Nov/Dec 2022 Kol Tikvah

Road, Roswell,

A MESSAGE FROM THE

This issue of the Kol Tikvah is focused on the November December holidays and events, but before we dive into that, I want to take a pause to thank all who helped to make our holy day season so powerful. It takes a Village to Raise Holy Sparks!

Pull back the curtain in the life of a synagogue, and you will find that there is a great time warp. We plan for the Chagim, the Holy Days, just after Passover. While people are packing their children off for summer camp, we are planning for Hanukkah, and Passover

plans get made days after the fall festival of Sukkot. With these past few years and the ever changing landscape from COVID surges, we haven’t had the opportunity to properly reflect on all our holiday experiences, and thank all who worked tirelessly behind the scenes.

In preparation for and all through the holidays, beginning with the 1 of Elul and continuing through the 22 of Tishrei, we offered programs for our TBT community. 52 days of worship moments, full holiday t’fillah services, teachings, cooking and musical offerings, and soul awakening practices for every individual, from our senior most adults, all the way down to the toddlers. Please indulge me as I offer my most sincere thanks to ALL who gave of themselves to elevate and animate these chagim and this Holy Congregation. At the risk of leaving a name off should I even attempt at listing all who have given of themselves, great and small, I offer this collective statement of gratitude.

To you all, you who cared, you who shared your time and precious gifts to raise up the sparks of holiness here in our wonderful Temple Beth Tikvah community during these chagim, you are what makes TBT the special place

that it is every day. You know who you are, and we are most grateful to YOU! :)

From the letter stuffers, to those who polish the silver. The flower arrangers and shoppers, the people who made sure seniors could access the streaming service from their homes, to those who distributed and gathered up the Machzorim between services. Programmatically, we are grateful to those who curated and provided beautiful moving music, facilitated meaningful yoga sessions and mindfulness meditations, all of which opened hearts and minds.

To the builders and hosts of fantastic magical evenings in the Sukkah, and those who DJ’d the glow stick dance party, helping to raise holy pandemonium on Simchat Torah, we are most grateful. Thanks to those who made it possible for us to bring Rise Against Hunger back to TBT, and the close to 100 souls who came and packaged over 10,000 meals! To the cooks and the story tellers, the givers of tzedakah and the rollers of Torah, together we created a beautiful and meaningful season of chagim. Many incredibly special moments came to fruition because of YOU!

To this entire congregational family, may we all take the joy of this season with us, even when times seems tough. May we carry with us the images we have in our minds from the chagim into this new year of 5783, and allow them to keep raising us higher and higher!

From Berlin to Weimar, Warsaw, Krakow, Mexico City, New York, San Francisco and Boston to Roswell, GA!

Experience Tsvey Brider (vocalist Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell and accordion/keyboardist Dmitri Gaskin) as they present a world of new and traditional Jewish music of diverse genres, times and places. The sold out hit at Berlin's Radical Jewish Culture Festival, Carnegie Hall’s Migrations Festival and The Yiddish Book Center's annual festival of new music, Yidstock, Tsvey Brider is a duo you will not wanttomiss.

Diverse idioms, styles and periods contrast and combine in Tsvey Brider (meaning “two brothers,” in Yiddish) creating contemporary and unique interpretations of music in the Yiddish language. Winners of Mexico City’s Concurso Internacional de Canciones en Idish (Der Idisher Idol), the members of Tsvey Brider have performed and recorded both nationally and internationally with such noted artists as Anthony Coleman, Daniel Kahn, Michael Winograd, Michael Alpert, Alan Bern, Yale Strom & HotPstromiandVeretskiPass.

Anthony Russell is a performer, composer and arranger, specializing in music in the Yiddish language. His work in traditional Ashkenazi Jewish musical forms led to a musical exploration of his own ethnic roots through the research, arrangement and performance of African American folk music, resulting in the EP Convergence (2018), a collaboration with klezmer consort Veretski Pass, exploring the sounds and themesof100yearsofAfrican American and Ashkenazi Jewish music. Inspired by an ethnographic trip to Belarus and Poland as a Wallis Annenberg Helix Fellow, Anthony formed the duo, Tsvey Brider, with accordionist and pianist Dmitri Gaskin for the creation of new music set to modernist Yiddish poetry of the 20th century. Their new album, Kosmopolitn, was released in August on the Borscht Beat label. A Hadar Rising Song

Fellow (2021 22), Anthony is also an essayist on music and culture in a number of publications including Jewish Currents and Moment Magazine. Anthony lives in Atlanta with his husband of six years, Rabbi MichaelRothbaum.

Dmitri Gaskin is an accomplished accordion player, composer, and arranger, specializing in Klezmer and Romanian folkmusic. He performs with several Klezmer bands throughout California, most notably with Saul Goodman's Klezmer Band. Dmitri has also performed and taught at several music festivals, including KlezKalifornia. Outside of klezmer music, Dmitri won the ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award for a contemporary classical composition. He also formed Harmonikos, a performing collective of young composers and musicians. Dmitri studied accordion with Josh Horowitz and Alan Ber. He lives in California with hiswifeand their threeaccordions.

Click here for a sampling of their music!

And now, on to Hanukkah! This year, we are bringing Hanukkah candle lighting to your neighborhood! We are looking for four host families, to invite us onto your driveway or neighborhood clubhouse parking lot for celebration. Intrigued? Want to know more? Call the TBT office 770-642-0434 or julie@bethtikvah.com. More details and a list of neighborhoods will be shared shortly.

PRESCHOOL

Our Preschool students learned so much these past months about Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot and Simchat Torah. Of course, they loved eating apples and honey, round challah and edible sukkahs. They also created some terrific decorations for the Sukkah. It was so nice to see many of our families at Tot Services. Rabbi Shuval Weiner and Cantor Kassel are wonderful, and our families truly enjoyed their time together.

Thanksgiving and Chanukah are right around the corner! We are looking forward to our Family Thanksgiving Show. These past few years due to Covid we have not been able to invite everyone into the building. This year, we are looking forward to watching the children sing and share a “Thanksgiving Meal” with our families. Chanukah is always a fun time. This year, we are excited to have our preschoolers pick a day and give back to our community. Each will choose a gently used toy from home, bring it in to preschool, wash it, and write or draw a card. We will then deliver the toys to a charity. It’s great to give back, and this is an excellent way for

our preschoolers to get involved. TBT Preschool is sponsoring the Chanukah Bazaar, to be held in the Social Hall on Sunday, December 4th at 10:00 AM. Please let your friends and family know about it! Many vendors will have unique items for you to purchase as Chanukah gifts.

Thanksgiving and Chanukah is a time for us to be thankful, and to give back. I would like to tell you all how thankful and grateful I am, especially for all of the wonderful Preschool teachers at TBT! They are amazing people to work with, and we are so lucky to have them teaching our children.

Preschool Director

RELIGIOUS SCHOOL

Temple Beth Tikvah is excited to welcome Lia Zakai, our Shinshinit from Israel! Lia is doing a gap year in the United States between the completion of high school and her enlistment in the Israeli army. She is a part of the Jewish Federation of Atlanta’s Schoenbaum

. These teen ambassadors spend a year in Atlanta teaching about Israeli culture all over the Jewish community in schools, synagogues, camps, and community organizations.

Lia comes to us from Kibbutz Dalia, where she lives with her parents and two sisters. She loves arts and crafts,

News from the Religious School

dancing, fitness, and being outside. Her favorite holiday is Shavuot, and she is an expert challah baker! While in Atlanta, Lia is living with a host family in Dunwoody.

We are so lucky to have Lia with us every Sunday morning for Religious School as well as on Monday evenings for Kesher, Confirmation and Kivunim. She has already run programs with many of our students, teaching them a song and dance for Rosh Hashanah and helping our middle schoolers connect with their goals and aspirations for the New Year and beyond!

When Lia is not here at TBT, she can be found at The Davis Academy, The Friendship Circle, Jewish Kids Group of Decatur, and The Weber School. Check out her bulletin board in the Religious School lobby, or better yet, stop by and meet her in person!

Did you know? Temple Beth Tikvah’s Sunday classes utilize Shalom Learning, an award winning values based curriculum developed by a team of Jewish and secular educators. Our school is among 120 partner synagogues using this program to make Jewish education more engaging and relevant for our students. Lessons are based around seven core values and their connection to our everyday lives. Jewish history, culture, holidays, text, and traditions are integrated into the values concepts, helping students to learn how to build positive relationships and make responsible decisions. Shalom Learning includes multiple modalities reading, singing, projects and activities, video clips, discussion, and more to ensure that every student can find an avenue for accessing content and internalizing meaning.

We have also re introduced community t’fillah, encouraging our entire student body to come together each week, and regular shira (music/ song) with Cantor Kassel. These segments of Sunday morning mix grade levels so that younger students and older students can learn from each other, and expose students to prayer and song outside of the classroom setting.

As we re envision our learning programs, your feedback is crucial! Please don’t hesitate to reach out with questions or concerns.

Religious School Director

YOUTH PROGRAMS

During one of our annual Confirmation trips to Washington D.C., Rabbi Shuval Weiner and I started dreaming. After many years of taking teens on this trip, we had seen the impact that this experience had on the participants and the class. We would leave Atlanta on Friday morning with a group of teens who were, to varying degrees, engaged at TBT (after all, they were signed up for Confirmation), and were peers and classmates, some friends. We returned on Monday evening with a completely different group: a group of new friends, with inside jokes and a shared experience. They were now a group that wanted to be together, and together at our synagogue. Really, this wasn’t a surprise. Having been myself a teen who was involved in a Jewish youth group, and now after 20 years as a professional in the field, I know the impact that an immersive Jewish experience can have on both the individual and the group.

“There is something different about a program that doesn’t end after a few hours waking up surrounded by your peers, sharing meals together, learning through a variety of shared experiences over the course of multiple days. Immersive experiences deepen identity, friendships, and connection to your Jewish community (San Francisco, Jewish Federation website).”

Rabbi Shuval Weiner and I knew that we needed to bring more of these experiences to our students. And so, I am excited to announce the launch of our experiential grade trips for each class (starting in 5th grade). Each trip will include an age appropriate meaningful educational element, as well as a Tikkun Olam (repairing the world), or service component. And

of course, fun and social time. Some of the trips will be local or day trips, and some will be full weekend experiences in other places. The goal of these trips it to foster bonds between the students, helping them grow and learn, and feel connected to one another as well as to their TBT and larger Jewish community. We want students to realize that their Jewish educational experience doesn’t end with their Bar or Bat Mitzvah. In fact, research has shown that immersive Jewish experiences for adolescents have a lasting impact on their long term involvement in their Jewish community as adults. Steven Bayme, director of Contemporary Jewish Life at the American Jewish Committee, noted that for “many years the best predictors of long term Jewish involvement has been the adolescent teen experience. The problem with Jewish education is that it has become a pre Bar Mitzvah affair. And so just when Jewish experiences will matter the most in terms of long term Jewish involvement, that is the moment we lose the kids. Adolescence is the most critical time for communal programming and intervention. If the community provides serious programming, that is where we get the most rewards in terms of long term Jewish involvement.”

We hope that you will partner with us and encourage your young adolescents and teens to stay engaged and come on these experiences with their TBT peers. We know that these trips will be rewarding for the participants and that the impact will be long lasting. Check out the flyer in this month’s newsletter to see the trips that are planned for each grade!

Photos from recent HOTTY event: Regressive Dinner and Movie

YOUTH PROGRAMS

October was our first Parent to Parent Session, and we got together to discuss how to set limits on our teens’ cell phone and technology usage, as well as how to keep them safe and protect them when they are using technology. It was an incredibly informative session, and one where parents were able to share with one another, offer support and suggestions. We hope that it will be the start to more conversations in the future. One parent who attended said, “Thanks again for planning the recent parent session on technology. The expert from Bark was a great resource to talk to, and it was also helpful to hear how other TBT families have approached certain challenges in this area.”

Our next session is on November 14, and we’ll be discussing Academic Pressure and Stress. Joining us is Drew Glover, a guidance counselor from Roswell High School. Hope you are able to join us!

SIMCHAS

Noah Isaac Hartog will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah on November 5. He is the son of Peter and Traci Hartog, and brother to Ben. He is also the grandson of Marlene and Arlen Zinn, Len Hartog, and the late Linda Strachman, of blessed memory. He shares his Bar Mitzvah date with the birth date of his late great grandmother, Ida Jacoby, after whom he was named.

Noah is in seventh grade at Crabapple Middle School in Roswell, where he is in the AVID program, and the honor roll, since he started there in 2021. Noah loves traveling to new places, watching anime and Stranger Things, playing video games, and Dungeons and Dragons. He also loves playing piano. He can’t wait to return to Camp Coleman next summer. Noah is happiest when he’s trying new dishes, especially if it involves sugar and chocolate, or is the most expensive thing on the menu.

For his Mitzvah Project, Noah has chosen The Sandwich Project, and has been making sandwiches weekly to help feed those who are food insecure. He has also cooked and served meals at the Zaban Paradies Center.

Noah would like to thank Rabbi Shuval Weiner, Cantor Kassel, Jay Weiner, and Rachel Wilson for helping him prepare for his Bar Mitzvah as well as all his teachers at TBT for helping him reach this milestone.

Lillian Zlotnick will be called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah on November 12. She is an eighth grader at Crabapple Middle School in Roswell, and enjoys writing, shooting hoops, practicing her violin, and spending time with her brother, Simon and her friends. Lillian is a madricha and attends Kesher class weekly here at TBT. She is enthusiastic about this milestone, and credits that enthusiasm to Rabbi Shuval Weiner, Jay Weiner, Cantor KasselandAmyPeskin.

Lillian and her family appreciate the support of the entire congregation, and look forward to celebrating this, andfuturesimchas.

Abigail Futoran willbecalled to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah on November 19. Abigail is an eighth grader at Northwestern Middle School. Her hobbies include volleyball, shopping, makeup, and staying connected to friends near and far. Abigail enjoys spending time with her family while traveling, dining out, and watching hockey. She also enjoys children and chose to work with Creating Connected Communities as her Mitzvah Project. At the end of October, she will organize a dessert booth and assist young children as they create an edible masterpiece. Abigail looks forward to celebrating this milestonewithfriendsandfamily.

The Futoran family would like to thank Rabbi Shuval Weiner, Cantor Kassel, and Jay Weiner who have helped prepare Abigailforthisspecialday.

Lila Bernstein will be called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah on December 3. Lila is the youngest child of Michael and Jeannine, and sister to Ben and Nate. She is in the 7th grade at Crabapple Middle School in Roswell, where she really enjoys producing and editing Tik Tok videos with her friends. Her other interests include dominating as a lacrosse goalie, playing tenaciousdefenseon thebasketball court andbeing theco CEO of Wined Up candle making business. On her Bat Mitzvah journey, Lila opted to work on 13 mitzvah projects to support organizations such as Blessings in A Backpack, TheDrakeHouse, Pleasant HillFood Pantry,Jewish National Fund Trees and the Zaban Shelter. She is excited to take her place on the Bima as her first steps into Jewish adulthood.

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Congregant Susan Berman has written a book about her mother. “Challenging Faith” is a compelling read of a beautiful Jewish family’s true story in Germany before, during and after the Holocaust. The Simon’s family legacy is revealed by their second oldest daughter, Ruth Simon Heinemann, now its sole survivor at nearly 98 yearsofage.

Come journey with Ruth and her sister to England on the Kindertransport, share her family’s near escape to freedom in Cuba on the MS St. Louis and learn how their Jewish faith helps sustain eachofthem.

Discover how, through the compassion of others, Ruth and two of her sisters are saved to become proud American

citizens who impart the values of their beloved parents to the generations that follow. And, finally, join Ruth and other family members as they return to their hometown in Germany years later, to honor those that were lost so tragically so theirpreciousfamilycouldprevail.

“ChallengingFaith,” Susan’sfirstbook,willsoonbe available wherever books are sold. Susan enjoys many hobbies, including writing, reading, creating and meeting new people. She strives to give back to her community.Susan her husband, Steve, have been TBT members since 2016, and enjoy attending services.

The author, Susan (Heinemann) Berman and her mother, Ruth (Simon) Heinemann, as they celebrated Passover in the Berman home, this past Spring, 2022.

Upcoming calendar event: A TBT Adult Education program featuring Susan Berman will be scheduled in the months ahead.

SISTERHOOD

ShalomFrom Sisterhood!

 Calling all Mahjongg players! Please join us at TBT on Wednesday, November 16th at 6:30 PM for our monthly Maj Night. We will serve light snacks; feel free to bring a beverage of choice. Also, bring your mahjongg card and a set,if youhaveone. Haven’tplayed ina while? No problem we will give you a refresher course. Register here!

 Party with a Purpose: Come and shop for a great cause at our “Drake Closet Shopping Night” on November 29th from6:00 8:30 PM. The Drake Closet is a Roswell boutique benefitting The Drake House, which supports homeless women and children in Metro Atlanta. The event is free, but we ask that you bring some gently used women’s clothing and/ or accessoriesto donate. Wine and cheese will beserved. LookforanRSVPlinksoon.

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Save the Date! January 11, 2023, 6:30 8:30 PM. Don’t miss our first event of the new year: Take Care of ME in 2023. This will be a fun evening, including healthy nibbles (well, maybe some wine, too!) and a Barlates class with TBT Sisterhood member and fitness instructor, Danna Leff. All fitness levels are welcome. Lookforasignupsoon. Enjoy the upcoming holidays; hope to see you soon!

Carol Schemo Sisterhood Co President cschemo@gmail.com

Stephanie Joseph Sisterhood Co President stephjo143@gmail.com

ANNUAL CAMPAIGN

Happy 5783 to all of you! As we approach and celebrate our 36th year at TBT, we are blessed in so many ways to be part of this community. Our clergy, staff and volunteers are committed to enrich our lives through a rich diversity of spiritual, educational, cultural, musical and social offerings. Financially, in a perfect world, we wouldn’t need the Annual Campaign but it’s part of being fiscally responsible, and few congregations can do without it. Last year’s campaign raised over $120,000 with a 35%participationrate.Againthisyearour stretch goal is to achieve a50%participation rate. Our goal

for 2022 23 is $120,000 and $7,500 from our 2nd Annual TBTGolfTournament.

Thank you to all of our members for your commitment to dues, building fund, religious school and other fees. Please consider a meaningful gift to the Annual Campaign in our Double Chai year. It takes avillage.

FundraisingChair

NEW MEMBERS

Mike and Helaine Shuster are originally from New York. They met in high school in South Florida, and moved to Atlanta in 1987. They both graduated from The University of Florida, and Mike received his JD from The University of Florida, as well. Mike is a partner/attorney with Fryer, Shuster, Lester & Pollack. He helps clients with estate planning, and assists closely held business owners and executives start and sell businesses. He is a founding board member of The Alpha Loop Foundation, Alpharetta’s

He is a huge Braves fan, enjoys poker, wine collecting and travel. Helaine raised her two sons, Darren and Jonathan, and now volunteers for The Sandwich Project and Cure Childhood Cancer. She enjoys playing Mah Jongg, entertaining, planning itineraries and travel. They look forward to getting involved at TBT.

Marshall and Dolores Barrash live in the Garden Hills area of Buckhead. Marshall is a Georgia Tech engineer; he is retired from The Coca Cola Company, where he worked in the technical and marketing departments. Marshall enjoys painting with oils, colored pencil and watercolors. He does portraits, animals, landscapes and still life art. He is active in several artist organizations. Dolores attended Rollins College, and has been a legal secretary, banker, medical transcriptionist, and is a licensed GA real estate agent, inactive. She has a passion for cooking, baking and entertaining: her collection of linens and cookware are put to good use.

They have children and grandchildren, some of whom are TBT members: Mary (Scott) Block, Nicholas and Camille. They feel truly blessed that all of their very devoted family live in metro Atlanta.

ADULT EDUCATION

IN GENESIS with Rabbi Donald Tam

We

study sections from the Book of Bereishit

taken from The Creation of Reality through the depiction of Adam and Eve in "The Garden of Eden," and their expulsion from Paradise. Are these stories metaphors of something larger than merely a

tall tale,” difficult for us to make sense of in today’s world? How do our Rabbinic commentators interpret these sections of Genesis? Did they see this early part of Genesis as Natural and early human history, or something deeper than a simple descriptive story of God, Creation, and primitive humanity? What can we learn about the rabbis understanding of human nature,

the Natural environment, and how the two are meant

function together? Did they see humankind as dominators of Nature, or as caretakers of our world and its species? If such questions intrigue you, join us!

COMMUNITY

ANNUAL CAMPAIGN 2022/2023 in memory of

our parents' Yahrzeits: Valerie Cohen Kassel & Milton Nolan Kassel from Cantor Nancy Kassel & Valerie Kassel, Jr.

Julius "Jay" Bearman from Dale & Wendy Bearman

Fritzie Shaw from Dale & Wendy Bearman Joshua Jaffe from Dale & Wendy Bearman Erik Ludwig from Gilbert & Ellen Ludwig Gloria Levine from Ronald & Leslie Swichkow Bernard Swichkow from Ronald & Leslie Swichkow

BACKPACK BUDDIES

in appreciation of

and in honor of Rabbi Shuval Weiner for the High Holidays from David & Jenny Korsen

BUILDING FUND DONATION in memory of

Stanley Berke from Andy Berke Gloria Berke from Andy Berke Joseph Zimmerman from Steven & Janice Liederman

CAMPERSHIP/ISRAEL FUND in memory of

Barry Dvorchik from Chad & Meredith Paulin Richard Cooper & Harry Lowy from Hadley & Lisa Lowy

Simon Tolkan from Judith Tolkan Harris Mitchell Simons from Robert & Adele Toltzis

CANTORS FUND in appreciation of

Thank you for the marvelous music and singing on the High Holy Days from Alice & Sam Herndon the staff and the Beth Tikvah kehillah for your support while we search for our precious fur baby, Latke. Thank you. from Bernice Isaac & Richard Quintana

Cantor Nancy Kassel for presiding over the shiva service for Rita Tuvlin, from her family. from Bernie Tuvlin Maddy and Matt's wedding ceremony from Douglas & Donna Kallman

Cantor Kassel for Isaac’s Bar Mitzvah from Melanie, Kevin, Haley, Abby and Isaac Metzger

Cantor Kassel from Rodney & Erika Eberhardt the beautiful Holy Days from Ronald & Leslie Swichkow

Cantor Kassel for making Ben and Alex's wedding so lovely from Sharon Levine Khoury

Cantor Kassel from Steven & Janice Liederman of our High Holiday Honor from Todd & Rachel Wilson

in honor of

Cantor Kassel and the Choir from David & Christy Toltzis

Joel Margolies from Fred & Terry Segal

Marriage of Mike & Mary Beth Toltzis from Robert & Adele Toltzis

Cantor Nancy Kassel from Scott and Rhonda Povlot

Sofi's baby naming. William & Marjorie's Granddaughter from William & Marjory Segal

in memory of

Alfred Fried, Father of Andy Fried from Andy Fried

Alfred Fried from Andy & Ilana Zalkin My beloved father, Michael Z. Cohn from Barrie Cohn

Celia Mendelson from David & Christy Toltzis Leah Restler from Donald Restler

Tillie Benefield and Ronald Davis Benefield from Glen & Veronica Krapf

Roselen Rivkin from Jonathan & Lynda Bennett

Bobbi Bennett from Jonathan & Lynda Bennett

my father, Milton Marshall from Judith Levine

Mamie Greifer from Mark & Debbie Weiss

Shlomo Stansky from Melvin Levine

Mitchell Seifstein from Robert & Adele Toltzis

Shirley Cohn from Steven & Arlene Cohn Henny Wasserman from Steven & Arlene Cohn

Rita Tuvlin from Warren & Stephanie Lampert

CARING/KEHILLAT CHESED FUND in appreciation of

The Caring Committee from David & Jenny Korsen in memory of

Helen Walkes from Bruce & Bonnie Walkes

Harris Simons from David & Christy Toltzis

Marcia Zarett from Jon Zarett

Phillip Kaplan from Robert & Cindy Goldstein

Liz Hodes from Ronald & Leslie Swichkow

Helaine Kaufman Buchwald from The Perlson Family other from Lonnie & Debbie Carter

EDUCATION FUND CONTRIBUTION in appreciation of

Jay Weiner for Isaac’s Bar Mitzvah from Melanie, Kevin, Haley, Abby and Isaac Metzger

Rachel Wilson for Isaac’s Bar Mitzvah from Melanie, Kevin, Haley, Abby and Isaac in memory of Erwin "Buddy" Berman from Marcia & Danny Boaz

Henia Miller from Natasha & Josh Cutler

GENERAL FUND in appreciation of

The beautiful services on the first day of Rosh Hashanah and for my grandson's Bar Mitzvah. from Brenda Turetsky

Michael Berger from Harlan & Ivie Graiser

As of 10/24/22

in honor of

Dillon Graiser from Harlan & Ivie Graiser Bat Mitzvah of Alexandra Mae Berger from Harlan & Ivie Graiser

Aryeh Leib from Harlan & Ivie Graiser in memory of

Miriam Natter from Bernie & Gail Natter

Murray Wixman from Bruce & Bonnie Walkes

Anna Mangen from Bruce & Bonnie Walkes

Norma Dubbrin from Gilbert & Ellen Ludwig

Sarah Ludwig from Gilbert & Ellen Ludwig

Fred Stern from Gilbert & Ellen Ludwig

Mildred Graiser from Harlan & Ivie Graiser

John Schwartz from Harlan & Ivie Graiser

Isaac Liebowitz & Nav Williams from Herbert & Marsha Williams

Gloria P. Levine from Katie & Jamie Jaffe

Bill Letovsky from Marla & Glenn Zimmerman

Golda Wolf from Max & Carol Wolf

Rita Tuvlin from Scott & Rhonda Povlot

KATHY LEVIN EDUCATION AWARDS FUND in memory of from Bowie & Barb Rosenberg

LAURA DERIEMER MEMORIAL MITZVAH FUND in memory of Harold Goldsmith from Betty Rickles Gary Glazer from Ginger Glazer & Ken Lawler

MICHAEL ZALKIN MEMORIAL LIBRARY FUND in memory of

Lillian Mansfield and Elizabeth Goldberg from Jeffrey & Beth Kess

Gloria Levine from Mark & Gail Rudel

PRAYERBOOK FUND SIDDUR in memory of

Isadore Zierler from Gordon & Hollis Decker

Daniel Sterling from Joe & Carole Sterling Sargent Sterling from Joe & Carole Sterling

PRESCHOOL FUND in appreciation of

Linda Siegel from Robert & Joan Kastin in memory of Elaine Glickman from Andrew & Jane Glickman

George Glickman from Andrew & Jane Glickman

RABBI SHUVAL WEINER DISCRETIONARY FUND in appreciation of

the High Holy Days services from Alice & Sam Herndon

Brit Shalom from Andrew & Zoe Bayley

Rabbi Shuval Weiner leading a shiva minyan in memory of Carol Faintich from Cindy Livingston and friends

Maddy and Matt's wedding ceremony from Douglas & Donna Kallman Rabbi Shuval Weiner You are a GEM, thank you! from Marcy Kaufman

Rabbi Shuval Weiner for Isaac’s Bar Mitzvah from Melanie, Kevin, Haley, Abby and Isaac Metzger

Rabbi Shuval Weiner from Rodney & Erika Eberhardt the beautiful Holy Days from Ronald & Leslie Swichkow our High Holiday Honor from Todd & Rachel Wilson

in honor of

Rabbi Shuval Weiner from Scott & Rhonda Povlot

in memory of

Alfred Fried, Father of Andy Fried from Andy Fried

Ruth Fried, Mother of Andy Fried from Andy Fried

Miriam Elinger from Carolyn Harrison, Cindy Janis, Harriet Whiteman, & Mickie Cohen Rebecca Leitman from David & Nancy Miller Bernard Zarett from Jon Zarett

Paula Stark from Jon Zarett Howard Seidband from Marc Seidband Norton Simons from Robert & Adele Toltzis Harris Povlot from Scott and Rhonda Povlot Rose Trucker from Shirley Plotkin Linda Haskins from Terri & Barry Steinberg Lawrence Seibold from Tom & Patti Seibold

RABBI TAM'S DISCRETIONARY FUND in appreciation of the High Holy Days services from Alice & Sam Herndon in honor of Rabbi Tam from Rhonda & Scott Povlot Rabbi Tam, May the New Year bring you and your family much good health and happiness. from Sherrie & George Warsaw

in memory of

Robert Sharkis from Hadley & Lisa Lowy Sy Lewis from Lonnie & Debbie Carter Jacob Wolf from Max & Carol Wolf

TIKKUN OLAM FUND in honor of

the marriage of Ben Khoury to Alex from Aaron & Sheila Stieglitz in memory of Morris Willard from Jeffrey Willard Speedy Recovery of Lois Clymin from June Wallach

9955 Coleman Road Roswell, GA 30075 www.bethtikvah.com

Rabbi Alexandria Shuval Weiner

Cantor Nancy Kassel

Rabbi Emeritus Donald A. Tam

Preschool Director Linda Siegel

Religious School Director Judy Limor

Engagement Director Suzanne Hurwitz

Youth Engagement Director Bobbee Griff

President John Restler

Vice President Todd Boehm

Vice President Dalia Faupel

Vice President Mark Greenspan

Vice President Traci Hartog

Vice President Deidre Kinoshita

Vice President Josh Berman

Treasurer David Siegel

Secretary Lynda Bennett

Immediate Past President Joe Dunn

Budget & Finance

Karen Korshak karcpa@comcast.net

Camp/Israel Scholarship

Bobbee Griff youth@bethtikvah.com

Chavurot/Affinity

Brian Rubenstein brianrubenstein@yahoo.com

College Outreach

Jules Salinas gatordiva90@yahoo.com

Communications Marlene Cohn marlene@thecohns.us

Tony Rosenberg trosenberg860@gmail.com

House

Ted Nathan tnathan@baldwinscheduling.com

Kehillat Chesed (Caring) Leslie Swichkow lswichkow@comcast.net

Library

Ilana Zalkin ilanaz@att.net

Membership Recruitment & Retention

Jaime White butcherj15@gmail.com

Samantha Mitman smitman7978@gmail.com

Nominating

Jenni Trebon jennirun@yahoo.com

Fundraising Mark Rudel mrudel2018@gmail.com

Ritual Rick Winer rsw@drrickwiner.com

Security

Jay Sausmer jsausmer@gmail.com

Sisterhood Stephanie Joseph stephjo143@gmail.com Carol Schemo cschemo@gmail.com

Social Action/Social

Maggie McAuliffe mgm5sbh@gmail.com

Backpack

Manda Turetsky and Leslie Zlotnick

Website

Scott Povlot spovlot@yahoo.com