HAYOM FEBRUARY 2017 SHEVAT-ADAR 5777 ISSUE #2
9 LEE BLVD • SAVANNAH, GA 31405 • 912-352-4737 • WWW.AGUDATH-ACHIM.COM
In This Issue: Information from the President Shalom School Info Donor Dues Program Sisterhood Mitzvah-
Gram Men’s Club Info Upcoming Events Hamentaschen Order Information
Semi-Annual Meeting Info Weekly Study Opportunities
Yahrzeits Contributions February Calendar February Birthdays
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Motti Locker
PRESIDENT
Victor Shernoff
FINANCIAL SECRETARY
Elise Shernoff
RECORDING SECRETARY
Ed Bernard
TREASURER
Michael Bonder
IMMEDIATE
PAST PRESIDENT
Steven Roth
BOARD MEMBERS
Matthew Allan
Robyn Carroll
Adam Fins
Kenneth Hoffman
Fran Kaminsky
Marcy Konter
Nancy Isaacson
Jeff Mayo
Rick Meier
Scott Samuels
Barry Schlafstein
Linda Zoller
HONORARY MEMBER
David Hirsh
MEN’S CLUB PRESIDENT
David Hirsh
CHEVRA KADISHA
David Reeves
ENDOWMENT
COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
Joel Goodman
RITUAL COMMITTEE
Steve Arkin
SHALOM SCHOOL
Eva Locker
Hello congregants and welcome to the February edition of Hayom. Much has happened in January and much
more is on the way in February. Rabbi Zalman Rothschild, our High Holiday services Rabbi, is coming back
as Scholar in Residence the weekend of February 3/4. The topic is "What is the difference and what are the
similarities between Chabad and what we do at Congregation Agudath Achim?" We are thankful for the dona-
tion from the Tenenbaum Library Fund to make this weekend happen. A wonderful Friday night dinner fol-
lowing service is planned and reservations are requested early as it is catered. A minimal charge of $18.00 per
person helps pay for the catering. A great Shabbat kiddish luncheon is also planned with a continuation and
completion of the topic studied.
Tuesday February 7 at 6:15 is our semi-annual meeting. Come hear what the Board's positive efforts have
brought you, our members. We work very hard to design programs and meals for your comfort. We work ex-
tremely hard to save money where we can without sacrificing programming necessary to keep you content.
The staff works really hard to answer your needs. Please come to hear how we juggle what we do for you.
Friday February 17 is our Shabbat service and dinner for Savannah Hillel and Jewish SCAD students. The
dinner is co-sponsored by Bunny and Jim Montag and Samra and Ron Robbins. The minimal cost of $18.00
per person helps with the cost of food preparation. Please RSVP early as again we hope to have a large atten-
dance.
On Sunday February 26, we are having our progressive dinner. Many new foods are being planned and ca-
tered. We are meeting for drinks and appetizers at homes in the Habersham/Jackson Woods area followed by
dinner and desserts at the synagogue. The social committee has been very active in making this event a suc-
cess. Please RSVP early. The cost is a modest $50.00 per person and will be well worth the expenditure.
On another front, the 5-year plan for our congregation is being thoroughly inspected to insure that what is
written is actually what is needed and what the membership wants. A large committee of members will, after
3 or 4 meetings, provide the congregation membership with a document meeting our goals for our congrega-
tion's immediate and long-term needs. Everyone will have a chance to review and critique this plan.
The Brotherhood has speakers lined up to discuss important issues, and the Sisterhood continuously has func-
tions and programming which meet important needs of our members.
On a physical appearance note, after lengthy discussion, January 21, 2017, saw the beginning of the renova-
tion of the office complex. Not only are the Rabbi's and Motti's
offices being redone, but immediately afterwards the secretarial area is being completely remodeled. We
apologize in advance for any disruption in service but know it is only temporary (perhaps 6/8 weeks total).
The Rabbi search committee in February continues its commitment to all to find a Rabbi. At this writing, 2-3
persons are interesting, and if enough Rabbinical graduates look to Savannah as their new home, a representa-
tion of the committee will travel to New York for the purpose of interviewing them. If not, those interested
will be Skyped.
All education classes for adults are still operating and attendance is good but availability is still there.
Ronnie Ginsberg's Wednesday Minyan, class, and breakfast continues to draw well, as do the other morning
minyans which offer friendship and/or breakfast.
Please come in, the doors remain open for you. As always, I wish all nothing but the best.
Victor Shernoff,
President
INFORMATION FROM THE PRESIDENT
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SHALOM SCHOOL
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DONOR DUES PROGRAM
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How do I Send a Mitzvah-Gram? Here are 4 simple steps to do this:
1 Print out the Mitzvah-Gram page from the current HaYom newsletter with the list of people celebrating a birthday or
anniversary in February.
2 Circle the names of all those people to whom you would like to send a Happy Birthday or Happy Anniversary greeting.
3 Mail or deliver your list, along with your check made out to Agudath Achim Sisterhood for $.50 for each circled name, to
Barbara Abrams, 24 Raindrop Lane, Bluffton, S.C. 29909, or leave your list and check in the synagogue office.
4 Make sure to include your name(s) the way you want it (them) listed.
In order for your birthday and anniversary greetings to be delivered in a timely manner, everyone needs to turn in March’s Mitzvah-Gram
sheet by the 15th of February.
If you have any questions about this project, please contact me at [email protected], or at (843) 705-3723 or (843) 290-3995.
Thanks to everyone for participating in this exciting program.
Barbara Abrams, Chair
Gale Hirsh, Acting Sisterhood President
MARCH BIRTHDAYS MARCH ANNIVERSARIES
Please indicate how you would like your greeting signed:
e.g. Barbara & Ellis Abrams
If we are missing your March birthday and/or anniversary, please contact Barbara Abrams at [email protected] or
(843) 705-3723 or (843) 290-3995.
2 Patrick & Brenda Salter 14 Sam & Robyn Carroll
3 Eliot & Rachel Israel 17 Melvyn & Reggie Goldstein
4 Benjamin & Lisa Sutker 19 Howard Gaynor & Maribeth Hedgpeth
5 Richard & Lynn Berkowitz 22 Jason & Jennifer Rich
9 Doug & Lisa Goldstein 23 Jonathan & Wendy Cohen
9 Doug & Jean Holstein 26 Aaron & Jenny Tillinger
1 David Reeves 14 Herman Cranman
2 Anita Schlossberg 16 Patrick Salter
4 Ronald Robbins 17 Ellis Abrams
4 Brenda Rosenberg 17 Marilyn Farley
5 Jonathan Cohen 18 Rose Konter
6 Ginger Caplan 19 Sheldon Tenenbaum
6 Susan Timna 20 Eric Meyerhoff
9 Susan Slotin 23 Jerry Konter
10 Linda Hoffman 24 Ronnie Rosen
10 Eva Locker 24 Mike Strear
10 Beth Roth 25 Edward Bernard
12 Donna Cohen 25 Jack Streicher
12 Toby Hollenberg 27 Jackie Sitrin
13 Nancy Feldman 28 Warren Zeger
13 Kenneth Hoffman 29 Richard Barker
13 Lynne Spector 30 Sam Carroll
14 Anna Berwitz
SISTERHOOD
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MEN’S CLUB
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Join us for Purim party,
Megillah Reading, Hamentaschen,
costume
parade and more on Sunday,
March 12th at 10 am.
Also Megillah Reading on
Saturday night.
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Weekly Study Opportunities
1. Food for the Soul - Chapter of the father - What the Rabbi’s thought of, hosted by Ron Ginsberg.
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.
3. Parashat HaShavuah - Analyze the weekly Torah portion after the Shabbat Kiddush lunch at 12:45 p.m.
4. Biblical Study Group - Book of Kings on Thursdays at 2:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
NEW
5. The Skeptics - present topic: The Shabbat of Kabbalah meeting on Fridays from 12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. once a month.
6. Theology, Ideology & Texts - Avot D’Rabbi Natan, The Fathers According to Rabbi Nathan.
Meet 1st & 3rd Monday of every month from 2 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
7. The Monday Woman’s Group - meets on the second Monday of every month, presently reviewing the new Siddur of the
Conservative Movement. 1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
HAMENTASCHEN FRESH BAKED FOR PURIM
Purim is March 12, 2017
Deadline for orders is Monday, February 27, 2017
To place your orders you can pick up an order form in the lobby of the AA on the table or get it from the E-News.
You can mail or call Gale Hirsh, 403 Lee Blvd, 31405, 912-692-1549 or drop you form off at the Synagogue.
Cost is $9.00 per dozen. Make your checks payable to AA Sisterhood.
The orders will be ready for pick up on Monday, March 6, 2017.
Please contact Gale Hirsh at 912-667-9663 or email: [email protected] to help in the baking process. Thank You.
INFORMATION
SEMI-ANNUAL
Tuesday, February 7th at 6:15 pm.
To elect our nominating committee for
next year’s board members. All are in-
vited. Board of Directors meeting will fol-
low. As always the meeting is open to
congregants.
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FEBRUARY 01/5 SHEVAT
DAVID FIEGLEMAN
GOLDIE SCHMALHEISER
FEBRUARY 02/6 SHEVAT ARTHUR HOLSTEIN
FEBRUARY 03/7 SHEVAT ABRAHAM KAMINE
JOSEPH KAMINSKY
ANNA KAUFMAN
JEROME TILLINGER
HARRY ZOLLER
FEBRUARY 05/9 SHEVAT
JEROME CANTOR
HARRY LANDESMAN
ALLENE LAWRENCE
LOUIS MENEVITCH
JULIE METZGER
FEBRUARY 06/10 SHEVAT
LAWRENCE EKSTEIN
KIVA HOFFMAN
FEBRUARY 07/11 SEHVAT
SAMUEL ADLER
MARCUS BROWN
MARY GLASHOFER
FEBRUARY 08/12 SHEVAT
HARRY BEHR
JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN
PAULINE ISAACSON
HARRY SCHUR
FEBRUARY 09/13 SHEVAT
JACK WINTER
FEBRUARY 10/14 SHEVAT
MARVIN ARKIN
STEPHEN COHEN
ALBERT KRONOWITZ
FEBRUARY 11/15 SHEVAT
PAUL BIRNBAUM
STEPHEN KRISSMAN
FEBRUARY 12/16 SHEVAT
RAY FREED
FEBRUARY 13/17 SHEVAT
SANDY DIAMOND
ADA LIEBER
HENRY RABINOWITZ
FEBRUARY 14/18 SHEVAT
MICHAEL SACALOFF
FEBRUARY 15/19 SHEVAT
MIRIAM DOBBS
LOUIS JACKSON
RUTH REINHARD
SYLVIA SZEKELY
FEBRUARY 16/20 SHEVAT
MYER HAYSMAN
LOUIS MADISON
SYLVIA SCHWARTZ
FEBRUARY 17/21 SHEVAT
JULIUS SHOOB
FEBRUARY 18/22 SHEVAT
PHILLIP CRANMAN
FANNY RUDOWITZ
FEBRUARY 19/23 SHEVAT SIDNEY BROOME
NORTON MELAVER
FEBRUARY 20/24 SHEVAT
ISRAEL RETTIG
A.D. ROSENTHAL
GABRIEL TISCHLER
FEBRUARY 21/25 SHEVAT
NELLIE EISENBERG
ROSALIND LINDER
FEBRUARY 22/26 SHEVAT
CLARA HARRIS
ETHEL KAMINE
LAWRENCE MINTZ
FEBRUARY 23/27 SHEVAT
MAX MALLY
ELSIE SHUSTERMAN
ROSE WEISS
FEBRUARY 24/28 SHEVAT RICHARD HECK
CHAMKE TENENBAUM
FEBRUARY 25/29 SHEVAT
PHILIP BODZINER
MURRAY COHEN
FEBRUARY 26/30 SHEVAT
SAMUEL RUBIN
FEBRUARY 28/2 ADAR
RACHEL CORDREY
EVA ETHERTON
IRVY ETHERTON
YAHRZEITS FEBRUARY 2017 5777
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Florence Haysman Silver Fund
In Honor Of
Dr. & Mrs. Melvin Haysman
Special Anniversary Sara Jospin
Sylvia & Morris Cohen Israel Travel
Endowment Fund
In Memory Of
Morris Cohen & Henry Miller Edward & Becky Cohen
Larry Lasky Memorial Fund for
Conservative Judaism
In Memory Of
Marcus Brown
Sandy & Marcus Seligman
Ralph & Pauline Tenenbaum Chevra
Kadisha Fund
In Memory Of
Arthur Holstein Doug & Jean Holstein
Rabbi Jerry Potack Camp Ramah Fund
In Memory Of
Ronald Kronowitz
Linda & Steve Sacks
In Honor Of
Yetta Tureck’s 100th Birthday Russell & Adina Barkan
Mazel Tov
Jacob Skidmore-Hess Bar Mitzvah Russell & Adina Barkan
Eric Nathan Karp Fund
In Memory Of
Melvin Karp
Sidney Karp
Melvin & Eric Karp
Arnold & Chrissie Karp
Murray Greenberg Arnold & Chrissie Karp
Ronald Kronowitz
Sheryl & Stavie Kreh
Sidney Karp & Julius Kaminsky
Speedy Recovery Of
Sheryl Kreh
Sally Krissman
Bailee Tenenbaum Kronowitz Kiddush Fund
In Memory Of
Ronald Kronowitz Elise & Victor Shernoff
Steffi & Sol Zerden
Harriet & Paul Kulbersh
Joan Pam
Jane Winter
Marilyn Cranman
Marsha & Andy Kessler, Gena & Rusty
Hindman & Family, Lindsay & Laurence Kessler &
Family
Michael Tenenbaum
Michael Dobbs
Herman Kirschner Faye Kirschner
In Honor Of
Yetta Tureck’s 100th Birthday Steffi & Sol Zerden
Stuart & Joan Weiner
Elise & Victor Shernoff
The Shernoffs’ New Home Steffi & Sol Zerden
Linda Myers & Gary Udinsky
Suzanne & Michael Konter
Sharon & Murray Galin
Mazel Tov
on the birth of your Granddaughter
Linda Myers & Gary Udinsky
Elise & Victor Shernoff
Speedy Recovery Of
Bob Schwartz
Elise & Victor Shernoff
Betty Lasky Sara Jospin
Linda & Michael Zoller
Sheryl Kreh
Linda & Michael Zoller
Backpack Buddies
Rhoda Weiland
Jacob Skidmore-Hess
In Memory Of
Barbara Solomon
Joan Pam
David Fiegleman
Phillip & Arlene Wizwer
In Honor Of
Jacob Skidmore-Hess Bar Mitzvah
Anita Schlossberg
Jerald & Carole Cohen Mark & Laure Cohen, Reece & Caren Cohen, Lee &
Edye Cohen & Scott Cohen
Thank You
Samra Robbins AM Goldkrand
Speedy Recovery Of
Bob Schwartz Elise & Victor Shernoff
Barbara & Ellis Abrams
Betty Lasky
Barbara & Ellis Abrams
Siddur Sim Shalom
Julie Metzger Buddy Metzger
General Fund
Michael Dobbs
In Memory Of
Gary Levenson
The Levenson Family
Ronald Kronowitz Buddy Metzger
Fred Strauss Reggie & Melvin Goldstein
James Colvas Burnsed
Theodore & Adelle Geffen
Joseph Geffen Morris & Marla Geffen
Murray Greenberg Jack & Helene Streicher
Lawson Hayes III
Garrett & Ross Kaminsky
Irving Diamond Walter Diamond
Congratulations on New Grandson
Merry & Richard Bodziner Jane Winter
Happy Birthday
Yetta Tureck
Connie & Tom Glaser
Bernice Luskey
Anita Schlossberg
Mazel Tov on new Grandchild
Arlene & Allan Ratner
Bernice Luskey
Harriet & Paul Kulbersh
In Honor Of
Samra & Ron Robbins
Bernice Luskey
Congratulations on your New Home
Elise & Victor Shernoff
Jane Winter
In Honor Of
Motti Locker Skidmore-Hess Family
Speedy Recovery Of
Debbie Luskey Eliot & Rachel Israel
Harriet Ullman, Sheryl Kreh Betty Lasky &
Freddie Harkavy Harriet & Paul Kulbersh
Harriet Ullman Linda & Michael Zoller
CONTRIBUTIONS
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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Shabbat Services
followed by
Kiddush
Luncheons
1
8:00 a.m.
Shacharit with
Breakfast and Torah
Study 6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
2
7:30 a.m. Shacharit and Torah Study
6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
3
7:00 a.m. Shacharit
with breakfast to
follow
5:43 p.m. Candle Lighting
6:00 p.m.
Kabbalat Shabbat
4
9:45 a.m.
Shabbat Services
12:40 p.m. Mincha
6:35 p.m. Maariv 6:39 p.m. Havdalah
5
9:00 a.m. Shacharit 6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
6
7:15 a.m. Shacharit 6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
7
7:30 a.m. Shacharit 6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
6:15 pm
Semi-Annual
Meeting
8
8:00 a.m.
Shacharit with
Breakfast and Torah
Study 6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
9
7:30 a.m. Shacharit and Torah Study
6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
10
7:00 a.m. Shacharit
with breakfast to
follow
5:49 p.m. Candle Lighting
6:00 p.m.
Kabbalat Shabbat
11
9:45 a.m.
Shabbat Services
12:40 p.m. Mincha
6:40 p.m. Maariv 6:45 p.m. Havdalah
12
9:00 a.m. Shacharit 6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
13
7:15 a.m. Shacharit 6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
14
7:30 a.m. Shacharit 6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
15
8:00 a.m.
Shacharit with
Breakfast and Torah
Study 6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
16
7:30 a.m. Shacharit and Torah Study
6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
17
7:00 a.m. Shacharit
with breakfast to
follow
5:55 p.m. Candle Lighting
6:00 p.m.
Kabbalat Shabbat
18
9:45 a.m.
Shabbat Services
12:40 p.m. Mincha
6:45 p.m. Maariv 6:51 p.m. Havdalah
19
9:00 a.m. Shacharit 6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
Men’s Club Talk
Bob Weinhauer-Speaker
20
7:15 a.m. Shacharit 6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
21
7:30 a.m. Shacharit 6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
22
8:00 a.m.
Shacharit with
Breakfast and Torah
Study 6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
23
7:30 a.m. Shacharit and Torah Study
6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
24
7:00 a.m. Shacharit
with breakfast to
follow 6:00 p.m.
Kabbalat Shabbat
6:01 p.m. Candle Lighting
25
9:45 a.m.
Shabbat Services
12:40 p.m. Mincha
6:50 p.m. Maariv 6:56 p.m. Havdalah
26
9:00 a.m. Shacharit 6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
AA Annual Progressive
Dinner
27
7:15 a.m. Shacharit 6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
28
7:30 a.m. Shacharit 6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
Come welcome the Shabbat by celebrating with our friends at
Buckingham South on Fridays at 11am.
UPCOMING EVENTS 2017 Sunday, March 5th, 2nd Annual Larry Lasky Golf Tournament
Saturday, March 11th, Oneg Shabbat sponsored by Backpack Buddies
Saturday, March 11th Megillah Reading
Sunday, March 12th Purim Party
Scholar-in-Residence
S.C.A.D. Hillel
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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 (7:15 am) -
Kenneth Sadler
Tuesday (7:30 am) -
Lynn Reeves
Wednesday (8:00 am) -
Ron Ginsberg
Thursday (7:30 am) -
Michael Konter
Friday (7:00 am) -
Bobby Isaacson
Sunday (9:00 am) -
David Hirsh
2 Monique Mayo 14 Sandra Seligman
3 Dorothy Stock 15 Kenneth Sadler
4 Leon Friedman 17 Yael Elfassy-Conner
4 Jennifer Tillinger 17 David Kinsey
4 Rhoda Weiland 18 Robin Pam
5 Michelle Heyman 18 Reilly Winters
6 Solomon Cohen 21 Raphael Allan
6 Helene Friedman 21 Ellen Winters
7 Benjamin Cohen 23 Jay Weinstein
7 Elliot Palefsky 24 Esther Buchsbaum
8 Jason Rich 25 Haley Cohen
9 Betty Lasky 25 Doug Goldstein
10 Michael Dobbs 26 AM Goldkrand
11 Sharon Galin 26 Amanda Kronowitz
14 Eli Berwitz 27 Sherran Deems
14 Stephen Herman 27 Robert Isaacson
FEBRUARY 2017 BIRTHDAYS
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Savannah Georgia
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SAVANNAH, GA
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PRESIDENT VICTOR SHERNOFF
FINANICAL SECRETARY ELISE SHERNOFF
TREASURER MICHAEL BONDER
RECORDING SECRETARY ED BERNARD
PROFESSIONAL STAFF
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MOTTI LOCKER
FINANCIAL COORDINATOR LAURA EVANS
ADMINISTRATIVE ASST. JULIANA BLAND
