Author Archives: Joy Breslauer
PLEASE HELP US UPDATE THE YIZKOR LIST
If there are names and dates of loved ones who have departed that you would like to have added to the Yizkor list, please send them to editor@aitzchaim.com as soon as you can, so that we may add them to the list for reading during Yom Kippur Services. Thank you.
BOARD MEETING THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON 09/20/2015
Please mark your calendars for the upcoming board meeting on Sunday afternoon, September 20, at 2:00 P.M. at the Washington School building, 1015 First Avenue North. Everyone is welcome. We are planning to have Rabbi Ruz Gulko come back as many times as we can afford it this coming year, so we will be selecting dates for her visits. This would also be a good time to pay or increase your membership commitment to Aitz Chaim. As our membership decreases, each of your donated dollars becomes increasingly more important to us and to the sustaining of our current programs or the establishment of new ones.
Don’t miss this important opportunity to be part of the ongoing history of the Aitz Chaim community, and to secure our legacy for those coming after us.
L’SHANA TOVA TIKETAVU!
Tonight begins the year 5776! May your New Year be as Sweet as Apples and Honey!
Congregation Aitz Chaim will be marking the new year with Rosh Hashanah Services tonight and Tomorrow. We hope that you can join us! No tickets necessary.
SEPTEMBER 13: Erev Rosh Hashanah Services
Erev Rosh Hashanah Services, led by Rabbi Ruz Gulko, will be held at 7pm at the meeting room in the YWCA, 220 2nd St N. Oneg to follow.
SEPTEMBER 14: Rosh Hashanah Morning Services followed by Tashlich
Rosh Hashanah Morning Services, led by Rabbi Ruz Gulko, will begin at 10am at the YWCA, 220 2nd St N.
Tashlich services will immediately follow at about 12:30 pm at Giant Springs, 4600 Giant Springs Road.
All are also welcome to gather following Tashlich for a no-host chinese lunch at Maple Gardens, 5401 9th Ave S.
Submitted by Aaron Weissman
NEW YEAR’S BLESSINGS FROM RABBI CHAIM
As we stand before G-d this Rosh Hashana, let’s pray and beseech our Creator to bestow upon His world a super dose of forgiveness, a touch of non-tough love, a good amount of wisdom to focus on the things that actually matter, a gift of moderation so we can stop bickering about anything and everything that doesn’t speak/look/think like us, and a bit more revelation so that His creations can grow in their relationship with Him. We will, of course, do our part: we resolve to be more united even with those with whom we disagree wholeheartedly, we hope to be more conscious of the pristine environment which we’ve been gifted, we are sure to be more devoted to our people, our land and our Torah, and most importantly, we commit to cut the judgmentalism out of our system. G-d is the True Judge, not us.
I bless each and every one of you, my beloved readers, my devoted congregants and my amazing Montanan sisters and brothers: may this year be the one that you’ve been waiting for. May you merit to see G-d in action, not only in mystery; may you merit tangible sweetness materialistically, physically and spiritually. May you know only good health with doctors being used for preventative measures only, may your children, grandchildren and all those whose future you’re rooting for personally, give you Jewish Nachas, and may we all experience redemption, an epic liberation from the exilic limitations, with freedom to worship G-d as He originally intended with the coming of our Mashiach, now!
A Gut Gebenched Yur!
Your Bozeman brother,
Rabbi Chaim Bruk
L’SHANA TOVAH FROM MAJCo
May the sound of the Shofar bring in a year filled with good health, mazel, and happiness.
MAKING A SHOFAR
(It is the time of year to forgive the bad jokes.)
Contributed by Brian Schnitzer on behalf of MAJCo
ROSH HASHANAH 2015 HOSPITALITY
Todah Robah to the following Congregation members who have offered their hospitality to Rabbi Ruz Gulko and to provide the oneg:
- Sunday, 09/13/2015: Airport pickup for Rabbi Ruz Gulko: Stephen Boyd
- Sunday evening, 09/13/2015: Dinner hosts for Rabbi Ruz Gulko: Jerry and Nadyne Weissman
- Sunday evening, 09/13/2015: Oneg: Jerry and Nadyne Weissman; Bruce and Joy Breslauer
ROSH HASHANAH SCHEDULE 5776 (2015)
Please mark your calendars for these upcoming events.
- Sunday evening, 09/13/2015, 7:00 P.M.: Arev Rosh Hashanah Services, led by Rabbi Ruz Gulko, at The YWCA. Oneg to follow.
- Monday morning, 09/14/2015, 10:00 A.M.: Rosh Hashanah Morning Services, led by Rabbi Ruz Gulko, at The YWCA.
- Monday afternoon, 1:00 P.M.: Tashlich at Giant Springs to follow.
- Congregation no-host lunch to follow, at Maple Gardens, 5401 9th Ave. S.
The space at the Bethel is temporarily unavailable due to site renovation. The address of the YWCA is 220 Second Street North.
YAHRZEITS — SEPTEMBER, 2015
RAM’S HORN POLICY FOR LISTING YAHRZEIT MEMORIALS:!
Yahrzeit memorials are listed by consecutive Gregorian month, date, and year, if known, or at the beginning of the list for one calendar year following the date of passing.
Compiled by Aitz Chaim over many years, this Yahrzeit list is maintained by the Ram’s Horn. Please send any corrections or additions to editor@aitzchaim.com
May the source of peace send peace to all who mourn, and comfort to all who are bereaved.
| Name of Deceased |
English Date of Passing | Hebrew Date of Passing | Deceased Relationship to Congregant |
| Dr. Charles (Chuck) Astrin | Jan 29, 2015 | 17 Sh’vat, 5775 | |
| Rose Gran | Oct 14, 2014 | 20 Tishrei, 5775 | |
| William Meyer | Sep 6, 1966 | 21 Elul, 5726 | Grandfather of Diane Sherick |
| Norman Nagel | Sep 6, 1976 | 11 Elul, 5736 | Father of Meriam Nagel |
| Harriet Renne | Sep 11, 2009 | 22 Elul, 5769 | Mother of Michael Renne |
| Joe Barrett | Sep 14, 1993 | 28 Elul, 5753 | Uncle of Nadyne Weissman |
| Paralee Poplack Shapiro | Sep 20, 1999 | 10 Tishrei, 5760 | Mother of Jeff Shapiro |
| Zel Lana Jenings | Sep 21, 2006 | 28 Elul, 5766 | Niece of Diane Sherick |
| Frances Langsam | Sep 22, 1996 | 9 Tishrei, 5757 | Mother of Helen Cherry |
| Alfred Maleson | Sep 24, 2009 | 6 Tishrei, 5770 | Uncle of Wendy Weissman |
| Nathan Rapaport | Sep 27, 1925 | 9 Tishrei, 5686 | Grandfather of Nadyne Weissman |
| Leila Rapaport Green | Sep 27, 1967 | 23 Tishrei, 5728 | Grandmother of Nadyne Weissman |
| William Semple | Sep 29, 2010 | 21 Tishrei, 5771 | father of Doug Semple |
MAJCo … MAJ WHAT?
The Montana Association of Jewish Communities (MAJCo) is an umbrella organization that includes representation from Jewish communities across the length and breadth of the great state of Montana. Membership in MAJCo is open to any Jewish community, whatever the “stream,” within Montana.
Small Jewish communities in rural areas do not exist in a vacuum. Almost three decades ago, the Jewish communities throughout the state created MAJCo, an association of all the organized Montana Jewish communities. Through MAJCo, we keep in touch and have created a community throughout this great big beautiful state.
The Jewish communities in the Big Sky, from East to West, currently include:
• Congregation Beth Aaron, Billings
• Congregation Beth Shalom, Bozeman
• Congregation Aitz Chaim, Great Falls
• Helena Jewish Community, Helena
• Congregation B’nai Israel, Butte
• Congregation Har Shalom, Missoula
• Congregation Bet Harim, Kalispell
• Synagogue of the Northern Rockies, Whitefish
• Chabad Lubavitch, Statewide
The Aitz Chaim Ram's Horn 