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Great Neck Synagogue Magazine GNS2022
SCOPE Great Neck Synagogue
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26 Old Mill Road
Great Neck, New York 11023
T: 516 487 6100
Pesach Issue | 2022 Table of Contents www.gns.org
A Message from the Editor Dale E. Polakoff, Rabbi
By Diane Rein p.3 Ian Lichter, Assistant Rabbi
A Message from our Rabbi Rabbi Yehoshua Lefkowitz, Rabbinic Intern
By Rabbi Dale Polakoff p.4 Yitzy Spinner, Cantor
A Message from our Assistant Rabbi Mark Twersky, Executive Director
By Rabbi Ian Lichter p.5 James Frisch, Assistant Executive Director
President’s Message Rabbi Dr. Michael & Zehava Atlas, Youth Rabbi & Youth Director
By Jordan Wolf p.6 Dr. Ephraim Wolf, z”l, Rabbi Emeritus
A Message from our Chazzan Eleazer Schulman, z”l, Cantor Emeritus
By Yitzy Spinner p.7
Executive Board
A Message from our Rabbinic Intern
By Yehoshua Lefkowitz p.8
Chairman of the Board Dov Sassoon
Book Review Corner President Jordan Wolf
By Andy Allen p.9
Executive Vice President Daniel Aharon
When Was the Exodus? First Vice President Bart Baum
By Stanley H. Fischer p.12
Second Vice President Sharon Goldwyn
In Search of Abraham’s Birthplace of Ur Kasdim Third Vice President Erik Hertz
By Dr. Arnold Breitbart p.16
Treasurer Abraham Sedgh
Comparing the Torah to Homer: Problematic or Enlightening? Recording Secretary Diane Rein
By Sophia Rein p.20
Corresponding Secretary Steven Rosenzweig
Chasing the Sunset Financial Secretary Ruby Askowitz
By Annie Karpenstein p.21
Service Officer Steven Blumner
Pesach Perplexities Service Officer Gary Chubak
By Esor Ben-Sorek, Ph.D. p.22
Gabbai Natan Hamerman
This Pesach: Where Do You Want to Go? Beit Midrash Gabbai Josh Shatzkes
By Kayla Hutt p.24
Beit Midrash Service Officer Aaron Wallenstein
The Haggadah Through the Ages
By Carol Buckmann p.26
SCOPE Editorial Board
GNS 70 Year Timeline
GNS 70th Anniversary Special Section of Memories p.29 Editor Diane Rein
70th Year Anniversary for GNS; Art Director Andrew Allen
26 Years of Dr. Paul Brody Reading the Megillah at GNS Contributing Editor Dr. Esor Ben-Sorek
By Leo Goldstein p.43
Contributing Editor Stanley Fischer
Featured Artist Dr. Robert Knepper p.46 Contributing Editor Carol Buckmann
Featured Artist Zachary Blumner p.47 Contributing Editor Dr. Arnold Breitbart
Youth Editor Sophia Rein
Ask the Rabbi Youth Editor Tsofia Atlas
By Rabbi Dale Polakoff p.48
Prophet and Priest
By Esor Ben-Sorek, Ph.D. p.49
Let’s Bake Someone’s Day Together SCOPE magazine is published three times a year,
By Tsofia Atlas p.51 Rosh Hashanah, Chanukah and Pesach,
by Great Neck Synagogue,
Rebbetzins’ Recipe Corner p.52 26 Old Mill Road, Great Neck, New York 11023
The Schlissel Challah T: 516.487.6100 | F: 516.487.6149 | www.gns.org
By Sharona Abraham p.53
Sisterhood of Great Neck Synagogue It is distributed by mail to members and friends of the synagogue.
By Vivian Kron and Judy Lillien p.54 Paid subscriptions are available for non-members at $18 per year.
Great Neck Synagogue Men’s Club Copyright ©2022 Great Neck Synagogue
By Mark Friedman p.56 All articles, logos & material used for another publication or lecture
Youth News must be expressly requested in writing from GNS. The views ex-
By Rabbi Dr. Mike Atlas and Morah Zehava Atlas p.58 pressed in this magazine are those of the author and may or may not
reflect the diversity of our membership.
My Trip to Kentucky with NSHA
By Orly Spinner p.59 View previous issues of SCOPE online;
A Visit From Elijah https://www.gns.org/category/publications/scope/
By Esor Ben-Sorek, Ph.D. p.60 or scan the QR code.
The Language of Kindness
By Annie Karpenstein p.61
Leaving Mitzrayim and Creating a Language
By Robyn Blumner p.63
Cover watercolor illustration by Andy Allen ©2022
Laws of Pesach p.65
Pesach Schedule of Times p.69
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