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We gratefully acknowledge these generous contributions: RABBI BECKER IN MEMORY OF: RABBI ARIE BECKER Jody & Danny Becker ABRAHAM TODD Robert Todd MAURICE BROG Marcia & Seymour Sabesin BUILDING FUND IN MEMORY OF: MADELEINE BLUESTEIN Dr. & Mrs. Charles Plesofsky RIVA GERSON MANN Dot & Stanley Bilsky MICHAEL DAVIS Rose Morrison Dot & Stanley Bilsky JEFFREY OLDERMAN Rose Morrison Dot & Stanley Bilsky Mindy & Harry Diament Sandy & Clifton Lipman CINDY MORRISON SOTTO JOSEPH LEACH Rose Morrison CESIA FROMER Rachel & Steve Shankman IN HONOR OF: SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY OF MICHELE & MICHAEL LESS Sandy & Clifton Lipman Marsha & Mitchell Bender and Family BIRTH OF ANNA RUTH GREENBERG Dot & Stanley Bilsky CEMETERY FUND IN MEMORY OF: CINDY MORRISON SOTTO Lyda Parker MICHAEL DAVIS Barbara & Jerome Magdovitz Elaine Alexander Rose & David Ross MADELEINE BLUESTEIN Barbara & Art Jacobs CELIA FRIEDMAN Elaine Alexander LOUIS BORODKIN ALLEN BORODKIN Barbara Borodkin MAURY MALKIN Reed Malkin BRUNO FLEISCHHACKER Walter fleischhacker KIDDUSH FUND IN MEMORY OF: MADELEINE ―BUBBE‖ BLUESTEIN Marsha & Mitchell Bender MELBA GOLDFARB Wesley Goldfarb ABRAHAM ZELLNER Myra & Murray Alperin WILLIAM HAMBURGER JOAN HAMBURGER Betty & Ed Green JEFFREY OLDERMAN The Kastan Family IN HONOR OF: GLORIA KAHN‘S WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Darlene & Oscar Shefsky FOR RECOVERY OF: STANLEY ZELLNER Betty & Ed Green The Beth Sholom Family expresses sincere condolences on the passing of Evelyn Goler‘s son Michael Davis. PRAYER BOOK FUND: IN MEMORY OF: ALBIE ZITRON Barbara & Stanley Zitron RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY IN MEMORY OF: JEFFREY OLDERMAN Phyllis, Gary & Jay Jacobs Richard & Cathy Kessler Lindsey & Jon Olswanger Mariette & Joel Turetzky MICHAEL SCOT DAVIS Susan & Stephen Gross Tuny & Ben Alexander JACOB SCHOENFELD Edwin Schoenfeld IN APPRECIATION OF: RABBI AARON‘S PERFORMANCE AT MINDY COOPER‘S WEDDING Ron Cooper RABBI AARON & SHARONA RUBINSTEIN Aaron Lancaster IN HONOR OF: MICHAEL LESS BEING ELECTED TO BOARD OF AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CONSTRUCTION LAWYERS Mildred Kiel RELIGIOUS SCHOOL FUND IN MEMORY OF: MADELEINE BLUESTEIN Tuny & Ben Alexander SCHOLARSHIP FUND IN MEMORY OF: PHYLLIS WAHL Shirley Brown IN HONOR OF: 40 TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY OF MICHELE & MICHAEL LESS Mimi & Ron Grossman FOR RECOVERY OF: LEON HELLMAN Bene & Saul Kaplan TRIBUTE FUND IN MEMORY OF: MICHAEL SCOT DAVIS Emilie Ratner Ruth & Jery Chariton Jay Balken Irma Sacharin Fay May MAURICE BROG Irma Sacharin IN APPRECIATION OF: BARBARA & BRUCE NEWMAN Aaron Lancaster FOR RECOVERY OF: JOAN SOLOMON STANLEY ZELLNER Irma Sacharin HERB SCHAFFER Mark Kallick David Moore YOUTH ACTIVITIES FUND IN MEMORY OF: RIVA MANN DAVID SINGER Stacey & Jerry Siegler and Family IN APPRECIATION OF: KIMBERLY KASOW WICHLAN Susan & Skip Rossen 8 June/July 2009 Kol Sholom
Torah reading table goes to Arkansas Congregation Etz Chaim When Temple Israel in Blytheville, Arkansas, closed its doors nearly 10 years ago, many of their beautiful artifacts – including the stained glass windows that now grace the Arie Becker Chapel – were given to Beth Sholom Synagogue. Among those gifts was a beautiful shulchan, a Torah reading table, which sat unused in storage. A few years back, former Beth Sholom President Maury Radin sought out someone who could use it, and he connected with Congregation Etz Chaim in Bentonville. As a new congregation with limited funds, they did not have a way to transport it to northwest Arkansas, and the shulchan remained in the closet. ―Early this year, I made it a mission of mine to ‗close the deal‘ and resume the discussion with Etz Chaim,‖ explained Executive Director Barbara Newman. ―We decided that we would like to bring it to them and Rabbi Aaron and Sharona Rubinstein and Bruce and I would travel with the table to transport it and visit their little shul on April 26.‖ Bentonville had become a hub of activity because of WalMart's successes and a number of Jewish families moved to Northwest Arkansas, home of WalMart's headquarters. As the Jewish population grew, a new congregation was formed to serve their spiritual and educational needs. Congregation Etz Chaim was founded on August 4, 2004, by twelve families who met on July 13, 2004 in a home in Rogers, Arkansas, to discuss the feasibility of such a task. The group with common goals and diverse talents were able to quickly do their due diligence in areas such as meeting places, clergy, religious school, and overall financial obligations. Once formed, the group quickly grew within six months to 32 families. On March 24, 2005, Congregation Etz Chaim's 32 families purchased a small church on the corner of Moberly and Central in Bentonville and converted it into the first Synagogue in Benton County, Arkansas. It is believed to be the first newly established Synagogue in a rural southern community in more than 50 years and has a current membership of 60 families. They were thrilled to be getting this table and they planned a whole afternoon around its arrival, Minchah Services were led by Rabbi Rubinstein, and Etz Chaim President Tom Douglass and Rabbi Jack Zanerhaft also shared remarks on the occasion. Nearly 50 people greeted the Beth Sholom group and once the table was brought into the sanctuary and set in a prominent place, Etz Chaim member Marc Levine was so moved by what was going on that he donated a piece of Judaica from his father's woodcutting collection. The afternoon ended with dinner hosted by the congregation and a dessert gathering at the home of Ida and Steve Feinberg. They were a very warm group and we hope to stay connected and to plan joint activities together in the future. Kol Sholom June/July2009 9
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