introduction, which we’ve
mussar, and hasidut to illuminate some aspect offered to the general public a number of times
of the portion in a way that is challenging and over the years. By popular demand...a chance at
relevant. the course for members of the Temple
Bagels with the fixin's are provided by the community! Tuesdays, October 13, 20, and 27,
group, and delicious, Fair Trade coffee is and November 3, 10 and 17, at 7 pm in Zielonka
provided by the Temple. We eat, we shmooze, Hall.
we learn, and at 10:25 we wrap up so that those
who choose may move to the service. Lunch and Learn, one Tuesday each month
through May
Mussar Study, Tuesdays through the Take the opportunity to learn with friends as
Holidays our Lunch and Learn series kicks off another
Rabbi Bach will lead a series of sessions terrific season. Sessions will be held on
exploring Cheshbon Hanefesh on Tuesday Tuesdays from 11:45 am ‐1:00 pm beginning
evenings through the month of Elul and the Fall with a catered lunch. Chef Samantha Pittle‐
Holiday season. We will look at traditional texts Briseño will prepare delicious comfort foods
from the world of Mussar (“Jewish Ethics”) and again this season. Session dates are:
Hasidut (Chasidic Torah commentaries) that September 15, October 20, November 17,
have guided our people in this work for December 15, 2009; January 19, February 16,
centuries, and seek to apply them to our own March 2 (date changed from last bulletin
lives. article), April 6 and May 4, 2010.
Sessions will be held on Tuesdays from 7‐8 pm, Sessions are $10 each or you can prepay the
in Zielonka Hall, on the following dates: entire series for $72. Please send in your check
September 8, 15, 22, 29; and October 6. if you want to prepay or call Buddy Schwartz at
Dropping in for one or more sessions is 532‐5959 or email him at
possible, but the best way to do this work is to [email protected].
attend as much of the series as possible. If you
have any questions, please call Rabbi Bach at
532‐5959, or [email protected].
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Child Care at Temple Services...

In the coming weeks, Temple Mount Sinai will offer child care at the following times:
• at our Shabbat evening services on September, 11, and 25, and October 16, 23, and 30,
beginning at 6 pm;
• on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur mornings following the Family Services around 10
am (this program is for children 11 and under); and
• at our evening services for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (September 18, October 27)
beginning at 7:45 pm.
Please call the Temple office at 532-5959 to RSVP for the Rosh Hashanah and Yom
Kippur child care programs.

That All May Worship: Meeting Special Needs

Temple wants no one to miss the chance to worship during the Holidays, or year‐
round, because of difficulty in attending or special hearing, vision or mobility
requirements. A few of the ways we can help:
• Assistive listening devices are available at all services, in both the Sanctuary and
the Chapel. This system provides improved sound quality through headphones.
Receivers are available at the entrance to each room.
• Large‐print prayer books and programs are also available. Ask an usher near the
entrance to the Sanctuary.
• A section of our Sanctuary will be easily wheel‐chair accessible during all High
Holiday services.
• Select High Holiday services will be videotaped and made available to those
unable to attend. Call us to arrange for this service.
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S’lichot, September 12 —
The Overture to the Holiday Season
Selichot is a brief service which introduces many of Selichot is traditionally held in the middle of the
the sights and sounds that will be a part of our prayer night. We observe it in our Chapel at 10:30 pm,
experience during the High Holidays. The Torah Saturday, September 12.
covers are changed to white; the shofar is blasted;
Avinu Malkeynu is chanted. It has been rightly
compared to the overture before the curtain is raised
on Erev Rosh Hashanah.

Kever Avot, September 23 —

Memorial Service at the Temple Cemetery
Our Cemetery service ("Kever Avot") is a This year, our service will be held on Wednesday,
longstanding Temple tradition. We gather at the September 23 at 6 pm. The Temple Mount Sinai
cemetery during the Holidays to remember those Cemetery is at Gateway West near the intersection of
who have gone before us. One needn’t have relatives Interstate 10 and US 54.
buried in the Temple cemetery to perform this
mitzvah. The brief service allows us to remember our
loved ones wherever they are.

Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, Simchat Torah—

October 2 ‐ 10
“The holidays” don’t end when we break the fast on Simchat Torah is on Friday, October 9, at which
Yom Kippur. A joyful weeklong festival called Sukkot time we consecrate our new Religious School
begins just days later. Here’s how we’ll be students at the 6:15 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service
celebrating at Temple this year: and enjoy “Simchat Torah Under the Stars.” On
Saturday morning, October 10, the Shemini Atzeret
Erev Sukkot is on Friday, October 2. Our service,
Festival Morning Service, including Yizkor, will
outdoors in the Sukkah, will begin at 6:15 pm. On
begin at 10:30 am.
Saturday morning, October 3, our Sukkot Morning
Service begins at 10:30 am along with the Bat Chag Sameah!
Mitzvah of Hannah Blumenfeld.
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From the President

It is an interesting dichotomy that the busiest time Wolfe. They work hard all year long, but this month,
of the year for our staff at Temple is also the most especially, they all contribute to creating the
contemplative time for the members of our masterpieces that benefit us so greatly in the
Congregation. It’s the same kind of paradox we find experience and expression of our faith.
in the worlds of art and music and literature. An
incredible amount of very hard work goes into the
creation of a painting, or a symphony, or a novel.
The beneficiaries of that hard work are the viewers,
listeners and readers who are able to enjoy and
savor the masterpieces that result from that intense
creative effort. And so it is at Temple as the High
Holidays quickly approach.

Because of their hard work, the High Holidays

provide us with a wonderful opportunity to
examine our relationships with God, with our world,
and with others, especially our friends and
family. Because they are so active, we are enabled
to be contemplative and enjoy the opportunity of
deeply considering whether we have made the most
of our lives during the past year as well as how we
The Temple staff is working very hard behind the can improve ourselves during the coming year. And
scenes to ensure that the Holidays, including for that precious time apart from our busy world,
Selichot, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot, and the resulting renewal of our faith, we should all
are beautiful and meaningful for us all. We should be most appreciative.
all take a moment to pause and consider that the
Our Temple Board of Trustees and Officers join me
services and activities we enjoy and find so
in wishing all of you the most meaningful of High
beneficial at this time of year are the direct result of
Holiday seasons and a great new year of good
a lot of hard work by our resident “artists in
health, happiness, love and peace.
Judaism” ‐‐ our Temple staff led by Rabbi Bach and
Sally Parke and including Susan Jaffee, Grace Bir,
Alanna Bach, Buddy Schwartz, Alison Westermann, Shana Tova,
Frank Hernandez, and Ramona Pinales, as well as
David Kern
our Sh’lichim, Ellen Goodman, Ed Solomon and Tina
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If It’s the First Tuesday of the Month…

It’s Time for WRJ
Temple Mt. Sinai’s Women of Reform Judaism Randee Mansfield, Susan May, Becky Myers, Lisa
(WRJ) is off to a fabulous start for the new year. We Nadler, Jeri Nitzburg, Susan Novick, Cathy Puschett,
are 145 members strong and growing every day. Jane Rosen, Ann Rothstein, Nancy Rothschild, Ann
WRJ is publishing a Sisterhood Directory this year Schaechner, Shari Schwartz, Kristine Shecter, Anne
and our deadline for submissions is September 15. B. Spier, Anne F. Spier, Lettie Intebi Velasco, Tina
More than a list of names, this new directory is Wolfe, and Barbara Yarber.
designed to help us get to know each other better
and reach out in times of need.
October Event: Gourmet Cooking Class and
We thank and recognize the women who joined
Lunch, with instructor Amissa Burton.
WRJ at higher levels of donation.
Join us on Tuesday, October 6, at 10:30 am in the
Miriam Level: Alanna Bach, Clarissa Colvard,
Temple Kitchen, for fun and food. The material cost
Patricia Crawford, Marcia Dahlberg, Dori
of $15/person includes a delicious lunch. Our
Fenenbock, Mimi Gladstein, Ellen Goodman, Fifi
three‐course cooking menu includes: warm fall
Heller‐Kaim, Susan Jaffee, Elaine Krasne, Honey
soup, roasted beet salad, wild mushroom risotto
Phelps, Mimi Pittle, and Sara Shiloff.
served with popover rolls, and a fruit crisp.
Ruth Level: Susan Bargemann, Valerie Barnett,
Please RSVP to Amissa at 449‐8877 or
Deb Benedict, Barbara Berliner, Judy Blumenfeld,
[email protected] by October 2.
Laura Brannon, Olivia Chavez, Bonnie Colton, Linda
Fruithandler, Lori Gaman, Cyd Goldfarb, Evelyn
Goodman, Leba Hirsch, Dawn Keim, Donna
Leffman, Kyta Levitt, Elizabeth Goodman Levy,
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Family Learning at the Fall Holidays

Sunday, September 20 – Second Day of Rosh To RSVP for these events, please contact Alanna
Hashanah, 9:30 am to noon Bach at [email protected] or 532‐
5959.
Join us in the chapel from 9:30 to 10:30 am for a
family‐friendly Rosh Hashanah service. We’ll hear
the shofar again, read Torah, and sing joyous
prayers for the New Year. Following the service,
the students will return to their classrooms for an
hour of holiday activities with their teachers.
Parents are invited to stay and study with Rabbi
Bach. It’s your opportunity to dig into the High
Holiday themes on an adult level. The morning will
wrap up at noon with apples and honey.
Sunday, October 4 – Sukkot Extravaganza, 9:30
am to noon
All Temple families are invited to join us for Sukkot
family. We’ll begin with Tefilah in the chapel at
9:30 am. Following Tefilah families will learn
about Sukkot by wandering the “desert,”
journeying to the “ancient Temple,” and
participating in the annual harvest. At these
learning sites there will be activities, crafts, and
food.

Do you have children in first grade or younger? Do they like to sing and dance? Do they like to sit in a
circle and listen to stories?
If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, please bring your children and join us to welcome
Shabbat at our special B’nai Shabbat services once a month. B’nai Shabbat is an experiential (touch,
smell, see…) Shabbat service conducted on the bimah in the Zork Sanctuary at 5:15 pm. At the service
there will be candle lighting, singing with Rabbi Bach, and joyful prayer.
B’nai Shabbat participants are invited to join the rest of the congregation at 5:45 pm for our delicious
oneg prepared by Simon Bir. Simon promises to fix snacks that the children will enjoy. Following the
oneg, childcare will be available for the children, and parents are invited to enjoy our Kabbalat Shabbat
Service, beginning at 6:15 pm.
Please join us for our first B’nai Shabbat Service on Friday, September 11 at 5:15 pm. To RSVP for the
service or for more information please contact Alanna at 532‐5959 or [email protected].
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First Day of 2009‐2010 Religious School Year,

Off to a Grand Start…..
The first day of the 2009‐2010 Religious School year throughout the year. Parents and grandparents are
showed that we are off to a great start. On Sunday, welcome to visit, participate, volunteer or teach.
August 23, we gathered in Krupp Chapel as Rabbi
Bach led us in song and prayer. This opening service
was immediately followed by a back‐to‐school
welcoming assembly, introduction of our faculty, and
an overview of the morning. Students accompanied
their new teachers and teachers’ assistants
(madrichim) to their classrooms. While in the
classrooms, teachers gave an overview of the
upcoming curriculum and students were given the
opportunity to set up their own classroom
guidelines.

We have two new teachers and seven new

madrichim joining our faculty this year. Amissa
Burton will teach 2nd grade and Carly Robalin will
teach 4th grade. Our new madrichim are: Mia Papa,
Daryl and Alex Stein, Leah Gluck, Nate Benjamin,
Ethan Reiter and Ehren Weiner. They are very
excited to be a part of our faculty and are ready to
begin a year of fun and learning.
Please remember that Hebrew classes will start on
Wednesday, September 2, from 4:30 to 5:30 pm.
LOOKING AHEAD: Our All School Mitzvah Day will
At 11:15 am, parents, grandparents and Temple take place on Sunday, November 8, when we plan a
Board members joined us in the Religious School sequel to our “Hidden Treasures” Mitzvah Project.
courtyard to celebrate the first day of school as they From now until November 8, we will ask our
participated in a “family blessings” activity and students (with parental guidance) to go through
enjoyed eating burgers, hot dogs, and all the fixings, their closets and drawers for slightly used or new
sponsored by Men of Reform Judaism. toys, clothes, books, movie videos, shoes, music and
games. We will provide information on getting these
We are excited about the upcoming year. We look
items to Temple during the first weeks of Religious
forward to sharing our excitement with your child or
School.
children through our curriculum and programs
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Mishpachot — A Youth Group for Families with Young

Children — Plans for September and October

The word Mishpachot means families in planned activities and meet each other on a
Hebrew. The Mischpachot program at deeper level than usual. Mishpachot also
Temple Mount Sinai is a youth group for introduces children to the idea of
children in pre‐K through second grades participating in a youth group and excites
and their families. The goal of Mishpachot them for the years to come in Noar, Mini‐
is to have Jewish families participate in MSTY, and MSTY.
Our kick‐off event for the year will be a Pool
Party at the home of Liz and Erik de Vos on
Saturday, September 12 at 4 pm. We will
meet in the de Vos’s backyard for dinner,
swimming, and a little learning about
S’lichot. Participants are asked to help by
bringing a vegetarian side dish.
Our October Mishpachot event is a family
trip to the La Union Corn Maize on Sunday,
October 25. We will meet at the entrance to
the Maize at 3 pm. We'll wander through
the corn, pick pumpkins, and enjoy roasted
corn. The entrance fee for ages 6 and up is
$7; 5 and under are free.
If your family would like to participate in
these events please contact Alanna Bach at
532‐5959 or [email protected].
Mishpachot is sponsored in part by the
Jewish Federation of El Paso and our events
are open to all families.
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Gesher Classes Begin for Families with Young Children

Gesher (bridge in Hebrew) is a hands‐on listen to the shofar, learn to sing “Slicha,
Jewish learning program run by Temple Todah, Bvakasha”, and eat apples and
Mount Sinai for children from birth honey.
through four years and their parents. During our Simchat Torah and “Pumpkin”
Throughout the year, children and parents classes we will read In the Beginning and
explore Jewish holidays and common Pumpkin Circle, dance and sing with toy
preschool themes with a Jewish twist (like Torahs, see a real Torah up close, decorate
“What’s Jewish about Pumpkins and a gourd centerpiece, and eat pumpkin
Gourds?” and “What’s Jewish about bread.
Homes?”).
We hope your family will join us for a year
Our rich curriculum, designed by Alanna of Jewish fun and learning. Gesher is
Bach, includes playtime with thematic toys, funded in part by the Jewish Federation of
singing, movement, stories, craft projects, El Paso and all families are welcome to
and thematic snacks. Gesher meets at attend. Please contact Alanna Bach at
Temple in Schwartz Hall from 10 to 11 am [email protected] or 532‐
approximately twice a month. There is an 5959 for complete registration
$80 per family registration fee for this information.
program.
Our September classes will meet on
Sunday, September 13, to explore Rosh
Hashanah and Sunday, September 27, to
learn about Yom Kippur.
Our October classes will meet on Sunday,
October 11, to explore Simchat Torah and
Sunday, October 25, to learn “What’s
Jewish about pumpkins and gourds.”
During the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
classes we will read books about the New
Year, practice saying I’m sorry, decorate an
apple napkin holder, make holiday cards,
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Noar is on a Roll, with a Swim and a Hike

Noar is a dynamic youth group for Jewish children hiking, Shabbat service participation, a mitzvah and
in the third, fourth, and fifth grades. movie night, a UTEP basketball game, bowling, and a
trip to the El Paso Museum of Art.
The goal of Noar is to have young students partici‐
pate in social and service activities throughout the We will begin our Noar year with an old‐time favor‐
year and get to know their Jewish peers. ite – a pool party! Join us on Sunday, September 6,
at the El Paso Swim and Tennis Club for splashes,
2009‐2010 Noar activities will include: swimming,
games, and snacks.
On Sunday, October 11, Noar will take a hike in the
mountains behind Temple. The Bargemann family,
expert hikers, will lead this afternoon of explora‐
tion. Join us in the Religious School courtyard for a
brown‐bag lunch at noon. The hike will begin
around 12:30 pm and last for approximately two
hours.
Noar is funded in part by the Jewish Federation of El
Paso and open to all third through fifth graders. For
more information please contact Alanna Bach at 532
‐5959 or [email protected].

Mini‐MSTY Starts the Year Off with a Splash

On Thursday, August 20, nearly twenty middle had the chance to sign up to participate, please
school students gathered at the home of Tobi and email Alison Westermann
Jon Purvin for swimming, dinner and socializing ([email protected]). There
with friends new and old. Thank you to the Purvin will be one practice session before leading services,
family for hosting this party (and MSTY’s pool which will be on Monday, September 14 from 4:30‐
party as well!)! It was so kind of you to welcome us 6 pm.
into your home! Thank you to every person who
brought food – we had a wonderful mix of delicious
desserts, scrumptious snacks and refreshing
drinks! Thanks also to Rabbi Bach for joining us
and teaching us a lesson on Elul, which began that
night. It was so great to see the moon rise and
learn that in exactly one month we’d be celebrating
Rosh Hashanah! Our next activity will be leading
Rosh Hashanah morning services – if you haven’t
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MSTY Freshman Kidnap

by Thomas Krapin men to Village Inn to have fun with the rest of the
MSTY members. We shared stories of previous
On August 9, 2009, we kidnapped the freshmen!
kidnappings and talked about their future high
We surprised Maddie Halperin, David Velasco, and
school life. After eating some delicious breakfast
Jeremy Gopin first thing in the morning. As soon as
we all went to Temple and had a goofy fashion
Stacy Berry got her hands on Maddie Halperin, she
show (a MSTY tradition at Kidnap!). We all took
thought she was being Punk’d by some random
some time to tie‐dye our beautiful MSTY shirts
person. When David Velasco was being kidnapped,
which Stacy Berry designed. We asked all the kids
he was still asleep.
if they enjoyed the kidnapping and they absolutely
The reason we kidnapped the freshmen is to wel‐ agreed. Maddie Halperin said, “When you’re sur‐
come them to high school and MSTY! We want to prised with something, it’s always a lot more fun. I
tell them that being in high school and also being a love MSTY!”
freshman is a lot of fun but sometimes rough, so we
pretty much taught these kids what the next four
years of their life is going to be like by kidnapping
them. After picking them up, we brought the fresh‐
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B’nai Torah — Study and Friendship for Teens

B’nai Torah, which literally mean “Children of eleventh grade and entails some more intensive
Learning,” aptly describes all of the programs learning with Rabbi Bach to prepare for leading a
offered to our high school students. Our children service in the spring.
are given opportunities to learn socially and
The Temple’s youth group, MSTY, offers our
informally as well as formally. Programs like Dine
teenagers the chance to broaden their horizons
& Discuss offer our teens the chance to delve
while developing their leadership and
deeply into current issues facing Jewish students
organizational skills and meeting Jewish students
today: immigration policy, comparative religion,
from all over the Southwest. Students even get the
theology and questions about God, social justice
opportunity to experience top‐notch summer
and more! Dine and Discuss prepares our students
programs and trips to Israel, through the Temple’s
for Confirmation, which is celebrated in the
membership in the Union for Reform Judaism
(URJ).
Other components of B’nai Torah may include
serving as a Madrich(a) in our Religious School;
attending Jewish summer camp; traveling to
Israel on a summer trip with NFTY or another
youth movement; and traveling with Temple
friends to Washington, D.C. or the Gila
Wilderness. We are always looking to grow
participation in B’nai Torah, and to make the
programs fun and interesting for our teens.
Questions? Speak with Rabbi Bach or Alison
Westermann.

MSTY Off to a Great Start

The Purvin’s home played host once again to the board members to their positions with gifts and a
teens of Temple, who gathered on Saturday, August small, informal ceremony. Congratulations to all
22 for swimming and socializing. Thank you to each our new board members!
student who brought food and drinks with you –
President: Cheyanne Mickenberg
you help make our gatherings great! Students who
Social Action Vice President: Maddie Goldfarb
hadn’t had a chance to tie‐dye their shirts back at
Religious and Cultural Vice President: Kaylen Duran
Kidnap were given a chance to do so at the pool
Programming Vice President: Meredith Heins
party. If you haven’t already gotten your brand‐new
Membership Vice President: Nate Benjamin
MSTY T‐shirt, please email Stacy Berry at
Communications Vice President: Thomas Krapin
[email protected]. Shirts are $10 each. We
also took a bit of time to welcome our new executive
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MSTY Hosts Leadership Training ‐ October 22‐25

In late October, MSTY will host a Leadership Train‐ all of whom will need housing. If you’re interested
ing Institute (LTI), sponsored by the National Fed‐ in providing a bed for an upcoming leader, please
eration of Temple Youth. This event is geared to‐ contact Stacy Berry at [email protected] or
ward current and future youth group leaders. Pro‐ at 241‐6627, or Alison Westermann at awester‐
gramming focuses on helping the participant to [email protected] or at 443‐4084, or
improve their leadership skills, and to prepare call the Temple at 532‐5959.
them for holding office in their Temple youth
group. This weekend is a great way for leaders to
network with other youth group officers.
We expect over 80 people from the Southwest re‐
gion to come to El Paso and participate in the LTI,

College Student Care Packages

Temple Mount Sinai provides a service for our In addition, if you’d like to join the College Outreach
congregation’s college and graduate students, Committee, please let Alison know. This would
featuring packages sent to your children involve helping to plan, purchase and pack the gifts
periodically during the year to coordinate with the for each of the holiday mailings. This is a fun way to
Jewish calendar. These packages are filled with stay involved with Temple once your children have
goodies that help the students feel connected to gone to college, and besides – who knows what your
their Temple family and their Judaism while away child will like in their package better than you!? We
from home. will assemble Rosh Hashanah packages on
Sunday, September 13 from 12-2 pm.
Any member with a child attending college
(undergraduate only) can be in touch with Alison For more information and to volunteer your time,
Westermann to enroll their child in this program to please contact Alison Westermann by phone (443‐
make sure that he or she receives these 4084) or by email:
packages. There is no cost to participate, but we [email protected].
need the contact information so we can direct the
packages to the right student! Even if your child’s
information hasn’t changed, please contact Alison to
confirm that she has the correct mailing
address. The first package will coincide with Rosh
Hashanah, so we need your child’s updated
information as soon as possible!
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Tributes — May 23 through August 4

Rabbi Bach's Discretionary Fund: speedy recovery to David Metrikin Syd Dictor Memorial Fund:
in appreciation of Larry Bach by by Carolyn Feinberg in memory of Ida Spivack by Debbie
Carolyn Feinberg Hamlyn
in appreciation of Rabbi Bach by Paul I. Borschow Memorial Fund: in memory of Richard Bischoff by
Ruth Robinson in honor of Dorothy Borschow's Frankie Lerner
in appreciation of Rabbi Bach by Hal Special Birthday by Marcia & Terry in memory of Harriet Lashinsky by
& Linda Ettinger Wirth, Bob & Sara Shiloff, Stuart & Rona Dictor
in appreciation of Rabbi Bach by Shari Schwartz in memory of Vivienne Corn by Rona
Lory Goldberg Dictor
in appreciation of Temple Mount Campership Fund: in memory of Steven Stein by Rona
Sinai by Judi & James Keller Dictor
in honor of the marriage of Randy &
in appreciation of Rabbi Bach by Jeff Adam by Jeralyn Scher in memory of Raymond Levy by
& Susan Bargemann Rona Dictor
in memory of Robert Scher by
in honor of Carol Stitt and Lee Jeralyn Scher
Richard Shecter's Marriage by John, Floyd Fierman Religious School
in memory of Ruth and Sydney Fox
Kristine, Joshua & Sean Shecter
by Jeralyn Scher Fund:
in honor of Marilyn & Hy
speedy recovery to Mimi Lait by in appreciation of Idell Rothstein by
Silverstein’s Special Birthdays by
Bruce & Ann Gronich Sandi & Mike Carpenter
Bob & Jane Rosen
in memory of Vivienne Corn by Joyce
in honor of Amy & Bobby Aflatooni’s
Caring Community Fund: Davidoff
new home by Bob & Jane Rosen
speedy recovery to Mimi Lait by Ron
in honor of Dorothy Borschow's in honor of Dorothy Borschow's
& Judy Blumenfeld
Special Birthday by Bob & Jane Special Birthday by Keith & Becky
Rosen Myers speedy recovery to Selma Chasens
by Idell Rothstein
in honor of Sue Kamoroff's Special in honor of Evelyn and Edward
Birthday by Bob & Jane Rosen Schwartz’s Special Anniversary by
in honor of Norman & Cheryl Joyce Jaffee Friedman/Bloom/Rothstein
Gordon's Special Anniversary by Bob in memory of Vivienne Corn by Larry Outdoor Chapel:
& Jane Rosen & Joyce Anenberg, Joyce Jaffee in appreciation of Idell Rothstein by
in honor of Becky & Ira Horowitz's speedy recovery to Doris Goodman Sandi Kahn & Mike Carpenter
Special Anniversary by Bob & Jane by Abe & Annette Goldberg speedy recovery to Mimi Lait by Ann
Rosen speedy recovery to Mimi Lait by Bill & Phil Rothstein
in memory of Roz Chicofsky by Alan & Anne Spier, Keith & Becky Myers,
& Lynn Ames Edward & Evelyn Schwartz
General Donations Fund:
in memory of Alfred Blumenthal by
Jason & Eva Rapp in appreciation of Temple Mount
Cemetery Fund:
Sinai by Lee Rosenthal & Jorge
in memory of Adolph Eisner by
in memory of Robert Karch by Brian Ibarra
David Eisner
& Marci Karch in appreciation of Jack Heydemann
in memory of Vivienne Corn by Alan
in memory of Gertrude Schweitzer by Mimi Lait
& Rebecca Krasne
by Lee Schweitzer in honor of Annie and Ari Vernon’s
in memory of Manuel H. Eisner by
in memory of Sylvia Goldman by new beginnings by Nat & Nanci
David Eisner
Harrell & Louise Rice Maddux
speedy recovery to Mimi Lait by
in memory of Fanny Margolis by
Carolyn Feinberg
Harrell & Louise Rice
speedy recovery to Beth Lipson by
Bob & Jane Rosen
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in honor of Evelyn & Edward in memory of Steve Stein by Hilda Ruth Kahn & Andrew Kahn Rose
Schwartz's Special Anniversary by Reedman Garden Fund:
Norma Levenson, Ann & Tibor in memory of Morris Main by Anne in honor of Leslie Dorfman's
Schaechner, Frances Blumenthal, Hollander Birthday by Stuart & Frances Kahn
Irene Oppenheimer
in memory of Morris Weiss by in memory of Andrew Kahn by
in honor of Shari Schwartz's Special Arthur Weiss Buddy & Ellen Dorfman
Birthday by Mark & Dori Fenenbock
in memory of Gerald Seth Tate by in memory of Andrew Kahn by
in honor of Benjamin Ettinger’s Bar Merton & Laura Goldman Stuart & Frances Kahn
Mitzvah by Arthur & Rhoberta
in memory of Bessie Eppstein by
Leeser
Sylvan & Margie Landau Krasne Discretionary Fund:
in honor of the birth of Jillian Dean
speedy recovery to Doris Goodman
Gulbas by Mimi Lait in honor of Cheryl & Norman
by Gershon & Barbara Ettinger
in honor of Jay Heins' Special Gordon's Special Anniversary by
speedy recovery to Barbara Loeser Bob & Elaine Krasne
Birthday by Bob & Shirley Goldfarb
by Gershon & Barbara Ettinger,
in memory of Ida Spivack by Stuart in honor of Carolyn & Sheldon
Dorlee Henderson, Stuart & Shari
& Shari Schwartz Gopin's Special Anniversary by Bill
Schwartz
& Anne Spier
in memory of Benjamin Goldman by speedy recovery to Mimi Lait by
Estelle Goldman in honor of Ann Schaechner's
Ruth Braun, Dick & Jean Scherotter,
Birthday by Bob & Elaine Krasne
in memory of Fred Sauermilch by Lynn Silverman, Irene
Neal & Evelyn Axelrod Oppenheimer, Bud & Charlotte in honor of Joyce & Larry
Ramenofsky, Bill & Marcia Dahlberg, Annenberg's Special Anniversary by
in memory of Lothar Blumenthal by
Bruce & Erline Gordon, Louis & Marty & Bonnie Colton
Frances Blumenthal
Cindy Cohen, Dick & Toni Harris, in honor of Bob & Elaine Krasne's
in memory of Israel Feldberg by Joe
Bob & Sara Shiloff, Larry Gladstone Anniversary by Dick & Robin Krasne
Feldberg
speedy recovery to Mildred Marcus in memory of David Goodman by
in memory of Norman Feldman by
by Ruth Braun Marty & Bonnie Colton
Ann Feldman
speedy recovery to Anne Spier by in memory of Thama Lee Friedman
in memory of Robert Harrell by
Mimi Lait by Bud & Charlotte Ramenofsky, Bill
Arthur Weiss
& Marcia Dahlberg, Ron & Judy
in memory of Samuel Ovsay by Blumenfeld, Bob & Sara Shiloff,
Arthur Weiss Jon Heller High Holiday Fund: Marty & Bonnie Colton, Larry &
in memory of Louis Ovsay by Arthur in honor of Marilyn & Hy Joyce Anenberg, Bill & Anne Spier
Weis Silverstein’s Special Birthdays by speedy recovery to Mildred Marcus
in memory of Vivienne Corn by Bob Fifi Heller‐Kaim & Boris Kaim by Marty & Bonnie Colton
& Sara Shiloff, David & Susie Novick, in memory of Ben Gelfand by Fifi speedy recovery to Mimi Lait by
Bob & Elaine Krasne, Stuart & Shari Heller‐Kaim & Boris Kaim Bob & Elaine Krasne, Marty &
Schwartz, Marty & Bonnie Colton, Bonnie Colton
Bill & Anne Spier, Sara Mansfield,
Kahn Youth Endowment Fund: speedy recovery to David Metrikin
Nat & Nanci Maddux, Dr. & Mrs.
in memory of Frances L. Kahn by by Bob & Elaine Krasne
Solomon Heller, Ruth Braun, Neal &
Evelyn Axelrod, Bud & Charlotte Alan & Jean Kahn speedy recovery to Julian Borschow
Ramenofsky, Isabel Schnadig, Bill & by Marty & Bonnie Colton
Marcia Dahlberg, Bud & Geane Isadore Kahn Memorial Fund:
Glaser, Bradley & Francine
in honor of Amy Gitterman's Special Amelia G. Krohn Basic Judaism
Beckman, Frank & Eleanor Levy, Collection:
Birthday by Buddy, Ellen, Adam &
Bob & Jane Snow, Arthur Weiss,
Leslie Dorfman in memory of Edna Mathias Krohn
Morton & Luann Katz, Keith & Becky
Myers, Gershon & Barbara Ettinger, by Matt & Elizabeth Krohn
Leslie & Scott Bormaster, Robert &
Jeanne Herderson, Ken & Barbara
Given
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Landscape Special Projects Fund: in memory of Robert Scher by in honor of past and present
in honor of the great‐grandson of Danielle Scher presidents of Temple Mount Sinai
Norma Levenson by Ruth Braun in memory of Corrine Sonnen by Jon by Leon & Judy Feldt
in memory of Doris Eisenberg by & Arlene Sonnen in memory of Florence Schoichet by
Louis & Cindy Cohen in memory of Bella Harris by Dick & Bob & Blanche Brown
in memory of Henrietta Scherotter Toni Harris in memory of Emanuel Bromberg by
by Norma Levenson in memory of Antonio Arbona Howard & Glenda Bromberg
Bennazar by Jaime Arbona in memory of Andrea Valdez Garcia
by Raquel Aldama
Lauterbach Campership Fund:
Jo Ann Rothbardt Petersen
in honor of Dylan Isaac Barnes by
Healing Resource Center: Tree of Life Fund:
Ruth Braun
in honor of Phil Bargman's Special in memory of Hal Anenberg by
in honor of Bernie & Judy
Birthday by Jack Eisenberg, Dick & Larry & Joyce Anenberg
Lauterbach's granddaughter, Lacy
Jill, by Abe & Annette Goldberg Jean Scherotter, Marty & Bonnie
Colton, Bob & Elaine Krasne Youth Fund:
speedy recovery to Joyce Blackledge
by Abe & Annette Goldberg in honor of Bruce Gulbas' Special in memory of Geri Given by Jim Levy
Birthday by Phil & Judy Bargman & Liz Goodman‐Levy
speedy recovery to Barbara Loeser
by Louis & Cindy Cohen in honor of Evelyn & Edward
Schwartz's Special Anniversary by
Phil & Judy Bargman Zork Memorial Library Fund:
Mazon: A Jewish Response to in memory of Rosalind L. Heymann
in memory of Vivienne Corn by Phil
Hunger: & Judy Bargman by LoisAnn Markowitz
in honor of Ann Schaechner's in memory of Geri Given by Kitty
Birthday by Edward & Evelyn Suhler
Schwartz Prayer Book Fund:
in honor of Jay Heins' Special in appreciation of Ed Solomon by
Birthday by Valerie Barnett Hal & Linda Ettinger
in memory of Laura Rosenberg by in memory of Eric Lee Markowitz by
Jim & Marian Daross LoisAnn Markowitz
speedy recovery to Julian Borschow in memory of Herbert Given by
by Bill & Anne Spier Bernadine Belkin

Ethel Oppenheimer Flower Fund: Special Oneg or Kiddush:

in appreciation of Temple Mount in memory of Meyer Fagelman by
Sinai by Douglas Waters John & Rita Silverman
in honor of Evelyn & Edward in memory of Antonio Arbona
Schwartz's Special Anniversary by Bennazar by Jaime Arbona
Izzy & Shirley Tudzin, Aaron & Ruth in memory of Corrine Sonnen by Jon
Cohen & Arlene Sonnen
in memory of Herbert Lakehomer in memory of Bertha Polstein by
by Arthur & Rhoberta Leeser Mark & Joyce Post
in memory of Lillian Balk Kaminsky in memory of Wolf Bowman by
by Bob & Shirley Goldfarb Aronold & Lila Bowman
in memory of Wolf Bowman by in honor of Marcus Appel's trip to
Arnold & Lila Bowman Israel to study by Jerry & Haidi
in memory of Morris Bilsky by Appel
Estelle Goldman
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Fall Retreat in the

Sacramento Mountains, October 16‐18
Join Temple friends as we journey up to
Sacramento, New Mexico for our annual
Shabbat retreat away from the pressures of life
in El Paso. We will stay at the beautiful
Sacramento Methodist Assembly Retreat &
Conference Center. Retreat activities include:
thematic programming for children, teens,
families, and adults; Shabbat services;
adventure activities; Torah study; campfire
and s’mores, movies, and more.
Put these dates on your calendar and plan on
attending our retreat, which has become an
annual tradition! Watch your mail and Temple
bulletin for registration information. You may
also contact Alanna Bach with questions at
[email protected] or 532‐5959.

In the coming months, Temple plans to move toward generating

less paper and spending less on postage. We’ve already taken
many steps to cut down on those costs, making extensive use of
email in a number of areas of Temple life.
Moving the monthly bulletin toward being an online publication
(easily printed for those who choose) is the next step in this evolution. As
we make this transition, we want to assure that we won’t leave anyone without their
copy of Messages from the Mountain. People who would like to continue receiving a
paper version in the mail will be able to do so. We do hope that most of our members
will choose to receive a paperless bulletin over time, as the cost savings to Temple will
be significant.
Please call or send Buddy an email ([email protected]) to let him know
if you wish to receive Messages from the Mountain via email or continue receiving a hard
copy in the mail. As this will start in November of this year, please let Buddy know as
soon as possible.
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Mailing Address

Staff
Rabbi ..................................................................................... Larry Bach
Rabbi Emeritus ..................................................................Ken Weiss Temple Mount Sinai is the Reform
Administrator ................................................................... Sally Parke
Administrative Assistant .................................. Buddy Schwartz Jewish congregation serving El
Religious School Director ................................................ Grace Bir
Outreach Director ......................................................... Susan Jaffee Paso, Texas.
Family Educator ........................................................... Alanna Bach
Youth Advisors ............ Stacy Berry and Alison Westermann We are a congregation of
Building Manager ............................................... Frank Hernandez
House Keeping ....................................................... Ramona Pinales supportive, caring and diverse
Accompanist ................................................................Linda McClain
Bulletin Editor ............................................................. Susan Novick people with a rich history.
Officers
David Kern ............................................................................ President
Temple is a place for prayer, ritual,
Shari Schwartz ........................................................ President‐Elect spirituality, education, wholeness
Marian Daross ........................................................... Vice President
Greta Duran ................................................................ Vice President and healing, social action and
Ellen Goodman .......................................................... Vice President
Jon Sonnen .................................................................. Vice President celebration.
Tommy Goldfarb ...................................................... Vice President
Stephanie Calvo .................................................................. Secretary
Marcia Dahlberg ............................... Immediate Past President
Join us as we explore, through
Trustees
these elements of sacred living, the
Rick Amstater, Olivia Chavez, Joyce Davidoff,
Scott Feldt, Lori Gaman, Susie Goldman,
richness of Jewish faith and
Jack Heydemann, David Leffman, tradition.
David Mansfield, Hal Marcus, David Novick
Debby Robalin, Nancy Rothschild, Phil Rothstein