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Follow us! SCHEDULE: JANUARY 2019 thetempleatlanta @the_templeatl FRIDAY, JANUARY 4 6:00 PM Shabbat Worship Service 7:00 PM Meditation – Room 34 LEADERSHIP&STAFF SATURDAY, JANUARY 5 Clergy 9:00 AM Torah Study Rabbi Peter S. Berg 10:30 AM Bar Mitzvah of Isaac Lourie Rabbi Loren Filson Lapidus 5:30 PM Mincha Bar Mitzvah of Jared Rovak Rabbi Samuel C. Kaye Cantor Deborah L. Hartman FRIDAY, JANUARY 11 Rabbi Steven H. Rau, RJE, Director of Lifelong Learning 6:00 PM Shabbat Worship Service/AJC “Shabbat Around the World” Rabbi Lydia Medwin, Director of Congregational 6:00 PM YoFI Shabbat Service Engagement & Outreach Rabbi Alvin M. Sugarman, Ph.D., Emeritus 7:00 PM Meditation – Room 32 8:00 PM The Well Officers of the Board Janet Lavine, President SATURDAY, JANUARY 12 Kent Alexander, Executive Vice President 9:00 AM Torah Study Stacy Hyken, Vice President 9:30 AM Mini Shabbat Louis Lettes, Vice President Eric Vayle, Secretary 10:30 AM Shabbat Worship Service Jeff Belkin, Treasurer 5:30 PM Mincha Bar Mitzvah of Caleb Dick Janet Dortch, Executive Committee Appointee FRIDAY, JANUARY 18 Martin Maslia, Executive Committee Appointee Billy Bauman, Lynne and Howard Halpern Endowment 8:00 PM* MLK, Jr. Shabbat Worship Service w/ House Band Fund Board Chair Guest Preacher: Rev. Raphael Warnock, Ebenezer Baptist Church Leadership SATURDAY, JANUARY 19 Mark R. Jacobson, Executive Director 9:00 AM Torah Study Annetta Kornblum, Weinberg Early Learning Center Director 10:30 AM Bar Mitzvah of Landon Denker 5:30 PM Mincha Bar Mitzvah of Ian Mednick Staff Katie Bass, Communications and FRIDAY, JANUARY 25 Marketing Coordinator 6:00 PM Shabbat Worship Service Melinda Brackin, Accounting Manager Judy Cole, Pianist 7:00 PM Meditation – Room 34 Amy Cox, Accounting Assistant SATURDAY, JANUARY 26 Tena Drew, Membership Coordinator Lonnie Fitzgerald, Maintenance Team 9:00 AM Torah Study Elizabeth C. Foster, Family & Teen Educator 10:30 AM Bar Mitzvah of Ethan Droze Michele Goodelman, WELC Administrative Assistant 5:30 PM Mincha Bar Mitzvah of Jed Roseman Nalo Grant, Clergy Administrative Assistant *Note Service Time Summer Jacobs, Engagement Coordinator Renaldo Lockwood, Maintenance Team Heather McKerley, Accounting Assistant & Facilities Maintenance Coordinator TORAH&HAFTARAH: Jacqueline Morris, Education and Engagement Associate JANUARY 5: Vaera Dianne Ratowsky, Administrative Assistant to Rabbi Peter S. Berg Exodus 6:2-9:35; Ezekiel 28:25-29:21 Joya Schmidt, Engagement Administrative Assistant JANUARY 12: Bo & Tour Coordinator Sarah Shinsky, Weinberg Early Learning Center Exodus 10:1-13:16; Jeremiah 46:13-28 Assistant Director Laurie Simon, Engagement Coordinator JANUARY 19: Beshalach for Special Events Exodus 13:17-17:16; Judges 4:4-5:31 Bethany Smith, Youth Education Coordinator Lt. Eddie Smith, Head of Security JANUARY 26: Yitro Marjorie Vaughn, TBRS Administrative Assistant Exodus 18:1-20:23; Isaiah 6:1-7:6; 9:5, 6 Rita Zadoff, Donation & Event Coordinator 2 | The Temple FROM THE STUDY OF RABBI MEDWIN: About Rabbi Medwin: Rabbi Lydia Medwin was ordained on the Los Angeles campus of HUC in May of 2010, where she received a Masters of Hebrew Letters Pursuing Justice, Every Day. and a Masters in Jewish Education from the Rhea orah compels us: Justice, justice shall you pursue. And we are left wondering: Why do we have to Hirsch School. She had pursue it? Where is it going? We have to pursue justice because it is elusive; even once we find it, we formative experiences Thave to be vigilant such that it doesn’t slip away again. The truth is that we humans design systems traveling with American that are imperfect. Torah, in response, comments on these human tendencies, hoping that through our Jewish World Service, leading awareness of the discrepancy between what is and what could be, we can create a society that better protects UCLA Hillel students on those who are most vulnerable. This is part of the light that we as Jews are mandated to bring into our world. service trips, and engaging Over the past few months, the Rothschild Social Justice Institute (RSJI), the body through which we in an intensive course on enliven our commitment to tikkun olam, has been very busy bringing this light into the world. Each of our community organizing. ten groups is making a difference in our ten focus areas, bringing healing and hope into the hearts of those we serve. Below is just a small sampling of what these groups have been doing: A native of Memphis, Our Racial Justice group responded to the call from Proverbs (22:22): “Do not exploit the poor because TN, Lydia attended the they are poor and do not crush the needy in court.” On November 12th, they convened, facilitated, and University of Texas (hook executed an unprecedented gathering of justice partners from across Fulton County for a Record Restriction ‘em) and Hebrew University Summit, to address the crisis facing people who have arrests but no convictions on their records. These for undergraduate studies, records, which prevent people from access to good jobs, college scholarships, public housing, and more, earning degrees in Middle hangs like a heavy cloud over their heads, essentially charging them as guilty without even having gone to Eastern Studies and Honors trial. The Racial Justice group was able to: help around 300 individuals gain a new lease on life; create new Humanities. Between studies, and deeper partnerships with city, county, and non-profit entities; and establish The Temple as a central she worked as the education voice in the city on this issue. director for a synagogue in Our Anti-Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking (Anti-DMST) group kicked off the year with a very successful Jackson, MS, and traveled volunteer drive for our partner organizations, and congregants are baking casseroles regularly for hungry to places as varied as South students so that hunger won’t be the factor that drives them towards unnecessary danger. Next, on January Africa, Peru, and Greece. 26, the “In Our Backyard” Pre-Super Bowl Outreach group will present a “Trafficking 101” presentation followed by an opportunity to visit local convenience stores throughout the Atlanta metro which have Connect with become a major asset in identifying minors being trafficked. Rabbi Medwin: Our Get Out the Vote work with New Georgia Project was very well attended and our volunteers also went [email protected] door to door in October with partners from Ebenezer Baptist Church in Old Forth Ward. 404.873.1731 Our Environment group did a fantastic presentation for the community called the “Waste Wise Recycling Workshop” at The Temple on Sunday, October 14th. Presenters from GIPL, CHARM and CompostNow impressed us with their knowledge and tips on how to behave more sustainably. On Monday, January 21st in honor of MLK Day and Tu B’shvat, the group is planning a tree planting effort, in partnership with Ahavat Achim synagogue and Trees Atlanta. The LGBTQ group had a very successful Pride March, to which every person running for elected office was invited, ten of whom joined our Temple marchers. The work continues this spring with the ACLU’s look at the upcoming legislative agenda with regards to protecting the rights of LGBTQ community members. There are so many more groups doing incredible work, including the Mulsim/Jewish Relationships group which recently showed up with great support for the ISB Gala and which is planning a Jewish/ Muslim seder; the Education group who collected school supplies for Toomer Elementary school this fall and gifts for the children to “buy” for their family members this winter with their good citizenship, attendance, and academic achievement; the Women’s Rights group who learned from GA Senator Nikema Williams about the state of women’s health in Georgia today and is planning ways to respond to this health crisis among the poor and rural; the Refugee Resettlement group who is supporting Global Village Project; the Gun Violence Prevention group which is offering the opportunity to all to join a Jewish day of lobbying our legislature on January 13th; and our Ending Homelessness group who continues to support the Zaban-Paradies Couples Center and partner with Partner for Home in their important work. This month, as we turn our attention towards celebrating the life and work of the Revered Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., we will join in praise and song, and recommit to creating a world of justice and peace. As we do, our pursuit of justice continues undeterred, through the groups of the RSJI and other incredible projects of healing that our community undertakes. Together, we will link arms with one another and with our partners across lines of difference to bring more inspiration and transformation to our world. If you want to join with us in this work, please email Rabbi Lydia.

Rabbi Lydia Medwin January 2019/5779 | 3 B’NEI MITZVAH

JANUARY 5 JANUARY 5 JANUARY 12 JANUARY 19 Isaac Benjamin Lourie Jared David Rovak Caleb Joseph Dick Landon Reese Denker Son of Adam & Son of Don & Son of Bradley & Son of Steven & Cindy Lourie Corrie Rovak Kimberly Dick Karen Denker

JANUARY 19 JANUARY 26 JANUARY 26 Ian Mednick Ethan Droze Jed Roseman Son of Brandon & Kirsten Mednick Son of Steven & Karen Droze Son of Seth & Julie Roseman

MAY THEIR MEMORY MAZAL TOV! Have good news to share? BE FOR A BLESSING Please email Katie Bass at [email protected]. Our Heartfelt Sympathy to the Families of: Birth of Flora Edith-Rose to Nancy and David Johnson and to big brother, Freyr Ethel Marx (mother of Gary Marx) Collette Bernstein and Daniel Walker on the birth of Leo David Walker and to Clara May Peterson (grandmother of Stephanie Abramowitz) grandparents, Kenneth & Ellen Bernstein Maxine Sherry (wife of Hank Sherry) Emily Sanders & Jon Margolis on the birth of their grandchild, Nash Steven Rosie Spinrad (Mother of Rabbi David Spinrad) Tarica to their daughter, Ashley and Josh Ruth Arnovitz (step-mother of Eliot Arnovitz) Gera Mats and Eric Astrin on the birth of Vadim Gray Astrin Donna Tepper (mother of Michal Tepper) Julia Madeleine Tiessen & David Franklin Ziff on their wedding, and to Julia’s parent’s Susan Carney & Bob Wenger Edward “Eddie” Dworetz (brother-in-law of Joel Lobel) Jonathan Stone for being installed into the Illinois Bar Association Mike Rose (husband of Marilyn Rose) Herb Saltzman (father of Andrew Saltzman) Leon Alexander (son of Glenda & Kenneth Alexander) NEW&RETURNING MEMBERS Susanna Eiland & Tomer Zvulun • Maya Zvulun Faye Slutzky (sister of Larry Cooper) Jacqueline Friedlander Irving M. “Sonny” Shlesinger (husband of Joyce Shlesinger Eden & Peter Kaye • Henry, Marshall & Louise Kaye and father of John Shlesinger) Gera Mats & Eric Astrin Donald Zauderer (father of Laura Baldwin) Brigitte & Jason Sosnovsky • Sofia Sosnovsky David Oliver (step-father of Karen George) Jen Strada & Ken Sherman • Sylvie & Bella Sherman

4 | The Temple YoFI Shabbat The Breman Religious Friday, January 11 YoFI Shabbat is a worship experience for young readers. Services are led by a rabbi School & Youth Calendar and song leader and are followed by a dinner catered by Willy’s. January’s YoFI is January 2-3 hosted by the TBRS 1st Graders NFTY 678 Ski Trip To register for dinner, please visit www.the-temple.org by January 9: • Members: Ages 10 years and up $12, 2-9 years $10, under 2 are free January 7-9 • Guests: Ages 10 years and up $15, 2-9 years $12, under 2 are free Midweek Hebrew Resumes Questions? Contact Bethany Smith at [email protected] January 11 YoFI Shabbat hosted by 1st Grade January 13 TAMID & Melton Religious School @ 9:30am Experience the Joy of Learning 5th Grade Family Education @ 9:30am Sheer Kef Rehearsal Noon Temple History Makers and Heroes January 18-21 January 7, 14 • 7:00-7:55pm • Cost: Free • Taught by Rabbi Peter Berg & 8th/9th Grade Trip to New Orleans Dr. Mark Bauman • Register online at www.the-temple.org/tamid In this course, we will explore the lives of over 25 Temple members (mostly from January 18-21 our first 100 years) who are recognized by historians for the manner in which they NFTY-SAR Winter Kallah in Jacksonville, FL have shaped the city of Atlanta. For each history maker, we will examine his or her January 20 contributions to the city of Atlanta, the larger Jewish community and The Temple. No Religious School Class participants will receive preview copies of Dr. Bauman’s color-coded timeline of The Temple’s first 150 years—with a detailed and annotated biography of our January 21-23 Temple history makers. No Midweek Hebrew January 27 Religious School @ 9:30am WELC CORNER Teen Israel Trip Meeting @ Noon Sheer Kef Rehearsal @ Noon Chanukah at WELC! It’s a menorah! It’s a dreidel! It’s a festival of lights! Our little WELC miracles sung and A Merry Mitzvah danced their hearts out during their Chanukah performance. Each class spent time learning a THANK YOU! special Chanukah song with our amazing music On behalf of the Education Team and all our teacher, Ms. Amy. Our fabulous teachers helped staff at The Temple, we would like to extend the students create all the costumes! Families our deepest thanks and appreciation for our were invited to a delicious lunch sponsored by students, adult volunteers, and to all those the TPA and catered by The General Muir. who donated gifts for this year’s Project Merry Mitzvah. Without your precious time, generous donations and dedication, this year’s event would not have been the success it was. Each and every one of you played a part in making sure that The Temple community was able to bring the season of joy out and into the lives of our couples at the Zaban Paradies Center. Thank you for doing you part in Tikkun Olam, in helping to repair the world. Thank you again, Rabbi Steven Rau, Elizabeth Foster, Marjorie Vaughn, Jacqueline Morris, and Bethany Smith

January 2019/5779 | 5 The Well Friday, January 11 @ 8 PM January is a time for new things and for old things to become new MARTIN again. Who hasn’t made a resolution to be more caring or more patient in the New Year? Who hasn’t promised to go to the gym more LUTHER often or to try and be more thoughtful, more intentional? We all know that resolutions like that are hard to keep, but that doesn’t stop KING, JR. us from constantly trying to self-improve and redefine ourselves. In a new year we want to keep the best parts of the old, that core which made us who we are, while striving to be something new. Human SHABBAT beings want to grow. The Well is growing too. The music is new, the food is different, and some of the faces have swapped over- but the core is still the same. We Friday, January 18, 2019 still want to feel the big feelings, get fired up and inspired, and connect Dinner: 6:30pm | Service: 8:00pm to each other as friends and neighbors. We still want to talk about real issues and share our own truths, we’re not afraid to talk about the hard Dinner Buffet: 6:30-7:45pm stuff. We’re still finding new ways to connect to our Jewish tradition, Temple members: $25 making it our own and singing our song, all over again. Community members: $32 | Children (10 and under): $10 The Well has grown a lot in the last 6 months, and we’re going to Please consider a donation to host a member of Ebenezer. grow again this year. If you haven’t been recently we hope that on January 11th, at 8pm, you’ll try it anew. GUEST SPEAKER: Rev. Raphael Warnock To RSVP or if this is your first time at The Well, please email Senior Pastor, Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church Summer Jacobs: [email protected]. Well Done RSVP BY JANUARY 4 At the Well we’ve been asking you to come with spirit and leave with soul. the-temple.org or 404-873-1731 Now we want you to come hungry too! Reservations required. Space is limited. Babysitting available A renaissance of Jewish cookbooks, restaurants, and food programs upon request. No table reservations necessary. has shown us that Jewish cuisine doesn’t have to be just matzah ball soup or hummus. Food tells the story of a people, and Well Done is our hope of sharing that story with you. On January 11th join us at Atlanta Jewish Life Festival Temple at 6pm to learn to make a unique Jewish meal celebrating Tu’Bishvat, the festival of the trees. Then wash it down with a custom at the Georgia Aquarium Sunday, January 13 seven species inspired cocktail. Help us make these incredible dishes Bring your entire family to the Georgia Aquarium for the Atlanta Jewish and then share them with your friends at The Well’s Shabbat service! Life Festival! This fun filled day will be a lively showcase of Jewish To save your spot in the Kitchen, please be in touch with Rabbi culture and Atlanta’s thriving Jewish community featuring kosher Kaye: [email protected] cuisine, Israeli wines, live music, art, dozens of organizations and MORE. Can’t make it to help us cook? Don’t worry, there will be food and drink for everyone who comes to the Well on the 11th. Your ticket includes: • Entry to the Georgia Aquarium for entire day Mini Shabbat • A Jewish cultural celebration packed with live music, artist market, Saturday, January 12 • 9:30am: Shabbat Service community partners shuk and MORE. Food and Israeli wine 10:00am: Coffee and Bagels • 10:30am: Playground tastings available for purchase. Join us on Saturday, January 12th at 9:30 AM as our puppets welcome • Prices at $18 Per Person or $54 for the entire family. us into a beautiful garden and help us celebrate Tu B’Shvat, the The Atlanta Jewish Life Festival is presented by Atlanta Jewish Times holiday of the trees! We begin in Covenant Chapel with our puppets, (AJT), metro Atlanta’s premier Jewish weekly newspaper. The AJT clergy, and friends for prayers and guitar music. Then, we move to is a 501(c)3 nonprofit with the mission of promoting the bonds of the Motor Lobby for bagels, juice and coffee, followed by playtime on community among metro Atlanta’s diverse Jewish population. Sonia’s playgroup outside (weather permitting) THANK YOU for our major sponsors: Georgia Aquarium, The or WELC indoor playground. Please dress Marcus Foundation, MJCC, The Billi Marcus Foundation, Jewish casually. There is no fee or RSVP required. Federation of Greater Atlanta, William Breman Museum, AJMF, Questions? As always, please contact Rabbi Morris Family Foundation, Woodward Academy, Event Visions, Star Lydia Medwin ([email protected]). Lab Productions and Changers + Makers. Songs, stories, bagels, coffee & friends? Don’t wait! Buy your tickets today: www.atlantajewishlifefestival.com An unbeatable Shabbat combination. We or www.bigtickets.com/e/ATLjewishtimes/atlanta-jewish-life-festival/ can’t wait to see you there! 6 | The Temple Together—A Special Day of Service Leven Jewish Identity Institute Community Tree Planting Upcoming Programs Monday, January 21, 2019 • 9:00am-12:00pm at Grove Park For more information or to register, see www.the-temple.org/ Tu B’Shvat and MLK Day are on the same day–Monday January 21, 2019. interfaith or contact Rabbi Lapidus ([email protected]) or Please join your Temple Green Team, Ahavath Achim Green Team, Trees Brian Weiss ([email protected]). Atlanta and the interfaith community to plant trees on this special day. Beineinu (The Two of Us): The Temple’s Marriage Retreat Amazing opportunity to honor the life and memory of Dr. Martin Luther March 1-2 at Chateau Elan King, and to celebrate the Jewish New Year of the trees—Tu B’Shvat. Facilitated by Rabbis Loren and Micah Lapidus and Rabbis Lydia Meet at the corner of Grove Park Place and Francis Place NW and Dan Medwin, this marriage retreat gives an opportunity to relax 30318, close to Proctor Creek and a new section of The Path, with and reconnect as a couple, and also to meet other couples from The almost no street traffic. We’ll end with a Tu B’Shvat celebration with Temple. Every year, participants leave with new friends and ways to Special programming for young children and lots of refreshments, participate in the community. This retreat is primarily designed for including Tu B’Shvat fruit and nuts and hot coffee. To whet your those in their first 7 years of marriage. Through the generosity of the appetite, go to Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasting’s YouTube video—they Leven Family Jewish Identity Institute, there is a significant discount featured the 2017 planting on their program GROW. for the retreat and an additional subsidy for interfaith couples. For more information or to register, please go to www.the-temple.org/ Trading (Holy) Spaces marriageretreat or contact Rabbi Lapidus. Join us for this unique interfaith initiative between The Temple and First Presbyterian Church. Throughout 2019 members of both SAVE THE DATE! congregations will have four opportunities to experience firsthand the THE MONTAG FAMILY SPEAKER SERIES PRESENTS: worship and ministry of their Midtown neighbors. Each gathering will Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz be followed by a time of guided reflection and open Q&A over a shared Friday, February 8 & Saturday, February 9 meal or coffee. All are welcome. Cost: $50/person. For more information We are thrilled to welcome Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz to our and to sign up, email Joya Schmidt at [email protected]. congregation for a weekend of Torah and social justice. Rabbi Gathering 2 – Community Prayer Breakfast Yanklowitz is an Open Orthodox rabbi and author, and he has been Sunday, January 27 • 6:00-8:30am • First Presbyterian Church listed as one of the 50 most influential rabbis in America. He was ordained as a rabbi at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah. He earned a master’s Gathering 3 – Ash Wednesday Service degree at Harvard University in Leadership and Psychology, a second Wednesday, March 6 • 6:30-8:30pm • First Presbyterian Church master’s degree in Jewish Philosophy at Yeshiva University, and his Gathering 4 – Shabbat Torah Study Doctorate in Moral Development and Epistemology at Columbia Saturday, March 23 • 9:00-11:00am • The Temple University. Yanklowitz is the author of over a dozen books, including his latest book entitled Pirkei Avot:A Social GIPL’s Second Annual Green Team Summit Justice Commentary, published by the CCAR Press. Sunday, January 27 • 2:00-7:00pm at The Temple Shabbat Worship Services All Creation Care champions and environmental stewards from Friday, February 8 • 5:00pm: Nosh • 6:00pm: Service congregations across the state are invited to join us for this interfaith Sermon: Actualizing our Unique Potential: An celebration featuring an inspiring keynote address by the Ray C. Inspiring Spiritual Approach to Jewish Responsibility Anderson Foundation’s Executive Director: John Lanier, educational & Human Actualization in a Complex World! workshops, and a farm-to-table dinner. The Well Shabbat Worship Service Temple Connect Friday, February 8 • 8:00pm: Nosh • 8:30pm: Service For a complete listing of Temple Connect Drash: Mussar, Middot, & Social Change: Transforming groups, visit www.temple-connect.com. our Inner World to Transform our Outer World! Joining a Temple Connect group is the best connect Torah Study way to get to know a small group of people Saturday, February 9 • 9:00am well. Formed around interests, needs, geography, demographic or Parshat Terumah: Is God Still Here? Where is God to be Found? profession, group meetings take place in the home, in an office, or anywhere in the city. Groups meet regularly (usually monthly), are Chapel Service led by your fellow Temple members, and consist of anywhere between Saturday, February 9 • 10:30am 3-18 people. Temple Connect is designed to inspire us and transform Sacred Attunement: How to See the Invisible Right before our Eyes: our lives and the world around us. We want to help you get connected! A Mystical approach to Ethics Did You Know? There are real differences between Chinese and Seudah Shlishit with the American Mah Jongg! The Temple’s Connect groups are doing both. Rothschild Social Justice Institute Find out more and sign up at www.temple-connect.com or email Saturday, February 9 • 4:00pm Elaine [email protected]. Judaism as a Call to Social Action: Developing our Unique Moral Voice.

January 2019/5779 | 7 Caring at The Temple Our Caring at The Temple program reaches out to fellow congregants during times of hardship or pastoral need, providing homemade chicken soup and challah to members who are bereaved, ill, recently discharged from the hospital, or are celebrating the arrival of a new child. We have delivered more than 500 soups, and nearly every step of the program – from soup preparation, RSJI: Women’s Rights to delivery (within your zip code), to letting us know about fellow congregants in need – is led by members of our congregation. The “Women’s Rights” group of the Rothschild Social Justice Institute Thank you to our Caring at The Temple volunteers who delivered has identified three main objectives for 2019. These include health soup this month: Nancy Apatov, Scott Chalk, Sandy & Duane Cox, and reproductive rights, pay equity and family leave issues. In dealing Susan Gordon, Ellen Kaplan, Jessica Landisman, Barbara & Ron Lipp, with these large themes, we hope to educate, conduct advocacy work, Denny Marcus, Judy Maziar, Sharyn Mulqueen, Cheryl Orlansky, and perform direct service projects. Jennifer Bush Otte, Cheri Restler, Randy Hyman Shapiro & Marc On October 2nd, the Women’s Rights group hosted Georgia state Shapiro, Debbie Shelton, Claudia Shorr, Jill Spasser, Mia Spolan, senator Nikema Williams to speak at the Temple. Ms. Williams Shayna Steinfeld, Lisa & Eric Vayle. provided an intimate look at some of the pressing issues that are To be a part of this program and to fulfill the mitzvah of facing the woman of Georgia. Her long and dedicated career in service bikkur cholim (visiting the sick) or to let us know who needs to the woman of this state was of great interest to our group. soup, please contact Rabbi Lydia Medwin at lmedwin@the- On Tuesday, January 29th at 7 pm, the Temple will be hosting temple.org or 404-873-1731. Roses for Roe. This annual event celebrates the anniversary of Roe v. Wade and the powerful impact of Planned Parenthood. This event has become the second largest fundraiser for Planned Parenthood Zaban Paradies Center SouthEast (PPSE). Last year, we raised a record $30,000 for PPSE in a Thanksgiving support single night. This year we are hoping to break that record and urge all Zaban Paradies Center is the beneficiary of Temple members to come help us! young attorneys from Greenberg Traurig. On February 10 at 12:30 we will be hosting a special project where Thanks to ZPC Advisory Board member we will be making packets containing feminine hygiene products for Bethani Oppenheimer, who publicized the the homeless and also lower income schools. We will be collecting Center through the firm’s Thanksgiving potluck dinner, ZPC received items during religious school hours for the next few weeks. Please a number of donations and created awareness to others that the drop off in the bins at the lobby front desk (in order of importance) Center is exists and has ongoing needs of new and donated items. If pantyliners, pads, individually wrapped feminine hygiene wipes (non you or your company would like to learn more, please contact Randy alcohol), and tampons. To learn more about this project, please visit: Gorod at [email protected]. https://homelessperiodproject.org/ Holiday cheer For more information on the Women’s Rights group, please contact The Temple’s Paideia Small Group had brought the holiday cheer Samantha Schoenbaum at [email protected] to Zaban Paradies Center. Under the guidance of Deborah Maslia, the group provided decorations for Christmas for the Center’s Annual College Outreach dining room and for individual rooms and the hallways. Hanukah Sign up your student again! decorations were also set up in the entrance way. Do you have a college-age student, a child at college, on a gap year, Additionally, the students put together and delivered gift bags with or pursuing other paths? The Temple would like to reach out, send candy and treats for the Residents. Zaban Paradies Center greatly holiday greetings and gifts, and remind them that they are still part appreciates the thoughtfulness of this group. of our Temple family, wherever that may be! Please send us your student’s new mailing address for this year so we can continue to be a part of their life. Contact Jacqueline Morris at jmorris@the-temple. org for questions and more information. We’re Collecting Things! Don’t know what to do with those empty plastic medicine bottles? We do! MedShare, a Mitzvah Day Agency, collects surplus medical supplies and used equipment from U.S. hospitals and manufacturers and sends them to hospitals and clinics in third world countries. Peel or soak off the label and bring the bottles to The Temple. A collection box will be in the motor lobby. 8 | The Temple RABBIS’ Herbert Saltzman Donations: Joyce & Sonny Shlesinger DISCRETIONARY FUNDS Jennifer & Scott Leibowitz Mary Ellen Moore Herbert Cohen In Memory of: Beatrice R. Schwartz Payam Rohani Mike Rose Roberta S. Berger Marilyn Rose Judie Aronson CANTOR’S Twyla & Robert Sable Our beloved son, Scott DISCRETIONARY FUND Gloria & Bud Subit Selig/Bernstein Families Sonny Shlesinger Ruth Arnovitz In Memory of: Joyce & Donald Block Scott Selig Shirley Wender Susan & Doe Cohen Dr. Albert Wildstein’s Sheila Rothman Joan & Donald Brown Granddaughter Beloved wife, Maxine Sherry Janet & Richard Brody Lila & Doug Hertz Janet & Paul Kirschbaum Merrill & Michael Stern Hank Sherry Tina Jacobson In Honor of: Maxine Sherry Oscar Balamut Janet & Paul Kirschbaum Bar Mitzvah of our son, Laurence & Marilyn Gross Nancy Abrams Benjamin Romanstein Joyce & Donald Block Ethel Marx Lillian Cohen Gary & Shari Marx Shannon & Stanley Romanstein Marsha Goldstein & Robert Fine Sandy Linver & Bud Korman Vicki & Allen Filstein Billie Guthman’s Birthday Carol Haber L.D .Coddon Nancy Abrams Lila & Doug Hertz Herbert Hillsberg With love, Susan, Emily, David Nancy Hirsch Glenda & Bernard Pollock Vicki & Allen Filstein Dr. Morton J. Crow Maxine Sherry Bat Mitzvah of our daughter, Mary Louise Sherman Sarah Zedd Marilyn & Bob Crow Marilyn & Josh Shubin Barbara & Alan Smith Cathy & John Zedd Beloved son, Leon Goldberg Merrill & Michael Stern Shirley Wender Glena & Ken Alexander I.M. “Sonny” Shlesinger S. Robert Greene Joan & Donald Brown Barbara B. & Robert J. Greene Joel & Granot Real Estate, LLC Albert Gross Marlene & Mark Haber Laurence & Marilyn Gross Barbara & Alan Smith & Family Helen Gross Dora R. Smith Laurence & Marilyn Gross Barbara & Alan Smith Michael Levin Larry Spielberger Joan & Donald Brown Janet Selig & Jeff Bernstein Sandra & Gary Silver Rosie Spinrad Sunnie Lichtenstein Joan & Donald Brown Cheryl Orlansky Louis Stern Simon Lipp Randi & Sidney Levy Barbara & Ron Lipp Philip Stern Beloved father, Robert Lipshutz Randi & Sidney Levy From left to right: , Engineer & founder of Matrix Engineering Judy Lipshutz Amin Tomeh Dave Wolf, Jr. & Board member of Islamic Speakers Bureau; Michael Sizemore, Architect Joan Lipson Jackie Wolf & founder of Sizemore Group and elder at Central Presbyterian Church; Sara & John Shlesinger Mark Jacobson; Pat Murphy, Real Estate Developer & elder at North In Honor of: Beloved mother, Ethel Marx Decatur Presbyterian Church; Bob Donaghue, retired, former Sustainability Director of GA Dept of Natural Resources & GIPL’s Power Wise Director; Shari & Gary Marx & family Our daughter, Ellie’s Bat Mitzvah Wendy Conrad & Neal Aronson Suzanne Burnes, Sustainability Consultant & founder of Collective Wisdom Ben Miller Consulting firm;Codi Norred, GIPL’s Program Director; Cherlyn Tribble, Sheldon Miller Bat Mitzvah of Ellie Aronson Electrical Engineer & AME Zion Pastor, currently chaplain at Children’s Twyla & Bob Sable Hospital of Atlanta. Steve Newfield Paul & Ros Kastin Bar Mitzvah of my son, Ryan Heidi Becker Loving Memory— Mark Jacobson (third fom left), our Executive Director, Leann Rittenbaum Special Birthday pictured with Georgia Interfaith Power and Light Power (GIPL) Sandra & Gary Silver of Sandra Cohen Wise Grants Committee at their December meeting. The Joan & Donald Brown Mendel Romm, Jr. committee met to award matching grants to faith institutions Romm-Arogeti Family Special Birthday from all over Georgia to assist with energy saving HVAC and of Herb Orlansky Beloved husband, Mike Rose Lighting projects. Joan & Donald Brown Marilyn Rose GIPL’s mission is to engage communities of faith in Our daughter, Libby’s stewardship of Creation as a direct expression of our Mike Rose Bat Mitzvah faithfulness and as a religious response to global climate Sandra J. Menes Will & Mary Gleim-Jonas change, resource depletion, environmental injustice, pollution, Dr. Jerome J. Rubin Our son, Benjamin’s Bar Mitzvah Jeff Rubin and other disruptions in Creation. Temple member Ruth Menter Stanley & Shannon Romanstein is Treasurer of their Board of Trustees. January 2019/5779 | 9 ADULT EDUCATION FUND In Honor of: ESTHER BLEICH In Honor of: Celebration of our Children SCHOLARSHIP FUND Joanne Birnbrey In Memory of: (Emily, Mathew, Caroline, Brad) Leah & Chip Taylor: Jeffrey Silon & Grandchildren In Memory of: Ronnie van Gelder Ethel Marx Speedy recovery Barbara and Bertram Levy of Marvin Botnick Linda & Josh Brener In Honor of: Joel & Irwin Lowenstein BROCKEY ROTHSCHILD Sonny Shlesinger Debbie & Lon Neese Birthdays & Anniversaries INSTITUTE FUND Dianne Ratowsky becoming Grandparents of Mr. & Mrs. Alan Shor Ronnie van Gelder Donations: HASKELL BOYTER Joel & Irwin Lowenstein Michelle Merrick-Davis Speedy recovery MEMORIAL MUSIC FUND Birthdays & Anniversaries of Marvin Botnick Gale Davis of Mr. & Mrs. Eddie Birnbrey In Memory of: The Supper Club: Amy Sue CARING Joel & Irwin Lowenstein Maziar, Robyn Tanenbaum, Stephen Newfield COMMITTEE FUND Billie Guthman Birthdays & Anniversaries of Julie Srochi, and Elaine Diamond Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Lowenstein In Memory of: ARTHUR LIGHT HOLLAND YOUTH Joel & Irwin Lowenstein Leon Alexander MEMORIAL FUND LIBRARY FUND Birthdays & Anniversaries of Eva & David Arkin Dr. & Mrs. James Weisberg In Memory of: In Memory of: In Honor of: Joel & Irwin Lowenstein Arthur Light Paula Mayer Weinstock Thank you Ellen & Jack Holland Birthdays & Anniversaries of Paula & Stuart Light Mr. & Mrs. Richard Reiman Marcia & Stuart Naterman Beth Holland Millie Cohen Joel & Irwin Lowenstein Estelle Light COMMUNITY SERVICES Carolyn Cornwell Carolyn W. Holland LYNNE & HOWARD In Memory of: BARBARA W. & Ellen & Jack Holland HALPERN ENDOWMENT BERTRAM L. LEVY Hilton Head Friends Beth Holland FUND FAMILY GARDEN FUND of Grandpa Joel Carolyn Cornwell Myron Meister In Memory of: In Memory of: Maxine Sherry Sunny Mendelsohn Maxine Sherry In Honor of: Ellen & Jack Holland Richard Mendelsohn Sonny Shlesinger Clergy for solidarity service Joe Haas Ethel Marx Jean and Herbert Weinstock Denny Marcus & Ellen & Jack Holland The Temple Board of Trustees Andre’ Schnabl Barbara and Louis Levy Peter Mallen Billie Guthman Ellen & Jack Holland Ruth Arnovitz The Temple Board of Trustees In Honor of: Juli & Billy Bauman Jack Holland Support The Temple when you shop! S. Jarvin Levison Judy Abroms Juli & Billy Bauman Kroger Community Rewards Jack Holland’s Birthday Jackie & Tony Montag Maxine Sherry It’s easy to enroll and it doesn’t impact your The Temple Board of Trustees savings! Every time you shop for groceries KAHN ART FUND Margaret Dennison and swipe your card, The Temple automatically In Honor of: James Popp starts earning a rebate. Susan Bernstein’s Birthday American Property To enroll, visit kroger.com with your Kroger Plus Tax Counsel Sharon & Howard card handy. Create an account or sign in to your Silvermintz Billie Guthman existing account, scroll down to the Community Rewards S. Jarvin Levison section at the bottom of the page, then enroll by searching LENORE E. & Deanne & Julian Mohr our NPO number: ST889. To verify you are enrolled BURTON M. GOLD Ray Ann Kremer correctly, The Temple’s name, “The Temple: THE HEBREW MEMORIAL FUND & George Shapiro BENEVOLENT CONGREGATION,” will appear on the right In Memory of: Sherry & Harry Maziar side of the page. Enrollment takes up to 7 days before you Maxine Sherry Nancy Hirsch start earning towards The Temple community rewards. Judith & Mark Taylor Nancy Denney AmazonSmile Harriet & Paul Weinberg LOWENSTEIN YOUTH Linda & Steve Selig Shopp on AmazonSmile and make contributions SCHOLARSHIP FUND Cathy & Steve Kuranoff to The Temple with every purchase. Visit In Memory of: smile.amazon.com/ch/58-0835812 and change Mike Rose the way you shop! Sonny Shlesinger The Temple Board of Trustees Joel & Irwin Lowenstein Gertrude Rose Bodker Joanne & Eddie Birnbrey Nancy Howard

10 | The Temple Richard I. Orloff PROJECT MERRY In Honor of: Donations: Harriet O. Lewis MITZVAH FUND Nancy Hirsch’s Birthday Anonymous Nancy Abrams Neil & Susan Cohen Herb Saltzman In Honor of: The Temple Board of Trustees Emily Kisber Hank & Reva Ezell Susan Gordon’s Leadership Frances Chartock Dorfman John Hirsch Bea & Bud Feiman of the Records Restriction Scott Edlein Nancy Hirsch Summit Program Carol Nemo’s Birthday Jonanthan Glass & Janet Gross Libby & Nat Gozansky Nancy Hirsch Diane Gup Phyllis & Eliot Arnovitz Nancy Hirsch Dr. John Eaves’ Leadership TEMPLE LIBRARY FUND Philanthropic Fund Sonny Shlesinger of the Records Restriction William Murphy Elise Haverty Summit Program In Memory of: Terry Weiss J. Bradford Smith Libby & Nat Gozansky Maxine Sherry Anthony & Anne Cochran Nancy Hirsch SENIOR Monday Book Club David & Debra Palay Krist Ann & James B. Voyles TRANSPORTATION FUND Caroline Keating Paul & Sara Sisson Michael & Valerie Foxman Lotta Shumacher Lynne & Tom Keating In Honor of: David & Janice Baylinson Harold V. Shumacher Joan Solomon’s WEINBERG EARLY Jacqueline Berkelhamer Beloved father, Richard Glass special Birthday LEARNING CENTER FUND Lewis & Ann Freedman Allison Glass Bassen & Family Marcia & Stuart Naterman In Memory of: Mark & Karen Holzberg Paul & Carol Muldawer In Honor of: Sonny Shlesinger Aaron Lincoln Davis Elaine Harris Lynne & Howard Halpern Jackie & Tony Montag Phyllis & Sidney Rodbell George & Natalie Greene Hally & Mark Shaw SONIA’S Maxine Sherry Gerald & Deborah Baxter Speedy recovery PLAYGROUND FUND J. Kieran Jennings John & Jennifer Moore of Marvin Botnick & Siegel Jennings John & Lorna Currie In Memory of: Billie Guthman Shirley Blaine Jeanette S. Oppenheimer Nathan Metzger’s Birthday Aaron Lincoln Davis Mike Rose The Gary E. Snyder Nancy Hirsch Janet Selig & Jeff Bernstein Ruth Shacter Foundation, Inc. Carol Nemo’s Birthday Sonia W. Schwartz Jon Barkan Steven & Charlene Buis Nancy Hirsch Joyce & Jay Schwartz Ann & Jay Davis Dorothy O’ Marrinson Tracy, Enan, Alexandra, Sarah Levy Jill Spasser, docent at The Temple Jacob & Zev Stillman In Honor of: Debra Rhea Butterfield Mt. Bethel Methodist Church Allison, Derrick, Axel & Rabbi Alvin Sugarman David & Kelly Miller The Lerner Family: Joe & Charlotte Farnham Helaine & Andrew Lasky Robert & Jeanne Shulman Juliana, Mark Lerner & Family, Maxine Sherry Henry & Barbara Kimmel Lauren Lerner & Family ZABAN PARADIES Dulcy & Jerry Rosenberg James & Nancy Dykhouse Jeffrey Howard Koening CENTER Jacqueline F. Kanfer Sonny Shlesinger Birth of Abigail Greenbaum’s Sam & Sally Coolik Joyce & Jay Schwartz In Memory of: daughter, Naomi Stephen Newfield Jim & Marcy Solmson Barbara & Hank Kimmel In Honor of: Neil & Amy Sue Maziar Bradford & Linda Lipman Mark Steven Moritz & Jessica Sonya Ferst Speedy recovery of Julian Mohr Mike Rose Kate Gordon’s Marriage Dan Friedman Dulcy & Jerry Rosenberg Rochelle Friedman Barbara & Hank Kimmel Jessica Williams TEMPLE BREMAN Maxine Sherry Rick Williams & Janet Lavine Donations: RELIGIOUS SCHOOL FUND Lyons & Gay Joel Yvonne & Mickey Kroll Eli Scheinblum In Memory of: Herb Saltzman Randy Levinson Peggy Turner (Alpharetta Peggy Newfield Mike Rose Lee & Sarah Asher Presbyterian Church) Schwartz Family Stacy & Ed Hyken The Yahrzeit of Mendel Romm Kate Burroughs Charles Freedman Robert & Amy Arogeti Leon Alexander S. Perchik PRAYERBOOK (NEW HIGH Carol & Robert Nemo The Yahrzeit of Anne C. Dokson Ronald Koenig HOLY DAY PRAYER BOOK) Elinor Breman Robert & Joan Dokson Matthew & Natalie Bernstein AND WORSHIP The Yahrzeit of Julian M. Asher ENRICHMENT FUND Carol & Robert Nemo Harold Shumacher Stephen Newfield JoAnn A. Rubin Todd Warshaw In Memory of: Valerie Hartman Carol & Robert Nemo In Honor of: Bruce Maloy Edgar Nirken Dr. Willard Aronson Martin Maslia’s service for David Baker Annette & Jack Rau Amy Sue Mann Confirmation Classes Melinda Wertheim & Noah Aronson In Honor of: David Maslia Stephen S. Cowen Barbara Scheer-Eason Frieda E. Kaplan Linda Davis’ Birthday Jennifer Greenwald Loretta & Hyman Shapiro Murray Kaplan Susan Prager Douglas Kallman

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Weinberg Early Learning Center 2019–2020 SCHOOL YEAR REGISTRATION

Application Period Information: December 10, 2018: Priority Re-enrollment begins January 14 – February 4, 2019: Priority enrollment for Temple members February 4-22, 2019: Final priority enrollment* February 25, 2019: Open Enrollment begins

* Final Priority Applicants include: Associate Members of The Temple; Families who are part of The Temple’s Provisional Membership Initiative; Siblings of returning WELC students who are not Temple Members; Siblings of previous WELC students who are not Temple Members; and Grandchildren of Temple Members.

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