March2022 TEE bulletin

ourtemple.org @emanuel.temple . March 2022 Adar-Nisan 5782 (205) 933-8037 The monthly bulletin for Temple Emanu-El Birmingham, Alabama Purim Events This Month Friday, March 4 Sunday, March 13 Purim Tot Shabbat at 5 pm. Purim Carnival at 10:00 am. Costumes are encouraged. See page 7. Wear your favorite Purim costume. See page 6. Special thanks to the Temple Sisterhood. Saturday, March 12 Wednesday, March 16 Young Adult Purim Party: “Great Gatsby Purim” Erev Purim at Carrigan’s from 8 –11 pm. See page 5. Purim Spiel and Megilla reading to the theme of “Frozen” at 6:30 pm. Costumes encouraged. See page 5. Special thanks to the Nina & Norman Cohen Next Generation Fund of the Grafman Endowment Fund. Special thanks to the Muncy Harris Abroms Cultural Arts Fund of the Grafman Endowment Fund. 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, March 11 Friday, March 18 Our Services Friday, March 4 5:45 p.m. 5:45 p.m. Friday, March 25 Erev Shabbat Erev Shabbat 5:00 p.m. 5:45 p.m. Purim Tot Shabbat Service Service Erev Shabbat Honoring 5:45 p.m. Jerry Lapidus Service Family Shabbat Service Saturday, March 5 Saturday, March 12 Saturday, March 19 Saturday, March 26 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Torah Study Torah Study Torah Study Torah Study 10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Morning Shabbat Morning Shabbat Morning Shabbat Hilicha Shabbat Hiking & Service Service Service Violet Levine Service at Bat Mitzvah Lilli Williams Torah Portion Red Mountain Park Torah Portion Bat Mitzvah Parshat Tzav Parshat Pekudei Leviticus 6:1-8:36 Torah Portion Exodus 38:21-40:38 Torah Portion Parshat Shmini Haftarah Portion Parshat Vayikra Haftarah Portion Leviticus 9:1-11:47 I Kings 7:51-8:21 Leviticus 1:1-5:26 Jeremiah 7:21-8:3, 9:22-23 Haftarah Portion Haftarah Portion Ezekiel 36:16-38 I Samuel 15:2-34 Purim Tot Shabbat Shabbat Hilicha Torah Study Shabbat Hiking Friday, March 4 at 5:00 p.m. Every Wednesday 12 p.m. Saturday, March 26 & April 30 https://zoom.us/j/661751570 Join us for a special Purim Tot 10:30 a.m. Shabbat in Hess Chapel designed or for children ages 1 through 6 years (Hike begins at 10:45 a.m.) dial-in at +1 312 626 6799 Meeting ID: 661 751 570 old and their grown-ups. One Saturday per month, See page 6 for more details. in lieu of a sanctuary service, AND we will meet at Red Mountain Park RSVP by March 3rd to to spend Shabbat morning Every Saturday 9 a.m. [email protected] together. Led by our clergy, https://zoom.us/j/731472885 we will spend one to two hours Family Shabbat Service enjoying Shabbat and nature. or dial-in at +1 312 626 6799 Friday, March 4 at 5:45 p.m. We meet at Red Mountain Park Meeting ID: 731 472 885 at the Frankfurt Drive entrance: Join us for a family-friendly password: torah Shabbat service for 2011 Frankfurt Dr, Birmingham, AL 35211 all ages in the sanctuary. USPS Publication Title: Our Temple Statement of Frequency: Address: Organization: IDENTIFICATION Issue Date: March 2022 Published monthly 2100 Highland Avenue South Temple Emanu-El Issue Number: 150 except for June/July issue Birmingham, AL 35205-4002

Around Our Temple 3 Message from our new Director of Education Happy Anniversary Shalom to my new Temple Emanu-El family. I am March thrilled and honored to join you and deeply appreciate Anniversaries the kindest of welcomes each of the lay and professional leaders have bestowed upon me during my interview David & Caleigh Alevy process. The warmth of this community made us feel Hilton & Robin Berger at home; my husband Yaacov and I realized that we Samuel & Emily Friedman want to be part of the Birmingham Jewish Community. Phillip & Joye Madden Being part of any community means caring to know Eric & Amy Morrison each other’s stories. As I look forward to hearing each of your stories and Colter & Carlie Somerville connecting with you, I will start with briefly sharing my story. Chris & Sydney Walker My love of Torah and pride in being Jewish were instilled in me by my parents. I was born in India and my family made Aliyah to Israel when I was A Special Thank You 11 years old. I grew up in Israel, served in the IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) and graduated with a BA from Haifa University along with a teaching degree. to congregants Marilynn & Earl I arrived as a graduate student in the United States with my husband Rothstein for hosting our and toddler son. Seeking the local Jewish community on campus led to an Newcomer Happy Hour on offer to teach religious school. I loved teaching my religious school students and sharing my passion for Judaism with them. Seeing their eyes light up March 1 and Jan & Ron Hirsch as they learned about their own Jewish history, traditions, and values, for hosting our Newcomer made me realize that this was what I was meant to do. The transition Brunch on March 6! from being a secular teacher in Israel to a Jewish educational leader in America was meaningful and exciting, making me want to learn and grow Marilynn & Jan are co-chairing as a professional Jewish educator. I have been a professional Jewish our newcomer events. These two educator for over twenty years serving large and mid-size congregations. My most meaningful educational journey earned me a master’s degree in events were geared toward Religious Education from Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion. our new and returning members In my sacred work, as your Director of Education, I plan to build on the strong and meaningful curriculum that has been put in place by my as of January 2019 as a way colleague Lynda Gutcheon, as well as create opportunities for connection to welcome them and connect and bonding among our students of all ages. I believe that creating a them with other congregants! sense of community in each classroom, school, and synagogue-wide, alongside a creative, dynamic, and inspiring curriculum, leads to meaningful Jewish living. My work cannot exist in a vacuum. Partnering with our clergy, professional and lay leaders, teachers, students, and parents will ensure a shared vision and common goals while meeting the specific needs of each individual family. I would love to hear your family story and what suits your family’s needs for Jewish learning and growth. I look forward to meeting you very soon. Finally, I count my blessings. I am thankful to be joining such a warm and wonderful community at Temple Emanu-El. I feel blessed to be married to the love of my life – Yaacov for over thirty years and to have two adult children that amaze and inspire me every day. I am grateful as a Jewish educator to be engaged in such fulfilling holy work. L’hitraot B’karov – See you soon! Elizabeth Bloch, MARE Director of Education

4 Around Our Temple There are RSVP to Monika Singletary at [email protected] still some Temple Circles Special thanks to the Barrye & Jay Ziff Cultural Arts Fund of the Grafman Endowment Fund. Available for the Spring Session! A PROGRAM YOU WON’T WANT TO MISS: Connection is the center Starting A Conversation of Judaism. Temple Emanu-El Temple Circles is an opportunity a hands-on session about transmitting Jewish Values for small groups of congregants featuring Dirk Bird, of Jewish Federations of North America, to be together. with panelists Amy & Michael Saag and Alan Weintraub Check out the following Monday, March 7 at 11:30 am Temple Circles – Small Groups – that are available for registration: Luncheon program at Temple Emanu-El Registration is required by Monday, February 28th • Havdalah Under the Stars – Starts March 5 to (205) 803-1519 or [email protected] $10 per person at the door is greatly appreciated. • Where the WINDS Blow: For those unable to attend, a recording of the program will also be available. A Fun Online Mah Jongg Circle – Starts March 1 There will be no solicitations This community Legacy program is presented as a service by • Barks & Brachas – Starts March 20 The Birmingham Jewish Foundation and its partner agencies, along with The Temple Beth-El Foundation and Grafman Endowment Fund for Temple Emanu-El • Stories, Music, Laughter, & Games – Starts March 13 • ….and MORE! Head over to ourtemple.org/temple-circles to see all our Temple Circles and register! If you are interested in participating or leading a Temple Circle, please contact Monika Singletary at [email protected] or 205.933.8037, ext. 213. PASSING ON OUR BELIEFS AND BLESSINGS TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE

Around Our Temple 5 FOR YOUNG ADULTS Temple Emanu-El Blood Drive bjf.org/event/greatgatsbypurim/ Tuesday, March 8 Special thanks to the from 10a.m. - 3p.m. Nina & Norman Cohen Next Generation Fund of the Grafman Endowment Fund. (only nineteen spots left !) PURIM CELEBRATION - MARCH 16 COVID-19 has completely changed our way of life and Join us for a thrilling retelling of the Purim impacted us in ways that story set to the music we will never forget. Many of “Frozen”. corporations are now Will Esther achieve her goal and work-from-home and stop the Jewish people from being schools are teaching vanquished? Will Haman’s evil virtually. Due to factors machinations be quelled? like these, the blood • The Story of Purim supply in our nation and in our own community “Frozen” style has taken a major hit. • Megillah Reading To help combat this, • Costume Contest we will be teaming up March 16 at 6:30 pm RSVP by March 14 with the American [email protected] Red Cross to host a blood drive on March 8th. Special thanks to the Muncy Harris Abroms Cultural Arts Fund of our Grafman Endowment Fund Additionally, the Red Cross will be testing all donors for COVID-19 antibodies! If you would like to donate, you can schedule your appointment by visiting ourtemple.org or calling (205) 933-8037

6 Our Youth & Education BAT MITZVAH Junior Choir Violet Levine Every Sunday, 9:30 am in Hess Chapel Saturday, March 5, 2022 Join Cantor Wittner every Sunday for this fun musical Violet is a experience. We will learn 7th grader music and prayers to prepare at Highlands our Jr. Choir to sing at our School. She is monthly family services. the daughter of Best for students in Emily and Bob kindergarten through 4th Grade. Levine and the (Choir will dismiss at 9:55 to granddaughter allow students to go to class.) of Mary and Register at Mitch Levine of Marblehead, MA and Ronne and ourtemple.shulcloud.com/form/teejc5782 Donald Hess of Birmingham, AL. Violet and her younger sister, TotPShuarbibmat Zoe, were both born and raised in Birmingham and have been WITH congregants at Temple Emanu-El all their lives. . Violet is an avid reader and soccer player and loves to play Wear your favorite Purim costume piano, sing, and spend time at the and celebrate Shabbat with us. lake, beach, and ski slopes with family and friends. She is excited Friday, March 4th at 5pm to be attending her mother’s alma mater, Indian Springs School, Join us for pizza afterwards. next year! For her Bat Mitzvah project, RSVP by March 3rd Violet is supporting STAIR of [email protected] Birmingham. STAIR is a program that empowers Birmingham students to start their adventure in reading by focusing on individual literacy needs. It combines one-on-one tutoring with a carefully curated library of books to ensure that each student can meet reading proficiency benchmarks to help them succeed in school and beyond. Violet is raising funds for STAIR as well as donating books on the STAIR curriculum. Violet and her family are thrilled that you are here to celebrate this simcha with us!

Our Youth & Education 7 PurimANNUAL Carnival BAT MITZVAH . Lilli Williams Celebrate Purim With Us! Saturday, March 12, 2022 Sunday, March 13th 10:00 am - noon Abroms Hall Lilli Williams is a 7th grader at snacks available (no lunch) Mountain Brook Junior High. FEATURING: She loves spending time with Participation in a Special friends and family, playing Shalach Manot Project lacrosse, and her summers (The giving of gifts to those we care about and love) at Camp Barney Medintz. as well as... Lilli is the daughter of Cookie Decorating • Special Face Painting Alyssa Williams and Grant Ultimate Carnival Games Williams, and the sister of Count the Candy • Bowling Sam Williams. She is the Hamantaschen • Balloon Twisting step-sister of Kade, Isaac, Basketball Challenge • Ring Toss & Jacob Bruner, and Scout Golf • Ice Cream & Drinks • and more! Smith. Her grandparents are Sari and Peter Weber and Wear your favorite Purim Costume! Rich and Pam Williams. She is the step-daughter of Nathan This year’s carnival is being underwritten by The Temple Sisterhood. Bruner and Crystal Young Smith. Lilli cares deeply about helping families and children, so for her Bat Mitzvah project she will be donating to Family Promise.

8 Around Our Temple Special Sisterhood Happenings March Birthdays Join Sisterhood Following are members of our for our third virtual family celebrating birthdays Floral Arrangement Class in years divisible by 5. Linda Barstein Wed, April 13, 2022 at 7:00 pm Mason Berger Adison Berger (Zoom information published at a later date) Mitchell Cohen In the past classes, we had so much fun Lanlan Cohn making and learning how to design our floral Shannon Denney arrangements. This class we will design Annetta Dolowitz arrangements for our Passover Seder table. Brett Drummond We will welcome Carolyn Chen from Alex Freedman Wild Things Shop and Curiosities in Homewood ( www.wildthingsbham.com ) MaryAnne Freeman Carolyn will demonstrate how to craft a small centerpiece for your Passover table. Warren Gewant For your convenience, floral kits including a vase and seasonal flowers will be Samuel Goldstein available to order for $45. The kits will be available for pick-up at Nathan Gould Temple Emanu-El the morning of Wednesday, 13 April 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. Brian Held To place your order call Wild Things Shop and Curiosities at 205.703.8821 Eve Hirsch You are welcome to attend without purchasing flowers. Barbara Hirschowitz Questions? email Sylvia Wright [email protected] Gordon Kirschberg This is not a Sisterhood Fundraising Event. Hannah Lebensburger Maxwell Weil Mandell Mitzvah Day is April 10th. Clark Raczynski Mark your calendars. Allen Remington Kathryn Roth Your Tikkun Olam Committee, in conjunction with the Religious School, David Schwartz is planning a wonderful Mitzvah Day for Sunday morning, April 10. John Segal Kenny Siegal There will be plenty of Mitzvah opportunities for our families as well as Kerry Stein for the entire congregation. Let’s show our children the importance Sanford Wiatrak we put on Tikkun Olam, Repairing the World. Caroline Wilensky Sign-up for mitzvah projects will be open soon. Be on the lookout for an email or check ourtemple.org for updates. Please note that Anniversary and Birthday lists are gathered from information in the Temple’s database. We apologize for any errors or exclusions. Please contact us at [email protected] regarding any corrections.

Around Our Temple 9 PASSOVER’S COMING SPECIAL EVENT SAVE THE DATES: Second Night Seder Saturday, April 16 at 6:30 pm. registration coming soon at ourtemple.org! Matzah Toffee... A Great Alternative! This great passover dessert allows us all to remember we eat unleavened food items for 7 days while enjoying a great snack. Wednesday, April 20 at 5:00 p.m. at Temple Emanu-El Join us for this in-person matzah toffee demonstration and practice session with our own Sherron Goldstein. RSVP to Kathryn at [email protected] No charge. Ingredients provided.

10 Our Yahrzeits May the beauty of their lives shine forever, and may we always bring honor to their memory. Feb 27 – March 5 Jack Kohara Louis Silberman Lena Feidelson Lee Randal McDonald Nathan Kraselsky Florence Silverberg Morris Feldman Harry Moore Ralph Aland Lena Krentzman Celia Wasserman Lena W. Myer Herbert J. Baum Isaac (Ike) Kronenberg Alvin Slaughter Lill Ostand Harry Bernow David Joel Landau Lewis Smith Gamburg Alan H. Pines Abraham Bresler Syd M. Lerner, Jr. Mikhail Sorkin Bessie Weiner Gold Rose Waxman Bresler David Sperling Linda Gotlieb Pliner Aubrey Elton Buchalter Anna Levine Dave Goldberg Sara Ann Jacob M. Levine, Sr. Harvey D. Spielholz Albert Goldman Herbert Cain Lee Unger Lichter Sidney Stamm Minnie Goldner Fierman Polhemus Isaac E. Capilouto Max Steinmetz Hyman Goldstein Annie Ripps Judge Marvin Cherner Abe London Roslyn Taradash Florence Roth Goldstein Minnie Weil Loveman Milton Turner Malvin Goldstein Annie Rittenbaum Sylvia Cooley Joseph H. Loveman Edward Wald Lillian Goldstein Rose Mayberger Bessie G. Cooley Edward Goldstone Sally Loveman Rosalyn Lurie Weil Robert Scott Gordon Roobin Irving Ebinger Ella L. Mack Rose Zavelo Weil Herman Gotlieb Walter Rosenbaum Neliah Einstein Oscar Weinstein Frummie Dorfman Harris Gladys Epstein Beatrice L. Mazer Minna S. Holzer Ida Rosenthal Ben F. Ezekiel David Mitnick Sol Zalmon Edward S. Hyman Irving Russell David Fleisher Goldie Ziff Sylvia Berger Kalin Tobey Safris Alex Friedman Julie Weintraub Moore Edward Schoen Evelyn Vessier Geismar Jerome Newmark March 6 – 12 Doris Kanter Bernice K. Schulwolf Lucille Oster Mary Karnofsky Dave Solomon Mort Gilbert Abraham I. Perley Bernice Aland Carrie Lazarus Freida Glickman Phillip Pincus Edith Perman Allen Rebecca Malkove Myer Staff Mae Goldberg Sol Rittenbaum Burghard Steiner Howard Goldstein Joseph D. Ida Eisenberg Leader Helene Mannheimer Nathan Goldstein Rosenberger, Sr. Bornstein Ida Leland Dorothy Gottner Pearl Rothman Harry R. Licht Tuholske Michael Hirsch Rick Ruby Louis Bresler Audrey Lugar Ida Van Baalen Ben Saag Oscar Cohen Duke Marlowe Wolf Izen Joseph Sachs Arnold Cotton Barbara Leo Wald Jacqueline Jaspan Sidney Sigman Helen Ruth Damsker Wertheimer Marx Isadore T. Weill Martha (Marti) Sara Weinstein Jack Kaden Shelnutt Dillard Annabelle L. William Epstein Weinstein Lesley Hirsch Whitson

Our Yahrzeits 11 May the beauty of their lives shine forever, and may we always bring honor to their memory. March 13 – 19 Jerald Jacobson Mimi Swid Jonathan B. Freedman Abe Rich Jacob Kaufman Sam Vitemb J. Theodore Clara Kaufman Marcus Weil Suzanne Gaines Ann Rosenberg \"Ted\" Abrams Robert Kernan Jeanette Weinberg Henry Aizenman Matthew Kernan Florence Wolf Laura Beth Gill Emma Hellman Jack Joel Altmark Flora Klotman Martha Kaufman Wolf Jane Klein Glick Schoen Gene Baim Jacob Klotman June Wolin Lawrence Goldman Reita Jean Barasch Emelia Goldsmith Benjamin Schultz Simon Blach Harry Kolber March 20 – 26 Morris Slive Samuel Bornstein Lillian Pirer Lapidus Pinya Golger Max Sokol Alice Ida Bredosky Tallie Barre Ruthie Gornek Harry Meyer Tessa Levenson Dorothy Beck Seymour S. Green Spiegelman Reva Bry Mollie Levin Klavdia Belaya Jean Hartselle Max Stern, Jr. Mary Champion Harvey S. Benjamin Edwin J Hiller, Jr. Aline R. Chapman Elizabeth Mancin Adolph J. Berger Sara Friedman Klafter Henry J. Swedlaw Capt. Alan Clark Norman Mendelsohn Vellye Berman Bertram Klein Dorothy Thompson Arnold Cogan Alice Wilzin Blach Sidney Kronenberg Samuel Cohn Charles Monheit Elizabeth \"Liz\" Robert Lewis Samuel Ullman Celia Millstein Wideman Bleiberg Beverly Marks Bettie Urdong Thelma Cook Oppenheim Richard Bransdorf Elaine Markstein Max Weinstein Phyllis Crandell Blanche Brasch Shannon Hope Murray A. Weinstein Robert Degen Leonard Petrofsky Leona Roth Cogen McInerney Elaine R. Weissman Robert Harold Isadore Pizitz R. Cherner Lauren Korman Moran Marian E. Wertheimer Rose Ripps Louis Clein Sara Newberger Wendy Ellen Dyer-Smith Robert Myer Lucille Zeldin Cotton Whisenhunt Calman T. Estrach (Teddy) Roobin Olga Dyer-Smith Gloria Alexander Ralph Ethridge Edward G. Rosenfeld Anna Eisenberg George Feldman Hannah Schulman Ethridge Odrezin Jerry K. Seton Michael David Fetter Louis Fox Samuel A. Shapiro Jerome H. Esther Robin Goldblatt Rose Simkin Mimi Fiordalisi Oppenheimer Lawrence Simpson Dave Fischer Samuel Goldstein Freida Spivak Pearl H. Perling Irving Zulie Harris Anna Bloch Stamler Julius Stein Lena Phillips Sam Hartman Joseph Hirsch Sylvia Raflo Hattie Reese Thelma Renaud

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 February 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: Isadore M. Davis Corine Schwartz Leslie Allen by Jane & Melvin Davis by Joan & Don Weisberg by Karen Allen Charlotte M. Elmets Beatrice Solomon Michael Bernstein by Laurie & Craig Elmets by Jane & Melvin Davis by Joyce & Joe Lichtenstein Robert Fleisher Myer Staff Harold Blach, Jr. by Rosalie & Raymond Gotlieb by Elinor & Michael Staff by Debbie & Mark Barstein Barbara Goldstone Marlene Waller, mother of Leah Saag by Pamela Cohen by Ashley & Jon Lewis by Laurie & Craig Elmets by Rosalie & Raymond Gotlieb Joyce Helzberg Jennifer Ware, daughter of by Dixie Hagedorn by Rosalie & Raymond Gotlieb Sherron & Allan Goldstein by Eileen & Edward Leader by Carole Simpson by Pamela Cohen by Carole Simpson Margaret Hirsch-Weiss by Rosalie & Raymond Gotlieb Lynn Spielberger Bloomston by Jan & Ron Hirsch by Eileen & Edward Leader by Janet & David Aarons Gerald Lewis, uncle of Jon Lewis by Carole Simpson by Joanna & Charles Collat, Sr. by Jane & Joe Bluestein Sara Weinberg by Cheryl & Charlie Collat, Jr. by Charles Denaburg by Rhonda & Harry Weinberg by Toby & Warren Gewant Elise B. Marx Wishing Good Health To: by Fran & Lee Godchaux by Lisa T. Marx Joan Becker by Sandra & Bill Goldman V. Hugo Marx, Jr. by Jane & Joe Bluestein by Dixie Hagedorn by Lisa T. Marx Ollie Bycat by Susan & Barry Koretzky Caki Collat Mendel, by Betty Steinmetz by Eileen & Edward Leader daughter of Charles Collat, Sr. Jack Held by Ashley & Jon Lewis by Rosalie & Raymond Gotlieb by Sandra & Alan Berman by Joyce & Joe Lichtenstein Anita Joyce Meshad by Mitzi Goldstein by Judy & Gerson May by Bobbie & Warren Goldstein by Jerry Lapidus by James Sokol & Lydia Cheney Richard Osband by Sandra & Larry Shulman by Sam Tenenbaum, Jr. by Pamela Cohen Gordon Kirschberg Alice Brooks, grandmother of Daniel Odrezin Duke Roos by Eileen & Edward Leader by Janet & David Aarons by Joyce & Joe Lichtenstein Jerry Leitman by Stephanie & Stephen Steinmetz by Sandra & Larry Shulman by Eileen & Edward Leader Mel Bruck by Joan & Don Weisberg Karen Piassick by Ellen Bruck Rita Rosenthal by Amy & Michael Saag Woody Cohen by Rosalie & Raymond Gotlieb Carole Pizitz by Pamela Cohen Frieda Roth, mother of Neil Roth by Sandra & Alan Berman Mitchell Cotton by Loretta Newfield by Chu-Chi & Bobby Fierman by Rhonda & Harry Weinberg Rita Routman by Jerry Lapidus Donald Herman by Cindi & Michael Routman by Betsy & Peter Printz by Nancy & Charles Brown Buddy Schulhafer Michael Pizitz by Pamela Cohen by Harry Bayer by Chu-Chi & Bobby Fierman by Carolyn & Henry Frohsin by Sandra & Alan Berman Tori Siegal by Rosalie & Raymond Gotlieb by Jane & Joe Bluestein by Betty Steinmetz by Rachel Hertzman and Rex Perlmeter by Steve Briggs Lison Spiegleman by Helaine & Andy Lasky by Nancy & David Denney by Eileen & Edward Leader by Eileen & Edward Leader by Chu-Chi & Bobby Fierman Joan Weisberg by Gayle Leitman by Nancy Goedecke by Jane & Joe Bluestein by Faye & Robert Levin by Cissy & Leonard Held by Pamela Cohen by Claire Kay Magnes & family by Jerry Lapidus In Honor Of: by Hank Oxman by Eileen & Edward Leader Bar Mitzvah of Blake Cohen, by Natalie & Jack Schwab by Fran Marlow grandson of Ellen & Jerry Sokol by Melanie & Harvey Seigle by Amy & Michael Saag by Chu-Chi & Bobby Fierman by Carole Simpson by Ferne Seigel Bar Mitzvah of Tillman Hamric, by Sue & Allan Solomon by Wendy & Frank Siegal son of Nancy & Barry Hamric by Ellen & Kerry Stein by Sue & Allan Solomon by Nancy & Jeffrey Brant by Robyn Tanenbaum by Lori & Jimmy Weil by Rhonda & Harry Weinberg by Rhonda & Harry Weinberg by Shirley Wender by Joan & Don Weisberg

Our Tributes 13 Birth of Lenny Jane Gotlieb, granddaughter Birth of Willa Gene Kornblau, Special Birthday of Charlotte Ives Goldberg of Robin Gotlieb, great-granddaughter of granddaughter of Lisa & Alan Engel by Janet & David Aarons Joanna & Charles Collat, Sr. by Linda & Doug Friedman by Mitzi Goldstein by Linda Barstein by Linda Verin & Rick Clay by Ferne Seigel by Jane & Joe Bluestein Birth of Louis Leonard Pizitz, grandson of by Carole Simpson by Fran & Lee Godchaux Amy & Michal Saag and Carrie & Richard Special Birthday of Ricky Koslin by Nancy Goedecke Pizitz, and great-grandson of Joan & Dick by Jane & Joe Bluestein by Marilyn Haver Pizitz, Marcia Unger and Pat Weil Special Birthday of Jerry Leader by Ashley & Jon Lewis by Rosalie & Raymond Gotlieb by Mitzi Goldstein by Candy & Ed Meyerson Birth of Noah Harrison Reiss, Special Birthday of Bob Marcus by Carole Simpson grandson of Madeline & Jake Reiss by Jane & Joe Bluestein by Linda Verin & Rick Clay by Linda & Doug Friedman Special Birthday of Edgar Marx, Sr. Birth of Brynn Elliot Garber, Birth of Elijah David Weil, grandson by Barbara & Larry Fine granddaughter of Amy & Scott Garber of Lori & Jimmy Weil, and great-grandson Special Birthday of Karen Piassick by Linda Barstein of Pat Weil by Carol Herman by Fran & Lee Godchaux by Linda Barstein Special Birthday of Jack Spiegelman by Ashley & Jon Lewis by Lisa & Alan Engel by Eileen & Edward Leader by Linda Verin & Rick Clay by Chu-Chi & Bobby Fierman Baby naming of the children of by Marilyn Haver Rachel & Rabbi Adam Wright A LASTING LEGACY by Ashley & Jon Lewis by Nancy & David Denney by Stephanie & Stephen Steinmetz Marriage of Alana Miller, daughter of by Linda Verin & Rick Clay Judi Schulman-Miller & Rabbi Jonathan Special Birthday of Hal Abroms Miller & Judi Schulman-Miller, to Ben Gore by Judy & Gerson May by Rosalie & Raymond Gotlieb Special Birthday of Charles Collat, Sr. Retirement of Morton Goldfarb by Janet & David Aarons by Rosalie & Raymond Gotlieb Special Birthday of Betty Goldstein Retirement of Paul Mosteller by Ashley & Jon Lewis by Rosalie & Raymond Gotlieb DESIGNATED TEMPLE FUNDS Gifts to these “immediate use” funds fulfill special needs beyond the scope of what dues and tuition fees are able to provide. Our congregation is most grateful to RABBI WRIGHT CANTOR WITTNER Jerry Lapidus who in recent months DISCRETIONARY FUND DISCRETIONARY FUND notified us of the provision in his will to In Memory Of: In Memory Of: benefit Temple Emanu-El, and create the Lynn Spielberger Bloomston Lynn Bloomston Lillian & Jerry Lapidus Family Fund by Bert Bloomston and the Rutkoff family by Bert Bloomston and for unrestricted purposes within our by Barry Dreayer the Rutkoff family by Hilary & Scott Gewant Marlene Waller Grafman Endowment Fund. Donald Herman by Leah & Kenneth Saag With this gift, our beautiful by Judith Borisky-Metzger In Honor Of: atrium area will be known as Jennifer Ware Marriage of Sammy Siegal by Judith Borisky-Metzger to Danielle Cooperstock the “Lapidus Atrium”. In Honor Of: by Wendy & Frank Siegal Special Birthday of Hal Abroms MUSIC FUND Please consider joining the nearly 100 by Gail & Jeffrey Bayer In Memory Of: congregants who have arranged for by Ginger & Jerry Held Lynn Spielberger Bloomston by Faye & Robert Levin by Sandy & Clifton Lipman legacy gifts to help make a meaningful Baby naming of the children of Buddy Schulhafer difference for our congregation and Rachel & Rabbi Adam Wright by Elaine Berman Axle Reform Judaism in Birmingham. by Joyce & Maury Shevin by Shula & Floyd Berman Retirement of Paul Mosteller For exploring the many options available by Judith Borisky-Metzger or for more information, please contact Your contributions through our “Temple Tributes” help to support Temple Emanu-El’s Jann Blitz, Executive Director of the annual operations and activities, and further build our Grafman Endowment Fund Rabbi Grafman Endowment Fund at to enrich our congregation…now and forever. (205)397-0814 or [email protected]. To make a Tribute Gift to either a temple or an endowment fund, please contact the Endowment Office at (205) 933-8397 or [email protected]. A list of all our funds is available on our website at www.ourtemple.org.

14 Our Tributes DESIGNATED ENDOWMENT FUNDS Contributions to these “perpetual” funds help provide permanent sources of income for special programming and enhancements for our temple today, as well as for future generations. BLACH FAMILY FUND FOR SHERRON & ALLAN GOLDSTEIN REESE FAMILY FUND DUES ENDOWMENT BREAK-THE-FAST FUND In Memory Of: In Memory Of: In Memory Of: Bruce Cassal, Carolyn Sloss and Harold Blach, Jr. Jennifer Ware Donald May by Bruce Becker by Julie Moss & Scott Korman by David Reese by Lisa & Alan Engel and families Wishing Good Health To: by Hilary & Scott Gewant Sandy Goldman by Barbara Landau GOLDSTONE FAMILY by David Reese by Laurie Max YOUTH EDUCATION FUND In Honor Of: by Jennifer & Forrest McConnell In Memory Of: Marriage of Erin Shiland, daughter of by Emile & Bruce Reid, Sr. Barbara Goldstone Susan & Ronald Shiland, to Andrew Daly by Kate & Steve Rooney by Meredith & Cory Coopman by David Reese by Bobby Segall by Elizabeth & Joel Goldberg by The Staten Island Foundation by Sandra & Bill Goldman KIM & NEIL ROTH FUND by Jayne Vozeolas by Melissa & Robert Hoyle FOR DUES ENDOWMENT Lynn Bloomston, Alice Brooks, by Esther & Jack Levy In Memory Of: Donald Herman and Buddy Schulhafer by Albertus Opstal Frieda Roth by Kit & Rick Roth by Judy & Alan Pizzo by Marilyn Haver In Honor Of: by Faye & Robert Levin Birth of Amelia Anne Cohn, Lenny Jane GINGER & JERRY HELD FUND Gotlieb and Willa Gene Kornblau FOR DUES ENDOWMENT LANA & STEVE ROYAL FUND by Kit & Rick Roth Wishing Good Health To: FOR DUES ENDOWMENT Carole Pizitz In Memory Of: CEMETERY CARE FUND by Ginger & Jerry Held Lynn Bloomston and Frieda Roth In Memory Of: by Lana & Steve Royal Robert Scooter Carafiol, Nathan Petrofsky HESS CHAPEL FUND Wishing Good Health To: and Buddy Schulhafer In Honor Of: Carole Pizitz by Maureen & Mark Petrofsky Bat Mitzvah of Violet Levine, daughter by Lana & Steve Royal In Honor Of: of Emily & Bob Levine and granddaughter In Honor Of: Special Birthday of Betty Steinmetz of Ronne & Donald Hess Birth of Lenny Jane Gotlieb and by Maureen & Mark Petrofsky by Ginger & Jerry Held Elijah David Weil by Lana & Steve Royal BETTY ALLENBERG GOLDSTEIN ROCHELLE & MICHAEL KOSLIN CAMP JACOBS SCHOLARSHIP FUND FUND FOR DUES ENDOWMENT JEAN & JERRY SKLAR FUND In Memory Of: In Memory Of: FOR DUES ENDOWMENT Alan Diamond, uncle of Hilary Gewant Gerald Lewis In Memory Of: by Elise & Hank Frohsin by Rochelle & Mike Koslin Harold Blach, Ned Caheen, Phoebe Cotton, Donald Herman HANNAH & HYMAN GOLDSTEIN CAROLE & MICHAEL PIZITZ FUND and Fred Kanter VOLUNTEER FUND FOR DUES ENDOWMENT by Jean & Jerry Sklar In Memory Of: Wishing Good Health To: In Honor Of: Lynn Bloomston and Lynette Slaughter Carole Pizitz Special Anniversary of by Debra & Joel Goldstein by Barbara & David Betten Jane & Joe Bluestein; Buddy Schulhafer Special Birthdays of Charles Collat, Sr. by Marilyn & Murray Tanner BUNNY & JOEL ROTENSTREICH and Charlotte Ives Goldberg In Honor Of: FUND FOR DUES ENDOWMENT by Jean & Jerry Sklar Birth of Amelia Anne Cohn, Brynn Elliot In Memory Of: Garber, Lenny Jane Gotlieb, Willa Gene Lynn Bloomston JANET & LEONARD WERTHEIMER Kornblau and Elijah David Weil by Bunny & Joel Rotenstreich FUND FOR DUES ENDOWMENT by Debra & Joel Goldstein Wishing Good Health To: In Memory Of: Special Birthday of Jerry Leader Carole & Michael Pizitz Donald Herman by Marilyn & Murray Tanner by Bunny & Joel Rotenstreich by Janet & Leonard Wertheimer

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