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Quick Glance
CBHCS
• Sun. Feb. 1, 8, 22, 9:30am
TU B’SHVAT SEDER
• Tue. Feb. 3, 6:30pm (RJ/CCUCC)
MEDITATION & MUSSAR
• Fri. Feb. 6, 6:30pm (RJ/CCUCC)
FULL COLD MOON SERVICE
• Fri. Feb. 6, 7:30pm
(GG/WR/CCUCC)
Bat Mitzvah sOPHIE rEISS
• Sat. Feb. 7, 9:30am (CCUCC)
TOT SHABBAT
• Fri. Feb. 13, 6:30pm (RJ/CCUCC)
2015
FEBRUARY
SPOTLIGHT
Kabbalat Shabbat, Potluck Dinner, & Speaker David Hooker
The Spaces Our Stories Create:
What happens when our stories clash?
Friday Feb. 27 at 6:30pm at CCUCC
Speaker David Hooker leads an interactive discussion about how we can use
stories to shape our lives.
Our lives are guided by stories and our identities exist within the stories we know
and those we don’t know. What happens when our stories clash with other people’s
stories of us? How we can use narratives to build the worlds we say that we want?
David Anderson Hooker is a Sr. Fellow Community Engagement Strategist at J.W.
Fanning Institute for Leadership Development.
RSVP for potluck dinner and speaker at congregationbethaverim.org
FULL COLD MOON CD RELEASE
& RECEPTION
• Fri. Feb. 13, 6:00pm (WR/CCUCC)
MERKAVAH ART ADULT PROGRAM
• Fri. Feb.13 7:30pm (GG/CCUCC)
BAR Mitzvah jEREMY BARNETT
• Sat. Feb. 14, 9:30am (CCUCC)
NO CBHCS
• Sun. Feb.15
CHANT & MEDITATION
• Mon. Feb. 16, 6:00pm
(GG/CCUCC)
jews of color
SHABBAT Service
• Fri Feb. 20, 7:30pm (RJ/CCUCC)
KABBALAT SHABBAT,
POTLUCK DINNER,
& SPEAKER DAVID HOOKER
•Fri. Feb. 27, 6:30pm
BAR Mitzvah jOSH sILVERMAN
• Sat. Feb. 28, 9:30am (CCUCC)
SING N PLAY
• Sat. Feb. 28, 10:00am (CCUCC)
Full Cold Moon: Songs of Comfort and Reflection brings together songs and
poetry reflecting the two sides of the inevitable universal passage through difficult
times. Grief is the deep winter of our emotions, yet it’s also a time of seeking
comfort and nurturing hope. The moon in Jewish tradition is a permanent reminder
of the promise of restoration. Congregation Bet Haverim offers this collection to
help illuminate the journey through loss and to provide a space for reflection on
meaningful themes like those of the Yizkor service at Yom Kippur. This EP presents
expressive choral arrangements sung by the CBH Chorus along with selections
from the CBH String Ensemble, spoken word with Rabbi Joshua Lesser and a vocal
duet by lay cantors Brad Davidorf and Gayanne Geurin. Full Cold Moon is the
third release in the four-album Merkavah Project from CBH Music, produced by Will
Robertson.
Related events:
Feb. 6 - 7:30pm Full Cold Moon Erev Shabbat Service with Gayanne Geurin,
Will Robertson, and CBH Chorus
Feb. 13 - 6:00pm-7:00 CD Release Reception (CCUCC)
7:30pm The Art of the Merkavah Project with artist Miriam Karp (CCUCC)
Digital downloads available at CDbaby.com and itunes
Congregation Bet Haverim • P.O.Box 29548, Atlanta, Ga 30359 • (404) 315-6446
DONATIONS
HIGH HOLIDAY DONATIONS
•Judith Friedman
•Dara Anker
•Garreth & Caroline Stover
•Michele Casper & Alan Sokoloff
•Bruce & Shelley Gaynes
•Larry & Eileen Gold
•Michele Golivesky
•Mark Podhorzer & Terry Egdal
•Beth Ann & Ruby-Beth Buitekant
•Mark Homer
•Nancy Miller
•Rita Marokko
•Alan & Emily Goldsmith
•Lisa Heimann & Jeffrey Jones
•Karen Rothschild
•Jared Serwer
•Deva Joy Gouss
•Tova Baruch & Peter Knudsen
•JoAnn & David Reiss
•Dottie Cohen
•Henry & Kim Siegelson
•Meredith White
•Dr. Jeri Breiner
•Steven Baustin
•Bryan Golson & Michael Gross
•Esther Rechtman
•Deborah Krotenberg
•Lois & Steven Wolf
•Jason Schneider
•Camille Malina
•Betty Signer
•Shelley Rose
•Joe Thomas & Michael Meyer
•Ellen & Jeff Levine
•Cori Diamond Defrancis
•Lara Wertheimer
•Teresa Lee
•Lynne Kornhauser
•Alayne Lesser
•Nomi Traub
GENERAL FUND
•Alan Sugar, Tikkun Middot donation
•Dawn Abeita, Tikkun Middot donation
•Stephen Kay & Jennifer Weisman, in honor of
Mark Gould’s 50th birthday
•Kathy Strauss, in honor of Bryan Golson & Michael
Gross
•Ellen Steinberg, in honor of Bryan Golson &
Michael Gross wedding
•Lois & Steven Wolf, in honor of Hugo Wolf
•Gail & Butch Medwed
•Ilene Zeff & Eric Schulman
•Tina Stern
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•Ginette Schinazi, in memory of Serge Bernstein
•Barnett Family
•Jeri Kagel & Susan Levy, in honor of all the CBH
marriages this year
•Blair Cohen
•Andrea Plotsky
•Lisa Barrios, in honor of Charlotte’s bat mitzvah
•Joann & David Reiss, in honor of Sophie Reiss’s bat
mitzvah
•Marilyn Berman
•William Curns
•Stephanie Schrag
•Nancy Davis, in memory of Milton, Regina &
Andy Miller
•Walter Reeves, in honor of Will Robertson,
Gayanne Geurin & CBH choir
•Samuel & Elaine Strier, in honor of their
granddaughter, Ruby M. Blair
•Stan Cohen, in honor of Bernice, David, Nathan,
Kobe Cohen
•Bernard & Dolores Wax
•Carol Rappaport
•Lisa Anbild
•Peter Strauss
•Joen Fagan
•Jan Levie, a siddur in honor of Bryan Golson &
Michael Gross’s marriage
•Steven Gold
•John & Barb Perlmutter
•David Propp & Susan Kolodkin
•Herb & Evelyn Gershon, in memory of Al Smith
•Jill Auerbach & Timothy Crimmins
•Harriet Gold
•Mark Podhorzer & Terry Egdal, in memory of
Morris Podhorzer
•Jennifer & Rebecca Stapel-Wax, in honor of Bob
Schwartz, Marian Broida & Ruth Einstein and the
Levie/Sprick family
•Gayanne Geurin, in honor of the children’s choir &
their parents
•Jennifer Leson
•Barbara Rosenblit
•Jonah McDonald & Dana Goldman
•Betsy Ami, a Tanakh for a b’nai mitzvah
YAHRZEIT DONATIONS
•Sandra Menes Ashe, in memory of Melvin Menes
•Sylvia Gross, in memory of her father, Zoltan
Smooke
•Carole Schumer, in memory of Roslyn Schumer
•Shoshana & Mark Ben-Yoar, in memory of
Armand Ben-Yoar
DONATIONS
RABBI DISCRETIONARY FUND
•Gedalia Genin
•Marsha Genin
•Michael Gross & Bryan Golson
•Lisa Rosof & Louis Lovett
•Lisa Barrios
•Jill Jacobs & Donna Lewis
•Sherri Kornfeld & David Huntington
•Mark Sugarman
•Eve Lackritz
•Marta-Ines Castillejo
•Paul Glickstein
BUILDING FUND
•Craig & Rita Gilbert
•Sara Newman
•Robin Shahar
•Lauren Rich
•Jeri Kagel & Susan Levy
•Jody Steinberg & Roy Wagner , in honor of Arnie
Schoenberg
•Sheryl Thacker
•Barry Roseman
•Paul Glickstein
•Doris Gordon
•Eve Lackritz
•Michael Gross & Bryan Golson
•Lisa Heimann & Jeffrey Jones
•Alayne Lesser in honor of Lauren Rich & Marian
Meyer’s wedding
•Elizabeth Goodstein, in honor of Bernard Goodstein
•Jan Levie, in honor of Ellie McGraw
•Leslie Kean
•Harriet Gold
•Doris Gordon
•Marcia Rosenberg
•Barry Roseman, in honor of Lauren Rich
•Bonnie Palter
•Tobi Ames
•Sylvia Gross
•Dara Merlin, in memory of Archie Merlin
•Monica Rinkevich & Michael Pathi
•Susan Kupferberg & Richard Mitchell
•Mark Spieler & Peter Bjerkerot, wishing Sylvia Gross
a speedy recovery
•Peter & Irene Medovoy
•Julie Fishman & Terry Pechacek, in honor of Abby
Drue & Dan Arnold
•Pam & Mark Gould, in honor of Steve Kay’s 50th
birthday
•Rebeca Quintana, in honor of Kellie Scheer
(Finesilver Memorial Rabbinic Intern), Bill
Witherspoon’s & Joe Chancey’s retirement, CBH
Board, Staff, Chorus, & School
•Rebeca Quintana, in memory of William Zeman,
Amy Robertson’s grandfather
•Debra Bourgeois, in honor of Nancy Miller’s 61st
birthday
•Nora Levesque & Mark Ravina, in honor of Steve
Kay’s 50th birthday
•Nora Levesque & Mark Ravina, in honor of Mark
Gould’s 50th birthday
•In honor of Bryan Golson & Michael Gross’s wedding
ŠŠ Peter & Irene Medovoy
ŠŠ Linda Gross & Dr. Shana Gross
ŠŠ Debra Bourgeois
ŠŠ Alayne Lesser
ŠŠ Steve & Margie Osheroff
ŠŠ Lee Korfin
ŠŠ Beverly Korfin & Andrea Finn
ŠŠ Zachary Koffler
ŠŠ Lanny & Sandra Lesser
ŠŠ Rebecca & Jennifer Stapel-Wax
ŠŠ Margaret & Buddy Shainker
ŠŠ Gayanne Geurin
ŠŠ Deborah Krotenberg
ŠŠ Bill & Debbie Namer
ŠŠ Jane LaRoque
ŠŠ Ruth Einstein & Marian Broida
ŠŠ Shelley & Bruce Gaynes
ŠŠ Cathy Abbott
ŠŠ Sherry Treco-Jones & Robert Jones
ŠŠ Shoshana & Mark Ben-Yoar
ŠŠ David Gittelman & Tom Murphy
ŠŠ Jennifer Waldman
ŠŠ Mark Podhorzer & Terry Egdal
ŠŠ Shawn Green
ŠŠ Debra Sloss
ŠŠ Jerone Smooke
ŠŠ Avrum Weiss
ŠŠ Marianna Kaufman & Diana Aleman
ŠŠ Gayle & Ken Yeager
ŠŠ Karen & Richard Jacobson
ŠŠ Jackie Sherman & Nancy Miller
ŠŠ Betty Signer
ŠŠ Robert & Beth Nathan
ŠŠ Ken & Gayle Yeager
ŠŠ Carole Schumer
ŠŠ Shelley Rose
ŠŠ Cindy Solomon
ŠŠ Betty Miller & Helene Reese
ŠŠ Fay Schwartz
ŠŠ Helen Gerson
ŠŠ Judy Landey & Martin Kleinman
ŠŠ Zona Castellano
ŠŠ Carolyn Spector
ŠŠ Andrew & Janice Vernon
ŠŠ Al Endel & Derek Lowery
ŠŠ Michael Loss & Ute Fischer
ŠŠ Rebeca Quintana
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DONATIONS (cont.)
PRESIDENT’S
CAMPAIGN
•Sybil McWilliams & David
Schwartz
•Casey Hall & Ariela Freedman
•Paul Siegel
•Barry Roseman
•Stephen Kay & Jennifer Weissman
•Mark Weinstein & Siciliana
Delgado
•Cindy Solomon
•Julie Fishman & Terry Pechacek
•David Borthwick & Sarah Zaslaw
•Patrick Crabtree
•Peggy Testa
•Glenda & David Minkin
•Kathi Frankel
•Lynne & Neil Norton
•Jonathan & Suzanne Sears
•Nancy Davis
•Carole Schumer
•Linda Fishman
•Julie Fishman & Terry Pechacek
•Elaine Rubin
END OF YEAR
DONATION
•Elaine Harris
•Russell Gottschalk
•Marianna Kaufman
•Garreth & Caroline Stover
•Rhonda Birenbaum
•Hedy Caplan
•Paul Plate
•Sharon Sleeper
•Joseph & Phyllis Arnold
•Janna Zwerner
•Rita Wuebbeler
•Judy Blasé
•Jason Chernock
•Dr Allan Cetron
•Herb & Evelyn Gershon
•William & Judy Sloan in honor of
Lee Sloan
•Michael Glass
•Mary Sabel
HANUKKAH
DONATIONS
•David Gittelman & Tom Murphy
•Aaron Alter
•Daniel Shorr
SHUL SHECKELS
Marjory Greenbaum will donate
$200 for each of her residential
real estate closings now through
12/31/2015. For more information,
Marjory can be reached at
678-386-6971 or
[email protected]
If you would like to know more
about contributions through Shul
Sheckels for your business, please
contact the office at (404) 315-6446
HONORABLE MENSCHENS
Our 2014 Board Members for
their year of service: Charlie
Chasen, Jeri Kagel, Julie Fishman,
Linda Travers, Kim Goldsmith,
Gina Gershon, Sandy Monett,
Abby Drue, Terry Egdal, Shoshana
Ben Yoar, Deborah Krotenberg,
Avrum Weiss, Rachel Wallack,
Abbie Fuksman
Lavista clean up/landscaping:
Jamie Collins, Charlie Chasen,
Ulli Sprick, Kim Goldsmith, Ellie
McGraw, Max Levie-Sprick, Jan
Levi, Gina Gershon
Jan 11 community meeting
facilitators: McKenzie Wren,
Robin Shahar, Theresa Prestwood,
Gary Falcon, Paula Bloom, Jackie
Sherman, Steve Kay
Jan 11 school visioning
facilitators: Rachel Wallack,
Michele Walsh, Michele Casper,
Dan Rice, Lisa Barrios
Our unofficial Lavista building
Shammes: Gina Gershon
John Lewis visit coordination:
Beth-Ann Buitekant
Our Arts and Culture organizers:
Melissa Pressman and Heather
Kotler
Medshare: Coordinator, Jane
Diamond. Medshare volunteers:
David Abeita, Dawn Abeita, Eli
Abeita, Alia Adler, Asha Adler,
Laurent Adler, Dan Arnold,
Emily Arnold, Lila Arnold,
Aaron Breitkopf, Richard
Breitkopf, Isabella Cantor,
Jane Diamond,Terry Egdal,
Gary Falcon, Zoe Falcon, Julie
Fishman, Lisa Heimann, Cornelia
Huntington, David Huntington,
Isaac Huntington, Jeff Jones,
Miriam Karp, Sherri Kornfeld,
Susan Kupferberg, Nancy Miller,
Richard Mitchell, Sam Pechacek,
Hannah Podhorzer, Mark
Podhorzer, Theresa Prestwood,
Christina Rokholm, Jackie
Sherman, Paul Wolpe, Valerie
Wolpe, Tillie Young, Debbie
Young-Arnold.
MLK March: Darcy Coty, Theresa
Prestwood, Abby Drue, & the
CBH Children’s choir for leading
singing.
Thank you to all of our Oneg
Sponsors December & January!
These people signed up and
many more brought goodies to
add to the festivities: Havi Shalit,
Jane Diamond, Linda Travers,
Erin Green, Michael Gross,
Brian Golson, Irene Medovoy,
Joe Chancey, Patrick Crabtree,
Mark Spieler, Peter Bjerkerot,
Kim Goldsmith, Patty Maziar,
Susan J. Levy, Karen Callen, Rina
Rosenberg and Bill Witherspoon.
January Mailing help: Dara
Our Saturday morning Shammes: Merlin
Jean Heinsohn
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YAHRZEITS
NameDate
Mourned By
Lillian Katzewitch
David Rosenzweig
Steven Bloch
Bruce Haller
Florence Weissman
Rachel Cohen Davis
Dorothy Schnitman
Richard Grossman
Leo Burson
George Shendelman
Judy Adler Levine
Dorothy Belle Smith Geurin
Abraham Goodman
Pauline Lucille Kombol
Bill Wagstaff
Elise Goodman-Lewis
Mildred Morrow
Edward Norton
Sam Burson
Stanley Adler
Marshall Bedol
Irving Schneider
David Witherspoon
Albert Gershman
Jerome Gewirtz
Alvin Korfin
Louis Morrow
Morty Birnbaum
Michael Shure
Lois Grill
Celia Burson
Feb. 2 Rebecca Leary Safon
Feb. 3 Edward Rosenzweig
Feb. 3 Susan Simon
Feb. 4 Reuben Haller
Feb. 4 Sybil McWilliams
Feb. 5 Shoshana Ben-Yoar
Feb. 5 Sheila Muldoon
Feb. 6 Debbie Grossman
Feb. 6 Henry Lewis
Feb. 7 Henry Lewis
Feb. 8 Marjorie Adler
Feb. 8 Gayanne Geurin
Feb. 8 Joy Goodman
Feb. 8 Danica Kombol
Feb. 8 Rebecca Leary Safon
Feb. 9 Henry Lewis
Feb. 9 Mitch Morrow
Feb. 9 Neil Norton
Feb. 11 Henry Lewis
Feb. 13 Marjorie Adler
Feb. 13 Gregg Bedol
Feb. 14 Vickie Scheer
Feb. 16 Bill Witherspoon
Feb. 17 Mark Gershman
Feb. 21 Andrew Gewirtz
Feb. 21 Beverly Korfin
Feb. 21 Mitch Morrow
Feb. 22 Nancy Gerber
Feb. 23 Jerry Shure
Feb. 26 Susan Joss
Feb. 28 Henry Lewis
Congregation Bet Haverim is a
reconstructionist synagogue founded by
lesbians and gay men, embracing all Jews
and loved ones.
Weekly Erev Shabbat services are held at
CCUCC:
2676 Clairmont Rd, Atl, GA 30329.
Our new building, for meetings and
small gatherings:
2074 Lavista Rd, Atlanta, GA 30329
CBH Community School is held at
862 S. Columbia Dr,
Decatur, GA 30030.
CBH Office
1777 Northeast Expressway NE, #160
Atlanta, GA 30329
For more information about CBH,
including upcoming events and
membership, please visit:
www.congregationbethaverim.org
or give us a call at 404.315. 6446.
ANNIVERSARIES
Elaine and David Taylor-Klaus
Sybil McWilliams and David Schwartz Michael and Theresa Barnett
Feb. 1
Feb. 8
Feb. 27
Full Cold Moon CD
Coming February 13, 2015
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BIRTHDAYS
Alexandria Devyn Brooks-Alt Feb. 1
Carleton Vaughn
Feb. 2
Jordan Walter
Feb. 3
Cornelia Jaye Huntington
Feb. 3
Terry Egdal
Feb. 4
Kim Massell
Feb. 4
Davi Pressman
Feb. 5
Sylvia Gross
Feb. 5
Miranda Lewis
Feb. 6
Jane Dinerman
Feb. 7
Danielle Drobbin
Feb. 8
Linda Fishman
Feb. 8
Amy Garnett
Feb. 9
Aaron Greenbaum
Feb. 9
Gabriel Greenbaum
Feb. 9
Jeannie Heinsohn
Feb. 9
Maya Baumeister Feb. 9
Viola Benshushan Feb. 10
Yael Toporek Feb. 10
Jason Martin
Feb. 11
Susan Gerber Feb. 12
Leanne Rubenstein Feb. 12
David Abeita
Feb. 14
Graham Hill
Feb. 15
Cindy Solomon
Feb. 16
Steve Bloom
Feb. 16
Laina Martin
Feb. 16
Sonia Mara Barrios
Feb. 17
Ruthie Betan-Snook
Feb. 18
David L. Osheroff
Feb. 19
Lois Wolf
Feb. 19
Rebecca Green
Feb. 19
Eleanor Greenfield
Feb. 19
Heather Greenfield
Feb. 19
David Schwartz
Feb. 20
Orli Slack
Feb. 21
Benjamin Creath
Feb. 22
Martin Cetron
Feb. 23
Jacob Pechacek
Feb. 23
Deborah Krotenberg
Feb. 23
Marjorie Adler
Feb. 25
Dylan Byers
Feb. 25
Ethan Gould
Feb. 25
Devon Jacob Haller
Feb. 26
David Lubell
Feb. 26
Stanley Wei
Feb. 27
Peter Michelson
Feb. 27
Nathan Weiss
Feb. 28
Bernadette Bridges
Feb. 28
PURIM BASKETS
CBH is once again taking
part in the Purim tradition
called “mishloach manot”
or giving gifts of food in
celebration of the holiday.
CBH will be making gift
baskets, which you can
purchase for your friends at
CBH for just $5. Inside the
bags are both edible goodies
and some other surprises.
Here’s how it works:
You choose which CBH
households you’d like to give
a gift to. Each CBH household
will receive ONE basket with a
list attached to it that includes
the names of everyone who sent
their good wishes. So if 3 people
send to one household, the
recipient’s tag will have 3 names
on the list. Baskets will be picked up or
delivered before Purim.
You may send to as many households as you wish
with a maximum expenditure of $180.
example: 10 bags = $50, 20 bags = $100,
30 bags = $180, 100 bags = $180
To send gifts:
1. Everyone will receive a code by email. Enter your code and last
name as instructed at www.HappyPurim.com and click “Login.”
2. Click “Continue” to verify and/or modify your personal
information. Click “Save & Continue” at the bottom of that page to
proceed to the order page.
3. When you are finished making your selections, click the “Order”
button to pay for your order.
Reciprocity - If you want to make sure you send a bag to everyone
who sends to you, check the “reciprocity” box when placing your
order.
*Please note: Your own name will not appear on your list when you
login to your account.
If you are not able to sign up online, please call the CBH office.
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MIDDAH OF THE MONTH
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Feb.2015
Sun
Mon
1
Congregation Bet Haverim
Tue
2
9:30am
CBHCS
Wed
3
6:30pm
Tu B’Shvat
Seder
9
4
Fri
Sat
5
7:30am
Chanting
6
6:30pm
Meditation &
Mussar (RJ)
7:30pm
Full Cold
Moon
Service
(GG/CCUCC)
Groundhog
Day
8
Thu
Feb.2015
10
11
12
7:30am
Chanting
10am Yoga
@CBHCS
13
6:30pm
Tot
Shabbat
(RJ/CCUCC)
7:30pm
Full Cold
Moon /
Merkavah
Learning with
Artist
(GG/CCUCC)
NO
CBHCS
16
9:30am
Bat Mitzvah
Sophie
Reiss
(CCUCC)
Tu B’Shvat
9:30am
CBHCS
15
7
17
Meditation &
Chant 6pm
(GG/CCUCC)
18
19
7:30am
Chanting
20
14
9:30am
Bar Mitzvah
Jeremy
Barnett
(CCUCC)
Valentine’s
Day
21
7:30pm
Jews of
Color
Shabbat
Service
(RJ/CCUCC)
President’s
Day
9:30am
CBHCS
22
23
24
25
7:30am
Chanting
26
6:30pm
27
Kabbalat
Shabbat,
Potluck
Dinner,
7:30pm
Speaker
David Hooker
Purim
Fiesta
save the date: March 6,6:30pm Fiesta, 7:30pm Purim Spiel
and service. Bring your maracas & make some noise as we
read the Megillah.
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9:30am
Josh
Silverman
Bar Mitzvah
(CCUCC)
10am
Sing ‘n Play