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HAYOM NOVEMBER 2016 TISHRI-CHESHVAN 5777 ISSUE #11
9 LEE BLVD • SAVANNAH, GA 31405 • 912-352-4737 • WWW.AGUDATH-ACHIM.COM
In This Issue:
Information from the President Shalom School Info Backpack Buddies Info
Men’s Club Info Updating Aliyah Cards Sisterhood Mitzvah-Gram Yahrzeits
Contributions November Calendar November Birthdays
GILEE SHABBAT Georgia Israel Law Enforcement Exchange Shabbat
Friday, November 4th 6:00 p.m.
Kabbalat Shabbat service
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Motti Locker
PRESIDENT
Victor Shernoff
FINANCIAL SECRETARY
Elise Shernoff
RECORDING SECRETARY
Ed Bernard
TREASURER
Michael Bonder
IMMEDIATE
PAST PRESIDENT
Steven Roth
BOARD MEMBERS
Matthew Allan
Robyn Carroll
Adam Fins
Kenneth Hoffman
Fran Kaminsky
Marcy Konter
Nancy Isaacson
Jeff Mayo
Rick Meier
Scott Samuels
Barry Schlafstein
Linda Zoller
HONORARY MEMBER
David Hirsh
MEN’S CLUB PRESIDENT
David Hirsh
CHEVRA KADISHA
David Reeves
ENDOWMENT
COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
Joel Goodman
RITUAL COMMITTEE
Steve Arkin
SHALOM SCHOOL
Eva Locker
Information from the President:
Dear Congregants,
October, with all the holidays, was quite busy. The next few weeks is
proving to be full of activities. The weekend of November 4/5 brings
to AA a Gilee delegation of 25 law enforcement officials charged
with protecting our homeland, Israel. Kabbalat Friday night services
followed by dinner, and Shabbat services followed by Kiddush lunch
allows us to meet and greet these officers. Please plan to attend and
RSVP for Friday night dinner.
In addition, the Rabbi search committee has begun meeting to
refocus our application to JTS to meet our present day needs.
Backpack Buddies is in full swing with big plans which include
weekly food deliveries to 4 schools with children in need and a
thanksgiving delivery of food to needing families.
Anyone can donate to this wonderful program and we encourage all
to participate with money and volunteerism.
Everyone have a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends.
Remember, we are here for you and the doors are open so please
come in.
My best to all,
Victor Shernoff
President
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L’Dor Vador
L’Dor Vador. From generation to generation. It's such a simple yet powerful phrase. With generations come
stories, names, recipes, heirlooms, and tradition. I think of my own family and how my children will inherit
stories of the lives their great-grandparents led. Lives of hard-work, persecution and love. They laugh as
they recall their grandfather's favorite Hanukkah story, spout off their grandmother's words of wisdom, and
are always on the lookout for words, stories, and pictures of the past. I relish in the discussions I have with
my children after a week spent with my mother. They remind me the funny looking Sukkah decoration done
by their father when he was 5, they ask for details on stories they were told, and they ask to go do the same
things we did as a child hoping for the same great experience. That's the power of the phrase “L’Dor
Vador.”
At Shalom School, we carry this phrase not only in actions with immediate family but the family that is our
community. Our younger classes perform every year for the residents at Buckingham. They get hugs from
the residents, they listen to stories, and they share in prayer. Watching the children and the residents saying
the same Bracha (blessing) in unison is a heartwarming sight. It's so powerful. It's so beautiful.
Communities around the world have been doing the same thing for thousands of years. Around this same
time of year (Purim), our students get the opportunity to make Hamentaschen with women of both
congregations’ Sisterhood. They learn the recipes, roll the dough and cut circles before filling and folding
the cookie. Inevitably, some women will tell the children how they use to bake once the same Hamentaschen
with their children and how today they keep doing so with their grandchildren. Students learning with
someone they might not recognize is an opportunity to build a new relationship but more importantly, it
makes the child realize that they are part of a bigger picture. It has become a tradition at Shalom School to
hold an annual Grandparents and Special Friends Breakfast. The day of the event, the students are hosting
and entertaining their guests. The students cheerfully sing and perform, but not before taking their 'orders',
filling plates and serving their guests. This is another powerful thing to watch. Not only do we see the
younger generation attending to the older one, but we see the students take such pride in doing so. They
beam when they sing their songs in Hebrew, as they recite a prayer, and show off all of their knowledge
from the year. Watching the younger generation interacting with the older generation with such enthusiasm
is so fulfilling for all of our staff, parents and guests, and another expression of L’Dor Vador .
This school year, we have many activities on our calendar. We are so grateful to have new and familiar
faces to teach, engage and inspire as we educate a new generation. As Josh Nelson words it in his song:
We are carriers of wisdom, not the first and not the last.
Eva Locker,
Principal
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MEN’S CLUB
We have a program planned for
Sunday, December 11, 2016.
A trip to Jacksonville to see the Jacksonville
Jaguars play the Minnesota Vikings. The cost
is $55 per person for the football tickets only.
All are Welcome! Please advise by email ASAP
to David Hirsh: [email protected] or
AA: [email protected], if you are interested.
We will check on group transportation when
we have an idea of attendance.
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Updating Aliyah Cards
We are in the process of updating the Aliyah Cards that we use when calling you to the
Bima.
We need the following listing for you:
Please provide us with your name so we can update or correct the listing. We are listing
the names in transliterated English.
Traditionally, names were listed with the father’s name:
Avram ben (son of) David or Sarah bat (daughter of) Mordechai.
It is also proper to list the name with both parents, such as:
Avram ben David v’(and) Leah or Sarah Bat Mordechai v’ Esther.
Finally, if your father was a Cohen or a Levi, you add this to the end of your name, such
as:
Avram ben David haCohen v’ Leah or Sarah Bat Mordechai haLevi v’ Esther.
My name is:________________________________________________________
If you have any questions about your name, call Motti at 912-352-4737 or email him at
When you have finished, please mail, drop-off, or email this form.
Congregation Agudath Achim, 9 Lee Blvd, Savannah, GA 31405
Email: [email protected]
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NOVEMBER 01/30 TISHREI
PHILLIP ABRAMS
CLARA DIAMOND
IVAN KULBERSH
FRANCES RUDIKOFF
NOVEMBER 02/1 HESHVAN STACEY BINDER
ABRAHAM HARRIS
ANNE KARLIP
ABRAHAM SAND
NOVEMBER 05/4 HESHVAN LUBA ANTOPOLSKY
JESSE BERKOWITZ
GUSSIE BUCHSBAUM
MOZELL LOWERY
CHANA ROSENBAUM
NOVEMBER 06/5 HESHVAN
REBECCA JOSELOVE
JEAN ROSEN
NOVEMBER 07/6 HESHVAN
MATTHEW CRANMAN
PAULINE TENENBAUM
NOVEMBER 08/7 HESHVAN
PEARL BERWITZ
MILTON TOWBIN
MICHAEL TURECK
NOVEMBER 11/10 HESHVAN
HERSHEL HARRIS
NOVEMBER 12/11 HESHVAN
HELEN WITZKE
NOVEMBER 13/12 HESHVAN
SHIRLEY ROBIN
NOVEMBER 14/13 HESHVAN
YETTA MAYO
NOVEMBER 15/14 HESHVAN
ANNA ELMAN
ESTHER PAZOL
NOVEMBER 16/15 HESHVAN
PATRICIA BARBER
MORRIS NATHAN
MAY SMALHEISER
NOVEMBER 17/16 HESHVAN
SOL NEIDICH
NOVEMBER 18/17 HESHVAN
PEARL BAKER
MINNIE SACALOFF
MAURINE WIENER
NOVEMBER 19/18 HESHVAN
JOAN KALISH
JOSEPH SHERNOFF
NOVEMBER 20/19 HESHVAN
URSULA BROOME
RENEE’ SHATZ-ADMUR
BERT WEILAND
NOVEMBER 21/20 HESHVAN
DENA NATHAN
NOVEMBER 22/21 HESHVAN
JULIUS RUDIKOFF
NOVEMBER 23/22 HESHVAN
EVELYN GAYNOR
ALBERT GOMEL
NOVEMBER 24/23 HESHVAN
MAURICE DAYAN
IRVING KAMINSKY
CLARA TODTFELD
NOVEMBER 25/24 HESHVAN
S. DERMER
LILLIAN MILLER
SYLVIA TERNER
NOVEMBER 26/25 HESHVAN
LOU CUTTNER
LOUIS KAMINE
LAWRENCE KONTER
MADELINE RUBIN
JOSEPH SCHMALHEISER
NOVEMBER 27/26 HESHVAN
LILLIAN YOUNG
NOVEMBER 28/27 HESHVAN
JULIUS KAMINSKY
CHARLES REEVES
MORRIS SHOOB
NOVEMBER 29/28 HESHVAN
ANNIE KARP
ANNA RETTIG
NOVEMBER 30/29 HESHVAN
MAX HANDSHU
Yahrzeits November 2016 5777
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Sylvia & Morris Cohen Israel Travel
Endowment Fund
In Memory Of
Malcolm Alterman & Lewis Cohen
Edward & Becky Cohen
Larry Lasky Memorial Fund for
Conservative Judaism
In Memory Of
Larry Lasky
Rene Lehrberger
Tillie Seligman
Sandy & Marcus Seligman
Yetta Mayo
Jeff & Monique Mayo
Happy Birthday
Murray Galin
Betty Lasky
Speedy Recovery Of
Harriet Ullman Betty Lasky
Building Fund
In Memory Of
Michael Tureck
Yetta Tureck
Laura’s sister Dotsy
Elise & Victor Shernoff
Happy Birthday
Jim Montag
Cookie & Barry Gale
Prayer Book Fund
In Memory Of
Louis Bober J.K. Haim & Gail Bober
Lisa Cooper Anita Schlossberg
Backpack Buddies
In Memory Of
Dr. Richard Leavey
Harriet & Eric Meyerhoff
In Honor Of
Stacy Robbins
Sandy & Lewis Schneider
Lewis Danish Tzedakah
In Memory Of
Philip Abrams
Barbara & Ellis Abrams
Happy 70th Birthday
Paul Feldman
Sandy & Lewis Schneider
In Honor Of
Nancy Feldman, Motti Locker &
Merry & Richard Bodziner
Sandy & Lewis Schneider
Rabbi Jerry Potack Camp Ramah Fund
In Memory Of
Tillie Seligman
Arnold Tillinger
Happy Birthday
Mary Friedman
Don & Kaye Kole
Dayle & Aaron Levy
Roz & Buddy Portman
Harriet Ullman
Bailee Tenenbaum Kronowitz
Kiddush Fund
Yizkor for Family
Joan Pam
In Honor Of
Sherry Deems’s Grandson
Elise & Victor Shernoff
Thank You
Cookie Gale
Elise & Victor Shernoff
Speedy Recovery Of
Harriet Ullman Harriet & Eric Meyerhoff
Suzanne & Michael Konter
Elise & Victor Shernoff
Rene Lehrberger
Glad Your Doing Better
Liz Arkin
Suzanne & Michael Konter
Leaf on the “Tree of Life:
Happy 70th Birthday
Paul Feldman
Merry & Richard Bodziner
General Fund
In Memory Of
George Tenenbaum
Michael Dobbs
George Harrison
Linda Harrison
Walter Weltman
Liela Weltman
Rebecca Chernoff Cohen &
Nathan Cohen
Jerald & Carole Cohen
Dr. Richard Leavey
Jane Winter
Selma Brill
Linda & Arthur Brill
Harvey Shatz & Renee’ Shatz-Amdur
Judith Shatz
In Honor Of
Reggie & Mel Goldstein Linda & Arthur Brill
Happy 70th Birthday
Murray Galin Jane Winter
In Honor Of
Your Appreciation
AM Goldkrand &
Elise & Victor Shernoff Scott Cohen
Thanks for your Hospitality
Ed Wexler
Buddy Metzger
Thanks
Congregation Agudath Achim
Elliot Palefsky
Contributions
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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Shabbat Services
followed by
Kiddush
Luncheons
1
7:30 a.m. Shacharit 6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
6:30p.m.
Board Meeting
2
8:00 a.m.
Shacharit with
Breakfast and Torah
Study 6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
3
7:30 a.m. Shacharit and Torah Study
6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
4
7:00 a.m. Shacharit
with breakfast to
follow 6:00 p.m.
Kabbalat Shabbat
6:14 p.m. Candle Lighting
5
9:45 a.m.
Shabbat Services
12:40 p.m. Mincha
7:00 p.m. Maariv 7:08 p.m. Havdalah
6
9:00 a.m. Shacharit 6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
Tiny Yeladim 10:30-11:30 am
At Mickve Israel
during Shalom School
7
7:00 a.m. Shacharit 6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
8
7:30 a.m. Shacharit 6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
9
8:00 a.m.
Shacharit with
Breakfast and Torah
Study 6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
10
7:30 a.m. Shacharit and Torah Study
6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
11
7:00 a.m. Shacharit
with breakfast to
follow 6:00 p.m.
Kabbalat Shabbat
5:09 p.m. Candle Lighting
12
9:45 a.m.
Shabbat Services
12:40 p.m. Mincha
5:55 p.m. Maariv 6:04 p.m. Havdalah
13
9:00 a.m. Shacharit 6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
Sisterhood Paid-Up
Membership
Luncheon
14
7:00 a.m. Shacharit 6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
15
7:30 a.m. Shacharit 6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
16
8:00 a.m.
Shacharit with
Breakfast and Torah
Study 6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
17
7:30 a.m. Shacharit and Torah Study
6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
18
7:00 a.m. Shacharit
with breakfast to
follow 6:00 p.m.
Kabbalat Shabbat
5:05 p.m. Candle Lighting
19
9:45 a.m.
Shabbat Services
12:40 p.m. Mincha
5:55 p.m. Maariv 6:01 p.m. Havdalah
20
9:00 a.m. Shacharit 6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
21
7:00 a.m. Shacharit 6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
22
7:30 a.m. Shacharit 6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
23
8:00 a.m.
Shacharit with
Breakfast and Torah
Study 6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
24
9:45 a.m. Shacharit and Torah Study
6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
25
7:00 a.m. Shacharit
with breakfast to
follow 6:00 p.m.
Kabbalat Shabbat
5:03 p.m. Candle Lighting
26
9:45 a.m.
Shabbat Services
12:40 p.m. Mincha
5:50 p.m. Maariv 5:59 p.m. Havdalah
27
9:00 a.m. Shacharit
6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
28
7:00 a.m. Shacharit
6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
29
7:30 a.m. Shacharit
6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
30
8:00 a.m.
Shacharit with
Breakfast and Torah
Study 6:00 p.m. Mincha/
Maariv
Come welcome the Shabbat by celebrating with our friends at
Buckingham South on Fridays at 11am.
Men’s Club trip to Jacksonville Florida
Sunday, December 11th
See the E-news for further information
Gilee Shabbat
6 pm
Office Closed
Young Family
Friday
“Toda” Shabbat
Nov. 18th
at 6pm
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Yom Huledet Same’ach!
We Extend Happy
Birthday Wishes
to the Following Members
MESSAGE FROM THE
MINYAN CAPTAINS
If you are planning to come to
Shul for Kaddish, please
contact the minyan captain a
few days in advance.
Monday (7:00am) -
Kenneth Sadler
Tuesday (7:30am) -
Lynn Reeves
Wednesday (8:00am) -
Ron Ginsberg
Thursday (7:30am) -
Michael Konter
Friday (7:00am) -
Bobby Isaacson
Sunday (9:00am) -
David Hirsh
Stephen Lasky
Laura Lynn Miller
Aliya Rubenstein
Daniel Skidmore-Hess
Annette Friedman
Paul Kulbersh
Cathy Skidmore-Hess
Julius Davidson
Alexandra Kaminsky
Roberta Kamine-Haysman
Hannah Kovensky
Julian Miller
Stuart Klugler
Richard Meier
Karen Cranman
Samuel Slotin
Jeffrey Lasky
Bert Tenenbaum
Roberta Woliff
Stephen Morris
Hilary Kronowitz
Audrey Biloon
Bernice Luskey
DaVid Buckner
Gerald Caplan
Gale Hirsh
Emilia Mackowiak
Morgan McGhie
Barney Sadler
Michelle Allan
Rachel Israel
Lynn Berkowitz
Amy Kaminsky
November 2016 Birthdays
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PRESIDENT VICTOR SHERNOFF
FINANICAL SECRETARY ELISE SHERNOFF
TREASURER MICHAEL BONDER
RECORDING SECRETARY ED BERNARD
PROFESSIONAL STAFF
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MOTTI LOCKER
FINANCIAL COORDINATOR LAURA EVANS
ADMINISTRATIVE ASST. JULIANA BLAND