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ourtemple.org @emanuel.temple . April 2021 Nisan-Iyar 5781 (205) 933-8037 The monthly bulletin for Temple Emanu-El Birmingham, Alabama 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, April 9 Friday, April 16 Our Services Friday, April 2 5:45 p.m. 5:45 p.m. Friday, April 23 Erev Shabbat Service Erev Shabbat Service 5:00 p.m. 5:45 p.m. Tot Shabbat Service Erev Shabbat Service 5:45 p.m. Saturday, April 10 Saturday, April 17 Saturday, April 24 Family Shabbat Service 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Saturday, April 3 Torah Study Torah Study Torah Study 9:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. Torah Study Shabbat Morning Shabbat Morning Shabbat Hilicha — Shabbat Hiking & Service 10:30 a.m. Service Service (Red Mountain Park) Shabbat Morning Aubrey Engel becomes Leighton Siegel becomes Torah Service a Bat Mitzvah a Bat Mitzvah Parshat Achrei Mot - Torah Torah Torah Parshat Pesach VII Kedoshim Exodus 13:17 – 15:26; Parshat Shmini Parshat Tazria-Metzora Leviticus 16:1-20:27 Numbers 28:19 – 28:25 Leviticus 9:1 – 11:47 Leviticus 12:1 – 15:33 Haftarah Haftarah II Samuel 22:1-51 Haftarah Haftarah Amos 9:7 - 9:15 II Samuel 6:1 - 7:17 II Kings 7:3 – 7:20 Tot Shabbat & Happy Hour & Torah Study Shabbat Hilicha Family Shabbat Shabbat Watch Party Shabbat Hiking Every via our website, Come together Wednesday April 24 Facebook, YouTube, for Shabbat! May 29 12 p.m. & Zoom Join us every Friday https://zoom. 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 2 5:00 p.m. for our virtual us/j/661751570 Hike begins at 10:45 a.m. with Rabbi Wright, Cantor or dial-in at Wittner & Robin Berger happy hour at 5 p.m. +1 312 626 6799 One Saturday per month, followed by Meeting ID: in lieu of an online It is time for Tot Shabbat! our Shabbat 661 751 570 Join us for a family-friendly Watch Party service, we will meet at at 5:45 p.m. AND Red Mountain Park to spend Shabbat celebration We hope you Shabbat morning together. designed for children will join us: Every ages 1 through 6 years-old Saturday Led by Rabbi Wright and and their grown-ups. https://us02web.zoom.us/ Cantor Wittner, we spend We will sing our way j/88176032961 9 a.m. one to two hours enjoying into Shabbat before https://zoom. we begin our Family OR us/j/731472885 Shabbat and nature. Shabbat service for all or dial-in at Dial by your location +1 312 626 6799 We will meet at ages at 5:45 p.m. +1 312 626 6799 Meeting ID: Red Mountain Park at the Meeting ID: 731 472 885 Frankfurt Drive entrance: Zoom info for 881 7603 2961 password: torah Tot Shabbat is in our weekly 2011 Frankfurt Dr, email and at ourtemple.org Birmingham, AL 35211 USPS Publication Title: Our Temple Statement of Frequency: Address: Organization: IDENTIFICATION Issue Date: April 2021 Published monthly 2100 Highland Avenue South Temple Emanu-El Issue Number: 140 except for June/July issue Birmingham, AL 35205-4002

Around the Temple 3 To our new Temple Emanu-El family: Liturgy 101 with Cantor Wittner It is with the greatest of pleasure that Alex and I announce that we are expecting a baby boy in late August. We Tuesdays, April 4, 11, & 25 cannot fully express how excited we are to have our first at 6:00 p.m. via Zoom child. It does not escape us how lucky we are to be able to raise him in such a kind and compassionate community Register at Ourtemple.org such as this. He will also be fortunate to have playmates in Teddy and Maisie Wright and other children in the What does our liturgy mean? congregation. We are certainly blessed with all these things. Why do we do the amidah Alex and I know that parenting will be no easy task, but if it takes a village, every day, three times a day? we can confidently say that we live in a metropolis when it comes to the support What is the v’ahavta we’re sure to receive. Despite our short history in Birmingham, we already feel all about? completely embraced and look forward to sharing this simcha with y’all. Jewish liturgy includes reciting, L’chayim, chanting, or singing texts; Cantor Wittner using ritual objects and wearing Piassick Foyer, continued from back cover ritual garments; performing “Just as those before me choreographed physical actions planted a carob tree so that and gestures; and reciting I would be able to reap its fruit. blessings. Although Jewish Now we shall do the same for future generations. liturgy includes far more than L’dor V’dar.” just the texts that are recited, the texts themselves provide Karen & Joel Piassick shared that \"When we moved to Birmingham a valuable way of understanding over 17 years ago, we immediately felt welcomed. From the start, the what Jewish prayer and worship is Temple became our door to the Birmingham Jewish community, and all about. Join us for a three-part that door has always been open to us.” series with Cantor Wittner “We had always planned a legacy gift to the Temple, as this to answer these questions congregation is a significant part of our life in Birmingham. We are especially excited about its future under the leadership of our new and more in Liturgy 101. clergy. Like everyone else, the pandemic created a lot of time for thought and reflection — we asked ourselves why should we wait to SAVE THE DATES make our gift after our passing. There was really no good reason and we are blessed to be in a position to make our planned gift now.” Consecration Karen and Joel added, “We also hope leaving our legacy gift during our lifetimes will inspire others to accelerate their own bequests or other Friday, May 14 at 5:45 p.m. planned gifts to benefit the Temple —- so that they, too, can see the fruits of their gifts.” Confirmation Again, we are most grateful to Karen & Joel for accelerating their legacy gift to both remodel our Temple’s foyer entrance and to provide Saturday, May 15 at 10:30 a.m. valuable operational funding in perpetuity through the creation of a new unrestricted fund within our Grafman Endowment Fund. Shavuot learning with Rabbi Wright & Cantor Wittner Sunday, May 16 Congregational Annual Meeting Friday, May 21 at 5:00 p.m. Mitzvah Day! Sunday, May 23 (more info on page 4)

4 Around Our Temple Happy Anniversary Virtual Community Yom HaShoah scheduled for April 11 April Anniversaries Alabama’s annual Holocaust Day of Remembrance, or Yom HaShoah, will take place online Sunday, April 11, at 2 p.m. Jeff & Adrian Dyer-Smith Richard & Carole Epstein The program will feature the rededication of a newly planted Paul & Cathy Friedman Anne Frank Tree in Birmingham's Kelly Ingram Park. Allan & Sherron Goldstein Mark & Barbara Goldstone Governor Kay Ivey and Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin will participate Henry & Barbara Helzberg in the event. The featured speaker, Pastor Chris Edmonds, will recount how Brian & Jen Kulbersh his father saved Jewish US Army POWs during World War II. Michael & Pat Levine There will also be a candle-lighting ceremony with Alabama Holocaust survivors Alan & Paige Lichtenstein Joshua & Kate Lourie and a music performance by Niv Ashkenazi from Violins of Hope. Allan & Ashley Metsky To register go to bit.ly/yomha2021 Jason & Jessica Ruha MITZVAH DAY IS COMING SUNDAY, MAY 23! Jerry & Jean Sklar Drew & Lauren Weil We are currently seeking project leaders. If you have a project idea, or Bert & Leigh Ann Young would like to help lead a project with someone else, Please note that Anniversary and Birthday please contact Anne Ovson at [email protected] or 205.616.8551 list is gathered from information in the Mazel Tov & Shout Outs Temple’s database. We apologize for any errors or exclusions. Please contact us at to Bennett & Hayes Dyer-Smith on being the Expressions Art Contest district winners for Mountain Brook! [email protected] regarding any corrections. Thank you. to proud grandparents Susan and Rodney Barstein, and great-grandparents Gloria Koplon & David Koplon(z’’l) on the birth of Sydney Reese Barstein Mitzvah Opportunity to great-grandparents Judy & Jimmy Rotenstreich, and great-aunt/uncle Temple members Susan & Andy Rotenstreich on the birth of Chelsey Caroline “CC” Rotenstreich will be bringing a potluck Do you have a personal shout out or mazel tov that you would like to share dinner to the men at with the community? Email to [email protected]. Firehouse Ministries on Thursday, April 29th. go to https://cjfsbham.org/our-stories/ Details to follow with a signup genius link which will be on the temple website ourtemple.org/tikkun-olam

Around Our Temple 5 Sisterhood Happenings Special March Birthdays Spring is here! Following are members of our Check out the spring blooms in your yard... family celebrating birthdays and maybe your neighbor’s too! in years divisible by 5. Could you use a little more color? Erica Barstein Daniel Blokh Maybe a new border accent or a whole new flower bed? Paul Blutter Eliza Blutter Your Temple Emanu-El Sisterhood Flower Bulb Sale is swinging into Roz Caplan high gear to help you fill those needs/wants for next Spring! Ian Chwatuk Lynne Cohen Watch for your Bulb Packet in the mail or go online at Grant Cooper sisterhoodbulbsale.com or pick up a packet at the Temple. Tom Cowen Susan Cutler Place your order of $30 or more by May 15th, 2021 and you’ll receive Lauren Cutler 5 Bi-color Anemone bulbs as a BONUS for FREE!!! Todd Cutter Elizabeth Denney These bulbs are great for everyone...share with your friends, family, Lindy Edwards neighbors ... even your HOA or business...anyone who loves beautiful flowers. Max Feinstein Howard Goldberg We have indoor choices as well if you don’t have a space outside...these Stephen Gould make great gifts too! We even carry commercial packages of 300 daffodils or Richard Hirsch Lesley Humphries 500 tulips in varying colors. All of our bulbs are direct from Holland and top quality. Ellen Kahn Andrew Kanter If you have any questions, please contact Kim Roth by email at kimroth@charter. Alisa Krouse net or by phone at (205) 914-3545. William Lehman Idan Menin Director of Education Search Update Elliott Nidetz Richard Roth We are most grateful for the expertise and leadership that Lynda Gutcheon has Sophia Saab provided over the past three years as our interim Director of Youth & Education. James Sedlis We are excited to announce we have put together a search committee to seek George Solomon a more permanent education leader for our Temple. We had our first meeting, Bob Vance Meredith Washko submitted our application, and look forward to conducting interviews soon. Jason Weinstein Our committee members are: Jeffrey Bayer Vicki Howell Ex officio Alyssa Blair Billie Marsala Robert Berman Al Cohn Rayna Mastin Rabbi Wright Emily Feinstein Jody Robinson Lynda Gutcheon Adam Gordon Jennifer Smith We will continue to keep you updated as our journey continues, Sherron Goldstein, David Nelson & Shana Watson, Educator Search Co-Chairs

6 Around Our Temple BAT MITZVAHS A Reminder of both Commemoration and Celebration Aubrey Engel This year, in the month of April, we both commemorate and celebrate. APRIL 10 Yom Hashoah, the commemoration of the Holocaust is one week prior to Aubrey Paige Engel Yom Ha’Atzmaut, the celebration of the creation of the State of Israel. is in 7th grade at As we rejoice in the 73rd birthday of The State of Israel, I share this message Mountain Brook Junior with you; one of inspiration, insight and significance. High. Born in Chicago, Lynda Gutcheon, Interim Director of Education Aubrey moved to Birmingham just as she turned 2-years old. She was At the 2014 Oscars, they celebrated the 75th anniversary of the release of the fortunate to immediately connect with \"Wizard of Oz\" by having Pink sing \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” But what so many new friends in the Jewish few people realized, while listening to that incredible performer singing that community. Aubrey loves learning unforgettable song, is that the music is deeply embedded in the Jewish experience. new subjects and excels in school — It is no accident, for example, that the greatest Christmas songs of all time, were she is a straight A student and makes written by Jews. For example, \"Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" was written both of her parents very proud. Her by Johnny Marks and \"White Christmas\" was penned by a Jewish liturgical favorite subjects are English, math, singer's (cantor's) son, Irving Berlin. and geography. She is a creative But perhaps the most poignant song emerging out of the mass exodus writer, artist, and up-and-coming from Europe was \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow\". The lyrics were written by Yip entrepreneur — a total go-getter. She Harburg. He was the youngest of four children born to Russian Jewish immigrants. babysits neighborhood kids and has His real name was Isadore Hochberg and he grew up in a Yiddish speaking, a gardening job near the Junior High. Orthodox Jewish home in New York. The music was written by Harold Arlen, a Aubrey is an incredibly talented cantor's son. His real name was Hyman Arluck and his parents were from Lithuania. dancer and performer. She performed Together, Hochberg and Arluck wrote \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow,\" with the Red Mountain Theater which was voted the 20th century's number one song by the Recording Industry Company for 5 years, and took a Association of America (RIAA) and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). break during the 2020-21 season In writing it, the two men reached deep into their immigrant Jewish consciousness to focus on her new school and — framed by the pogroms of the past and the Holocaust about to happen — studies. She is currently studying Hip and wrote an unforgettable melody set to near prophetic words. Hop dance at NS Dance and loves to Read the lyrics in their Jewish context and suddenly the words are choreograph new dance routines. no longer about wizards and Oz, but about Jewish survival: Aubrey is fearless, confident and The Jews of determined. When she has her eye on Europe could not something, she works hard to achieve fly. They could not Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high, her goals. Her upcoming Bat Mitzvah is escape beyond the one such achievement. Mom, Dad and rainbow. Harburg There's a land that I heard of, once in a lullaby. her brother Nathan are super proud. was almost prescient Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, Leighton Siegel And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true. APRIL 17 when he talked about Someday I'll wish upon a star and wake up where the Leighton Brooke Siegel wanting to fly like a clouds are far behind me. will be called to the Torah on Saturday, bluebird away from Where troubles melt like lemon drops April 17th. Leighton is the \"chimney tops.\" away above the chimney tops the daughter of Dr. Joanna Siegel and Dr. Herrick Siegel and sister to In the post-Auschwitz That's where you'll find me. Nicholas, Dylan, and Grant Siegel. era, chimney tops She is in the 7th grade at Mountain have taken on a Somewhere over the rainbow bluebirds fly. Brook Junior High School. For her whole different Birds fly over the rainbow, why then, oh why can't I? bar mitzvah project, she will be meaning than the contributing to FARE (Food Allergy If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow Research and Education) and to the Camps Baco and Che-Na-wah one they had at the Why, oh why can't I? Bazaar fund. beginning of 1939. Pink's mom is Judith Kugel. She's Jewish of Lithuanian background. As Pink was belting the Harburg/Arlen song from the stage at the Academy Awards, Pink’s mother wasn't thinking about the movie. She was thinking about Europe's lost Jews and the immigrants to America. She was then struck by the irony that for two thousand years the land that the Jews heard of \"once in a lullaby\" was not America, but Israel. The remarkable thing would be that less than ten years after \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow\" was first published, the exile was over, and the State of Israel was reborn. Perhaps the \"dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.\"

Our Yahrzeits 7 May the beauty of their lives shine forever, and may we always bring honor to their memory. March 28- April 3 May Sachs Berke Mary Louise Diamond April 18 - 24 April 25-May 1 Freda Bluestein Neddie Mae Elkus Arnold Abelson David Finkelstein Isaac Abelson Annie Bertha Abelson Vladimir Belotserkovskiy Bill Brooks Sophie Fox Sidney Morris Bernheim Rebecca O. Aland Alice Rose Brownstein Stanley Friedman Helen Allenberg Emily Berchuck Shirley Gold Henry W. Bluttman Applebaum Joel David “Kip” Borisky Eldridge Chiffons Miriam Bromberg Anne Ascher James McAllister Clark Arline Lipson Goldberg Rosa Avidan William Bromberg Ida Goldberg Steve Browdy Ernest Champion David John Clark Reva Saul Cohen Alvin Goldberg Lawrence Bunsey Emanuel Copeland Sam Epstein Ruth Oppenheim Dorman Merrill Leiman Dulin Bennie Goldstein Paula Bunsey Sydney J. Friedman Herschel Feibelman Benjamin Goldstein Thomas Bunsey, Jr. Harry Gilbert John Dunning Francis G. Flurer Thomas Bunsey, Sr. Max Glazer Stan Dyer Louis Franklin Fred Goldstein Eli Goldberg Ike Gotlieb Sophie Caplan Eleanor Goodman Fannie Engel Stephen Edward Furst Gary Marshall Cohen Miriam “Mimi” Alex Epstein Oleg Geskin Renee Haimsohn Green Goodman Annie Josephs Goldstein Katherine Hanan Frances Copeland Mary Grob Aaron Green Carolyn Goldberg Nettie Schwartz Hess Preston Edwards Jacob Greenberg Colin Hartman Sidney E. Hiller Marylyn Pendergast Isay Ida Estroff Harris Marvin Engel Yetta Krakovitz Trevor Hartman Marvin “Buddy” L. Jacobs Adolph Hirsch Louis A. Estrach Rose Kushner Freda Herman Elaine Kartus Rachel S. Jospin Max Joseph Gerson Shirley Leventhal Leonard Jacobs Simon Kessler Solomon Goldberg Larry A. Levine Milton D. Jacobson Ronnie Slive Kasowitz Alan M. Goldblatt Milton K. Lewis Joan Kahn Allen Koslin Hugo Kuhn Betty Cohen Goldstein Karen Kernan Kate H. Lewis Lillian Kurtz Seaburt Goodman James Harold Maus Sol Koretzky Joe Landau Joseph Hagedorn Max Lorch Mayer Bernard Kronenberg Lola Liberman Rosa Leibovici Marie Rose Handler Gertrude Muss Ralph Levene Alice R. Maulitz Frieda Leitman Meyer Heiman I.S. “Doc” Levine Hyman Miller Gerard J. Lewis Prude Thomas Cowen, Jr. Nathan Marx, U.S.N. Chris Lewis Victor Hugo Marx Abe Klotzman Marvin Raymond Nelson Abner Lichtenstein Harry Ravitz Rose Leah Mazer Pauline Kravetz Benjamin Litwin Alex Rittenbaum Harry Meisler Isaac Ben Krentzman Martha Neuman Robert Hirsch Loeb Barry Roseman Abraham Solomon Miller Morris Pinhas Pearl Wald Marcuse Louis Schulhafer, Jr. Paul P. Mitnick Israel Landau Morton M. Mitnick Meyer Irving Shiland Joselle Pincus Morewitz Benjamin Leader Hortense “Mickey” Pizitz Esther Pevow Bertha Lehman Newfield David Dixon McPhillips Hymon Ripps Sheila Richman Clara Siegel Sonia K. Newmark Elizabeth Roobin Cheri Silverman Loretta Bernstein Norris Lil Mendel Mary Sachs Roobin Archie Rosenthal Enid Silverstein Louis Oppenheim Dorothy Woolf Miller Jean W. Roseman Thomas Andrew Sandson Benjamin Singer Maria Opsomer Bruce Schlechter Anne Perley Jacob Minisman M.H. Roseman Alex Walton Sokol Harry Sokol Herman Pinkerson Mary Ovson Annie Rappaport Rosner Carol Solomon Jacob Max Solomon Jerry Printz Jean Reitman Alan Sowry Dorah Heyman Sterne Bari Roseman Harvey N. Rothstein Adria Spielberger Charles Robert Ruffing Benjamin A. Roth Naomi Russin Royal Rae Stein Joseph Tanner Mark Lewis Russakoff Herold Schwab Israel Wald Ella Leyens Weil Herman Saks Deborah Seitel Dena Sachs Marjorie Goldstein Wertheimer Isadore Weinstein Chana Schniper Sandra Seton Gertrude Schulhafer Sara M. Wilson Joyce Weinstein Joe Slaughter Bessie Shiller Howard Leonard Schultz Abraham Yanuck Velma Sohn Sandy G. Siegal Roslyn Blitz Schulwolf April 11 - 17 Bryna Talpers Donald Silberman Evelyn Cooper Simon April 4 -10 Sam Tenenbaum Edgar K Simon Bernard Goldstein, Sr. Ben Aarons Lawrence Warner Emanuel Aland Dawn Adler Joyce Weintraub Harold Stern Arthur S. Steiner Joseph Apolinsky Ellen Berman Aland Irwin D. Wolf Cecile A. Sundock Herley Curry Thompson Bernice Barstein Jack Becker Irwin Wolf, Jr. Ida Schultz Webster Fred Berman Sylvia Shapiro Weinstein Gene Thompson Colman Blach Bernard Barel Wiatrak Ruth G. Weiner Sarah M. Blach Irving H. Wolfson Alfred Yeargin Walter Isaac Bloch Rose Stern Zalmon Anne Rosenberg Brody Gloria Zimmerman Jay Cohen Esther Cohen Artressi Diane Cook Ida Gingold Cotton

8 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 March 11, 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: Davida Mazer Lasley, sister of Honi Gotlieb Angela Lichtenstein Dorothy Beck by Ricky Koslin and Lyons Heyman by Sara & Marvin Lazarus by Lucy & Buddy Schulhafer by Susan & Barry Koretzky by Eileen & Edward Leader Woody Cohen Rebecca Leader David Petrofsky by Dixie Hagedorn by Shirley & Jerry Leader by Maureen & Mark Petrofsky by Judy & Jimmy Rotenstreich Scott Leader, son of Shirley & Jerry Leader Leonard Petrofsky Olga Dyer-Smith by Harry Bayer by Maureen & Mark Petrofsky by Adrian & Jeff Dyer-Smith by Barbara & David Betten Max Steinmetz Robert Dyer-Smith by Helene Elkus by Janet & David Aarons by Adrian & Jeff Dyer-Smith by Carolyn & Hank Frohsin by Linda Barstein Margie Eden by Dan Goldberg by Harry Bayer by Chu-Chi & Bobby Fierman by Dixie Hagedorn by Sandra & Alan Berman Ruth Engel by Joyce Helzberg by Barbara & David Betten by Barbara & Larry Fine by LAZ Parking Company by Linda Verin & Rick Clay by Sunny Franklin by Gayle Leitman by Wanda & Ross Cohen by Charlotte Goldberg by Fran Marlow by Trey, Andrew, Cheryl & by Joyce Helzberg by Marian & Myron Radwin Charlie Collat by Carol & Donald Herman by Mandy Selber by Jane & Melvin Davis by Shirley & Jerry Leader Lee Lichter by Nancy & David Denney by Ashley & Jon Lewis by Harry Bayer by Sissy & Thomas Doster by Fran Marlow by Linda Verin & Rick Clay by Helene Elkus by Sue & Allan Solomon by Tracy & Al Cohn by Elise & Joe Erdberg by Sam Tenenbaum, Jr. by Nancy & David Denney by Brian Glusman Louis Feld by Stacy Emoff by Nancy Goedecke by Ashley & Jon Lewis by Elise & Joe Erdberg by Myrna Goldstein Terry Fierman, father of Ashley Lewis by Chu-Chi & Bobby Fierman by Ginger & Jerry Held and brother of Bobby Fierman by Nancy Goedecke by Joyce Helzberg by Stacy Emoff by Cissy & Leonard Held by Mary Ann & Barry Isenberg by Dixie Hagedorn by Joyce Helzberg by Ricky Koslin and Lyons Heyman by Shirley & Jerry Leader by Carol & Donald Herman by Ricki & Lanny Kline by Judy Borisky-Metzger & by Ricki & Lanny Kline by Jerry Lapidus Robert Metzger by Faye & Robert Levin by Faye & Robert Levin by Marian & Myron Radwin by Ashley & Jon Lewis by Ashley & Jon Lewis by Judy & Jimmy Rotenstreich by Eileen & Edward Leader by Elisa F. Levy and Miles Rich Alan Fine, nephew of Barbara & David Fine by Fran Marlow by Rhoda Link by Gayle Leitman by Letty & Bob Marcus by Letty & Bob Marcus David Fleisher by Candy & Ed Meyerson by Judy & Gerson May by Celeste Fleisher by Judy & Gary Monheit by Marna McGahan Morton Gilbert by Susan & Andy Rotenstreich by Candy & Ed Meyerson by Laurie Max by Judy & Jimmy Rotenstreich by Betsy & Peter Printz Mae Goldberg by Johnny Scruggs by Susan & Andy Rotenstreich by Dan Goldberg by Mandy Selber by Judy & Bob Rutstein Katherine Hanan by Wendy & Frank Siegal by Sandra & Larry Shulman by Ricky Koslin and Lyons Heyman by Lori & Jimmy Weil by Bernard Stern Allen Koslin by Rhonda & Harry Weinberg by Lori & Jimmy Weil by Ricky Koslin and Lyons Heyman Barton Leaf by Joan & Don Weisberg Beverly Lande, sister-in-law of Gail Bayer by Sunny Franklin by Sherri & Jeff Weissman by Judy & Jimmy Rotenstreich by Marian & Myron Radwin Your contributions through our “Temple Tributes” help to support Temple Emanu-El’s annual operations and activities, and further build our Grafman Endowment Fund to enrich our congregation…now and forever. 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 the our website at www.ourtemple.org.

Our Tributes 9 Judith Rattner Birth of Charlotte Beth Capper, When doing your Estate Planning – by Sandra & Alan Berman granddaughter of Nancy & Danny Rousso by Mary Lynne & Eli Capilouto and Barbara & Stuart Capper PLEYAOSUERRTEEMMPELMEB!ER by Faye & Robert Levin by Lina Verin & Rick Clay by Candy & Ed Meyerson by Lisa & Alan Engel Please consider joining the many Ingrid Roskin, mother of Jessica Roskin Birth of Finn Charlie Kishinevsky, members of our congregation who by Ricky Koslin and Lyons Heyman grandson of Mila & Igor Kishinevsky have made provisions in their wills or by Judy & Jimmy Rotenstreich by Trey, Andrew, Cheryl & arranged for other types of planned gifts Sandra Russell Charlie Collat to benefit Temple Emanu-El. In addition by Dixie Hagedorn Birth of Maisie and Teddy Wright, to simply selecting a dollar amount with Benjamin Schultz children of Rachel & Rabbi Adam Wright which you are comfortable, there a variety of by Ricky Koslin and Lyons Heyman by Alison & Robert Berman alternative approaches illustrated below: Beatrice Solomon by Nancy & David Denney Bequest Only If Estate is a Certain Size: by Jane & Melvin Davis by Nancy Goedecke “In the event the value of my estate exceeds Davis Solomon by Cissy & Leonard Held $000,000, I give and devise the sum by Jane & Melvin Davis by Carol & Donald Herman David Staff by Ashley & Jon Lewis of $00,000 to the Rabbi Grafman by Mary Ann & Barry Isenberg by Sam Tenenbaum, Jr. Endowment Fund for Temple Emanu-El.” Sue Tuck by Joan & Don Weisberg by Barbara & Larry Fine Special Birthday of David Aarons Bequest of Specific Percentage: by Sue & Allan Solomon by Ellen & Terry Bernstein “I give and devise X % of my estate Sam Vitemb by Chu-Chi & Bobby Fierman to Grafman Endowment Fund for by Gay Jacobs and James Vitemb by Sally & Richard Friedman Ida Schultz Webster by Roseann & Steve Gerson Temple Emanu-El.” by Ricky Koslin and Lyons Heyman by Susan & Stephen Greene Bequest of Real Estate: Arthur Weinberg by Ginger & Jerry Held “I give and devise the assets received by Rhonda & Harry Weinberg by Bari & Jose Katz from the sale of my primary residence Phyllis Weinstein by Ricki & Lanny Kline to Rabbi Grafman Endowment Fund by Helene Elkus by Donna & David Kraselsky for Temple Emanu-El.” by Barbara & Larry Fine by Gayle Leitman Gifts which are part of by Sue & Allan Solomon by Esther & Jack Levy your IRA or retirement plan benefits Wishing Good Health To: by Laurie Max may be the best source of funds for gifts to Harold Ceitlin by Cindy & Harvey May the Temple, since they are subject to both by Gayle Leitman by Maureen & Mark Petrofsky estate and income taxation.  The Temple will Evelyn Held by Sherri & David Romanoff receive 100% of gifts from these funds, while by Shirley & Jerry Leader by Joy Rosen your beneficiaries may receive only a fraction. Jean Sklar by Lana & Steve Royal by Eileen & Edward Leader by Debbie & Martin Sher For more information on creating a Named by Shirley & Jerry Leader by Rhonda & Harry Weinberg Fund, or exploring the many ways to include Joyce Stein Special Birthday of Hal Abroms the Temple in your estate plans, please contact by Eileen & Edward Leader by Judy & Jimmy Rotenstreich Brenda Weinstein Special Birthday of Joan Becker Jann Blitz in the Endowment Office by Chu-Chi & Bobby Fierman by Rubin A. Franco at (205)397-0814. by Barbara & Larry Fine by Ginger & Jerry Held by Elise & Hank Frohsin Special Birthday of David Betten SPECIAL THANKS by Jerry Lapidus by Shirley & Jerry Leader by Gayle Leitman by Sue & Allan Solomon In addition to expressing by Joyce & Joe Lichtenstein Special Birthday of Ronny Epstein heartfelt appreciation to In Honor Of: by Sandra & Larry Shulman Karen & Joel Piassick Bar Mitzvah of Isaac Mastin, Special Birthday of Charlotte Goldberg grandson of Marilynn & Earl Rothstein by Judy & Jimmy Rotenstreich (featured on the back cover and on page 3), by Ginger & Jerry Held Special Birthday of Betty Allenberg Goldstein Birth of Sydney Reese Barstein, by Sunny Franklin our congregational leadership granddaughter of Susan & by Judy & Jimmy Rotenstreich gratefully acknowledges the Rodney Barstein Special Birthday of Bob Marcus foresight and generosity of: by Linda Barstein by Sue & Allan Solomon by Jane & Joe Bluestein Special Birthday of Joyce Stein Eddie Leitman* by Barbara & Larry Fine by Letty & Bob Marcus Sandra & Eddie Russell* by Nancy Goedecke Evie Frohsin for winning the Natalie & David Sperling* by Ashley & Jon Lewis Shelby County Spelling Bee by Joyce & Joe Lichtenstein by Linda Verin & Rick Clay Pat Weil Marilynn Rothstein for her service for distributing a legacy gift from their estate to the Union of Reform Judaism (URJ) plans to benefit and enrich our congregation. North American Board by Linda Verin & Rick Clay (*) of blessed memory

10 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 dues temple today, as well as for future generations. and tuition fees are able to provide. BLACH FAMILY FUND HANNAH & HYMAN GOLDSTEIN FOR DUES ENDOWMENT VOLUNTEER FUND RABBI WRIGHT In Memory Of: In Memory Of: DISCRETIONARY FUND Ruth Engel and Max Steinmetz Samuel Goldstein and Lee Lichter In Memory Of: by Kit & Rick Roth by Debra & Joel Goldstein David, James and Therese Clark Max Steinmetz by Diane Clark Freedman NINA & NORMAN COHEN by Debra & Joel Goldstein In Honor Of: NEXT GENERATION FUND by Marilyn & Murray Tanner Birth of Maisie and Teddy Wright In Memory Of: EDWARD & HERMIONE FRIEND by Charlotte Goldberg Louis Feld and Lee Lichter COMMUNITY FUND CANTOR WITTNER by Lois & David Cohen In Memory Of: DISCRETIONARY FUND ENGEL CANTORIAL CHOIR & Terry Fierman, Lee Lichter and In Memory Of: HIGH HOLY DAY CHOIR FUND Robert Roth Scott Leader In Memory Of: by Linda & Richard Cohn by Shirley & Jerry Leader Ruth Engel HONAN FAMILY Max Steinmetz by Ilene Engel TORAH STUDY FUND by Michelle & Steven Tishler by Marilyn Pipkin In Memory Of: MEMBERSHIP ENGAGEMENT/ by Nancy & Edward Solomon Esther Robin Goldblatt TEMPLE CIRCLES FUND by Delli Baras and family In Honor Of: BETTY ALLENBERG MARGOT & EDGAR MARX Julie Stein and her Temple Circles GOLDSTEIN CAMP JACOBS FAMILY FUND FOR cooking program SCHOLARSHIP FUND DUES ENDOWMENT by Jill Chasan In Memory Of: In Memory Of: TIKKUN OLAM FUND Max Steinmetz Harold Apolinsky and Joe Hagedorn In Memory Of: by Elise & Hank Frohsin by Edgar Marx, Sr. Lee Lichter FAYE & NORRIS FRIEDMAN REESE FAMILY FUND by Seth Cohn SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT FUND In Memory Of: In Memory Of: Edith Perman Allen, Lee Lichter and A LASTING LEGACY Norris Friedman Hattie Reese by Lillian Opotowsky by David Reese Our congregation is also most grateful to JANIS & PAUL FRIEDMAN FUND LANA & STEVE ROYAL FUND the following who have in recent months In Memory Of: FOR DUES ENDOWMENT Ruth Engel and Lee Lichter In Memory Of: established the following by Cathy & Paul Friedman Lee Lichter and Max Steinmetz unrestricted named funds within In Honor Of: by Lana & Steve Royal our Grafman Endowment Fund: Special Birthdays of David Aarons In Honor Of: Alison & Robert Berman Family Fund and Joan Becker Birth of Brody Berman Fried, by Cathy & Paul Friedman grandson of Jeri Berman Davis & by Alison & Robert Berman MOLLIE & HERMAN Edward Goldberg and Cantor Cutter Family Fund GOTLIEB SANCTUARY Jessica Roskin & Alan Davis PRESERVATION FUND by Lana & Steve Royal by Sharon & Gary Cutter In Memory Of: JANET & LEONARD Kaden-Bean Family Fund Richard Gotlieb, Lee Lichter and WERTHEIMER FUND David Staff FOR DUES ENDOWMENT by Marilyn Haver by Marcia Unger Wishing Good Health To: Sandra & Eddie Russell Family Fund Brenda Weinstein by Janet & Leonard Wertheimer by a bequest from Eddie Russell, of blessed memory Steinmetz Family Fund by Betty, Stephen & Stephanie Steinmetz

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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. Announcing “The Piassick Foyer” . A most heartfelt thank you to Karen & Joel Piassick, The monthly bulletin for Temple Emanu-El who have generously and thoughtfully accelerated the bequest they had arranged in their 2100 Highland Avenue South Birmingham, AL 35205 estate plans to make a meaningful gift to (205) 933-8037 | FAX (205) 933-8099 remodel and enhance our Temple’s foyer entrance ourtemple.org from the parking facility. This will provide for a more open and welcoming experience as one Founded in 1882 and affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism. enters our facilities, and will be known as “The Piassick Foyer.” Clergy Additionally, the Piassicks' gift includes the creation Rabbi Adam Wright of an unrestricted endowed fund to provide for Cantor Robert Wittner, Engel Cantorial Chair much needed additional operational funds. Rabbi Jonathan Miller, Rabbi Emeritus (continued on page 3) Senior Team Danielle Barnett, Director of Accounting and Finance Jann Blitz, Endowment Fund Executive Director Lynda Gutcheon, Interim Director of Education Monika Singletary, Director of Congregational Engagement and Membership Board of Directors EXECUTIVES Robert Berman, President Charles Collat, Jr., President Elect Barbara Aland, Vice President Dr. Adam Gordon, Vice President Lisa Bebenek, Secretary Joel Piassick, Treasurer Dr. Al Cohn, Immediate Past President Sherron Goldstein, Presidential Appointment Jeffrey Bayer, Presidential Appointment GENERAL BOARD Dr. David Askenazi Fran Godchaux Dr. Brian Kulbersh Ashley Lewis Kit Roth Amanda Sokol Ginger Held, Endowment Fund Board President Steven Leaf, Brotherhood President Sylvia Wright, Sisterhood President Remember Temple’s Endowment Fund in your estate plans, and please let us know when you do.