Jan 2022 TEE bulletin

ourtemple.org @emanuel.temple . January 2022 Tevet-Shevat 5782 (205) 933-8037 The monthly bulletin for Temple Emanu-El Birmingham, Alabama Please join us for a Special Shabbat, Celebrating Song and Prayer with Members From our Choir Friday, January 14 at 5:45 p.m. Special thanks to the Mary K. Brodnax Music Fund of the Grafman Endowment Fund for underwriting this event. Our Mission: Temple Emanu-El is a welcoming Reform Jewish congregation, engaging members in prayer, study, fellowship, and acts of loving kindness for our congregational family and the community at-large.

2 Our Services Friday, December 31 Friday, January 7 Friday, January 14 Friday, January 21 Friday, January 28 5:45 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 5:45 p.m. 5:45 p.m. 5:45 p.m. Erev Shabbat Tot Shabbat Shabbat Shirah Erev Shabbat Erev Shabbat Shabbat of Song Service 5:45 p.m. Service Service Erev Shabbat 7:00 p.m. Service Taste of Special Blessing for Temple Circles Charlotte Goldberg following service. (see back cover) Saturday, January 1 Saturday, January 8 Saturday, January 15 Saturday, January 22 Saturday, January 29 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Special extended Torah Study 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 Hilicha Shabbat Morning Shabbat Morning 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Hiking No Regular Service Red Mountain Park Service Service Morning Service Torah Portion Torah Portion Rousso Baby Naming Torah Portion Torah Portion Parshat Bo Parshat Beshalach Parshat Mishpatim Parshat Vaera Exodus 13:17-17:16 Torah Portion Exodus 21:1 - 24:18 Exodus 6:2 - 9:35 Exodus 10:1-13:16 Parshat Yitro Haftarah Portion Exodus 18:1 – 20:23 Haftarah Portion Haftarah Portion Haftarah Portion Judges 4:4 - 5:31 Jeremiah 34:8 -22, Ezekiel 28:25 - 29:21 Jeremiah 46:13 - 28 Haftarah Portion Isaiah 6:1 - 7:6; 9:5 - 6 33:25-26 Temple offices will be closed Monday, January 17 for Martin Luther King Day. Tot Shabbat Shabbat Hilicha Torah Study Shabbat Hiking with Robin Berger Every Wednesday 12 p.m. Jan 15, Feb 12 & March 26 https://zoom.us/j/661751570 Friday, January 7 10:30 a.m. at 5:00 p.m. or (Hike begins at 10:45 a.m.) dial-in at +1 312 626 6799 Join us for a family-friendly Meeting ID: 661 751 570 Shabbat celebration designed One Saturday per month, for children ages 1 through 6 in lieu of a sanctuary service, we AND years-old and their grown-ups. will meet at Red Mountain Park to Every Saturday 9 a.m. We will sing our way into spend Shabbat morning https://zoom.us/j/731472885 Shabbat before we together. Led by our clergy, we will spend one to two hours or begin our Erev Shabbat enjoying Shabbat and nature. dial-in at +1 312 626 6799 service for all ages. Meeting ID: 731 472 885 We meet at Red Mountain Park Join us in-person, or tune in at the Frankfurt Drive entrance: password: torah at ourtemple.org/webcast, Facebook, and/or YouTube. 2011 Frankfurt Dr, Birmingham, AL 35211 USPS Publication Title: Our Temple Statement of Frequency: Address: Organization: IDENTIFICATION Issue Date: January 2022 Published monthly 2100 Highland Avenue South Temple Emanu-El Issue Number: 148 except for June/July issue Birmingham, AL 35205-4002

Around Our Temple 3 A word from our new Music Director, Jeff McLelland Junior Choir I am so excited to serve as the new Music Director begins Sunday, January 9 at 9:30 a.m. in Hess Chapel at Temple Emanu-El. Please let me introduce Join Cantor Wittner myself. I am the Director of Music and Fine Arts every Sunday for this fun musical at Independent Presbyterian Church (IPC) in experience. We will learn music and Birmingham. Prior to my appointment to IPC in prayers to prepare our Jr. Choir to sing 2000, I was Professor of Music at Mississippi at our monthly family services. Music is an essential method College and William Carey University. I completed for connecting to our Jewish identity. Traditional chants go back hundreds my music education at The University of Southern of years, with their roots perhaps thousands of years old. We want to Mississippi, The Eastman School of Music in forge connections to the breadth of musical traditions living in Jewish Rochester NY, and the Doctor of Musical Arts culture, especially for our children. No experience or expertise is Dr. Jeff R. McLelland degree at The University of Alabama. required! We want as many young voices as possible to engage with I have served in leadership roles locally and their musical heritage in worship. Students will come away having nationally for the American Guild of Organists. Organ concert performances learned the music of worship, but also having further bonded with have taken me throughout the eastern United States and Europe, and I their classmates and having kindled their inner Jewish flames. have accompanied and conducted choirs in various prestigious locations, Best for students in including St. Stephen’s Cathedral Vienna, Salisbury Cathedral England, Kindergarten through 4th Grade. St. Peter’s Basilica Rome, Sagrada Familia Barcelona, and (Choir will dismiss at 9:55 to allow Religious School students to go to class.) Carnegie Hall New York. Register at When not working, my wife Amy and I enjoy playing with our pugs, ourtemple.shulcloud.com/form/teejc5782 traveling to dog shows in the camper, and trying not to get into too much mischief with friends. Again, what a great opportunity it is to work at Temple Emanu-El! You have been so gracious to warmly welcome us and I look forward to serving in this amazing tradition for many years to come. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT DURING OUR 10-DAY CAMPAIGN THIS YEAR In the photo on left, David Reese from our Temple’s Tikun Olam committee presents a check to Lauren Schwartz, executive director of Collat Jewish Family Services. In the photo on right, David Reese gives a check to Steven Boydstun, president of Family Promise of Birmingham. These checks represent just some of the money raised during our Temple’s Ten-Day Campaign. Thanks to everyone who contributed to make these gifts possible.

4 Around Our Temple Happy Anniversary January PLAN NOW FOR YOUR Anniversaries JEWISH SUMMER EXPERIENCES Joe & Joyce Lichtenstein Temple Emanu-El and the Rabbi Grafman Endowment Fund offers financial need-based Gerson & Judy May scholarships for many Jewish summer experiences, such as Jewish summer camp, and attendance at special youth group conventions. Applications are now available online at Edward & Candy Meyerson ourtemple.org/youth-scholarships. Please submit your Scholarship Application to David & Anne Ovson [email protected] by Feb 1, 2022. Steve & Lana Royal For additional scholarship opportunities, you may also contact: John & Erin Segal The Birmingham Jewish Foundation • PO Box 130219- Birmingham, AL 35213 (205) 803-1519 • [email protected] Bruce & Carleton Sokol For first year campers: Visit the Goldring Foundation at jefno.org/youth-camping/goldringsummer-camp NEW NEWS! and contact Jacobs Camp director Anna Herman at [email protected]. Jacobs Camp is Scholarships for study/travel to Israel are also available for all those who have excited to offer completed Confirmation. For more information, please contact the Endowment Fund First Time @ Office at (205) 933-8397 or [email protected] and utilize the online Israel First Session. Scholarship Form, also at ourtemple.org/youthscholarships This is a $1500.00 grant FEELING available to all campers GELTY in 3rd through 8th grade who are attending first Thank you for your continued support of Feeling Gelty! session for the first time. Two hundred forty children from Hemphill Elementary opened gifts this year on First session is Christmas thanks to the generosity of Temple Emanu-El, Trinity United Methodist, June 12 - July 6. Temple Beth El and N.E. Miles Jewish Day School. This is not needs based. In order to apply just A special thanks to Amber Cosby, Lori Weil, and Barbara Aland for helping email Anna Herman at purchase gifts. Also to David Aarons, William Lehman and David Ovson for [email protected] loading and delivering gifts to Hemphill. This is a wonderful mitzvah and I truly appreciate your affinity for this project. Anne Ovson, Chair, Feeling Gelty

Around Our Temple 5 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TO HONOR Special THE RETIREMENT OF PAUL MOSTELLER! January Birthdays Below are just a few pictures from the evening – Following are members of our stay tuned for a full recap in the February bulletin. family celebrating birthdays We also will continue to recognize donations in years divisible by 5. in Paul’s honor, with a listing of all gifts/pledges received through January 15th. To make a gift or Harold Abroms pledge, go to https://ourtemple.org/HonorPaul/ Cassidy Anderson Adele Baras Chase Bloomston Zoe Friedman Charlotte Goldberg William Goldman Betty Allenberg Goldstein Zachary Hagedorn Lyons Heyman Vicki Howell Ricky Koslin Vicki Koslin Zoe Levine Vicki Lugar Mick Maguire Robert Marcus Edgar Marx, Sr. Terrie Monroe Eric Morrison Reed Nelson Jason Oleinick Karen Piassick Alysia Reisman Louis Schulhafer Stuart Siegal Lesly Simon Betty Steinmetz 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. Thank you.

6 Our Youth & Education The Modern-day RELIGIOUS SCHOOL NEWS Appeal of Tu B’Shevat Jacobs Camp director The 15th of Shevat is the New Year for Anna Herman was Trees, known as Tu B'Shevat. This year honored by the Jacobs we celebrate Tu B’shevat on the secular Camp Committee and calendar on January 17th. It demands Temple Emanu-El at our little of us but offers us a chance to Shabbat Family Service. connect our roots with good causes Robin Berger presented and new rituals. Anna with a Chanukiah If ever there was a holiday ripe for with a special inscription. revitalization and collective embrace, it’s Anna clearly represents Tu B’Shevat, the Jewish New Year of the the Shamash (lead Trees. Occuring in the middle of winter, candle) of our when the weather is usually not at its Jacobs Camp. best, the age-old festival, heralds the prospect of regeneration, of sunnier CHANUKAH 2021 days ahead. The promise of a spring in our Our religious school steps isn’t the only thing that makes celebrated the last day Tu B’Shevat an attractive holiday for celebration. It asks little of us: No fasting, of Chanukah with a no synagogue attendance, no declaration photo booth, a drum of faith is required. Instead, Tu B’Shevat circle and the lighting comes bearing food, song, easygoing rituals, and a child-centered context in of the Chanukiah. which to engage them. Jacobs Camp also In our Religious School we focus joined in the fun and on the lessons of making a difference special snacks were in our world. Each grade, Kindergarten through 6, is involved in planning and enjoyed by all. executing a mitzvah project outside our building. Most of these mitzvah actions begin shortly after winter break and allow us to connect the message of Tu B’shevat to our actions. Although this day is the Rosh Hashanah for the trees, we attach special significance to this holiday because \"Man is compared to the tree of the field\" (Deuteronomy 20:19). Through cultivating strong roots — faith and commitment to God — we produce many fruits —Torah and Mitzvot. (Go to ourtemple.org for Tu B’shevat volunteer opportunities)

Our Youth & Education 7 Tifillan Day for 5th & 6th Grade Hebrew Classes Learning the Va’ahavtah means understanding the symbols mentioned in the prayer. 6th graders put up their puzzle pieces after completing their mitzvah project as we begin to put our world back together.

8 Our Yahrzeits May the beauty of their lives shine forever, and may we always bring honor to their memory. Dec 26 - Jan 1 January 2 – 8 Dora Sisson Raymond Lloyd Snow Margaret Hirsch Weiss Florence Snow Linda Cohn Speaks Rae Wender Esther Apolinsky Isadore Aarons Louise Sokol Lazarus Weinstein Louise Zide Michael Saul Applebaum Rose Altmark Judge Louis Spector Emanuel Appelbaum Pauline A. Spielberger Shirley Weiss January 23 – 29 Libby Bank Levi \"Lee-vi\" Becker Amelia W. Stern Harriett Weil Broda Brett Berman January 16 – 22 Audrey Allen Mervin A. Blach Bert Stern Salomon Alloun Morris Burger Leon Bloch Alfred Swedlaw Julian Aland Eva Rotenstreich Becker Maxine G. Caheen Mary K. Brodnax Edna J. Wald I. Jay Aarons Dr. Bobby J. Bell Elaine Bunsey Audrey Irma Hopp Weil Ruth Applebaum Kenneth Camp Morris Abraham Caplan Hyman Weinberg Phyillis Sherman Bass Ethel Berk Edward Cohen Alfred Cohn Sabel Eugene Baum William Berk Alan J. Cohn Dorothy “Dot” Louise Rose Wise Daniel Mark Blitz Charlie Boman Henderson Cook-Grove Samuel Wisotsky Henry Bookspan Adele Cohn Rose Shugarman Davis Rachel Spivak Cherner Ann Brick Isaac Cooperman Melvin E. Dorn, Sr. January 9 – 15 Therese Helene Clark Ralph Brok Bessie Rotenstreich Cotton Rose Klotzman Fabian Felice Hanan Cohen Genady Bronshteyn Margaret Jacobson Fabrikant Jeanette Aland Melvin Cohen Richard Lawrence Cohen Carol Curjel Sheldon Feinman Leslie Allen Isaac Eli Cohen Lyman Cohn Gertrude Davis Edith Fischer Marco Cohen Patsy Weil Collat James E. Doughty Nathan Fitlow David S. Alper Mitchell Cotton Harold Joseph Denson Ben A. Engel Raymond Fox Irving Berchuck Carlotta Holzer Dorn Reva Levy Engel Terrence Fierman Norma Lee Hobbie Freehling Judy Edmiston Blanche Marx Erdreich Janis Friedman Max Blach Irving Fies Clelia Fargason Ethel Fitlow Herman Fairchild Furst Sylvia Goldstein Breman Julia Saks Freibaum Paul Behrens Fraser Sheila Friedman Fannie C. Furst Minnie Friedman Mollie Licht Friedman Edith K. Gerson Dan Goldberg Bernard M. Buxbaum Jacob Friedman Millie Gandler Dr. Sidney Gewant Ida G. Goldberg David A. Callahan Hermione Friend Adrian Gerson Ray Goldberg Corinne G. Goldstein Harold Goldman Edythe Gewant Harold Joseph Goldstein Esther K. Goldstein Sherwood \"Woody\" Cohen Jerry Richard Goldstein Gladys Kahn Gilman Hannah G. Goldstein Evelyn Azen Gotlieb John Joseph Coughlin Herman Grabove Marion Kahn Godchaux Bessie Greenberg Nathan Greenberg Harry Diamond Elizabeth A. Guerico Hyman Goldberg Betty Greenberg Louis Oppenheimer Hertz, Sr. Louis Dorfman Jimmie Hess Paul D. Goldblatt A. William Handler Jeannette H. Hirsh Craig W. Dube Edwin J. Hiller Meyer Goldner Sallye B. Hunter Tillye Goodman Engel Basil Isaac Hirschowitz Irving Goodman Sylvan Elliot Ives Bella Imas Sarah Erdberg Abe Kaminsky Anita Hirsberg Sophie Coplan Jacobson Shirley Diskin Friedman Adolph Kessler Fredaline Ramey Jones Sidney Jaffee Robert B. Garber Mildred Lapidus Freida Kishinevsky Eileen Jones Johnson Abe Kaplan Marguerite Gingold Scott William Leader Nethie Klein Lande Lillian Bloom Karpeles Dr. Nathan Ginsburg Gizella Leitman Louise W Lewy Emery Kane Arthur Goldstein Elkan Leva James Michael Lugar Marilyn Lazarus Irma Koch Taylor Goodman Angela Lichtenstein Bertram Goodwin Maurice Kraselsky Seymour Hoffman Lois Joan Matz Minisman, Sr. Joe Leitman Marie L Krawcheck John Steven Kaplan Herman May Ernest Munchgesang Frances Levin Pincus Kronenberg Adolph Katz Florence Lorch Mayer Leatrice Rosenthal Nach Dr. Myron A. Levine Violeta Kertesz Julie Monsky Metzger Rose Perelman Sophie R. Lyone Paul Lasakow Melvin L. Klafter Rose Meyer Nathan Petrofsky William M. Lyone Stella Solomon Levine Samuel E. Klafter Willine Engel Mitnick Ignatz Phillips Brandon Lee Miller John Krentzman Frances Munchgesang Lee Joseph Phillips Emma Newfield Minisman Jacob Milton Levy Judith Ladinsky Sidney Patterson Sarah Pinhas Robinson Leroy Monsky, Jr. Alex B. Levy Gertrude Lassen Leo Reitman Francis Rosner JoAnn Hess Morrison Hyman Leader Bertha Rosenfeld Corine Schwartz Philip Oster Abraham Lipson Barton Leaf Doris Rubenstein Eva Segal Dan Joseph Patrick Morris Lux Aline Leva Gloria Speyer Saag Wilburn Shelnutt Rose Perrin Joseph A. Levenson Nathan Sacks Ida Shugerman Evelyn Myers Poes Elsie Bensinger Marx Fannie A. Levy Minnie S. Saks Hattie Loewenberg Singer Justin \"Chuck\" Ravitz Caroline Marx Rose Kaufman Lewy Arthur Scharff Abe Slotnick Etta K. Ripko Anna Menchel Celia Miriam Shugerman Murray Sokol Aaron Rosenfeld Elaine Kaplan Lichtenfeld Sarah Karon Simon Anna Steinberg Bertha Rosenthal Bernard Mendelson Ida Luks May Al Toranto Robert J. Roth Emanuel Miller Abe Stein Phillip S. Trost Morris M. Odess Anita Joyce Meshad William Strauss Norma Warren Ike Saks Ken Peresman Leonard Joel Morris Dorothy Pedersen Stuart Melvin Weinman Joseph Salloway Mayer Ullman Newfield Hermon Weinstein J. D. Rosenberger, Jr. Betty Vine Roberta Kay Weinstein Avery Sanger Sam Routman Richard Osband Irvin B. Warner John \"Scooter\" Williams Dorothy Schwab Edith Printz Sara Weinberg Jack Silverman Annie I. Rudacevsky Jack Saul Joseph L. Roobin Henry Sisson Ann Regensburg Roth Sarah Spiegelman Mary Ida Schencker Helen Friedman Rubens Bettie B. Spielberger Frances Schimmel Carol Shwed Bella Steinberg Bertha Schoen Jerrold A. Simon Pauline N. Steinman Bertha Shane Lee Slaughter Ellis Simkin Mildred Wald Eleanor Westcott Mose Milton Zavelo

Our Tributes 9 We appreciate the thoughtfulness of those who support our congregation by remembering and honoring their friends and loved ones through their generous contributions. Thank you for the following gifts received through December 9, 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: Bella Steinberg Birth of Louis Leonard Pizitz, grandson Jeanette Berman by Sandra & Alan Berman of Amy & Michal Saag and Carrie & by Sandra & Alan Berman Al Thomason, father of Cinda Goldberg Richard Pizitz, and great-grandson of Michael Brooks, father of Darla Mosteller by Lee & Rick Dunsmore Joan & Dick Pizitz, Marcia Unger by Nancy & David Denney Marlene Waller, mother of Leah Saag and Pat Weil Robert Fleisher by Sandra & Alan Berman by Dian Diamond by Beverly & Stanley Erdreich by Ashley & Jon Lewis Birth of Noah Harrison Reiss, Sheila Friedman Jennifer Ware, daughter of grandson of Madeline & Jake Reiss by Michelle & Martin Lax Sherron & Allan Goldstein by Dian Diamond Edith Gerson by Janet & David Aarons Birth of Ittai Yaakov Neufeld, by Isabel & Alan Siegal by Jane & Melvin Davis grandson of Sandra Jaffe & Sidney Gewant by Dian Diamond Barry Dreayer and Richard Jaffe by Toby & Warren Gewant by Stephanie & Stephen Steinmetz by Ashley & Jon Lewis Joyce Helzberg by Joan & Don Weisberg Birth of Charlie Todd, by Emily Helzberg by Sylvia Wright & Eli Pinhas son of Ann & Sam Todd by Sue & Allan Solomon Manuel Wildstein by Jamie & Greg Odrezin by Joan & Don Weisberg by Toby & Warren Gewant Special Birthday of Joel Rotenstreich Phyllis Lehman Herman Wishing Good Health To: by Dian Diamond by Carol & Donald Herman Evelyn Held Bat Mitzvah of Monika Singletary Fred Kanter by Lucy & Buddy Schulhafer by Jack Schniper by Dian Diamond Jack Held Happy New Year to by Karen & Michael Freedman by Lucy & Buddy Schulhafer Rosalind & Danny Markstein by Stacy & Robert May Jerry Lapidus by Carol & Donald Herman by Jeanie & David Michalove by Lucy & Buddy Schulhafer High Holy Day Services by Lisa & Ross Parks Olivia Leader by Dian Diamond Caki Collat Mendel, by Hunter Payne Marriage of Sandy & Bill Goldman daughter of Charles Collat Shirley Leader by Nancy Frankel & Lennie Siegel by Amy & Neal Labovitz by Beverly & Stanley Erdreich Marriage of Alana Miller, daughter Abraham Issac Roobin by Hunter Payne of Judi-Shulman Miller & Rabbi by Sandra & Alan Berman by Lucy & Buddy Schulhafer Jonathan Miller, to Ben Gore Minna Roobin Julie Marcus by Dian Diamond by Sandra & Alan Berman by Ashley & Jon Lewis Retirement of Morton Goldfarb Erin Rosemore In Honor Of: by Emily Helzberg by Sheryl & Jon Kimerling Birth of Leah Isabelle Cohen, granddaughter by Ashley & Jon Lewis by Geri Rosemore of Robin Gotlieb and great-granddaughter Retirement of Paul Mosteller Rita Rosenthal of Joanna & Charles Collat by Nancy & David Denney by Chu-Chi & Bobby Fierman by Dian Diamond Lynda & Cantor Bernie Gutcheson by Stephanie & Stephen Steinmetz Birth of Charlie Berman Davis, grandson by Susan & Barry Koretzky Alvin Siegel of Jeri Berman Davis and Alan Davis Roxanne Travelute & Michael Honan by Herbie Miller by Dian Diamond and Julie & Charles Stein for leading David Solomon Birth of Alana Bette Lawson, daughter of “Hike & Schmooze” Temple Circle by Jane & Melvin Davis Rachel Friedman & Nate Lawson, and this fall Nathan Solomon granddaughter of Linda & Doug Friedman by Linda Barstein by Jane & Melvin Davis by Linda Verin & Rick Clay Rabbi Wright and Cantor Wittner Sarah E. Staff by Dorothy Shiland by Elinor Sue & Michael Staff 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 our website at www.ourtemple.org.

10 Our Tributes DESIGNATED ENDOWMENT FUNDS Our Endowment Funds At Work Contributions to these “perpetual” funds help provide permanent sources of income for special programming and enhancements for our temple today, What a year it has been! as well as for future generations. Our Grafman Endowment Fund is pleased to continue to play a pivotal role in enhancing BLACH FAMILY FUND MOLLIE & HERMAN GOTLIEB our congregational life as we gradually FOR DUES ENDOWMENT SANCTUARY PRESERVATION FUND experience some sense of normalcy. During In Memory Of: In Memory Of: the past several months, our Endowment has Marlene Waller Richard Gotlieb underwritten some incredible programs by Kit & Rick Roth by Sherry Gotlieb and enhancements, including: EDWARD & HERMOINE Jennifer Ware COMMUNITY FUND by Marcia Unger Nina & Norman Cohen Next Generation In Memory Of: In Honor Of: Fund helped to underwrite the third summer Fred Kanter and Jennifer Ware Bar Mitzvah of Ari Royal; of the Hillel Connections program, which by Linda & Richard Cohn Special Birthdays of Leonard Held, attracted and placed 6 Jewish college JANIS & PAUL FRIEDMAN Dorothy Shiland and Murray Tanner; students to participate in an eight-week FAMILY FUND Marriage of Emily Capilouto to James Harb summer internship program in Birmingham. In Memory Of: by Marcia Unger Through worship and programming, these Marshall Goldberg RABBI MORRIS NEWFIELD FUND young adults were connected with our by Cathy & Paul Friedman In Memory Of: Temple family. HANNAH & HYMAN GOLDSTEIN Jennifer Ware VOLUNTEER FUND by Carol & B.G. Minisman This fund also provided for the inspiring In Memory Of: In Honor Of: training sessions this fall for our Temple staff Hannah Goldstein Special Birthday of Jane Bluestein and leadership facilitated by Rabbi Kaye. by Debra & Joel Goldstein by Carol & B.G. Minisman Leona & Marvin Cherner Caring by Marilyn & Murray Tanner   Community Fund funded the wonderful BUNNY & JOEL ROTENSTREICH bags that our Hineynu / Caring Committee SHERRON & ALLAN GOLDSTEIN FUND FOR DUES ENDOWMENT delivered to our congregants 85+ yrs BREAK-THE-FAST FUND In Honor Of: for Rosh Hashana and Hanukkah, and In Memory Of: Paul Mosteller the Ellen & Jack Aland Membership Jennifer Ware by Bunny & Joel Rotenstreich Engagement Fund underwrote the by Eileen & Robert Cohn lovely gift bags to welcome each of by Helene Elkus our new members. by Laurie & Craig Elmets Our Cemetery Care Fund provided by Bari & Jose Katz emergency wall repair at Elmwood Cemetery by Rochelle & Michael Koslin due to some unexpected damage this past fall. by Jamie & Greg Odrezin Ruth & Marvin Engel Cantorial Chair & by Lori Rubin Choir Fund sponsored Cantor Wittner’s very by Jack Schniper special installation evening in late October. by Lison & Jack Spiegelman Joan & Milson Jacobson Cultural Arts Fund substantially underwrote the incredibly DESIGNATED TEMPLE FUNDS entertaining and memorable tribute evening in December honoring our music director Gifts to these “immediate use” funds fulfill special needs beyond the scope of Paul Mosteller’s 30-year tenure serving what dues and tuition fees are able to provide. our congregation. And this month’s Shabbat of Song program, RABBI WRIGHT CANTOR WITTNER which also promises to be outstanding DISCRETIONARY FUND DISCRETIONARY FUND evening, featuring a talented choral In Memory Of: In Honor Of: quartette, is being made possible thanks Chaim Schniper Cantor Wittner to the Mary K. Brodnax Music Fund. by Jack Schniper by Cathy & Lee Rogoff In Honor Of Installation of Cantor Wittner Rabbi Wright by Bari & Jose Katz by Cathy & Lee Rogoff

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