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BETH SHALOM S Y N A G O G U E

November 2008 Heshvan - Kislev 5769

SCHOLAR-IN-RESIDENCE

WEEKEND:

**THIS WEEKEND**

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1st

9:30 a.m.

“ISRAEL AT AGE 60”

Guest Speaker: Mr. Avi Jorisch -

Expert in issues relating to terrorism and radical Islam.

During Shabbat morning services

Mr. Jorisch will speak on: “IRAN–CHALLENGE TO ISRAEL AND THE WEST” ♦ During Kiddush luncheon, Mr. Jorisch will circulate among the tables for discussion on the possibility of a peace agreement with the Palestinians and/or the Syrians.

♦ Also during Kiddush luncheon – discussion of Israel-American relations, moderated by representatives of AIPAC (American-Israel Public Affairs Committee).

ADULT EDUCATION SEMINAR:

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd

9:30 a.m.

Panel Discussion on

“THE FUTURE OF JERUSALEM”

Panelists include:

♦ Dr. Leon Spotts, Resident Scholar, BSS

♦ Professor Joel Samuels, International Law

Expert, USC

♦ Dr. Stanley Dubinsky, Director Designate,

Jewish Studies Program, USC

♦ Larry Needle, Esq, Israel Bonds, AIPAC.

Bagel breakfast begins at 9:30 am - $4.00 per person.

HISTORICAL MARKER

COMMEMORATION Sunday, November 9th

2 p.m.

Please join the congregations of Beth Shalom and Tree of Life, with the Jewish Historical Society of SC for the unveiling of the historical marker on the site of the first synagogue in Columbia. The commemoration will occur at 2:00 pm on Sun-day, November 9, 2008 on Assembly Street between Taylor and Hampton Street, across from the Richland County Public Library. Mayor Bob Coble will be present as well as City Councilwoman, Belinda Gergel. Invitations have been sent to all other City Council members.

This completes the activities of the BSS 2005 Centennial Year Committee's goals. Beside the festivities of that year, a beauti-ful history of Beth Shalom was written, a time capsule was bur-ied to be opened in 2030, and now the recognition of the site of the first Jewish presence in Columbia.

In 1846, the Columbia Hebrew Benevolent Society built a frame building on this site. On the first floor was the Israelite Sunday School and on the second floor was the first formal congregation in Columbia, Shearith Israel (Remnant of Is-rael). The building was burned in 1865 by General William T. Sherman. This event is sponsored by the three organizations of Beth Sha-lom Synagogue, Tree of Life Congregation, and the Jewish Historical Society of SC.

Many lenses filter what we see. At times, the world appears bright, full of love and end-less promises of goodness yet-to-come. We anticipate

From the Rabbi’s Study….

the arrival of ample joy throughout the coming hours. At other times, the world is cold, dark and lifeless. Any possibility of goodness is swallowed up by the consuming bleakness that hovers about us. At yet other times, we are splayed open. Ready to accept whatever comes our way, we greet the world in a forthright, almost childish way. Countless other feelings color the way we receive the day. These are psychic lenses that we place over our eyes. They interpret what we see. They become our reality. The Talmud records the difference between the brothers of Genesis, Cain and Abel. The former slew his sibling in a fit of jealous rage. Here is the Talmud’s observation: For Cain, there was no justice in the world. Good

was not rewarded. Evil went unpunished. His

world was empty, dark and forbidding. Cain rea-

soned that goodness was not a virtue, but a weak-

ness.

For Abel, the vast universe was created with Divine

love and mercy. Abel looked at the world and saw

endless life and excitement in each petal, every

blade of grass. Forgiveness was part of the unwrit-

ten rule governing the universe.

We make our own reality. We are the interpreters of what we see and then how we interact with the world. Choose the path of goodness, of Godliness. Choose the path of peace and aiding those who are crying. It does not only change them…it also in-forms how we see our world, feel about ourselves, and pleases our Maker.

Rabbi Jonathan Case

Adult B’nai Mitzvah Classes

A year long course of study, culminating in a B’nai Mitzvah celebration service! Study includes: Shabbat prayers and bless-ings, Torah reading and Haftarah chanting and more.

Classes begin: Thursday, December 4, 6:30 - 7:15 p.m.

Cost: $40-members/$50-non-members (per month).

Prerequisite: Basic ability to read Hebrew.

Taught by: Chazzan Rubin, Rabbi Case, Dr. Spotts

& Rebecca Pinsker

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Shabbat Evening Services Followed by a

Family Shabbat Dinner

Friday, November 14th

Services begin at 6:30 p.m.

Chairs: Brenda Needle & Jenny Wagner

Join us for a delicious meal of chicken cacciatore with rice,

vegetable dish, salad, challah and dessert.

Adults: $10, Children (under 12 yrs.): $5

Maximum cost per family: $25

THREE WAYS TO R.S.V.P. 1. Call the Beth Shalom office at 782-2500 2. Reply by email to:

[email protected]

3. Drop your check off at the office to pay for your dinner.

There is so much to do and so little time! The school has been

busy enjoying the holidays and there have been so many to cele-

brate! Rosh Hashanah is the birthday of the world and after our

service the Jr. Congregation [from K-2nd grade] had a great party!

Complete with balloons, streamers, cupcakes, a huge card and party

shofrot!

Yom Kippur brought different ways to see how as humans we often

‘miss the mark’ even when we try and that we just need to keep trying. Older students truly worked at te-shuvah and being like angels by fasting and thinking about how G-d is truly a part of our lives.

Sukkot brought the adventure of a hay ride, Pizza in the Hut, and the International Hut of Pancakes! But Simchat Torah… well what could beat being encouraged to dance and sing in the sanctuary! Perhaps maybe

some great kosher candy apples came close!

Todah Rabah to Jenny Wagner, Sheila Davis and Renee Bland who supplied 'food stuff' for the Rosh Hasha-

nah birthday party and saltines and water for Yom Kippur. A special thank also goes to those who helped out

as well as donated food items for the Pizza in the Hut and the International Hut of Pancakes: Peter Vardi, Robert Lapin, Sean and Jackie Webb, Shirley Hammer, Robert Port, Heidi Lovit, Anny Zalesne, Sheila Davis

and Charles Geffen. Thank you!

With the flurry of holidays over the school is settling into its new Judaic curriculum from the Institute of

Southern Jewish Life. We are now members of this wonderful organization and already had an education

fellow visit over the summer. This year is filled with events from seeing Joseph and the Technicolor Dream-coat to a Shabbaton in Atlanta for the Kadima group and an ice-cream crawl around Columbia to grade who has the best ice-cream in town by the Jr. Kadima group!

The Adult Education line up is wonderful this Fall starting on Thursday October

30th, for only 3 weeks it’s easy to join us and “JUST JEW IT!”

President’s message….

I have been asked by several people to print my remarks from Kol Nidre. I have considered this and feel that perhaps if you also read my words, you could give them some more thought. You can tell that the synagogue is my passion and I serve the congregation with my heart and soul. So here is an excerpt from Kol Nidre:

There is often the discussion about what is Beth Shalom. Cer-tainly, we are a synagogue, but even in our board meetings, there will be debate over issues as to whether we behave as a family or a business. Many believe Beth Shalom is a family, a congregational family. As in any family, we have the responsi-bility to oversee the congregation and treat each individual with respect and dignity. We do not like to air our differences in “a public manner” but deal with it as any family might, amongst ourselves. We like to help one another, when needed. We celebrate together, we pray together, we laugh together and we grieve together. We bury our own, have our own rituals and we marry our own. This is where a family gets strength and this is where we gain strength. We have the ability to use Shabbat mornings for wonderful celebrations of Bat and Bar Mitzvahs, baby namings, Auff Ruffs, birthdays, anniversaries, to name a few. And we use Shabbat mornings to thank G-d for our good fortunes and to celebrate what he has given us. We like to celebrate with food, good Yiddish food, and lots of it. We come together on holidays such as this, and have been for gen-erations. I still hear my father’s voice during the High Holi-days as he davoned for years, do you hear your dear ones? “Kol Nidre—chant of ages. Chant of grief and chant of triumph”. I cannot imagine being anywhere else but Beth Shalom for holi-days, especially on Kol Nidre and when I have ventured out, it was not the same. Many of you can trace your roots to the nine original families of Beth Shalom, what a wonderful history. Yet there are those that would argue that Beth Shalom is actu-ally a business. We have expenses, certainly. We must sup-port a 35 year old building and maintain the grounds, we must have staff and they must be paid. We must keep up with infla-tion and we must pay our bills. We must repair or replace the roof, the air conditioner, the hot water heaters, the kitchen stoves and refrigerators, the lights, the carpeting, the gardens and shrubbery, and the parking lot. We must replace old books; we must purchase kippahs, and tallits. We must buy the food we love to eat and have someone prepare and present it and then clean it up. We must keep our leaders abreast in their positions by sending them to conferences, classes, and semi-nars. We must provide benefits, such as health insurance. There is no question but that we are a business, and a big busi-ness with an annual budget of $600,000. And if you look at our demographics, although our total congregation numbers are and have been stable, we have a largely aging population that is retired or living on a fixed income.

So, are we a family or a business? I propose that we are a fam-ily business, with the unique qualities that come with that. I also propose that Beth Shalom Synagogue is the foundation of Jewish life in Columbia SC. And from this foundation comes all other wonderful philanthropic endeavors, the community center with its community programming, athletic facilities, exhibits, and meeting spaces for all denominations of Jews and others. From this foundation comes the ability to have an active and generous Jewish Federation, with its focus on the security and well being of Israel. From this foundation comes needed support for a stellar and state-wide recognized Jewish Day School, preparing and teaching our children daily from ages 2 years old and up. Beth Shalom is the foundation for all of these by providing over 80% of the financial support and leadership in these programs. We are proud to do so and will continue to hold up all programs that build on the founda-tion that has been established by you, the members of Beth Shalom. BUT, to continue to care for the important endeavors that depend on us, we must keep our foundation strong and viable. What happens if G-d Forbid the foundation crumbles? The remaining structures will soon follow. We must take care of ourselves first, so we can then care for the others. They depend on us. We must care for our family business. We all have a stake in this. This is and must be a congregational ef-fort. Look into your own family, there are some that are gifted with technical skills, some that are artistic, some have a gift of foreign languages, some have a better understanding of philosophy, some have better business acuity and acumen. We are not all the same and we must not expect all of us to excel in all aspects of Judaism or contribute equally finan-cially. Capitalize on your gift of strength. Do not look at what someone else does. But give; give what you can from your heart and from your soul from your talents and from your pocketbook. The synagogue has 4 cornerstones of the foundation that need care attention, and cultivation. These cornerstones include the human efforts needed to maintain the physical structure. Cornerstone 1. We need good leadership. We need those that want to serve on boards and committees and who will commit to fulfilling their assigned duties to the synagogue with vigor and vim. Cornerstone 2. We need learned and knowledgeable people to lead services, read from the torah, know and understand the Jewish laws, the traditions, the essence of the services and the religion. We are blessed to have a wonderful Rabbi, but he cannot and should not do this alone. Cornerstone 3. We need people interested in working in and around the synagogue through the efforts of our Sisterhood and Brotherhood. These organizations are the backbone of the synagogue. They supply man and woman power in many areas that is needed for synagogue operation and congregation care. Cornerstone 4. We need a strong financial commitment from

DANCING WITH THE STARS HAD US ALL CHEEERING

SATURDAY NIGHT!! The room was darkened, the glass ball was

spinning, throwing glittering lights around the dance floor, and each table transported the guests to an intimate cafe. A cafe that encouraged an atmosphere of friendship and fun. The drinks and food were delicious and plentiful and the DJ Ken Broom had a wonderful selection of tunes to play during the dinner hour. The Beth Shalom fundraiser, DANCING WITH THE STARS, began and ended with excitement and joy. Five dancing couples competed for the coveted glass ball trophy and each danced their way into history. Lori and Rob Lapin playfully danced the Samba and began the competition for the crowd of 200 peo-ple. This was followed by the intense and sexy Argentine Tango by Doris and Ronnie Frank. Tania and Isaac Murciano smoothly danced the spicy cha-cha which was followed by the elegant movement of the Foxtrot by Jocelyn Burg and Andrei Bolsha-kov. The final couple was Becky Lourie and Larry Needle who performed a sassy and well executed Samba. The crowd was enthusiastic and enjoyed each dance. The dancers were judged, not only by the crowd but by the honored celebrity judges: Ruth Gottlieb Moore, John Whitehead and Dot Ryall. A warm and heartfelt thank you goes to all of the dancers and the judges. Shep Cutler and Toni Elkins skillfully guided the judges and

audience throughout the evening as our Master and Mistress of Ceremony. They were entertaining as they introduced each cou-ple in the dance competition, as only they can. They explained to the crowd that 2 awards would be given. The judges would chose a couple for the "Critic's Award" and the audience would chose a couple to win the coveted glass ball trophy by voting through their monetary pledges. During the voting process, we were all treated to two dance numbers by the overall choreographer and owner of Vista Ball-room, Erin Jaffe Bolshakov and her partner Harby Gon-zalez. They delighted the crowd with their magnificent move-ments, grace and dancing abilities. They were a treat to watch and we enjoyed them immensely. It was truly mesmerizing. The evening ended with the awards presented: the Critic's Award to Jocelyn Burg and Andrei Bolshakov and the overall glass trophy to Doris and Ronnie Frank. The joy and excitement were felt as everyone graciously gave from their pocketbooks and their hearts. About $17,000 was pledged to the dancers for Beth Shalom Synagogue. The evening was a huge success in every way possible. The planning committee needs to be con-gratulated on a job well done. Perhaps we will be able to repeat this in the future!! If you would you like to check out all the pictures that were taken from the Dancing with the Stars event? Go to www.snapfish.com and sign in to view the pictures. The user name is: [email protected] and password is: shalom.

those that can. Those that have the means to step up and be-come the philanthropic leaders of the synagogue, as the En-dowment trustees have. Do not judge what to give by what your neighbor has given, but rather what you can and feel in your soul to give. Few of us can claim all four foundation cornerstones, some can claim 2 or 3, but everyone can claim one. And, if we do what we can do in that one area, the synagogue will benefit and our rich and wonderful legacy will continue. We might disagree about some things, but we must come together as a family would for the betterment of the business. Beth Shalom Synagogue is in the business of caring for all life cycles through education and service: from birth to death, from bris to weddings, from nachas to solace, from kaddish to yahrzeit, and from all sorrows to joys. And what will happen if we do not come together? We can look around us and see what has happened, where others have failed. Jewish families are being offered $25,000 to resettle in a small southern town in Alabama. There is a rabbi, but no other semblance of Jewish existence or influence there. After 5 years, the commitment is over, and the families are free to move on. No roots, no history, no community center, no fed-eration, no commitment. Or, in Calcutta, India, once a thriv-ing Jewish community of 5000 Jews, there are fewer than 35 people left and one guardian. Shalom Israel is the lone guard-ian, caring for the cemetery, caring for the 2 dozen Jewish

elders still living, and handling the last rites when they die. He admits that they all have non-Jewish friends, but laments that there is a “spiritual loneliness” We want to be there when you need us. You see, we are a family, a family with a business and it is all of our responsi-bility to be sure that this family business thrives. To that end, we will be undergoing a strategic plan for the synagogue dur-ing the coming year and we will be reassessing the dues struc-ture. Our grandparents and parents preserved the synagogue for us, so we must do that for our children and grandchildren. We certainly will not lose it on our watch!! Members of Beth Shalom, the state of the synagogue is solid and stable and fiscally sound. It is our plan, with your help and cooperation, to continue our responsibility to you: ensure sound financial decisions, maintain a clean, beautiful, physical structure and promote a spiritual and religious environment for each of you whenever you may want it. My fellow congregants, I quote from a great 19th Century orator Edward Everett, “I am only one. But still, I am one. I cannot do everything, but still, I can do something. And be-cause I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the some-thing that I can do.”

Lilly Filler, MD

RAMBLINGS AND RUMINATIONS ON JEWISH EDUCATON AND JEWISH LIFE

Rabbi Dr. Leon H. Spotts, Beth Shalom Resident Scholar

ISRAEL’S 60th BIRTHDAY: PART 6:

THE LAND OF ISRAEL’S

UNIQUE GEOGRAPHY AND

CLIMATE Each time we view the State of Israel on a map of the Middle East, we are reminded once again just how small a country it is. In total square miles and general con-

tours, Israel is about the same size as the State of New Jersey. Yet, within its borders, Israel exhibits wide variations in topography, weather and other physical characteristics. Elevation, for example, ranges from the snow-clad, over 6000 ft, high Mt Hermon at the north-ern edge of the Golan, to the suffocatingly hot Dead Sea plain, which, at over 1300 feet below sea level, in the lowest place on the face of the earth, (By contrast, Death Valley in California lies only some 210 feet below sea level.) All of this diversity notwithstanding, there are several overarching physical aspects of this land which have profoundly affected life in Israel through the Centuries. These features, in the first instance, relate to the climate which governs this territory. Israel’s weather system is known as the Mediterranean Climate. Thus, while the cities of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv are roughly on the same latitude as Columbia, SC, the climate of these Is-raeli cities differs considerably from the temperate cli-mate of Columbia. The most significant feature of the Mediterranean Cli-mate concerns the division of the year into two seasons: the rainy season, roughly from October into April, and the dry season, from April to October. The rains in Israel are confined to those months which comprise the rainy season; no rain, literally, falls during the dry season. Thus, since ancient times, the inhabitants of the land of Israel have prayed for abundant rain during the rainy season, a substantial of which has been collected and stored away for use over the dry season. In olden times, vast cisterns were utilized to collect and preserve water for the dry months to come, Today, this task has accom-plished in large part through the National Water Carrier, a makeshift, though surprisingly effective, system of pipes, tunnels, reservoirs, and the like, originating at the Sea of Galilee and designed to collect, store, and distrib-ute water throughout the State of Israel.

All is fine in those years when the rainfall is adequate during the rainy season, But lying at the edge of a large desert area, this land has experienced many years in which rainfall is scant. Droughts, sometimes pro-longed, are as common in modern times as they were in the days of antiquity. But with its ongoing popula-tion growth and increasing demands for water, Israel has determined that it must plan to provide a reliable source of water irrespective of vagaries of nature. The solution: desalination of sea water. Israel is moving ahead aggressively to develop the technology which can convert sea water to fresh water at an economi-cally viable cost. We should have no doubt that the Israeli genius will succeed in this endeavor as it has in so many daunting tasks in the past.

ADULT EDUCATION

SEMINAR:

Beth Shalom and the Jewish Cultural

Arts of the Katie & Irwin Jewish

Community Center

Present Guest Speaker:

Peter Melman

Sunday, December 7th

10:00 a.m. Beth Shalom Synagogue

Sanctuary (Coffee, bagel & lox breakfast $3 per person)

Peter Charles Melman is the author of the criti-cally acclaimed novel “Landsman.” An English teacher by day, Melman was born in New York but raised in Louisiana. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in History at Tufts University, and his Ph.D. in English-Creative Writing from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He currently lives in Brook-lyn with his wife Elana and son Charlie.

MAZAL TOV!

♦ Ross Friedman, grandson of Syl-

via Friedman Cremer and Patricia

Lovit, for being inducted into Phi

Beta Kappa at Emory University.

♦ Ronnie Firetag on the birth of his

first grandchild, Rebecca Mackie

Firetag. Proud parents are Adam

& Julie Firetag.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY !HAPPY BIRTHDAY !HAPPY BIRTHDAY !HAPPY BIRTHDAY !

11/1 Gloria Rittenberg 11/13 Estelle Bluestein

11/1 Sara Spotts 11/13 Eugene Kaplan

11/2 Nancy Russo 11/13 Beth Bernstein Sanders

11/3 Toby Lourie 11/14 Cydney Berry

11/3 Nathan Rubinger 11/14 Russell McGwier

11/4 Beth Friedman 11/15 Sylvia Koenig

11/4 Robert Jesselson 11/16 Morris Kline

11/4 Dawn Miller 11/17 Judy Small

11/4 Lawrence Needle 11/17 Diana Woodrow

11/4 Aaron Connor Stark 11/19 Arlene Cherney

11/5 Robert Berger 11/19 Katherine Friedman

11/5 Nancy Lourie 11/19 Arnold Pinsker

11/5 Matthew Morgan 11/21 Stara DeGeorge

11/5 Andrew Zalkin 11/21 Julie Kriegshaber

11/6 Raeghan Albright 11/21 Arnold Levinson

11/6 Erik DeGeorge 11/22 Lisa Arnold

11/6 Ted Solomon 11/23 Hannah Kirschenfeld

11/6 Leon Spotts 11/24 Samuel Baker

11/7 Anna Kline 11/25 Ayala Asherov Kalus

11/7 Rebecca Schein 11/25 Michele Lewsky

11/8 James Gerstle 11/25 Rip Sanders

11/9 Paul Cherney 11/25 Richard Sribnick

11/9 Kay Gross 11/28 Sam Riber

11/9 Allison Sribnick 11/28 Sura W. Wengrow

11/11 Rachel Greenberg 11/29 Linda Blank

11/12 Lilyan Picow 11/29 David Jacobs

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

11/1 Joel & Nancy Gottlieb 39 years

11/5 Ivan & Sandy Gottlieb 59 years

11/11 Stephen & Georgy Martin 8 years

11/17 David Reisman & Michal Rubin 29 years

11/20 Arnold & Faye Levinson 59 years

11/23 Edward & Sandra Poliakoff 36 years

11/25 Shep & Joni Cutler 36 years

11/26 Eric & Renee Bland 20 years

11/27 Harold & Clarke Friedman 32 years

11/27 Jerry & Belle Jewler 48 years

11/29 Michael & Rachel Corvi 22 years

11/29 Sean & Jackie Webb 21 years

11/30 Henry Ray Wengrow & Jean Brock 17 years

Would you like to take

home a Prayer Book?

The Silverman Prayer Books have been retired since we are now using the Sim Shalom Prayer Books exclu-sively. We will be checking with other less fortunate congregations (Louisiana, Mississippi, etc.) to see if any shul might want to have them, but from what we know, most synagogues are no longer using them. If you do-nated a Silverman Prayer Book, or if you were the recipient of one and would like to have it, please stop at the synagogue M-F from 9-5 and let Tonya know of your interest. She will direct you to the books. Any donation for the book will be appreciated. Any books not taken or needed by another shul will be appropriately buried in the Arcadia Lakes Cemetery.

October was a month full of joyous holidays. I certainly feel renewed and restored for a fresh start to bring in 5769. Celebrating sukkot with the women of Sisterhood was fun for me because I got to enjoy a delicious dinner and learn about famous Jewish women that we welcomed to our table as our special guests, our honored Ushpezin. Although we had a small gathering of women, each one of us took home a special feeling of celebrating the festive holiday of Sukkot. Sisterhood has been providing weekly Saturday morning Shabbat babysitters. This service is of-fered to encourage young families with children to attend services without the worries of having to watch their kids. The hours are 10:15am – 12:15pm. To continue this service, Sisterhood is looking for someone to chair this very valuable program. This is a great opportunity for teenagers to get community service or this can be a paying position. If you know of a babysitter or are inter-ested in chairing this activity please call Heidi Lovit, 736-5144. This can only continue with your help.

The Rosh Chodesh will meet this month on Mon-

day, November 3 at 6:30pm at the home of Irene Milliman. Bring a vegetarian dish to share. Hope-fully you are receiving the very clever EVITE on the computer. If you are not, then please call Amanda Schlager Wick, 744-9949, to add your email address to our list. “Journey to the Soul” written by Rabbi Jonathan Case is for sale in the gift shop for a discounted

price of $18.00. (this includes tax!-what a deal) The Sisterhood Book Club is featuring this book on Wednesday, November 5 at 7:00pm. Rabbi Case will be reviewing his book and this is a great opportunity for questions. Rabbi Case uses the collective wisdom of the ages to shed light on everyday problems. Whether you are a Mah Jongg player or a Martini consumer, make your plans to attend the next Sis-terhood event on Thursday, November 13 at the home of Ruth Rast. You should have received all the details in your invitation or call Ruth at 462-0008. This should be a fun night for ALL ages. I certainly hope that everyone has taken a peek in the Gift shop to check out the new merchandise. The newly developed committee has been busy cataloging all the items and updating the merchan-dise. Come by and take a look. With all the ba-bies being born in our congregation in the past months now is the perfect time to make that spe-cial purchase of a baby frame or photo album or even a cuddly blanket that are in the gift shop. Remember to shop for ALL occasions. Not only is this a great service for the congregation, but all the proceeds go directly back to provide for the synagogue. See you in Shul.

Heidi Lovit, President

Sisterhood Happenings….

APPLICATION FOR BETH SHALOM BOARD OF DIRECTORS

AND BOARD OF EDUCATION, 2009-2011

In order to better compose our Board of Directors and Board of Education and to nominate the most inter-ested and committed individuals, it is important that the Nominating Committee be aware of your interests, strengths, and desires. We are committed to finding the most dedicated and interested members to serve on the board and serve the congregation. The following committees will need to be filled. In order to complete the board and be-gin moving in a forward direction, we ask if any congregant is interested and willing to serve on the board. We need to know your strengths and experiences that would help the Board of Directors.

I would be interested in serving on the __________BOD__________BOE, board for the next 2 years.

Name:_____________________________________________ Phone: ____________________________

Executive Committee: President, Vice President, Recording Secretary, Treasurer, Financial Secre-tary. Congregant must have served at least 1 year on the board to be on the executive committee.

Committees: Finance and Budget, Ritual, Membership and Goodwill, Community Relations, Cemetery, House and Building, Social and Program, Gifts and Donations, Fund Raising, and Personnel Committee. The following committees will be evaluated for need according to the discretion of the President: Bulletin, Chevra Kadisha, Endowment, Futures, Nominating, Archives and History Committee. If nominated and elected, I understand that I must attend board meetings AND I will be either a chair or co-chair of 1-2 committees and that I will actively work in the capacity assigned to me. My strengths and ex-periences that would make me a good board member are: 1.___________________________________________________________________________________ 2.___________________________________________________________________________________ 3.___________________________________________________________________________________

I cannot commit to a board position at this time, but I would be happy to assist in a "special project"

if needed ______________YES_____________NO.

Please mail or drop application to synagogue office no later than November 10, 2008, so that the

Nominating Committee will have an opportunity to review them.

Thank you for your time in completion of this questionnaire. It will be most helpful for the Nominating Committee.

Jewish Women’s Book ClubJewish Women’s Book ClubJewish Women’s Book ClubJewish Women’s Book Club Beth Shalom Synagogue - Library

Wednesday, November 5th at 7 p.m.

Join us to discuss: “Journey to the Soul: Kabbalah’s Pathway for Your Present and Future”

By Rabbi Jonathan Case

Rabbi Case to Speak at the Book Club meeting Rabbi Jonathan Case of Beth Shalom Synagogue will be the guest speaker at the November meeting of the Jewish Women's Book Club. Rabbi Case will review his book Journey to the Soul. His talk will be followed by a question and answer ses-sion. In his new book, Rabbi Case uses the collective wisdom of the ages to shed light on everyday problems. Each chapter re-veals novel approaches to difficult issues from understanding pain to finding G-d. The book is a richly woven tapestry in which Rabbi Case uses examples from real lives, stories, lore, aphorisms and the mystic tradition of Kabbalah, together with experience culled from more than two decades of pastoral work. This is his first published work. Books will be available for purchase through the Beth Shalom gift shop. For more information about the book visit http://lifespathway.com.

BETH SHALOM SISTERHOOD

Presents: MARTINIS AND MAH JONGG

November 13 at 7:00 PM At the home of Ruth Rast

105 Dibble Lane (Wildewood)

Mini-tournament for all levels of play including beginners

No Fee

Please bring a small bowl of your favorite “Mah Jongg Munchie”

RSVP – Ruth Rast by November 7

(803) 462 – 0018 or [email protected]

Please indicate level of play: beginner, novice or experienced.

The following donations

have been made to the

Cemetery Fund Minda & Henry Miller

Reberta Karesh Greta & Edmund Richman

Ravenel & Morris Rubenstein Diana & Paul Woodrow

Naomi Mart Marlene & Murray Riebman

Maxcy Rivkin Rose Anne Schulman

Goldie Morris

The following donations

have been made to the

Break-the-Fast Claire & Morris Kline

Diana & Paul Woodrow Michal Rubin & David Reisman Meira Warshauer & Sam Baker

Jennifer & Barry Feldman Claire & Issy Nezvesky

Joseph Rosen Jeff Jacobs

The following donations have

been made to the

Ben Stern Memorial

Cantorial Fund Bluma Goldberg

Doris & Ronnie Frank Natalie & Hy Steckman Diana & Paul Woodrow

Renee & Eric Bland Toni & Sam Elkins Sue & Jerry Kline

Patricia Lovit Helen Kahn

Jennifer & Barry Feldman

TODAH RABAH TO ALL OF OUR SYNAGOGUE DONORS !

RABBI- Jonathan Case

STUDENT CHAZZAN- Michal Rubin

OTHER CANTORS Rabbi Jonathan Case

Dr. Leon Spotts Dr. Sam Baker

Jeff Jacobs Dr. Stanley Greenberg

Hyman Karesh Dr. Meira Warshauer

Hilik Shenkar

TORAH READERS Jeff Jacobs

Dr. Sam Baker Hilik Shenkar Julie Jacobs

SHOFAR BLOWING

Hilik Shenkar Rebekah Lovit

HAFTARAH READERS David Zalesne Jason Goldberg

Nathan Rubinger

USHERS

Ira Greenberg, Chairperson

Dr. Samuel Baker Richard Balser

Steve Batey Eric Bland

Dr. Lester Bockow Dr. Barry Feldman

Alex Filler Bruce Filler

Ronnie Frank Dr. Carl Freedman

Dr. Harold Friedman Jay Friedman

Daryl Giddings Jason Goldberg Karl Goldberg

Joe Golson Dr. Stanley Greenberg

Dr. Jeff Gross Dr. Russell Haber Jonathan Harvey

Charles Kahn Hyman Karesh

Dr. Richard Kline Zachary Kline

Dr. Rob Kriegshaber Barry Laban

Lucky Levinson Se. Joel Lourie Dr. David Lovit Dr. Dan Matzner Dr. Henry Miller

Dr. David Reisman Fred Seidenberg Joseph Sharnoff

Rick Silver

Dr. Gerald Sonenshine Dr. Peter Stahl

Howard Stravitz Dr. Joel Sussman Michael Tucker

Peter Vardi

LADY USHERS

Doris Frank, Chairperson

Dr. Linda Schoen Giddings Gloria Goldberg Margo Goldberg Esther Greenberg

Shelley Kriegshaber Heidi Lovit

Sharon Robinson Diana Rubinger

Wendy Stahl Sandra Whitton

JUNIOR CONGREGATION

Rebecca Pinsker,

Director of Education

Carin Bendas Michael Perlmutter

Marlene Roth Robert Lapin

Eric Bland Rebekah Lovit Kitra Monnier Daryl Giddings

THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO SERVED DURING THE HIGH HOLIDAY SERVICES!THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO SERVED DURING THE HIGH HOLIDAY SERVICES!THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO SERVED DURING THE HIGH HOLIDAY SERVICES!THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO SERVED DURING THE HIGH HOLIDAY SERVICES!

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Cindi, Randy, Aaron (7 yrs old) and David (4 yrs old) have been in Columbia now for 5 years. Randy was raised in Co-lumbia, and at-tended Beth Sha-lom Synagogue as a child, and be-

came a Bar Mitzvah under Rabbi Kandel.

After graduating from Richland Northeast High School in 1988, he attended the University of Alabama and got his degree in Communications. He was selected for an in-ternship through the Disney College program, and moved to Orlando, Florida where he met Cindi. After complet-ing his internship at Disney, he moved to Gainesville, FL where Cindi was in nursing school at the University of Florida. The couple was married in 1996 just after Cindi

graduated from nursing school.

Randy went back to school and got his Masters in Busi-ness Administration from the University of Florida in 2002. In 2001, their first son Aaron was born and they moved to Savannah, GA to pursue Randy's entre-preneurial interest in advertising. He became a vice-president and partner for an advertising agency there. Cindi worked as an Assistant Nurse Manager for Memorial Health Medical Center. They discovered that work was not as important as family, and decided to move back to Columbia in 2003 to be closer to fam-ily. Randy's parents, Suzi and Scrappy, gladly made some extra room for their children and grandchild while they looked for the right home to move to in Columbia. Randy found an opportunity at SRC (now Aetna), as a Customer Service Manager, and eventually has been pro-

moted several times within the company, and currently works as a Project Manager under the Finance Depart-ment. Cindi worked part time as a Registered Nurse for Palmetto Surgery Center while she had her second son David, in 2004, and now works there full time as a Pre-

Admissions Nurse.

Their older son Aaron, attended the Columbia Jewish Day School through kindergarten, and now attends the Center For Inquiry in Richland School District 2. He at-tends Sunday School at Beth Shalom Synagogue, and was on the JCC swim team during the last two summers. He also plays soccer and baseball for area recreation leagues and plays the piano. David attends the Columbia Jewish Day School in the 4-K program as well as attends the new Beth Shalom Preschool program. He also started playing soccer this Fall. Both boys have attended the JCC camp for the past 3 years. Cindi has served on the JCC Board, and served on youth programming committees for the JCC, and Randy currently serves on both the Jewish Day School and Beth Shalom Boards. Cindi and Randy are both active on the Federation's Young Leadership program and are members of Sisterhood and Men's club

in the Synagogue.

Cindi enjoys photography and reading, and Randy enjoys disc golf and fantasy football. (Randy also started the CJDS Fantasy Football League, which is a fund-raising effort for the Day School to help support special projects such as the playground equipment and computer lab for

the school, and is now in its 4th year!)

They joined Beth Shalom for its familiarity and strong sense of Conservative Judaism, and look forward to see-ing their sons develop a solid Jewish identity. They cur-rently live in Forest Acres, with their nine month old

puppy, Champ.

MEMBERSHIP SPOTLIGHT Cindi & Randy Stark

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11/1 Scholar-in-Residence: State of Israel’s 60th Anniversary Celebration. Junior Congregation

9:30 am 11 a.m.

11/1 Havdalah Hootenanny Jewish Sing-Along at the JCC. This will be a unique event bringing together the musical talent of our local religious leaders and community members. Event is FREE.

7:30 pm

11/5 Jewish Women’s Book Club Meeting. Guest speaker: Rabbi Case 7 pm

11/6 Just Jew It! Adult Education classes.

6:45 pm 7:55 pm

11/8 Junior Congregation 11 am

11/9 Sunday School: 3rd Grade Family Program - “A Stroll Though The Scroll”. Jr. Kadima

9:30 am 12:30 pm

11/9 Historical Marker Commemoration & Dedication 2 pm

11/11 Board of Education meeting. 6:30 pm

11/12 11th Grade class & dinner. 6 pm

11/12 Executive BOD meeting 6:30 pm

11/12 Board of Directors meeting 7:30 pm

11/13 Sisterhood - Martinis and Mah Jongg at the home of Ruth Rast. 6:30 pm

11/13 Just Jew It! Adult Education classes.

6:45 pm 7:55 pm

11/14 Shabbat evening services followed by family Shabbat dinner. 6:30 pm

11/15 Shabbat morning services; Special Kiddush luncheon to follow services in honor of Dr. Arnold Pinsker’s 80th birthday. Sponsored by Rebecca Pinsker.

9:45 am

11/16 Jr. Kadima 12th Grade students meet at Starbucks with Rabbi Case.

12:30 pm 4 pm

11/20 Harvest Hope Food Bank - volunteers will staff the emergency food pantry. 5 pm

11/22 Shabbat morning services; Special Kiddush luncheon to follow services in honor of our grandchildren. Sponsored by Jane & David Kulbersh, Gloria & Henry Goldberg and Sandra & Ed Poliakoff.

9:45 am

11/22 Tot Shabbat 11 am

11/26 Annual Community Thanksgiving Service to be held at St. James United Methodist Church (3390 Pinebelt Road)

7 pm

11/2 Adult Education Seminar - Scholar in Residence: State of Israel’s 60th Anniversary Celebration.

9:30 am

11/23 Outreach Hesed Committee Training Seminar - “Death & Dying: Your Soul.” 10:30 am

11/3 Sisterhood Rosh Chodesh Supper Club meeting at the home of Irene Milliman 6:30 pm

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To our friends at Beth Shalom,

On behalf of Mark, Andy and myself, I want to sincerely thank you for your many kind words, generous gifts and donations. We especially want to thank you for sharing stories of your friendship and wonderful memories of Sid with us. Its during a time like this that we realize how much our friends and family mean to us. Your generosity, kind sup-port, caring words, and all the hugs and handshakes during this difficult time will always be remembered. Sheila, Mark & Andy Kaffee

YAHRZEITS

11/1 Irwin Ginsberg Heshvan 3 11/18 Isaac Matzner Heshvan 20

11/1 Rosa Berry Perloff Heshvan 3 11/18 Else Mennicke Heshvan 20

11/2 Albert Berger Heshvan 4 11/18 Rebecca Freed Rivkin Heshvan 20

11/2 Esther Blankfield Gottlieb Heshvan 4 11/20 Sam Garber Heshvan 22

11/3 Minnie Berry Heshvan 5 11/20 Fay Geller Heshvan 22

11/3 Samuel J. Freed Heshvan 5 11/20 Rebecca C. Greher Heshvan 22

11/3 Marvin Greenwood Heshvan 5 11/20 Dorothy Markowitz Heshvan 22

11/3 Bernard Laden Heshvan 5 11/20 Frederick Julius Ravdin Heshvan 22

11/4 Daisy Bogen Heshvan 6 11/21 Joseph Steckman Heshvan 23

11/4 Mary Ethel Eby Fairbanks Heshvan 6 11/22 Lillian G. Ross Heshvan 24

11/4 Hyman Simon Heshvan 6 11/22 Meyer Smolowsky Heshvan 24

11/5 Louis Cherney Heshvan 7 11/23 Paul Chirlin Heshvan 25

11/6 Edwin Morris Heshvan 8 11/23 Goldie Freed Heshvan 25

11/6 Lina Strasburger Oppenheimer Heshvan 8 11/23 Alan J. Reyner Heshvan 25

11/6 Samuel Rosenberg Heshvan 8 11/23 Jeffrey Love Reyner Heshvan 25

11/6 Mendel Silverstein Heshvan 8 11/23 Tobae Love Reyner Heshvan 25

11/7 Yehudith Cohen Heshvan 9 11/23 Bertram Starr Heshvan 25

11/7 Rose Lichenstein Heshvan 9 11/23 Rhonda Gordon Tiamfook Heshvan 25

11/7 Shirley Lynch Heshvan 9 11/24 Lillian Glasser Heshvan 26

11/7 Shirley Shane Heshvan 9 11/24 Herman Gottlieb Heshvan 26

11/7 Nat Weiss Heshvan 9 11/24 Michael S. Lavisky Heshvan 26

11/8 Marvin M. Brownstein Heshvan 10 11/24 Dr. Myron Rones Heshvan 26

11/8 Isabel Rosenzweig Heshvan 10 11/24 Clara Stegman Heshvan 26

11/9 Mary Aileen Botwin Heshvan 11 11/25 Anna Blacher Heshvan 27

11/9 Sara Rivkin Torgoff Heshvan 11 11/25 Steven F. Bluestein Heshvan 27

11/10 Aaron Berry Heshvan 12 11/25 Felix Goldberg Heshvan 27

11/10 Thomas Cherry Heshvan 12 11/25 Elizabeth Ann Roberts Heshvan 27

11/11 Irwin Kahn Heshvan 13 11/25 Irwin Donald Roth Heshvan 27

11/11 Mae Gottlieb Loewe Heshvan 13 11/26 Bessie Bloom Gentile Heshvan 28

11/11 Mollie Lurey Heshvan 13 11/26 Joseph Kaletski Heshvan 28

11/11 Jacob Radin Heshvan 13 11/26 Lena Goldsmith Kline Heshvan 28

11/12 Adele S. Radin Heshvan 14 11/27 Morris Blank Heshvan 29

11/13 Jimmy Cohen Heshvan 15 11/27 Alex Golinsky Heshvan 29

11/13 Roberta Weinstein Heshvan 15 11/27 Sylvia Leader Kramer Heshvan 29

11/14 Estelle Friedman Heshvan 16 11/27 Samuel Siegel Heshvan 29

11/14 Ida Golinsky Heshvan 16 11/27 Sally Stravitz Heshvan 29

11/14 Donna D. Greenberg Heshvan 16 11/28 Benjamin Kaffee Kislev 1

11/14 Jacob Kurlat Heshvan 16 11/28 Dr. Norman Sollod Kislev 1

11/14 Rosa Poliakoff Heshvan 16 11/28 Wolfe Volfson Kislev 1

11/14 Meyer Rosenthal Heshvan 16 11/28 Morris Yesinick Kislev 1

11/14 Nathan Stern Heshvan 16 11/29 Frank Bellah Kislev 2

11/15 Stanley Groll Heshvan 17 11/29 Bluma Lomansky McDuffie Kislev 2

11/15 Simon Gross Heshvan 17 11/29 Ethel Rabinowitz Kislev 2

11/15 Celia Morris Levine Heshvan 17 11/30 Charle Chaplin Kislev 3

11/16 Hyman Baker Heshvan 18 11/30 Elaine Daum Kislev 3

11/16 Aaron Goldstein Heshvan 18 11/30 Morris Ginsburg Kislev 3

11/16 Jack Volaski Pearlstine Heshvan 18 11/30 George Miller Kislev 3

11/16 Sara Berry Smolowsky Heshvan 18 11/30 Bernard Selden Kislev 3

11/16 Phyllis Freed Sollod Heshvan 18

DONATIONSDONATIONSDONATIONSDONATIONS

Adinah Kitchen Fund To Rabbi & Mrs. Philip Silverstein - Mazel

tov on the birth of your grandson, Daniel

Aaron Fiterstein.

By: Peter & Wendy Stahl

To Daryl Giddings - Mazel tov being named

the recipient of the Magen David Award.

By: Diana Rubinger By: Sylvia Friedman Cremer

To Alex Zalesne - Mazel tov on your Bar

Mitzvah. By: Diana Rubinger

In loving memory of Freda Baker Kornblut.

By: Debi Baker Brookshire

In memory of Samuel Saland. By: Alice & Tom Simmons

Beautification Landscape Fund In loving memory of Freda Baker Kornblut. By: Debi Baker Brookshire

To Lilyan Picow - Wishing you a great

recovery. By: The Zalkin family

Ben Stern Cantorial Memorial Fund

To Sheila Kaffee & family - In memory of Sid

Kaffee. By: Rhena Denberg & family By: Natalie & Hy Steckman

To Roselen Rivkin - In honor of our good

friend, Arnold.

By: Sandy & Ivan Gottlieb

To Bill Stern - Happy birthday. By: Toni & Sam Elkins

To Benjamin Stern - Happy birthday. By: Toni & Sam Elkins

To Lori Lapin - Happy birthday. By: Toni & Sam Elkins

To Jocelyn Burg - Happy birthday.

By: Toni & Sam Elkins

To Sue & Joel Sussman - Mazel tov on the

birth of your grandson.


Betty & Marvin Brownstein Torah Restoration Fund

In loving memory of my parents, Betty &

Marvin Brownstein. By: Janet Brownstein

To Lilyan Picow - Be well soon. By: Sandy & Ivan Gottlieb

Carol O. Bernstein Memorial Fund

To Sheila Kaffee - In honor of Sid...he was

special. By: Sandy & Ivan Gottlieb

To Sarah & David Charles - In loving

memory of your Pepa.

By: Leila & Jay Bressler By: Lindsay & Shane Rabin

To Amy Gross - Good luck with college and

your new life. By: Toni & Sam Elkins

To Dianna Arnold - Happy birthday.


To Margo Goldberg & family - In loving

memory of your mother, Evelyn Fleishman.

By: Michele, Danna & Rebecca Lewsky

Cemetery Fund In loving memory of our mother, Bella

Berry. By: Mildred, Al & Joseph Berliner

In loving memory of our parents, Jenny &

Lewis Rivkin. By: Marlene & Murray Riebman By: Maxcy Rivkin By: Rose Ann Schulman

In memory of Rosa & Lewis Perloff.

By: Ida Berry

Dr. Spotts Educational Fund To Sara & Leon Spotts - Thank you for all

your dedication at Beth Shalom. By: Shahram Novinbakht

Education Fund To Arlene Cherney - In honor of our old

friend, Jack. By: Sandy & Ivan Gottlieb

To Rebecca Pinsker - Mazol tov on the birth

of your grandson, Drake Michael.

By: Stephanie Alexander & Gary Blatt

To Sheila Kaffee & family - In loving

memory of Sid Kaffee.

By: Barbara LaBelle By: Helen & Sol Silver By: Bluma Goldberg

To Rabbi Case - Thank you for helping us

through a difficult time. By: The Kaffee Family

In loving memory of Freda Baker Kornblut. By: Debi Baker Brookshire

To Margo Goldberg & family - In loving

memory of your mother, Evelyn Fleishman. By: Penny & Moss Blachman

To Ed Poliakoff - Mazel tov on your well de-

served, “ Distinguished Service Award”. By: Penny & Moss Blachman

In loving memory of my parents, Leona &

Sam Siegel. By: Penny Blachman

To Daryl Giddings - Mazel tov on your well

deserved Magen David Award. By: Penny & Moss Blachman

To Philip Kornblut & family - In loving

memory of your mother, Freda Kornblut.

By: Penny & Moss Blachman

Eleanor & Henry Hammer Historical Garden Fund

To Howard Hammer - In memory of your

father. By: Dana & Hilik Shenkar

Endowment Fund To Sheila Kaffee - In memory of your

husband, Sid Kaffee. By: Ellen & Fred Seidenberg

To Linda & Daryl Giddings - Happy

anniversary. By: Bobbi & Gad Matzner

To Daryl Giddings - Mazel tov on being

named the recipient of the Magen David

Award. By: Bobbi & Gad Matzner By: The Stark families

The congregation extends its condolences to:

The Golson family and Bockman family on the loss of Josh Golson’s fiancé, Kathryn Anne Bockman.

To Andrew Abrams - Mazel tov and happy

birthday.

By: Bobbi & Gad Matzner

To Michal Rubin - Yasher koach for your

wonderful job as Cantor.


To Linda & Fred Blank - Mazel tov on the

marriage of Melissa to Andreas.


General Fund In memory of Sadie Rosenzweig. By: Eddie Ross

To Jeff Jacobs - In honor of your promotion

to Major General in the U.S. Army Reserve. By: Anna & Irwin Jacobs

To Michelle Ehrlich & family - In memory of

Kay Wray. By: Paula & Hyman Karesh



Kaffee. By: Ethel Miller & family By: Sheila & Steve Gendil

In honor of Beth Shalom. By: Shahram Novinbakht

To Bill Stern - Happy birthday.

By: Eddie, David & Stan Ross

To Ed Poliakoff - In honor of your

Distinguished Community Service Award.

By: Sheila & Steve Gendil

George Port Memorial Kiddush Fund

In memory of Harry From. By: Gloria & Henry Goldberg

To Stanley Greenberg - In appreciation.

By: Dana & Hilik Shenkar

In memory of Phyllis Buchman Schwartz. By: Ruth & Walker Rast

To Michelle Ehrlich - In honor of the birth of

your granddaughter, Gabriella Eden. By: Paula & Hyman Karesh

In loving memory of David Litman. By: Judith Litman Lindau


Kaffee. By: Gloria & Henry Goldberg

To Athene & Dan Shoemaker -

Congratulations on your wedding. By: Linda & Daryl Giddings

Library Fund In loving memory of Freda Baker Kornblut. By: Debi Baker Brookshire

Outreach Hesed Fund To Doris & Ronnie Frank - Happy

anniversary. By: Toni & Sam Elkins

To Penni & Larry Nadel - Happy

anniversary. By: Toni & Sam Elkins

Prayer Book Fund

In loving memory of Freda Baker Kornblut.

By: Debi Baker Brookshire

Prayer Book Fund (Sim Shalom)


Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund To Rabbi Case - In appreciation. By: Dana & Hilik Shenkar

To Penni’s friends - Thanks for my newest

five pounds!

By: Ivan Gottlieb

In loving memory of my father, Samson

Berry.

By: Ida Berry

To Alex Zalesne - Congratulations on your

Bar Mitzvah.


To Rabbi Jonathan & Rivke Case - Welcome

to Columbia & Beth Shalom. By: Toni & Sam Elkins

Yahrzeit Fund To Michelle Ehrlich & family - In memory of

your mother Kay Wray. By: Wendy & Peter Stahl

In loving memory of our father, Philip

Berliner. By: Mildred, Al & Joseph Berliner

In loving memory of my mother, Bella Berry. By: Ann Lee Baron

In memory of Ida Cremer Goodman.

By: Jerry Goodman

In memory of Lillian Ross. By: Eddie, David & Stan Ross

BETH SHALOM SYNAGOGUE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Executive Board:

Dr. Lilly Filler President Barbara Blau Vice President Joe Sharnoff Treasurer David Zalesne Financial Secretary Dr. Harold Friedman Recording Secretary

Howard Stravitz Past President Chairpersons:

Ruth Bazerman Ronnie Frank Dr. Linda Schoen Giddings Ira Greenberg Howard Hammer Lyssa Harvey Charles Kahn Hyman Karesh Dr. Dan Matzner Sandra Poliakoff Sharon Robinson Beth Bernstein Aaron Small Randy Stark Trustees:

Shep Cutler Bruce Filler Belle Jewler Barry Laban Dr. David Lovit Bill Stern Jack Swerling Dr. Henry Ray Wengrow

BOARD OF EDUCATION

Daryl Giddings Dr. Anny Zalesne Sheila Davis Dr. Barry Feldman Matt Gottlieb Shirley Hammer Rob Lapin Heidi Lovit Joanna McDuffie Catherine Morgan Dr. David Reisman Sandra Whitton

Beth Shalom Sisterhood Heidi Lovit - President

Beth Shalom Men’s Club

Dr. Dan Matzner - President

A generous donation has been made to dedicate a classroom in the Kline Education Wing.

This classroom will be dedicated:

In memory of Judy & Jeff Sunshine and Harry Sunshine.

Donated by: Dr. & Mrs.

Warren & Mimi Karesh.

Todah Rabah!

The deadline for the December

bulletin is November 15th.

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Schedule of Services

Friday …….... 6:30 p.m.

Saturday …….... 9:45 a.m.

Mon.-Thurs. ……… 6:15 p.m.

Candle Lighting Times

November 7 ………... 5:06 p.m.

November 14 ………... 5:01 p.m.

November 21 ………... 4:57 p.m.

November 28 ………... 4:55 p.m.

Inside this issue:

Scholar-in-Residence Program ................................ Page 1

Rabbi’s message. .......................................................... Page 2

Director of Education’s Message ........................... Page 3

Dancing with the Stars.............................................. Page 5

Resident Scholar’s Message..................................... Page 6

Birthdays & Anniversaries........................................ Page 7

Sisterhood News ......................................................... Page 8

BOD Application........................................................... Page 9

Sisterhood Mah Jongg & Book Club....................... Page 10

High Holiday Contributions & Thanks ................... Page 11

Membership Spotlight ............................................... Page 12

Calendar of Events...................................................... Page 13

Yahrzeits........................................................................ Page 14

Donations ....................................................................... Page 15-16

Happy Thanksgiving!

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