October ChaiLights Newsletter 2012.pub - Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim

October 

Shabbat Worship Schedule 

BABYSITTING BEGINS 15 MINUTES 

BEFORE 7:00 PM SERVICES 

October 5th & 6th 

Shabbat Sukkot 

Congregational Dinner 5:45 pm 

Friday: First Friday Shabbat Serv ice 7 pm 

Saturday: Shabbat Serv ice 10 am 

Bat Mitzvah of Juliana Strobing 


Shabbat B’reishit 

Friday: East Cooper Shabbat Service 7 pm 

Dow ntow n Shabbat Service 8 pm 


Led by : Larry Libater 

Tot Shabbat 10 am 

Led by : Rabbi Stephanie M. Alexander 

Torah Study 11:15 pm 


Shabbat Noach 

Friday:Shabbat Service 8 pm 

Saturday: Shabbat Service 10 am 


Shabbat L’cha 

Friday: Shabbat Serv ice 8 pm 

Celebrating Birthday & Anniversaries 


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Temple President ……………....…..Pg 3 

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Sisterhood………………...….…..…..Pg 6 

Donations…………………..…Pg 12 & 13 

C h a i L i g h t s 

Rabbi's Message 

Volume 14 Number 10 — Tishri 5773 ~ Cheshvan — October 2012 

As we roll into October—having welcomed 5773, still savoring Yom 

Kippur's gift of a spiritual clean slate—may we carry the energy and 

inspiration of our communal celebrations into the New Year. 

One of the great blessings to already come our way is a growth in our 

membership. KKBE is now well over 500 households strong! (I feel like 

balloons and confetti should rain down from the ceiling when we say 

that.) Yet that is merely a number. Our real strength comes when each 

of our households feels connected and tied to the others. 

When we gather for Shabbat evening dinners at the congregation, and 

when we join in Motzi (the blessing over bread) on Shabbat mornings, it has become our custom to 

mimic the braided loaf of challah by holding hands—and elbows, and shoulders—until we too are all 

"braided" together, symbolizing the kind of community we hope to be. 

Toward that end, these are the efforts that must guide us all year long: 

-Helping those who join our KKBE family to feel at home and comfortable participating in 

our Reform practices, worshipping in our sanctuary, joining in educational opportunities, 

becoming engaged leaders. 

-Recognizing that—with each new member, each new family—we are no longer the 

same KKBE. We have new talents, interests and resources in our community that we 

must get to know, as well. 

-Remembering that being a "welcoming congregation" comes, not from a one time warm 

welcome, but from an ongoing, nurturing embrace. 

The Union for Reform Judaism describes three areas of focus with respect to congregational 

membership: Recruitment, Integration, and Retention. So, while our 500+ membership number 

reflects well upon the first area (and, go ahead, let’s pat ourselves on the back—we deserve it!), there 

is still much to be done. 

Allow me to share two opportunities: 

1) For new members: Please join us for a New Member Orientation breakfast on Sunday, 

October 14th, 9:30 - 10:30 am. We look forward to the opportunity to get to know you; share a 

bit about the history, programming and organization of our congregation; and make introductions 

to some of our staff and lay leaders. 

2) For all members: The Membership Committee is looking for new participants and new ideas. 

We are all de facto members of the membership committee, but if you are interested in getting 

involved in a more formal way, please contact our Membership Chair, Mark Mandel at 

mark.mandel@comcast.net or (843) 870-8773. 

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 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). 

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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 Work 

f loy@kkbe.org 

Executive Assistant 

Tamar BenArdout 

tamar@kkbe.org 

Bookkeeper 

Elizabeth Markley 

emarkley @kkbe.org 

Administrative Assistant 

Natalie Hernandez 

nhernandez@kkbe.org 

Communications & Program 

Coordinator 

Brenda Bray e 

bbray e@kkbe.org 

Music Director 

Heidi Kunitz-Levy 

B’nei Mitzvah Coordinator 

Shula Holtz 

Youth Advisor 

Robin Shuler 

Officers 

Dav id Jaffee President 

Anita Rosenberg VP—Administration 

Rob New VP—Finance 

Frieda Bernstein VP—Programming 

Patricia Sy kes VP—Fundraising 

Kenneth Chav in Secretary 

Benjamin Glass Financial Secretary 

William Olasov Past President 

Edw in Pearlstine President Emeritus 

Neil Fisher 

Shula Holtz 

Paul Levy 

Larry Libater 

Rachel Morley 

Trustees 

Mary Radin 

LuAnn Rosenzweig 

Sarah Swingle 

Patricia Votava 

Ex Officio 

Naomi Gorstein & Paige Williams 

Sisterhood Co-Presidents 

Gregory Wensman 

Brotherhood President 

Beth Stapleton 

Religious School Chair 

Elizabeth Levi 

CHARLEY President 

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Bereavement Dunlap Silver 

Building & Grounds 

Caring 

Steve Ziff 

Guy Gimson 

Judith Green 

Herb Goldberg 

Cemetery Morton Ellison 

Chavurot Paul Levy 

East Cooper 

Lynda Schwartz 

Sarah Blum 

Endowment Billy Olasov 

Finance Rob New 

Fundraising 

Heritage 

Patricia Rones 

Sykes 

Andy Slotin 

Anita Rosenberg 

Insurance Bruce Horowitz 

Leadership 

Development 

Cynthia Solomon 

Library Marlene Williamon 

Lifelong Learning Roz Price 

Membership Mark Mandel 

Nominating Billy Olasov 

Onegs Diane Katz 

Programs Frieda Bernstein 

Personnel David Jaffee 

Pulpit David Jaffee 

Religious School Beth Stapleton 

Ritual Art Richek 

Social Action 

Committee Chairs 

LuAnn 

Rosenzweig 

Tourism / Docents Linda Bergman 

Youth Ben Glass 

Our next 

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13th. 

Celebrating 

Celebrating 

Birthdays Birthdays & 

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Anniversaries 

Anniversaries 

Friday, October 26th 

Join us for this monthly 

celebration of KKBE’s member 

birthdays and anniversaries. 

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Volume 14 Issue 10 

Published monthly by: 

Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim 

90 Hasell Street • Charleston, SC 29401 

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Editor • Tamar BenArdout 

Publication • Natalie Hernandez 

© Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim - 2012

President’s Message 

Dear Congregants, 

We are at the tail end of another year of High Holy Days and at the beginning of a new Jewish 

New Year. We w ill be celebrating Simchat Torah within the nex t w eek or so. I confess that 

w hile I w as grow ing up I nev er realized w hat a joyous celebration this holiday could be. There is 

still time for y ou to attend. While the Simchat Torah service may not entail the silly fun as Purim 

does, it is one of the most uplifting celebrations w e hav e in Judaism. If y ou haven’t ex perienced 

it here at KKBE, I urge y ou to do so. 

If w e have reflected upon our past and our future during these Day s of Aw e, it is only proper to 

look ahead to w hat w e ex pect in the short term. This is a time of inspection and introspection 

that affords us an opportunity to take close stock of w hat w e hav e done, w hat w e should be 

doing and w hat we want to do. The follow ing are some of the business items that w e all need to 

consider. 

On Sunday , October 21 st , our congregational meeting w ill take place at 11:00 am in the Barbara Pearlstine Social Hall. There is 

momentous business to address and it w ould be ex tremely gratify ing if all of the seats w ere taken. First and foremost, there w ill be a 

motion to engage Rabbi Alex ander for a fiv e year term. Many of us still marv el that it has already been tw o and a half y ears since she 

arriv ed. The Rabbi and the Congregation have a mandate to notify each other at least six months prior to the ex piration of the 

current contract and that contract expires on June 30, 2013. In addition, there is a motion that was put on the table at the prev ious 

congregational meeting to sw itch from tw o meetings a year to just one meeting. A change in the fiscal y ear allows this to happen. 

Ev en w ith this change, it nev er deprives congregants or the president from requesting an interim meeting should it ev er become 

necessary. 

Lastly, w e continue to make progress on our four-pronged priority list. We hav e made inroads tow ard the issues at the historic 

Coming Street Cemetery; advanced our need to repair and enhance the sanctuary , gotten a decent start tow ard endowing the 

Rabbinic Pulpit and made contingency plans to deal w ith the only debt that KKBE has, the remainder of the Capital Campaign. You 

w ill hear more detailed reports on all of these at the meeting. 

Shalom, 

Dav id H. Jaffee 

KKBE President 

Help us welcome 

our newest KKBE members 

Who Joined in August: 

Janet Bowler 

Amy-Lee & Evan Bredlau 

Harriet & Charles Goldberg 

Joel Greene 

Laura Hogarth 

Diane & Michael Hornblas 

Susan & Louis Kaufman 

Sophie & Dean Magee 

Stephanie & Jeff Rosen 

Patti & Barton Sachs 

Sheila & Barry Shear 

Beth & Mitchell Sherr 

Vickilyn & Alejandro Spiotta 

Mark Swick 

Betty & Albert Thalheimer 

Thinking about joining KKBE? 

Please contact our KKBE Membership Chair, Mark Mandel 

mark.mandel@comcast.net or (843) 870-8773 

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Religious School Updates Amy I. W. Horner, M.A., Temple Educator 

September at KKBE: We gathered (and gathered again, and again) at our beautiful synagogue to 

w orship, reconnect w ith friends, and begin a new year together. From infancy to adulthood, w e each had 

something special on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur: babysitting for our y oungest, our Family Service 

for our preschool and early elementary school children, the special Machzor Scrapbook Project for our 

students in grades 3-5, our musical CHARLEY serv ice for our six th through tw elfth graders, plus multiple 

serv ices for adults. As this issue goes to press, w e will enjoy our annual Sukkot celebration, with a 

Sukkah lov ingly built by our Brotherhood and a festiv e Sukk-out provided by our Sisterhood and 

Brotherhood. 

Our Tishrei holiday season concludes in October, w ith the truly festiv e observ ance of Simchat Torah the 

ev ening of Sunday, October 7 at 7:00 p.m. Just as we “always” do, we will sing, dance, and unroll an 

entire Torah scroll. This y ear’s Simchat Torah Flag Contest includes categories for the Most Original 

Shape, The Loudest (you decide what that means!), and the Most Creativ e Use of Office Supplies. Members of the Religious School 

Committee w ill judge the flags, and w e can all join in and enjoy the parade! (One restriction: no glitter, please. It stay s in the carpet for 

y ears.) 

This y ear’s Simchat Torah service will include the Consecration of our kindergarten students and our new students of any age. 

Consecration marks the beginning of a student’s formal Jew ish education. At this beautiful piece of our service, our students w ill be 

called up to the bimah to recite the sh’ma, word by word, after the Rabbi, and to receiv e the gift of a miniature Torah scroll. 

In the last month, our students took giant steps into Jewish education and Jewish life. We began a new school y ear, w ith our returning 

students coming in taller and more grown-up than they were in May. We celebrated w ith our new B’nei Mitzvah, and began a new Jewish 

y ear together. Soon our kindergarten students w ill take another giant step, at Consecration. All of us at KKBE can take steps into Jew ish 

learning and Jew ish life, ev en if w e are long past kindergarten. We can join our friends (old or new ) at a serv ice, ev en if we don’t go 

often. We can try a new Jew ish food or come to a program w e haven’t attended before. We can visit KKBE’s library and check out a 

book, or v isit the gift shop to add something new to enhance our Jewish home. 

Start y our new, Jewish y ear w ith us! 

Shalom, 

Amy Amy Horner 

Horner 

Amy Horner 

Temple Educator 

Important Dates: 

October 5: Grades K-2 participate in First Friday serv ice at 7:00 p.m. 

October 7: Consecration and Simchat Torah service at 7:00 p.m. 

October 28: B’nei Mitzvah scheduling and planning meeting for parents of 

Hebrew Aleph, Bet and Gimel students at 9:00 a.m. 


Did you Know? 

This banner in the Religious School stairway welcomes 

our students (talmidim) and reminds them of 

the Hebrew date each morning as they arrive for 

class. Many thanks to Tamar BenArdout, Chelsea 

Cash and Ola Charlotte Cash for crafting it for us 

and changing the date each week! 

Did you know that Dr. Columbus Da Vega (1830-1882)., who is buried in the Coming 

Street Cemetery, had a floating hospital ship in the Charleston Harbor during the 

Civil War? He administered to both Union and Confederate soldiers. Family lore 

has it that he performed the first appendectomy in South Carolina on his kitchen 

table (and the patient survived!).

Executive Director’s Message 

It Isn’t Over Until…Everyone Dances! 

KKBE’s Sanctuary seen 

through the Sukkah roof 

As September ends and October begins, we remember the 

holidays aren’t over yet! 

There’s Sukkot-.For forty years, our ancestors wandered the 

Sinai after the Exodus and the Torah says "clouds of glory" 

surrounded and hovered over them, keeping them safe from the 

dangers of the desert. Ever since, on the 15 th of Tishri and the 

following seven days, we remember God's kindness and reaffirm 

our trust in Him by dwelling in a Sukkah—a booth that is 

intentionally temporary, in fact, roofs are supposed to allow us to look up and see the stars at 

night. 

Some of us build a Sukkah in our backyard and eat our meals there. KKBE’s Brotherhood builds 

a Sukkah for our congregation in the front Temple Garden This year, the first night of Sukkot 

is Sunday, September 30th th. Before the Sukkot Service begins, Lois Sugarman decorates the 

Sanctuary for our celebration of the autumn harvest. 

The Sukkot Evening Service starts at 5:45 pm and afterwards we enjoy our “ Sukk-out” in the Temple Garden. Burgers (some veggie burgers, too) 

and hot dogs will be grilled to perfection by the Brotherhood. (We count on all members to bring a side dish, too!) It’s a wonder-filled evening with 

worship, food, friends, family and fun. We’ll have a chance to welcome Sukkot, eat in the Sukkah and enjoy a delicious meal in the Garden 

together. A Sukkot Morning Service is held on Monday, October 1 st at 11:30 am. 

There’s Simchat Torah! On Simchat Torah we celebrate the completion of the yearly cycle of 

Torah reading and begin anew. We mark our celebration by re-rolling the Torah, dancing and 

singing with the Torah. Please join us for the Simchat Torah Service and Celebration at 7:00 

pm on October 7 th. 

We’ll award prizes to the children for their flags. And there is a Simchat Torah’s Morning and 

Yizkor Service at 11:30am on Monday, October 8 th. 

Then, the holidays beginning 5773 are officially complete. We have welcomed the New Year, 

asked forgiveness for the harm we may have done others, we have eaten in the Sukkah, and our 

Torahs now open to Genesis. Scores of people made our High Holy Days meaningful and we 

are grateful to them all. 

On behalf of the staff of our Synagogue, please accept my heartfelt wish that 5773 will be a sweet, 

happy, healthy, prosperous year for us ALL. 

L’shalom, 

Floy 

News from Our VP of Programs 

Dust off your banjo! Find that sheet music......where's my guitar?? 

Have you ever had the desire to sit at the head of the room and share your talents? Now's your 

chance!! On November 10th we open the Koffee House for an evening of fun and entertainment 

shared by all four of Charleston's congregations. 

WE NEED YOU! 

Start thinking now of just what you'd love to do to share your inner talents - let Diane Tichi and 

Robin Shuler know what you're planning..... 

And don't forget - we need an audience too! 

Frieda Bernstein Rachel Morley 

KKBE Vice President Programs KKBE Vice Chair Programming 

The Torah un-rolled. 

Frieda Bernstein & Rachel Morley 


News from our Temple Sisterhood 

What a busy month September has been! S’lichot, High Holy Days, and Sukkot have all come 

and gone. 

Our annual paid-up membership event this y ear was a lovely brunch held on Sunday, 

September 9th at Debbie Norton’s beautiful home. Thanks so much to Debbie for hosting and 

our VP’s of Programming, Claudia and Diana, for coordinating. 

The w ildly popular annual Sukk-Out w as a success again this year. Sisterhood continues to 

enjoy collaborating with Brotherhood and the Temple in this endeavor. 

In looking ahead to October, we have tw o programs coming up. 

Interested in painting y our ow n Tree of Life? Can’t paint? Don’t w orry . Our Sip and Paint program on October 18th Naomi Gorstein & Paige Williams 

w ill hav e us 

bringing forth our ow n Picasso, as w e take ov er Party and Paint for the night. 

The weekend of October 26-28 will see several Sisterhood members trav eling to Atlanta, Georgia for our regional Women of Reform 

Judaism biennial ev ent. This biennial w ill be doubly special for w e will go to support our ow n Sherry Schw immer as she becomes 

installed as the new President of the Southeast region of WRJ! Way to go Sherry!!! 

Just around the corner is our Bazaar – 62 years and going strong! We are looking for any garden items and w ill take planters, trees, 

plants, glov es, y ard art. If it belongs outside, w e can use it! Please contact Patricia Sykes if you have any questions. 

Also, w e w ill need v olunteers to help with the Bazaar. Please contact Leslie Archer or Rachel Morley if you are able to giv e of y our 

time. 

OCT 18 th: Sip and Paint MAR 2 nd: WRJ Centennial Service 

OCT 26 th – 28 th: SE Biennial in Atlanta MAR 5 th: Woman Who Makes a Difference 

NOV 1 st: Lunch (Dale Rosengarten on sweet grass baskets) MAR 10 th: YES Fund Event/ Village Rep on Woolfe 

NOV 11 th: Bazaar MAR 21 st: Women’s Seder 

DEC 2 nd: Holiday Appetizers with Mary Kasman APR 14 th: Borekas with Zelda Bryant 

DEC 4 th: Make-up and Margaritas APR 19 th: Sisterhood Shabbat 

JAN 27 th: Tri Sisterhood at BSBI MAY 16 th: Lunch (Travel Adventures with Sharon Lieb) 

FEB 10 th: Chocolate & Sweets with Ruth Goldberg MAY 31 st: Leadership Shabbat 

FEB 12 th: Matriarch’s Event at Amy Davis’s 

Any questions? Please contact me (paigeme@fastmail.net) or Naomi Gorstein (Naomi.gorstein@gmail.com) 

News from our Brotherhood 


Naomi Naomi Gorstein Gorstein & & Paige Paige Williams, Williams, KKBE Sisterhood Co-Presidents 

Hello, I hope the High Holy Days w ere rich and fulfilling for all. I want to thank all the 

Brothers w ho stepped up to usher during the High Holy Day s, w ith a special thanks to Art Richek for 

doing the scheduling. That’s a big job and y ou do it so w ell! Our first meeting w ill be on Oct. 25 at 

6:30. Please plan to attend. We will be releasing a schedule of speakers soon. Also, if y ou know a 

speaker that w ould like to address our group or hav e a topic y ou would like to know more about 

please let me know. I’m in the Blue Book! Sewell Kahn emailed a survey to all the Brothers in 

September. Please take a moment to complete it and send back. We v alue and count on your input. We hav e several dates when w e 

need v olunteers: Oct. 7 in the afternoon, w e will be taking down the sukkah. Many hands w ill make short w ork! Bring y our tools; Nov. 

9 th the Brotherhood w ill be hosting the Oneg for the Veterans Day serv ice. Plan to attend and please bring a dessert to share. We w ill 

not hav e a meeting in November, but Social Action will be delivering Thanksgiving meals again this year. Last year the Brotherhood 

w as instrumental both in the kitchen and w ith deliv eries. We are usually done by 11:00 am. Please set aside some time to help out. 

Email Cynthia Av a at cynav a@gmail.com to volunteer for Thanksgiving meals delivery. 

L’Shalom, Greg 

Greg Wensman 

KKBE Brotherhood President

Vice President of Administration Anita Moïse Rosenberg 

We’v e made our w ay through another High Holy Day s season. What hav e w e learned? Are w e all done til 

nex t y ear? As indiv iduals and as a congregation, hav e we ex perienced spiritual renewal, review ed our 

actions and thought of w ays to mend our w rongdoings and help those around us? Rabbi Alex ander 

reminded us at the beautiful Selichot serv ice to look deeply within ourselves and find w ays to improv e our 

liv es and make every day count. 

Quoting Rabbi Rick Jacobs, President, Union for Reform Judaism,” Let us not squander the High Holy Day s 

by just going through the motions. Instead, let us open ourselves, individually and collectiv ely, to the 

rigorous self-scrutiny and the intense reimagination that our tradition prescribes.” 

As we w ork together for our Congregation’s success, let us alw ays return to the core of our KKBE mission 

statement: learning (Torah). w orship (Av odah) and deeds of lov ing kindness (Gimilut Chasadim). May we 

all share in blessing as we enter this new y ear, 5773. 

L' Shalom, 

Anita 

Anita 

KKBE VP of Administration 

Come Come Come Dance Dance Dance with with with Us! Us! 

Us! 

Simchat Torah 

Ritual, song and celebration! 

Sunday, 

October 7th 

Worship Service, 

Celebration 

& Consecration 

at 7:00 pm 

New Member Orientation 

For those joining KKBE after June 1, 2011 

Join us for Breakfast October 14 th 

@ 9:30 am 

in the Barbara Pearlstine Social Hall 

Changed Changed Your Your Email 

Email 

Address Address Lately? 

Lately? 

Please make sure we have 

your most current email address. 

Email nhernandez@kkbe.org with any 

updates. 


Save the Date 

Sisterhood Bazaar 

November 13th 

from 9:30 - 2 PM 

Easy Easy Oneg 

Oneg 

Sponsorship 

Sponsorship 

Too busy to cook? Too rushed to shop? 

Want to sponsor an Oneg? 

If you are interested in sponsoring an Oneg please 

contact Diane Katz at katzs@knology.net. 

For $144, you can sponsor an Oneg prepared 

and delivered by our friends at Piggly Wiggly. 

(If you are already scheduled to sponsor an Oneg, 

the cost will stay the same) 

Now it's easy to honor a special birthday, 

celebrate an anniversary or just show love for the 

Temple. 

To secure a date, 

contact Diane Katz at katzs@knology.net. 

KKBE New Chuppah Cover 

made by 

Rachel Morley & Julie Ziff 

Todah rabah! 


The Gibbes Museum of Art will be featuring the work 

of 

Willard Hirsch 

from September 21st to December 30, 2012 

“ As Charleston's premier sculptor of the twentieth 

century, this exhibition examines the body of work 

Willard Hirsch developed over the course of his 

fifty year career.” 

In conjunction with a major retrospective of Willard 

Hirsch's sculpture at the Gibbes Museum of Art, the 

College of Charleston's Addlestone Library will offer an 

exhibition of artifacts, photographs, and manuscript 

materials relating to the artist and his family. Drawn from 

Special Collections, the exhibit will be on display on the 

third floor of the library.

Intro Intro to to to Judaism 

Judaism 

For those interested in pursuing conversion 

to Judaism, interfaith couples, 

or anyone looking for an engaging overview 

of Jewish belief, tradition and practice. 

This course will be taught by Rabbis 

Stephanie Alexander, Anthony Holz, 

Robert Seigel and Aaron Sherman 

Registration fee - $50 per student 

Thursdays Thursdays 7:00pm 7:00pm - 8:30pm 8:30pm 

16 16 sessions 

sessions 

beginning beginning October October 11, 11, 2012. 

2012. 

To enroll, please contact Natalie 

Hernandez at nhernandez@kkbe.org. 

KKBE's Social Action Committee will 

host a Kidzymphony Orchestra Concert 

on Tuesday, October 23rd at 6:00 PM. 

Supported by grants in its entirety, the 

Kidzymphony Orchestra Program brings 

classical music to diverse and underserved 

communities of the Lowcountry. It is a 

unique orchestra, modeled after El Sistema, 

a youth development program that promotes 

the values of access and excellence through 

intense, high caliber music instruction. It is 

housed, as an after school program, at 

Meeting Street Academy in urban Charleston. 

We hope you will be able to attend this 

concert and give these young musicians the 

support they deserve! 

With great pleasure, 

w e inv ite you to celebrate w ith 

us as our daughter, 

Juliana Leigh Strobing 

is called to the Torah 

October 6th, 2012 at 10am 

Juliana is an eighth grade 

student at Cario Middle School. 

She enjoy s spending time with 

her siblings Nicolette, Isabel, and Andrew. She is an avid 

tennis play er and is currently a member of the Wando tennis 

team. Juliana is honored to follow in the tradition of B'nei 

Mitzv ot and read from the Torah. 

~Frank and Claudia Strobing 

We inv ite you to join us in 

celebrating the Bar Mitzvah 

of our son 

Jared Michael Kievit 

November 3, 2012 

at 10:00am 

Jared is a seventh grade honor 

student at Charles ton County 

School of the Arts where he majors 

in Visual Arts. His artw ork has 

been displayed at the Art Connects 

Us art show at the MUSC Wellness Center. In addition to 

his creativ e endeav ors, Jared lov es soccer and plays on the 

South Carolina United Mount Pleasant Palmetto team. He 

also enjoys listening to music, reading, draw ing, and spending 

time w ith friends. As an av id reader, Jared wanted to 

instill a lov e of reading in other children. For his mitzvah 

project, he volunteered at the afterschool program at North 

Charleston Creativ e Arts Elementary School teaching kids to 

read. 

We look forw ard to sharing this special day w ith you! 

~Lisha and Rick Kievit 

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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 

7 Sukkot 

9 am 

Hebrew School 

10:30 am 

Religious School 

7 pm 

Simchat Torah & 

Consecration 

14 

9 am 

Hebrew School 

9:30 am 

New Member 

Orientation 

Breakfast 

10:30 am 


21 

9 am 

Hebrew School 

10:30 am 


11 am 

Fall Congregational 

Mtg. 

6 pm 

CHARLEY 

Gathering 

28 WRJ Southeast 

Biennial-Atlanta, 

GA 

9 am 

Hebrew School 

10:30 am 


1 Sukkot 

Office Closed 

11:30 am 

Sukkot Service 

8 Simchat 

Torah 

Office Closed 

11:30 am 

Simchat Torah & 

Yizkor Service 

2 Sukkot 

11 am 

Programming Staff 

Mtg. 

1 pm 

All Staff Mtg. 

5:30 pm 

Ritual Comm. Mtg 

9 

11 am 


Mtg. 

6 pm 

Membership 

Committee Mtg. 

7 pm 


Mtg. 

15 16 

11 am 


Mtg. 

6 pm 

Board of Trustees: 

Ex. Committee 

7 pm 

Board of Trustees 

22 

SAC Cooking 

Dinner for Hope 

Lodge 


Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim ~ October 2012 

23 

11 am 


Mtg. 

6 pm 

Kidzymphony: 

Meeting St. 

Academy Concert 

7:30 pm 

Sisterhood Book 

Club 1 

29 30 

11 am 


Mtg. 

3 Sukkot 

10:30 am 

Sisterhood Book 

Club 2 

5:45 pm 

Confirmation Class 

6:30 pm 

Manhigut Leadership 

Class 

10 

1 pm 

Literature & Film 

Chavurah 

5:45 pm 


6 pm 

Sisterhood Board 

Mtg. 

17 

5:45 pm 


24 

5:45 pm 


7 pm 

Three Rabbi Panel 

31 

4 Sukkot 

1:30 pm 

Logistics Staff 

Mtg. 

6 pm 

Koleinu Reh. 

11 

1:30 pm 


Mtg. 

6 pm 

Koleinu Reh 

7 pm 

Intro to Judaism 

18 

1:30 pm 


Mtg. 

6 pm 

Koleinu Reh 

6:30 pm 

Sisterhood Sip & 

Paint Evening 

7 pm 


25 

1:30 pm 


Mtg. 

6 pm 

Koleinu Reh 

6:30 pm 

Brotherhood Mtg. 

7 pm 


5 Sukkot 

5:45 pm 

Congregational 

Dinner 

7:00 pm 

First Friday Shabbat 

12 

7 pm 

East Cooper Service 

8 pm 

Shabbat Evening 

Service 

19 

8 pm 


Service 



GA 

Birthday & 

Anniversaries 

8 pm 


Service 

6 Sukkot 

10 am 

Shabbat Morning 

Service 

Bat Mi tzvah of 

Juliana Strobing 

13 

10 am 


Service 

10 am 

Tot Shabbat 

11:15 am 

Torah Study 

20 

10 am 


Service 



GA 

10 am 


Service

1 Lila Trussler 

Nancee Rubin 

Michael Bush 

Sergz Santiago 

2 Elizabeth Baker 

Gary Neiman 

Morris Rosen 

4 Jonah Haller 

5 Lee Berlinsky 

Morgan Newman 

Michael Phillips 

H. Sandra Bregman 

6 Cheryl Levin Roberts 

Traci Black 

Sharon Hox 

Martin Hoxenhorn 

Sarah Glass 


Anniversaries 

Week of 

Sept. 30 - Oct. 6 

Lillian Burgess 

Edward Conradi 

Joseph Eysen 

Joseph Frisch 

David Goldbogen 

Sophie Golubow 

Helen Jacobs 

Alexander Klein 

Harris Marcus 

Jackee Meddin 

Abram Novick 

Irving Olitzky 

Melvyn Posner 

Bluma Saltzman 

Marion Schwartz 

Ben Sheftel 

Anna Silver 

Alvin Weinberg 


Yahrzeits 

Davin Turkewitz 

7 Barry Abrams 

Douglas Alterman 

Joshua Goldstein 

Dana Weil 

8 Michelle Bumgarner 

Liam Keller 

Jason Cohen 

10 Hannah Eisenman 

Frank Strobing 

11 Amy Lawrence 

12 Warren Lieb 

Daniel Nussbaum 

13 Rosalie Alterman 

Doris Taylor-Marcus 

13 Lawrence Libater 

Robert Stine 

2 Janice & Ben Glass 

Nancy Cagan & Mark Horton 

3 Miriam & Rick Bumgarner 

4 Jessica Glasser & James Fulks 

6 Susie & Mike Phillips 

7 Bobbie & Ed Litos 

8 Eve & Norman Berlinsky 

Polina & Vladimir Sobchuk 

10 Elyssa & Scott Snelgrove 

12 Sidni & Ron Yelman 

Week of 

Oct. 7 - Oct. 13 

Cecile Altman 

Henry Barnett 

Samuel Bass 

Daniel Berger 

Nancy Boren 

Morris Ellison 

Clara Fisher 

Max Gindman 

Clark Gottlieb 

Lillian Kratzok 

Ann Levy 

Mildred Litos 

Daniel Muchnick 

Henry Pearlman 

Maizie-Louise Rubin 

Harry Rubin 

Ben Silverman 

Esther Ullner 

Leon Weintraub 

Leah Wolf 

Moe Zweibel 

Elyssa Snelgrove 

Myles Glick 

14 Rebecca Forman 

Melissa Hertzfeld 

Amy Goldberg 

Kyle Brown 

Macky Farber 

Robyn Diamond 

Shelley Hochman 

15 Allyson Ackert 

Ellen Moryl 

15 Jessica Glasser 

Mark Litwin 

Howard Becker 

October Birthdays 

Talia Ogretmen 

16 Donald Reavis 

Michael Carson 

Greg Wensman 

Amanda Rosenberg 

Jan Pomerantz 

18 Melvin Altman 

Chelsea Cash 

Mazie Cash 

19 Morgan Miller 

19 Jacob Kupferman 

Robert Silvers 

20 Ellie Levy 

Daniel Weissglass 

13 Heidi Kunitz-Levy & Seth Levy 

15 Helen & Herb Goldberg 

16 Ruth & Harry Goldberg 

Sharon Wittes-Leinwand & 

Michael Leinwand 

17 Marion & Ken Goodman 

Shoshanna & Jeffrey Szuch 

20 Iris & Bobby Kornhauser 

21 Marsha & Douglas Alterman 

Week of 

Oct. 14. - 20 

Harry Antman 

Richard Baer 

Selma Belvin 

Manfred Buchsbaum 

Al Dolin 

David Elkman 

Nathan Feingold 

Edith Gitlestein 

Maurice Goldstein 

Margery Jaffe 

Sarah Larach 

Abner Levkoff 

Jennie Mysel 

Lillian Nadler 

Alexander Ostrower 

Leon Schwartz 

Anna Sher 

Nathan Shulman 

Rose Tischler 

Martin Topper 

Mildred Tranen 

Fannie Williams 

Remember 

21 Brian Dewhirst 

Ella Bennett 

Jared Kievit 

Brianna Prenner 

22 Albert Thalheimer 

Andrea Sherman Parco 

Alex Millman 

Elizabeth Meyers-Tapp 

Donna Mersal 

23 Eric Lawrence 

Gregory Forman 

Murad Abed 

Jacob Cohn 

Sandra Conradi 

24 Jaclyn Berlinsky 

Donna Friedman 

Anita Drennon 

Week of 

Oct. 21 - Oct. 27 

Isadore Banov 

Harry Barnett 

Joseph Baron 

Lillian Bernstein 

Larry Dumas 

Ezin Goldberg 

Irwin Goldstein 

H. Howard Green 

Lucille Grossman 

Fred Kahn 

Edward Martin 

Ruth Rubin 

Sadie Saffer 

Florence Silverman 

Miriam Tarshish 

Jack Tick 

Deborah Wasserman 

Gladys Weil 

Israel Weinstein 

Leo Wetherhorn 

21 Sharon & Jerry Martin 

22 Dana Weil & Skippy Weil, Jr. 

24 Julie & Brian Hellman 

26 Elaine & Joe Heckelman 

27 Jill & Jerry Handegan 

Lisa & Jacob LaCroix 

Evie & Harold Lenoff 

27 Donna & David Orner 

28 Teri & Robert & New 

רוכז 

27 Allen Kaplan 

Brad Drake 

Simone Gross 

Peggy Price 

Pooja Elias 

Daniel Eisenman 

28 Andrew Davidson 

Amy Lutz 

Mary Radin 

Jennifer Alspector 

29 Marsha Freudenberg 

30 Herbert Goldberg 

Adam Mendelsohn 

31 Sarah Perlman 

Michael Horner 

Week of 

Oct. 28 - Nov. 3 

Betsy Barshay Kaylie 

Solomon Breibart 

David Cohen 

Seymour Ett 

Abraham Finkel 

Adele Gardner 

I.M. Goldberg 

Norbert Greenebaum 

Irene Hellman 

Lillian Jacobs 

Sylvia Kositsky 

Robert Mann 

David Marcus 

Benjamin Mersal 

Paul Morton 

Edwin Pearlstine, Sr. 

Evelyn Porcelli 

H. Steven Schechter 

Edwin Taylor, Sr. 

Vladimir Wilchanovsky 

Nathan Wolf 


Your Generous Donations 

We Gratefully Acknowledge the Following Contributions for August 16 th thru September15 th : 

Addie & Miriam Triest Floral Fund 

-in honor of 

Hannah Frankel's Bat Mitzvah 

Bruce & Loren Frankel 

-in memory of 

Montague Triest, Addie Triest, Maier Triest, Adelaide T. 

Jacobs, Samuel Jacobs & Caroline L. Triest 

Henry & Maxine Freudenberg 

Esther S. Pearlstine, Hyman Pearlstine, John K. Hornik, Jr., 

Mary P. Hornik, Milton A. Pearlstine, Cecile M. Pearlstine 

Mary Ann Aberman 

Capital Campaign Fund 

-in honor of 

Beverly Jaffee Finkel’s birthday 

Bob & Faye Seigel’s anniversary 

Dav id & Dolly Jaffee 

-in memory of 

Isabelle Lipman Weiss 

Dav id & Dolly Jaffee 

Nancy Mysel & Nancy Richek 

Norman & Ev e Berlinsky 

Chai Wall 

-in honor of 

our beautiful granddaughter 

Ellen Elmaleh 

Robby Langsam’s Bar Mitzvah 

How ie & Carrie Langsam 

our beautiful daughter 

John & Beth Stapleton 

Coming Street Cemetery Restoration Fund 

-for the speedy recovery of 

Mark Kositsky, father of Nadine Chavin 

Brenda Mott, mother of Paige Williams 

Ruth Goldberg 

Rich & Randi Serrins 

-in honor of 

Maxine Freudenberg's birthday 

Marlene Williamon's birthday 

Floy Work's birthday 

Ira & Anita Rosenberg 

Anita Rosenberg for the tour of Coming St. Cemetery 

Jane Douglas 

my tour of the Coming St. Cemetery 

Joseph Bienstock 


-in memory of 

Alan M. Rosenberg 

Ida Schwartz 


Emmi LeVasseur Memorial Fund 

-in memory of 

Lillian Lenoff 

Harold & Ev ie Lenoff 

General Fund 

Richard & Marsha Kronick 

-in honor of 

Lani Chavin's Bat Mitzvah 

Jay & Rhelda Sher 

-in memory of 

Lois Huff 

Charlie & Charlotte Zaglin 

Harold & Lillian Jacobs Mitzvah Member Donation Fund 

-in honor of 

Elliott Cohn’s Bar Mitzvah 

Bobbi Cohn 

-in memory of 

Samuel Jacobs 


Kramer Religious School Fund 

-in honor of 

Shula Holtz, the Religious & Hebrew School educators, and 

the Grape Jews for their support 


the KKBE Religious School 

Michael Carson & Carol Keskitalo 

-in memory of 

Debera Harriet Kramer 

Rosaly n Monat Haller 

Marian Birlant Slotin Bereavement Fund 

Richard & Marsha Kronick 

-in memory of 

Arthur Hertzfeld 

KKBE Sisterhood 

Leslie Chavin 

Ken & Nadine Chavin 

Molly Schneider 

Rick & Dunlap Silver

Mildred Bernstein Kitchen Fund 

-in honor of 

my wonderful sisters Naomi Gorstein, Nadine Chavin, 

Beth Keyserling & Tina Rastogi who hosted Friday 

night's oneg honoring Sarah's Bat Mitzvah 


-in memory of 

Gerald Martin 

Claudia Pollack 

Music Fund 

-in honor of 

Read Bros. 100th Anniversary 

Alan & Binky Cohen 

-in memory of 

Burton J. Askowith 

Barry & Flo Breibart 

Rabbi's Discretionary Fund 

-in appreciation of 

Rabbi Alexander for leading funeral services 

Bill & Marsha Golod 

Ilana Chavin's Bat Mitzvah 

Marty & Shelley Yonas 

-in honor of 

with a thank you to Rabbi for being an inspiration. 


Kiran Adel Elias' baby naming 

Jon & Pooja Elias 

-in memory of 

Samuel Hoffman 

Durst Pay ne & Joan Rubinstein 

Mark Snide 

Harv ey & Cy nthia Greene 

Sanctuary Restoration Fund 

-in honor of 

Elliott Cohn's Bar Mitzvah 

Margaret Seres 

Elliott Cohn’s Bar Mitzvah 

Bobbi Cohn 

-in memory of 

Ida R. Schwartz 

Bobbi Cohn 

Isadore Goldstein 

Ella Bennett 

Ida Schwartz 


Evelyn Earls 

Scott & Julie Glass 

Social Action Fund 

-in honor of 

those helping with the Meeting St. Academy Knitting 

program 

Jerry & Diana Cohen 

-in memory of 

Joseph Eysen 

Alan & Rella Eysen 

Sugarman Hospitality Fund 

-in celebration of 

of Audrey & Dana's birthday 

Mark & Audrey Mandel 

our anniversary and Barry's birthday 

Barry & Flo Breibart 

-in honor of 

Lois Sugarman's dedication to KKBE 

Bob & Faye Seigel 

-in memory of 

Jack Goldstein 

Marcia Wildhorn 

Tourism Fund 

-in honor of 

our tour of KKBE 

Gary & Gail Weiss 

Robert & Irene Glaser 


Rosh Hashanah 5773 

Page 14 ChaiLights Tishri ~ Cheshvan 5773

Floral loral Sponsors Sponsors Needed! 

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 . 

Thank you to our September Floral sponsors! 

September 7th - Food Baskets - Marlene & 

Charles Williamon in honor of 

Marlene’s birthday. 

September 14th - Cohn family in honor of 

Elliott’s Bar Mitzvah 

October '12 All Dates Filled 

November ‘12 9th, 23rd 

December ‘12 7th, 21st, 28th 

January ‘13 11th, 18th 

February’13 1st, 15th, 22nd 

March ‘13 1st, 8th, 15th, 29th 

April ‘13 5th, 19th 

May ‘13 3rd, 10th 

June ‘13 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th 

July ‘13 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th 

August ‘13 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd 

September ‘13 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th 

October ‘13 5th, 18th 

Upcoming Oneg Sponsors 

October 6th - the Strobing family in honor of Juliana’s Bat 

Mitzvah 

October 12th - Shoshanna & Jeffrey Szuch in honor of their 

anniversary. 

October 19th - Julie & Stephen Ziff and Helen & Charles Ziff in 

me mory of Rita & Seymour Ziff and Robert Ziff 

October 26th - Teri & Robert New in honor of their anniversary. 

October '12 12th,26th 

November ‘12 23rd 

December ’12 28th 

January ‘13 11th, 18th 

February ‘13 22nd 

March ‘13 1st, 15th 

April ‘13 5th, 19th 

May ‘13 10th 

June ‘13 14th, 28th 

July ‘13 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th 

August ‘13 9th, 16th, 23rd 

September ‘13 13th, 20th, 27th 

October ‘13 4th, 18th 

Sign Sign Up Up For For Onegs! 

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 $144. Please 

contact Diane Katz at 795-2611 to schedule your date! 

Thank You to Our September Oneg Sponsors 

September 14th- the Cohn family in honor of Elliott’s Bar 

Mitzvah 

September 21st - Allan & Nancy Mysel in loving memory 

of their daughter, Nancy. 

September 28th - Audrey & Mark Mandel in celebration 

of Audrey and Dana’s birthday. 


Botox • Injectables 

Hair Removal 


IN ISRAEL 

June 

5th - 16th 

2013 

Rabbi Stephanie Alexander 

will lead a wonderful and 

exciting 11-day trip to 

Israel next summer. 

Watch your mailboxes this month for a 

brochure and registration form! 

Jerusalem 

The Old City 

Israel Museum 

Mount Herzl 

Yad Vashem 

Kinneret 

Golan Heights 

Dead Sea 

Masada 

Tel Aviv 

And much, 

much more! 

This tour is 

operated 

by Chase Inc. 

At this ti me, the 

Trip is open to 

KKBE members 

only. For further 

information or to 

sign up, please 

contact Leah 

Chase by phone 

at (828) 649- 

1581 or (843) 

556-0525 or by 

email at 

leahlfc@aol.com 

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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.

October 12th, 2012 

7:00pm 

Led by Rabbi Alexander & Koleinu 

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 

The following dates have been set for future East Cooper Services: 

January 11, 2013 led by a lay leader (to be announced) 

March 23, 2013 Hav dallah led by Tamar BenArdout 

June 28, 2013 led by Rabbi Alex ander w ith Koleinu 

Please mark your calendars! If you would like to host an Oneg for 

one of these services (either to celebrate an occasion or just to be 

so generous), please contact Sarah Blum at (843) 864-6936 (cell). 

ORT Charleston Annual Brunch 

ORT is proud to be honoring 

Roxann Spandorfer 

with the 2012 Commitment to Education Award 

& Celebrate ORT Charleston's Past Presidents: 

William Ackerman*, P. Maurice Fox, 

Charles Markowitz, Irving Robinson*, 

Aaron Solomon*, Harvey Spar, Eli 

Hyman, Ed Kronsberg & 

Michael Stricker 

Sunday, October 28th, 10:30 a.m. 

Charleston JCC 

To learn more about ORT, the Annual Brunch or 

To Make a Donation/Purchase Tickets, 

please visit http://www.ORTAtlanta.org/charleston.php or 

call the ORT Office at 404-327-5266 

CLYDE’S CLYDE’S BAR BAR 

BAR 

MITZVAH MITZVAH PARTY 

PARTY 

October 27, 2012 

from 8-11pm 

College of Charleston 

TD Arena McAlister 

Suite 

Join the Jewish Student Union/Hillel, the College of Charleston 

Cougar Club, and the Halsey Institute in a special celebration of 

Clyde the Cougar’s Bar Mitzvah and meet the new head men’s 

and women’s basketball coaches and their teams! 

Light Hors D’oeuvres, Silent Auction and dancing 

Proceeds will benefit ORT’s Alyn Hospital Rehabilitation Center 

in Israel and Jew ish Student Life at the College. 

For more information or to get involved, 

email clydesbarmitzvah@gmail.com. 

To purchase tickets go to, go.cofc.edu/jsuhillelstore 

KKBE’s Board of Trustees 

Proudly introduces a new way to 

memorialize 

the times in your life that bring you 

joy on 

The The CHAI WALL 

Chai Wall plaques can celebrate a birth, 

Brit Milah, consecration, B’nei Mitzvah, 

confirmation, graduation, 

marriage, anniversary, conversion, or 

special service to our Temple. 

If it brings you joy, a CHAI WALL plaque 

fits. 

Handsome 3” by 5” cast bronze plaques 

with raised inscriptions ($360 each( will 

commemorate your message for 

generations to come. 

Plaques will be mounted on the back 

Temple Garden’s brick wall. 

To To order order your your your your CHAI CHAI WALL WALL plaque, 

plaque, 

call call the the Temple Temple Office Office—723 

Office Office 723 723-1090. 

723 1090. 1090. 


Todah Todah Rabah 

Rabah 

...to Five people have already signed up for KKBE's Break-the-Fast 

Team! Hats off to Franne Schwarb, Tina Sonega, Rachael 

Smilowitz, Lois Sugarman and Wayne Rackoff. Other cooks or 

shoppers are always welcome! Email office@kkbe.org 

...to the men and women of the Ritual Committee who have worked 

diligently for many months to prepare our congregation for the Days of 

Awe. Thanks go to Chair, Art Richek, Rabbi Alexander, Shula Holtz, 

Dolly Jaffee, Heidi Kunitz-Levy, Larry Libater, Ellen McGeady, 

Anita Rosenberg, Margaret Seres, Robin Shuler, Lois Sugarman, 

and Sarah Swingle. 

...to Larry Libater who led Shabbat Morning Service on Saturday, 

September 8th. 

...to Tamar BenArdout and Chelsea Cash for Tamar's creative design 

and their painting all down our Religious School hallway. It's a must 

see! 

..to all the KKBE folks who made Selichot a memorable, lovely 

holiday. Hats off to Rabbi Alexander, Art Richek, Dolly Jaffee and 

Sarah Swingle, Emily Kahn Perry, Robin Shuler, Heidi Kunitz-Levy, 

Tamar BenArdout, Donna Spencer and Rob Maniscalco. 

...to Louis Tick for lending us his LCD projector so we have live video 

feed of our services in the Barbara Pearlstine Social Hall while 

CHARLEY uses KKBE's projector for its teen services in the Board 

Room. 

..to Amy Horner and Sharon Leff for supervising our 3rd - 5th 

graders. 

...to the Danielle, Julie and Steven Ziff Youth Education Fund for 

publishing our first Machzur Scrapbook. 

...to the Sisterhood for sprucing up our restrooms before High Holy 

Days. 

..to Maxine and Henry Freudenberg for providing our beautiful Rosh 

Hashanah Floral arrangements. 

...to CHARLEY members for slicing apples and pouring honey. 

...to Rabbi Holz who blew the Shofar for the CHARLEY Service, 3rd- 

5th graders and the children in Babysitting--all of our youth! 

Thank you ● Thinking of you ● Wishing you 

a speedy recovery ● Congratulations on 

your new baby ● In memory of ● In honor 

of ● Happy Birthday! ● Best Wishes in your 

retirement ● Mazel Tov on 

your anniversary ● Congratulations on 

your graduation ● Best wishes in your new 

career ● You bought a car! 

Please send your tribute gifts in 

multiples of Chai….. 

A Special thanks to our 

friends at Sticky Fingers on 

Meeting St. w ho provide us 

our Salad for our 

Congregational Dinners. 


Harold & Lillian Jacobs 

Mitzvah Memberships 

The generosity of KKBE’s Mitzvah 

Members helps us help members in 

need. Todah rabah! 

Circle of All Generations 

Circle of Vision 

Kevin & Leslie Archer 

Kenneth & Nadine Chavin 

Larry & Jan Lipov 

Mark & Judith Green 

Peter Dubin & Debarah Wallace 


Emily & Todd Abedon 

Mary Ann Aberman 

Barry & Katherine Abrams 

Mark & Michele Adelson 

Elza Alterman 

Mark & Carol Antman 

Ann Apple 

David Bachman & Marjorie Rath 

Jan & Jo Ellen Basile 

Howard & Sharon Becker 

Traci Black 

Marcy Bolster & John DiMuzio 

Jeffrey & Beth Buncher 

Wendy Burkhardt 

Bobbi Cohn 

Sandra Conradi 

Andrew & Kathryn Davidson 

David Dumas 

Barbara & Edwin Epstein 

Alan & Rella Eysen 

Kate Fortney & Herschel Falek 

Gerald & Beverly Finkel 

Maury & Joyce Finkelstein 

Neil & Deborah Fisher 

Brian & Amy Frain 

Julie & Scott Glass 

Ken & Marion Goodman 

Arnold & Diane Goodstein 

Samuel Greene 

Max & Ann Hellman 

Edward Herschaft 

Chuck & Marty Jackson 

Murray Jaffe 

J. Daniel & Mary Kasman 

Martin Jay & Julie Klaper 

Jim & Heide Klein 

Michael Kogan 

Marilyn Laken 

Marilyn & David Larach 

Alice Levkoff 

Circle of Understanding 

Circle of Spirit 

Circle of Hope 

Edwin Pearlstine, Jr. 


Jack & Florence Kurtz 

Allan & Carol Mysel 

Wade & Diana Manaker 

Mark & Audrey Mandel 

Janyce McMenamin 

Doris Meddin 

Joseph & Rhetta Mendelsohn 

Robert & Teresa New 

Robert & Beth Novick 

William & Chris Olasov 

Jan Pomerantz 

Debby & Murray Passo 

Susan Pearlstine 

Claudia Pollack 

Robert & Sue Prenner 

Donald & Josine Reavis 

Richard & Marianne Rosen 

Robert & Susan Rosen 

Shifra Rosen 

Eric & Michelle Rovner 


Phil Saul & Amy Davis 

Rich & Randi Serrins 

Steven & Katherine Shapiro 

David Shatz 

Richard & Dunlap Silver 

Michael & Doris Silverman 

Ronald & Paula Silverman 

Robert & Lisa Silvers 

Joseph & Debbie Sistino 

Kerry & Cynthia Solomon 

Frank & Claudia Strobing 

Lois Sugarman 

Paul & Patricia Sykes 

Edward & Diane Tichi 

Lisa Toporek 

Robert & Deborah Turkewitz 

Jack, z"l & Judith Vane 

Martin & Shelley Yonas 

Charlotte & Charles Zaglin 

Stephen & Julie Ziff

Bruce L. Horowitz 

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Mazel Tov 

...to Meredith and Ben Werner on the birth of their son, Eliot Holden 

Werner, July 31, 2012. Proud grandparents are Susan Ziman and Andy 

Steingold and Marsha Werner. "Bubbles" Ziman welcomes her great 

grandson and is looking forward to meeting him very soon. 

...to Jan Pomerantz on the birth of her grandson, Marshall Davis Brazzle, 

son of Rebecca Sugarman & Greg Brazzle. 

... to Jon & Pooja Elias on the birth of their daughter, Kiran Adele Elias - 

born July 24th, 2012. 

...to Alex & Adina Gross on the naming of their son, Simone Gross - 

August 24th, 2012. 

...to Aaron & Karen Perlmutter (Marty and Jeri Perlmutter's son) on 

the birth of their son, Caleb Jack Perlmutter - born August 31st, 2012. 

...to the KKBE members featured in Sunday's Post and Courier--Robin 

Shuler who shared Jewish Apps for smart phones and Anita Rosenberg 

who was in a picture with Robert Moses who is leading the 'transition' of 

Temple Sinai and to Rabbi Alexander who is featured on the front cover of 

the September 6th issue of the Charleston Mercury. 

...to Elliott Cohn for becoming Bar Mitzvah on September 15th! 

...to all those who helped KKBE during the Days of Awe: our generous 

High Holy Days’ Patrons for their loving support; Rabbi Alexander for 

inspirational sermons, Heidi Kunitz Levy and the dedicated members of 

Koleinu for their lovely choral music; Brandon Nichols for his haunting 

French horn; and Yuriy Bekker and his beautiful violin; Ben Weiss and his 

viola; Carol Beyer and her cello; Kathleen Wilson and her harp; Julia 

Harlow and her accompaniment; Ellen Dressler Moryl for playing her cello 

and arranging our instrumental music; all those who accepted KKBE 

honors (ably coordinated by Shula Holtz and Brenda Braye); to the 

Brotherhood Ushers; and our officers Sterling Dutton, Mike Lyczany 

and Shilah Murray . Together, you began our New Year in such a 

sweet way. 

...to all the family of Doris Meddin, who celebrated the Sept. 22nd wedding 

of Shea Meddin and Christina Marie Forte in Atlanta. We've seen proof 

that Doris walked down the aisle on Stuart's arm and danced ‘till the wee 

small hours of the morning after the ceremony! 


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New Judaica for the New 

Year! 

All of the latest and greatest Judaica from our trip to 

the International Giftware Show in New York City 

arriving daily. 

Now is the time to visit Chosen Treasures! 

Stop in and pick up some great decorations for 

your Sukkah, beautiful hostess gifts and B'nei 

Mitvah presents or even just a little something 

special for yourself. And don't forget, it's never too 

early to start shopping for Hanukkah gifts! 

Support Israel Sale 

September 30 - October 14 

Purchase any Israeli made product 

for 25% off. 

Get a bargain - Do a Mitzvah 

Chosen Treasures 

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