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Friday, January 3 - Shabbat Service - 7:30 PM Bima: Herman Glaser and Donnel Horn Oneg: Kelly Levy Friday, January 10 - Shabbat Service - 7:30 PM Bima: David Glick and Hoyt Glazer Oneg: Lisa Ketchum and Sherri Solochek Friday, January 17 - Tu B’Shevat Seder- 6:00 PM RSVP to the office Family Shabbat Service - 7:00 PM Bima: Diane Shattls and Derek Hyman Oneg: Sharon Pressman and Susan Miller Birthday Blessings for children born in January Friday, January 24 - Shabbat Service - 7:30 PM Bima: Mitch Klein and Gail Feinberg Oneg: Tori Wucher Friday, January 31 - Shabbat Service - 7:30 PM Anniversary Blessings for couples married in January Bima: Tom Scarr and Mark Newfeld Oneg: Rose Riter Child care is provided during Friday services as a courtesy to families with small children. Issue 1 January 2014 B’nai Sholom newSletter B'nai Sholom Congregation Tevat - Shevat 5774 RELIGIOUS SERVICES SABBATH SERVICE FRIDAY 7:30 P.M. SABBATH SERVICE SATURDAY 9:00 A.M. WEEKDAY MINYAN SUNDAY 9:00 A.M. Saturday, January 4 10:00 AM Shabbat Shul resumes Sundays, January 5, 19, 26 11:00 AM Wednesday, January 8 6:00 PM Holy Rollers Wednesdays, January 8, 15, 22, 29 Hebrew Class 6:30 PM Sunday, January 5 12:30 PM Sisterhood Brunch Meeting Thursday, January 9 Temple Board Meeting 7:00 PM Sunday, January 12 Eat, Pray, Learn 10:00 AM See page 5 Tuesday, January 14 AIPAC Event 7:00 PM ; See page 4

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Friday, January 3 - Shabbat Service - 7:30 PM

Bima: Herman Glaser and Donnel Horn

Oneg: Kelly Levy

Friday, January 10 - Shabbat Service - 7:30 PM Bima: David Glick and Hoyt Glazer

Oneg: Lisa Ketchum and Sherri Solochek

Friday, January 17 - Tu B’Shevat Seder- 6:00 PM

RSVP to the office

Family Shabbat Service - 7:00 PM

Bima: Diane Shattls and Derek Hyman

Oneg: Sharon Pressman and Susan Miller

Birthday Blessings for children born in January

Friday, January 24 - Shabbat Service - 7:30 PM Bima: Mitch Klein and Gail Feinberg

Oneg: Tori Wucher

Friday, January 31 - Shabbat Service - 7:30 PM Anniversary Blessings for couples married in January

Bima: Tom Scarr and Mark Newfeld

Oneg: Rose Riter

Child care is provided during Friday services as a courtesy to

families with small children.

Issue 1 January 2014

B’nai Sholom newSletter

B ' n a i Sh ol o m C on g r e g a t i on

Tevat - Shevat 5774

RELIGIOUS SERVICES

SABBATH SERVICE FRIDAY 7:30 P.M. SABBATH SERVICE SATURDAY 9:00 A.M. WEEKDAY MINYAN SUNDAY 9:00 A.M.

Saturday, January 4

10:00 AM

Shabbat Shul resumes

Sundays, January 5,

19, 26

11:00 AM

Wednesday, January 8

6:00 PM

Holy Rollers

Wednesdays,

January 8, 15, 22, 29

Hebrew Class

6:30 PM

Sunday, January 5

12:30 PM

Sisterhood Brunch

Meeting

Thursday, January 9

Temple Board Meeting

7:00 PM

Sunday, January 12

Eat, Pray, Learn

10:00 AM

See page 5

Tuesday, January 14

AIPAC Event

7:00 PM ; See page 4

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Only one person, Adam, was created for the sake of peace among humanity, so that no one should say, ‘My parents are greater than yours.’

Mishnah Sanhedrin 4:5

A Kentucky teacher found our website (thanks for making it so beautiful, Chad!) and sent a message asking for a speaker on Judaism to round out their two units on “Old Testament” and Jewish Culture. I always enjoy speaking in schools so I answered, “Sure. How many students and how much time?” When he answered 200 for 2 hours I figured I needed help. No way was I going to try to be interesting to that many kids for that long. Inspiration struck and I sent out a HELP email to a dozen or so folks I thought might be able to take a few hours in the middle of the day. A couple said they’d love to, but were busy that day. Five others agreed to come. Thanks to David Glick, Chad Greene, Leah Levy, Tom Pressman and Rose Riter. For 45 minutes they sat on stage and were real-life Jews while I waxed academical. If I was explaining about the rules of keeping kosher, for example, we could then bring it into the real world and see what people actually did. One question involved deer, which is theoretically kosher, but you have to kill it by slitting its throat without wounding it first for it to be kosher. Then I turned to the panel and asked who would eat venison a neighbor had shot. They raised their hands or made comments to explain why or why not. THEN we split up into classrooms and each group got its very own Jew to listen to and question! There was a caveat that any question the speaker didn’t feel comfortable answering should be sent to me in an email later. That way nobody had to be an expert in Judaism, just in how he or she lived it. The children were very attentive and polite and friendly even, once we got into the smaller groups. We all had a great experience.

A couple of weeks ago I read all the thank you notes they sent. Here is one:

Dear Rabbi Jean,

Thank you so much for coming to Boyd County Middle School. It was an honor and

really fun. You were so enthusiastic and funny. I thought that Jews were really different than us,

but you guys were really fun. I thought the Torah was amazing! It was so big!

Thanks again

The opening quote from the Mishnah (200 CE Jewish text which is the basis of the Talmud) continues:

Also each person shows the greatness of the Holy Blessed One, for when we strike many coins from one

mold they are all the same. However, the Holy Blessed One made each person in the image of the first

person, yet none of them resemble each other.

It is important to continually remind ourselves and each other that no group is better than any other – that we

are all family, so to speak – and that each of us is unique. I think the Boyd County Middle School students were

reminded of that on our visit. Let me know if you want me to call you to help next time!

B’Shalom,

Rabbi Jean E. Eglinton

From the RAbbi

January 2014 2

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JANUARY 2014

Rabbi Jean at Women’s Rabbinic Network Conference in Memphis.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 Shabbat

Service

7:30 PM

4 Shabbat Shul

10:00 AM

Jewish Gentlemen Eat Lunch

Thursdays at 11:45 AM

Jewel City Seafood 1317 4th Ave, Huntington

5 Minyan

9:00 AM;

Holy Rollers

10:30 AM;

Sisterhood

Brunch

12:30 PM

6 7

8 Holy Rollers

6:00 PM;

Hebrew Classes

Resume

6:30 PM;

Yiddish Choir

7:30 PM

9 Temple Board

Meeting

7:00 PM

10 Shabbat

Service

7:30 PM

11 Shabbat Shul

10:00 AM

12 Minyan

9:00 AM:

Eat, Pray,

Learn

10:00 AM

Brunch and

Movie

13

14 AIPAC event

7PM

15 Hebrew

Classes

6:30 PM

Yiddish Choir

7:30 PM

16 17 Tu B’Shevat

Seder

6:00 PM; Family Shabbat

Service

7:00 PM

18 Shabbat Shul

10:00 AM

19 Minyan

9:00 AM

Holy Rollers

11:00 AM

20 MLK Day

March

4:30 PM

21 Federated

7:00 PM

22 Hebrew

Classes

6:30 PM

Yiddish Choir

7:30 PM

23 24 Shabbat

Service

7:30 PM

25 Shabbat Shul

10:00 AM

26 Minyan

9:00 AM

Holy Rollers

11:00 AM

27 28 29 Hebrew

Classes

6:30 PM

Yiddish Choir

7:30 PM

30 31 Shabbat

Service

7:30 PM

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Monday, January 20 Martin Luther King Day Event

Help us pay tribute to the rabbis who marched

with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Selma, Alabama, and all the Jews who worked in the Civil Rights Movement, by carrying one of our

Torah scrolls in the MLK Day Parade.

The March begins at 4:30 PM Young Chapel AME Church at 9th Ave and 18th St.

The Memorial Program will take place immediately following the march at the First Baptist Church 5th Ave and 8th St around 5:45. Rabbi Jean will be

giving one of the invocations.

Please join AIPAC and B'nai Sholom Congregation for a Special Event…

An exclusive briefing

Shifting Sands: The Changing Middle East and the Importance

of the U.S.-Israel Relationship Featuring

Elliott Mendes AIPAC Southeast Regional Director

Tuesday, January 14, 2013, 7:00 PM at B’nai Sholom Congregation.

This exclusive briefing will provide important insight into the instability raging through the Middle East, and explain how AIPAC is currently working with Congress to keep the U.S.-Israel relationship

strong and secure in these tumultuous times.

Come hear about the challenges and opportunities we face at this moment and what you can do as a part of this critical movement, including attending a

Policy Conference in Washington D.C., alongside 13,000 fellow pro-Israel activists.

For additional information please contact Joan Weisberg 304-523-9022 [email protected] or Ronni Glaser 304-840-2900 [email protected]

Sundays

1/5 at 10:30 AM - Noon

1/19 at 11AM-1PM

1/26 at 11AM-1PM

and

1/8 Wednesday at 6PM

We have finished tissue AND eraser work on the first

scroll so we will be beginning the mending and

patching. Come see the new phase and help

continuing cleaning the other scrolls.

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Congratulations to Brian and Elizabeth Glick

on their May 18, 2013 wedding! Since their

wedding was out of state, a special brunch event

was held at the Temple on October 26 in

honor of them. Brian is the son of Temple

members Billy and Brenda Glick.

Hannah Riter Holley and family.

127 9th Avenue West

Huntington, WV 25701 Phone: 304-939-6372

COME TO B’NAI SHOLOM’S

SUPER BOWL XLVIII PARTY!

Sunday, February 2, 2014

5:00 PM

Watch the game on big screen TV!

Pizza and drinks for everyone.

Admission: Only $5.00

to cover expenses.

Please bring an appetizer

or snack to share.

RSVP to the office or call David Glick.

As he prepares to join the Israeli army Joseph discovers he is not his parents' biological son,

but that he was inadvertently switched at birth with Yassin, the son of a Palestinian

family from the West Bank.

This revelation turns the lives of these two families upside down, forcing them to reassess their respective identities, values, and beliefs.

We will watch it while it while we eat brunch. Carole Garrison will lead our

discussion afterward.

Sunday

January 12

10:00 AM

Movie Morning!

The Other Son

The 2012

French Drama

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Building Fund Loretta P. Levine

in memory of Chuck Levine and Ruth Perry, and Larry Levine

Congregational Fund. Herb and Betty Colker

to thank all who contributed to the Temple in their honor on their special event

Herman and Mary Lee Glaser

in memory of Isabelle Seligson and Sam Glaser; in honor of Herb and Betty Colker who have contributed

so much to our Community; Happy birthday to Charolette Miller.

Golden Book Fund

Ronald J. Polan Joan Weisberg

Memorial Fund

Joan Lerner in memory of Bill Riter

Paul and Lynne Mayer

in memory of Lena Klausner, Henry Mayer, Morris Supovitz and Harry Silverberg

Susan Riter

in memory of Bill Riter

Mufson Prayer Book Fund Maury and Deedee Mufson

in honor of Herb and Betty Colker’s dedication to B’nai Sholom.

Playground Fund David Glick

in memory of Karen Glick

Thanksgiving Fund Greater Huntington Theatre Corp

Samuel Kincaid and James Morris-Smith Mitch and Linda Klein Peter and Kelly Levy

Judy Lundy Jack Steinberg

Ed and Judy Woodruff

Weisberg Education Fund Sidney Polan and Rick McLaughlin

in memory of Albert Polan

Youth Group Fund Herb and Betty Colker

to thank all who contributed to the Temple in their honor

Victor and Belle Winston

in honor of Herb and Betty Colker

Yiddish Chorus Stephanie and Helene Jacobs-Skolik

in memory of Stella Skolik

DONATIONs

January 2014 6

Trips to Israel and Jewish Camp Grants Federated Jewish Charities of Huntington provides grants for

2014 year programs.

“Trip to Israel” program will provide grants of up to $8,000 per person for Huntington Jewish youth ages

high school to 28 years of age on approved trips to Israel. Children and grandchildren of Temple members

are also eligible. Six grants available.

"Jewish Camp" program will provide grants of up to $4,000 per student for Jewish Religious School

students to attend Jewish Camp. Ten grants available.

“Taglit Birthright” offers free trips to Israel for Jews 18 to 26 years. We can assist you with the

application and being given priority preference on being accepted on the trips. Registration for Summer

Trips begins February 5, 2014. www.birthrightisrael.com

“Trips to Israel for Adults” will provide grants of $1,500 for Temple Members and $1,000 for

non-Temple Members on approved trips to Israel. Ten grants available.

Grants are open to all Jews in Huntington, WV and not based on financial need.

Thank you to everyone for your support and contact us for more information.

Martha Weisberg Barvin [email protected] 713.591.0410

Rabbi Jean Eglinton [email protected] 304.522.2980

Malinda Cains [email protected]

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Thanks to our

Ronald McDonald House volunteers!

Thank you to the dedicated folks who worked

at the Ronald McDonald House Christmas

Eve through Christmas Day:

Rabbi David Wucher, Judy Lundy,

Nathan Jurin, Kelly Levy, Leah Levy,

Paul Mayer, Lynne Mayer, and Jeff Baker.

Your generous donation of time and kindness

is greatly appreciated.

Tori Wucher, Coordinator

Thanks to our

Cabell Huntington Hospital Volunteers!

Thank you to those who so generously gave of

their time to volunteer at Cabell Huntington

Hospital during Christmas:

Linda and JoDee Gottlieb

Tom, Aaron and Daniel Scarr

Mark and Suzi Brodof

Paul and Lynne Mayer

Matt Colker, Coordinator

A big THANK YOU goes to the Colker

children for the generous donation they

made in honor of their parents, Betty and

Herb Colker.

We are glad most of your family was able

to come for the celebration honoring your

parents. As always it was great to see you

and spend time with you.

We appreciate your love for B'nai Sholom

too. Come back for a visit soon.

Thank you to all who contributed to the

Temple in honor of us for our special day of

celebration.

With love and appreciation

Herb and Betty Colker

Many Thanks to….

Malinda Cains for doing such a great job of

organizing our very successful

Holy Rollers program!

And

Herb and Betty Colker

for sponsoring the Torah

scribe’s visit.

To B’nai Sholom Congregation, Temple Youth Group, and Mitch Klein,

The Boys and Girls Clubs of Huntington serve predominantly poor or “at risk” youth. Our purpose is to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring responsible citizens. The Temple’s donation of 80 Thanksgiving Baskets to our organization is a mitzvah. This generous gift helped to support a program that focuses on the well-being and nurturance of hundreds of underprivileged children each year. Your gift was undoubtedly the only Thanksgiving food that some of our children would have had during the holiday. Children need a strong support system to grow and mature into responsible citizens. The Temple is now part of that support system; a group of caring individuals who understand the significance the Club has on Huntington’s youth. The children you have chosen to support need you and are thankful. On behalf of the staff, the Board of Directors, the children of the Boys and Girls Clubs, and myself, we thank you.

Sincerely, Mike Patick Executive Director

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HELPING AMANDA THROUGH MARSHALL

Many of us have benefited from Amanda White’s reading Torah and preparing a drash (a commentary on the Torah reading). I have always been really pleased that there are people who will lead services in my absence. That’s the way it should be. And now in addition, we also have Torah being read on Friday nights and Saturday mornings whether I am here or not, thanks to Amanda. Someone asked why Amanda wasn’t in rabbinic school. It turns out that she had to drop out of Marshall for financial reasons. Some of us have started making contributions to help her back into the game. Diane Shattls, Mitch Klein, and I are her advisory team. Though she may go to rabbinic school someday, Amanda realizes the extent of that commitment and wants to make sure her Bachelor’s Degree is useful. She has changed her major from Journalism to Biomedical Sciences. If you would like to contribute to this effort please tell me. By the way, if you or someone you know in the congregation is in need of modest financial assistance, do let me know, and we will see what can be done. It can be just between you and me. In Amanda’s case she decided it was alright to make it public. B’shalom, praying and working for wholeness and fulfillment for each of us and for all the world, Rabbi Jean

18TH Annual

Historic Preservation Raffle

March 9, 2014

B’nai Sholom Congregation

10th Avenue and 10th Street

Huntington, West Virginia

Be a part of the gala event

that helps preserve this beautiful, historic sanctuary as befits a structure honored

on the National Register of Historic Places.

Up to $18,650.00 in prizes will be awarded to lucky ticket holders.

Grand Prize of $7,500.00

A maximum of 500 tickets will be sold at $100.00 each.

For an additional $25.00 you can “insure” your ticket,

giving you a second chance to win one of up to 25 cash prizes.

To buy or sell tickets,

contact the office:

(304) 522-2980 or

the raffle chairman,

Mitch Klein:

(304)

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SHOLOMGRAMS February 2014 (no milestones on record in January)

Please check the name if you want to send a Sholomgram and mail immediately to :

Sholomgrams Sandy Colker

401 10th Street #1007 Huntington, WV 25701

Please note: The address appears on the back of this sheet for your mailing convenience: fold, tape, stamp and mail.

We will send Sholomgrams for anniversaries every five years starting with the tenth; birthdays will be noted on 60th, 70th, 75th, 80th, 85th, 90th and every year thereafter. Sholomgrams are $2.00 each. We can’t note your special dates and birthday dates if we don’t have them in our file. You may send anniversary and birthday dates to the office.

If you wish to send to everyone, please contact : Sandy Colker

To recap: 1. Check the names of those to whom you would like Sholomgrams sent. 2. Indicate how you want the Sholomgrams signed. 3. Mail your list to Sandy Colker by the 15th of this month.

CONGRATULATIONS TO:

____ Betty Colker on her 93rd

birthday on February 19th.

DON’T FORGET TO SIGN YOUR SHOLOMGRAM!

Please indicate how you would like your Sholomgram signed: _____________________________________________________________

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SHOLOMGRAMS Sandy Colker 401 10th Street #1007 Huntington, WV 25701

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11 January 2014

Sunday, January 5 Brunch Meeting at 12:30 PM

We will be starting off 2014 with a lovely Sunday

Brunch prepared by the Polan cousins, Sidney and Marilyn.

A representative from Faith in Action will be at the

meeting to tell us about this organization.

If you plan to attend, please call Judy Lentz: 304-529-2063.

Tu B'Shevat Seder

Friday, January 17

6:00 pm Come Celebrate the New Year of the Trees

by eating the Fruits of the Tree

Pomegranates, Figs, Dates, Olives, Nuts,

Apples, Oranges, Apricots... and Maple Syrup

on our Pancakes or Waffles!

At 7:00 we will move into the main sanctuary

for our Family Shabbat Service.

Sunday, February 2

Sisterhood Breakfast Meeting

10:00 AM

Chairs: Nancy Newfeld and Lisa Jacobson

Committee: Gail Feinberg,

Pauline Kaplan and Joyce Levy.

Program: Deaf ASL Storyteller and

Jewish signs.

RSVP to Mary Lee Glaser.

[email protected]

Thank You To

Kelly Levy, Lisa Jacobson and

their committee for the

wonderful Chanukah Dinner.

The youth group and Sisterhood

members who helped with the

annual Big Brothers/Big Sisters’

Christmas tree sales.

Sisterhood is in great need of a volunteer chairman for the

B’nai Sholom Tri-State Directory that is published every year before the High Holy Days.

(Doesn’t have to be a memberof Sisterhood)

To volunteer or find out more, please call Donnel Horn: 304.633.4174

or Judy Lentz: 304.529.2063

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RABBI’S

OFFICE HOURS

Please call for an appointment.

Tuesday and Thursday

1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Wednesday

9:00 AM to 12:00 PM

TEMPLE

OFFICE HOURS

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Monday - Friday

Custodian’s Hours

Monday - Thursday

8:00 AM - 1:30 PM

Fridays

8:00 AM - 12:00 Noon

6:00 - 9:00 PM

The deadline for

items to be in the

February

Newsletter

is January 15

TEMPLE

MAILING ADDRESS:

B’NAI SHOLOM

CONGREGATION

P.O. BOX 2674

HUNTINGTON, WV

25726-2674

It’s fun being Jewish

and celebrating a new year twice.

This year the shop chicks made several New Year resolutions . . . . for you!

Wow!!! That takes the pressure off, doesn’t it?

Let’s start with the easy oft used ones you do each year:

Eat healthy; Exercise;

Lose weight; and Stop smoking (just a few of us).

Most of these are in reference to physical goals. Now, let’s list

some spiritual and emotional achievements:

*Buy Shabbat candles and light them regularly;

*Buy the various holiday accoutrements and think as you use them, e.g. the strength of the story of Hanukah

or the harrowing exodus of Passover;

*Read the Jewish books in our shop and in the Temple library, Read them to your children;

*Drape your neck with a Star of David, chai or mezuzah. They will hang near your heart.

These are just a few of the chicks’ resolutions (or revolutions as we call them). We hope you choose them all.

Wishing you a blessed New Year - - -the Shop Chicks.

Last, but not least, when it’s gone . . . it’s gone . . . except your free kiss which is always available.

Sherri 304-529-6398 Barb 304-633-7070

Lisa 304-638-3116

Marietta Schloss

It’s not the money - - - -it’s the attitude.

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Stained Glass Window of Abraham: A Family Essay

B’nai Sholom Temple

Huntington, WV

By Tony Broh

Adolph and Jetta Broh, the names accompanying the stained glass window

window of the Patriarch Abraham, were the patriarch and matriarch of the

Broh family that resided in Huntington beginning in the early 1880s.

In the tradition of large families, they had ten children who all lived in

Huntington at some point in their lives. In the 1895 photograph to the

left, Adolph is second from the left and Jetta is second from the right

in the front row. Two of their sons, Mike Broh and Julius Broh, were

founding members of Ohev Sholom congregation. Mike is in the second

row, far left and Julius is third from left in the second row.

My grandfather, Eph Broh, is fourth from the left in the second row.

Adolph Broh emigrated from Germany shortly after the uprising in 1848, arriving in the United States as

a teenager. He was a soldier in the Confederate Army and wounded in the Battle of Shiloh. He married

Henrietta “Jetta” Rose in Cincinnati in 1863 and began the family of ten children shown in the photograph.

Adolph worked in the clothing business and set up each of his children in clothing stores up and down the

Ohio River. The 1900 census counted my grandfather and his brother-in-law, Ed Meyerson and wife of Rose

Broh (second from right in the second row), as managers of Broh Clothing in Parkersburg. Locally, the Broh

Clothing Company, owned by Mike Broh, was on the southeast corner of 9th Street and Third Avenue.

It is one of the buildings that was recently renovated and has the same appearance as this post card from the

Nineteen-teens -- judging the date from the dress and the cars.

The building was constructed in 1885 and is the oldest

existing commercial building in Huntington. When I was

a child in the 1950’s, the sidewalk on 9th Street had a brass

inlay with the words “Broh Bros.” AT&T wireless is on

the first floor of the building today.

The building on the right in the post card today houses the

Marshall Hall of Fame Cafe. It was originally built by

Sam Gideon, another founder of Ohev Sholom Temple.

Sam Gideon’s daughter, Ida, married Mike Broh. I like to

think of the two buildings on each side of the 9th Street

mall area as a Shabbat bride and groom standing proudly

in the heart of downtown Huntington. And as evidence of

their entrepreneurial spirit, one can drive out Hal Greer

Boulevard a few miles past the entrance to Interstate 64

and see a barn that advertises Sam Gideon’s store.

Broh Clothing, which some in the congregation may

remember, was not in the same building as the one shown

in the postcard. Belle Broh (back row, second from left in

the above family photograph) married Jacob Schradski,

whose son Harold ran the Broh Clothing Company shown in

the photograph of 9th Street during the 1937 flood. There was

a Broh women’s clothing store on 10th Street between Third

and Fourth Avenue that my Uncle Adolph (grandson of

family patriarch) established in 1938; it closed in the 1950s.

Continued on page 15

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15 January 2014

TREE OF LIFE ORDER FORM _____ I wish to purchase a Leaf on the Original Tree of Life for $180.00. _____ I wish to purchase a Leaf on the New Tree of Life for $180.00. _____ I wish to purchase a Root on the New Tree of Life for (a minimum of) $1800.00.

Please indicate, on the lines below, the exact wording you desire to be inscribed on the leaf: (“in honor of...” “in memory of...” “on the occasion of...” etc.)

____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________

Name_____________________________ Address ___________________________ _________________________ City_______________________________ State and Zip Code__________________

Phone number______________________ Mail form and check to: Tree of Life – c/o Martha Newby B’nai Sholom Congregation P.O. Box 2674 Huntington, WV 25726-2674

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Adolph and Jetta Broh are buried in Springhill Cemetery in

the large family plot sitting atop the hill in the old part of the

Reform Jewish section. Their gravestone is the only upright

stone in the Broh plot.

Both of my grandparents, Eph and Irene, are buried there as

is my cousin Bob aside his parents. Mike Broh and Julius

Broh built their own mausoleums (visible in the film,

“We Are Marshall”) for their burial sites.

My mother is also buried in the Ohev Sholom section not far

from others in the family. Her death in 2012 ended the 130

years of a Broh residing in Huntington. Springhill will be

the final resting place for my brother and for me – Broh

brothers whose great-grandparents’ names are memorialized

so fittingly with the image of Abraham. We are all the

children of Abraham.

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January Floral Fund

Donated by: In Memory of: Tony Broh Esther Lachman

Michaelson

Ed and Peter Eiland Lillian Eiland

Joan Lerner Bruce Selman

Bob and Joyce Levy Max Levy

Paul and Lynne Mayer Morris Supovitz

Henry Mayer

Bernice Moos Minnie Mendel

Max Mendel

Charles Schradzki

Mark and Nancy Newfeld Fred Goldman

Lake and Louise Polan Patricia Polan Neal

Dorothy Lewis Polan

Leo Schoenfeld

Sol Schoenfeld

Marc and Sherri Solochek Nathan Schrinsky

Kalman and Vicki Socolof Jerome Cantor

Rena Steirn Jerome Cantor

Nancy Cohen Tarbis Lena Glick

Joan Weisberg Ida Polan Meyer

Dr. Meyer Polan

Julias Polan

Rabbi David and Tori Wucher Mordecai Wucher

Rabbi

Jean E. Eglinton

Rabbi Emeritus

Dr. David E. Wucher

President

Diane Shattls

Vice President

Mitchell Klein

Secretary

Samantha Beverage

Treasurer

Marc Solochek

Immediate Past

President

Dr. Mark Newfeld

Board Members Dr. Gail Feinberg

Herman Glaser

Hoyt Glazer

David Glick

Derek Hyman

Joan Lerner

Kevin Levine

Kelly Levy

Tom Scarr

Joan Weisberg

Sisterhood Co-Presidents

Donnel Horn

and Judy Lentz

B’nai Sholom Newsletter

published monthly by

B’nai Sholom

Congregation

949 10th Avenue

P.O. Box 2674

Huntington, WV 25726

Phone:

(304) 522-2980

E-Mail: [email protected]

Website:

www.wv-bnaisholom.org

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January Yahrzeits

January 1 - January 4 observed on January 3

Dr. Craig Monroe 1/1

Leo Schoenfeld 1/1 Tevet 29

Samuel Glaser 1/3 Shevat 2

Barbara Polan Kaplan 1/3

Albert Reich 1/3 Shevat 2

Marjorie Samson 1/3 Shevat 2

Alan Amster 1/4 Shevat 3

Vivian Horn 1/4

Max Levy 1/4 Shevat 3

Henry Mayer 1/4

January 5- January 11 observed on January 10 Fred Goldman 1/5 Shevat 4

Irma Hyman 1/5

Dorothy Polan 1/5

Dorothy Lewis Polan 1/5

Terez Weintraub 1/5

Leo Ziffer 1/5

Jacob Brown 1/6 Shevat 5

Dr. Meyer Polan 1/6 Shevat 5

Charles Schradzki 1/6 Shevat 5

Joseph Silberschatz 1/6

Henrietta Gottlieb 1/7

Edythe Gross 1/8

Lil Kleinberg 1/8

Dr. Sidney Schnitt 1/8 Shevat 7

Jerome Cantor 1/9 Shevat 8

Fannye Angel Finkelstein 1/9

Patricia Polan Neal 1/9

Robert Tarbet 1/9

Sanford Barnett Hyman 1/10

Max Kraft 1/10 Shevat 9

Esther Lachman Michaelson 1/10

Morris Supovitz 1/10

Alfreda Edelson Fantle 1/11

January 12 - January 18 observed on January 17 Minnie Mendel 1/12

Leonard Krasnow 1/13

Rebecca Glick Moss 1/13

Molly Slater 1/13 Shevat 12

Robert Tarbet, Jr. 1/13 Shevat 12

Rae Ginsburg 1/14

Ben Zion Leuchter 1/14

January 12 - January 18 observed on January 17 Ida Polan Meyer 1/14

Zeena Rudin 1/14

Sol Terrance Schoenfeld 1/14

Nathan Schrinsky 1/14

Anna Elderman 1/15 Shevat 14

Millie Hartz 1/15 Shevat 14

Jack Scheer 1/15

Ronald N. Dahly 1/16

Louis Mazo 1/16

Hoyt Lee Williams 1/16 Shevat 15

Israel Lazarus 1/18

January 19 - January 25 observed on January 24 Lillian Eiland 1/19

Rae Y. Rubin 1/19

Evelyn Brown Silverman 1/20

Mordecai Wucher 1/20 Shevat 19

Anna Footlick 1/21

Jack Cuttler 1/24 Shevat 23

Bruce Selman 1/24

Abe Borinsky 1/25 Shevat 24

Harry Carande 1/25 Shevat 24

Barbara Gross 1/25

Julius Polan 1/25

January 26 - January 31 observed on January 31

George Shattls 1/26 Shevat 25

Catharine Morgan Brown 1/29

Stepha Rosenblum 1/29

Ruth Joseph Broh 1/30

Lena Glick 1/30 Shevat 29

Our Condolences to the family of

Charles E. Polan

who died Friday, January 3rd , 2014

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Sunday, February 2 - 10:00 AM: Sisterhood Brunch

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