Temple Tidings – October 2020
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Member UNION for Volume 41, Issue 4 October 2020 — Tishrei-Cheshvan 5781 REFORM JUDAISM SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 2 Candle Lighting 7:01 PM 3 Sukkot I Two Special Forefront Fall Series Erev Sukkot Forefront Interviews Save the Dates (pre-taped) 5:00-6:00 PM 6 PM Shabbat Service- 10 AM Special Sukkot Live-streamed Livestream Service with Adriana Tuesday, October 13, 7:00-9:00 PM Urato-Livestream Interview: US Senator Lindsey Graham October 19 November 23 Wednesday, October 14, 7:00-9:00 PM October 26 November 30 Interview: Jaime Harrison, Democratic November 16 December 21 Candidate for the US Senate 4 Sukkot II 5 Sukkot III 6 Sukkot IV 7 Sukkot V 8 Sukkot VI 9 Candle Lighting 6:52 PM 10 Shmini Atzeret Sukkot VII 9:30 AM Rabbi on the 3 PM Endowment 6PM Shabbat Service- 10 AM Sukkot Yizkor Road Trustees-Zoom Livestream Service-Last day of 4:30 PM Executive 4 PM Staff Meeting- Sukkot-Livestream Committee-Zoom Zoom 7 PM Simchat Torah 6:30 PM Adult B'Nai Service-Livestream Mitzvah Meeting- Zoom 11 Simchat Torah 12 13 14 15 16 Candle Lighting 6:43 PM 17 Parashat Bereshit 4:30 PM Board 6 PM Dine Around- 9:30 AM Rabbi on the 6:30 PM Family Meeting-Zoom TBA Road Shabbat Service- 7 PM Forefront 4 PM Staff Meeting- Livestream Interview-Lindsey Zoom Graham (pre-taped)- 7 PM Forefront Livestream Interview-Jaime Harrison (pre-taped)- Livestream 18 Rosh Chodesh 19 Rosh Chodesh 20 21 22 23 Candle Lighting 6:35 PM 24 Parashat Noach Cheshvan Cheshvan 9:30 AM Rabbi on the 1:30 PM Sisterhood 6 PM Shabbat Service- 10 AM Torah Study - Road Board-Zoom Livestream Zoom 1:30 PM SAC Meeting 4 PM Staff Meeting- 6:30 PM (TNT) Lev Zoom Zoom Simcha Service- 5 PM Forefront Bluffton Interview-Blaine Lotz, Barbara Nielsen- Livestream 25 Yom HaAliyah 26 27 28 29 30 Candle Lighting 6:28 PM 31 Parashat Lech-Lecha 11:30 AM Blessing of 5 PM Forefront 4 PM Staff Meeting- 6 PM Shabbat Service- the Animals Service Interview-Rev. John Zoom Livestream Black, Sister Pam Smith-Livestream Our current treasurer, Mike Weingarten, will be Nominating Committee — retiring from this position at the end of May. He will Judy Bluestone, Chair gladly discuss the range of responsibilities with you and serve as advisor to his successor. Are you a numbers person? Please contact Judy by email, Have you time on your hands? home phone; 843-681-6519 Would you like to use your talents to benefit or cell phone; your synagogue? 843-368-2213. Well, if so, we have a great job for you! How about considering the all-important job of Treasurer at Congregation Beth Yam? 2 TEMPLE TIDINGS Rabbi’s Message I also want to thank the volunteer leadership from our president, Candy Solomon and the Board of Directors. We made it! We have been Thank you Jeremy Press for attending services and sealed into the Book of Life supporting the technical team and providing us with the again for another year. These security services, too. The lesson is that it really does days we probably should not take a village to put on the High Holy Days. It is a team take that ancient phrase lightly effort all the way. or for granted. We have a Now let us take the wisdom and inspiration we challenge this coming year with received from the services and put it to good use in our blessings and warnings. We are daily lives. Make a difference for someone else. Show a beginning Sukkot and Simchat bit more generosity and understanding. When things get Torah this month and that is always us riled like the election season, just breathe first before fun and joyous. I hope you will join us we react. on the live stream for these events. We continue to have Watch out this month for the beginning of our fall our services and look forward to new activities this fall. Forefront series, which will be filled with all sorts of But before I move on to the future, please allow me to interviews from here to Israel. Check out the publicity. I thank the professional staff for making these high holy am confident you will love the choices and the topics we days so meaningful, including Robin Krumholz and have selected for you. Michael Shapiro, Renee and Eli Roth, David Kimbell, We say in Hebrew at Sukkot, “Moadim L’simcha”, Adriana Urato, Charlie Curtis (our accompanist), Rachel which means Seasons of Gladness, and the response is Pepin (Director of Family Engagement), Valerie Seldes “hagim uzaminim v’sasson”, which means festivals, (Director of Religious Education) and Yvonne Daley (the holidays and seasons of joy. That is what I hope for us all Queen of Clean of our facility), Ron our guy who moves this Sukkot. everything around our building. Of course, there is Michele Johnson and Ceil Treiss, who did a fantastic job God bless you, of organizing the administrative work for the Holy Days. What a great team we have at CBY! Rabbi Brad L. Bloom M.S.W., DD wording were proposed and accepted. The final Board Meeting Action Items document will be sent to all Board Members (Abstracted from Board Minutes) tomorrow. A motion (M. Weingarten/M. Shapiro) to approve revisions as amended following Board 1. Motion (J. Fradkin/D. Kurjan) to approve resident discussion was adopted via e-vote. single membership for Sarah Beachkofsky was 4. Judy Bluestone reported that Barbara Slagowitz will adopted. be unable to serve on the Nominations Committee. A 2. Risa Prince (President of the Low Country Coalition motion (J. Bluestone/B. Meyer) to approve Marcie Against Hate) discussed the effort to petition the Frisch as her replacement was adopted. South Carolina legislature to pass a Hate Crimes Bill. South Carolina is one of the few states to not have such a statute. The Low Country Coalition Against Hate has been working with Stamp Out Hate.SC to promote legislative action on this matter. A motion (R. Roth/B. Meyer) to authorize CBY to sign on as a faith community supporter of Stamp Out Hate.SC efforts to promote a Hate Crimes statute was adopted. 3. Revisions to the Funds section of the CBY Policy Book were presented by Mike Weingarten and Michael Shapiro. After discussion, a few changes to which enabled us to have a substantial surplus in last Fiscal Year 2019-20 Report year's results. That surplus will be very helpful in our –Mike Weingarten, CBY Treasurer current fiscal year with a known decrease in revenue due to the Covid virus with major fundraising activities As is customary in our October Tidings, a final curtailed for this fiscal year. If you have any questions on financial report for the prior fiscal year is published. We the financials, feel free to email me. were very fortunate this past fiscal year to receive a CARES loan/grant from the federal government for approx. $63,000 in the 4th quarter of last fiscal year 3 TEMPLE TIDINGS Message from the President – Candy Solomon Shalom CBY, You don’t need a special occasion to donate to CBY. We are in the midst of a new This can be easily done on our website. If you have a normal that none of us ever cause that interests you, a donation is an easy way to expected. We have had to show your support. change the ways we operate Our Friends campaign contributions also go into our and find new ways to keep our operating funds. Last year, we had a record campaign members engaged spiritually. that raised $82,000. Please consider donating to Friends We have learned new this year, and let’s try to beat last year’s record amount. techniques in technology and We accept any amount (and I mean any!). My dream is created new programs for for us to get 100% participation. members. Life at CBY goes CBY has had an Endowment Fund for eight years. on, whether our doors are open or closed. This fund creates a financial reserve for special Now, more than ever, we need your financial support programs, emergencies, or operations. The funds are to keep CBY operating at its peak. Rabbi Bloom and our invested in balanced mutual funds. This gift can be a staff have continued to come up with creative services current contribution or a legacy gift. Please consider and programming so that we all remain connected. This contributing if you update your trust documents. is no easy feat and takes a lot of time and energy. We all We all have a financial responsibility to CBY. The have a responsibility to ensure that the CBY we know Board of Directors is entrusted to spend money wisely and love can continue operating at the level we have and live within our means. This is the key to a stable, come to enjoy and expect. healthy financial life. We have to budget carefully, save So, I come to you reminding you that we all have a for emergencies, and plan for the future to be fiscally financial responsibility to our shul. Yes, these are responsible. We don’t take anything for granted. We uncertain times that we are facing. We have prevailed greatly appreciate whatever you are able to do, whether it over hurricanes; we will prevail over a pandemic. We will be financially or through other service to CBY. Please remain a fixture in the Jewish community in southern honor your commitments to CBY so that we can continue Beaufort County with your help.