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www.bnaizioncongregation.com SEPTEMBER 2014 • ELUL 5774 / TISHRI 5775 CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE
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Round Challah by Issi
Devin Kodsi Shabbat, September 13 at 9:30 a.m.
Kiddush Luncheon to follow services
Yom Huledet Sameach,
Lynn Hochman! Join family and friends as we celebrate the birthday
of Lynn Hochman. Shabbat services followed by
Kiddush Luncheon for everyone
Shabbat morning, Sept. 6 at 9:45 a.m.
Saturday, September 20
8:00 PM ~~~
How can we let our voice be
heard this High Holy Day
season?
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Message from Our President by Steven Sherman
B’nai Zion Congregation
114 McBrien Road
Chattanooga TN 37411
423.894.8900
Fax: 423.894.8902
Rabbi Susan TendlerRabbi Susan TendlerRabbi Susan TendlerRabbi Susan Tendler
Director of Director of Director of Director of
Congregational LearningCongregational LearningCongregational LearningCongregational Learning
Jason Cathcart
PresidentPresidentPresidentPresident
Steven Sherman
423. 316.9712
Vice PresidentsVice PresidentsVice PresidentsVice Presidents
Dr. Bill Hillner
Jordan Parker
Fern Shire
TreasurerTreasurerTreasurerTreasurer
Scott Israel
SecretarySecretarySecretarySecretary
Susan Leininger
Board MembersBoard MembersBoard MembersBoard Members
Dr. Robin Balser
Isaac Barukh
Murray Berger
David Binder
Irene Cohen
Rob Cowan
David Fairchild
Isidore Frumin
Dr. Norman Galen
Sherry Gilbert
Jerry Kleinstub
Joe Kodsi
Matt Kodsi
Lauren Lebovitz
Bea Lurie
Helen Pregulman
Rachel Privett
Jackie Rosenfeld
Marty Scheinberg
Phyllis Schwarz
Ruth Votava
Eliza Lebovitz (youth rep.)
B’nai Zion VoiceB’nai Zion VoiceB’nai Zion VoiceB’nai Zion Voice is published 11
times a year by B’nai Zion
Congregation, 114 McBrien
Road, Chattanooga, TN 37411.
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the month preceding publica-
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Editorial Committee: Editorial Committee: Editorial Committee: Editorial Committee:
Joyce Thomas, Editor
Deborah Wint
Marcia Menuskin
Lester Votava �
“NO ADMITTANCE”
A story is told about the High Holy Days entitled “No Admittance.”
One Yom Kippur, a ticket-taker at a Brooklyn house of worship was
confronted by a Jewish man with no ticket who pleaded to be
allowed to enter.
“No ticket, no admission,” the guard said, firmly.
“But I’ve got to see my partner, Sherman, in the fourth row,” insisted the man.
“It’s urgent.”
“For the last time,” said the guard, “I’m telling you, no ticket, no admission to
this synagogue!”
“But it’s a business matter,” persisted the man. “I’ll just be a minute I swear to
you…just a minute.”
“Well, if it’s a business matter,” said the guard, finally weakening, “I’ll let you in
for a minute…But remember---NO PRAYING!”
As I look back on this past year, I had absolutely no idea that I would become
President of B’nai Zion; an honor I take seriously for the rich history of our synagogue
is truly inspirational. While new to B’nai Zion, its past is something I wish to honor
during my tenure. It is a pleasure being associated with the many talented and
dedicated people at BZ, from Rabbi Tendler, Jason Cathcart, the industrious staff and
volunteers, the Board of Directors, to all of you who work diligently to provide for the
spiritual and educational experiences that are cherished by the members of B’nai
Zion.
As we are keenly aware, that privilege, however, comes with a commitment and
obligation. Since B’nai Zion does not make a Kol Nidre appeal, as many synagogues
do, I would be remiss if I did not ask you to consider how you can best contribute to
the continued growth and ensure the future of our warm and welcoming synagogue.
The synagogue has many needs, but with your continued financial support and spirit
of volunteerism, we will all continue to enjoy the many religious services, programs,
and educational opportunities the years ahead promise to offer. So, on behalf of
B’nai Zion, I welcome everyone to come, participate and enjoy all that awaits you at
BZ.
And unlike the “No Admittance” ticket-taker above, BZ’s High Holy Days
greeters will be there to warmly welcome you and your guests to our services. It is my
hope that during the High Holy Days you have a memorable, religious, and spiritual
experience, filled with prayer and personal reflection.
L'shanah tovah tikatev v'taihatemt, “may you be inscribed and sealed for a
good year.” �
Sunday, September 14
10:00 AM
Come and assist in the
important High Holy Day
tradi,on of moving our
siddurim and chumash out
of the sanctuary and
distribu,ng our machzorim
to all of the seats.
Men’s Club Changing of
the Books for HHD Shofar
Blowing
Workshop
following B.L.T!
Sunday, September 7 at 9:30 a.m.
Monthly Bagels, Lox and Tefillin Minyan.
Come for the praying and stay for the
food! Stay a5er and have a blast at the
Shofar Blowing Workshop!
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Recently I have found myself thinking about time. Proudly,
I have just embarked upon the beginning of my third year as
your rabbi. But more noticeably I realize that I literally have
been looking up to many of our young teens who were, I am
certain, a good bit shorter than I when I first arrived in
town. Where does the time go and how does it all move so
quickly I ponder?
As I write this, I am in my grandparent’s apartment in Florida—I grew up
coming here annually and by college more often. By the time I was pregnant with
Hannah Sofia, I visited every 3 months. At sunset Ross and I walked along the
beach just around the way, behind my Aunt Sophie’s (for whom Hannah Sofia
received her middle name), the moon was robust and full, with the smiling face of
the man in the moon gracing the evening sky. We paused to admire its beauty and
realized that indeed today (the 15th of Av) is “love day” on the Jewish calendar—a
week after the lowest point in our year. Here the moon is bright, promising, full of
potential. The Hebrew word for month slipped into my consciousness—“hodesh”
which connotes newness and renewal as well as time.
It is not in the Hebrew month of Av alone that we have the ups and downs like
the waxing and waning of the moon. Throughout our long history, our people have
continuously encountered glorious heights followed by devastating lows and again,
been raised up. Indeed, the Jewish people have been through it all and the moon
serves as our beacon in the sky-- constant reminder that there is always renewal, that
the future will indeed be brighter than the present and even the past. As it says in
the blessings for the new moon, Kiddush levanah “…Those [the Jewish people] who
are destined to renew themselves like it [the moon]. . ." When the world seems to be
against us and everything goes wrong, as a people and as individuals, rather than lose
faith, we bolster ourselves acknowledging that it is part of life, knowing we must find
the strength from within to change/transform these lows into highs, the bad into
good, finding new potential within.
And the years just like the months, not only mark time, but share with us a
deeper meaning underlying our people’s understanding of the world and the way it
works. For a year--shanah, which binds together our collective new experiences,
reminds us to review them as a collection of 11 (Hebrew months) or 12 (Gregorian
calendar months) and realize the very potential within each and everyone of us for
change inherent in the Hebrew word. You see, “shanah” not only means “year” but
“repeat” and “change” as if to confirm that we should change year after year and
throughout the year. As the months and the years pass us by, as individuals and as a
people we innately seek to transform our journeys of time to opportunities for
growth and renewal. Rather than let time pass us by, to utilize these benchmarks as
vehicles for recognizing our accomplishments and simultaneously giving us faith for
the future.
With the high holidays upon us the message of the moon could not be more
clear. As we sit in services, I pray that you will be open to transformation, to a new
message, to a renewed faith and optimism open, to enabling your inner most essence
to shine brightly the way the moon illumines the vast, dark sky.
Wishing you and your families a renewed and transformative, radiant year full
of good health, fond memories, and the promise of both peace and potential!
Shanah tova (happy new year)! �
Message from Our Rabbi by Rabbi Susan Tendler
Devin Alexander Kodsi will be called to
the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah at B'nai
Zion on September 13th. Devin is the
son of Matthew and Angela Kodsi and
brother to Jessica Kodsi. He is the
grandson of Joseph and Marilee Kodsi
of Signal Mountain and Jimmy and
Alice Benson of Clayton, NC. Devin is
a seventh grader at Signal Mountain
Middle School, where he has received
awards in Band and Science and is on
the Cross Country Team. Devin is
never satisfied with anything less than
his best. This is reflected in his grades
at school as well as in the quality of his
work on Boy Scout projects and with
the Chattanooga Boys Choir. Devin
has completed more than half the Boy
Scout ranks required to become an
Eagle Scout. He has sung in the
Chattanooga Boys Choir since 2010.
He toured with the Choir in North
Carolina this Summer and looks
forward to visiting the Kentucky Derby,
Indianapolis 500, and Chicago on tour
next year. Devin attended Camp
Ramah for two years, where he was able
to strengthen both his understanding
of what it means to be Jewish and his
ability to read and to chant Hebrew.
Like his father, Devin loves going to
Walt Disney World where he spends
most of his time looking for "hidden
Mickeys". For his Bar Mitzvah project,
Devin is planning to share his love of
music with students throughout
Hamilton county by taking donations
to purchase music equipment for
Hamilton County Schools.
The Kodsi family looks forward to
sharing the joy of Devin's Bar Mitzvah
with family and friends, with a kiddush
luncheon to follow. �
Devin
Kodsi
Greeters, Readers, Children service leaders…
Volunteers needed for High Holy Days! Contact Susan Leininger, Chair, High Holy Days Committee, at 400-6645
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Message from Our Director of Congregational Learning by Jason Cathcart
The Tastes of Rosh HaShanah
As the High Holy Days draw near every year, there is
one question that must always be asked: What should
we eat? It seems like a trivial question, but it is rooted
deep in our Jewish roots. Food is tied so closely to all of
our holiday observances: the Pesach Seder, cheesecake
during Shavuot, latkes for Chanukah, hamentaschen at
Purim, the list could go on and on. Some of my fondest
childhood memories are gathering with friends and
family to bring in the new year. My mom is well known
for her chopped liver and it doesn’t feel like Rosh
HaShanah unless those flavors have graced my mouth.
However, there are wonderful, more traditional foods
that are mainstays at our holiday tables.
We dip apples in honey and wish each other a sweet
new year. This year, after you make the bracha, invite
anyone around your table to share a wish that would
help to deliver that sweet new year. You also could
share some of the sweet things that have happened in
the year that has just ended.
Our round challah that we eat helps us remember that
the year goes around in a circle. It’s never ending, we
simply flow back into the cycle of our lives and continue
celebrating. After blessing the challah would be an
perfect time to share some of your favorite times of the
year. It could be holidays, celebrations, family events,
even something as simple as seeing the first blooms of
the crepe myrtles.
The pomegranate is not always found on our holiday
table, but is an excellent one to include. The
pomegranate is said to have 613 seeds that reminds us of
the 613 mitzvot (commandments) in the Torah. As you
eat the seeds of the pomegranate this year, think and
share what mitzvot you might be interested fulfilling in
your lives this year? How can you make Torah personal
for your lives?
By connecting actions to our eating rituals, we change
the way we think about Judaism and our personal
relationship with our faith. I wish you and your families
a Shana Tova u’Metuka, a happy and sweet New Year!
September
BSI at a Glance
9/3 Chaverim, Chalutzim,
Kochavim, Bagrut &
Confirmation
9/10 Gan, Chaverim,
Chalutzim & Kochavim
9/17 Chaverim, Chalutzim,
Kochavim, Bagrut &
Confirmation
9/20 Junior Congregation
9/25 Rosh Hashanah Junior
Congregation
9/26 Rosh Hashanah Junior
Congregation
Junior
Congregation
Dates
2014 2015
September 20 January 17
September 25, 26
(Rosh Hashanah) February 7 & 21
October 4 (Yom Kip-
pur) & 18 March 7 & 21
November 1 & 15 April 18
December 6 May 2
Our new attendance program requires all
students to attend a minimum of 12 Shabbat
services at our synagogue in the course of any given year.
(These include Jr. Congregation, Friday nights or Saturday mornings).
Any student meeting this goal will receive the Jr. Congregation Honor
Roll prize at the end of the year.
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CJCRS meets at
B’nai Zion from
9:30am to 12pm.
CJCRS in
September
7, 14,
21, 28
Adult Education
In a sense the Essence In a sense the Essence In a sense the Essence In a sense the Essence of the High Holy Days of the High Holy Days of the High Holy Days of the High Holy Days Lunch & LearnLunch & LearnLunch & LearnLunch & Learn Thursday, August 28, Sept. 11Thursday, August 28, Sept. 11Thursday, August 28, Sept. 11Thursday, August 28, Sept. 11 Noon @ BZNoon @ BZNoon @ BZNoon @ BZ Join us for conversations during the month of Elul that help us prepare for the sacred space and time of the High Holy Days. Aug. 28 Rabbi Tendler presents getting to the essence of the high holy days. Sept. 11 Jason presents “Does Unetaneh Tokef work for you. Is it relevant to a 21st century world view”. RSVP to Marcia with your lunch preference (tuna and egg salad). Cost is $5.
Questions about Adult education? Contact Jason
Cathcart at [email protected].
Judaism in Depth: Judaism in Depth: Judaism in Depth: Judaism in Depth: Unlock DoorsUnlock DoorsUnlock DoorsUnlock Doors
Sunday mornings: Sept. 7, 14, 21 Sunday mornings: Sept. 7, 14, 21 Sunday mornings: Sept. 7, 14, 21 Sunday mornings: Sept. 7, 14, 21 9:309:309:309:30----10:45 a.m. @ BZ10:45 a.m. @ BZ10:45 a.m. @ BZ10:45 a.m. @ BZ
Interested in Conversion? Never celebrated your bar or bat mitzvah? Perhaps you just want to know more…Then this is the course for you! Beginning this month, Rabbi Tendler and Jason Cathcart will begin a long term Judaism class that is open to the entire community. Please send Rabbi Tendler an email to express your interest and to find out more ([email protected]).
Our first ever…
ChooUSY ChooUSY ChooUSY ChooUSY
Ridiculous Ridiculous Ridiculous Ridiculous
HeptathalonHeptathalonHeptathalonHeptathalon
Sunday, Sept. 14
12- @2 p.m. Bnai Zion
Come compete in seven totally silly and
ridiculous events with all of your USY
friends. This event is free of charge.
Please RSVP to Jason:
@(Jason bzcongregation.com) or Rachel Dzik,
@USY President: (racheldzik gmail.com).
USY is for 9th—12th graders.
Hebrew word
of the month:
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Rosh Hashanah, Day 1 September 25 at 10:30 am
featuring Shofar Idol &
Celebrity Shul Games
Rosh Hashanah, Day 2 September 26 at 10:30 am
featuring Biblio-drama-lympics
Yom Kippur October 4 at 11:30 am
featuring the Oneg Shanah Game
B’nai Zion will be
searching
for its third
Shofar Idol on
the 1st day of
Rosh Hashanah,
Thursday, Sept.
25 during Junior Congregation
(10:30-12:30)! Shofar Idol
winners will be featured in next
month’s BZ Voice and have the
honor of participating in the
final shofar blast of Yom
Kippur! Start practicing today
and bring your shofars to shul!
Rosh HashanahRosh HashanahRosh HashanahRosh Hashanah
September 25 & 26
A rotation of stories,
singing, & projects.
Celebrate the birthday of the
world with cupcakes and more!
Yom KippurYom KippurYom KippurYom Kippur October 4
More projects stories
& singing.
Infant to Pre-K & Kindergarten to 2nd grade
Child Care begins at 9:00 am
Please pre-register for child care by contacting the BZ office.
Junior Congregation Grades 3-7
We invite all of the children in our community to help us end Yom Kippur (Oct. 4 at 7:45 pm)
with Havdallah. Furnished with glow sticks and spice packets, they will ensure that our year continues to be sweet and filled with light and goodness. Contact Jason Cathcart if your
children will be able to participate in this meaningful part of our holy day.
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� Anniversaries 9/1 Robert and Amy Snetman 9/2 David and Brenda Hodges Binder 9/2 David Eichenthal & Bea Lurie 9/2 Rick and Bonnie Marcus 9/3 Roy and Jackie Rosenfeld 9/4 Alan and Harriet Ruderman 9/6 Eron and Valerie Epstein 9/6 Gary and Millie Lander 9/10 Patrick and Hallie McFadden 9/10 Ben and Cindy Sirota 9/12 Howard and Yetta Gropper 9/20 Andy and Melody Hodes 9/30 Lester and Ruth Votava
� Birthdays 9/1 Dr. Robin Balser 9/1 Rachel Dzik 9/1 Lynn Hochman 9/1 Devin Kodsi 9/1 Hannah Levin 9/2 Kevin Rose 9/3 Richard Ellis 9/4 Dr. Matthew Kodsi 9/5 Alison Lebovitz 9/7 Ada Berger 9/7 Lester Cohen 9/7 Brittany Sirota 9/8 Judy Kleinstub 9/11 Gail Susman 9/14 Brenda Hodges- Binder 9/14 Jonah Hodes 9/14 Millie Lander 9/16 Sam Jaffe 9/16 Hannah Lowe 9/16 Rachel Lowe 9/16 Cassandra Rose 9/17 Jessica Kodsi 9/17 Robert Lowe 9/19 Murray Lebovitz 9/19 Rochelle Prigoff 9/19 Lester Votava 9/20 Colman Hochman 9/20 Carla Smith 9/21 Abigail Morgan 9/21 Rachel Sadowitz 9/22 Dr. Clayton Rhodes 9/24 Erin Cohen 9/24 Cara Weiner 9/27 Beth Lowe 9/28 Merle Backer 9/28 Joshua Goldberg 9/28 Dr. Marty Scheinberg 9/29 Irwin Ginsburg �
BZ Family Our Own Lion of Judah
Mazel tov to Amelia Allen, BZ's own
Lion of Judah. This distinction, named
for Lion of Judah founders Norma
Kipnis-Wilson and Toby Friedland z''l, is
honoring 91 women who embody the
values of the Lion of Judah on
September 7 at the United Jewish
Communities 2014 International Lion of
Judah Conference.
New Members B'nai Zion welcomes our new
members who have joined us over
the summer. Our new members
who live locally include Cara
Weiner, Kevin and Cassandra Rose,
and Rachel Zoldessy. Sara Cohen, a
long time BZ member, has re-joined
us from Germantown, Tennessee
after an absence of several years.
George, Christie, and Jessica Fine
hail from Dunlap, and Matthew
Lauer and Laura Fisher are in
Knoxville. Howard and Myrna
Kaplan have joined us from
Arlington, Virginia.
Summer Wedding Mazel Tov to Dr. Clayton and Janice Rhodes
on the marriage of their daughter, Allison, to
Gustavo Centeno.
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SPECIAL FUNDS [B] Babysitting [CE] Louis & Rose Chawkin Ed. Fund [Ed] Education [E] Enhancement [H] Hanan Family Scholarship [K] Kiddush [KE] Kitchen Equipment [R] Rabbi's Discretionary You can make billable contributions to B’nai Zion using our online submission form at www.bnaizioncongregation.com Of course, you can still email contribu-tions to [email protected]. Or call 894.8900
Contributions IN MEMORY
In Memory of Eunice Switow, Sister of Cecile Garry Parris Martha Berman Marcia & Jay Menuskin (H) Barbara Oxenhandler Judy Richelson In Memory of Ben Cohen Christopher E. Gu ( R) Chuck, Rebecca and Nathan Horne ( R) In Memory of Don Atkins, Father/Father-in -law of Jeanice & John Schneider Barry Parker and Flossie Weill In Memory of Lou Meltzer Martha Berman
MAZEL TOV
Amy & Gene Boulware In Honor of Your 25th Anniversary Yetta & Howard Gropper Lynn & Colman Hochman Miriam Richelson Pris and Robert Siskin Al & Paula Jarman In Honor of Your New Home Pris and Robert Siskin Jerry & Judy Kleinstub In Honor of the Birth of Your Grandson Pris and Robert Siskin Helen Pregulman In Honor of Your Birthday Miriam Richelson Dr. Clayton and Janice Rhodes In Honor of Allison's Wedding Jordan Parker & Family Carolyn Sherman In Honor of Your Special Birthday Pris and Robert Siskin Steven Sherman In Honor of becoming B'nai Zion President Jill & Stanton Lesser (K)
Judy & Kevin Spiegel In Honor of Your Daughter's Wedding Pris and Robert Siskin Terry Wheeler In Honor of Your Birthday Lynn & Colman Hochman Phyllis Schwarz, Rick & Lon Jacobs Dr. Alan & Charlotte Jacobson Jordan Parker & Family
SPEEDY RECOVERY
Irvin Pressman Miriam Richelson Cookie Siskin Marcia & Jay Menuskin (H)
YAHRZEIT CONTRIBUTIONS
Hyman David Bohn Jerry & Barbara Bohn Sylvia Chawkin Sharon, Ashley, Whitney & Geoffrey Fields (CE) William Chawkin Sharon, Ashley, Whitney & Geoffrey Fields (CE)
Lena Frank Sam Baras Rabbi Morris Abraham Frank Sam Baras Samuel Isaac Frank Sam Baras Simon Harry Frank Sam Baras Morris S. Gault Trudy & Tom Trivers Dr. Harold Goler Marilyn Goler Sally Hamburg Ada Berger Helen Hanan Victor Hanan Max Heller Howard Schwartz Sol Kopkin Marcie Mott Isaac "Ike" Lebovitz Charles & Betty Lebovitz Lillian Bella Plainstein Sharon Plainstein Laya Raider Colman & Lynn Hochman Pauline Rosenberg Colman & Lynn Hochman Annie Sacks Jerry & Barbara Bohn Arthur Saloshin Sylvia Saloshin Hanna Sayers Jay & Marcia Menuskin Herbert Stein Esther & Julius Greenwald Hyman David Stein Esther & Julius Greenwald Ralph Sussman Phyllis Schwarz Jacob Temerson Helen Pregulman (H) Phillip Wyner Samuel Wyner �
We’re bringing FUN to Friday nights! Snacks for everyone
at 5:30 PM, services at 5:45, a delicious dinner by 6:30.
Promises to be a fun family Friday night! You don’t have
to be a family to join in the ruach. Please RSVP by Sept.
16 to Marcia at 894-8900 or arcia@bzcongrega,on.com.
Adults-$11, Youth ages 8 to 13-$6, Children ages 2 to 8-
$4, Children under age 2-free
Family Friday Night ShabbatFamily Friday Night ShabbatFamily Friday Night ShabbatFamily Friday Night Shabbat Friday, September 19 at 5:45 p.m.
BZ Voice September 2014 9
Owen & Amelia Allen Dr. Bruce & Merle Backer Dr. Robin Balser Murray & Ada Berger Monique & Andy Berke Jerry & Barbara Bohn The Boulware Family The Cathcart Family The Cohen Family Billy Cordell The Cowan Family Dr. Reuben & Dot Dubrow The Dzik Family David Fairchild The Fine Family Izzie Frumin Irv Ginsburg Michael & Jan Hanan Dr. Bill & Susan Hillner Lynn & Colman Hochman The Hodes Family The Israel Family
Dr. Alan & Charlotte Jacobson The Kaplan Family Joe & Marilee Kodsi Susan & David Leininger The Lowe Family Marcia & Jay Menuskin Barry Parker & Flossie Weill Jordan & Rebecca Parker Helen Pregulman Roy & Jackie Rosenfeld The Sadoff /Tendler Family Dr. Marty & Jackie Scheinberg Phyllis Schwarz Harold & Yuppie Shavin Steven & Carolyn Sherman Dr. Jim, Fern, Lily Shire Robert & Pris Siskin Meryl Stark Joel & Gail Susman Ruth & Lester Votava Craig & Linda Woods �
Special thanks for the sponsors of the Hot
Dog Shabbat on the occasion of saying
“shalom and farewell” to Hadas Peled,
Community Shalicha as she goes home to
Israel.
This elegantly dressed little girl was a
member of a performance at the B’nai
Zion Hebrew School sixty years ago.
Yes, you know her! Yes, she is a
member of B’nai Zion. Email your
guesses to [email protected]
A 60-Year Reunion weekend for the
Chattanooga Hebrew Academy &
B’nai Zion Hebrew School is planned
at the Jewish Cultural Center,
November 14-16. For more
information contact any of the
following:
Jonathan Dzik ([email protected])
Gary Lander ([email protected])
Joel Susman ([email protected])
Trudy Trivers ([email protected])
Lynn Hochman
A mighty thank you to Shelton
Goldblatt, for cutting a fallen
tree at BZ and piling it up on
the street to be picked up.
—Photo by John Lewis
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Tashlich at
Ross’s Landing Sunday, September 28
12:30 pm
11:00 a.m.
Kever Avot
at B’nai Zion
Cemetery
Find out what’s going on with the Southern Region of Women’s League: www.wlcj.net/southern/
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BZ Calendar ~ September 2014 ~
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 Labor Day OFFICE CLOSED
2
5:45p Minyan 6:30p Board Meeting
3 4:30p BSI (Hebrew School)
4
5
5:45p Minyan
6
9:45a Shabbat Services 12p Kiddush Luncheon honoring Lynn Hochman's Birthday
7
9:30a BLT 9:30a CJCRS
9:30a Judaism In Depth
8
9
5:45p Minyan
10 4:30p BSI (Hebrew School)
11 12p High Holy Days: Lunch & Learn
12
5:45p Minyan
13 9:30a Bar Mitzvah of Devin Kodsi
14
9:30a CJCRS
9:30a Judaism In Depth
10:00a Men’s Club Changing Books 12p USY event
15
16
5:45p Minyan
17 4:30p BSI (Hebrew School)
18
19 5:45p Family Friday Night
20 Selichot 9:45a Shabbat Services 8p Selichot Services and Program
21
9:30a CJCRS
9:30a Judaism In Depth
22
23
5:45p Minyan
24 Rosh Hashanah 5:45p Erev Rosh Hashsnah Services
25 Rosh Hashanah OFFICE CLOSED 9a HHD Childcare (Infant-2 grade) 9a Services 10:30a HHD Jr. Congregation (2-7 grade)
26 Rosh Hashanah OFFICE CLOSED 9a HHD Childcare (Infant-2 grade) 9a Services 10:30a HHD Jr. Congregation (2-7 grade) 5:45p Minyan
27
9:45a Shabbat Services
28
9:30a CJCRS
9:30a Judaism In Depth 11a Kever Avot Service BZ Cemetery
12:30p Tashlich (Ross’s Landing)
29
30
5:45p Minyan
Mark your calendar! Shabbat dinner in the Sukkah, Oct. 10
Sukkot Around Cha�anooga, Oct. 11
Sisterhood Sukkot Women about Women, Oct. 14
Evening Simchat Torah Dinner and Celebra�on, Oct. 16
Rabbi Yochanan Salazar ,
Sofer, visiting BZ
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Help the hungry in our
area by donating food
items which will be
distributed to Family
Promise, a recipient of
the Chattanooga Food
Bank. Operation Isaiah
– the food drive of the
Conservative
Movement, is a meaningful way to
demonstrate your concern for those
in need throughout our greater
community.Donations can be brought and deposited in the bins
located by each entrance of B’nai
Zion. �
*Memorialized on our memorial plaques.
Yahrzeit List ELUL 5774/SEPT SEPT SEPT SEPT 6 9/19/19/19/1 Lorraine Zudie Block Leventhal 6 9/19/19/19/1 Julia Rocker 6 9/19/19/19/1 Morris Isaac Shier 7 9/29/29/29/2 Ethel Parker Dubrov* 7 9/29/29/29/2 Miriam Edelstein Effron* 7 9/29/29/29/2 Anna Dall Fanburg* 7 9/29/29/29/2 Dora S. Monette* 7 9/29/29/29/2 Isadore A. Shapiro 7 9/29/29/29/2 Louis L. Shinbaum* 7 9/29/29/29/2 Ada Walanka 8 9/39/39/39/3 Minnie Pavlow Berke* 8 9/39/39/39/3 Beverly Fine 8 9/39/39/39/3 Harris Friedman* 8 9/39/39/39/3 Pauline K. Hodes* 8 9/39/39/39/3 Edith Lebovitz Nuger* 8 9/39/39/39/3 William Raider* 8 9/39/39/39/3 Irwin Rosenblum* 8 9/39/39/39/3 Fouad Shammas* 8 9/39/39/39/3 Frances Olins Shocket* 9 9/49/49/49/4 Joseph Scharf* 9 9/49/49/49/4 William Steinman* 10 9/59/59/59/5 Wolfe Brody* 10 9/59/59/59/5 Israel David Morris* 10 9/59/59/59/5 Sara Sir* 10 9/59/59/59/5 Tsivye Leah Slabosky* 11 9/69/69/69/6 Hilda Lena Alper* 12 9/79/79/79/7 Lucille Effron 12 9/79/79/79/7 Samuel H. Friedman* 12 9/79/79/79/7 Aaron Greenfield* 12 9/79/79/79/7 Goldie Frank Greenspan* 12 9/79/79/79/7 Anne Hollander 12 9/79/79/79/7 Mary Milgrom* 12 9/79/79/79/7 Ben Ratowe* 12 9/79/79/79/7 Ida Solomon* 13 9/89/89/89/8 Sonja <Sonya> Bush* 13 9/89/89/89/8 Salomon Lichtenberg 13 9/89/89/89/8 Israel Morris* 13 9/89/89/89/8 Margaret Theresa Palermo 13 9/89/89/89/8 Morris L. Pearlman* 14 9/99/99/99/9 Hymie B. Hite* 14 9/99/99/99/9 Meyer D. Winer* 15 9/109/109/109/10 Harry Coltan* 15 9/109/109/109/10 Pearl Contor* 15 9/109/109/109/10 Fannie Kaplan* 15 9/109/109/109/10 Harold Rind* 15 9/109/109/109/10 Sidney Rudolph* 15 9/109/109/109/10 Hymie Slate* 16 9/119/119/119/11 Julius Parker* 17 9/129/129/129/12 Bessie Dubrow* 17 9/129/129/129/12 Julius Schwartz 17 9/129/129/129/12 Sophia C. Winer* 17 9/129/129/129/12 Pauline Yale 18 9/139/139/139/13 Rose B. Finkelstein* 18 9/139/139/139/13 Harry L. Freeman 18 9/139/139/139/13 Lawrence Grossman 18 9/139/139/139/13 Hilda Richelson*
18 9/139/139/139/13 Charles Edward Silverman* 19 9/149/149/149/14 Isaac Horowitz* 19 9/149/149/149/14 Dora Kauffman Perlberg* 19 9/149/149/149/14 Barney Saxe 20 9/159/159/159/15 Lottie Aronson 20 9/159/159/159/15 Dora Frumin* 20 9/159/159/159/15 Robin Marla Grossman 20 9/159/159/159/15 Louis Herman 20 9/159/159/159/15 Lulu beth Kathoon 20 9/159/159/159/15 Ben Wise* 21 9/169/169/169/16 T. Frieda Davidson 21 9/169/169/169/16 Isadore Jaffe* 21 9/169/169/169/16 Abe Prebul* 23 9/189/189/189/18 Hyman Baras* 23 9/189/189/189/18 Yehuda Lichtenberg 23 9/189/189/189/18 Bennet Mogul* 23 9/189/189/189/18 Morris Sazer 24 9/199/199/199/19 Theodore Boyce* 24 9/199/199/199/19 Max Diamond* 24 9/199/199/199/19 Jerome R. Norman* 25 9/209/209/209/20 Bernarr Cowan 25 9/209/209/209/20 Harry Dubrov 25 9/209/209/209/20 Blanch Wender Gordon* 25 9/209/209/209/20 Morris Solomon 25 9/209/209/209/20 Rose Lovins Tabb* 26 9/219/219/219/21 Heyman Fanburg* 26 9/219/219/219/21 Max Frank 26 9/219/219/219/21 Ida Brandman Gault* 26 9/219/219/219/21 Fannie S. Levin* 26 9/219/219/219/21 Rose Rothenberg 27 9/229/229/229/22 Florence Korn Block* 27 9/229/229/229/22 Herman Fanburg 27 9/229/229/229/22 Sarah Lifschen 27 9/229/229/229/22 Anna Rachel Mennen* 27 9/229/229/229/22 Pennie Richelson Pearlman* 27 9/229/229/229/22 Zelda Esther Rudoff* 28 9/239/239/239/23 Rachel Denby 28 9/239/239/239/23 Helen L. Dubrow* 28 9/239/239/239/23 Kathryn Maxey 28 9/239/239/239/23 Irving Wein TISHRI 5775/SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER 1 9/259/259/259/25 Elias "Poppi" Goldstein* 1 9/259/259/259/25 Faige Lichtenburg 1 9/259/259/259/25 Rose Pearlman* 1 9/259/259/259/25 Milton Wasman 1 9/259/259/259/25 Myer H. Winer* 2 9/269/269/269/26 Abraham Block* 2 9/269/269/269/26 Ida Epstein* 2 9/269/269/269/26 Isadore Goldfarb* 2 9/269/269/269/26 Mose Laskin 2 9/269/269/269/26 Nathan J. Morris* 2 9/269/269/269/26 Mary M. Shapiro* 2 9/269/269/269/26 Tanya Wheeler 3 9/279/279/279/27 Celia Bell* 3 9/279/279/279/27 Sarah Gorlitsky Myers* 3 9/279/279/279/27 Mary Pernett* 3 9/279/279/279/27 Morris M. Prigoff*
3 9/279/279/279/27 Leo Shavin* 4 9/289/289/289/28 Dave Brandman* 4 9/289/289/289/28 Minnie Klotz 4 9/289/289/289/28 Rose H. Kress* 4 9/289/289/289/28 Daniel Perlberg* 4 9/289/289/289/28 Clara Freedman Shoenig* 5 9/299/299/299/29 Jacob Bornstein* 5 9/299/299/299/29 Harry Polsky* 5 9/299/299/299/29 Gussie Slutsky 5 9/299/299/299/29 Drese Winer* 6 9/309/309/309/30 F. E. Boulware 6 9/309/309/309/30 Phyllis J. Cohen 6 9/309/309/309/30 Freda Lena Lang* 6 9/309/309/309/30 Alfred Ratowe 6 9/309/309/309/30 Ella Ratowe* 6 9/309/309/309/30 Muriel Wyner* �
As the B'nai Zion
Coordinator for Family
Promise I am pleased to
inform you of the next
hosting. B'nai Zion along
side of First Church of the
Nazarene will be co-hosting
the week of November 23,
2014. – Ruth Votava
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Permit No. 91
CHATTANOOGA, TN
FOR OUR ANCESTORS, FOR US, FOR OUR DESCENDANTS
B’nai Zion CongregationB’nai Zion CongregationB’nai Zion CongregationB’nai Zion Congregation 114 McBrien Road
Chattanooga, TN 37411
L’Shana Tova
Saturday, September 20 Selihot
8:00 pm ► Services
Wednesday September 24 Erev Rosh Hashanah
5:45 pm ► Services
Thursday September 25 Rosh Hashanah Day One
9:00 am ► Rosh Hashanah Services/Child Care
10:30 am ► Junior Congregation
Friday September 26 Rosh Hashanah Day Two
9:00 am ► Rosh Hashanah Services/Child Care
10:30 am ► Junior Congregation
5:45 pm ► Minyan
Sunday September 28
11:00 a.m. ► Kever Avot at BZ Cemetery
12:30 p.m. ► Tashlich at Ross’s Landing
Friday October 4 Kol Nidre
6:30 pm ► Kol Nidre services/Child Care
Saturday October 5 Yom Kippur
10:00 am ► Yom Kippur Services/Child Care
5:45 pm ► Yom Kippur Mincha
6:45 pm ► Yom Kippur Neilah
7:45 pm ► Ma'ariv
7:59pm ► Havdallah
8:00 pm ► Break The Fast
NEILAH - We will continue the
custom of having individual and
family time to pray before the open
ark during the cantor’s repetition of
the Amidah. If you are interested in
this opportunity to approach the ark
please plan to arrive before services
on Saturday evening and after the
kedushah we will invite individuals
and families to approach from the
rabbis’ side of the bimah. We pray
this ritual will be incredibly powerful.
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Minyan Schedule—September 2014 *denotes yahrzeit observed
WEEK 1 WEEK 2 WEEK 3
TUE. Sep. 2 FRI. Sep. 5 TUE. Sep. 9 FRI. Sep.12 TUE. Sep.16 FRI. Sep. 19
*M/K Berke *Ronnie Berke *A/M Hodes *J/M Kodsi *M/J Richelson O/A Allen Debbie Alper J/B Bohn L/I Cohen R/D Dubrow D/B Eichenthal John Lewis G/C Fine R/F Goldberg H/Y Gropper Rick Jacobs R/B Marcus Rachel Privett M/J Richelson D/J Sachsman J/F Shire J/G Susman Mitchell Wilson
*R/C Palermo *R/P Siskin *R/D Streiter J/D Alper D/M Belknap M/A Berger A/M Berke J/V Cathcart N/W Galen Irv Ginsburg Nikki Goff Shelton Goldblatt M/L Herman C/L Hochman A/P Jarman M/A Kodsi D/S Leininger C/J Rhodes Howard Schwartz N/S Slovis C/C Smith David Spea Meryl Starkl
*J/V Cathcart *B/F Parker *J/R Parker D/B Binder L/G Cohen M/J Hanan Victor Hanan Sheryl Hill R/F Goldberg J//M Kodsi A/A Lebovitz T/R Levin J/R Parker D/S Matzkin J/M Menuskin B/C Schultz H/Y Shavin Robert Shelsky Michael Spector K/J Spiegel Paul Stahl H/D Trotz B/C Wise
*I/L Barukh *Julie Digman *Izzy Frumin *J/E Greenwald *M/L Herman *Sheryl Hill *Alan Richelson *Judy Richelson *M/J Richelson *Miriam RIchelson Bill Cordell T/E Cohen I/M Goldberg R/F Goldberg W/S Hillner N/P Hofferman Scott Israel C/B Lebovitz M/J Scheinberg B/S Schulman M/S Simms S/E Winer
*R/J Cowan *D/J Sachsman O/A Allen Debbie Alper M/K Berke Ronnie Berke J/B Bohn L/I Cohen R/D Dubrow D/B Eichenthal G/C Fine Shelton Goldblatt H/Y Gropper Rick Jacobs A/C Jacobson G/M Lander R/B Marcus R/C Palermo K/C Rose J/G Susman J/F Shire Mitchell Wilson
Family Dinner
No Minyan Call List
WEEK 4 WEEK 5
TUE. Sep. 23 FRI. Sep. 26 TUE.Sep. 30
*R/J Cowan *J/M Kodsi *S/E Winer D/M Belknap L/G Cohen M/J Hanan Sheryl Hill W/S Hillner N/P Hofferman Rick Jacobs John Lewis J/M Menuskin J/R Parker Rachel Privett H/Y Shavin R/P Siskin K/J Spiegel R/J Rosenfeld B/S Schulman Paul Stahl H/D Trotz B/C Wise
Rosh Hashanah
Day Two
No Minyan Call
List
*Zac Beker *Claire Binder *D/B Binder *N/W Galen *G/S Sear *R/P Siskin D/M Belknap M/A Berger Bill Cordell T/E Cohen Michael Dzik E/V Epstein I/M Goldberg Scott Israel G/M Lander D/S Matzkin Meryl Stark K/C Rose M/J Scheinberg M/S Simms Michael Spector L/R Votava
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