Ha’ShofarVOLUME VIII, ISSUE 12

CONGREGATION

BETH ISRAEL

December 2016

InsidePrayer Corner

..................... p. 2

Friday Noon

Study Group .......

......................p. 3

Ongoing Events

..................... p. 4

CBI Hanukkah

Party ............ p. 6

Jewish Jazz Piano

Concert ........ p. 7

Gift Shop

...................... p.8

Donations ..... p.11

December

Calendar ..... p.13

There is always this dance between the secularand Jewish calendars, where Jews also say ofwhatever given holiday, it’s early this year, or it’slate this year, and I always joke: no, it’s right ontime! Rosh Hashanah is always the First ofTishrei; Passover is always the Fifteenth ofNissan; Hanukkah is always the Twenty-fifth ofKislev. It’s not Hanukkah that’s late, Decemberis early! A few years ago Americans rejoiced aswe celebrated Thanksgivukkah – when Thanks-giving and Hanukkah coincided; this year we willhave the opportunity to celebrate HanNew Years-ukkah (not quite as catchy, I know) because NewYear’s 2017 is during the week of Hanukkah.

And, believe it or not, there is actually a ready-made link between the two. First, like any wintercelebration in the Northern Hemisphere, NewYear’s (like Christmas and Hanukkah itself) is acelebration of light in a time of darkness. Butthere is an even deeper New Year’s connection toHanukkah.

Of course we celebrate our New Year at RoshHashanah, and we say the gates of forgivenessclose at the end of Yom Kippur, this is why thefinal service is called Ne’ilah – closing. But,according to our Sages of Blessed Memory, thegates actually stay open until Hoshanah Rabbah –the final day of Sukkot. We extend our NewYear’s season just a little bit longer… And thenthe hasidic rebbes come around, look at thematter and say, No the gates don’t close at

Hoshanah Rabbah, the gates close at…Hanukkah!

Why? Because Hanukkah is the time of therededication of the Temple and a rededication ofourselves to God and Torah. And that’s what wedo at the secular New Year – make resolutions ofhow we can do better in our lives and in theworld.

May we all enjoy the light of the Hanukkahmenorah, the warmth of community and the glowof our own inner light.

Happy Han(New Years)ukkah!

The Gates of Forgiveness Close at Hanukkah

By: Rabbi Justin Goldstein

Hanukkah 1st

Candle – Dec. 24

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A monthly tour through the Siddur:

the meaning, significance, customs, laws,

history and choreography of prayer

Ye’hi khavod hashem l’olam – an anthology of psalms – This is an example of what is very likely one of the earliest additions

to the set liturgical tradition. Rather than crafted poetic original writing, what we have here is a collection of various psalms,

individual verses from a total of around a dozen sources. As a unit, the collection serves as a meditation on God’s compassion,

control of Creation and the eternal promise of redemption. It also serves as a separation between the middle section of Pesukei

D’Zimra and its final section which, according to some rabbinic opinions, may have comprised – at least in part – the original

Pesukei D’Zimra for what the Talmud refers to as the early pious ones.

Next month …. Ashrei

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Ongoing CBI Events

Meet the Midrash

Out of the texts of the Torah, the Rabbis created teachings bringing deeper meanings to the wisdom of the Jewish

people known as Midrash. Each week we will explore some of these teachings based on the weekly Torah portion.

We will gain not only an understanding of what the Rabbis were teaching, but how and why they were able to offer

these teachings. While there are many compilations of Midrash from different periods in Jewish history, we will

focus our studies on Midrash Rabbah. Wednesdays 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm

Hazak

Hazak is a group of empty nesters who meet monthly for good food and conversation at local restaurants. The group

usually meets the first Wednesday of each month at 5:30 pm, barring holiday conflicts. Anyone who is interested can

be added to the email list. Contact Sue Lerner.

Hasidishe Kiddushled by Rabbi Goldstein

Fill your heart and soul with Torah (and schnapps...) and join together to learn Hasidic thought and wisdom on parashat

ha'shavu’a. Last Shabbat of each month at 12:30 pm.

Living Torah with Rabbi Justin Goldstein

Timeless teachings for walking in the world. Start your day off with inspired learning and meaningful conversations.

Relevant and insightful lessons from the wellspring of Jewish wisdom. All are welcome, no experience necessary.

Thursdays 8:30 am at 75 N. Market Street, Asheville.

CBI Dinner and a Movie

Dinner and a Movie is on hiatus and will resume when more interest is generated.

For Information about Burial Plots

at Lou Pollock Memorial Park

Contact:

Josh Tager cemetery@bethisraelnc.org

or Fred Lashley

Current rates: $750 CBI members;

$1,000 non-members

Rates will be increasing January 2017.

Click on the donate button at the left to pay your dues,

make a contribution, pay your Annual Appeal Pledge or

pay for your Ingles cards. This simple Web Check system

is a direct debit to your checking account and allows you

to send a message to the CBI office along with your pay-

ment. No need to write checks or make special trips to the

office.

Making Donations to CBI Is Easier Than Ever

CBI Winter Meetingand

Capital CampaignUpdate

Sunday January 8, 2017

Capital Campaign Update

As of November 1, 2016, CBI has secured pledges of nearly $750,000 primarily from within our membership. During

the High Holidays Rabbi Justin was approached by an anonymous donor from CBI who has offered to match up to

$100,000 of new pledges and donations from CBI members who have already made a pledge or a gift to the campaign.

The idea of this matching gift is to encourage members to dig a bit deeper for this campaign. The deadline for these

new pledges is December 31st, 2016. If our membership is able to seize on this incredible matching opportunity, we

could raise an additional $200,000 in campaign funds bringing us very close to our $1 million goal. This will certainly

enable our synagogue to get started on the work at hand and break ground this coming Spring 2017. We know that not

everybody will be able to dig any deeper as many have already pledged quite generously, but every little bit will help

reach the maximum match. Please contact the synagogue office or Mike Weizman if you are able to participate in this

match effort before year end.

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117th Annual Congregation Beth Israel

Thursday December 29th, 2016 5 – 8* PM

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presents:

JEWISH JAZZ

Steve Loew, clarinet Daniel Weiser, piano Works by George Gershwin, Artie Shaw,

Benny Goodman plus Klezmer-inspired music

Sunday, December 18 at 2:00 Beth Israel Synagogue 229 Murdock Avenue, Asheville

Admission: $20 for general; $15 for Beth Israel members

Free for children 18 and under Tickets available at the door. Info: Dan at 802-369-0856

Discounted advance seats available at:

www.amicimusic.org

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Confronting the Silence: A Holocaust Survivor’s Search for God

Walter Ziffer’s book, Confronting the Silence: A Holocaust Survivor’s Search

for God, will be published by Dykeman Legacy Press on March 6, 2017. CBI

has made arrangements with the publisher to pre-order the book in advance

of the publication date. Watch for ordering details in the near future.

Save the date – Sunday March 5, 2017. Walter will give a talk on his book

and will be doing a book signing. A reception will follow to celebrate Walter’s

90th birthday.

Visit our Gift Shop

Regular Gift Shop Hours

Fridays from noon to 2:30 pm

Sundays from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm

ADDITIoNAL HouRS ARe ALSo

AVAILABLe By APPoINTMeNT.

QueSTIoNS? CoNTACT CARoL SAMSky 676-0765

giftshop@bethisraelnc.org

Visit Our Gift Shop

Come by the CBI Gift Shop to get your

Hanukkah gifts and candles. We have

lovely items and our mark-up is half of

typical retailers! Pieces by local artists

make very special gifts – for instance, a

mezzuzah or menorah by Walter Ziffer

will not be found anywhere else. The

shop is open most Sundays during Family

Education and Fridays from noon until

2:30 pm. In addition visit the shop during

the Jewish Jazz concert on December 18.

The shop will also be open during the

Hanukkah party on December 29.

Boray Perie HagafenBy: Ira Naiman

Call the FBI! Call the Secret Service and CIA! It seems Value

Man’s email server was hacked. Obviously the work of

Edward Schmoe-Den, now residing in Russia, who sent it to

VinoLeaks. Evidently he was outraged that Value Man

recommended some wines (published in the CBI HaShofar)

to the Democratic Party candidates a few months ago. A

dastardly deed done to Value Man, but Value Man will

persevere by strengthening the firewalls, stiffening the virus

blockers and encoding data in Yiddish (I don’t know what all

that means, but it sounds official).

Ingles is my primary wine destination, but now that my

internet and server is secure, we can explore a wine site I use

called Wines Till Sold Out (wtso.com). This site features one

wine at a time, until it’s sold out. They then feature another.

WTSO receives wine from manufacturers, of all price ranges,

who want to sell their stock quickly at a discount. By using a

discerning eye, you can get wine for half price or less. Keep

in mind these wines are originally priced above (often way

above) Value Man’s range (preferably $10 or less), but

sometimes come down close. Also these are wines you will

not find in grocery stores and often not in Asheville wine

stores either. They can be special, unusual, low volume

products. It can be addicting to keep watching your computer

or smart phone screen to see what’s being offered (disclaimer:

I do not have any financial interest in or familial involvement

with this company).

Let’s look at two of Value Man’s recent acquisitions from

wtso.com. First up is Casa Cadaval Padre Pedro Reserva

2012. It comes from Portugal, which is famous for Port wine.

Portugal also makes some wonderful reds. The grapes used

in the Casa Cadaval are Touriga Nacional (the major red

grape of Portugal), Trincadira, Alicante Bouschet and Merlot.

You taste various black fruit, but it’s not strongly fruity, it has

a floral aroma of violets and spice. I feel it has an earthy

element as well. It definitely is different, no doubt due to the

unusual local grapes. My wife and I really like it. Internet

prices are around $30; I got it for $14.99. Definitely a swirl

and sipper.

Next up is Terre da Vino Barolo 2012. This wine is made

from the Nebbiolo grape, which is often considered the King

of the Italian grapes. The Barolo vineyards are in the

northwest section of Italy, the Piedmont, and east of the

French border. There are very strict standards that must be

followed in order to be called Barolo, and there is a hierarchy

of areas. Even in the lesser areas or vineyards, Barolos can

easily start in the $40 range and shoot upwards. When I saw

it for $18.99, I bought several. It has a cherry, rose, leather,

earthly flavor. One thing you will notice is a dry, astringent

feeling in your mouth due to the tannins. In the higher rated

vineyards, these tannins (substances found in the grape skin,

seeds and stems) give the wine the ability to age (and

sometimes have to age to make it drinkable) for 10 years and

more. It’s a very enjoyable wine.

So now we explored another facet of the wine world. Did you

learn something, Vladimir?

Until next time.

January Ha’Shofar Deadline –

December 10thI welcome your newsletter contributions, but

please, please respect the deadline of the

10th of the month.

~ Bruce

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Thank You!

Thank you to those who contributed to our Food

Drive for Manna Food Bank over the holidays. Our

donation amounted to 500 lbs of food!

Refuah ShleimahWishing a speedy recovery to Jacquie Denio, Adele Rose, Natasha Wood, Allison Gilreath.

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To Caren Kessler, Caroline Manheimer, Rochelle Reich, Carol Samsky, Gail Shulimson,

Marlene Jacoby, Janice Brock, & Jan Zollars for staffing the Gift Shop

To Rabbi Goldstein, Jay Jacoby and Ira Naiman for their articles to Ha’Shofar this month

To Denise Pohlman and Josefa Briant for organizing special Holiday Siddurim for our students

with real holiday text, service prayers, and plays for each holiday.

To Jeffery, Solomon and Abigail Rose Goldstein, Norm and Tamar Katzwer, Alex Reich, Lee Avishai and Mike and Adina

Weizman for answering the call of duty and disassembling our synagogue sukkah. Having so many volunteers show up

allowed the job to be done in just 45 minutes – a new CBI record !

To Bob & Leslie Goldstein for their donation of a new table for the social hall.

To Bobbie Kelsten for the donation of two of her beautiful handwoven tallitot, now for sale in the Gift Shop.

Many Thanks!

Ingles cards are a no-cost fundraiser for Beth Israel. Each month

CBI members and friends buy $14,000 worth of Ingles gift cards

to help raise $700 for Beth Israel – over $8,000 annually. Ingles

gift cards can be used at any Ingles store for groceries, pharmacy

items and gasoline. Sign up now to receive your Ingles cards auto-

matically each month. The office also keeps an inventory of Ingles

cards for immediate purchase. Contact the CBI office to get more

information and/or to participate at 252-8660 or admin@bethis-

raelnc.org.

our Madrichim Help you Create

Personal and Meaningful Programs at CBIAt its core, the CBI Madrichim initiative is designed to engage each and every

member on a personal level; empower each of us to create the Jewish expe-

riences that are meaningful for us; and, in doing so, enhance our potential

for authentic Jewish expression. Success is when we realize that we benefit

as much by supporting another’s personal journey as we do from the program

itself. What is your passion or interest: a class, a club, a social action program,

a fundraiser, a tikkun olam project, a social event? Think about it. Then con-

tact one of the folks below and let us help you make it happen!

CBI MadrichimBruce Brown

Ali Climo

Sally Gooze

Caren Kessler

Alan Silverman

Mike Weizman

Support Your Shul and Its Congregants!

Active Donor Directed FundsFor those members of

CBI who would like to

direct their financial

support toward a spe-

cific area within CBI,

these are the active

donor directed funds.

You are encouraged to

support the General

Fund with your dona-

tions, allowing the Board of Directors the

discretion to direct this support toward

areas of the most need.

** These funds are very active and in the

most need of regular contributions.

� ** Spiritual Life Fund – Support of

spiritual life programs and needs

� **Social Action Fund – Funds CBI’s

social action projects

� ** Chesed/Tzedakah Fund –

Supports the Bereavement Committee

and other Chesed related activities

� ** Ted Liebowitz Children’s Fund –

Provides scholarships for Bet Sefer

students and supports Bet Sefer

expenses

� ** Toby Cohen Minyan katan and

Junior Congregation Fund

� ** Family education Fund –

Supports family education program-

ming

� Shorashim Teen Program Fund –

Supports CBI teen programs

� **Adult ed Fund

� Website/Computer/Tech Fund

� Cemetery Committee Fund –

Supports maintenance of CBI’s

Lou Pollock Cemetery

� Chevra kadisha Fund – Supports

efforts toward preparing the body of

the departed for Jewish burial.

� **Rabbi Discretionary Fund –

Supports needs or causes the Rabbi

chooses to support

General Fund

Dee Weiner: in memory of her

mother, Nellie Seidler

Ken & Ellen Kaplan

Richard & Barbara Laibson: in

honor of Sandy Slosman’s special

birthday

Lee Avishai: wishing refuah

shleimah to Natasha Wood

James O. Stamey

Lee Avishai: wishing happy birth-

day to Sandy Slosman

Allison Marks: in memory of her

father, Lowell Fisher

Patti Frankel: in appreciation of the

Chesed Committee

Gerard & Thelma Uhler: in honor

of their son Morris’s birthday

Brad & Shelley Fisher: in honor of

Brad’s cousin Jonathan’s wedding

Gerard & Thelma Uhler: in honor

of their grandson Dr. Stephen

Smith’s birthday

Lee Avishai: wishing happy 90th

birthday to Elaine Bronstein

Ted Liebowitz Children’s Fund

Gerard & Thelma Uhler

yahrzeit Fund

Lois Bernard: in memory of her

grandmother, Jennie Dipsiner

David & Sharon Boas: in memory

of David’s father, William Boas

Alan & Suzanne Escovitz: in

memory of Alan’s mother,

Dorothy Escovitz

Ron & Deborah Neimkin: in

memory of Ron’s father, Milton

Neimkin

David & Sharon Boas: in memory

of Rose White

Ron & Deborah Neimkin: in

memory of Ron’s mother, Marion

Neimkin

Charles & Jo Ann Myers: in

memory of Jo Ann’s mother, Ruth

Baer Cooley

Esther Burstein and Laurie Chess:

in memory of Hyman David

Burstein

Eliot & Nancy Renick: in memory

of Eliot’s father, Nathan Renick

Charles & Jo Ann Myers: in mem-

ory of Jo Ann’s father, Sam Baer

Davida Horwitz: in memory of her

father, Burnerd Horwitz

Liam’s Israel Trip Fund

Sally Gooze

Paul & Barbara Michalove

Lauren Malinoff

Adult education Fund

Neil & Cindy Garroway: in honor

of Bernard Coleman

Holiday Turkey Fund

Bruce Brown & Brian Stone

Lee Avishai

October to November

Mazel Tov !

December Birthdays05 Eva Blinder

Jimi Moore

06 Indiana Aaron West

08 Loretta Holmes

09 Rhonda Diamond

10 Phineas Tager

12 Bruce Brown

13 Alan Silverman

Curtis Waters

18 Barbara Hall

20 Alex Reich

Marla Drucker

Irvin Saron

21 Jay Jacoby

Dani Waters

22 Linda Winick

23 Sandi Freedberg

Natasha Wood

Jenna Levine

25 Judy Hoffman

26 Neil Garroway

28 Gail Gordon

30 Gerry Hausman

03 William & Barbara Lewin, John & Jimi Moore

10 Jeremy & Carol Samsky, Gail Shulimson, Lois Bernard

17 Carl & Susan Eisdorfer, Jonathan & Sandi Freedberg

24 Ileana Grams-Moog, Lauren Malinoff

31 Sally Gooze, Roberta Wall, Rebecca Gholson

December Kiddush Hosts

December Anniversaries13 Ron & Deborah Neimkin

Jonathan & Sandi Freedberg

16 Norman & Tamar Katzwer

20 Mark & Robin Goldstein

23 David & Sharon Boas

29 Jeremy & Carol Samsky

30 Stephen & Barbara Lehrer

Anthony & Danise Hauser

Have You Tried Our Dip Jar?As you know, most of our programs are FREE and open to all. The Dip Jar resides on the piano in

the Social Hall alongside a donation jug. It is an easy way to make a $5 contribution to Beth Israel

by inserting your credit or debit card. Or feel free to leave a check or cash in the donation jug.

If you have enjoyed a program at CBI, please make a donation the next time you are in the building

(except on Shabbat).

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Have you Tried out our

Web Check Payment System?CBI’s Web Check Payment system is being used by quite a few congregants. Try it out, if you haven’t already. It’s an

easy-to-use, NO FEE way to make any of your payments to CBI – Dues, Bet Sefer, Food Cards (Ingles and Scrips),

or Donations. This is a direct debit from your checking account. You just need your routing number and account number.

There is also a place for a memo entry so that you can indicate the purpose of your donation (in memory of, a particular

fund, etc.). Please make sure to fill in the memo box so that we can allocate your payment correctly.

We have contracted with a third party web check provider for this service. They have all of the necessary security issues

in place to handle sensitive account information data. Beth Israel Web Check Payments Online

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December 2016SUN FRI SATTHUWEDTUEMON

Hanukkah

1st Candle

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Announced during services on November 26

01 (30 Cheshvan) Wolff Alterman for his grandmother, Ann Zodikoff

01 (01 Kislev) Hanan Weizman for his brother, Nissim Weizman

01 (01 Kislev) Frank Goldsmith for his father, Frank Goldsmith

01 (01 Kislev) Gail Shulimson for her aunt, Jean Shulimson

01 (01 Kislev) Barbara Miller for her grandmother, Nettie Slosman

02 (02 Kislev) Carol Deutsch for her mother, Helen Hillman Cohen

December 2 & 3

08 (08 Kislev) Jeremy Samsky for his mother, Sarah Samsky

09 (09 Kislev) Marla Drucker for her mother, Sarah Jeanne Cohn

December 10

10 (10 Kislev) Alan Baumgarten for his uncle, Miki Altberger Haran

10 (10 Kislev) Danielle Waters for her grandmother, Sophie Boumel

14 (14 Kislev) Lauren Malinoff for her grandfather, Herbert Lipman

14 (14 Kislev) Gail Shulimson for her uncle, Morris Shulimson

15 (15 Kislev) Jodi Travis for her uncle, Norman Bander

16 (16 Kislev) Miriam Zaretsky for her husband, Phil Zaretsky

December 16 & 17

17 (17 Kislev) Marc Penansky for his mother, Ruth Penansky

17 (17 Kislev) Goldie Weizman for her mother, Anna Zucker

18 (18 Kislev) Bernard Coleman for his sister, Yvonne Coleman

20 (20 Kislev) Barbara Lewin for her mother, Ruth Kaufman Blick

21 (21 Kislev) Sylvia Bechinsky for her grandmother, Fanny Zimmerman

21 (21 Kislev) Daliah Gans for her father, Rouven Lewinbook

21 (21 Kislev) Carrie Winkelman for her father, Sam Samuels

23 (23 Kislev) Paul Michalove for his father, Jack I. Michalove

December 24

24 (24 Kislev) Barbara Hall for her father, James Hall

24 (24 Kislev) Jodi Travis for her grandfather, Phil Bander

26 (26 Kislev) Barbara Lewin for her father, Milton Blick

26 (26 Kislev) Abe Freedman for his father, Louis Morey Freedman

28 (28 Kislev) Sylvia Bechinsky for her mother, Tillie Zimmerman

29 (29 Kislev) Thelma Uhler for her grandmother, Ida Sherman

30 (30 Kislev) Claire Mager-Jaffee for her mother, Adele Mager

30 (01 Tevet) Bob Pohlman for his mother, Alice Pohlman

May their memories be for a blessing.

Beth Israel Synagogue

Rabbi Justin Goldstein

Congregation Beth Israel

229 Murdock Avenue

Asheville, NC  28804

office Phone (828) 252-8660

Rabbi’s Phone (828) 252-9024

Fax (828) 252-8431

email: admin@bethisraelnc.org

Synagogue office Hours:

Monday to Friday

10:00 am to 4:00 pm

For updated information visit our website at

www.bethisraelnc.org

December

Candle-lighting & Havdalah

Friday 12/2/2016 4:59 pm

Saturday 12/3/2016 5:48 pm

Friday 12/9/2016 4:59 pm

Saturday 12/10/2016 5:48 pm

Friday 12/16/2016 5:01 pm

Saturday 12/17/2016 5:50 pm

Friday 12/23/2016 5:04 pm

Saturday 12/24/2016 5:53 pm

Friday 12/30/2016 5:09 pm

Saturday 12/31/2016 5:58 pm

RabbiRabbi Justin Goldstein rabbi@bethisraelnc.org

office AdministratorLee Avishai admin@bethisraelnc.org

executive CommitteeBruce Brown, VP Finance

and Ha’Shofar Editor vpfinance@bethisraelnc.org

Della Simon, VP Education vpeducation@bethisraelnc.org

Norman Katzwer, Secretary boardsecretary@bethisraelnc.org

Bob Deutsch, Legal Counsel legal@bethisraelnc.org

Marc Penansky, Past Pres. pastpresident@bethisraelnc.org

Board Committee Chairs/Members

Alan Silverman, Membership membership@bethisraelnc.org

Eva Blinder, Spiritual/Ritual ritual@bethisraelnc.org

Marlene Jacoby, Social Action socialaction1@bethisraelnc.org

Sebastian Matthews, Adult Educ. adulted1@bethisraelnc.org

Robert Kline, Adult Education adulted2@bethisraelnc.org

Members-at-Large:

Adam Kaufman mal1@bethisraelnc.org

Tamar Katzwer mal2@bethisraelnc.org

Roberta Wall mal3@bethisraelnc.org

Non-Board Committee ChairsMeryl Goldstein, Chevra Kadisha chevrakadisha1@bethisraelnc.org

Jay Jacoby, Chevra Kadisha chevrakadisha2@bethisraelnc.org

Alan Escovitz, Habitat & Mission socialactionh4h@bethisraelnc.org

Bruce Brown, Kitchen vpfinance@bethisraelnc.org

Lauren Malinoff, Yahrtzeit yahrtzeit@bethisraelnc.org

Caren Kessler, Liaison liaison@bethisraelnc.org

Stephen Kayne, Dinner & a Movie dinnerandamovie@bethisraelnc.org

Jeremy Samsky, House/Grounds houseandgrounds1@bethisraelnc.org

Marc Penansky, House/Grounds houseandgrounds2@bethisraelnc.org

Josh Tager, Cemetery cemetery@bethisraelnc.org

Security:

Frank Goldsmith security1@bethisraelnc.org

Alan Escovitz security2@bethisraelnc.org

Marc Rudow security3@bethisraelnc.org

A Look Ahead !

Hanukkah First Candle.......................................... December 24

CBI Hanukkah Party.............................................. December 29

New Year’s Day ............................................................ January 1

Winter Meeting ............................................................ January 8

Chesed: CBI’s Support NetworkThe Chesed Group is a caring team of congregants who are here for you. Coordi-

nating the energy and abilities of the entire CBI family, we help those in need. We

are not professional caregivers but we are here to help however we can. Here are

some of the activities we can help with:

• Visiting those who are sick • Assembling a minyan for shiva

• Helping set up for a bar mitzvah party • Preparing meals when needed

• Providing transportation • Shopping for the homebound

• Helping those in need find the • And many more services

right resources

But we can’t help unless we know who needs and wants support. So we need you

to tell us. If we can help you with something or if you are aware of someone who

could use some help, please don’t hesitate to call Lee in the CBI office. She will

contact the appropriate member of the Chesed Group. All requests for confiden-

tiality will be completely honored.

Making a donation to the work of the Chesed committee is always welcome. It

will help us help you.