December 2022 Temple Emanu-El Bulletin

ourtemple.org @emanuel.temple . December 2022 Kislev-Tevet 5783 (205) 933-8037 The monthly bulletin for Temple Emanu-El Birmingham, Alabama Happy Chanukah! Upcoming Chanukah Events December 2 at 5:00 pm: Chanukah Tot Shabbat December 4 at 10 am: Adult Education - Chanukah Cooking with Sherron Goldstein December 9 at 5:45 pm: Chanukah Family Erev Shabbat Service with our Junior and Youth Choirs December 11 at 11:30 am: Brotherhood Chanukah Luncheon December 15 at 7:30 pm: Matzah Ball 2022 at the Birmingham Zoo December 18 at sundown: 1st night of Chanukah Our Mission: Temple Emanu-El is a welcoming Reform Jewish congregation, engaging members in prayer, study, fellowship, and acts of loving kindness for our congregational family and the community at-large.

2 Our Services Friday, Dec 2 Friday, Dec 9 Friday, Dec 16 Friday, Dec 23 Friday, Dec 30 5:00 p.m. 5:45 p.m. 5:45 p.m. 5:45 p.m. 5:45 p.m. Tot Shabbat/ Chanukah Family Shabbat Erev Shabbat Erev Shabbat Erev Shabbat Service with our Service Service Service 5:45 p.m. Junior Choir and Erev Shabbat Youth Choir Service Saturday, Dec 3 Saturday, Dec 10 Saturday, Dec 17 Saturday, Dec 24 Saturday, Dec 31 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Torah Study Torah Study Torah Study Enhanced Torah Study 10:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. Torah Study 10:00 a.m. Shabbat Morning Shabbat Morning Shabbat Halicha/ with prayers Shabbat Morning Shabbat Hike No Morning Service Service Service (at Red Mountain Park) Service Torah Portion Bat Mitzvah Torah Portion Torah Portion Parshat Miketz Torah Portion Mia Isabella Cutter Parshat Vayishlach Parshat Vayeshev Genesis 41:1 – Parshat Vayigash Genesis 32:4 – 36:43 Genesis 37:1 – 40:23 44:17; Numbers 28:9 Genesis 44:18 – Torah Portion – 15, 7:42 - 47 Parshat Vayetzei Haftarah Portion Haftarah Portion 47:27 Genesis 28:10 – 32:3 Obadiah 1:1 - 21 Amos 2:6 – 3:8 Haftarah Portion Zechariah 2:14 -4:7 Haftarah Portion Haftarah Portion Ezekiel 37:15 - 28 Hosea 12:13 – 14:10 Chanukah Tot Shabbat Friday, December 2nd at 5:00 pm Pizza dinner to follow. RSVP by December 1st Famil yShabbatto [email protected] Friday, December 9th at 5:45 pm Musical participation by our Junior Choir and Youth Choir. USPS Publication Title: Our Temple Statement of Frequency: Address: Organization: IDENTIFICATION Issue Date: December 2022 Published monthly 2100 Highland Avenue South Temple Emanu-El Issue Number: 158 except for June/July issue Birmingham, AL 35205-4002

Around Our Temple 3 Annual Gifting for Children on the West End . We are partnering again this year with Urban Ministry, in providing Christmas Shabbat Halicha gifts for the children on the West End. Please sign up today to help make Christmas special. Buy gifts from their wish Shabbat Hiking list and deliver them to Temple NO LATER than Sunday, December 4th. You may sponsor one child, or more. December 17, 10:00 AM To sign up, go to: Hike begins at 10:15 AM signupgenius.com/go/60b0a49abab2ba6f94-annual One Saturday per month, in or scan the QR code on the right. lieu of a sanctuary service, we will meet at Red Mountain Park We are also accepting monetary contributions online at to spend Shabbat morning ourtemple.shulcloud.com/form/fg5783. together. Led by our clergy, we will spend one to two hours Please join us for the enjoying Shabbat and nature. Chanukah Luncheon & raffle We meet at Red Mountain Park at the Frankfurt Drive entrance: Sunday, December 11 at 11:30 am 2011 Frankfurt Dr, Send in your raffle tickets today for a chance to win Birmingham, AL 35211 some great prizes. For questions or more information, Torah Study contact David Reese at [email protected]. Every Wednesday 12 p.m. Having Trouble Logging into your https://zoom.us/j/661751570 Temple Emanu-El Account on the Website? or dial-in at +1 312 626 6799 If you need help logging into your Temple account on our website, ourtemple.org. Meeting ID: 661 751 570 Go to our website, click here, and follow the step-by-step directions. AND Every Saturday 9 a.m. Jasper Room at the Temple In person and via zoom https://zoom.us/j/731472885 or dial-in at +1 312 626 6799 Meeting ID: 731 472 885 password: torah

4 Around Our Temple Happy Anniversary December Anniversaries Year-End Gift Reminders Jane & Joe Bluestein • In making your year-end gifts remember in order to obtain a 2022 Ilyse & Jeff Brobst charitable deduction, the IRS requires letters containing checks to be Tracy & Al Cohn postmarked on or before Dec 31, 2022. Linda & Richard Cohn • If you are making your gift with stock, we request that all stock Cryss & Roger Collins transfers be completed by Friday, December 16 to ensure that they Nancy & David Denney are handled properly. We also ask that you contact your brokerage Jennifer & Stuart Frank company AND call the Temple so that we can be looking for the Carolyn & Henry Frohsin Heather & Jeffrey Lebensburger ...s.t..o.c..k..t.r.a..n..s.f.e..r............................................................................. Denise & Wayne Lewis Abigail & Mark Raczynski DID YOU KNOW... You can make gifts to benefit your Temple from Amanda & Kevin Sokol your IRA. If you are 701/2 or older, the Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) offers specific advantages. It's as simple as writing a letter to ADULT EDUCATION request a direct transfer of funds to help support our Temple community. Potential Advantages: Plate • Preserves available cash Fusing • Counts towards Required Minimum Distribution Class Fun • Tax-wise option for many Many of our congregants pay their Annual Endowment Gifts or Annual Temple Financial Commitment (Dues) with contributions from their IRA. Don't hesitate to contact us. Temple Dues: Danielle Barnett at 205.933.8037, ext. 244 or [email protected] Endowment Gifts: Alison Berman at 205.397.0814 or [email protected] Think about the possibilities - you could pay your Temple Dues/Annual Membership Commitments, make an Annual Endowment Gift or other .c.h..a.r..it.a..b..l.e..g..i.f.t.s..t.o..o..b..t.a..in...y.e..a..r.-.e.n..d..d..e..d..u.c..t.i.o.n..s..................................... As always, contact your financial advisor to learn more about charitable gift opportunities. Alison Berman and some of the members of the Endowment Fund Board may also be able to provide information to you.

Around Our Temple 5 SAVE THE DATE Special December Birthdays Welcome To Following are members of our . family celebrating birthdays in years divisible by 5. Get to know your Temple Family at our Emily Capilouto Raphael Cohen New Member Charles Collat Welcome Brunch Lisa Engel and Temple Tour. Donna Gillespie Preston Goldfarb We hope to see all of our newest members Christie Hagedorn (since January 1, 2021) at Temple Emanu-El Matt Holloway Danielle Leaf Sunday, January 29th Lindsay Levine Parker Madden 10:00 am – Noon Sydney Madden Invitation with details to follow. Rita Meikson Claire Mervis Special thanks to the Ellen & Jack Aland Membership Engagement Fund Keith Minisman Jr. of our Grafman Endowment Fund for underwriting this special program Leone Risman welcoming our new congregants. Judy Rutstein Jeremy Schniper New Members Ollie Vance Ryan Weiss Welcome to our “home away from home” – at Temple Emanu-El. Rebecca White Please let us know if you have any questions or need anything Please note that Anniversary and Birthday lists to help you feel comfortable and “at home” within our are gathered from information in the Temple’s congregational family. database. We apologize for any errors or Contact Marilynn Rothstein at [email protected] or exclusions. Please contact us at (954) 709-7789 or Jan Hirsch at [email protected] [email protected] regarding any corrections. or (972) 358-6399.

6 Around Our Temple MAZEL TOV! TEMPLE CIRCLES Mench of the Year for 2022 – Thank you to the Nina & Norman Cohen Next Generation Fund Eli Pinhas of the Grafman Endowment for helping underwrite this special event. Congratulations to Eli Pinhas who has been chosen as the Mench of the Year for 2022. Eli is always eager to participate and help with projects, and has demonstrated that he is a true leader, and mench, in our community. Mazel Tov, congratulations, and thank you Eli, for all you do. Mazel Tov to Natalie Ruha Natalie Ruha is now riding for her college equestrian team as a member of the western team at Mississippi State University. She was high point rider at their first meet in Starkville held in Oct at the Mississippi Horse Park. Mazel Tov and congratulations to Natalie and her parents, Jessica and Jason. We are all excited to follow her on this new journey. Mazel Tov to Danny Cohn Danny Cohn was recently named as an Honoree and Finalist for the Birmingham Business Journal’s CEO of the Year award. Winners in each category will be announced at a reception on Thursday, December 8 at Haven. Congrats and thanks for all you do for the Birmingham Jewish Fed- eration and our community.

Around Our Temple 7 ADULT EDUCATION BAT MITZVAH Stop by the Jasper Room for a nosh Mia Isabella Cutter before jumping into one of our upcoming Adult Education Classes: Saturday, December 3 SUNDAY December 4 at 10:00 a.m. in the Temple Emanu-El Kitchen Chanukah Cooking with Sherron Goldstein Learn to make a popular Chanukah dish with Sherron Goldstein! Details to follow. RSVP to [email protected]. SUNDAY December 11 at 10:00 a.m. in the Jasper Room Mia is a 15 years old and was born and raised in Finding the Strength within My Struggle Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica, which is a small town on the Faciltated by Daryl Braden Pacific Coast. Mia has just Daryl Braden was an anchor at Forward on the first UAB completed 9th grade here at Blazers basketball team under Coach Gene Bartow, and her school and will be starting went on to play pro basketball around the world over the 10th grade in early 2023. next ten years including a two-year stint in Israel. After his Her father, Scott Joshua Cutter, basketball career ended, he found himself lured into the had his Bar Mitzvah at Temple dark world of addiction and crime, and tells his story of Emanu-El as did Mia’s older rediscovering the relationship he had with God as a sister, Liana Rosalina Cutter, youth through the eyes of a reborn Christian 19 years into recovery. He describes his journey in his autobiography several years ago. Identity Crisis: Finding the Strength within my Struggle. “It tells my personal story Mia is a dedicated student about how I found my true identity in the Most High GOD and acknowledges how at school and is also known GOD protected me and delivered me from myself.” Although Daryl’s perspective by all who have met her as a on the nature of God may be different from ours, God tells us through the mouth young woman whose warm and of Moses in the Sh’ma that we are all viewing the One God who is always there outgoing personality always to lift us up if we just ask for His support. RSVP to [email protected]. brings a smile to everyone in her presence. Mia loves going SUNDAYS: all sessions 10:00 a.m. in the Jasper Room to the beach, spending time January 8, 22, 29 • February 5, 12, 26 • March 12, 19 • April 9, 16, 23, 30 with her friends and dreaming Intro to Judaism with Rabbi Wright of a future traveling and learning new languages. Faciltated by Rabbi Adam Wright Join us for an engaging 12-session course for anyone Mia’s Parents, Scott Cutter interested in exploring Jewish life. Open to all, this course and Gisella Alvarado Flores, is perfect for interfaith couples, those rearing Jewish children, spiritual seekers, individuals considering a “return” - thank the Temple and (conversion), and Jews who want a meaningful adult Jewish Mia’s Grandparents, Gary learning experience. Our programs welcome people from all and Sharon Cutter, for allowing backgrounds. Topics include holidays, life cycle celebrations, us to share this special time theology and core beliefs, prayer, Torah, history, antisemitism, the Holocaust, Zionism, Israel, the North American Jewish with the congregation. experience, and the tapestry of the Jewish people today. RSVP to Monika Singletary, [email protected], or call, 205.933.8037, ext 213 These adult education programs are underwritten by our Grafman Endowment Fund.

8 Our Yahrzeits May the beauty of their lives shine forever, and may we always bring honor to their memory. Nov 27 – Dec 3 Rosalie Cannova Fannie Dessler Margaret Castell Harriett Weil Broda Hyman Dorsky Richard Alan Elkus Ida Cohen Jeffrey Brok Julian H. Allenberg Jack Berland Irene Eagle Frankie Engel Jeannette K. Cohn Kenneth Camp Ivan K. Blach Leo Eagle Julius Fies Etta T. Cooper Adele Cohn Lena Brenner Abe “Lige” Epsman Marvin Elkin Alan J. Cohn Jack Brickman Rhea C. Flurer Jerome A. Fox Sylvia Epsman Nathan Goldstein, II Sylvia Gabis Isaac Cooperman Daniel Canzoniero Belle P Gotlieb Joe Goldstein Maurice Kohn Erdreich, Sr. Bessie Rotenstreich Cotton Brian Cohen Richard Irving Gotlieb Nathan Goldstein Tillie T. Feinefeld Harry Hanover Lawrence Harold Goldstein Ferne Feld Carol Curjel Evelyn A. Collat Carl Hess Simon Goldstein Ben A. Engel Fred Friedman Joyce Levine Barbara Goldstone Janet Elizabeth Franco Ike Z. Engel Joan Goldman Cohen Jacobson Sol Green Lillian Ginsburg Terrence(Terry) Fierman Jeanette Goldstein Mitchell Kravetz Arthur Hagedorn Anya Golger Edith K. Gerson Donald B. Goldstein, Sr. Harry Krentzman Bertha Hatman Ray Goldberg Esther Grafman Claudia Levinson Charlie Horn Ferd Cahn Harwood Hannah G. Goldstein Henry Morton Helzberg Leah Ellen Marks Ann Goldblatt Kahn Jean Held Harold Joseph Goldstein Jimmy Hewell Martha Martin Rosalie Kaltman Bessie Greenberg Russell Hudson George J. Mayer Abraham Kanter Donald Herman Betty Greenberg Benjamin Jaffe Leonard Melnikoff Paula Karson Phyllis Herman Sallye B. Hunter Henrietta Michalove Fima Katz Arnold C. Hirsch Sylvan Elliot Ives Joe Kanter Annie Moskowitz Miller Ethel P. Kaufman Helaine Levin Jacobs Sidney Jaffee Leo Kayser, Sr. Flo Ruth Morris Malcolm “Mickey” Kohn Theresa E. Karpeles Eileen Jones Johnson Morris Randman Edward M. Lazarus Isadore Lassen Emery Kane Allan Land Anne Raymond Tille Lischkoff Hannah Lazarus Marilyn Lazarus Marion Grabove Leaf David Rich Stella Hirsch Loeb Sonia Rosen Lazarus Joe Leitman Edna Minisman Sophie Malcove Louise Aland Levin Dr. Myron A. Levine Marvin Link Levenson Rosen William Marx Sophie R. Lyone David Gordon Lyon Leonard Salit Hyman Miller Lois Levkoff William M. Lyone Davin Schoenberger Jean Morgenbesser Tillie Lischkoff Brandon Lee Miller Kate E. Malkove Ilse Schoenberger Etta R. Myerson Mose Lischkoff Leroy Monsky, Jr. Carl Maron Sidney Seidenman Henry Ovson Nathan Marcus Goldie Spiegelman Miriam Goodman Phillips Alice Munn Meisner Sol Morris David “Bud” Meadows Marlene Waller Harry J. Plous Bertha Mendel JoAnn Hess Morrison Julius Mitnick Morris Q. Rogoff Leah D. Newfield December 11 – 17 Abraham Isaac Roobin Abraham Isaac Odrezin Philip Oster Joseph J. Morris Erin Rosemore Remi Opsomer Katie Pariser Richard Reese Edward Allenberg Christopher David Sarah Harris Phillips Justin “Chuck” Ravitz Lillie Wohl Rosenbaum Theo Alper Rosenbaum-Callahan Louis Piassick Etta K. Ripko Margaret Goldberg Salloway Stanley Routman Minna Roobin Aaron Rosenfeld Flossie Baum Alan H. Saks Elaine Rosen Frieda K. Roth Jack Segal Joanie Plous Bayer Sarah Schneiderman William Rosenberg Robert J. Roth Ruby Seitel Jeanette Berman Rebecca Shulman Jenifer Rotenstreich Beatrice Sadowsky Celia L. Sherry Adolf Spielberger Henry Siegel Betty Bernow Carolyn Turner Louis Saks Ike Saks Sally Tamson Hill Slate Sara A. Bernstein Birdie M. Unger Chaim Schniper Avery Sanger Samuel Smith Henry Robert Biedinger Minnie May Wald Myron D. Schreibman Dorothy Schwab Sara Rogoff Sokol Harold Bowman Blach, Jr. Adolph Weil, Jr. Bettye Silberman Henry Sisson Samuel Solomon Davida Sanborn Black Morris Wertheimer Sandra Gael Sokol David Solomon William Breman Margie Sokol Evelyn Sokol Sperling Sarah Staff December 18 – 24 Ethel Wohl Solomon Sarah Spiegelman Mena H. Stern Ned Caheen Dian Holzer Steiner Bettie B. Spielberger Seymour S. Warren Bernard M. Capper Amy Allenberg Pauline N. Steinman Dr. Roland Weinsier Diana Brenner Berk Edith Tanner Mildred Wald Ellis Weinstein Barnard Capper Minnie Lazarus Weil Eleanor Westcott Sadie Yanuck Herman Jerome Cohn Sterling Berman Barbara Goldstein Weisberg Mose Milton Zavelo Eva Rowe Cain Marilyn Nedoss Weller December 4 – 10 Bert Cotton Peggy Cowen December 25 – 31 Rose Aarons Samelia K Davis Daniel Alloun Noman Anon Herbert Applebaum Michael Saul Applebaum Arlene Sachs Berger Frank Brook Sidney Binder

Our Tributes 9 We appreciate the thoughtfulness of those who support our congregation by remembering and honoring their friends and loved ones through their generous contributions. Thank you for the following gifts received through November 10, 2022. GENERAL & UNRESTRICTED FUNDS Donations to our General Temple and Endowment Funds, and the Unrestricted Named Endowment Funds provide the greatest flexibility to respond to our congregation’s changing needs. In Memory Of: Wishing Good Health To: Birth of Henry Franklin Dillard, great-grandson of Jane & Lester Seigel and great great-grandson Edward Berman Alan Berman of Ferne Seigel and Jerry Seigel by Sandra & Alan Berman by Marjorie & Myron Butler by Ashley & Jon Lewis Daniel Burnick by Mitzi Goldstein by Linda Verin & Rick Clay by Ashley & Jon Lewis by Carol Herman by Joan & Don Weisberg Lawrence Cohn Michael Koslin Birth of Emmett Marie Stubblefield daughter by Charlotte Cohn by Susan & Barry Koretzky of Landon & Thomas Stubblefield and grand- Mildred Cutter Joyce Stein daughter of Michelle & Michael Rosemore by Sharon & Gary Cutter by Eileen & Edward Leader by Linda Verin & Rick Clay Muriel Degen Special Birthday of Janet Aarons by Ellen Bruck by Lana & Steve Royal Cathy H. Friedman In Honor Of: Special Birthday of Carol Filler by Mark Friedman Bat Mitzvah of Alice Nelson, by Roz Caplan Tommy Gillespie granddaughter of Ronne & Donald Hess Special Birthday of Becky May by Donna Gillespie by Fran & Lee Godchaux by Roz Caplan Ida W. Grafman Bnai Mitzvah of Noah and Asher Special Birthday of Leonard Held by Ruth Fromstein Rotenstreich, grandsons of Bunny & by Stephanie & Stephen Steinmetz by Stephen Grafman Joel Rotenstreich Special Birthday of Joel Rotenstreich Emily Held by Fran & Lee Godchaux by Roz Caplan by Shirley & Jerry Leader Birth of Elaine (Ellie) Meira Briggs-Aland, Special Birthday of Dorothy Shiland by Stephanie & Stephen Steinmetz granddaughter of Barbara & Jack Aland by Candy & Ed Meyerson Jo Marks Heyman by Janet & David Aarons Retirement of Jann Blitz by Lyons Heyman by Linda Barstein by Lana & Steve Royal by Nancy Goedecke Kenny Kaufman by Ashley & Jon Lewis Monika Singletary for planning of by Chu-Chi & Bobby Fierman wonderful Taschlit event by Wendy & Frank Siegal by Barry Dreayer Rhoda Link by Stephanie & Stephen Steinmetz by Linda Verin & Rick Clay Betty Steinmetz by Richard Harrison II John Rathmell by Trey, Andrew, Cheryl & Charlie Collat Plant a Seed today and help grow the many Lena Roobin branches of Temple life. by Sandra & Alan Berman Frances Leslie Savage by Sharon & Ed Bromberg TIMHPEACT Irvin Lea Savage Together, we will ensure that our by Sharon & Ed Bromberg Temple remains strong and vibrant… IEOSNFVDOIOSUIWBRLMTEEENMTPLE’S David Schultz for everyone… for generations to come! EVERYDAY Rhonda & Harry Weinberg Lillian Schultz PLANTING THE SEEDS Rhonda & Harry Weinberg Terry Siegal REMINDER: Annual Endowment Gift Rabbi EGGraAfCmYaFnOERnTdEoMwPmLeEnEt Fund - by Ashley & Jon Lewis Pledges are due by December 31. Payments OUR L MANU Ruth Siegler can be made through June 30, 2023. by Shirley & Jerry Leader E L Suzie Solomon ANNUAL REPORT 2021-2022 by Chu-Chi & Bobby Fierman Natalie Gorden Sperling Together, we can safeguard our spiritual home, and that is a beautiful thing. by Andrew Sperling By planting seeds today, we prepare for the future and whatever it may bring. Please join in this Rebecca B. Staff year’s Annual Endowment Gift program, which is for congregants of ALL ages and financial by Elinor Sue & Michael Staff capabilities. Through a gift of $25 or more, you will strengthen our Temple, and for gifts of $100 or Anna Franklin Weil by Trey, Andrew, Cheryl & more, you benefit from complimentary acknowledgements in memory or in honor of someone. Charlie Collat For details, contact the Endowment Fund Office at 205.933.8397 or [email protected].

10 Our Tributes DESIGNATED ENDOWMENT FUNDS DESIGNATED TEMPLE FUNDS Contributions to these “perpetual” funds help provide permanent sources Gifts to these “immediate use” funds fulfill of income for special programming and enhancements for our temple today, special needs beyond the scope of what dues as well as for future generations. and tuition fees are able to provide. BLACH FAMILY FUND HANNAH & HYMAN GOLDSTEIN RABBI DISCRETIONARY FUND FOR DUES ENDOWMENT VOLUNTEER FUND In Memory Of: In Honor Of: In Memory Of: Hazel Randman Birth of Lydia Dionysia Bernstein, Daniel Burnick and Erica Green by Judy Roy & Lydia Johnson granddaughter of Julie & by Debra & Joel Goldstein In Honor Of: Randy Bernstein Jennifer Ware Special Birthday of Leonard Held by Kit & Rick Roth by Marilyn & Murray Tanner by Ginger & Jerry Held In Honor Of: The New Year GINGER & JERRY HELD FUND Special Anniversary of by Michael Bloomston FOR DUES ENDOWMENT Debra & Joel Goldstein In Memory Of: by Sharon & Ed Bromberg CANTOR DISCRETIONARY FUND Herbert Besser Special Birthday of In Honor Of: by Ginger & Jerry Held Rosalyn Siegal and Carole Simpson Special Birthday of Leonard Held In Honor Of: by Marilyn & Murray Tanner by Ginger & Jerry Held Bnai Mitzvah of Noah and Asher Cantor Robby Wittner Rotenstreich, grandsons of LANA & STEVE ROYAL FUND by Richard Harrison II Bunny & Joel Rotenstreich FOR DUES ENDOWMENT by Ginger & Jerry Held In Memory Of: L’dor V’dor: Birth of Millie Goldstein, Louis Royal Legacy Planning granddaughter of Debra & by Lana & Steve Royal Joel Goldstein The beauty of planning a Jewish by Ginger & Jerry Held REESE FAMILY FUND legacy gift is that it’s yours to create — In Memory Of: MOLLIE & HERMAN Ed McDonald and by doing so, you help guarantee GOTLIEB SANCTUARY by David Reese the vitality of our congregation and PRESERVATION FUND Wishing Good Health To: community. Chances are you already In Memory Of: Mark Petrofsky Richard Gotlieb by David Reese support the organizations you by Sherry Gotlieb care about during your lifetime — Mollie Gotlieb, Meier Hapner, BUNNY & JOEL ROTENSTREICH and by arranging for a legacy gift or Emily Held, Rhoda Link, Ilse Nathan, FUND FOR DUES ENDOWMENT bequest, you are making a difference Peter Printz and Ruth Siegler In Honor Of: by Marcia Unger Special Birthday of Joel Rotenstreich for generations to come In Honor Of: by Sharon & Ed Bromberg Special Anniversary of Wishing Good Health To: When you do your estate planning, Marilyn & Murray Tanner Joel Rotenstreich please remember your Temple! Special Birthdays of by Sharon & Ed Bromberg Barbara Betten and Rosalyn Siegal For more information on creating a by Marcia Unger Named Fund or exploring the many ways SHERRON & ALLAN GOLDSTEIN to include Temple Emanu-El in your BREAK-THE FAST FUND estate plans, please contact Alison Berman In Memory Of: in our Endowment Office at (205)397-0814. Jennifer Ware by Sharon & Ed Bromberg Your contributions through our “Temple Tributes” help to support Temple Emanu-El’s In Honor Of: annual operations and activities, and further build our Grafman Endowment Fund A lovely Break-the-Fast to enrich our congregation…now and forever. by Lori & Jimmy Weil To make a Tribute Gift to either a temple or an endowment fund, please contact the Endowment Office RJM ENDURING LEGACY FUND at (205) 933-8397 or [email protected] In Honor Of: Rabbi Jonathan Miller & Judi A list of all our funds is available on our website at www.ourtemple.org Schulman-Miller and their families by Richard Harrison II

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Temple Emanu-El NONPROFIT ORG. 2100 Highland Avenue South Birmingham, AL 35205 U.S POSTAGE Postmaster: Time Sensitive Material. PAID Please deliver immediately. Birmingham, AL Address Service Requested Permit No. 1137 Are you moving? Do we have your correct address? Please let us know by e-mail: [email protected] This issue of OurTemple bulletin is made possible through the support of the Rabbi Grafman Endowment Fund. “DO THIS IN . REMEMBRANCE OF ME” The monthly bulletin for Temple Emanu-El A luncheon featuring a priest and a rabbi discussing the Passover & the Eucharist 2100 Highland Avenue South Birmingham, AL 35205 ( 205) 933-8037 | FAX (205) 933-8099 ourtemple.org Founded in 1882 and affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism. Clergy Rabbi Adam Wright Cantor Robert Wittner, Engel Cantorial Chair Rabbi Jonathan Miller, Rabbi Emeritus Senior Team Elizabeth Bloch, Director of Education Alison Berman, Endowment Fund Executive Director Monika F. Singletary, Director of Engagement & Membership Danielle Barnett, Director of Accounting & Finance RABBI ADAM WRIGHT FATHER RYAN MULDOON Board of Directors Temple Emanu-El St. Patrick’s Parish Birmingham, AL EXECUTIVES Yorktown Heights, NY Charles Collat, Jr., President Barbara Aland, President Elect December 2 Dr. Adam Gordon, Vice President Lisa Bebenek, Secretary 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Josh Mandel, Treasurer Robert Berman, Immediate Past President Vestavia Country Club Joel Piassick, Presidential Appointment 400 Beaumont Drive David Silverstein, Presidential Appointment Birmingham, AL 35216 GENERAL BOARD David Askenazi Fran Godchaux Brian Kulbersh Ashley Lewis Anne Ovson Ben Smith Amanda Sokol Andy Rotenstreich, Endowment Fund Board President Steven Leaf, Brotherhood President Sylvia Wright, Sisterhood President Sponsored by the Office of Sacred Liturgy and the Office of Evangelization Remember Temple’s Endowment Fund in your estate plans, and please let us know when you do.