What an uplifting High Holyday season!

It Takes a Congregation.

We thank Rose, Alan and Randi Garfinkel for generously dedicating our new Second Day Rosh HaShanah Machzor.

We thank David Hertzman for so lovingly dedicating Jacob’s Tower on Shabbat Shuvah.

We thank our Rabbis and Cantors for their leadership:

Rabbi Yael Splansky
Rabbi Teri Appleby
Rabbi Jordan Helfman
Cantor Benjamin Z. Maissner
Cantorial Soloist Lindi Rivers

We thank our Temple Singers:

Janice Babins, Susan Baskin, Carla Baudot, Matilda Bigio, Elizabeth Bromstein, Susan Chernow, Gary Ciglen, Toby Ciglen, Clare Denaburg, Anne Dublin, Helena Fine, Paula Freeman, Denise Gordon, Pam Halpern, Ron Hart, Caroline Ingvaldsen, Ingrid Johnson, Jill Kamin, Jack Kugelmass, Jon Leo, Ethel List, David MacCoy, P’nina Margolese, Catherine Mayers, Sharon Miller, Shelley Miller, Lew Molot, Eva Ormut, Marla Powers, Uriel Priwes, Razelle Roebuck, Joanne Roher, Shoshana Sage, Sandi Schafer, Lili Shain, Helen Sherman, Saul Ship, Judy Wilansky and Nadia Adler, David Warrack, together with our Professional Choir Members.

We thank Daniel Abramson, Michael Cole, Jeff Denaburg, Dr. David Greenberg, Jack Kugelmass, Mira Lyon, Mike Morgulis, and Larry Schwartz for helping to lead services.

We thank David Gershon and Mark Weinstock, for their special talents in leading our young families in prayer.

We thank our Torah and Haftarah Readers:

Arly Abramson, Charlotte Axelrod, Sonya Ben-Ishai, Avi Berger, Josh Berger, Raisa Berkowitz, Ari Burkes, Levi Cassidy, Alexa Coleman, Steven Davidson, Beth Denaburg, Julia Duckman, Max Fingold, David Greenberg, Harrison Gryfe, Suzanne Hersh, Jill Hertzman, Caroline Ingvaldsen, Jill Kamin, Gail Kerbel, Jonathan Kirsh, William Klein, Michael Leese, Pavle Levkovic, Marc Levy, Brian Lidsky, Taiga Lipson, Jordana Lyons, Lindsay Lyons, Benji McLean, Nathan McLean, Mike Morgulis, Oona Nadler, Jordan Nisenbaum, Alyson Oaknine, Alberto Quiroz, Isaac Quiroz, Joanne Roher, Brenda Saunders, Ted Shafran, Audrey Shiner, Lesley Shiner, Sophie Sklar, Josh Slan, Robert Sniderman, Adam Sol, Phoebe Solomon, Susan Speigel, Arieh Waldman, Paula Warren, Emily Weizel, as well as Jeff Denaburg and Brenda Saunders who helped to train them.

We thank our Head Usher Gerry Prendergast, together with Bruce Young, Larry Babins, Abe Neufeld, Jeff Levy, and our team of Ushers:

Mark Anshan, Reuben Bromstein, Fern Lebo, Robert Cooper, Phyllis Denaburg, Silvia Derasner, Lloyd Duckman, Murray Ellis, Arnold Englander, Johanna Faulk, Louis Glait, Gary Goodman, Gail Goodman, Diana Goodman, Alan Gordon, Brian Hands, Robert Herman, Carmen Horvath, Bambi Katz Freireich, Jonathan King, Pavle Levkovic, Richard Lorie,  Harley Mintz,   Debbi Charendoff Moses, Alexis Singer, Melville Olsberg, John Phillips, Jonothan Pollack, Hank Rosen, Ann Rosenfield, Arlene Roth, Nancy Ruth, Cheryl Rosen, Michael Ryval, Fred Saunders, Barry Silver, Judith Slan, Lyle Stanway, Carole Sterling, Rosalie Sussman, David Tartick, and Terry Yanowski.

We thank Jill Hertzman and our team of Gabbaim:

Mark Anshan, Phyllis Denaburg, Mike Fox, Jane Herman, Jill Hertzman, Linda Kamerman, Mira Lyon, P’nina Margolese, David Mock, Mel Olsberg, Alberto Quiroz, Eric Roher, Ann Rosenfield, Brenda Saunders, Ted Shafran, Barry Silver, and Phyllis Wintraub

We thank our Shofar Blowers:

Michael Cole, Peter Dan, Howard Goodman, Jack Kugelmass, Jacqueline Loeb, Tal Maissner, Robin Malach, and Paul Soren

We thank Hershell Ezrin, Joanne Hoffman, Rabbi Dow Marmur, Elaine Newton for leading our Yom Kipppur Study Sessions.

We thank our Teen Ushers for leading tours of Jacob’s Tower.

We thank our Temple Board for greeting in the congregation for a new year.

Mark S. Anshan, Larry Babins, Janice Babins, David Baskin, Joan Garson, Barry Borden, Henrietta Chesnie, Morris Cooper, Phyllis Denaburg, Jeffrey Dicker, Owen Duckman, Tom Friedland, Alan Garfinkel, Jack Geller, Diana Goodman, David Greenberg, Jill Kamin, David Hart, Richard Howard, Elliott Jacobson, Jonathan King, Richard Krelstein, Merle Kriss, Earl Lipson, Michael Morgulis, Alberto Quiroz, Eric Roher, Ronna Rubin, Nancy Ruth, Harvey Schipper, Mary Seldon, Gail Silver, Barry Silver, Philip Smith, Cary Solomon, Carole Sterling, Lynn Gluckman, Lisa Taylor, and Vanessa Melman Yakobson

We thank Benjamin Applebaum, our Executive Director, Robert Carnevale, our Director of Communications, Shelly Berenbaum, our Office Manager, and the entire Administrative Team.

We thank Jim Westcott, our Facilities Manager, together with our Maintenance and Security Team.

We thank Phyllis Cincinatus and her team of volunteers, including many children and teens, for decorating our Sukkah and together with Nancy Duckman, decorating our three bimahs for the Festival of Sukkot.

We thank Phyllis Cincinatus and HABSTY for making Simchat Torah a joyful grand finale to our holiday season!