OurTempleThe monthly bulletin for Temple Emanu-El

www.ourtemple.org (205) 933-8037 Birmingham, Alabama

December 2015 (Kislev-Tevet, 5776)

Our mission: Temple Emanu-El is a welcoming Reform Jewish congregation, engaging members in prayer,study, fellowship, and acts of loving kindness to our congregational family and the community at large.

Feeling Gelty 2015It is time to support the annual holiday gift program,

Feeling Gelty, and First Teachers @ Home. While most of us are blessed with comfortable lifestyles, here is a

chance for us to show that we care for others desperately struggling during this season of giving. What do you need to do? Contact Amy Strickland at rasams96@bellsouth.

net or 205-451-2264 for ways to volunteer or to sign up to champion a family. Deadline to drop off gifts at temple

is by Shabbat on Friday, December 11th.*Remember all items donated are tax deductible!*

The world is sustained by the breath of children reciting Torah

We invite you to celebrate ourConsecration Class:

Serena Blutter, Schuyler Gewant,Thatcher Gould, Tillman Hamric,Elizabeth Haver, Evan Mussafer,Jacob Mussafer, Ellis Nomberg,

and Maxine Stockmanas they recite the Shema and receive their very own

Torah before their family and congregation.

Funding for the “Worship Band” is being made possible through the Mary K. Brodnax Music Fund and Cantor Brian Miller Cultural Arts Fund of the Rabbi Grafman Endowment Fund.

Shabbat Service with Chanukah and

Worship Band

December 11thAND... January 22 • February 19 • March 18• April 15

Celebrate Shabbat Together!5:40 P.M. • Temple Emanu-El

Worship Band, Engaging Story and Food Truck DinnerBring your Friends and Family!

Friday, 12/185:40 p.m.

Shabbat Service Guest speaker: Isabel Rubio

Anniversary Blessing/Chorale SingsOneg to follow

Saturday, 12/199:00 a.m.

Torah Study

10:30 a.m.Shabbat Service

Torah Portion:Vayigash

Genesis 44:18-47:27

Haftarah Portion: Ezekiel 37:15-28

Friday, 12/45:40 p.m.

Shabbat ServiceBirthday Blessing

Oneg to follow sponsored by Rabbi Jonathan Miller & Judi Schulman Miller and Renee Schulman in honor of their

granddaughter, Eliana Rose Miller’s first visit to Birmingham.

Saturday,12/59:00 a.m.

Torah Study

10:30 a.m.Shabbat Service

Bat Mitzvah of Talia Fleisig Torah Portion:

Vayeishev, Genesis 40:1-12

Haftarah Portion: Amos 2:9-11

 

Friday, 12/115:40 p.m

Shabbat Service Chanukah on Bima/

Consecration/Worship Band/Food Trucks Friday

Saturday, 12/129:00 a.m.

Torah Study

10:30 a.m.Shabbat Service

Torah Portion:Mikeitz

Genesis 41:1-44: 17

Haftarah Portion: I Kings 3:15 – 4:1

Friday, 12/255:40 p.m

Shabbat ServiceChinese Dinner

 Saturday, 12/2610:30 a.m.

Shabbat ServiceTorah Portion:

Vay’chiGenesis 47: 28-50:26

Haftarah Portion: I Kings 2:1-12

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All services are webcast at

www.ourtemple.org

Babysitting during services available

upon request

Publication Title: Our TempleIssue Date: December 2015Issue Number: 79Statement of Frequency: Published monthly except forJune/July issue

Organization: Temple Emanu-ElName/Address: 2100 Highland Avenue SoutBirmingham, AL 35205 4002

Layout and Design | Kim Graham

USPS Identification

Join us for a film from Hollywood beginning at 3:00p.m., then Shabbat service at 5:40p.m. and after services enjoy a Chinese dinner. Cost is $5 per person. Please RSVP to Marianne Pitts by Friday, December 18 to marianne@ourtemple.org or 205-933-8037, ext. 239. Come casual, and plan to welcome the Sabbath Bride with challah, wine and Mongolian beef. What could be more Jewish, or more fun, than that?

Caring CommitteeThe caring committee is comprised of volunteers of all ages throughout our Temple. We focus our efforts in four areas: • new members • births • members who are homebound • families of members who are recently deceased.

We deliver gifts during holidays to the homebound, to families of recently deceased members, to new members and to Temple families with new babies.

Please donate or contact Lacey Epstein at 205-532-3696 or Laceyepstein@me.com to get involved today!

Question: What do Jews do on Christmas? Answer: Movies and Chinese!

Question for Friday, December 25, 2015? What do Jews do on Christmas? Answer: Movie, Shabbat Service and Chinese Dinner!

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Chanukah is here. In days of old, as we do today, our people celebrated the miracle of the season by lighting the Hanukiyah and reciting blessings. This joyous time is a rebellion against nature, counterintuitive to the human experience. The world is growing dark. We celebrate light. Winter is cold. Chanukah brings us warmth. We want to hunker down in our blankets and wait out the season hoping for spring. Chanukah brings us together at Temple to celebrate being alive with our family and friends.

The customs of Chanukah are beautiful and happy-making. But underneath it all is the concept of miracles, these aberrations of nature. Whether we believe that the victory of the Maccabees over the Seleucid Greeks is a great miracle - or whether we believe that the little jar of oil burned for eight days when there was only enough light for one day - or whether we believe that the world is fixed in its order, yet God somehow finds a way to insert God’s self into human affairs (or not), miracles pose a theological conundrum for many Jews.

Rabbi MilleR

Temple Emanu-El

Wonder of Wonder, Miracles of Miracles

Chanukah Candle Lighting BlessingsOne candle is added to the menorah each night. The first night, you light only the

shammas (the one at a different height) and one Chanukah candle. By the eighth night, you light all of the candles.

Candles should be added to the menorah from right to left (like Hebrew writing).

I suggest that in our time and era, we should not search for miracles in the extraordinary events of our lives or the world about us. People who go searching for miracles are much like the people who search for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. We know the rainbow is there. But the gold is our hope that we can never quite attain.

Judaism stresses the miracles that exist every-where through our daily lives. Our daily liturgy has a section called nissim b’chol yom, the miracles that are with us every day. Every day miracles: the miracles of breath, consciousness, growth, nature, beauty, health and healing—every day miracles that help us appreciate the miracu-lous nature of the world in which we live and our participation in it. So this Hanukkah, celebrate miracles. Celebrate the miracles of the great battles won, the lights lit against all odds, and the daily blessings (so many blessings!) that bless us each and every hour.

Keep the lights burning. See you at Temple,

Rabbi Jonathan Miller After reciting the blessings, use the shammas to light the Chanukah candles from left to right (newest to oldest). Candles should be left burning

until they go out on their own. They must burn for more than half an hour. Standard Chanukah candles burn for about an hour.

Temple Traditions Featured Item of the MonthCome into our gift shop for all of your Chanukah needs.This month you will find a lovely selection of menorahs at various price points. Come see this month’s featured item!

Our vendor has produced these Alabama mezzuzahs (both door and car versions) and we are hopeful that they will soon have Auburn ones available. Come in and see the new merchandise we have available!

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Sisterhood HappeningsAnother successful Bulb Shop in the booksOur annual bulb shop fundraiser is finished for the year, and Sisterhood would like to thank the following top salespeople (in order of sales): Loretta Newfield, Nancy Goedecke, Gayle Leitman, Dale Marcus, Sandra Berman, Connie Stein, Jane Davis, and Linda Applebaum. We’d also like to thank the following helpers, without whom our sale wouldn’t have been possible: Kim & Neil Roth, Loretta Newfield, Debra McClain, Melvin White, Marilyn Haver,Lisa Bebenek, Leah Leaf, Doris Kantor, Linda McMullen, Ilene Johnson and Denise Lewis.

And a big thank you to everyone who supported the sale by buying bulbs. This is our only fundraiser of the year and goes directly to support the women, children and families of Temple Emanu-El.

Our Opening Event for the Year was so much fun...we thought we’d include some pictures from our “It’s all about style”fashion show. The tablescapes were so creative, and the models so fabulous, we wanted to share these pictures. If you were unable to make it, here’s what you missed!

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Team-up for the Chopped Latke Challenge!

The LJCC is hosting a Chopped Latke Challenge. The Food Network broadcasts a show called Chopped, where chefs are given baskets of diverse ingredients and are asked to create a comprehensive meal. The LJCC is adapting that theme for their Latke Challenge. They are inviting teams from many Jewish agencies to participate in this full community event. The event details are listed below:

Thursday December 10 @ 5:00-7:00p.m. • The latkes will be judged by a team of celebrity chefs. • The winner will be presented with a “trophy” and a donation will be made to their favorite charity.

Temple Emanu-El’s team is Rabbi Laila Haas, Sherron Goldstein and Mackie Horowitz. The LJCC will also be serving Chanukah dinner during and after the competition and there will be Chanukah games provided by the Community Youth Group.

For more information, please contact Betzy LynchLJCC Executive Director at blynch@bhamjcc.org or (205) 510-9013

EARTH, SEA and SKY:How Eleanor, Gertrude and Amelia Saw The World featuring master storyteller, Elizabeth Vander Kamp Amelia Earhart, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Gertrude Ederle broke barriers, records, and traditional notions of what

women should and should not do. What happened when Eleanor Roosevelt invited Amelia Earhart to the White House for dinner?

How did Gertrude Ederle survive a failed English Channel swim and return to the shores of Calais to try again?

These women will come alive as Elizabeth Vander Kamp shares parts of their remarkable stories!

Thursday, December 10 at 11:30a.m. Program in Hess Chapel

Luncheon following in Weil Hall in the Collat Congregational Center

Reservations requested --please reply to the Endowment Offiice by

Monday, Dec 7th or 933-8397.A contribution of $10/person at the door is appreciated.

Sponsored by the Rabbi Grafman Endowment Fund

GRAFMAN LEGACY LUNCHEON

Ms. Rubio, Executive Director of Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama is a seasoned nonprofit professional with over 20 years’ experience working with low income communities, particularly immigrant Hispanics, in Alabama. She is a native of Mississippi and a third generation Mexican American. Born in 1965, she was greatly influenced by the change brought to Mississippi by the struggle for Civil Rights. She earned degrees in History (BA – University of Southern Mississippi) and

Social Work (BSSW - University of Alabama Birmingham) and worked in field for 8 years in the greater Birmingham area when she was moved to found the Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama (iHICA!) in 1999. Ms. Rubio has served as Executive Director of Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama since 2001. She is deeply involved in her community and serves on many boards in the community at large. She also is a nationally recognized public speaker on the issue of immigrants in the South.

Shabbat Service & Guest Speaker: Isabel Watkins Rubio

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Religious School, Hebrew & TEEN’sWednesday, December 2ndHebrew School 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.TEEN’s 5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m.

Saturday, December 5thBat Mitzvah – Talia Fleisig 10:30 a.m.

Sunday, December 6thReligious School 9:30 a.m. -12:00 p.m.

Wednesday, December 9thHebrew School 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.TEEN’s 5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m.

Thursday, December 10thShalom Baby 11:30 a.m.

Friday, December 11thConsecrationFamily to Family Shabbat 5:40 p.m.Shabbatot Celebration 5:40 p.m.

Sunday, December 13thChanukah Family Fun Day 9:30 – 12:00

Wednesday, December 16thHebrew School 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.TEEN’s 5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m.

Sunday, December 20thNO RELIGIOUS SCHOOL

Sunday, December 27thNO RELIGIOUS SCHOOL

Wednesday, December 30thNO HEBREW SCHOOLNO TEEN’s

Wednesday, December 23rdNO HEBREW SCHOOLNO TEEN’s

Bat Mitzvah

Talia is the daughter of Julie Fleisig and Scott and Natalie Fleisig. Her grand-parents are Cathy & Paul Friedman, Sandra & Arnold Fleisig and her great grand-mother is Janis Friedman. Celebrating with Talia will be her younger sisters, Ava & Lila. Talia is in the 7th grade at NEMJDS.

Talia Salem Fleisig

December 5th

Food TrucksFriday

Fun Time at Contemporary Service & Food Trucks Friday

2016 Dates to Save:January 22, 2016February 19, 2016

March 18, 2016April 15, 2016

Funding for the “Worship Band” is being madepossible through the Mary K. Brodnax Music

Fund and Cantor Brian Miller Cultural Arts Fundof the Rabbi Grafman Endowment Fund.

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Religious School, Hebrew & TEEN’s

Our December recipient is: Family Promise of

Birmingham

Family Promise of Birmingham (FPoB), founded in 1998 as the Birmingham Hospitality Network, is a network of diverse faith and civic organizations working together to provide safe, home-like lodging where homeless families can stay together while working to regain their independence.On any given day, more than half the guests served by Family Promise of Birmingham are children.

Our goal is to help in maintaining a stable life for homeless families:n To bring shelter, meals, and support services to families without homes.n To make a difference in homelessness in our own community.n To inform, energize, and motivate congregations about homeless families.n To provide volunteer opportunities for host families.

To learn more, please visit www.familypromisebham.org.

Each month, Temple Emanu-El chooses a specific recipient for our

Tzedakah Box

Condolences To...The family of Anita J. Harwood of Raleigh, NC, (formerly of Gadsden, AL) who passed away on Monday, October 19, 2015. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ferd C. Harwood. She is survived by her children; Dr. Steven J. Harwood (Sandra) of Boynton Beach, FL, David L. Harwood (Susan) of Birmingham, AL, and Jill F. Ray (Larry) of Raleigh, NC, eight grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.

The family of Donald R. Kahn, M.D. of Birmingham, AL who passed away on Saturday, October 24, 2015. He is survived by his wife, Shirley Salloway Kahn; their sons, Alex Kahn and Mitchell Kahn; children, Liz David, Gayle Kahn, Don Kahn, and Dr. Tammy Rice (John); grandchildren, Gabe David Heckman (Landon), Taryn Belcher Legvold (Garth), Marissa Belcher, Katie Rice and Spencer Rice; and sisters,Gloria Koplon and Sandra Eisner.

The family of Nancy Goldstein of Birming-ham, AL who passed away on Tuesday, October 27, 2015. Born in Shreveport, LA, she is survived by her husband, Bernard Goldstein, Sr.; their sons, Bernard Goldstein, Jr. (Lynda), Jerry Goldstein, Sr. (Cathrine), and Michael Goldstein (Pam); five grandchildren, six great-grandchildren; brother, Leonard Selber (Mary Ann) of Shreveport, LA and numerous nieces and nephews.

The family of Alvin Wolin who passed away on Tuesday, November 10, 2015. Our sincere condolences to his daughter, Maxine (Mackie) and son-in-law Sherm Horowitz, two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

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YEAR-END GIFT REMINDERS: In making your year-end gifts, remember in order to obtain a 2015 charitable deduction, the IRS requires letters containing checks be postmarked on or before December 31, 2015. If you are making your gift with stock, we request that all stock transfers be completed by Wednesday, Dec 23 to ensure that they are handled properly. We also ask that you contact your brokerage company AND call the Temple so that we can be looking for the stock transfer. Temple Dues: Robin Gotlieb at 933-8037, ext. 238 or robin@ourtemple.orgEndowment Gifts: Jann Blitz at 933-8037, ext. 234 or jblitz@ourtemple.org Think about the possibilities -- you could pay your Temple Dues/Annual Membership Commitments, make an Annual Endowment Gift or other charitable gifts to obtain year-end deductions.

---------------------------------------Contact your financial advisor to learn more about charitable gift opportunities. For additional information, you may also call Jann Blitz at the Temple at 933-8037,ext. 234 or jblitz@ourtemple.org.

Jamie & Rob Weintraub on the birth of their daughter, Abigail Brook “Abby” Weintraub on Monday, October 12, 2015. Grandparents are Judy & Steve Weintraub and Ilene & Robert Pereszlenyi. Great-grandmother is Susan Pereszlenyi. Also celebrating are aunts and uncles; Allison & Andy Dickerson and Anne & Justin Weintraub.

Kim & Neil Roth, on the engagement of their son, Jason Roth, to Emily Osterholt on October 13th in New Orleans, LA. Emily is the daughter of Dave & Dotti Osterholt from Putney, VT. Also celebrating with them are siblings Adam & Yuka Roth & Daniel Osterholt.

Sam Tenebaum Jr. on his recent book release The Unmasked Tenor: The Life and Times of a Singing Wrestler.

Marriage of Michael Elmets, son of Laurie & Craig Elmets, to Reyhaneh Maktoufi.

Mazel Tov To...

Honorable MenschensThank you to all of our congregants who volunteered their time so generously in October to take on various duties like preparing our bulletin for mailing, answering doors and phones, filing, and various special projects.

Chu-Chi Fierman Marilyn HaverIlene JohnsonFred KanterLeah Leaf

Loretta NewfieldDavid Reese

Ina Russakoff

If you would like to volunteer, we would welcome you! Contact Robin Gotlieb at

(205) 933-8037, ext. 238.

The Accounting Department would be happy to help you set

up a monthly bank draft or credit card charge to fulfil your

Annual Membership Commitment.Contact Katy Breakfield at

katyb@ourtemple.org or (205) 933-8037 ext. 235.

Please Note: Consider pre-paying your 2016

Annual Commitment for the income tax advantage. Statements will be

mailed in early December.

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May the beauty of their lives shine forever, and may we always bring honor to their memory.

Dec 4-5Julian AllenbergArlene Sachs BergerIvan BlachJan BozemanAbe EpsmanAnne Sadove FrederickMollie GingoldJeanette GoldsteinBelle GotliebEsther GrafmanNoah HartHenry HelzbergRussell HudsonBenjamin KahnRuth KolberMarion LeafKate MalkoveCarl MaronDavid “Bud” MeadowsRita RobisonMargaret SallowayDavin SchoenbergerJack SegalRuby SeitelCelia SherrySally SlateSara SokolSamuel SolomonRuth SwedlawSeymour WarrenEllis Weinstein

Dec 11-12Rose AaronsJeanette BermanHenry BiedingerDavida BlackDavid BlumenthalRosalie Cannova

Samelia DavisHyman DorskyFrankie EngelSylvia EpsmanJanet FrancoNathan GoldsteinJoe GoldsteinLawrence GoldsteinRichard GotliebHarry HanoverCarl HessHelaine JacobsJoyce Levine Cohen JacobsonAnn KahnMitchell KravetzHarry KrentzmanEdward LazarusClaudia LevinsonLeah MarksBertha MayerHenrietta MichaloveFlo MorrisEtta MyersonMiriam PhillipsAnne RaymondPhillip RogersAbraham RoobinEdna Minisman RosenElaine RosenWilliam RosenbergLeonard Salit Ilse SchoenbergerSidney SeidenmanGoldie SpiegelmanAdolph Weil, Jr.Morris Wertheimer

Dec 18-19Edward AllenbergAmy AllenbergBetty BernowSara BernsteinWilliam BremanBernard CapperIda CohenHerman CohnBert CottonRichard ElkusRichard FarragoFerne FeldSylvia GabisAnya GolgerSol GreenArthur HagedornFerd HarwoodLenore JacobsRosalie KaltmanAbraham KanterPaula KarsonEthel KaufmanMalcolm KohnSophie MalcoveNathan MarcusWilliam MarxKurt MendelAbraham OdrezinHenry OvsonLouis PiassickHerman PittMorris RogoffAlan SaksSarah SchneidermanRebecca ShulmanCarolyn TurnerBirdie Unger

Dec 25-26Diana BerkMark BlokhHarriett BrodaMargaret CastellDave CohenJeannette CohnAlan CohnIke EngelMaurice Kohn Erdreich, Sr.Tillie FeinefeldLillian GinsbergNettie GoodmanJean HeldPhyllis HermanIsadore LassenHannah LazarusSonia LazarusJoe LeitmanLouise LevinLois LevkoffAlice MeisnerSol MorrisLeah NewfieldRemi OpsomerJustin “Chuck” RavitzMinna RoobinJenifer RotenstreichLouis SaksChaim SchniperBettye SilbermanMargie SokolSandra SokolEdith TannerBarbara Weisberg Abraham SiegelRalph Silver, Jr.Abe TenenbaumJean WeinsteinDr. Gil Wideman

Yahrzeits

We appreciate the thoughtfulness of those who support our congregation by remembering and honoring their friends and loved ones through their generous contributions. Thank you for the following gifts received through November 5, 2015:

General & Unrestricted Funds

Wishing Good Health To:Jack Aland

by Lisa & Alan EngelRosalyn Bloomston

by Carol & Donald HermanKaylee Erdreich-Breman

by Gail & Charles Hermanby Janet & Leonard Wertheimer

Charlotte Corenblumby Joyce & Joe Lichtenstein

Cathy Friedmanby Joan Beckerby Lana & Steve Royal

Barbara Gotliebby Joan Beckerby Sandra & Alan Bermanby Chu-Chi & Bobby Fiermanby Evelyn & Jack Heldby Shirley & Jerry Leader

Donald Goldsteinby Joan Beckerby Barbara & David Bettenby Sandra & Alan Bermanby Evelyn & Jack Heldby Shirley & Jerry Leader

Mitzi Goldsteinby Shirley & Jerry Leader

Bob Grossby Susan & Barry Koretzkyby Janet & Leonard Wertheimer

Evelyn Heldby Joan Beckerby Barbara & David Bettenby Gail & Charles Herman

Jerry Heldby Doris & Fred Kanter

Jerry Lapidusby Evelyn & Jack Held

Bob Marcusby Evelyn & Jack Heldby Frieda & Eph Mazer

Babs Perlmanby Evelyn & Jack Heldby Frieda & Eph Mazer

In Memory Of:Robert Anfanger

by Bernice Barsteinby Cissy & Leonard Heldby Doris & Fred Kanterby Susan & Barry Koretzky

Nancy Goldsteinby Bernice Barsteinby Joan Beckerby Bill Goldmanby Cissy & Leonard Heldby Doris & Fred Kanterby Jerry Lapidusby Faye & Robert Levinby Caroline Marxby Lucy & Buddy Schulhafer by Wendy & Frank Siegalby Janet & Leonard Wertheimer

Anita Harwoodby Sandra & Alan Bermanby Lynne & Mark Cohenby Linda Cohnby Judy Weinstein Jablow & Peter Jablowby Susan & Barry Koretzkyby Karen & Joel Piassick

Howard Helzbergby Henry Helzberg

Eric Hirschowitzby Barbara Hirschowitz

Marty Jacobsby Gay Jacobs

Barbara North Jaffeby Susan & Barry Koretzky

Donald Kahnby Bernice Barsteinby Jamie, Daniel, Susan & Rodney Barsteinby Rosalyn Bloomstonby Karen & Jim Brooks by Juli & Sam Ciullaby Lynne & Mark Cohenby Linda Cohnby Cheryl & Charlie Collat by Kate & John Cotton

by Carol & Jim Fillerby Linda & Doug Friedmanby Alison & Jim Gorrie by Frances & Miller Gorrieby Cissy & Leonard Heldby Gail & Charles Hermanby Philip C. Jackson by Sheri & Jimmy Krell by Jerry Lapidusby Faye & Robert Levinby Kathy G. Mezrano by Lucy & Buddy Schulhafer by Linda Verin & Rick Clayby Sandee & Chancellor Robert Witt and the University of Alabama System staffby Ethyle Williams

David Klineby Jane & Joe Bluesteinby Linda & Doug Friedmanby Carol & Donald Hermanby Julie & Howard Kochby Judy & Gerson May

David Koplonby Carol & Jimmy Filler

Kay Lewis, mother of Jon Lewisby Gamma Phi Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International

Manuel Mendelby Joan Becker by Lucy & Buddy Schulhafer

John Rathmellby Cheryl & Charlie Collat

Ida Rosenby Nancy & David Denney

Lewis Royalby Lana & Steve Royal

Beatrice Schneeby Edward Schnee

Howard Schultzby Carol & Jimmy Filler

Meyer Shilandby Judy & Gerson May

Helen Silvermanby Lana & Steve Royal

Donations to our General Temple and Endowment Funds, and the Unrestricted Named Endowment Funds provide the greatest Flexibility to respond to our congregation’s changing needs.

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Your contributions through our “Temple Tributes” help to support Temple Emanu-El’s annual operations and activities, and further build our Grafman Endowment Fund to enrich our congregation…now and forever.

To make a Tribute Gift to either a Temple or an Endowment Fund, please contact the Endowment Office at 933-8397 or endowment@ourtemple.org.

A list of all our Temple and Endowment Funds is available on the back of the Calendar Insert in this bulletin, and on our website at www.ourtemple.org.

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Marc Perlmanby Robin & Hilton Berger

Steve Royalby Julie & Howard Koch

Frank Siegalby Nancy & David Denneyby Lisa & Alan Engelby Judy Weinstein Jablow & Peter Jablow

Carole Simpsonby Evelyn & Jack Heldby Shirley & Jerry Leader

Karen Tishler Weinribby Susan & Barry Koretzky

In Honor Of: Bar Mitzvah of Jack Warshal, grandson of Candy & Ed Meyerson

by Karen & Joel PiassickBirth of Gigi Elizabeth Bayer, daughter of Lindsey & Gregory Bayer, and granddaughter of Harry Bayer

by Donna & Howard Goldbergby Donna & Howard Kochby Karen & Joel Piassickby Betsy & Peter Printzby Amy & Michael Saag

Birth of Henry Jacob Kirschberg, son of Lauren & Jason Kirschberg, grandson of Laura & Gordon Kirschberg, and D.O. & Eddie Bloomston

by Betsy & Peter Printz

Births of Barrettt Nash Koretzky & Campbell Gray Koretzky, children of Erin & Todd Koretzky, and grandchildren of Susan & Barry Koretzky

by Nancy & David Denney by Karen & Joel Piassick

Birth of Eliana Rose Miller, daughter of Lauren & Rabbi Aaron Miller, grand-daughter of Judi Schulman-Miller & Rabbi Jonathan Miller, and great-granddaughter of Renee Schulman

by Karen & Joel PiassickSpecial Anniversary of Doris & Fred Kanter

by Evelyn & Jack HeldSpecial Birthday of Dave Betten

by Amy & Michael SaagSpecial Birthday of Woody Cohen

by Joyce & Joe LichtensteinSpecial Birthday of Stephen Grafman

by Sharon & Jerry MoskowitzSpecial Birthday of Denise Lewis

by Nancy & David DenneySpecial Birthday of Pat Weil

by Karen & Joel PiassickMarriage of Lindsay Bayer, daughter of Gail & Jeffrey Bayer, to Blake Shipp

by Lisa & Alan Engelby Karen & Joel Piassick

Marriage of Adam Roth, son of Kim & Neil Roth, to Yuka Takehara

by Karen & Joel Piassickby Linda Verin & Rick Clayby Janet & Leonard Wertheimer

Nancy Goedecke for being recognized as “Women Who Shape the State” by the Alabama Media Group

by Lucy & Buddy Schulhafer by Linda Verin & Rick Clay

Richard Pizitz for receiving the Susan J. Goldberg Distinguished Volunteer Award by Birmingham Jewish Federation/Foundation

by Robin & Hilton Bergerby Carol & Jim Filler

Cantor Jessica Roskin for being named a “Woman Who Inspires” by Girls on the Run International

by Lucy & Buddy Schulhafer by Linda Verin & Rick Clay

Temple Sisterhood for their wonderful October Luncheon/Fashion Show

by Linda Verin & Rick Clay

Our Endowment Funds At WorkWe greatly appreciate the enhancements provided by the following funds of the

Grafman Endowment Fund enriching our congregation over the past few months:

• General and Unrestricted Endowment Funds for funding design and production of 5 issues of the Temple’s monthly bulletin. • Barrye & Jay Ziff Cultural Arts Fund for providing the funding for Bruce Downs to accompany the chorale and cantor during Shabbat services throughout the year. • Mary K. Brodnax Music Fund and the Cantor Brian Miller Cultural Arts Fund for underwriting the wonderful “Worship Band” and equipment for performances at our new monthly “Food Trucks Friday” Shabbat services. (mark your calendar for their next performance on Friday, December 11). • Morris K. Sirote and Joseph H. Sirote Memorial Funds for underwriting the informative Grafman Endowment Fund Annual Report – which you should have received in your mailbox in early November.

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Designated Endowment Funds

Contributions to these “perpetual” funds help provide permanent sources of income for special programming and enhancements for

our temple today, as well as for future generations.

MUNCy AbroMs CUlTUrAl ArTs FUNDWishing Good Health To:Barbara Gotlieb

by Carol Solomon

blACh FAMily FUND For DUEs ENDowMENTWishing Good Health To:Donald Goldstein, Barbara Gotlieb, Evelyn Held and Babs Perlman

by Nancy & Harold Blach

NiNA & NorMAN CohEN NExT GENErATioN FUNDIn Memory Of:Nancy Goldstein

by Lois & David Cohen

EDwArD & hErMioNE FriEND CoMMUNiTy FUNDIn Memory Of:Bob Anfanger and Donald Kahn

by Linda & Richard CohnDonald Kahn and Manuel Mendel

by Ellen & Fred ElsasIn Honor Of:Birth of Madeleine Cathleen Grover

by Linda & Richard Cohn

GADsDEN CEMETEry FUNDIn Memory Of:Alan Cohn

by Charlotte Cohnby Barbara & Charles Hart

Lawrence Cohnby Charlotte Cohn

Marvin Cohnby Barbara & Charles Hart

Anita Harwoodby Anne Cohnby Charlotte Cohnby Eileen & Robert Cohnby Nectar Ghafaryby Barbara & Charles Hartby Susan & David Harwoodby Steven Harwoodby Donna Hull and Sharon Vitturby William Lischoffby Robert McCurleyby Joan & Allan Morrisby Jill F. Rayby Sherry & Jim Storeyby Amy & Ronnie Stricklandby Jan & Charlie Wattsby Marsha & Malcolm Witt

Ferd Harwoodby Barbara & Charles Hart

Linda Gail Cohn Speaksby Barbara & Charles Hart

In Honor Of:Anne Cohn

by Barbara & Charles HartRabbi Miller

by Susan & David Harwood by Steven Harwoodby Jill F. Ray

shErroN & AllAN GolDsTEiN brEAk-ThE-FAsT FUNDIn Memory Of:Nancy Goldstein, Anita Harwood and Donald Kahn

by Sherron & Allan GoldsteinWishing Good Health To:Barbara Gotlieb, Bob Marcus and Frank Siegel

by Sherron & Allan GoldsteinIn Honor Of:Bar Mitzvah of Carter Boswell, grandson of Sherron & Allan Goldstein

by Robin GotliebThe lovely Break-the-Fast

by Julie & Charles Stein

hANNAh & hyMAN GolDsTEiN VolUNTEEr FUNDIn Memory Of:Robert Anfanger, Donald Kahn and Nathan Koss

by Debra & Joel GoldsteinWishing Good Health To:Barbara Gotlieb

by Marilyn & Murray TannerIn Honor Of:Richard Pizitz for receiving the Susan J. Goldberg Distinguished Volunteer Award

by Marilyn & Murray Tanner

MiChAEl kosliN FAMily FUNDIn Memory Of:Robert Anfanger

by Ricky Koslin and Lyons HeymanBetty Cohen Goldstein

by Rochelle & Michael KoslinWishing Good Health To:Barbara Gotlieb

by Ricky Koslin and Lyons Heyman

hoNAN FAMily TorAh sTUDy FUNDIn Memory Of:Tommy Gillespie

by Donna Gillespie

kiM & NEil roTh FUND For DUEs ENDowMENTIn Honor Of:Marriage of Adam Roth to Yuka Takehara

by Gloria Solomon

rEEsE FAMily FUNDIn Memory Of:Richard Reese

by David Reese

bUNNy & JoEl roTENsTrEiCh FUND For DUEs ENDowMENTIn Memory Of:Anita Harwood

by Bunny & Joel Rotenstreich

REMINDER: Annual Endowment Gift Pledges are due by December 31st

Give. Grow. Glow.

We hope you will join this effort, which provides congregants of all ages and financial capabilities the opportunity to help build the Grafman Endowment Fund to enrich our congregation today – and tomorrow.

For details, contact the Endowment Fund Office: 933-8397 or endowment@ourtemple.org

We each have the opportunity to be a blessing and spread the light. Give. Grow. Glow.

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Designated Temple Funds

Gifts to these “immediate use” funds fulfill special needs beyond the scope of what dues and tuition fees are able to provide.

rAbbi JoNAThAN MillEr DisCrETioNAry FUNDIn Honor Of:Inspirational High Holy Day services

by Julie & Charles SteinMarriage of our son, Michael Elmets, to Rey Maktoufi

by Laurie & Craig ElmetsMarriage of our son, Andrew Pizitz, toJulie Saag

by Carrie & Richard PizitzMy conversion journey

by Briana Nute

rAbbi lAilA hAAs DisCrETioNAry FUNDIn Memory Of:Nancy Goldstein

by Pam & Michael GoldsteinIn Honor Of:Inspirational High Holy Day services

by Julie & Charles SteinMarilyn Pipkin for a beautiful rendition of Kol Nidre

by Simona & Charles HerringMarriage of our daughter, Jori May, to Louis Mendez

by Cynthia & Harvey May

A LASTING LEGACYThe Rabbi Grafman Endowment Fund gratefully acknowledges the generosity of the following for

establishing new endowed funds:

Levine/Silverstein Family Fund for unrestricted purposesby Estelle Silverstein

Doris & Fred Kantor Family Fund for unrestricted purposes

by Doris & Fred Kanter

We also gratefully acknowledge the foresight and thoughtfulness of:

Debra & Joel Goldsteinwho have recently let us know that

they have included the Temple in their estate plans

When you do your estate planning, please remember the Temple!We welcome gifts of all sizes, as well as a percentage of your estate.

You may also consider naming the Temple as beneficiary of a life insurance policy, or make a gift of real esate or a portion of your IRA.

For more information on creating a named fund, or exploring the many ways to include the Temple in your estate plans,

please contact Jann Blitz in the Endowment Office at 933-8037, ext 234.

CANTor JEssiCA roskiN DisCrETioNAry FUNDIn Memory Of:David Kline and Ida Herman Schultz

by Regina & Neil SigmanIn Honor Of:Cantor Jessica Roskin for being named a “Woman Who Inspires” by Girls on the Run International

by Gloria SolomonInspirational High Holy Day services

by Julie & Charles Stein

DisCoVEry sChool FUNDIn Honor Of:Bat Mitzvah of Rachel Sims

by Judy & Robert RutsteinRabbi Haas

by Carol & Jim Filler

MUsiC FUNDIn Honor Of:Bat Mitzvah of Lutfiya Pinsler

by Jamie & Gregory OdrezinCantor Jessica Roskin for being named a “Woman Who Inspires” by Girls on the Run International

by Robin Gotlieb

In Deepest Appreciation for the New Sound

System in the Sanctuary

In October, we installed a

new sound system for the

sanctuary. We are grateful

to the vision and generosity

of Dr. Helena & Robert

Buchalter in memory of

Barbara & Aubrey Buchalter for this gift, which will

enhance our sanctuary

experience for

decades to come.

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Please give Buggy Bucks gift cards to your friends, family, and employees for any celebration or occasion.

Black & white ads are sold on an annual basis only and will run for 11 consecutive months.

Available ad sizes include small, medium, large, and full page (when available). (Sorry, color ads are not available.)

It works like this: You purchase the Buggy Bucks gift cards for Publix or Piggly Wiggly. They work just like any gift card, but these stores give us a discount on the total amount and those proceeds go directly to the Temple General Fund.

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Special Breakfast HoursThursday, Friday, Saturday

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Temple Emanu-El Gift Shop

Register for a Bar/Bat MitzvahIt’s a great way to let everyone know how to honor them!

Come see our beautiful new tallit selection from Israel. If you register in the gift shop

you will be given 25% off the tallit purchase.

December 2015 HoursTuesday

10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

Thursday 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

Friday 2:00-5:30 p.m.

Sunday 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

or by appointment contact Loretta Newfield at 933-8037.

9:30 a.m. Join us for our annual Chanukah Family Fun Day!

We will play games, eat doughnuts, and jump in the bounce house!

12:00 p.m. Temple Emanu-El Brotherhood invites you to its

Cost for lunch is $10 for adults and $5 for children. Raffle tickets are 16 for $12.

We guarantee you a great time!!! For more information, please contact David Reese at

(205) 960-0386 or email at soapRDR@gmail.com.

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Temple Emanu-El2100 Highland Avenue SouthBirmingham, AL 35205

Remember Temple’s Endowment Fund in your estate plans, and please let us know when you do.

Debbie BarsteinCharles Collat, Jr. Anna Slive HarwoodEdgar Marx, Jr. David Reese Julie Stein

In the event of a family emergency after hours, please contact us:Rabbi Jonathan Miller: (205) 223-0916 Cantor Jessica Roskin: (205) 266-6549 Rabbi Laila Haas: (205) 777-8804

Founded in 1882 and affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism.

Clergy Rabbi Jonathan Miller Cantor Jessica Roskin, Engel Cantorial Chair Rabbi Laila Haas

Senior Team Robin G. Gotlieb, Executive Director Jann Blitz, Endowment Fund Executive Director

Board of Directors Dr. Michael Koslin, President Ben Weil, President Elect Dr. Al Cohn, Vice President Robert Berman, Vice President Lisa Bebenek, Secretary Larry Goldberg, Treasurer Scott Goldberg, Assistant Treasurer Stephen Royal, Immediate Past President Andi Berger, Presidential Appointment Dr. Mark Cohen, Presidential Appointment

Our TempleThis issue of OurTemple bulletin is made possible through the support of the Grafman Endowment Fund for Temple Emanu-El.

Celebrate Chanukah at

Temple Emanu-El!Sunday, December 13

Annual Chanukah Luncheon

& Raffle

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~ DECEMBER 2015 • • • SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY • • 1 • • • Our TzedaJ ah Box Char ·ty • • •

for thi month is: • • Familv Promi Ye of Birminf;. ham • • • • • •

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• --cJp. ,,,, - -• • 9:30am Religious School

• 1st Night of Chanukah

• • • 13 14 15 • • 9:30am Good Morning

• Sunshine

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9:30am Religious School 5:45pm Temple Board of Chanukah Family Fun Day

12:00pm Brotherhood Directors Meeting

Chanukah Luncheon &

• Raffle

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NO Religious School Winter Break • • • 27 28 29

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• Winter Break

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KISLEV • TEVET 5776 WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

~ 3 4 5 5:40pm Shabbat Service

9:00am Torah Study Birthday Blessing I 0:30am Shabbat Service Oneg to follow sponsored by 3:30pm Hebrew School Rabbi Jonathan Miller & Bat Mitzvah of

5:30pm TEENs 5:00pm Beginners' Hebrew Judi Schulman Miller and Talia Fleisig 5:30pm Chorale Rehearsal Class Renee Schulman in honor of their Torah Portion:

granddaughter, Eliana Rose Vayeishev Miller's first visit to Binningham . Genseis 40:1-12

9 10 11 12

11 :30am Grafman Legacy 9:00am Torah Study 3:30pm Hebrew School Luncheon featuring Elizabeth 5:40pm Shabbat Service, 10:30am Shabbat Service 5:30pm TEENs VanderKamp Chanukah on Bima/ Torah Portion: 5:30pm Chorale Rehearsal 11:30am Shalom Baby Consecration/Worship Band Mikeitz

5:00pm Beginners' Hebrew Class Food Trucks Fridav Genseis 4/:J-44:17

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3:30pm Hebre,v School 5:00pm Beginners' Hebrew 5:40pm Shabbat Service

9:00am Torah Study 5:30pm TEENs Class I 0:30am Shabbat Service 5:30pm Chorale Rehearsal Anniversary Blessing/ Torah Portion: Chorale Sings/Guest Speaker Vayigash Isabel Rubio, One!! to follow Genseis 44:/8-47:27

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TcmpleOfficesC!oscat 12pm 3:00pm Movie NO Torah Study 5:40pm Shabbat Service 8:00am Family Promise Gift 8:00am Family Promise Gift followed by Chinese Dinner 10:30am Shabbat Service Wrap at Brooh.·wood MaU Wrap at Broobvood Mall Temple Offices Closed for Torah Portion: NO Hebrew School orTEENs 5:00pm Beginners' Hebrew

Christmas Vay'chi Class Genseis 47:28-50:26

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NO Hebrew School or TEENs tremple Offices Close at 12pm

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Designated & Unrestricted Funds benefiting Temple Emanu-EI

We greatly appreciate the tributes and contributions made to Temple Emanu~EI to honor friends and family, commemorate significant events and remember loved ones.

Your contributions to the Temple's "immediate use" funds help support our annual operations and fulfill special needs beyond the scope of what dues and tuition fees are able to provide - and gifts to our Endowment Funds help further build our Grafman Endowment Fund to provide perpetual/ permanent sources of income to enrich our congregation ... now and for generations to come.

GENERAL FUNDS Temple General Fund Endowment General Fund

CLERGY DISCRETIONARY FUNDS Rabbi Miller Discretionary Fund Cantor Roskin Discretionary Fund Rabbi Haas Discretionary Fund

CULTURAL & VISUAL ARTS FUNDS Music Fund Chorale Fund Art Fund Library Fund Archives Fund Prayerbook Replacement Fund Endowed Funds: Muncy HarrisAbroms Cultural Arts Fund Mary K. Brodnax Music Fund Ruth & Marvin Engel Cantorial Chair

& High Holy Day Choir Fund Ruth & Marvin Engel Archives Fund Joan & Milton Jacobson Cultural Arts Fund Cantor Brian Miller Cultural Arts Fund Odess Family Fund Ruth & J.D. Rosenberger Music Fund Barrye & Jay Ziff Cultural Arts Fund

CEMETERY & BUILDING RESERVATION: Abrams/Weil Hall Repair & Replacement Fund Capita! Improvements Fund Reserve Fund Jasper Cemetery Oversight Fund Endowed Funds: Abroms Hall Preservation Fund Mollie & Herman Gotlieb Sanctuary Preservation Fund Hess Chapel Fund Gloria Goldstein Howton Building Fund Jasper Temple Fund Rabbi Morris Newfield Fund Cemetery Care Fund Gadsden Cemetery Fund

CARING COMMUNITY FUNDS Disaster Relief Fund Tikkun Diam Fund Caring Committee Fund Giving Tree I Financial Assistance Fund Celebration I Financial Assistance Fund Endowed Funds: Leona & Marvin Cherner Caring Community Fund Edward & Hermione Friend Community Fund Richard Goldner Community Service Fund

WORSHIP & ADULT EDUCATION FUNDS Ritual & Worship Fund Adult Education Fund Leadership Development Fund Endowed Funds: Honan Family Torah Study Fund

YOUTH EDUCATION & SCHOLARSHIPS Religious School Fund Discovery Schoo! Fund BIRTYYouth Group Fund TEENS Programming Fund Jacobs Camp Scholarship Fund Ms. Lois Scholarship Fund Endowed Funds: Gail & Jeffrey Bayer Fund for Religious Education Ives Family Religious School Fund Robert Loeb Education Fund Lee & Stanley Elsas TEENS Fund Leah Marks Young Adult Library Fund Leah's Teen Trip Fund Barbara Abrams & Julian Aland Scholarship Fund Betty A.Goldstein Camp Jacobs Scholarship Fund Figtree Scholarship Fund Max Friedman B'nai Mitzvah Fund Lewy Memorial Scholarship Fund Diana & Sidney Patterson Scholarship Fund Lester Seigel Scholarship Fund I.E. Simon Memorial Scholarship Fund

November 2015

To make a Temple Tribute to either an uimmediate use" fund or an endowment fund, contact the Endowment Office at 933·8397 or endowment@ourtemple.org.

OTHER PROGRAM-ENRICHMENT FUNDS Membership Fund Young Adult/ Next Generation Fund Sewing Guild Fund Technology Fund Endowed Funds: Andrew Abrams Flower Fund Beth Family Fund Nina & Norman Cohen Next Generation Fund Faye & Norris Friedman Social Enrichment Fund Sherron &Allan Goldstein Break-the-Fast Fund Hannah & Hyman Goldstein Volunteer Fund "OurTemp/e"WorshipAnywhere Fund Reese Family Fund Steiner Interfaith Fund

DUES ENDOWMENT FUNDS: Blach Family Fund Deborah Chargois Fund Patsy & Charles Collat Fund Ethel Aland Fleisher Family Fund Janis & Paul Friedman Fund Rochelle & Michael Koslin Fund Carole & Michael Pizitz Family Fund Bunny & Joel Rotenstreich Family Fund Kim & Neil Roth Family Fund Jean & Jerry Sklar Fund

NAMED ENDOWMENT FUNDS for unrestricted purposes: Aarons Family Fund Leah & Ronnie Leaf Family Fund Judy Todd Abrams & Ted Abrams Fund Gayle & Eddie Leitman Fund Barbara & Jack Aland Family Fund Levene/Silverstein Fund Leon Aland Fund Ralph Z. Levene Memorial Fund Susan & Rodney Barstein Family Fund Roslyn T. Levene Fund Sandra &Alan Berman Family Fund Faye & Robert Levin Family Fund Gail & Harry Bayer Family Fund Ted Levite Memorial Fund Flossie & Ira Bayer Family Fund Levitt Family Fund Becker Family Fund Nathan Wayne Lewis Memorial Fund Bluestein Family Fund Letty & Bob Marcus Fund Buchalter Family Fund Judy & Gerson May Fund Ida M. Cohen Memorial Fund Gertrude &A.R. Mazer Family Fund Marion & Oscar Cohen Fund Candy & Ed Meyerson Fund Roselyn & Vernon Cohen Family Fund N.E. Miles Fund Mildred & Samuel Cohn Fund Marvin & Marilyn Lichtenstein Nelson Fund Frances & Conrad S. Cypress Fund Loretta & Mayer Newfield Fund Dannis Family Fund Dolly & Jerry Newmark Fund El mets Family Fund Karen & Joel Piassick Fund Gladys & Alex Epstein Family Fund Betsy & Peter Printz Fund Florine Capper Ettinger Fund Loris & David Rich Memorial Fund Alvin V. Filer, Jr. Memorial Fund Judy &James Rotenstreich Fund Barbara & Larry Fine Fund Rose & Nathan Rotenstreich Fund Stanley Dean Friedman Family Fund Elise & Irving Rubel Fund Dr. Harry & Bessie Goldner Fund Russakoff Family Fund Adele & Malvin Goldstein Fund Amy & Michael Saeg Family Fund Edward Goodman Memorial Fund Betty & Coleman Sachs Fund Mimi & Seaburt Goodman Fund Dena &Aaron Sachs Memorial Fund Rebecca &Adam Gordon Fund Margaret & Maurice Salloway Fund Belle & Ike Gotlieb Memorial Fund Perry Schwartz Memorial Fund Rosalie & Raymond Gotlieb Fund Ida W. Seigel Fund Carol & Robert Gross Family Fund Anne Copeland Silberman Memorial Fund Evelyn & Jack Held Fund Joseph H. Sirote Memorial Fund Ginger & Jerry Held Fund Morris K. Sirote Memorial Fund Cissy & Leonard Held Fund Stephanie & Brad Sklar Family Fund Carol & Donald Herman Fund Slive Family Fund Hirschowitz Family Fund Carleton & Bruce Sokol Fund Will Holloway Memorial Fund James Sokol Family Fund Hurowitz Family Fund Marion & Dave Solomon Fund Donald R. Kahn Legacy Fund Norma & Buddy Warren Memorial Fund Dons & Fred Kanter Family Fund Pat & Leonard Weil Fund Rhoda&Abe Kaplan Fund Weiner Family Fund Miriam & Jack Kartus Fund Weinman/Fierman Family Fund Michael Koslin Family Fund Joe, Jean & Roberta Weinstein/ Jablow Fund Julie & Howard Koch Family Fund Janet& Leonard Wertheimer Fund