With great sadness we share that Gary Weissman passed away. He was the husband of Beth Pomper Weissman and the father of Craig Weissman and Perri Pomper. He was the father-in-law to Bethany and Eric and the grandfather of Bodie, Noah, Lucy and Leo.
A memorial service will be on Sunday, May 12 at Bloomfield-Cooper Jewish Chapel, Manalapan at 11am with interment following at Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Iselin.
Shiva will be observed at the home of Perri Pomper and Eric Schein, 47 Devon Drive, Manalapan on Sunday, May 12 immediately following the funeral, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 1-4pm and 6-9pm each day.
May God console those who mourn in Zion, Jerusalem and throughout the world
With great sadness we share that Richard (Richie) Greenberg passed away on Monday. He was the husband of Phyllis Greenberg and the father of Cheryl Schafer and Laura Schiller. He was the father-in-law to Ian and Matthew and the grandfather of Carly, Brody, Michael, Madison, Chloe and Sydney.
The funeral will be tomorrow, Thursday, May 9th at Temple Shaari Emeth at 11am followed by entombment at Mount Sinai Cemetery Mausoleum Chapel in Morganville. The streaming link for the funeral service is: Temple Shaari Emeth
Shiva will be at Phyllis's home at 184 Tournament Drive in Monroe on Thursday from 5-9pm, Saturday from 1-9pm and Monday from 1-6pm. Shiva will also be observed at Cheryl and Ian's home, 202 Golf Edge Drive, Westfield, on Friday from 5-9pm.
We hope to see you at the Congregation Meeting this Sunday at 7:30 p.m. In addition to hearing reports from the clergy, staff, and leaders; we will consider changes to the Temple constitution, elect officers and members of the Board of Trustees, and review and vote on the Temple's expense budget for the 2025 fiscal year.
Stay after the meeting for champagne or a soft drink, and some tasty treats.
Attendance is allowed by Zoom; but not voting, desserts, or champagne:
Topic: Congregation Meeting Time: May 5, 2024 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Temple Shaari Emeth's new Drama Club will perfom at the service with a compilation of scenes, monologues, and poem recitations, that center on the topic of the Holocaust.
Then join us for falafel and other Israeli treats after the service.
We hope to see you at the Congregation Meeting this Sunday at 7:30 p.m. In addition to hearing reports from the clergy, staff, and leaders; we will consider changes to the Temple constitution, elect officers and members of the Board of Trustees, and review and vote on the Temple's expense budget for the 2025 fiscal year.
Stay after the meeting for champagne or a soft drink, and some tasty treats.
Rabbi Panken's 20th Anniversary will be celebrated at these upcoming events:
Saturday, May 11th at 7:30 p.m. “Rock Shabbat” concert featuring the renowned Jewish rock group, Nefesh Mountain, at Temple Shaari Emeth
Sunday, June 2nd at 11:00 a.m. Grand Anniversary Luncheon at Battleground Country Club
Saturday, June 22nd at 6:00 p.m. Ice Cream Social & Havdalah service at Temple Shaari Emeth
We are thrilled to announce that Temple Shaari Emeth is celebrating Rabbi Melinda F. Panken's 20 years of dedicated service to our synagogue and the greater Monmouth County community. Over the next few months, we have planned several events at or near the Temple. We hope that you will join us in celebration in person or in our commemorative journal.
During her tenure at Temple Shaari Emeth, Rabbi Panken has made a significant impact in our Temple community, Western Monmouth County, and beyond. As our spiritual leader, Rabbi Panken celebrates our Temple community’s life cycle moments, including officiating at marriages and baby namings, comforting the ill and supporting those in times of loss. Over the years she has watched hundreds of children take their place in our community as B’nai Mitzvah. She loves teaching and especially appreciates the opportunity to work with every age group in our community.
Rabbi Panken is an active member and leader of the Greater Freehold Clergy Association and MOSAIC, working for many years to improve the dialogue among all faiths. She served as Chair of the Bioethics Committee at Centrastate Hospital, and has partnered with Open Door, and EHAP to address the needs of those who are food and housing insecure in our neighborhood. Rabbi Panken has also supported the Reform Movement, serving on the Executive Committee of HUC-JIR Alumni Council, as well as various committees for the CCAR, ARZA and the URJ. Locally, she has also partnered with The Jewish Federation in the Heart of New Jersey.
Tickets are available for the Luncheon and Concert, and sponsorships are available to support the Celebration.
Sponsorship Deadlines: For the Nefesh Mountain Concert: May 3rd For the Luncheon: May 20th The slide show/digital journal will be shown at both the concert and luncheon. A printed journal will be distributed at the luncheon.
Temple Shaari Emeth's new Drama Club will perfom at the service with a compilation of scenes, monologues, and poem recitations, that center on the topic of the Holocaust.
Then join us for falafel and other Israeli treats after the service.
You will be sent the exact location of this event after you register
With great sadness we share that Leslie Adler passed away. He was the wife of Carol Adler and the mother of Elissa Goldstein and Jason Adler and the father-in-law to Richard Goldstein. He was the grandfather to Joshua and Reed.
The funeral will be on Friday, April 26th at 1:00pm at Bloomfield Cooper.
Shiva will be at Elissa and Richard’s Home, 28 Prince William Road, Morganville on Friday from 2:30-6:00 and Sunday 1-5:00 p.m.
May God console those who mourn in Zion, Jerusalem and throughout the world
Dear Friends: It is hard to believe that it has been over six months since the unimaginable happened in Israel, when in a matter of hours 1,200 Israelis were brutally murdered and 253 people were taken hostage into Gaza on October 7, 2023. Since that day, the world has felt different for Jewish communities everywhere. The ongoing war in Gaza affects all of us in different ways. Some college campuses have become places where Jewish students are experiencing an increase in anti-Semitism. Synagogues have experienced acts of hatred, and even within our own families, viewpoints about the war have caused stress, and sometimes even fracture, between family members. There is that sense of before and after – the world before October 7th and the world after.
It is only natural that as we gather at our Seder tables tomorrow, our joy is diminished this year because we carry tremendous sadness with us. The refrain, "let my people go" rings differently this year, not as some ancient story from a distant past, but rather as a very real and very immediate need in this moment. That feeling of oppression is weighing down on us because of those in Israel who will say yizkor for the first time and light yahrzeit candles this Passover for relatives who were murdered; because of families who will have empty chairs at their table while they wait desperately to hear if their relatives in captivity in Gaza are alive and if they will be released from captivity; because of college students who are being held responsible for a war over which they have no control; and because of the pain we feel for innocent Palestinians, especially children, who have been killed, displaced or are starving as a result of war brought on them by Hamas' hateful actions.
Tomorrow, as we sit down to Seder, the hostages will have been in captivity for 198 days. To remember them, consider leaving an empty seat at your table, or placing the picture or name of a hostage on your Seder plate.
We always end the Seder with words of hope, לְשָׁנָה הַבָּאָה בִּירוּשָלָיִם, “Next Year In Jerusalem!” In the midst of such devastating brokenness this year, we all pray that next year, when Passover arrives, there will be healing, wholeness and peace for Israelis and Palestinians, for Jews all over the world, and for all of humanity. I wish you and your family a comforting and meaningful Passover. L’shalom, Rabbi Melinda Panken
With great sadness we share that Gloria Russin passed away. She was the wife of Ed Russin, mother of Steven (z''l) and Barry and mother-in-law to Amy and Andrea. She was the sister to Lewis Smith and Roz Squire and the grandmother to Shane, Blake, Alec, Ariella and Olivia.
Funeral will be 11:00am on Friday, April 19th at Mount Sinai Cemetery in Morganville with burial to follow.
Shiva will be at the home of Barry and Amy Russin, 3 York Road, Marlboro on Friday after the service until 5:00pm, Saturday from 6:30-9:00pm with Minyan at 7:00pm and Sunday from 1:00-4:00pm and again 6:00-9:00pm with Minyan at 7:00pm.
On Monday, April 22 Ed will be sitting shiva at his home, 25 Regina Road, Morganville from 1:00-4:00pm.
Tickets are available for the Luncheon and Concert, and sponsorships are available to support the Celebration.
Sponsorship Deadlines: For the Nefesh Mountain Concert: May 3rd For the Luncheon: May 20th The slide show/digital journal will be shown at both the concert and luncheon. A printed journal will be distributed at the luncheon.
With great sadness we share that Marjorie Price passed away. She was the wife of Joel Price, mother of Jeannie Heller, Mindy Betoff and Stefanie Schneider and the mother-in-law to Neil and Marc. Marjorie was the step-mother to Terry Price and Jerry Price and the step-mother-in-law to Joseph Janes and Jo Leonard. She was the grandmother of Ian, Kyle, Justin, Andrew, Evan, Paige, Emma, Benjamin, Zachary, Gregory and Annie.
Funeral will be on Sunday, March 24th at 11am at Temple Emeth, 1666 Windsor Road, Teaneck, NJ.
Shiva will be on Sunday, March 24th immediately following services at the temple until 2 pm and from 5pm-8pm at The Galaxy - 7002 JFK Blvd East Tower 2, Apartment 28C Guttenberg, NJ. Shiva will continue on Monday from 2pm - 8:30pm, with minyan at 7:30pm at the home of Mindy and Neil Betoff, 139 Yorkshire Drive Morganville, NJ.
With great sadness we share that Sondra Grossman passed away earlier this week. She was the wife of Larry, mother of Scott and Elana and the mother-in-law to Jaimie and Robert. She was the grandmother of Zachary, Mia, Evan, Isabella and Dylan.
All Shabbat Services can be viewed in-person or our Facebook or YouTube pages.
Not only is there a special guest at the Shabbat Service this week; but we will also be celebrating the Aufruf for Brooke Swartz and Matthew Fishkin.
Hear from our congregant, Lenny Glickman
Lenny is a respected executive in both the government and nonprofit sectors. His career includes President and CEO of HIAS, Inc., the Jewish community’s international refugee and immigrant services agency. While at HIAS, Lenny helped lead the agency and our community from focusing primarily on the resettlement of Jewish refugees from the former Soviet Union toward the protection and resettlement of refugees from global crises. He also was CEO for two foundations which are deeply rooted in the Jewish community. In government, Lenny was the minority staff director on the Government Affairs Committee for the late U.S. Senator John Heinz, press secretary to U.S. Rep. Tom Ridge, and the top career official at the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement. Lenny has authored scores of publications, given live testimony to Congress, appeared on national television programs and received numerous government and human rights awards and citations. He has a Master's degree in International Relations from the American University in Washington, D.C. and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Pittsburgh.
With great sadness we share that Alan Goldberg passed away. He was the husband of Alyce, father of Stephen Goldberg, Marc Goldberg (z''l) and Suzanne Rosa. He was the father-in-law to Jennifer and grandfather to Ryann, Adam, Justin, Brianna, Adam, Sydney and Lena.
The funeral will be on Sunday, March 17th at 10:00 a.m. at Mount Sinai Funeral Home, 454 Cranbury Rd, East Brunswick, NJ 08816 with Interment at Beth Israel Cemetery in Woodbridge.
Shiva will be on Sunday after the interment at the home of Jennifer and Stephen Goldberg, 11 Arlene Drive, Monroe. It will continue Monday - Friday at Alyce Goldberg’s house in Greenbriar at Whittingham, 35 Westboro Lane, Monroe starting at 12:00pm.
Rabbi Panken's 20th Anniversary will be celebrated at these upcoming events:
Saturday, May 11th at 7:30 p.m. “Rock Shabbat” concert featuring the renowned Jewish rock group, Nefesh Mountain, at Temple Shaari Emeth
Sunday, June 2nd at 11:00 a.m. Grand Anniversary Luncheon at Battleground Country Club
Saturday, June 22nd at 6:00 p.m. Ice Cream Social & Havdalah service at Temple Shaari Emeth
We are thrilled to announce that Temple Shaari Emeth is celebrating Rabbi Melinda F. Panken's 20 years of dedicated service to our synagogue and the greater Monmouth County community. Over the next few months, we have planned several events at or near the Temple. We hope that you will join us in celebration in person or in our commemorative journal.
During her tenure at Temple Shaari Emeth, Rabbi Panken has made a significant impact in our Temple community, Western Monmouth County, and beyond. As our spiritual leader, Rabbi Panken celebrates our Temple community’s life cycle moments, including officiating at marriages and baby namings, comforting the ill and supporting those in times of loss. Over the years she has watched hundreds of children take their place in our community as B’nai Mitzvah. She loves teaching and especially appreciates the opportunity to work with every age group in our community.
Rabbi Panken is an active member and leader of the Greater Freehold Clergy Association and MOSAIC, working for many years to improve the dialogue among all faiths. She served as Chair of the Bioethics Committee at Centrastate Hospital, and has partnered with Open Door, and EHAP to address the needs of those who are food and housing insecure in our neighborhood. Rabbi Panken has also supported the Reform Movement, serving on the Executive Committee of HUC-JIR Alumni Council, as well as various committees for the CCAR, ARZA and the URJ. Locally, she has also partnered with The Jewish Federation in the Heart of New Jersey.
Tickets are available for the Luncheon and Concert, and sponsorships are available to support the Celebration.
Sponsorship Deadlines: For the Nefesh Mountain Concert: May 3rd For the Luncheon: May 20th The slide show/digital journal will be shown at both the concert and luncheon. A printed journal will be distributed at the luncheon.
With great sadness we share that Elliot Reiter passed away. He was the husband of Susan Reiter, father of Jessica Cruz, Steven Reiter, David Reiter and Meredith Reiter, father-in-law to Alexis Reiter and grandfather to Abigail, Lilly, Dean and Nora.
Graveside service will be private. Shiva will on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 3-8:00pm at 15 Friar Lane, Manalapan.
May God console those who mourn in Zion, Jerusalem and throughout the world
