Recent TSE Emails

We are sad to share that Lynda Kurs, mother of Jordan Kurs, mother-in-law of Carri, and grandmother of Michael and Taylor. She is also survived by her husband, Marc, brother, Fred, and daughter, Paula Pascale.

The service will be at 11am on Monday, August 20th, at Bloomfield Cooper, 44 Wilson Avenue, Manalapan; with interment following at Beth Israel Cemetery, Woodbridge.

Shiva will be at the home of Marc Kurs, 55 Wintergreen Drive, Manalapan, Monday following the service until 9pm, and Tuesday & Wednesday from 2pm-4pm and 6pm-9pm. There will be a Shiva Minyan at 7pm each night.
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May God console those who mourn in Zion, Jerusalem and throughout the world

We are sad to share that Lynda Kurs, mother of Jordan Kurs, mother-in-law of Carri, and grandmother of Michael and Taylor. She is also survived by her husband, Marc, brother, Fred, and sister, Paula Pascale.

The service will be at 11am on Monday, August 20th, at Bloomfield Cooper, 44 Wilson Avenue, Manalapan; with interment following at Beth Israel Cemetery, Woodbridge.

Shiva will be at the home of Marc Kurs, 55 Wintergreen Drive, Manalapan, Monday following the service until 9pm, and Tuesday & Wednesday from 2pm-4pm and 6pm-9pm. There will be a Shiva Minyan at 7pm each night.
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May God console those who mourn in Zion, Jerusalem and throughout the world

We welcome

Ruby Evelyn O’Brien

August 10, 2018

Happy & Healthy Parents:

Leah and Jonathan O’Brien

Proud Grandparents:
Anita and Lou Miller

Proud Aunt & Uncle:
Leslie and Jose Geronimo

Proud Cousins:
Lillian and Annabelle Geronimo

We are sad to share that Les Tinkler's mother, Miriam Tinkler, passed away yesterday, August 9, 2018, at the age of 102 1/2.  In addition to Les, she is survived by her other son, Allen, her daughter-in-law Suzan, three grandchildren, six great grandchildren, and Les's friend, Mimi Leibovitch.

Our thoughts are with the Tinkler family.​​​​​​​ 
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May God console those who mourn in Zion, Jerusalem and throughout the world

Member High Holy Days Information

Book of Life and Memorial Book Information/Donations

Click for Guest Ticket Information  

Click to volunteer during services  

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Click for Non-member guests and courtesy Children's and Yizkor service tickets

Click for Reciprocity Requests

Member High Holy Days Information

Book of Life and Memorial Book Information/Donations

Click for Guest Ticket Information

Click to volunteer during services

Click for Non-member guests and courtesy Children'sand Yizkor service tickets

Click for Reciprocity Requests

Please remember to bring food donations with you on Yom Kippur.  All donations will be delivered to the Open Door Food Pantry.

Non-Member Guest
High Holy Days Information

We welcome non-member guests for the High Holy Days. We offer tickets at no charge for the Children's Service on both Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur and for the Yizkor Service on Yom Kippur. In addition, we offer reciprocity with other synagogues.

The cost for guest tickets, for all services, is per person, is $90.00 for Rosh Hashanah Services and $90.00 for Yom Kippur Services. These tickets can only be purchased for one year.

Please remember to bring food donations with you on Yom Kippur.  All donations will be delivered to the Open Door Food Pantry.

Tickets will start going out in the mail mid-August.
​​​​​​​Accounts not in good standing will not receive tickets

Shabbarbecue
Friday, July 6th 6:30P

Free, but please RSVP


and let us know what you can bring

Member High Holy Days Information

Book of Life and Memorial Book Information/Donations

Click for Guest Ticket Information

Click to volunteer during services

Click for Non-member guests and courtesy Children'sand Yizkor service tickets

Click for Reciprocity Requests

Please remember to bring food donations with you on Yom Kippur.  All donations will be delivered to the Open Door Food Pantry.

Non-Member Guest
High Holy Days Information

We welcome non-member guests for the High Holy Days. We offer tickets at no charge for the Children's Service on both Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur and for the Yizkor Service on Yom Kippur. In addition, we offer reciprocity with other synagogues.

The cost for guest tickets, for all services, is per person, is $90.00 for Rosh Hashanah Services and $90.00 for Yom Kippur Services. These tickets can only be purchased for one year.

Please remember to bring food donations with you on Yom Kippur.  All donations will be delivered to the Open Door Food Pantry.

Tickets will start going out in the mail mid-August.
​​​​​​​Accounts not in good standing will not receive tickets

We are sad to share that Ronald Nevins, brother of Harriet Domroe, passed away yesterday, July 25, 2018.

Funeral services will be held at Bloomfield-Cooper Jewish Chapels, 44 Wilson Avenue, Manalapan, on Friday, July 27, at 11AM. Interment will follow at Beth Israel Cemetery, Woodbridge, NJ.

Shiva will be at the home of Harriet’s nephew, Craig Novins, 6 Northwood Circle, Manalapan, with a Shiva Minyan at 7PM on Saturday and 6PM on Sunday. 

Our thoughts are with Harriet at this difficult time.​​​​​​​

May God console those who mourn in Zion, Jerusalem and throughout the world

We are excited to announce the marriage of 

Adrienne Viola & Stephen Wallis
July 14, 2018
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Adrienne is the daughter of Bonnie Kass-Viola & Jeffrey Viola

We are excited to announce the marriage of 

Bonnie Unger & Aaron Kominos-Smith
July 14, 2018

Aaron is the son of Elliot Smith & Vivian Kominos

We are sad to share that Bruce Panken, Rabbi Melinda Panken's uncle, and brother of her father, Peter, passed away yesterday.

The funeral service and shiva will be in Michigan, where he lived.

Our thoughts are with Rabbi Panken, Glenn, Ariella and Micah, as well as the Rabbi's parents.

May God console those who mourn in Zion,
Jerusalem and throughout the world

We are sad to share that Celia Rabinowitz , grandmother of Chad and Jennifer Marcus, great-grandmother of Hayden and Stella,   

mother of Adrienne, and mother-in-law of Wayne Marcus, passed away yesterday, Saturday, July 21, 2018..

The funeral service was held earlier today.

Our thoughts are with the Marcus family at this difficult time.​​​​​​​ Please consider a donation to  Deborah Heart and Lung Center  or to Temple Shaari Emeth .

May God console those who mourn in Zion, Jerusalem and throughout the world

Youth Mental Health First Aid is designed to teach parents, family members, caregivers, teachers, school staff, peers, neighbors, health and human services workers, and other caring citizens how to help an adolescent (age 12-18) who is experiencing a mental health or addictions challenge or is in crisis.

Youth Mental Health First Aid is primarily for adults who regularly interact with young people. The course introduces common mental health challenges for youth, reviews typical adolescent development, and teaches a 5-step action plan for how to help young people in both crisis and non-crisis situations. Topics covered include anxiety, depression, substance use, disorders in which psychosis may occur, disruptive behavior disorders (including AD/HD), and eating disorders.

UPCOMING CLASS
Tuesday, July 24 and Thursday, July 26 (must attend both sessions) 5:00 PM - 9:30 PM – a simple supper will be served at 5:00 St. Peter's Church • 33 Throckmorton St • Freehold, NJ 07728
 
This course is offered by the Mental Health Association of Monmouth County in cooperation with St. Peter’s Church and Temple Shaari Emeth.

We are sad to share that Dianne Letson, sister of Tricia Krietzberg, sister-in-law of Curtis, and aunt of Lily, Ian, and Joshua, passed away peacefully on June 26, 2018, at her home surrounded by her  loving family.

 In addition to Tricia and her family, Dianne leaves behind her loving mother, Rose Ann; her three other siblings, Rosanne C. Letson, Tom Letson, and Michael Letson, and her nephew Christopher Letson. 

Dianne was incredibly proud of her job, which she held for nearly 35 years, as an associate at the Work Opportunity Center at the ARC of Monmouth. Dianne was a loving daughter, a dear sister and a doting aunt. 

A funeral service was held and there are no Shiva Minyanim scheduled.

Our thoughts are with the Krietzberg family at this difficult time.​​​​​​​

May God console those who mourn in Zion, Jerusalem and throughout the world

We are sad to share that Deanne Styn, mother of Robin Gitlitz, mother-in-law of Lawrence, and grandmother of Jamie and Morgan,  passed away yesterday, July 1, 2018.

The funeral will be graveside at Cedar Park (735 Forest Ave, Paramus, NJ.).

Shiva will be Tuesday through Thursday from 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm. at the home of:
                                   Robin & Larry Gitlitz
                                   64 Syracuse Drive, Freehold, NJ

There are no Shiva Minyanim scheduled.

Our thoughts are with the Gitlitz family at this difficult time.​​​​​​​

May God console those who mourn in Zion, Jerusalem and throughout the world

They will have their bricks installed in the new TSE Walkway next month

Alster
Berger
Berkman
Berson
Bertoni
Bonomo
Burg
Bursey
Burstyn
Cautin
Cohen
Cohen
Edwab
Fischer
Freeman
Freiberg

Glaser
Goldberg
Goto
Grossman
Holzer
Jacobson
Jedlowski
Karlin
Kessler
Komito
Lieberman
Martin
McNicholas
Men's Club
​​​​​​​Mergentime
Miller

Nachimson
Nyman
Owitz
Panensky
Panken
Pasch
Rein
Renaissance Group
Rubinstein
Salomon
Schechter
Sewald
Silverberg
Viola & Kass-Viola
Waldman
Wasserman

TSE Walkway construction will occur in August. This is the last chance to have your brick be part of the initial Walkway installation.  We cannot guarantee that engraved bricks ordered after July 6th will be installed during Walkway construction.

Bricks ordered after July 6th will be installed as soon as additional engraving orders are filled.*

*The entire walkway will be built in August. We will place orders for additional engraved bricks as they are sold, and they will replace blank bricks. 

We invite you to immortalize your support for
Temple Shaari Emeth by purchasing a lifelong commemorative brick for our new paver walkway.

The commemorative brick you create will be a timeless tribute to honor your family, memorialize a loved one, or proudly
show your support for Temple Shaari Emeth and our community.

Everyone at Temple Shaari Emeth has been a part of the past or present; you can now be a part of its future. Thanks for helping us PAVE THE WAY!

To reserve your brick TODAY:

Click here to order online or to download a form that you can mail in or drop off at TSE.

Shabbarbecue
Friday, July 6th 6:30P

Free, but please RSVP


and let us know what you can bring

Dear Friends:

An exciting addition is coming to Temple Shaari Emeth for the High Holy Days this year. The Board of Trustees has decided that it is time for our community to adopt the new Reform High Holy Day machzor (prayer book) called Mishkan HaNefesh (Sanctuary of the Soul.) Last year at the Holy Days, I included a variety of readings for the new machzor which received much positive feedback. During the winter we offered a sample Rosh Hashanah service from Mishkan HaNefesh. Those in attendance overwhelmingly loved the machzor sharing that it was relevant, thoughtful, beautiful and inspiring.

There are so many positive elements in Mishkan HaNefesh.

1. It is in the same two page layout as our Mishakan Tefila which we use for Shabbat.
2. All the Hebrew is transliterated which opens the service in a new way to non-Hebrew readers.
3. The God language in the machzor is non-gender and requires no changes as we are reading.
4. There are commentary explaining the prayers along the bottom of the pages. There are additional study texts and essays peppered throughout the book and there are beautifully moving, contemporary poems and prose reflecting all kinds of theology.
    

The Holy Days are a personal and communal experience. We come for personal exploration and we also come to do so with others in the community. This prayer book offers room for both, and many who have seen it have enjoyed the fact that it leaves room for personal reflection within the communal setting.

It is natural to feel connection to Gates of Repentance, the prayer book Reform Jews have used since it was published in 1978. We will be focusing our Selichot Study this year on introducing Mishkan HaNefesh and focusing on how you can best utilize it during our Worship.

In order to purchase Mishkan HaNefesh, we are assessing each member unit/family a one-time only fee of $36.  We will also be utilizing additional money from the Prayer Book Fund to cover the rest of the cost. You will see this charge added to your July bill. If you feel very strongly and do not wish to participate in this effort, you will be able to opt out. Everyone who participates will have a bookplate placed in a book. We must receive your donation by August 15th, 2018 in order to prepare the bookplates and have them placed in the machzor in time for the Holy Days.

If you would like to stop by the Temple and see a copy of the machzor, we will have one available in the office for you to see. This is a very exciting moment for our community, and we thank you in advance for being part of a community that fosters meaningful prayer for everyone.

L’shalom,
Rabbi Melinda Panken

TSE Walkway construction will occur in August. This is the last chance to have your brick be part of the initial Walkway installation.  We cannot guarantee that engraved bricks ordered after July 6th will be installed during Walkway construction.

Bricks ordered after July 6th will be installed as soon as additional engraving orders are filled.*

*The entire walkway will be built in August. We will place orders for additional engraved bricks as they are sold, and they will replace blank bricks. 

We invite you to immortalize your support for
Temple Shaari Emeth by purchasing a lifelong commemorative brick for our new paver walkway.

The commemorative brick you create will be a timeless tribute to honor your family, memorialize a loved one, or proudly
show your support for Temple Shaari Emeth and our community.

Everyone at Temple Shaari Emeth has been a part of the past or present; you can now be a part of its future. Thanks for helping us PAVE THE WAY!

To reserve your brick TODAY:

Click here to order online or to download a form that you can mail in or drop off at TSE.

At its June meeting, the Temple Shaari Emeth Board of Trustees voted to create the:

Rabbi Aaron D. Panken
Life Long Learning Fund

The fund will be used to create an ever-growing love of Jewish learning through ongoing educational exploration, both personally and professionally.

Kick off the Summer Shabbat Series with
Shabbarbecue on July 6th

​​​​​​​RSVP Now!

We are sad to share that Deanna (Tosk) Frankel, sister of Sharon Nachimson and sister-in-law of Alex Nachimson passed away today, June 21, 2018.

The Nachimson's will be sitting shiva at their home (19 Halifax Drive, Monroe) on Saturday, 6/23 from 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., Sunday, 6/24 from 1:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. and Monday, 6/25 from 1:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. with a Minyan Service each night at 7:00 p.m.

Our thoughts are with the Nachimson family at this difficult time.​​​​​​​

May God console those who mourn in Zion, Jerusalem and throughout the world

Shabbarbecue
Friday, July 6th 6:30P

Free, but please RSVP


and let us know what you can bring

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Friday at 7:30 PM

The Men's Club, still recovering from their heart-breaking loss in the softball game against the Temple Beth Miriam Men's Club, has recovered from the loss to lead the service on Friday night, accompanied by the Temple Shaari Emeth Choir.

Ten of TSE's finest Men’s Club athletes came to play for a tough road game against our rival in Temple Beth Miriam.  After TBM took an early lead we managed to tie the game up in the 3rd inning.  As the later innings moved along TSE showed some fatigue and ended up on the short end of the 10-4 final score.  Both teams had a lot of fun, nobody got hurt and all enjoyed a hot dog after the game.   

Trip to Ellis Island: Hard Hat Tour of the Hospital Complex
Join the Lifelong Learning Committee on June 24th for a Hard Hat Tour of the abandoned hospital complex on Ellis Island, which has been closed and abandoned for 60 years. 

Click for more information and to register.

We are sad to share that longtime member Martin Feinberg, husband of Patricia,  passed away yesterday, June 8, 2018.  Our thoughts are with Patricia and their daughter, Heidi, and son-in-law, Craig.

The funeral service will be tomorrow, Sunday June 10th at 1:30 p.m., at Beth Israel Cemetery Mausoleum, 1098 Woodbridge Center Drive, Woodbridge.

Shivah will be at Craig & Heidi Piskin’s home, 422 Perry Street, Morganville, on Sunday; and, at Patricia's home, 586 Skylark Drive, Monroe, on Monday.  There are no Shiva Minyans scheduled. 

Our thoughts are with the Feinberg family at this difficult time.
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May God console those who mourn in Zion, Jerusalem and throughout the world