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Synagogue Emanu-El Scroll August 1-31 2021 23 Av-23 Elul 5781

Shabbat Schedule

Parashat Re’eh

Friday, August 6th Zoom Kabbalat Shabbat Services: 6:00PM Candle-Lighting: 7:57 PM Saturday, August 7th Shabbat Services: 9:30AM Shabbat Ends: 8:57 PM Zoom Havdalah: 9:00PM

Parashat Shofetim

Friday, August 13th Zoom Kabbalat Shabbat Services: 6:00PM Candle-Lighting: 7:50 PM Saturday, August 14th Shabbat Services: 9:30AM Shabbat Ends: 8:50 PM Zoom Havdalah: 9:00PM

Parashat Ki Tetze

Friday, August 20th Zoom Kabbalat Shabbat Services: 6:00PM Candle-Lighting: 7:43PM Saturday, August 21st Shabbat Services: 9:30AM Shabbat Ends: 8:43 PM Zoom Havdalah: 9:00PM

Shabbat Ki Tavo

Friday, August 27th SEE Kabbalat Shabbat Services on the

beach: 6:00PM Candle-Lighting: 7:34 PM Saturday, August 28th Shabbat Services: 9:30AM Shabbat Ends: 8:34 PM Selichot Services: 8:45PM

Table of Contents

Rabbi-pg. 2 –3 President-pg. 3 Sisterhood-pg. 4 Men’s Club-pg. 5 Religious School & Youth-pg. 6 –7 SEE on the Beach-pg.14 Yahrzeits & Call to Minyan-pgs. 8-9 Donations-pgs. 10-11 Tikkun Olam-pg. 12 Congregants Corner-pgs. 14-15 Calendar-pg. 16

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5 Windsor Drive Charleston, SC 29407 Phone: (843) 571-3264

Fax: (843) 402-0844

Email: emanu-el@emanu-el.com

Website: www.emanu-el.com

Rabbi Evan Ravski

Executive Director Bob Greenberg

Religious School Principal & Ritual Assistant

Daphne Hubara

President Craig Browdy

President Elect Al Hawkins

1st Vice President Stephen Steinberg

2nd Vice President Mike Mills Treasurer

Suzanne Lynch

Financial Secretary Ryan Bluestein

Recording Secretary Abby Levine

Corresponding Secretary Ellen Hoffman

Parliamentarian Karen Pinosky

Past President Marsha Gewirtzman

Board of Trustees Sandra Brett Julie Ellison

Rachel Landis Jack Lawson

Brenda Lederman Raina Rubin Shara Star

Tamar Sternfeld Vic Weinstein

Sisterhood President Linda Krawcheck

Men’s Club President Howard Snow

F R O M T H E D E S K O F R A B B I R AV S K I

In Judaism there is a long standing discussion about the concepts of Keva and Kavannah in prayer. Keva is the concept of fixed prayer. It is argued that having fixed, or standardized, prayer is important so that, among other things, we say the proper blessings and it allows us to engage in regular community prayer. In Pirkei Avot, Shammai stresses the importance of each individual making their prayer life fixed, making sure that each day we pray and set aside a regular time for the study of Torah. Kavannah, intention, on the other hand, is the idea that we must say our prayers with feeling and emotion, not just by rote. In the same paragraph as Shammai’s defense of Keva, Rabbi Shimon warns that prayer must be infused with intention and emotion, and that we should be wary of rote prayer.

Next week, with the onset of Elul, the month preceding the High Holy Day season, we begin to turn our minds and hearts towards the theme that dominates the season, repentance. Each year on Rosh Hashanah we are asked to examine our actions of the past year and ask forgiveness of those we have hurt. We know that on Yom Kippur our fates for the coming year are sealed, hopefully for good, in the Book of Life. Every year we experience this rhythm in this season; its familiarity can give us comfort, as we recognize how our lives have changed and concern ourselves with what could happen in the coming year. But there is a sense that we have done this before, that the familiarity and comfort we have with this process runs the risk of our losing sight of the importance and significance of doing real Teshuvah at this time of year, because our approach the High Holy Days has become too habitual and too easy. In this way, the great, ancient debate of Keva and Kavannah spills over into our actions as well, whether concerning doing Teshuvah at this time of year or at every other time we perform a mitzvah during the year.

Jewish tradition is keenly aware of the tension that exists, and it is concerned that the way we do Teshuvah might become too fixed, too repetitive and lose the kavannah that makes our commitment to change in the coming year heartfelt. To ad-dress this problem, we turn to the ancient practice of Selichot.

Selichot is a prayer service that takes place in Elul; it dates back at least to the time of the Talmud, around the 7th and 8th century. It is composed of various penitential psalms and poems, and it is said each night leading up to Rosh Hashanah It is unique in its design in that, unlike every other prayer service we have, it has no fixed liturgy. Throughout history there have been at least 13 different Ashkenazi traditions, and countless more Sephardi ones. In the Jewish world today, around 185 different psalms and poems are used to form the different Selichot liturgies.

Ashkenazic communities tend to start saying Selichot about a week before the High Holy Days, starting on the Saturday night before Rosh Hashanah (or like this year, two Shabbatot before, so there is a full week of saying it). Sephardim say it beginning at Rosh Chodesh Elul, for a full month.

Selichot is an inspirational and aspirational way to begin the High Holy Day season. The words of the psalms and poems are fixed, but which are included in the liturgy, in each service, is entirely unique depending on the day, the year and the community. It is symbolic of how we approach the High Holidays and Teshuvah each year, and especially this year. Once again we are faced with finding a balance of our desire to be together and the need for safety. This year we are in a different place, the world is in a different place, vaccines are available and most of all we have grown, our relationships with each other and with God are more developed. Like the Selichot service, this year will be an amalgamation of new and old, a balance of togetherness and caution. Continued pg. 3

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1-Veronica Semel

1-Ellen Nirenblatt

2-Louis Tick

2-Haley Meushaw

3-Minette Nadler

3-Gloria Adelson

4-Carla Engel-Cook

4-Lynn Reichlyn

4-Ellen Russo

5-Zhenya Berenboim

5-Sydney Delson

5-Charles Rittenberg

6-Jan Solomon

6-Burnet Mendelsohn

8-Gilli Hubara

8-Norm Levine

9-Barry Baker

9-Eric Mastel

9-Doris Lend

9-Alex Berlinsky

11-Sybil Kalinsky

11-Charles Altman

12-Harvey Friedman

14-Albert

Schechterman

14-Michael Mintz

14-Jean Rudich

15-Anna Dolbir

15-Charles Banov

16-Sheryl Galatolie

16-Kayte Steinert-

Threlkeld

17-Carl Masonberg

17-Zachary Steinberg

17-River Fischbein

Continued on pg. 4

At the same time, spiritually, this past year was different from last year. Selichot helps us to begin the season of repentance by recognizing that we are traveling the same path as years past, but that even in that well travelled path there are infinite varieties of ways to approach life and how we address our need to grow, to repent and often to repair relationships. As we begin approaching the High Holy Day season this year, we can use the history of the Selichot service to help us find meaning in the different aspects of the liturgy and rituals and with the shadow of COVID still looming. We can find beauty having keva (fixed) prayer, that has been said by countless generations before us, and find meaning in the kavannah (personal and intentional) prayers we add. Most importantly, let Selichot remind us that there is no one way to do Teshuvah, but rather that for each of us, the new year is an opportunity to explore different and meaningful ways to repair and strengthen ourselves, our relationship with God and with others.

R A B B I C O N T I N U E D

H I G H H O L I DAY H I G H L I G H T S A N D A U G U S T

R E M I N D E R S

Details on Ticket Reservations for Members and Non-Members, as well as High Holiday programs and logistics, will be emailed to the community in the first week or so of August. Tzedakah Set-Aside: Be sure to begin gathering food donations for

Operation Isaiah, the first Mitzvah of the Year. Non-perishable food items will be distributed to Food Pantries serving those in need.

Get Your Mask “On”: During all High Holiday Services masks will be required indoors.

Wake up in Elul to the Shofar: Starting on August 9/Elul 1, at 7:15 AM each weekday during Elul the Shofar will be sounded during morning Minyan to help us “wake up” as the holidays approach. Click here for the zoom link to participate, bring your coffee. Bring Sukkot into your home with a Lulav and Etrog: Call Leah in

the office to order your own Lulav and Etrog set, it’s a meaningful mitzvah at only $36. Deadline is September 2nd.

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Sisterhood-Linda Krawcheck

This month you will be receiving papers to fill out for our High Holiday Book. Please return them as quickly as you can, in the enclosed envelope. You will also be receiving a paper for New Years Greetings. I again ask you to forward it back in the envelope provided as quickly as possible, these papers take time to process, and I would like to thank the volunteers who handle these fund raisers for Sisterhood, and to thank Leah Bowzard for her involvement in the final products of said papers. You will note that the Book Club will be meeting on August 18th, on Zoom, the book for August is "Book of Lost Names" by Kristin Harmel, a fascinating book. For September the book will be "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston. All Sisterhood members are welcome to join in on the Zoom discussion.

S I S T E R H O O D B O O K C L U B

The Sisterhood Book Club met on Wednesday, July 21st . The discussion of "The Lost Shtetl" by Max Gross was lead by Ellen Nadler. Everyone agreed it was certainly a unique story, but not all agreed whether they liked it or not. But that's what Book Club Discussions are all about. Next month's book is "The Book of Lost Names" by Kristin Harmel. This will be held on

August 18th. For more information please email Lisa Isaacson at llisjanetisacson@gmail.com

18-Eliana Gross

19-Cathy Rovick

20-Daniel Gross

20-Mickey Bagg

20-Tony Eisenhart

20-Joann Sherman

20-Brit Weinstein

21-Raphael Ravski

21-Gabriel Ravski

22-Audrey Fleishman

24-Marilyn Hoffman

25-Seth Fisher

25-Irina Gurovich

26-Gail Silverman

26-Susan Altman

27-Howard Weiner

27-Jerry Baker

27-Ronald Cohen

27-Dennis Fisher

29-Shelley Spitz

30-Harvey Spar

30-Heidi Brown

31-Carol Seltzer

Pam & Ed Coyle

Renee & William

Kaplan

Barbara & Don

Backer

Jean & Leon Rudich

Eileen & Stanley

Chepenik

Ellen & Mark

Yampolsky

SISTERHOOD NEW YEARS GREETINGS FUNDRAISER

This simple means of sending greetings to your Synagogue family helps Sisterhood all year long.

Your name will be listed in our September issue of the Scroll, which will be in our homes in time for the High Holiday Days.

Please send your minimum donation of $10.00 per listing by Monday, August 23rd to: Mrs. Sandra Peskin * 19 Mueller Drive * Charleston, SC 29407

Sisterhood High Holiday Memorial Book Fundraiser

The High Holiday Book gives you an opportunity to honor or memorialize your dear ones.For EACH PERSON you wish to honor or memorialize, please send a

$5.00 contribution. For example, “In honor of Dylan and Adam Cohen”

equals TWO names and the donation requested is $10.00.

To contribute to the dedication page, the requested donation is $5.00 to include your family name for example, by “Mr. And Mrs. Brad Cohen”.

Any questions? Call Jane Mendelsohn at 843-696-5692. Remember, the deadline is Friday, August 27th

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Shop the Sisterhood

Gift shop

Bar/Bat Mitzvah gifts

Wedding gifts

Baby gifts

High Holiday items

Contact Gloria Adelson

843-345-7733

Janet & Ronald Mendola

Shirley & Max Berman

Marsha & Neil Gewirtzman

Judy & Billy Grossman

Tsivia & Craig Browdy

Janet & Carl Masonberg

Marcia & Sid Shealey

Barbara & Lowell Epstein

Edie & Joe Rubin

Rebecca & Norman Nirenblatt

Suzanne & Paul Lynch

Janice & Len Lichtenstein

Julie & David Ellison

Carol & Stanford & Ullner

Patti & Marshall Miller

Gretchen & Bert Weintraub

Judy & Charles Kaiser

Lyle & Ann Walsh

Samantha & Neal Segal

Neda & Alan Nussbaum

Arlene & Jay Rovick

Sharon & Dennis Feinberg

Lois & Jack Bialek

Pam & Stan Kaplan

Karen & Sidney Stark

M E N ’ S C L U B - H O WA R D S N O W

Men’s Club leaders will meet in August to plan activities for the remainder of

the year. We expect that we can have activities in-person, and without mask and

distancing restrictions.

We will definitely have Dinner in the Sukkah on Thursday, Sept. 23rd. Details

will be announced later in August. We also expect to restart Spirit Night at area

restaurants. We plan to begin a Hearing Men’s Voices program in the fall. And we

hope to start a long-delayed joint activity with COSY.

Men’s Club members will receive an email with details around Aug. 20th, and there will

also be information in the Scroll and the weekly newsletter.

To support our community please consider joining Synagogue Emanu-El’s

Life and Legacy Society!

Synagogue Emanu-El's

Life and Legacy coordinators are Harvey Friedman and Harry Nadler.

You may send an email or

leave a message for them with the synagogue office at 843-571-3264. For more information, including FAQs,

please see the Charleston Life & Legacy website.

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R E L I G I O U S S C H O O L & Y O U T H

It is with immense pleasure that we open up registration for the IN PERSON Religious School Year 5782 (2021-2022)!!

All classes will be back in our building. Information with updated protocols will be sent to registered families, as we get closer to our start date. Our first day of Religious School for K-6 will be Sunday, September 12th from 9:00am-12:30pm. K-1 will focus on The Ten Commandments and Bible Stories. 2nd-3rd grades will focus on Jewish Values. 4th-5th graders will focus on Jewish History and the State of Israel 6th graders will study the Beit Din questions. Please remember that all 6th graders, no matter where they attend school, are required to participate in our Beit Din program. Kesher, this year, will be for 7th-9th graders and will be a TRIP YEAR. Kesher will spend the year focusing on the Holocaust and will travel to Washington DC as a class at the end of March to visit the National Holocaust Museum. The cost of the trip is INCLUDED in the Kesher class tuition. There will be a MANDATORY family meeting on Sunday, November 14th at 9:30am. The first day for Kesher is September 19th, 2021. Tichon, this year, will be for 10th-12th grade students. Tichon will follow the curriculum “Israel….It’s Complicated!” which will be taught by Rabbi Ravski. There will be a trip related to the curriculum in 2022 and details will follow, as the class will be active participants in planning this new experience. The cost of the Tichon trip is NOT INCLUDED in the Tichon class tuition. The first day for Tichon is September 26, 2021. To ensure that we have adequate spacing for all students and necessary protocols in place, Registration papers must be returned to the Synagogue office by August 15th, 2021. Scholarship funds are available to members in need, if requests are received by September 1, 2021. This is a hard deadline. Welcome to all of our students - both old and new. It will be so fabulous to be together - it’s going to be a great year!! Please feel free to get in touch with any questions or concerns. My new email address is: dhubara@emanu-el.com and my cell number is 843-442-6086.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE

INFORMATION PACKET

DEADLINES:

Registration by 8/15,

Scholarship requests by 9/1

Fist Day of School K-6 Sunday, September 12th

9:00AM-12:30PM

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R E L I G I O U S S C H O O L & Y O U T H

Tired of searching for High Holiday parking?

Get Tickets For A Chance To Win One Of The Marked Spots In The Front Of The Lot!

Each ticket is $5 and all proceeds go towards COSY’s transportation fund for travel to out-of-state conventions.

Drawing will take place on Wednesday, September 1st

To purchase your tickets CLICK HERE or call 843-571-3264.

The COSY Polar Bears thank you in advance for your support!

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Y A H R Z E I T S & C A L L T O M I N YA N

August 18th Pauline C. Robbins

Irving Kobin Pearl Kluger Kaufman

Morris Garber August 19th

Leonard Solow Shirley Donowitz Dora Radunsky August 20th Albert Weiss August 21st

Ruth Berlinsky Donald Cohen Samuel Scherr Rae Denemark August 22nd Jacob Cohen

Esther Gerber Weiss August 23rd

Louis Friedman Betty Jean Brownstein

Stacy Archambault Smith Jean Bosnak Morton

August 24th Diane Lynn

Mates M. Agrest Timothy Gene Wickenhoefer

W. Jerry Fedder August 25th

Flossie Arnold Harry B. Cooper

Minnie Green Ann W. Cohen

Lawrence Kluger August 26th Alex Epstein

Leopold Cohen Ben H. Silver August 27th

Anita Budman Lyons Matthew Steinberg

August 28th Lila Feintuck

August 7th Ruth Gordon Leslie Herman Kitty Jacobs August 8th

Hisora Zamler Stanley Rosenthal Bertie Fischbein

August 9th Manfred Hammelburger

August 10th Tillie Berlinsky Sally Halushka August 11th

Ida Rose Sharnoff Marilyn Bielsky

Alvin White Yankel Shulmanovitch

August 12th Jeanette Kaiser

Mina Tanenbaum Yonatan Miller August 13th

Lilla S. Levine Abraham Schwartz

Alan S. Bondy Henry Jacob Williams

Evelyn Cremer Mina Tanenbaum

Kaynard August 14th Genya Veyts Harry Coplan Aaron Garber August 15th

Annie Pinosky Jacob Lubart Mary Puteska

Samuel D. Solomon August 16th

Ethel H. Epstein Hyman Rephan

Rachel Kirshstein Steinert Sidney M. Barbanel

Irene Baker Marjorie Lynch August 17th

Bonnie Barbanel Gordon

August 29th Isaac Ginsberg Moses Wolper Howard Caplan

Florence Kaufman August 30th

Jeanette Goldberg August 31st

Rebecca Geldbart Samuel Applebaum

September 1st Harry Baker

Anne Tanenbaum Lesser Murray Tannenbaum

September 2nd Stanley Littman David Mintzer September 3rd Harry Nossokoff

Robert Rothschild Jessie Cohen

August 7th-13th Leonie Leventhal

Carla Moran Marsha Freudenberg

Bruce Berlinsky Chet Fischbein

Mickey Fischbein Mindy Fischbein

Judy Kaiser Perry Halushka Sally Fischbein Stephen Bielsky Herbert Rephan

Alex Shulmanovitch Charles Kaiser Jerry Kaynard Natanya Miller

Dennis Feinberg Samuel Steinberg

Joan Feldman

August 14th-20th Zhenya Berenboim

Aaron Pinosky Sondra Jaffe

Eric Oser Shelley Solomon Norman Epstein

June Rephan Harriett Steinert

Kayte Steinert-Threlkeld Anne Barbanel Sammie Baker

Paul Lynch Spencer Lynch Anne Barbanel Andrea Berendt

Ruth Oser Rita Busman Renee Kaplan

Alexander Hershenson Minette Nadler

Edgar Weiss

August 21st-27th Philip Berlinsky Shelley Spitz Missy Gold

James Turner Marvin Scherr

Ann Apple Edgar Weiss

Harvey Friedman Sharyn Bluestein

Sandi Archambault Sandy Archambault

Carol Ullner Stuart Lynn

Mikhail Agrest Erlinda Caseres Nancy Fedder Karen Fedder Gerry Arnold Ijo Toporek Stuart Cohen Rita Busman Ann Epstein

Judy Lutz Arlene Koslow

Donald Budman Robert Steinberg

C A L L T O

M I N YA N

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C A L L T O M I N YA N Minyan Schedule

Monday-Friday at 7:15AM via Zoom and

Sundays at 9:00AM via Zoom.

Emanu-El is also holding in-person services

Tuesday & Wednesday evenings at 5:30PM,

Zoom Friday Night Kabbalat Shabbat Services at 6:00PM

and Shabbat Morning Services at 9:30AM.

To request an in-person evening minyan

please contact the office 843-571-3264

IN JEWISH TRADITION, ACTS THAT GO ABOVE

AND BEYOND OUR

EVERYDAY BEHAVIOR ARE CALLED ACTS OF CHESED.

Tradition teaches that chesed is one of the three pillars that is said to hold up the world, and that the Torah- our foundational text -

begins and ends with acts of chesed.

If you or someone you know is in need of a helping hand or goodwill, a phone call or a little cheer in these unprecedented times

please contact Heather Levy 843-729-2084 or email levyht72@yahoo.com

August 28th- September 3rd Irving Lipsky

Elizabeth Wolper Ijo Toporek

Steven Goldberg Harriet Goldberg Mark Tanenbaum

Sammie Baker Jacobo Mintzer Myra Howard

Ivan Nossokoff Jerry Rothschild

Marilyn Sagel

Thank you to all those that donated their time and gave blood at our recent

Blood Drive.

Thanks again to Rita Busman for

once again volunteering to

be our blood drive greeter.

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C O N T R I B U T I O N S

Banov Adult Learning Fund In memory of My dearest mother, Ann Mazo Rabin from Eileen Rabin Sorota

In honor of Dr. Michael Kogan and his on line bible study class and Joe Stern for all his organizing an supporting from Pedro Rivas

Biblical Garden & Landscape Fund In memory of My mom, Peggy Irwin from Patti & Mickey Bagg My mother, Valerie Zena Bagg from Mickey Bagg

Cemetery Fund In memory of Paula Farbman, sister of Samuel Steinberg from Missy & Martin Gold

General Fund In memory of Lawrence Miller, father of Liz Lynch from Sally & Mickey Fischbein Paula Farbman, sister of Samuel Steinberg from Sandra Brett & Richard Friedman, Sally & Mickey Fischbein, Judy & Fred Volkman

In honor of Synagogue Emanu-El from Carla Moran Harvey Spar’s birthday from Freida Sokol

Joe Engel Holocaust Education Fund In memory of Paul David Cohen from Phyllis Cohen Paula Farbman, sister of Samuel Steinberg from Debbie & Mike Engel

Landis Music Fund In memory of Lawrence Miller, father of Liz Lynch from Marsha & Neil Gewirtzman

Marvin H. Wolper Building Fund In memory of Leon Wolper from Betsy Wolper Lawrence Miller, father of Liz Lynch from Betsy Wolper

Memorial Fund In memory of Sharon Hess from Aileen Sunshine Paula Farbman, sister of Samuel Steinberg from Linda & David Cohen

Lawrence Miller, father of Liz Lynch from Linda & David Cohen, Leah & Aaron Pinosky, Joann & Mitchell Sherman Sharon Applebaum from Gail & Bobby Ginsberg, Ann & Shay Gaillard

Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund In memory of David Levin from Gary Levin Stanley Masonberg, brother of Carl Masonberg from Susan & Charles Altman Paula Farbman, sister of Samuel Steinberg from Susan & Charles Altman, Roxann & Michael Spandorfer, Marilyn & Edmund Barron Lawrence Miller, father of Liz Lynch from Roxann & Michael Spandorfer In honor of Rabbi Ravski’s 1st anniversary at Synagogue Emanu-El from Ellen & Harry Nadler

Rose & Henry Koslow Minyan Fund In memory of Samuel Cooley from Ann & Marc Epstein Blanche Lieberman from Sharon Feinberg Paula Farbman, sister of Samuel Steinberg, from Irene & Mitch Gilbert, Rose & Ted Levin Lawrence Miller, father of Liz Lynch from Irene & Mitch Gilbert

Rose & Ted Levin Children’s Educational Fund In memory of Ruth Forrest, mother of Lisa Baron from Rose & Ted Levin My father, Morris Isaacson from Lisa & Alan Isaacson Lawrence Miller, father of Liz Lynch from Rose & Ted Levin In honor of Sidney Seltzer’s birthday from Rose & Ted Levin Yuriy Bekker’s birthday from Rose & Ted Levin Bruce Kleinman’s birthday from Rose & Ted Levin The anniversary of Debbie Engel & Newt Klements from Rose & Ted Levin The anniversary of Liz & Spencer Lynch from Rose & Ted Levin Marsha Gewirtzman’s birthday from Ephraim Seidman & Bunny Wilks

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C O N T R I B U T I O N S

Synagogue Emanu-El appreciates all contributions. Donations of $10.00 and above will be listed in “The Scroll” and an

acknowledgement will be sent to the recipient from the office.

Emanu-El funds are: Emanu-El Endowment Fund

The Banov Book Fund Biblical Garden/Landscape Fund

Ethel & Jacob Cohen High Holiday Fund Prayer Book Fund

Israel & Rebecca Geldbart Fund General Fund

Landis Music Fund, Lenora & Nathan Goldberg Cultural Fund

Samuel Golembe Memorial Fund Men’s Club

Ray & Leah Greenberg Education & Endowment Fund

Bethe Rittenberg Homeless Shelter & Social Action Fund

Rose & Henry Koslow Minyan Fund Memorial Fund

Prayer Book Fund Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund

Steinberg Chapel & Torah Fund Religious School Programs

Marvin H. Wolper Building Fund Youth Fund

Zucker Kiddush & Oneg Fund USY/Kadima Program

Freda & Melvin Bluestein Fund for Religious School Scholarships

Grush Shabbaton Fund L’Dor V’Dor Maintenance Fund

Cemetery Fund Rose & Ted Levin Children’s Education Fund

Joe Engel Holocaust Fund

Sisterhood Funds: Oneg Fund, Bereavement Fund,

Kitchen Fund

Steinberg Chapel & Torah Fund In memory of Paula Farbman, sister of Samuel Steinberg, from Jill & Chuck Deich, Jaclyn Berlinsky, Sally & Alan Davis, Harriet Goldberg Eileen & Stanley Chepenik, Carol & Sidney Seltzer, Joe Stern, Freida Sokol, Lloyd & Diane Mandel, Marcia Miller, Sandra & Howard Jaffe, Elisheva Holub, Leah & Aaron Pinosky, Lisa & Alan Isaacson, Amy & Edward Kronsberg, Paige & T.R. Williams, Marsha & Neil Gewirtzman, Eve & Norman Berlinsky, Sandi & Sandy Archambault, Alvin Steinberg, Sandra Schwartz, Marsha & Bill Golod, Gloria Adelson & Sy Baron, Lucia Ellis, Charlot Karesh Paula Rose Hiltzik from Amy & Larry Hiltzik

Sisterhood Kitchen Fund In memory of Minerva Siegel from Sonya & Stuart Knee Paula Farbman, sister of Samuel Steinberg, from Sonya & Stuart Knee Gary Nadler, brother of Harry Nadler from Marsha & Bill Golod

Sisterhood Bereavement Fund In memory of Lillian M. Covin from Sandi & Sandy Archambault

Tikkun Olam Fund In memory of Lawrence Miller, father of Liz Lynch from Lisa & Alan Isaacson, Sandra Brett & Richard Friedman Paula Farbman, sister of Samuel Steinberg from Amy & Larry Hiltzik

Zucker Kiddush & Oneg Fund In memory of Carl Goldberg from Anita Zucker

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Tikkun Olam

Todah Rabah to all of our volunteers

that help out in July at Tricounty Family Ministries.

Carla Engel Cook, Lisa & Alan Isaacson, Sandra Brett, Ann Stein and

Andrea Richards

Tricounty Family Ministries needs our help!

Every Wednesday, Tricounty Family Ministries, located at 2105 Cosgrove Ave. (just a few miles from our synagogue), distributes bags of groceries and

hygiene products to neighbors in need via a socially distant walk up or contact free car line. Emanu-El has committed to providing volunteers on Wednesday, August 18th from 9:00AM until 1:00PM. Duties include greeting clients, packing groceries,

and delivering bags to vehicles.

Can you join us?

Contact Sandra Brett to sign up or for more information. Learn more about Tricounty Family Ministries and their great work at

https://www.tricountyfamilyministries.org

Can't join us but want to help?

Donate non-perishable items or hygiene items to the Synagogue by August 16th!

Join "Team Synagogue

Emanu-El" for the Low Country

Food Bank's Family Fun WALK

TO FIGHT HUNGER

Help us fill the plates of our hungry neighbors in the Lowcountry

When: September 19 @ 1:30 pm Where: Riverfront Park in N. Charleston.

Email: sandrabrett1@gmail.com to register and receive updates

There is no registration fee, just a desire to bring attention to food insecurity and all that LCFB

does to alleviate hunger. This family friendly event will feature fun

activities for kids.

More info at https://lowcountryfoodbank.org/walktofighthunger

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New Adult Education Class

I Love Olive Oil!

Tuesdays- August 10th and

October 5th at 7:00PM

This year we have partnered with MyTree in Israel, a way to support Israel, Israeli Farmers and get to indulge in some Israeli Olive Oil after the harvest in November. As part of this program we will also be learning about the history of Olive Oil in Judaism. Whether you’ve joined the MyTree project yet or not, join Rabbi Ravski as we examine the role that this precious liquid has played in our religious, cultural and culinary history!

Click here to attend

ON GOING ADULT ED Danish and Drash: with Rabbi Ravski Wednesdays @ 1:00pm- Come and study some of the highlights of this week's parsha and the commentary. Rabbi Ravski will bring the Torah, you bring the Danish! The Prophets of Ancient Israel with Dr. Michael Kogan, Monday at 7:30pm Join Dr. Kogan as he leads this on-going class in a study of the prophets. New students are always welcome. He recommends that all participants have a copy of the scriptures, so they can follow the text being discussed.

Around Town

Join the greater Charleston Jewish community for an

afternoon of family fun with Jewish-themed games,

giveaways and so much more!

Kosher food will be available and space to gather at Doby's Deck

(above third base). Everyone sits

together in section 206.

Visit tinyurl.com/JHN2021

to purchase your discounted tickets,

or contact us a ErinB@

jewishcharleston.org.

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Congregants Corner

Big Yasher Koach and a bigger Thank You to

the following congregants who participated

in leading services

Dan Greenstein, Mitch Gilbert, Rachel Landis, Alan Isaac-son, Gilli Hubara, Patti Bagg, Jasmine Hubara, Mike Engel, Sydney Delson, Leah Bagg, Aliza MacClellan, Nadia Fox, Rabbi Josh Sherwin, Sophia Fox, Rabbi Yosef Levanon,

Rick Segal, Emma Bluestein and Craig Browdy

SEE At The Beach

Thank you to all who were able to join us

on Sullivan’s

Island! See you at Folly on

8/27!

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HONOR SOMEONE

Purchase a Chai Leaf for the

Tree of Life!

A memory that will last a lifetime!

$136.00

Contact Leah in the office,

843-571-3264

Synagogue Emanu-El’s

Path to

The Future

$89.00

Honor or memorialize

someone you love!

Makes a wonderful Gift!

Contact Leah in the office to order: 843-571-3264

Have you moved? Did you disconnected your home phone?

Do you have a new e-mail address? Let us update your information!

Contact the Synagogue Office at emanu-el.com or 843-571-3264

We rely on our synagogue members, their friends and families, to let us

know when someone is hospitalized, suffering an illness, or bereavement. We would also like to hear the good

news, such as celebrating a birth, graduation, special award, promotion

or any other simcha. In order to better keep everyone informed,

please share this information with us by calling the office at

843-571-3264

HELP US REACH OUR GOAL OF TREES

Synagogue Emanu-El is partnering with MyTree in Israel for a unique program that connects you directly to an Israeli farmer by adopting an olive tree in their grove. After the November harvest, they will produce boutique kosher extra virgin olive oil for you. There is no middle man,

farm to doorstep! We encourage you to place your order as early as possible since that is the essence of the program: supporting and promoting Israeli farmers, and it is helpful for the farmers to know as early as possible that their

olive oil has been purchased. This fundraising effort benefits Synagogue Emanu-El, Israel and Israeli farmers. A portion of the proceeds will go directly to Emanu-El, and the farmer can now work in his grove with confidence that the fruits of his labors will be sent to you at the end of

the year.

Purchasing Opportunities

12 bottles (2 Trees) personalized with name of your choice 6 bottle (1 Tree) personalized with name of your choice

3 bottles-personalized with your name or name of your choice 3 bottles-with Synagogue Emanu-El on the label 1 bottle-with Synagogue Emanu-El on the label

The more you buy, the more you save! Visit our website emanu-el.com for more info

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August 2021 — Calendar Subject to Change

Morning Minyan Zoom: Mon-Fri 7:15AM Sundays 9:00AM

Afternoon Minyan Live Stream & In Person: Tuesdays & Wednesdays: 5:30PM

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3 4 Danish & D’rash,

1:00PM

In person Evening Minyan,

5:30PM

5

6 Zoom Kabbalat

Shabbat Services, 6:00PM

7 Shabbat Services,

9:30AM

SEEK, 11AM

Zoom Havdalah, 9:00PM

8 Rosh Chodesh 1

9 Rosh Chodesh 2

Monday Study with Dr. Kogan

7:30PM

10

In person Evening Minyan,

5:30PM

Adult Ed w/ Rabbi Ravski

I Love Olive Oil, 7PM

11 Danish & D’rash,

1:00PM

In person

Evening Minyan, 5:30PM

12

13

Zoom Kabbalat Shabbat Services,

6:00PM

14

Shabbat Services, 9:30AM

SEEK, 11AM

Zoom Havdalah, 9:00PM

15 Religious School Paperwork Due

16 Monday

Study with Dr. Kogan

7:30PM

17 In person

Evening Minyan, 5:30PM

Board Meeting,

6PM

18 Tikkun Olam at Tricounty

Ministries, 9AM

Danish & D’rash, 1:00PM

In person Evening Minyan,

5:30PM Sisterhood Book

Club, 7:15PM

19

20

Zoom Kabbalat Shabbat Services,

6:00PM

21

Shabbat Services, 9:30AM

SEEK, 11AM

Zoom Havdalah, 9:00PM

22

23

Sisterhood New Year’s Greetings

Due

Monday Study with Dr. Kogan

7:30PM

24

In person Evening Minyan,

5:30PM

25 Danish & D’rash,

1:00PM

In person Evening Minyan,

5:30PM

26

27 SEE at Folly

Beach, 4:00PM followed by

Kabbalat Shabbat on the beach, 6:00PM

COSY Kickoff

28

Shabbat Services, 9:30AM

SEEK, 11AM

Selichot, 8:45PM

29

30 Monday

Study with Dr. Kogan

7:30PM

31 In person

Evening Minyan, 5:30PM