September 2015 - Temple Emanu-El

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OurTemple
The monthly bulletin for Temple Emanu-El
www.ourtemple.org
(205) 933-8037
September 2015
(Elul 5775 – Tishrei 5776)
Birmingham, Alabama
Shana Tova
Selichot
Erev Yom Kippur / Kol Nidre
Friday, September 11, 5:40 p.m.
Tuesday, September 22,
6:45 p.m. & 9:00 p.m.
Erev Rosh Hashanah
Sunday, September 13, 8:00 p.m.
Rosh Hashanah
Monday, September 14
Morning Service - 8:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.
Contemporary Service - 11:00 a.m.
Junior Congregation - 11:00 a.m.
Shofar-In-The-Park &
Tashlich Service - 5:30 p.m.
at Cahaba River Park - Overton Road
Kever Avot
Congregational Memorial Services
Sunday, September 20
Elmwood Cemetery - 10:30 a.m.
Northside Cemetery - 11:15 a.m.
Yom Kippur
Wednesday, September 23
Morning Service - 8:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.
Junior Congregation - 11:00 a.m.
Afternoon Service - 2:15 p.m.
Stories - 3:15 p.m.
Healing Service - 4:15 p.m.
Yizkor & Ne’ilah - 4:30 p.m.
Break-the-Fast - 6:00 p.m.
Sukkot Festival Worship
Monday, September 28, 11:00 a.m.
Sukkot / Pizza-in-our-Hut &
Lulav Shakes
Wednesday, September 30, 5:00 p.m.
Simchat Torah & Yizkor Service
Monday, October 5, 11:00 a.m.
Our mission: Temple Emanu-El is a welcoming Reform Jewish congregation, engaging members in prayer,
study, fellowship, and acts of loving kindness to our congregational family and the community at large.
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Our Services
• For a list of High Holy Days Services see front cover •
Friday, 9/4
5:40 p.m.
Shabbat Service
Birthday Blessing
Oneg following
Saturday,9/5
10:30 a.m.
Shabbat Service
Torah Portion:
Ki Tavo
Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8
Friday, 9/11
Friday, 9/18
5:40 p.m.
Shabbat Service &
Selichot Prayers
Oneg following
5:40 p.m.
Shabbat Service
Anniversary Blessing
Oneg following
Saturday, 9/12
Saturday, 9/19
10:30 a.m.
Shabbat Service
Bat Mitzvah of
Jessica Weisberg
10:30 a.m.
Shabbat Service
Friday, 9/25
5:40 p.m.
Shabbat Service
Special Guest Speaker
Julian Resnick
See back cover for details
Oneg following
Sponsored by Lana Burwell
In memory of her father
Dudley Burwell
Torah Portion:
Vayeilech
Deuteronomy 31:1-30
Torah Portion:
Nitzavim
Deuteronomy 30:5-16
All services are webcast at www.ourtemple.org
Saturday, 9/26
10:30 a.m.
Shabbat Service
Torah Portion:
Ha’azinu
Deuteronomy 32:1-32:52
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Babysitting during services available upon request
Welcome Newest Members
Please help us extend a warm welcome to our following new members:
J.J. Gotlieb & Ashley Blumberg
Lutfiya & Joshua Pinsler
Norma Star & Mitch Schneidkraut
We will be hosting our Family Promise guests again the week of
October 11-18. We absolutely need your help! This is a wonderful
opportunity for a teenager who needs volunteer hours. To volunteer
or for more information, please contact Matt Swerdlin at
(205) 747-4271 or matthewswerdlin@gmail.com.
Publication Title: Our Temple
USPS Identification
Issue Date: September 2015
Issue Number: 76
Statement of Frequency: Published monthly
except forJune/July issue
Organization: Temple Emanu-El
Name/Address: 2100 Highland Avenue Sout
Birmingham, AL 35205 4002
Layout and Design | Kim Graham
Our Clergy
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CLERGY MESSAGE
Our prayers on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur focus us on the many blessings that
make our lives worthwhile. This year, like last year, we will pray for the hope of health,
prosperity and happiness in the future. If we can achieve these in their own measure,
dayeinu, that would be enough!
Rabbi Miller
Temple Emanu-El
This year, like last
year, we will pray
for the hope of
health, prosperity
and happiness in
the future.
But even more than that, this pivotal time of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur should
spur us to see our lives and our world with new eyes. We are not destined to repeat our
past behaviors, which may have kept us unproductive, unhappy, and distant from loved
ones, from our best selves, and from God. The message of the New Year is that we
have the ability to make the year new, and to make our lives new and to see our world
renewed and our faith and commitments in a new light. We are not destined to repeat
the past. Instead, we have the spiritual ability to overcome our challenges and to create
the lives we want for ourselves, and the lives God wants for us.
On Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, we open the book of our lives to a NEW page,
a blank page. Pick up the pen and start writing. God is waiting for us to become the
blessings we pray to be.
Judi, Aaron and Lauren, Alana, Benjamin and Eliana Rose wish you the best for a
fulfilled and blessed New Year, 5776!
Rabbi Jonathan Miller
For All Of Us: A Prayer for the Days of Awe
I’m good at making resolutions, God. But I’m not very good at keeping them. I have been
hiding from my faults. I’ve been blaming others for my own mistakes. Help me, God, to
search my soul. I pray to You for strength. I want to live a meaningful life. I want to
comprehend my true promise. I want to understand why You have put me here. Teach
me to be honest with myself. Give me the courage to accept responsibility for my actions.
Grant me the humility to ask for forgiveness from those I have injured. Give me the
courage to repair relationships that pride has destroyed.
Cantor
Jessica Roskin
Fill me with the desire to change, God. Remind me that I have the power to remake my
life. You have filled me with enormous potential. Show me the person I have the potential
to become. Teach me how to realize all the gifts of my soul.
Be my guide, God; lead me to goodness, to joy, and to learning. Let this be a good
year-a year of health, a year of blessing, a year of love, a year of peace.
Amen.
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Around Our Temple
This is a
great practical
seminar
for all ages:
GRAFMAN LEGACY SEMINAR
Beatles & Boomers
Planning for
“When I’m 64”
Wednesday, Sept 2 • 5:00 p.m. • Temple Emanu-El
Join us for Cocktails & Seminar ...kicked off with a few Beatles tunes
led by the talented Bruce Downs (CPA) and Cantor Jessica Roskin.
Our user-friendly program features Martin Shenkman,
a nationally-recognized estate planner, sharing best
practices to manage your affairs to provide you
and your loved ones with greater peace-of-mind...
especially at age 64 and beyond.
Reservations requested --please reply to
the Endowment Offiice by Monday, Aug 31st
endowment@ourtemple.org or 933-8397.
A contribution of $5/person at the door is appreciated.
The Board of Directors of the Rabbi Grafman Endowment Fund
Recipe from our “Generation to Generation”
Cook Book for Rosh Hannah
Apple Pay
Ingredients Needed , chopped
3 apples, peeled, cored
1 cup all-purpose flour
5 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup sugar
Preparation
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Arrange the ap
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with an electric mixer untilbatter over the apples. Bake at 350 degrees for 45
until well mixed. Pour the rack to cool. Invert onto a serving plate when cool.
minutes. Remove to a wire
Yield: 6 servings
Bella Imes
Around Our Temple
Mazel Tov To...
Evan & Annette (Pollack) Lichter on their recent
marriage. Evan is the son of Lee & Steve Lichter,
and Annette’s parents are the late Max & Hedy
Pollack, of Nashville, TN. The wedding was in Atlanta,
GA, on June 7th, and the couple resides in Birmingham.
Kate & Joshua Berger on the birth of their daughter,
Eilis Natalie Berger, on Monday, June 29, 2015. Also
celebrating are siblings, Levi, Emma & Penelope and
grandparents; Sarah & Marshall Berger, and Maria
Almeira of Los Angeles, CA.
Amy & Eric Morrison, on the birth of their son Brody
Philip Morrison, on Friday, July 24, 2015. Also
celebrating with them are grandparents, Nancy
Nagrodzki and Glenda & Paul Nagrodzki and Cheryl & Steven Morrison, Coral Springs, FL;
great- grandparents, Carole & Michael Pizitz and
Gale Robinson & Marshall Goldberg, New York, NY,
Barbara Lewin, Margate, FL; and aunts & uncles;
Shannon & Mark Nagrodzki, New York, NY, Lisa &
Jason Tekula, Parkland, FL and Ivy & John Graham,
Birmingham, AL.
Lauren & Rabbi Aaron Miller, Washington, D.C.,
on the birth of their daughter Eliana Rose Miller on
Monday, August 3, 2015. Grandparents, Judi &
Rabbi Jonathan Miller,Cheryl & Hugh Cutright, Pittsburg, PA, and April & Jay Apfelbaum, Philadelphia, PA, great- grandmothers, Renee
Schulman , Anita Miller, Rochester, NY and Nikki
Markley, Greenwich, CT. Also celebrating are aunt
and uncles, Alana Miller, Washington, D.C., Aaron
Cutright, Pittsburgh, PA. and Benjamin Miller.
Marianna & Michael Love, Atlanta, GA, on the birth of
their son Seth Jacob Love on Monday, August 3, 2015.
Grandparents, Bari & Rusty Love, Atlanta, GA
and great-grandmother, Rachel Rosenthal Selber.
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Bat Mitzvah
Jessica Weisberg - September 12
Jesse is a seventh grader
at Mountain Brook Junior
High School. She is
the daughter of
Scott Weisberg and
Sari Weisberg. Her
grandparents are Ilene
and Steven Weisberg
of Hollywood, FL and
Renee and Richard Marks
of Boca Raton, FL.
Celebrating with Jesse
are her older brothers,
Joshua and Jordan as
well as many aunts,
uncles, cousins and
friends.
Condolences To...
The family of Jimmie Gary Harp, Jr. of Gadsden,
Alabama, who passed away on Wednesday, July
22, 2015. He is survived by his wife Cassie Harp;
daughter Carley Harp (daughter of Heidi Holt)
and; sons, Michael Harp (son of Heidi Holt) of
Birmingham, Baylor Harp & John Harp; parents
Jeanne & Jimmie Harp; brothers; Paul & Andy
(Leslie) Harp.
The family of Vernon W. Gibson, Jr. of Birmingham, Alabama, who passed away on Tuesday
July 29th. He is survived by his wife, Celeste
Golpan Bajuyo; sister, Elaine Culver, his four
daughters, Deborah Lewis (Richard), Suzanne
Moseley (Mike), Stephanie Sklar ( Bradley),
Amber Rhiannon Gibson (Eric) and his five
grandchildren, Jennifer Lewis, Preston Lewis,
Isabella Moseley, Gibson Moseley and
Lauren Sklar.
Around Our Temple
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Hebrew for Beginners
Thursdays, 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
First Class: October 1
Presidents’ Board Room at Temple Emanu-El
Call or email if interested 933-8037 ext. 290
cantorjroskin@ourtemple.org
CHAMPIONS: SAVE THE DATE!:
Friday, December 11th: Share the Spirit:
Family to Family Shabbat 2015. Please add this very important Tikkun Olam event
to your calendar now so you and your family can
take part and help make a difference in the lives of those in need!
When cleaning out your closets this Fall please consider
saving your gently used children’s and teen’s clothing as well as adult
clothing such as coats, jackets and other winter clothing items to donate
later in the Fall for the low income families who will qualify for the
First Teachers@ Home holiday gift program. *Other items always needed:
Kids books, puzzles (with all of the pieces), games, school supplies,
bikes, trikes, helmets, baby riding toys and baby diapers (if you have a
size your baby has currently outgrown, we would be thrilled to receive
your unneeded supply)
***NEW THIS YEAR: We are working on creating a warehouse of very
inexpensive used bicycles and tricycles and baby riding toys for Champions
to purchase and donate. More details to come as we get closer to the
holiday season!***
VOLUNTEER HOURS FOR TEENS AND ADULTS:
Please consider contacting Amy Strickland for more information on how you
can help at rasams96@bellsouth.net or 205-451-2264.
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Around Our Temple
Sisterhood Schmooze
Sisterhood was out in force on the first day of religious school! Thanks to everyone who stopped by the sisterhood table, paid their dues and made
the commitment to participate in at least one thing this year!
I promise you will be glad you did! And thanks to our wonderful women who spent
Sunday morning helping share the message of Sisterhood.
Our next Sisterhood board meeting will be Sunday, September 27th.
Nosh at 10:00 a.m., Meeting at 10:30 a.m.-noon ~ ALL ARE WELCOME!
Mark your calendars
Sunday, October 25, 10:00 a.m.
Our “Fashion Brunch” will awaken your taste buds and take you to the edge of the fashion runway!
This is an event you certainly do not want to miss! Watch for more information coming soon.
I look forward to seeing you throughout the High Holidays and wishing you Shana Tova!
Sisterhood love,
Mackie
Each month, Temple Emanu-El chooses a specific
recipient for our Tzedakah Box contribution.
Our October recipient is: COLLAT JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES
At Collat Jewish Family Services, we are dedicated to meeting the needs of
the Birmingham Jewish and General Communities by providing an array of
services that recognizes the uniqueness of every individual or family. We are
here for everyone: our clients are young and old, Jews and non-Jews, those
with means and those without means. Our seasoned staff creates a safe,
nurturing environment to help with issues, big and small, short-term and
chronic, with a focus on preserving the respect and dignity of each person.
To learn more, visit their website: www.cjfsbham.org
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Around Our Temple
Junior Congregation
Kindergarten-5th Grade • 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Rosh Hashanah
Yom Kippur
Monday, September 14th
Wednesday, September 23rd
Check in will be in Hess Chapel for all students from 10:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
Good Morning Sunshine Style Service in Hess Chapel
11:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.- Led by Abraham Askenazi
11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.- High Holy Day lessons
and snack provided. Dismissal for all students will be from
Hess Chapel immediately following services.
Please complete the form online at: www.ourtemple.org
Under the Youth & Education tab
Please register by Friday, September 4th
The cost is $10 per child, per service
Bring the whole family to celebrate and nosh on
some pizza and sip-a-shake in the Sukkah!
Wednesday, September 30th at 5:00 p.m.
$6.00 per person
& Lulav Shakes
Please RSVP by Friday, September 25th
to Jennifer Nemet at
education@ourtemple.org
Around Our Temple
Look how we’ve grown!
The Discovery School is a full-day,
year-round preschool for children ages 4 Months-Pre-K.
7:15 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
For more information and to register today,
please go to www.ourtemple.org
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Our Yahrzeits
Yahrzeits
May the beauty of their lives shine forever, and
may we always bring honor to their memory.
Sept 4-5
Evelyn Silverstein
Ida Seigel
Robert Risman
Sylvia Inzelbach
AndrewAbroms
Celia Simon
Phil Shapiro, Sr.
Alice Rosen
EdwardKanter
Max Alpert
Lester Solomon
Albert Shugerman
Rose Singer
HannahKaufman
Milton Ascher
Leopold Sonnabend
Robert Slate
Seymour Slater
Nessie Kessler
Anne Baer
Joseph Steinberg
Ernie Willcher
Rose Spielholz
Bertha Kessler
Morris Barstein
Isadore Sugerman
Ruth Woolf
Myron Sterman
Louis Kushner
Irving Beiman
Edward Trammell
Max Stern, Sr.
Norm Levinson
Arthur Berman
Joe Vlasaty
Sept 18-19
Larry Weiner
Fay Lewitz
Bertha Berman
Leon Weinberger
Rhonda Abraham
Leonard Wertheimer, Jr.
Harry Margolin
Helen Berman
CharlesWeinstein
Gusta Barth Baim
Bertha Yasnyi
Babe May
Anne Cohen
Elin Wyker
Mervyn Barstein
Beatrice Ziff
Oscar May
Samuel Bittner
Celia Cooperman
Samuel Mogilner
Jacob Cotton
Sept 11-12
Samuel Blankstein
Sept 25-26
Rose Monheit
Gerald Dorsky
Florence Bayer
Roger Blum
B. L. “Punch” Aarons
Szymon Nagrodzki
Robert Eisner
Maurice Berger
Nell Bresler
Gertrude Adcox
Anna Petrofsky
Leo E. Frankel
Sadie Berman
Mark Bronshteyn
Lynne Alexander
Myra Rathmell
RichardFriedman
Beatrice Blumberg
Maurice Caheen
Arnold Altmark
Micki Reis
IsadoreFriedman
Zisel Bronshteyn
Dot Caldwell
Steven Baras
Lydia Rodgers
Louis Garfinkle
Eva Camp
Meyer Collat
Rose Bayer
VernonRosenthal
Elsie Ginsberg
John Cassetti
Minerva Dalrymple
Gertrude Beck
SamuelRosenthal
Helen Glazer
Stanley Cohen
Sylvia Dorsky
Helen Biedinger
Greta Schwarz
Stanley Gold
Tessie Cohen
Janet Dorsky
Herman Blumberg
Philip Shapiro
Muriel Goldstein
Herbert Cohen
Edith Epstein
Jack Broda
Mabel Skier
Rose Goldstein
Ralph Davis
Selma Farrago
Dudley Burwell
Esther Sklar
Beatrice Gordon
Adele Goldstein
Sarah Fogel
Salvador Caheen
Rebecca Slive
Solomon Grabove
Will Holloway
Bessie Frohman
Gene Elkus
Mary Solomon
Melvin David Jacobs
Louise Kombar
Rosine Helzberg
Marvin Feldman
Morris Solomon
Sylvia Jacobs
Carrie Levine
James Helzberg
Herman Fetter
Leo Steiner, Jr.
Mae Kaden
Hyman Levine, Sr.
Ruth Jacobs
Adair David “A.D.” Fine
Meryl Wilkoff
Jeanette Koppel
Edna London
John Lefkovits
Alfred Freeman
Jack Levin
Anita Marcus
Alfred Levenson
Selma Friedman
Sadie Levin
Margorie Margolin
Nathan Lewis
Vera Galbert
Jerry Markovitz
Ike May
Dorothy Megerian
Joan Gilbert
Molly Newman
Freyda Miller
Marshall Miller
Leon Godchaux, II
Morris Ovson
Ralph Mitnick
Iris Norris
Murray Gold
BarnardPearl
Max Morrison
Moe Perlman
MervynGoldstein
Rebecca Rashley
Matilda Pinhas
Luis Pernia
Ruth Goldstein
Bruce Roberts
Marie Rosen
Bernard Pevow
Mary Green
Lillian Rothschild
Maurice Salloway
Luna Piha
Claire Hagedorn
Carl Schwartz
Ida Schultz
Ina Pitt
Geraldine Heymann
Ruth Shovers
Lorna Schwartz
Loris Rich
JosephHirsh
Our Tributes
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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 August 5, 2015:
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:
Jon Biedinger
by Susan & Karl Biedinger
Bo Blach, son of Harold & Nancy Blach
by Rosalie & Raymond Gotlieb
by Candy & Ed Meyerson
Ralph C. Blach, Jr.
Rosalie B. Blach
Rosalie W. Blach
Vernon Gibson, Jr., father of
Stephanie Sklar
by Cheryl & Charlie Collat
by Chu-Chi & Bobby Fierman
by Nancy & Glenn Goedecke
by Gail & Charles Herman
by Shirley & Jerry Leader
by Joyce & Joe Lichtenstein
by Joanna & Herrick Siegel and family
Irvin Gotlieb
by Frances Cypress
Pauline Harris
by Anne Cohn
Linda May Horwitz
by the Barrocas family
Maria Katz, mother of Jose Katz
by Lee & Stephen Lichter
William H. Kelly
David Koplon
by Linda Cohn
by Cheryl & Charlie Collat
by Evelyn & Jack Held
by Barry Dreayer & Sandra Jaffe
by Denny Marcus & Andre Schnabl
by Judy & Jimmy Rotenstreich
by Ferne Seigel
by Rhonda & Harry Weinberg
Ronnie Leaf
by Marian & Ronny Epstein
Edna Kamenshine Levin, mother of
Ilene Wilensky
by Jon Lewis
Kay Lewis, mother of Jon Lewis
by Ferne Seigel
Pauline Malcove
Gilbert Odrezin
by Jamie & Greg Odrezin
Frances Leslie Savage
by Sharon & Ed Bromberg
Bernie Schulman
by Joyce Helzberg
by Rhonda & Harry Weinberg
Howard Schultz, father of
Maureen Petrofsky and Rhonda Weinberg
Philip Shapiro
by Marvin Shapiro
Sandy G. Siegal, sister-in-law of Irvin Siegal
by Frances Cypress
Alex Sokol, son of Bruce & Carleton Sokol
and Roberta & Jim May
Alice Spilberg
by Bernice Barstein
by Letty & Bob Marcus
Wishing Good Health To:
Faye Bernstein
by Linda Cohn
by Frances Cypress
Cissy Held
by Joan Becker
by Frances Cypress
by Chu-Chi & Bobby Fierman
by Cathy & Paul Friedman
by Shirley & Julius Goldstein
by Joyce Helzberg
by Joyce & Joe Lichtenstein
by Renee Schulman
by Rosalyn & Irvin Siegal
by Ferne Siegel
Barry Koretzky
by Linda Cohn
Ann Robertson
by Linda Cohn
Jimmy Rotenstreich
by Joyce Helzberg
Eddie Russell
Jane Siegel
by Ferne Siegel
Sandy Seton
Pat Weil
In Honor Of:
B’nei Mitzvah of Mason, Addison and Kyra
Berger, children of Robin & Hilton Berger
by Ginger & Jerry Held
Birth of Myra Anne Rathmell Alvey,
daughter of Caleigh & David Alevy,
granddaughter of Lynn Rathmell, and
great-granddaughter of Pat Weil
by Nancy & Lincoln Berland
by Linda & Doug Friedman
by Letty & Bob Marcus
by Linda Verin & Rick Clay
by Marlene & Dick Waller
Birth of Pierce Bayer Goldberg, son of
Annie & Scott Goldberg, grandson of
Gail & Jeffrey Bayer
by Ferne Seigel
Birth of Eliana Rose Miller, daughter of
Lauren & Rabbi Aaron Miller, granddaughter of Judi Schulman Miller & Rabbi
Jonathan Miller, and great-granddaughter
of Renee Schulman
by Harry Bayer
by Linda Cohn
by Ferne Siegel
by Betty & Max Steinmetz
Birth of Brody Philip Morrison, son of
Amy & Eric Morrison, grandson of Nancy
Nagrodzki and Glenda & Paul Nagrodzki,
and great-grandson of Carole & Michael Pizitz
by Barbara & Larry Fine
Birth of Louis Frank Rogoff, son of Mary
Margaret & Jason Rogoff and grandson of
Cathy & Lee Rogoff
by Linda Verin & Rick Clay
Birth of Evie Sokol, daughter of Amanda
& Kevin Sokol and great-granddaughter of
Nancy & Harold Blach
Birth of Lewis Jesse Swerdlin, son of
Zoey Glick & Matt Swerdlin
by Shirley & Julius Goldstein
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Our Tributes
Continued
General &
Unrestricted Funds
In Honor Of:
Birth of Campbell Bowman Weil, son of
Lauren & Drew Weil and great-grandson
of Nancy & Harold Blach
Special Anniversary of Sandra &
Alan Berman
Special Anniversary of Ginger &
Jerry Held
Special Anniversary and Birthdays of
Doris & Fred Kanter
by Sandra & Alan Berman
by Barbara & David Betten
by Barbara & Larry Fine
by Carol & Donald Herman
by Irene Raymond
by Renee Schulman
Special Birthday of Joyce Lichtenstein
by Sandra & Larry Shulman
Special Birthday of Ferne Seigel
by Joyce Helzberg
Brit Milah of our grandson,
Brody Philip Morrison
by Glenda & Paul Nagrodzki
The Aarons family’s contributions to the
Temple Emanu-El
by Carol & Michael Aarons
Carol Epstein for her 30 years of service
to the Mountain Brook City Council
by Jane & Melvin Davis
Judy Abroms, Rabbi Jonathan Miller,
Lester Siegel, Mike Slive and Linda Verin
for being honored among Positive
Maturity’s “Top 50 over 50”
by Ferne Siegel
Designated Endowment Funds
Contributions to these “perpetual” funds help provide permanent
sources of income for special programming and enhancements for
our temple today,as well as for future generations.
Muncy Abroms
Cultural Arts Fund
Wishing Good Health:
Cissy Held, Jimmy Rotenstreich and
Sandy Seton
by Carol Solomon
Blach Family Fund for
Dues Endowment
In Memory Of:
David Koplon
by Nancy & Harold Blach
Cissy Held and Jimmy Rotenstreich
In Honor Of:
Birth of Myra Anne Rathmell Alvey
by Kit & Rick Roth
Birth of Brody Philip Morrison
by Kit & Rick Roth
Special Anniversary and Birthdays of
Doris & Fred Kanter;
Special Birthday of Betty Loeb
Nina & Norman Cohen
Next Generation Fund
In Honor Of:
Birth of Eliana Rose Miller
by Lois & David Cohen
Betty A. Goldstein Camp
Jacobs Scholarship Fund
In Memory Of:
Bernie Schulman
by Betty Goldstein
In Honor Of:
by Betty Goldstein
Sherron & Allan
Goldstein Break-The-Fast
Fund
In Memory Of:
Vernon Gibson, Jr., and David Koplon
by Sherron & Allan Goldstein
In Honor Of:
Birth of Myra Anne Rathmell Alevy
by Sherron & Allan Goldstein
Hannah & Hyman Goldstein
Volunteer Fund
In Memory Of:
David Koplon and Vernon Gilbert, Jr.
by Debra & Joel Goldstein
Linda May Horwitz and Bernie Schulman
by Marilyn & Murray Tanner
Cissy Held
Cathy Friedman, Cissy Held and
Howard Roskin
In Honor Of:
Birth of Myra Anne Rathmell Alvey
Marriage of Julie Saag to Andrew Pizitz
Rochelle & Michael Koslin
Fund for Dues Endowment
In Memory Of:
Vernon Gibson, Jr.
by Ricky Koslin and Lyons Heyman
Faye & Sidney Bernstein and Cissy Held
by Ricky Koslin and Lyons Heyman
Reese Family Fund
Cissy Held
by Elaine May
by David Reese
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 933-8397 or endowment@ourtemple.org.
A list of all our Temple and Endowment Funds is available on the back of the Calendar Insert in this bulletin,
and on our website at www.ourtemple.org.
Our Tributes
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Designated Temple Funds
Gifts to these “immediate use” funds fulfill special needs beyond
the scope of what dues and tuition fees are able to provide.
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Discretionary Fund
Discretionary Fund
In Memory Of:
David Koplon
by Gloria Koplon
Bernie Schulman
In Honor Of:
by Joanna & Herrick Siegel
Your kindness and support
by Kathleen Levin
by Judith Stocks
Our wedding
by Betsy & Brian Scott
In Honor Of:
Bar Mitzvah of our son, Andrew Strickland
by Amy & Ron Strickland
Wedding blessing of our son,
Evan Lichter, and Annette Pollack
Rabbi Haas’ 5th High Holy Days at
Temple Emanu-El
By Cantor Steven and Nina Haas
Our wedding
by Betsy & Brian Scott
Tikkun Olam Fund
In Memory Of:
David Koplon
by Jeff, Jeri, Elizabeth & Bradley Wolff
Sandy G.Siegal
by Ashley & Jon Lewis
In Honor Of:
Bar Mitzvah of our son, Andrew Strickland
by Amy & Ron Strickland
Live webcasting of our
Temple Emanu-El services is
made possible in part through the
“OurTemple”
Worship Anywhere Fund.
If you are watching our webcast online,
it is easy to just click to make a
donation to this fund
to help us to continue to
Cantor Jessica Roskin
Discretionary Fund
In Honor Of:
Temple Emanu-El and the Jewish people
by Joshua Generation Church of God
provide webcasting and enhance
this service.
Endowment Funds at Work
We greatly appreciate the support of the following endowment funds for providing enhancements for
our congregational family over the past few months:
• Honan Family Torah Study Fund for making a generous grant towards funding a special,
motivating training session with Rich Recht for our Religious School teachers and teaching assistants.
• Faye & Norris Friedman Social Enrichment Fund for
underwriting the fabulous 4th of July Havdalah service,
dinner and wonderful view of the fire works from atop of
the Temple’s parking deck.
• Cemetery Care Fund for providing the funding to
create and print the informative directory supplement,
which you should have received earlier this summer,
“Our Temple’s Guide To Jewish Funerals and Mourning Customs”.
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Our Sponsors
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Please give Buggy Bucks gift cards to your friends,
family, and employees for any celebration or occasion.
It works like this: You purchase the Buggy Bucks gift cards for Publix or Piggly Wiggly. They work just
like any gift card, but these stores give us a discount on the total amount and those proceeds go directly to the Temple General Fund.
We take cash, checks, and can even transfer money directly from your bank! We can mail the Buggy Bucks directly to you or we can mail them directly to the recipient with your personalized card.
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2707 18th Street S. 35209
879-1455
Open 7days a week
Mon-Sun 10am-10pm
Lunch & Dinner
Special Breakfast Hours
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
6am-11am
Come see our beautiful new tallit selection
from Israel. If you register in the gift shop
you will be given 25% off the tallit purchase.
Hours for September 2015 are:
Tuesday 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Thursday 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Friday 2:00-5:30 p.m.
Sundays 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
or by appointment contact
Loretta Newfield at 933-8037.
Temple Emanu-El
2100 Highland Avenue South
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PAID
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This issue of OurTemple bulletin is made possible through the support of the Temple Emanu-El Grafman Endowment Fund.
Shabbat Service
with Special guest
Julian Resnick
Friday, September 25, 5:40 p.m.
Julian was born in South Africa and made Aliyah to
Israel in 1976 to Kibbutz Nir Eliyahu. Since 1987 he has
been a member of Kibbutz Tzora. Since completing his
service in the IDF in 1979 Julian has worked in Zionist
and Jewish Education both in Israel and abroad. He has
served as an emissary for Israel in the field of education
in San Francisco, London, UK and NYC. He guides
extensively both in Israel and abroad focusing on the
story of the Jewish People. His contact with Birmingham
has been largely via his guiding of the three Friendship
groups, groups of Jews and Christians from Birmingham,
who have travelled with him in Israel over the past 5 years.
Be sure to visit our NEW Temple website
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2100 Highland Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35205 (205) 933-8037 | FAX (205) 933-8099 www.ourtemple.org
Founded in 1882 and affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism.
Clergy
Cantor Jessica Roskin
Rabbi Laila Haas
Senior Team
Robin G. Gotlieb, Executive Director
Jann Blitz, Endowment Fund Executive Director
Board of Directors
Dr. Michael Koslin, President
Ben Weil, President Elect
Dr. Al Cohn, Vice President
Robert Berman, Vice President
Lisa Bebenek, Secretary
Larry Goldberg, Treasurer
Stephen Royal, Immediate Past President
Andi Berger, Presidential Appointment
Dr. Mark Cohen, Presidential Appointment
Debbie Barstein
Charles Collat, Jr.
Anna Slive Harwood
Edgar Marx, Jr.
David Reese
Julie Stein
In the event of a family emergency after hours,
please contact us:
Rabbi Jonathan Miller: (205) 223-0916
Cantor Jessica Roskin: (205) 266-6549
Rabbi Laila Haas: (205) 777-8804
Remember Temple’s Endowment Fund in your estate plans, and please let us know when you do.
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Worship
Over For a List of Temple Funds
Designated & Unrestricted Funds
benefiting Temple Emanu-EI
We greatly appreciate the tributes and contributions made to Temple Emanu-EI to
honor friends and family, commemorate significant events and remember loved ones.
Your contributions to the Temple's 11 immediate use" funds help support our
annual operations and fulfill special needs beyond the scope of what dues and
tuition fees are able to provide - and gifts to our Endowment Funds help further
build our Grafman Endowment Fund to provide perpetual / permanent sources of
income to enrich our congregation ... now and for generations to come.
GENERAL FUNDS
Temple General Fund
Endowment General Fund
CLERGY DISCRETIONARY FUNDS
Rabbi Miller Discretionary Fund
Cantor Raskin Discretionary Fund
Rabbi Haas Discretionary Fund
CULTURAL & VISUAL ARTS FUNDS
Music Fund
Chorale Fund
Art Fund
Library Fund
Archives Fund
Prayerbook Replacement Fund
Endowed Funds:
Muncy HarrisAbroms Cultural Arts Fund
Mary K. Brodnax Music Fund
Ruth & Marvin Engel Cantorial Chair
& High Holy Day Choir Fund
Ruth & Marvin Engel Archives Fund
Joan & Milton Jacobson Cultural Arts Fund
Cantor Brian Miller Cultural Arts Fund
Odess Family Fund
Ruth & J.D. Rosenberger Music Fund
Barrye & Jay Ziff Cultural Arts Fund
CEMETERY & BUILDING RESERVATION:
Abrams/Weil Hall Repair & Replacement Fund
Capital Improvements Fund
Reserve Fund
Jasper Cemetery Oversight Fund
Endowed Funds:
Abrams Hall Preservation Fund
Mollie & Herman Gotlieb Sanctuary Preservation Fund
Hess Chapel Fund
Gloria Goldstein Howton Building Fund
Jasper Temple Fund
Rabbi Morris Newfield Fund
Cemetery Care Fund
Gadsden Cemetery Fund
CARING COMMUNITY FUNDS
Disaster Relief Fund
Tikkun Olam Fund
Caring Committee Fund
Giving Tree I Financial Assistance Fund
Celebration I Financial Assistance Fund
Endowed Funds:
Leona & Marvin Cherner Caring Community Fund
Edward & Hermione Friend Community Fund
Richard Goldner Community Service Fund
WORSHIP & ADULT EDUCATION FUNDS
Ritual &Worship Fund
Adult Education Fund
Leadership Development Fund
Endowed Funds:
Honan Family Torah Study Fund
YOUTH EDUCATION & SCHOLARSHIPS
Religious School Fund
Discovery School Fund
BIRTYYouth Group Fund
TEENS Programming Fund
Jacobs Camp Scholarship Fund
Ms. Lois Scholarship Fund
Endowed Funds:
Gail &Jeffrey Bayer Fund for Religious Education
Ives Family Religious School Fund
Robert Loeb Education Fund
Lee & Stanley Elsas TEENS Fund
Leah Marks Young Adult Library Fund
Leah's Teen Trip Fund
Barbara Abrams &Julian Aland Scholarship Fund
Betty A.Goldstein Camp Jacobs Scholarship Fund
Figtree Scholarship Fund
Max Friedman B'nai Milzvah Fund
Lewy Memorial Scholarship Fund
Diana &Sidney Patterson Scholarship Fund
Lester Seigel Scholarship Fund
I.E. Simon Memorial Scholarship Fund
May 2015
To make a Temple Tribute to either an "immediate use" fund or an endowment fund,
contact the Endowment Office at 933-8397 or endowment@ourtemple.org.
DUES ENDOWMENT FUNDS:
OTHER PROGRAM-ENRICHMENT FUNDS
Blach Family Fund
Membership Fund
Deborah Chargois Fund
Young Adult/ Next Generation Fund
Patsy & Charles Collat Fund
Sewing Guild Fund
Ethel Aland Fleisher Family Fund
Technology Fund
Janis &Paul Friedman Fund
Endowed Funds:
Rochelle & Michael Koslin Fund
Andrew Abrams Flower Fund
Carole & Michael Pizilz Family Fund
Beth Family Fund
Bunny & Joel Rotenslreich Family Fund
Nina & Norman Cohen Next Generation Fund
Kim &Neil Roth Family Fund
Faye &Norris Friedman Socia! Enrichment Fund
Jean & Jerry Sklar Fund
Sherron &Allan Goldstein Break-the-Fast Fund
Hannah &Hyman Goldstein Volunteer Fund
"OurTemp/e"WorshipAnywhere Fund
Reese Family Fund
Steiner lntertailh Fund
NAMED ENDOWMENT FUNDS for unrestricted purposes:
Aarons Family Fund
Gayle& Eddie Leitman Fund
Judy Todd Abrams &Ted Abrams Fund
Ralph Z. Levene Memorial Fund
Barbara & Jack Aland Family Fund
Roslyn T. Levene Fund
Leon Aland Fund
Faye &Robert Levin Family Fund
Susan &Rodney Barstein Family Fund
Ted Levite Memorial Fund
Sandra &Alan Berman Family Fund
Levitt Family Fund
Gail & Harry Bayer Family Fund
Nathan Wayne Lewis Memorial Fund
Flossie & Ira Bayer Family Fund
Letty & Bob Marcus Fund
Becker Family Fund
Judy & Gerson May Fund
Bluestein Family Fund
Gertrude &A.R. Mazer Family Fund
Buchalter Family Fund
Candy & Ed Meyerson Fund
Ida M. Cohen Memorial Fund
N.E. Miles Fund
Marion &Oscar Cohen Fund
Marvin &Marilyn Lichtenstein Nelson Fund
Roselyn &Vernon Cohen Family Fund
Loretta & Mayer Newfield Fund
Mildred & Samuel Cohn Fund
Dolly & Jerry Newmark Fund
Frances & Conrad S. Cypress Fund
Karen & Joel Piassick Fund
Dannis Family Fund
Betsy & Peter Printz Fund
Elmets Family Fund
Loris &David Rich Memorial Fund
Gladys &Alex Epstein Family Fund
Judy &James Rotenstreich Fund
Florine Capper Ettinger Fund
Rose & Nathan Rotenslreich Fund
Alvin V. Filer, Jr. Memorial Fund
Elise & Irving Rubel Fund
Barbara & Larry Fine Fund
Russakoff Family Fund
Stanley Dean Friedman Family Fund
Amy & Michael Saag Family Fund
Dr. Harry & Bessie Goldner Fund
Betty & Coleman Sachs Fund
Adele & Malvin Goldstein Fund
Dena &Aaron Sachs Memorial Fund
Edward Goodman Memorial Fund
Margaret & Maurice Salloway Fund
Mimi & Seaburt Goodman Fund
Perry Schwartz Memorial Fund
Rebecca &Adam Gordon Fund
Ida W. Seigel Fund
Belle & Ike Gotlieb Memorial Fund
Anne Copeland Silberman Memorial Fund
Rosalie & Raymond Gotlieb Fund
Joseph H. Sirote Memorial Fund
Carol & Robert Gross Family Fund
Morris K. Sirole Memorial Fund
Evelyn & Jack Held Fund
Stephanie & Brad Sklar Family Fund
Ginger & Jerry Held Fund
Slive Family Fund
Cissy & Leonard Held Fund
Carleton & Bruce Sokol Fund
Carol & Donald Herman Fund
James Sokol Family Fund
Hlrschowitz Family Fund
Marion & Dave Solomon Fund
Will Holloway Memorial Fund
Norma & Buddy Warren Memorial Fund
Hurowitz Family Fund
Pal &Leonard Weil Fund
Rhoda&Abe Kaplan Fund
Weiner Family Fund
Miriam & Jack Kartus Fund
Weinman/ Fierman Family Fund
Michael Koslin Family Fund
Joe, Jean & Roberta Weinstein/ Jablow Fund
Julie & Howard Koch Family Fund
Janet& Leonard Wertheimer Fund
Leah & Ronnie Leaf Family Fund