September 2014 Voice of Chaim

Voice of Chaim Congregation Etz Chaim • 1190 Indian Hills Parkway • Marietta, GA 30068 • 770.973.0137

September 2014 / Elul - Tishrei 5774 / Volume 38, Issue 8 Creating Meaningful Jewish Experiences In this Issue: From Our Rabbis page 2

vcuy vbak *veu,nu from your Etz Chaim family

From Our President page 3 From Our Executive Director & COO page 3 Education News Page 4 From Our Youth Director page 6 Our Etz Chaim Community Page 7 B’nai Mitzvah Page 9 Sisterhood Scoop page 10 Men’s Club Notes page 11 Religious Corner page 14 Yahrzeits page 18

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Calendar page 19 High Holiday Information pages 24-27 Tzedakah page 29

Daily Minyan Times: Monday – Friday 7:00 a.m.

Sunday, 9:15 a.m.

Sunday – Friday 6:30 p.m.

*Wishing you and your family a Happy, Healthy, Peaceful and Sweet New Year!

www.etzchaim.net

Shabbat Services: Friday, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, 9:30 a.m.

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From Rabbi Lewis

From Rabbi Kerbel

Once upon a time there was a king who ruled over a happy land. It was a pleasant place with no strife nor enemies. Life was good for all its citizens. They were pleased with their king and their king was pleased with his subjects. As the 50th birthday of the beloved monarch approached, he sent out a proclamation that was received by all who dwelled in his happy land. He declared “For my 50th birthday, I invite you all, the residents of my kingdom, to dine with me at a banquet on my special day. I shall provide all that is needed from the finest of meats, to the tastiest of delicacies, to the most succulent of treats. All that I ask of you my wonderful people, is for each to bring a jug of wine, pour it into the royal fountain next to the palace, so we will have fine beverage to drink at my celebration.”

Why We Need The High Holy Days

The great day arrived with minstrels and dancers and acrobats entertaining the crowds. The meal was indeed unsurpassed by any other ever seen in that happy land. To begin the festivities, the king raised his royal goblet, dipped it into the fountain, toasted his subjects and put the goblet to his lips and drank.

His elation, however, turned to sadness. His smile faded. The fountain had not one drop of wine in it. It was full only of water. Each citizen figured that someone else would dutifully bring wine and so, they filled their jug with water, after all, who would be the wiser?

The king will recover from his disappointment, of that I am certain, but this little fairy tale speaks to us all. The king’s subjects were not bad folks, but they foolishly believed others would do what they were supposed to do, and so none brought wine, thinking their contribution would not be missed nor make a difference.

Being part of a synagogue community demands participation, not reliance on others. We cannot assume that someone else will be the 10th at minyon. We cannot assume that someone else will serve on a committee. We cannot assume that someone else will pay the bills. We cannot assume that someone else will greet a visitor. We cannot assume that someone else will support an event. We cannot assume someone else will inspire our children. We cannot assume someone else will bring the wine and we, only water to the royal fountain.

As we enter a new year full of possibilities, challenges and excitement, let us not vanish, as we close the machzor, into a distant place, unconcerned and disinterested. Let us bring sweet wine to the celebration, knowing we are each holy souls who make a difference.

Cindy, Jill, Hadley, David, Nikki and Ashley join me in wishing our Etz Chaim family a new year filled with all of God’s blessings.

A prominent football player once said of the Super Bowl, “If this is the ultimate contest, how come we are going to play another one next year?” Similarly we can say of the High Holy Days, if their purpose is to change us and take us in a new, better and different direction, why would we need one every year? Why can’t we just do it right and proceed indefinitely in that new direction? If we spend Rosh HaShanah thinking about our lives and our values, our goals and our vision for the future and if we spend Yom Kippur repenting for our sins and emerge feeling cleansed, why do we need to do that every year?

Rabbi Harold Kushner gives a valuable explanation: “The answer is that teshuvah (repentance) is not a one-time event, like getting married; it is an ongoing process, like being married. Yom Kippur is not a spiritual carwash which we enter dirty and from which we emerge clean. Yom Kippur is a periodic reminder of what we need to be doing consistently and constantly, as part of our ongoing effort to become the kind of people we ought to be.”

One scholar calls the High Holy Days “days of moral and cosmic selfevaluation.” The hours we spend in our synagogue on the High Holy Days, if we spend them wisely, provide us with quality time to evaluate our lives and our actions. And what makes the High Holy Days special for us is that we observe them as a community – each of us is solitary in our selfexamination but by sitting with family and friends we feel the comfort and security that being part of an extended family-holy community brings to our ‘heshbon hanefesh’ our accounting for our actions.

Even the founder of Labor Zionism in Israel, A.D. Gordon, while rejecting the religiosity of his Eastern European background argued: “This is the main thing…the individual can conduct a self-reckoning any day…but what is significant here (referring to Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur) is the power of multiple individuals joining forces…the noble melody that rises above the single voice merged in a sea of voices of the supreme, human-cosmic chorus.”

People always ask, when will we blow the shofar this year (signifying that Yom Kippur is over)? It is tempting to say: Yom Kippur is never really over. Yom Kippur ends an hour after the time of candlelighting the day before (or, when it is dark and we can see three stars). But the struggle to change, to fill our lives with holiness and deeds of lovingkindness – hours spent helping those in need and in our quiet moments struggling to resist temptation and actions that take us away from God and from the blessings God gives us – is a constant, never-ending task.

Whatever time Yom Kippur is over, the process of self-reflection, selfexamination, repentance and change just begins all over. Just as we look forward to the World Series, the Masters, the US Open and the Super Bowl every year, we must embrace the challenge and the gift of the High Holy Days and use each of the moments in these ten days of repentance thoughtfully and wisely.

Melissa, Sam and Aliza, Judah and Micha join me in wishing us all a year of good health, happiness, life and many blessings. Shanah Tovah!

– Rabbi Paul David Kerbel

– Rabbi Shalom Lewis

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From Our Executive Director

From Our President

Each year preparation for the High Holidays is accompanied by anticipation, excitement, somewhat rattled nerves and appropriate reflection. This is my 27th Rosh Hashanah at Etz Chaim, my seventh as a professional, and each one, although the same in so many ways, has had their own unique nuances. As I look back and see from whence we have come, I marvel at our growth, our maturity and our ability to cope and learn as we continue to grow. Congregation Etz Chaim has had 39 years of learning. As we enter 5775, we will begin our 40th year, our 5th decade of serving Jews in the North Atlanta Metro area, as well as being a benchmark of Conservative Judaism in the greater Atlanta area. We have had our growing pains, made some mistakes along the way and have learned from them, grown from them and built an institution that is rock solid today and will continue to grow and become even stronger in the years to come.

July 30th – a date that resonates with me - and not just because my article is due in 2 days and I haven’t started writing yet. Today marks 26 years since my father passed away and 16 since I buried my mother – on the 10th anniversary of my father’s death. On the Hebrew calendar, their yahrzeits correspond to the 5th and 16th of Av. I always find this to be a difficult time of year. Last Shabbat, I stood for Kaddish as my mother’s name was read from the bimah. I attended Sunday minyan and Rosh Chodesh on Monday, the 28th, where I said Kaddish again to honor the English date of my mom’s passing. And I will go again on their actual yahrzeit dates and on the Shabbat when my father’s name is read from the bimah. As Allison Saffran, our Religious Co-VP, mentioned in her last religious corner article, according to Nevi’im, the Prophets, we are to weep in the fifth month, the month of Av. Obviously, this speaks to me on many levels, historically as a Jew and personally as I remember my parents during this month.

During the year ahead, our underlying theme will be to honor and celebrate our 40th year. The newly designed logo, with its ruby accent symbolizing 40 years of “togetherness,” will accompany all of our marketing materials. Your leadership, both lay and professional, are creating programs to celebrate, rejoice and revel in our past successes keeping an ever watchful eye on the future as we continue to mature.

To insure this continued growth, we obviously need your help, your support and your participation. We desire your guidance, ideas and feedback to be certain we are providing the services and programming you need and want. We would like you to be involved, whether it is as a parent of a youngster in one of our schools, an attendee of one of the many Lilmode programs offered, a member of Sisterhood, Men’s Club, Prime Timers, a regular attendee at minyan or Shabbat services or any combination of the aforementioned. Last, but certainly not least, we need your financial support. Quality services and programs require appropriate funding. You have heard this before; approximately 50% of our budgeted needs comes from dues.

The remainder comes from direct program fees but mostly from volunteer contributions. We have two major synagogue fundraisers each year. The Annual Kol Nidre campaign each fall is by far the largest, thus the most important. You have received a letter and pledge envelope from Cheryl, Robin and the rabbis.

Please do not let it sit. Fill it out and send it in. Don’t wait for the follow-up phone call. Support and participate NOW and together let’s make our 40th year the biggest and best yet.

Reba joins me in wishing you and yours L’Shana Tova and may the new year of 5775 be a sweet year filled with health, happiness, prosperity and PEACE for all mankind.

– Bob Bachrach

But by the time you read this it will be Elul and we will be back to school and preparing for the High Holidays. Which for me means some exciting things that are happening between Av and Elul. One of the most important things is that my oldest daughter, Jessie (named for my father), will return home from her summer in Israel mid-August. She spent two months working, traveling and learning in Israel. She showed me a new side of her, an independent, resilient young woman who lived through Jewish history in the making. By September, she will be back at Brandeis to finish her senior year. As you can imagine, I think of my parents often when I look at my children. Neither of the girls knew my father, Amanda has no memory of my mom as she was less than a year old when she passed, but Jessie at five years old remembers her Grammy and many of the moments, including the holiday traditions that we shared. But like many of us, I must not dwell in the past. I must learn from its lessons, cherish the memories and move forward.

As we prepare to start the Jewish year 5775, let us celebrate our past as we are inspired by our hopes for the future. To me that means looking to my family and especially my children, Jessie and Amanda. I watch them as they conquer new challenges, do things that I would never imagine and continually amaze me. They are my hope for the future, my reason not to get lost in the past.

As the shul embarks on our 40th anniversary year, we have so much to be thankful for and to celebrate. Forty years of memories and knowledge and history to celebrate and to learn from. A vibrant, active congregation engaged in learning, tikkun olam, spirituality and friendship. We are always looking to and preparing for the future of this wonderful congregation. I challenge everyone to think about the past forty years and what part Etz Chaim has played in your lives.

Come to shul and pray with us, come see the creativity and learning that happens in our education wing – our children, our future. I know I will see most of you for the High Holidays but I hope to see you before and after as well. Come get engaged, come celebrate our anniversary, remember the past and make some new memories.

On behalf of David, Jessie and Amanda, I want to wish each and every one of you a very happy, healthy and prosperous New Year filled with wonderful memories, much love and inspirational dreams.

– Cheryl Cohen-Miller

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From Our Youth Director

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September 7 All Youth-Back to Shul Picnic (Open House)

Shalom Chaverim, The year is in full swing! We have been working around the clock to bring you exciting programming, full of fun, friendship, and memories that will last a lifetime!

September 9 Middle School Breakfast at Bagelicious 7:30-8:30 a.m.

September 10

USY Themed Wacky-Annex 6:30 p.m.

September 20 Kadima-Screen on the Green 7:30-9:30 p.m.

Come join us for everything we have in store for you.

Membership applications are out, and the pricing is as follows: USY: 9th-12th grade: $95 Kadima: 6th-8th grade: $85 Jr. Kadima: 3rd-5th grade: $75 Gesher: K-2nd grade: $65

September 25-26 6th-7th grade Rosh Hashanah services Levine Chapel September 25-26 8th-12th Grade-Services-Church 9:30-11 a.m.

September 28

Junior Kadima-Skyzone 3:00-4:45 p.m.

September 28 Gesher-Monkey Joes 12:30-2 p.m.

Membership has many perks, including a cool chapter t-shirt, member only events, subsidized events, and a connection to our greater community. For more information on becoming a member, feel free to shoot me an email at perry@etzchaim.net September brings so many exciting events, highlighted as follows: September 5

Youth Social-Library 12:30 p.m.

We will be sending out more information regarding these events as they get closer. We hope that you save the dates, and we look forward to the wonderful year we have in store!

Todah Rabah,

Tot Shabbat

– Perry Birbrager perry@etzchaim.net 770-833-3227

September 6 Junior Kong 10:15-11:30 a.m.

Atlanta Hawks and the Jewish Community of Atlanta Steve Koonin and the Atlanta Hawks hosted a luncheon for the greater Atlanta Synagogue Executive Directors, Men’s Club Presidents and Youth Directors. Steve and his team presented some wonderful opportunities for Jewish organizations to take advantage of and see their home team Hawks in action during the 2014-2015 season. Keep an eye out for information from our Men’s Club and Youth groups and join in the fun.

Our own Perry Birbrager relates last year’s Youth Group experiences with the Atlanta Hawks at Phillips Arena.

Etz Chaim member and Hawks CEO, Steve Koonin, addresses the group

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Save the Date: Friday, September 5

Our Etz Chaim Community

Blue Jean Shabbat Dinner and Services 6:30 p.m.

Mazal Tov to…

Sunday, September 7

Sue and Alan Rothstein on the upcoming marriage of their daughter Sandy to Jordan Stone

Mens Club Back to School/ Back to Shul Picnic (at the Annex) Noon - 2:30 p.m.

Sunday, September 7

Sisterhood Kickoff “Cruizin’, Boozin’ & Schmoozin” at 7 p.m.

Sunday, September 14

Sisterhood Book Club at the home of Karen Keeter at 9:30 a.m.

Sunday, September 21

Mens Club “Best Breakfast in Town”™ at 9:30 a.m.

Thursday, September 25 Tashlich services at East Cobb Park or Hamptons Woods/ Butler’s Gate at 5:30 p.m.

Welcome! We are pleased to introduce these new members…

Su Berland on her engagement to Jonathan Schaer

Saundra “Sandy” Rothstein 4392 Dunmore Road Marietta, GA 30068 770-565-8527 sandroth@comcast.net

Marsha Kummins on her recent marriage to Jack Conner

Stacy and Amir Efrat on the birth of Cassie and David Fuchs Jake Ari on August 15, 2014 4156 Barberry Drive Roswell, GA 30075 David Cell: 404-610-4729 Davef_74@yahoo.com Cassie Cell: 404-825-9154 Cass151@yahoo.com Irving Briks on the loss of his Janna and Bryan Harned mother, Barbara Briks 2950 Connie Street Marietta, GA 30062 Janna Cell: 201-887-6694 Bryan Cell: 201-478-3012 jannaharned@gmail.com Helen Rosengarten bbharned@gmail.com Lou Rosengarten Linda Weinroth

Condolences From Our Heart to...

Thank You to Our Volunteers

Aimee and Rob Russ 114 Brendylynn Trace Woodstock, GA 30188 Aimee cell: 678-858-3184 Rob cell: 678-517-4217 aruss@russweb.net robruss@outlook.net

Members on the Move…

Dr. Martin and Mrs. Lauren Austin 305 Brookhaven Avenue, NE Unit 734 Atlanta, GA 30319-3284 Mayer Smith 8592 Roswell Road, Apt. 519 Sandy Springs, GA 30350 Mindy and Jim Intner 137 Barkley Lane Sandy Springs, GA 30328

Questions about purchasing a cemetery plot???

Call Bob Bachrach 770.973.0137

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A hearty Mazal Tov to this student on his Bar Mitzvah!

Avi Pearlman was called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah atop Masada, Israel, on July 21, 2014 - 23 Tammuz 5774. He is the son of Larisa and Reid Pearlman. Avi’s Bar Mitzvah parasha was Masei. He is a 7th grader at The Epstein School. Avi attended Etz Chaim’s Preschool for 3 years. His hobbies and interests include technology, sports and talking with friends.

Upcoming B’nai Mitzvah The Voice of Chaim is featuring photos and biographical information on upcoming B’nai Mitzvah.

If your child has a Bar/Bat Mitzvah in the coming months, VOC would like to feature your child’s: • Biographical information

Avi’s D’var Torah quote is “Historians are negative about Jews; however, history is not.” For his mitzvah project, Avi taught the elderly how to use technology.

• School information • Photo • D’var Torah Quote To have your child’s Bar/Bat Mitzvah information included, please email the material and a photo (if available) to Bernice at bernice@etzchaim.net.

In respect of the Sabbath, we ask that if you must have your cell phone during services, it be turned off and not visible.

All materials must be received no later than the 1st of the preceding month. We will gladly accept material earlier.

We are here for you!

Have a great idea?

A question to ask?

Your Board of Trustee liaison is available to point you in the right direction or answer your questions.

Feel free to call or email him/her with your suggestions and concerns!

Not sure of the contact information?

Call the office 770.973.0137 to find that out.

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Minyan Makers – if you are available to help make minyan on Tuesdays at 6:30 pm, even if it is just once per year, please let us know. Contact Janice Levine for our schedule – levines2000@comcast.net.

Centerpiece Rental Consider using our beautiful new topiary centerpieces for your Friday night dinner, Kiddush luncheon or Saturday evening affair. For more information, contact the Gift Shop.

JNF Trees for Israel Honor someone special by purchasing a tree in the Etz Chaim Sisterhood grove.

Contact the Judaica and Gift

Shop, 770-973-0137 ext. 124 for more information.

For more information about Sisterhood please contact: Erica Driver 678-643-1991 drivererica@comcast.net or Linda Berch 678-357-1005 cajunlin47@gmail.com Don’t forget to check us out on Facebook or at etzchaim.net

The Sisterhood Scoop I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce myself. I am Linda Berch, the new Sisterhood Co-president along with Erica Driver. In a former life I was the Sisterhood President and am eager to serve a second term beginning this year along with our new board. I want to say on behalf of Erica and myself that we are looking forward to a fantastic year!

We have so many exciting things happening this month, but first things first. Our annual Sisterhood Kickoff will be an event to remember. The theme is “Cruizin’, Boozin’ & Schmoozin’ with Sisterhood,” and I can promise you that you’ve never cruised like this before. We’ll be departing on September 7th at 7 p.m., and setting sail to different ports-of-call (technically we’re not leaving the Social Hall, but you’ll feel as though you have). Join us for an evening complete with food, drink, games and entertainment. You can start RSVPing as soon as you receive your invitation via eBlast. This event is FREE to all members and we can’t wait to kick off the new year with you!

Start the fire and get the hot cocoa out (unless of course it stays this warm) - it’s time again for our Book Club. The first Book Club meeting will be at the home of Karen Keeter (1271 Heards Ferry Rd., Atlanta) on Sunday, September 14th, at 9:30 a.m. The first book will be Tomorrow There Will Be Apricots by Jessica Soffer.

Please keep our Judaica & Gifts Shop in mind for all your Rosh Hashanah needs. We have a beautiful selection of honey pots, apple plates, embroidered white kippot and house gifts for all of your holiday needs (many are already giftwrapped). Come by and check out the amazing new merchandise.

The shop is open during Religious School hours, Tuesdays 4:30-6:30 p.m. and Sundays 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

A special “thank you” to Cindy Lewis and Cheryl Eppsteiner for coordinating our Rosh Chodesh minyanim and breakfasts. What a wonderful turnout we had for our last Rosh Chodesh! Let’s keep it going by attending our next service on October 24th at 7:00 a.m., and show our solidarity with Women of the Wall.

We are always looking for volunteers to get involved in Sisterhood. If you are interested, please contact Erica Driver 678-643-1991, drivererica@comcast.net or Linda Berch 678-357-1005, cajunlin47@gmail.com. If you want to feel connected, get involved, have fun and meet people, this is for you. We are always looking for people to volunteer for minyan and in the gift shop.

Please be aware that the $36 Sisterhood membership dues for 2014-2015 should have already appeared on your synagogue bill. We sincerely hope that all of our adult female members will support Sisterhood. Also keep in mind that if you have unaffiliated friends, they are welcome to join our Sisterhood without being members of the synagogue.

And last, but certainly not least, Erica and I would like to wish everyone a Happy and Healthy New Year – L’Shana Tova!

Erica & Linda

Anyone wishing an Aliyah should contact Bob Frohlich at bobfrohlich1@gmail.com or 770-579-1752 ATTENTION ETZ CHAIM MEMBERS If you are planning to be away for an extended amount of time, please inform the office.

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Men’s Club Notes By the time you read this, the relaxation and restfulness of the summer will be giving way to the excitement of the fall. Even though summer doesn’t “officially” end until September 22, Labor Day marks the semiofficial end of the season... and our kids have been back in school for almost a month already.

In mid-August, Men’s Club helped our congregation celebrate Shabbat in the Park by serving up a tasty Shabbat dinner of hot dogs and barbecued chicken. Next up, we’ll be celebrating the start of the new Religious School year with our annual “Back to School, Back to Shul” Picnic at the Annex on Sunday, September 7. Bring the whole family – you don’t want to miss out on the fun!

There’s a full calendar of events coming up in the next few months. Be sure to mark your calendars: September 7

Men’s Club hosts the “Back to School, Back to Shul” Picnic

September 21

“Best Breakfast in Town”™ with a special speaker

October 14

Steak & Scotch in the Sukkah

October 26

Men’s Club Breakfast and Football: Atlanta Falcons vs. Detroit Lions

October 27

Men’s Club Mar-Cheshvan Monday Morning Minyan (M5)

November 16

Thanksgiving Turkey Shoot (no actual turkeys will be harmed!)

December 14

“Best Breakfast in Town”™ and Jewish Film Festival Preview

What’s the Men’s Club Mar-Cheshvan Monday Morning Minyan (M5)? The month of Mar-Cheshvan (“bitter Cheshvan”) is called “bitter” because it’s a dead spot on the calendar with no holidays. But we Men’s Clubbers can make our own holiday by showing up for morning Minyan on the first Monday of the month!

Kol ha-Kavod to Jay Givarz and Henry Levine for all of their work on the “Career Change and Job Seekers’ Support Group” program. We appreciate all of their efforts in helping to support both men and women in our community going through changes in their work lives.

Your Men’s Club is the largest, most active and award winning FJMC club in the Southeast Region, having just been recognized by the FJMC with the 2013-14 Quality Club Award. If you haven’t had the opportunity to participate in one of our events, why not give it a try? We are always looking for our membership to become more involved, so contact Andy or Steve if you have an interest.

B’shalom, Andy Becker, Co-President Steve Krodman, Co-President abecker73@gmail.com elisson1@aol.com

MEN’S CLUB is a vital part of our congregation. Our ongoing programs include: • Supporting the synagogue’s daily minyan • Sponsoring the annual Lag B’Omer Picnic and the Labor Day cookout • Laying tefillin for the World Wide Wrap with our Hebrew School kids • Providing scholarships to Etz Chaim teens through the Bob Goldman Fund • Men’s Club Shabbat • Sponsoring the Anshei Darom weekend retreat for members at Camp Ramah • Greater Atlanta Synagogue Softball League • Set-up and usher for High Holiday Services • Supports the Holocaust Memorial Garden Our goals are to provide our members with opportunities to meet other members and make new and lasting friendships, support our community, and have some fun in the process.

JOIN MEN’S CLUB and make a difference in our Etz Chaim community!

Come out and enjoy Your Men’s Club!

Don’t forget to order your...

Lulav & Etrog Machzorim

Don’t forget to make reservations for...

High Holiday Experience Babysitting by September 5

GET ON THE LIST! Contact Andy Becker at abecker73@gmail.com or Steve Krodman at elisson1@aol.com for information.

Family Member in Hospital Our Rabbis have asked that you notify the office in the event of a family member’s hospital stay or serious illness.

Volunteer to Usher by September 8

T i c k e ts wi l l b e m a i l e d o ut t he w ee k o f S e p t em be r 8 t h.

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PLEASE JOIN US FOR EVENING MINYAN – Sunday through Thursday at 6:30 p.m.

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Bereavement Services Offered to Congregants Etz Chaim’s Chesed Committee will offer to provide meals of consolation to members. This meal is traditionally a dairy meal eaten by mourners upon their return home from the funeral.

It includes whole hard-boiled eggs, symbolizing the continuity of life. This service provided by the Chesed Committee allows the family and friends who normally provide the meal to attend the funeral themselves and give emotional support to the bereaved. Members attending out of town funerals, who sit shiva or hold a memorial service in Atlanta, will be offered a fruit tray.

In order to bring standardized, caring service to each member, Etz Chaim is modeling its procedures after those of Temple Sinai’s successful Kesher Committee. Contributions made to the Chesed Fund will help to fund these services. Teams are currently being formed for these purposes.

Anyone wanting more information, or wanting to assist in performing these mitzvot, please contact Cindy Lewis at 770-977-0240, Wendy Feinberg at 770-973-1217, or Julie Kleinman at 770-992-1231.

Your cooperation please!

The disabled parking spots are reserved for the exclusive use of those with permits. These spaces are NOT to be used by ANYONE else at ANYTIME. There is NO parking under the Education Wing overhang. It is a fire code violation.

Family Member in Hospital Our rabbis have asked that you notify the office in the event of a family member’s hospital stay or serious illness.

September Yahrzeits

Memorialize a loved one with a Brick in our Holocaust Garden or a Plaque on our Yahrzeit wall.

For information, contact the synagogue office.

August 1 Ruth Epstein

5 please Av August 15 Jane Shilling 19 Av August 11 Charlotte Kramer 56Av August 1516 Dora Weinstock September Leon Weinberger Elul *September Meyer Levin 19 Av 21 Elul *August 11 Sylvia 56Av August 1616 Morris Potler 20 Av September DianaPomerantz Goldstein Elul September Pepe Jafif 21 Elul *September Marshall

Elul *September Anne Eden 20 Av 21 Elul *August 11 Eleanor M.Jaffe Cohen 56Av August 1616 Dorothy Rifkin September Myrna Drake Elul *September Reuben Greenspon 21 Elul August 13 Rosie Riesenberg 58Av August 1616 Harold Sperling 20 Av September Earl Fairchild Elul September Meyer Feinberg August 13 Louis Pollack 58Av *August 1716 Rosalind Schwartz 21 Av 21 Elul September William Raider Elul *September Irving Holtz 22 Elul August 23 Lena Simon

68Av August 1717 Max Rabin 21 Av *September Nathan Hersh Elul September BernieKatz Nastir 22 Elul August 23 Lewis Krosner 68Av August 1717 Morris 21 Av *September Isaac Struletz Elul September LillianCohen November 22 Elul August 24 Mollie Lande 69Av August 1717 Harold 21 Av *September 4 Ethel Funk 9 Elul September 18 Ben Pollack 23 Elul August 2 Louis Witt 6 Av August 18 Ernest Singer 22 Av September 4 Philip Spiselman 9 Elul September 18 Iris Dix 23 Elul

August 2

Abe Berman

6 Av August 1818 Margie September 4 Kenneth Kaplan 9 Elul *September WynnBecker Ebel 22 Av 23 Elul *August 34 Pearl

79Av August 1818 Jack Blum Katz 22 Av September FridaStickgold Wallenstein Elul *September Florence 23 Elul August 34 Angela Sternberg 79Av August 1818 Sadie Simon 22 Av September Lois Brussel

Elul *September Kenneth D. Kopelman 23 Elul August 45 Leslie Reicher

810Av August 1918 Ethel Cohen 23 Av September Henry Halperin Elul September Helen Zuckerman 23 Elul August 55 Edith

910Av August 1918 Samuel Lebow September WillieDavis Berman Elul *September Eli Lewis 23 Av 23 Elul *August 55 Frank Isaacs 910Av September Al Kopen Elul August 1918 Mac Blatt 23 Av *September Harry Altholtz 23 Elul September AbramSmith Bernstein

Elul September Frances Marcus23 Av 23 Elul August 55 Joseph

910Av August 1918 Sam Goodman *September Eva Phillips Elul September Richard Epstein24 Av 24 Elul *August 55 Susan Altfeder 910Av August 2019 Susan Goldberg September Lou Gorod Elul September Harold Rainbow 24 Elul August 55 Phillip Kaplan 910Av *August 2019 Janice Hiller 24 Av September 5

Willie Berman

10 Elul

September 19

Magda Frank

24 Elul August 5 Lois Cohen 9 Av August 20 Samuel Rifkin 24 Av September Solomon Krieger

Elul September Michael Levy *August 56 Debra Bernes

911Av *August 2119 Adolph Kronberger 25 Av 24 Elul September 6 Miriam Smith Pollock 11 Elul *September Sam Schlenker 24 Elul *August 5 Anna Rosenberg 9 Av August 2219 Pauline Cohn 26 Av September 6 Sol Yonks 11 Elul September 19 Bertha Sabel 24 Elul

August 5

Ida Seifert

9 Av

August 22

Henrietta Brooks

26 Av September 6 Bernard Goodman 11 Elul September 19 S idney Haskins 24 Elul

August 5

Bella Lazerson

9 Av

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Millie Stern

26 AvElul September 6 Eva Sater 11 Elul September 19 Irving Rosenblum 24 August 66 Ella Field

1011Av August 2220 Robert Felson

2625 AvElul September Gittie Gollish

Elul September Beatrice Lubeck August 67 Nancy Wetstone 1012Av *August 2220 Jacob Friedman 2625 AvElul September Carolyn Pollack Elul September Ida Silberman August 77 Nathan Heller 1112Av August 2320 Sidney Levy

AvElul *September Rose Hirsch Elul September Murray Rosenzweig 2725 August 77 Mose 1112Av August 2320 Seymour Bessen 2725 AvElul September BruceTaffel Olens Elul *September Pearl Brodsky *September Jolantha Kronberger 1112Av Elul September BettyRosenblatt Shectman August 77 Aline Harris

August 2321 Doris 2726 AvElul September GladysLewis Slutsky Elul September Sherry Harms August 77 Roselle 1112Av August 2321 Phillip Bass

2726 AvElul *September Tillie Goodman Elul *September Julius Mintz August 77 Max Weinstock 1112Av *August 2421 Charles Hirsch 2826 AvElul September Milton Kramer Elul September Judith Cohen

August 87 Anita Lichter

1212Av August 2421 Mordechai Sternberg 2826 AvElul September Kenneth Goodman Elul September Harold Gutterman 2827 August 87 Harry Diamond 1212Av August 2422 Lena Frank

AvElul September Morris Kappelman Hollander 1213Av Elul September Bill Gardner August 88 Edward August 2522 Irving Feld 2927 AvElul *September 8 Emanuel Chartash 13 Elul September 23 Laura Levin 29 Elul August 8 Barbara Lightstone 12 Av August 25 Zina Kayne 29 Av September 8 Joseph Brodes 13 Elul September 23 Paul Barman 28 Elul

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2928 AvElul September 8 Bernard Levin 13 Elul September 23 Anita Wohlman *August 88 Stephen Renyi Reiner 1213Av *August 2524 Ruth Bodzy

2929 AvElul September Oscar “Buddy” Elul *September Steven Mitchell

August 99 Stanley H. Levine

1314Av August 2524 George Cohen 2929 AvElul *September Pearl Levy

Elul *September Ethel Silverberg August 99 Abraham Goldstein 1314Av August 2525 Herman Grossman 29 Av September Yaakov Rosenberg Elul September Alfred Dranove 1 Tishrei August 99 Hilda

1314Av August 2525 Ruth Kroll 29 Av *September ErwinKurtz Kantor Elul September Helen Rabin

1 Tishrei August 9 Gertrude Frost 13 Av August 2625 Esther 30 Av 1 Tishrei *September 9 Belle Goldman 14 Elul *September SylviaSchrage Bercuson September Cohen Amanda

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August 109Jane 14Krasner Av August 2625 Lillian Spiselman 30 Av 1 Tishrei September

Louis Siegel 14 Av 14 Elul September Richard Becker30 Av 2 Tishrei August 109Hajia Vaisenberg August 2626 Helen Waxman September

Martin Trueheart 14 Elul September Eliazer Sommer August 109Raymond Kahn 14 Av August 2626 Abraham Etscovitz 30 Av2 Tishrei September Betty Zimmerman

15 Elul September Celia Feldman 2 Tishrei August 1010 Martin Weiss 14 Av August 2626 William Kurtz 30 Av September 10Morris Joshua Kagan 15 Elul September Abraham Charles Mintz 2 Tishrei *August 11 Elkan 15 Av *August 2726Martin Sussman 1 Elul September Abe Oresky 16 Elul *September Arleen Shams 1 Elul 2 Tishrei August 1111 Percy Smith 15 Av August 2726 Benjamin Spelfogel September 11 Helen Fisher 16 Elul September 26 Bernard Spiegel 2 Tishrei August 11 Minnie Seidman 15 Av August 27 Regina Isenberg 1 Elul September 11 Bernard Heller 16 Elul September 27 Harold Foster 3 Tishrei *August 11 Cohen 15 Av August 27 28 Lila Elul *September 11Harry Gustav Tritt 16 Elul September Kaplan Robert1Kerbel 4 Tishrei *August 11 Rueven Wollner 15 Av August 28 Eleanor Mendel 2 Elul September 12 Diane Silverman 17 Elul *September 28 Robin Cipinko 4 Tishrei August 1113 Marc Elkan 15Smith Av August 28 Daniel Sterling 2 Elul September Michael 18 Elul *September 28 Yaffa Heimlich 4 Tishrei *August 12 B. Cohen 16 Av 18 Elul *August 2828Judge Raymond Levith September 13Dr. Jerome Janet Katz

September Sidney Garron 2 Elul 4 Tishrei August 1313 Joe 17 Av *August 2828Rafael FruchterSafran 2 Elul September Brown Ethel Diamond

18 Elul *September Solomon 4 Tishrei *August 13 Haskel Koenig 17 Av 18 Elul August 29 29 Louis 3 Elul September 13Isaac Lena Rudy

September Chesin Rose Algranati 5 Tishrei September Brown Michael

18 Elul September May Magda Kamelgarn 5 Tishrei August 1313 Joe 17Smith Av August 29 29 Rae 3 Elul September Lottie 18 Elul September Esther Kalen3 Elul 6 Tishrei August 1313 Patsy PrintzDolinsky 17 Av *August 2930Rochelle Perlow September Arnold 19 Elul September Himelfarb Vivian Rafferty 6 Tishrei August 1314 Harry CrystalRabinor 17 Av August 30 30 Judy 4 Elul *September 14Mary Stanley 19 Elul *September Sarah Lewis

6 Tishrei *August 14 SafranTinter 18 Av August 3030 Jerome Young 4 Elul September 14

Shira Levin

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Richard Palant

6 Tishrei August 14 Joseph Rosenberg 18 Av August 30 Frank Ptashkin 4 Elul *September 14 Stanley Tinter 19 Elul September Sarah 6 Tishrei August 14 Sylvia Blumenstein 18 Av August 31 30 Rebecca LevyNelkin 5 Elul September 15 Howard Feuer 20 Elul *September 30 David Hatami 6 Tishrei August 14 Seymour Sklar 18 Av August 31 Melvin Piel 5 Elul *September 15 Evelyn Coltman 20 Elul *September 30 Luba Lifshitz 6 Tishrei August 1415 Mitchell Bierman *August 3130Harry King Landerman 5 Elul September Allen Mador 18 Av 20 Elul *September Robert 6 Tishrei August 14 Abe Schultz 18 Av August 31 Simon Zimmerman 5 Elul August 15 Elaine Pollock *Denotes a memorial plaque19inAv our sanctuary to be lit on the day of the Yahrzeit and on all Yizkor holidays.

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Do you have a simcha you would like to share in the Atlanta Jewish Times?

If so, here is the URL to go directly to the Tell & Kvell page: http://atlantajewishtimes.com/submit-your-simcha-announcement/

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ETZ CHAIM LIBRARY NEWS GREAT HIGH HOLIDAY BOOKS FOR PRESCHOOLERS AND YOUNG READERS

is Tashlich, a joyous ceremony in which people apologize for the mistakes they made in the previous year and thus clean the slate as the new year begins.

Humor, touching moments between family and friends, and lots of information about the Jewish New Year are all combined in this lovely picture book. Winner of the 2010 Sydney Taylor Gold Medal for best Jewish picture book of the year!

The High Holidays will be here soon. Now is a great time to check out a few books from our library to prepare your child(ren) for the holidays.

Here are a few of our outstanding holiday books for kids: What a Way to Start a New Year by Jacqueline Jules for ages 3 to 8. Starting off the New Year in a new city isn’t easy, and it sure isn’t starting out very well for Dina and her family! But when they’re welcomed by warm and generous hosts in their new community, it becomes a very happy New Year for all. The New York Times describes this book as a pleasure to read with attractive and cheerful illustrations.

Celebrate Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur with Honey, Prayers and the Shofar by Deborah Heiligman for ages 5 to 8. This book examines how the Jewish High Holy Days are celebrated worldwide. The author’s lively first-person text introduces readers to the sounding of the shofar, the holidays’ greeting cards, prayers, and special foods.

I’m Sorry Grover: A Rosh Hashanah Tale by Tilda Balsley and Ellen Fischer for ages 2 to 5. In the fourth Sesame Street title from Kar-Ben, Brosh can’t find his beloved blue cap and suspects his friends of taking it. But when Grover finds and returns the lost item, Brosh is glad that the High Holidays offer him a chance to say, “I’m sorry” to his friends.

You may self-check out books from the library at any time.

Directions are on the library wall next to the book return basket. Someone is usually on duty in the library on Sunday mornings when there is Religious School to assist you in finding books and with book check out. The library has many new books for your reading pleasure so stop by and browse at your leisure!

New Year at the Pier: A Rosh Hashanah Story by April Halprin Wayland for ages 5 to 8. Izzy’s favorite part of Rosh Hashanah

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Tzedakah | vesm Contributions received from July 8 – August 8, 2014 General Fund In loving memory of my grandpa, Irving Feld. You live on forever in the wonderful memories you created.

David and Elyse Shaw In memory of Jane Cohen

Jeremy Cohen In memory of Chaya Visenberg. You were such an amazing, loving person, not only to us, but to everyone who was around you. Your wisdom was above my imagination.

Marat and Galina Barshay In memory of Betty Schwartz

Mark and Sheri Schwartz In appreciation for my aliyah on August 5

Marsha Shrago In memory of my dear father, Raymond Kahn, on his yahrziet

Shelly Reiner In memory of my grandfather, Jacob George Friedman, on his yahrzeit In memory of my grandmother, Sylvia Friedman, on her yahrzeit

Stan and Linda Bernknopf In memory of Sidney Rothstein, father and grandfather. All our love, all our lives In memory of Jayne Adair. You are loved and missed.

Susan and Craig Adair and Family

Rabbi Lewis Discretionary Fund In memory of Pearl Stickgold on her yahrzeit

Allan and Vivian Levine To Faye Ellen Slutsky, in memory of Sylvia Cooper.

We are glad that you had so many years with your mom. It sounds like she had a happy life.

Debbie Lucca and Keith Hylton In appreciation of my aliyah

Donna Bierman In memory of Daniel Sterling

Joe and Carole Sterling In appreciation of Rabbi and Cindy Lewis leading a wonderful trip to Israel

Joe Freeman and Lori Brickman In memory of Josiah Louis Leibowitz. You are always in our thoughts and in our hearts.

Judith Bart In honor of Rabbi Lewis. We appreciate the beautiful baby naming ceremony for Blair Annabell Shapiro. Thank you to you and Cindy for sharing simchas with us.

Mark and Renee Kaplan In memory of my grandfather, Lenny Press

Marty and Donna Bierman In memory of Mose Taffel, beloved father and grandfather, and in memory of Elaine Pollock, beloved sister and aunt.

Marty Taffel, Myles and Melissa Taffel, Alison and Marc Rabinowitz In memory of Mitchell Bierman

In memory of my aunt, Selma Cohen, on her yahrzeit

Stan and Linda Bernknopf In memory of Olga Saltzman, grandmother of Scott Lewin

Steve Fairchild

Rabbi Kerbel Discretionary Fund In honor of my aliyah for helping with Scholar‑in‑ Residence. Rabbi Kerbel, thank you for your sweet words about SIR, my cookies and my family!

Karen Needle Wishing a speedy recover to Edye Mahaffey.

Marty Taffel, Myles and Melissa Taffel and Alison and Marc Rabinowitz

Linda H. Weinroth Education Fund In honor of the birth of Jean and Nathan Weintraub’s new grandson. Mazal tov! May you see much nachas from him!

Mike and Elaine Shapow In memory of my dad, Jack Blum. We miss the laughter. With love, Risa, Joel and David Mendelson

Risa Mendelson Thank you to our family of friends who were so wonderful and important to our recovery.

Ron and Iris Bachenheimer

Robert Klein Memorial Chesed Fund In memory of Stephen Renyi. We miss you.

Dennis and Deborah Renyi In memory of our beloved mother and grandmother, Anne Eden. We miss you.

In memory of our beloved father and grandfather, Harry King. We miss you.

Steve and Joanie King

Youth Fund In honor of Avi Pearlman’s Bar Mitzvah in Israel.

Mazal Tov.

Ian and Roni Robbins In memory of my cousin, Robert Cohen, on his yahrzeit

Stan and Linda Bernknopf

Youth Scholarship Fund To Irv and Adele Greenspon, in memory of your dear sister, Leah Fink

Myra Fineman In honor of David Medof becoming a Bar Mitzvah

Rabbi Philip and Nancy Kranz

PreSchool Fund Congratulations to Stacy Efrat for being named to The Jewish Times 40 Under 40

PreSchool Playground fund In loving memory of my father, Abraham Goldstein, on his yahrzeit

Chelo Saruk In memory of our parents/grandparents, Ruth Lipnick Epstein and Aaron MeyerEpstein. Not a day goes by that we don’t think of you.

Sheri, Bob & Shannah Frohlich In honor of Bob Bachrach on your special birthday

Steve and Joanie King

College Connection Fund In memory of Polly Boardman, beloved sister of Donna Krodman In memory of Leah Fink, beloved sister of Irv Greenspon

Steve and Donna Krodman In loving memory of Betty (Nana) Sopher, thinking of you every day!

The Sopher Family

Phillip Michael Silverman Memorial Endowment To Faye Ellen and Bernard Slutsky in memory of Sylvia Cooper. We are deeply sorry for your loss and send you love and our sincere condolences.

Bob and Eileen Silverman To Adele and Irv Greenspon in memory of your beloved sister, Leah Fink

Dennis and Deborah Renyi In loving memory of Morton Mandell

Joe and Pam Ziskend In loving memory of my mother, Susan Altfeder.

Judy Fineman Congratulations to Simone and Norman Marinoff on their 50th wedding anniversary. Happy Anniversary!

In loving memory of our father, Joe Brown, on his yahrzeit In loving memory of our mother, Edna Brown, on her yahrzeit

Larry and Arlene Brown In appreciation of Rabbi Kerbel

Mark and Gail Rudel In memory of Anita Lichter

Mark and Sheri Schwartz In loving memory of my father, Dr. Seymour Bessen, on his yahrzeit

Michael and Jane Weiss In memory of devoted and loving parents, Edna Brown and Joe Al Brown

Regina and David Witt and Family In honor of Janice and Henry Levine. Thanks for caring.

Steve Wexler

Dennis and Deborah Renyi In memory of Eleanor Mendel

Lenny and Jane Simon

Marty Bierman Continues on page 30

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Tzedakah | vesm Contributions received from July 8 – August 8, 2014 Continued from page 29

Cynthia R. Freeman Memorial Endowment fund To Ellen Ullman, wishing you a speedy recovery To Rabbi and Cindy Lewis, thank you for leading such a memorable trip to Israel. We all had a wonderful time.

Alan and Lisa Freeman In memory of our dear father, Arthur Robbins, on his yahrzeit

Kevin and Debbie Robbins

Morris Frank Sacred Text Fund In memory of Lena Frank

Candy Frank and Family In loving memory of my beloved mother, Edith O. Davis

Fred Davis To Irv Greenspon, in memory of your beloved sister, Leah Fink To Neil Weiss and Marc Weiss and Family in memory of your beloved mother, Evelyn Weiss To Steve Krodman, in memory of your beloved father, Eli Krodman

Ron and Wendy Feinberg

Kazer‑Lipson Library Fund To Irving Briks in loving memory of your mother, Barbara Briks

Steven and Esther Low

In loving memory of my husband, Irving, on his yahrzeit In loving memory of my mother and dad, Eva and Isaac Levin, on their yahrzeits

Sylvia Weinberg

In loving memory of my mother, Gertrude Frost

Stanley Kaufman

Bob Goldman Scholarship Fund To Irv Briks in memory of Barbara Briks

Building Enhancement Fund In memory of Bella Lazerson

Allen Lazerson

Judy Olitsky To Irv Briks in memory of your mother, Barbara Briks

Susan Orloff

Wilensky Memorial Endowment Fund Happy Birthday to Bob Sustak Happy Birthday to Michael Weinroth Happy Birthday to Bob Bachrach Happy Birthday to Martha and Herbert Blondheim Happy Birthday to Robyn Farmer

Frank and Barbara Wilensky

Social Action Fund David and Cheryl Eppsteiner John and Joanne Reicher To Scott Lewin in memory of Olga “Bubby” Saltzman, who provided inspiration on how to live life well

Daniel Pransky and Sandy Rosenberg Pransky To Irv Briks in memory of your mother, Barbara Briks

Judy and Robert Abraham

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In memory of Susan Goldberg

Nancy and Wayne Freedman To Irv Briks in memory of Barbara Briks

Eva and Lew Rothstein To Linda and Irv Briks, in memory of your loving mother and grandmother. So glad we got to know her over the past few years.

Bonnie and Sam Roth To Irv Briks in loving memory of your mother, Barbara Briks

Ellen Feldser

Sisterhood Endowment Fund In loving memory of my mom, Janice Hiller. I can’t believe it has been 2 years already. I miss you more with each passing day! I carry you always in my heart!

David and Elyse Shaw To Irv Briks in memory of Barbara Briks. We were so sorry to hear about your mom. There are fond memories of knowing her for so many years.

Debbie Lucca and Keith Hylton

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Early Identification is Critical to Treating ASD The rise in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has been in the news a lot lately, especially as it becomes clear children can exhibit signs of ASD as early as infancy. In 2014, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimated that one in every 68 children — one in 42 boys — has an identifiable ASD.

of any of these symptoms does not mean your child has ASD. Development can be affected by a learning disability, attention deficit disorder or a variety of emotional factors.

A psychoeducational evaluation can help pinpoint the cause of any problems children have and can be a good step in resolving them.

Early identification is critical to treating ASD. In infancy and toddlerhood, warning signs may include a delay in spoken language, or lack of pointing or gesturing. As children get older, other signs become more obvious, including little or no eye contact, a lack of interest in peer relationships, the absence of spontaneous or make-believe play or a persistent fixation on objects.

As a parent, you know your child the best. If you are concerned he or she is not meeting developmental milestones, it may be beneficial to consult with a specialist. JF&CS’ top-notch psychologists have specialized training in the identification of learning disorders and autism spectrum disorder.

Even then, it is important to remember that children develop differently and the presence

For more information, contact Dr. Lori Wilson (770-677-9319) or Dr. Amy Kincheloe (770.677.9416) or visit www.yourtoolsforliving.org.

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