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HAYOM MAY 2018 IYAR-SIVAN 5778

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In This Issue: Information from the President From the Desk of the Rabbi Synagogue Relationship

Donor Dues Program Sisterhood Mitzvah-Gram AA Happenings

AA 2018 Annual Golf Outing General Information Weekly Study Opportunities

Yahrzeits Contributions May Calendar May Birthdays

ISSUE #5

MAY 2018 IYAR-SIVAN 5778

Rabbi Steven Henkin

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Motti Locker

PRESIDENT

Victor Shernoff

VICE PRESIDENT

Kenneth Sadler

VICE PRESIDENT

Matthew Allan

VICE PRESIDENT

Adam Fins

FINANCIAL SECRETARY

Liz Arkin

RECORDING SECRETARY

Ed Bernard

TREASURER

Michael Bonder

IMMEDIATE

PAST PRESIDENT

Steven Roth

BOARD MEMBERS

Robyn Carroll

Kenneth Hoffman

Fran Kaminsky

Sidney Karp

Marcy Konter

Stavie Kreh

Nancy Isaacson

Jerome Lederman

Jeffrey Mayo

Rick Meier

Barry Schlafstein

Linda Zoller

HONORARY MEMBER

David Hirsh

SISTERHOOD

Gale Hirsh

MEN’S CLUB PRESIDENT

David Hirsh

CHEVRA KADISHA

David Reeves

ENDOWMENT

COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN

Joel Goodman

RITUAL COMMITTEE

Steve Arkin

SHALOM SCHOOL

Eva Locker

Hello all.

May is very important to our synagogue. Demolition and remodeling

of our Karp Chapel not only has begun, but is showing great strides

of progress. Come by

anytime to take a quick tour. We are working very hard to meet our

deadline to have our June 10 congregation meeting in our new Karp

Chapel.

In addition, we are actively moving towards making our May 6

Larry Lasky annual golf outing a social and financial success, as it

has been since inception. Larry and his legacy have meant so much

to us and I am glad to have started and continued the honor of re-

membering what he did for us.

We are making great progress on the June 3 gala. Tickets are selling

great and I ask you to support our dinner/dance by buying tickets.

Lastly, we have started a membership committee chaired by Elise

(could not have chosen a better person to meet its needs). I ask you

with a hopeful heart, to please call Elise 912-507-2980 if you know

of a prospective member, a member with an upcoming birthday,

wedding, anniversary, sickness, or family health disaster. Elise and

her great committee would love to reach out with happy greetings or

thoughtful reaction to a crisis in your life. My two years as president

has always had the focus on YOU wherever YOU may need us.

My best wishes,

Your President

Victor

INFORMATION FROM THE PRESIDENT


(Re-)Finding Our Spiritual Place

As a child growing up, I always knew where to find my father when we came to synagogue: fourth row from

the back, left hand side on the middle aisle (on High Holidays, it was seventh row from the front, all the way

on the right; he still sits in those same seats to this day). It was seemingly inconceivable that he would sit

anywhere else during services. That is his “spot.”

Many of us are in a similar situation; we have a spot where we like to sit for services. Sometimes, if we get

there and someone is already sitting there, we’ll be willing to find a different seat, but we’ll return to our old

spot the next time it is available. There is something comforting about the routine and ritual of our seat.

There’s even a term for it in Hebrew: makom kavua, “a fixed place,” a place that you have set aside as your

own.

For us regular service attendees, that routine has been disrupted by the renovations going on in the Karp

Chapel. We have moved for now into the Tenenbaum Sanctuary for all of our services, both weekday and

Shabbat, where we have worked to create an intimate prayer space in such a large area. The feedback has

been largely positive as we have hardly missed a beat.

At the same time, there has been some adjustment period in the new space as each of us try to find our new

makom kavua. We have had to get used to a new seat, a new room, new acoustics, and a new ritual layout.

And once we return to the newly redone Karp Chapel again, there will be another adjustment process. It is a

natural occurrence in any new area. When we move to a new house, buy a new car, or even buy new furni-

ture, it takes some time to get used to it. It is part of the larger process of adjusting to our surroundings.

As difficult as it can be to be forced to move out of the comfort zone of our routines and rituals, Jewish

tradition offers some consolation. There is an idea in rabbinic thought which states, Shinui makom, shinui

mazal, “when you change your place, you change your fortune.” Getting out of your makom kavua, your

usual spot, allows you to gain new perspectives and new ideas. It forces you to see things differently. I

know for me, as a rabbi, it’s forced me to think about things like acoustics, room layout, volume and

projection which I took for granted in our old chapel. And I look forward to looking at them again in a new

light when we move into the new chapel.

It can be difficult to move out of our usual rituals and comfort zones. Hopefully this experience of moving

into a new place has helped you as it has helped me evaluate and appreciate where we are. If you haven’t

been by recently, I hope you’ll join us soon to see all the things going on around our community. And when

we find our new makom kavua in a couple weeks, we will all have a renewed perspective on our place.

Rabbi Steven Henkin

FROM THE DESK OF THE RABBI


SYNAGOGUE RELATIONSHIP

Are you searching for more ways to become engaged in your Jewish Life? Wish you could do more

than sit in the pews during services, but take part in the action? We would love for you to do so! We

are putting together classes for those interested in learning how to read Torah and/or Haftarah, lead

services, or provid a d’var Torah to the community. Please contact Rabbi Henkin at

[email protected] to express which you’re interested in learning or for more information.

Our popular Rabbi on the Road series continues! For those of you for whom it’s hard to get to the

synagogue to meet, Rabbi Henkin will continue to go around to different areas of town to answer

questions, learn together, or chat. Come on by and visit!

Wednesday, May 9th, 11 am - 1 pm Savannah Coffee Roasters (215 W. Liberty St., Savannah)

Wednesday, May 16th, 12 noon - 2 pm Corner Perk (1297 May River Rd, Bluffton, SC)

Wednesday, May 23rd, 10 am - 12 noon Coffee Deli (4517 Habersham St., Savannah)

Wednesday, May 30th, 1 pm - 3 pm Cutter’s Point Coffee (7360 Skidaway Rd, Savannah)

Please email Rabbi Henkin at [email protected], if you have any suggestions of future

meeting places!

mailto:[email protected]



DONOR DUES PROGRAM


How do I Send a Mitzvah-Gram? Here are 4 simple steps to do this:

1 Print out the Mitzvah-Gram page from the MAY HaYom newsletter with the list of people celebrating a birthday or

anniversary in JUNE.

2 Circle the names of all those people to whom you would like to send a Happy Birthday or Happy Anniversary greeting.

3 Mail or deliver your list, along with your check made out to Agudath Achim Sisterhood for $.50 for each circled name, to

Barbara Abrams, 24 Raindrop Lane, Bluffton, S.C. 29909, or leave your list and check in the synagogue office.

4 Make sure to include your name(s) the way you want it (them) listed.

In order for your birthday and anniversary greetings to be delivered in a timely manner, everyone needs to turn in June Mitzvah-Gram

sheet by the 15th of May.

If you have any questions about this project, please contact me at [email protected], or at (843)705-3723 or (843) 290-3995.

Thanks to everyone for participating in this exciting program.

Barbara Abrams, Chair

Gale Hirsh, Acting Sisterhood President

JUNE 2018 BIRTHDAYS JUNE 2018 ANNIVERSARIES

Please indicate how you would like your greeting signed:

e.g. Barbara & Ellis Abrams

If we are missing your JUNE birthday and/or anniversary, please contact Barbara Abrams at [email protected] or

(843) 705-3723 or (843) 290-3995.

4 Victor & Elise Shernoff

6 Nathan & Lisa Dayan

6 Martin & Laura Miller

12 Tom & Ronnie Rosen

13 Richard & Linda Meier

15 Kenneth & Linda Hoffman

15 Jeffrey & Monique Mayo

17 Charles & Jacqueline Sitrin

20 Allan & Arlene Ratner

25 David & Gale Hirsh

27 David & Clare Kinsey

28 Jerald & Carole Cohen

30 Barry & Debbie Luskey

1 Joshua Rettig 23 Harriet Meyerhoff

1 Helene Striecher 23 Ed L. Wexler (ATL)

3 Bucky Bloom 24 Kasey Berman

5 Morton Rich 25 Rene Lehrberger

5 Arlene Wizwer 26 Fred Spector

6 Daniel Berman 27 Arnold Tenenbaum

6 Brad Conner 28 Buddy Metzger

6 Andrea Slutsky 29 Freddie Harkavy

7 Kevin Heyman 29 Barry Luskey

10 Josepha DeVaro 29 Phyllis Mintz

13 Joan Bloom 29 Linda Rettig

15 Debra Cohen 30 Linda Brill

21 Barbara Pecknay 30 Jeffrey Mayo

SISTERHOOD MITZVAH-GRAM



Interested in seeing the Jacksonville Jaguars play the Indianapolis

Colts on December 2? Men’s Club has just a couple tickets left! Please contact Steve Roth at [email protected] for

more information

AA HAPPENINGS

2018-2019 Board Nominations

Steven Roth presented the following slate to the board to be voted on at the annual

meeting.

President Kenneth Sadler

Vice President Matthew Allan

Vice President Adam Fins

Treasurer Bob Schwartz

Financial Secretary Liz Arkin

Recording Secretary Ed Bernard

Board member 3 year term Annett Friedman

Board member Lisa Dayan to complete Marcy Konter’s

Board member 2 year term Jeffrey Lasky

Board member 3 year term second time Ken Hoffman

Board member 3 year term second time Rick Meier

Members leaving the board:

Barry Schlafstein, Sidney Karp and Marcy Konter



Weekly Study Opportunities

1. Food for the Soul (Wednesday mornings, after minyan and breakfast, hosted by Ron Ginsberg): Come for

breakfast, stay for a discussion about some of the stores and issues going on in the Jewish world.

2. Rabbinic Literature Study Group (Thursday afternoons, 2:00-3:15 pm): Take a look into the rabbinic mind and

how the rabbis interpret the Torah in this weekly class.

3. Skeptics Study Group (second Thursday of every month, 12 noon, hosted by Michael Konter): This group is for

all of those who want to ask difficult questions about Judaism and/or seeking Jewish answers to the questions they

have. Our next meeting will be May 8th.

More classes coming soon, so stay tuned!

Have something you want to learn about but don't see a class about it?

Contact Rabbi Henkin at [email protected] or call the main office.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Come celebrate the receiving of the Torah at Mount Sinai with us during this festive holiday! We will be having a Tikkun Leyl Shavuot, a tradition in

which we stay up late studying Torah on the evening of Shavuot. Coffee, tea, and cheesecake will be served! We hope you’ll join us to learn! Here is the

full schedule of events:

Saturday, May 19th 9 pm--Ma’ariv at AA followed by Tikkun Leyl Shavuot study session with

Motti Locker & Rabbi Henkin 9:08 pm--Candle Lighting

Sunday, May 20th 9:45 am--Shacharit

8:58 pm--Candle Lighting

Monday, May 21st 9:45 am--Shacharit with Yizkor

9:00 pm--Havdalah



GENERAL INFORMATION


MAY 01/16 IYAR

SELMA DUNN

SHIRLEY WALDMAN

MAY 02/17 IYAR

EUNICE STEINBERG

ABRAHAM STEIRN

MAY 03/18 IYAR

ERMANNO KREH

ANNA TISCHLER

MAY 04/19 IYAR

RITA GINSBERG

BRENT SHERNOFF

MAY 05/20 IYAR ABRAHAM RUDOWITZ

MAY 06/21 IYAR

ROSA BOBROW

LOUIS LUSKEY

MAY 07/22 IYAR

SYDNEY GELMAN

BESS SIEGEL

JACK WALICK

MAY 08/23 IYAR

HANNAH BRADLEY

LIBBY COHEN

MAY 09/24 IYAR

MILTON BRADLEY

SAMUEL JOSPIN

MAY 10/25 IYAR

EMANUEL ROSEN

MAY 11/26 IYAR

LUBA KYKAT

ADOLPH KONTER

FAY SACKS

MAY 12/27 IYAR LEAH CHERNOFF

ABRAHAM KARP

MAY 13/28 IYAR

JULIUS SCHMIER

MAY 14/29 IYAR

NORMAN DOBBS

LUCILLE RAY

MAY 15/1 SIVAN

LOUIS BAKER

SAMUEL BODZINER

ISADORE KARPF

MAY 16/2 SIVAN

CHARLES KAMINSKY

MAY 17/3 SIVAN

HARRIET COHEN

MAY 18/4 SIVAN

JULIUS GALIN

MAY 19/5 SIVAN DAVID ARTIS

DAVID KRAMER

MAY 20/6 SIVAN

MOSES HAYSMAN

LARRY HIRSH

SIDNEY PADEREWSKY

JOY STEINBERG

MAY 21/7 SIVAN

SAMUEL TENENBAUM

MAY 23/9 SIVAN

FRIEDA SCHWACK

MAY 24/10 SIVAN

ALBERT ULLMAN

MAY 25/11 SIVAN

DINAH EICHLER

MAY 26/12 SIVAN

JEANNE PALEFSKY

MIRIAM T. SHERMAN

MAY 27/13 SIVAN SAMUEL BERWITZ

SARA LOWE

JAKE ULLMAN

MAY 28/14 SIVAN

AMY MILLER

MAY 29/15 SIVAN AARON SELIGMAN

HENRY TENENBAUM

ROBERTA TENENBAUM

DORIS WALDMAN

MAY 30/16 SIVAN ESTHER JACOBSON

PAULINE UDINSKY

MAY 31/17 SIVAN

AARON LEVY

YAHRZEITS MAY 2018 5778


Pentateuch & Haftorah

In Memory Of

Julian Weil

Dan & Loyce Weil

Brian Palefsky

Elliot Palefsky

Sylvia & Morris Cohen Israel

Travel Endowment Fund

In Memory Of

Ella G. Miller

Janice Cohen Alterman

Edward & Becky Cohen

Sisterhood Mitzvah Commit-

tee

In Memory Of

Lewis Perl Lynn & Richard Berkowitz

Stephen Cohen & Sylvia Cohen

Edward & Becky Cohen

Lewis Danish Tzedakah

In Memory Of

Max Eisenberg

Linda & Joseph Cooper

Eric Nathan Karp Fund

In Memory Of

Alex Epstein Michael & Marlene Dobbs

Bailee Tenenbaum Kronowitz

Kiddush Fund

In Memory Of

Norman Dobbs Michael & Marlene Dobbs

Lyn McGhie

Elise & Victor Shernoff

Bronia Apelker Golcman Fran & Myron Kaminsky

Sandra Seton Elise & Victor Shernoff

Happy Birthday

Fran Kaminsky

Elise & Victor Shernoff

Backpack Buddies

In Memory Of

David Gold Beth & Steven Roth

In Honor Of

Michael Bonder Jane Winter

Speedy Recovery Of

Aaron Levy Jane Winter

General Fund

Yan Polansky

In Memory Of

Anna Dana

Cary Shoob

Sandra Seton

Morton Metzger

Buddy Metzger

Ada Kramer

Linda & Michael Zoller

Morris Vogel Theodore & Adelle Geffen

Ide Arie Bykat

Luba Bykat

Alex & Halina Bykat

Julius Schmier

Gale & David Hirsh

In Honor Of

Motti Locker

Peggy & Maurice Levitt

In Honor Of Birth of

New Granddaughter


Gale & David Hirsh

Happy Birthday

Frances Lowery-Wilson


Speedy Recovery Of

David Hirsh


CONTRIBUTIONS


MAY 2018

Office Closed

Office Closed

Come welcome the Shabbat by celebrating with our friends at

Buckingham South on Fridays at 11am.

UPCOMING 2018

Sunday, May 6th Larry Lasky Annual Golf Outing at Oak Ridge Clubhouse

Sunday, June 3rd AA Gala AT 5:30 pm

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

2

8:00 a.m.

Shacharit with Breakfast and Torah

Study


3

7:30 a.m. Shacharit

and Torah Study

6:00 p.m. Mincha/

Maariv

Lag BA’Omer

4

7:00 a.m. Shacharit

with breakfast to

follow 6:00 p.m.

Kabbalat Shabbat

7:49 p.m. Candle Lighting

5

9:45 a.m.

Shabbat Services 12:40 p.m. Mincha

8:35 p.m. Maariv

8:47 p.m. Havdalah

6

9:00 a.m. Shacharit


AA Golf Outing

7

7:15 a.m. Shacharit


8

7:30 a.m. Shacharit


9

8:00 a.m.


Study


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


12

9:45 a.m.


8:40 p.m. Maariv

8:53 p.m. Havdalah

13

9:00 a.m. Shacharit


Mother’s Day

Yom Yerushalayim

14

7:15 a.m. Shacharit


15

7:30 a.m. Shacharit


16

8:00 a.m.


Study


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


19

9:45 a.m.


9:00 p.m. Maariv


Erev Shavuot

20

9:45 a.m. Shacharit


8:58 p.m. Candle

Lighting

Shavuot

21

9:45 a.m. Shacharit

with Yizkor 6:00 p.m. Mincha

9:00 p.m. Havdalah

Yizkor/Shavuot

22

7:30 a.m. Shacharit


23

8:00 a.m.


Study


24

7:30 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


26

9:45 a.m.


8:55 p.m. Maariv

9:04 p.m. Havdalah

27

9:00 a.m. Shacharit 6:00 p.m. Mincha/

Maariv

28

9:45 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

31

7:30 a.m. Shacharit and Torah Study

6:00 p.m. Mincha/

Maariv

June 1, 2018

7:00 a.m. Shacharit

with breakfast to

follow

6:00 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat


June 2, 2018

9:45 a.m.

Shabbat Services

12:40 p.m. Mincha

9:00 p.m. Maariv 9:08 p.m. Havdalah


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 (7:15 am) - Kenneth Sadler

Tuesday (7:30 am) - Lynn Reeves

Wednesday (8:00 am) - Ron Ginsberg

Thursday (7:30 am) - Michael Konter

Friday (7:00 am) - Bobby Isaacson

Sunday (9:00 am) - David Hirsh

@AgudathAchimSav

Congregation Agudath Achim,

Savannah Georgia

1 Beth Sadler 21 Walter Diamond 12 Harriet Kulbersh

2 Edward Cohen 22 Ross Kaminsky 13 Sophia Rich

2 Douglas Goldstein 22 Mark Schwartz 13 Gail Robinson

3 Samuel Skidmore-Hess 23 Lynn Reeves 13 Linda Sacks

5 Aileen Miller 24 Jami Goldstein 14 Sandra Karlin

5 Morton Rich 24 Joanna Rich 16 Richard Berkowitz

7 Benjamin Mackowiak 24 Howard Slutsky 16 Jane Winter

7 Col. Edward Wexler 26 Sarah DeVaro 17 Helen Cranman

8 Cary Shoob 26 Sol Zerden 17 Sharon Sand

9 Jared Samuels 27 Lisa Dayan 18 Davida Stockton

10 Jessica Cohen 28 Wendy Cohen 19 Phillip Geffen

11 Alexandra Mackowiak 29 Marc Gordon 19 Nathan Luskey

11 David Udinsky 30 Jeanmare Holstein 20 Hadley Gordon

12 AJ Haysman 30 Nancy Isaacson 20 Nancy Tenenbaum

MAY 2018 BIRTHDAYS

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SAVANNAH, GA

ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED 9 Lee Boulevard

Savannah GA 31405

912-352-4737

912-352-3477 Fax

www.agudath-achim.com

OFFICE HOURS

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Friday 8:30am / 3:00pm

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PRESIDENT VICTOR SHERNOFF

VICE PRESIDENT KENNETH SADLER

VICE PRESIDENT MATTHEW ALLAN

VICE PRESIDENT ADAM FINS

FINANICAL SECRETARY LIZ ARKIN

TREASURER MICHAEL BONDER

RECORDING SECRETARY ED BERNARD

PROFESSIONAL STAFF

RABBI STEVEN HENKIN

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MOTTI LOCKER

ADMINISTRATIVE ASST. JULIANA BLAND

FINANCIAL COORDINATOR LAURA EVANS

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