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ourtemple.org @emanuel.temple . May 2021 Iyar/Sivan 5781 (205) 933-8037 The monthly bulletin for Temple Emanu-El Birmingham, Alabama Consecration Confirmation 2020/5781 2021/5781 Friday, May 14 at 5:45 p.m. Saturday, May 15 at 10:30 a.m. Lewis Feinstein Hannah Applebaum son of Joel and Emily Feinstein daughter of Jeremy Applebaum and Virginia Applebaum Emily Friedman Abby Cohn daughter of Brad and Stephanie Friedman daughter of Al and Tracy Cohn Alec Kulbersh Leo Godwin son of Brian and daughter of Betsy Bayer Jennifer Kulbersh Rachel Lebensburger Mackenzie Levy daughter of Jeffrey daughter of David and Heather and Anna Levy Lebensburger Avery Routman Riley Ovson daughter of Justin and Jamie Routman daughter of David and Anne Ovson Aaron Sokol (see page 6 for more details) son of Jeffrey and Jennifer Sokol 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, April 30 Friday, May 7 Friday, May 14 Friday, May 21 Friday, May 28 5:45 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 5:45 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 5:45 p.m. Erev Shabbat Tot Shabbat Service Erev Shabbat Annual Congregational Erev Shabbat Service 5:45 p.m. Service Meeting Service Family Shabbat & 5:45 p.m. Erev Shabbat Service Service Consecration Saturday, May 1 Saturday, May 8 Saturday, May 15 Saturday, May 22 Saturday, May 29 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Learners Torah Study Torah Study Torah Study Torah Study Minyan Study with prayer 10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. via Zoom Shabbat Morning Shabbat Morning Shabbat Morning Shabbat Hilicha Shabbat Hiking & 10:30 a.m. Service Service Service Bar Mitzvah & Service at Aidan Metsky Bat Mitzvah Bar Mitzvah Red Mountain Park Jordan Askenazi Confirmation Avi Peetluk Torah Portion Torah Portion Parshat Emor Torah Portion Torah Portion Torah Portion Parshat Beha'alotcha Leviticus 21:1 – 24:23 Parshat Behar- Parshat Bamidbar Parshat Nasso Numbers 8:1 – 12:16 Numbers 1:1 – 4:20 Numbers 4:21 – 7:89 Haftarah Portion Bechukotai Haftarah Portion Haftarah Portion Ezekiel 44:15 - 44:31 Leviticus 25:1-27:34 Hosea 2:1 - 2:22 Haftarah Portion Zechariah 2:14 - 4:7 Judges 13:2 - 13:25 Haftarah Portion Jeremiah 16:19 - 17:14 Tot Shabbat & Happy Hour & Torah Study Shabbat Hilicha Family Shabbat Shabbat Watch Party Shabbat Hiking Every via our website, Come together Wednesday May 29 Facebook & YouTube for Shabbat! 12 p.m. 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 7 Join us every Friday https://zoom. Hike begins at 10:45 a.m. 5:00 p.m. for our virtual us/j/661751570 or dial-in at One Saturday per month, with Rabbi Wright, happy hour at 5 p.m. +1 312 626 6799 in lieu of an online Cantor Wittner followed by Meeting ID: & Robin Berger our Shabbat 661 751 570 service, we will meet at Watch Party Red Mountain Park to spend It is time for Tot Shabbat! at 5:45 p.m. AND Shabbat morning together. Join us for a family-friendly We hope you Every will join us: Saturday Led by Rabbi Wright and Shabbat celebration 9 a.m. Cantor Wittner, we spend designed for children https://us02web.zoom.us/ https://zoom. one to two hours enjoying ages 1 through 6 years-old j/88176032961 us/j/731472885 and their grown-ups. or dial-in at Shabbat and nature. We will sing our way OR +1 312 626 6799 into Shabbat before Dial by your location Meeting ID: We will meet at we begin our Family 731 472 885 Red Mountain Park at the Shabbat service for all +1 312 626 6799 password: torah Frankfurt Drive entrance: Meeting ID: ages at 5:45 p.m. 2011 Frankfurt Dr, 881 7603 2961 Birmingham, AL 35211 USPS Publication Title: Our Temple Statement of Frequency: Address: Organization: IDENTIFICATION Issue Date: May 2021 Published monthly 2100 Highland Avenue South Temple Emanu-El Issue Number: 141 except for June/July issue Birmingham, AL 35205-4002

Around the Temple 3 When Dr. Lester Seigel hired me as a choir singer at Temple Emanu-El Liturgy 101 in 1989, I could not imagine the rich and fulfilling relationship that would with Cantor Wittner develop between me and this wonderful congregation. I sang for Shabbat services and High Holy Days under Lester’s outstanding direction, and Tuesdays, May 4, 11, & 25 started to gain some familiarity with Reform Jewish music and liturgy. at 6:00 p.m. via Zoom In September 1993, I began to serve as your Music Director, providing organ and piano accompaniment for worship, and leading the professional Register at ourtemple.org/ choir in High Holy Days and Shabbat services. Rabbi Jonathan Miller’s beginning Hebrew adult-education and ReJewvenation classes were a great help as I learned more about Judaism. It’s been a joy to play and conduct a rich variety of Reform Jewish music in collaboration with What does our liturgy mean? Cantors Jane Seigel, Brian Miller z”l, Jessica Roskin, Bernie Gutcheon, and Robby Wittner. Why do we do the amidah Having ended my 40-year academic career a few years ago, I’ve wrestled with every day, three times a day? discerning the ideal time for my inevitable retirement from Temple Emanu-El. Our What is the v’ahavta congregation has experienced several transitions during the past few years, and it all about? seemed crucial to provide continuity wherever possible. Now that we are blessed with the vibrant leadership of Rabbi Wright and Cantor Wittner, I believe this is an ideal time Jewish liturgy includes reciting, for the synagogue to begin searching for the next Music Director. I’ll continue my work chanting, or singing texts; with you through the end of 2021, including the High Holy Days this September. I am so grateful for our years together, and I look forward to the privilege of serving using ritual objects and wearing during the remaining months of this year. ritual garments; performing Dr. Paul Mosteller choreographed physical actions and gestures; and reciting blessings. Although Jewish liturgy includes far more than just the texts that are recited, the texts themselves provide a valuable way of understanding what Jewish prayer and worship is all about. Join us for a three-part series with Cantor Wittner to answer these questions and more in Liturgy 101. Mazel Tovs & Shout Outs to Bennett & Hayes Dyer-Smith on being the Expressions Art Contest district winners for Mountain Brook! to Marshall Rathmell for making Birmingham Business Journal’s Who’s Who in Birmingham Wealth Management & Financial Planning! Rabbi Jonathan Miller and Judith Schulman Miller are overjoyed to share that their daughter Alana married Benjamin Gore at Seneca Lake Park, Maryland on April 11. Special thanks to the Hermione & Edward Friend Community Fund of the Do you have a personal shout out Grafman Endowment Fund for providing the materials to make this year's Mitzvah Day possible. or mazel tov that you would like to share with the community? Email to [email protected].

4 Around Our Temple Happy Anniversary May Special thanks to the Steiner Interfaith Fund of the Grafman Endowment Fund for Anniversaries funding this special congregational program. Lindsay and Lee Ascherman Rebecca and Jeff Cohn Tamara and Jeff Cusmariu Lacey and Jason Epstein Tammy and Keith Fleisher Clara and Glenn Fleisig Rosalie and Raymond Gotlieb Lisa and Charles Graham Nancy and Barry Hamric Katie and Brian Held Ginger and Jerry Held Ronne and Donald Hess Patti and Terry Hirsberg Robin and Bart Kolber Letty and Bob Marcus Billie Marsala and Anisa Dawn Michelle and Brian Mastin Madeline and Jacob Reiss Kit and Rick Roth Jamie and Justin Routman Tianne and Marc Routman Leah and Kenneth Saag Natalie and Gavin Shores Ellen and Kerry Stein Steve Tandet and Jocelyn McClelland Brenda and Steve Weinstein Rebecca and Joel Wisotsky 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 5 FATHER’S DAY Special May Birthdays WEEKEND Following are members of our JUNE 18-20, 2021 family celebrating birthdays in years divisible by 5. We welcome you to celebrate your fathers, Justin Barstein sons, uncles, brothers, partners, friends, David Brenner and LIFE! Whether you run, walk, ride or Gregg Brogden cheer, whether you live in our area or in Rebecca Cohn another state, we invite you to join us for Cissy Held our Virtual I'm with Mike 5K. Get outside Jake Gould and enjoy life with your family and friends Charles Herman to honor all those whose lives have been Rhoda Kaplan impacted by Prostate Cancer! Our mission Bart Kolber is to increase awareness about this Linda Levin disease and raise funding for research. Michael Levine With your help, the Mike Slive Foundation will generate national awareness and Gerson May fund the scientific breakthroughs that will save lives and end prostate cancer. Anna Meisler Register at http://ImWithMike5K.com by Tuesday, June 1st to receive Allan Metsky your official I'm With Mike T-shirt. Edward Meyerson $35 - All Ages 5K or 1 Mile Walk, Run, or Ride Glenda Nagrodzki $30 - for Prostate Cancer Patients and Survivors 5K or 1 Mile Walk, Run, or Ride Jennie Nelson David Ovson Joel Rotenstreich Earl Rothstein Marc Routman Charlotte Russell Robert Rutstein Bennett Saag Karen Salloway Hillary Schwartz Robin Seale Jerry Sklar Kate Solomon Donald St. Charles Ellie Strickland Wendy Taylor Ashlee Uhlar SAVE THE DATES HUC Connect: Supporting the Intellectual and Emotional Needs of Children and One Another June 29 at 2:00 PM “Jews in America” led by ISJL (The Institute of Southern Jewish Life) Thursday, July 1 at 7:00 PM

6 Around Our Temple CONSECRATION Meet the Consecration Class 2020/5781 & Back row, left to right: CONFIRMATION Alec Kulbersh Lewis Feinstein traditions for our future Aaron Sokol This year, because of Covid, Front row, left to right: we had to postpone our 1st Emily Friedman grade Consecration until the end Mackenzie Levy of the year so all our students Avery Routman (not pictured) could be together in the Sanctuary to celebrate this Meet the Confirmation Class 2021/5781 special occasion. At Consecration, our students receive their own As our 10th graders prepare to be Confirmed, we asked them to Torah in their own wooden ark share their favorite Jewish memory. These thoughtful young women which prepares them to officially begin their study of Torah in make us proud of our Jewish future. Enjoy their thoughts. 2nd grade. This usually is celebrated Hannah Applebaum at Simchat Torah when we daughter of Jeremy Applebaum and Virginia Applebaum. complete the reading cycle of the I don’t remember it, but I hear stories about it and it is by far my Torah and immediately begin favorite. At my baby naming Cantor Roskin was holding me reading it again. This symbolizes and talking to me. And then I just put my hand in her mouth. the continual reading of this Abby Cohn daughter Al & Tracy Cohn. most important text in our tradition. This year, with the pandemic, many things were difficult. Confirmation, a 10th grade tradition, To create some joy and camaraderie, I brought all my is held in May in the season Jewish summer camp friends to my lake house. Every of Shavuot. Shavuot celebrates morning we sat by the lake and conducted our camps’ daily the giving of the Torah at Mt. Sinai. morning services. It felt good to pray together and be together. This year we are having a Leo Godwin daughter of Betsy Bayer. weekend celebration of both My favorite Jewish memory was becoming a Bat Mitzvah. Consecration and Confirmation. April 28th, 2018 was one of the best days of my life. Our 1st graders will be Consecrated It was day full of memories, fun, and meaningful family at our Friday evening Shabbat Jewish tradition. Service on May 14th. Our Rachel Lebensburger Confirmation service will be the daughter of Jeffrey and Heather Lebensburger. next morning, May 15th during My favorite Jewish memory was when I became a our Saturday Morning Shabbat Bat Mitzvah. I had everyone I loved in the Sanctuary Service. We are blessed to look listening to something I had learned and practiced for into our future through the eyes three years. It was a memorable day and a day I loved. of our 1st graders who become Riley Ovson daughter of David and Anne Ovson. official Jewish learners and through My favorite Jewish memory is participating in Feeling the eyes of our 10th graders who are Gelty, our annual Temple Emanu-El Chanukah project. now ready and able to reflect on I enjoy going to Urban Ministry and helping families their Jewish learning as they move choose holiday gifts for their children. It makes me feel forward on their Jewish journey. good to be able to help people in need.

Around Our Temple 7 BAT & BAR MITZVAHS Calling All Rising First and Second Graders! Aidan Metsky MAY 1 Join Jacobs Camp Kochavim September 2021! Aidan Metsky will be called to the Torah as a We are so excited to gather for an in-person, Bar Mitzvah on May 1, 2021. Aidan is a seventh one night sleepover program called Kochavim grader at Liberty Park Middle School in at camp in Utica, MS September 18-19, 2021. Vestavia Hills. He was born in Jupiter, Florida Kochavim gives our youngest campers a taste and moved to Birmingham before his first birthday. of the Jacobs Magic and gives them the Aidan’s first introduction to Jewish education was opportunity to try out our best activities, attending Temple Tots Pre-school at Temple Emanu-El. make new friends, and gain confidence for Aidan is the son of Ashley and Allan Metsky. Along with his a full session at camp in Summer 2022 — parents, his younger sister, Addie Jack, his older sister, Alyssa, Register Today! Note: 2021-2022 and his older brother Jake are very proud of him. Kindergarten will have their Kochavim Aidan enjoys sports, especially playing football where he at camp during summer 2022. was \\on the 7th Grade team at LPMS and is currently training for   This summer, our incredible staff have the 8th Grade team, some of his favorite pastimes are water skiing dedicated themselves to providing an amazing on Smith Lake, playing video games, attending Camp Laney, summer for our campers and not leaving camp hosting pool parties, and hanging out with his friends. for their time off to protect the health and safety Aidan’s Mitzvah project will involve collecting non-perishable of our Kehilah Kedoshah, our holy community. food and stocking the Food Pantry at Collat Jewish Family Services. Jacobs Camp is raising funds to ensure that our He recognizes that the Food Pantry provides a great service to our staff have outlets to rest and recharge while still community and this service is needed now more than ever. Aidan keeping them on the camp grounds. We hope will be collecting food items at the Temple and at his Bar Mitzvah you'll consider making a generous donation to reception. The food will be delivered to CJFS the first week in May. help us renovate spaces into comfortable staff Aidan is proud of his Jewish heritage and looks forward to sharing lounges, provide nighttime food and snacks and his Bar Mitzvah this important occasion with family and friends. offer other amenities to enhance the time off experience at camp. Jordan Askenazi MAY 8   Do you know someone who is looking for a special place to work for the summer? Jacobs Jordan Askenazi is in 7th grade at Mountain Brook Camp has priority positions still available for the Junior High. She is the daughter of David and summer. Jacobs Camp is the ideal place to gain Donna Askenazi and the sister of Abraham and and practice valuable skills, make connections Sareena. Her grandparents are Alvin and Sharon and build meaningful friendships, and make a Jaffee of Houston, Texas and Shirleen and the late difference in the lives of over 400 kids! Albert Askenazi of El Paso, Texas. Jordan enjoys playing basketball, lacrosse, traveling, being with her friends and family and spending summers at Camp Barney Medintz. For her Mitvah Project, Jordan has chosen to help Mitchell's Place, an organization that specializes in improving the lives of children affected by autism and other developmental disabilities www.mitchells-place.com/. Although she was not able to volunteer due to COVID restrictions, she he been collecting 'wish list' items and monetary donations to help them fulfill their organizational mission. Please join their family virtually at ourtemple.org/webcast on Fri. May 7th at 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. and Sat. May 8th at 10:30 a.m. - noon. Avi Peetluk MAY 22 Avi Brayden Peetluk will be called to the Torah on Saturday, May 22nd, 2021. Avi is the son of Amy and Stephen (of blessed memory) Peetluk. He is currently a 7th grader at Liberty Park Middle School. He enjoys bike riding, dirt bike riding, golf and hanging out with friends or playing on his X-Box. He also loves fishing, specifically night fishing on the Navarre Beach Pier. He is particularly interested in feeding and caring for the homeless and donating food to the CJFS food closet.

8 Our Yahrzeits May the beauty of their lives shine forever, and may we always bring honor to their memory. April 25-May 1 Samuel Erlick Rafe Hirsch Lillie Zukerman Rebalsky Fannie Weinstein Ethel Aland Fleisher Raye Slaughter Jaffe Irene Leyens Rich Richard Wertheimer Annie Bertha Abelson Robert S. Freedman Julius Rittenbaum Rebecca O. Aland Abe Kessler Louis Rogoff Norvall O. Winnik Sally Friedman Phillip C. C. Levitch Max Harry Roobin Vivian Zuraff-Mazur Helen Allenberg Applebaum Rabbi Joseph Rosa Avidan Stephen Gallinger Julian Lichter Lucille Woolf Rosenfeld May 30 – June 5 Chester Goldberg Herman B. Litten Sarah Rosenthal Ernest Champion Rose Goldstein Dr. Martin S. Litwin Pete Roth S. Joseph Alper Ruth Oppenheim Dorman Gwendolyn Hartman Sandra Russell Harry Baskin Linda May Horwitz Malvin Mayer Minnie W. Salomon W.B. Bennett Sydney J. Friedman Stanley Kahn, M.D. William Michalove Martha L. Shapiro Harry Gilbert Max Kaplan Rose Schwartz Mitnick George Shapiro Mary W Bernstein Eli Goldberg Clara E. Kaplan Lawrence Mollengarden Michael Slive Ann Boman Moses I. Krawcheck Mildred Overbach Stanley Solomon A. Max Boxer Bernard Goldstein, Sr. Joseph Kushner Dorothy P. Perlman Alex H. Sterman Miriam “Mimi” Green Goodman Richard Steven Light Lena Pinkerson Ronny Taylor Loyce Coughlin Alexander Marshall Loeb Merle Cotton Schultz Caroline Wiren Dora M. Euchvitz Eleanor Goodman Bobbie Solomon Maron Sylvia Seidenman David Feldman Mary Grob Fannie May Abraham Shugerman May 23-May 29 Miriam Goldstein Fleisher Robert J. Meshad Ben Lowell Siegal Mildred D. Frankel Rose Kushner Samuel Meyerson Harris Touro Bellows Edward M. Friend, Jr. Shirley Leventhal Max Michael, Jr. Bambi Silver Ralph Carl Blach, Jr. Elise S. Goldman Larry A. Levine Karen Z. Mitnick Gertrude Simon Bernard Greenspon Milton K. Lewis Emanuel Mogilner Fanny Slaughter Louis Burger Dorothy Hirschowitz Nathan Marx, U.S.N. Rabbi Morris Newfield John W. Snow Glenn Harvey Cooper James Harold Maus Johnny Odess Katherine Steiner Israel Jaffe Max Lorch Mayer David Osband Robert Steinhauer Alta Epsman Bessie Jaffe Kaplan Gertrude Muss Eugene Ovson Rosa Phillips Wald Donald Goetz Robert Barry Kartus Marvin Raymond Nelson Jacques Posner Wolfe Weinberg Goldey Garry Goldberg Lillie Sarah Klotzman Martha Neuman COL Norman Rebalsky Abraham W. Woolf Isadore Goldfarb Audrey Friedman Rich Gustava Estroff Zivitz Jerrell Wayne Goldforb Sara Krentzman Morris Pinhas Barbara Leah Schimmel Sidney Milton Goldstein Ann T. Lehman Hortense “Mickey” Pizitz Jack Schneidkraut May 16- May22 Dorothy Goldstein Jacob N. Leibovici Bessie Berman Siegal Rose Katz Gotlieb Hymon Ripps Allen Solomon Robert Z. Aland Andrea Gould Sol Leland Mary Sachs Roobin Frances Axel Rabbi Milton L. Grafman Jacob M. Levine, Jr. Jean W. Roseman Joel Spigel Bernard Axel Roy D. Gresham Sam Sundock George Kirschberg Carolyn Levy M.H. Roseman Sissy Toranto Elinor Bozeman Bennett Henrietta Cotton Lewis Annie Rappaport Rosner Frederick K. Bergman Louis Leaf Kay Usdan Elsie Cohen Bernheim Elliot Loveman Myldred A. Mann Harvey N. Rothstein Joanne Reed Wright Harold B. Blach Bertram Moses Marx Selma B. Maring Naomi Russin Royal Sophie Bookspan Rosalyn Mason Fanny Meisler May 9- May 15 Helen Bruck Dena Sachs Edith K. Buxbaum Martin May Sol Miller Gertrude Schulhafer Jack Morris Adler Florence Touro Eisner Sylvia “Babe” Miller Ann Morris Louis A. Beck Morris Finkel James O. Patrick Carole Ethel Muss Howard Schultz Doris Brandon Leah Newfield Howard Leonard Schultz Anne Mitnick Greenspon Rubin Piha Sandra Weinstein Pintzow Lillie Engel Buchstane Barbaree Heaster Donald Raymond Harry Richman Roslyn Blitz Schulwolf Morris Henry Cooper Harry R. Kaplan Dave Rosenfeld Bari Roseman Evelyn Cooper Simon Dr. Calvin Davenport Denney Maria Katz Jonas Rosenfield Bettie Rubel Ehlbert Nellie G. Koplon Lena Salloway Robert Routman Arthur S. Steiner Fedora Krentzman Linda Schwartz Betty DeLapp Sachs Herley Curry Thompson Harry Erdberg Annie Kronenberg Nellie Shapiro Aletta Filer Sam Leaf Steve Slate Samuel L. Singer Gene Thompson Kay Goldstein Lewis Sol Slive Marion Solomon Ruth G. Weiner Irvin Lewis Gotlieb Felix Mendel D.D. Sokol Hilda Taylor Alfred Yeargin Harry Held Abraham I. Papier Irving V. Trost Rose Stern Zalmon Dave Hess Meyer Randman Rita Russ Speer Valerie Faye Tyler Gloria Joan Zimmerman Sigfried Steiner Robert M. Unger Sylvia Lewis Weinstein May 2-May 8 Lawrence Ascherman Jack Bass Lewis Bernheim Abraham Cohen Winfield Scott Downs II Rose B. Epstein

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 April 8, 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. Jack Becker Sara Ann Polhemus, mother of Ashley Lewis Carole Epstein by Bert Bloomston by Harry Bayer by Sharon & Ed Bromberg Edith Cook Besser by Gail & Jeffrey Bayer Fred Kanter by Ginger & Jerry Held by Cheryl & Charlie Collat by Sharon & Ed Bromberg Mel Bruck by Fran & Lee Godchaux Jerry Lapidus by Ellen Bruck by Carol & Donald Herman by Barbara & Larry Fine Ida Cotton by Rochelle & Michael Koslin Judy McDonald by Rhonda & Harry Weinberg by Susan & Barry Koretzky by Amy & Michael Saag Robert Degen by Ashley & Jon Lewis Brenda Weinstein by Ellen Bruck by Letty & Bob Marcus by Joan Becker Ruth Engel by Fran Marlow by Charlotte Corenblum by Joan Becker by Candy & Ed Meyerson by Karen & Joel Piassick by Joyce Helzberg by Herbie Miller In Honor Of: by Fran Marlow by Marian Radwin Bar Mitzvah of Isaac Mastin, grandson of by Ferne Seigel by Ferne Seigel Marilynn & Earl Rothstein Terry Fierman, father of Ashley Lewis by Debbie & Louis Tuck by Fran & Lee Godchaux and brother of Bobby Fierman Gertrude Schulhafter Birth of Charlotte Beth Capper, daughter of by Barbara & Larry Fine by Lucy & Buddy Schulhafer Emily Rousso & Seth Capper, and granddaughter Fred Goldstein Louis Schulhafter, Jr. of Nancy & Danny Rousso and by Elinor Sue & Michael Staff by Lucy & Buddy Schulhafer Barbara & Stuart Capper Malvin Goldstein Howard Schultz by Sharon & Ed Bromberg by Ashley & Jon Lewis by Rhonda & Harry Weinberg Birth of Brody Berman Fried, grandson of Ike Gotlieb Merle Cotton Schultz Jeri Berman-Davis and Edward Goldberg and by Carole Simpson by Rhonda & Harry Weinberg Cantor Jessica Roskin & Alan Davis Lillian Pirer Lapidus Meyer I. Shiland by Karen & Joel Piassick by Jerry Lapidus by Judy & Gerson May Birth of Emmy June Gindy, granddaughter of Scott Leader, son of Shirley & Jerry Leader Sonny Sikora Susan & Rodney Barstein by Harry Bayer by Ashley & Jon Lewis by Jane & Joe Bluestein Barton Leaf Max Steinmetz by Barbara & Larry Fine by Leah Leaf by Joan Becker by Nancy Goedecke Anna Levin by Barbara & David Betten by Ashley & Jon Lewis by Ellen Bruck by Nancy Christopherson Birth of Chelsey Caroline Rotenstreich, Robert Lewis by Fran & Lee Godchaux great-granddaughter of Judy & Jimmy Rotenstreich by Ashley & Jon Lewis by Carmen Habeeb by Barbara & Larry Fine Angela Lichtenstein, daughter-in-law by Richard Harrison by Ginger & Jerry Held of Joyce & Joe Lichtenstein by Ginger & Jerry Held by Carol & Donald Herman by Carole Simpson by Leah Leaf by Ashley & Jon Lewis Lee Lichter by Lisa MacLean by Ferne Seigel by Harry Bayer by Judy & Jimmy Rotenstreich Birth of Sadie Pauline Weiss, granddaughter of by Joan Becker by Amy & Michael Saag Sheryl & Jon Kimerling by Lesley Byars by Ferne Seigel by Karen & Joel Piassick by Anthony DiPiazza by Dorothy Shiland Birth of Maisie and Teddy Wright, children of by Barbara & Larry Fine by Carole Simpson Rachel & Rabbi Adam Wright by Corinne Goldstein and Rob Jenkins by Elinor Sue & Michael Staff by Joan Becker by Joyce Helzberg by Joyce & Gaston Stein by Fran & Lee Godchaux by Carol & Donald Herman by Sam Tenenbaum, Jr. by Marilyn Haver by Rae & Bruce Hirsch Dorah Stern by Rhonda & Harry Weinberg by Letty & Bob Marcus by Lyons Heyman Special Birthday of David Aarons by Amy & Michael Saag Henry E. Teller, Jr. by Judy & Gerson May by Jack Schniper by Elinor Sue & Michael Staff by Amy & Michael Saag by Ferne Seigel Phyllis Weinstein Special Birthday of Roz Caplan by Judi Slaughter Waldrip & family by Joan Becker by Chu-Chi & Bobby Fierman by Sue & Allan Solomon by Sharon & Ed Bromberg Special Birthday of Donald Herman Hugo Marx, Sr. Joyce Weintraub by Harry Bayer by Lisa Marx by Elinor Sue & Michael Staff by Lana & Steve Royal Nathan Marx Wishing Good Health To: by Melanie & Harvey Seigle by Lisa Marx Jane Bluestein Special Birthday of Mark Petrofsky Eugenia Meixon by Sandra & Alan Berman by Stephanie & Stephen Steinmetz by Laurie & Craig Elmets by Barbara & David Betten Special Birthday of Amy Saag Judith Rattner, mother of Susan Harwood Harold Ceitlin by Fran & Lee Godchaux by Karen & Joel Piassick by Sue & Allan Solomon Nancy Goedecke for being recognized Ingrid Roskin, mother of Cantor Jessica Roskin Margie Eden at this year’s CJFS “Hands Up Together” event by Leah Leaf by Chu-Chi & Bobby Fierman by Fran & Lee Godchaux

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. CEMETERY CARE FUND RABBI MORRIS NEWFIELD FUND RABBI WRIGHT In Memory Of: In Memory Of: DISCRETIONARY FUND Ida Cotton, Howard Schultz and Max Steinmetz In Memory Of: Merle Cotton Schultz by Carol & B.G. Minisman Chana Schniper and Gene Thompson by Maureen & Mark Petrofsky In Honor Of: by Jack Schniper HANNAH & HYMAN GOLDSTEIN Birth of Maisie and Teddy Wright VOLUNTEER FUND by Carol & B.G. Minisman When you do your estate planning, In Memory Of: CAROLE & MICHAEL PIZITZ please remember our Temple! Aaron Green FAMILY FUND FOR by Debra & Joel Goldstein DUES ENDOWMENT There are a variety of ways for you to In Honor Of: In Memory Of: join those who have already arranged Special Birthday of Donald Herman; Harold Apolinsky, Woody Cohen, for a legacy gift while ensuring the Birth of Maisie and Teddy Wright, and Ruth Engel, Terry Fierman, Chelsey Caroline Rotenstreich Julius Goldstein, Beverly Lande, interests of your family and other by Marilyn & Murray Tanner Scott Leader, Angela Lichtenstein, primary beneficiaries: SHERRON & ALLAN GOLDSTEIN Lee Lichter, Sara Ann Polhemus BEQUESTS: BREAK-THE-FAST FUND and Max Steinmetz In Memory Of: by Carole & Michael Pizitz In addition to simply selecting a dollar Sara Ann Polhemus Wishing Good Health To: amount with which you are comfortable, by Sherron & Allan Goldstein Harold Blach, Sherron & Allan Goldstein, MOLLIE & HERMAN GOTLIEB Jerry Lapidus, Jimmy Rotenstreich, a number of alternatives are available SANCTUARY PRESERVATION FUND Ruth Siegler, Jean Sklar and such as designating a percentage of In Memory Of: Brenda Weinstein your estate or naming a gift of real estate. Ruth Engel and Max Steinmetz by Carole & Michael Pizitz IRA / RETIREMENT PLANS: by Marcia Unger In Honor Of: It is also important to realize that your In Honor Of: Birth of Sydney Reese Barstein, IRA or retirement plan benefits may be Birth of Sydney Reese Barstein, Chelsey Caroline Rotenstreich, the best source of funds for a legacy gift Emmy June Gindy and and Maisie and Teddy Wright; to the Temple or other charities that you Chelsey Caroline Rotenstreich Special Anniversary of care about, since these funds are subject by Marcia Unger Cissy & Leonard Held, to both estate and income taxation. GLORIA GOLDSTEIN HOWTON Ginger & Jerry Held and BUILDING FUND Letty & Bob Marcus; ACCELERATE YOUR GIFT: In Memory Of: Special Birthdays of Joan Becker, In this unique financial environment, Lee Lichter Betty Goldstein, Fred Kanter, you might also consider joining others in by Ann & Richard Goldstein Ricky Koslin and Bob Marcus accelerating your planned gift so that you JOAN & MILTON JACOBSON by Carole & Michael Pizitz might enjoy seeing the benefits of your CULTURAL ARTS FUND LANA & STEPHEN L. ROYAL In Honor Of: FAMILY FUND FOR generosity during your lifetime. Joan Jacobs DUES ENDOWMENT by Richard Harrison III In Memory Of: If you have already arranged for a legacy gift Naomi Royal to benefit our Temple, please let us know! by Lana & Steve Royal For more information, consult your estate-planning advisor or call Jann Blitz, Your contributions through our “Temple Tributes” help to support Temple Emanu-El’s annual operations and activities, and further build our our Executive Director with the Rabbi Grafman Grafman Endowment Fund to enrich our congregation…now and forever. Endowment Fund at (205) 397-0814. 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.

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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. 2021 . Annual Congregational Meeting The monthly bulletin for Temple Emanu-El Friday, May 21 at 5 p.m. 2100 Highland Avenue South Birmingham, AL 35205 Shabbat services immediately following at 5:45 p.m. ( 205) 933-8037 | FAX (205) 933-8099 ourtemple.org AGENDA INCLUDES: 2020-21 Year-In-Review Founded in 1882 and affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism. 2021-22 Budget Presentation Election of New Board Members Clergy See enclosed insert featuring the Temple, Endowment Fund, Rabbi Adam Wright Sisterhood and Brotherhood board slates. Cantor Robert Wittner, Engel Cantorial Chair Rabbi Jonathan Miller, Rabbi Emeritus Your participation is important to us to keep abreast of what is happening and planned in the coming year at Temple. Senior Team Also note that a quorum of members in good Danielle Barnett, Director of Accounting and Finance standing is required to elect our new board members. Jann Blitz, Endowment Fund Executive Director While we continue to have limited attendance in the sanctuary, we hope you will join us virtually via our website or Lynda Gutcheon, Interim Director of Education Facebook at ourtemple.org/webcast Monika Singletary, Director of Congregational Engagement A package of Annual Report materials will be forthcoming and Membership separately — including information regarding voting by proxy. 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.