Temple Adath Israel Bulletin

December 2019January 2020 Kislev/Tevet/Shevat 5880

FROM THE about sacred space, use of resources exercise. Expecting that we will and what we leave behind? To some somehow be better, perform better or ’S STUDY degree the story is reminiscent of how do better is wishful thinking. There is the Prophet Elisha feeds the masses nothing wrong in wishing or praying David with loaves and fishes that could only for a miracle. What is wrong is to serve a few. The lesson seems to be mistake hoping for a miracle with Wirtschafter that the question before us is not one of making a plan. Moreover, it is resources but of faith. If God sees that irresponsible to rely on a miracle when our needs are legitimate and our people are counting on us to meet our intentions are good, then what seems obligations. insufficient will suffice. The issue is The miracle of the cruse of oil not scarcity of material but our teaches us that people are relying on What readiness to believe in miracles. what we leave behind. What story If only it were so. Rather, it seems would there be if those who fled the teaches about making that people prefer to rely on miracles Temple had not secreted away any oil things happen than to formulate plans. For better or at all? Someone had the composure worse, real life is not like the or and foresight to think about what the According to the , when the Talmud. Coaches, instructors, teachers, redeemers of the Temple might need Maccabees reclaimed the Temple in mentors and friends impart different one day. Someone had to have faith , they found a cruse of oil articulations of the following lesson: that despite the military unlikelihood thought to contain only enough fluid to The best we can expect at game time, of it, the Temple would be ours again, burn for one day, but miraculously it performance time or test time is that and oil would be needed. Faith is not a lasted for eight. The tale is intriguing what we do then will be as good as our on so many levels. What does it teach best practice, rehearsal or preparation See RABBI, Page 2

What makes these menorahs special? Find out on Page 4

TAI Hanukkah Carnival Noon Sunday, Dec. 15 in the Social Hall Games! Prizes! Pizza! Latkes! Presented by Social Action Committee

Board of Directors for the 202021 fiscal year. Submit your FROM THE suggestions for the three openings to Jonathan Miller, past president, by Jan. 1, along with any questions about board PRESIDENT’S DESK service or the nominating process ([email protected]). * January Town Hall Meetings: Planning for the Future. Deborah Nelson Please come share your thoughts about TAI’s future and hear about changes under consideration for the temple building and bylaws. Meetings are planned for 10 a.m. Sunday, Jan.19, and noon Sunday, Jan. 26, at TAI. In preparation for our discussions about the building, I will be Planning for our future forming a building renovation task force to solicit ideas and share proposals with the congregation. The task force will It’s been a tremendously busy fall at the temple, bringing include current building committee members and other us annual favorites such as the great Lexington Jewish interested congregants with relevant experience. Please let Food Festival and new celebrations such as the community me know by Dec. 15 if you are interested in joining the task repair of our Turnov Torah scroll and the hosting of force ([email protected]). celebrity (but, oh, so hamish) chef Sara Bradley at Top I hope the end of this month finds you gathered around Nosh. Jewish life surges on weekly through events too the menorah with reflected light on the faces of your loved numerous to mention (see the Wednesday emails). Our ones. Before then, I hope you find time to share some building is getting a workout! holiday joy with us by eating latkes and savoring chaos at As the natural world around us is entering a dormant the Hanukkah carnival (Dec. 15), and gathering around our winter, we at Temple Adath Israel will begin planning for own Sabbath candles on Dec. 6 (pre cocktail hour) continued growth and the fresh energy of spring: or Dec. 13 (Shabbat meal and Family Service). * It is time to begin the process of nominating members Happy Hanukkah to All! of our congregation to serve the temple as leaders on the Deb

expected us to do the same for those to generations, faced with the challenges of RABBI come. We cannot justify leaving only managing congregations, communities Continued from Page 1 enough breathable air and drinkable and indeed the world itself, will receive water to last a few years because we are little comfort from the knowledge that license to forgo responsibility to the counting on science and technology to we fervently prayed for a miracle. What future. Faith requires the commitment to make it last for centuries. “Maybe they is required of us is to take the difficult a better future even in the face of present will find solutions we cannot even measures and make the necessary circumstances and demands. imagine” is not a plan; it’s a copout. sacrifices for our descendants to have an We cannot relegate the responsibility The story about the cruse of oil still has existence as good as, if not better than, of leaving a sustainable congregation, the power to inspire. Finding something ours. The Maccabees did not rely on a community, nation or planet to hopes useful amidst disaster is a theme worth miracle to save them. Through and prayers. Leaving behind insufficient employing to rekindle our efforts when remarkable efforts they achieved a result resources and utter messes for future morale is low. But the only practical way we call miraculous. generations is to break faith with those to leave enough oil for eight days is to Happy Hanukkah! who provided for us and rightfully provide enough oil for eight days. Future Rabbi David

First Saturday (or not) Film Series 6 p.m. dinner (pizza provided; bring salad or dessert to share, plus beer/wine), followed by screening and discussion with Professor Randall Roorda

Beth and Scott Schumacher have become grandparents two times over. Son Ben and his wife, Regina, welcomed a son, Aden Matthew Robert Schumacher, on July 6. On Nov. 3, Jessica Schumacher Holter and her husband, Justen, welcomed son Asher Scott Ryan Holter. Ben and Jessica, who grew up at TAI, both live in East Nashville, Tenn., just a few miles from each other. December 7 February 1 Volume 87, Issue 3 Page 2

FROM TAI FROM THE PRESCHOOL RELIGIOUS

Katherine Henry, SCHOOL Director Kristen Hoffman, Director

Greetings from the Preschool! November was another Jewish learning as a group. We have many fun things planned for December. busy month at Religious In December, our monthly We will be reading all of our favorite nursery rhymes, School. Thanks to all of our Tot Shabbat and Family talking about winter fun and celebrating Hanukkah. families who contributed to Service will be on the 13th. For our annual Hanukkah party with our families, the our Thanksgiving food drive; The first/secondgrade class children will make their parents a Ashland Elementary’s and Junior Choir will be special present that we will give them on our last day Family Resource Center was participating. Dinner will be of school before winter break. We will sing songs, able to give 10 families a at 6 p.m., with services at 7. play dreidel, and eat applesauce and latkes. Thanksgiving basket that Tot Shabbat will start at 5:30. We will come back to school in January and be included a turkey and side Please RSVP on Facebook or ready to start the second half of our school year. We dishes. This year, we also to [email protected]. will keep our fingers crossed for a mild winter and included some simple holiday The same weekend, our many fun days of playing and learning together at TAI! games and crafts for the kids, ISJL fellow, Ava Gadon, will See you in 2020! which was a great addition. be visiting Lexington and TAI students worked together participating in services and to donate the food and to Religious School. Please join assemble the baskets. us to learn more about the On Nov. 17, TAI students amazing organization that joined with their peers at creates and supports our Ohavay Zion Synagogue for curriculum. the annual Global Day of And finally, we are looking Jewish Learning. Our forward to joining in the fun students in preK through at the Social Action fifth grades worked together Committee’s annual on curriculum developed by Hanukkah Carnival on Dec. the Goldring/Woldenberg 15 after Religious School. Institute of Southern Jewish Religious School will be on Life, while our middle and winter break Dec. 22Jan. 5, high school students joined returning on Jan. 12, with our the communitywide program next Tot Shabbat and Family and then their peer groups for Service on Jan. 24. ageappropriate discussions. Thank you so much for all It was great to spend this of your support! Please feel In November, Fayette County Deputy Sheriff Cunningham collaborative time with our free to get in touch about any was a special guest reader for story time. He also brought the OZS peers, forming Religious School questions or children badges and coloring books. friendships and enjoying feedback.

Friday, Dec. 13 and Jan. 24

Tot Shabbat, 5:30 p.m. Dinner at 6 Family Service at 7

For dinner, please RSVP to the Temple office (269-2979 or [email protected])

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Memorable menorahs We asked congregants to share their favorite menorahs and tell us what makes them special. Here are some of their prized hanukkiahs:

My granddaughter, Addison, made the menorah above, so it is very special to us. My The mom made me the menorah, menorah at left 20 years above, was ago. — Debbie Masters used by my From the front page: My family as I was grandpa made this menorah for growing up; my mom and my aunt when my mom gave they were little. I always light it it to me when my daughter Sylvia was on nights one and eight to born. The ceramic menorah was celebrate my family history and made by my first grandchild (Adam bring back great memories. Suhl) when he was little! — Jan Cerel — Rich Ornstein

This menorah was a wedding present when Trevor and I got married; it’ll be 25 years in May. — Laura Creamer

What makes this menorah so special to me is I purchased it Our menorah was a gift from my a few weeks ago during my first parents when we moved into our first visit to Israel. I wanted to bring house. This was one of the first pieces home a meaningful piece of of true art that we had. We use it Judaica and could not think during Hanukkah, then it goes back of anything better than a on display. — Elissa Weinstein menorah. Now, every year when I light my candles I will From the front page: This remember my visit to Israel. — Dan Liebman menorah was a wedding present from my sister-in-law, Irene, and her sister, Eva, z”l. — Eve Podet

This was my parents’ hanukkiah. We used it every year in Columbus, Ohio, and continue to use it here in My young daughter decided that we I love these two large menorahs. My mother Kentucky with our family. It has a needed a different kind of menorah. gave them to us for Hanukkah when we first got music box in the bottom that plays — Marty our home. — Kae Schennberg “Rock of Ages.” — Betty Nigoff

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ofer eil erman returned to TAI in late ctober to continue his Torah restoration work and help rededicate our Turnov scroll. ongregants were able to write in the Torah with ofer erman, and he and Rabbi irtschafter took the Torah “on the road” so homebound congregants could take part in what many called a moving and spiritual eperience.

Above Ann Rosenstein iles placed her hand on Sofer Yerman’s to write in the Turnov Torah. eft The sofer showed Rabbi irtschafter how to sew the Torah parchment back onto the scroll. Right The Torah made one of its side trips to the home of Alan loomfield. ottom left ane and teve Auer and others looked on at one of Sofer Yerman’s four group scribing sessions. ottom right After being rededicated, the Turnov scroll, center, was returned to its place in the ark.

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Volunteers will meet at 4:45 News p.m. at the Federation office to carpool to Frankfort. To From volunteer, contact Paula Mertens at JFS, (850) 269 8244 or jfs@ Dec. 5, 12, 19 jewishlexington.org. Torah Talk with Rabbi Sharon Cohen 1:30 p.m. at JFB office, 1050 Chinoe Road. Dec. 28 Highlevel, discussionbased adult education class tackles YBJ Hanukkah Party themes and issues that touch us as . Topics include Jewish 7 p.m. Join Young Bluegrass identity, assimilation, ethics, spirituality, and feminism. Jews for a Hanukkah More info: Rabbi Cohen at rabbisharon@ jewishlexington.org. celebration hosted by Baker and Tyler Arvin Dec. 6, Jan. 10 featuring latkes, salads, cocktails and games. For more details, YBJ Shabbat Dinner check the YBJ Facebook group or contact daniel@ 7 p.m. Join Young Bluegrass Jews for a Shabbat potluck hosted jewishlexington.org. by Jordan Brennan on Dec. 6; January host TBA. For more details, check the YBJ Facebook group or contact Daniel Baker Help wanted: JFB seeks office administrator at [email protected]. Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass is seeking a reliable, re-

sponsible and teamoriented office administrator to undertake Dec. 17 a variety of administrative and clerical tasks. and ensure our PJ Library Hanukkah Party programming, education and fundraising staff have adequate 5:30 p.m. at JosephBeth Booksellers at Lexington Green. Story support to work efficiently. time, crafts, giveaways and snacks to celebrate Hanukkah. The job’s tasks include bookkeeping, supporting the execu- Please bring a donation for The Nest (shampoo, soap, deodorant, tive director and other JFB staff, assisting in daily office diapers in sizes 4, 5 or 6, and baby wipes). More info: needs, and coordinating with contracted professionals carly@|jewishlexington.org or [email protected]. and volunteers. The ideal candidate will be competent in prior- itizing and working with little supervision; be selfmotivated Dec. 17 and trustworthy; have excellent written and oral Jewish Family Services Hanukkah Party communication skills; and be resourceful, solutionoriented at Stewart Home and organized. 6 p.m. Volunteers are welcome to participate in this annual To learn more, go to Jewishlexington.org/careercenter/ celebration, which includes lighting the menorah, latkes, officeadministrator. decorating cards, playing dreidel and Hanukkah Bingo.

Noon Tuesday, Dec. 10 Sisterhood Talk by Rabbi Wirtschafter

Soup, salad, bread, dessert $10 per person

RSVP by Friday, Dec. 6; call TAI office at 269-2979

Directory updates: TEMPLE ADATH ISRAEL MISSION STATEMENT Dan, Angela and Abigail Schuman Temple Adath Israel is a Reform Jewish congregation linked to a tradition 1752 Cold Harbor Dr., 40504 of welcoming those searching for a community committed to honoring the dignity (859) 6197339 we all share as children of the one God by embracing these enduring Jewish values: (859) 3514744 AVODAH (Worship); TALMUD TORAH (Torah Study); TZEDEK (Social Justice); [email protected] and KEHILAH (Community). Our mission is to inspire our congregants’ Jewish [email protected] engagement and to ensure a vibrant Jewish present and future by nurturing the many generations of our community. We share a commitment to the Reform Jewish foundational beliefs of furthering individual and communal spiritual growth, while recognizing a range of personal philosophies, practices and needs. We are the community center through which our families can celebrate faith, justice, and the blessings of family lives present and future.

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WORSHIP SCHEDULE

Dec. 6 Dec. 27 Jan. 18 Feb. 8 Shabbat with Torah Shabbat 7 p.m. Jewish Texts/Kollel 9 a.m. Jewish Texts/Kollel 9 a.m. commentary by Parsha 11 a.m. Parsha 11 a.m. Rosie Moosnick 7 p.m. Dec. 28 — Exodus 1:1-6:1 — Exodus 13:17- Jewish Texts 9 a.m 17:16 Dec. 7 Parsha 11 a.m. Jan. 24 Kollel 9 a.m. Rosh Chodesh — Tot Shabbat 5:30 p.m. Feb. 14 Parsha 11 a.m. Genesis 41:1-44:17 Family dinner 6 p.m. Shabbat 7 p.m. — Genesis 28:10- Family Shabbat 7 p.m. 32:3 Jan. 3 Feb. 15 Shabbat with Torah Jan. 25 Jewish Texts/Kollel 9 a.m. Dec. 13 commentary by Madeline Jewish Texts/Kollel 9 a.m. Parsha 11 a.m. Tot Shabbat 5:30 p.m. Rosenberg 7 p.m. Parsha 11 a.m. — Exodus 18:1-20:23 Family dinner 6 p.m. Vaera — Exodus 6:2-9:35 Family Shabbat 7 p.m. Jan. 4 Feb. 21 Jewish Texts/Kollel 9 a.m. Jan. 31 Shabbat 7 p.m. Dec. 14 Parsha 11 a.m. Shabbat Jewish Texts 9 a.m. — Genesis 44:18- 7 p.m. Feb. 22 Parsha 11 a.m. 47:27 Jewish Texts/Kollel 9 a.m. — Genesis 32:4- Feb. 1 Parsha 11 a.m. 36:43 Jan. 10 Jewish Texts/Kollel 9 a.m. — Exodus 21:1- Shabbat 7 p.m. Parsha 11 a.m. 24:18 Dec. 20 — Exodus 10:1-13:16 Shabbat Jan. 11 Feb. 28 7 p.m. Jewish Texts/Kollel 9 a.m. Feb. 7 Tot Shabbat 5:30 p.m. Parsha 11 a.m. Shabbat with Torah Family dinner 6 p.m. Dec. 21 Vayechi — Genesis 47:28- commentary by Susan Sloss Family Shabbat 7 p.m. Kollel 9 a.m. 50:26 7 p.m. Parsha 11 a.m. Feb. 29 — Genesis 37:1- Jan. 17 Jewish Texts/Kollel 9 a.m. 40:23 Shabbat 7 p.m. Parsha 11 a.m. — Exodus 25:1- 27:19

KOLLEL STUDY GROUP JEWISH TEXTS STUDY UPCOMING MEETINGS Kollel meets at 9 a.m. We will discuss Saturdays, alternating selected readings in with Jewish Texts, in the rabbinic literature at Executive Committee library. The group 9 a.m. Saturdays, Thursday, Dec. 5, 6:30 p.m. explores cultural, ethical alternating with Thursday, Jan. 9, 6:30 p.m. and historical aspects of our 4,000-year Kollel Study Group, Thursday, Feb. 6, 6:30 p.m. tradition. The emphasis is on dialogue and in the library. The discussion is always exploration. You may join the group any lively and informative, and you may join Board of Directors time. the group any time. Tuesday, Dec. 10, 6:30 p.m. PARSHA Tuesday, Jan. 14, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11, 6:30 p.m. Join us each Saturday morning at 11 in the library as we take a look at the Torah portion for the week. Sessions are not held when there is a bar or bat service.

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YAHRZEIT … These we remember… Dec. 6 Samuel Rabiner Evelyn Baker Hymson Rosalind Weisenberg Frederick A. Meyer Harry Abraham Agatha Reed David Isaacs Robert Young Leo Michaels Hilda Abraham Baum Morris Rozen Abraham Kesten I. Jay Miller Jr. Maury Bederman Goldie Rogers Ellen Liebman Jan. 10 Peter Schogol Ben Cohen Avrom H. Siegel Edward Novick Ignatius“ Nash” Jack Shapero Bert T. Combs Estelle Steinberg Dorothy Plavin Arellano Ariel Sharon Michael Mayer Byrd Taulbee Dora G. Pollack Fern Ruth Ashner David Shraberg Elkouby Simon Weil Garrett Pugh Concors Isabel Siegel Sam Engel Wolfe William Patrick Rodden Harold Fine Mrs. Al Smitha David Forman Rosenstein Betty Rosenthal Dr. Joseph M. Fine Dan Sondergard Edith Geller Herman A. Sampliner Nathan Frankel Jr. Bertha Lauer Speyer Abe Goldenberg Dec. 20 Joseph Sampliner David Gerson Lois Stern Nathan E. Goodman Theresa R. Abraham Alice Scheeline Leah Goodman Nanette Wile Strauss Dr. Maurice Kaufmann Frances Bailey Bertha Spence Thomas Hamburg Lowell Sugarman Judith Dean Liebman Clive M. Beck Arthur Stevens Sara Kaufmann Eric Wolken Helen Sopkin Lowenthal Cecelia Bockar Edward Sulkin Louis Kossay Philipp Wurmser Harry Magill Harvey Edward Brazin Jonas Weil Shirley Lakes Marci Mainus Trevor Brown Sello Wollstein Karyn Martin Jan. 24 Edna Miller Faith Miller Cole Gertrude Yanoff Kathaleen McDonald Jeffrey Ballon Harry M. Miller Rabbi Maurice Davis Alice Yarus Gus H. Milner J. Frank Belin Irving Jerome Miner Sue Deehne Luther Pushell Max Cerel Bessie Mulinsky Lillian Lowenthal Jan. 3 Steven Richard Rozen Nusek Dekhtyar Mordecai Podet Epstein Philip Aberson Rosita Rosenzweig Peggy Fain Norman Rosenberg Aida Fine Dr. William Bloom Sanford Rubin Goldie Friduss Hyman Shraberg Rose Garden Dana Bloomfield Rose Sachs Mark Halleck Mrs. Ben Steinberg Edythe Gewirtzman Jack Cohan Marie Salmon Jason K. Johnson Bessie Waldman Israel Gorman Ruth Cohan Carolyn Siegel Hazel J. “Nicki” Kaplan Lester Waldman Ruth Gorman Hannah Doctrow Rabbi Malcolm H. Stern Susan Kelly Knoll Mollie Weiss Jeannette Graham Ruth Edelman Albert Sugarman Rose Lampel Krinsky Nat Yesowitch Solomon Kahn Howard Eichner Sol Victor Paula Leichtman Sally Zwicker Bessie Kline Harriet Marcus Fields Herschel Weil Ann R. Levenson Norma E. Mayer Allan Forman Brett Steven Weinstock Rose Markovitz Dec. 13 Ed Menkus Don Forman Ruben Weisenberg Nancy Shraberg Marx Susan Adams Rose Novick Edith Frankel Jennie Meyer Lewis A. Bernard Sr. Miriam Rattner Harold Frankel Jan. 17 Morgan Frumberg Cecelia Corliss Judge Samuel M. Harry Gantz Ada Mae Ely Anderson Miller Paul Dwoskin Rosenstein Norman S. Goldman Harriet Baker Yolanda Font Musgrave Sarah Esther Grobstein Edward Schulzinger Rose Goldberg Sidney Ross Bazell Bertha Olshan Helen Glixon Anna Schwartz Benjamin Goldfarb Leon Block Arnold G. Pessin Salma B. Hoover Herman Silver Mary Goldschmidt Saul Burg David Saslaw Dr. Ernst Jokl Carl Starr Davita Hamburg Elizabeth “Betty” Cloud Bess Shraberg David Kahn Glendell Garber Zalman Kremer Jennie Cohen Gerald W. Smith Saul Kaufman Vicendese Rubin Kuperstein Norman S. Gordon Harold Hyman Sogin Leonard Kozman Bernice Spero Lentner Charlotte Kant Saul D. Stein Ben Krinsky Dec. 27 Joseph Lowenthal Bernard Kaplan Miriam Zuckerman Elizabeth Kuhn Adolph Abraham Edward Robert James Levenson Sr. Rose Kuperstein Richard Balmer Markhoff Maurice B. Loevenhart Continued on Page 10 Greg LaZur Adrienne Mazo Cohen Franklin Moosnick Beverly Levine Sonia Cohen Joseph Natow In Memoriam … Jennie G. Loevenhart Mark Sandor Darlow Julia Petsonk Warren Rosenthal, father of Carol Ben H. Miller Helene S. Fogel Rose Pressman Rosenthal, grandfather of Beth (Jason) Jean Mizell Dr. Irving Gail Idah Rubin Pitman and Jennifer Veal; greatgrandfather Harry Moss Elaine Gellin Deborah Genensky of Mallory, Lucy and Wyatt Pitman Norma Yonover Podet Joe Hirsh Snyder May his memory be for a blessing

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Yahrzeits from Page 9 Joseph I. Goldman Lore Pappas Feb. 7 Vladimir Goloborodko Carl Goldschmidt Ethyl Paritz Florence C. Belin Bernard Hymes Jan. 31 Henrietta Rubel Bertha Pessin Clementine Weil Bing Anna Springer Jaffee Celia F. Abraham Harrison Patricia Peterson Siegfried Bing Lee R. Masover Willard David Barnes Meyer Max Harrison Thorley Arnold Bockar Neoma Mellman Samson Biederman Vicki S. Hershinow Irven David Sachs Philip Eilenberg Robert M. Rosenstein Abraham Blucher Corrine Higdon Larry Scher Marcus Engelberg Mishel Rozenzhak Clara Blucher Elliott Joffe Eleazar Louis J. Fox Elsie Salzman Frances Bramlage Robert Joffe Snyder Joseph N. Frankel Morton R. Sarett Leon Eskenazi Meyer M. Katz Ella Jean Taulbee Nathan Frankel Sr. Freda Schumard Sam Feller Bert Klein Morris Waisblum Kenneth N. Freedman George Shipman Howard Flomenhoft Alan Lubin Rosa Salmon Weil Jack Gellin Philip Sobel Dora Levy Freund Ruth Mandel Aaron Weinberg Esther Rosenberg Emanuel Suhl Howard Allen Gerson Joe Nisman Fanny B. Winters Goldberg Joseph Wile Sr.

CONTRIBUTIONS

CARING CONNECTIONS COMMITTEE TORAH RESTORATION FUND Julie McKee and sons to all our friends for their support. Colby and Ray Archer in memory of Gloria Mazo Minna KatzBrown in memory Nathan Krekun and Marvin Katz FLOWER FUND Craig and Janet Chasen in memory of Samuel Wolfson Steven and Robin Gall in memory of Zelda Gall and Louis and Ida Chasen Minna KatzBrown in memory of Nathan Krekun and David and Janice Doctrow in memory of Jean Doctrow Marvin Katz Martin and Diane Friedman in memory of Rose Friedman Dan Liebman in memory of Ruth Kerber, Mildred Kerber and John and Cynthia Harrison in memory of Henry Harrison Max Kornreich Sharon and Bill Helfand in memory of Sol and Estelle Helfand Scott and Beth Schumacher in memory of Jacob Mellman Marion Hymes in honor of Lawrence and Richard Hymes Lou and Bobbi Shain in memory of Donald Meyer Martin and Odette Kaplan in memory of Clara and Samuel Charles Stern in memory of Irvin H. Stern Sr. and Leona Stern Kaplan Micah and Mimi Kaufman in honor of the TAI board and staff GENERAL FUND Michael and Patricia Marx in memory of Henrietta and Jan and Jerry Cerel in memory of Warren Rosenthal, Michael (Max) Marx Lena and Harry Skuller, Esther and Harry Cohen, and Norman and Adele Potter in memory of Rose Rita and Robert and Sylvia Cohen Jerry Wurmser Florence W. Colvin in appreciation for bulletins Scott and Beth Schumacher in memory of Donna Silverman Amanda Palley Pat and David Shraberg in honor of Rabbi Wirtschafter David Sacks Harold Weinberg in memory of Lauren K Weinberg and Douglas M Weinberg RABBI DISCRETIONARY FUND Yvonne and Mark Wides in memory of Norman, Betty Claire, Judy Engelberg in memory of Joe Engelberg and Laura and Betsy Miriam Engelberg Rebecca and Joe Young in memory of Anita Mersack Judi Gewirtzman in appreciation to Rabbi Wirtschafter Susan Cobin and Randall Roorda, Stephen and Karen Edelstein Estelle Hamburg in memory of Ira Gewirtzman Michele Erdman, Brent and Brayden Friedman, Robert and Friends of Lexington Senior Center Inc. Randi Gaiser, Dan Liebman, Connie and John Loventhal, Minna Katz Brown The Miller Family, Richard and Kae Schennberg, Lowell and Betty Nigoff in honor of Eleanor Benblatt, David and Diane Sogin, Diane Arnson Svarlien, an inspiration to us Alan and Elissa Weinstein Charles Stern Joseph Umansky in memory of Diana Umansky TAI BROTHERHOOD FUND Samye and Darryl Stith BETTY ROSENTHAL FUND In memory of Warren Rosenthal: UNIONGRAM/YES FUND Ben and Ruth Baker, Alan and Nancy Bloomfield, Martin and Odette Kaplan in appreciation of birthday greetings Stacy Bloomfield, Robin and Steven Gall, Bill and Ann Giles, Rabbi William and Ki Leffler in appreciation of anniversary Virginia and Martin Luftman, Pete and Deb Nelson, Uniongrams Harriett Rose, Kim and Rob Rosenstein, Samye and Darryl Stith Rebecca and Joe Young with thanks for birthday wishes Volume 87, Issue 3 Page 10

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CLOSED 1:30 p.m. Committee Service with Torah Parsha 11 a.m. 6:30 p.m. commentary/ Movie night 6 p.m.: remarks by Rosie “Confessions Moosnick 7 p.m. of a Nazi Spy”

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Religious School OFFICE God’s Pantry Juliets Shabbat 7 p.m. Jewish Texts/Kollel 9:30 a.m. CLOSED 6 p.m. and Romeos 9 a.m. Hanukkah luncheon Hanukkah Carnival 1 p.m. at TAI Parsha 11 a.m.

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Easy ways to give by doing what you already do

Do you shop at Amazon? Who doesn’t buy groceries?

Go through the Temple website Register your Kroger (Lextai.org) to do your Amazon shopping. Plus card, designate Just click on the Amazon icon on the bottom TAI as your charity of half of the home page, and a portion of your choice, and the temple purchase will go to the Temple! will receive money each quarter based on a percentage of spending. If you already have an online Kroger account but haven’t designated TAI as your charity, go to Krogercommunityrewards.com and sign in. From the list of charity options, choose “Temple Adath Israel.” If you do not have a Kroger Plus card, you can get one at the customer service desk at any Kroger. Go to Krogercommunityrewards.com, then: 1. Click on Sign In/Register. Most participants are new online customers, so they must click on SIGN UP TODAY in the “New Customer?” box. 2. Sign up for a Kroger Rewards Account by entering Getting rid of your old car? ZIP code, clicking on favorite store, entering your email Donate it to the temple and take a tax address and creating a password, agreeing to the terms break! Contact Laura Creamer to find and conditions. You will then get a message to check out more. your email inbox and click on the link within the body of the email. 3. Click on My Account and use your email address and password to proceed to the next step. 4. Click on Edit Kroger Community Buy BHG (Malone's, Rewards information and input your Kroger Plus card Drake’s, Aqua Sushi, number. Harry's, OBC 5. Update or confirm your information. 6. Enter the NPO number (10073) for TAI or, from list Kitchen) Gift Cards of organizations, select and click on Temple Adath Israel and then click on confirm. Everyone who buys gift certificates from Bluegrass Hospitality Group may designate 20 percent of the To verify you are enrolled correctly, you will see purchase amount to Temple Adath Israel. Please TAI’s name on the right side of your information page. note : This donation is available only with ONLINE Purchases will not count for TAI until your card is purchases. Buyers are NOT able to make donations registered. with gift cards purchased at BHG restaurants. If you use your phone number at the register, call Just follow these simple steps: 18005764377, then select option 4 to get your 1. Go to GiveBHG.com. Kroger Plus card number. 2. Select a BHG Gift at the bottom of the page and NOTE: For TAI to receive credit for your click on it. Fill in the amount and choose “Temple purchases, you must swipe your registered Adath Israel” from the dropdown list where it says Kroger Plus card or use the phone number “Charity Option.” linked to your registered Plus card at the Your gift card will be sent in the mail within two business days, and TAI will receive 20 percent of the time of purchase. gift card amount. It couldn’t be easier!

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TEMPLE ADATH ISRAEL 124 N. ASHLAND AVENUE LEXINGTON, KY 405021595 (859) 2692979 FAX (859) 2697347 BOARD OF DIRECTORS David Wirtschafter Laura Creamer Rabbi Administrator ELECTED/APPOINTED [email protected] [email protected] MEMBERS Jan Cerel Deborah Nelson Susan Voglesong Carly Conatser President Outreach Coordinator Amy Gewirtz Pat Shraberg Kristen Hoffman Tim Grossman Vice President Youth Education Director Garry Hoover Rich Ornstein Debbie Masters Katherine Henry Mark Schachman Treasurer Preschool Director Reva SchottensteinReed Rebecca Young Mary Engel Nick Fain

Secretary Brotherhood President EX OFFICIO MEMBERS

Nick Fain (Brotherhood) Jonathan Miller Elissa Weinstein Elissa Weinstein (Sisterhood) Immediate Past President Sisterhood President

TEMPLE FUNDS Contributions may be made to any of the following funds. Acknowledgment will be made to the FUND FACTS individual or family honored and will be listed in the Bulletin. Please check the fund of your Over the years TAI choice. All donations not specifically directed to one of the funds listed below will be placed in the Temple Hineni: Here I Am Reserve Fund. congregants have established funds to  Adolph A. & Celia F. Abraham Music Fund  Dr. Sherman E. & Fannie H. Miller Memorial support specific programs  Anita & Harold Baker Music Trust Fund Fund or for specific purposes.  Bloomfield Family Fund  Music & Worship Program Fund Each month, FUND  Jayne Bolotin Memorial Fund  Janice Newman Fund FACTS will present a  Temple Building Fund  Outreach Program Fund snapshot of a fund to  TAI Brotherhood Fund  Preschool Fund familiarize congregants with TAI’s resources.  Centennial Fund  Rabbi’s Fund

 Enrichment Fund  Religious School Program Fund In 1999 congregants  Gerson Family Fund  Rose Family Fund Anita and Ira Mersack  Dr. Victoria Greenberg Rabbinical Intern Fund  Rosenstein Family Fund donated $10,000 to TAI  Hineni: Here I Am Reserve Fund  Betty Rosenthal Rabbinic Chair Fund to create the Mersack  Maurice Hymson Adult Education Trust Fund  Ricky Rozen Memorial Fund Scholarship Fund. The  Evelyn Hymson Fund  Larry and Robert Scher Memorial Fund purpose of this fund is to  Sheldon “Cokie” Hymson Fund  SkullerCohenCerel Fund provide opportunities for TAI teachers to attend  Maurice Kaufmann Adult Education Fund  David, Ruth & Al Sommer Fund professional development   Cindy Jennings Kline Memorial Fund Carolyn & Herman Straus Memorial Fund workshops to enhance  L’Chaim Fund  Tikkun Olam Fund their effectiveness in the  Marilyn & Arthur Lieber Board Leadership Fund  Uniongram/Sisterhood YES Fund classroom. Additionally,  Anita W. Mersack Woman of Valor Award Fund  Wurmser Family Fund the fund may be used to  Mersack Scholarship Fund  Youth Education Fund support workshops at  Robert S. Miller Fund TAI. This fund is under the control of the Youth Please accept my enclosed donation in the amount of $______for the fund checked Education Committee. As above. of Dec. 31, 2018, the

 For the recovery of ______Mersack Fund, which may spend only the  In honor of ______income it generates,  In memory of ______contained $21,203, of

Please notify family of/or ______which $3,739 is available

Address if not a Temple member______for expenditure.

Donor’s Name______

Donor’s Address If not a Temple member______

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