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A VIEW FROM THE BIMAH November 2012 ~ Cheshvan/Kislev 5773 themes. Especially moving was the three addresses by local ministers, and “Taste of story of one participant who had been the singing of every verse of Judaism” reared in Judaism but whose life “America.” Interestingly, the program Was Delicious journey took him in different was held on the afternoon of This past month, over directions; here, he felt, he had finally Thanksgiving itself. several two-hour “come home.” In recent years, our joint services have sessions, I offered our The program would not have been been held only with the First United first “Taste of Judaism” nearly as successful, by the way, Methodist Church. These services program, or at least the without the magnificent way Katie have been meaningful and first such program during my tenure in Wetherbee managed it from beginning inspirational, and always followed by Montgomery. This program has to end. She deserves our thanks. a wonderful Thanksgiving reception, already reached some 90,000 persons The expenses for “Taste of Judaism,” invariably on the Tuesday evening across the country over the past 25 especially the advertising, were more preceding Thanksgiving. years; our program at Temple Beth Or than covered by a grant from the After discovering old programs added about 30 to that list. Union for Reform Judaism; we also describing a program with broader The experience was wonderful, received a secondary grant from the church sponsorship – temple bulletins certainly for me but by all reports as National Center to Encourage Judaism from the 1920’s also describe well for those who participated. in the Washington area, as well as Thanksgiving services with multiple Those who signed up – having heard donations from some of the churches participating – I suggested about the program through our participants. From every perspective, the addition of Church of the advertising, a major article in the in other words, this program was a Ascension. After discussion with Advertiser and through word of mouth real success. Rev. John Coleman there, and with – represented nearly a dozen different Rev. Lawson Bryan at First United Church of the Ascension to denominations, and included several Methodist, both dear colleagues and with Jewish ties somewhere in their Join Interfaith friends, we have agreed to move background. The group’s profile Thanksgiving Service ahead with tri-partite sponsorship. exactly matched the program’s criteria When I have time, I love exploring This year, we will be at FUMC on of identifying individuals or couples old archives and finding old historical November 20 at 7:00 p.m., and I will who have been curious about Judaism, documents. One such I came across is be preaching; next year, 2013, we will including some whose interest went in our Temple archives: the program convene at Ascension, and Rev. Bryan beyond curiosity or an academic of what might have been our first will be preaching, followed by a turn interest towards the possibility of Interfaith Thanksgiving Service, dated here in 2014. This year’s service conversion and eventual membership. November 30, 1899. Five promises to be magnificent, and I The sessions ranged over Jewish congregations participated: First hope we have a very substantial theology, history, texts, American Baptist Church; Central Presbyterian turnout to express our thanks, and our denominations, distinctiveness from Church; Court Street Methodist commitment (always appropriate at Christianity and other important Church, Dexter Avenue Methodist Thanksgiving) to share of what we have with those whose bounty is less. Saturday, November 10 Church and our own Kahl Montgomery. The Shabbat Morning Service Rabbi Elliot Stevens program, held at Beth-Or Saturday morning, (hyphenated in those November 10th, Rabbi days), was similar to Stevens will lead a Shabbat those of recent years, morning service. Service including beautiful choir will run from 9:30 – 11:15 hymns accompanied by a.m. and include Torah study and a light organ; a reading of the brunch. President’s Proclamation,

Volume 161, Number 5 November 2012 ~ Cheshvan/Kislev 5773

Our President, Jamie Loeb is abroad and wishes all a happy Thanksgiving. Celebrating Our 161st Year In lieu of the usual President’s message is this reading.

Maimonides' Ladder of Tzedakah – A Mitzvah for Thanksgiving

The best forms of charity make the recipient self-sufficient. ELLIOT L. STEVENS, D. D., RABBI By Dr. Meir Tamari & Moses Maimonides David A. Baylinson, D.D., Rabbi Emeritus Excerpted from The Challenge of Wealth: A Jewish Perspective on Earning and Temple Beth Or Officers Spending Money. Copyright 1995 by Jason Aronson, Inc. Jamie Loeb ...... President Diane Weil ...... Vice-President: Programs The highest degree of charity - above which there is no higher—is he who Gracie Hanchrow ...... Vice-President: Finance strengthens the hand of his poor fellow Jew and gives him a gift or [an interest Morris Capouya ...... Treasurer Susan Finklestein ...... Secretary -free] loan or enters into a business partnership with the poor person. Jenny Ives ...... Immediate Past President [Interestingly, Maimonides within the internal allocation of this degree

Board of Trustees proceeds from the lower rank to the higher. The loan is a higher form of Frances Capouya ...... Adult Education charity than is the outright gift since the poor are not shamed thereby (Rashi Micki Beth Stiller ...... Cemetery on Babylonian Talmud Shabbat 63a), while the business partnership is more Bob Goldberg ...... Facilities praiseworthy than the loan or any other form of charity.] By this partnership Sam Kaufman ...... Long Range Planning Andy Weil ...... Member at Large the poor man is really being strengthened as the Torah commands in order to Steve Clein ...... Membership & Attendance strengthen him till he is able to be independent and no longer dependent on Philip Bernstein/Pete Ginsburg ...... Men’s Club President the public purse. It is thus written, “Strengthen him [the poor person] so that Jarred Kaplan ...... Religion School he does not fall [as distinct from the one who has already become poor] and Marlene Beringer ...... Ritual Susan Bernstein ...... Sisterhood President become dependent on others” (Leviticus 25:35). Adam Finkelstein ...... Youth & Scholarship [In modern terms, these are all charitable actions aimed at breaking the Temple Beth Or Staff poverty cycle and enabling the poor to establish themselves as independent Gina Friday ...... Temple Administrator Terri Finkelstein ...... Religion School Director and productive members of society. For this reason, there is no halakhic Linda Smith ...... L’Chaim League objection to the poor working while they are receiving their basic needs from Marlon Cotton ...... Maintenance Manager society. By the same standards, guidance regarding budgeting, financial Elizabeth French ...... Organist & Choir Director planning, consolidation of loans, and so forth, would be included in this Office Hours Monday CLOSED highest form of charity.] Tues., Wed. & Thurs. 11-4 Friday 11-2 A lower standard of charity is one in which the benefactor has no knowledge of the recipient and the latter has no knowledge of the individual source of 2246 Narrow Lane Road  Montgomery, AL 36106 charity—matan b’seter [“giving in secret”]. This is practicing the mitzvah of

(334) 262-3314 Tel  (334) 263-5183 Fax charity for the sake of the mitzvah [since the benefactor has no benefit, social or egoistical]. Such charity is like the courtyard in the [ancient] Temple where Office: [email protected] the righteous used to place their donations secretly and the poor would benefit Rabbi: [email protected] www.templebethor.net from them in secret. Similar to this secret courtyard is the act of one who puts his money into the charity box [or funds]. Please call Gina Friday at 262-3314 to report any corrections or inaccuracies in the bulletin. Below this rank is the case where the recipient is known to the benefactor but the latter is unaware of the source of the charity. [Since the benefactor may When scheduling have, subconsciously, pleasure and a sense of power over the recipient, this calendar events detracts from his act and makes it less meritorious than the previous standard.] involving the Temple This is what the sages used to do when they would go in secret and place their it is important that you check dates with the gifts at the door of the poor. It is fitting to do this and meritorious in those Federation and the Temple for potential cases where the officials in charge of the communal charity do not behave conflicts within the Jewish community. Their righteously. number is 277-5820 and you can view the Where the recipient is aware of the source of the charity but the giver does not community calendar at know to whom the money is being given, the degree is lower [since the www.jewishmontgomery.org. recipient, knowing who gave him the money, feels beholden to him and ashamed in his presence]. Yet, there is merit since the poor are saved from direct shame. FINANCIAL INFORMATION Of less merit is charity where both are known to each but [at least] the gift is

If you plan to donate marketable securities made before the poor asks for it. [In this case the giver is showing care since he anticipates the needs of poor. The Patriarch Abraham does not wait for the to Temple Beth Or for payment of your stranger to come to ask for his assistance, but runs toward him and begs him annual dues or to make a donation, please to share his hospitality; this is the archetype of Jewish righteousness.] contact Gina Friday at 262-3314 or via email at [email protected] to [Clearly] where one gives charity after being asked for it is of a lower degree. provide you with the transfer information [Since the method of giving charity is an integral part of charity], one who for you to provide to your financial gives less than what is fitting but with good grace [is of higher merit than] one who gives unwillingly. institution.

GROUNDS BEAUTIFICATION Contributions to Funds ANNIVERSARIES Happy Birthday Robert Shinpaugh We greatly appreciate the people who 7 ...... Terri & Adam Finkelstein support Temple Beth Or by remembering Barbara Shinpaugh 8 ...... Erin & Bob Sommer and honoring their friends and loved ones In Honor of 14 ...... Sari & Michael Capilouto through their generous contributions. Irving Winter's 85th Birthday Those that are received after the 20th of the 14 ...... Terri & Kenny Capouya Charlotte and Joe Mussafer month will be in the next bulletin. 20 ...... Anne & Herman Franco LUCIEN S. LOEB MEMORIAL 22 ...... Carolyn & Nikki Rothschild BLANCHE WINTER FUND In Memory of Jean Weil 26 ...... Eleanor & Richard Kohn Happy 85th Birthday to Kathryn L. Weiner 26 ...... Gay & Irving Winter 27 ...... Karen & Lew Nyman Irving Winter RABBI'S DISCRETIONARY FUND 28 ...... Bari & Joe Levin Louisa and Michael Weinrib In Memory of Jean Weil ------ENDOWMENT FUND Gracie and Jack Hanchrow In Memory of Andy Kromis Sandi and Allen Stern YAHRZEITS Robin Kromis Alan and Diane Weil To be read 11/2/2012 FLORAL FUND In Honor of November Birthdays Marie Ullman Levy In Memory of Andy Kromis Gaby Capp Herman Loeb, Sr. Kalman Shwarts, Sr. Corinne F. Capilouto In Honor of Rabbi Elliot Stevens Harry Stiller Happy 92nd Birthday Norman and Harriette Dorosin Betty Roswald Bloom Zion Residential, Inc. To be read 11/9/2012 Patricia and Allen Dees RABBI'S PUBLICATION FUND Isaac Capelouto In Memory of Harold Bloom In Appreciation of the meaningful Herman Dubin Patricia and Allen Dees Yom Kippur services Rhoda Dubin Dr. Laurie J. Weil and Phyllis Franco In Honor of Dr. Tommy Wool Emily Hurt Irving Winter's 85th Birthday Terri Berlin Meredith Tricia and Maurice Rosenbaum In Honor of Rabbi Elliot Stevens Robin Kromis To be read 11/16/2012 Happy Birthday Ralph Capouya Irving R. Bean SOCIAL CONCERNS Frances Capouya Theresa G. Bernstein In Memory of Andy Kromis Isabelle D. Goldberg GENERAL FUND Louisa and Michael Weinrib For Rosh Hashanah Hospitality Inez Greene ------David B. Block Reuben Herzfeld Birthday and Anniversary Bertha Kaufman In Memory of Andy Kromis Blessings on November 2nd. Samuel Kaufman Raymond , David and Michael Cohen ------Milton Long Woodley and Sara Bagwell Jeannette Nyman Marlene and Rick Beringer BIRTHDAYS Bern, Butler, Capilouto and Massey, To be read 11/23/2012 1 ...... Alan Rothfeder Camille Elebash-Hill and Inge Hill, Jr. Edna Jane Bloom 4 ...... Robert Goldberg Rubin A. Franco Bernice Clein 7 ...... Rick Beringer Philip and Susan Bernstein Diana G. Hanan 8 ...... Marlene Beringer James F. Bennett Alma Happ 8 ...... Adam Schloss Jack Loeb, Sr. In Memory of Don Horwitz 10 ...... Gaby Capp Julius Simon Marks Marlene and Rick Beringer 11 ...... Ralph Capouya Louis Charles Neumann 16 ...... Jarred Kaplan In Memory of Jean Spielholtz Ray Worth 18 ...... Charles Kohn Marlene and Rick Beringer 18 ...... Adolph Weil, III To be read 11/30/2012 In Memory of Jean Weil 19 ...... Morris Capouya William Greene Tricia and Maurice Rosenbaum 20 ...... John Ives Bernard Eric Hanan Philip and Susan Bernstein 21 ...... LaNette Clein Beatrice Feinberg Levy Tricia and Maurice Rosenbaum 25 ...... Elliot Cohen Lucien S. Loeb In Honor of 26 ...... Sharon Benn Marcelle Sabel Moers Mr. and Mrs. Alan Rothfeder 26 ...... Robert Shinpaugh Peggy Simon Anne and Herman Franco 29 ...... Robert Weil Leonel Weil

Your Kids and Make Your Family’s SISTERHOOD L’CHAIM LEAGUE Celebrations Special by Joan Nathan, Sisterhood has just finished another Thank you to Linda Smith for her illustrated by Brooke Scudder. (699.1 successful fundraiser. Thank you to dedication and service to the NAT 1995) all of you who have ordered L'Chaim League! Dairy Gourmet: The Secret Recipes from Tastebuds Gourmet Café and cheesecakes for family and Upcoming: Thanksgiving Lunch/Bingo Flower Shop by Sarah M. Lasry, friends. Marlene Beringer and Lisa Wednesday, Nov. 14th @ 11am Weil have worked very hard to make photographs by Estee Gestetner. (699.9 LAS 2006) this a profitable fundraiser. Your The L'Chaim League is sponsoring a cheesecakes will be available for homemade Thanksgiving Luncheon with Fast & Festive Meals for the Jewish pickup before Thanksgiving. a Bingo game for the residents of the Holidays: Complete Menus, Rituals, Capitol Heights Senior Home, 149 S. and Party-Planning Ideas for Every We had a small but enthusiastic Panama Street, Montgomery. Holiday of the Year by Marlene crowd to celebrate Sukkot. This is is Volunteers are needed to: set-up and Sorosky, in collaboration with Joanne always a beautiful service and was decorate, serve, clean-up afterwards, Neuman and Debbie Shahvar. (699.1 followed by a lovely reception hosted help call bingo and hand out prizes. We SOR 1997) by Lisa Newcomb. This was are asking that 4 different volunteers Jewish Cookery: In Accordance with followed the next week with Simchat prepare 4 different desserts (cakes, pies Jewish Dietary Laws by Leah W. and cookies) that can be frozen ahead Torah service. Again we had a Leonard. (699.9 LEO 1949) and delivered to the Temple, or prepared lovely service with the Torah. and delivered the morning of the event. Jewish Cooking in America by Joan Thanks to Betty Goldberg for hosting Donated items for prizes needed Nathan. (699.9 NAT 1998) a beautiful and delicious reception. are: handkerchiefs, cordless razors, Jewish Holiday Treats: Recipes and gloves, hats, scarves, toiletry gift items, Crafts for the Whole Family by Joan Carol Loeb and Julie Goolsby are etc. Please wrap and label your donated Zoloth, with photographs by Lisa already making plans for gift to either a Gentleman or Lady. Hubbard. (699 ZOL) Chanukah. Yes, it is almost that time Donated prizes can be dropped off at the Kosher Light: Your Traditional Jewish of year again. Our annual Chanukah Temple prior to Nov. 14th. This group is Favorites Cooked Healthy by Zillah dinner will be on Saturday, Dec 8. very happy that they have been selected Bahar with a forward by Rabbi Joel Put this on your calendar and make to receive this meal and participate in a Landau. (699.3 BAH 1998) plans to bring the family for a fun afternoon. Don’t miss out on this worthwhile project. To volunteer please Light Jewish Holiday Desserts by Penny wonderful dinner and a lot of Wantuck Eisenberg. (699.3 EIS 1999) fun. See the reservation form on contact Sharon Berry via email: [email protected] or Mother and Daughter Jewish Cooking: Page 7. Please make your 262-3314. Two Generations of Jewish Women reservations early. Share Traditional and Contemporary Peggy Cohn has some beautiful items Save The Date: Dec. 5th, L'Chaim Recipes by Evelyn Rose and Judi Rose. in the giftshop. Remember our gift League's annual Chanukah Luncheon (699 ROS 2000) @ Mr. G's. shop for weddings, Chanukah, Nechama Cohen’s Enlitened Kosher birthdays, anniversaries, and other Sharon Berry Cooking: More than 250 Good-Carb, inportant events. Healthy-Fat, Sugar-Free Recipes, from * * * the Simple to the Elegant by Nechama As you can see, your Sisterhood is FROM THE LIBRARY Cohen. (699.9 COH 2006) constantly busy working for the As we come into the holiday season, for Sephardic Cooking: 600 Recipes congregation. We appreciate the this month’s column we’re revisiting Created in Exotic Sephardic Kitchens support of Rabbi Stevens and the some of the titles in the library’s from Morocco to India by Copeland Temple Board. We have many more cookbook collection. If you are looking Marks. (699.2 MAR 1992) plans for the rest of the year. If you for ideas on how to spend some Sephardic Flavors: Jewish Cooking of have not joined Sisterhood, please enjoyable time in the kitchen with your the Mediterranean by Joyce Goldstein, send your dues to Mae Cohen or children or grandchildren, we have some photographs by Beatriz de Costa. (699.2 leave them at the Temple office. titles to offer there, as well. GOL 2000) Susan Bernstein The Book of Jewish Food: An Odyssey The World of Jewish Desserts: More from Samarkand to New York by than 400 Delectable Recipes from * * * Claudia Roden. (699 ROD 1996) Jewish Communities from Alsace to The Children’s Jewish Holiday India by Gil Marks. (699.9 MAR 2000) Kitchen: 70 Ways to Have Fun with Eric A. Kidwell, MLS 4

SHALIACH NEWS Jew for his political belief is unbearable.

I did not expect that. I will always be proud that Israel is a democratic state. As Israelis, we will always criticize their leaders and As an Israeli, This is my memory of November 4th, the how they operate. But Israel is still a democracy, and in night it happened. I did not expect that. my democracy a Prime Minister was assassinated. I did When I was 7 years old, my parents went to a movie and not expect that. I stayed home with my grandmother who came to visit. I Since that night 17 years have passed. I admit that in saw "Indiana Jones" on TV. I remember this because on recent years I stopped going to the memory ceremonies, the other channel there was a live broadcast of a large But every year I remember. Every year I check with political rally, which I found a matter for adults. myself: Did I do enough to protect my democracy? Have I done enough to hear other opinions? Have I done Suddenly in the middle of the movie, a caption came on enough to prevent an event like that from happening saying “this broadcast will stop for a special newscast" appeared on the bottom of the screen. I waited for again? several minutes, but the movie was not cut. I went to Ori Tal wake my grandmother, and before she took me to bed I realized the movie was no longer on. I did not expect that. Ori’s next event at Temple Beth Or will be Café Israel on At that time terror attacks were a matter of habit in November 8 at 7:00 PM. Topic: The Israeli Media World. See page 13 for more information. Israel, I think that as a child I probably assumed this was another terrorist attack. On the next day I woke up and heard the news. I remember my parents sitting in the Photos from the Taste of Judaism classes kitchen, and I realized that something had happened. held recently at Temple Beth Or. Something big, because of the faces they had on. On that night of November 4th, 1995, Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by a Jewish right-wing extremist who had decided to end the unwanted peace process with the Palestinians. He was holding the same opinion as a big part of the Israeli society was holding, but no one thought of that option. A murderer, Yigal Amir, killed the Prime Minister. A murderer rejecting the Democratic principles which Israel is based upon. A murderer who decided to make his own statement by killing the Prime Minister of Israel because he had a different opinion about this subject. After the murder, there was a weird silence in Israel. People were silent and had nothing to say. People just sat and cried because there was nothing else to do. As a child I cried for Yitzhak Rabin as well. He was a leader, Prime Minister, a family man. This was the same Rabin whose second term as Prime Minister was marked by two historic events: the Oslo Agreements with the Palestinians and the Peace agreement with Jordan. As an adult I am crying because of the significance of the assassination, because people took the power to their hands and broke the very basic democratic idea. Just the thought that in the Jewish state, a Jew would kill another

Tot SPECIAL SHABBAT SERVICE!

CALLING ALL CHILDREN – AND YOUNG AT HEART!

FAMILY Peninnah Schram, one of FRIENDLY America’s great and beloved SERVICES Jewish storytellers, will share a especially for babies, story during our Shabbat service toddlers, kids, moms, November on Friday, December 7. dads and grandparents too! 9 For the first 15 minutes of our 5:00 - 5:30 PM in service, we invite our kids to sit the Library on the bimah steps; we’ll sing a song or two, say a special children’s prayer or two, and hear Peninnah’s special story. A foreshortened regular service follows. When was the last time you L’Chaim League event heard our choir sing children’s songs?! All are invited, and it on October 16th at the should be a lot of fun. home of Louisa and Mike Weinrib

Chanukah Shabbat with Family and RENOWNED STORYTELLER Friends and Peninnah Schram PENINNAH SCHRAM TO SPEAK Saturday, DURING CHANUKAH December 8 This year’s Chanukah celebration features a spe- There will be a special cial treat: A visit from Peninnah Schram, one of Chanukah worship America’s most beloved and engaging Jewish sto- service and candle ry-tellers. Ms. Schram will be with us on three occasions: lighting, which will She will join us for worship on Friday evening, begin at 6 PM. Please December 7, during which she will share with us a bring your favorite special story. Chanukah Menorah On Saturday evening, December 8, Ms. Schram and candles. will offer a special program during our Chanukah Family Dinner, including on her new book, The Following the service Apple Tree’s Discovery. Copies of her books will will be our annual be available for purchase and signing. Sisterhood Latke Finally, on Sunday morning, December 9, Ms. Dinner. Schram will lead a storytelling workshop for all ages, “Jewish Stories One Generation Tells Anoth- $10 for Adults; $6 for er.” This program, from 11:00 a.m. until noon, will Children ages 10 to 5. take place at the end of the Kol Ami religion Children 4 and under, school, at Agudath Israel * Etz Ahayem, where are free Ms. Schram will explore with the participants the types of tales and themes that Jews, both Ashkena- zi and Sephardi, have transmitted from one generation to another, the reasons for these tales, their Your check is your reservation. sources and their transformations. The focus will also be on the inclusion of these stories in the Please mail check to Sharon McDaniel at 2632 Old Orchard home, the synagogue and the classroom; Ms. Lane, Montgomery, AL, 36117-2410 Schram will talk, tell, and involve the audience in discussion.

Peninnah Schram, internationally known storyteller, teacher, author, and recording artist, is Professor of Speech and Drama at Stern College of Yeshiva University. She travels across the US and other countries presenting storytelling programs and workshops for all ages, and scholar/storyteller-in residence weekends. Ms. Schram is the author of ten books of Jewish folktales, including Jewish Stories One Generation Tells Another and Stories Within Stories: From the Jewish Oral Tradition. Her latest illustrated anthology, The Hungry Clothes and Other Jewish Folktales, was pub- lished by Sterling Publishing in 2008. She has also recorded a CD, The Minstrel and the Storyteller with singer/guitarist Gerard Edery. Ms. Schram is a recipient of the prestigious Covenant Award for Outstand- ing Jewish Educator (1995) awarded by The Covenant Foundation. In 1999 she received The Circle of Excellence Award from the National Storytell- ing Network for "a body of work which is nationally recognized as a shin- ing example of quality in the art form of storytelling performance." She has also been awarded the National Storytellers Network 2003 Lifetime Achievement Award "For sustained and exemplary contributions to storytelling in America." Her presentations are sponsored by the Rothschild-Blachschleger Lecture and Enrichment Fund; her presentation in conjunction with the Kol Ami religion school is cosponsored by the Carol Hart Youth and Scholarship Fund and by Agudath Israel * Etz Ahayem. 7

Top Left: Rabbi Stevens during Sukkot Service.

Remainder of photos taken during Simchat Torah service.

Cooking and baking for the Food Festival will begin soon. Cooking dates are GOOD NEWS! posted below. Please contact the chair person and volunteer to cook, bake or clean. Volunteering begins NOW! You may also contact Karen Goldstein Sarah Lieberman and Diana Lacey have ([email protected] or 265-1145) to volunteer for the week and day of the been awarded scholarships from The Blue event. Jeans Ball by the AUM School of Nursing. They are the daughters of Karen The following items are on our wish list for the 10th Annual and Bruce Lieberman and Clare Weil. February 24, 2013 Treasure Market. We would appreciate any items listed below: Benjamin Weinrib has received a Fred Russell-Grantland Rice Sportswriting Furniture - in good condition Scholarship at Vanderbilt Sterling silver jewelry - Costume jewelry University. Ben is the son of Liz Wahls Professionally Cleaned Ladies Evening and Cocktail Dresses/Suits and David Weinrib and grandson of Ladies' Accessories Hats, Scarves, Evening Bags Louisa and Michael Weinrib. Lamps - Paintings - Pictures Wall Hangings - Picture Frames China, Glasses, Crystal, Dishes, Flatware (not chipped), (sets of four or more) DIRECTORY CORRECTION Appliances in good working order and clean Books Carol Roberts email address:

Please donate large box television sets to another charity of your [email protected] choice. We cannot sell these items and have difficulty removing the TV's from the Temple. Please be sure all items are clean and in good condition. Thank you!

2013 Food Festival Cooking Schedule

Cooking me begins at 9 AM unless otherwise noted. Time and dates are subject to change so please call the Temple to conﬁrm mes.

October 28 Strudel Susan Finklestein, 272-5270, [email protected] November 11 Strudel Susan Finklestein, 272-5270, [email protected] December 11 Mondel Bread LaNette Clein, 281-9872/zlcarter.hotmail.com December 12 Mondel Bread LaNette Clein, 281-9872/zlcarter.hotmail.com January 7 Rugelach Sharon Berry, 290-0445/[email protected] January 15 Rugelach Sharon Berry, 290-0445/[email protected] January 22* Rugelach Sharon Berry, 290-0445/[email protected]

* ‐ This date is reserved on an “if needed” basis.

We would like to know. Please call the temple office when a family member is in the hospital or ailing. Too often we find out about illnesses, crises and hospitalizations long after they occur. This is a missed opportunity for the calls and visits the rabbi would like to share. Please let the temple know if there is a concern in your family or another congregation family (with their permission). We need your help in order to offer ours.

NEED HELP GETTING AROUND DURING SERVICES? A wheelchair and walker are stored in the coat closet and available to members and guests during Temple events.

COMING TO THE TBO BIG SCREEN: Eric Kandel & Elie Wiesel with Dr. Gail Saltz: Mind, Body and Soul LIVE FROM THE 92ND STREET Y

Sunday, November 4 6:30 p.m. in the Baylinson Social Hall

Live From NY’s 92nd Street Y series: Psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, columnist, best selling author and television commentator, Dr. Gail Saltz talks with an assortment of special guests to explore what it means to be human, with a focus on healing, feeling, fortitude and fitness. Join us as we unravel the mysteries of memory. How does the mind remember? Why are memories so vital to human be- ings? Can we alter or enhance our memories? What happens to memories over time? Explore both the biological and emotional aspects of the human memory with the world’s most knowledgeable authorities on the subject. Eric Kandel won the Nobel Prize in 2000 for his research on the physiological basis of memory storage in neurons. He is the author of the award-winning In Search of Memory, among other books. Elie Wiesel is a novelist, journalist and Nobel Prize winner. Chairman of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council from 1980 - 1986, he serves on numerous boards of trustees and advisors. Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Boston University.

This program, is offered without charge by the Rothschild-Blachschleger Lecture Fund. Bring your friends and neighbors!

COMING TO THE TBO BIG SCREEN: God is One: Moses, Jesus, Muhammad Bruce Feiler, Omid Safi and Karen King Reza Aslan, moderator LIVE FROM THE 92ND STREET Y

Sunday, December 16 7:15 p.m. in the Baylinson Social Hall

Live From NY’s 92nd Street Y series: Take a journey with some of the most fascinating and dynamic thinkers and writers on religion today. Monotheism is a very new idea in the history of religions, yet it has become the foundation of the three great western religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Are prophets inventors of religion, or are they social reformers who, as mouthpieces of the gods, strive to amend and reinterpret the existing beliefs and practices of their communities? Dr. Reza Aslan is an acclaimed scholar of religions and author of the best sellers No God but God and How to Win a Cosmic War. He is the founder of AslanMedia.com. Bruce Feiler is the best-selling author of Walking the Bible and The Council of Dads. Omid Safi is a professor of religious studies at the Uni- versity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Karen King is Hollis Professor of Divinity at the Harvard Divinity School.

This program, is offered without charge by the Rothschild-Blachschleger Lecture Fund. Bring your friends and neighbors!

STUDY OPPORTUNITIES WITH Chanukah Begins RABBI STEVENS Saturday, December 8, 2012

JUDAISM BASICS & BASIC HEBREW Shop Beth Or’s Sisterhood Gift Shop for This basic survey of Judaism runs for eleven sessions, starting all of your holiday items; candles, gelt, October 9. Take a whirlwind tour of Jewish history, learn lollipops, short bread cookies and dreidles. about Jewish traditions on life cycle events and the Jewish calendar, study the main religious themes of Jewish tradition, See our collections of beautiful menorahs, and ask as many questions as you wish. candlesticks, napkin holders, salad servers, Sessions run from 4:15 - 5:15 PM. cheese boards with matching knives and many more items from the collection of October 9 ...... Overview of Judaism. Gary Rosenthal, Michael Aram and Quest. October 16 ...... A Whirlwind Tour of Jewish History. October 23 ...... The Basic Texts of Judaism. October 30 ...... The Basic Texts of Judaism. November 6 ...... Lifecycle: Birth through Bar Mitzvah. November 13 ...... Lifecycle: Marriage and Divorce. November 27 ...... Lifecycle: Illness, death, mourning. December 4 ...... Holidays: Shabbat and Festivals. December 11 ...... Holidays: Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. December 18 ...... Holidays: Minor holidays (Chanukah, Purim, etc.). January 8 ...... Issues and Values: Selections from the Responsa Literature.

Hebrew bonus session: For those who want to learn to read Hebrew, now’s your chance. You CAN learn to read in just eleven sessions, from 5:15 - 5:45 PM following the class in Basic Judaism.

AMAZING WOMEN IN THE JEWISH BIBLE – A NEW ADULT EDUCATION SERIES

Starting on Thursday evening, October 25, Rabbi Stevens will be offering a five-part series on biblical women – as seen through the eyes of rabbinic commentaries and midrash. The early rabbis knew how to “spin” a story to enhance – or destroy! – a reputa- tion, or to create a good yarn on sometimes sparse material. We will discover, as we read these commentaries, the “back stories” of these women, and learn from their per- sonalities that were all too human. The five sessions which will start at 7 PM are:

REBECCA ...... October 25 DINAH ...... November 15 DEBORAH and YAEL ...... December 13 BATHSHEBA ...... January 3 RUTH ...... January 24

All programs are offered without charge. Bring your friends!

Hosted by JFCA’s Shaliach, Ori Tal BEDTIME BUNDLES

November 8 . For the 5th year we will be collecting 7:00 PM bedtime items for Child Protect during Café Israel at November and December. Please put your purchases which must be new and Temple Beth Or unused in the playpen in the Temple lobby beginning in early November. Topic: The Israeli Media World After coming to Child Protect because they were abused or molested, these boys and girls go into foster care, often with Throughout the years, the Israeli media has nothing to call their own, according to Director Jannah changed a lot; from newspapers of the IDF and the Bailey. Please be generous for these unfortunate children, who are political parties to private owned newspapers mostly ages 6-12. with different agenda and ideas. Items wanted are pajamas, pillow cases, socks, underwear, bedtime When the world of media is changing, and the stories, journals and writing implements, sketchbooks and coloring internet is the main source of information, the old pencils or crayons, toothpaste and toothbrushes, washcloths, fleece newspapers and TV channels are struggling to keep throws, slippers, dolls and toys, combs/brushes/hair ornaments, their audience and to stay above the water. and anything else you can think of.

Join us in reviewing the Israeli Media. Where we If you don't want to shop or are unable to do so, please send a are heading towards elections and see how the check to the temple office earmarked "for bedtime bundles" and battle between Fox News VS MSNBC is not as bad we will be glad to shop for you! Thank you! as it could be. Louisa Weinrib 262-6155

September 13, 2012 sists of photos, paintings and Oct. 25, at 6 p.m. inside Whitley witz survivor Ann Rosenheck. Troy University narratives by the survivors that Hall. Admission is free and open Rosenheck will speak at the Press Release excerpts: teach the history of the Holo- to the public. Troy and Dothan campuses in caust and offer a rich under- October. MONTGOMERY—The stories standing of its impact on these “Darkness Into Life” is the first A Holocaust Film Series at the of Holocaust survivors now liv- individuals and their families. part of a Year of Holocaust Re- Troy and Dothan campuses. ing in Alabama will be the focus membrance at TROY, which A teachers’ workshop on Nov. 8 of an exhibit coming to Troy Dr. Dan Puckett, an associate will include a number of special at the Dothan Campus focused University’s Montgomery Cam- professor of history at the Mont- events designed to explore the on helping educators present the pus in October as part of a Year gomery Campus and a specialist history and lasting effects of the history of the Holocaust to mid- of Holocaust Remembrance. in Holocaust research, called Holocaust. dle and high school students. “Darkness into Life” a unique Additional exhibitions focused “Darkness Into Life: Alabama and powerful exhibit that puts a Dr. Puckett said the idea for a on Holocaust survivors. Holocaust Survivors Through local perspective on the history Year of Holocaust Remem- Dates and further details about Photography and Art,” an exhibit of the Holocaust. brance came from the successful upcoming events will be an- on loan from the Birmingham lecture series featuring Holo- nounced throughout the year. Holocaust Education Center, “I’ve never really seen anything caust survivor Ann Rosenheck “From Darkness Into Life” and will be on display from Oct. 1- like this before focusing specifi- who spoke at TROY’s campuses other events during the Year of Nov. 30 inside Whitley Hall, cally on Alabama and this state’s in 2010. Holocaust Remembrance are rooms 140, 141 and 142. connections to the Holocaust,” supported by a grant from the Dr. Puckett said. “It’s a very "The Ann Rosenheck events Alabama Humanities Founda- The exhibit will open with a moving exhibit that shows what were well received and we tion. community reception on Mon- these survivors experienced and thought there was an opportunity day, Oct. 1, at 6 p.m. inside the lives they forged after.” here to build off that success and For more information about the Whitley Hall. Admission is free do more,” Dr. Puckett said. Year of Holocaust Remem- and open to the public. In conjunction with the exhibit, a brance, contact the Office of group of the featured survivors Events planned for the Year of Sponsored Programs at (334) Featuring the stories of 20 Holo- will discuss their experiences Remembrance include: 670-3102. caust survivors, the exhibit con- during a lecture on Thursday, A return to TROY by Ausch- 13

And Beyond!

Saturday, December 1, 9:30 AM, Shabbat morning service and Sunday, February 24, 9 AM - 3 PM, Temple Beth Or's 10th Torah study with Rabbi Stevens. Light brunch served. Annual Jewish Food Festival Tuesday, December 4, 4 PM, Basic Judaism with Rabbi Stevens Thursday, March 7, 2 PM, Interfaith Shoah Memorial Service at begins at 4:15 PM. Class eight: Holidays: Shabbat and Festivals. Agudath Israel*Etz Ahayem. A 30-minute Basic Hebrew class follows at 5:15 PM. Friday, March 8, 5 PM, Family Chavurah Shabbat service in the Saturday, December 8, 6 PM, Family Chanukah dinner and Blachschleger Library - suitable for children of all ages. service featuring renowned story-teller Pennina Schram. Saturday, March 9, 9:30 AM, Shabbat morning service and Sunday, December 9, 11 AM - Noon, Master class in story-telling Torah study with Rabbi Stevens. Light brunch served. featuring renowned story-teller Pennina Schram. Special Sunday Friday, March 15, 6 PM, Shabbat Service. Huntingdon College school program [at AIEA] for story tellers of all ages. Night. Reception follows. Tuesday, December 11, 11 AM, L'Chaim League's Chanukah Thursday, March 21, 7 PM, Guest Speaker: Mirabi Starr, author Luncheon at Mr. G's Restaurant. of GOD OF LOVE; A GUIDE TO THE HEART OF JUDAISM, Tuesday, December 11, 4 PM, Basic Judaism with Rabbi Stevens CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM. Sponsored by the Rothschild- begins at 4:15 PM. Class nine: Holidays: Rosh Hashanah and Yom Blachschleger Lecture Series. Kippur. A 30-minute Basic Hebrew class follows at 5:15 PM. Tuesday, March 26, 5:30 PM, Second Seder. Seating will begin Thursday, December 13, 7 PM, Rabbi Stevens's five-part series at 5:00 PM, with the service to begin promptly at 5:30. on Women in the Hebrew Bible: Insights from Midrash and Tuesday, March 26, All Day, TBO Office closed for Passover. Commentaries. Topic: DEBORAH AND YAEL. Friday, March 29, 6 PM, Shabbat Service. TORAH READING Friday, December 14, 6 PM, Union Prayer Book service. AND D’VAR TORAH. Sunday, December 16, 7:15 PM, 92nd Street Y Program: GOD IS Friday, April 12, 5 PM, Family Chavurah Shabbat service in the ONE: MOSES, JESUS, MUHAMMAD, BRUCE FEILER, OMID Blachschleger Library - suitable for children of all ages. SAFI AND KAREN KING on TBO's big screen - in the Baylinson Sunday, April 14, Noon, Jewish Federation of Central Alabama Social Hall. Sponsored by the Rothschild-Blachschleger Lecture sponsors an Israeli Festival. Details to come. Series. Bring your family and friends. Thursday, April 18, 7 PM, Guest Speaker, Janice Rothschild will Tuesday, December 18, 4 PM, Basic Judaism with Rabbi Stevens speak on her new book Rabbi Alphabet Browne: Prophet in Time begins at 4:15 PM. Class ten: Holidays: Minor holidays of Priests. Janice Rothschild is the widow of the late Rabbi Jacob (Chanukah, Purim, etc.). A 30-minute Basic Hebrew class follows Rothschild, who was senior rabbi at The Temple in Atlanta during at 5:15 PM. the Civil Rights Era. Program will be held in the Baylinson Social Friday, December 28, 6 PM, Shabbat Service. TORAH Hall. Sponsored by the Lucien Loeb L'Chaim League. READING AND D’VAR TORAH. Friday, April 26, 6 PM, Shabbat Service. TORAH READING Thursday, January 3, 7 PM, Rabbi Stevens's five-part series on AND D’VAR TORAH. Women in the Hebrew Bible: Insights from Midrash and Friday, May 10, 5 PM, Family Chavurah Shabbat service in the Commentaries. Topic: BATHSHEBA. Blachschleger Library - suitable for children of all ages. Tuesday, January 8, 4 PM, Basic Judaism with Rabbi Stevens Saturday, May 11, 9:30 AM, Shabbat morning service and Torah begins at 4:15 PM. Class eleven: Modern Judaism: Israel; study with Rabbi Stevens. Light brunch served. Denominations. A 30-minute Basic Hebrew class follows at 5:15 Tuesday, May 14, 7 PM, Erev Shavuot Family Service, including PM. a reading of the Book of Ruth and a light dairy repast. Friday, January 11, 5 PM, Family Chavurah Shabbat service in Wednesday, May 15, All Day, TBO Office closed for Shavuot. the Blachschleger Library - suitable for children of all ages. Friday, May 24, 6 PM, Shabbat Service. TORAH READING Saturday, January 12, 9:30 AM, Shabbat morning service and AND D’VAR TORAH. Torah study with Rabbi Stevens. Light brunch served. Friday, June 7, 5 PM, Family Chavurah Shabbat service in the Thursday, January 24, 7 PM, Rabbi Stevens's five-part series on Blachschleger Library - suitable for children of all ages. Women in the Hebrew Bible: Insights from Midrash and Saturday, June 8, 9:30 AM, Shabbat morning service and Torah Commentaries. Topic: RUTH. study with Rabbi Stevens. Light brunch served. Friday, January 25, 6 PM, Sisterhood Shabbat Service Friday, June 28, 6 PM, Shabbat Service. TORAH READING accompanied by Turia Williams and Becky Taylor. TORAH AND D’VAR TORAH. READING AND D’VAR TORAH. Thursday, September 5, All Day, TBO Office closed for Rosh Friday, February 8, 5 PM, Family Chavurah Shabbat service in Hashanah. the Blachschleger Library - suitable for children of all ages. Thursday, September 19, All Day, TBO Office closed for Saturday, February 9, 9:30 AM, Shabbat morning service and Sukkot. Torah study with Rabbi Stevens. Light brunch served. Thursday, September 26, All Day, TBO Office closed for Friday, February 22, 6 PM, Shabbat Service. TORAH Simchat Torah. READING AND D’VAR TORAH. Saturday, February 23, 7 PM, Purim Service - Costumes (adults, too!), Purim Pranks, the famous Megillah and Hamentaschen! In the TBO Library.

Be sure to check upcoming bulletins for possible date changes and more information. You may also consult the TBO website for additional information at www.templebethor.net.

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7 PM, Joint 6 PM Interfaith Shabbat Service Thanksgiving TORAH service at First READING AND United Methodist D’VAR TORAH. Church. Rabbi Stevens will preach. Reception TBO’s administrative offices closed follows. Thurs & Friday for Thanksgiving

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Kahl Montgomery—Temple Beth Or 2246 Narrow Lane Road Non-Profit Org. NOVEMBER 2012 Bulletin U.S. POSTAGE PAID Montgomery, AL 36106 Montgomery, AL Permit No. 140

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AIEA 11/4 TEMPLE BETH OR 12/2 GIFT SHOP 12/9, Chanukah Celebration Montgomery, AL 12/16, Last Day at AIEA

Temple Beth Or’s office will be closed on November 22nd and 23rd for the Thanksgiving holiday. The building will open at 5 PM for Friday night service.

On Sunday, November 4th Daylight Savings Time ends. Move your clocks back one hour.