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Synagogue Emanu-El Scroll August 1-31 2021 23 Av-23 Elul 5781
Shabbat Schedule
Parashat Re’eh
Friday, August 6th Zoom Kabbalat Shabbat Services: 6:00PM Candle-Lighting: 7:57 PM Saturday, August 7th Shabbat Services: 9:30AM Shabbat Ends: 8:57 PM Zoom Havdalah: 9:00PM
Parashat Shofetim
Friday, August 13th Zoom Kabbalat Shabbat Services: 6:00PM Candle-Lighting: 7:50 PM Saturday, August 14th Shabbat Services: 9:30AM Shabbat Ends: 8:50 PM Zoom Havdalah: 9:00PM
Parashat Ki Tetze
Friday, August 20th Zoom Kabbalat Shabbat Services: 6:00PM Candle-Lighting: 7:43PM Saturday, August 21st Shabbat Services: 9:30AM Shabbat Ends: 8:43 PM Zoom Havdalah: 9:00PM
Shabbat Ki Tavo
Friday, August 27th SEE Kabbalat Shabbat Services on the
beach: 6:00PM Candle-Lighting: 7:34 PM Saturday, August 28th Shabbat Services: 9:30AM Shabbat Ends: 8:34 PM Selichot Services: 8:45PM
Table of Contents
Rabbi-pg. 2 –3 President-pg. 3 Sisterhood-pg. 4 Men’s Club-pg. 5 Religious School & Youth-pg. 6 –7 SEE on the Beach-pg.14 Yahrzeits & Call to Minyan-pgs. 8-9 Donations-pgs. 10-11 Tikkun Olam-pg. 12 Congregants Corner-pgs. 14-15 Calendar-pg. 16
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5 Windsor Drive Charleston, SC 29407 Phone: (843) 571-3264
Fax: (843) 402-0844
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.emanu-el.com
Rabbi Evan Ravski
Executive Director Bob Greenberg
Religious School Principal & Ritual Assistant
Daphne Hubara
President Craig Browdy
President Elect Al Hawkins
1st Vice President Stephen Steinberg
2nd Vice President Mike Mills Treasurer
Suzanne Lynch
Financial Secretary Ryan Bluestein
Recording Secretary Abby Levine
Corresponding Secretary Ellen Hoffman
Parliamentarian Karen Pinosky
Past President Marsha Gewirtzman
Board of Trustees Sandra Brett Julie Ellison
Rachel Landis Jack Lawson
Brenda Lederman Raina Rubin Shara Star
Tamar Sternfeld Vic Weinstein
Sisterhood President Linda Krawcheck
Men’s Club President Howard Snow
F R O M T H E D E S K O F R A B B I R AV S K I
In Judaism there is a long standing discussion about the concepts of Keva and Kavannah in prayer. Keva is the concept of fixed prayer. It is argued that having fixed, or standardized, prayer is important so that, among other things, we say the proper blessings and it allows us to engage in regular community prayer. In Pirkei Avot, Shammai stresses the importance of each individual making their prayer life fixed, making sure that each day we pray and set aside a regular time for the study of Torah. Kavannah, intention, on the other hand, is the idea that we must say our prayers with feeling and emotion, not just by rote. In the same paragraph as Shammai’s defense of Keva, Rabbi Shimon warns that prayer must be infused with intention and emotion, and that we should be wary of rote prayer.
Next week, with the onset of Elul, the month preceding the High Holy Day season, we begin to turn our minds and hearts towards the theme that dominates the season, repentance. Each year on Rosh Hashanah we are asked to examine our actions of the past year and ask forgiveness of those we have hurt. We know that on Yom Kippur our fates for the coming year are sealed, hopefully for good, in the Book of Life. Every year we experience this rhythm in this season; its familiarity can give us comfort, as we recognize how our lives have changed and concern ourselves with what could happen in the coming year. But there is a sense that we have done this before, that the familiarity and comfort we have with this process runs the risk of our losing sight of the importance and significance of doing real Teshuvah at this time of year, because our approach the High Holy Days has become too habitual and too easy. In this way, the great, ancient debate of Keva and Kavannah spills over into our actions as well, whether concerning doing Teshuvah at this time of year or at every other time we perform a mitzvah during the year.
Jewish tradition is keenly aware of the tension that exists, and it is concerned that the way we do Teshuvah might become too fixed, too repetitive and lose the kavannah that makes our commitment to change in the coming year heartfelt. To ad-dress this problem, we turn to the ancient practice of Selichot.
Selichot is a prayer service that takes place in Elul; it dates back at least to the time of the Talmud, around the 7th and 8th century. It is composed of various penitential psalms and poems, and it is said each night leading up to Rosh Hashanah It is unique in its design in that, unlike every other prayer service we have, it has no fixed liturgy. Throughout history there have been at least 13 different Ashkenazi traditions, and countless more Sephardi ones. In the Jewish world today, around 185 different psalms and poems are used to form the different Selichot liturgies.
Ashkenazic communities tend to start saying Selichot about a week before the High Holy Days, starting on the Saturday night before Rosh Hashanah (or like this year, two Shabbatot before, so there is a full week of saying it). Sephardim say it beginning at Rosh Chodesh Elul, for a full month.
Selichot is an inspirational and aspirational way to begin the High Holy Day season. The words of the psalms and poems are fixed, but which are included in the liturgy, in each service, is entirely unique depending on the day, the year and the community. It is symbolic of how we approach the High Holidays and Teshuvah each year, and especially this year. Once again we are faced with finding a balance of our desire to be together and the need for safety. This year we are in a different place, the world is in a different place, vaccines are available and most of all we have grown, our relationships with each other and with God are more developed. Like the Selichot service, this year will be an amalgamation of new and old, a balance of togetherness and caution. Continued pg. 3
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1-Veronica Semel
1-Ellen Nirenblatt
2-Louis Tick
2-Haley Meushaw
3-Minette Nadler
3-Gloria Adelson
4-Carla Engel-Cook
4-Lynn Reichlyn
4-Ellen Russo
5-Zhenya Berenboim
5-Sydney Delson
5-Charles Rittenberg
6-Jan Solomon
6-Burnet Mendelsohn
8-Gilli Hubara
8-Norm Levine
9-Barry Baker
9-Eric Mastel
9-Doris Lend
9-Alex Berlinsky
11-Sybil Kalinsky
11-Charles Altman
12-Harvey Friedman
14-Albert
Schechterman
14-Michael Mintz
14-Jean Rudich
15-Anna Dolbir
15-Charles Banov
16-Sheryl Galatolie
16-Kayte Steinert-
Threlkeld
17-Carl Masonberg
17-Zachary Steinberg
17-River Fischbein
Continued on pg. 4
At the same time, spiritually, this past year was different from last year. Selichot helps us to begin the season of repentance by recognizing that we are traveling the same path as years past, but that even in that well travelled path there are infinite varieties of ways to approach life and how we address our need to grow, to repent and often to repair relationships. As we begin approaching the High Holy Day season this year, we can use the history of the Selichot service to help us find meaning in the different aspects of the liturgy and rituals and with the shadow of COVID still looming. We can find beauty having keva (fixed) prayer, that has been said by countless generations before us, and find meaning in the kavannah (personal and intentional) prayers we add. Most importantly, let Selichot remind us that there is no one way to do Teshuvah, but rather that for each of us, the new year is an opportunity to explore different and meaningful ways to repair and strengthen ourselves, our relationship with God and with others.
R A B B I C O N T I N U E D
H I G H H O L I DAY H I G H L I G H T S A N D A U G U S T
R E M I N D E R S
Details on Ticket Reservations for Members and Non-Members, as well as High Holiday programs and logistics, will be emailed to the community in the first week or so of August. Tzedakah Set-Aside: Be sure to begin gathering food donations for
Operation Isaiah, the first Mitzvah of the Year. Non-perishable food items will be distributed to Food Pantries serving those in need.
Get Your Mask “On”: During all High Holiday Services masks will be required indoors.
Wake up in Elul to the Shofar: Starting on August 9/Elul 1, at 7:15 AM each weekday during Elul the Shofar will be sounded during morning Minyan to help us “wake up” as the holidays approach. Click here for the zoom link to participate, bring your coffee. Bring Sukkot into your home with a Lulav and Etrog: Call Leah in
the office to order your own Lulav and Etrog set, it’s a meaningful mitzvah at only $36. Deadline is September 2nd.
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Sisterhood-Linda Krawcheck
This month you will be receiving papers to fill out for our High Holiday Book. Please return them as quickly as you can, in the enclosed envelope. You will also be receiving a paper for New Years Greetings. I again ask you to forward it back in the envelope provided as quickly as possible, these papers take time to process, and I would like to thank the volunteers who handle these fund raisers for Sisterhood, and to thank Leah Bowzard for her involvement in the final products of said papers. You will note that the Book Club will be meeting on August 18th, on Zoom, the book for August is "Book of Lost Names" by Kristin Harmel, a fascinating book. For September the book will be "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston. All Sisterhood members are welcome to join in on the Zoom discussion.
S I S T E R H O O D B O O K C L U B
The Sisterhood Book Club met on Wednesday, July 21st . The discussion of "The Lost Shtetl" by Max Gross was lead by Ellen Nadler. Everyone agreed it was certainly a unique story, but not all agreed whether they liked it or not. But that's what Book Club Discussions are all about. Next month's book is "The Book of Lost Names" by Kristin Harmel. This will be held on
August 18th. For more information please email Lisa Isaacson at [email protected]
18-Eliana Gross
19-Cathy Rovick
20-Daniel Gross
20-Mickey Bagg
20-Tony Eisenhart
20-Joann Sherman
20-Brit Weinstein
21-Raphael Ravski
21-Gabriel Ravski
22-Audrey Fleishman
24-Marilyn Hoffman
25-Seth Fisher
25-Irina Gurovich
26-Gail Silverman
26-Susan Altman
27-Howard Weiner
27-Jerry Baker
27-Ronald Cohen
27-Dennis Fisher
29-Shelley Spitz
30-Harvey Spar
30-Heidi Brown
31-Carol Seltzer
Pam & Ed Coyle
Renee & William
Kaplan
Barbara & Don
Backer
Jean & Leon Rudich
Eileen & Stanley
Chepenik
Ellen & Mark
Yampolsky
SISTERHOOD NEW YEARS GREETINGS FUNDRAISER
This simple means of sending greetings to your Synagogue family helps Sisterhood all year long.
Your name will be listed in our September issue of the Scroll, which will be in our homes in time for the High Holiday Days.
Please send your minimum donation of $10.00 per listing by Monday, August 23rd to: Mrs. Sandra Peskin * 19 Mueller Drive * Charleston, SC 29407
Sisterhood High Holiday Memorial Book Fundraiser
The High Holiday Book gives you an opportunity to honor or memorialize your dear ones.For EACH PERSON you wish to honor or memorialize, please send a
$5.00 contribution. For example, “In honor of Dylan and Adam Cohen”
equals TWO names and the donation requested is $10.00.
To contribute to the dedication page, the requested donation is $5.00 to include your family name for example, by “Mr. And Mrs. Brad Cohen”.
Any questions? Call Jane Mendelsohn at 843-696-5692. Remember, the deadline is Friday, August 27th
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Shop the Sisterhood
Gift shop
Bar/Bat Mitzvah gifts
Wedding gifts
Baby gifts
High Holiday items
Contact Gloria Adelson
843-345-7733
Janet & Ronald Mendola
Shirley & Max Berman
Marsha & Neil Gewirtzman
Judy & Billy Grossman
Tsivia & Craig Browdy
Janet & Carl Masonberg
Marcia & Sid Shealey
Barbara & Lowell Epstein
Edie & Joe Rubin
Rebecca & Norman Nirenblatt
Suzanne & Paul Lynch
Janice & Len Lichtenstein
Julie & David Ellison
Carol & Stanford & Ullner
Patti & Marshall Miller
Gretchen & Bert Weintraub
Judy & Charles Kaiser
Lyle & Ann Walsh
Samantha & Neal Segal
Neda & Alan Nussbaum
Arlene & Jay Rovick
Sharon & Dennis Feinberg
Lois & Jack Bialek
Pam & Stan Kaplan
Karen & Sidney Stark
M E N ’ S C L U B - H O WA R D S N O W
Men’s Club leaders will meet in August to plan activities for the remainder of
the year. We expect that we can have activities in-person, and without mask and
distancing restrictions.
We will definitely have Dinner in the Sukkah on Thursday, Sept. 23rd. Details
will be announced later in August. We also expect to restart Spirit Night at area
restaurants. We plan to begin a Hearing Men’s Voices program in the fall. And we
hope to start a long-delayed joint activity with COSY.
Men’s Club members will receive an email with details around Aug. 20th, and there will
also be information in the Scroll and the weekly newsletter.
To support our community please consider joining Synagogue Emanu-El’s
Life and Legacy Society!
Synagogue Emanu-El's
Life and Legacy coordinators are Harvey Friedman and Harry Nadler.
You may send an email or
leave a message for them with the synagogue office at 843-571-3264. For more information, including FAQs,
please see the Charleston Life & Legacy website.
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R E L I G I O U S S C H O O L & Y O U T H
It is with immense pleasure that we open up registration for the IN PERSON Religious School Year 5782 (2021-2022)!!
All classes will be back in our building. Information with updated protocols will be sent to registered families, as we get closer to our start date. Our first day of Religious School for K-6 will be Sunday, September 12th from 9:00am-12:30pm. K-1 will focus on The Ten Commandments and Bible Stories. 2nd-3rd grades will focus on Jewish Values. 4th-5th graders will focus on Jewish History and the State of Israel 6th graders will study the Beit Din questions. Please remember that all 6th graders, no matter where they attend school, are required to participate in our Beit Din program. Kesher, this year, will be for 7th-9th graders and will be a TRIP YEAR. Kesher will spend the year focusing on the Holocaust and will travel to Washington DC as a class at the end of March to visit the National Holocaust Museum. The cost of the trip is INCLUDED in the Kesher class tuition. There will be a MANDATORY family meeting on Sunday, November 14th at 9:30am. The first day for Kesher is September 19th, 2021. Tichon, this year, will be for 10th-12th grade students. Tichon will follow the curriculum “Israel….It’s Complicated!” which will be taught by Rabbi Ravski. There will be a trip related to the curriculum in 2022 and details will follow, as the class will be active participants in planning this new experience. The cost of the Tichon trip is NOT INCLUDED in the Tichon class tuition. The first day for Tichon is September 26, 2021. To ensure that we have adequate spacing for all students and necessary protocols in place, Registration papers must be returned to the Synagogue office by August 15th, 2021. Scholarship funds are available to members in need, if requests are received by September 1, 2021. This is a hard deadline. Welcome to all of our students - both old and new. It will be so fabulous to be together - it’s going to be a great year!! Please feel free to get in touch with any questions or concerns. My new email address is: [email protected] and my cell number is 843-442-6086.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE
INFORMATION PACKET
DEADLINES:
Registration by 8/15,
Scholarship requests by 9/1
Fist Day of School K-6 Sunday, September 12th
9:00AM-12:30PM
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R E L I G I O U S S C H O O L & Y O U T H
Tired of searching for High Holiday parking?
Get Tickets For A Chance To Win One Of The Marked Spots In The Front Of The Lot!
Each ticket is $5 and all proceeds go towards COSY’s transportation fund for travel to out-of-state conventions.
Drawing will take place on Wednesday, September 1st
To purchase your tickets CLICK HERE or call 843-571-3264.
The COSY Polar Bears thank you in advance for your support!
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Y A H R Z E I T S & C A L L T O M I N YA N
August 18th Pauline C. Robbins
Irving Kobin Pearl Kluger Kaufman
Morris Garber August 19th
Leonard Solow Shirley Donowitz Dora Radunsky August 20th Albert Weiss August 21st
Ruth Berlinsky Donald Cohen Samuel Scherr Rae Denemark August 22nd Jacob Cohen
Esther Gerber Weiss August 23rd
Louis Friedman Betty Jean Brownstein
Stacy Archambault Smith Jean Bosnak Morton
August 24th Diane Lynn
Mates M. Agrest Timothy Gene Wickenhoefer
W. Jerry Fedder August 25th
Flossie Arnold Harry B. Cooper
Minnie Green Ann W. Cohen
Lawrence Kluger August 26th Alex Epstein
Leopold Cohen Ben H. Silver August 27th
Anita Budman Lyons Matthew Steinberg
August 28th Lila Feintuck
August 7th Ruth Gordon Leslie Herman Kitty Jacobs August 8th
Hisora Zamler Stanley Rosenthal Bertie Fischbein
August 9th Manfred Hammelburger
August 10th Tillie Berlinsky Sally Halushka August 11th
Ida Rose Sharnoff Marilyn Bielsky
Alvin White Yankel Shulmanovitch
August 12th Jeanette Kaiser
Mina Tanenbaum Yonatan Miller August 13th
Lilla S. Levine Abraham Schwartz
Alan S. Bondy Henry Jacob Williams
Evelyn Cremer Mina Tanenbaum
Kaynard August 14th Genya Veyts Harry Coplan Aaron Garber August 15th
Annie Pinosky Jacob Lubart Mary Puteska
Samuel D. Solomon August 16th
Ethel H. Epstein Hyman Rephan
Rachel Kirshstein Steinert Sidney M. Barbanel
Irene Baker Marjorie Lynch August 17th
Bonnie Barbanel Gordon
August 29th Isaac Ginsberg Moses Wolper Howard Caplan
Florence Kaufman August 30th
Jeanette Goldberg August 31st
Rebecca Geldbart Samuel Applebaum
September 1st Harry Baker
Anne Tanenbaum Lesser Murray Tannenbaum
September 2nd Stanley Littman David Mintzer September 3rd Harry Nossokoff
Robert Rothschild Jessie Cohen
August 7th-13th Leonie Leventhal
Carla Moran Marsha Freudenberg
Bruce Berlinsky Chet Fischbein
Mickey Fischbein Mindy Fischbein
Judy Kaiser Perry Halushka Sally Fischbein Stephen Bielsky Herbert Rephan
Alex Shulmanovitch Charles Kaiser Jerry Kaynard Natanya Miller
Dennis Feinberg Samuel Steinberg
Joan Feldman
August 14th-20th Zhenya Berenboim
Aaron Pinosky Sondra Jaffe
Eric Oser Shelley Solomon Norman Epstein
June Rephan Harriett Steinert
Kayte Steinert-Threlkeld Anne Barbanel Sammie Baker
Paul Lynch Spencer Lynch Anne Barbanel Andrea Berendt
Ruth Oser Rita Busman Renee Kaplan
Alexander Hershenson Minette Nadler
Edgar Weiss
August 21st-27th Philip Berlinsky Shelley Spitz Missy Gold
James Turner Marvin Scherr
Ann Apple Edgar Weiss
Harvey Friedman Sharyn Bluestein
Sandi Archambault Sandy Archambault
Carol Ullner Stuart Lynn
Mikhail Agrest Erlinda Caseres Nancy Fedder Karen Fedder Gerry Arnold Ijo Toporek Stuart Cohen Rita Busman Ann Epstein
Judy Lutz Arlene Koslow
Donald Budman Robert Steinberg
C A L L T O
M I N YA N
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C A L L T O M I N YA N Minyan Schedule
Monday-Friday at 7:15AM via Zoom and
Sundays at 9:00AM via Zoom.
Emanu-El is also holding in-person services
Tuesday & Wednesday evenings at 5:30PM,
Zoom Friday Night Kabbalat Shabbat Services at 6:00PM
and Shabbat Morning Services at 9:30AM.
To request an in-person evening minyan
please contact the office 843-571-3264
IN JEWISH TRADITION, ACTS THAT GO ABOVE
AND BEYOND OUR
EVERYDAY BEHAVIOR ARE CALLED ACTS OF CHESED.
Tradition teaches that chesed is one of the three pillars that is said to hold up the world, and that the Torah- our foundational text -
begins and ends with acts of chesed.
If you or someone you know is in need of a helping hand or goodwill, a phone call or a little cheer in these unprecedented times
please contact Heather Levy 843-729-2084 or email [email protected]
August 28th- September 3rd Irving Lipsky
Elizabeth Wolper Ijo Toporek
Steven Goldberg Harriet Goldberg Mark Tanenbaum
Sammie Baker Jacobo Mintzer Myra Howard
Ivan Nossokoff Jerry Rothschild
Marilyn Sagel
Thank you to all those that donated their time and gave blood at our recent
Blood Drive.
Thanks again to Rita Busman for
once again volunteering to
be our blood drive greeter.
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C O N T R I B U T I O N S
Banov Adult Learning Fund In memory of My dearest mother, Ann Mazo Rabin from Eileen Rabin Sorota
In honor of Dr. Michael Kogan and his on line bible study class and Joe Stern for all his organizing an supporting from Pedro Rivas
Biblical Garden & Landscape Fund In memory of My mom, Peggy Irwin from Patti & Mickey Bagg My mother, Valerie Zena Bagg from Mickey Bagg
Cemetery Fund In memory of Paula Farbman, sister of Samuel Steinberg from Missy & Martin Gold
General Fund In memory of Lawrence Miller, father of Liz Lynch from Sally & Mickey Fischbein Paula Farbman, sister of Samuel Steinberg from Sandra Brett & Richard Friedman, Sally & Mickey Fischbein, Judy & Fred Volkman
In honor of Synagogue Emanu-El from Carla Moran Harvey Spar’s birthday from Freida Sokol
Joe Engel Holocaust Education Fund In memory of Paul David Cohen from Phyllis Cohen Paula Farbman, sister of Samuel Steinberg from Debbie & Mike Engel
Landis Music Fund In memory of Lawrence Miller, father of Liz Lynch from Marsha & Neil Gewirtzman
Marvin H. Wolper Building Fund In memory of Leon Wolper from Betsy Wolper Lawrence Miller, father of Liz Lynch from Betsy Wolper
Memorial Fund In memory of Sharon Hess from Aileen Sunshine Paula Farbman, sister of Samuel Steinberg from Linda & David Cohen
Lawrence Miller, father of Liz Lynch from Linda & David Cohen, Leah & Aaron Pinosky, Joann & Mitchell Sherman Sharon Applebaum from Gail & Bobby Ginsberg, Ann & Shay Gaillard
Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund In memory of David Levin from Gary Levin Stanley Masonberg, brother of Carl Masonberg from Susan & Charles Altman Paula Farbman, sister of Samuel Steinberg from Susan & Charles Altman, Roxann & Michael Spandorfer, Marilyn & Edmund Barron Lawrence Miller, father of Liz Lynch from Roxann & Michael Spandorfer In honor of Rabbi Ravski’s 1st anniversary at Synagogue Emanu-El from Ellen & Harry Nadler
Rose & Henry Koslow Minyan Fund In memory of Samuel Cooley from Ann & Marc Epstein Blanche Lieberman from Sharon Feinberg Paula Farbman, sister of Samuel Steinberg, from Irene & Mitch Gilbert, Rose & Ted Levin Lawrence Miller, father of Liz Lynch from Irene & Mitch Gilbert
Rose & Ted Levin Children’s Educational Fund In memory of Ruth Forrest, mother of Lisa Baron from Rose & Ted Levin My father, Morris Isaacson from Lisa & Alan Isaacson Lawrence Miller, father of Liz Lynch from Rose & Ted Levin In honor of Sidney Seltzer’s birthday from Rose & Ted Levin Yuriy Bekker’s birthday from Rose & Ted Levin Bruce Kleinman’s birthday from Rose & Ted Levin The anniversary of Debbie Engel & Newt Klements from Rose & Ted Levin The anniversary of Liz & Spencer Lynch from Rose & Ted Levin Marsha Gewirtzman’s birthday from Ephraim Seidman & Bunny Wilks
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C O N T R I B U T I O N S
Synagogue Emanu-El appreciates all contributions. Donations of $10.00 and above will be listed in “The Scroll” and an
acknowledgement will be sent to the recipient from the office.
Emanu-El funds are: Emanu-El Endowment Fund
The Banov Book Fund Biblical Garden/Landscape Fund
Ethel & Jacob Cohen High Holiday Fund Prayer Book Fund
Israel & Rebecca Geldbart Fund General Fund
Landis Music Fund, Lenora & Nathan Goldberg Cultural Fund
Samuel Golembe Memorial Fund Men’s Club
Ray & Leah Greenberg Education & Endowment Fund
Bethe Rittenberg Homeless Shelter & Social Action Fund
Rose & Henry Koslow Minyan Fund Memorial Fund
Prayer Book Fund Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund
Steinberg Chapel & Torah Fund Religious School Programs
Marvin H. Wolper Building Fund Youth Fund
Zucker Kiddush & Oneg Fund USY/Kadima Program
Freda & Melvin Bluestein Fund for Religious School Scholarships
Grush Shabbaton Fund L’Dor V’Dor Maintenance Fund
Cemetery Fund Rose & Ted Levin Children’s Education Fund
Joe Engel Holocaust Fund
Sisterhood Funds: Oneg Fund, Bereavement Fund,
Kitchen Fund
Steinberg Chapel & Torah Fund In memory of Paula Farbman, sister of Samuel Steinberg, from Jill & Chuck Deich, Jaclyn Berlinsky, Sally & Alan Davis, Harriet Goldberg Eileen & Stanley Chepenik, Carol & Sidney Seltzer, Joe Stern, Freida Sokol, Lloyd & Diane Mandel, Marcia Miller, Sandra & Howard Jaffe, Elisheva Holub, Leah & Aaron Pinosky, Lisa & Alan Isaacson, Amy & Edward Kronsberg, Paige & T.R. Williams, Marsha & Neil Gewirtzman, Eve & Norman Berlinsky, Sandi & Sandy Archambault, Alvin Steinberg, Sandra Schwartz, Marsha & Bill Golod, Gloria Adelson & Sy Baron, Lucia Ellis, Charlot Karesh Paula Rose Hiltzik from Amy & Larry Hiltzik
Sisterhood Kitchen Fund In memory of Minerva Siegel from Sonya & Stuart Knee Paula Farbman, sister of Samuel Steinberg, from Sonya & Stuart Knee Gary Nadler, brother of Harry Nadler from Marsha & Bill Golod
Sisterhood Bereavement Fund In memory of Lillian M. Covin from Sandi & Sandy Archambault
Tikkun Olam Fund In memory of Lawrence Miller, father of Liz Lynch from Lisa & Alan Isaacson, Sandra Brett & Richard Friedman Paula Farbman, sister of Samuel Steinberg from Amy & Larry Hiltzik
Zucker Kiddush & Oneg Fund In memory of Carl Goldberg from Anita Zucker
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Tikkun Olam
Todah Rabah to all of our volunteers
that help out in July at Tricounty Family Ministries.
Carla Engel Cook, Lisa & Alan Isaacson, Sandra Brett, Ann Stein and
Andrea Richards
Tricounty Family Ministries needs our help!
Every Wednesday, Tricounty Family Ministries, located at 2105 Cosgrove Ave. (just a few miles from our synagogue), distributes bags of groceries and
hygiene products to neighbors in need via a socially distant walk up or contact free car line. Emanu-El has committed to providing volunteers on Wednesday, August 18th from 9:00AM until 1:00PM. Duties include greeting clients, packing groceries,
and delivering bags to vehicles.
Can you join us?
Contact Sandra Brett to sign up or for more information. Learn more about Tricounty Family Ministries and their great work at
https://www.tricountyfamilyministries.org
Can't join us but want to help?
Donate non-perishable items or hygiene items to the Synagogue by August 16th!
Join "Team Synagogue
Emanu-El" for the Low Country
Food Bank's Family Fun WALK
TO FIGHT HUNGER
Help us fill the plates of our hungry neighbors in the Lowcountry
When: September 19 @ 1:30 pm Where: Riverfront Park in N. Charleston.
Email: [email protected] to register and receive updates
There is no registration fee, just a desire to bring attention to food insecurity and all that LCFB
does to alleviate hunger. This family friendly event will feature fun
activities for kids.
More info at https://lowcountryfoodbank.org/walktofighthunger
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New Adult Education Class
I Love Olive Oil!
Tuesdays- August 10th and
October 5th at 7:00PM
This year we have partnered with MyTree in Israel, a way to support Israel, Israeli Farmers and get to indulge in some Israeli Olive Oil after the harvest in November. As part of this program we will also be learning about the history of Olive Oil in Judaism. Whether you’ve joined the MyTree project yet or not, join Rabbi Ravski as we examine the role that this precious liquid has played in our religious, cultural and culinary history!
Click here to attend
ON GOING ADULT ED Danish and Drash: with Rabbi Ravski Wednesdays @ 1:00pm- Come and study some of the highlights of this week's parsha and the commentary. Rabbi Ravski will bring the Torah, you bring the Danish! The Prophets of Ancient Israel with Dr. Michael Kogan, Monday at 7:30pm Join Dr. Kogan as he leads this on-going class in a study of the prophets. New students are always welcome. He recommends that all participants have a copy of the scriptures, so they can follow the text being discussed.
Around Town
Join the greater Charleston Jewish community for an
afternoon of family fun with Jewish-themed games,
giveaways and so much more!
Kosher food will be available and space to gather at Doby's Deck
(above third base). Everyone sits
together in section 206.
Visit tinyurl.com/JHN2021
to purchase your discounted tickets,
or contact us a ErinB@
jewishcharleston.org.
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Congregants Corner
Big Yasher Koach and a bigger Thank You to
the following congregants who participated
in leading services
Dan Greenstein, Mitch Gilbert, Rachel Landis, Alan Isaac-son, Gilli Hubara, Patti Bagg, Jasmine Hubara, Mike Engel, Sydney Delson, Leah Bagg, Aliza MacClellan, Nadia Fox, Rabbi Josh Sherwin, Sophia Fox, Rabbi Yosef Levanon,
Rick Segal, Emma Bluestein and Craig Browdy
SEE At The Beach
Thank you to all who were able to join us
on Sullivan’s
Island! See you at Folly on
8/27!
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HONOR SOMEONE
Purchase a Chai Leaf for the
Tree of Life!
A memory that will last a lifetime!
$136.00
Contact Leah in the office,
843-571-3264
Synagogue Emanu-El’s
Path to
The Future
$89.00
Honor or memorialize
someone you love!
Makes a wonderful Gift!
Contact Leah in the office to order: 843-571-3264
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Contact the Synagogue Office at emanu-el.com or 843-571-3264
We rely on our synagogue members, their friends and families, to let us
know when someone is hospitalized, suffering an illness, or bereavement. We would also like to hear the good
news, such as celebrating a birth, graduation, special award, promotion
or any other simcha. In order to better keep everyone informed,
please share this information with us by calling the office at
843-571-3264
HELP US REACH OUR GOAL OF TREES
Synagogue Emanu-El is partnering with MyTree in Israel for a unique program that connects you directly to an Israeli farmer by adopting an olive tree in their grove. After the November harvest, they will produce boutique kosher extra virgin olive oil for you. There is no middle man,
farm to doorstep! We encourage you to place your order as early as possible since that is the essence of the program: supporting and promoting Israeli farmers, and it is helpful for the farmers to know as early as possible that their
olive oil has been purchased. This fundraising effort benefits Synagogue Emanu-El, Israel and Israeli farmers. A portion of the proceeds will go directly to Emanu-El, and the farmer can now work in his grove with confidence that the fruits of his labors will be sent to you at the end of
the year.
Purchasing Opportunities
12 bottles (2 Trees) personalized with name of your choice 6 bottle (1 Tree) personalized with name of your choice
3 bottles-personalized with your name or name of your choice 3 bottles-with Synagogue Emanu-El on the label 1 bottle-with Synagogue Emanu-El on the label
The more you buy, the more you save! Visit our website emanu-el.com for more info
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August 2021 — Calendar Subject to Change
Morning Minyan Zoom: Mon-Fri 7:15AM Sundays 9:00AM
Afternoon Minyan Live Stream & In Person: Tuesdays & Wednesdays: 5:30PM
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4 Danish & D’rash,
1:00PM
In person Evening Minyan,
5:30PM
5
6 Zoom Kabbalat
Shabbat Services, 6:00PM
7 Shabbat Services,
9:30AM
SEEK, 11AM
Zoom Havdalah, 9:00PM
8 Rosh Chodesh 1
9 Rosh Chodesh 2
Monday Study with Dr. Kogan
7:30PM
10
In person Evening Minyan,
5:30PM
Adult Ed w/ Rabbi Ravski
I Love Olive Oil, 7PM
11 Danish & D’rash,
1:00PM
In person
Evening Minyan, 5:30PM
12
13
Zoom Kabbalat Shabbat Services,
6:00PM
14
Shabbat Services, 9:30AM
SEEK, 11AM
Zoom Havdalah, 9:00PM
15 Religious School Paperwork Due
16 Monday
Study with Dr. Kogan
7:30PM
17 In person
Evening Minyan, 5:30PM
Board Meeting,
6PM
18 Tikkun Olam at Tricounty
Ministries, 9AM
Danish & D’rash, 1:00PM
In person Evening Minyan,
5:30PM Sisterhood Book
Club, 7:15PM
19
20
Zoom Kabbalat Shabbat Services,
6:00PM
21
Shabbat Services, 9:30AM
SEEK, 11AM
Zoom Havdalah, 9:00PM
22
23
Sisterhood New Year’s Greetings
Due
Monday Study with Dr. Kogan
7:30PM
24
In person Evening Minyan,
5:30PM
25 Danish & D’rash,
1:00PM
In person Evening Minyan,
5:30PM
26
27 SEE at Folly
Beach, 4:00PM followed by
Kabbalat Shabbat on the beach, 6:00PM
COSY Kickoff
28
Shabbat Services, 9:30AM
SEEK, 11AM
Selichot, 8:45PM
29
30 Monday
Study with Dr. Kogan
7:30PM
31 In person
Evening Minyan, 5:30PM