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Temple Israel Celebrates 125th Birthday Bash!

Congregation Temple Israel concludes its 125th anniversary celebration with a Birthday Bash Weekend, beginning on November 2nd, and ending on November 3rd, 2012. The community is invited to participate.

The commemoration will open with the “Voices of the Future” family Shabbat on Friday, Nov. 2, in the Gall Family Sanctuary at Temple Israel, 1 Rabbi Alvan D. Rubin Dr. in Creve Coeur. Pre-oneg appetizers will be served at 6 p.m., followed by a creative, musical worship experience for all ages at 6:30 p.m., featuring students from Temple Israel’s Deutsch Early Childhood Center and religious school. A special family-friendly birthday celebration, complete with birthday treats and activities, will follow the service. Shabbat birthday celebration co-chairs are Evie Bernstein, Hui Hua Bernstein and Karen (Bernstein) Comensky.

The celebration will continue with a Birthday Bash at Westwood Country Club, 11801 Conway Rd., on Saturday, Nov. 3. This musical and magical evening will begin with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres at 6:30 p.m. Dinner stations offering an eclectic assortment of international cuisine will open at 7:30 p.m. There will be entertainment throughout the evening, including the Ladue Strolling Strings, pianist Byron Brownstein, magician Brent Loewenstein, and The Harmony Trio.  Photographer Lisa Mandel will provide green screen photography. The cost to attend the Birthday Bash is $125 per person. Birthday Bash Committee co-chairs are Natalie Handelman, Judy Harris and Marcia Pass.

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Carol Cohen and Marcie Kalina have served as the co-chairs Temple Israel’s125th anniversary year of celebration.

For more information or to RSVP for the Nov. 3 Birthday Bash, contact Amanda Radman at aradman@ti-stl.org or 314-432-8050.

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