January ChaiLights Newsletter 2012.pub - Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim

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!
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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.