ChaiLights January 2010.pub - Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim

C h a i L i g h t s
Volume 12 Number 1 — Tevet ~ Shevat 5770 — January 2010
January Worship Schedule
1st & 2nd
Friday
Shabbat Service at 7 pm
Saturday
Shabbat Morning Service at 11 am
8th & 9th
Friday
New Member Dinner 6:30 pm
Shabbat Service at 8 pm
Saturday
Tot Shabbat 10 am
Shabbat Morning Service at 11 am
15th & 16th
Friday
East Cooper Dinner & Shabbat Service
5:45 pm/ 7 pm
Downtown Shabbat Service at 8 pm
Shabbat Morning Service at 11 am
22nd & 23rd
Friday
Shabbat Service at 8 pm
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Saturday
Shabbat Morning Service at 11 am
Bar Mitzvah of Elliot Kronsberg
29th & 30th
Friday
Tu B'shvat Seder 6:30 pm
Shabbat Service at 8 pm
Saturday
Shabbat Morning Service at 11 am
KKBE
90 Hase ll Street
Charle ston, SC 29401
Tel. (843) 723-1090
Fax: ( 843) 723-0537
www. kkbe. org
Heirs of the Prophets
On Sunday January 10 th at 4 pm KKBE will again
be hosting a Gathering of African-Americans and
Jews in celebration of the life and works of Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Our speaker this year is the Honorable James E.
Clyburn, congressional leader and veteran of the
Civil Rights struggle. Participants will include both
several African-American clergy and Charleston
rabbis as well as musicians from both communities.
This gathering, a week before the Martin Luther King Day weekend, is a
significant one in our community and well worth attending. This occasion
also prompts us to remind ourselves of our abiding Jewish concerns for
social justice and the welfare of all.
More than two and a half thousand years ago Amos urged the people to:
“Hate evil and love good and establish justice in the gates of the land” and
Micah similarly emphasized the importance of “doing justice, loving mercy
and walking humbly with your God.” And as Jeremiah phrased it: “If one
practices justice and righteousness, if one champions the cause of the poor,
then it is well with one - this indeed is to know me, says God.”
While there are some who would argue that religion essentially deals with
ritual and custom, the voices of our ancient Hebrew prophets remind us that
we are most religious when we correct societal evils and help our fellow
human beings. From ancient days until our time, Jews have lived and
sometimes died for such ideals.
The battles we fight today may be different from those of the past, but it is
appropriate that Jewish voices are prominent among those who seek
universal health care and better education for all, and are vocal on issues
such as global warming.
As Jewish individuals, there are many ways of expressing our Jewish
identity. But none of these ways are more valuable and more truly religious
than the path of activism on behalf of our fellow human beings and all who
live on this good earth.
Our Mission Statement
Rabbi Anthony D. Holz
The mission of Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim shall be to serve the
religious needs of families and individuals through programs of
lifelong Jewish education (Torah), inclusive communal worship
and ritual (Avodah), and the ongoing quest for greater justice,
peace and acts of loving-kindness (Gemilut Chasadim).

Rabbi
Anthony D. Holz
rabbi@kkbe.org
Temple Educator
Amy I. W. Horner, MA
ahorner@kkbe.org
Executive Director
Floy Wor k
floy@kkbe.org
Executive Assistant
Tamar BenArdout
tamar@kkbe.org
Bookkeeper
Elizabeth Mar kley
emarkley@kkbe.org
Receptionist
Natalie Heath
nheath@kkbe.org
Program Coordinator
Maryl yn Has pel
mhaspel@kkbe.org
Music Director
Heidi Kunitz-Levy
B’nei Mitzvah Coordinator
Shula Holtz
Youth Advisor
Robin Shul er
Officers
David Jaffee
President
Anita R osenberg
VP—Administration
Mark Adelson
VP—Finance
Shos hanna Szuc h
VP—Programming
Patricia Sykes
VP—Fundraising
Kenneth Chavin
Secretary
Louis Tic k
Financial Secretary
Trustees
Frieda Bernstei n
Tim Carle
Ben Glass
Shula Holtz
Paul Levy
Larry Libater
Robert Miller
Faye Seigel
Stephen Ziff
Ex Officio
Billy Olas ov
Immedi ate Pas t President
Nadine Chavin
Bonnie Friedman
Sisterhood C o-Presidents
Sewell Kahn
Brotherhood President
Ed Tichi
Religious School Chair
Seth Zimmerman
CHARLEY Presi dent
Archives
Bereavement
Blue Book
Building & Gr ounds
Caring
Cemeter y
Chavurot
College Liaison
East Cooper
Endowment
Finance
Fine Arts
Fundraising
Insurance
Leadershi p Devel opment
Library
Lifelong Learning
Membership
Museum
Nominating
Oneg & H onors
Programs
Personnel
Pulpit
Religious School
Ritual & Music
Search
Social Ac tion
Tourism / Docents
Transitions
Youth
Committee Chairs
Anita R osenberg
Barbara Stender
Dunlap Silver
Patricia Rones Sykes
Mary Radin
Steve Ziff
Judith Green
Herb Goldberg
Morton Ellison
Paul Levy
David Frederick
Frieda Bernstei n
Billy Olas ov
Mark Adelson
Mark Adelson
Dawn Berlins ky
Andy Slotin
Patricia Rones Sykes
Mark Adelson
Faye Seigel
Marlene Williamon
Margaret Seres
Roz Price
Tim Carle
Paul Levy
Robert Ros en
Billy Olas ov
Judy & Tim Carle
Shos hanna Szuc h
David Jaffee
David Jaffee
Ed Tichi
Shula Holtz
Lois Sugarman
Ben Glass
Shula Holtz
Cynthia Ava
LuAnn R osenz weig
Linda Bergman
Marty J ac kson
Steve Zimmerman
Our Next
Tot
Shabbat
Will be January 9th
at 10:00 AM
Freudenberg Chapel
Suitable for children
up to 10 years of age.
Celebrating
Birthdays &
Anniversaries
Friday, January 22nd
Join us for this monthly
celebration of our members’
birthdays and anniversaries.
Deadline for
ChaiLights
submissions
is
the 5th of
Each Month
Volume 12 Issue 1
Published monthly by:
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90 Hasell Street • Charleston, SC 29401
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© Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim - 2010
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Dear Congregants,
So how many people get to celebrate tw o New Years? As Jews, we do. Our Jew ish New Year,
Rosh Hashanah, seems like it was y esterday and now we have just celebrated the Gregorian
Calendar New Year too (January through December). I guess that means we get to make tw o
sets of resolutions.
Here are the “Top 5” of my newest set of personal resolutions:
1. Lose some weight. This has been on my New Year’s resolution list for at least 10 y ears.
2. Go on vacation. But if y ou liv e in Charleston, isn’t that a perpetual v acation?
3. Win the lottery! Do y ou hav e to buy a ticket to win?
4. Do some overdue household chores. This probably needs to wait until Rosh Hashanah.
5. Take Spanish classes. No tengo tiempo ahora. (I don’t hav e time now.)
Here are my “Top 5” for KKBE:
1. Increase worship & programming. This is the heart of w hat a synagogue provides for its members.
2. Increase endowment. This is what enables a synagogue to provide increased w orship and programming.
3. Increase clergy. Be in a position to add an Assistant Rabbi.
4. Increase volunteers. We have an amazing cadre of v olunteers but alw ays need more. Looking for fresh blood!
5. Improve our facilities. We are the guardians of an historic treasure. It alw ays needs maintenance and enhancement. See #2
abov e.
B’shalom,
David
President’s Message
Legacy Giving by Paul Lynch
(Originally published in the College of Charleston’s Fall Yaschik/Arnold Jewish Studies Program’s 2009 Fall Program.
Printed with Mr. Lynch’s permission.)
“Individuals are often unsure of what is meant by the term planned giving. A gift is planned in that the indiv idual purposefully makes a gift as
a part of his or her financial, tax and/or estate plan. A planned gift positively impacts the donor and his or her family as well as organizations
such as … KKBE. Planned gifts leave a legacy that benefits not only the donor and the donor’s family, but also generations to come.
A planned gift provides an individual and his or her family with a variety of benefits including income and/or estate tax benefits, providing
income to the donor and/or his or her family, and the passing of assets to family members at reduced costs. Planning can be made with
stock, securities, and/or cash or even real property. Gifts can take several forms. Four ex amples follow:
1) Bequests: This is the most common and simplest form of a planned gift. A bequest is a gift … that is made through a donor’s Last Will
and Testament.
2) Charitable Remainder Trust: There are tw o basic types of Charitable Remainder Trusts: A Unitrust and an Annuity Trust. In both, the
donor giv es stock, cash or other assets to a trust. Those assets are invested and income is paid to the donor for a fix ed amount of time or
until the donor dies. When the donor dies, the charity keeps all remaining assets. In a Unitrust, the donor receives one or more yearly
payments equalizing a fixed percentage of the value of the assets. In an Annuity Trust, the donor receives a yearly, fixed payment equal to
at least fiv e percent (5%) of the value of the assets at the time the deferred giving agreement was signed.
3) Gift Annuity: Donors contribute cash, securities, or other assets to a charity. In exchange, they receive annual payments for a fix ed
amount of time. Annual payments need not start when the gift is made; they begin at a time specified by the donor.
4) Charitable Lead Trust: A charity receives the income from the donor’s assets for a specified amount of time after which the assets are
transferred back to the donor or to the donor’s heirs.”
Please speak to your tax or financial adv isor regarding planning techniques that can help you, y our family and perhaps, KKBE. If you have
questions about how you can make a planned gift, please contact the Temple Office at 723-1090.
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. –Winston Churchill
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From Our Search Committee
Meet Rabbi Stephanie Alexander
Rabbi Stephanie Alexander received her undergraduate degree, a B.S. in Psychology with honors in
Jew ish Studies, from Tulane Univ ersity in New Orleans. She earned her ordination, as w ell as a Masters
degree in both Hebrew Literature and Religious Education, from Hebrew Union College-Jew ish Institute of
Religion in 2003. Her rabbinic thesis w as entitled: “Standing at the Altar: Re-imagining the Significance of
Bar/Bat Mitzv ah.” After her ordination, Rabbi Alex ander serv ed as an Assistant Rabbi at Temple Isaiah in
Lex ington, MA (799 families). She then w orked for a y ear as the Regional Director of Youth and Informal
Education for the URJ's Midwest Council before taking a solo pulpit at Temple Beth El in Dubuque, Iow a,
w here she has serv ed for the last three y ears. During that same time, she served as an Adjunct Professor
at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iow a and was the Midrasha Coordinator for high school age children at
Temple Judah in Cedar Rapids, Iow a. Throughout her training and practice as a rabbi and educator, Rabbi Alexander sought out
institutions that v alue creativ ity in programming—from an ex perimental Shabbat family school to multigenerational social justice
organizing to a supplemental congregational high school program ov er 120 teenagers strong. Rabbi Alex ander currently liv es in her
hometow n of St. Louis with her husband, Rabbi Aaron Sherman, and 20-month-old son, Eli.
In her personal statement to the Search Committee, Rabbi Alexander wrote:
” The rabbinate is an all-access pass—an awesome privilege and sacred responsibility. I have tried to be worthy of that honor by
maintaining high standards in all that I do. I take tremendous pride, and find great fulfillment, in the preparation that precedes my
work. In worship, I am as mindful of tone and transitions as I am of the sermon and music, knowing all can provide portals to
spirituality. In teaching, I find creativity, humor and relevance to be as important as the particular Jewish content. I understand that
what I have to share with a community includes my Jewish knowledge, but transcends it, as well…..As a rabbi, I endeavor to be an
accessible role model, sharing my own Jewish practices and choices as a means of encouraging others to embrace their own.
I strive to work in partnership with other staff and lay leadership to ensure that congregational programming is both meaningful and
purposeful. A congregant recently shared a wonderful metaphor. He said Reform Judaism is like a cafeteria: the offerings are
endless and each might be as fulfilling as the next. If you come through the line with an empty tray, you have no one to blame but
yourself. A congregation’s programming—educational, cultural, religious and social—should serve to create that cafeteria. Utilizing
creative formats, seeking institutional partnerships, and mining the talents and skills of its own membership, a congregation’s offerings
should empower its members to make the personal, educated choices that are the hallmark of Reform Judaism.”
Through the long, inv olv ed process of searching for KKBE’s nex t Rabbi, the Search Committee learned a tremendous amount about
many v ery skilled, very capable, amazing rabbis. But our mission took us further; our aim w as to find the best Rabbi for KKBE. In
Rabbi Alex ander w e found just that. We found a rabbi w hose rabbinate is a calling. We found a spiritual leader w hose ability to
connect w ith others is natural and w hose warmth shines from within. We found a teacher for w hom teaching is both an avocation and
a sacred duty . We found a creativ e role model who will help us grow and thriv e as she ex cels in reaching div erse constituencies.
The Committee spoke w ith many references: rabbis, HUC professors, congregants, temple presidents, and y outh group
representativ es. We learned this: “Rabbi Alex ander is one of the most beautiful human beings/souls I hav e ever known….She is
authentic, a talented educator across the spectrum of ages….. She is warm, passionate, open, caring…. Her spirit is multi faceted
and her spirituality shines through her sermons…she has great inner strength….she respects history and has a vision for the
future….” (w e could go on and on, but space will not allow).
Upon meeting Rabbi Alex ander, Rabbi Holz reflected that she is “a warm, kind, exceptional person w ith a lot to offer, and is an
excellent choice for KKBE.”
When w e advised Rabbi Lennard Thal (Interim Director of Placement for CCAR) of the unanimous recommendation by the Search
Committee and Board of Trustees, he w rote: “I regard this particular Placement as a ‘match made in Heaven’ – a wonderful
rabbi with a wonderful congregation – in a beautiful city to boot!”
Ben Glass and Shula Holtz
Search Committee Co-Chairs
Committee members: Nadine Chavin, Judith Green, Barnett Greenberg, David Jaffee, Jan Lipov, Billy Olasov, Art Richek,
Anita Rosenberg, LuAnn Rosenzweig, Michelle Rovner, Faye Seigel.
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Executive Director’s Message
Creating the KKBE of Our Dreams
It’s a New Year on the Gregorian calendar. We’v e sipped sparkling bev erages, dipped some chips,
w atched some bowl games and some of us (like Dav id Jaffee) hav e taken time to list our goals on paper for
the coming year.
As I pondered the New Year, I realize I’v e w orked for y ou for a full 12 months! I hav e learned so much and
I know there is a great deal more I need to discover.
To me it is w onderful that this time of y ear coincides with study ing the Book of Ex odus (Shmot) that
chronicles the creation of the nation of Israel from the descendants of Jacob. In a w ay, this is our time to
ponder the KKBE w e w ant to create in 2010. I’v e thought about w hat I can do to multiply our numbers and
make our Temple stronger. Here are my resolutions.
In 2010, I’ll work to:
• Show lov ing kindness to all our members, friends and staff. We can show lov ing kindness when we welcome one another and
v isitors during Onegs, when we answ er requests for volunteer service, when we support one another during good times and
w hen times are sad or frightening. We can show it in the w ays w e interact as w e w orship and work at KKBE.
• Continue my lifelong learning. I will continue to study Judaism to build on the strong foundation Amy provided in our 2009
Conv ersion Class. (If y ou are interested in conv ersion, I giv e the class 5 stars!) It’s my goal to honor KKBE’s traditions and
rituals in ev ery way possible. I hope y ou’ll help me.
• Improv e my speling. (Okay, I threw in that ty po for fun.) I DO know our Temple Office makes spelling mistakes in
announcement sheets and other publications. We are always soooo sorry! We’v e driv en some of y ou mad and I promise it
w as never intentional! In 2010, w e’ll striv e for zero spelling errors. Let us know w hen y ou catch something we can fix —it is
the only w ay we improv e our work.
• To find meaningful ways to honor KKBE’s remarkable v olunteers, from our Trustees to the amazing w omen who conv ince
v isitors that they cannot leav e Charleston w ithout a new $60 menorah from Chosen Treasures.
• To lov ingly honor Rabbi Holz’s notable service to our congregation and community as he transitions to Rabbi Emeritus and to
w elcome Rabbi Alex ander and support the v isions she creates for our congregation.
• To communicate w ith you in ev ery way possible so y ou are always aware of the times you can w orship at KKBE, learn at
KKBE, and improv e our world in concert w ith other KKBE volunteers.
Those are the major resolutions I’ll be working on in this New Year. Wow. They ’ll be a challenge! I hope I can count on your
assistance to help me succeed. It w ill take a village, of that I am certain. It’s an honor to start 2010 in y our company. I hope y our
2010 is happy and healthy for us all!
Shalom,
Floy
We celebrate KKBE's newest members who joined in 2009
Caitlin & Jordan Adelson
Rachel & Matthew J. Brown
Richard Clarke-Pounder
Diana & Jerry Cohen
Sarah Garner
Ruth & Harry Goldberg
Nicole & Geoff Goldsmith
Robert Gordon
Hillary Green
Lynn Green
Barbara & William Green
Kirstin & Daniel Gros
Allison Gustefson & Jason Famulari
Deborah & David Kahn
Victoria Santiago & Patrick Labbe
Amy & Ken Lutz
Gabriella Maris & Ilan Sondheimer
Stephanie & William Quick
Samantha & David Sas
Steven Segal
Judy & Brian Sherman
Murray Treiser
Janice Taylor & Stanley Waldman
Nancy & Jeff Weiner
Gregory M. Wensman
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Religious School Updates
Amy I. W. Horner, M.A., Temple Educator
One of the w onderful parts of being an educator is w atching your students grow. The faculty and I
feel fortunate that as part of the KKBE family, w e see “our” students grow into thoughtful y oung Jew ish
adults. Some of our best students become madrichim (guides or y oung leaders) by serv ing as teaching
assistants in the Religious School. Watching our students become teachers is a special joy!
High school senior Jacob Kupferman is one of our madrichim, both in Hebrew and Religious School
classes, and I am delighted to share this space with him this month. Jacob recently wrote an article for the
Porter-Gaud newspaper w hich I am reprinting here w ith his permission. As y ou will no doubt guess from his
thoughts on teaching, Jacob is quite an asset to our school. I thank him for sharing his time and talents w ith
our school each w eek, and for sharing his perspectiv e with us so beautifully.
-A View from the Other Side
Jacob Kupferman
Being a student for almost all my life, I nev er took much time to think about w hat it must be like to be a teacher. Therefore,
w hen I started as an assistant teacher at Sunday School over tw o y ears ago, the rev ersed role w as quite a surprise. For once, I w as
the one w ho was in charge, but I w as also the one who had more responsibility . As I soon realized, teaching six th grade students
w as not as easy as I had first thought. I’v e learned many things about teachers that I nev er would have realized by just being a
student.
First off, I ex perienced first-hand what it is like to have students try to test your patience. Every day I w ould come into class
and hav e certain students always try to push the limits. Some just w ouldn’t stop talking. Others threw things across the room. I ev en
had one kid w ho thought it’d be fun to craw l around on the floor like a snake until I had to literally pick him up and put him back in his
chair. Sometimes I felt more like I w as babysitting than actually teaching. After all, these kids w ere in six th grade. I’v e often
w ondered if that w ere how I acted w hen I w as that age. If so, I w ish I could go back and apologize to my teachers.
I also quickly realized that keeping class exciting w as difficult. Ev en though I w as not the one writing up the lesson plans for
the students, I could tell that they sometimes found class boring. But how could I make it more exciting? Most of the kids there
probably did not voluntarily want to go to Sunday School. I tried to incorporate some fun, engaging things into the class, like mov ies
or games, but I couldn’t do those things for ev ery class. How ever, I finally realized that if I put on a more positiv e and optimistic
persona, the students w ere more likely to pay attention. If I seemed genuinely interested in w hat I taught, they w ould show more
interest as w ell.
The last thing I learned, and the most influential, is what it feels like to watch a class grow up. I’m not normally an overly
sentimental person, but w hen I came back to teach for the second year, I had a strange feeling w hen I saw my prev ious class more
grow n up than they w ere before. I found myself saying that those were “my kids,” w ho had now moved on to higher grades. I felt
proud to say I helped teach them, and ev en prouder when they remembered me as their prev ious teacher. I felt as if I had actually
done something worthw hile for them. I finally realized w hy so many people are teachers.
Planning a special event? Join us for our first ev er Simcha Fair!
On Sunday , January 31, from 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m., KKBE w ill host our first Simcha Fair. If y ou have a bar or bat mitzvah,
w edding, graduation or any special celebration in the future, y ou w on’t want to miss this! Vendors from all ov er the Charleston area
w ill be represented, including caterers, v enue representativ es, photographers, ev ent coordinators, florists, DJs... and more. Only
$5.00 admission per person, w hich includes a gift bag and raffle. All proceeds benefit the Religious School.
Know a vendor who might w ant to participate? Hav e him or her contact chairperson Carrie Langsam,
kkbesimcha.fair@gmail.com. Space is limited.
Mitzv ah Project Reminders
Box es for these items are located in the RS hallw ay near the Meddin multipurpose room:
Arielle Berlinsky is collecting recyclable items such as ink and laser cartridges, cell phones, palm pilots, etc. for the benefit of
Animal Rescue and Relief of the Carolinas.
Kirby Glass is collecting worn-out or outgrow n Crocs shoes for return to the company and recycling.
Don’t forget:
Sunday, January 3, 2010: Religious School resumes.
Sunday, January 10: Camp Coleman Presentation, 9 am, in the Barbara Pearlstine Social Hall
Sunday, January 17: No school (MLK w eekend)
Sunday, January 31: KKBE Simcha Fair
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Our Temple Youth
Checking in with
The first weekend of Chanukah was crazy busy for CHARLEY members. Not only did the kids prepare latkes for over 150 members
of the congregation, they also participated in the serv ice. That night, they held a mini-Maccabia Color War with competitions as
simple as writing cheers and as complicated as epic sword battles. There w as also a v ery difficult social program on human trafficking.
The kids w atched a few documentaries about modern slavery and held a discussion. At six o'clock the nex t morning, they w ere
w oken by screaming and w ater guns and forced into a small dark room. When they were finally let out, they had to follow the orders
of those w ith the guns. It w as a very ex periential learning process for every one inv olv ed. Very special thanks go to Claudia Strobing
for taking ov er the kitchen, and to Chery l Roberts for helping her to get those latkes out on time. And Erling Roberts is my new hero,
for stay ing all night. Thanks so much Erling!
And so a new year has begun, and CHARLEY will be electing a new board this month. Props go out to our old board for doing
such great work this year. They created meaningful programs and serv ices, brought in new members, and made CHARLEY really
fun to be around. They are:
President: Seth Zimmerman
Programming V.P.: Dael Szuch & Nick Shuler
Religious & Cultural V.P.: Melissa Yelman
Communications V.P.: Samantha Chavin
Social Action V.P.: Samantha Kramer
9th Grade Liason: Elizabeth Lev i
Elections are on January 10th after Religious School. If y ou w ant more information about the positions, or w ant to run, let me
know . All y ou hav e to do is give a creativ e speech about w hat you'd like to accomplish. Speeches must be submitted for approval at
our First Sunday Pizza Day on January 3rd.
Members of CHARLEY will also be attending NFTY SAR's Winter Kallah. (National Federation of Temple Youth Southern Area
Region) This is the longest of our regional kallot and one of the most fun. Only 9th through 12th graders can attend. Dues must also
be up to date. I'd lov e to hav e ov er 10 kids attend this ev ent.
Stay up to date by going to www.mycharley .com
Remember our motto: Lama Lo?
Not? Why למה לא ?
Robin Shuler
KKBE Youth Adv isor
CHARLEY is open to all KKBE 8th - 12th graders. If you're not a member, why not? And if you know someone who'd like
to be, tell them to contact me - robinshuler@mac.com
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News from our Temple Sisterhood
Happy New Year!! Wow, we can't believe it is 2010!
What a year 2009 was! For starters, we took over as Co-Presidents and we have been
very busy with our Board, planning many fun and informative events. As you all make
your New Year's resolutions, how about making a resolution to come to one of our
events in 2010. If you are not yet a member, it’s never to late to join. As always, you can
be as active as you want, but we are sure that once you come to one of our events you
will be hooked. Our members are warm, caring, kind, giving and love to have fun!
Bonnie and Nadine
To recap, 2009 began with our first annual "Progressive Dinner". It was so successful that we are having it again and we
hope you are planning to attend on Jan 9th. We were all spiritually renewed at our annual Retreat. We had our Sisterhood
Shabbat in May, and our "Paid up Event" in August. We cooked for Crisis Ministries as well as donated needed supplies to
My Sister's House. We had 2 "small group luncheons" which were very well attended. In October our own Jill Conway
spoke about the college admission process, and in December we had the "Cookies and Cosmos" Chanukah cookie swap.
Our only fundraiser, the 59 th Annual Bazaar, was a successful event that combined great company and delicious food! We
want to thank EVERYONE who came out to support this event and EVERYONE who volunteered their time to help. We
couldn't have done it without each and every one of you! All of the funds raised goes to support both the Temple and the
Religious School.
We both attended the URJ/WRJ Biennial in Toronto. We came home feeling very inspired in many ways. This year's theme
was "Sustaining our World". The focus was on faith, peace and "going green". We heard from speakers such as Michael
Oren, the Israeli Ambassador, who spoke of faith and Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, a Palestinian whose 3 daughters and niece
were killed in Gaza who spoke about peace. Judy Feld Carr came and won an award for single-handedly organizing the
release of over 3000 Syrian Jews between 1977 and 1991. We heard from Rabbis from newly formed WRJ affiliates who
spoke about the difficulties in bringing Reform Judaism to Israel and we watched as 2 U.S. synagogues donated Torah's to
2 "sister synagogues" in Israel. The spiritual workshops were amazing and the musical entertainment was so uplifting,
particularly Sat. evening when entertainers from Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist and Christian faiths all sang together on one
stage! That is what peace is all about! The URJ president, Rabbi Eric Yoffie, summed up the importance of "going green"
both from an environmental and ethical perspective. He encouraged us all to reduce consumption of meat as well as
reduce the use of paper, including limiting paper products at Temple events. This is the time of year that many of you
make resolutions. Let's make some resolutions to help "sustain our world". Let's keep the theme of the biennial and follow
some recommendations suggested by Rabbi Yoffie. As a Sisterhood we will be encouraging less use of paper and more
information sent only by computer. Let's try to carpool to events. Not only does it help our environment, it helps form the
bonds that "Sisterhood" is all about.
Let's make this a great year! Let’s do it together, have fun and keep it green.
Happy New Year!
Bonnie Friedman and Nadine Chavin
KKBE Sisterhood Co-Presidents
kkbewrj@gmail.com
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Upcoming Sisterhood Events:
January 9, 2010
January 24, 2010
2 nd Annual Progressive Dinner, 6pm, East Cooper
Tri-Sisterhood Meeting at BSBI, 2 pm-4 pm.
The guest speaker is Dr. Ann Kulze, a nationally recognized expert
and motivational speaker in the areas of nutrition, healthy lifestyle
and disease prevention.
January 30, 2010 Sisterhood Retreat: Wild Dunes Resort, 10 am-2 pm
Includes a service led by Robin Shuler, lunch, and speaker, Julie Klaper,
multi-media artist who will discuss “A Journey” - series of 22 prints
inspired by her study of Hebrew
February 2, 2010
Matriarch’s Event: 7pm
*Join us for an evening event at the home of Mindelle Ziff.
Speaker: Dr. Loren Frankel, Ob-Gyn who will talk about
bio - identical hormones and other women’s health issues
*It is not too late to upgrade your membership to the Matriarch Level and join us for this event
in honor of our Matriarch Members*
March 4, 2010
March 10, 2010
Small Group Luncheon, speaker TBA
Sisterhood Evening Program
Speaker Jacki Baer ,“Fields to Families”
Please note: Sisterhood is trying to “go green” and will be communicating by email as much as
possible. Please contact us if you have not been receiving emails. Those who do not have email
will receive paper copies of our email communications.
Tevet ~ Shevat 5770 • January 2010 • ChaiLights Page 9

Notes from the Choir … ♫
Do y ou hav e a fav orite song that y ou hav en’t heard Koleinu sing for a w hile? A traditional oldie but goodie, a
Debbie Friedman song, or one of Toby Singer’s gems? Just e-mail me at kunitzh@netrockets.com and I will
try to work it into one of our upcoming Friday night Shabbat serv ices – I’ll ev en try to let y ou know w hen we’ll
sing it!
Traditional or contemporary, fast or slow, I do try to mix up the ty pes of music that Koleinu sings so that there
w ill be something to appeal to ev ery one w ho is singing and ev eryone who is listening. You may not love
every song, but w e hope that there w ill be at least a few that w ill touch your heart and enhance your worship ex perience.
On the flip side, if you are aw are of some beautiful choral arrangement or unison piece that is just begging to be sung by y our Temple
Choir, please let me know that as well.
Heidi ♫
Heidi Kunitz-Levy
KKBE Music Director
kunitzh@netrockets.com
843-696-0929
Koleinu - It's a Family Affair!
Mazel Tov
To Chuck and Nancy Altschul on the birth of their grand
daughter, Whitney Chamberlain, daughter of Courtney & Mark
Olsen, of Darien, CT along w ith big brother Grady .
Todah Rabah
To KKBE Sisterhood for donating new Torah
cov ers for all six of our scrolls and to Daw n
Berlinsky and the Fine Arts Committee for
facilitating their design and purchase. It has been
more than 11 years since our Torah cov ers hav e
been replaced.
To the Saul Alexander Foundation, for granting
KKBE $2500 to improv e on electronic
communication w ith our marvelous members.
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News from our Brotherhood
The brotherhood is kicking off the 2010 year with great programs! Our first meeting will be held on
January 28, 2010 at 6:30 PM in the Social Hall. We will enjoy a speaker, Dr. Fletcher Derrick, who
will talk to us about prostate health. A wonderful dinner will be served as well. The following
month there will be a program on Hypertension by Dr. Perry Halushka.
All of the Brotherhood meetings are casual and are designed for us to share each other's
company and fellowship. We invite all men of KKBE to attend and enjoy.
Sewell Kahn
KKBE Brotherhood President
From Our Lifelong Learning Committee
WHAT IS THE JEWISH VIEW OF GOD?
An old joke says that when two Jews get together there are three opinions. Does this apply even to our ideas about
God? Mark your calendars for Monday evening, January 11, 2010 at 7:00 PM when Lifelong Learning will present our
own Rabbi Bob Seigel who will speak on JEWISH VIEWS OF GOD. Begin the New Year on a high note with this
informative and thought provoking evening.
Margaret Seres and Roz Price
Co-Chairs
From Our Docent Coordinator
DOCENT DELIGHTS
“A moving story of the Charleston Jewish
community by an excellent tour guide.”
So wrote one visitor to our historic Temple. They could be
referring to YOU!
We are looking for volunteers to help our current group of docents, be it once a week or once a month. You will be given
materials and will be trained. And then begins the best part: representing our Temple and basking in the kudos from our
guests. Just read the sign- in book in the lobby and you will know why we have so many long-time docents.
If you would like to know more or have any questions, please contact me.
Linda Bergman
856-7422
Mrsrabab18@bellsouth.net
Tevet ~ Shevat 5770 • January 2010 • ChaiLights Page 11

Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim ~ January 2009
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
December 27
No Hebrew or
Religious School
3
9:00am Hebrew
School
10:30am Religious
School
10
9:00am Hebrew
School
Camp Coleman
Presentation
10:30am
Religious School
4:00pm
MLK Memorial
Gathering (KKBE)
28
12:30pm
Quilting
Chavurah
29 30 31 January 1
New Year's Day
Office Closed
Gift Shop Closed
7pm
Shabbat Service
4 5 6
11
12:30pm
Quilting
Chavurah
7:00pm
LLL Program
Rabbi Seigel's
Presentation
12
7:00pm
Religious School
Com. Mtg.
1:00pm
Film & Literature
Chavurah
5:15pm
Shula in Sanctuary
5:30pm
Robin Shuler:Guitar
5:45pm
Confirmation Class
7:00pm
Jewish Choral Society
Rehearsal
13
5:30pm
Robin Shuler:Guitar
Lessons
Mitzvah Day Com
Mtg. (Meddin Rm)
5:45pm
Confirmation Class
6pm
Sisterhood Board Mtg.
7
11:30am
Let's Study
Torah!
6:30pm
Koleinu
Rehearsal
14 15
8
6:30pm
New Member
Shabbat Dinner
8:00pm
Shabbat Service
5:45pm/7:00pm
East Cooper
Shabbat Dinner/
Service
8:00pm
Downtown
Shabbat Service
2
11:00am
Shabbat Service
9
10:00am
Tot Shabbat
11:00am
Shabbat Service
6:00pm
Sisterhood
Progressive
Dinner
(Off Campus)
16
11:00am
Shabbat Service
17
No Hebrew or
Religious School
18
Martin Luther
King, Jr. Holiday
Gift Shop Open
19
6:00pm
Executive Com.
Mtg.
7:00pm
Board of Trustees
Mtg.
20
5:15pm
Shula in Sanctuary
5:30pm
Robin Shuler:Guitar
5:45pm
Confirmation Class
21
11:30am
Let's Study
Torah!
6:30pm
Koleinu
Rehearsal
22
8:00pm
Shabbat Service
B-days &
Anniversaries
23
11:00am
Shabbat Service
Elliot Kronsberg
Bar Mitzvah
24
9:00am Hebrew
School
10:30am
Religious School
2:00pm
Tri Sisterhood Mtg
(BSBI)
25 26 27
5:15pm
Shula in Sanctuary
5:30pm
Robin Shuler:Guitar
5:45pm
Confirmation Class
28
6:30pm
Brotherhood
Mtg.
29
6:30pm
Tu B'shvat Seder
and dinner
8:00pm
Shabbat Service
30 Tu B'Shvat
10:00am
Sisterhood
Retreat
11:00am
Shabbat
Service
31
9am Hebrew School
10:30am
Religious School
12-3pm
Simcha Fair
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1 Herbert Berlinsky
Seth Kupferman
Sheila Litwin-Michaelis
Sidney Silver
2 Marla Loftus
Samara Rogers
3 Kevin Archer
Amy Davis
Tara Hubara
4 Zachary Serrins
6 Peter Herman
Marvin Kramer
Lehan Marcus
7 Neal Baker
James Ball, Jr.
Tamar BenArdout
Joan Brown
Rachel Chapman
Joseph Shepanek
8 Wendy Burkhardt
9 Amy Bozarth
Joel Crook
Amy Gordon
Marc Kelley
Ashlyn Kievit
William Kronsberg
10 Lillian Alterman
Benjamin Cohn
Randi Serrins
11 Michelle Rovner
John Stapleton
12 Martin Klaper
13 Zack Gorstein
Mark Green
Devin Meyers
Jane Meyerson
January Birthdays
15 Julie Klaper
Halle Lipov
Mikhail Smolkin
16 Geoff Goldsmith
Ian Rastogi
Steven Zimmerman
17 Dennis Christensen
Jane Hirsch
18 Patricia Ellison
Brendon Frankel
Ellis Kahn
Joseph Mendelsohn
Roz Price
Judith Vane
19 Anita Zucker
20 Leonard K rawcheck
Stephanie Schwatz
Lily Rothkopf
20 Bella Wallace
Loren Ziff
21 Mark Adelson
Deirdre Goldbogen
21 Joseph Goldstein
Robert Miller
Carol Mysel
22 Hilary Easley
Lauren Ellison
Ed Litos
Claire Nussbaum
Marlene Denemark
23 Judith Farley
24 Debbie Sistino
24 Spenser Staub
25 Robert B rown
26 Brad Grossman
27 Emily Abedon
Gary Diener
28 Daniel Maniscalco
Mindelle Ziff
29 Jason Basile
Stephen Berman
Henry Levin
30 Scott Becker
Anna Leff
31 William Golde
Pam Snyder
7 Max ine & Henry Freudenberg
Evelyn & Charles Perry
8 Elizabeth Meyers & John Sullivan
10 Jerri Chaplin & Peter Herman
14 Jaclyn & Herbert Berlinsky
15 Patricia & Paul Sykes
16 Andrea & Sal Parco
19 Rella & Alan Eysen
Maryann & Howard Snyder
Julie & Stephen Ziff
January Anniversaries
20 Diana & Jerry Cohen
Judy & Martin Markowitz
Barbara & Gordan Stine
21 Gloria & Thomas Kern
25 Steph & Bill Quick
26 Ann & Bernard Warshaw
27 Doris & Roy Meyers
28 Rebecca & Scott Burke
29 Teri & Meredith Berlinsky
Week of December 27th – January 2nd
Nathan Bass
Aaron Ben Moshe
Ruth Livingston Elias
Raphael Elmaleh
Betty Finkel
Leon Forman
Walter Freudenberg
Nancee Goldsmith
Harry Heyman
Karen Johnson
Henry Kratzok
Sidney Levy
Rosamond Lieb
Isadore Mendelson
Ruth P. Nathan
Josephine Needle
Joan Nelson
Karolina Ostrower
Mary Schechter
Julius Schneider
Joseph Sokol
Mary Sprung
Week of January 3rd – January 9th
Murray Abrams
Aaron Abramson
Bernard Ozias Antman
Marcus Barshay
Leon C. Benardot
Samuel Berkowitz
Melvin Blechman
Marvin Breen
I. Favel Chavin
Benjamin E. Cohen
Cecilia B. Cohen
Thelma Dansky
Lillian Fisher
Arthur C. Furchgott
Myron Gins
Sylvia Goldman
Estelle Greenhill
Ann Grossner
Jack Lieb
Mary P. Hornik
Jan Karesh
Pearl Kaufman
S. David Kaufman
A. Leon Kohlreiter
Samuel Korn
Freddie Kronsberg
James Lambert
David Langer
Arthur Lasovick
Paul Lipnick
Esther Miller
Bertha R. Needle
Esther Planer
Henry H. Schall
Rose Shilepsky
Morris Silverman
Bessie Stacey
David Stadler
Edith Tennis
Melvin Wine
זכור
Edward Aberman
George S. Bogin
Maurice Brown
Bernard M. Bux baum
Ben Cohen
Benjamin Culp
F. Bartow Culp
Raphael Elias
Fanny Feingold
Joseph Geller
Leon Gelson
Sarah Goldberg
Myrtle Goldsmith
Rosalia B. Hart
Samuel Jacobs
Pearl Kasen
Philip Kasen
Ella Kaufman
Leonard Kupferman
January Yahrzeits
Week of January 10th – January 16th
Blanche Landesman
Joseph Levy
Samuel Moskowitz
Minnie S. Nathan
Rabbi Jacob Raisin
Daniel T. Read, Jr.
Marcia Rosenthall
Betty Schindler
Stanley Seidman
Ann Lipman Seigel
Judith Shapiro
Aaron Kalman Silver
Helen Schneider Silver
Stanley Stern
James G. Tuttle
Seymor Weiss
Bertha Wiener
Gregory Wolfenzon
Harry Zoller
Week of January 17th - January 23rd
Rose Louise Aronson
Herbert Bass
Rena Silverman Brown
Albert Burke
Netty Chaplin
Leon Cohen
Isidore Denemark
Anne Brown Devine
Seymour Dubin
Clara Fitzpatrick
Esthyr Flanagan
Murray Garber
Samuel Golubow
Elaine Green
Marion H. Heyman
Sarah Hirschmann
Simon Larach
Louise Marcus
Lillian Mendelson
Abraham Monene
Martin Niess
Rose Parzen
Irving Price
Aaron S. Raisin
Irving Richek
Rose Rittenberg
Herman Saltzman
Rebecca Sauer
Aaron Silver
Sarah Silver
Jason C. Strauss
Lowell H. Sugarman
James Wallace, Jr.
Clara G. Warshauer
Sadie Well
Joe Weiss
Charles Wiener
Annette Wildhorn
Irving Wildhorn
Mildred Wine
Week of January 24th - January 30th
Robert Ashton
Mary Behar
Herman R. Berkman
Stanley Bloch
Samuel C. Brown, Sr.
Frances Bush
Esta Chaplin
Evelyn Faunce
Nettie Franzblau
Ruth H. Gordon
Maurice Greenhill
Eric Michael Hardy
Robert 'Pepper' Hyatt
John Johnson
Samuel Katzoff
Tillye King
Charlotte Laken
Solomon Brown Alch
Clement Alfred
Leo Archambault
Minnie M. Banov
Jack Behar
Maurice Berle
Lizzie M. Brown
Walter Corens
Helen Fiedler
Barnett Gabriel
Harry Goldmintz
Rose K. Jackson
Cleo Lambert
Irving Liebowitz
Ruth Z. Mandel
Norman Newman
Sophye P. Olasov
Hyman Pearlstine
Rosanne Post Mervis
Sylvia Schwartz
Diana Seres
Rosalind Shack
Helen Stone
Joseph Tigler
Carol Tobakos
Irene Turbow
Minnie Weinberger
Rita Sussman Weinstein
Gustaf Zeitlin
Week of January 31st - February 6th
Rose Goldstein Katzoff
Joseph Kurtzman
Sally Lipnick
Cecile Mayer Pearlstine
Hildegarde Ringel
Sophia Bregman
Shirley Siegel
Dr. Philip L. Staub
Adele Sukin
Edith Tanzer
Celia Wasserman
Tevet ~ Shevat 5770 • January 2010 • ChaiLights Page 13

Coming up at KKBE From Our VP of Programming
Forging Friendships
at our Special Events
Happy New Year! Well, it’s only been seven months and I think I’m getting the hang of this
position. Working with our Staff and Board is enlightening. It’s amazing how our shared deep
commitment to KKBE serves as the foundation to maintaining good relationships and always
doing what’s best for you!
When it was suggested that I write for Chai Lights I began to think (oh no, she’s thinking!) about the value of our
programming. Then my mind quickly shifted to my closest friends in Charleston – I met almost all of them through my
KKBE friends or because of my affiliation with KKBE. It’s so comforting knowing that when I go to services, attend a
congregational dinner or special event I see people I know and meet new people with whom I already share a deep rooted
belief, Just like an old friend.
What’s Going On?
January 29: Tu B’shvat Seder and Service
A delightful way to experience a special seder in honor of the Jewish New Year for Trees! Our seder plates include many
goodies grown on trees and is followed by a lovely dinner. The dinner is $15/person and $18 for guests. You can reserve
a seat by sending an RSVP to MHaspel@kkbe.org and send your check or pay online through our website by
January 15th.
February 5-7: KKBE’s Shabbaton!
Get ready to have some fun with our theme, the 10 Commandments! We’ll start with an entertaining “getting to know you”
program, congregational dinner and service, then set up your tent for the night or 2 nights! Day 2 includes breakfast, Torah
study, an array of traditional and creative services, lunch, projects and an evening Havdalah service. Sunday morning we
have breakfast, Hebrew students go to class and everyone else prepares for a group service and presentation (to all
religious school students) from our weekend. You can sign up on the attached form by January 25 th !
February 23: Tri-Congregational Concert
Hosted by BSBI and planned by all three congregations, please join us for a memorable concert with Piano Quartets. This
ensemble features well known artists who will play some of your favorite music by Johannes Brahms, Gabriel Faure, Ernst
Bloch and others. More information to come!
February 26: Purim!
A Murder Mystery Dinner and adult party is being planned for this special Purim celebration. Following the service (ages
12 and older please, the children’s costume service is Saturday morning, Feb. 27) you’ll be ushered to your table for a
fascinating dinner. After dinner, adults only for dancing and good cheer!
(Our plan includes a taxi service standing by.)
Care to help?
We have wonderful teams of volunteers who would love to share the fun of making these events possible. The way we
work is a lot of people doing a little! So don’t worry about volunteering; we want you to have fun.
Shoshanna Szuch
VP Programming
Page 14 ChaiLights • January 2010 • Tevet ~ Shevat 5770

RETREAT REGISTRATION
FEBRUARY 5-7, 2010
at our own spiritual home, KKBE
Parent Name(s)____________________________________
Attending: Adults____ Children _________
$36/person; under 3 Free; Registration & Payments due by January 25 th
Enclosed $ ______________
Children’s Names & Ages ______________________________________________________________________
Email____________________________ Tel. _____________________ Cell Phone ___________________
Friday, February 5 th
How many Attending
Adults Children/Ages
5:30 p.m. Check-In ___________ ___________
6:30 p.m. Congregational Dinner ___________ ___________
Camp out Sleep Over ___________ ___________
Saturday, February 6 th
9:00 a.m. Breakfast ___________ ___________
10:00 a.m. Torah Study ___________ ___________
11:00 a.m. Service: Healing ___________ ___________
CHARLEY ___________ ___________
Meditation ___________ ___________
Traditional ___________ ___________
Yoga ___________ ___________
12:30 p.m. Lunch ___________ ___________
1:30 p.m. Inside Project ___________ ___________
Outside Project (bring camera) ___________ ___________
(5-8 p.m. break - on own for dinner)
Havdalah (outdoors) ___________ ___________
Camp Out/Sleep Over ___________ ___________
Sunday, Feb. 7 th
8:00 a.m. Breakfast ___________ ___________
(Hebrew students go to class; others stay and finish projects; group service & presentation at 10:30 a.m. for all
students; finish with evaluations of retreat.)
Space is Limited. Please send Registration & Fees to: Shabbaton, KKBE, 90 Hasell St. 29401 – DUE BY JANUARY 25 th
Questions? Contact Marylyn Haspel, mhaspel@kkbe.org, 723-1090, or Shoshanna Szuch, sho@homesc.com,
971-7875.
Tevet ~ Shevat 5770 • January 2010 • ChaiLights Page 15

A few moments from our
Congregational Chanukah Dinner and
Service
A Happy, Yummy and Inspiring
Evening!!
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You’re Invited
Please join us in celebrating the
Bar Mitzvah of our son
Elliot Laro Kronsberg
January 23, 2010 at 11:00 am
Friday, January 15th, 2010
At All Saints Lutheran Church
Please bring a side dish,
your family and friends!
Dinner at 5:45 pm
Service at 7:00 pm
RSVP by January 11, 2010
to the Temple Office 723-1090
Email: mhaspel@kkbe.org
All Saints Lutheran Church is located at
2107 Highway 17 N
In Mt. Pleasant, just North of the IOP Connector
Elliot is a seventh grade honor student at Charleston Day School.
He is the older brother of Zachary and William. Elliot is a gentle
soul who enjoys hanging out with his buddies, fishing, sailing, and
discussing any subject or issue. Elliot is a member of the
Odyssey of the Mind Club at school and is the music and movie
critic for the school paper. He plays the guitar and loves
researching and exploring different genres of music. For his
mitzvah project, Elliot collected gently used ipods and created a
music library for the teenagers at the MUSC Children's Hospital.
Amy and Edward Kronsberg
Tevet ~ Shevat 5770 • January 2010 • ChaiLights Page 17

KKBE Donation Opportunities
Synagogue Operations
Archiv es/Museum Fund
Building Maintenance Fund
Capital Campaign Fund
Coming Street Cemetery Fund
General Fund
Harold & Lillian Jacobs
Mitzv ah Membership Fund
Huguenin Cemetery Fund
Hospitality Fund
Goodstein Garden Fund
Marian Birlant Slotin
Bereav ement Fund
Mildred Bernstein Kitchen Fund
Organ Restoration Fund
Sanctuary Restoration Fund
Walkway of Life ($220)
Zbar Dues Assistance Fund
Library
Morton Patla Library Fund
Spirituality
Addie & Miriam Triest Floral Fund
Community Tzedakah Fund
Music Fund
Kurtzman Confirmation Award
Fund
Hellman Family Fund
Outreach Fund
Pray er Book Fund
Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund
Rosenthall Scholarship Fund
Sugarman Kiddush Fund
Tarshish Lecture Fund
Youth
Bess Rosen & Paul Rosen
Camp Fund
Johnny Hornik Memorial Fund
Isadore & Irma Kramer Fund
Rabbi Edward Cohn Youth Fund
Temple Youth Fund
Religious School Fund
Honoree : _____________________________________________
in memory of in honor of for the speedy recovery of
Birthday Anniversary
Fund: _______________________________Amount: __________
Please send an acknowledgement to:
Name: _________________________________________________
Address: _______________________________________________
City/State/Zip: ___________________________________________
For Written Acknowledgement Card or Using Credit Card
a minimum $18.00 Donation is needed.
All Donations will be Published in ChaiLights
Harold & Lillian Jacobs
Mitzvah Membership
Program
We extend our deepest
appreciation to our Mitzvah
Members for their additional financial
commitment to KKBE. Their enhanced dues enable
us to help members who need assistance with
dues or religious school tuition. We hope you will
consider joining them.
Circle of All Generations
Kenneth & Nadine Chavin
Larry & Jan Lipov
Allan & Carol Mysel
Circle of Vision
Edwin Pearlstine, Jr.
Circle of Understanding
Peter Dubin &
Debarah Wallace
Henry &
Maxine Freudenberg
Ronald & Lucy Scheman
Margaret Seres
Robert & Deborah Turkewitz
Circle of Light
Jack & Florence Kurtz
Circle of Spirit
Mark & Judith Green
Robert & Lisa Silvers
Steven & Cindy Zimmerman
Donor’s Name
Street Address
City, State ZIP
Telephone
Please charge my credit card in the amount of
$ ______
Card Number
Expiration Date
Signature
Three (3) digit
security code
Ty pe of Card
□ MC
□ Visa
David Bachman
& Marjorie Rath
Jan & Jo Ellen Basile
Neil & Deborah Fisher
Robert & Beth Goldstein
Ken & Marion Goodman
Max & Ann Hellman
Ed Herschaft
Chuck & Marty Jackson
William & Chris Olasov
Michelle & Eric Rovner
Jeffrey & Beth Buncher
Ira & Anita Rosenberg
Circle of Hope
Phil Saul & Amy Davis
Rich & Randi Serrins
David Shatz
Richard & Dunlap Silver
Joseph & Debbie Sistino
Lois Sugarman
Patricia Sykes
Edward & Diane Tichi
Dorothy Toporek
Murray Treiser
Skippy & Dana Weil
Martin & Shelley Yonas
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Building Fund
Rich and Gloria Lapin:
in memory of Sol Breibart
Charlotte & Charles Zaglin:
in memory of Sol Zaglin
Capital Campaign Fund
Dolly & David Jaffee:
in honor of the Anniversary of Maury and Joyce Finkelstein
in memory of Abe Finkel
in honor of the anniversary of Ken and Nadine Chavin
in honor of the anniversary of Rabbi Tony and Judy Holz
in memory of Sol Breibart
Harold & Evie Lenoff:
in memory of Louis Lenoff
Norman & Eve Berlinsky:
for Sheran Rittenberg's speedy recovery
in appreciation of Jean Wolf for all she does
Cemetery Fund
Joe & Rhetta Mendelsohn:
in memory of Sol Breibart
Robert & Lisa Silvers:
in memory of Sylvia Silvers
Community Tzedakah Fund
Steven & LuAnn Rosenzweig:
in honor of both their Birthdays
General Fund
Harry & Delphine Barnett:
in memory of Clifford Tillman, M.D.
Rabbi Abner & Linda Bergman:
in memory of Kenneth Albert
Barry & Flo Breibart:
in memory of Sol Breibart
Barbara & William Green:
in memory of Mary Schechter
Linda & Donald Horowitz:
in honor of Fredye Glass
Eric & Peggy Krawcheck:
in honor of the marriage of Marlene and Bennett Denemark
in memory of Avram Kronsberg
Paul & Penny Levy:
in memory of Milton Green
Bobbie and Ed Litos:
in memory of Mr. Samuel Brody and Mrs. Sally Brody
Roy & Doris Meyers:
in memory of Sadie Wolf
Robin & Gil Shuler:
for a speedy recovery of Bari and Eric Heiden
in memory of Grandma Tillye
Goodstein Garden Upkeep Fund
Dolly & David Jaffee:
for the speedy recovery of Rabbi Tony Holz
in memory of Betty Finkel
Your Generous Donations
We Gratefully Acknowledge the Following Contributions for November 16 th thru December 15 th :
Harold & Lillian Jacobs Mitzvah Membership Fund
Allan & Carol Mysel:
in honor of Marlene Weitz & Bennett Denemark's marriage
Miriam Wilchanovsky:
in me mory of Vladimir Wilchanovsky
Hospitality Fund
Tamar BenArdout:
in honor of KKBE’s wonderful volunteers
Floy Work:
in honor of KKBE's dedicated volunteers
Marian Birlant Slotin Bereavement Fund
Harry & Delphine Barnett:
in memory of Clifford Tillman, M.D.
Lucia Horowitz:
in memory of Meyer H. Horowitz
Mildred Bernstein Kitchen Fund
Charles & Frieda Bernstein:
in memory of Manning A. Bernstein
in honor of Ed Tichi's Birthday
in honor of Heidi Kunitz's Birthday
in honor of Stu & Sarah Blum's Anniversary
in memory of Bert Gosschalk
Kenneth & Nadine Chavin:
for the volunteers at the 59th Sisterhood Bazaar
in honor of Emily Kahn's Bat Mitzvah
in memory of Rick Ett's Uncle Seymour Ett
Lucia Horowitz:
in memory of Pearl Rita Horowitz
Margaret Seres:
for a speedy recovery of Frieda Bernstein
Morton Patla Library Fund
Margaret Seres:
in memory of Diana Seres
Music Fund
Charlotte Libater:
in memory of Eleanor Mae Portugal
Jan Pomerantz:
in memory of Howard Pomerantz
Robin & Gil Shuler:
in celebration of Steve Zimmerman's Birthday
Outreach Fund
Alan & Binky Cohen:
in memory of Joseph D. Read
Robert & Lisa Silvers:
for a speedy recovery for Lori Elkman Collins
Rabbi's Discretionary Fund
Jack Bass:
in memory of Nathan Bass
Diana & Gerald Cohen:
the re-dedication of the Seabrook Island Memorial Garden
Barbara S. Cohn:
in honor of the marriage of Dara Holz and Ofir Yungman
Henry & Maxine Freudenberg:
for the speedy recovery of Rabbi Holz
Tevet ~ Shevat 5770 • January 2010 • ChaiLights Page 19

Guy & Judy Gi mson:
the re-dedication of the Seabrook Island Memorial Garden
Allan & Carol Mysel:
Congrats to Judy and Tony Holz for their daughter's marriage
Richard & Randi Serrins:
for a speedy recovery of Rabbi Holz
Robin & Gil Shuler:
in celebration of Tamar BenArdout's Birthday
Religious School Fund
Eric & Michelle Rovner:
in honor of Patricia Sykes
in memory of Martha Diskin
Richard & Randi Serrins:
for Dr. Ken Chavin's kindness and friendship
Robin & Gil Shuler:
in celebration of Ian Rastogi's Birthday
in celebration of Joshua Stephenson's Birthday
in celebration of Tara Hubara's Birthday
in honor of Elliot Kronsberg becoming a Bar Mitzvah
Rosenthall Scholarship Fund
Donald Reavis & Josine Gosschalk-Reavis:
in honor of Dara Holz and Ofir Yungman's wedding
Sugarman Kiddush Fund
Ruth Goldsmith:
in memory of Stanley and Abraham Poley
Lois Sugarman:
for a speedy recovery of Jane Norris
in memory of Alan Levit
Temple Youth Fund
Vivian Friedman:
in honor of Sadie Fox
Murray & Debby Passo:
in honor of Michelle Passo and Andy Adams engagement
Robin & Gil Shuler:
in appreciation of the outgoing Board of CHARLEY:
in honor of the incoming Board of CHARLEY
Message from Rabbi Holz
Heartfelt thanks to all for your kind cards, notes, phone calls, and support to Judy and me during my recent
medical procedure and recovery. Best wishes for a happy and healthy 2010.
Rabbi Anthony D. Holz
Heartfelt condolences to Linda Bergman and her children on the passing of Rabbi Abner Bergman.
We will miss him.
May his memory be a blessing.
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PLEASE check the
Blue Book Directory Index
And choose from the businesses
who supported the Blue Book.
Thank you.
Got Space?? If you are planning a
function, a meeting, or party, why not use
the Temple? We have lots of options
available at reasonable prices in a prime
location.
Please remember to link your Harris Teeter
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time you make a purchase of Harris Teeter
brand items using your VIC card you will
help generate additional funds for our
Religious School.
The program is in effect from August
through May. Please remember to re-link
your card for the new school year.
Want more information? Please contact
the Temple office at 723.1090 or
tamar@kkbe.org
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