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Beth El Bulletin Beth El Bulletin December 2019 Beth El Hebrew Congregation Kislev/Tevet 5780 Worship Services Friday, December 6 Erev Shabbat Services 7:30 pm Saturday, December 7 Hanukkah is just around the corner! Shabbat Morning Services and Bat Mitzvah of Leah Schechter, daughter of The WRJ gift shop cordial- Andrew Schechter and Sarah Kline ly invites you to begin 10:30 am your Hanukkah shopping Hanukkah Tot Shabbat 11 am with our new mini bou- Friday, December 13 Erev Shabbat Services tiques. This year enjoy 7:30 pm two opportunities to get Saturday, December 14 Shabbat Morning Services ALL your shopping done! 10:30 am Friday, December 20 See page 14 for more information! Shabbat Family Services 6 pm Erev Shabbat Services/Sixth In this Issue Grade Student Led Services 7:30 pm Rabbi’s Remarks ................... 2 Chapel in the Woods ............ 8 Permanent Endowment Saturday, December 21 Cantor’s Corner ..................... 3 Member News ...................... 9 Fund ................................. 13 Shabbat Morning Services ECLC News ............................ 3 Bat Mitzvah........................... 9 Judaica Shop ....................... 14 10:30 am Hanukkah Tot Shabbat Renaissance Group ............... 3 Two Hanukkah Tot Annual Giant Book Sale ...... 14 and Luncheon President’s Point of View ...... 4 Shabbats ............................ 9 Lox and Legislators 11 am Executive Director’s Readers of Beth El ................ 9 Breakfast.......................... 14 Friday, December 27 Entry ................................... 4 Calendar ........................ 10-11 Beth El/Pozez JCC Erev Shabbat Services 7:30 pm Religious School Report ........ 5 20- and 30- Somethings Events .............................. 15 Saturday, December 28 Congregational Kudos ........... 5 Group ............................... 12 Heller High Five .................. 16 Shabbat Morning Services Membership Team News ...... 5 Caring Community Donations ........................... 17 10:30 am WRJ News ............................. 6 Committee ....................... 12 WRJ Book Club ...................... 6 Youth Groups ...................... 12 ...and lots of tantalizing tidbits Brotherhood News ............... 7 ALIVE! ................................. 12 scattered throughout, so don’t WRJ Social Action ................. 7 Join a Chavurah .................. 13 skip a page! Inclusion Team News ............ 8 Culture Club ........................ 13 Page 2 Rabbi’s Remarks AM A STUDENT and lover her late husband’s place on the pulpit until a new rabbi of Jewish history, and occa- was found. After considerable deliberation, as well as I sionally in this space I take the consultations with officials at the Union of American opportunity to raise a note of Jew- Hebrew Congregations (now the Union for Reform Ju- ish historical interest. daism), she agreed. On Dec. 12, 1950, Paula Ackerman, the widow of In a letter to Rabbi Jacob Schwartz, then the national Rabbi William Ackerman, became the first female rabbi director of synagogue activities at the UAHC, she ex- in America. Although Mrs. Ackerman was not officially pressed her understanding of the gravity of the decision ordained by the Hebrew Union College or any other rab- she was considering: “I… know how revolutionary the binical seminary, “rabbi” simply means “our teacher” idea is… therefore, it seems to be a challenge that I pray and, in acceding to the request of her late husband’s con- I can meet. If I can just plant a seed for the Jewish wom- gregation, Temple Beth Israel in Meridian, Mississippi, an’s larger participation… if perhaps it will open a way she began serving as the synagogue’s spiritual leader. for women students to train for congregational leader- Mrs. Ackerman continued as the community’s unofficial ship then my life would have some meaning.” rabbi for nearly three years, making her the first woman Schwartz gave her his blessing, but UAHC President to fulfill such a role in a mainstream North American Rabbi Maurice Eisendrath, after initially giving her his Jewish movement, and she did so with the tacit approval informal support, told her that after further considera- of the national movement. tion, he had concluded that her not having ordination Born in 1893 and raised in Pensacola, Florida, Mrs. presented too many obstacles for the experiment to be Ackerman grew up in a family that was active in Temple worthwhile. Of course, it would be until Rabbi Sally Beth El, the state’s first Reform synagogue. An excellent Priesand was ordained by HUC in 1972 that a woman student, she was offered a scholarship to study in New was ordained in the Reform, or any other, movement. Orleans, at Sophie Newcomb College. But when her By then, however, the synagogue board was set on father told her he would not permit her to attend medical having her as their spiritual leader. Mrs. Ackerman school following her undergraduate degree, she opted served in that position from January 1951 until the au- out of an undergraduate education altogether. Instead, tumn of 1953, leading services, and officiating funerals, Mrs. Ackerman worked as a music teacher, a math and weddings, and conversions. The novelty of a female rab- Latin tutor, and she taught Hebrew school at Temple bi garnered attention nationally, and after Beth Israel Beth El. The temple was also where she fell in love with hired a permanent rabbi and Ackerman resigned, she William Ackerman, the synagogue’s young new rabbi. began to teach and lecture around the United States. After a seven-year courtship, the two married and In 1962, she received a request from her childhood moved first to Natchez, Mississippi, and, in 1924, to synagogue in Pensacola and served as its leader until the Meridian, when William Ackerman became rabbi of board could find a new rabbi. She agreed and held the Reform Temple Beth Israel. He served in that position position for nine months. Thus, she wound up becoming until his death on November 30, 1950. a de-facto rabbi not once, but twice, despite never being Over the years, Paula Ackerman had taught in Beth ordained. Israel’s Hebrew school and had filled in for her husband Mrs. Ackerman remained in Pensacola until 1982, when he was traveling or sick. With those things in when she moved to Georgia, and died in Thomaston, mind, and with the understanding that it might take them Georgia, in 1989 at the age of 95. some time to hire a new rabbi for their congregation, Beth Israel’s board asked the rebbetzin if she would take — Rabbi Spinrad As part of the Religious School Family Day on Nov. 10, John Jankowski led first grade family tours of the synagogue. The first graders and their parents visited the sanctuary via the new bimah ramp to view the Torahs, the new Ner Tamid, the organ loft, and the stained glass ark doors; the photos and paintings of the rabbis in the Learning Center, the Tree of Life Chapel in the MPR, the Star of David in the Hayman Foyer, the Meditation Room, and the post-B’nei Mitzvah student lounge, as well as some secret stairwells! Beth El Bulletin December 2019 Beth El Hebrew Congregation Page 3 Cantor’s Corner HANK YOU to the entire Beth El community for your love, generosity, and kindness as we were blessed to have T our aufruf with our synagogue family. It was an evening we will never forget, full of family and friends from every part of our lives. We feel grateful and honored to be a part of this sacred and special synagogue. — Jason and Kirk ECLC News So Proud of the School We Are NOT! HOSE WHO KNOW us know that we do not in learning, as well as documentation consider ourselves a traditional, run-of-the-mill of the process to demonstrate learn- T preschool. In incorporating the Reggio Emilia ing; philosophy, we have let go of some of the old standards. Our rooms do not display (many) pre-fabricated bul- We have broken new ground, and our kids are thriving. I letin boards and decorations, but rather the walls of want to share my pride in our ability to shed the old and each classroom show the personalities of the commu- embrace the new. nity in the classroom; I am proud that: We are replacing our plastics, colored roll paper, and Our kids are not learning by rote, but instead are packaged materials with natural fibers, cloth, and learning to explore and question the world around organic materials that bring a natural feel into our them; classrooms. We are not in an “academic” setting where kids are learning about letters, numbers, etc., by sitting at a And, finally, I am proud of the parents who don’t table and repeating after a teacher, but instead are close their minds to new possibilities but instead, trust in learning in the context of the daily explorations that us and allow us to have this wonderful adventure with respond to the children’s interest and curiosity; their children. Our explorations are not an exercise in one- Here’s to celebrating all that we are, AND all that we dimensional learning, but that our teachers are adept are not! at tying in science, art, math, and language arts, as the classes explore each topic; L’Shalom We are not a school that sends home cookie-cutter Dina Backer projects, but rather focuses more on the process of art [email protected] Renaissance Group News HE RENAISSANCE Group opened its 13th year with a fabulous Antique Roadshow presented by Steve Gouteman and Todd Penestra. T More than 50 of our members enjoyed a catered dinner and brought items to be presented and appraised by our two experts. There were many surprises and lots of fun. The next Renaissance Group event will be Sunday night, Jan. 12, entitled, “Broadway comes to Beth El,” presented by Steve Freidman. Stay tuned for more information. The Renaissance Group is open to any 50 plus empty-nester. There is a one-time fee to join of $10 per person.
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