January ChaiLights Newsletter 2012.pub - Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim

C h a i L i g h t s 

January Worship Schedule 

BABYSITTING BEGINS 15 MINUTES 

BEFORE FIRST FRIDAY SHABBAT SERVICES 

Shabbat Services: 

January 

6th & 7th 

Shabbat Va-y'chi 

Friday: Congregational Dinner 5:45 pm 

First Friday Shabbat Serv ice 7 pm 

Led by The Kunitz-Levy Family 

Saturday: Shabbat Service 10 am 

Led by Donna Spencer 

13th & 14th 

Shabbat Sh'mot 

Friday: Shabbat Serv ice 8 pm 

Saturday : Shabbat Service 10 am 

Led by Leslie Archer & Shula Holtz 

Tot Shabbat 10am 

20th & 21st 

Shabbat Va-eira 

Friday: East Cooper Shabbat Service 7 pm 

Led by Shula Holtz & David Jaffee 

Dow ntown Shabbat Serv ice 8pm 

Saturday: Senior Shabbat Service 10 am 

27th & 28th 

Shabbat Bo 

Friday: Shabbat Serv ice 8 pm 

Celebrating Birthdays & Anniversaries 

Saturday: Shabbat Service 10 am 

Zachary Lutz Bar Mitzvah 

Index of Articles 

Rabbi ……………………..……….....Pg 1 

Temple President ……………....…..Pg 3 

Temple Educator…………..……..…Pg 4 

Executive Director………......…..…..Pg 5 

Sisterhood………………...….…..…..Pg 6 

Brotherhood……………….….…..….Pg 6 

VP of Administration……...……..…..Pg 7 

Youth Group………………………….Pg 8 

VP of Programs………...….…....…..Pg 9 

Donations………………….…….Pg 12-13 

Rabbi's Message 

Volume 14 Number 1 — Tevet ~ Shevat 5772 — January 2012 

I w rite these words in the end of December, freshly off the plane 

from the URJ’s 71 st Biennial Convention outside of Washington, 

D.C.—the enthusiastic spirit of the 5000-delegate-strong 

assembly still rev erberating in my heart, mind and soul. How ever, 

when you read these words, in January, I believe that enthusiasm 

and energy will still abound. I look forw ard to numerous 

occasions and ways though w hich to share overv iews and 

insights I and our ten other delegates (lay leaders and staff) 

gained at the conference. We will be sharing in Board, 

Sisterhood, and committee meetings. We’v e brought new ideas and frameworks for temple 

programming, w orship and our classrooms. Many experiences w ill find their way into 

sermons and divrei Torah, to be sure. And please look for cov erage of the Biennial in the 

February issue of the Jewish Voice, as well. 

But for now I w ant to share the pow er and inspiration of one particular presentation: A 

celebration of the Religious Action Center (RAC) and “50 Years of Social Justice 

Leadership.” The presentation, in and of itself, was mov ing: a montage of filmed vignettes, 

still images, and live speakers capturing the breadth and depth of impact the RAC—and, by 

ex tension, all of us in the Reform Mov ement—have had on the key issues of the last fiv e 

decades. Soviet Jew ry. Women’s Health. GLBT Equality . (The entire presentation can be 

view ed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =xiXPQ6DCf7M.) 

Yet no cause is more striking than the where it all began—the Civ il Rights Movement. The 

Religious Action Center was born out of the fight for civ il rights. The Leadership 

Conference on Civ il and Human Rights w as long housed at the RAC and for 30 years 

almost every major piece of civil rights legislation w as strategized and organized at the 

Center. In fact, the historic Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 were 

both drafted in the RAC’s conference room. The Religious Action Center was a key partner 

in organizing the historic March on Washington, where Dr. King electrified the nation with 

his “I Hav e a Dream” speech, and several early presidents of the NAACP w ere leaders in 

the Reform movement, as w ell. 

On Sunday, January 8 th , KKBE w ill host our 16 th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. 

Celebration in partnership with Morris Brown AME Church. The event is not only an 

important commemoration of Dr. King’s legacy and teachings, but an inspiring affirmation of 

the bonds that have historically linked the Jewish and African-American communities 

nationally , and which w e striv e to renew, especially in work of social justice, here in our 

local Charleston community, as well. May we always be joined with our brothers and 

sisters in fellowship as we w ork to ensure equal rights and equal access for all. 

L’shalom, 

Rabbi Stephanie M. Alexander 

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The mission of Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim shall be to serve the religious needs of families and 

indiv iduals through programs of lifelong Jew ish education (Torah), inclusive communal worship 

and ritual (Avodah), and the ongoing quest for greater justice, peace and acts of lov ing 

kindness (Gemilut Chasadim). 

KKBE 90 Ha s ell St reet , Ch a rl est o n , S C 29 4 0 1 T el . ( 8 43 ) 7 2 3 -1 0 9 0 Fa x: ( 8 43 ) 7 2 3 -0 5 3 7 w w w .kk b e.o rg

Rabbi 

Stephanie M. Alexander 

rabbia@kkbe.org 

Rabbi Emeritus 

Anthony D. Holz 

adholz@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 Hernandez 

nhernandez@kkbe.org 

Communications & Program 

Coordinator 

Brenda Braye 

bbraye@kkbe.org 

Music Director 

Heidi Kunitz-Levy 

B’nei Mitzvah Coordinator 

Shula Holtz 

Youth Advisor 

Robin Shul er 

Officers 

David Jaffee Pr esident 

Anita R osenberg VP—Admi nistration 

Mark Adelson VP—Financ e 

Frieda Bernstei n VP—Programmi ng 

Patricia Sykes VP—Fundraising 

Kenneth Chavin Secretar y 

Benjamin Glass Financial Secretary 

William Olas ov Pas t President 

Edwin Pearlstine President Emeritus 

Tim Carle 

Shula Holtz 

Paul Levy 

Larry Libater 

Rachel Morley 

Trustees 

Robert New 

LuAnn R osenz weig 

Leslie Arc her 

Patricia Votava 

Ex Officio 

Nadine Chavin 

Naomi Gorstei n 

Sisterhood C o-Presidents 

Gregory Wensman 

Brotherhood President 

Michelle Rovner 

Religious School Chair 

Samantha Chavi n 

CHARLEY Presi dent 

Bereavement 

Building & Gr ounds 

Caring 

Cemeter y 

Chavurot 

East Cooper 

Endowment 

Finance 

Fundraising 

Heritage 

Insurance 

Leadershi p Devel opment 

Library 

Lifelong Learning 

Membership 

Nominating 

Oneg & H onors 

Programs 

Personnel 

Pulpit 

Religious School 

Ritual 

Social Ac tion 

Tourism / Docents 

Youth 

Committee Chairs 

Dunlap Silver 

Steve Ziff 

Guy Gi mson 

Judith Green 

Herb Goldberg 

Morton Ellison 

Paul Levy 

Lynda Sc hwartz 

Sarah Blum 

Billy Olas ov 

Mark Adelson 

Patricia Rones Sykes 

Andy Slotin 

Anita R osenberg 

Marty J ac kson 

Cynthia Solomon 

Marlene Williamon 

Margaret Seres 

Roz Price 

Tim Carle 

Paul Levy 

Billy Olas ov 

Judy & Tim Carle 

Frieda Bernstei n 

David Jaffee 

David Jaffee 

Michelle Rovner 

Art Richek 

Cynthia Ava 

LuAnn R osenz weig 

Linda Bergman 

Ben Glass 

Our Next 

Tot Shabbat 

Will be 

January 14th 

Freudenberg Chapel 

Suitable for children 

up to 10 years of age. 

Celebrating 

Birthdays & 

Anniversaries 

Friday, January 27th 

Join us for this monthly 

celebration of KKBE’s member 

birthdays and anniversaries. 

The Deadline for 

ChaiLights 

Submissions is 

the 5th of 

Each Month 

Due to postal regulations 

we are now limited to 

20 pages per issue. 

Volume 14 Issue 1 

Published monthly by: 

Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim 

90 Hasell Street • Charleston, SC 

29401 

843-723-1090 Phone 

843-723-0537 Fax 

www.kkbe.org 

office@kkbe.org 

Editor • Tamar BenArdout 

Publication • Natalie Hernandez 

© Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim - 2012 

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President’s Message 

Coming Street Cemetery 

Our pre-Revolutionary War cemetery on Coming Street is not only of great historic significance to 

our congregation, but to Jewish Charleston, Charleston itself and to the history of the United 

States. Buried there are soldiers from w ars starting w ith the Revolution. The last person to be 

interred there w as our long-time historian, Solomon Breibart (Uncle Solly to many of us). 

The cemetery has endured the rav ages of w ar, storm, earthquake, vandalism and time. To 

maintain this sacred space, there is much needed work to be done to the w all, headstones, tombs, 

monuments and the grounds. Dr. Robert Russell, Preservationist and Professor at the College of 

Charleston, completed a three-phase survey w hich prioritized the work needed: 1) Immediate 

repairs needed for safety; 2) Secondary needs that w ill deteriorate quickly if not addressed within 

the nex t few y ears; 3) Longer term needs to ensure the proper maintenance of our congregation’s 

treasure. 

Work has already been done w ithin the ability of our congregation to support it. An ad-hoc committee has formed, headed by our 

Vice President of Administration, Anita Rosenberg, and Cemetery Committee Chair and Members, Morton Ellison, Mary Radin, Ed 

Kronsberg, Louis Tick and Randi Serrins. They are supported closely in their endeav ors by our Executiv e Director, Floy Work. Floy 

has been instrumental in helping obtain a grant to offset some of the planning stages of our work. A grant for $9,500 was obtained 

from the Henry & Sy lvia Yaschik Foundation. We have sev eral other grant requests outstanding at this time, Amanda Barton, an 

accomplished landscape architect, has been retained to help develop the plan and ov ersee the work. 

To do ev ery thing necessary to Coming Street Cemetery will require ov er $500,000. Some small amounts of money come in the form 

of contributions from those tourists and others w ho tour the cemetery w ith one of the limited number of docents with access. Some 

hav e already donated to the cause to help make repairs to the grav es of their ow n ancestors. Others have given because of their 

realization of the need. 

If y ou hav e relativ es or long-time friends w ho “sleep in the dust” at Coming Street, w ould you consider supporting the cause? If y ou 

just believ e that this is truly a need you want to support and that w e are obligated to do so, y our contributions w ould be w elcomed. 

You can contact Floy or Anita for further information. 

Shalom, 

Dav id H. Jaffee 

KKBE President 

KKBE Members and friends 

spending time together while at the 

URJ Biennial Washington, DC 

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Religious School Updates 

Page 4 ChaiLights January 2012 • Tevet ~ Shevat 5772 

Amy I. W. Horner, M.A., Temple Educator 

Keep the dream alive, 

Keep the dream alive. 

Every time we say a prayer, we keep the dream alive. 

Sam Glaser, “Keep the Dream Alive” 

In 2010, our Religious School hosted Sam Glaser, thanks to the Danielle, Julie and Stephen Ziff Youth Education 

Endowment. During his visit Sam led all of the students in our Religious School on a musical walk through the 

Torah, through Jewish history. “ Keep the Dream Alive” was one of the gorgeous songs that Sam and our students 

sang together while parents and teachers watched and listened. To see our children relive our path from creation, 

to Abraham and Sarah, to Egypt, and back to the land of Israel was an absolute joy. To know that our history and 

traditions are alive in their hearts? There aren’t really words to express that feeling, although Sam’s lyrics help. 

It was a delight to see some of those students, members of our sixth grade class, return to the bimah on 

December 11 to perform “ Judging Antiochus,” a one-act play that was created by their teacher, David Frederick, 

and edited by the students themselves. Our sixth graders studied the full history of the Chanukah story, and then jumped enthusiastically into their 

play, the hypothetical trial of Antiochus for his crimes. As you can see from the photos (on page 8), the students took their roles as judge, bailiff, and 

prosecuting and defense attorneys seriously while still creating a production that had their parents and fellow students laughing out loud. Once again, 

there aren’t really words to fully express the feeling I had seeing our children tell the Chanukah story in their own way, making it crystal cle ar that they 

have internalized the story, the importance of religious freedom, and the sense of their own (important) places in the Jewish community. Note: the jury 

(played by completely unprepared parents) let Antiochus off easy, in the opinion of this writer... 

December 11 was a busy day in the RS. Students participated in the play or watched it, welcomed Rabbi Alexander into their class (seventh grade) 

and fried latkes (the fourth grade thanks Claudia Strobing for teaching that day!) And every student had the opportunity to visit the Dreidel Shop for 

their holiday shopping. Many, many thanks to Karen Forman, the Dreidel Shop committee, and our ninth grade volunteers, for their hours of hard work, 

shopping, setting up, helping with gift selections and wrapping. By the end of the morning, everyone was tired! Fortunately for the faculty, we were 

invited to the home of Steve and Julie Ziff for a delicious, homemade lunch. What a treat to enjoy famous Ziff cooking with friends! Thank you, Julie 

and Steve. 

Quite a few of us then jumped into travel preparations, as the eleven-person-strong KKBE delegation packed up and headed to Washington, D.C. for 

the URJ Biennial and WRJ conference. The photo (see page 3) shows our group, joined by Carrie Langsam and PJ Schwartz, enjoying dinner 

together. 

Keep the dream alive, 

Keep the dream alive. 

When we sing together, we keep the dream alive. 

Sam Glaser, “Keep the Dream Alive” 

And sing we did. Those of us who got up early for T’filah on Thursday found ourselves singing Oseh Shalom as we walked out of our service, Torah 

scroll in the arms of the line leader, and joined those who had attended other services, also singing. Thanks to careful planning on the parts of the 

service leaders, we all walked together, singing, to another room for the remainder of the morning service. I am grateful for the beautiful experience of 

walking through a hotel with a few hundred fellow Reform Jews, singing a song of peace together. 

We sang again on Friday afternoon, as the crowd of several thousand Reform Jews awaited the arrival of keynote speaker President Barack Obama. 

Musician Josh Nelson led us in several planned and several spontaneous songs, keeping us all singing and laughing as we waited. It was well worth 

the wait, as President Obama joined us to wish us Shabbat Shalom (“ a few hours early”) and share his thoughts, including comments on the week’s 

Torah portion and his “unwavering” support for Israel, with us. Definitely, hard to put the feelings in that room into words! 

When we return to “ regular” schedules in January and begin a new secular year, I encourage all of us to add experiences that “ keep the dream alive” to 

our days. Whether we are celebrating a holiday, at home or at KKBE, talking to our children or a friend’s children about Religious School, participating 

in a KKBE event, or “ living Jewishly” in any way, as our seventh graders discuss, we are taking our places in our Jewish story. And if we can sing while 

we are there, so much the better. 

Important Dates: 

January 1, 2012 No Religious School or Hebrew classes 

January 6 Grades 3, 4 and 5 participate in 7:00 p.m. Family Service, and bring treats for the Oneg Shabbat following. Why not come for 

dinner (RSVP required) at 5:45 p.m., too? 

January 8 Religious School and Hebrew classes resume 

January 15 No Religious School or Hebrew classes (MLK weekend) 

January 22 Religious School and Hebrew classes in session 

January 29 Religious School and Hebrew classes in session; Simcha Fair, in the Pearlstine Social Hall, open until 1:30 p.m. 

No admission charge this year! 

— Amy Horner

Executive Director’s Message 

Loosening the stopper 

At KKBE, once is often just enough. I’ve noticed when we have attempted something and succeeded, we can find 

ourselves saying, “ we’ve always done that!” I love the way we weave accomplishment into our history. It’s who we are 

and how we define ourselves, until it comes to raising money! When raising money is mentioned, we collectively step 

back, afraid we won’t be up to the task, that if we say we CAN, we might disappoint one another by falling short of our 

collective goal. It’s as though we fear the challenge. But we always HAVE been generous. Really! We’ve always 

raised money when we needed to support our synagogue. Just look around! 

Want proof? We are quite literally surrounded by reminders of our congregants’ philanthropy—read the plaques 

throughout our facilities--The Pearlstine Building, the Berlinsky Atrium Lobby, the Yaschik Library, the Freudenberg 

Board Room, countless Religious School rooms, stained glass windows, benches, Torah covers, fountains, menorahs, glass tablets, names on 

walls, bricks and rocks! Isn’t it ti me for us to recall how generous KKBE members have been and ARE? 

In Poland they tell a tale of two rabbis who set out to raise funds for a worthy cause. They approached a wealthy man whose generosity had 

become blocked. Once this Bill Gates of yore regularly gave loving, large gifts to help others, but over time his donations grew smaller and smaller. 

One of the rabbis knew how to help him. How does giving cultivate generosity in others and ourselves? The rabbis accepted the wealthy man’s 

small, half-penny donation which ‘loosened the stopper’ of his generosity. Each gift he gave the Rabbis, led to one more gift from him and those 

around him. The rabbis’ willingness to receive the rich man’s gift, however small, restored the wealthy man to his goodness. KKBE has a rich 

opportunity to ‘loosen its stopper.’ 

As President, David Jaffee has explained countless times in myriad settings to our congregation, KKBE has four “ pillars” on our development plan: 

1) increasing our Endowment to fund the rabbinic staff we desperately need to serve our growing, vibrant congregation; 2) restoration of our 

ancient Coming Street Cemetery which contains the remains of the men, women and children who founded Jewish history in America; 3) restoring 

our beautiful Sanctuary to its glory; and 4) retiring our Capital Campaign debt. All the while, like walking and chewing gum, we must also have the 

operating income needed to meet Temple expenses. 

We can meet our congregation’s needs by planning and loosening the stopper of our members’ and friends’ generosity. There are more of us now 

(508 member units), old members and new members, too. Each one of us is dedicated to KKBE’s mission—Torah, Worship and Acts of Loving 

Kindness. As in the folktale, no gift will be too small. Everyone can find a way to help. (Just recently, Kate Fortney signed up to research grant 

opportunities for us!) When each one makes a gift, we make the next one possible. By giving, we’ll be closer to KKBE’s goodness. Together, yes, 

we absolutely CAN! 

L’shalom, 

Floy 


News from our Temple Sisterhood 

Happy New Year everyone! Thank you to everyone who volunteered for or participated in the Scholar 

in Residence weekend. It was wonderful to see our congregation come together for such a special 

ev ent. Thanks to Rabbi Alexander for arranging for Dr. Wendy Zierler to be our Scholar in Residence. 

Nominations Sought 

The Sisterhood Board has appointed the following indiv iduals to serve on the Nominating Committee: 

Patricia Sykes, Committee Chair; Linda Ett and Randi Serrins, Board representativ es; Mary Radin and 

Lois Sugarman General Membership representativ es. 

The Committee is seeking nominees for the following positions: President; Co-VP programming; 

Trustees (3 positions) 

Our Constitution allows for tw o individuals to share the offices of President and all Vice Presidencies. Having two women share an office can 

lighten the burden and enhance the fun. Please contact Patricia Sykes (paulc17@aol.com) via email to express your interest in a position or 

to share your suggested nominees by Monday, January 9, 2012. 

This year's "A Woman Who Makes a Difference" award recipient is Rachel Morley. See you at the JCC when we honor Rachel and all of her 

hard work! 

For your calendar: 

January 19th: Small Group Luncheon, 11:30 am Speaker: Rabbi Alex ander. 

*This ev ent is open to all congregants. $8.00 per person. 

January 22nd: "Tri-Sisterhood Panel" ev ent at KKBE, 2:00-4:00 pm 

February 4th: Shagging at the Shul 

February 21st: "A Woman Who Makes a Difference" aw ard program at the JCC, 7:00-9:00 pm 

Nadine Chavin & Naomi Gorstein, KKBE Sisterhood Co-Presidents 

News from our Brotherhood 

Happy New Year! 


Nadine Chavin & Naomi Gorstein 

Did ev ery one get enough latkes? I sure did! Betw een the holiday parties (thanks for the invites 

my friends, I had a wonderful time!) and Chanukah in the Square, it was a great and busy holiday. So I’m 

going to keep this short with just some housekeeping tasks. I want to thank everyone who turned out for 

dinner with Coach Cremins, I know he enjoyed himself and several people have commented that they did 

as well. The attendance may have set a record for the largest Brotherhood meeting ev er! Speaking of BH 

meetings, on January 22 at 10 am; we w ill be holding our Brotherhood brunch meeting featuring 3 current 

cadets and 3 alumni commenting on ”Jewish Life at the Citadel”. Gil Jacobs has just confirmed that he 

will be speaking at the May 24th Brotherhood meeting on his experiences as an immigration official. Look 

in your inbox for other upcoming events. If y ou have a topic you would like to know more about or you would like to speak on, please contact 

me (gregwensman@gmail.com) or Sewell Kahn (kahnvex @comcast.net). We are always looking for topics or ideas for our meetings. 

A big thank you goes to Jim Klein, Charles Ziff, TR Williams and Chuck Altschul for their efforts at the Scholar in Residence 

breakfast. For those who missed it, the challah French toast was exquisite; the bagels still warm from the oven and there was an 

inspirational discussion led by Dr. Wendy Zierler. 

Shalom, and hav e a good new y ear! 

Greg 

Greg Wensman, KKBE Brotherhood President 

A TASTE OF TALMUD 

Dates: February 2, 9 and 16 Time: 7:30 – 9:00 pm 

Location: Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Instructor: Rabbi Stephanie Alexander 

The Talmud is foundational to so much of w hat we study in Judaism – but, perhaps most 

importantly , it is foundational to how w e study . Ov er the course of three sessions, participants 

w ill get a “taste” of how the Talmud developed, w hat it cov ers, and w hat truths it hopes to 

impart. We will gain an appreciation for how sages, sometimes several generations apart, can 

engage in direct dialogue w ith one another. And we w ill engage in the dialogue, as well – both 

w ith this quintessential tex t, and with one another.

Vice President of Administration 

Anita Moïse Rosenberg 

A Call for Photographs 

We need y our photographs of the Historic Coming Street Cemetery . 

The Coming Street Cemetery is the oldest surv iving Jew ish cemetery in the South. It w as the Da Costa 

burial ground from 1754 until 1764 when it w as deeded to Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim as a cemetery for 

any Jews in South Carolina who needed burial space. These w ere the y ears when we w ere all together as 

one congregation of Jews. The ritual w as Sephardic Orthodox . 

Current members of BSBI, Sy nagogue Emanu-El, and KKBE have family buried here. Ov er 800 burials 

hav e taken place in the Coming Street cemetery. Buried here are tw elve Jews who fought in the American 

Rev olution, six soldiers of the War of 1812, and tw enty -three Civ il War participants. Abraham Moise, the first Jewish lawyer licensed by 

the state of South Carolina rests here. Penina Moise, America’s first Jew ish poet and hy mnist is interred here. Dr. Columbus De Vega, 

w ho designed a floating hospital ship that w as stationed in Charleston Harbor during the Confederacy, lies here, as does Michael 

Lazarus, w ho opened the Savannah Riv er to steam navigation, and Joshua Lazarus, w ho introduced gas lighting to Charleston. 

This pre-Rev olutionary cemetery occupies about an acre of land. There are many grand trees in the cemetery , some are diseased and 

need to be removed, one is growing against our pre-Revolutionary brick w all and compromising its structure, and many hav e roots that 

are seriously damaging gravestones. 

At one time there w as a receiving house on Coming Street w here the coffins w ere admitted to the cemetery. We hav e no pictorial 

documentation of this. 

It is thought the back brick w all might have had ornamental ironw ork on top of the brick (now there are cement blocks on the top of the 

brick). Again, we have no documentation of this. 

Some of the trees and bushes in the cemetery w ere obv iously not originally planted there. They are “volunteer” trees that hav e sprouted 

in inappropriate places and are damaging the wall and grav estones. Again, we hav e no documentation of w hat the cemetery looked like 

ev en fifty years ago. 

We do hav e information of many of the grav esites thanks to records published by Rabbi Barnett Elzas in 1903 and updated through the 

y ears by Samuel Jacobs, Thomas Tobias and Solomon Breibart, all of blessed memory. 

If y ou or any one y ou know has photographs or draw ings of the Coming Street Cemetery , w e w ould v ery much like to copy them. KKBE 

is in the process of researching and documenting the needs of the Coming Street Cemetery so w e can repair and restore it. 

If y ou feel called to donate money to the Historic Coming Street Cemetery Restoration Fund, please contact the KKBE office at 723-1090 

or mail your tax deductible donation to KKBE at 90 Hasell Street, 29401, designated for the Cemetery. 

Please email Anita Rosenberg at anitamrose@comcast.net or Randi Serrins at randiserrins@gmail.com if y ou hav e photographs or 

draw ings, or with any information or questions. 

“We are a people in w hom the past endures, 

in w hom the present is inconceivable without moments gone by.” 

Mishkan T’Filah 

All of us are guardians of our history for future generations. 

L' Shalom, 

Anita 

Help us welcome 

our newest KKBE members 

Who Joined KKBE in December: 

Erin Hart & Jeff Yurfest 

Amanda Rosenberg 

Judy Zweiback 

We Mourn the Loss 

The Board of Trustees of Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim 

and the entire congregation 

extend their deepest sympathies to the families of: 

Jack Vane Susan Jane Frederick Merz 

Martin Turkewitz Thelma Turk 

Gusta Mae Brewton 


Our Temple Youth 

Shalom CHARLEY! 

CHARLEY 

I hope you have had a great vacation from school, filled with lots of good times, and maybe some CHARLEY events this 

past December? 

As always we have a busy month ahead of us! 

On January 8 th come one, come all, to our plenary where we will ratify the first ever CHARLEY constitution. 

Then on the weekend of January 13 th -January 17 th travel with us to Atlanta, GA for Winter Regionals with NFTY-SAR! 

This is a 9 th -12 th grade only event open only to dues-paying members. Go to www.nfty.org/sar to register and to 

www.mycharley.com to pay your dues if you haven’t done so! 

AND finally I hope to see you in the lounge on January 29 th as we do our monthly Sunday activity :-) 

HOPE TO SEE YOU THIS MONTH! 

Sammy Chavin 

CHARLEY President 

OUR TEENS NEED US! 

April 27-29, 2012 KKBE is hosting the Temple Youth Group Regional 

Spring Kallah. 250 teenagers will attend -- the largest number CHARLEY 

has ever hosted! It's very exciting, yet daunting. KKBE will house and 

transport the Kallah's attendees to and from events during the weekend so 

we need KKBE's congregants to step up to the plate. 

Won't you volunteer to house/transport the Kallah's young people during 

this special weekend event? You don't need to be parents of teens to 

serve. All you need is a willingness to help our Jewish youth enjoy worship 

and fun with other regional synagogue teens! 

Please call or email Cindy Zimmerman to learn about the weekend’s 

itinerary. 

Remember, it won't happen without your help! 

Cynthia B. Zimmerman 

(843) 971-6880 ziminteriors@aol.com 

MOMENTS FROM THE 

KKBE 

RELIGIOUS SCHOOL 

SIXTH GRADE 

TRIAL OF ANTIOCHUS 


News from Our VP of Programs 

Happy New Year!! It’s hard to believ e it’s 2012….where did the last y ear go? We’re ready for 

some quiet time to recover from Chanukah and the New Year and hope you are able to find 

some as well. 

For those of y ou w ho attended the Scholar-in-Residence weekend w e thank y ou. We also 

thank Sisterhood, LifeLong Learning, Dr. Zierler, Religious School, and the office, all of w hom 

made Scholar in Residence the huge success that it was. It w as v ery well attended. We thank 

all of y ou very much. 

January promises to be a fairly quiet month as we gear up for February’s Shabbaton, but there Frieda Bernstein & Rachel Morley 

are a few programs y ou should attend. Please join us for our monthly Congregational Dinner to 

share food and friendship. Then plan to attend the Martin Luther King gathering on January 8 th from 4-7pm. The East Cooper 

Shabbat is January 20 th at 7pm, and the Senior Shabbat is Saturday January 21 st from 10-11:30am. 

Watch y our mail and/or email for y our inv itation to join us for our Shabbaton in February – lots more info to follow ! 

But most of all – make this the beginning of a wonderful new y ear at KKBE. Get involv ed. 

Dates to Remember: 

January 8 th – Martin Luther King Gathering 4-7pm 

January 20 th – East Cooper Shabbat Service – 7pm 

January 21 st – Senior Shabbat Service 10am 

Frieda Bernstein 

KKBE Vice President Programs 

Rachel Morley 

KKBE Vice Chair Programming 

CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. 

Join local African-American American and Jewish Congregations for the 16 th Annual Celebration of 

The Life and Works of Dr. King 

January 8, 2012 4:00 pm 

Guest Speaker: The Reverend Honorable Clementa C. Pinckney 

South Carolina State Senator and Pastor of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church 

Location: Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim 

Communication Matters 

KKBE Communication training for any and 

all volunteers (we'll even feed you!) 

Lunch Training: 

February 6th, 12 pm Freudenberg Board Room 

Dinner Training: 

February 13th, 5:45 pm Freudenberg Board Room 

RSVP to office@kkbe.org by February 1, 2012 

We Need Bakers! 

Martin Luther King, Jr. 

Gathering 

is just around the corner! 

Sunday, January 8, 2012 

4:00pm - 7:00pm at KKBE 

Please help with supplying sweet or 

non-sweet foods so we may serve 

our many guests. 

For more information contact: 

Jean Wolf, Missee Fox, Paige Williams 

or Patricia Rones Sykes 


Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim ~ January 2012 

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 

1 

New Years Day 

No Religious 

School 

2 

Office Closed 

3 4 

Administrative Day/ 

Office Closed 

10:30 am 

Sisterhood Book 

Club 2 (Off Campus) 

12 pm 

Literature & Film 

Chavurah 

5 

Chailights 

Deadline 

10 am 

Staff Mtg. 

6 

5:45 pm 

Congregational 

Dinner 

7pm 

Family Shabbat 

Service led by The 

Kunitz-Levy 

Family 

7 

10am 

Shabbat Service 

Led by 

Donna Spencer 

8 

9am 

Hebrew School 

10:30am 

Religious Sch. 

12:30pm 

CHARLEY 

Plenery 

4-7pm 

MLK Gathering 

(KKBE) 

9 10 

4pm 

Shabbaton 

Planning Mtg #2 

7pm 

Religious School 

Committee Mtg 

11 

5:45pm 

Confirmation Class 

(Yaschik Library) 

6pm 

Sisterhood Board Mtg 

7pm 

Membership Com Mtg 

(Meddin) 

12 

10am 

Staff Mtg. 

5:30pm 

Israel Trip Com Mtg 

7:30pm 

Intro to Judaism 

13 

8pm 


14 

10am 


Led by Leslie 

Archer & Shula 

Holtz 

10am 

Tot Shabbat 

11:15am 

Torah Study 

15 

No Religious 

School 

16 

Martin Luther 

King Jr., Day 

Office Closed 

17 

6pm 

Board of 

Trustees: 

Ex. Comm. Mtg 

7pm 

Board of Trustees 

Mtg 

18 

5:45pm 


19 

10am 

Staff Mtg. 

11:30am 

“ Journaling your 

Jewish Journey” 

Luncheon 

sponsored by 

Sisterhood 

7:30pm 


20 

7pm 

East Cooper 

Shabbat 

Led by 

Shula Holtz & 

David Jaffee 

8pm 


21 

10am 

Senior Shabbat 

Service 

22 

9am 

Hebrew School 

10:30am 


10:30-12pm 

Brotherhood 

Brunch 

2-4pm 

Tri-Sisterhood 

Event (KKBE) 

4:30pm 

Kabbalah 

Chavurah 

(Water’s Edge) 

23 24 

7:30pm 

Sisterhood Book 

Club 1 

25 

5:45pm 


7pm 

LifeLong Learning 

Program 

26 

10 am 

Staff Mtg. 

6:30 pm 

Brotherhood Mtg 

7:30pm 


27 

Celebrating Birthdays 

& Anniversaries 

6 pm 

New Member 

Dinner 

8pm 


28 

10am 


Bar Mitzvah of 

Zachary Lutz 

29 

9am 

Hebrew School 

9am-1:30pm 

Simcha Fair 

10:30am 


12:30-2pm 

CHARLEY Mtg 

30 31 


1 Seth Kupferman 

Sheila Litwin-Michaelis 

Sidney Silver 

Nils Wallen 

2 Rachel Barrack 

Marla Loftus 

3 Kevin Archer 

Amy Davis 

4 Beth Novick 

Zachary Serrins 

5 Hudson LaBarge 

Allison Nussbaum 

Besi m Ogretmen 

6 Peter Herman 

Lehan Marcus 

7 James Ball, Jr. 

Tamar BenArdout 

Joan Brown 


Anniversaries 

Rachel Chapman 

8 Wendy Burkhardt 

9 Joel Crook 

Marc Kelley 

Ashlyn Kievit 

William Kronsberg 

Claudia Prenner 

10 Lillian D. Alterman 

Benjamin Eli Cohn 

Randi Serrins 

11 Michelle Rovner 

John Stapleton 

12 Martin Jay Klaper 

13 Zack Gorstein 

Mark Green 

Devin Meyers 

Jane Meyerson 

1 Jane & John Douglas 

7 Maxine & Henry Freudenberg 

Evelyn & Buck Perry 

10 Jerri Chaplin & Peter Herman 

15 Patricia & Paul Sykes 

January Birthdays 

15 Julie Klaper 

Halle Lipov 

Mikhail Smolkin 

16 Geoff Goldsmith 

Steven Zimmerman 

17 Dennis Christensen 

Jane E. Hirsch 

18 Patricia Ellison 

Brendon Frankel 

Ellis Kahn 

Joseph Mendelsohn 

Roslyn Price 

Judith Vane 

19 Anita Zucker 

20 Leonard Krawcheck 

Gary Nestler 

Lily Rothkopf 

Loren Ziff 

21 Mark Adelson 

Deirdre L. Goldbogen 

Joseph Goldstein 

Robert B. Miller 

Carol Mysel 

22 Marlene Denemark 

Hilary B. Easley 

Lauren Ellison 

16 Andrea & Sal Parco 

19 Rella & Alan & Eysen 

Maryann & Howard Snyder 

Julie & Stephen Ziff 

20 Diana & Jerry Cohen 

Rob Jones 

Ed Litos 

Claire Nussbaum 

23 Meri Bryant 

Judith Farley 

Amy Hill 

24 Debbie Sistino 

Spenser Staub 

25 Robert Brown 

26 Brad Grossman 

Elizabeth Perlman 

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 

Judy & Martin Markowitz 

21 Gloria & Thomas Kern 

25 Stephanie & William Quick 

26 Ann & Bernard Warshaw 

Week of 

Jan. 1– Jan. 7 

Week of 

Jan. 8 – Jan. 14 

Week of 

Jan. 15-Jan. 21 

Week of 

Jan. 22- Jan. 28 

Week of 

Jan. 29-Feb. 4 

Murray Abrams 

Aaron Abramson 

Charles F. Ackerman 

Nathan Bass 

Leon C. Benardot 

Melvin Blechman 

Marvin Breen 

Cecilia B. Cohen 

Ruth Livingston Elias 

Raphael Elmaleh 

Arthur C. Furchgott 

Myron Gins 

Sylvia Goldman 

Dorothy Greene 

Estelle Markin Greenhill 

Ann Grossner 

Harry Heyman 

Benjamin Higer 

Jan Karesh 

Pearl Kaufman 

S. David Kaufman 

Samuel Korn 

Freddie Kronsberg 

Arthur Lasovick 

Jack Lieb 

Isadore Mendelson 

Esther Miller 

Ruth P. Nathan 

Bertha R. Needle 

Karolina Ostrower 

Joseph Sokol 

Bessie Stacey 

Edith Tennis 


Yahrzeits 

Edward Aberman 

Bernard Ozias Antman 

Samuel Berkowitz 

George S. Bogin 

Maurice Brown 

Bernard M. Buxbaum 

Ben Cohen 

Benjamin E. Cohen 

F. Bartow Culp 

Thelma Dansky 

Raphael Livingston Elias 

Lillian Fisher 

Joseph Geller 

Leon Gelson 

Myrtle Goldsmith 

Rosalia B. Hart 

Mary P. Hornik 

Philip Kasen 

Ella Kaufman 

A. Leon Kohlreiter 

Leonard Kupferman 

James Lambert 

Blanche M. Landesman 

David Langer 

Tillie Lindenthal 

Paul Lipnick 

Samuel Moskowitz 

Minnie S. Nathan 

JoElla Neighbours-Gutkin 

Esther Planer 

Rabbi Jacob S. Raisin 

Daniel T. Read, Jr. 

Henry H. Schall 

Betty Schindler 

Julius Jacob Schneider 

Stanley Seidman 

Aaron Kalman Silver 

David Stadler 

Dorothy Sykes 

James G. Tuttle 

Seymor Weiss 

Bertha Wiener 

Gregory Wolfenzon 

Mary Zalis 

Harry Zoller 

Marcus Barshay 

Herbert Bass 

Rena Silverman Brown 

Albert Burke 

I. Favel Chavin 

Leon Cohen 

Benjamin Culp 

Seymour Dubin 

Clara Fitzpatrick 

Esthyr Flanagan 

Murray Garber 

Sarah Goldberg 

Sarah Hirschmann 

Samuel Jacobs 

Pearl Kasen 

Simon Larach 

Joseph Levy 

Louise Marcus 

Abraham Monene 

Martin Niess 

Rose Rittenberg 

Marcia Rosenthall 

Ann Lipman Seigel 

Judith Shapiro 

Rose Pfeffer Shilepsky 

Sarah Silver 

Morris Silverman 

Stanley Stern 

Jason C. Strauss 

Lowell H. Sugarman 

Sadie Weil 

Joe Weiss 

Annette Wildhorn 

Irving Wildhorn 

Melvin Wine 

Remember 

Rose Louise Aronson 

Robert Ashton 

Mary Behar 

Herman R. Berkman 

Stanley Bloch 

Frances Goldman Bush 

Esta Chaplin 

Netty Chaplin 

Isidore Denemark 

Anne Brown Devine 

Evelyn Faunce 

Fanny Feingold 

Samuel Golubow 

Irving Greene 

Eric Michael Hardy 

Marion H. Heyman 

Robert Hyatt 

Samuel Katzoff 

Cleo Lambert 

Isidor Lindenthal 

Ruth Z. Mandel 

Lillian Mendelson 

Rose Parzen 

Aaron S. Raisin 

Rebecca Baumrind Sauer 

Sylvia Schwartz 

Diana Seres 

Rosalind Shack 

Joseph Silverman 

Helen Stone 

Joseph Tigler 

Carol Tobakos 

Irene Turbow 

James Irvin Wallace, Jr. 

Clara G. Warshauer 

Rita Sussman Weinstein 

Charles Wiener 

Mildred Wine 

Gustaf Zeitlin 

Clement Alfred 

Leo Archambault 

Minnie M. Banov 

LeRoy Bardin 

Jack Behar 

Lizzie M. Brown 

Samuel C. Brown, Sr. 

Helen Fiedler 

Nettie Franzblau 

Barnett Gabriel 

Harry Goldmintz 

Ruth H. Gordon 

Elaine Green 

Eli Greene 

Howard Wilson Jackson 

John Johnson 

Rose Goldstein Katzoff 

Tillye King 

Joseph Kurtzman 

Charlotte Laken 

Norman Newman 

John Norwack 

Sophye P. Olasov 

Hyman Pearlstine 

Irving Price 

Lipman Rich 

Irving Richek 

Herman Saltzman 

Aaron Kalman Silver 

Minnie Weinberger 

זכור 


Addie & Miriam Triest Floral Fund 

Mark & Audrey Mandel: 

Floral Sponsor, December 23rd, in memory of Saul R Mandel 

Building Fund 

Henry & Maxine Freudenberg: 

in honor of Allan & Carol Mysel’s anniversary 

in memory of Martin Turkewitz 

Capital Campaign Fund 

Gerald & Beverly Finkel: 

in memory of Betty Finkel 

Steven & Katherine Shapiro: 

in memory of Joseph Shapiro 

Stephen & Laurie Berman: 

in memory of Larry Berman 

Arthur Levin & Joan Rozolis: 

in honor of their tour 

General Fund 

Sara Breibart: 

in memory of Solomon Breibart 

Charles & Harriet Goldberg: 

for the speedy recovery of Paul Sykes 

Ken & Marion Goodman: 

in memory of Thelma Turk and Martin Turkewitz 

Mordenai Hirsch: 

in memory of Dr. Aaron S. Raisin 

in memory of Jane L. Raisin 

in memory of Mary Lee Lazarus 

in memory of Rabbi Jacob S. Raisin 

Ruth Hornik: 

in memory of Roy Meyers 

Jackie & Scott Kauff: 


Beth & Bob Novick: 

in memory of Susan Novick 

Alvin Olasov: 

in memory of Sanford Olasov 

Rachel Raisin: 

in memory of Dr. Aaron S. Raisin 

in memory of Jane L. Raisin 

in memory of Mary Lee Lazarus 

in memory of Rabbi Jacob S. Raisin 

Ira & Anita Rosenberg: 

in honor of Dr. Kerry Solomon being named Health Care Hero 

Steven & LuAnn Rosenzweig: 

in honor of Heide & Jim Klein's 40th wedding anniversary 

in honor of LuAnn & Steven Rosenzweigs' birthdays 

Terry & Sigmund Schildcrout: 

for the speedy recovery of Michael Schildcrout 

Ira Secouler: 

in memory of Alan Kramer 

Robert & Lisa Silvers: 

in memory of Sylvia Silvers 

Patricia & Paul Sykes: 

in memory of Gusta Mae Brewton 


Nat Wallace: 

in memory of James Irvin Wallace 

in memory of James Irvin Wallace, Jr 

Floy Work: 

in honor of all of KKBE's volunteers 

Harold and Lillian Jacobs Mitzvah Member Donation 

Bobbie and Ed Litos: 

in memory of Deborah Leah Brody 

in memory of Mr. Samuel A. and Mrs. Sarah M. Brody 

Your Generous Donations 

We Gratefully Acknowledge the Following Contributions for November 16 th thru December 15 th : 


Linda and Peter Saggese: 

for a speedy recovery of our mom, Edna Stacey 

Hellman Family Fund 

Mitchell & Sally Fischbein: 

in honor of Joyce & Maury Finkelstein's 50th anniversary 

in memory of Millie Seigel 

Heritage Fund 

Linda Bergman: 

in honor of Randy Serrins, Anita Rosenberg and Debbie 

Sistino for the URJ Program "Standing on her Shoulders" 

Hornik Youth Fund 

Michael & Amy Horner: 

in honor of Eden Teichman's Bat Mitzvah 

Michael & Amy Horner: 

in memory of Bari Heiden 

Eric & Michelle Rovner: 

in memory of Daniel Forstein 

Kramer Religious School Fund 

Guy & Judy Gimson: 

in honor of their new Granddaughter 

Mordenai Hirsch: 

in memory of Lee Stamler 

Bruce & Stacy Horowitz: 


Bradley May: 

in honor of the docents for a wonderful tour 

Rosalyn Monat-Haller: 


in memory of Thelma Turk 

Eric & Michelle Rovner: 

in memory of Marcy Diskin 

Kelly and Louis Tick: 

in honor of KKBE’s Religious School 

Marian Birlant Slotin Bereavement Fund 

Martha & Frank Barkley: 

in memory of Dr. Harry Barnett 

Linda Bergman: 

in memory of Kenneth Albert 

in memory of Rabbi Abner L Bergman 

KKBE Sisterhood: 

in memory of Gusta Mae Brewton 

in memory of Jeanette Wolper 


Harmon & Marie Monk: 


Mary & Michael O'Brien: 


Andrew & Tracie Slotin: 


Mildred Bernstein Kitchen Fund 

Lucia Horowitz: 

in memory of Meyer Horowitz 

in memory of Pearl Rita Horowitz 

Jane & Bill Norris: 

in memory of Arthur Lasovick 

Music Fund 

Cathy Kleiman: 

in honor of Gerald L Meyerson's 90th birthday 

Jan Pomerantz: 

in memory of Howard Pomerantz

Patla / Hirschmann Fund 

Martha & Frank Barkley: 


Stephen & Laurie Berman: 

in memory of Irving Liebour 

Doris Meyers: 

in memory of Sadie Wolf 

John E. & Barbara Rothbaum: 

in memory of Sanford Patla Olasov 

Rabbi Anthony D Holz Social Justice Fund 

Margaret Seres: 

in appreciation of Rabbi Holz 

Charlotte & Charles Zaglin: 

in memory of Sol Zaglin 

Rabbi's Discretionary Fund 

Delphine Barnett: 

in memory of Harry Barnett 

Dr. Marcy Bolster & John DiMuzio: 

in honor of KKBE 

Brad & Lisa Grossman: 


in memory of Thelma Turk 

Margaret Seres: 

in appreciation of Rabbi Alexander 

Cecil Sprung: 

in memory of Harry and Mary Sprung 

Sugarman Hospitality Fund 

Ruth Goldsmith: 

in memory of Stanley, Abraham, & Sophie Poley 

Ruth Heideman: 


Patricia & Paul Sykes: 

in memory of Dr. Buddy Rones 

Tourism Fund 

Kaye & Don Kole: 


Robin & Ronald Myers: 


Robin Pearsall: 

in honor of our tour 

Gale & Sherman Sklar: 

in honor of our tour 

The minimum gift to establish a named fund at KKBE is $50,000. 

The purpose for any named fund must be clarified in writing by the 

donor so the Temple may honor the donor’s w ishes. 

Harold & Lillian Jacobs 

Mitzvah Memberships 

The generosity of KKBE’s Mitzvah Members 

helps us help our members in need. Todah 

rabah! 

Circle of All Generations 

Kev in & Leslie Archer 

Kenneth & Nadine Chavin 

Circle of Vision 

Circle of Understanding 

Larry & Jan Lipov 

Mark & Judith Green 

Peter Dubin & Debarah Wallace 

Henry & Max ine Freudenberg 

Mary Ann Aberman 

Barry & Katherine Abrams 

Mark & Michele Adelson 

Elza Alterman 

Mark & Carol Antman 

Ann Apple 

Dav id Bachman & Marjorie Rath 

Jan & Jo Ellen Basile 

How ard & Sharon Becker 

Stephen & Laurie Berman 

Jeffrey & Beth Buncher 

Wendy Burkhardt 

Bobbi Cohn 

Sandra Conradi 

Andrew & Kathryn Davidson 

Dav id Dumas 

Barbara & Edwin Epstein 

Alan & Rella Eysen 

Gerald & Beverly Finkel 

Maury & Joyce Finkelstein 

Neil & Deborah Fisher 

Larry & Marsha Freudenberg 

Julie & Scott Glass 

Robert & Beth Goldstein 

Ken & Marion Goodman 

Arnold & Diane Goodstein 

Samuel Greene 

Max & Ann Hellman 

Edw ard Herschaft 

Chuck & Marty Jackson 

Martin Jay & Julie Klaper 

Jim & Heide Klein 

Michael Kogan 

How ard & Carrie Langsam 

Alice Levkoff 

Sheila Litw in-Michaelis 

Circle of Light 

Jack & Florence Kurtz 

Circle of Spirit 

Circle of Hope 

Edw in Pearlstine, Jr. 


Robert & Deborah Turkewitz 

Allan & Carol Mysel 

Wade & Diana Manaker 

Mark & Audrey Mandel 

Janyce McMenamin 

Doris Meddin 

Robert B. & Jane Maria Miller 

Robert & Teresa New 

William & Chris Olasov 

Jan Pomerantz 

Debby & Murray Passo 

Susan Pearlstine 

Claudia Pollack 

Robert & Sue Prenner 

Richard & Marianne Rosen 

Robert & Susan Rosen 

Shifra Rosen 

Eric & Michelle Rovner 

Ira & Anita Rosenberg 

Phil Saul & Amy Davis 

Rich & Randi Serrins 

Stev en & Katherine Shapiro 

Dav id Shatz 

Richard & Dunlap Silv er 

Michael & Doris Silverman 

Ronald & Paula Silverman 

Joseph & Debbie Sistino 

Kerry & Cynthia Solomon 

Frank & Claudia Strobing 

Lois Sugarman 

Paul & Patricia Sykes 

Edw ard & Diane Tichi 

Lisa Toporek 

Jack, z"l & Judith Vane 

Martin & Shelley Yonas 

Stephen & Julie Ziff 


KKBE Awarded Jewish Endowment Fund 

Grant for Coming St. Cemetery 

left-right; Spencer Lynch (president JEF), Anita Rosenberg (VP 

Administration, KKBE), George Stevens 

(Coastal Community Foundation) 

Edith Pianko at Senior Shabbat, 

funded by the BJH Foundation 

61st Annual Sisterhood Bazaar 


Floral Sponsors Needed! 

If you have a celebration—a birthday or anniversary— or 

want to honor someone you love, sponsoring the Bimah 

flowers is a wonderful way to show you care! 

On the right are available dates you can brighten our 

beautiful, historic sanctuary with a floral bouquet. To 

pick your weekend, please contact the Temple Office at 

723-1090 or office@kkbe.org . 

January '12 

February '12 

March '12 

April '12 

May '12 

June '12 

July '12 

August ‘12 

September '12 

October '12 

November ‘12 

December ’12 

January ‘13 

6th 

3rd, 24th 

2nd, 9th, 16th 

20th 

4th 

22nd, 29th 

13th, 20th 

10th 

7th 

12th, 19th, 26th 

9th, 16th, 23rd 

7th, 14th, 21st, 28th 

11th, 18th 

January '12 

February '12 

March '12 

April '12 

May '12 

June '12 

July '12 

August ‘12 

September '12 

October '12 

November ‘12 

December ‘12 

January ‘13 

13th 

10th, 17th 

9th, 30th 

27th 

No available dates 

8th,15th, 22nd, 29th 

13th, 20th, 27th 

10th, 31st 

21st, 28th 

12th, 19th, 26th 

9th, 23rd, 30th 

14th, 21st, 28th 

11th, 18th 

Sign Up For Onegs! 

When you have a celebration—a birthday or 

anniversary— really any time you want to honor 

someone you love, sponsoring an Oneg is a lovely 

way to share the celebration with KKBE's entire 

congregation! Sometimes several families choose to 

share an Oneg Sponsorship, which makes it twice the 

fun. 

On the left are dates that still need Oneg sponsors. 

Sponsoring an Oneg costs approximately $150. Please 

c o n ta c t Ti m C a r l e a t 2 0 9 - 2 7 9 7 o r 

truckletim@bellsouth.net to confirm your date! 


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1. You can make a bequest to KKBE easily, by inserting a few sentences into your will stating the sum you 

w ish to leave: “I give KKBE $Amount.” 

It’s revocable. The gift isn’t made until your death. Until then, y ou can change y our plans. 

It’s tax-smart….y our estate can make unlimited tax deductible bequests to KKBE, a qualified charitable 

organization. 

2. You can make a residuary bequest, a gift from y our estate after all other bequests, debts and tax es hav e 

been paid, for example, “I leav e KKBE 50% of all the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate.” 

3. You can restrict y our gift to specific uses (for ex ample I leave $50,000 to KKBE’s Endowment, its Religious 

School, or maintenance of KKBE properties) OR you can make an unrestricted gift w ithout conditions attached 

“for KKBE’s unrestricted use and purpose.” 

The visionary men and women who make arrangements to leave gifts to KKBE are automatically members of 

KKBE’s fÉv|xàç Éy DJGLA Please call the office at 723-1090 to learn how you can become a part of the Society 

or to inform us of YOUR bequest. 

Shagging at the Shul 

February 4, 2012 - 6:30-9:30 at the Temple 

Beach music will fill the air 

Shagging in the Shul -- If you dare... 

$27 is all you'll pay 

To laugh and dance the night away. 

Food, Drinks, Live music by WOTA, Dance 

lessons, 

Competitions, Beach games, Raffle, and more. 

Hats off to KKBE’s 

Mitzvah Partners 

Earthfare 

Publix 

Costco 

Trader Joe’s 

Hyman’s 

Sticky Fingers 

BI-LO 

Kia Country 

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Senior Shabbat 

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Save the date! 

KKBE’s SHABBATON 

Friday, February 17 through 

Sunday February 19th 

Escape the W ildlife crow ds—retreat w ith 

KKBE members and friends to tranquil 

James Island County Park just minutes 

aw ay. Connect w ith Judaism, creativity, 

friends, nature, even yourself. Pray , eat and 

play in a gorgeous, marsh-side setting. 

Mark y our calendars now for a great 

stay -cation w ith y our Temple friends. 

E-vite and details coming soon! 


Thank you 

I want to thank my KKBE family for all the 

expressions of concern and support as well as all the 

various kinds of help I received before, during, and 

after my recent surgery. I felt surrounded by 

warmth and encouragement and I am sure that has 

contributed to a smooth and timely recovery. 

In gratitude, 


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Also available on the 

World Wide Web at 

www.kkbe.org 

Call 723-1090 to learn more! 

Todah Rabah 

...to Anita Rosenberg for taking the City of Charleston’s Planning and Preservation Department on a tour of our historic, Coming St. Cemete ry, 

on Arbor Day 

...to all the scores of KKBE volunteer "pilgrims" who helped on Turkey Day to cook, serve and deliver the meals to 150 senior citizens. A special 

hats off to Cynthia Ava and Greg Wensman who coordinated the whole shebang! 

...and let's give a loud round of applause (and our business if it applies) to Kia Country, Barry Weissglass, Jeff Litowitz, Steve Applebaum 

and Sticky Fingers who were our Thanksgiving Angels providing all the Thanksgiving food! 

...to BI-LO Charities which awarded a generous grant of $2,816.75 to KKBE's Social Action Committee to address children's needs, 

education and hunger relief. What a lovely way to support the community! And hats off to Julie Klaper and the Committee who had the wisdom to 

ask for the Charities' support! Let's go buy at BI-LO! 

..to Ron and Paula Silverman who donated 152 plastic bags for use in our kitchen. What a great help! 

..to CHARLEY me mbers who were a BIG help with cleaning up after the Sisterhood Bazaar on Sunday. You rock! 

...to Fox Music who is working closely with KKBE to i mprove our Sanctuary sound. 


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Bronze plaques 

memorializing loved 

ones may be added to 

the Yahrzeit Tablets 

in the Temple. 

If you would like 

to purchase a plaque, 

please call the Temple office 

for full information. 

723-1090. 

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...generous, visionary KKBE 

members who have included 

bequests to 


in their wills. 

To learn how you can join the 

fÉv|xàç Éy DJGL 

please contact Floy at the Temple Office, 

843-723-1090 . 

Chicken Soup with Grits 

A new DVD is available in Chosen Treasures. 

It provides y'all with a little taste of Charleston. 

Carolee Rosen Fox, OBM, was a 4th 

generation member of KKBE and was one of 

its most popular, well-respected and truly 

memorable docents. This DVD captures a May 

19, 2008 presentation to a visiting elder hostel. 

In addition, there are shared reminiscences by 

Fannie Appel-Rones, a life-long Charleston 

resident, and her brother Sam. Both grew up 

in "Little Jerusalem" and are first generation 

Americans. 


Mazel Tov 

...Where to begin? With KKBE's Sisterhood, of 

course! MAZEL TOV to each and ev ery one of the hard 

working volunteers, especially Rachel Morley, Julie Ziff, 

who coordinated the event; to Leslie Archer who 

coordinated the volunteers and Faye Seigel who ran the 

cake booth. And none of it would matter without all of the 

folks who attended the Sisterhood's Bazaar...the people 

who v isited, ate, bought baskets and jam and books, lov ingly 

made frozen foods and sweets. YOU made the day a 

rousing success. Todah! 

...To Beth Stapleton who did such a grand job of 

coordinating and promoting the Religious School's Book 

Sale. 

…to Jerri Chaplin on the publication of her new poetry book, 

Vertically Coastal. Check out Amazon.com or Chosen 

Treasures. 

...to Guy and Judy Gimson who are delighted to announce 

the arrival of Kai Lillian on November 30th in Charlotte to 

their son, Russ, and daughter-in-law, Daneen, and big 

brother, Ian. 

...to Denise Helton and Sandy Slater who were married at 

KKBE on November 26th. 

....to Cookie & Maury Finkelstein who celebrated their 50th 

wedding anniversary on November 22nd. 

...to Shula and David Holtz on the birth of their 

granddaughter, Evelyn Sasha Holtz, daughter of Ari and 

Lori Holtz, of St. Louis Mo. 

...to Andy Slotin who won a new car in Synagogue Emanu- 

El's car raffle. Go, Andy! 

...to Rachel Morley who is this years recipient for “A Woman 

Who Makes a Difference” award. 

... on the arriv al of Daniel Joseph Wey, son of Leigh & 

Deen Wey, grandson of Rhetta & Joseph Mendelsohn. 

Welcome Daniel! 

...to Kelly & Louis Tick on the birth of their son, Asher 

Charles Tick. Welcome Asher! 

… to Bear Rivera & Cara Spitz who were married at KKBE 

on December 10th. 

January 20th, 2012 

7:00pm 

Led by Shula Holtz & David Jaffee 

at 

Franke at Seaside 

in the Rhodenberg Chapel 

Or you can join us for our 8:00pm service in our 

historic synagogue downtown. 

Franke is located in the Seaside Farms subdivision 

1885 Rifle Range Blvd. 

In Mt. Pleasant, just South of the IOP Connector 

For more detailed information, go to 

www.frankeatseaside.org 


90 Hasell Street, Charleston, SC 29401 

RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED 

Non-Profit Org 

U.S. Post age 

PAID 

Charlest on, S C 

Permit No. 

1091 

Become a "fan" of our page by "liking" it. Check back 

regularly for new info and photos as our congregation 

grows its Social Media Presence. 

Reach 510 Jewish households 

filled with very charming, 

remarkably good-looking and 

well-educated people. 

Advertise in ChaiLights! 

Also available on the 

World Wide Web 

at 

www.kkbe.org 

Call 723-1090 to learn more! 

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your most current email address. 

Email nhernandez@kkbe.org with 

any updates. 

Chosen Treasures 

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The Sisterhood Gift Shop at 


90 Hasell Street - 843.723.7324 

Sunday -- Thursday 10-4; Friday 10-3

January ChaiLights Newsletter 2012.pub - Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim

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