5783/2022 Beth Meyer Synagogue Community Honors Booklet

Community 

Honors 

for the 

Yamim Noraim 

5783/2022

High Holy Days Services 

ROSH HASHANAH 

SEPTEMBER 25-27 

EREV ROSH HASHANAH 

Sunday, September 25 

Service, 6 p.m., Sanctuary 

DAY 1 

Monday, September 26 

All-Ages Family Service, 9-9:45 

a.m., Tent 

*Service, 10 a.m., Sanctuary 

Youth Service (2-5 grade), 11 a.m., 

Beit Am 

High School Study and Schmooze, 

11 a.m., Library 

Middle School Study and 

Schmooze, noon, Library 

Tashlikh, 5 p.m., meet in the 

parking lot 

DAY 2 

Tuesday, September 27 

Meditation Circle, 9-9:45 a.m., 

Tent and Zoom 

*Service, 10 a.m., Sanctuary 

Youth Service (2-5 grade), 11 a.m., 

Beit Am 

High School Study and Schmooze, 

11 a.m., Library 



SHABBAT SHUVAH 

SEPTEMBER 30- 

OCTOBER 1 

SHABBAT SHUVAH 

Friday, September 30 


Saturday, October 1 

Service, 9:30 a.m., Sanctuary 

KEVER AVOT 

OCTOBER 2 

KEVER AVOT 

Sunday, October 2 

Service, 10:30 a.m., Raleigh 

Hebrew Cemetery 

YOM KIPPUR 

OCTOBER 4-5 

KOL NIDRE 

Tuesday, October 4 


YOM KIPPUR 

Wednesday, October 5 

All-Ages Family Service, 9-9:45 

a.m., Tent 

*Service and Shoah Speaker 

(Anya Gordon), 10 a.m., 

Sanctuary 

Youth Service (2 –5 grade), 11 

a.m., Beit Am 

High School Study and 

Schmooze, 11 a.m., Library 



Yizkor, noon (approx.), Sanctuary 

Study sessions, 2-4 p.m., Chapel 

“Wisdom Circle: Healing and 

Healers,” 4-5 p.m., Zoom 

Minhah and Neilah, 5:45 p.m., 

Sanctuary 

Children Light the Way, 6:45 p.m., 

meet in library 

Teki’at HaShofar, 7:34 p.m., 

Sanctuary 

SHABBAT 

OCTOBER 8 


Service with speaker Arthur 

Gordon, 9:30 a.m., Sanctuary 

*The childcare room opens at 9:45 a.m. and remains open until 15 minutes 

after services end. Pre-registration for childcare is required. 

Gentle reminder: We have many members and guests who are sensitive to fragrances, 

perfumes or cologne. For the consideration of others, please use unscented hygiene and 

cosmetic products at prayer services. Help us make High Holy Day worship a special 

and comfortable experience for everyone. Thank you for your consideration. 

SUKKOT 

OCTOBER 9-16 

DAY 1 

Monday, October 10 

Service, 9:30 a.m., Sanctuary 

Community Lunch, 11 a.m., 

Sukkah 

DAY 2 


Lunch ’n’ Learn, 11 a.m.-12:30 

p.m., Sukkah 

Preschool activity, 10:30-11 a.m., 

Sukkah 

Havdalah, Desserts, and Games, 

6:30-8 p.m., Sukkah 

DAY 5 

Friday, October 14 

Shabbat B'Yahad Service and 

Kindergarten Consecration, 6:30 

p.m., Sanctuary 

Shabbat Dinner, 7:30 p.m., 

Sukkah 

DAY 6 


Shabbat Hol HaMoed Sukkot 

Service with speaker Cathy 

Kaplan, 9:30 a.m., Sanctuary 

Harvest kiddush 

SHMINI ATZERET 

OCTOBER 17 

SHMINI ATZERET 


Service with Yizkor, 9:30 a.m., 

Sanctuary 

EREV SIMHAT TORAH 


Erev Simhat Torah Service, 

recognizing the contributions of 

our Keter Torah (Crown of the 

Torah) honorees, 6:30 p.m., 

Sanctuary 

SIMHAT TORAH 

OCTOBER 18 

SIMHAT TORAH DAY 


Preschool Service, 10-11 a.m., 

Sanctuary

FROM OUR RABBIS 

הַ‏ ז ּ ‏ֹרְ‏ עִ‏ ים בּ‏ ‏ְדִ‏ מְ‏ עָ‏ ה בּ‏ ‏ְרִ‏ נּ‏ ‏ָה 

יִקְ‏ צֹרוּ׃ 

Ha’zor’im b’dim'ah b’rinah 

yik’tzoru. 

They who sow in tears will 

reap with songs of joy. 

-Psalms 126:5 

W 

Rabbis Eric and Jenny Solomon 

e are grateful beyond words to welcome our Beth Meyer family back to shul this year. We 

don’t take for granted the gift of being together to celebrate a new year — whether you are 

joining us in our sanctuary or on livestream from home. We celebrate the fact that we made it 

through another challenging year and stand on the precipice of a new one. We pray it will be 

filled with blessing and that we will find the strength we need to face whatever difficulties 

unfold. 

The pomegranate is one of our most beloved symbols of this season. Some of you may have 

noticed the flourishing pomegranate shrub in our Biblical Garden where the pomegranates’ 

beautiful crowns are on display. There are a myriad of reasons our ancestors associated the 

pomegranate with this season, but one reason that we love is that the pomegranate — with its 

abundant seeds — reminds us that this is the time to plant seeds. It’s our time to set our 

intentions for a year of growth, healing, forgiveness, good habits, and good health. We begin 

by spiritually tilling the soil and preparing fertile ground in the month of Elul, and as we move 

into the Days of Awe, we plant our “seeds” with the hope that our sacred intentions and 

efforts will bear fruit. 

We look forward to “preparing the soil” and “planting seeds” with you on your Jewish journey, 

now, and in the days and years ahead. We hope this guide offers you the information you 

need to make the upcoming holy days transformative, meaningful, and soulful. 

Welcome home and shanah tovah u’metukah — wishing you a sweet new year! 

May it be a year of goodness and wholeness for us all! 

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Please join us as we honor 

these valued members of our community 

during the 5783 (2022) Yamim Noraim 

Rabbi Abe W. Schoen Memorial Aliyah 

(for inspired participation in worship and ritual at Beth Meyer Synagogue) 

Bonnie Leach 

 

Harry Shor Memorial Aliyah 

(for long-standing service and leadership at Beth Meyer Synagogue) 

Sharyn Shapiro 

 

Fannie Kadis Heilig Memorial Aliyah 

(for long-standing service to Beth Meyer Sisterhood) 

Suzanne Zorn 

 

Asher Edelstein Memorial Aliyah 

(to honor a young adult's commitment to religious education and 

community-building) 

Eva Kaplan 

 

Daniel Satisky Memorial Aliyah 

(for care and enrichment of children) 

Leah Gardner 

 

Abram Kanof Memorial Aliyah 

(for devotion to lifelong learning) 

Ellen Adelman 

 

Simhat Torah Honorees 

Rick Kane 

Robin Talley 

 

Shoah Speaker 

Anya Gordon

Rabbi Abe W. Schoen Memorial Aliyah 

(for inspired participation in worship and ritual at Beth Meyer Synagogue) 

Rabbi Schoen took the pulpit of Beth Meyer in 1957, and stayed in our community as Rabbi, 

and then as Rabbi Emeritus, for the rest of his life. He was an impressive scholar of Judaism, 

and brought his knowledge and love of learning into his work as our Rabbi. It is impossible to 

mention Rabbi Schoen without also mentioning his beloved wife, Selma, whose grace and 

sense of humor are always with us. 

Honoring Bonnie Leach 

Bonnie Leach was born and raised in New 

York, though she spent much of her adult 

life in Texas after receiving degrees in 

mechanical engineering and Spanish from 

Rice University, and a masters certificate 

in project management from George 

Washington University. She and her 

husband Jim moved their family to 

Raleigh in 2016. Both children, Spencer 

(now a sophomore at Virginia Tech) and 

Charlotte (a freshman at Research 

Triangle High School) celebrated 

becoming a b-mitzvah at Beth Meyer 

Synagogue. 

Since arriving in Raleigh, Bonnie has 

spent time volunteering in the ritual 

space, including reading Torah and leading 

services on Shabbat mornings. She sits on 

BMS’s Board of Trustees, is a member of 

the ritual committee, volunteers in the 

mikveh, and serves on the Chevra Kadisha. 

Last year she stepped into a new role at 

BMS as the coordinator scheduling 

congregants to chant Torah and haftarah 

readings. 

Bonnie enjoys cooking and helping 

b-mitzvah families navigate BMS’s kitchen 

and kashrut policies, including answering 

urgent questions such as how many eggs 

are needed to make egg salad for a 180 

person kiddush lunch. [Answer = 15 

dozen.] She created the Triangle Soup 

Chicken Cookoff — a community-building 

event and fundraiser for Jewish Family 

Services. Outside of the kitchen Bonnie is 

an avid reader, walker, crossword puzzle 

enthusiast and a Mah Jongg maven. 


Harry Shor Memorial Aliyah 

(for long-standing service and leadership at Beth Meyer Synagogue) 

Harry Shor moved to Raleigh from Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Once here, in addition to raising a 

family and selling insurance, he involved himself in Beth Meyer and local civic associations. He 

served for many years as Beth Meyer’s treasurer, and his dogged seeking of dues income gave 

rise to many funny stories. Most of them are probably true. 

Honoring Sharyn Shapiro 

Sharyn has been part of the Raleigh 

Jewish community since moving to 

Raleigh with her family in 2001. She is 

married to Charles. They have two 

daughters: Deena, a student at Emory 

Nursing school; and Sydney, a senior at 

UNC Chapel Hill. Deena and Sydney grew 

up at Beth Meyer attending the preschool, 

religious school and eventually both 

becoming madrichim. 

Even before arriving in Raleigh, Sharyn 

treasured her involvement in the Jewish 

community as an active member in USY 

and a co-chairperson of the New York 

Metropolitan Region’s USY Encampment. 

Sharyn has served as a synagogue and 

Sisterhood board member, preschool 

office manager, synagogue bookkeeper, 

event chairperson and a co-leader of the 

first Beth Meyer Synagogue trip to Israel 

eleven years ago. Currently, Sharyn is cochair 

of the Hesed sub-committee 

assisting mourners. 

עַ‏ ל שׁ‏ ָ ה דְ‏ בָרִ‏ ים הָ‏ עוֹ‏ לָם עוֹ‏ מֵ‏ ד,‏ עַ‏ ל 

הַ‏ תתּ וֹ‏ רָ‏ ה וְעַ‏ ל הָ‏ עֲ‏ בוֹ‏ דָ‏ ה וְעַ‏ ל גּ‏ ‏ְמִ‏ ילווּת 

חֲ‏ סָ‏ דִ‏ ים.‏ 

ְ לשׁ‏ 

The world rests on three things: 

Torah, Avodah (service) and Acts of 

Lovingkindness. -Pirke Avot 1:2 

Sharyn loves exercising and walking. She 

works full time for a Clinical Stage 

Pharmaceutical Company as a Site 

Engagement Manager. Sharyn is honored 

to receive this aliyah and is grateful to the 

Beth Meyer Synagogue for nurturing her 

family over these many years. 

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Fannie Kadis Heilig Memorial Aliyah 

(for long-standing service to Beth Meyer Sisterhood) 

Fannie Kadis Heilig was raised in eastern North Carolina. At a time when girls did not often 

get a real Jewish education, Fannie’s parents engaged a traveling melamed (tutor) to give her 

lessons. This sparked Fannie’s lifelong interest and involvement in Judaism, particularly in 

increasing the involvement of women in synagogue affairs. She was capable of looking at 

Torah with a very critical eye in regard to the treatment of women. She particularly took 

Abraham to task for his harsh treatment of Hagar. 

Honoring Suzanne Zorn 

Suzanne Zorn, M.D. grew up in Trenton, 

NJ and was an active member of Har Sinai 

Temple. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa 

from Johns Hopkins University and 

attended the Milton S. Hershey School of 

Medicine. Having used up all her “cold 

genes” while living in Cleveland for an 

internal medicine residency, she opted to 

move south to a warmer climate and 

joined Raleigh Internal Medicine in 1993. 

In 2000, she started a rheumatology 

practice and retired in 2018. Suzanne has 

served on the Boards of the NC 

Rheumatology Association and Wake 

Parents for the Advancement of Gifted 

Education, co-chaired a committee for the 

Jewish Federation on teaching tolerance 

and is a member of the Physician Advisory 

Committee for the Federation. 

Judaism has always been an important 

part of her life. At one time, she 

considered being a cantor, but decided it 

would be easier to be a part-time cantor 

than a part-time doctor! 

Suzanne is married to Mark Wiener and 

has two wonderful children, Sam and 

Stephanie. Since joining Beth Meyer in the 

mid 1990s, Suzanne has served on the 

Youth Education Committee and 

Synagogue Board of Trustees, regularly 

led Musaf and chanted Torah, and just 

completed four years as Sisterhood 

President. She values the friendships and 

community she and her family have found 

at Beth Meyer. 


Asher Edelstein Memorial Aliyah 

(to honor a young adult’s commitment to religious education and community-building) 

Asher Edelstein moved to Raleigh from Atlanta in 1958 and immediately became an active 

member of Beth Meyer. He served a term as President of Beth Meyer and headed the fundraising 

committee to build an education wing at the West Johnson Street building. With his musical 

ability, he became the volunteer cantor, leading services for the Yamim Noraim for over thirty 

years. He also taught in the religious school and tutored b-mitzvah students for over 20 years. 

Working with the children of our congregation became his passion and it is to this end that we 

established this memorial Aliyah, to honor a teen who has continued in Jewish education and, in 

serving our Beth Meyer community, followed Asher’s lead. 

Honoring Eva Kaplan 

Eva Kaplan is a Raleigh native. She 

attended Durant Road Preschool, Durant 

Road Elementary, Durant Road Middle, 

and is now a senior in the International 

Baccalaureate program at Millbrook High 

School. She enjoys ice skating, going to 

concerts, crafting, and spending time with 

friends. She began singing in the chorus in 

elementary school, then moved on to 

musical theater during middle school. With 

a little help from her father, she taught 

herself guitar and has her own YouTube 

Channel to share her music. 

Eva learned to crawl during Friday night 

services at Beth Meyer, became b-mitzvah 

in 2017, and has attended religious school 

and high school classes since preK. During 

the past year she has served as Shirah 

Specialist, both at Kramer Religious School 

and at Camp JCC. She also serves as a 

classroom madrichah during midweek 

religious school classes and is an active 

member of USY. She has been a member 

of Girl Scout Troop 525, hosted at Beth 

Meyer, since kindergarten. In each of 

these activities she is a well-loved mentor 

for younger students, and she takes that 

role very seriously. 

Her parents, Cathy and Rich Kaplan, and 

her brother Andrew Kaplan are very 

proud of her and love that she has chosen 

to spend so much of her life in Jewish 

community. 

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Daniel Satisky Memorial Aliyah 

(for care and enrichment of children) 

Daniel Satisky was a beloved and respected member of Beth Meyer Synagogue. He served our 

congregation in almost every capacity, as president on two occasions and as treasurer for 

decades. Dan also participated in a wide variety of community activities over the course of his 

lifetime. Dan and his wife, Alice, supported programs on behalf of children and education. 

They established endowments for children at the JCC and for disadvantaged children at the 

Raleigh YMCA. At Beth Meyer, Dan established a scholarship endowment for the purpose of 

enrolling families who could not afford the full fees for our children's education program. 

The Educator’s Aliyah was renamed the Daniel Satisky Memorial Aliyah so that Daniel 

Satisky’s memory would serve as a lasting reminder of a life filled with charity, compassion 

and devotion to his community, with a special emphasis on enriching the lives of children. 

Honoring Leah Gardner 

Leah Gardner counts herself as a Raleigh 

native, having moved here when she was 10 

years old. Her husband, Jason, and his 

family were members of Beth Meyer 

Synagogue for several years, and Leah and 

Jason have been members since 2017. Her 

son, Avery Isaac, born in July 2018, and her 

daughter, Josephine Violet, born in May 

2021, attend Beth Meyer Preschool. 

Leah works full time managing OBGYN and 

maternal and child health research at the 

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 

To balance the demands of her career, she 

volunteers on the Parents’ Advisory 

Committee at Beth Meyer Preschool. 

During the most recent school year, Leah 

served as Co-President. She highly values 

the Jewish education her children 

participate in at the preschool and the deep 

bonds they are creating with both their 

peers and teachers, and appreciates that 

she can have direct involvement through 

the community. 

Leah is deeply honored to be recognized 

with the Dan Satisky Memorial Aliyah, and 

hopes she can continue to contribute to 

Beth Meyer Preschool and beyond as she 

and Jason raise their children in community 

with Jewish families. 


Abram Kanof Memorial Aliyah 

(For devotion to lifelong learning) 

Dr. Abe Kanof and his wife, Dr. Frances Pascher, retired to Raleigh when Beth Meyer was still 

at West Johnson Street. They immediately involved themselves in many facets of 

congregational life, with emphasis on improving the artistic aspects of synagogue experience. 

Much of the Judaic art in our building resulted from their efforts, and Dr. Kanof was the driving 

force in the establishment of the Judaic Art collection at the NC Museum of Art. 

Honoring Ellen Adelman 

Ellen Adelman first joined Beth Meyer in 

1985 when she moved to Raleigh for a job 

with then Carolina Power & Light (now 

Duke Energy Progress). She became a 

regular attendee at Shabbat morning 

services following the death of her father. 

She also started ushering for Yamim 

Noraim shortly thereafter. 

In the summer of 2016, Ellen became 

head of the Usher Committee, and in that 

role, has worked with first Amy Ripps and 

now Cathy Kaplan to help the b-mitzvah 

parents with their ushering 

responsibilities, as well finding ushers for 

all the other weeks of the year. She has 

also worked with Rabbi Eric and the office 

to guide first-time visitors (such as college 

world religions students or others curious 

about Judaism) through a Shabbat 

morning service, including a copy of preprepared 

notes. 

One of Ellen’s greatest privileges was to 

take Rabbi Jenny's last B’nai Torah class. 

Since then, Ellen has taken several more 

classes with Rabbi Jenny, Rabbi Eric, and 

Amy Ripps and is a regular at both 

Saturday and Wednesday morning study 

sessions (the latter only in the last five 

years since she retired). She plans to take 

many more classes through the Adult 

Education program. 

Ellen is retired but is an active volunteer at 

the North Carolina Museum of Art, 

Carolina Ballet, Pinecone, Food Bank of 

Central and Eastern North Carolina, Jewish 

Family Services and Meals on Wheels. 

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Shoah Speaker 

This Yom Kippur, Anya Gordon will tell her parents’ Holocaust survival experience as Jewish 

teenagers in Poland. She will describe how her parents chose to live their lives in Canada after 

the war and how being a child of survivors impacted her. Anya will also reflect on how 

remembering the murdered six million Jews on Yom Kippur will support our self-examination 

and affirmations for the coming year. 

About Anya Gordon 

Anya became a member of Beth Meyer 

Synagogue in 1998, when she married 

Arthur Gordon, proprietor of the 

Irregardless Cafe. She worked with Arthur 

at the restaurant, assisting with catering for 

many off-site parties as well as managing 

marketing for the Cafe, which was sold in 

December 2019. 

She has been active in the community as 

co-chair with Arthur of Beth Meyer’s Adult 

Education Committee, as Chair of the 

annual Holocaust Commemoration, as a 

founder of Raleigh’s mini-Melton School of 

Adult Jewish Learning and as Chair of the 

City of Raleigh’s Environmental Advisory 

Board. 

With Arthur, and several Beth Meyer 

families, they are exploring transitioning 

their Well Fed Community Garden into a 

place where people can connect with the 

earth and each other, cultivate the land, 

share healthy food, create strategic 

partnerships all while weaving sustainability 

into the fabric of Jewish life. 

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Honoring Our Keter Torah 

(Crown of the Torah Honorees) 

For hundreds of years, the privilege of chanting the final reading from Deuteronomy and the 

first lines of Genesis on Erev Simhat Torah was the greatest honor a congregation could grant 

a member. These two honors were given to individuals who provided outstanding service to 

our congregation and the community-at-large over the course of the previous year. 

Honoring Rick Kane 

A native of Winthrop, a small seaside town 

just north of Boston, Rick attended law 

school at University of Washington in 

Seattle, college at Northwestern in Illinois, 

and in youth, a “school of hard knocks” at 

Fenway Park. 

In Raleigh since the mid-1980s, Rick’s 

career was with the North Carolina court 

system in various roles, including associate 

legal counsel and director of research, 

planning, grants and budget development. 

As a child of the ‘60s, Rick’s commitment 

to social justice has taken him variously to 

the streets, the NC ACLU Board, political 

and issue campaigns, Raleigh community 

and city organizations — and now, to Beth 

Meyer’s rich community of kindred spirits. 

As Rick’s avid sailing and backpacking days 

pass, he stays oriented with his garden and 

the outdoors. From his b-mitzvah at a 

small, Conservative shul in Massachusetts, 

to synagogue affiliations wherever he’s 

lived, Rick finds his Beth Meyer home a 

best-ever blend of Judaism’s rich traditions 

of liturgy, tikkun olam, and spiritual seeking, 

learning, and growing. 

Most happily, Rick and his wife Robin are 

easing into senior life “with the happy 

blessings of our children and grandchildren, 

and a peace in the home of our hearts.” 

Rick will chant the final few verses of 

Deuteronomy. 


HONORING OUR KETER TORAH 

עֵ‏ ץ חַ‏ יּ‏ ‏ִים הִ‏ יא לַמַּ‏ חֲ‏ זִ‏ יקִ‏ ים ָ בּ‏ הּה 

It is a Tree of Life to those who 

hold fast to it ... -Liturgy 

Honoring Robin Talley 

In service to home, community and 

country, Robin Talley generously 

contributes lovingkindness, time, and 

commitment focused on helping others. 

As a servant leader, she engages 

stakeholders, volunteers, and leaders to 

develop a shared understanding that 

fosters teamwork and goal 

accomplishment. Insightfully visionary, 

she excels at inviting people in to learn 

and collaborate while leveraging her broad 

and diverse knowledge to meet the 

moment. 

A Philadelphia native and global citizen, 

Ms. Talley received her undergraduate 

degree from American Intercontinental 

University. Over the span of her military 

and civilian federal service careers, she 

has attained executive certificates from 

the University of Notre Dame, the 

American College of Healthcare 

Executives and the United States Army 

Medical Command in Executive 

Leadership, Management and Strategies, 

Group Practice Management, and Process 

Improvement. She is active in her 

community as a member of the Beth Meyer 

ritual committee and as co-president of 

Sisterhood. Ms. Talley also serves as an 

active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha 

Sorority, Inc., and on the board of directors 

for the Ivy Community Service Foundation 

of Cary, Inc. 

Robin enjoys reading, genealogy, and 

entertaining. She and her husband Wayne 

share four children, better known as 

“kidults,” and are devoted grandparents to 

five grandchildren. 

Robin will chant the first few lines of Genesis. 


Our New Torah Scroll 

This Simhat Torah, we would like to thank and honor the Krantz Family for their heartfelt 

donation of a family Sefer Torah to Beth Meyer Synagogue. The Torah scroll originally belonged 

to congregant Mat Krantz’s grandparents, who will be joining us remotely from Florida at our 

Erev Simhat Torah Service on Monday, October 17 as we offer a special blessing of gratitude. 

This Torah scroll will primarily be used for educational purposes by our Naomi & Ken Kramer 

Religious School students. 

This Torah was donated by my grandfather, Rabbi 

Hyman Krantz, and my grandmother Roslyn Krantz [at 

right]. In 1992, after my grandfather retired from his 

Rabbinical career at Glen Rock Jewish Center in NJ, they 

moved to Florida. There, they found a community of 

unaffiliated Jews who wanted to observe the High Holy 

Days. Members of the community approached my 

grandfather about leading services for the Jewish new 

year. While my grandfather was honored to take on this 

role, he needed a Torah to properly conduct services. He 

purchased this smaller Torah from a scribe in New York 

and transported it to Florida where it was used for High 

Holy Days for over 25 years. When my grandfather stepped down from 

his leadership, the Torah stayed in his home unused. When Rebecca 

and I joined the Beth Meyer community, my grandfather decided that 

this Torah was ready for a new life where his grandchildren and greatgrandchildren 

could enjoy it. 

-Mat Krantz 


Todah Rabbah 

(Thank You) 

Todah rabbah (a hearty thank you!) to the volunteer corps that prepared tirelessly for the 

Yamim Noraim. These mensches gave time and expertise to enrich our prayer services — 

from leyning and shofar blowing to patrolling grounds and ushering, they are performing 

over the holidays acts of lovingkindness for our spiritual wellbeing. 

Our Torah and Haftarah Readers 

Jon Bograd 

Linda Brinkley 

Richard Cooperstein 

Susan Ehrlich 

Steven Katz 

Sharon Mills 

Benjamin Pollack 

*Alyssa Rossen 

*Jordyn Schweiger 

Sara Schweiger 

*Adi Solomon 

*Sofia Stambler 

Barbara Vosk 

*Evan Weinstein 

Heather Weinstein 

*Talia Weinstein 

Our Shofar Blowers 

*Izzy Richman 

*Adi Solomon 

Seth Weinreb 

Our Floor Gabbai 

Henry Schaffer 

Our Usher Coordinator 

Ellen Adelman 

Security Volunteers 

Tom Barbieri 

Stefan Belhomme 

Steve Beresid 

Marsha Glickman 

Anya Gordon 

Ken Hunter 

Rick Kane 

Sam Katz 

Shaina Katz 

Steve Katz 

Manuel Kleiner 

James Leach 

Tom Magnani 

Karl Mundt 

Brian Orol 

Stephen Rossen 

David Rubin 

Chad Ryzoff 

Fred Schwartz 

Al Silverstein 

Mike Wagner 

Phil Weinstein 

Jeffrey Wicksel 

For His Help Polishing 

Our Torah Scroll Ornaments 

Saul Schiffman 

*Denotes our teen participants. 


Trumot HaLev 

(Gifts of the Heart) 

We recognize and thank these members for donating Trumot HaLev — Gifts of the Heart — 

to substantially underwrite dues for households experiencing financial hardship. Last year, 

Trumot HaLev awarded 95 households dues relief — all who asked for help received it. 

Ellen Adelman 

Sam Bayer 

Susan and Mel Bernay 

Amy and Leonard Bush 

Gena and Marvin Brown 

Donna Cohen 

Mildred and Leonard Corwin 

Arlie and Cecile DuBois 

Nancy Thomas and Seth Effron 

Stephanie and Aaron Epel 

Kellie Falk 

Lisa and Steve Feierstein 

Larry Fetter 

Jonathan Flescher 

Denise and Alfred Friedrich 

Claudia Fuerst 

Suzanne and David Goldman 

Robert Grabel 

Renee and Steve Hammel 

Joanna Intile and Marc Hirshenhorn 

Stefanie Mendell and Richard Johnson 

Claudia Kadis 

Robin Jacobs and Richard Kane 

Audrey and Elliott Katz 

Linda Scher and Lawrence Katzin 

Janet Fox-Kreielsheimer 

Carole and Willy Larsen 

Thomas Magnani 

Betty Mandel 

Ronni and Marvin Marblestone 

Rebecca Mayers 

Sandy and Sheldon Mazursky 

Sharon Lubkin 

Debbie and Brian Orol 

Danielle and Michael Penick 

Tari and Harry Perlstadt 

Amy Schere and Benjamin Pollack 

Susan and Steven Reinhard 

Meredith and David Ruff 

Dianne and Henry Schaffer 

Sharyn and Charles Shapiro 

Barbara Vosk and Howard Shareff 

Glenda and Richard Toppe 

Alison and Seth Weinreb 

David Weinstein 

Sadie Weiner and Zachary Wineburg 

Norma and David Zendels 

Giving tzedakah to those in need without knowing to whom you’re giving, and 

without the recipient knowing who gave is extolled because this is a mitzvah for 

its own sake. This is similar to the secret chamber in the Temple, where the 

righteous would secretly put money in, and those in need would secretly support 

themselves. -Mishneh Torah, Maimonides, Laws of Tzedakah 10:8 


Open The Gates 

Mark your calendars, members and friends! Open The Gates: A 48-Hour Fundraiser, the 

annual campaign for Beth Meyer Synagogue, kicks off again on Sunday, October 2 at 

5 p.m. Before Kol Nidre — while the ‘gates’ that divide heaven from earth are open — we 

aim to raise $300,000 in unrestricted gifts to co-build our shared Jewish home. 

Be on the lookout for an e-mail at kickoff time with a link to the new Open The Gates 

website — there, you can track the campaign in live-time as we race to meet our goal. 

Gifts received before kickoff will be posted on the website at different times. 

Already, these leaders have pledged pace-setting, inspirational gifts to jump-start the 

campaign. We thank them for their commitment and generous care: 

מייסדים FOUNDERS 

Shelly and Brian Satisky 

Marie-Claude and Barton White 

Stacy and Geoffrey Alexander 

Alan and Benjamin Buie-King 

Mor and Jeffrey Kantor 

Judi and Howard Margulies 

Meredith and David Ruff 

Ronald Schwartz 


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BENEFACTORS 

מנהיגים LEADERS 

Eva and Ruth Buck 

Sarah Fuerst 

Debbie and Brian Orol 

Natalie Rothman Schechtman and Evan Schechtman 

Doug Sosnik 

SUPPORTERS 

נדיבים 

Stacy and Craig Becher 

Randi and Steven Dmiszewicki 

Susan Ehrlich and Jeff Engel 

Kellie Falk 

Susan and Marc Finkel 

Lee and Rod Frankel 

Emily and Tony Frazier 

Anya and Arthur Gordon 

Jennifer and Karl Mundt 

Graham and Keith Satisky 

Sharyn and Charles Shapiro 

Barbara Vosk and Howie Shareff 

Faith Shertz 

תומכים 

Anonymous 

Sam Bayer 

Ceci and Saul Berenthal 

Blair and Benjamin Denkin 

Judy and Tom Fisher 

Jonathan Flescher 

Carl Halperin 

Stacey Horowitz 

Michele and Burton Horwitz 

Sue Ellen and Phillip Horwitz 

Janet Fox-Kreielsheimer and Gregg Kreielsheimer 

Ronni and Marvin Marblestone 

Mindy Oberhardt 

Susan and Steven Reinhard 

Rachelle and Jay Schwartz 

Rabbis Jenny and Eric Solomon 

Michelle and Gregory Tayrose 

Glenda and Richard Toppe 

David Weinstein

OPEN THE GATES 

WHY WE GIVE 

Shelly and Brian Satisky 

From a very young age, I watched my father [Howard] 

volunteer his time towards good causes. Some of my earliest 

memories are of him working tirelessly to get Beth Meyer its 

new building. I am fortunate that I am in a situation to be 

able to give back to the community as well. Shelly and I 

believe in helping out anywhere that we can. -Brian Satisky 

Marie-Claude and Barton White 

We moved to Raleigh in the summer of 2005 and 

immediately felt at home at Beth Meyer. We loved the 

Friday night family services in the chapel. Our kids both 

received their religious education at Beth Meyer. We are 

honored to be able to make an annual contribution. 

-Barton White 


לשנה טובה תכתבו 

Lishanah Tovah Tikateivu! 

(May you be written for a good year!) 

The Board of Trustees, Rabbis, and Staff wish our 

entire congregation a happy, healthy New Year!

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