September 2015 • Volume 29 • Issue 8
A Reform Congregation Embracing Our Jewish Tradition
2015 - 5776
L’Shanah Tovah from Rabbi Alexandria Shuval-Weiner, Rabbi Emeritus Donald Tam, Cantor Nancy Kassel, the Officers & Board of Trustees and the Staff of Temple Beth Tikvah
RSVP Please
Service at 6:30 pm in the Alterman Chapel
News & Happenings from Temple Beth Tikvah
Selichot Saturday, September 5 Film & Discussion Service
8 pm 10 pm
Erev Rosh Hashanah Sunday, September 13 Service
8 pm
Rosh Hashanah Monday, September 14 Early Service Late Service Family Service
8 am 11:30 am 2:30 pm
2nd Day Rosh Hashanah Tuesday, September 15 Service 10 am Tashlich immediately following services (approximately 12:45 pm)
Sukkot Pizza in the Hut Sunday, September 27th 5:30 - 6:30 pm
High Holy Day Schedule
SELICHOT Saturday, September 5th Film & Discussion 8:00 pm Havdalah & Service 10:00 pm
Kol Nidre Tuesday, September 22 Service
8 pm
Yom Kippur Wednesday, September 23 Early Service 8 am Late Service 11:30 am Family Service 2:30 pm Afternoon Service/Yizkor/Neilah 4 pm
The Month of Elul is Upon Us The Time is Now
and do the difficult work to attempt to realign who we are with whom we wish to Be. The Shofar calls out to us, calling us out “Ayeka?!”- where are you? And we stand in response- the time of opening has arrived for our hearts, minds and souls! We must not look away! For who among us does not have regrets? Who doesn’t pray for the opportunity to right a wrong? Release the pain, make peace where there has been brokenness? And so we are afforded the opportunity to respond “Yes! I am here and I am ready” to face what these days have to offer, and to “work them” hard. In responding to the call, may the Holy One dwell among us, offering us the support we each need to turn from our old habits and patterns and forge new pathways. Paths of teshuvah, paths of shalom, bringing us home to our higher selves. The time is now! May this new year of 5776 be a year of blessing and growth for each one of us! Shana Tovah, may it be an Awe-some New Year!
The time is now. We’ve gathered ‘round. So bring all your gifts, and bring all your burdens with you. No need to hide. Arms open wide. We gather as One. To make a Makom Kadosh (a Holy place) We come to tell. We come to hear. We come to teach. We come to learn. We come to grow. And so we say. The time is now. Sing to the One. God’s presence is here, Shechina, You will dwell among us. We’ll make this space a Holy Place, So separate, so whole. Rejoice every soul who enters here. Debbie Friedman z”l & Tamara R. Cohen
The time is now for us to gather as a community, to transform the walls and the pews of the sanctuary into holy space with our presence, with our prayers. On the Yamim Noraim, these ten days of days of Awe-someness, we are called to enter the liminal space of time and existence to reflect, examine, dream
Rabbi Alexandria Shuval-Weiner.
it is so central to join the people of Israel in denying ourselves food and drink for one day so that we focus on correcting our misdeeds, on knowing our mortality; on reaching for a life of Torah, mitzvot, and lovingkindness; on You. You know, dear God, that it is not my intent to be apart from our people and our tradition. My current state of health makes it unsuitaMeditation before Yom Kippur for One who ble for me to fast So, dear God, I turn to You Cannot Fast now in sincerity and openness: Help me in the coming year to do my best in Ribbono shel Olam/Master of the Universe; guarding my health. Creator of All, Source of All Life, Help us, Your children, learn how to protect Who Knows What is Deep in Human Hearts, our bodies from harm. Who Nurtures Every Living Being: Help us support others in caring for As You know, dear God, their tzelem Elokim, their Image of God. Yom Kippur is fast approaching, and Teach us to help one another grow and thrive because of my condition, in Body, Mind, and Spirit. I am not able to keep the traditional fast – Guide caring family and health care I cannot abstain totally from eating. professionals in their partnering with you On this Day of Atonement, this Sabbath of to bring healing if not cure, support and Sabbaths, this year and every year, strength if not an end to symptoms. Fasting is considered one of the major ritual practices of Yom Kippur, and yet there are many who, for medical reasons, are unable to fast. Health is of utmost importance in our Jewish tradition, and in support of our friends who Halachically may not participate in the fast, we offer this well known prayer.
Holy Day Attire for 5776
And if there is an opportunity for me to help others who suffer by doing something they need or by being attentive company – Grant me the ability to do this mitzvah with love and devotion. Rofeh khol basar/Healer of all living creatures: I thank You for the breath that is in me for the community of Israel that lives for the possibilities of today and tomorrow. May my eating be as a fast; May it be dedicated to You, to T’shuvah – to the Renewal and Restoration of my Relationship to You, to Others, and to Myself. Rabbi Simkha Y. Weintraub
In keeping with this practice, I would like to invite you to forgo the dark suits and black dresses and try a new tradition by wearing white clothing to our Yom Kippur services (and of course to avoid leather shoes, white sneakers complement the experience.)
There are many traditions on the Holy Days from baking round challahs and eating apples & honey on Rosh Hashana to fasting on Yom Kippur. On Rosh Hashanah, it is traditional to wear a tallit during the day and on Yom Kippur, the tallit is worn during both the evening and daytime services.
It is a beautiful way to externalize our desire to purify and renew our souls.
And, as many of you know, it is tradition to decorate the sanctuary in white, symbolic of purity, unblemished like newly fallen snow.
Are you game? 2
News & Happenings from Temple Beth Tikvah
Notes from Cantor Kassel WHO ARE YOU? – AND WHERE ARE YOU?
CALLING ALL MUSICIANS (instrumentalists and vocalists) Over the years I’ve heard many people say that MUSIC was their entryway into experiencing Judaism. It makes sense. Both faith and music are intangible. We can physically pray written words and we can physically play what is written on sheet music, but the experience of prayer and music are above and beyond our physical grasp.
NEW ADULT CHOIR MEMBERS I would love to welcome new members to our Adult Choir. The choir is it’s own unofficial Chavurah. We enjoy each other’s company, celebrating joyous occasions and offering comfort to each other in more difficult times. Our rehearsals (usually 2 – 3 Tuesday nights a month during the There was a time in more traditional Judaism when the Cantors school year) are uplifting and spiced with good humor. RULED as operatic soloists. People would flock from syna- NEW JR. CHOIR MEMBERS (3rd – 7th grade) gogue to synagogue to hear the cantor with the most amazing What better way for your son or daughter to become familiar voice singing intricate and melismatic (many notes per syllable) with Hebrew prayers and meaningful texts than to sing them! renditions of the liturgy. Similarly, in an earlier era of the Re- Jr. Choir meets on Sundays after Religious School from form Movement, people were drawn to more sophisticated choral 12:00 – 12:30 in the sanctuary. We sing for special services and compositions and organ accompaniment that for the most part, other occasions during the year and share our music with nearby were on such a high level that they required trained, professional homes for Senior & Assisted Living. musicians. I have fond memories of the music I grew up with at INSTRUMENTALISTS (teens and older) The Temple and an appreciation for the highly stylized cantorial A few of our teens and adults have communicated their desire to music that I more or less learned in cantorial school and from participate in the musical life of TBT – but I know there are more recordings. of you out there. I’ve been learning a lot about arranging music We are in a different time now, when our worshippers want to be for different instruments. Please reach out to me to let me know more active participants in the musical life of the synagogue and of your interest in playing for special occasions here at TBT! nothing gives me more pleasure than to see our members, youngMAY THE MUSIC OF THE HIGH HOLY DAYS REACH YOUR er and older, bringing our prayers and other texts to life through SOUL, AND MAY YOU ALL BE INSCRIBED their own music-making. FOR A YEAR (5776) OF BLESSING
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News and Happenings from Temple Beth Tikvah
Did You Know Saul? I recently heard a story about a 90 year Jewish man named Saul who had passed away. At 90 years old you have probably outlived most of your friends, so other than family who’s really left to come to your funeral? Saul had over 500 people attend his funeral which I found fascinating. He was a loving father, grandfather and greatgrandfather and his obituary reflected that he always saw beyond the immediate spheres of self, family and friends to the larger ones of community, Jewish people, and country. Nowhere was his expansive vision more apparent than in his relationship to his synagogue community. To call Saul an active member and involved congregant of his synagogue would be a huge understatement. He was a past president of his synagogue and before and after serving in that capacity, Saul volunteered in nearly every aspect of congregational life. He saw it as part of his communal responsibility to forge deep and lasting friendships with virtually anyone who walked through the synagogue’s doors. He saw the benefit as mutual. His synagogue involvement gave him strength. The synagogue was the center of his social circle, for one. For another, he was a man of faith who believed his prayers were conversations with G-d, his closest of friends. The synagogue then was, in a way, a place for him to catch up with his old buddy. Perhaps most importantly, the synagogue was a community that joined him to celebrate, and therefore enhance his joys. The community surrounded him and his family in times of need and helped him wrestle with life’s deepest questions. He in turn did the same for others in the community. Saul knew that ultimately one gets from a community what one puts into it. Saul’s well-attended funeral represented both aspects of that mutual relationship. Everyone was there because of the strength Saul gave them by virtue of his involvement. Their presence reflected a desire to repay selfless acts of kindness with selfless acts of kindness and to affirm a profound loss to the whole community. Simultaneously, the presence of so many affirmed the
strength that Saul received from that community during his lifetime. In death, as in life, the group was a force for comfort and healing for him and his family. Why am I sharing this story with you, and why now? It’s not that there is something so special about having a well-attended funeral. Lots of deserving people have sparsely attended funerals and, of course, lots of undeserving ones pack the sanctuary or funeral home. But the real difference is between affiliation and non-affiliation, between non-involvement and passionate commitment. For Jews, does affiliation with and involvement in synagogue life really matter? Is it worth the committee meetings, the fundraising, the phone calls, the complaints, the demands on our time and resources? My answer: you BET it is and not only because of how you hope your funeral will be attended. Friends, as we reach the Days of Awe in the next few weeks, I invite each of you to think about the ‘Sauls’ in your life and how they can inspire you to be part of keeping our congregational ship on course and ensuring that it is the exceptional community we all want it to be in the years to come. My message to you for the past two years has been to become a part of the TBT community. Once again, our New Year is upon us. It is a chance to re-think what we are doing and how we hope to live our lives, how we want to be perceived by those we care about. My hope is to see more of you inspired and engaged so that you, in turn, can receive the gifts that involvement brings. Do it for your children, do it for our new Rabbi, do it for our community, but, most of all, do it for yourself!
L’Shalom
Ron Swichkow
Fundraising News Shalom from the Fundraising Committee! For the past year, I have often written articles about the Annual Campaign, what our goals were, how to participate and contribute, how your contributions and funds help various TBT issues get completed, etc.. Today, I want to share with you the results. The TBT Board of Directors was thrilled with the news that our TBT family was able to surpass our main financial goal of $100,000. We finished the year above $106,000+! This is amazing! Additionally, our participation level increased as well as over 41% of our TBT family contributed to the campaign. Below is a chart that illustrates a 5 year comparison of the AC over the last 5 years. Next year, we have a higher bar to attain as the budget has been set for $110,000. TBT has various needs not only from a physical upkeep side but for new programming and other social engagement opportunities. If we can bring our participation level to over 50%, we will be able to accomplish our goals with greater ease. More on our plan of action to accomplish this in the future! Shalom!
Jonathan Agin Chairman of the Fundraising Committee 4
News and Happenings from Temple Beth Tikvah
Religious School We’ve had a great start to our school year. What a feeling to see our empty rooms suddenly become full of life. Happy faces and cheerful voices were heard throughout the building. I am so proud of our wonderful teachers for creating engaging lessons and of our outstanding students who come every session eager to learn. Open House for PreK – 2nd and 7th grades will take place on Sunday, August 30th. For those of you with children in kindergarten and those of you with children in first through third grade who have not been consecrated, please mark your calendar for our consecration service on Sunday, October 4th at 6:00 PM. Each child will receive a blessing by the Rabbi under a tallit, a torah scroll of their own, and a certificate that you can keep to remember this meaningful ceremony. Please RSVP to the school office at rschool@bethtikvah.com if your child will participate in this ceremony. Our students were again very fortunate to have.Dr. Joel Margolies came to the school during this busy holiday season. Dr. Margolies taught the children about the Shofar, the meaning of the sounds the Shofar makes and let the students experience the Shofar up close. To conclude his lessons he blew the Shofar for the students. Thanks to Dr. Margolies for volunteering his time at the school. This year we are continuing with our fundraising and tzedakah projects. Thanks to TBT Congregant Arthur Blank from the Atlanta Falcons, we have an amazing fundraiser for the beginning of our school year. We have two Atlanta Falcons packages to raffle. Both packages include 2 tickets for the November 1st Falcons/Buccaneers game viewed from a luxury suite and 2 pre game sidelines and parking passes. And to make this package even better you will have the opportunity to spend the day with Rabbi Shuval-Weiner and Jay Weiner as you watch our Falcons beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. What a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon. The raffle drawing will be held October 18th during Sunday School. For those of you who are not familiar with the luxury suites, they are a premium seat option in the Georgia Dome. Inside, there is a bar and lounge area where you can relax before the event. With private restrooms, locker storage areas, plasma televisions, and more, this is a suite experience like none other! The games are also catered with delicious food and beverages. This is a once in a lifetime experience that you won’t forget and will help to benefit our school. Tickets are $20 each or 3 for $50. You do not need to be a RS family or member to purchase a raffle ticket. Tickets can be purchased by clicking on the following link http://www.bethtikvah.com/ultimate-falcons-experience or by calling the religious school office at 770-642-4168. We are counting on your support for the success of this fundraiser. This is our biggest fundraiser of the year. A note to our parents of post B’nai Mitzvah age children (8th through 12th grades); please remember to enroll your child in our Kesher, Confirmation and Kivuinim programs. These programs are a continuation of your child’s Jewish education after their seventh grade year. The forms are available on our website www.bethtikvah.com. If your 8th or 9th grade student isn’t sure about Kesher, have them come and experience a “Journey Through Kesher” on Monday, August 31st at 6:00PM. The Journey will give your teen an insight into what Kesher is about as well as give them an opportunity to help select the topics that will be taught this year. Call or email the religious school office (770-642-4168) for more information. Shalom,
Hassia Levin
Tickets are $20 each or 3 for $50 and can be purchased online at bethtikvah.com or in the religious school and main office
You could all be enjoying the
Two packages will be raffled! All raffle tickets must be purchased by September 4th, 2015. The drawing will be held on September 8th, 2015 News & Happenings from Temple Beth Tikvah
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SELICHOT Saturday, September 5th Film Screening and Discussion - 8 pm
Havdalah and Service - 10 pm
The days leading up to Rosh Hashanah, the birthday of the world, and Yom Kippur, the day of at-one-ment (Atonement), are a time for deep reflection on our lives and relationships and the time for turning and returning (teshuva) to the place of wholeness (shleimut) in our souls. Join us for a special evening of film, conversation, song and prayer to help us prepare for our Holy Days in a deep and meaningful way. We will be changing the Torah covers to white ones during the 10:00pm service. The film is titled “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” (2004), starring Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet. When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a procedure to have each other erased from their memories. But it is only through the process of loss that they discover what they had to begin with. Popcorn and Pop will be available for all during the screening. Rated “R” for language, drug and sexual content.
Please RSVP to Michelle@bethtikvah.com if you will be attending.
Tashlich by the River During the afternoon of the second day of Rosh Hashanah at approximately 12:45 pm,, TBT members gather at the river for tashlikh, a spiritual practice in which we symbolically let go of the harmful behaviors that have impeded our growth over the past year by casting bread crumbs, representing those behaviors, into the Chattahoochee River. (on Azalea Drive - from Willeo to Azalea, 2nd parking lot on the right)
Confirmation Class Photos Needed If you have the confirmation class photo from 2012 or any year prior to 2007, except for 1990, 1993 and 2001, please contact Perri in the school office at rschool@bethtikvah.com
Get excited…TBT & HOTTY are hosting NFTY-SAR FALL KALLAH!! October 9-11th Wondering what a Kallah is? A Kallah is a convention, a gathering of youth from around our NFTY-SAR region for a weekend of teen-created educational, spiritual & social activities. At a Kallah teens worship together, learn from interesting and exciting programs, participate in a social action project, and of course have tons of fun. And, this time our HOTTY teens are planning the entire Fall Kallah weekend which will take
place at TBT! We’re going to need help from all of our TBT families. We’ll need help setting & cleaning up, serving meals, but mostly housing the 300 out-oftown youth groupers who will be joining our community for the weekend. You don't need to provide beds, just a place for a sleeping bag, a few meals, and transportation during the weekend. More details about housing will be sent out in the next month, but in the meantime, you can sign up to house (or help with other jobs) here: Fall Kallah Volunteer Sign-up. Thank you in advance – we couldn’t do this without all of you! QUESTIONS?? Youth Group Advisors: Bobbee & Adam Griff (303) 981-2356 youth@bethtikvah.com Parent Volunteer Coordinator: Debra Schwartz dls63@bellsouth.net (404) 668-3367
Welcome to the TBT Family!! Erica Cason Sam and Julia
Craig & Gina Kellis Darren, Drew and Devon
Greg & Melissa Gotlin Zoe and Karley
Jerred & Debbie Malever Julia and Jake
Phil & Suzanne Hurwitz Katie and Emma
Jeffery & Beth Metersky Joshua, Jakob and Jaysen 6
Welcome back to David & Ariel Margis
News and Happenings from Temple Beth Tikvah
Calling All Bakers!
Adult Ed Have you ever wondered:
What is the purpose of life? Help us make Rabbi Shuval-Weiner’s installation Can we prevent bad things from happening to us? a sweet celebration! We are planning a “home baked oneg” like we did in the “good old days”! Does G-d control our fate? Please use the link below to let us know what you To learn how Kohelleth (Ecclesiastes) and we wrestle with want to contribute to this wonderful weekend. these and other questions, please join Rabbi Tam on Sundays from 10:00 AM to 10:50 AM on October 18 and 25, November 1, 8 & 15 and December 6 in the TBT library. Look for additional Adult Ed opportunities and more information on signing up for these classes coming soon! If you have any questions or would like to be a part of the Adult Ed committee ,please contact me. http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080b4eadad23aa8-bakers
Ivie Graiser 770-641-0144 or Iviegraiser@yahoo.com
The Transition Committee has been busy since Rabbi Shuval-Weiner became our new Senior Rabbi on July 1. The committee is helping to facilitate many opportunities to meet Rabbi Shuval-Weiner and her husband Jay Weiner in the next several months. Additionally, a Community Coffee & Tea was held on August 11th to introduce Rabbi ShuvalWeiner to heads of various metro Jewish agencies, metro Rabbis and heads of Roswell agencies and clergy. We urge you to mark your calendars and plan to attend our Installation Weekend Celebration on October 2nd & 3rd. This event will be open to the entire family.
Pictured are guests and members who attended the Community Coffee & Tea
The members of the Transition Committee would like to wish you and your families a very healthy and happy New Year. L’shanah Tova, Transition Committee JOIN WITH TEMPLE BETH TIKVAH AND HELP FINISH THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER!
4th ANNUAL RELAY FOR LIFE - RUACH ATLANTA OCTOBER 11, 2015 NORTH SPRINGS CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL 7447 ROSWELL ROAD, SANDY SPRINGS JOIN THE “TIKVAH TROOPERS” AND HELP US MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER! To register, make a donation or to honor or remember someone in our tribute book please visit: www.relayforlife.org/ruachga Or contact Holly.York@cancer.org 7
News & Happenings from Temple Beth Tikvah
Youth Group
ECEC
HOTTY (9-12th Grade) WELCOME BACK! We hope you all had a great summer! Our HOTTY kids spent their summer at the different summer camps in Georgia, Kutz Leadership Camp in NY, Israel, and other great programs! Now, we’re back and ready for another great year with HOTTY. The 2015-2016 HOTTY Board just gathered together at a cabin in Big Canoe to learn about their new positions, do some bonding, and planned out the calendar for the year. Watch your email and Facebook for the calendar, so you can save-the-dates for all of our awesome events! GET READY FOR FALL KALLAH! We are so excited to be hosting NFTY-SAR Fall Kallah this year…Mark your calendars for the weekend of October 9-11th. Didn’t have a chance to sign to be on a committee and help plan the weekend? You can sign up here: Fall Kallah Committee Sign-Up
Social Action
Join the HOTTY Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/groups/TBT.HOTTY/) to stay up-to-date on what's happening and to RSVP for HOTTY events!
Volunteers are needed to pass out Operation Isaiah bags for all
JYG (7-8th Grade)
Rosh Hashanah services.
WELCOME BACK!
Contact Terry Apt Carasick at
We hope all of you 7-8th graders had great summers and are ready for another awesome year with JYG! And welcome to JYG to all of our new 7th graders. We have a fun-filled year for you…Stay tuned to Facebook and email for the JYG Calendar which is coming soon!!
terryshealthyliving@gmail.com
If you are in 8th grade, we have good news, you can help us plan (and, of course, attend!) Fall Kallah, October 9-11th! Sign up here to be on a committee: Fall Kallah Committee Sign-Up
2nd Annual Sy Davis Memorial TBT Blood Drive
Join the JYG Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/groups/TBT.JYG/) to stay up-to-date on what's happening with JYG, RSVP and arrange carpools for events!
Sunday October 18th , from 8 am to 2 pm
5th & 6th Grade
In a couple of months, TBT volunteers will be calling all of our members to schedule a time to donate. Please answer the call and schedule a time to us help us reach our goal of 100 pints in 2015. We had a fantastic turnout in 2014 and hope to have even a bigger event in October. If you are unable to give blood, we are always looking for people to donate their time during the Blood drive.
WELCOME BACK! We had a great first year of our 5th and 6th grade youth group. Looking forward to another fun filled year! We will have events every other month, like, Paint Your Own Pottery, Pumpkin Patch & Hayride, and a Pool Party. The calendar is almost ready – watch your email and the Facebook page for the dates and events. Can’t wait to see all of you 5th & 6th graders. Join the 5th & 6th Grade Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/TBT.56/) to stay up-to-date on what's happening, RSVP and arrange carpools for events!
Want more info about the youth groups at TBT? Contact Adam or Bobbee at: youth@bethtikvah.com or
We appreciate everyone coming out to make the 2nd Annual Sy Davis Memorial Blood Drive a great success.
(404) 228–2494
If you have any questions, please contact Terry Stein at terry.stein@att.net 770.394.6157 or Renee Davis at 770. 205.1115.
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September 2015 Sunday
Monday
Tuesday 1
17th of Elul 5775
Tai Chi 9:30 am
Religious School 5:00 pm
Wednesday
Thursday
2 18th of Elul 5775
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19th of Elul 5775
Fall Kallah Committee Meeting 5:45 pm
Friday 4 20th of Elul 5775 Shabbat Service 8:00 pm
Committee Chairs Workshop 7:00 pm
Saturday 5
21st of Elul 5775
Bagels, Learning & Torah 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Shabbat Service 10:00 am Selichot Film Screening & Discussion 8:00 pm
Selichot/Havdalah Service 10:00 pm 6
22nd of Elul 5775 No Religious School
7
23rd of Elul 5775
Labor Day
29th of Elul 5775
24th of Elul 5775
No ECEC
Tai Chi 9:30 am
No Religious School
Religious School 5:00 pm
TBT Offices Closed
College Connection Mailing Prep 5:30 pm
Families Anonymous 7:15 pm
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8
14
EREV ROSH HASHANAH
1st of Tishri 5776
No ECEC
No Religious School
Rosh Hashana 5776 TBT Offices Closed Rosh Hashanah Early Service 8:00 am Rosh Hashanah Late Service 11:30 am
26th of Elul 5775
Fall Kallah Committee Meeting 5:45 pm
Bima Build 4:30 pm 5:30 pm
Installation Committee 7:00 pm
HOTTY Board Meeting 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
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27th of Elul 5775
Patriot Day
Shabbat Service 8:00 pm
15
2nd of Tishri 5776
ROSH HASHANAH - 2nd No ECEC
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17
3rd of Tishri 5776
Fall Kallah Committee Meeting 5:45 pm
4th of Tishri 5776
Board of Trustees Meeting 7:30 pm
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28th of Elul 5775
Bagels, Learning & Torah 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Shabbat Service 10:00 am Youth Event - Red Door 6:00 pm
Meeting 7:30 pm
day
Erev Rosh Hashanah Service 8:00 pm
10
Transition Committee
ROSH HASHANAH
No Religious School
9 25th of Elul 5775
18
5th of Tishri 5776
Shabbat Service 8:00 pm
No Religious School
19
6th of Tishri 5776
Bagels, Learning & Torah 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Shabbat Service 10:00 am
Rosh Hashana II - TBT Offices Closed Rosh Hashanah Service 10:00 am Tashlich Service 12:45 pm
Rosh Hashanah Family Service 2:30 pm
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7th of Tishri 5776
No Religious School
21
8th of Tishri 5776
Cobb County Schools Break No Religious School Fall Kallah Committee Meeting 5:45 pm
Families Anonymous 7:15 pm
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9th of Tishri 5776
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10th of Tishri 5776
KOL NIDRE Cobb County Schools
Cobb County Schools
Break
Break
Erev Yom Kippur - TBT Offices Close at Noon
No ECEC
No ECEC No Religious School
Kol Nidre Service 8 pm
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YOM KIPPUR
11th of Tishri 5776
25
12th of Tishri 5776
Cobb County Schools Break
Cobb County Schools Break
Bima Breakdown 4:30 pm
Shabbat Service 8 pm
TBT Offices Closed
Sukkah Build 4:30 pm
Yom Kippur Early Service 8:00 am
Officers Meeting 7:30 pm
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Shabbat Service 10:00 am Havdalah Service 8:15 pm
Yom Kippur Late Service 11:30 am Yom Kippur Family Service 2:30 pm Yom Kippur Afternoon Service 4:00 pm Yizkor Service 5:30 pm Neilah 6:30 pm Break the Fast 7:15 pm
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14th of Tishri 5776 EREV SUKKOT
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15th of Tishri 5776 SUKKOT
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16th of Tishri 5776 SUKKOT
No ECEC
No Religious School
No Religious School
No Religious School
Sukkot Event 5:30 pm
TBT Offices Closed
Tai Chi - tentative 9:30 am - 10:30 am
Sukkot Service 6:30 pm
Sukkot Service 10:00 am Families Anonymous 7:15 pm
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17th of Tishri 5776 SUKKOT
Fall Kallah Committee Meeting 5:45 pm
Installation Committee 7:00 pm
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13th of Tishri 5776
Bagels, Learning & Torah 9:00 am
News and Happenings from Temple Beth Tikvah
TBT Seniors Luncheon Monday, October 12th at 12 PM
Create Community in a Chavurah
"The members of our Chavurah are like extended family. I can't imagine holidays without them!" (comment from TBT Chavurah member)
The Roswell Ramblers Chorus will entertain us
What's a Chavurah?
RSVP to Natine at rosen4348@aol.com
It's a group of people who share common interests and meet regularly to celebrate Jewish holidays, share simchas, attend TBT events, and participate in any activities that interest them. Being part of a Chavurah can enhance your experience at TBT by helping you develop a strong sense of community and deeper connections within the congregation. What does a Chavurah do? You choose the activities you'll participate in and how often and where you meet. We can help you design a calendar of programs based on your group's interests. How do I join a Chavurah?
Welcome to Sisterhood! As the fall season approaches, your Sisterhood committee has been very busy and active mapping plans for the upcoming year. We have met over the summer and have brainstormed ideas for Sisterhood happenings! Please join us Thursday, 10/1/15 at 7 p.m. for an evening of fun and creativity as we further solidify programming for the 2015-2016 year. You can be a big part of the planning process and we encourage you to attend. Sisterhood has already engaged new members to take an active role this year… Hooray!
Just fill out the application and we'll help you find likeminded families or individuals to form a group. Drop by the TBT office to pick one up, or visit
A big THANK YOU is in order for all the helpers that assisted with our very successful opening event, Mocha My Day in August. Members had a delightful time sipping lattes and other treats while meeting fellow Sisterhood members, new and “seasoned.” We hope you will continue to be active and share great ideas as we had a fantastic start up that day!
Your synagogue community wants to be a Caring Community/Kehillat Chesed
http://www.bethtikvah.com/community/chavurot to download.
Questions? Please contact Dalia Faupel at d2faupel@comcast.net
HELP US HELP YOU
If you have recently experienced a loss, are facing a crisis or are celebrating a simcha, please let our office know as soon as possible. Our clergy and friends strive to be a source of support as best as they can. If you know of one of our fellow congregants who has experienced a loss or can use a hand, please contact the office at 770.642.0434.
Shana Tova, Robin Bledsoe
Sisterhood Chair
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ATTENTION Parents of TBT College Students
Committee Feature
Do you have a child who will be attending college in the fall or is currently attending college? If so, please let us know who they are (even if we may already have their name on our list). We’d like to keep them connected to the TBT community by sending them a care package twice per year to coincide with the Rosh Hashanah and Purim holidays. We want them to know that they’re being thought of while away from home at school.
The Communications Committee is responsible for coordinating all internal and external facing communications to our congregants and the community. The scope of our responsibility covers traditional sources from the Kol Tikvah and “Next 10 Days” to our TBT Website, Facebook, GrapeVine, and potentially other social media channels. The Committee is composed of the following members – Marlene Cohn, Dyann Diamond, Traci Hartog, Jill Marber, Marsha Mathis, Scott Povlot (Web owner), Todd Wilson, and Mark Rudel (Chair). We have a great mix of members including some very impressive skill sets on the technology / social media side.
If your student’s name is already on our list we’ll be soliciting current school contact information very soon. Don’t let your student feel left out. We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Lynda Bennett (lrbennett08@comcast.net) Co-Chair TBT College Connection Committee
We have been working hard to ensure our communications are regular and thorough so all congregants (and the Jewish community as needed) are informed without overcommunicating. We are also working closely with synagogue leadership and other committees to improve the quality and coverage of our communications including potential website improvements.
Beth Kess (bmkess@yahoo.com) Co-Chair TBT College Connection Committee
If anyone wants to join the committee, help with social media strategy or send suggestions, please contact Mark Rudel at 404.429.9289.
If you would like to donate to the cause either monetarily or with small items to be included in the packages, we would greatly appreciate the contributions. Our contact information is below:
Howard Janis (coach) and his son, Sam Janis along with Mark Schilstra for being part of the Silver Medal winning 14 and under baseball team in Dallas.
Team Atlanta Shines in JCC Maccabi The 2015 JCC Maccabi Games in Dallas and Milwaukee from August 2-7 saw Atlanta’s delegation take home 31 medals. In addition to facing tough competition from across the country, the teens from Atlanta came together to learn valuable lessons in humility and sportsmanship. The teens and coaches also participated in community outreach events in both cities.
Mazel Tov to... Mark Rudel (coach) and Sam Berman for being part of the Silver Medal winning 16 and under baseball team in Dallas.
Jacob Kassel for being part of the Gold Medal winning 14 and under soccer team in Milwaukee.
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Donations Annual Campaign Sandy and Nancy Simon in memory of RoseAnn Gerson's mother, Helen Reiber Ronald and Leslie Swichkow in memory of Gerald Mittler, father of Kara Segal, Shirley Cohn, mother of Steve Cohn and with best wishes for a speedy recovery to Jeff Rudel Harvey and Natine Rosenzweig in appreciation of Aliyah and honor on Shabbat Allan and Pessie Shippel Risa Fibus in memory of Frank Levy Jeffrey and Ellen Levitz in memory of Bob Clemenson Building Fund Dale and Wendy Bearman in memory of Helen Reiber, mother of RoseAnn Gerson Renee Berman in memory of Marilyn Gorlin Campership/Israel Fund Bruce and Bonnie Walkes in memory of Helen Walkes Todd and Rachel Wilson in honor of Leah Faupel's Bat Mitzvah Cantor Kassel’s Discretionary Fund David and Christine Toltzis in memory of Norton Simons Michael and Deborah Schlifka in appreciation of Cantor Kassel for the beautiful eulogy for Dr. Jeffrey Flatow Douglas and Donna Kallman in memory of Shirley Cohn, mother of Steve Cohn David and Anne Strauss in honor of Cantor Kassel Jeffrey and Ellen Levitz in memory of Ellis Breines Jeffrey and Ellen Levitz in memory of Shirley Cohn Chai & Mighty Chavurah in memory of Robert Moss Emily Lewit in memory of Robert Moss Gary and Sam Alexander in memory of Robert Moss Ronald and Leslie Swichkow in memory of Robert Moss Kathy Fletcher in memory of Robert Moss Sharon Khoury in memory of Shirley Cohn Steve and RoseAnn Gerson in appreciation of Cantor Kassel for the beautiful naming ceremony for Arden Caring/Kehillat Chesed Fund Andrew and Karen Gutman in memory of Gerry Mittler, father of Kara Segal Robert and Cindy Goldstein in memory of Phillip Kaplan Dale and Wendy Bearman in memory of Shirley Cohn, mother of Steve Cohn Veronica, Glen, Ethan and Nathan Krapf in memory of Matilda "Tillie" Benefield Aaron and Sheila Stieglitz in appreciation of the Kehillat Chesed/Caring committee for their thoughtfulness
General Fund Joel and Judy Rosenberg in honor of Temple Beth Tikvah Renee Davis in memory of Shirley Cohn, mother of Steve Cohn Gilbert and Ellen Ludwig in memory of Sarah Ludwig and Norma Dubbrin Bruce Beck in memory of Louise Beck William and Marjory Segal in memory of Shirley Cohn Shirley Crawford Harlan and Ivie Graiser in memory of Shirley Cohn and Gerald Mittler and wishing a Mazel Tov to the Gerson and Uffalussy families Barry and Beth Asher in memory of Murray Asher Michael Zalkin Memorial Library Fund Andrew and Ilana Zalkin in honor of the naming of Steve and RoseAnn Gerson's granddaughter, Arden Uffalussy Rabbi Shuval-Weiner’s Discretionary Fund Tom and Patti Seibold in memory of Lillian Gelb Micah and Jenny Blechner in appreciation of Rabbi Shuval-Weiner's going away blessing Sheryl Blechner in appreciation of Rabbi Shuval-Weiner Fern Soniker in memory of David Soniker George and Frances Jordan in memory of Henry Charles Jordan Gary and Debra Schwartz in honor of Rabbi Shuval-Weiner's arrival at TBT Steve and RoseAnn Gerson in appreciation of Rabbi Shuval-Weiner for the beautiful naming ceremony Harvey and Natine Rosenzweig in appreciation of Rabbi Shuval-Weiner's presentation to the senior lunch group Rabbi Tam’s Discretionary Fund Michael and Deborah Schlifka in appreciation of Rabbi Tam for the lovely words at the funeral of Dr. Jeffrey Flatow Bernice Bickwit in memory of Martha Resnick Religious School Fund Ronit Hermoni in memory of Leah and Nathan Minka Tikkun Olam Fund Mariann Mamberg in memory of Etta Mamberg Jeffrey Willard in memory of Morris Willard Aaron and Sheila Stieglitz in appreciation of Rabbi Shuval-Weiner Youth Fund Jonathan and Lynda Bennett in memory of Theodora Bennett (donations received through 8/14)
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News and Happenings from Temple Beth Tikvah
SHMOOZE NEWS / KUDOS CORNER In Memorium
Thank You to our Amazing Office Volunteers!
Temple Beth Tikvah acknowledges with sorrow the passing of:
Yehuda Sarfatty Brother of Nurit Shacham Robert Moss Father of Jacob and Rachel Brother of Joel Moss
Marsha McMurrain June Wallach Marsha Mathis Karen Tuttle Jayson Faupel
Erik Ludwig Son of Gil and Ellen Ludwig Brother of Andrea Rubin
Ellen Herold and Karen Tuttle for polishing the silver for the High Holy Days
May God console you among all the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
New leaves have been added to Temple Beth Tikvah’s Tree of Life!
Honor a person or event with a leaf on our tree of life. You can purchase a leaf as an individual or as a group.!
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Synagogue Information Synagogue Office Fax Number School Office (Perri) Preschool (Jenifer) Assistant to Clergy Financial Secretary Admin. Assistant Office Manager
- 770-642-0434 - 770-642-0647 - 770-642-4168 - 678-350-0076 - Michelle Leder - Jenny Korsen - Lisa Singer - Becky Sullivan
Planning a simcha or group gathering? The Tam-Blank Social Hall is the Place to Be. For more information on renting our Social Hall, contact the synagogue office at 770-642-0434.
Get Involved! TBT Committees and Chairpersons Adult Education Ivie Graiser iviegraiser@yahoo.com Budget & Finance Karen Korshak karcpa@comcast.net Camp/Israel Scholarship Marcia Haber marciahaber@yahoo.com Chavurot Dalia Faupel d2faupel@comcast.net College Outreach Lynda Bennett lrbennett08@comcast.net Beth Kess bmkess@yahoo.com Communications Mark Rudel mrudel@ups.com Family Promise Randy and Amy Siegal amysiegal@gmail.com Brian and Jennifer Steinberg zokadesigns@gmail.com Tony Rosenberg trosenberg860@gmail.com Fundraising Jonathan Agin jlagin1@gmail.com
House Ted Nathan tnathan@baldwinscheduling.com Human Resources Seth Zimmer sz4941@att.com Israel Gene Carasick gcarasick@gmail.com Kehillat Chesed (Caring) Leslie Swichkow lswichkow@comcast.net Library Ilana Zalkin ilanaz@att.net Long Range Planning Harvey Rosenzweig Membership Recruitment & Retention Jill Leitman jaarons2@yahoo.com Marcia Pearl marciapearl@bellsouth.net Men’s Club Mark Greenspan greenspanfamily@bellsouth.net Peter Hartog althazyr@gmail.com
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Nominating Committee Todd Boehm tboehm30@bellsouth.net Ritual Rick Winer rsw@drrickwiner.com Security Jay Sausmer jsausmer@gmail.com Seniors Natine Rosenzweig rosen4348@aol.com Sisterhood Robin Bledsoe sisterhoodtbt@gmail.com Social Action Terry Apt Carasick Terrys healthyliving@gmail.com Website Development Scott Povlot spovlot@yahoo.com Youth Group Debra Schwartz dls63@bellsouth.net Michal Loventhal loventhalmichal@gmail.com
News and Happenings from Temple Beth Tikvah
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News and Happenings from Temple Beth Tikvah
Alexandria Shuval-Weiner Rabbi Donald A. Tam Rabbi Emeritus Nancy Kassel Cantor Hassia Levin Education Director Jenifer Friedman ECEC Director
Ron Swichkow President Harlan Graiser Vice President and President Elect Todd Boehm Vice President Denise Straus Vice President Joe Dunn Treasurer Michael Braun Secretary Mary Block Chairperson, Board of Education
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