Aug 2021 TEE Bulletin

August 2021 Av/Elul 5781 The monthly bulletin . for Temple Emanu-El ourtemple.org @emanuel.temple (205) 933-8037 Birmingham, Alabama HIGH HOLIDAYS 2021 From Robert Berman, Temple President S'Lichot Congregants & friends, Saturday, August 28 Your Temple leadership is looking very forward to being together once again this year to worship together during the High Holy Day season. (see page 3 for details) Given the events of the past year, we truly could benefit being together in our sacred sanctuary as a congregational family. Of course, we Rosh Hashanah want to do this in the safest way possible. Therefore, with the assistance of the medical experts on our COVID Task Force, Monday, September 6 we are closely monitoring the guidelines put forth by the CDC and the state of Alabama as the High Holy Days draw near. We plan to Erev Rosh Hashanah send out updates (both mailed and emailed) within two weeks prior with details of our plans regarding vaccines, masks and other Tuesday, September 7 Covid related protocols and precautions. Rosh Hashanah Day Be well and best wishes for a sweet, happy and healthy new year. Yom Kippur PLEASE NOTE: As our plans continue to unfold, due to COVID restrictions, unfortunately, babysitting will not be offered during Wednesday, September 15 our High Holy Day services this year. Kol Nidre (Erev Yom Kippur) Thursday, September 16 Yom Kippur Day See page 2 for more details about High Holy Day Coronavirus recommendations. 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 Friday, August 13 Friday, August 20 Our Services Friday, August 6 5:45 p.m. 5:45 p.m. Friday, August 27 Erev Shabbat Erev Shabbat 5:45 p.m. 5:45 p.m. Erev Shabbat Service Service Erev Shabbat Service Saturday, August 14 Service Saturday, August 7 9:00 a.m. Saturday, August 21 Saturday, August 28 Torah Study 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Torah Study 10:30 a.m. Torah Study Torah Study Shabbat Morning 10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service Shabbat Morning Shabbat Hilicha Jack Hugunine Shabbat Hiking & Service Service Benji Sokol Bar Mitzvah Zach Cusmariu Service at Bar Mitzvah Torah Portion Red Mountain Park Torah Portion Parshat Shoftim Bar Mitzvah Parshat Re'eh Deuteronomy Torah Portion Deuteronomy Torah Portion Parshat Ki Tavo 11:26 - 16:17 16:18 - 21:9 Parshat Ki Teitzei Deuteronomy Haftarah Portion Haftarah Portion I Samuel 20:18 – 20:42 Isaiah 51:12 - 52:12 Deuteronomy 26:1 – 29:8 21:10 - 25:19 Haftarah Portion Haftarah Portion Isaiah 60:1 – 60:22 Isaiah 54:1 - 54:10 7:00 p.m. S’Lichot Dinner Theater & Service HIGH HOLY DAYS CORONAVIRUS RECOMMENDATIONS (as of August 1, 2021) • High Holy Days Services will be open for in-person worship to all those who are fully vaccinated from COVID-19 + 2 weeks, and they will be asked to wear a mask. We continue to request that you provide at least 3 feet distance between non-household members. • We ask that adults who are not vaccinated to please refrain from attending the services in-person and view our virtual live-stream of services at ourtemple.org • All children the age of twelve and younger will be asked to wear a mask throughout services regardless of their vaccination status and will only be permitted at the Contemporary and Family service. Note: As we continue to monitor the pandemic news closely we will communicate our High Holy Day worship protocols with you. Updated guidelines and a more detailed schedule will be enclosed with your High Holy Day tickets later this month, and also available on our website: ourtemple.org/hhd5782 You may also contact Al Cohn at 205-999-7422 with your questions or more details. USPS Publication Title: Our Temple Statement of Frequency: Address: Organization: IDENTIFICATION Issue Date: August 2021 Published monthly 2100 Highland Avenue South Temple Emanu-El Issue Number: 143 except for June/July issue Birmingham, AL 35205-4002

Around the Temple 3 Our sacred literature teaches us, “If you sanctify REMINDER: yourself a little, you are sanctified much” (Yomah 39a). We have just entered the sacred Yom Kippur month of Elul – the month in which we prepare Memorial Book mentally and spiritually for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. During Elul, we also partake in To include the name of a deep introspection with regard to this past year: loved one in the Memorial “What were our strengths?” “What were our limitations?” Book distributed at the “What would we change in order to make 5782 Yom Kippur Yizkor service, a more fulfilling year?” Elul is a special month; no other Hebrew month challenges us to engage please send in your in such a personal reflective practice. For example, during Elul, we sound information by August 15th. the shofar daily after the morning service – tekiah, shevarim, teruah, tekiah The minimum contribution in order to remind us to think about this past year, especially repentance. Moreover, Jewish scholar Philip Goodman writes, “From the advent of Elul is $10 per name, and all until the Day of Atonement, when writing to a friend one should mention at proceeds will go to the the beginning or at the end of the letter his prayers that the friend shall merit Cemetery Care Fund. in the coming days being inscribed and sealed in the book of good life.”1 Names listed in perpetuity On this special, spiritual and reflective month, may you find personal and those with Memorial meaning, insight, and reward. As Deuteronomy Rabbah 2:7 tells us, Plaques will automatically “The gates of prayer are sometimes open, sometimes closed; but the be included in the Memorial gates of repentance are open forever.” Book and do not need Rabbi Adam Wright to be resubmitted. 1See Philip Goodman, The Rosh Hashanah Anthology (Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1973), 57ff. Unsure if your loved one is listed in perpetuity? Thanks to the Muncy Harris Abroms Cultural Arts Fund of the Grafman Endowment Fund for helping to make this special program possible. Last year’s 2020 Memorial Book is available on-line at http://ourtemple.org/endowment/ for your reference. Asterisks (*) indicate all those listed in perpetual memory. Please contact [email protected] or (205)933-8397 for assistance with submissions for the Yom Kippur Memorial Book or ordering a Memorial Plaque. Thank you!

4 Around Our Temple SAVE THE DATE On our website, you can do the following (and MORE): Wednesday, Sept 22, 6:00 p.m. CONNECT WITH US Temple Circles Leaders We have links to \"like\" us on Facebook, \"follow\" us on Instagram, and \"subscribe\" Happy Hour/training to us on YouTube.You can also join our email list to stay on top of everything Temple Emanu-El. Friday, Sept 24, 5:45 p.m. Sukkot Shabbat Service SEE UPCOMING EVENTS & PROGRAMS View our live calendar and add it to your personal calendar. See the latest bulletin, Saturday, Sept 25, 7:00 p.m. as well as the last six months of bulletins. Tune in to the latest Livestream service Havdalah & Sukkah Crawl and see when we go live next. with Temple Beth-El & YBIB DONATE Sunday, Sept 26, 10:30 a.m. Donate to Temple Emanu-El through our convenient form.You can designate a fund Sukkot Yizkor Service or make a general donation to the Temple or to the Grafman Endowment Fund. Friday, Oct 1, 5:45 p.m. LEARN Consecration & Our website holds all of the Hebrew prayers taught to our Religious School students as well as the recordings. We have information on our Czech Torah, as well as Simchat Torah Service information on our cemeteries and mourning rituals. Additionally, our website holds all upcoming Adult Education classes available for registration. Special August Birthdays LOG INTO YOUR TEMPLE ACCOUNT Following are members of our When you log into your account, you can update your personal information, view family celebrating birthdays the most up-to-date Temple Directory, and pay your Temple Dues. For instructions in years divisible by 5. on how to log into your Temple account through our website, please contact Lee Ascherman [email protected] or 205.933.8037, ext 235 Jane Davis Rebecca Denson Special thanks to the Reese Family Fund and the Leona & Marvin Cherner Anna Erdreich Family Fund of the Grafman Endowment Fund for underwriting our new Larry Fine website platform and design last year. Shirley Goldstein Jack Held Charlie Jaffe Fred Kanter Rachel Marcus Benjamin McInerney Miles McMillan Allison Moore Lara Printz Barbara Sokol Andrew Spaulding

Around Our Temple 5 REGISTRATION OPENS AUGUST 20 FOR THE FALL SESSION OF TEMPLE CIRCLES! OUR FALL CIRCLES INCLUDE: Where the WINDS Blow: A Fun Online Mah Jongg Circle Hike & Schmooze Loving Our Multicultural Families as Members of our Jewish Community Haftarah Happy Hour Stories, Music, and Laughter Cooking Together Havdalah Under the Stars Maj and Nosh Under 40 Walk and Schmooze Introduction to Hebrew: From Alef-Bet and Beyond Broadway Comes To Circles Take a Breath: A Shabbat Dinner Group for Empty-Nesters ...and more! Head over to ourtemple.org/temple-circles for more information on each small group and to register!

6 Around Our Temple Happy Anniversary Special thanks to the Ruth & Marvin August Engel Cantorial Anniversaries Chair Fund of the Grafman Endowment Harold & Nancy Blach, Jr. Fund for helping to Brad & Alyssa Blair underwrite this very special evening. Edward & Sharon Bromberg Robert & Helena Buchalter Ned & Roberta Caheen Eli & Mary Lynne Capilouto Mark & Lynne Cohen Fred & Ellen Elsas Joe & Alise Erdberg Bobby & Chu-Chi Fierman Michael & MaryAnne Freeman Joel & Debra Goldstein Richard & Ann Goldstein Adam & Rebecca Gordon Leonard & Cissy Held Charles & Gail Herman Barry & Susan Koretzky Steve & Robin Lazarus Mitchell & Joanne Leibovitz Josh & Mary Virginia Mandell Brian & Carlie McMillan Jonathan & Judi Miller Joel & Karen Piassick Jimmy & Judy Rotenstreich Bob & Judy Rutstein Ronald & Karen Salloway Lester & Jane Seigel Ben & Jennifer Smith Don & Pat St. Charles Harry & Rhonda Weinberg Please note that Anniversary and Birthday list is gathered from information in the Temple’s database. We apologize for any errors or exclusions. Please contact us at [email protected] regarding any corrections. Thank you.

Around Our Temple 7 This Year's Hillel Connections WHAT'S HAPPENING Summer Intern Program A Success IN OUR ENGEL LIBRARY Thanks to the Grafman Endowment Fund, Birmingham Jewish Meet our Library Intern: Foundation and the Levite Jewish Community Center, the Hillel Jenna Patterson Connections program has brought seven (7) college students to Birmingham. They have spent the summer interning in a job We are happy associated with their major, connecting with other young professionals and exploring the fun venues of our city. They have learned about to introduce our civil rights history, and had workshops on what/why a 20 yr old needs to know about insurance and investing. Jenna Patterson, our new library intern who will be working weekly in our library to organize the books and Jenna Patterson make all items accessible to our congregation. We will move to a digital card catalogue that will allow you to reserve and/or check out books online. Jenna attended an interdisciplinary studies college called New College at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa for undergraduate studies, gaining a Bachelor of Science in Holocaust and Genocide Studies and the Roots of Prejudice. Her specialty was Black- Jewish Relations, and she wrote her thesis on Black Anti-Semitism. She also went to American University’s Washington College of Law for law school, and currently is a student in the Master of Library and Information Studies program at the University of Alabama. She has also worked at various organizations such as the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the San Francisco Jewish Community Center, Empower Alabama (a grass roots voter registration and campaign non-profit organization), and the Yellowhammer Literacy Project (a camp for at-risk and illiterate children in the Greensboro, AL, area). Please contact Monika Singletary, [email protected], if you would like to volunteer to help Jenna with this wonderful initiative!

8 Youth & Education BAR MITZVAH This summer, Now is the time for turning. The leaves are beginning to turn Benji Sokol as in the past, from green to red and orange. The birds are beginning to turn Saturday, August 7 we have spent and are heading once more Benji is starting the time toward the south. The animals are 8th grade at beginning to turn to storing their Mountain Brook preparing Junior High. food for the winter. For leaves, Celebrating for our new birds, and animals, turning comes with Benji is his instinctively. But for us, turning mother, Miriam, religious school his grandmother, does not come so easily. Barbara Bresler Lynda Gutcheon year. We are Sokol, all his Interim Director excited to It takes an act of will for us to extended family and friends. of Education make a turn. It means breaking Benji is a sports enthusiast. He be back in with old habits. It means admitting plays football, basketball and serves as that we can improve, and this is a student manager for the Spartan person and look forward to never easy. It means losing face. Baseball Club. Benji enjoys history It means starting all over again. and geography. He is an avid swimmer seeing everyone back in the This is always painful. It means and skier and loves spending time at the recognizing that we have the ability lake. His family is so proud to have Benji Sanctuary as well as in the to change. These things are terribly called to the Torah on August 7, 2021. hard to do. But, unless we turn, classroom. We are planning we will be trapped forever in Jack Hugunine yesterday's ways. We seek the exciting and new programs insight to turn from callousness Saturday, August 14 to sensitivity, from hostility to love, and activities for our students from pettiness to purpose, from Jack Hugunine is entering and their families. You will be envy to contentment, from 8th grade at carelessness to discipline, Liberty Park receiving all the details soon. Middle School from fear to faith. in Vestavia Hills. DON’T FORGET TO REGISTER Jack is the son ~ author unknown (revised} ~ of Ashley and YOUR CHILD/CHILDREN Dan Hugunine and the brother FOR RELIGIOUS SCHOOL of Reid Hugunine. His grandparents are Sandi and Allen Stern of ON OUR WEBSITE: Montgomery, Alabama and Fran and Bill Hugunine of Athens, Georgia. ourtemple.org/youth-education Jack loves learning new subjects and excels academically in school – As we prepare for religious he is a straight A student. Jack is also a gifted soccer player and when he is school, we also prepare for our not in school, you can generally find him on the soccer field as a member High Holyday Season. It will of the Hoover Vestavia Soccer Club. He looks forward each summer to be a challenge this year as we returning to Utica, Mississippi to come out of isolation and are able to join together to pray, to reflect and to offer our gratefulness for all that has been afforded to us. At this time of year, our thoughts begin to turn. Wishing you all a healthy and sweet 5782! Teachers Needed! Are you interested in teaching at our Gail & Jeffrey Bayer Religious School? We would love to have you! Contact Lynda Gutcheon at [email protected] or 205.933.8037 to learn more!

Youth & Education 9 1st Session Jacobs Camp Temple Emanu-El Campers BAR MITZVAH Kesher: Jewish Teen Experience (Jack Hugunine continued) Introducing a new joint community learning opportunity for High School Where: N.E Miles Jewish Day School catch up with his friends at Camp Jacobs. For his Mitzvah Project, Jack Kesher means connection! This new program will is contributing to the St. Jude’s Children’s promote community learning for our High School Research Hospital, an organization that students, grades 8th - 12th. The students will get to provides critical support and care to know each other by meeting twice a month, beginning those families most in need. in October. Students will have the chance to choose Zach Cusmariu ?from exciting elective classes, nosh and socialize with students developed by Temple Emanu-El and Temple Beth El Saturday, August 21 When: October-April 2021/2022 | Thursday 5-7 p.m. Zach will be called to the Why no logo? Torah on Our first Kesher cohort Saturday, will have the opportunity August 21st. to design the logo for this He is the son of Tamara new program! What and Jeffrey does “connection” Cusmariu of Vestavia Hills, mean to you? AL and younger brother to Ben Cusmariu. Zach is an their peers, and engage in whole-group learning. Students will upcoming 7th grader at Liberty Park Middle School. He enjoys drawing, choose two electives total for the twelve-week period from the following animating, gaming and spending time with his family and friends. He including, but not limited to: particularly enjoys spending time with his dogs, Dempsey and Leo, as • Preparing for college • Film Making well as going to the lake with his • Your finances • Judaism & Sports grandparents to swim and tube. He has looked forward to his weekly • Judaism & Ethics • Judaism and Music Facetime meetings with Cantor • Israel & BDS on • Our Mental Health Wittner to prepare for his Bar Mitzvah. college campuses • Cooking in Hebrew Over the pandemic, Zach has realized how fortunate he is to have 10th grade Confirmation students will participate in this program along with a home. It has given him even more compassion for the homeless and for meeting with their Temple’s clergy for specific Confirmation studies. In addition, those who don’t have a home. Zach’s Mitzvah project is to raise money for students will participate in two community mitzvah projects to be done on a the Firehouse Shelter. The Firehouse Sunday. The students will be part of the mitzvah project decision. We also shelter serves more homeless men hope to take a community trip if possible. Students in the first Kesher cohort than any agency in the state of Alabama and operates the broadest, will have the special opportunity to help design our new logo! most comprehensive continuum of service for Birmingham’s homeless. Cost: $200 (for grades 8th, 9th, 11th & 12th) Please join us in congratulating $645 for 10th grade Confirmation. (This is due to many additional Zach on his Bar Mitzvah. costs of this important and special year.) To Register: Go to ourtemple.org/youth-education Reminder: Deadline is August 16th

10 Around Our Temple Community Announcements A collaboration with NOW OPEN: Temple Emanu-El,Temple Beth- El, & You Belong in Birmingham Jewish Fertility register at: https://bjf.org/event/sukkot-bar-crawl/ Foundation A program of Collat Jewish Family Services The Jewish Fertility Foundation (JFF), which provides financial assistance, emotional support and educational programs for people experiencing infertility — recently opened this past July as a program of Collat Jewish FamilyServices. The JFF Birmingham Manager is Julie Cohen. To learn more about this program, contact [email protected] or 205-879-3438.

Our Yahrzeits 11 May the beauty of their lives shine forever, and may we always bring honor to their memory. August 1-7 Chaim Bronshteyn August 15-21 August 22-28 Morris Barstein Vernon Cohen Sadie Berman Abe Abroms Arthur R. Datnoff Claude Alloun Jack W. Aland, Sr. Arthur Berman Julian Adler Alan Eisenberg Gerhard Anspach Anne S. Baer Helen Berman Eda Bacharach Allenberg Alan Eisenberg Yetta Betten Bertha Berman Louis Allenberg Bob Engel Russell Bean Baila Berman Block Sloem Celman Florine Ettinger Pauline Berger William L. Camp Anne K. Cohen Lazar Cusmariu Ann Raden Bergman Connie Cohen Celia Cooperman Dorothy Weinstein Florine Capper Ettinger Seligman H. Blank Melvin Barkin Estroff Gerald \"Gashie\" Dorsky Dubowsky Sidney Finkel Irma Mae Blank Sara Friedman Robert Eisner Patty Glickman Julius Goldstein Ida Rose Friedman Janet Goldfarb Jerome E. Freehling Paul Bruck Amelia Grafman Richard Friedman Betty Golding Frances P. Fried Roselyn Rosenthal Cohen Isadore Halpern Louis Garfinkle Birdie Goldstein Isidore Friedman Pauline E. Euchvitz Harris Elsie Ginsberg Mary Frances Hastings Paul Friedman, Sr. Julius H. Cohen Carolyn F. Heller Helen Glazer Emil Carl Hess May G. Friend Bertha Coplan Julius L. Herman Stanley Gold Mary Spence Isenberg Fannye Goldfarb Harry Milton Datnoff Jenny Hirsberg Susan Goldberg David H. Jaffe Victor Goldman Larry Datnoff Sarah Glass Hirsch Eleanor Goldblatt Dr. Noah Wayne Jaffee Arnold Goldner Max Eisenberg Matilda L. Holzer Florence Goldstein Jordan Kirschberg Max Greenwald Esther Epsman Murray A. Koslin Muriel B. Goldstein Harry M. Kohn Walter E. Gregg Louis Epstein David Jay Goldstein Milton Krivitsky Morris Hirschowitz Irwin \"Ike\" Fierman Kay Lehrer Don Goldstein, Jr. Ida B. Levin Leo Arthur Jaffe David Alvanley Ford Mose Levy Beatrice S. Gordon Morris Marlowe Max Friedman Janet Liberman Solomon Grabove Josephine Hannah Weil Jenkins Marsha Sall Friedman May Locke Isadore Greenhouse McWaters-Alexander Elvin Kanter David Gamburg Helen Matelson J. George Mitnick Hannah Kelly Sam Goldberg Josephine Benveniste May Julia Hanan Morris Monsky Essie Kirkel Gertrude Goldstein Charles Brooke Mehaffey Joanne Goldstein Hornick Lorenzo Music Max Gotlieb Polina Meikon Martin Harold Nelson Frances M. Levine Bobbie Kaminsky Eleanor Melnikoff Melvin David Jacobs Ben N. Perlman Maxine Marlowe Lichtenstein Abe Kaufman Benjamin S. Meyer Ruth Jacobs Eli Perlman Sadye C. Koslin Fred Michalove Sylvia Jacobs Isaac Piassick Pauline Berman Malkove Rosa M. Krawcheck Nathan Neyman David Roitman Harry Markstein, Jr. Violet Leitman Adele Overall Jeanette Koppel Myron C. Rosenthal Marion Adler Marx Emma Sacks Levin Barry Parks Rebecca Shirley Roskin Saul Matelson David S. Levine Samuel \"Sandy\" Picard, III Sylvia Rutstein Sam Mayer Hyman \"Herc\" Sam Picard, Sr. Krentzman Lefkovits Irvin Shapiro Max Mohr Maurice Levine, Jr. Blanche Rogoff Jack Levin Esther Siegal Leroy G. Monsky, Sr. Dora Mayer Roobin Stanley T. Siegal Mildred Pines Maria Lind Ann Rose Jerome Meyer Abram Mitchell Skier Jeanette G. Lipson Mary Borth Roth Freyda Miller Yetta Glazer Sokol Richard Alan Routman Ralph Shaw Molly C. Newman Sally Tanner Harold R. Safris Maurice Mervis Ethelyn Slaughter Lillian L. Rothschild Raymond L. Webb Dorothy S. Meyer Max Slaughter Carl Schwartz Celia Weinstein Frances Leslie Savage Sarah Fies Mohr Doris L. Sugerman Laurence Schweitzer Alexander Zeldin David Schimmel Arnold Jules Tandet Ruth Shovers Inez Schimmel Harry Monroe J. Leon Touro Irvin F. Siegal August 8-14 Charles Schulwolf Helen Nagrodzki Julius Wenger Evelyn Warner Silverstein Abraham Shapiro Gilbert Odrezin Blanche Newman Wilzin Celia Aland Simon Anne Weinstein Blankstein Sam Shulman Irving Philipson Harry Wolfe Lester Solomon Elena Bliss Bessie R. Pizitz Leopold M. Sonnabend Anne Copeland Silberman Aug 29- Sept 4 Joseph Steinberg Flora B. Bluttman Arnold Singer David Rich Isadore H. Sugerman Chana Bojor Betty Rivkin Max Alpert Edward Trammell Estelle Slaughter Irving Rubel Milton Ascher Charles Weinstein Lee E. Unger Edward Siegal Elin E. Wyker Jake Silverfield Muriel Weisberg Morris Singer Joe B. Wright, Jr. Henry A. Spielberger Bernard S. Steiner, Jr. Jean Kaufman Weil

12 Our Tributes 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 July 6, 2021. 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: Paula Leader Phyllis Weinstein Carlin Aland by Shirley & Jerry Leader and by Rosalie & Raymond Gotlieb Jenny Leader by Fran Marlow Armen Weisberg Vladimir Belotserkorsky Scott Leader, son of Shirley & Jerry Leader by Joan & Don Weisberg by Rosalie & Raymond Gotlieb by Svetlana Belotserkorsky Wishing Good Health To: Faye Lewis Berman Frank Librach Harold Blach by Renitta & Jay Goldman by Brenda Bell & Jake Guercio by Rosalie & Raymond Gotlieb Joseph E. Berman Lee Lichter Jane Bluestein by Brenda Friedman by Brenda Bell & Jake Guercio by Rosalie & Raymond Gotlieb by Brenda Friedman Ralph Blach Harold Ceitlin Margaret Lyon by Rosalie & Raymond Gotlieb by Shirley & Jerry Leader and by Brenda Friedman Rosalie Blach Jenny Leader by Rosalie & Raymond Gotlieb by Judy & Jimmy Rotenstreich by Rosalie & Raymond Gotlieb Robert Marks Barbara Fine Helen Bruck by Rae & Bruce Hirsch by Rosalie & Raymond Gotlieb Edward Goldberg by Ellen Bruck Margot Marx by Brenda Friedman Anne E. Cohn by Rosalie & Raymond Gotlieb by Rosalie & Raymond Gotlieb Evelyn Held by Bruce Shenker Neil Holcomb Mehaffey by Rosalie & Raymond Gotlieb Tessie Cohen by Janet & David Aarons Cory Kessler by Judy & Jimmy Rotenstreich by Wanda & Ross Cohen Maynard B. Melamed Jerry Lapidus Phoebe Cotton by Laurie & Craig Elmets by Judy & Jimmy Rotenstreich Joan Pizitz by Rae & Bruce Hirsch Ted Newman by Ferne Seigel by Ricky Koslin and Lyons Heyman by Jay & Jackie Waites Liz Slive by Fran Marlow by Sandra & Alan Berman by Jack Schniper Lenora Pate David Warren by Betty Steinmetz by Robin & Hilton Berger by Jeri & Jack Wolff by Stephanie & Stephen Steinmetz by Roz Bloomston Brenda Weinstein Ruth Engel by Ashley & Jon Lewis by Brenda Friedman by Rosalie & Raymond Gotlieb by Judy & Jimmy Rotenstreich Terry Fierman, father of Ashley Lewis Sara Ann Polhemus, Don Weisberg and brother of Bobby Fierman mother of Ashley Lewis by Roz Caplan by Rosalie & Raymond Gotlieb by Rosalie & Raymond Gotlieb Walter Gerson by Rosalie & Raymond Gotlieb In Honor Of: by Isabel & Alan Siegal Ingrid Roskin Bar Mitzvah of Jared Schwartz, Sidney Goldberg grandson of Karen & Joel Piassick by Linda Goldberg Goldman by Rosalie & Raymond Gotlieb by Carol & Donald Herman Elise Rubel Bat Mitzvah of Jordan Askenazi, and Jay Shorr daughter of Donna & David Askenazi Belle Gotlieb by Barbara & Larry Fine by Judy & Robert Rutstein Sandra & Eddie Russell Bat Mitzvah of Sabrina Goldberg, by Rosalie & Raymond Gotlieb granddaughter of Donna & Howard Goldberg Ike Gotlieb by Cal James by Carol & Donald Herman Leigh Schniper Birth of Clara Gabrielle Keshishian, by Rosalie & Raymond Gotlieb daughter of Jenny & Chris Keshishian, Sylvia Gouse, grandmother of by Rosalie & Raymond Gotlieb and granddaughter of Leah & Ken Saag Ilyse & Jeff Brobst by Debbie & Lee Warren by Jane & Joe Bluestein Mark David Solomon by Susan & Barry Koretzky by Ellen Bruck by Ricky Koslin and Lyons Heyman Elina Stein, daughter of by Eileen & Edward Leader Mila & Igor Kishinevsky Marcia Berman Kraselsky by Susan & Barry Koretzky by Sandra & Alan Berman by Stephanie & Stephen Steinmetz Richard Lapidus Max Steinmetz by Barbara Lapidus by Rosalie & Raymond Gotlieb by Jerry Lapidus Jay Stern Robert Lapidus by Roz Bloomston by Jerry Lapidus by Cheryl & Charlie Collat Wayne Lassen, brother of Linda Cohn by Ashley & Jon Lewis by Susan & Barry Koretzky Dorothy R. Tenenbaum by Eileen & Edward Leader by Sam Tenenbaum, Jr. Albert Tuck by Herbie Miller

Our Tributes 13 Birth of Oliver Noah English, Special Anniversary of Special Birthday of Fred Kanter grandson of Robin & Bart Kolber Ginger & Jerry Held by Judy & Jimmy Rotensteich by Barbara & Larry Fine by Judy & Jimmy Rotenstreich Special Birthday of Mike Krawcheck Birth of Emmy June Gindy, Special Anniversary of by Chu-Chi & Bobby Fierman granddaughter of Susan & Rodney Barstein Cissy & Leonard Held Special Birthday of Gayle Leitman by Judy & Jimmy Rotenstreich by Judy & Jimmy Rotenstreich by Eileen & Edward Leader Birth of Lielle Blythe Ladden, Special Anniversary of daughter of Stacy & Justin Ladden Deanna & Hugh Leader Special Birthday of Bob Marcus by Judy & Jimmy Rotensteich by Stephanie & Stephen Steinmetz by Eileen & Edward Leader Birth of Chelsey Caroline Rotenstreich, Special Anniversary of Special Birthday of Ed Meyerson great-granddaughter of Judy & Joan & Don Weisberg by Carol & Donald Herman Jimmy Rotenstreich by Norma Jean Long Special Birthday of Joel Rotenstreich by Rosalie & Raymond Gotlieb Special Birthday of Roz Caplan by Ricky Koslin and Lyons Heyman Birth of Maisie and Teddy Wright, children of Rachel & Rabbi Adam Wright by Judy & Jimmy Rotensteich Special Birthday of Jerry Sklar Special Birthday of Arlene Goldstein by Chu-Chi & Bobby Fierman by Judy & Jimmy Rotenstreich by Ricky Koslin and Lyons Heyman by Judy & Robert Rutstein by Rosalie & Raymond Gotlieb by Joan & Don Weisberg Confirmation of Riley Ovson Special Birthday of Cissy Held by Judy & Robert Rutstein Engagement of Stephen Goldstein, Special Anniversary of by Rosalie & Raymond Gotlieb son of Debra & Joel Goldstein, Beverly & Stan Erdreich by Judy & Jimmy Rotensteich to Hillary Aronov by Carol & Donald Herman Special Birthday of Charles Herman Special Anniversary of by Carol & Donald Herman by Rosalie & Raymond Gotlieb Ruth & Jim Fromstein Special Birthday of Judy Jablow Rabbi Adam Wright by Marilyn & Stephen Grafman by Janet & David Aarons by Barbara & Larry Fine by Sam Tenenbaum, Jr. A LASTING LEGACY Retirement of William Lehman The Temple and Grafman by Judy & Robert Rutstein Endowment Fund leadership OUR FUNDS AT WORK gratefully acknowledges the foresight and generosity We gratefully appreciate the enhancements provided by the following funds of the Grafman Endowment Fund over the past six months: of the following: • Reese Family Fund and the Leona & Marvin Cherner Family Fund for Barbara & Larry Fine underwriting the Temple’s new website platform and design, launched last fall. for accelerating their bequest to create the • The Odess Technology Fund for providing the critical Audio Visual personnel Barbara & Larry Fine Fund to help facilitate the live-streaming of services throughout the year. Similarly for Dues Endowment to the Gail & Jeffrey Bayer Religious School Fund for underwriting the technical support enabling us to provide on-line Religious School from and to October through May in response to the social-distancing imposed by the pandemic. The Odess Family for repurposing their original • Ellen & Jack Aland Membership Engagement Fund for underwriting the wonderful welcome bags sent to each of our 30 new congregant families Odess Family Fund when they joined our congregation throughout this past year. (intended to provide large-scale cultural events) • Steiner Interfaith Fund for funding the antisemitism webinar in May to now help underwrite the featuring acclaimed national speaker, Bari Weiss. everchanging technology needs of our congregation by establishing • A number of funds which helped sponsor several fabulous the Odess Technology Fund, Youth & Education programs, including: and for also creating the Odess Family Fund for • the incredible Holocaust speaker and yads art project for the Dues Endowment 7th grade class, thanks to the Lee & Stanley Elsas Teens Fund benefitting Patrick & Molly Odess • the special Israel teens program, thanks to the Lee & Stanley Elsas Teens Fund, Leah Marks Teen Education Fund and the Robert Loeb Education Fund. • the entertaining puppet show and sweets on the last day of Religious School, thanks to the Ives Religious School Fund.

14 Our Tributes DESIGNATED DESIGNATED ENDOWMENT FUNDS 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 special needs beyond the scope of what temple today, as well as for future generations. dues and tuition fees are able to provide. BLACH FAMILY FUND HANNAH & HYMAN GOLDSTEIN RABBI WRIGHT FOR DUES ENDOWMENT VOLUNTEER FUND DISCRETIONARY FUND In Honor Of: In Memory Of: In Memory Of: Special Birthday of Ed Meyerson Hannah Goldstein Stanley Edwin Solomon and Jerry Sklar by Jennifer Feld by Zach Solomon by Kit & Rick Roth Hyman Goldstein In Honor Of: CEMETERY CARE FUND Bat Mitzvah of Jordan Askenazi Wishing Good Health To: by Jennifer Feld Edward Goldberg by Debra & Joel Goldstein by Donna & David Askenazi by Marilyn & Murray Tanner Bat Mitzvah of Leighton Siegel by Maureen & Mark Petrofsky Wayne Lassen and Charles Tanner NINA & NORMAN COHEN by Marilyn & Murray Tanner by Susanne & Ronald Fein NEXT GENERATION FUND Myron Radwin Birth of Maisie and Teddy Wright, In Memory Of: by Debra & Joel Goldstein children of Rachel & Rabbi Adam Wright Joanie Troncone In Honor Of: Special Anniversary of by Laurie & Craig Elmets by Lois & David Cohen Janet & Leonard Wertheimer; Sherron & Allan Goldstein JANIS & PAUL FRIEDMAN FUND Special Birthdays of Joel Rotenstreich FOR DUES ENDOWMENT and Jerry Sklar by Stefanie Goldstein In Memory Of: by Marilyn & Murray Tanner Rabbi Adam Wright Leigh Schniper RABBI JONATHAN MILLER LEGACY FUND by Steve Brickman by Cathy & Paul Friedman In Honor Of: In Honor Of: Marriage of Alana Miller, daughter of CANTOR ROBBY WITTNER Special Anniversary of Judi Schulman-Miller & Rabbi Jonathan Miller, DISCRETIONARY FUND Janet & Leonard Wertheimer; to Ben Gore In Honor Of: Special Birthdays of Ed Meyerson and by Janet & David Aarons Bat Mitzvah of Jordan Askenazi Jerry Sklar; CAROLE & MICHAEL PIZITZ FUND Bar Mitzvah of Avi Peetluk; FOR DUES ENDOWMENT by Donna & David Askenazi Bat Mitzvah of Jordon Askenazi; In Honor Of: Confirmation of Abby Cohn, Special Birthdays of Ed Meyerson and Your contributions through Leo Godwin and Riley Ovson; Jerry Sklar our “Temple Tributes” help to Consecration of Emily Friedman by Carole & Michael Pizitz support Temple Emanu-El’s annual operations and activities, by Cathy & Paul Friedman and further build our Grafman Endowment Fund to enrich our MOLLIE & HERMAN GOTLIEB REESE FAMILY FUND congregation…now and forever. SANCTUARY PRESERVATION FUND In Memory Of: Wishing Good Health To: Anne Reese To make a Tribute Gift to either Harold Blach and Cory Kessler a temple or an endowment fund, by David Reese please contact the Endowment Office by Marcia Unger LANA & STEVE ROYAL FUND In Honor Of: FOR DUES ENDOWMENT at (205) 933-8397 or Special Anniversaries of Marilyn & Murray In Memory Of: [email protected]. Tanner and Janet & Leonard Wertheimer; Abe Silverman A list of all our funds is available on Special Birthday of Ed Meyerson; our website at www.ourtemple.org. Birth of Chelsey Caroline Rotenstreich; by Lana & Steve Royal Bat Mitzvah of Sabrina Goldberg; In Honor Of: and Benjamin Honan for being Bar Mitzvah of Avi Peetluk; accepted into medical school Bat Mitzvah of Belle Casey; Retirement of William Lehman by Marcia Unger by Lana & Steve Royal

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