TEMPLE EMANU-EL BULLETIN

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1 Shabbat and other services are held in our new synagogue, th Ave, Tuscaloosa, AL Friday Erev Shabbat Services, 6:30 pm unless otherwise noted Date: parshat Oct 28: Noach Gen 6:9-11:32 Nov 4: Lech Lecha Gen 12:1-17:27 Nov 11: Vayerah Gen 18:1-22:24 Nov 18: Chaya Sarah Gen 23:1-25:18 Nov 25: Toldot Gen 25:19-28:9 Dec 2: Vayeitzi Gen 28:10-32:3 Dec 9: Vayishlach Gen 32:4-36:43 Dec 16: Vayeishev Gen 37:1-40:23 Dec 23: Miketz Gen 41:1-44:17 Other Events Oct 28=Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan Oct 31: Hallowe en Fri, Nov 4: groundbreaking for new Caring Days facility Sat, Nov 5: CaringDays fundraiser see p8 home game LSU: JUAF parking Nov 5, bedtime: turn clocks back 1 hr Sun, Nov 6, 11 am: Torah Study Mon, Nov 7, 7:30 pm: Southern Danceworks at the Bama (see p.7) Sun, Nov 13, 11 am: Torah Study Mon, Nov. 14, noon: Jewish Book Group Sat, Nov 19: home game, Ga So: JUAF parking Nov 24: Thanksgiving Day Sun, Nov 26: No Religious School Nov 27: Rosh Chodesh Kislev Sun, Dec 4, 11 am: Torah Study Sun, Dec 4: Sisterhood s Brisket Bash Sun, Dec 11: Religious School Hanukkah play Torah Study, 11 am Dec 18-Jan15: Religious School Winter Break Dec 20, sundown: first Hanukkah candle SAVE THE DATE! Sisterhood s BRISKET BASH fundraiser on Dec 4, with a special surprise. Look for the invitation in the mail and see p. 5 of this bulletin. TEMPLE EMANU-EL BULLETIN Temple Emanu-El th Ave Tuscaloosa, AL (205) Steven L. Jacobs, Rabbi Joel Whitman, President November 2011 Cheshvan-Kislev 5772 From Rabbi Jacobs Dear Friends: During our High Holy Days last month, I made mention of a New Adult Education Opportunity which our Chairperson Diana Schwab has delightfully taken to calling "Re-Jewvination!". Based in my recently-published text 'The Jewish Experience: An Introduction to Jewish History and Jewish Life' (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2011), complete with amazing pictures!, here is an opportunity for all of us to return to Religious School and increase our Jewish knowledge through some initial readings (the chapters are short!) and lots of discussion. The sessions will address: (1) Jewish History (2) Jewish Texts (3) Jewish Philosophy (4) Jewish Theology (5) The Holiday Cycle (6) The Life Cycle (7) The Present (8) The Future Right now, we're thinking of a brown-bag lunchtime gathering, Sunday afternoons, 12:15-1:30, twice a month to coincide with Torah Study, 11:00-12:00, and beginning after the first of the year. Come join us as, together, we return and renew our Jewish roots. And invite others in the Jewish community who are not yet members of our Congregation. Shalom, Rabbi Steve Jacobs The University of Alabama Department of Religious Studies, 212 Manly Hall Box Tuscaloosa, AL (205) Fax (205) sjacobs@bama.ua.edu Website Please see p. 5 for corrections to your new yearbooks. See also calendar on page 3 Note: Please do not use our PO box address any longer. All correspondence should go to th Ave, Tuscaloosa, AL Commitment payments for the new year ( ): Please send payments (marked for ) to Treasurer, Temple Emanu-El, th Ave, Tuscaloosa AL Temple Emanu-El of Tuscaloosa Bulletin November

2 From the President: Good things happen for good people. The High Holidays were well attended. Congregational participation throughout the services made them personal and meaningful. The Sisterhood deserves much credit for the sweet table after Rosh Hashanah services and for the great break the fast meal after Yom Kippur. The High Holiday parking problem became a non-problem. This was due to the cooperation of the University Police Department and Captain Lee Harris and the willingness of our congregants to overcome some inconveniences. Thank you all! The congregants, along with Temple Emanu-El s Religious School and Hillel students conducted a Simchat Torah service on Friday, October 21 st. It was a unique opportunity for all to see the next Jewish generation. We have two important up-coming events. On November 13 th, there will be a rededication of the Bloom Hillel Torah and on December 4 th, the Sisterhood Brisket Bash dinner. Please take the time to participate at both events. There are plans for a Jazz night at the Temple sometime in the spring. Approximately 36 of the new Shabbat prayer books will be in use in the near future. We are asking you to consider buying personal copies or donating copies to the Temple in the name of loved ones. While the previous year was a good one the next will be better because many of you have committed your time and resources to making it so! Joel Whitman Temple Emanu-El of Tuscaloosa, Inc th Ave., Tuscaloosa, AL (205) templeemanuel.tuscaloosa@gmail.com Copyright 2011, Temple Emanu-El of Tuscaloosa, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Officers President: Joel Whitman 1st Vice Pres.: Chet Goldstein 2nd Vice Pres.: Anna Singer Secretary: Ella Rosen Treasurer: Larry Fagen Corresponding Secretary: Parliamentarian: Ron Hood (Immediate Past President) Board of Trustees: Baila Block, Howard Brown, Ruth Carlin, Becky Caudill, Ken DeWitt, Betty Jo Goldstein, Hattie Kaufman, Teddy Katz, Allen Rosen, Sheldon Rosenzweig, Ed Schnee, Diana Schwab, Karen Steckol; also current Sisterhood & Men s Club Presidents Temple Committees and Chairs: Adult Education: Diana Schwab Caring / Sunshine: see Sisterhood Building Management: Doris Cohen, Teddy Katz, Anna Singer Finance: Ed Schnee Fundraising: Elmer Carlin Jewish Film Festival: Paul Horwitz Membership*: Becky Caudill Men s Club President: Steven Schwab Mitzvah / Social Action: Shari Augins, Betty Lichstein Recycling: Diane Brown, Marianne Rosenzweig, Anna Singer Personnel: Karen Steckol Religious School*: Rebecca Rothman Ritual, Music, and Cemetery*: Doris Cohen*, Gale Zumpano Sisterhood President: Anna Singer Social & Programs: Betty Jo Goldstein University Relations: Karen Steckol * = board position Temple Emanu-El of Tuscaloosa Bulletin November

3 Nov Temple Emanu-El of Tuscaloosa Cheshvan-Kislev 5772 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Oct Rel. Sch 6 10-Rel. Sch 11-Torah Study 31 Hallowe en Nov Hebrew class Hebrew class home game & Caring Days fundraiser p. 8 Parshat Lech Lecha Turn clocks back 1 hr 12 Parshat Vayeira Rel. Sch 14 Jewish Book group noon, TE library Hebrew class home game Parshat Chaye Sarah 20 No Rel. Sch 11-Torah Study 10:30: Sisterhood meeting no Hebrew 24 Thanksgiving Day Parshat Toldot 27 Rosh Chodesh Kislev T giving Break-- No Rel. Sch Hebrew class Dec Parshat Vayetzei Rel. Sch 11-Torah Study BRISKET BASH Hebrew class (last one before winter break) Parshat Vayishlach Rel. Sch Hanukkah events 11-Torah Study Parshat Vayeshev 18 no Rel. School until Jan First Hanukkah Candle tonight 21 winter solstice NOTE: Sisterhood will be wrapping gifts for tips at Barnes and Noble all this week (Dec 18-24). Please volunteer for a shift by ing joannajacobs@hotmail.com Temple Emanu-El of Tuscaloosa Bulletin November Parshat Miketz

4 Simchat Torah Temple and Hillel held a cooperative Simchat Torah service on Friday, October 21, with a rousing Torah march that all enjoyed and 3 parshat readings Bereshit in Hebrew by Bonnie Oppenheimer, the others in English. Children and their families, along with Religious School teachers, helped with the service, which was conducted by Joanna Jacobs, because the rabbi was out of town. In the photo at the right, Annika West, a first grader, reads a portion in English, while Joanna, Religious School coordinator Lauren Ward, and Hillel students Regina Broda and Holly Appell look on. The service was followed by a Southern Shabbat dinner (fried chicken, beans, the works) for a last meal in the Sukkah. TEMPLE BOARD ACTIONS The Board voted on July 10 to move our Friday services to 6:30, in order to accommodate Hillel students who want to attend both Hillel Shabbat dinners and our services. At the Oct. 16 meeting, we agreed to have Rabbi Jacobs ask Rabbi Bernie Honan to inspect our Torahs and give a price for repairing and re-inking them. The board also made a policy about placement of memorial plaques on the Temple wall: they will be placed by date of death, not by family groups. JUAF sells game-day parking passes The Jewish United Appeal Fund of Tuscaloosa, Inc. (JUAF) is a united appeal fund as defined by the laws of Alabama, and has as its members Hillel and Temple Emanu-El of Tuscaloosa. The JUAF makes annual distributions to its constituent members. Its officers are Joel Whitman, President; Star Bloom, Vice President; Don Siegal, Secretary; and Anna Singer, Treasurer. JUAF holds a fundraiser each year. This year, Temple and Hillel people are cooperating with parking in our lot to make JUAF s annual income. Parking helpers for the first 2 games were Joanna Jacobs, Jason Fleishman, Mike Honan, Jeff Drexler, Stephanie Jacobs, and Anna Singer. Thanks to all for their assistance. Please volunteer to be available to help park cars for LSU and Georgia Southern. The Nov 5 LSU kickoff time will be 7 pm cst, so parking will officially be from 3 to 6 pm. However, it will be necessary for some gatekeepers to be available from 10 until 3 as well since parkers will arrive earlier for tailgating. Nov 19 th, Ga. So. game will kick off at 1 pm so parking that day will be 9 am to noon. Helping with parking leaves you plenty of time to get to the game, or get home to watch it! However, nobody is comped for game parking, as this is a fundraiser. Please contact annajsinger@hotmail.com or bamahillel@gmail.com to volunteer. Jewish Holy Day Calendar / 5772 September Wednesday-FridayRosh Ha-Shana (Jewish New Year) October Friday-SaturdayYom Kippur (Day of Atonement) 12-21Wednesday-Friday Sukkot/Hoshana Rabba/Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah December Tuesday-WednesdayChanukah (Festival of Dedication) February WednesdayTu B Shvat (Jewish Arbor Day)* March Wednesday-ThursdayPurim April Friday-SaturdayPesach (Passover Festival of Liberation) 19ThursdayYom Ha-Shoah (Holocaust Commemoration Day) 25WednesdayYom Ha-Zikaron (Israeli Soldiers Memorial Day)* 26ThursdayYom Ha-Atzmaut (Israel Independence Day) May ThursdayLag B Omer (33rd Day of the Harvest)* 20 SundayYom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Unity Day)* 26-28Saturday-MondayShavuot* July Saturday-SundayTisha B Av (9th of Av Collective Memorial Day) *(To be observed on the Shabbat following) Temple Emanu-El of Tuscaloosa Bulletin November

5 Your New Synagogue From Baila Block and Anna Singer Oct 31, 2011 The second picnic table is finally put together after waiting a year for a missing piece. We now have recycling bins for aluminum cans and magazines/newspapers. Please bring these items to the back patio so that we can take them to make a little cash for Temple. All Programming (Temple Use) must be cleared through Betty Jo Goldstein ( ) and Joel Whitman Here are some things still pending: Playground: Parents and staff will need to make choices about what equipment to put in. Note: UA has approved our making a special pathway to the playground, using 12x12 custom blocks that children (and adults) can decorate. We ll charge for these to help purchase the playground equipment. Furnishings, etc aren t quite complete (see wish list below) Artwork: There is no further wall space to be filled. Please see the Board s policy concerning donations of art and other tangible items, published in several previous bulletins. Wish List A large, good-quality carpet (9x12 or near, with pad) for the lobby. Another rolling tea cart maybe a nice wooden one for siddurs (the one intended for books has instead become a kitchen cart) YEARBOOK CORRECTIONS Bonnie Oppenheimer has changed her phone number. The new one is: Stephen and Diana Schwab have cancelled their home phone number, Please use their cell phone numbers to reach them. Hillel s phone number is Coming Soon: Sisterhood s Brisket Bash A dinner pretty close to what Bubbe used to make! (and you don t have to cook it ) Brisket A Roasted potatoes A Tsimmis A Deli Coleslaw A Good bread A Good fellowship A Dessert Sunday, December 4, 2011 at 6 pm donations: $18 adults $10 children under 12 PLUS: Libations, Hanukkah Sale, Bake Sale, and a special surprise event. Come one, come all. Take-out or eat in. (We recommend eating in to see the surprise). Advance reservations are required. You will receive an invitation in the mail, but can also send this form instead. This is a Sisterhood fundraiser; donations will be tax deductible. Make out check to SISTERHOOD and send with this form to 600 North Shore Dr, Tuscaloosa, AL I wish to reserve adult $18 and children s 10. Total enclosed: $ Your name Phone: Temple Emanu-El of Tuscaloosa Bulletin November

6 EDUCATION Religious School On Oct. 9, Religious School children, parents, and Hillel volunteers got ready for Sukkot. Thanks to Sam, Greg, Ken, Torin, Hattie, Josh, and several wonderful Hillel students who helped us build the sukkah. The first night was celebrated on Wednesday, Oct 12 with a Pizza and Pot Luck event shared by Hillel and Temple members. See sukkah builders at the right. On Sunday mornings at 10 am, the children and their parents meet on the bimah with Rabbi Jacobs for an informal discussion of topics of the moment. See photo at left! Morgan DeWitt is helping with Religious School teaching, and Sam Sogol helped put up the sukkah. Thanks to both recent b nai mitzvah! We have been having a great time at Religious School! We've got 17 kids in the program this year, plus a few others who join us on "Pre-School Sundays" and "Stepping Stone Sundays". We have lessons on Sunday mornings plus about half the students join us for Wednesday afternoon Hebrew lessons. We loved having several meals in the Sukkah, and had a wonderful Simchat Torah celebration with Hillel students and Temple Congregants on Friday, Oct 21. After dancing around our temple with the Torah, we had a lovely shabbat dinner together in the Sukkah and at Hillel. Thanks to everyone who helped build, decorate and take down the Sukkah this year. We are now starting to get ready for our annual Chanukah Play followed by a party on December 11. We had to postpone our "Jewish Moms Book Club" in September so we will be discussing the book "The Modern Jewish Mom's Guide to Shabbat" on November 13 at 10:15. Religious School Calendar for the rest of the fall: Oct 30 - Sunday School Nov 2 - Wednesday Hebrew Nov 6 - Sunday School 10 am; Pre-school program 10:30 am Nov 9 - Weds hebrew Nov 13 - Sunday School 10 am, Mom's Jewish Book Club at 10:15 Nov 16 - Weds Hebrew Nov 20, 23, 27 - NO Hebrew or Sunday School for Thanksgiving Break Dec 4 - Sunday School, Stepping Stones #3 10 am Dec 7 - Last day of Weds Hebrew before winter break Dec 11 - Sunday School 10 am, Chanukah PLAY 10:30, Chanukah party 11 am! JOIN US! at 2 pm a group of us will be seeing "The Maccabeats" live in Birmingham! For tickets: Rebecca Rothman "Stepping Stones" is a Jewish family education program sponsored by Religious School; Marianne Rosenzweig is the facilitator, and seven families participated in the program. Rebecca Rothman Adult Education Torah Study will meet in the library from 11 am to noon, on these Sundays: 6 & 13 November, 4 &11 December. Please bring your own coffee and snack. Please stay tuned for other future Adult Education events. Via a charitable donation and an Adult Education contribution the temple will soon own sufficient copies of the new Shabbat prayerbook for s. Members who want to own a personal copy of the new Shabbat prayerbook please contact Diana Schwab. Adult Education is canvassing the congregation for prayerbook preferences in order to anticipate and accom- Temple Emanu-El of Tuscaloosa Bulletin November

7 modate a variety of needs. If you have a preference for either the Gates of Prayer or one of the New Reform Siddurs, please respond to Diana Schwab at dschwab345@comcast.net explaining your choice. Members who are seeking a Hebrew language class please contact Diana Schwab at dschwab345@comcast.net. The previously promised fundraiser to buy more prayer books (siddurim) for the Temple a performance by the New Orleans Jazz Trio "The Voodoo Saints" will be held in the spring. For more information, contact Diana Schwab at dschwab345@comcast.net SISTERHOOD We held the Oct. 23 meeting at Star Bloom s lovely home on the lake. Thanks to Star and Ashley for producing a delicious brunch spread. The Nov 20 th meeting will be held at the home of Joanna Jacobs, 7 N. Pinehurst. Sisterhood s big Brisket Bash dinner for congregants is coming up on Dec 4; watch for the details and invitations in the mail. SISTERHOOD GIFT SHOP: Our shop is a glass cabinet in the hallway near the classrooms. Our cookbook, beautiful tallit sets, Hanukkah candles, puzzles, and children s giftwrap are on display. Other items will be ordered for you on request. Ann Powers and Anna Singer are now in charge of the shop. If you need any thing Jewish, from candles to tallisim to ketubot, please contact them at annpowersmusic@gmail.com or annajsinger@hotmail.com MEN S CLUB The Men's Club had a bagel brunch at the temple and renewed its contact / relationship with the ZBT fraternity. They are helping with JUAF parking on gamedays. Contact me at sischwab@comcast.net for further information. Steve Schwab, President JEWISH BOOK GROUP We re an informal group of addicted book-readers, and try to pick titles that have some relationship to Jewish life or history. Feel free to join us; please bring your own lunch! I hope to see you at the meetings. We have some interesting discussions, especially if there are differences of opinions. or call me for further information. Shari Augins (fgpsa@hotmail.com, ) NOTE: we won t have a December meeting NOV 14, Noon at the Temple. The Cookbook Collector, by Allegra Goodman JAN 9, Noon at the Temple. The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer (very long book, but reads quickly) Amy Cole Ahmed coordinating Southern Danceworks event Amy Ahmed is managing a performance by Southern Danceworks, a modern company from Birmingham with a mix of choreography. The performance will be at the Bama Theater on Monday, Nov. 7 at 7:30. For tickets, go to Amy, formerly a dancer with the Alabama Ballet and Southern Danceworks, is pursuing a degree in arts management at UA. She and her husband, Brian, own Full Moon Barbeque. Temple Emanu-El of Tuscaloosa Bulletin November

8 Mitzvah GEN. 58:6-7: Is not this the fast that I have chosen: to unlock the shackles of injustice to let the oppressed go free Surely it is to share your bread with the hungry, and to bring the homeless poor into your house. Caring Days / Nick s Kids LouisiBama Gumbo Fundraiser The Temple and Sisterhood are charter supporters of Caring Days, the Alzheimer s daycare facility. The World s Largest Seafood Gumbo team will be back on November 5, at 11 am to 1 pm before the LSU game at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Tickets will be $5.00. For complete information and to order tickets, see: Meals on Wheels We will need volunteers for Nov 2, 9, 23 and Dec. 7. Please call Becky Caudill at or her at whom57ever@mail.com High Holidays (and year-round) food drive The basket for High Holiday donations to WEST ALABAMA FOOD BANK stays in a corner of the lobby. You can bring in canned goods (or checks) and leave them there any time. There is also a basket for hotel toiletries (and/or checks), to be donated to TURNING POINT. Thanks to Shari Augins and Betty Lichstein for these mitzvot. Recycling Save those ALUMINUM CANS and MAGAZINES and NEWSPAPERS! Recycling is going well Waste Management now pays for magazines along with newspapers, so be sure to save BOTH. Thanks to Nettie Blume, Hattie Kaufman, Barbara Hood, and Rebecca Rothman who drop off their newspapers, magazines, and aluminum cans at the Singer home, th Ave. Other drop-off points: Diane Brown, 963 Germantown Rd 35406, and Marianne Rosenzweig, 1701 Dearing Place, Outreach Prison Ministry Requests Donations of Jewish Texts Torahs, Jewish literature (history, language, fiction), Jewish Magazines, Videos are needed for use in jails and prisons nationwide. Please respond to: Chaplin Joe Roche, Outreach Prison Ministry 233 Allen Dr. Braintree VT joe35468@yahoo.com Temple Emanu-El of Tuscaloosa Bulletin November

9 Congregational News Mazel Tov Amy Cole Ahmed has received a grant from the State Arts Council to bring Southern Danceworks to the Bama Theater on Nov. 7. Amy formerly danced with Southern Danceworks and the Alabama Ballet. Tickets can be ordered through Bronwen Lichenstein has received the 2010 Award for Career Contributions to the Sociology of HIV/AIDS from the AIDS Network of the American Sociological Association. Gordon Rosen is turning 90 this year! We wish him many more Welcome to New Members Kevin and Lisa Besnoy and their 3-year-old twins, Simon and Penelope, are joining our community. Kevin is teaching in Education at UA; Lisa is a specialist in marital and family relations. Dr. Doris Appleby-Chesnau has moved here from Montgomery. She is an optometrist with Schaeffer Eye Center. Brad Franklin is in Tuscaloosa representing a national law firm. He has been attending services. Special Thanks This Month To Barbara Hood, and her committee, Ruth Applebaum, Doris Blum, Betty Jo Goldstein, Joanna Jacobs, Stephanie Jacobs, Betty Lichstein, Ann Powers, Ella Rosen, Marianne Rosenzweig, Diana Schwab, Anna Singer, and Roberta Weisberg for managing the Break-the- Fast after Yom Kippur To Steve Schwab, Trevor Bain, Brad Franklin, and others who helped set up, and break down, for the Break-the-Fast. To Karen Steckol, for her extraordinary work in Temple-Hillel-University relations. To Sisterhood members who brought tons of sweet treats for all to enjoy at the Rosh Hashanah oneg To the Choir and Gale Zumpano for High Holidays music NOTE: Marianne Rosenzweig, chair of the Temple's "art" committee, wishes the congregation to know that all of the available wall space in the building has been filled with art work, and we are no longer able to accept any further donations of hanging art. Welcome, New Sisterhood Member Ashley Bloom Metsky, daughter of Star and Stan Bloom, has joined Sisterhood. She, her husband, and son are members of Temple Emanu-El, Birmingham. November Happy Birthdays Gordon Rosen, age 90 on Nov. 19 Abigail Rothman, age 2 on Nov. 23 November Anniversaries Norman and Anna Jacobs Singer, 20 years, Nov. 27 We d like to note birthdays and anniversaries for our congregants in each bulletin. Send your family s birthdates (month/date/year or skip the year if you prefer) and anniversary dates to: annajsinger@hotmail.com Temple Emanu-El of Tuscaloosa Bulletin November

10 Donations To the Temple General Fund: From Lee and Donna Pokriva for the High Holidays From Betty Jo Goldstein From Kathy and Jim Merrell in honor of Morgan DeWtt s bat mitzvah From Betty Jo Goldstein in honor of Karen Steckol Joshua Salzman and family To the Temple Building Fund: Dr. Howard and Diane Brown Doris Cohen in memory of Leon Weinberger and Joan Carlin Schwartz Spaw Marianne and Shelly Rosenzweig in memory of Joan Carlin Schwartz Spaw and Sylvia Aaron To the Yitzkor Fund for the High Holidays: (The following Yitzkor pledges were fulfilled as of Oct 30, 2011) Baila Block, in memory of Roy Block, Bennett Berman, Beverly Wallock, Adelyn and Louis Berman, Ben and Florence Block, Zudie Leventhal Caudill family, in memory of Clifton and Isabel Caudill, Max and Jean Levine Joel Whitman, in memory of Toby Whitman, Yetta Schneider, Harry and Gladys Whitman Shari Augins in memory of Rose and Irving Meltzer, Ann and Henry Augins, Sophie Wolfson Hattie and Allan Kaufman in memory of Joseph Engel, Ann Engel, Mary Engel Victor, Florence Kaufman Harvey Rosen in memory of Arthur and Charlotte, Ruth, and Asenath Rosen Judy Mayer, in memory of Leon Weinberger Allen and Linda Rosen, in memory of Harry L. Rosen, Leon Weinberger Sheldon and Marianne Rosenzweig, in memory of Morris and Miriam Rosenzweig, Rudolph and Joanne Gardner, Anne Schweitzer, Micki Flagg, David Rosciano Larry Fagen, in memory of Abram and Mollie Fagen Betty Jo Goldstein, in memory of Adrian Goldstein, Ida and Babe May, Berneice and Chester Goldstein Ella Rosen, in memory of Florence Zitterer, Ethel Cherry, Betty Greene Ron and Barbara Hood, in memory of Ed and Cecile Hood, and Robert C. Owen Norman and Anna J. Singer in memory of Anna C. and Morris Singer, Stephen and Louise Fleck, Florine and Aaron Jacobs, Sid Trachtenberg, Henry E. Jacobs To the Temple Prayerbook Fund: Ken and Pam DeWitt Betty Lichstein in memory of Sylvia Aaron To Sisterhood Tree of Life Fund: From Betty and Ken Lichstein, in memory of Sylvia Aaron If not me who? If not now, when? Hillel To Sisterhood Floral Fund for the High Holidays: The following have fulfilled a pledge to the Floral Fund: Howard and Diane Brown, in memory of our parents Shelly and Marianne Rosenzweig Ron and Barbara Hood, in honor of cantorial soloist Gale Zumpano Teddy Katz-In memory of my father, Professor George Katz Paul and Kelly Horwitz Hugh and Beth Borak Trevor and Helena Bain Larry Lewis-In memory of Shmuel Lev Kibbutz Gat, Israel Alan and Doris Blum Carol Odess-In Memory of Dr. John Odess Paula Quarles, in Memory of Rusty Quarles from his family, In Memory of Anne Schweitzer with love Allen and Linda Rosen Kenneth and Pamela DeWitt Bob and Geri Stone-Happy and Healthy New Year Michael and Camille Mendle Allan and Hattie Kaufman Anonymous Anna and Norman Singer Jeffrey Drexler-In memory of my Mother Betty Jo Goldstein-In Memory of Adrian Goldstein, Berneice and Chester Goldstein, Ida and Babe May Joel Whitman Dr. Elaine Katz-In loving memory of my husband, George Katz; my parents Ilse F. and Dr. Davin Schoenberger, Rabbi; my mother-in-law Libbie Katz, and my beloved maternal grandmother, Alice Fuchs, widow of Dr. Samuel Fuchs, Rabbi Gordon Rosen Sisterhood donated High Holidays floral arrangements to Caring Days Special Gifts to Sisterhood: Baila Block has donated 2 palm trees and pots for our foyer in memory of Leon Weinberger Joanna Jacobs and Grace Lee have donated a quantity of soft drinks for use by Sisterhood. Please send all Temple donation and commitment checks to Treasurer, Temple Emanu-El, th Ave., Tuscaloosa, AL Please send Sisterhood Tree of Life donations to Baila Block, 844 Pinemont Dr. N, Tusca-loosa, AL Please send other Sisterhood donations and commitment checks to: Marianne Rosenzweig, 1704 Dearing Pl, Tuscaloosa, AL Please send JUAF donations to Treasurer. JUAF, th Ave, Tuscaloosa, AL Temple Emanu-El of Tuscaloosa Bulletin November

11 Yahrzeits Names of those who have died in the last 12 months, to be read at each service: Sam Steckol 12/30/10 Ann Frosch 12/30/10 Melvin Rosen 1/8/11 Debbie Friedman 1/9/11 Anne Schweitzer 1/20/11 David Korr, 1/27/11 Milton Sogol, 6/1/11 Joan Carlin Schwartz Spaw 7/9/11 Annie Ruth Bellenger, 8/20/11 Sylvia Steiner Aaron, 8/24/11 Leon J. Weinberger, 9/5/2011 Nov 4 Berdye Brown 11/01/1994 Fannie Chernoff 11/01/1995 Vera Bernhardt 11/01/2001 Roy Block 11/01/2006 Bette Greene 11/01/2006 Harry Brown 11/02/2001 Yetta Stein 11/03/1959 George Pudberry 11/03/1997 Gordon Rosenblum 11/03/1997 Max Pizitz 11/03/2001 Molly Rosoff 11/03/2001 Minnie Pizitz 11/04/1983 John Odess 11/04/2003 Marion Rosenfeld 11/04/2001 Nov 11 Henrietta Pudberry 11/05/2005 Roy K. Block 11/06/2006 Louis Green 11/07/1987 Evelyn Barnes Kerr 11/08/2005 Sophie Nedoss 11/10/1971 Sam Klein 11/11/1975 Louis Goldfarb 11/11/1978 Nov 18 Sol Shugerman 11/12/1966 Lenore Rivlin 11/12/2000 Birdye Weisberg 11/14/1999 Jack Eisenberg 11/15/1996 Harry Wilensky 11/15/2001 Ann McConnell 11/17/1994 Edna Jane Bloom 11/18/1951 Harry Lesser 11/18/1954 Willie Cherry 11/18/2006 Nov 25 Bertha Fine 11/19/1970 Rita Kilstein 11/20/1997 David Shugerman 11/22/1964 Kieve Marquis 11/22/1981 Yetta Suesserman 11/22/1987 Esther Segal 11/24/2007 Estelle Epstein 11/25/2009 Dec 2 Risel Varlow 11/26/1959 Florence Zittrer 11/27/2008 Eva Klein 11/28/1979 Gertrude Bank 12/01/1995 Louis Berman 12/02/1970 Dec 9 Carolyn Kaufman 12/04/0001 Leah Bain 12/04/1999 Marjorie Duncan 12/04/1999 Esther Applebaum 12/05/1967 Morton Kravitz 12/05/1999 Harry Rosen 12/09/1988 Maurice Fields 12/09/1999 Dec 16 Phillip Stein 12/11/1984 Harold Richardson 12/16/2002 Reta Cohn Ruben 12/16/2005 Dec 23 Sam Pizitz 12/18/1984 Stephen Fleck 12/19/2002 Mary Diebner Kaplan 12/20/0001 Kathryn Baernstein 12/20/2001 Sandra R Marquis 12/20/2009 Richard Kilstein 12/21/1971 Peter Rosenblum 12/23/1960 Dec 30 Edwin (Sonny) Rosenfeld 12/26/1999 Bennett Berman 12/27/1988 Alfred Fink 12/27/1992 Clara Kalski 12/28/0001 William Varlow 12/28/1945 Mary Schweitzer 12/28/1961 Connie Dean 12/29/1997 Check your Yahrzeits In a couple of days, we will send you the entire yahrzeit list. Please check for your family members and their dates, and send corrections to: annajsinger@hotmail.com Temple Emanu-El of Tuscaloosa Bulletin November

12 Year-Round Donation Form Your Name, Address, City, Zip: Please accept my contribution In honor of In memory of TEMPLE send contributions for all Temple funds to Larry Fagen, Treasurer, th Ave, Tuscaloosa, AL, q Temple General Fund q Building Fund q Memorial Fund q Rabbinical Fund q Pizitz Choir Fund q Library Fund q Estelle Weinberger Collection Fund q Rabbi s Discretionary Fund q Rosemore Religious School Fund q Prayerbook Fund (Name(s) to be placed in book: SISTERHOOD q Sisterhood Tree of Life Fund. send contributions for the Tree of Life Fund to Baila Block, 844 Pinemont Dr, N. Tuscaloosa, 36406, q Floral Fund for the High Holidays. send contributions for the Floral Fund to Diane Brown, 963 Gerrnantown Rd, Tuscaloosa, q Sisterhood General Fund. send contributions for the General Sisterhood Fund to Marianne Rosenzweig, 1704 Dearing Place, Tuscaloosa, AL Temple Emanu-El of Tuscaloosa th Avenue Tuscaloosa, AL, ` templeemanuel.tuscaloosa@gmail.com If you have questions, comments, or information you would like to include in the bulletin, please annajsinger@hotmail.com Celebrating Judaism in Tuscaloosa, Alabama Temple Emanu-El of Tuscaloosa Bulletin November