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“ KOL T.O.L” The “Voice of the Tree of Life”
June/July 2016 / Iyyar-Tammuz 5776 Tree of Life Congregation Monthly Newsletter Columbia, South Carolina
Inside this issue:
From the President/From the Rabbi 2-3
TOL News/Community News 4-5
Brotherhood/Big Nosh™ Sponsorship 6
Member News 7
Yahrzeits 9
Contributions/Calendar 10-11
JUNE/JULY WORSHIP SERVICES
Friday, June 3
7:30pm
Shabbat Evening Service,
B’chukotai
Leviticus 26:3-27:34
Friday, June 10
7:30pm
Shabbat Evening Service
B’midbar
Numbers 1:1-4:20
Saturday, June 11
6:00pm
Shavuot Yizkor Service
Friday, June 17
7:30pm
Shabbat Evening Service
Naso
Numbers 4:21-7:89
Friday, June 24
7:30pm
Shabbat Evening Service
B’haalot’cha
Numbers 8:1-12:16
Friday, July 1
7:30pm
Shabbat Evening Service
Sh’lach L’cha
Numbers 13:1-15:41
Friday, July 8
7:30pm
Shabbat Evening Service
Krach
Numbers 16:1-18:32
Friday, July 15
7:30pm
Shabbat Evening Service
Chukat
Numbers 19:1-22:1
Friday, July 22
7:30pm
Shabbat Evening Service
Balak
Numbers 22:2-25:9
Friday, July 29
7:30pm
Shabbat Evening Service
Pinchas
Numbers 25:10-30:1
Page 2 Newsletter Title
From the President
Deadline, Sunday, June 10 & July 8, 2016
SCRIPS/Bucks Back
With only 35 families participating, we made over $2700 since July 1. IMAGINE the possibilities if we could add YOU as a
supporter?
Best of all, this funding doesn’t cost you any more than you already spend at local retailers and restaurants. Check out the
list of retailers at www.shopwithscrip.com and call me so I can help you sign up 803-497-3319. Thank you, Amy Scully
New Retailers
Krispy Kreme (get them while
they’re HOT)
New ScripNow
(on demand—order, print within
minutes and use the same day)
Bonefish Grill
Burger King
Carrabba’s Italian Grill
The Children’s Place
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
Delta Airlines
Fandango
Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse
Outback Steakhouse
StubHub
New Reload Now
(reload an existing card and
funds are automatically
available)
Bath & Body Works
Whole Foods
Carter’s/OshKosh
Thank you for giving me the opportunity and honor of being the Tree of Life President for 2016-
2017.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Rick Cohn for his four years of strong leadership. He
has been great to work with and we always seem to be on the same page regarding the issues at
hand. Thank you Rabbi Linda Joseph for your leadership during this transition year.
I would like to thank David Carr for his outstanding contributions of time, organization and work
to make the Big Nosh successful every year he has been chairman. I am grateful to all of you
who make a commitment to support the Temple and I will need your help going forward.
You might wonder how I got here; Rick Cohn contacted me out of the blue two years ago and
asked me to serve as First Vice President. I am a Tarheel but Susan was born and raised in the
Tree of Life and we have been members of Tree of Life since 1978. All four of our children were bar and bat mitzvahed here-
The rest was history!
I have several objectives for the coming year:
-Grow the Temple membership
-Balance the budget
-Support our new Rabbi Eric Mollo and Rabbi Carolyn Glatstein
-Creative fund raising
I feel this will be a truly exciting year for the Tree of Life and with your continued support, we can make it happen.
- Alan Brill
Page 3
FROM THE RABBI
Rabbinic Report - Annual General Meeting, Tree of Life Congregation
May 11 2016
Chag Sameach! As we gather together on this eve of Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel Independence Day,
it is a time of reflection on how far our Jewish homeland has come, the victories and challenges
she has faced from 1948 until this day. We celebrate her… our Temple celebration will be this
Friday night. I do hope you can join us.
An Annual General Meeting is also a time of reflection on how far we have come over the past
year, our victories and challenges. As your interim rabbi I came to Tree of Life Congregation to
celebrate your 120th year, to provide the bridge leadership between Rabbi Daniel Sherman and
Rabbi Eric Mollo, and to ensure that your rabbinic search went well, to plant “seeds” for the fu-
ture, and to help put systems in place that would assist in the success of your next rabbi.
As your Rabbi, I have officiated at funerals, Bnai Mitzvah, visited the sick and housebound,
named babies, attended the Mikvah, liaised with Federation and represented your community at
events. I have planned services with Sharon Witherell and others and led those services on Fri-
day night, festivals and once monthly on Saturday. I have taught Confirmation and our 9th Grade,
co-led with Dori Nudelman a trip to NYC with them, and will be celebrating in 2 weeks 7 wonder-
ful 10th graders who will speak about how they imagine their future Jewish identity. In other words, rabbinic business as usual.
We have achieved much over the past year. A clean up of the office and building; the beginnings of putting in a new data base and phone system, a
mapping of the congregation’s regularities and responsibilities, the initiation of monthly staff meetings, an inventory of files, an analysis of the congre-
gation’s culture and discussion of future directions. Along with your Board, we reached out to the whole congregation during the Columbia flood and
ensured that those who needed assistance got help. Charged with making our services more participatory, I introduced “Shehechiyanu” sharing mo-
ments into the services and increased the honors. We have had some lay leaders “layn” Torah and speak to us. And thanks to the hard work of the
Ritual Committee we now have a handbook with the congregation’s policies, old and new, for worship and lifecycle.
Our Religious School has continued to educate our children and to program for families and the community thanks to the administration of Dori
Nudelman who stepped in at the last moment when Risa Strauss suddenly left our community. Both Dori and Elizabeth Tyler went above and beyond
their call of duty to make sure that our programs continued as normally as possible with little information and background left for them.
I have enjoyed designing all school programs like the Tu BiShevat Seder with Dan Nichols and the Passover Seder this year to make them meaningful
to all who participated. Our B’nai Mitzvah continued being tutored as I took on that task once done by Risa along with the Rabbi, aided by some able
congregants – Amy Wilkerson and Laura Kagan – who made sure our children could read Hebrew. Our presence was still felt in the Columbia Jewish
News as I took on the task of writing the regular article.
Amongst all that we have achieved, there are still challenges that must be faced.
It has been 20 years since the congregation has undergone a visioning process on who they are and what they stand for. Visioning, that includes rab-
bi, educator and congregants, and an action plan for implementing that vision needs to be a high priority in the coming year.
Ours is still a very office- centered, staff-centered congregation. Because of our numbers, achieving our best is not viable in such a paradigm. While
we have amazing participation of congregants at the Big Nosh and on certain active committees such as the Green Team or the Sisterhood – the vol-
unteer culture and appreciation of volunteers in this congregation is still a work in progress. We need to find meaningful ways to engage, train and
grow leaders and volunteers and participation, so that Rabbi Mollo and the staff will feel supported in their creativity and be able to concentrate on
the big picture and rabbinic work, and have success in his tenure at Tree of Life.
As we gather together on this eve of Yom Ha’atzmaut, I remember how needed and how impossible the task of establishing a Jewish State seemed to
our early Zionist pioneers. Theodore Herzl, the “father” of political Zionism articulated the hope – “If you will it. It is no dream.” Friends, Tree of Life
Congregation is such a wonderful community with potential. Dream what you could be. Strive with your will to make it happen.
Thank you to everyone who made Richard and I feel so welcome in Columbia this year. A special thanks to Rick Cohn my President partner, Jeff Selig
who went out of his way to help me integrate and understand the congregational culture, to Board Members and Committee Chairs who offered
friendship and support. Enormous thanks to our staff, Elizabeth Tyler and Demitrus Gilmore, who do their best to keep things running. And of course,
to Dori Nudelman, who stepped into a difficult task of programming and coordinating the school and congregational programs with good cheer.
I look forward to continuing as your rabbi through the end of June. We still have time to pray, play, and participate together. It has
been a privilege to be among you.
Todah Rabbah – Thank you!
From the Rabbi
TOL’s Annual Bulb Sale is in full bloom
Now until July 30th
Last year, we were able to raise $500 with all proceeds going to
the Green Team. For information or an order form call Cheri Alex-
ander at 803/695-1773 or email cheridonna@prodigy,net. The
order form can be found in the Temple foyer. All orders should be
placed by July 30th to ensure delivery by mid-October.
Bulb Sale
Page 4 Newsletter Title
TOL News
Green Team
Thank you, Dori!
Join us Friday, June 10th for Shabbat Evening Services as we honor our Religious School Director, Dori Nudelman. We are so grateful to Dori for all the hard work and effort she put into Religious School this year. She played a critical role in helping our children through this year of transition. Please come out and join us in thanking Dori for everything she had done for the Temple. There will be a special Oneg Shabbat following the service. We ask that everyone in attendance bring a home baked item.
Rabbi Joseph’s farewell
Join us Friday, June 17th for Shabbat Evening Services as we honor Rabbi Linda Joseph. Our many thanks for leading us through this year of transition and we wish you the best of luck on your next endeavor. There will be a special Oneg Shabbat following the service. We ask that everyone in attendance bring a home baked item.
Friday, July 1 @ 6:15pm
Pack a Picnic and join us for dinner and Shabbat
Evening Service at 7:30pm with Rabbi Mollo.
Community News
Page 5
The Green Team would like to thank Rabbi Joseph for her wonderful support and inspiration during the past year and wish her
well in the future. We would also like to welcome Rabbi Mollo and his family and we look forward to collaborating with him.
We have had a successful year. We are looking forward to the coming year when our walkway will be built and we will have
more opportunities to educate our congregation and the public about stormwater management. We plan to earn the
GreenFaith Water Shield, which will make us even better stewards of the earth.
We also hope to have many more rain garden visitors at the Big Nosh, as well as make some minor improvements to our
greening.
Additionally we hope to expand programming for our youth program, the Saplings.
The Green Team benefits from the Holland Bulb sale. If you would like to order bulbs, please contact the Temple office or Cheri
Alexander.
We will continue our recycling programs during the summer and hope everyone will participate. Please bring in 6-pack rings,
plastic caps, batteries, cell phones, and markers.
To learn more about the Green Team, please visit
http://www.tolsc.org/about-us/associations/green-team
Please contact us at [email protected] if you would like to be added to our email list or have questions.
Please consider earmarking your TOL donations for the Green Team.
Remember to Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Green Team
Dedicated to providing your children a safe, nurturing, and fun environment while Mom or Dad can run errands, do chores, have brunch with friends, or just enjoy some quiet time.
Snacks and toys are provided.
Where: JCC Babysitting Room When: 8:30 am – 12 noon Third Wednesday of every month! Ages: 0 – 7 Rates: $20 first child, $10 additional [members]
$30 first child, $10 additional [community]
Registration required in advance. Send completed form to [email protected] or
register at the JCC Front Desk
Mom’s Morning Out
Keep and Remember
By Lyssa Harvey
On display in the TOL foyer until the end of June.
A portion of the proceeds from each painting
sold while on display at TOL will be donated
back to the Temple. Stop by and take a look at
the beautiful collection today!
Page 6 KOL T.O.L.
The Tree of Life would like to thank our
2016 Big Nosh ™ Sponsors.
Presenting Level $1500
Dunbar Funeral Home
Greens Beverages
Jim Hudson Automotive
Platinum Level $1000
Baker and Baker Foundation
First Community Bank
Parker, Poe, Adams, & Bernstein, LLP
Gold Level $500
Abacus Planning Group
Ameris Bank
BMW of Columbia
Cohn Construction Services, LLC
Dick Dyer & Associates
Lewis Babcock, LLP
Southern First Bank
Terminix
Wells Fargo
Silver Level $250
Ally & Eloise Bakeshop
Brill, Dr. Alan & Susan
Ed Robinson Laundry& Dry Cleaning
Fields Chiropractic Clinic, PA
LTC Associates
Mungo Homes
South State Bank
Tenenbaum, Inez & Samuel
The Pilates Studio
The Toy Box
Theodore & Associates
Wilson Kibler, Inc.
In Kind
Groucho’s Deli
Friend of the Big Nosh™
Bannister, Kim & David
Bland Richter Law Firm
Gaton, Ann
Gaton, Richard & Wendy
Humphries, Ellen
Holloway Law Office, LLC
McGee, Joan & Thomas
Salzberg, Deborah
The Brooker Law Firm, PA
Big Nosh Sponsorship
The 2016 Big Nosh was a big success. The food, education, and entertainment were great as always, and we could not have asked for better weather. We estimate the crowd to be between 1,500 - 1,600 people. We had a constant flow of visitors all day long, and they enjoyed the event very much. As in the past, we had a wide selection of food, desserts, education, and entertainment. The Four Fathers and the Irmo band provided the great music while our guests were in the social hall. Outside, we had a bouncy house and slide for the kids and vendors for the adults, not to mention all our food tents and the rain garden. We also continued our tradition of supporting local charities by inviting Harvest Hope to have a tent, and we donated food items to a local shelter. The seventh annual Big Nosh was another great success. This year the Big Nosh went green. We purchased and used biodegradable food containers, and we had separate waste containers for the various items. The Green Team spent hours researching options and testing containers to make sure they would meet our needs. They also spent much time after the event separating the items to ensure everything was properly packaged, and they delivered the bags to the appropriate recycling locations. The Big Nosh is possibly one of the first food events in the state to go completely green. I have to thank them for their dedication and drive to make this happen. I would like to thank all our sponsors, many of whom sponsor us every year. It just goes to show how important they feel this event is to the community. I would like to thank everyone who came out on Saturday to help with the final preparations for the big day and to everyone who volunteered their time on Sunday. Also, thank you to everyone who donated baked goods to Bubbe's Bakery and for taking the time to make your delicious treats. A very large thank you to everyone who cooked and prepared the various food items. Many hours were spent over the last few weeks preparing and cooking all the items on our menu. A special thanks to the Tree of Life staff, Elizabeth, Dori, Demetris, and Rabbi Linda for all their hard work and dedication to make this event the success it was. Finally, and certainly not least, I would like to thank all the members of the Big Nosh committee for their dedication. Planning started back in October, and they spent many many hours planning this event. It would not have been possible without their dedication. We had some new hurdles to overcome this year but we did it as a team, and everything came together to make it a wonderful day. Thanks to everyone who helped make the Seventh Annual Big Nosh a success!!
Brotherhood
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Member News
Mazel Tov
To all of our recent graduates here at TOL and to the
Confirmation Class of 2016
May Honor Roll
Religious School - Joan Tucker, David Potter
Green Team/Recycling - Carolyn Hudson, David Potter
Oneg Shabbat Coordination - Annette Goldstein
Temple Office - Ann Gaton, Cheri Alexander & Donna
Magaro Refuah Shlema
Get well wishes to TOL Members recently hospitalized or at
home recovering: Myrna Cohen, Howard Weiss & Mary Helen
Baum
Oneg Shabbat
June 3 Chair: Donna/Ernie Magaro
Donald & Michelle Bowen
Jay & Leila Bressler
Allan & Deborah Brett
Alan & Susan Brill
Robert & Jocelyn Burg
June 10 Chair: Ilene King
Daniel & Rosann Canady
Alan & Victoria Carr
David & Jill Carr
William & Dana Cason
Richard & Robin Chapman
June 17 Chair: Beth Helman
Michael & Rebecca Coffman
Dennis & Pamela Cohen
Keven & Laney Cohen
Richard & Myrna Cohen
June 24 Chair: Dori Nudelman
Steven & Helga Cohen
Rick & Debbie Cohn
Alan & Carolyn Conway
Mark & Pam Crawford
David & Erika Cutler
July 1 Chair: Terry Garber
Fred & Doris Davidson
Carla Davis
Scott & Deborah Decker
Ann Diamond
Meyer & Barbara Drucker
July 8 Chair: Joan McGee
Gerald & Sandra Euster
Robert Feinstein & Jessica Elfenbein
Eric & Pamela Feuerstein
Fred & Irene Fields
Rayton & Maxine Fisher
July 15 Chair: Marisa Kornblut
Nard Fleischman
Bonnie Foster
Carl & Naomi Freedman
Stephen & Roberta Friedland
Michael Dojc & Daniela Friedman
July 22 Chair: Eleanor Bornstein
Terry Garber
Ann Gaton
Alan & Marcia Geers
JP & Jean Ginsberg
Brian Glavey & Eleanor Stein Glavey
July 29 Chair: Alice Kasakoff Adams
Harry & Bonnie Goldberg
Mark & Karen Goldenfield
Steve Goldring
Annette Goldstein
Stanley & Terry Gomberg
Page 12 KOL T.O.L.
June Birthdays
June Anniversaries
June 1
Faith Nudelman
June 4
Alice K. Adams
Rick Kagan
Fred Medway
Jerry Rothstein
June 5
David Blue
June 6
Daniel Tedeschi
June 8
Joanne Hafter
June 9
Stephen Merlin
June 10
Ellen Potter
June 13
Reuven Altschul
June 14
Addison Blackmon
William Cason
June 15
Stephen Friedland
June 17
Maxine Garber
Fisher
Bernard Fleischman
Alan Jolles
June 18
Barbara Becker
Michelle Bowen
Ashton Cutler
Zack Kaplan
Ira Radin
Ilene Slacter
June 21
Dennis Kaplan
June 22
Debra Tedeschi
June 23
Khell Davis
June 25
Alaina Cutler
June 26
Carol Glass
Darryn Russ
June 28
Erika Cutler
Elisa Westfall
June 29
Micah Feinstein
Annabelle
Mischner
June 30
Ellyn Schilit
June 6 Frank & Melanie Baker
June 7 Marc & Elizabeth Ann Posner
Jeff & Walton Selig
June 9 Adam Schor & Leah Doberne-Schor
June 10 Arthur & Barbara Levy
Hyman & Jennifer Rubin, III
Ned & Julie Strauss
June 12 Richard & Debbie Cohn
Meyer & Barbara Drucker
Dennis & Beverly Kaplan
June 16 Arthur & Yuliana Iskhakov
June 17 Richard & Nancy Wasserman
July Birthdays
July 1
Benjamin Iskhakov
July 2
Ann Diamond
July 4
Lois Gibson
Barbara Rast
July 5
Frank Baker
July 6
LA Miller
July 8
Alan Carr
Steven Grosby
Philip Savitz
July 9
Howard Weiss
July 10
Laura Kagan
Ernie Magaro
Dena Wessinger
July 11
Melanie Baker
July 12
Sandra Euster
July 13
Naomi Farber
William Rast
July 14
Carol Reyner Barnett
Yael Cooper
July 16
Matthew Schilit
July 19
Jeffrey Miller
July 23
Andrew Tucker
Marina Volynets
July 24
Sarra Rabinovich
July 25
Rebecca Coffman
July 26
Jennifer Williams
July 27
Terry Garber
Shayna Polen
Julie Strauss
July 28
Robin Chapman
Hugh Wheeler
July 29
Jan Barkan
July 30
Kimberly Bannister
Shelby Rose
Feuerstein
June 18 Feliks & Sarra Rabinovich
June 19 Herman & Adele Salzberg
June 20 Charles & Cynthia Bloom
June 22 Rayton & Bonnie Fisher
Mark & Karen Goldenfield
Ernie & Donna Magaro
June 23 David & Ellen Potter
June 26 Philip & Jan Savitz
June 29 Samuel & Kimberly Moses
June 30 Jerry & Carole Rothstein
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Yahrzeits
June 3
Mortimer A. Cohen, August Kohn, Sr.*, Lilyan Picow*, Mary
Magaro, Maie Park, Nathan Sheftman*, Tillie B. Fleischman*,
Albert Haegele, Edmund A. “Buster” Nachlinger, Gail Reiser,
Louis Silber*, Meyer Zellman, Julian Brown, Neil M. Cartiff*,
Freda Kornblut, David Schwartz*, Ruth Becker, Fanny
Kronrad*, Andrew Schwebel, Harold Starr*, Ben Swartz, Gerald
Tucker*
June 10
Janet Iris Zeller Barkan, Donald J. Bedford*, Nathaniel Gabriel,
Julius Kronrad*, Samuel Weinberg, Marcelle Serfaty Rodgers,
Isaac Spector*, Betty Donen*, Simon Polinsky, Max Revelise*,
Richard Wayburn II*, Sam Posner*, Staci Schilit-Allen, Joseph
Frank Cohen*, Shirley Hertz*, Abdollah Novinbakht, Alan
Baker, Esther K. Baker*, Frances S. Benenson*, Louis Birch*,
George Bor, Elizabeth Carlson, Simon Harry Ginsberg, Jessica
Wilhelmina McKnight, Earl J. Womersley*
June 17
George Nathanson, Herbert Bass*, Mamie Burger*, Richard
Eugene Halford, Arthur Rivers, Robert Hurwitz, Nora Helman
Robinson*, Harriet Romano, David Hein, Ivan Miller, Rita
Trantham, Ruth Werblum Love*, Carolyn Everett, Joe
Goldstein*, George Potter
June 24
Lynn Fleischman Milman*, Minnie Schilit, Joseph Sorenson,
Harris Fried, Henry Geers, George Goldberg, Blair Rivers, Anne
Cartiff, Rachel Davidson, Robert N. Love*, Jacob Silk, George
Altman, Alvin M. Black*, Terry Goldring*, Helen Kasiniak,
Florence Plotkin, Kittie Simmons*, Joseph Welsh Strauss*, Fay
Reyner Aroneck*, Gustav Carlson, Jules W. Lindau, IV*, Ruth B.
Love*, Michelle Newton*, Gail Riley, Rose Stein*, Irving
Wandersman*, Jerome Blau*, Mario Mondino, Dorothy Ritter
July 1
Ronnie Compton, Harold H. Eschen, Sylvia Gottlieb*,
Sheppard Morris, Mollie Q. Vigodsky*, Ray Pearlstein
Wolff*, Dora Bornstein, Jadzia Stern, Valeriy Volynets, Henry
Bogatin, Khaya Dobrushkina, Irving Meltzer, Eva Sasiene,
Clara Goldsmith, Mary Raphael Helman*, Jerry King*, Isaac
Quatinetz*
July 8
Meyer Brown, Jack Bazerman*, Jack Rosenberg, Betty
Loeb*, Bertha K. Nowitz*, Fannie Reyner*, Rose
Blumberg*, Joyce Parks, Dr. Lewis E. Littmann, Charlotte
Rosin, Joseph Rubenstein, Isadore Schreiber*, Lawrence L.
Burger*, Bella Circus*, Ida Korash, William Lowenstein
July 15
Betty Conway*, Jules Seideman*, Russell Hertz*, Marilyn
Freed*, Morris Kuntz, Joyce Rosenwald, Sophie Troyansky,
Alan Berry, Edward Brenner, Nat Love, Mitchell Jay Paul Troy,
John W. Adams, Rebecca Friedman*, Eva Strasburger*, Ray
Benator Fisch*, Albert A. Salomon*, Irene Goldsmith Kohn*
July 22
Rose Alion Goldman, Bernard Klein, Samuel Monroe
Wittenberg*, Nell Sharitz, Hyman Cohen, Sara Savitz
Linett*, Henry Bedinger, Stewart Katzman
July 29
Rose Madoff, Samuel Milecofsky, Harold Samuel Cantor,
Bessie L. Euster*, Herbert Racoff, Ruth Arnold, Murray Irwin
Linett*, Esther Duni*, John Hertz*, Jeanette W. Birch*, Ilias
Jikhadze, Greta Levy Bruck*, Abe Euster*, Herman Loewe
July Anniversaries
July 1 Marvin Kline
July 8 Charles Mullis
Alan Reyner
July 10 Michael Dojc & Daniela Friedman
July 13 Andrew & Mindy Tucker
July 15 Lewis Lapine
July 19 Lee Williams
July 22 Brian Glavey & Eleanor Stein-Glavey
July 24 David & Deborah Greenhouse
May 13
Detty & Gary Markham, in memory of Joan Markham Siebert
Eleanor & Barry Bornstein, in memory of Simon Goldenberg
Jeannie & Hyman Rubin, Jr., in memory of Rose Rudnick Rubin
Naomi, Steven & Samuel Grosby, in memory of Ruth Farber
May 20
Jennifer & Hans Mykytyn, in memory of Leo David Goldblatt
Laura & Richard Kagan, in memory of Mildred Schwartz
Belle S. Fields, in memory of Jacob Serbin
Art & Barb Levy and family, in memory of Fred Levy
May 27
Dori & David Nudelman, in memory of Jerome Nudelman
Barry & Eleanor Bornstein, in memory of Leonard Bornstein
Linda & Jack Sterne, in memory of Lela M. Kuntz
Mike Dojc & Daniela Friedman, in memory of William Kemeny
Bimah Flowers
Page 10 KOL T.O.L.
May Contributions
TOL Fund Directory
Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to your favorite TOL General,
Sisterhood, or Endowment fund. Donations make wonderful gifts.
◦ General Funds ($5.00 minimum donation)
◦ Building Fund ($10 minimum donation)
◦ Choir Fund
◦ Green Team
◦ Foyer Leaf Fund ($72)
◦ High Holy Day/Passover Fund ~ to help cover
holiday operating expenses
◦ Library Fund
◦ Memorial Board & Plaque Fund ($500)
◦ Prayer Book Fund
◦ Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund
◦ Religious School Fund
◦ Religious School Neil Cartiff Memorial Fund
◦ Youth Activities Fund
WRJ/Sisterhood Funds ($5 minimum)
◦ Reyner Convention Fund
◦ Courtesy Fund
◦ Evelyn & Dan Daniel Leadership Development
Fund
Endowment Funds ($25 minimum)
◦ Jeanette Birch Endowment Fund
◦ Diane Brown Sobel Endowment Fund
◦ Marian D. Fleischman Endowment Fund
◦ Ralph & Sarah Levine Endowment Fund
◦ Sylvia & Sam Savitz Music Enrichment Fund
◦ Jonathan Train Youth Group Endowment Fund
General Funds
Rick & Laura Kagan, in honor of Alyssa Greenhouse’s graduation from Duke University
Youth Activities
Rob & Amy Scully, mazel tov to Louis Tedeschi on the occasion of your confirmation
Rob & Amy Scully, mazel tov to Roberta & Steve Friedland on the birth of their grandson’s, Trevor Joseph & Isaac James
Rob & Amy Scully, wishing Myrna Cohen a speedy recovery
To make a donation in honor or in memory of a loved one, please notate the fund in which you wish to contribute in the memo
of your check ,and you may drop it by the Temple Office or mail it to:
Tree of Life Congregation
6719 North Trenholm Road
Columbia, South Carolina 29206
To pay by credit card, go to temple’s website www.tolsc.com/donate
If you do not find the fund you wish to which you would like to donate, you may donate your money under membership dues
and fill in the special notes at check out, note where and to whom the donation should be accredited.
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
1 2
8:00am Farmer’s
Market
3
7:30pm Shabbat
Evening Service
4
5 6 7
7:00pm Family
Caregiver Support
Group
8 9
8:00am Farmer’s
Market
10
7:30pm Shabbat
Evening Service,
honoring Dori
Nudelman
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6:00pm Shavuot
Yizkor Service
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Shavuot
13
14 15 16
8:00am Farmer’s
Market
17
7:30pm Shabbat
Evening Service,
honoring Rabbi
Linda Joseph
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8:00am Farmer’s
Market
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7:30pm Shabbat
Evening Service
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26 27 28 29 30
◦ General Funds ($5.00 minimum donation)
◦ Building Fund ($10 minimum donation)
◦ Choir Fund
◦ Green Team
◦ Foyer Leaf Fund ($72)
◦ High Holy Day/Passover Fund ~ to help cover
holiday operating expenses
◦ Library Fund
◦ Memorial Board & Plaque Fund ($500)
◦ Prayer Book Fund
◦ Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund
◦ Religious School Fund
◦ Religious School Neil Cartiff Memorial Fund
◦ Youth Activities Fund
WRJ/Sisterhood Funds ($5 minimum)
◦ Reyner Convention Fund
◦ Courtesy Fund
◦ Evelyn & Dan Daniel Leadership Development
Fund
Endowment Funds ($25 minimum)
◦ Jeanette Birch Endowment Fund
◦ Diane Brown Sobel Endowment Fund
◦ Marian D. Fleischman Endowment Fund
◦ Ralph & Sarah Levine Endowment Fund
◦ Sylvia & Sam Savitz Music Enrichment Fund
◦ Jonathan Train Youth Group Endowment Fund
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
8:00am Farmer’s
Market
1
6:15pm Pack a
Picnic
7:30pm Shabbat
Evening Service
2
3 4 5
7:00pm Family
Caregiver Support
Group
6 7
8:00am Farmer’s
Market
8
7:30pm Shabbat
Evening Service
9
10 11
12 13 14
8:00am Farmer’s
Market
15
7:30pm Shabbat
Evening Service
16
17 18 19 20 21
8:00am Farmer’s
Market
22
7:30pm Shabbat
Evening Service
23
7:00pm Havdalah &
Trivia
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** The Temple office will be closed on Monday, June 13th in observance of Shavuot and Monday, July 4th in observance of Independence Day.**
Tree of Life Congregation
6719 North Trenholm Road
Columbia, South Carolina 29206
Tree of Life Congregation
Office: 803.787.2182 Fax: 803.787.0309
Website: www.tolsc.org Email: [email protected]
Office Hours
Monday—Thursday 9:00am-5:00pm
Friday 9:00am-4:00pm
Rabbi Linda Joseph
Dori Nudelman, Education Director
Rabbi Emeritus Sanford T. Marcus, D.D.
OFFICERS COMMITTEE CHAIRS BOARD MEMBERS
President Rick Cohn Endowment Ned Strauss Susan Brill Donna Magaro
First Vice President Alan Brill Finance Ernie Magaro Laney Cohen Ernie Magaro
Second Vice President Bruce Miller House & Grounds Todd Weiss Jackie Dickman-Babcock David Polen
Secretary Lisa Helfer Membership Susan Brill & David Polen Jessica Elfenbein Amy Scully
Treasurer Joy Parks Religious School Board Yuliana Iskhakov Eric Feuerstein Jeff Selig
Immediate Past President Steve Savitz Ritual Jessica Elfenbein Annette Goldstein Jeff Silver
Programs Adam Schor Scott Kaplan Julie Strauss
AFFILIATES TEMPLE STAFF Roger Kuperman Todd Weiss
Brotherhood President David Carr Office Manager Elizabeth Tyler
WRJ/Sisterhood President Donna Magaro & Joan McGee Custodian Demitris Gilmore LIFE TIME BOARD MEMBERS
COFTY President Spencer Amado Music Director Sharon Witherell Bernard Fleischman, Jr. Howard Weiss
Green Team President Carolyn Hudson Director Emeritus Jackie McNeill Stephen Savitz
