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1 JULY AUGUST 2016 SIVAN AV 5776 ISSUES #7&8 היום Hay m C ONGREGATION AGUD ATH ACHIM 9 LEE BLVD., SAVANNAH, GA A Glance at what s inside Information from the President Donor Dues Info / Donor Dues Program Sisterhood Mitzvah-Gram Holiday Honey Sale Weekly Opportunities Upcoming Events In the Community Yahrzeits Contributions Calendars for July - August July - August Birthdays

2 Information from the President: The summer is here and heating up. So are things at Agudath Achim. Last month I spoke of three items on our agenda that need responses. Following are the answers to these three important questions. Both the ritual committee and Board of Directors approved both provisions. First of all, twice daily minyans will continue. Secondly, we are making a pronounced move to have lay leaders lead the minyans as opposed to only the professional staff. To this effort, 14 congregants have stepped forward so far and have been trained by our rabbi and executive director. At this point I would be remiss if I didn't say we sure would like more volunteers. Thirdly, morning minyans have been reduced by 15 minutes in length and Shabbat services have been shortened by 30 minutes in length. Both are being done strictly with Jewish customs being properly observed. Last month I also spoke of the need to better work with Congregation Mickve Israel in the implementation of a more coordinated effort to lead the education process for our children enrolled in Shalom School. The first board meeting since my induction showed positive trends towards improving communication, planning, and curriculum. I also proudly announced my choices for our synagogue's membership on the Shalom School board for 2016/20. As president of the board, Elise Shernoff, board members will be Janice Steirn PH.D, Suzanne Konter, Lynn Reeves, Linda Zoller, and returning is Liz Arkin. All of those chosen are proven leaders in their fields. As I did for our new board of directors, I have coordinated a retreat for Shalom School board members to be led by Fran Kaminsky in August. I anticipate the same level of success as we had at our board retreat in June. The rabbi search committee is still interviewing the last remaining candidates for interim Rabbi. Lynn and I have decided to pull the application from the rabbinical assembly for a permanent and/or interim Rabbi search temporarily. We will be having focus groups letting our congregants help us decide what we are looking for in our next permanent Rabbi. These focus groups will be done this summer or early fall and we will change our application to meet our needs prior to resubmitting it in late October. Fellow members, do not fear, we do have a plan in place in case we do not find a Rabbi to meet our needs for the High Holidays and for 2016/20. We do in fact have a professional cantor contracted for the high holidays. Rabbi Silberschein, as the sun rises for a new day, may it always hover over your head and may your heart always be filled with good memories of your year at Congregation Agudath Achim. You brought stabilization to us when we most needed it, and in the six weeks since my induction as president, you and I have made, with the help of others, good headway on changing some of the ways we do things here at our synagogue for the better. G-D speed to you, Susie, and the boys. To paraphrase "next year in the land of Israel". Everyone have a great summer and remember we are here for you. Best wishes, Victor Shernoff President JULY - AUGUST 2016 SIVAN-AV 5776 Page 2

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Weekly Opportunities 1. Food for the Soul - Explore how themes in Jewish prayer are relevant to your life. Wednesdays at 9:00 a.m. ing breakfast and minyan. 2.

5 Weekly Opportunities 1. Food for the Soul - Explore how themes in Jewish prayer are relevant to your life. Wednesdays at 9:00 a.m. ing breakfast and minyan. 2. Midrash: The Rabbinic Imagination - Learn how the rabbinic mind works through traditional text study. Thursdays at 3. Parashat HaShavuah - Analyze the weekly Torah portion after the Shabbat Kiddush lunch at 12:45 p.m. 4. Biblical Group - Book of Kings on Thursdays at 2:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. NEW 5. The Skeptics - present topic: The Shabbat of Kabbalah meeting on Fridays from 12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. once a month. 6. Theology, Ideology & Texts - Avot D Rabbi Natan, The Fathers According to Rabbi Nathan. Meet 1st & 3rd Monday of every month from 2 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. 7. The Monday Woman s Group - meets on the second Monday of every month, presently reviewing the new Siddur of the Conservative Movement. 1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. JULY - AUGUST 2016 SIVAN-AV 5776 Page 5

6 How do I Send a Mitzvah-Gram? Here are 4 simple steps to do this: 1 Print out the Mitzvah-Gram page from the current HaYom newsletter with the list of people celebrating a birthday or anniversary in September. 2 Circle the names of all those people to whom you would like to send a Happy Birthday or Happy Anniversary greeting. 3 Mail or deliver your list, along with your check made out to Agudath Achim Sisterhood for $.50 for each circled name, to Barbara Abrams, 24 Raindrop Lane, Bluffton, S.C Make sure to include your name(s) the way you want it (them) listed. In order for your birthday and anniversary greetings to be delivered in a timely manner, everyone needs to turn in September s Mitzvah-Gram sheets by the 15 th of August. If you have any questions about this project, please contact me at barba43@hargray.com, or at (843) of (843) Thanks to everyone for participating in this exciting program. Barbara Abrams, Chair Gale Hirsh, Acting Sisterhood President JULY - AUGUST 2016 SIVAN-AV 5776 Page 6

7 SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS 1 Barry Gale 2 Vivian Slotin 3 Arnold Goldberg 5 Linda Cooper 5 Stavie Kreh 6 Mary Friedman 7 Jerome Lederman 8 Mel Galin 10 Donna Horesh 12 Joel Goodman 15 Arthur Brill Adelle Burnsed-Geffen 18 Lorlee Tenenbaum 20 Tom Glaser 20 Brenda Salter 21 Nathan Dayan 21 Lisa Mackowiak 22 Irvin Warshaw 24 Toby Friedman 24 Rhoda Kantor 26 Judith Shatz 27 Morrie Shelkoff 27 Lisa Sutker 27 Matthew Tratt 28 Robyn Carroll 29 Maxine Patterson 29 Paul Todtfeld 30 Abram Applebaum 30 Elizabeth Arkin 30 Andy Udinsky SEPTEMBER ANNIVERSARIES 4 Adam and Lauren Fins 10 Ellis and Barbara Ellis Brad Conner and Yael Elfassy-Conner 22 Warren and Ida Zeger 27 Mel and Ellie Galin Please indicate how you would like your greeting signed: e.g. Barbara and Ellis Abrams If we are missing your July or August birthday and/or anniversary, please contact Barbara Abrams at barba43@hargray.com or (843) JULY - AUGUST 2016 SIVAN-AV 5776 Page 7

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Yahrzeits July - August 2016 JULY 01/25 SIVAN ANNE JACKSON JULY 02/26 SIVAN RAE MYERS LOUIS ODREZIN ABRAM SADLER JULY 03/27 SIVAN ABE GLASER ESTHER KREH FLORENCE SITRIN JULY 04/28 SIVAN EPHRAIM JOSEF

9 Yahrzeits July - August 2016 JULY 01/25 SIVAN ANNE JACKSON JULY 02/26 SIVAN RAE MYERS LOUIS ODREZIN ABRAM SADLER JULY 03/27 SIVAN ABE GLASER ESTHER KREH FLORENCE SITRIN JULY 04/28 SIVAN EPHRAIM JOSEF GOLCMAN ELAINE ISKOWITZ JULY 05/29 SIVAN JEANNETTE GALIN JULY 06/30 SIVAN BENJAMIN GAYNORE KATE KONTER BERTHA LIVERANT KANTER ROSE WEINBERG JULY 07/1 TAMMUZ HENRY L. KARSMAN JULY 08/2 TAMMUZ STEVEN HAYSMAN GEORGE NEWMAN BERNARD WILKER JULY 09/3 TAMMUZ MORRIS M. COHEN JULY 10/4 TAMMUZ EDITH GLASER STANLEY HAMMER LOUIS ROSENBAUM JULY 11/5 TAMMUZ FRED EHRENREICH JAY KAMINSKY JULY 12/6 TAMMUZ FANNIE GINSBERG CHARLES WIZWER JULY 14/8 TAMMUZ NICHOLAS BILEK REBECCA RUBNITZ JULY 16/10 TAMMUZ ROSE NEIDICH JULY /11 TAMMUZ CATHERINE GLEGHORN JULY 18/12 TAMMUZ CARNEGIA HAYSMAN JULY 19/13 TAMMUZ DINA APPEL IDA BROWN JULY 20/14 TAMMUZ ALEX GOLDBERG GOLDIE KANTOR HARRIET KARESH PHILIP KONTER BARBARA RUTSTEIN JULY 21/15 TAMMUZ FLORA SHERNOFF JULY 22/16 TAMMUZ SADIE PERL WOLFE SILVER JULY 23/ TAMMUZ SHEILA GOLDBERG LEO WALDMAN JULY 24/18 TAMMUZ RAYMOND SHERNOFF STEVEN SHOOB SARA W. KLEIN GERTRUDE W. NEIMAN OSCAR YOUNG JULY 26/20 TAMMUZ FAYE ADLER ROSE POZNANSKY JULY 27/21 TAMMUZ JACOB BODZINER MARY LEA WEITZ JULY 28/22 TAMMUZ ROSE ROTH JULY 29/23 TAMMUZ JERROLD GOULD HARRY VOGEL JACQUELINE WEINSTEIN LILLIAN WIZWER JULY 31/25 TAMMUZ FANNIE HARRIS JULIAN SPECTOR AUGUST 01/26 TAMMUZ STEVEN ROBIN HANNAH S. WEIL AUGUST 02/27 TAMMUZ JERRY SHELL AMOS TIMNA AUGUST 03/28 TAMMUZ GEORGE BAKER MILDRED LEVENTHAL ALLAN WEXLER AUGUST 05/1 AV OSCAR BEBERMAN JACK GALIN LOIS MAKOVER AUGUST 06/2 AV LAWRENCE BODZINER NATHAN CHODASH AUGUST 07/3 AV SARA MEHRER AL SHAYNE JOSEPH STEIRN AUGUST 08/4 AV RUBEN GINSBERG JOSEPH JOSELOVE SAM POZNANSKY CATHERINE SILVER AUGUST 09/5 AV ETHEL BRODSKY AUGUST 10/6 AV REBECCA COHEN AUGUST 11/7 AV CHARLOTTE LOCKER MENDEL RICHMAN AUGUST 12/8 AV OSCAR LEVY SOPHIE PERLMAN HARRY POTICHA AUGUST 13/9 AV ESTHER LEVY PAUL POTICHA AUGUST 14/10 AV RENEE BERNARD SADIE NATHAN BODZINER LEON SMITHBERG AUGUST 16/12 AV ROSE FREED LEROY MONSKY AUGUST /13 AV MOE GALIN JULIUS MARCUS STEPHEN SUTKER AUGUST 19/15 AV ROSE GOODMAN CELIA KAMINE MARVIN LONGWATER AUGUST 20/16 AV IRVING COOPER CORINE HAYSMAN ROSALINE TENENBAUM AUGUST 21/ AV NATHAN DAUB AUGUST 22/18 AV EVELYN FRIEDMAN AUGUST 23/19 AV RUBIN ABLIN SARAH BUCHSBAUM ALBERT KARP LOUIS ZEGER AUGUST 24/20 AV LARRY KAMINSKY AUGUST 25/21 AV PAULINE SCHMIER AUGUST 26/22 AV HERMAN DIRECTOR BURTON MINTZ BENJAMIN SAGER AUGUST 29/25 AV BERNARD LEHRBERGER SYLVIA UDINSKY AUGUST 30/26 AV SARA HEYMAN SAMUEL LOWERY ALBERT MEYERHOFF ALINE SIMMONS JULY - AUGUST 2016 SIVAN-AV 5776 Page 9

10 Shalom School Speedy Recovery Of Eva Locker s Mother Joan Pam Sylvia & Morris Cohen Israel Travel Endowment Fund Malcolm Alterman & Lewis Cohen Edward & Becky Cohen Harriet Cohen Debra Cohen Speedy Recovery Of Becky Cohen Ellin Joselove Building Fund Luba Bykat Alex & Halina Bykat Eric Nathan Karp Fund Bernice Elman Sheryl & Stavie Kreh Mazel Tov The Shernoff s Sheryl & Stavie Kreh Sidney Karp Mazel Tov Rabbi Moshe Silberschein Sheryl& Stavie Kreh Larry Lasky Memorial Fund for Conservative Judaism In Honor Of Bucky & Joan Bloom s Birthdays Betty Lasky Speedy Recovery Of Sally Greenberg Betty Lasky Jeffrey Lasky Sandy & Marcus Seligman Backpack Buddies In Honor Of Ron & Samra Robbins Allan & Arlene Ratner Ernie & Mary Weitz Friedman Fund for the of Conservative Judaism Bernice Elman Mary Friedman Contributions Happy Wedding Anniversary Elise & Victor Shernoff Mary Friedman Ralph & Pauline Tenenbaum Chevra Kadisha Fund Ralph Tenenbaum Marsha & Andy Kessler Rabbi Jerry Potack Camp Ramah Fund A.M. Seligman Arnold Tillinger Bailee Tenenbaum Kronowitz Kiddush Fund Bernice Elman Debra Cohen Louis Odrezin & Rose Weinberg Faye Kirschner A.M. Seligman Sandy & Marcus Seligman Fred Ehrenreich Sara Jospin Happy Wedding Anniversary Gale & David Hirsh Elise & Victor Shernoff Barbara & Ellis Abrams Congratulations Warren & Ida Zeger Elise & Victor Shernoff Speedy Recovery Of Gale Hirsh Sara Jospin Harriet Ullman Eric Meyerhoff Elise & Victor Shernoff Sisterhood Mitzvah Committee Bernice Elman Jodi & Kenneth Sadler Sidney Hollander Barbara & Ellis Abrams George Newman & Jeannette Galin Ellie & Mel Galin Speedy Recovery Of Gale Hirsh Elise & Victor Shernoff Linda & Joseph Cooper General Fund Abram Rubin Ellin Joselove Pearl Geffen Marla & Morris Geffen Sylvia Sklar Audrey & Millard Biloon Norman Dobbs Michael Dobbs Nicholas Bilek William Bilek Howard Weinberg Alan & Lynn Simon Esther Jacobson Helen Rosegart Lena Shoob Cary Shoob Jeanne Palefsky Elliot Palefsky Bernice Elman Gale & David Hirsh Michael J. Kavanaugh Dale & Jerry Kaminsky Happy Wedding Anniversary Elise & Victor Shernoff Joan Pam Thank You Steve Roth Carole Cohen, Sharon Galin, Kaye Kole & Jane Kahn Harriet & Eric Meyerhoff In Honor Of Lynn Reeves Linda & Michael Zoller Happy Wedding Anniversary Gale & David Hirsh Anita Schlossberg Harriet Ullman Ed Wexler JULY - AUGUST 2016 SIVAN-AV 5776 Page 10

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Come welcome the Shabbat by celebrating with our friends at Buckingham South on Fridays at 11am. ed by Kiddush Luncheons 1 2 8:16 p.m. 8:50 p.m. Mincha 9: p.m. / 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Happy 4th of July Office Closed Board Meeting 6:30 p.

11 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Come welcome the Shabbat by celebrating with our friends at Buckingham South on Fridays at 11am. ed by Kiddush Luncheons 1 2 8:16 p.m. 8:50 p.m. Mincha 9: p.m. / Happy 4th of July Office Closed Board Meeting 6:30 p.m. and Torah 8:15 p.m. 8:50 p.m. Mincha 9:16 p.m. / and Torah :13 p.m. Young Family Shabbat 8:45 p.m. Mincha 9:13 p.m. / and Torah 8:10 p.m. 8:40 p.m. Mincha 9:09 p.m. / and Torah 8:05 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Mincha 9:03 p.m. / 31 JULY - AUGUST 2016 SIVAN-AV 5776 Page 11

12 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Come welcome the Shabbat by celebrating with our friends at Buckingham South on Fridays at 11am. ed by Kiddush Luncheons Board Meeting 6:30 p.m. and Torah 7:59 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Mincha 8:57 p.m. / and Torah 7:53 p.m. 8:20 p.m. Mincha 8:49 p.m. / Erev Tisha B Av Tisha B Av and Torah 7:45 p.m. 8:10 p.m. Mincha 8:41 p.m. / and Torah 7:37 p.m. 8:10 p.m. Mincha 8:32 p.m. / JULY - AUGUST 2016 SIVAN-AV 5776 Page 12

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13 July 2016 Linda Zoller Linda Myers Barry Schlafstein Victor Shernoff Donald Kantor Lindsey Konor Lauren Fins Melvin Haysman Rachel Kronowitz Janice Steirn Ellen Goldberg Tom Rosen Harriet Ullman Benjamin Sutker Paul Cranman Aaron Davidson Adam Fins Martin Miller Bill Sand Paul Friedman Sandra Longwater Judy Todtfeld Michael Zoller Ronald Kronowitz Ellie Sutker Max Sutker Debra Tratt Rose Sadler Tessa Lewis Russell Rosengart August 2016 Kathryn Barker Jordan Horesh Ben Goodman Linda Harrison Alex Zerden Noah Luskey Ellie Galin Loyce Weil Catherine Sacaloff Harris Greenberg Lauren Weinstein Louis Rabinowitz Ashley Schlafstein Elise Shernoff Randall Bart Linda Meier Allen Gruber Jennifer Rich Jack Karesh Arnold Karp Danny Weil Haim Bober Harriet Karlin Joy Warshaw Ida Zeger Leon Shelkoff Amanda Barker Louise Harkavy Millie Melaver 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 (7:30am) - Michael Konter Friday (7:00am) - Bobby Isaacson Sunday (9:00am) - David Hirsh JULY - AUGUST 2016 SIVAN-AV 5776 Page 13

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

CHEVRA KADISHA VICTOR SHERNOFF ELISE SHERNOFF MICHAEL BONDER ED BERNARD DAVID REEVES ABRAM RUBIN PROFESSIONAL STAFF RABBI

14 OFFICE HOURS Monday/Thursday 8:30am / 5:00pm Friday 8:30am / 3:00pm Gift Shop Hours: PLEASE CALL Joanna Rich BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT FINANICAL SECRETARY TREASURER RECORDING SECRETARY CHEVRA KADISHA PRESIDENT PRESIDENT EMERITUS CHEVRA KADISHA VICTOR SHERNOFF ELISE SHERNOFF MICHAEL BONDER ED BERNARD DAVID REEVES ABRAM RUBIN PROFESSIONAL STAFF RABBI EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FINANCIAL COORDINATOR ADMINISTRATIVE ASST. RABBI MOSHE SILBERSCHEIN MOTTI LOCKER LAURA EVANS JULIANA G. BLAND

Welcome to Rabbi Henkin and his family!

HAYOM JULY/AUGUST 2017 TAMMUZ-ELUL 5777 ISSUE# 7 & 8 9 LEE BLVD SAVANNAH, GA 31405 912-352-4737 WWW.AGUDATH-ACHIM.COM Welcome to Rabbi Henkin and his family! In This Issue: Information from the President