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CONGREGATION AGUDATH ACHIM
Congregation Agudath Achim
9 LEE BLVD., • SAVANNAH, GA 31405 • 912-352-4737 • www.agudath-achim.com
SEPTEMBER 2015• ELUL-TISHRI 5775 ISSUES #8
A Glance at what’s
inside
Information from the
President
Donor Program
Shalom School
Happenings
High Holiday Sched-
ule
Backpack Buddies
Info
Weekly Study
Opportunities
In the Community
Events
Yahrzeits
Contributions
Calendar for
September
Your September
Birthdays
Hay m היום
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RABBI
Moshe Silberschein
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Motti Locker
PRESIDENT
Steven Roth
VICE-PRESIDENT
Victor Shernoff
FINANCIAL SECRETARY
Elise Shernoff
RECORDING SECRETARY
AJ Haysman
TREASURER
Michael Bonder
IMMEDIATE
PAST PRESIDENT
Kenneth Sadler
BOARD MEMBERS
Liz Arkin
Adam Fins
Doug Goldstein
David Hirsh
Kenneth Hoffman
Nancy Isaacson
Barry Luskey
Debby Luskey
Morgan McGhie
Rick Meier
Scott Samuels
Barry Schlafstein
MEN’S CLUB
Daniel Skidmore-Hess
CHEVRA KADISHA
David Reeves
ENDOWMENT COMMITTEE
CHAIRMAN
Joel Goodman
RITUAL COMMITTEE
David Hirsh
SHALOM SCHOOL
Eva Locker
HONORARY MEMBERS
Larry Lasky
Information from the President:
I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a Happy New Year. The New
Year is 5776. How time flies. A New Year represents a new beginning for us as
Jews individually and for us as a congregation.
We welcome Rabbi Moshe Silberschein as our interim Rabbi for the next ten
months. We are fortunate as a congregation to have such a learned and
experienced rabbi as our spiritual leader.
We also will begin again to look for a permanent rabbi to pick up this torch when
Rabbi Silberschein passes it on in July of 2016. By that time I will be
your immediate past President. Over the past fifteen months or so I have come to
learn a lot about this synagogue and this congregation. We have a small, but very
dedicated staff led ably by Motti Locker. They all work very hard to keep this
congregation working and we as congregants should remember to show our
appreciation when we can because this is more than just a job to them. We also
have a group of congregants who, at no cost to the congregation, donate their
expertise. They keep us wired and keep our professional bills down. These
donations do not appear anywhere on a balance sheet but clearly keep our
expenses down and are generally unrecognized by most congregants. In addition
to the employees and the congregants who donate their work we have a substantial
core of involved, devoted and hard-working congregants. They come to minyan on
a regular basis. They visit the sick as congregational representatives. They serve
on congregational committees, often more than one. They make calls for the
congregation to investigate the best, most cost efficient way to do things. They
oversee our synagogue building, looking into potential improvements,
maintenance and ways to handle unanticipated disasters or near disasters. They
support our synagogue Backpack Buddy program. These congregants
devote countless hours to this synagogue. We should all keep this in mind when
we are asked to serve on a committee.
I look forward to the year ahead with great optimism. I hope that 5776 will
be a great year for Congregation Agudath Achim. I wish you all a Happy
New Year.
Steven Roth
Congregational President
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Shalom School Happenings
Shalom School
It is hard to believe another summer is over and we recently welcomed our students back to Shalom
School. As we began a new school year and are getting ready to welcome the year 5776, we feel it is
time to take stock and plan for the future. The Shalom School staff has spent time looking at what we
do and how we can make our program educational and enjoyable for our students.
Kids learn best with a multi-sensory approach; by seeing, saying, hearing, writing and doing. We are
tweaking our curriculum and lessons to ensure our students are learning in all of these ways each
week. You will hear your children talking about our new hands on learning opportunities. We have a
new committee looking at “Hands On Mitzvot” and will be providing updates on this exciting new
program for our students.
We are fortunate that Amanda Barker was able to attend the NewCAJE conference in Hartford over
the summer. Amanda brought back fresh ideas and shared them with the rest of our staff. We look
forward to taking these ideas and incorporating them in our classes.
As a staff we are committed to providing a solid foundation in Jewish Education. There is much to
learn each year. Your children learn Jewish history, holidays and traditions, blessings, Hebrew, about
Israel, how to be a responsible citizen of the world and so much more. At Shalom School we intro-
duce all of this in our Pre-K class and build on these concepts each year.
Currently our students are learning about Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. For our younger students
this means making and blowing a shofar to welcome year 5776 while for the older students are re-
flecting on the past year and making atonements. We are learning about doing for others and how
knowing you are helping brings with it a good feeling.
We have taken stock, made some changes and kept some things the same. This year we would love
for our parents and any other interested community members to become involved. Please consider
volunteering to assist in the education of this next generation. If you are interested, please contact
Eva Locker at [email protected].
L’ Shanah Tova!
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Weekly Study Opportunities
1. Food for the Soul - Explore how themes in Jewish prayer are relevant to your life.
Wednesdays at 9:00 a.m. following breakfast and minyan.
2. Midrash: The Rabbinic Imagination - Learn how the rabbinic mind works through traditional text study.
Thursdays at 8:00 a.m.
NEW
3. Parashat HaShavuah - Analyze the weekly Torah portion after the Shabbat Kiddush lunch at 12:45 p.m.
4. Havdallah and Ice Cream, Sing, eat, and study as we usher out Shabbat and welcome in the new week with this beautiful
ritual. Dusk on Saturday evenings.
5. Torah B’Chavurah - Organize a group of your friends to study Torah with the Rabbi Barkan or Motti “for one session” or
on an ongoing basis.
Backpack buddies (2015/2016 School year)
We will hold our kickoff meeting on Tuesday, September 22nd
at 9:00 a.m. The meeting should last no more than one hour.
We are scheduled to begin this year’s program with the first
packing on Wednesday, October 14th and the first delivery on
Thursday, October 15th. If you have participated before or
would like to learn more about the program, please come to the
meeting on September 22nd.
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SEPTEMBER 01/17 ELUL
BERTHA DIRECTOR
SAM KAMINE
JOSEPH WALDMAN
SEPTEMBER 02/18 ELUL
MYRA LIPPMAN
JULIUS STEINBERG
COLEMAN STEIRN
SEPTEMBER 03/19 ELUL ETHEL WAGNER
SEPTEMBER 04/20 ELUL
FRAN COHEN
RACHEL GREENBERG
SEPTEMBER 05/21 ELUL
BEATRICE CUTTNER
SEPTEMBER 06/22 ELU
LENA BROWN
WULF FARKOVITZ
AL ROBBINS
SEPTEMBER 07/23 EUL
KARL FRIEDMAN
SEPTEMBER 08/24 ELUL
NEIL STOCKTON
SEPTEMBER 09/25 ELUL
JULIUS JACOBSON
SEPTEMBER 10/26 ELUL
DORIS GELLINS
GEORGE TENENBAUM
SEPTEMBER 11/27 ELUL
SYDNEY BIESPEL
ENRICHETTA KREH
MORRIS WEXLER
SEPTEMBER 12/28 ELUL
SARAH CRANMAN
REBECCA GALIN
ELLA MILLER
SYLVIA SEIDEL
RAY WEITZ FINK
SEPTEMBER 13/29 ELUL
GERSON FREED
SEPTEMBER 14/01 TISHREI
CHARLOTTE TENENBAUM
SEPTEMBER 15/02 TISHREI
JANICE FIEGLEMAN
SAM HIRSCH
STUART OURHAAN
PHYLLIS SHOOB
SEPTEMBER 16/03 TISHREI
BETTYE COHEN
BAILEE KRONOWITZ
SEPTEMBER 17/04 TISHREI
BILL KOVENSKY
DAVID ODREZIN
SEPTEMBER 18/05 TISHREI
HERSCHEL ISAACSON
SEPTEMBER 19/06 TISHREI
DOROTHY HANDSHU
MOE HOROWITZ
LINDA WEXLER
SEPTEMBER 20/07 TISHREI
ALFRED APPEL
DOROTHY GOLDKRAND
FANNIE KOVENSKY
SEPTEMBER 21/08 TISHREI
ABRAHAM EICHLER
SARA NATHAN
SAMUEL REICH
SEPTEMBER 22/09 TISHREI
VERA BECKER
YOSEF KNAFO
ROSE MILGRAM
JODI WOLFF
SEPTEMBER 23/10 TISHREI
REBA ABRAMS
SAMUEL BIRNBAUM
MORRIS KAMINE
MORRIS KATZ
GIOVANNA MAGLIONE
ISIDOR MELAVER
SEPTEMBER 24/11 TISHREI
THERESE KRONOWITZ
SEPTEMBER 25/12 TISHREI
BENJAMIN ABRAMS
SEPTEMBER 26/13 TISHREI
RUTH KRIEGER
SEPTEMBER 28/15 TISHREI
HERBERT BUCHSBAUM
LISA COOPER
SEPTEMBER 29/16 TISHREI
BARBARA H. RUBIN
MAX SCHWARTZ
Yahrzeits September 2015
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Helping Hands
In Memory Of
Bertha Freedman
Harriet & Eric Meyerhoff
Lewis Danish Tzedakah
In Memory Of
Louis Hollander, Mildred Leventhal
& Bernie Milgram
Barbara & Ellis Abrams
Pentateuch & Haftorah
In Memory Of
Hannah S. Weil
Loyce & Daniel Weil
Rabbi Jerry Potack Camp Ramah
Fund
In Memory Of
Sara Heyman
Joan Pam & Family
Siddur Sim Shalom
In Memory Of
Frances Wagger
Lynn & David Reeves
Shalom School
In Memory Of
Lillian Chodash
Harvey & Judith Shatz
The New Mahzorim
In Memory Of
Frances & Larry Wagger
Steffi & Sol Zerden
Happy 75th Birthday
Buddy Metzger
Ed Wexler
Building Fund
In Memory Of
Mary Helfand
Yetta Tureck& Robin Rackoff
Albert Meyerhoff & Gertrude Bobroff
Eric & Harriet Meyerhoff
In Honor Of
Shelkoff’s Wedding
Yetta Tureck& Robin Rackoff
Mazel Tov on Birth of New Grand-
son
Steve & Beth Roth
Yetta Tureck& Robin Rackoff
Ernie & Mary Weitz Friedman
Fund for the Study of Conservative
Judaism
In Memory Of
Stanley Weiss
Anita Schlossberg
In Honor Of
Cari & Michael’s wedding
Anita Schlossberg
Speedy Recovery Of
Elizabeth Weitz
Steffi & Sol Zerden
Sylvia & Morris Cohen Israel
Travel Endowment Fund
In Memory Of
Ella G. Miller, Janice Alterman,
Stephen Cohen & Sylvia Cohen
Edward & Becky Cohen
Sisterhood Mitzvah Committee
In Memory Of
Sylvia Seidel
Arthur & Linda Brill
Sadie Perl
Lynn & Richard Berkowitz
Frances Wagger & Howard Berman
Sharon & Murray Galin
Cari & Michael’s wedding
Steffi & Sol Zerden
Ralph & Pauline Tenenbaum
Chevra Kadish Fund
In Memory Of
Allan Wexler
Edward Wexler
Julius Marcus
Helen Rosengart
Backpack Buddies Fund
In Memory Of
Mary Flaherty
Reggie & Mel Goldstein
Viola Boles
Debra Cohen
Howard Berman
Harriet Ullman
Arlene & Allan Ratner
Frances Wagger
Arlene & Allan Ratner
Janice Fiegleman
Arlene & Phyllis Wizwer
Happy Birthday
Harriet Ullman
Vivian Slotin
Thank You
Dayle & Aaron Levy,
Arlene & Allen Ratner &
Marcy & Jerry Konter
Toby Hollenberg
Bailee Tenenbaum Kronowitz
Kiddush Fund
In Memory Of
Wolfe Silver
Barbara & Murray Silver
Catherine Silver
Murray & Barbara Silver
Contributions
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Lee Streicher
Jack & Helene Streicher
Rene Lehrberger
Elise & Victor Shernoff
Howard Berman
Victor & Elise Shernoff
Sara Heyman
Sandra & Marcus Seligman
Don Gellins
Harriet Ullman
In Honor Of
Cari & Michael’s Wedding
Elise & Victor Shernoff
Happy 70th Wedding Anniversary
Helen & Herman Cranman
Rene Lehrberger
Happy Birthday
Harriet Ullman
Doris Klugman
Wishing You the Best
Rabbi & Adina Barkan
Sally Krissman
Congratulations on New Grand-
daughter
Paul & Harriet Kulbersh
Rene Lehrberger
Elise & Victor Shernoff
Speedy Recovery Of
Joan Bloom
Sandra & Marcus Seligman
Kaye Kole
Harriet Ullman
General Fund
In Memory Of
Tim Rubnitz
Joan Pam
Myron & Fran Kaminsky
Frances Wagger
Myron & Fran Kaminsky
Roberta & Rick Finn
Rose & Victor Ackermann
Linda & Michael Zoller
Priscilla & Perry Russell
Howard Berman
Myron & Fran Kaminsky
Linda & Michael Zoller
Joan Pam
Lee Streicher
Joan Pam
Gale & David Hirsh
Linda & Michael Zoller
Allan L. Cooper
Doris Gellins
Don Gellins
Rose Roth
Beth & Steve Roth
Leon Smithberg
Steven Smithberg
Stanley Weiss
Marvin & Marilyn Eichelbaum
Elizabeth & Steven Arkin
Lynn Goodman
Manny Franklin
Marvin & Marilyn Eichelbaum
Nicholas Bilek
William Bilek
Steven Shoob
Cary Shoob
Sam Poznansky
Liela Weltman
Carol Rosenthal Shear
Lynn Goodman
Ned Chodash
Harvey & Judith Shatz
Adeline Gold
Beth & Steve Roth
Abe Tepper
Jane Winter
Bernard Metzger
Julie & Buddy Metzger
Edward Cranman
Harriet & Eric Meyerhoff
Evelyn Bodziner
Leon & Helene Friedman
Leroy G. Monsky
Buddy & Julie Metzger
Bella Vogel
Theodore & Adelle Geffen
Helena Bilek
William Bilek
Albert Pecknay
Barbara Pecknay
In Honor Of
Alex Zerden
Elizabeth & Steven Arkin
Thank You
Rabbi Barkan
Lynn Goodman
Thank You
Sherwin Robin
Hedda Ginsberg
Congratulations on New
Granddaughter
Harriet & Paul Kulbersh
Julie & Buddy Metzger
Gale & David Hirsh
Contributions
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Congregation Agudath Achim Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Shabbat Services
followed by
Kiddush
Luncheons
1
7:30 a.m. Shacharit
6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
2
8:00 a.m.
Shacharit with
Breakfast and
Torah Study
6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
3
7:00 a.m. Shacharit
and Torah Study
6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
4
7:00 a.m.
Shacharit
with breakfast to
follow 5:45 p.m.
Kabbalat Shabbat
7:27 p.m. Candle Lighting
5
9:15 a.m.
Shabbat Services
7:35 p.m. Mincha
8:21 p.m.
Maariv/Havdalah
6
9:00 a.m. Shacharit
6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
7
7:00 a.m. Shacharit
6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
8
7:30 a.m. Shacharit
6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
9
8:00 a.m.
Shacharit with
Breakfast and
Torah Study
6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
10
7:00 a.m. Shacharit
and Torah Study
6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
11
7:00 a.m.
Shacharit
with breakfast to
follow 5:45 p.m.
Kabbalat Shabbat
7:18 p.m. Candle Lighting
12
9:15 a.m.
Shabbat Services
7:25 p.m. Mincha
8:11 p.m.
Maariv/Havdalah
13
9:00 a.m. Shacharit
6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
7:15 p.m. Candle
Lighting
Erev Rosh Hashanah
14
9:00 a.m. Shacharit
(SEE HIGH
HOLIDAY
SCHEDULE FOR
TIMES)
Rosh Hashanah
15
9:00 a.m. Shacharit
Ends
(SEE HIGH
HOLIDAY
SCHEDULE FOR
TIMES)
Rosh Hashanah
16
8:00 a.m.
Shacharit with
Breakfast and
Torah Study
6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
Fast of Gedaliah
17
7:00 a.m. Shacharit
and Torah Study
6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
18
7:00 a.m.
Shacharit
with breakfast to
follow 5:45 p.m.
Kabbalat Shabbat
7:09 p.m. Candle Lighting
19
9:15 a.m.
Shabbat Services
7:15 p.m. Mincha
8:02 p.m.
Maariv/Havdalah
20
9:00 a.m. Shacharit
6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
21
7:00 a.m. Shacharit
6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
22
7:30 a.m. Shacharit
7:08 p.m. Mincha
7:15 p.m. Kol
Nidre
Kol Nidre
23
9:00 a.m.
Shacharit
(SEE HIGH
HOLIDAY
SCHEDULE FOR
TIMES)
Yom Kippur Yizkor
24
7:00 a.m. Shacharit
and Torah Study
6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
25
7:00 a.m.
Shacharit
with breakfast to
follow 5:45 p.m.
Kabbalat Shabbat
7:00 p.m. Candle Lighting
26
9:15 a.m.
Shabbat Services
7:10 p.m. Mincha
7:53 p.m. Maariv/
Havdalah
27
9:00 a.m. Shacharit
6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
6:57 p.m. Candle
Lighting
Erev Sukkot
28
9:30 a.m. Sukkot
Services followed
by Kiddush
Luncheon in Sukkah
6:00 p.m. Mincha
Sukkot Day 1
29
9:30 a.m. Sukkot
Services
6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
Sukkot Day 2
30
8:00 a.m.
Shacharit with
Breakfast and
Torah Study
6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
October 1
7:00 a.m. Shacharit
and Torah Study
6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
October 2
7:00 a.m.
Shacharit
with breakfast to
follow 5:45 p.m.
Kabbalat Shabbat
6:50 p.m. Candle Lighting
Come welcome the Shabbat by celebrating with
our friends at
Buckingham on Fridays at 11am.
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Yom Huledet Same’ach!
We Extend Happy
Birthday Wishes
to the Following Members
MESSAGE FROM THE
MINYAN CAPTAINS
If you are planning to come to
Shul for Kaddish, please
contact the minyan captain a
few days in advance.
Monday (7:00am) -
Kenneth Sadler
Tuesday (7:30am) -
Lynn Reeves
Wednesday (8:00am) -
Ron Ginsberg
Thursday (7:00am) -
Michael Konter
Friday (7:00am) -
Bobby Isaacson
Sunday (9:00am) -
David Hirsh
Barry Gale
Sara Schlafstein
Vivian Slotin
Arnold Goldberg
Peri Kyriacos
Daniel Lewis
Eli Heyman
Linda Cooper
Stavie Kreh
Mary Friedman
Jerome Lederman
Mel Galin
Donna Horesh
Joel Goodman
Arthur Brill
Ian Barker
Adelle Burnsed-Geffen
Ethan Goldstein
Lorlee Tenenbaum
David DeVaro
Brenda Salter
Irvin Warshaw
Toby Friedman
Rhoda Kantor
Judith Shatz
Stefanie Goldstein
Morrie Shelkoff
Lisa Sutker
Matthew Tratt
Robyn Carroll
Maxine Patterson
Paul Todtfeld
Abram Applebaum
Elizabeth Arkin
Andy Udinsky
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Congregation Agudath Achim
9 Lee Blvd
Savannah GA 31405 NON/PROFIT ORG.
U.S. POSTAGE PAID
PERMIT NO. 21
SAVANNAH, GA
RABBI
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
FINANCIAL COORDINATOR
ADMINISTRATIVE ASST.
RABBI MOSHE SILBERSCHEIN
MOTTI LOCKER
LAURA EVANS
JULIANA G. BLAND
PRESIDENT
VICE/PRESIDENT
FINANICAL SECRETARY
TREASURER
RECORDING SECRETARY
CHEVRA KADISHA PRESIDENT
PRESIDENT EMERITUS CHEVRA KADISHA
STEVEN ROTH
VICTOR SHERNOFF
ELISE SHERNOFF
MICHAEL BONDER
AJ HAYSMAN
DAVID REEVES
ABRAM RUBIN
OFFICE HOURS Monday/Thursday 8:30am / 5:00pm
Friday 8:30am / 3:00pm
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PLEASE CALL
Joanna Rich 912-228-0543
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