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SEPTEMBER 2015 ELUL-TISHRI 5775 ISSUES #8

1 SEPTEMBER 2015 ELUL-TISHRI 5775 ISSUES #8 CONGREGATION AGUDATH ACHIM היום Hay m Congregation Agudath Achim 9 LEE BLVD., SAVANNAH, GA A Glance at what s inside Information from the President Donor Program Shalom School Happenings High Holiday Schedule Backpack Buddies Info Weekly Study Opportunities In the Community Events Yahrzeits Contributions Calendar for September Your September Birthdays

2 RABBI Moshe Silberschein EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Motti Locker PRESIDENT Steven Roth VICE-PRESIDENT Victor Shernoff FINANCIAL SECRETARY Elise Shernoff RECORDING SECRETARY AJ Haysman TREASURER Michael Bonder IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Kenneth Sadler BOARD MEMBERS Liz Arkin Adam Fins Doug Goldstein David Hirsh Kenneth Hoffman Nancy Isaacson Barry Luskey Debby Luskey Morgan McGhie Rick Meier Scott Samuels Barry Schlafstein MEN S CLUB Daniel Skidmore-Hess CHEVRA KADISHA David Reeves ENDOWMENT COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN Joel Goodman Information from the President: I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a Happy New Year. The New Year is How time flies. A New Year represents a new beginning for us as Jews individually and for us as a congregation. We welcome Rabbi Moshe Silberschein as our interim Rabbi for the next ten months. We are fortunate as a congregation to have such a learned and experienced rabbi as our spiritual leader. We also will begin again to look for a permanent rabbi to pick up this torch when Rabbi Silberschein passes it on in July of By that time I will be your immediate past President. Over the past fifteen months or so I have come to learn a lot about this synagogue and this congregation. We have a small, but very dedicated staff led ably by Motti Locker. They all work very hard to keep this congregation working and we as congregants should remember to show our appreciation when we can because this is more than just a job to them. We also have a group of congregants who, at no cost to the congregation, donate their expertise. They keep us wired and keep our professional bills down. These donations do not appear anywhere on a balance sheet but clearly keep our expenses down and are generally unrecognized by most congregants. In addition to the employees and the congregants who donate their work we have a substantial core of involved, devoted and hard-working congregants. They come to minyan on a regular basis. They visit the sick as congregational representatives. They serve on congregational committees, often more than one. They make calls for the congregation to investigate the best, most cost efficient way to do things. They oversee our synagogue building, looking into potential improvements, maintenance and ways to handle unanticipated disasters or near disasters. They support our synagogue Backpack Buddy program. These congregants devote countless hours to this synagogue. We should all keep this in mind when we are asked to serve on a committee. I look forward to the year ahead with great optimism. I hope that 5776 will be a great year for Congregation Agudath Achim. I wish you all a Happy New Year. Steven Roth Congregational President RITUAL COMMITTEE David Hirsh SHALOM SCHOOL Eva Locker HONORARY MEMBERS Larry Lasky SEPTEMBER 2015 ELUL-TISHRI Page 2

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Shalom School Happenings Shalom School It is hard to believe another summer is over and we recently welcomed our students back to Shalom School.

4 Shalom School Happenings Shalom School It is hard to believe another summer is over and we recently welcomed our students back to Shalom School. As we began a new school year and are getting ready to welcome the year 5776, we feel it is time to take stock and plan for the future. The Shalom School staff has spent time looking at what we do and how we can make our program educational and enjoyable for our students. Kids learn best with a multi-sensory approach; by seeing, saying, hearing, writing and doing. We are tweaking our curriculum and lessons to ensure our students are learning in all of these ways each week. You will hear your children talking about our new hands on learning opportunities. We have a new committee looking at Hands On Mitzvot and will be providing updates on this exciting new program for our students. We are fortunate that Amanda Barker was able to attend the NewCAJE conference in Hartford over the summer. Amanda brought back fresh ideas and shared them with the rest of our staff. We look forward to taking these ideas and incorporating them in our classes. As a staff we are committed to providing a solid foundation in Jewish Education. There is much to learn each year. Your children learn Jewish history, holidays and traditions, blessings, Hebrew, about Israel, how to be a responsible citizen of the world and so much more. At Shalom School we introduce all of this in our Pre-K class and build on these concepts each year. Currently our students are learning about Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. For our younger students this means making and blowing a shofar to welcome year 5776 while for the older students are reflecting on the past year and making atonements. We are learning about doing for others and how knowing you are helping brings with it a good feeling. We have taken stock, made some changes and kept some things the same. This year we would love for our parents and any other interested community members to become involved. Please consider volunteering to assist in the education of this next generation. If you are interested, please contact Eva Locker at theshalomschool@gmail.com. L Shanah Tova! SEPTEMBER 2015 ELUL-TISHRI Page 4

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Backpack buddies (2015/2016 School year) We will hold our kickoff meeting on Tuesday, September 22nd at 9:00 a.m. The meeting should last no more than one hour.

9 Backpack buddies (2015/2016 School year) We will hold our kickoff meeting on Tuesday, September 22nd at 9:00 a.m. The meeting should last no more than one hour. We are scheduled to begin this year s program with the first packing on Wednesday, October 14th and the first delivery on Thursday, October 15th. If you have participated before or would like to learn more about the program, please come to the meeting on September 22nd. Weekly Study Opportunities 1. Food for the Soul - Explore how themes in Jewish prayer are relevant to your life. Wednesdays at 9:00 a.m. following breakfast and minyan. 2. Midrash: The Rabbinic Imagination - Learn how the rabbinic mind works through traditional text study. Thursdays at 8:00 a.m. NEW 3. Parashat HaShavuah - Analyze the weekly Torah portion after the Shabbat Kiddush lunch at 12:45 p.m. 4. Havdallah and Ice Cream, Sing, eat, and study as we usher out Shabbat and welcome in the new week with this beautiful ritual. Dusk on Saturday evenings. 5. Torah B Chavurah - Organize a group of your friends to study Torah with the Rabbi Barkan or Motti for one session or on an ongoing basis. SEPTEMBER 2015 ELUL-TISHRI Page 9

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Yahrzeits September 2015 SEPTEMBER 01/17 ELUL BERTHA DIRECTOR SAM KAMINE JOSEPH WALDMAN SEPTEMBER 02/18 ELUL MYRA LIPPMAN JULIUS STEINBERG COLEMAN STEIRN SEPTEMBER 03/19 ELUL ETHEL WAGNER SEPTEMBER

11 Yahrzeits September 2015 SEPTEMBER 01/17 ELUL BERTHA DIRECTOR SAM KAMINE JOSEPH WALDMAN SEPTEMBER 02/18 ELUL MYRA LIPPMAN JULIUS STEINBERG COLEMAN STEIRN SEPTEMBER 03/19 ELUL ETHEL WAGNER SEPTEMBER 04/20 ELUL FRAN COHEN RACHEL GREENBERG SEPTEMBER 05/21 ELUL BEATRICE CUTTNER SEPTEMBER 06/22 ELU LENA BROWN WULF FARKOVITZ AL ROBBINS SEPTEMBER 07/23 EUL KARL FRIEDMAN SEPTEMBER 08/24 ELUL NEIL STOCKTON SEPTEMBER 09/25 ELUL JULIUS JACOBSON SEPTEMBER 10/26 ELUL DORIS GELLINS GEORGE TENENBAUM SEPTEMBER 11/27 ELUL SYDNEY BIESPEL ENRICHETTA KREH MORRIS WEXLER SEPTEMBER 12/28 ELUL SARAH CRANMAN REBECCA GALIN ELLA MILLER SYLVIA SEIDEL RAY WEITZ FINK SEPTEMBER 13/29 ELUL GERSON FREED SEPTEMBER 14/01 TISHREI CHARLOTTE TENENBAUM SEPTEMBER 15/02 TISHREI JANICE FIEGLEMAN SAM HIRSCH STUART OURHAAN PHYLLIS SHOOB SEPTEMBER 16/03 TISHREI BETTYE COHEN BAILEE KRONOWITZ SEPTEMBER 17/04 TISHREI BILL KOVENSKY DAVID ODREZIN SEPTEMBER 18/05 TISHREI HERSCHEL ISAACSON SEPTEMBER 19/06 TISHREI DOROTHY HANDSHU MOE HOROWITZ LINDA WEXLER SEPTEMBER 20/07 TISHREI ALFRED APPEL DOROTHY GOLDKRAND FANNIE KOVENSKY SEPTEMBER 21/08 TISHREI ABRAHAM EICHLER SARA NATHAN SAMUEL REICH SEPTEMBER 22/09 TISHREI VERA BECKER YOSEF KNAFO ROSE MILGRAM JODI WOLFF SEPTEMBER 23/10 TISHREI REBA ABRAMS SAMUEL BIRNBAUM MORRIS KAMINE MORRIS KATZ GIOVANNA MAGLIONE ISIDOR MELAVER SEPTEMBER 24/11 TISHREI THERESE KRONOWITZ SEPTEMBER 25/12 TISHREI BENJAMIN ABRAMS SEPTEMBER 26/13 TISHREI RUTH KRIEGER SEPTEMBER 28/15 TISHREI HERBERT BUCHSBAUM LISA COOPER SEPTEMBER 29/16 TISHREI BARBARA H. RUBIN MAX SCHWARTZ SEPTEMBER 2015 ELUL-TISHRI Page 11

12 Helping Hands Bertha Freedman Harriet & Eric Meyerhoff Lewis Danish Tzedakah Louis Hollander, Mildred Leventhal & Bernie Milgram Barbara & Ellis Abrams Pentateuch & Haftorah Hannah S. Weil Loyce & Daniel Weil Rabbi Jerry Potack Camp Ramah Fund Sara Heyman Joan Pam & Family Siddur Sim Shalom Frances Wagger Lynn & David Reeves Shalom School Lillian Chodash Harvey & Judith Shatz The New Mahzorim Frances & Larry Wagger Steffi & Sol Zerden Happy 75th Birthday Buddy Metzger Ed Wexler Building Fund Mary Helfand Yetta Tureck& Robin Rackoff Albert Meyerhoff & Gertrude Bobroff Eric & Harriet Meyerhoff Contributions In Honor Of Shelkoff s Wedding Yetta Tureck& Robin Rackoff Mazel Tov on Birth of New Grandson Steve & Beth Roth Yetta Tureck& Robin Rackoff Ernie & Mary Weitz Friedman Fund for the Study of Conservative Judaism Stanley Weiss Anita Schlossberg In Honor Of Cari & Michael s wedding Anita Schlossberg Speedy Recovery Of Elizabeth Weitz Steffi & Sol Zerden Sylvia & Morris Cohen Israel Travel Endowment Fund Ella G. Miller, Janice Alterman, Stephen Cohen & Sylvia Cohen Edward & Becky Cohen Sisterhood Mitzvah Committee Sylvia Seidel Arthur & Linda Brill Sadie Perl Lynn & Richard Berkowitz Frances Wagger & Howard Berman Sharon & Murray Galin Cari & Michael s wedding Steffi & Sol Zerden Ralph & Pauline Tenenbaum Chevra Kadish Fund Allan Wexler Edward Wexler Julius Marcus Helen Rosengart Backpack Buddies Fund Mary Flaherty Reggie & Mel Goldstein Viola Boles Debra Cohen Howard Berman Harriet Ullman Arlene & Allan Ratner Frances Wagger Arlene & Allan Ratner Janice Fiegleman Arlene & Phyllis Wizwer Happy Birthday Harriet Ullman Vivian Slotin Thank You Dayle & Aaron Levy, Arlene & Allen Ratner & Marcy & Jerry Konter Toby Hollenberg Bailee Tenenbaum Kronowitz Kiddush Fund Wolfe Silver Barbara & Murray Silver Catherine Silver Murray & Barbara Silver SEPTEMBER 2015 ELUL-TISHRI Page 12

13 Lee Streicher Jack & Helene Streicher Rene Lehrberger Elise & Victor Shernoff Howard Berman Victor & Elise Shernoff Sara Heyman Sandra & Marcus Seligman Don Gellins Harriet Ullman In Honor Of Cari & Michael s Wedding Elise & Victor Shernoff Happy 70th Wedding Anniversary Helen & Herman Cranman Rene Lehrberger Happy Birthday Harriet Ullman Doris Klugman Wishing You the Best Rabbi & Adina Barkan Sally Krissman Congratulations on New Granddaughter Paul & Harriet Kulbersh Rene Lehrberger Elise & Victor Shernoff Speedy Recovery Of Joan Bloom Sandra & Marcus Seligman Kaye Kole Harriet Ullman General Fund Tim Rubnitz Joan Pam Myron & Fran Kaminsky Frances Wagger Myron & Fran Kaminsky Contributions Roberta & Rick Finn Rose & Victor Ackermann Linda & Michael Zoller Priscilla & Perry Russell Howard Berman Myron & Fran Kaminsky Linda & Michael Zoller Joan Pam Lee Streicher Joan Pam Gale & David Hirsh Linda & Michael Zoller Allan L. Cooper Doris Gellins Don Gellins Rose Roth Beth & Steve Roth Leon Smithberg Steven Smithberg Stanley Weiss Marvin & Marilyn Eichelbaum Elizabeth & Steven Arkin Lynn Goodman Manny Franklin Marvin & Marilyn Eichelbaum Nicholas Bilek William Bilek Steven Shoob Cary Shoob Sam Poznansky Liela Weltman Carol Rosenthal Shear Lynn Goodman Ned Chodash Harvey & Judith Shatz Adeline Gold Beth & Steve Roth Abe Tepper Jane Winter Bernard Metzger Julie & Buddy Metzger Edward Cranman Harriet & Eric Meyerhoff Evelyn Bodziner Leon & Helene Friedman Leroy G. Monsky Buddy & Julie Metzger Bella Vogel Theodore & Adelle Geffen Helena Bilek William Bilek Albert Pecknay Barbara Pecknay In Honor Of Alex Zerden Elizabeth & Steven Arkin Thank You Rabbi Barkan Lynn Goodman Thank You Sherwin Robin Hedda Ginsberg Congratulations on New Granddaughter Harriet & Paul Kulbersh Julie & Buddy Metzger Gale & David Hirsh SEPTEMBER 2015 ELUL-TISHRI Page 13

14 Congregation Agudath Achim Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Shabbat Services followed by Kiddush Luncheons 1 7:30 a.m. Shacharit 8:00 a.m. Shacharit with Breakfast and Torah Study 2 7:00 a.m. Shacharit and Torah Study 3 7:00 a.m. Shacharit with breakfast to follow 5:45 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat 7:27 p.m. Candle Lighting 4 9:15 a.m. Shabbat Services 7:35 p.m. Mincha 8:21 p.m. /Havdalah 5 9:00 a.m. Shacharit 6 7:00 a.m. Shacharit 7 7:30 a.m. Shacharit 8 8:00 a.m. Shacharit with Breakfast and Torah Study :00 a.m. Shacharit and Torah Study 11 7:00 a.m. Shacharit with breakfast to follow 5:45 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat 7:18 p.m. Candle Lighting 12 9:15 a.m. Shabbat Services 7:25 p.m. Mincha 8:11 p.m. /Havdalah 13 9:00 a.m. Shacharit 7:15 p.m. Candle Lighting Erev Rosh Hashanah 14 9:00 a.m. Shacharit (SEE HIGH HOLIDAY SCHEDULE FOR TIMES) Rosh Hashanah 15 9:00 a.m. Shacharit Ends (SEE HIGH HOLIDAY SCHEDULE FOR TIMES) Rosh Hashanah 16 8:00 a.m. Shacharit with Breakfast and Torah Study Fast of Gedaliah 17 7:00 a.m. Shacharit and Torah Study 18 7:00 a.m. Shacharit with breakfast to follow 5:45 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat 7:09 p.m. Candle Lighting 19 9:15 a.m. Shabbat Services 7:15 p.m. Mincha 8:02 p.m. /Havdalah 9:00 a.m. Shacharit :00 a.m. Shacharit 22 7:30 a.m. Shacharit 7:08 p.m. Mincha 7:15 p.m. Kol Nidre Kol Nidre 23 9:00 a.m. Shacharit (SEE HIGH HOLIDAY SCHEDULE FOR TIMES) Yom Kippur Yizkor 24 7:00 a.m. Shacharit and Torah Study 25 7:00 a.m. Shacharit with breakfast to follow 5:45 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat 7:00 p.m. Candle Lighting 26 9:15 a.m. Shabbat Services 7:10 p.m. Mincha 7:53 p.m. / Havdalah 27 9:00 a.m. Shacharit 6:57 p.m. Candle Lighting Erev Sukkot 28 9:30 a.m. Sukkot Services followed by Kiddush Luncheon in Sukkah 6:00 p.m. Mincha Sukkot Day :30 a.m. Sukkot Services Sukkot Day :00 a.m. Shacharit with Breakfast and Torah Study October 1 7:00 a.m. Shacharit and Torah Study October 2 7:00 a.m. Shacharit with breakfast to follow 5:45 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat 6:50 p.m. Candle Lighting Come welcome the Shabbat by celebrating with our friends at Buckingham on Fridays at 11am. SEPTEMBER 2015 ELUL-TISHRI Page 14

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15 September 2016 Barry Gale Sara Schlafstein Vivian Slotin Arnold Goldberg Peri Kyriacos Daniel Lewis Eli Heyman Linda Cooper Stavie Kreh Mary Friedman Jerome Lederman Mel Galin Donna Horesh Joel Goodman Arthur Brill Ian Barker Adelle Burnsed-Geffen Ethan Goldstein Lorlee Tenenbaum David DeVaro Brenda Salter Irvin Warshaw Toby Friedman Rhoda Kantor Judith Shatz Stefanie Goldstein Morrie Shelkoff Lisa Sutker Matthew Tratt Robyn Carroll Maxine Patterson Paul Todtfeld Abram Applebaum Elizabeth Arkin Andy Udinsky Yom Huledet Same ach! We Extend Happy Birthday Wishes to the Following Members MESSAGE FROM THE MINYAN CAPTAINS If you are planning to come to Shul for Kaddish, please contact the minyan captain a few days in advance. Monday (7:00am) - Kenneth Sadler Tuesday (7:30am) - Lynn Reeves Wednesday (8:00am) - Ron Ginsberg Thursday (7:00am) - Michael Konter Friday (7:00am) - Bobby Isaacson Sunday (9:00am) - David Hirsh SEPTEMBER 2015 ELUL-TISHRI Page 15

OFFICE HOURS Monday/Thursday 8:30am / 5:00pm Friday 8:30am / 3:00pm Gift Shop Hours: PLEASE CALL Joanna Rich 912-228-0543 BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT

SHERNOFF MICHAEL BONDER AJ HAYSMAN DAVID REEVES ABRAM RUBIN NON/PROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO.

16 OFFICE HOURS Monday/Thursday 8:30am / 5:00pm Friday 8:30am / 3:00pm Gift Shop Hours: PLEASE CALL Joanna Rich BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT VICE/PRESIDENT FINANICAL SECRETARY TREASURER RECORDING SECRETARY CHEVRA KADISHA PRESIDENT PRESIDENT EMERITUS CHEVRA KADISHA STEVEN ROTH VICTOR SHERNOFF ELISE SHERNOFF MICHAEL BONDER AJ HAYSMAN DAVID REEVES ABRAM RUBIN NON/PROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 21 SAVANNAH, GA RABBI EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FINANCIAL COORDINATOR ADMINISTRATIVE ASST. PROFESSIONAL STAFF RABBI MOSHE SILBERSCHEIN MOTTI LOCKER LAURA EVANS JULIANA G. BLAND Congregation Agudath Achim 9 Lee Blvd Savannah GA 31405

HAYOM OCTOBER 2016 ELUL-TISHRI ISSUE #10

HAYOM OCTOBER 2016 ELUL-TISHRI 5776-5777 ISSUE #10 9 LEE BLVD SAVANNAH, GA 31405 912-352-4737 WWW.AGUDATH-ACHIM.COM In This Issue: Information from the President High Holiday Schedule Shalom School Info