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Congregation Agudas Achim 

May 2010 

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KOLENU 

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Iyar - Sivan 5770 

The Conservative Jewish Congregation Serving San Antonio and Central Texas since 1889 

Confirmation Class of 2010 

Front Row 

Sam Ross, Rachel Bernstein, Jessica Rosenberg, Josh Pulman, Jenna Katims, Rachel West, 

Noah Barshop, Karen Katims, Max Birnbaum, Eli Markowitz 

Back Row 

Rabbi Leonardo Bitran, Ross Halfant, Arielle Dameshghi, Gabriella Gross, Lyric Ollervidez, 

Goldie Greenwald, Adam Lipton, Hazzan Jeremy Lipton

May I Have A Word With You 

To the Young People of Agudas Achim 

How Jewish is body piercing? While pierced ears have long been common, a 

growing number of people today pierce noses, navels and even tongues. What does 

Halakha, Jewish Law, have to say about body piercing? 

As you know, our Tanakh makes reference to nose rings and earrings. We also know 

that Jewish law prohibits one from hitting and wounding others. The Talmud (Baba 

Kama 91b) records a debate whether it is permitted for someone to wound himself. 

The great majority of medieval authorities accept the opinion that self-wounding is 

forbidden. At first glance, this law is perplexing. It seems reasonable to prohibit 

someone from injuring another person when he/she objects; that is a breach of 

another’s fundamental rights. However, why would Halakha prohibit self-wounding? For the simple reason 

that our Rabbis taught that a person is not the master of his/her own body. God is the one who grants life and 

maintains full rights to the human body. “The Lord gives and the Lord takes” is not a mere phrase, but rather a 

statement of fact: God owns our body. Consequently, self-inflicted wounds and suicide are forbidden because 

the human body belongs to God, not to us. 

The prohibition against wounding would seem to preclude body piercing. But it isn’t that simple. Not all 

wounding is prohibited. If a doctor needs to operate on someone, the operation is permitted even though the 

doctor will wound the patient in the process. This is because wounding for therapeutic purposes is allowed. In 

evaluating the permissibility of body piercing, we must ask the following question: Is wounding for reasons of 

beauty allowed? 

New rabbinic response has concluded that the reason wounding is allowed for a therapeutic purpose is because 

health considerations are so important they outweigh any prohibition against wounding. However, wounding 

for the sake of beauty is far less important, and would not be allowed. In addition, it is improper to tamper 

with the body God gave us; it is God’s will for us to look the way we look naturally. Nonetheless, there is a 

different approach. Rabbi Moshe Feinstein (Iggrot Moshe Choshen Mishpat 2:65-66) argues that the reason 

wounding is allowed for surgery and other therapeutic purposes is because it is intended to benefit the person 

being wounded. He notes the Maimonides writes that the prohibition against wounding is only applicable 

when it is intended to cause pain and degrade the body. Wounding for the purposes of beauty (e.g., plastic 

surgery) would be allowed. 

Clearly, Halakha takes any wounding of the body, even if it is self-inflicted, very seriously. It sees the body as 

belonging to God and would prohibit any masochistic behavior. There is even a debate if wounding is 

allowable for the sake of beauty. If the body piercing is done solely for the sake of beauty, there would be a 

debate about its permissibility. However, if it were to be done to associate with a subculture of masochism and 

self-destruction, it would violate the prohibition against wounding! Think very carefully before you consider 

piercing your body to help you find the right answer for yourself. 

Have a great summer; remember it is very important to me that you remain loyal to our Jewish values and 

rituals. All the best to you and your family, my blessings to y’all. 

Rabbi Leonardo Bitran 

Thinking of doing more for your synagogue? 

We have opportunities available. Consider the possibility of greeting guests and members on Shabbat, reading 

Torah, assisting as a Gabbai, leading a portion of the service or accepting an Aliyah. Let us know of your 

willingness to participate just a bit more. 

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Kol Shira 

With the joyous holiday of Pesach behind us—z’man cheiruteinu, the “time of our 

freedom”—now a distant memory (though in reality only a few weeks ago), we count 

the days, literally and figuratively, until the Festival of Shavuot—z’man matan 

torateiun—the “time of the giving of the Torah.” Our tradition’s historical view of the 

Exodus from Egypt teaches us valuable lessons, which our cyclical religious calendar 

reinforces: freedom is perhaps not the ultimate goal, but only the beginning of our 

journey, which provides the impetus to learn about ourselves as a nation, as a people, 

as a part of Am Yisrael, collectively and as individuals, within the community. As we 

annually read in the Torah, the singular event of Moses’ leading of the Children of 

Israel out of Egypt is only the beginning of our story, for the path to the restoration of 

our ancestors to the Land of Israel, fraught with a multitude of physical, emotional and 

psychological obstacles, provides us with both challenges and tools that enable us to 

become who we are going to be, instead of who we think we are when we leave, played out in the next three 

books of the Torah! 

Traditionally, we mark this transitional time of year through the daily counting of the omer (a unit of grain) in 

the fifty successive days between Pesach and Shavuot, the transformative time between our freedom from the 

Exodus, and our collective and individual enlightenment that culminates in the giving of the Torah at Mt. 

Sinai. During this time our commemoration of a series of more recent historical events—including Yom 

Hashoah (Holocaust Memorial Day), Yom Hazikaron (Israel Remembrance Day) and Yom Ha'atzma'ut (Israeli 

Independence Day)—reinforces our commitment and passion toward our communal destiny, as the people 

Israel becoming the nation Israel, through Torah. 

Among the ways that we as a community connected with Jews in San Antonio, and all over the world, was 

through the meaningful community commemorations and celebrations that took place right here at 

Congregation Agudas Achim and at the JCC Campus, where I had the distinct honor to chant the unique El 

malei rachamim (God Full of Compassion), a special version of the memorial prayer offered during this 

emotionally packed, two-week period that reminds us of the cost of freedom, and of our persistent longing for 

it, which culminates in the celebration of Shavuot. 

This period also coincides with our Confirmation Class’s participation in Erev Shavuot Services on Thursday 

night, May 18 th at 7:00 p.m., when our 10 th grade students will affirm their many years of educational 

commitment as members of our Congregation through their study at our own Inda Posner Religious School, as 

they lead the Shalosh Regalim Evening Service. Over the past number of months I have “religiously” met with 

our students to assist them in the learning of the special nusach (traditional modes and melodies) for Shavuot 

so that they might approach this milestone with a firm knowledge of and a connection to hundreds of years of 

liturgical tradition. Come and celebrate with the community as we mark this simcha in our students’ and their 

families’ lives. 

During the week of May 2 nd through 6 th I will travel to New York City to represent our Congregation at the 

Cantors Assembly’s International Convention and Annual Meeting at the Jewish Theological Seminary. As 

many of you know, I have served the Cantors Assembly in a number of capacities over the years, both at 

regional and national levels, including Chair of the Western Region, Director of the Cantors Assembly 

Ensemble, Member of the Executive Council, Chair of the Education Committee and Chair of the Long Range 

Planning Committee. At this year’s meeting I will be honored as I receive the distinction of being named a 

Cantors Assembly Scholar, a new professional award in recognition of my ongoing commitment to research, 

teaching and performance on behalf of the Jewish Community. I look forward to having the opportunity to 

exchange ideas with my colleagues, but most especially, I look forward to sharing the fruits of our labor with 

all of you, when I return to my physical and spiritual home here in San Antonio! 

B’Shalom, 

Hazzan Jeremy Lipton 

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Message From the Executive Director 

According to Webster’s New World Dictionary of the American Language, Second 

College Edition, recreate means “to restore, refresh, create anew, to put fresh life into, 

restore in body or mind, as after work, by some sort of play, amusement or relaxation.” 

Somehow, I can easily associate this singular word with the concept of vacation as there 

does appear to be a direct correlation between the two, particularly as we near the 

warmer months and the time when school lets out. We begin planning how our children 

will spend their vacation by reviewing possibilities of sending them to various camps, 

taking escorted trips or having them spend the time with family. Many individuals also 

begin planning their time away from work, their time to refresh and restore, their time to cleanse and then to 

return to work with renewed energy, direction and a changed outlook on all tasks that lie ahead. Naturally, 

those who have not yet retired know that their first few days will be spent putting out fires and catching up on 

what needs to be accomplished. Those who consider themselves retired also understand that there will also be 

issues that will need to be addressed upon their return. Time away from work, from the typical stress of our 

everyday existence, is important. It allows for the space needed to observe what has been accomplished, what 

may need to be accomplished, items that may need to change or issues that will need to be resolved. This 

observation period is really a clearing of the mind, allowing one to re-create and return with an optimistic 

approach. We all need to take a break, change a routine, observe from afar and make necessary changes. 

I can associate the idea of recreate and how this can apply to our activity within the synagogue. Sitting in the 

synagogue affords one the opportunity of sanctuary, of putting fresh life into the week that has past or the one 

we are about to begin. We have the ability to restore in body or mind, a portion of self that had not been 

available during the work week. We can give ourselves a chance of spiritual renewal, or at a more basic level, 

the occasion to not permit the outside world to impact us, if but for a few moments. We can isolate ourselves, 

clear the mind of life’s obstacles and seek a different level of relaxation. We can also avail ourselves of the 

interaction with extended family members, discussing issues that may be of interest, or in just light 

conversation with individuals sharing a commonality. 

I knew an individual who would carve out a few minutes of each day just to sit and clear his mind. This 

became almost a ritualistic occurrence, but one that appeared to have a positive result on his activities. It may 

be a positive experience if we were to take a few minutes each day, or a few hours each week, to set aside the 

time to relax, refocus and renew. We do have daily services at the synagogue that would allow for this 

opportunity, and I am certain you would feel welcome. 

Michael Linn 

Executive Director 

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President’s Remarks 

It’s my job as President to insure the 

future security and well-being of our 

congregation. We’ve been a 

congregation for 120 years as we 

c el eb r at ed that monum ental 

anniversary last March. It is now our 

task to continue on the successes we 

have experienced over all those years. 

Prudent management, generous 

giving, and successful fundraising are major keys to 

insure we will be around for the next 120 years. We 

are very fortunate to have the management team in 

place over-seeing our day to day operations observing 

all facets of the congregation to make sure we are a 

lean, mean, operating synagogue. Believe it or not, 

we try to watch our expenses very closely. Operating 

a synagogue of our size with our beautiful building, 

excellent clergy, and fine educational opportunities 

for our children cannot be achieved if we didn’t have 

a committed membership. 

Over these past few months I have met many 

members that I didn’t know before and am very 

happy with the comments they have about our 

synagogue. You would think that the office of 

President would be a thankless job full of complaints 

and disgruntled members, but it’s quite the contrary. 

I always get a laugh from our members who I see at 

Shabbat services who say they came to services to see 

if I’m there. I am proud to announce that I have 

become a regular. I find attending services on a 

regular basis has brought me a lot closer to my faith. 

Just reading the Torah portion in English each week 

has been most rewarding and has answered many 

questions that I had about Judaism in the past. I also 

enjoy watching our members as they participate in all 

the various aspects of the service. We invite all our 

members to participate at whatever level they feel 

comfortable. My goal is to one day stand in front of 

the Torah and read a Torah portion. 

Now back to the long-term success of our 

congregation. Another goal I have set is to build our 

endowments. We are very fortunate to have the 

endowments that we have thus far. Just a few short 

years ago our endowments were in jeopardy, but with 

the hard work of our dedicated board they are not 

only stable, but are also now separated from the 

synagogue’s operational account. A strong 

endowment insures the future security of our shul. 

I am happy to announce our newest endowment 

created by the generous donation of our long-time 

members Bertie and Selig Frank. It will be called the 

Bertie and Selig Frank Endowment Fund and will 

have funds available to help send our teachers and 

students to Israel to learn about their heritage and 

history. On behalf of the congregation I want to 

thank Bertie and Selig for their generosity to the 

synagogue in setting up this fund. The wing between 

the Cohen Rotunda and the Gurinsky Social Hall will 

now carry the name of Bertie and Selig. 

There are other funds available to help our children 

offset costs for travel and fees to attend camp, travel 

to Israel and attend other Jewish educational 

conventions and seminars. One of the funds is the Si 

Alexander Scholarship fund. It was established to 

offer scholarship money to our children to attend 

various Jewish lifecycle events. These funds are out 

there, and who that are interested in obtaining a 

scholarship should contact the synagogue office for 

assistance and an application to receive scholarship 

money. I would like to thank Steve and Joanie 

Pechenik for establishing this fund for our children. 

Any member interested in making additional 

donations to this fund are always welcome to do so 

since the money goes to such a valuable cause. 

The synagogue has many funds to choose from to 

make various donations to honor an event, 

memorialize a loved one, or wish someone a speedy 

recovery for an illness. All donations are kept within 

the fund they are designated to and are never used for 

operational expenses. The Kiddush fund is used to 

offset the cost of our Shabbat Kiddush’s after 

services, and the Kadish Minyan fund is used to 

offset the cost of breakfast after our daily Minyan. 

These are just a few of the many funds we have that 

benefit various areas of our synagogue, and I 

encourage everyone to be generous and support our 

funds. 

We are about to come to the close of another 

successful school year, and I want to thank Karen 

Katims and Dena Hoenig Valdez for the wonderful 

job they do in running our schools. We are fortunate 

to have such dedicated individuals heading up our 

schools. 

I want to wish everyone a wonderful beginning to 

summer and look forward to seeing new faces each 

week at our services. 

Robi Jalnos 

President 


Chai Lights 

Agudas Achim Sisterhood 

Cordially Invites 

Our Members and Friends 

To Join Us for A 

Special Year-End Program and Light Brunch 

In Celebration of 

Our Installation of Officers, 

Salute to Mothers 

and 

Book Review by 

Rabbi Leonardo Bitran 

Tuesday, May 11, 2010 

10:00 a.m. 

Gurinsky Family Social Hall 

Couvert $6.50 per person 

Your check is your reservation 

Send to: Mrs. Babs Schnitzer 

1810 Wild Deer Run, San Antonio, TX 78248 

764-1714 

Suzan Mendlovitz 

Book Review Chairman 

Babysitting available by advanced arrangement only 

Curious George is on Vacation in 

New York City, with a Side Trip to 

San Francisco 

The New York Jewish Museum is 

currently exhibiting the work of H.A. 

and Margret Rey’s Curious George. 

The Jewish couple was living in Paris 

just prior to the German invasion and 

managed to make their way out of 

Europe. This exhibit continues in 

New York through August 1, 2010 

and will then travel to the Contemporary Jewish 

Museum in San Francisco, where it will run from 

November 14, 2010 through March 16, 2011. 

Satisfy your curiosity if your travels coincide with 

this exhibit. 

Jewish Boys, Their Friends 

and Their Toys 

Love classic, foreign, sport 

and unique cars and 

motorcycles? Then come to 

the Car Show at Agudas 

Achim Sunday, May 16, 

2010, 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. 

Bring your friends and “hang out with the guys.” 

Bring your favorite toy to show off. Hotdogs, 

hamburgers and beverages will be available for sale. 

If you will be bringing your car or motorcycle out, 

let us know! Call the office at 479-0307 or email to 

info@agudas-achim.org. 

Alexander Youth Fund 

Scholarships Available 

Scholarships are available from the Alexander 

Youth Fund so that the young people of our 

congregation can receive financial assistance to 

travel to Israel on Jewish affiliated trips as well as to 

supplement Jewish summer camp sessions. 

An application can be obtained through the 

synagogue main office and must be completed and 

turned in to the fund at least forty-five days prior to 

the date that the organization application and deposit 

are due. The only criterion for receiving aid is that 

the applicant must submit an essay along with the 

application outlining what traveling to Israel means 

to them. It’s that simple. All young members are 

eagerly encouraged to apply. 

Feedback Wanted 

We have been sending electronic versions of the 

Kolenu to many of our members, mailing to others, 

and providing hard copies to those who visit the 

office. Please do let us know how this change has 

impacted you, positively and negatively. You may 

contact any staff member by telephone or through 

email info@agudas-achim.org. 


Goldie and Joe Tills Library Report 

May, 2010 

Shalom, Pardner! It’s time for the end of school year Library Book Roundup! Lasso all those 

overdue books and mosey over to the Goldie & Joe Tills Library and turn them in. Please turn 

them in on or before May 14, 2010. If they are lost or damaged, you will be billed on your dues 

statement. 

Thanks to all of you who supported our library by purchasing books at our End of Shelf Life 

Book Sale and our Scholastic Book Fair Diner—All You Can Read! We made $200 at the 

End of Shelf Life Book Sale! The profits went into the Goldie & Joe Tills Library Fund and 

will be used to purchase new books. Todah Rabbah to Ruth Posner who donated many wonderful books for 

the sale. 

A big thank you goes to my terrific Book Fair volunteers, Barri Fogel, Judy Halfant, and Stanley Waghalter! 

A list of our Scholastic Book Fair contest winners will be in the next Kolenu. 

I want to express my appreciation to my volunteers, Elizabeth and Sandy Shaenfield, for all their hard work 

during this school year! Also, I want to thank Larry Thiedeman, our custodian, for all his help this year. 

I hope all of you have a very restful and enjoyable 

summer. The library will be closed during the 

summer but will resume in the fall when IPRS is in 

session again. 

B’Shalom and Happy Reading, 

Lynn Waghalter , Librarian 

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The Birth of Congregation Agudas Achim 

As Congregation Agudas Achim completes its 

twelfth decade as an active synagogue, it is fitting to 

look back to its first year. Nobody who was alive at 

that time survives today, and this history must 

therefore use sources other than memories of the 

participants. Luckily, the San Antonio daily 

newspapers of the 1890s, the Express and the Light, 

covered local Jewish affairs rather well, and much 

history from these publications survives on 

microfilm. In addition, the Texana/Genealogy 

Department of the San Antonio Central Library has a 

large and growing San Antonio Jewish archive which 

was assembled over many years by Lenore Karp. 

Unless the ancient Board minutes or letters, diaries or 

memoirs from early congregation members turn up in 

family heirlooms, microfilm newspaper archives, 

along with some online sites, will continue to be the 

primary sources. 

The Congregation Begins 

Congregation Agudas Achim – Hebrew for “A 

gathering of the brethren” – was chartered on 

November 29, 1889. The congregation was the 

successor of a Jewish benevolent society, with an 

Orthodox orientation, called Gemilath Hasodim, 

which was organized in 1883. This history dates the 

birth of the congregation from November 29, the day 

the charter was filed, although there obviously were 

organizational meetings prior to then. 

The charter was actually dated November 1, 1889, 

but not filed with the Texas Department of State until 

more than four weeks later. The original corporate 

name of the synagogue was Agudas Achem, rather 

than Agudas Achim. The synagogue’s purposes 

were: (1) the support of public worship according to 

the Orthodox Jewish doctrine, (2) the support of 

benevolent, charitable, educational, or missionary 

undertakings in conformance with Orthodox Judaism, 

and (3) the maintenance of a private cemetery. The 

charter members were H.W. Koenigsberg, I.L. 

Koenigsberg, Salmomon Dalkowitz, Samuel 

Dalkowitz, N. Dalkowitz, J. Gurinsky, H. Gurinsky, 

B. Gurinsky, H. Sellinger, N. Sellinger, B. Arstein, 

A.B. Freeman, S. Bark, W. Cohn, P. Fink, M. 

Schwartz, J. Druskin, N. Schnitzer, J. Klein, W. Jaffe, 

M. Rabenowitz. A.W. Freyer, and T. Marmelstein. 

The original Board of Directors was composed of 

H.W. Koenigsberg, W. Jaffe, H. Becker, A.B. 

Freeman, and T. Marmelstein. The requirements for 

membership of the synagogue were that each 

applicant be of the Orthodox Jewish faith and of good 

moral character. The charter was to remain in effect 

for fifty years. 

A Jewish encyclopedia published fifteen years after 

the fact says that the congregation was “founded” on 

June 1, 1890, with an original membership of 43. As 

stated in its charter, Agudas Achim was originally an 

Orthodox congregation and the second congregation 

in the city. Agudas Achim’s Reform sister 

congregation, Temple Beth El, was founded in 1874. 

The Orthodox congregation met in private homes and 

rented halls for the first eight years of its existence. 

The Break-Out Year 

The year 1890 was a break-out year for the young 

congregation, which organized rapidly. By the end of 

the year, Agudas Achim had hired its first rabbi, held 

its first High Holy Day services, purchased its 

cemetery, and conducted its first burial. This 

occurred in a small but growing frontier city which 

had a population of 37,673 in 1890. 

The congregation’s first permanent spiritual leader 

was Rabbi Moses Edelhertz, who arrived in San 

Antonio to take charge of the congregation a week 

before High Holy Days. He came from Wichita, 

Kansas. He was born in Russia and was about 37 

years old. Rabbi Edelhertz had also been the rabbi of 

the experimental Jewish agricultural Beersheba 

Colony in Hodgeman County, Kansas, in the early 

and mid-1880s, before he went to Wichita. 

Congregation Agudas Achim held High Holy Day 

services, and some other services, at the Knights of 

Pythias Hall at Houston and Soledad Streets. On 

Sunday afternoon, August 25, the congregation held a 

service presided over by a rabbi named Schuster 

Kofsky. Since Rabbi Edelhertz arrived in San 

Antonio a week later, and since the congregation was 

chartered only nine months earlier, Rabbi Kofsky 

cannot be considered a permanent rabbi. 

The congregation got into a bit of unintended trouble 

with the law the following week. On Sunday, 

September 7, at 1:20 a.m., the congregation was 

meeting at 409 West Commerce Street, and was 


The Birth of Congregation Agudas Achim 

conducting what was obviously a Selichot service, 

when the San Antonio Police came in and stopped the 

service, on orders from Captain Andreas Coy, who 

was Assistant City Marshall. According to the Light, 

“They were simply singing and praying in their own 

fashion, but the police claimed they had the right to 

stop them under the ordinance covering ‘good order,’ 

and say that singing and other disturbances are 

prohibited in the city after 12 o’clock.” 

Rabbi Edelhertz arrived in San Antonio the day after 

the police raid. High Holy Day services, which 

began the following week, seem to have gone on 

smoothly and without police interference. Rash 

Hashanah began at sunset on September 14, and Yom 

Kippur at sunset on September 23. The Agudas 

Achim’s services at the Knights of Pythias Hall were 

conducted by the new rabbi. Apparently for the first 

time in San Antonio, the Orthodox custom of Rash 

Hashanah as a two-day holiday was observed. 

The Cemetery is Established 

Even as it organized itself, hired its rabbi, and had 

High Holy Day services, the young congregation also 

established its cemetery. On August 18, 1890, the 

San Antonio City Council heard the petition of 

Congregation Agudas Achim to establish a cemetery. 

The petition must have been presented to the council 

while the congregation was negotiating to purchase 

cemetery property, because the purchase would not 

be finalized for more than a month. Finally, on 

September 30, 1890, Congregation Agudas Achim 

purchased what is now known as the Palmetto Street 

Cemetery. The property was – and still is – located 

on the block bounded by North Palmetto, Potomac, 

St. James, and East Crockett Streets. Its dimensions 

are 386 feet by approximately 232 feet, and it is 

located across Palmetto Street from the old Temple 

Beth El Cemetery. Agudas Achim purchased the 

property from the San Antonio Cremation Company 

for $800 cash. 

Sadly, the cemetery was not empty for very long. 

The first person buried there was an infant named 

Herm Beck, who was born on August 19, 1890 – the 

day after the congregation petitioned the City Council 

to establish the cemetery – and died on October 22 of 

the same year. 

Although the Beck infant was the first person buried 

in the cemetery, another person now buried there died 

five years before he did. The gravestone in the 

cemetery with the earliest date of death is that of 

Meyer Karotkin, who lived from 1883 until 1885. 

Meyer Karotkin was obviously re-interred at the 

Agudas Achim cemetery after having been originally 

buried elsewhere, because at the time of his death the 

congregation did not exist, and the future cemetery 

site belonged to the Cremation Company. The child 

is buried in the Karotkin family plot. The earliest 

original burial in the family plot was probably Fanny 

Karotkin, who died in 1893. 

Rabbi Edelhertz Remains for Several Years 

Rabbi Eddelherz remained in San Antonio until about 

1893, and he must be considered the first permanent 

rabbi of the congregation. On May 3, 1891, he 

officiated at the bris of the infant son of Mr. N. 

Schwartz at the family home on West Houston Street. 

According to the 1891 San Antonio city directory, 

Rabbi Edelhertz resided at 15 North San Saba Street. 

The 1892-1893 directory indicates that his home was 

at 211 West Salinas Street. Under the heading 

“Jewish Congregations” in church listings of the 

same directory is the notation that “Rabbi Edelhertz 

holds services every Saturday from 9 a.m. until 11 

a.m. at 509 E. Commerce St.” Rabbi Edelhertz is 

also listed in the 1894 directory at the West Salinas 

address, but that directory also contains the name of 

his successor at Agudas Achim, Rabbi Moses 

Sadovsky, who resided at 219 North San Saba Street. 

Since Rabbi Sadovsky moved to San Antonio in 

1893, the listing of Rabbi Edelhertz was probably no 

longer accurate by 1894. 

The congregation hired a new rabbi in 1893 and 

purchased property for its first permanent home, 

which will be covered in the next installment of this 

history. 

A fully footnoted version of this history, with source 

citations, may be obtained by emailing me at 

mdrobbins1@aol.com. The congregational history 

by me in the 120 th Anniversary Gala Book was 

written without the benefit of seeing a copy of the 

original charter, and unfortunately gave incorrect 

dates for the birth of the congregation. 

Mike Robbins 


Kids Page - Shavuot 

Cheese Blintzes 

Cheese blintzes are served hot, with sour cream or applesauce. They are a special favorite on Shavuot when it is 

customary to eat dairy products. 

Ingredients: 

Batter: 

4 eggs 

1 cup milk 

1 cup flour 

1 tablespoon sour cream 

1/4 cup sugar 

1 package vanilla sugar 

pinch of salt 

Filling: 

16 ounces cottage cheese 

2 egg yolks 

2 tablespoons margarine or butter, melted 

2 tablespoons sugar 

1 teaspoon vanilla sugar 

1/4 cup raisins (optional) 

Directions: 

Batter: Combine eggs and milk. Add sour cream and 

blend well. Add flour gradually. Mix well until batter 

is smooth. Heat on a low flame a small amount of oil 

in an 8-inch frying pan until hot but not smoking. 

Ladle a small amount of batter (approximately 1 

ounce) into pan, tipping pan in all directions until 

batter covers the entire bottom of the pan. Fry on one 

side until set and golden (approximately 1 minute). 

Slip pancake out of pan and repeat until all batter is 

used. Add oil to pan as necessary. 

Filling: In another bowl, mix all ingredients for 

filling. 

Assemble: Fill each pancake on golden side with 3 

tablespoons of filling. Fold in sides to center and roll 

blintz until completely closed. Replace rolled blintzes 

in pan and fry for 2 minutes, turning once. 


Inda Posner Religious School 

May Calendar: 

Saturday, May 1 6 th Grade Shabbat 

Sunday, May 2 Last Day of School/Picnic 

Monday, May 3 EZ’s Restaurant Fundraiser 

Tuesday, May 18 Confirmation Service 7:00 p.m. 

Todah Rabbah and Yasher Koach to IPRS Teachers 

for Another Great Year 

Alison Abelow 

Silvana Bacman 

Gail Clover 

Nava Gazitt 

Jennifer Gurinsky 

Jason Katims 

Gregg Michel 

Rhonda Michel 

Ellen Ollervidez 

Gwenn Reep 

Rachel Rosenfield 

Stacey Schwartz 

Bobi Stern 

Rachel Stern 

Ariella Sunshine 

Harriet Tomes 

Barbara Weizer 

Class/Office Assistants: 

Rachel Bernstein 

Tracy Frydberg 

Melissa Gunn 

Lindsey Harlan 

Jenna Katims 

Jonathan Lipton 

Sarah Nussbaum 

Jessica Peden 

Look for Registration Information for the 2010-2011 

School Year Soon! 

Have a Great Summer! 


Heintz Preschool 

Hey Ms. Dena, what smells 

so good? I feel like I’m in my 

Bubbe’s kitchen! What do 

you say we invite kids to hang 

out with us this summer and 

cook up some fun? 

Bon Appetite! 

We’ve got the recipe for spicing up your 

summer!! Save the date for a delicious new 

summer camp! “Stir Crazy Cooking Camp” 

with your cheery chefs, Miss Dena and Miss 

Mindi. Camp will be from June June June 21 21 –June June 25 25, 25 

from 9:00 9:00 am am am to to 2:00pm 2:00pm for children 10 years 

and younger. And parents, don’t pack a 

lunch, we’ll make it here! 

Registration information will be provided 

soon. In the meantime, save room for dessert! 

Heintz Preschool’s summer is heating up! 

Calling all Space Cadets - Prepare for a Summer that’s out of this world at 

Heintz Preschool Space Camp 2010 

July 12 - July 23 

Houston, we have no problem! 

Join us for sky-high fun as we explore the Galaxy through arts and crafts, 

games, music and science! 

Save the date and look for registration information soon! 

It’s Astronomical! 



Hop Hop On On Board Board Board the the Heintz Heintz Preschool Preschool Train! Train! 

Train! 

Fall Fall Fall 2010 2010 Registration Registration Registration is is Underway! 

Underway! 

All aboard for the best Jewish preschool education in San Antonio. 

This month, Heintz Preschool will be accepting children from 

eighteen months through four years old for Fall 2010. Our 

comprehensive program is fully licensed and has two, three and five 

day a week class options. We’re now offering extended care five 

days a week beginning Fall 2010. The extended program is full of 

fun and educational activities that are sure to stimulate both our 

children’s little bodies and minds. 

We’re dedicated to providing an early childhood program that will have a positive impact upon a family’s 

Jewish identity development and ritual practice, as well as a superior secular education. 

The philosophy of Heintz Preschool is to provide a warm, nurturing environment. Our low ratio of 

children-to-staff enables the teachers to focus on each child’s individual needs and interests. Our quality 

curriculum promotes a fun, positive and rewarding Jewish educational experience integrating Jewish 

values and culture. 

Whether motivated by Heintz Preschool’s Jewish content or our emphasis on language arts, music, 

movement, crafts and fine motor skills, graduates of Heintz Preschool are ready to enter Kindergarten 

with confidence! The small school fills quickly, so reserve your child’s spot today! For more information 

or to arrange a tour of Heintz Preschool, please contact Dena Hoenig Valdez at (210) 479-0429. 

Heintz Preschoolers are Mini Mensches 

Heintz Preschool is committed to exposing our students to early childhood 

Jewish values relevant to their lives. We’ve long practiced the mitzvot of 

Tzedakah (charity) and Tikkun-Olam (repairing the world). This year we 

implemented a “Mini Mensch” program. Mensch is a Yiddish word 

describing a good, kind and dependable person. Each month, the children 

were introduced to a new “Mensch Theme.” When a child understands and 

bases his/her behavior on Jewish values, and not just human decency, the 

child is building a Jewish vocabulary and a Jewish foundation which will 

serve the child throughout his/her life. 

Throughout the year we have integrated these values into the daily routine 

through vocabulary, role-play, art, storytelling and other creative ways initiated by our talented teachers. 

Some of the themes covered this year were Derech Eretz (courtesy and respect), Kibbud Horim u’Morim 

(honoring parents and teachers), Hiddur P’nay-Zakayn (honoring the elderly and grandparents), Ma’achil 

Re’ayvim (feed the hungry), Emet (truth) and Lo Tachmode (do not covet). In May, our Mini Mensch theme 

will be Talmud Torah (study). 

We are pleased with the success of the Mini Mensch program and are looking forward to next year’s group of 

Mini Mensches! 


Congregation Agudas Achim May 2010 

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 

2 Iyar 18 

Lag B’Omer 

IPRS Picnic 

9 Iyar 25 

16 Sivan 3 

Car Show at Agudas 

Achim 5:00 p.m. 

23 Sivan 10 

Sisterhood Follies 

3:00 p.m. 

30 

Sivan 

17 

3 Iyar 19 

10 Iyar 26 

17 Sivan 4 

24 Sivan 11 

Executive Committee 

Meeting 6:00 

p.m. 

Board of 

Trustees 

Meeting 

7:30 

p.m. 

31 

Sivan 

18 

Memorial 

Day 

Office Closed 

4 Iyar 20 

11 Iyar 27 

Sisterhood Book Review 

and Board Installation 

10:00 a.m. 

18 Sivan 5 

Office Closes 4:00 p.m. 

IPRS Confirmation 

Service 7:00 p.m. 

25 Sivan 12 

Sisterhood Board 

Meeting 9:45 a.m. 

5 Iyar 21 

HPS Muffins with Mom 

9:15 a.m. 

12 Iyar 28 

19 Sivan 6 

Shavuot Services 

9:00 a.m. 

Office Closed 

No HPS 

26 Sivan 13 

6 Iyar 22 

HPS Muffins with Mom 

9:15 a.m. 

13 Iyar 29 

20 Sivan 7 

Shavuot Services 

9:00 a.m. 

Office Closed 

No HPS 

27 Sivan 14 

7 Iyar 23 

Shabbat Tots 9:15 a.m. 

Tot Shabbat 6:00 p.m. 

Services 7:00 p.m. 

7:56 p.m. 

14 Sivan 1 

Shabbat Tots 9:15 a.m. 


8:00 p.m. 

21 Sivan 8 


8:04 p.m. 

28 Sivan 15 


8:09 p.m. 

1 Iyar 17 

Morning Services 

9:00 a.m. 

6 th Grade Service 

8:52 p.m. 

8 Iyar 24 

Services 9:00 a.m. 

8:56 p.m. 

15 Sivan 2 


9:01 p.m. 

22 Sivan 9 


8:48 p.m. 

29 Sivan 16 


Emor 

Behar- 

Bechukotai 

Bamidbar 

Nasso 

Beha’alotcha 

9:09 p.m.

Congregation Agudas Achim June 2010 

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 

6 Sivan 24 

Golden Wedding 

Anniversary Celebration 

7:00 p.m. 

13 Tammuz 1 

20 Tammuz 8 

27 Tammuz 15 

7 Sivan 25 

14 Tammuz 2 

21 Tammuz 9 

HPS Cooking Camp 

9:00 a.m. 

28 Tammuz 16 

Executive Committee 

Meeting 6:00 p.m. 

Board of Trustees 

Meeting 7:30 p.m. 

1 Sivan 19 

8 Sivan 26 

15 Tammuz 3 

22 Tammuz 10 


9:00 a.m. 

Sisterhood Board 

Meeting 9:45 a.m. 

29 Tammuz 17 

Fast of Tammuz 

2 Sivan 20 

HPS Slideshow 1:00 p.m. 

HPS Graduation and Art 

Show 6:30 p.m. 

9 Sivan 27 

16 Tammuz 4 

23 Tammuz 11 


9:00 a.m. 

30 Tammuz 18 

3 Sivan 21 

HPS Last Day 

HPS Slideshow 1:00 p.m. 

10 Sivan 28 

17 Tammuz 5 

24 Tammuz 12 


9:00 a.m. 

4 Sivan 22 

8:12 p.m. 

11 Sivan 29 


8:15 p.m. 

18 Tammuz 6 


8:18 p.m. 

25 Tammuz 13 


9:00 a.m. 


8:19 p.m. 

5 Sivan 23 

Morning Services 

9:00 a.m. 

Samantha Wendorf 

Bat Mitzvah 

9:13 p.m. 

12 Sivan 30 


Zachary Chacon-Peden 

Bar Mitzvah 

8:56 p.m. 

19 Tammuz 7 


Pavlova Gonzalez 

Bat Mitzvah 

9:18 p.m. 

26 Tammuz 14 


Sh’lach 

Korach 

Chukat 

Balak 

9:19 p.m.

And And The The Celebration Celebration Continues Continues . . . . . 

. 

Congregation Congregation Agudas Agudas Achim 

Achim 

invites you to a 

Golden Golden Wedding 

Wedding 

Anniversary Anniversary Celebration 

Celebration 

Honoring All Couples in Our Congregation 

Married Fifty Years or More: 

Barbara and Ronnie Argo 

Cookie and Lou Belinsky 

Joan and Stuart Bernstein 

Gloria and James Cohen 

Judy and Eddie Halfant 

Marge and David Present 

Anne and Joel Roth 

Rivka and Rabbi Louis Schechter 

Rita and Phillip Simon 

Alice and David Singer 

Sandy and Mel Weingart 

Esta and Stanley Zucker 

Sunday, Sunday, June June 6, 6, 2010 

2010 

7:00 7:00 p.m. 

p.m. 

Alterman Alterman Salkind Salkind Salkind Louis Louis Sanctuary 

Sanctuary 

Dancing and Refreshments to Follow 

RSVP 

Helen Isgur 492-9845 

Bernice Mazer 341-8226 


Sisterhood 

Sisterhood Book Review 

Congregation Agudas Achim Sisterhood is pleased to announce the final book review for 

the 2009-2010 season. This event will take place on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 at 10:00 

a.m. in the Gurinsky Family Social Hall. 

Our special guest reviewer will be Rabbi Leonardo Bitran, who has chosen New York 

Times Best Seller, Mistress of the Art of Death. Suzan Mendlovitz explains, “Written by 

Ariana Franklin, this is a riveting tale of adventure, murder, and intrigue set in medieval 

Cambridge, England. The heroine is a young Jewish doctor, who must hide her identity to protect the Jews 

from King Henry II and solve the mystery.” 

The Book Review will be held in conjunction with the Sisterhood's Installation of Officers, as well as our 

yearly Mother's Day Brunch. Cost for the morning is $6.50. For more information, please contact chairperson 

Suzan Mendlovitz at 344-1108. Reservations may be made by calling Babs Schnitzer at 764-1714. 

Agudas Achim Sisterhood Musical 

Chairperson Judy Kelne announces, “Yee Haw! The gang at Agudas Achim has been kicking up their heels 

and practicing their dance moves. Join us for ‘The Best Little Jewish House in Texas!’ Sunday, May 23, 

2010, at 3:00 p.m. we will transform the Gurinsky Family Social Hall into a rip-roarin’, boot-scootin’, Musical 

Dance Hall.” 

Kelne continues, “There will be songs, dances, skits and lots of laughs! Where else but in Texas can you hear a 

bunch of guys singing ‘Minyanaires Were A-Davenin’?’ Or see your favorite guy in a hula skirt and coconut 

bra? There will be bright lights, great music, good times, refreshments, and oh, 

yes...did we mention a lot of laughs?” 

Cost is $18 per adult. Children are free. Babysitting will be available with at 

least one week’s notice. For more information, please contact Judy Kelne at 698- 

6453. To make a reservation, please contact Babs Schnitzer at 764-1714 or fill out 

the form below and return it to the main synagogue office No Later Than May 14, 

2010. Seating is limited, so make your reservations soon! 

This is Sisterhood's first attempt at Musical Comedy - if nothing else, it should be 

good for a laugh! 

“The Best Little Jewish House in Texas” 

Name_________________________________________________ Phone_________________________ 

___________ adults at $18 each ___________ children (free) total reservations___________ 

Total enclosed $____________ Cash or check only, please. 


Men’s Club 

Jewish War Veterans Post 752 asks you to take a few moments on Memorial Day to remember these Jewish 

veterans buried in the Agudas Achim Memorial Gardens and Palmetto Street Historical Cemeteries: 

Memorial Gardens 

Bernard Aaron 

Emile Aaronson 

Richard Abrams* 

William Adelstein 

Simon Alexander 

Irwin Alwais 

Melvyn Alwais 

Milton Axelrod 

Morris Barasch* 

William Brookman 

Solomon Cohen 

David Cukierman 

Darvin Friedlander* 

Ben Friedman 

Todah Rabbah 

Many thanks to Ari Friedman, Mike Piesman, Steve Cole, Adam Zeldes and Hanna for helping at the Habitat 

for Humanity build with Temple Beth El. Despite a drizzle we accomplished a lot on exterior work of three 

different houses on Sunday, April 11, 2010. 

Al Fries 

Frank Gensberg* 

David Heritch 

Herbert Hornung 

Irving Isgur 

Harry Kanter* 

Israel Kanter 

Abe Levit 

Russell Lown 

Albert Maze 

Harry Novy 

Mendel Reich 

Harold Scharlack 

Guenther Strehlke* 

Isadore Tudzin 

IPRS End-of-Year Picnic 

Do not forget the Inda Posner Religious School luncheon on Sunday, May 2, 

2010! Men's club purchases the hot dogs and does the grilling, so, keep those chef hats 

on standby! If you are able to volunteer, please call Greg Meyer at 289-3745. 

Remember Veterans on Memorial Day 

Bernard Uman* 

Henry Weiss 

Joe Wilk 

Bert Zausmer 

Palmetto Street Historical 

Cemetery 

Norman Fink 

Haskell Rabinowitz 

Sheldon Vexler 

David Lown 

Morris Penner 

* Member Post 753 

If you know of any Jewish veteran whose name is not included, please call Herschel at 494-8768. 


USY 

USY's April event was lots of fun! We are now looking forward to our upcoming events and Regional 

Convention in Austin, Texas! Regional Convention is from June 6th-9th following the end of the school year. 

We are hoping to make this our biggest convention and have the largest San Antonio delegation ever! Eighth 

graders are invited to come to Regional Convention and our end of the year events. Please contact Tammy 

Mata, SAUSY President, at tamarah.mata-lasky@sbcglobal.net for more information. 

This May, USY is going to have a pool party and elections for the new 2010 SAUSY Board positions (date 

and time TBA). We will also be holding an end of the year event at Six Flags (date and time TBA)! Stay tuned 

to our Facebook group, San Antonio USY, and our website http://sanantoniousy.weebly.com for more 

information!!! We hope that you can make it! 

**Check out our website at http://sanantoniousy.weebly.com for more 

upcoming event details!!!** 

Day of Remembrance 

Day of Remembrance Must Be Shared 

Last week I left some paperwork in one of my classes at school. When I went back for it the next day I found 

it covered in swastikas and jokes about the Holocaust to the point where my original notes were not even 

legible. I knew immediately that this was no coincidence. Someone at my school who must have known that I 

was Jewish decided to attack me personally with hateful messages. At first I was enraged by the audacity of 

people poking fun at the greatest tragedy in human history. Then I remembered a famous saying, “Darkness is 

dispelled by shining a light on the problem, not by casting additional darkness on its path.”- JJ Dewey 

I tell you this story because it is something almost everyone has experienced, and it is something we must defy 

each and every day of our lives. Is it enough that once a year we light candles and mourn the six million of our 

brothers and sisters who were murdered seventy years ago? I say that it is not enough. We must actively rise 

up against the dark forces of ignorance and hate that have seized hold of the hearts and minds of entire nations 

in the past. We must remain constantly vigilant as these forces try to gain new ground among new generations 

via cell phones and the internet. But most of all, we must spread our message, one of understanding and love, 

to everyone in every generation regardless of religious affiliation. A famous philosopher once said “The only 

good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.” The Holocaust is not simply a tragedy among us Jews. 

Under Adolf Hitler’s insane tutelage, the Nazis murdered millions more of gypsies, the physically and 

mentally disabled, and anyone else who didn’t fit into the Aryan “Master Race” equation. 

So I say that we should not simply say Mourners Kaddish in our homes and synagogues. I insist we make the 

Yom Hashoah services an important ceremony for all people in our community. Invite all friends and 

neighbors to come and remember what is sacrificed when society allows fear, ignorance and hatred to take 

control over our lives. 

Zachary Rosen 

SAUSY Religious Education VP 


Community News 

Monday, May 3, 2010, 7:30 p.m 

at The Campus of the Jewish Community 

12500 NW Military Highway 

Crossing the Line: The Intifada Comes to Campus 

Moderators: 

Professor Jeffrey F. Addicott 

Distinguished Professor of Law 

Director of the Center for Terrorism Law at St. Mary’s University School of Law 

Rabbi David Komerofsky 

Executive Director, Texas Hillel, University of Texas 

Produced by acclaimed filmmaker Raphael Shore and directed by Wayne Kopping, the film explores the 

proliferation of anti-Israel and anti-Semitic incidents on North American college campuses. In particular, the 

film explores the rapid growth of such incidents following the launch of Operation Cast Lead by Israel’s 

military into Gaza in late December 2008 and January 2009. The documentary demonstrates the blurring of 

anti-Israel and anti-Semitic lines, showing how the war evoked deep anti-Jewish sentiments amongst college 

students and professors. 

The film explores the context of these hostilities by demonstrating the financial ties between Middle Eastern 

Studies departments and Arab states; the often biased and pro-Palestinian education received by students in 

college classes; and the historical connection between the Muslim Student Association and the Muslim 

Brotherhood. 

Sponsored by the Israel Public Action Committee of Congregation Rodfei Sholom and the Community 

Relations Council of the Jewish Federation, this event is free and open to the community. For more 

information, please contact Bobbie Ghitis at 862-0704 or Judy Lackritz at 302-6962. 

You are invited to attend a panel discussion sponsored by the Jewish Women’s Community 

Initiative of the Jewish Federation 

Wednesday, May 26, 2010, 7:00 p.m. 

at The Campus of the Jewish Community 

12500 NW Military Highway 

Wise Decisions for Taking Charge of Your Life: Why You Need Insurance, 

Wealth Management and a Will . . . No Matter Your Age 

Featured Panelists: 

Laura Ehrenberg Chesler of Cross Vault Capital Management 

Carol Baskin of Tuggey Rosenthal Pauerstein Sandoloski Agather LLP 

Ann Ojeda of The Lewis Group 

Robbie Kothmann 

Please RSVP to Joy Cutler at 302-6960 

The Jewish Women’s Community Initiative (JWCI) is an independent project of the Jewish Philanthropy Division of the 

Federation. It is rooted in Jewish values and is a vehicle to empower women to be philanthropists, decision-makers and 

advocates on behalf of women and girls of all ages. 

Any woman may give to the JWCI. There is no minimum gift required. In addition to your annual gift to the Federation 

Campaign, we ask for a contribution to the JWCI, held as one of the Jewish Federation Philanthropic Endowment Funds. A 

percentage of the endowment is given to a community project. The recipient organization must be a 501(c)(3) organization. 

This year $900 was presented to Morgan’s Wonderland, the only park in the world for children and adults with special needs. 


We Celebrate Anniversaries...here's to many more years! 


Barbara and Michael Friedberg 


Sharon and Kenneth Kaufman 


Sarah Kovel and Al Rosenberg 


Deb and Irwin Zucker 


Martha and Oscar Guerrero 


Luise and Morris Bankler 

May Birthdays 


Tina Dinesman 

Hinda Greenberg 

Raquel Guerrero 

Roger Lyons 

Mel Weingart 

Ken Wolf 

Jamie Zucker 


Michelle Ravitsky 


Larry Barocas 

Frances Lehrman 


Evan Behn 

Brian Ziger 


Asher Friedman 

Chad Spigel 


Ashley Loeffel 

Sally Scharff 


Jack Fein 

Noah Frydberg 

Marilyn Karbal 


Martha Rabinowitz 

Rachel Stern 


Jenna Katims 

Rachel Lauterstein 


Cathy and Barry Efron 


Pat Kalmans and Michael Ozer 

Rachel and Randy Tawil 

Sharyn and Harry Teitelbaum 


Alisha and Damon Gray 

Carolyn and Todd Silberman 


Jennifer and Andy Bonnin 

Susan and Steven Butler 


Isadora Sintes-Yallen 


Robert Atlas 

Joan Baskin 

Denise Day 

Ilya Kuperman 

Samuel O’Krent 


Lucy Goldman 

Max Mendlovitz 

Ayn Phillips 

Jacob Ratner 

Faye Serkin 


Peter Ross 


Craig Bloom 

Barbara Johnstone 

Karen Katims 

William Kavy 

Joseph Laycock 

Richard Nestel 

Charlotte Woo-Bloxberg 


Lucas Bonnin 

Adam Cohen 

Eddie Halfant 

Joseph Jalnos 

Peggy Ross 


Jonathan Marcovich 

Leslie Met 

Michael Trakhtenbroit 

Gary Wilk 


Jennifer Heritch 

Hana Ross 

Emily Zaltsman 


Jennifer Gurinsky 

Jacob Laycock 


Kay Lipton 

Jacob Rosenberg 


Fred Kline 

Max Rose 

Miriam Rose 

Joel Rosen 


Bradley Bloom 

Phillip Landes 

Jack Rogal 

James Rosenblatt 

Stephanie Rosengard 


Barri Fogel 

Steven Rodriguez 

Yadviga Shulman 


Alison Gadsby 

Carrol Meyer 

Ira Miller 

Rae Pector 

Megan Siegel 

David Tomes 

Faye and Scott Serkin 


Denise and Steven Horowitz 

Mindy and Barry Spigel 


Jen and Mark Eichelbaum 

Lorie Rombro and Benjamin Mann 

Amy and Richard Mendelssohn 

Linda and Reggie Wolfe 


Bonni and Larry Barocas 


Eric Pullen 

Gaby Scharlack 

Claire Silberman 

Elizabeth Silberman 

Harry Teitelbaum 


Ella Fruchterman 

Timothy Grossman 

Jeff Kavy 

Sammie Raez 


Charlotte Sue Alterman 

Chuck Baze 

Barry Birnbaum 

Moses Pearsall 

Roger Sacks 

Max Schwartz 

Autumn Sparks 

Elliot Tawil 

Joseph Tawil 


Jeremy Jalnos 


Anne Goldberg 

Adam Lipton 


Kimberly Argen 

Joseph Markowitz 

Arthur Wendorf 

Linda Wolfe 


Yahrzeit . . . May their memories be for a blessing 

Our sincere condolences to the family of 

Bob Stern 


Kathleen Goldstein 

Bertha Sigoloff 

Pedro J. Sintes 

Milton Solomon 

Norman Zausmer 


Nettie Davis 

Libby Horowitz 

David Horrell Lown 


Reuben “Butch” Adelstein 

Marvin Polunsky 


Estelle Hannah Astrove 

Nancy Lyman 

Steve Pressman 


Max Karotkin 


Noah Maizel 

Herbert Charlip 


Elliot Mathews 

Jean Steinman 


Gussie Leverant 


Fay Sacks 


Jack Goldberg 

Mollie Polunsky 


Sadie Abelow 

Valentino Berrios 

Edward Brisgel 

Harry Pector 

Irwin Seeman 


Aaron Eisenstein 

Abram Fuks 

Schmuel C. Fuks 

Bernard Gold 

Saul Hafken 


Jack Eisenstot 


Philip S. Beilin 

Lily Bloom 

Abraham Horwitz 


Helen “Sweetie” Adelstein 

Marie Bartman 

Anna Haber 

Nick Rinaldi 

Meyer Jacob Segall 


Woodrow J. Frankel 

Florence Strehlke 


Thomas C. “Tommy” Levine 


Yakov Bilmes 


Sonia Belinsky 

Frances Eisenberg 

Oscar Kimel 

Blanka Scharlack 


Louis Gordon 

Herbert Lauterstein 

Mae Moskowitz 

Leja Rosin 

Sidney Steele 

Abraham Williams 


Felix Reif 


Eva Brown 

Binne Harris 


Meyer Kailo 

Leonard S. Muller 


Paul Bloom 

Lillian L. Lipton 


Abraham Charlip 

Bessie Pollack 

Clara Shifrin Reich 

Henry E. Rosenberg 

Robert Singer 


Don Kincaid 

Max Levin 

Dena Morchower 

Inde Penner 

Jaime Ribakowsky 


Ida Bloch 

Katie Lerman Hessel 

Adela Solomon 


Sara Poloway 


Marcine Cohen 

Rudolph J. Horrell 

James McInnes 

Mark Smith 


Torah Fund Donations 

Speedy Recovery to 

Brad “Sandy” 

Bergmann by Barbara 

and Ronnie Argo 

Mitzi Efron by Sharon 

and Harry Abelow, 

Barbara and Ronnie 

Argo, Natalie and Irwin 

Barath, Jean and Arnold 

Eisenstot, Tevia and Joel 

Friedman, Judy and 

Eddie Halfant, Helen 

Isgur, Susanne Jalnos, 

Jean and Harold Karren, 

Sandy and Fred Kline, 

Marguerite Lerer, 

Bernice Mazer, Gert 

Myers, Roz and Allen 

Pullen, Babs Schnitzer, 

Sandy and Mel 

Weingart, Joanne and 

Don Zaike 

Leanore Kavy by Tevia 

and Joel Friedman, 

Helen Isgur, Susanne 

Jalnos, Marguerite Lerer, 

Bernice Mazer 

Dr. Lew Levitan by 

Marilyn and Jerry 

Karren 

Adam Lipton by Helen 

Isgur 

Bernice Mazer by Pearl 

Gossen, Susanne Jalnos, 

Joanne and Don Zaike 

Patti Argo Prager by 


Argo 

Marc Ross by Tevia and 

Joel Friedman, Helen 

Isgur, Shirley Kboudi 

Marcia Waldgeir by 

Mitzi and Jack Efron 

Sandy Weingart by 


Argo, Jean and Arnold 

Eisenstot, Meredith and 

Cary Fox, Tevia and Joel 

Friedman, Pearl Gossen, 

Helen Isgur, Susanne 

Jalnos, Marilyn and 

Jerry Karren, Marguerite 

Lerer, Nina Marcovich, 

Suzan and Max 

Mendlovitz, Gert Myers 

In Honor of 

Austin Abelow, Happy 

17 th Birthday, by 


Argo 

Richard Alterman, 

Happy Birthday, by 


Barbara Argo, on being 

honored at the 

Sisterhood Tea, by 

Sharon, Harry and Brian 

Abelow, Jean and 

Arnold Eisenstot, 

Meredith and Cary Fox, 

Jean and Harold Karren, 

Clara and Harold Reich, 

Fannie Rae Shapiro 

Brad Barenblat, Happy 

Birthday, by Marguerite 

Lerer 

Rebecca Barenblat, 


Marguerite Lerer 

Cookie and Louis 

Belinsky, Happy 

Anniversary, by Gert 

Myers 

Beverly and Mike 

Birnbaum, on being 

honored by Agudas 

Achim at the Gala 

celebration, by Barbara 

and Ronnie Argo, Jean 

and Harold Karren 

Blake, great-grandson of 

Helen Isgur, by Bernice 

Mazer 

Mr. and Mrs. Sam 

Cohen, Happy 

Anniversary, by Susanne 

Jalnos 

Meredith and Cary 

Fox, Happy 

Anniversary, by Tevia 



Selig Frank, Happy 90 th 

Birthday, by Helen Isgur 

Karen Heintz and her 

dear Phil, on being 

honored by Agudas 

Achim at the Gala 

celebration, by Barbara 


and Harold Karren 

Mrs. Annie Jacobs, 


Bernice Mazer 

Sylvia Kanter, Happy 

Birthday, by Joanne and 

Don Zaike 

Harold Karren, Happy 

Birthday, by Tevia and 

Joel Friedman, 


Jean Karren, Happy 



Marguerite Lerer, Gert 

Myers, Dorothy Jo and 

Robert Weiss 

Leanore and Mike 

Kavy, Happy 

Anniversary, by Tevia 



Myers, Sandy and Mel 

Weingart 

Helen Kerman, a 

hearty Mazel Tov on 

being honored at the 

Sisterhood Tea, by 


Argo, Jean and Arnold 

Eisenstot, Meredith and 

Cary Fox, Jean and 

Harold Karren, Clara 

and Harold Reich, 

Fannie Rae Shapiro 

Marilyn and Cal 

Lemmon, Happy 

Anniversary, by Joanne 

and Don Zaike 

Evelyn Levy, Happy 

Birthday, by Helen Isgur 

Hazzan Lipton, 

congratulations on the 

Gala concert, by Jean 

and Harold Karren, 

Bernice Mazer 

Gert Myers, Happy 


Joel Friedman, Esther 

Jacobs, Marguerite 

Lerer, Joanne and Don 

Zaike 

Ruth Posner, Happy 

Birthday, by Meredith 

and Cary Fox, 

Marguerite Lerer, Nina 

Marcovich 

Marge Present, Happy 


Don Zaike 

Beck Roosth, Happy 

Birthday, by Susanne 

Jalnos 

Leon Rudick, Happy 

90 th Birthday, by Bernice 

Mazer 

Jean Schlesinger, 

Happy Birthday, Tevia 

and Joel Friedman, by 


Myers 

Sandy Shaenfield, 


Tevia and Joel 

Friedman, Marguerite 

Lerer 

Judy Sobre, Happy 


Don Zaike 

Elsa Thompson, Happy 




Arnold Vogel, Happy 


Don Zaike 

Deanie Vogel, Happy 


Don Zaike 

Edie and Paul 

Weintraub, on the birth 

of Ian Brenan 

Weintraub, by their 

Aunt Rose Williams 

Dorothy Jo and Bob 

Weiss, Happy 

Anniversary, by 


Myers 

Gaye Winakur, Happy 




In Loving Memory of 

Abe Efron by Joanne 

and Don Zaike 

Abe Efron, our dad, on 

his yahrzeit, by Barbara 

and Ronnie Argo 

Dr. Carlos Ehrich by 

Sylvia Wilk 

Roy Farley by Leah 

Maze, Fannie Rae 

Shapiro 

Irving Golden, beloved 

father, on his yahrzeit, 

by Jean and Arnold 

Eisenstot 

Toby Gossen by 

Meredith and Cary Fox 

Irving Isgur by Joanne 

and Don Zaike 

Steven Jalnos by Sharon 

and Harry Abelow 

Dolores Markowitz by 

Sylvia Wilk 

Albert Maze by Fannie 

Rae Shapiro 

Ilona Haendel by 

Bernice Mazer 

Ruth Reif by Sharon 

and Harry Abelow 

Paul Simon by Sandy 

and Fred Kline 

Claude Sonsino by 

Shirley Kboudi 

Bob Stern by Barbara 


and Arnold Eisenstot, 

Meredith and Cary Fox, 

Helen Isgur, Jean and 

Harold Karren, Shirley 

Kboudi, Sandy and Mel 

Weingart, Sylvia Wilk 

Dr. George Stern by 

Pearl Gossen 

Joe Wilk by Joanne and 

Don Zaike 

Beloved mother of 

Bennie Yancelson by 

Sylvia Wilk 

Harry Zake by Joanne 

and Don Zaike 


Tributes 

We have been known to make an error or two, so if you think your contribution should have been listed differently, please let the office know, and 

we will correct it in the next bulletin. 

RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY 

FUND 

Thank You for 

A Generous Donation by 

Elizabeth and Ervin Mendlovitz 


Max Goldman by Lucy and Gene 

Goldman 

Toby Gossen by Mr. and Mrs. 

Gerd Miller 

Karen Hartley by Suzan and Max 

Mendlovitz 

CANTOR’S DISCRETIONARY 

FUND 

In Honor of 

Beverly and Mike Birnbaum, 

being honored at the 120 th 

anniversary of the congregation, 

by Ruth Cohen 

Karen Heintz, being honored at 

the 120 th anniversary of the 

congregation, by Ruth Cohen 

Hazzan Lipton, for the fabulous 

gala concert, by Hana Ross 


Barbara Mazer, beloved sister, on 

her yahrzeit, by Carolyn Mazer 

Devin 

ALEXANDER YOUTH FUND 


Our mother, Grace Alexander, by 

Joanie and Steve Pechenik 

Our grandmother and greatgrandmother, 

Grace Alexander, 

by Jennie Loev, David and 

Hannah Loev, Jordan and Marisa 

Loev 

Bob Stern by Joanie and Steve 

Pechenik 

ALWAIS SCHOOL FUND 

BAR AND BAT MITZVAH 

PLAQUE FUND 

BUILDING FUND 

CAPITAL CAMPAIGN 

CEMETERY GARDEN CLUB 

Many thanks for these gracious contributions to Congregation Agudas Achim 

CHORALE FUND 

COHEN MUSIC FUND 

CLARENCE F. FREEMAN 

TRUST 

ETZ HAYIM PRAYER BOOK 

FUND 

ELAINE AND IRVING FRANK 

EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT 

FUND 

In Honor of 

Sterling Neuman, on his special 

birthday, by Dorothy Jo and Bob 

Weiss 


Elaine Frank by Dorothy Frank 

Bob Stern by Dorothy Jo and Bob 

Weiss 

BERTIE AND SELIG FRANK 

ENDOWMENT FUND 

In Honor of 

Selig Frank, on his 90 th birthday, 

by Maxine Carr, Miriam Grossman 

FUTURE SECURITY FUND 


George Wiedermann by Scott 

Wiedermann 

GENERAL FUND 


Mitzi Efron by the Berkowitch 

Family, Carolyn and Clay Epstein 

Marc Ross by Carolyn and Clay 

Epstein 

Sandy Weingart by the 

Berkowitch Family 


Fannie Argo by Sharon and Harry 

Abelow 

Charlotte Friedberg by Barbara 

and Michael Friedberg 

Bruce Olian by Sharon and Harry 

Abelow and Brian 

Maurice Bernard Polunsky, on 

his yahrzeit, by Dee Dee and 

Lester Dulitz 

GLADYS AND MINNIE 

GREENBERG KITCHEN FUND 

TO REPLENISH THE ROSS 

FAMILY KITCHEN 

HEINTZ PRESCHOOL FUND 


Mitzi Efron by Madeline and 

Charles Cytrin 

Myra Ribak by Madeline and 


In Honor of 

Barbara Argo, Mazel Tov on 

being honored at the Sisterhood 

Tea, by Cathy and Barry Efron, 

Abby and Adam, Carolyn Glick 

Leanore and Mike Kavy, on their 

60 th anniversary, by Madeline and 


Helen Kerman, Mazel Tov on 

being honored at the Sisterhood 

Tea, by Carolyn Glick 


Barbara Mazer by Bernice Mazer 

Bob Stern by Joan and Stuart 

Bernstein, Fagel and Jerry Briskin, 

Carolyn and Clay Epstein, Flora 

and Howard Garb, Carolyn and 

Howard Glick, Sara Lee Gurinsky, 

Judy and Eddie Halfant, Karen 

Heintz, Reesa and Joel Pullen, 

Babs Schnitzer 

SAM HYMAN PRAYER BOOK 

FUND 

RUTH RUTSTEIN POSNER AND 

NATHAN POSNER RELIGIOUS 

SCHOOL FUND 


Mitzi Efron by Rhonda and 

Charlie Gurinsky, Marcia and Mel 

Waldgeir 

Sandy Weingart by Rhonda and 

Charlie Gurinsky 

In Honor of 

Barbara Argo, being honored at 

the Sisterhood Tea, by Sylvia Wilk 


60 th anniversary, by Rhonda and 

Charlie Gurinsky 

Helen Kerman, being honored at 

the Sisterhood Tea, by Sylvia Wilk 


Hyman Becker by Marilyn Dubrin 

The beloved mother of Mark 

Bergmann by Iris and Blair Norris 

Ilona Haendel by Cathy and Barry 

Efron 

Sol Rubenstein by Ellen and 

Michael Garner 

Bob Stern by Natalie and Irwin 

Barath, Fagel and Jerry Briskin, 

Sharon and Walt Charlip, Cathy 

and Barry Efron, Lucille Friedman, 

Rhonda and Charlie Gurinsky and 

Family, Suzan and Max 

Mendlovitz, Jody and Paul Reddy, 

Julie and Craig Teplitz 

George Stern by Cathy and Barry 

Efron 

JACK AND KITTY KADISH 

MINYAN BREAKFAST FUND 

In Honor of 

David Segal, on his 70 th birthday, 

by Marcia Segal, Heidi, Greg and 

Rebecca Rich 

BERNARD AND SYLVIA 

KANTER FUND 

BOB KBOUDI CHILDREN’S 

BOOK FUND 


Marc Ross by Anita and David 

Kboudi 


George Stern by Anita and David 

Kboudi 

L’DOR VA-DOR ENDOWMENT 

FUND 

In Honor of 

Pearl Gossen, Happy Birthday, by 

Alma Fowler 

Margie and Stanley Sherman, on 

their 45 th anniversary, by Alma 

Fowler 

ANNA AND SAMUEL MEADOWS 

SCHOLARSHIP FUND 

MEMORIAL GARDENS 


Jacob Freedman, beloved father, 

by Merle Polunsky 

Lester Freedman by Merle 

Polunsky 

Carrol S. Meyer, Sr. by Mr. and 

Mrs. Carrol S. Meyer Jr. 

Charles Meyer by Mr. and Mrs. 

Carrol S. Meyer, Jr. 

Ruth Spector by Merle Polunsky 

MINYAN FUND 


Mitzi Efron by Sharon and Walt 

Charlip, Suzan and Max 

Mendlovitz 

Robi Jalnos by Alma Fowler 

Clara Reich by Alma Fowler 

In Honor of 

Barbara Argo by Alma Fowler 

Helen Kerman by Alma Fowler 


Dave Shaenfield, beloved father, 

by Marion and Sid Shaenfield 

GERTRUDE MYERS FAMILY 

ENDOWMENT FUND 

In Honor of 

Barbara Argo, on being honored 

at the Sisterhood Tea, by Gert 

Myers 

Helen Kerman, on being honored 

at the Sisterhood Tea, by Gert 

Myers 

ONEG AND KIDDUSH FUND 


Mitzi Efron by Eileen and Robi 

Jalnos, Helen Kerman 

Marc Ross by Eileen and Robi 

Jalnos 

Eric Trakhtenbroit by Eileen and 

Robi Jalnos 

Sandy Weingart by Eileen and 

Robi Jalnos 


Aaron Cohen, beloved uncle, by 

Lisa Marie Tudzin 

John Sommella, beloved father, 

on his yahrzeit, by Carolyn and 

Howard Glick and Family 


Tributes 

Bob Stern by Eileen and Robi 

Jalnos 

Fannie and Julius Label, beloved 

parents, by Sara Lee Gurinsky 

PALMETTO STREET 

HISTORICAL CEMETERY 

RESTORATION FUND 


A. E. Lampert, on his yahrzeit, by 

Leon Lampert 

Albert Maze, loving husband, 

father and grandfather, by Leah 

Maze and Family 

RUTH AND FELIX REIF 

BUILDING AND SECURITY 

FUND 


Mitzi Efron by Lala and Steve 

Gossen, Emily and Eleanor 

Marc Ross by Lala and Steve 


Sandy Weingart by Lala and 

Steve Gossen, Emily and Eleanor 

In Honor of 


60 th anniversary, by Lala and 

Steve Gossen, Emily and Eleanor 


Stephan Jalnos, on his yahrzeit, 

by Rhonda and Carl Jalnos, 

Susanne Jalnos 

Ruth Reif, beloved mother and 

grandmother, on her yahrzeit, by 

Lala and Steve Gossen, Emily and 

Eleanor 

Ruth Reif, on her yahrzeit, by 

Rhonda and Carl Jalnos, Susanne 

Jalnos 

Bob Stern by Lala and Steve 


Elsa Weiss by Rhonda and Carl 

Jalnos, Susanne Jalnos 

ROSENMAN CEMETERY 

FUND 

ROSS FAMILY KITCHEN 

IMPROVEMENT FUND 


Marc Ross by Lucille Friedman, 

Rhonda and Charlie Gurinsky, 

Suzan and Max Mendlovitz, Babs 

Schnitzer 

Sandy Weingart by Hana Ross 


Ilona Haendel by Hana Ross 

Bob Stern by Shirley Kanter, 

Hilary and Neal Kavy 

RUTH RUTSTEIN POSNER AND 

BARBARA AND ERICA 

RUTSTEIN CAMP RAMAH FUND 

MAX AND SERENE LOWY 

SCHMIDT SCHOLARSHIP FUND 


Minna Schmidt, beloved 

grandmother, by Herman Schmidt 

SYNAGOGUE BEAUTIFICATION 

FUND 

SYNAGOGUE ENDOWMENT 

FUND 

FYI 

Donations made to the synagogue 

will be acknowledged as follows: 

$10.00 

Donation listed in bulletin 

and acknowledgement 

mailed to the recipient only. 

$18.00 

Donation listed in bulletin 

and acknowledgement 

mailed to the recipient and 

donor. 

ONE honoree’s 

name per donation 

Donations received after the 

15th of each month will be 

published in the following 

Kolenu. 

GOLDIE AND JOE TILLS 

LIBRARY FUND 

Thank You for 

A Generous Donation by Mary 

and Larry Thiedeman 


Julius Rosofsky, on his yahrzeit, 

by Alice and John Troy 

Goldie Tills, beloved mother, on 

her yahrzeit, by Barbara and 

Stanley Spigel 

TORAH RESTORATION AND 

REPAIR 

Thank You for 

A Generous Donation by 

Anonymous 

TOT SHABBAT FUND 

FANNIE UDINSKI CHILDREN’S 

FUND 

USY FUND 

In Honor of 

Barbara Argo, being honored at 

the Sisterhood Tea, by Kay and 


Helen Kerman, being honored at 

the Sisterhood Tea, by Kay and 


Reesa Pullen and Shari Pulman, 

being honored at the JFS Mother’s 

Day Luncheon, by Kay and 


Hana Ross and Sharon Stern, 

being honored at the JFS Mother’s 

Day Luncheon, by Kay and 


VEXLER FLOWER FUND 


Mitzi Efron by Reesa and Joel 

Pullen 

WEINGART YOUTH CAMP AND 

TRAVEL FUND 

YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES FUND 


Oneg/Kiddush Sponsors 

Congregation Agudas Achim would like to 

thank the following for providing Oneg and 

Kiddush for your synagogue family: 

Bimah Baskets/Pulpit Flowers 

14602 Huebner Road (in HEB Center) 492-9463 

Boerne Stage Road (in HEB Center) 698-8466 

Babcock at Huebner (next to HEB) 690-9424 

Grissom at Culebra (in HEB Center) 684-0992 

Anita & David Kboudi 

Lori Mony West 

Kiddush in honor of 

Rachel West 

becoming a Bat Mitzvah 

April 17 

We would like to thank the following for their donations for the pulpit flowers and/or the food basket 

Rochelle Adelstein 

Barbara and Burt Arnow 

Natalie and Irwin Barath 

Barb Bikoff and Craig Berkowitch 

Mitzi and Jack Efron 

Lisa and Kevin Epstein 

Tevia and Joel Friedman 

Lala and Steve Gossen 

Sara Lee Gurinsky 

Helen Isgur 

Eileen and Robi Jalnos 

Jeanie and Harold Karren 

Karen, Jason and Jenna Katims 

Shirley Kboudi 

Judy and Mike Kelne 

Frances Lehrman 

Michele and Gerald Leverant 

Julie and Ira Miller 

Eva Olian 

Rachel Rosenberg-Peden and Ron Peden 

Roslyn and Allen Pullen 

Reesa and Joel Pullen 

Anita Reich 

Leonor Rosenberg 

Jean and Ron Schlesinger 

Sylvia and Fred Siegel 

Nancy and Bradley Smith 

Esther and Harold Vexler 

Deanie and Arnold Vogel 

Lynn and Stanley Waghalter 

Marcia and Bernard Weiner 

Sandy and Mel Weingart 

Dorothy Jo and Bob Weiss 

Lori West 

Lori and Richard West 


Ellen and David Ziger 

When observing a Yahrzeit, Simcha, or special occasion, please consider a donation to Sisterhood for 

Bimah baskets or flowers. Call Helen Kerman at 492-3802. 


The Back Page 

Bequests 

In loving memory of those caring 

individuals who remembered 

the Synagogue in their wills. 

Esther Alterman 

Charles Atkin 

Solis Berman 

Max and Ethel Borowsky 

Sam Briskman 

Joseph Chasan 

Norman Fink 

Cynthia and Sam Glasser 

Dr. Eugene Gold 

Phyllis Gordon 

Rose Jacobson 

Rosa Lee Katz 

Eva Kavy 

Elsa Lampert 

Isaac and Rivka Ledor 

Itta Lenowitz 

Stizzi and Israel Lewin 

Gertrude Mendel 

Sam Polunsky 

Nat Posner 

Thelma Preissman 

Minnie Pulman 

Odessa Ring 

Max Rosenman 

Shirley Rosofsky 

Leon Sachnowitz 

Berdie Scharlack Schwartz 

Leah Shapiro 

Israel and Esther Silber 

Greta Stat 

Joseph Steinfeld 

William Udinski 

Ruth Wilk 

Torah Fund Donation Information 

Sisterhood Torah Fund donations can be made by 

sending checks to Helen Isgur, 2900 Hunters Horn, 

San Antonio, Texas 78230. 

By Phone: Please contact Tevia Friedman at 490-3854 

or by email at teviafriedman@mac.com. Please call 

Monday through Thursday before 8:00 p.m. 

Your donation, sent either way, is always appreciated. 

Todah Rabbah for your continued support. 

THE KOLENU 

The newsletter for 


Rabbi Rabbi Leonardo Bitran 

rabbi.b@agudas-achim.org 

Cantor Hazzan Jeremy Lipton 

hazzan.jcl@agudas-achim.org 

Executive Director Michael Linn 

mike.linn@agudas-achim.org 

President Robi Jalnos 

VP Finance & Administration Randy Pulman 

VP Fundraising Rhonda Gurinsky 

VP Membership Anne Marcovich 

VP Education Sharon Charlip 

VP Ritual Cary Fox 

Secretary Barry Spigel 

Treasurer Kevin Epstein 

Inda Posner Religious School Karen Katims 

Education Director 

iprs@agudas-achim.org 

Heintz Preschool Director Dena Valdez 

preschool@agudas-achim.org 

Controller Mia Spigel 

m.spigel@agudas-achim.org 

Mashgiach Marinel Robbins 

kitchen@agudas-achim.org 

Men's Club President Greg Meyer 

mensclub@agudas-achim.org 

Sisterhood President Sandra Weingart 

Goldie & Joe Tills Library Lynn Waghalter 

Librarian 

tills.library@agudas-achim.org 

IPRS PTO President Sherry Jacobson 

USY Advisor Ali Mermelstein 

usy@agudas-achim.org 

USY President Tammy Mata 

Kadima Advisor Rachel Rustin 

kadima@agudas-achim.org 

Kadima President Bradley Tomes 

Halutzim Advisor Meg Grossman 

Editor Amy Levine 

kolenu@agudas-achim.org 



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