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Heska Amuna to Host Community’s
2014 Global Day of Learning
A day of learning for all ages — toddler to adults
Heroes and Villains, Saints and Fools
Sunday, November 23 — 9:30 a.m.
Heska Amuna Synagogue—3811 Kingston Pike
On November 23, Jews all around the
world will come together in their
communities, homes, and online to
celebrate our shared heritage. To be Jewish
is to think, to study, and to learn, so that’s
how we’ll celebrate! On the 2014 Global
Day of Jewish Learning, Jews everywhere
will focus their attention to our shared
Jewish texts to glean, wisdom, questions,
and a sense of being part of one people.
Please join us this year at Heska Amuna Synagogue, beginning
at 9:30 a.m. This year’s theme for Global Day of Jewish Learning is
Heroes and Villains, Saints and Fools.
Your entire family can enjoy workshops ranging from PJ Library
events for toddlers to adult learning with Rabbi Alon Ferency,
Rabbi Matt Michaels and Rabbi Yossi Wilhelm. Heska Amuna
Synagogue, Temple Beth El, Chabad, Knoxville Jewish Alliance,
and the Knoxville Jewish Alliance welcomes all to a day of
learning together.
Volume 6 ♦ Issue 10 ♦ November 2014
IN THIS ISSUE
Heska Amuna HaShofar
Global Day of Learning...1
Rabbi’s Message.........2
Chairman’s Message......3
Sisterhood Arts and Crafts Show..3
HA Religious School....4
Contributions.....5
Temple Beth El Times
Rabbi’s Message..........10
President’s Message.11
Col. Jacob’s Visit...........12
Chanukah Celebration News.......13
Religious School News............14
Contributions...15
Sisterhood Events..15
KJA Ha’ Kol
KJA Friendshippers.......18
Order Your Hebrew Vols T-Shirt...18
AJCC Preschool.......19-20
UT Hillel Celebrates Holy Days...21
Sundown in the Sukkah.....22
JOIN US FOR A SPECIAL
LEGACY SHABBAT
Saturday, December 6
Suzy Snoops.....23-24
Community News
Hadassah Highlights......30
Knoxville Jewish Day School......34
We will celebrate those in our congregation
who have been committed members of
Heska Amuna Synagogue for 25 years or more.
Jewish Congregation/Oak Ridge.26
Chabad of Knoxville....28
KJCFF ....25
We will celebrate tradition, community, and
commitment on this wonderful Shabbat!
Community Calendar.....................7
Happenings...8-9
6800 Deane Hill Drive Knoxville, TN 37919 865.690.6343 www.jewishknoxville.org
From the Rabbi’s Desk
Tuesdays with Marty
Cheshvan-Kislev 5775
By Rabbi Alon Ferency
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
I recently re-read Martin Buber’s essay on
The Validity and Limitation of the Political
Principle, and thought about what it means to grow
up. Buber talks about our lives being held within
two worlds: a “sphere of wholeness” and a “sphere
of separation.” The sphere of wholeness is like our
dearest childhood image of something pure, perfect
and unlimited out there. We might call it holiness.
Let’s say that at the center of the sphere of
wholeness is God.
The sphere of separation is where we live our
day-to-day lives on earth, as we make imperfect
choices, join teams, and take sides. When we make
choices and then take action, sometimes we regret the path not chosen. In part, we feel
regret because no choice is perfect. And in our souls we ache when choices take us
farther from the sphere of wholeness. So, many people are pained to enter into the world
of separateness, for fear that it might compromise their ideals. Teenagers seem
especially ready for this fight. They view many things as hypocritical if they aren’t
idealistic, or even idealized. But this is the wrong idea. It’s not hypocrisy to compromise
a principle – it’s living. We must serve God even as we act within the world of
compromises.
“It is possible to serve God and the group to which one belongs if one is
courageously intent on serving God in the sphere of the group as much as one can,”
which is Buber’s way of saying that we should always keep God and holiness high on
our minds when we help others, or even when we’re running errands. And these choices,
at least our best choices, are informed by a desire for wholeness and holiness. If we do it
right, our every action in the world of separation – the world of committees, meetings
and deadlines – can be a service to God. We serve God as we serve our carpool
commitments: Buber calls these “service and service.”
If not, we can get tripped up and trapped in a binary, all-or-nothing way of thinking,
where we don’t enter into any commitments for fear of breaking our connection to the
sphere of wholeness. But you can’t sit still all day and contemplate God. You have to get
your hands dirty in the real world, or at least go out to buy groceries. We can’t exist as
perfect ideas – we have to act. I agree with Buber that it’s not “either-or” but “as-muchas-one-can.” You don’t have to hold back from the sphere of separateness, or from
making choices. You have to embrace life in all of its messiness, flaws and nuances.
Otherwise, you’ll get nothing done. It’s this effort that unites us all. We all share a
common striving: united along a common “front”, Buber says, in “the one fight for
human truth.” The truth that there is something Divine beyond us that our souls are
seeking. That striving is the highest ideal of humankind.
Global Day of Learning...1
Rabbi’s Message............2
Chairman’s Message......3
Sisterhood Arts and Crafts Show..3
HA Religious School......4
Contributions....5
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If you or a loved one is ill or
hospitalized, please let us
know so that we can attend
to him or her as a
community, and place the
name on our
Mi Sheberach prayer list.
Unfortunately, federal law
prohibits hospitals from
notifying us when community
members are admitted.
3811 Kingston Pike Knoxville, TN 37919 865.522.0701 www.heskaamuna.org
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From the Board Chair:
Timing is Everything. Is Yours On or Off?
By Barry Allen, Chair, Board of Trustees
Time is ubiquitous; we can not get away from it. Some of us come from the
generation where everyone wore a watch, or wall or desk clocks were never far
away. Others are part of the generation that only knows the time by checking a
phone or the computer/laptop/tablet that seem to be part of our body. Regardless of
how we do it, we are almost all able to identify the hour and the minute of our
immediate experience. Nevertheless, knowing the time, or being able to determine
it, is not the same as having good timing. We can access the most advanced and
accurate mechanisms to tell us the time, but our timing may still be off.
As a standalone statement, we are all aware of the truism that “Timing is
Everything.” Saying or doing something at the “right” time can be very good, or
very bad, depending on who is doing the deed, what the deed or words encompass,
and how we define “right”. As described here, one person’s good timing may be
another’s bad timing. The hours and minutes are the same for each person, so time
can be considered a constant, but the effect of the action varies, which potentially
makes the timing of the activity “off.”
In other circumstances, timing is a matter of perspective. Was my timing good
to miss running into someone, or was it off because I missed that person, who might
have been the light of my life, my next business partner, or the mentor or friend
who was needed at that very moment? If I am a comedian, and I have good timing,
maybe my topical commentary is better received, or my jokes are more appreciated.
Conversely, if my timing is off, maybe the audience today pans the same material
that got laughs yesterday and may bring down the house tomorrow. Timing really is
everything, and whether my actions or someone else’s reactions are “on” or “off”
are often a matter of uncertainty until we get the feedback necessary to determine
the results/validity/acceptability of our actions.
In other cases, we know instinctively whether our timing is “on” or “off”
because we are doing something, or celebrating or acknowledging an event, that has
meaning to us. For example, from a religious viewpoint, Judaism is imbued with the
symbols and observances of Shabbat, our festivals, weddings, and celebrations, as
well as funerals, fast days, and periods of contemplation and study, all of which
occupy their own place on the calendar (some more permanently than others) and
their own point in time. The timing of our more somber (or even sad) days may
make us feel “off”, but our calendar makes us realize that joyous times in the form
of holidays and celebrations are around the corner, or over the next horizon. Soon,
our timing will be “on” again. Our perspective can change with a little patience and
an open mind.
We are now past the rush of the High Holidays, Sukkot and Simchat Torah, and
Chanukah is not till mid-December. [I hope that the holidays were meaningful, fun,
and educational, as appropriate for the Chag (Hebrew for holiday), for you and your
family.] Thus, the next big holiday is secular - Thanksgiving. If you are like me, it
isn’t hard to adjust our timing to be “on” for this holiday. (I believe I mentioned in
my article this time last year that the holiday is one of my favorite, if not THE
favorite.) Depending on our situation, we get to greet college age children (who
may be coming home for the first time during their first year away), those grownup
children who are already out of the nest, grandchildren, other relatives, and friends
to celebrate in big, noisy groups. Winter is likely still not fully here (hopefully), so
Thanksgiving is almost assuredly what we are all anticipating.
Our anticipation for the holiday and all that it entails is the internal and external
reflection of our timing. Generally, this means that, if timing is everything, as I
posited at the outset, then our timing in November is really “on” and, hopefully,
consistently so for everyone in our community. For those who do not have special
plans, however, maybe Thanksgiving is just a time to relax and catch our breath;
thus, the timing may be “on”, but at a more subdued and lower level. I hope we all
have the timing in the month that suits our needs and family situation, and that, in
no event, will the timing be “off” for anyone.
Heidi joins me in wishing you a very Happy Thanksgiving.
Calling All Heska Amuna
Artists and Crafters!
Get To Work!
We’re Puttin’ on a Show!
Sunday, December 14
10:00 a.m.
Heska Amuna Synagogue
3811 Kingston Pike
Sisterhood-Sponsored
Arts and Crafts Sale and Fundraiser
Heska Amuna Synagogue is hosting an arts
and crafts show as a fund raiser. The call
for arts and crafts is to all Heska Amuna
members, not just Sisterhood. If you are
interested in participating, please the form
and send it to
Heska Amuna Synagogue Sisterhood
3811 Kingston Pike
Knoxville, TN 37919
Heska Amuna Sisterhood Arts
and Crafts Sale
Sunday, December 14
YES, I would like to participate in the
Heska Amuna Sisterhood Arts and Crafts
Show and Sale.
Name:
Address:
Email:
Description of your art or Craft:
____ % of your art or craft you would like
to donate.
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Heska Amuna Religious School News
By Betty Golub, Education and Family Programming Director, [email protected]
Let books be your dining table,
And you shall be full of delights
Let them be your mattress
And you shall sleep restful nights.
~ Author Unknown
In 1925, Fanny Goldstein, a librarian at the West End Branch of the Boston Public Library, set up an exhibit of Judaic books and
used it as a focus of what she called Jewish Book Week. In 1927, the event was adopted by communities around the country. During its
first 15 years, the annual date of the program coincided with the holiday of Lag B'Omer or Shavuot, regarded as a scholars’ festivals. In
1940, the event was moved to the pre-Hanukkah, so as to promote books of Jewish content as Hanukkah gifts. This timetable remains in
place to this day. Jewish Book Week became so popular and so filled with activities that it was extended to a one-month period in 1943.
This year we will celebrate Jewish Book Month beginning on November 15 and concluding on December 15. Isn’t it wonderful to find
a comfy spot and curl up with a new book or an old favorite?
I am encouraging all of our families to start a Jewish Library. It is very easy to do, since you can begin with your child’s Talmud
Torah books from previous years. I would like to suggest some new books for you and your children. They are:
Children’s Books
A Mezzuzah on The Door
Abraham’s Search for God
All of a Kind Family
Amy Meltzer
Jacqueline Jules
Sydney Taylor
ages 4-8
ages 5-8
ages 8+
Young Adult Books
Proxy
Lauren Yanofsky Hates the Holocaust
Alex London
Leanne Lieberman
grades 8-12)
Grades 7-12
Adult Books
What’s Important is Feeling
Adam Wilson (Fiction)
Jewish on Their Own Terms
Jennifer Thompson
(How intermarried couples are changing American Judaism)
Night in Shanghai
Jennifer Mones
(Stories about an American jazzman in Shanghai, Chinese Counsel Ho Feng-Shan who saved thousands of Jews during
the Holocaust, Chinese government resettlement of Jews during the Holocaust next to Burma.)
Birthday Book Club
Tot Shabbat: Friday,
November 14
Tot Shabbat is designed for children
2 to 6 years old. Shabbat dinner begins
at 5:30 p.m. with services following
dinner. We welcome Shabbat with good
food and good friends.
$10.00 per family for dinner.
A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.
~ Chinese Proverb
Books allow our children to enter a world of great
excitement, where they can travel back to Biblical times
or meet Golda Meir. To honor your child’s birthday,
why not make a donation of $18.00 in your child’s name
so we can grow our garden filled with books.
Please make checks out to Heska Amuna Religious
School. A bookplate will be placed in each new book
with your child’s name on it. Together, let’s plant a
garden of books for our children!
Dates to Remember Sunday, November 2
Sunday, November 9
Friday, November 14
Sunday, November 23
Wednesday, November 26
Sunday, November 30
Daylight Savings
Time.
Gan K’Tan
Tot Shabbat
Global Day of Learning
at Heska Amuna
No HARS – Thanksgiving Break
No HARS - Thanksgiving Break
Heska Amuna Synagogue HaShofar November 2014
Mitzvah of the Month
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‫תלמוד תור‬
Talmud Torah—The Mitzvah
of Jewish Learning
Talmud Torah is the mitzvah of studying
Torah. By studying expression, the Hebrew word
Talmud means study. Talmud Torah includes
studying not only Torah but all Jewish teachings.
Judaism values both study and action. The
Talmud teaches that the study of Torah is greater
than all other commandments (Shabbat 127a), and
yet the rabbinic tradition is obsessed with the
minute details of ritual and ethical behavior. As a
passage in Pirke Avot teaches, "It is not the study
that is essential, but rather the action (1:17)."
In honor of Jewish Book Month, study
along with your child, take an Adult Ed Class,
and participate in Family Minyan.
You’re Invited to Gan K’Tan
November 9—10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
We come together for music, art, stories, games,
Hebrew, snack and good friends all in a fun Jewish
environment. This year we want each class to be even
more special than it was last year. So….
Every child will receive a gift of a Jewish book
to add to their library.
$5.00 per session. For more information, contact
Betty Golub at [email protected].
Contributions From Caring People
For a list of synagogue funds, please visit www.heskaamuna.org
Donations received by September 23, 2014
BUTTERFLY BUSH (OUTSIDE
BEAUTIFICATION FUND)
Congratulations to Gabe Spenser on
graduation from UT’s culinary training
By: Marilyn Burnett
In memory of my mother, Shirley Cohen
By: Sandy Parker and Steve Beber
In memory of Jean Berger, Linda Feld’s
mother
By: Pat and Gene Rosenberg
In appreciation of High Holiday Honor
By: Marilyn Burnett
BUILDING FUND
In memory of Louis Billig and Betty Billig
By: Suzi and Jerry Candy
CEMETERY FUND DONATION
In memory of Dora Frumin
By: Zeke Frumin, Ardell Terry, and Joani
Leeds
In memory of Siegfried and Greta Besmann
and James and Evelyn Lowe
By: Ted and Wendy Besmann
In honor of Jared Iroff-Bailey and the
mitzvah he performed on 8/29/2014
By: Marilyn Abrams
In memory of Joseph Herson,
Shirley Cohen, and Edward Balloff
By: Ted and Wendy Besmann
In memory of Decia Bendriem
By: Bernard Bendriem
LIBRARY FUND
In honor of Mary Beth Leibowitz’s
retirement from the criminal court.
By: Marilyn Abrams
Get well wishes to Judy Rattner
By: Marilyn and Harvey Liberman
RELIGIOUS SCHOOL DONATION
In honor of the marriage of Steve and
Rosalie Nagler’s son
EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT FUND By: Marilyn and Harvey Liberman
In loving memory of Dr. Lewis Littmann
and Muriel Littmann
RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND
By: Mark and Peggy Littmann
In memory of Jean Berger, mother of
Linda Feld
By: Jack and Judith Benhayon
GENERAL FUND
By: Colman Hoffman
In appreciation of my High Holiday Honor
For Bernie Bernstein’s speedy recovery
By: Adam Brown
By: Frieda Ostrowsky
YARZHEIT FUND
In memory of my father, Robert Zalkin
By: Robin Brown
In memory of Gershon Cooper
By: Harriet Cooper
In memory of Adrian Burnett
By: Michael Burnett
In Memory of Beloved Uncle Robert
Messing
By: Nora and Patrick Messing
In memory of Edward Mottsman
By: Michael and Harriet Glasman
In memory of Robert Messing
By: Helene Messing
In memory of Louis Perelman
By: Marie and Charles Perelman
In memory of Abraham Silber
By: Harold and Susan Silber
In memory of Jennye Grusin
By: Judy Rattner
In memory of Max Diamond
By: Charles and Marie Perelman
In memory of Helen Tobe and Ida Dwork
By: Jerry Tobe
In memory of Joseph Herson, Carole
Martin’s Father
By: Mitchell and Margaret Goldman
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Heska Amuna Synagogue HaShofar November 2014
Heska Amuna Salutes Its Volunteers
Todah rabah to Todd Galanti for power washing the synagogue sidewalks in time for
the holidays and Marty Iroff for putting up the holiday sign and power washing the
courtyard for the synagogue. We appreciate your time and the effort on behalf of the
Shul.
Rabbi Alon C. Ferency
e-mail: [email protected]
Among Our Members
Get well wishes go out to the following people who were ill or recuperating:
Marilyn Abrams, Joyce Beerman, Harriet Cooper, Erik Golub, Marion Goodstein,
George Messing, Eliyahu ben Shulamit, Judy Rattner, Nicole Russler, and Jenny
Pfeffer Rodriguez.
RE-ENROLLMENT ANNOUNCEMENT
KROGER is ready for you to re-enroll your “KROGER PLUS CARD.”
Simple Steps
Kroger’s requires us to re-enroll each year. The benefits help our synagogue
financially.Go to www.kroger.com/communityrewards
and sign into the newly created Kroger.com account.
Once you find your organization, Heska Amuna, select it and click “save.”
If you need help to re-enroll, the synagogue office will be able to help you.
Kroger will no longer include notifications of your contributions on receipts.
President
Jenifer Ohriner
e-mail: [email protected]
Chair of the Board
Barry Allen
e-mail: [email protected]
Youth and Family Programming Director
Betty Golub
e-mail: [email protected]
Operations and Administrative Director
Bradley Drew
e-mail: [email protected]
Heska Amuna Synagogue
e-mail: [email protected]
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click the Shop at Amazon link. Make sure you come back to our home page and
click on the logo any time you shop at Amazon.
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linked to our donate page. Just visit www.heskaamuna.org.
Remember, You Don't Pay Extra to Support Heska Amuna Synagogue
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Friday Night Services.........…...Varies
Saturday Morning Service.........9:30 a.m.
Mon. & Thurs. Minyanim…….7:00 a.m.
Evening minyanim for members
can be arranged by calling President Jenifer
Ohriner, 719-0584, one week before.
Sunday Minyan.........................9:30 a.m.
For a list of Heska Amuna’s funds and
other information, please visit
www.heskaamuna.org
Heska Amuna Synagogue
is an affiliate of United Synagogue
of Conservative Judaism.
HaShofar material copyrighted by
Heska Amuna Synagogue.
If you or a loved one is ill or hospitalized, please let us know so
that we can attend to him or her as a community, and place the
name on our Mi Sheberach prayer list.
Unfortunately, federal law prohibits hospitals from notifying us
when community members are admitted
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SNOW BIRDS
Please let us know your winter mailing address!
[email protected]
9:30a Shabbat Service &
Allie Hull bat mitzvah-HA
9:30a Shabbat ServiceJCOR
11:30a Study session after
services, Self-Hating Jews-
4Election Day
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6
7
8
Daylight Savings Time
7:00a minyan-HA
9:30a minyan-HA
6-9:30p fencing-gym
9:30-12:30p Religious
6-7p Pilates-BBYO Rm
School-TBE
9:30a HARS-HA
11a Israeli dancing-JCOR
2p Game time-JCOR
10:15a Yoga-JCOR
6p Exec Board-TBE
6-9:30p fencing-gym
4:15p Religious SchoolHA
5:45-6:45p ZUMBA-gym
6-6:30p Aftercare Staff
mtg-BR
5:45p Midwk Pizza &
Hebrew-TBE
6:45-9p fencing-gym
7:00a minyan-HA
5:30-7:30p Jewish
Students/Faculty event
5:45-6:45p ZUMBA-gym
6:45-7:30p basketballgym
7:30-9:30p Israeli
dancing-gym
TBE 150th Anniversary
Weekend
7:30p Shabbat ServiceTBE
Guess Who’s Coming to
Shabbas?-HA
TBE 150th Anniversary
Weekend
9:30a Shabbat Service-HA
9:30a Shabbat ServiceJCOR
6:30p TBE Gala &
Auction-World’s Fair
Park-Holiday Inn
9
10
11Veteran’s Day 12
13
14
15
TBE 150th Anniversary
Weekend
9:30a minyan-HA
9:30-12:30p Religious
School (parents &
students)-TBE
9:30a HARS-HA
10-11:30a Gan K’Tan-HA
11a Sisterhood-HA
11a Israeli dancing-JCOR
12:30p Luncheon &
150th Finale-TBE
7:00a minyan-HA
6-9:30p fencing-gym
6-7p Pilates-BBYO Rm
7p Urban Origins of
American Judaism-UTK
7:15p Exec Comm-AL
6-9:30p fencing-gym
6:30p Board-TBE
4:15p Religious SchoolHA
5:45-6:45p ZUMBA-gym
6:15p Midwk HebrewTBE
6:45-9p fencing-gym
7:00a minyan-HA
5:30p Tot Shabbat-HA
5:45-6:45p ZUMBA-gym 7:30p Shabbat Service6:45-7:30p basketballTBE
gym
7p Semi-Annual
Congregational Mtg-TBE
7:30-9:30p Israeli
dancing-gym
9:30a Shabbat Service-HA
9:30a Shabbat ServiceJCOR
7p Jewish Film Series-The
Debt-JCOR
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17
18
19
20
21
22
9:30a minyan-HA
9:30-12:30p Religious
School-TBE
9:30a HARS-HA
9:45-11:15a Torah TotsTBE
11a Israeli dancing-JCOR
11:30-2:30-HMO
Luncheon-Hadassah
Preschool Book Fair-gym
7:00a minyan-HA
6-9:30p fencing-gym
6-7p Pilates-BBYO Rm
7:15p KJA Board-AL
Preschool Book Fairgym
10:15a Yoga-JCOR
6-9:30p fencing-gym
7:30p Hadassah Book
Club-B&N Bookstore
Preschool Book Fair-gym
Noon-FriendshippersSherrill Hills
4:15p Religious SchoolHA
5:45-6:45p ZUMBA-gym
6:15p Midwk HebrewTBE
6:45-9p fencing-gym
Preschool Book Fair-gym
7:00a minyan-HA
5:45-6:45p ZUMBA-gym
6-7p AJCC Parent Comm
-BR
6:45-7:30p basketballgym
7:30-9:30p Israeli
dancing-gym
Preschool Book Fair-gym 9:30a Shabbat Service-HA
9:30a Shabbat Service11:30a Preschool
JCOR
Thanksgiving Feastgym
7:30p Shabbat ServiceSixth/seventh grade
leads services-TBE
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25
26
27Thanksgiving 28
6-9:30p fencing-gym
6:45-9p fencing-gym
KJA and AJCC
Preschool closed
Heska Amuna closed
Temple Beth El closed
9a minyan-HA
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3
9:30a Global Day of
7:00a minyan-HA
6-9:30p fencing-gym
Learning Heroes and
Villains, Saints and Fools 6-7p Pilates-BBYO Rm
-HA
(all TBE, HA students and
parents, Jewish
community members meet
at Heska. Amuna)
11a Israeli dancing-JCOR
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KJA and AJCC
9:30a Shabbat Service-HA
Preschool closed
9:30a Shabbat ServiceTemple Beth El closed
JCOR
6p Shabbat Service-TBE
30
9:30a minyan-HA
11a Israeli dancing-JCOR
Don’t forget: Daylight Savings Time is Sunday, November 2!
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Knoxville Jewish Community Happenings November 2014
Dor L’Dor Chanukah Concert Set for December 6
Dor L'Dor will perform the community’s annual Chanukah concert at the Laurel Theater on Saturday,
December 6 at 8:00 p.m. The Knoxville-based klezmer band, which includes Ken, Susan, Rachel, and
Steve Brown and friends, looks forward to a program of old and new favorites, and invites the entire
community to join them in celebrating the season.
Tickets and information: Jubilee Community Arts (www.jubileearts.org or (865) 522-5851) ,
or KnoxTIX at (865)523-7521
Weinstein BBG Elects New Officers and Plans November Activities
Weinstein BBG, the girls BBYO chapter, elected new officers and planned some fall programs. New officers are
N’siah: Danielle Goldfeld; S’ganit: Stephanie Goldfeld; Aym Ha’Chaverot: Lizzy Noon; Mazkirah: Elena Reineri; Gizborit: Nora Khaddouma; ĂŶĚSh'licha: Sophie Bobrek.
November Weinstein BBG events:
November 1: Sisterhood ‘n Smoothies
November 7-9: New members attend New Member Weekend at Camp Cosby
November 22: Tentative Knoxville BBYO program
If you know of Jewish teens, grades 9-12, who might be interested in this Jewish
social organization, please have them contact the KJA office at (865) 690-6343.
BBYO teens support the community via service
projects. Winick AZA members Camden Boring
and Jacob Messing (wheelbarrows) and Michael
Dryzer, Eli Derrington, and Nathan Rosen (mulch
pile) help spruce up the AJCC Playground as a
service project. BBG members at UT’s “Rock”
before volunteering at the Making Strides Walk.
Nathan Rosen dumps fresh mulch
on the AJCC playground.
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Regional BBYO Convention
Set for December 21-24
Clothes Drive Underway:
Help Us Help Others
This December 21-24, the BBYO Regional Convention
will be here in Knoxville, and Winick AZA Weinstein BBG
and be the hosts. Brian Weinstein and Danielle Goldfeld will
be coordinating the Regional Convention. If you would like
to help in any way, please contact Eli Derrington at
[email protected] or
Danielle Goldfeld at
[email protected].
Marty’s Mission is now working on our Third
Annual Clothes Drive to assist families in the
community. We would appreciate donations of
clothing for the “COMMUNITY COAT
CLOSET.” This year we have expanded our drive beyond coats and
outer wear and are asking for gently-used clothes such as jeans, tee
shirts, and school clothes etc. Bins are at the AJCC, Heska Amuna
and Temple Beth El through October 15. If you have questions,
please call Joyce Traugot, Marty’s Mission Chair, at (865) 675-6260.
Mazal Tov on Our 150th & L’Chaim!
8 Cheshvan-8 Kislev, 5775
By Rabbi Mathew D. Michaels, M.A.H.L., D.D.
From our compassionate beginnings as the Hebrew
Benevolent Association of Knoxville until today, Temple Beth El
has educated, inspired and impacted so many families in such
Rabbi’s Message...........10
positive ways. Many of you already know the story of our
President’s Message..11
founding. On the eve of the Civil War, there were seven Jewish
Col. Jacob’s Visit...........12
families living among Knoxville’s 3,000 residents. One of these
was A. Schwab, a merchant who emigrated from France sometime before 1844 and
Chanukah Celebration News.......13
settled in Tennessee by the early 1850s. In 1861, his 18-year-old son, Joseph, died while
Religious School News............14
fighting for the Confederacy in Virginia. Schwab wanted to bury his son in Knoxville,
but there was no Jewish cemetery in town. Solomon Lyon and Joseph Mayer, two Jewish Contributions...15
merchants who owned a store together, donated a small parcel of land for Schwab’s
Sisterhood Events..15
burial and for use as a Jewish cemetery.
In 1864, Knoxville Jews established a Hebrew Benevolent Society to oversee the
cemetery and care for local Jews in need. This group soon began to hold worship
services and eventually grew into Knoxville’s first Jewish congregation. In 1875, the congregation formally affiliated with the Union of
American Hebrew Congregations (now the Union for Reform Judaism). By 1877, we officially changed our name to Temple Beth El and
formed both a religious school and a predecessor to today’s Sisterhood – The Ladies’ Hebrew Benevolent Association.
Like so many small congregations in the south, we have a long and rich history. There are myriad stories over the past 150 years to
be told, and please God, there will be so many more stories that are yet to unfold in our future. Our 150th anniversary should be more
than a celebration. While we will hear stories of the history of this congregation, we will have the chance to also SHARE our own stories.
Those individual stories are the threads that create the variegated tapestry we call TEMPLE BETH EL.
As we begin our celebration of the past 150 years of Temple Beth El, our spiritual home, I offer this prayer:
O God, as we rejoice in the past, may we also be mindful of the future. May we prepare ourselves to be an active and integral part of
this congregation’s continuing narrative. May the pages written by those who came before us be bundled with the pages that we shall
write together. May we continue to insure Jewish continuity and Jewish living in our community.
And may our one-hundred-and-fifty-first year be its sweetest year yet. Amen!
Inside This Issue
Temple Beth El’s
150th Gala Auction Event
Saturday, November 8—6:30 p.m.
World’s Fair Park-Holiday Inn
Please come and join us for an incredibly exciting evening.
3037 Kingston Pike Knoxville, TN 37919 865.524.3521 www.tbeknox.org
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An Invitation to the Congregation
Please Join Us
For
TEMPLE BETH EL’S
Semi-Annual Congregational Meeting
November 20, 2014
7:00 p.m.
Temple Beth El Social Hall
COMMITTEE REPORTS AND ACTIVITIES-TO-DATE WILL BE PRESENTED
The Temple Beth El Board of Directors
Two Simple Words
By Liz Gassel, TBE President
I always like to have a book on disk in my car. Yes, my car has a disk player from the dark ages. I picked up the novel quoted below
knowing nothing of the author. The story takes place in 1930s Appalachia and involves the relationship between characters from the
local culture and New York WPA photographers traveling through the area to document that culture. The main character, born poor in a
‘holler,’ departs to live a sophisticated life in Manhattan.
From Witches on the Road Tonight by Sheri Holman The main character, in his dying last year, speaks to his daughter about a seminar:
It was at one of these seminars, led by a Rabbi – that I heard the most cogent argument for a Creator. This delightful old Rabbi told
us God commanded His angels “Make me a creature with the ability to say thank you.” He didn’t care how we got there, or how long it
might take to arrive. But the ability to give thanks was the sole purpose of evolution, what separated reasoning Man from the animals,
and it was predicated on one thing alone - the free will to accept or reject.
We don’t need a discussion or a balance sheet or an itemized list of all the transgressions big and small we’ve perpetrated against
each other and ourselves. We need only for life to teach us the humility with which to give thanks. It takes many attempts and many more
failures before we mortals can offer up those two simple words. Thank You. Some of us die never being able to do so. Some give lip
service to our thanks, but most of us don’t even know what we’re grateful for. We throw our happiness away with both hands.
This quote struck me deeply. At the High Holy Days we ask for forgiveness from our fellows and we forgive. November is the
month that we immediately associate with the holiday of Thanksgiving. This secular holiday infuses everyone with thoughts of ‘family’,
‘tolerance’ ‘welcome’, home’, ‘warmth’ and, most importantly – ‘Giving Thanks’ for all we have. Okay, many might add ‘football’! But
we do carry an image of an entire U.S. nation all sitting down at tables simultaneously that Thursday, to a meal of abundance. We reenact the feast table shared by the Pilgrims and Native Americans. Historically true or untrue, that picture still resonates. We re-enact it
every year with the togetherness of family and friends.
Because the Pilgrims needed the aid of the Indians to get them through their first years, they knew the object of their gratitude and
appreciation. Both parties knew that they had value to one another. Both parties knew of how important it is to be able to depend on and
support one another.
Please know you have value to others. Please know how essential others are to you and how critical the health of the world around
you is to your sustenance. Recognize the significance of saying ‘Thank You.’ It matters now. If you have put it off, now is the time.
Thank You and B’Shalom
Liz
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Colonel Jack Jacobs Addresses Jewish Community
On September 12, during Friday evening services, we were honored to have Congressional Medal
of Honor recipient Col. Jack Jacobs (U.S. Army retired) talk to us on the subject of our responsibility
to each other and to our community. Col. Jacobs was funny, self-deprecating, and inspirational. The
theme of his talk was mutual assistance and trust: depending on those around you while also acting in
such a way that others can trust you. In combat, it was apparent, “if we didn’t work together, we were
all going to die.” Col. Jacobs said the same applies to the survival of our country and our communities.
We must overcome individual differences and ambitions when the health and vitality of our nation or
our civil society are threatened. We must teach this to our children. And the most effective way to
teach this is to demonstrate it.
“Demonstrate” means actions, not just intentions. Col. Jacobs talked about the moment during an
Col. Jack Jacobs and
ambush in Vietnam when he knew his survival and the survival of his fellow soldiers was up to him.
Rabbi Matt Michaels
No time for reasoning or excuses, no waiting for help to arrive, just the realization that the outcome –
for everyone – depended on his initiative. He cited Hillel, “If not you – who? If not now – when?” In the military, the knowledge that
each can depend upon the support of his fellows, while understanding that each person is also individually responsible for the well-being
of the others, is essential not only for the unit’s accomplishing its mission, but also for its survival.
Similarly, he demanded of us that we proactively look for opportunities in everyday life to alleviate suffering, to provide assistance,
to counter a threat. We aren’t in combat, facing immediate life or death situations. However, there is no shortage of ways for each of us
to contribute, and we must aggressively seek out and act upon them.
Col. Jacobs was asked how Judaism influenced him. Judaism requires us to repair the world. Volunteering to serve his country – in the
military or otherwise – is an inherently Jewish act. Taking the initiative to aid his fellow soldiers, instilling a sense of duty and
responsibility in others (he is a professor at West Point), and making sure our children are taught the same values: these are all inherently
Jewish responsibilities, mitzvot.
This article was written on the eve of the Days of Awe, when we take stock of our actions and resolve to do better. When this is
published, Yom Kippur will be a month in the past. Think back to the promises you made that day, and re-affirm them. As Col. Jacobs
charged us, continually look for opportunities to act in your community to make a difference.
We are grateful to Joe Thompson, CMOH Convention organizer, for arranging for Col. Jacobs to speak to us; and to Col. Jacobs, for
agreeing to squeeze one more event into a packed week. To hear about the actions for which Jack Jacobs was awarded the Medal of
Honor, go to tinyurl.com/TBEJacobs. Tibor Rubin, a Holocaust survivor, is the other living Jewish CMOH recipient. His actions in the
Korean War are reminiscent of a Jewish Sgt. York. Hear him speak at tinyurl.com/TBERubin1 and tinyurl.com/TBETRubin.
Contributions to Temple Beth El Funds
Donations listed were received as of September 20, 2014
150th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
By: Pessa Brody
By: Paul Erwin and Renee’ Hyatt
By: Aron and Hayley Goldfeld
By: Jeff and Charlene Gubitz
By: Ken and Phyllis Hirsh
By: Barbara Holz and Pete Hance
By: Roy and Carol Loring
By: Marc and Shelley Mangold
By: Office of the President, University of
Tennessee
By: Chuck and Missy Noon
By: Fredric and Ava Radoff
By: Chip and Brenda Rayman
By: Deborah Roberts
By: Hal and Amy Rosenberg
By: Ilya and Bella Safro
By: Brian and Karen Smith
ENDOWMENT FUND
In memory of Nancy Netzow (mother)
By: Bruce Bursten
GENERAL FUND
In memory of Rose Kreisler
By: Michael Eisenstadt and
Mary Beth Leibowitz
In memory of Walter B. Johnson
By: Laura Johnson
In memory of Marvin Selk
By: Steve and Ellen Markman
In memory of Bernard Levenson
By: Laura Levenson
In memory of David Feldman
By: Maria Shusterman
LESTER POPKIN MEMORIAL
CAMPERSHIP/SCHOLARSHIP FUND
In memory of Clara Miller Lewis and
Dr. Ronald Sandberg
By: Janice Feinman
In memory of Clara Lewis
By: Leona Popkin Spritz
LIBRARY SHELVES FUND
In honor of 150th Gala Celebration &
Homecoming
By: Sandra Murray
MARX FAMILY EDUCATION FUND
In loving memory of Marilyn Gillespie
By: Ursula Marx
PRESERVATION FUND
In memory of Marvin Selk
By: Liz Gassel and Mike Pardee
In memory of Marvin Selk
By: Mitchell, Heidi, Elvis, Tobin & Gulen
Goldfeld
RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND
In memory of Charles Evans
By: Thomas and Charlotte Evans
By: Simon Badalov and Yelena Golburt
In memory of Elaine Lewis
By: Roy and Carol Loring
In memory of George Hill
By: Neil Moss
SISTERHOOD TRIBUTE FUND
In memory of Adele Stone Bernard
By: Maurice P. Greif
In memory of Irene Chotiner
By: Jerry and Meredith Jaffee
In memory of Dr. Stanley Bernard
By: Maurice P. Greif
In memory of Dr. Jack A. Bernard
By: Maurice P. Greif
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This year’s celebration includes a traditional latke and
brisket dinner with all the extras, lighting of the
Chanukah candles and service.
Cost: $7.00 per person.
Send payment to TBE office or pay the night of the event,
but participants must RSVP by December 14
RSVP by calling the TBE office or
e-mailing
Amy Rosenberg at [email protected]
Bring your own menorah to
decorate the table!
We will supply the candles.
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Temple Beth El Religious School November Update
By Norma James, [email protected] or [email protected]
Our 150th Celebration is happening this month! We have been planning this event for such a long time that it is hard to believe
that celebration time has finally arrived. Ha’Kol has a full update of all activities, so I will just review the family activities for Sunday,
November 9. I hope you will all attend the Friday and Saturday activities as well.
Sunday, November 9 is the official day for “all things family.”
♦ Our school will be all dressed up for everyone to see. Our Religious School is a “Hands-on, Hearts-on, Minds-on
place, and we are very proud of our partnership with the Institute of Southern Jewish Life (ISJL). Our students worked with
artist Christina Mattison to create the “Mountains of Memories” mosaic design you see on so many of the 150th items such as
our t-shirts. Please take the time to check out the many projects our students are doing. We will have our “150 Mitzvot” exhibit
along our classroom halls.
♦ Everything we do on Sunday is open to all TBE families, both current and former. This means that we hope to see
former students, staff, and Temple members with their children or grandchildren. Children of former members will have as
much fun as our current students, so please put this event on your calendar.
♦ All activities are whole family activities. This means no dropping your children off and leaving. Parents are vital to what
we are doing on this day. This is your celebration as much as it is your child’s day.
♦ Activities begin at 9:30 a.m. at Temple Beth El. We will have a full morning of activities designed by our School &
Youth Committee for this special day. Activities include burying our Religious School time capsule, dedicating our latest
Temple art project, doing a special family craft, and much more.
All 150th participants are invited to a luncheon at noon. (RSVP required) This luncheon is open to everyone involved in the
weekend. Our students and families will join the rest of our community at 12:15 p.m.
Daylight Savings Ends November 2. Don’t forget to set your clocks back to be on time for religious school.
Midweek Pizza Dinner November 5 at 5:45 p.m.: Don’t forget to arrive early for our monthly pizza and socializing
5:45-6:15 p.m. Classes will begin at 6:15 p.m. as usual.
Torah Tots meet Sunday, November 16, 9:45-11:15 a.m.: If you have a child age 2, 3, or 4, you need to come to Torah Tots.
This is a special program for preschoolers and parents. The 90-minute session includes stories, songs, movement, a craft, and a visit from
the Rabbi. This is a wonderful way to introduce young children to our Religious School program. Parents make connections with other
parents as they work together in the sessions. Our November theme is doing mitzvot such as taking care of our elders and kindness to
animals. Temple membership is not a requirement for Torah Tots participation.
Sixth/Seventh grade will conduct Shabbat service Friday, November 21 at 7:30 p.m. This will be our first student-led
Shabbat of the school year. Leading the service is particularly important to these students because soon they will become B’nei Mitzvah.
Conducting a service is a vital part of our Religious School program from our preschoolers to our Confirmation students. All of our
students need the support of the congregation, so please make a special effort to attend any student service. I promise you will be very
impressed at the preparation and sincerity of our young lay leaders. Rabbi Michaels and Norma will host a Shabbat dinner for the
families of this class at 6:30 p.m. prior to the service. There is no cost for the families. The oneg will be sponsored by the parents of this
class.
Religious School goes to Heska Amuna for Global Day of Learning on Sunday, November 23: Last year Temple Beth El
hosted the Jewish community for Global Day of Learning. This year, Heska Amuna has the honor of hosting this important event. Our
students (and their parents) will meet at Heska Amuna from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. This is an event for our entire community, so parent
attendance is just as important as student attendance. I cannot wait to see what Betty Golub has in store for our children and adults!
Religious School Thanksgiving Break is Wednesday, November 26 and Sunday, November 30.
Daylight Savings Time is Sunday, November 2!
Move Clocks Back 1 Hour at 2:00 a.m.
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It’s Time for Sisterhood at Temple Beth El
By Karen Smith and Kathy Young, Sisterhood Co-Presidents
The Mah Jongg Madness Tournament on Sunday, October 26 was an afternoon of mah jongg, snacks, desserts, and fun.
Congratulations to all of the winners. Watch for the announcement of winners and photos in a future issue of Ha Kol. Thanks to everyone
who contributed snacks and desserts. Thanks to the scorekeepers and timers. Special thanks to Beverly Schultz.
The October 27 Medicare Information Seminar was appreciated by everyone in attendance. Thanks to Tammy Kropp and Kathy Young
for sharing timely medicare facts.
Sisterhood’s next meeting will be on Sunday, December 7 at 10 a.m. at Temple when we welcome victim advocates from the
YWCA who will present “Domestic Violence Awareness: Recognizing the Signs.” Topics to be discussed include signs of domestic
violence, types of domestic violence, and resources in the community for victims and families. This program is open to the entire
community. RSVP to Heather Laing.
Beiler Floral Fund Co-chairs Emma Fleischmann and Bella Lester remind us that a standard flower arrangement for bimah flowers
for Shabbat, holidays, and special occasions is $36.00. Please contact Emma to order a more elaborate arrangement.
It’s never too late to join Sisterhood! Please send your check for $45.00 payable to Temple Beth El Sisterhood so we can include
YOU in a rewarding and fun year of Sisterhood. We are stronger together as we contribute our talents and gifts through our active and
lively Sisterhood.
It’s time for Sisterhood at Temple Beth El. Come on and join in!
100 Years of Sisterhood
at Temple Beth El — 1915-2015
Founded in 1877 as a Jewish Study Circle, Temple Beth El
Sisterhood established the Temple’s first religious school. In 1898,
the Jewish Study Circle began regular study sessions, provide
teachers for the religious school, and oversee the first Purim
Festival.
In 1915 the Temple Beth El Ladies’ Auxiliary was formed,
changing its name to Temple Beth El
Sisterhood after affiliating with the
National Federation of Temple
Sisterhoods now known as WRJ, Woman
of Reform Judaism. The Sisterhood was
responsible for the first congregational
Seder and starting a children’s choir.
Celebrating 100 years of Sisterhood at
Temple Beth El!
Domestic Violence
Awareness:
Recognizing the Signs
Sunday, December 7, 10:00 a.m.
Temple Beth El Social Hall
The community is invited to this TBE
Sisterhood meeting presented by
YMCA victim advocates.
RSVP to Heather Laing at
[email protected]
At Knoxville’s October 5 Making
Strides Breast Cancer Walk, Hayley
Goldfeld, Jewish community team coorganizer and breast cancer survivor
(center), is joined by Emma
Fleischman and Lisa Sayles.
Goldfeld was in third place for most
funds raised as Ha’Kol went to print.
If you would still like to make a
donation to this cause, please visit
www.makingstridesknoxville.org.
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Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk
The Jewish community came out in force in support of the American Cancer
Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk. Temple Eeth El, Arnstrain Jewish
Community Center, Heska Amuna, Knoxville Jewish Day School, BBYO, Teen
Connection, Jewish Congregation of Oak Ridge, KJA, and UTK Hillel.
Rabbi Mathew Michaels
[email protected]
Liz Gassel, President
[email protected]
Norma James,
Religious School Director
[email protected]
Temple Beth El Office Staff
[email protected]
TBE Office Phone:
(865) 524-3521
TBE Fax: (865) 525-6030
Temple Office Hours:
Monday – Thursday:
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Friday: 10:00 a.m.—4:00 p.m.
Visit our website:
www.tbeknox.org
(Above) Imelda Margulies and
Melinda Gibbons.
(L-R) Aaron Margulis and Rabbi
Matt Michaels’
Danielle, Hayley, and Stephanie
Goldfeld at the UT Rock.
Knoxville Jewish Alliance
Ha’Kol
Ha’ Kol
Jewish Values: Help Us Now
While a designated gift may satisfy the desires of a particular donor and the
recipient agency or cause, it is the gift to the centralized KJA campaign that works
toward satisfying the needs of all—transcending specific institutions or projects. The
centralized KJA Annual Campaign is concerned with the entire community – its
continued viability and vibrancy – and the dignity of all of its members, including our
brothers and sisters who may live thousands of miles away, but are no less precious to
us than those who live next door.
Participation in the KJA centralized Annual Campaign is a statement about Jewish
values. As Jews, we count on the ability of individuals to uplift the entire collective, and
we treasure our historic desire to be full participants in a community's welfare. A
donation to the KJA Annual Campaign is an investment by the donor in his or her
community; it is a statement by the donor that he or she belongs to the Jewish people.
The annual campaign embodies the values and traditions of the
North American Jewish community more than anything else we do.
It says that we care about people, not about their politics or
religious practices. It says that we will—as a community,
address critical, often life-threatening issues.
November 2014
KJA Ha’ Kol
KJA Friendshippers.......18
Order Your Hebrew Vols T-Shirt...18
AJCC Preschool.......19-20
UT Hillel Celebrates Holy Days...21
Sundown in the Sukkah.....22
Suzy Snoops.....23-24
KJA 2014 Campaign
Campaign Goal $360,000
As of 10/14/14
2014 Annual Campaign: $279,348
32 new donors
107 increased gifts from 2013
Everything from domestic abuse to public health problems to hunger and disaster
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KJA Friendshippers Features KMA Director
By Laura Faye Berry, BSSW, Esq., Director
Please join us for this month’s Friendshippers program. The Friendshippers group
gets together once a month for lunch and entertainment. Friendshippers is open to
all—we don’t check IDs at the door!
Wednesday, November 19:
David Butler, Executive Director of the Knoxville Museum of Art, “What’s
Coming Up at the KMA”. The Knoxville Museum of Art (KMA) celebrates the art
and artists of East Tennessee, presents new art and new ideas, educates and serves a
diverse community, and enhances Knoxville’s quality of life. Since its opening, the
KMA has presented a lively and engaging schedule of exhibitions, and more recently
has also begun to focus on the rich visual traditions of its own region. David Butler,
the Executive Director of the KMA, will give us an update on the exciting upcoming
exhibitions and the process of preparing the museum for new exhibits.
David Butler, KMA Executive Director
Program location: Sherrill Hills Retirement Community, 271 Moss Grove Blvd.
Knoxville, TN 37922
The Friendshipper luncheon begins at noon and the program begins at 12:45 p.m. Lunch is $8.00. There is no cost for attending the
program alone. Transportation is available upon request—please have your ride requests in by Monday, November 17.
For more information, please contact Laura Berry at 690-6343 ext. 18 or [email protected].
Jewish Family Services News
By Laura Faye Berry, BSSW, Esq.,
Jewish Family Services Director
The Jewish Family Services Committee would like to thank
Rabbi Michaels, Rabbi Wilhelm, and Ken Brown for visiting our
seniors in September to blow the shofar for them. Our shofar
blowers also delivered Rosh Hashanah chai bags filled with an
apple, honey sticks, and a challah roll made by Marilyn Wohl.
In addition to our Rosh Hashanah visitors, the JFS
Committee brings Jewish holiday celebrations to our seniors in
long-term care communities throughout the year: a Shabbat
service on the first Friday of each month, a mini-seder during
Passover, and celebrations for Sukkot, Chanukah, and Purim.
If you are interested in volunteering with the JFS
Committee, please contact Laura Berry at (865)690-6343 ext. 18
or [email protected].
KJA Archives Wish List
The Knoxville Jewish Archives is in need of CD/
DVD thin jewel cases. We will happily accept your
used ones, or a donation of new
ones.
Please drop them off at the
KJA office, and e-mail
[email protected]
to let us know of their arrival.
Many thanks.
Support UTK Hillel
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Make checks payable to KJA.
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UTK Hillel is a Knoxville Jewish Alliance program
and receives no funding from national Hillel.
Your KJA gift and donations from parents and
from a few other communities support this program.
Contact [email protected]
or come by the KJA office.
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AJCC Preschool News
By Kristen Cannon, AJCC Preschool Director
November is a very exciting and busy month for the
AJCC Preschool. We have a lot of great activities planned on
that we would like to invite our community to join.
First, there is a box in the AJCC Preschool lobby to drop
off Box Tops for Education as we are participating in the
Box Tops for Education fundraiser. The AJCC Preschool
will receive 5-10 cents per Box Top collected from foods,
office supplies, and even clothing. This is a simple fundraiser that we are hoping will
help raise some money for program supplies for the Preschool. All you have to do is
clip the pink labels on items that you purchase, then mail or bring them to the AJCC.
What a great way to support our preschool.
Second, we will host our annual Scholastic Book Fair November 17- 21.
This is another fundraiser that helps benefit the AJCC Preschool and also helps us
obtain new books for our classrooms. The book fair will be open 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
on those days, and we hope you are able to stop by and take a look at the items that
will be for sale. This is also a great opportunity to check some little ones off your
Hanukah list.
Lastly, we will be celebrating at our annual Thanksgiving Feast on Friday,
November 21 beginning at 11:30 a.m. in the AJCC Gym. This is a time for all of our
AJCC Preschool families, as well at the Jewish community, to come together and
celebrate the Thanksgiving Holiday while enjoying a delicious vegetarian potluckstyle lunch and watch a performance put on by our AJCC
Preschoolers. Everyone in the community is encouraged to
bring their favorite vegetarian dish and join us for a
wonderful celebration of thanks!
Again, November is a jam-packed month at the AJCC
Preschool, and we encourage everyone in the community to
come be involved in all that is going on in the your Arnstein
Jewish Community Center Preschool. We thank you for
your continued support and dedication to our three-star
AJCC Preschool Program. If you have any question about
any events going on at the AJCC Preschool or would like
more information regarding the events mentioned about,
please feel free to contact the AJCC Preschool office at
(865) 963-8001.
Children & Youth VP Rosalie Nagler and Preschool
teacher Jami Quartararo clean out the playground storage
shed during Playground Work Day.
Come celebrate at our Thanksgiving Feast!
Hear Ye, Here!
Our Knoxville Jewish community matters to us at
the AJCC! Please let us know when:
• Someone has had a baby
• Someone has just gotten married
• Someone new moves into the
community.
The AJCC has some special gifts and we would
like to be a part of these life-changing events in a
meaningful way.
Contact [email protected]
with your news.
AJCC PRESCHOOL
SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR
November 17-21
9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Prepare for winter breaks and Chanukah now!
Terrific selection of children’s, teens, and adult
books and Chanukah gift items available.
A portion of proceeds benefits the
AJCC Preschool.
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UTK Hillel, Community Helps Students Celebrate High Holy Days
(Above) UTK students and young professionals enjoy a Rosh
Hashanah luncheon at the home of Jeff and Shelley Hecht.
UTK Hillel students celebrate Sukkot with a “Pizza in the Hut”
party on campus. Thank you to Leslie Schiffman for reserving
the Volunteer Hall courtyard for us to use as a campus Sukkah.
(Right) Elyse Meckelberg, Emily Roberts, and Lesly Schiffman
enjoy the Sukkot meal together.
(Above) Nathan Light
participates in the
mitzvah of the etrog
and lulav at the UTK
Hillel campus Sukkot
program.
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Sundown in the Sukkah a Rollicking Good Time
Heavy rains did not dampen the spirits of the 130 community members
who gathered to enjoy a delicious Israeli dinner prepared by Chef Laurence
Faber, music by local bank Brandywin, and the camaraderie of friends and
family at the 2014 Sundown in the Sukkah event hosted by the KJA in the
AJCC Caller Auditorium. The October 12 event proved a warm and
welcoming respite from a week of torrential rains. A special thanks goes to
new KJA Program Manager Jesse Feld and his crew of volunteers.
(Clockwise) Falafel, Israeli salad, desserts,
and more delighted diners.
Robert Blitt helps son Noah with a childfriendly cheese pizza.
Local bluegrass band Brandywine finds a
fascinated young fan.
Isaac Drew looks dashing with his fedora.
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Local Student Helps
Develop World’s
First 3D Printed Car
By Joyce York
From the time he was a toddler,
Andrew Messing spent hours using
Legos ® to create anything and
everything—always striving to build
bigger, more complex models. As a
20-year-old college student, he has
helped create his biggest model yet.
The Oak Ridge National
Laboratory intern spent his summer
working on the team that developed
the world’s first 3D printed car. The
car was made using tiny plastic
pellets infused with carbon fiber.
Ironically, the plastic used to create
that car is the same plastic used to
make Legos®.
Officially produced by Local
Motors, the Strati’s body was
Andrew Messing behind
printed layer by layer and assembled
the wheel of the Local
live before spectators in a record
Motors Strati. Designed
44 hours, then driven off the trade
for urban driving, the
show floor at Chicago’s International
electric car weighs nearly
Manufacturing Technology Show
1,500 pounds, is fueled by
(IMTS) in September. This feat was a
a battery, has a 120 range,
collaborative effort with Oak Ridge
and a top speed of
National Laboratory and Cincinnati,
40 m.p.h.
Inc., a machine-tool manufacturer.
In April, the car’s design was
chosen from 207 entries in a global contest, with Local Motors’ goal
of printing it at the IMTS trade show. This gave the team a tight,
sometimes nerve-wracking five months to develop what would be a
revolutionary technology. Initially, no printer existed that could print
car-sized objects, so ORNL and Cincinnati, Inc. worked to design
and build a larger printer and Local Motors refined the car design to meet the new printer’s specifications. Messing, a UT junior in
computer engineering, began writing software that would tell the gigantic printer how to print the car.
“To be able to say that I worked on something that is the first of its kind, because this was the first 3D printed car ever, is an
amazing feeling,” said Messing.
Messing’s ties to ORNL began as when he attracted the attention of ORNL volunteers working with Hardin Valley Academy’s first
FIRST Robotics team. Those engineers helped him obtain an ORNL internship as a high school student. Because his previous internships
focused on design, Messing, whose goal is to become a robotics engineer, surprised his mentors by switching his major from mechanical
engineering to computer engineering in college.
“I’ve worked with Andrew since he was a sophomore at Hardin Valley Academy. He was easily the most talented designer I’ve had
the pleasure to mentor. When he started engineering school, he informed me that he was going to go into the Computer Science
department. My reaction was being somewhat disappointed. How could such a talented mechanical engineer go into software
development?” said Dr. Lonnie Love, ORNL’s group leader for its Automation, Robotics, and Manufacturing division.
“Andrew has continued to work with me at ORNL’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF). This past summer, he worked
with two other UT students and completely wrote all of the software that we used to run the Big Area Additive Manufacturing (BAAM)
system. Andrew was so valuable to our program that we requested special permission from UT (all the way to the Chancellor) to excuse
him from classes so he could help us print the first all-additively manufactured car,” Love said.
Messing and his team have been amazed at the national and international media attention that the Local Motors Strati project
continues to receive, with coverage ranging from the New York Times, Popular Science, CNN, the Today Show, and Wall Street Journal,
to numerous technical websites and blogs. Just weeks ago, the Local Motors Strati was named one of the world’s top 10 innovation
breakthroughs by Popular Mechanics magazine.
Messing is the son of Michael Messing and Joyce York and the brother of Jacob. He is an alumnus of the AJCC Preschool, Milton
Collins Day Camp, and Heska Amuna Religious School.
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Suzy Snoops
Ha’Kol welomes your good news, whether it is a new job, lifecycle event, celebration
of a special anniversary, or honors and awards. Please send information to
[email protected], or Ha’Kol, c/o Knoxville Jewish Alliance, 6800 Deane
Hill Drive, Knoxville, TN 37919.
Mazel tov! Ken and Susan Brown recently welcomed their first daughter-inlaw (and first violinist) into the family when son Daniel Brown married Boyeon
Selena Koo. Selena, who is from Seoul, South Korea, received her master of
music degree in violin from UT. Daniel is completing his master of music
degree in jazz bass at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
Judith Rosenberg, daughter of Gene and Pat Rosenberg,
is a member of Leadership Knoxville’s Class of 2015.
Rabbi David
Golinkin
Board Members at Large
Barbara Bernstein, Anne Greenbaum,
Raphe Panitz, Stephen Rosen, Ron Sebold
Nina Reineri shared a touching, personal narrative of her
2011 breast cancer survival story in the News-Sentinel’s
October 1 special edition. Nina is the proud mom of Liza
and Elena.
Aaron Schoenfeld, a former Bearden standout soccer
player who now plays professional soccer for the
Columbus Crew, was featured in the October 5 NewsSentinel. He is the son of Robert and Sherry Schoenfeld.
AJCC Activities
Fencing Lessons
Mondays and Tuesdays
(6:00-9:30 p.m.)
Wednesdays (6:45-9:00
p.m.) AJCC Gym.
Contact John Farmer,
head coach, at 257-4189 for
information.
Israeli Dancing
Thursdays, 7:30-9:30 p.m.,
AJCC Gym.
Officers
President
Treasurer
Secretary
Immediate
Past President
Bryan Merrell
VP Administration
Rosalie Nagler
VP Children &
Youth
Marilyn Wohl
VP Jewish
Community
Services
Judith Rosenberg
VP Public Relations
Jeff Gubitz
Executive Director
Manny Herz
Adam Brown
Adam Friedman
Renee’ Hyatt
The Knoxville Klezmer band Dor L’Dor performed in
the Concert of Neighboring Kingston Pike Congregations
on September 28. The band, started in 1999 by Ken and
Susan Brown, features klezmer and more! (See page 8.)
Rabbi David Golinkin was named to the Jerusalem
Post’s Top 50 most Influential Jews list. He is one of the
leading thinkers in the Conservative (Masorti) Movement
and a prolific author and writer, and seeks to advance the
Jewish approach to modernity within the parameters of
Halacha. His relentless activity in the realm of Jewish law
has seen him become one of the most influential figures
within the movement, and he has also gained the respect
of Orthodox scholars. Rabbi Golinkin’s parents, Rabbi
Noah and Dolly Golinkin served as Rabbi and Rebbetizin
at Heska Amuna Synagogue from 1970 to 1978.
Volume 6, Issue 10
Issue Date: November 2014
Published 11 times per year by the
Knoxville Jewish Alliance, Inc.
6800 Deane Hill Drive
Knoxville, TN 37919-5943
For a complete list of board members,
visit www.jewishknoxville.org
Ha’Kol Publication Staff:
Jeff Gubitz, Publisher
Joyce York, Editor and Graphic Designer
Aaron
Schoenfeld
Everyone welcome -beginners or experienced
dancers.
Email Fay Campbell at
[email protected]
for more information.
Pilates Classes
Mondays, 6:00-7:00 p.m.
Contact Jesse Feld at
[email protected] or
Susie Kaplar through her
Facebook page for questions
and info!
ZUMBA Classes
Wednesdays, Thursdays,
5:45-6:45 p.m.
Classes meet in the AJCC Gym.
Email Amy at
[email protected] for
information.
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Knoxville Jewish Community Family of Funds
A Supporting Organization of the Knoxville Jewish Alliance and the East Tennessee
Foundation to preserve and strengthen the Jewish Community of Knoxville
How Do You Keep Jews Jewish?
By Scott B. Hahn, Esq., KJCFF President
I recently read an interesting article in the Forward on the push to get teens
more interested in Jewish life. The article focused on the Denver Jewish community
and what two foundations were doing to improve the connection local teens have to
their Judaism. The Denver Jewish community numbers about 80,000. The
intermarriage rate for people under 40 is approximately 70%. Only 40% of all
Jewish families engage in any Jewish life at all. Nationwide, it is estimated that 20%
of Jewish teens participate in active Jewish life after their bar/bat mitzvahs.
This problem came to the attention of two major Jewish foundations: the Jim
Joseph Foundation in San Francisco and the Rose Community Foundation in
Denver. As part of their research, these foundations focused on some of the reasons
teens don't participate in Jewish life. Among the factors teens sited were time
Local teens at the 2014 Winick AZAconstraints, lack of general interest, location of programs, and flexibility in hours.
Weinstein BBG Spring Formal
The foundations came up with a three-pronged approach to address these issues.
Among their solutions were: bring clubs and programs to the schools, establish
mentor programs between teens and adults, and give teens more control over their programs. So far, these ideas are being implemented in
Denver's after school Jewish learning center with generally positive results.
The Knoxville Jewish community has already taken some of these recommendations to heart. We have our B'nai Tzedek teen
philanthropy program, in which teens learn about philanthropy first hand by making grants from their own funds. We also have our two
BBYO chapters (B'nai Brith Youth): Winick AZA (for boys) and Weinstein BBG (for girls). When I look back on my teen years, many
of my greatest learning experiences were from BBYO. It was from Heska Amuna Religious School that the foundation and tools were
first established, but it was in AZA that I got to put my learning into practice. Through BBYO, I got to meet Jews from all over the
world. I went on my first trip to Israel, learned to put on a program, learned how to run a meeting, learned to solicit donors, and so much
more. I cannot begin to tell you how those skills and the knowledge I learned in BBYO molded me into the Jew and the adult I am today.
If you want our youth to remain committed Jews, giving them the resources in their teen years is vitally important. I urge you to
learn about our local programs and support them in any way you can. Our American Jewish future may depend on it.
Donations
Grants
Ted & Dolly Reback Knoxville Youth Fund
A.J. Robinson and Dr. Nicole Ellerine
Heska Amuna Synagogue received a grant from the
Cohen-Presser Designated Fund for costs associated with
replacing the sign on the front of the synagogue.
Besmann Family Fund for Social Justice
and Spiritual Enrichment
Wendy and Ted Besmann
Heska Amuna Educational Enrichment Fund
In Memory of Dr. Lewis Littmann and Muriel Littmann
Mark and Peggy Littmann
The Knoxville Jewish Alliance received a grant from the
Alliance Opportunity Fund to support the KJA's General
Operating Fund 2014 budgetary shortfall.
KNOXVILLE JEWISH COMMUNITY FAMILY OF FUNDS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Scott B. Hahn, President; Carole Martin, President-Elect; Jacki Imbrey, Secretary/Treasurer; Bernard S. Rosenblatt, Past President;
Jeff Becker; Bernard Bernstein; Abraham Brietstein; Arnold Cohen; Robert Goodfriend; Herb Jacobs; Richard Jacobstein; Ellen Markman; Howard Pollock; Pace Robinson; Alexandra Rosen; Mel Sturm; Jeff Gubitz, Ex-Officio; Laura Berry, Administrative Director
The Board of Directors of the Knoxville Jewish Family of Funds thanks the Knoxville Jewish Community, the staff of the
Knoxville Jewish Alliance and the East Tennessee Foundation for their support and encouragement. The KJCFF encourages you to
help insure the healthy future of our Knoxville Jewish community by including a commitment to the
KJCFF in your financial and estate planning.
To learn more about KJCFF philanthropic opportunities, call 690-6343 or visit our website at www.jewishknoxville.org/kjcff
Chanukah Sale
Sunday, December 7
11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
JCOR Library
JCOR Sisterhood will host its
Annual Chanukah Sale on Sunday,
December 7.
Please come early for best selection.
We have new merchandise
including all kinds of gift items, candles,
dreidels, games, wrapping paper, and
books.
Contact Mira Kimmelman or Judy
Raman for more information.
Leah Anovitz reads a Rosh Hashanah story at JCOR’s Children's High Holy Day Prep
event.
Congregants enjoy a lovely picnic at the Oak Ridge Marina for Tashlich.
Monty Lewis takes Avigail Rashkovsky for a
spin around the dance floor during JCOR’s
weekly Ballroom Dance lessons.
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Upcoming November Events
Saturday, November 1, after the Shabbat Morning Services
Study session: Self-Hating Jews
Friday, November 14, 6:30 p.m.
Family Shabbat Service and Potluck Dinner
Oak Ridge Hadassah has
Certificates, Cards, and More!
The Oak Ridge Chapter of Hadassah has a large
selection of Hadassah cards, certificates, and trees.
Help support Hadassah by sending cards. For more
information, call Mira Kimmelman, 483-7972.
In memory of her husband Jerry
from Vivian and Al Levine
To Sarah Woulfin in memory of her father, Jerry
Braunstein, from Vivian and Al Levine
To Catherine Braunstein in memory of her husband
from Sherrie Levine Harmon
To Sarah Woulfin in memory of her father
from Sherry Levine Harmon
For grandson Yanai Maskalchi in honor of his October bar
mitzvah in Jerusalem, from Verne and Jeannette Gilbert
Condolences to the Braunstein family,
from Jennette and Verne Gilbert
Condolences to the Braunstein family,
from Rose Holz
HMO card to Catherine Braunstein in memory of
her husband Jerry, from Penny Lukin
Donation in memory of Jerry Braunstein,
from Carlos and Elena Bamberger
Donation in memory of Jerry Braunstein,
from Susan Moye
HMO cards: condolences to the Braunstein family:
from Blanche and Larry Dresner
from Elena and Carlos Bamberger
from Mira Kimmelman
from Bobbie Cantor
from Barbara Holz
from Jane Holz
from Hilary Shreter
Condolences to Henrietta Friedman (death of
husband Harry) from Mira Kimmelman
Mazel Tov to Vera and Leon Maya on the bar
mitzvah of their grandson Nathan,
from Mira Kimmelman
Mazel Tov to Larry Dresner’s birthday:
from Mira Kimmelman
JEWISH CONGREGATION OF OAK RIDGE
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Rabbi Victor Rashkovsky—[email protected]
Sig Mosko, President— [email protected]
Linda Bell, Sisterhood President—[email protected]
Mira Kimmelman, Religious School Director
Saturday, November 15, 7:00 p.m.
Jewish Film Series - The Debt
USA, 2010, R, 114 minutes
Rachel Singer is a former Mossad intelligence agent who is forced
to relive her 1965 pursuit of a notorious Nazi war criminal after the
bold and dangerous fugitive is suspected to have reemerged 30 years
later in the Ukraine. Cast: Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington, Jessica
Chastain.
JCOR Activities
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Yoga classes, alternating Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:15 a.m.
PiYo classes, Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. – Check our website’s
calendar for updates
Israeli Dancing Classes, Most Sundays at 11:00 a.m.
HOSTS and HOSTESSES
Thank you for your hospitality. If you need to make an exchange,
pleased do so and advise Eileen Handler at 482-1341.
Nov. 1 Avigail and Victor Rashkovsky, Shirley Schwartz
Nov. 8 Hilary Shreter, Mira Kimmelman
Nov. 15 Fran Silver, Jill and Stuart Chasan
Nov. 22 Ilana and Moshe Siman- Tov, Vera and Leon Maya
Nov. 29 Carolyn and Bud Stein, Sarah and David Stuart
Dec. 6 Mel Tobias, Bruce Tomkins
Dec. 13 Yardena and Moshe Yair, Elena and Carlos Bamberger
Dec. 20 Reeva and Marvin Abraham, Ronnie and Jim Bogard
Dec. 27 Linda and Zane Bell, Becky and George Charles
Dan Shapira's mother Susi enjoys
keeping in touch with her
Tennessee friends via Ha'Kol.
Find the Jewish
Congregation of
Oak Ridge on the
web at
www.jcor.info
or Facebook
101 W. Madison Lane, Oak Ridge, TN 37830
(Mail) P.O. Box 5434, Oak Ridge, TN 37831
JCOR’s Saturday morning service begins at 9:30 a.m.
For the Friday evening service schedule, please
contact JCOR at [email protected] or call (865) 483-3581.
CHABAD
CHABAD
OF KNOXVILLE
OF KNOXVILLE
Jewish. Done Joyfully!
One G-D, One Torah, One People
‫ב"ה‬
Does the flap of a butterfly’s wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas? I can’t tell you that it does, but I can tell you that when a
Jew does a Mitzvah in Knoxville it causes another Jew in Dusseldorf, Germany to do a Mitzvah as well…
Every Chabad House needs a miracle worker who can lend a helping hand before and after programs helping to set up, clean up and
serve the hundreds of guests throughout the year. Our local miracle worker’s name is Aurika. When Aurika came Wednesday morning to
help prepare for the over 100 guests that were to be attending the community Rosh Hashana dinner that evening, she brought with her a
nice basket filled with apples and other sweets and proudly wished us a happy Rosh Hashanah and a sweet year and then related the
following;
When I called her a few days earlier asking for her help, she assumed there was a Jewish holiday coming up. Based on what she
remembered from years passed she then called her Jewish childhood friend from Moldova who now lives in Dusseldorf Germany, and
proudly wished her “Happy Chanukah.” Amused, her friend told her that she didn’t know of any holiday coming up but if there was one,
it definitely wasn’t Chanukah. She said she would call her brother who lives in Israel to find out if there was a holiday approaching. The
following day her friend called her and said she had spoken to her brother in Israel and he reminded her it was Rosh Hashanah the Jewish
New Year when we eat apples dipped in honey and go to synagogue to hear the Shofar…. (Hence the lovely basket).
Aurika mentioned how her friend was so thankful for her call and though it had been quite some time since she had celebrated Rosh
Hashana she told her that she was going to seek out the nearest Shul and celebrate the new year in style! (Chanukah will just have to
wait!)
The Tefillin Club
Give ARMS to our brethren in ISRAEL
The Torah (Deut. 28:10) tells us:
“The nations of the earth will see G-d’s
name inscribed upon you, and they shall
fear you. According to the Talmud
(Berachot 6a) this refers to Tefillin.
Bring your own Tefillin or use one of
ours. Join us the first Sunday of every
month to nourish your body & soul as we
lay Tefillin, say the Shema, and enjoy a
delicious breakfast.
PLUS: A special 15-minute video
presentation of “The Living Torah” series.
No prior experience necessary.
For more information please contact
Rabbi Yossi at (865) 588.8584 or
[email protected]
Second Sunday monthly 10:00 a.m.
November 9, December 14, 2014
January 11, February 8, March 8,
April 12, May 10, 2015
at the Chabad House
7148 Wellington Drive, Knoxville
Tefillin Club is in memory of
Mark Blumenthal OBM
7148 Wellington Drive Knoxville, TN 37919 www.chabadknoxville.org
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November 1
Rose Shersky Katz ♦ Phillip Krosin ♦ Zelda Finkelstein ♦ Jay Goodfriend ♦ Joseph Gurwitch ♦ Eliezer Berman ♦ Charles Gubitz ♦
Virginia Morrison ♦ Dora Brody ♦ Aaron Shagan ♦ Gerson Cohen ♦ Abraham Leeds ♦ Anna Leibowitz ♦ Gertrude Gourse
November 8
Sam Abrams ♦ Sam Freeman ♦ Harriet Gourse ♦ Lilly Stargardter ♦ Milton Collins ♦ Bruce Kingsley ♦ Mildred Baker ♦
Esmeralda Benhayon ♦ C.B. Brown ♦ Jennie Glazer ♦ Julius Krauss ♦ Jacob Licht ♦ Sasson Benhayon ♦ Anna Kaplan ♦
Gertrude Cohen ♦ Rachel Perelman ♦ Lillian Davis ♦ James Lowe ♦ David Moskowitz ♦ Vera Noorily ♦ Alex Presser ♦ Etta Renert
November 15
Salome Slovis ♦ Flora Stollin ♦ Bernyce Gurwitch ♦ Bertha Moss ♦ Pearl Zwick ♦ Gunsa Glazer ♦ Pesach Werner ♦ Blume Goldstein
Sylvia Levison ♦ Rachel Slovis ♦ Clara Winick ♦ Ilse Abeles ♦ Harold Rosenthal ♦ Leah Berez ♦ Loretta Cohen ♦ Elsa Klein
Josephine Klein ♦ Celia Shaw ♦ Judy Solomon ♦ David Tomlinson
November 22
Sol Frumin ♦ P.L. Fuson ♦ Nathan Naumann ♦ Ben Slovis ♦ Myra Weinstein ♦ Nathan Rattner ♦ Bobby Evars ♦ Monnie Millen ♦
George Weisberg ♦ Max Hurvich ♦ Hannah Poster ♦ Hilda Nisenson ♦ David Rosen ♦ Faye Simon ♦ Rebecca Benbenisty .
Nathan Busch ♦ Rose Busch ♦ Anna Cohen ♦ Fannie Taylor ♦ Isaac Baskin ♦ Lowell Dryzer ♦ Libbye Perelman
November 29
Arnold Levison ♦ Ronald Berry ♦ David Norynberg ♦ Robert Shersky ♦ Jacob Corkland ♦ David Goldstein ♦ Rose Presser ♦
Jerome Schweitzer ♦ Eva Sturm ♦ Dora Shersky vLois Boiarsky ♦ Samuel Deutsch ♦ Mike Gettinger ♦ Sadye Jacobs ♦ Lillian
Liberman ♦ Charles Margolies ♦ Nathan Slovis ♦ Harry Becker ♦ Fanny Diamond ♦ Rose Diftler ♦ Sol Richer
November 7
Mabell Anthony ♦ Morris Billen ♦ Joyce Brown ♦ Gustav Brunschwig ♦ Simone Levi Brunschwig ♦ Toni Buescher ♦ Gerson Bush
Agnes Canner ♦ Irwin Deutcher ♦ Elias L. Epstein ♦ Joseph D. Feldman ♦ Jay Goodfriend ♦ Fortunata Iisbora Hazen ♦ Edward Kessler
Carrie Lehrich ♦ Sam Margolies ♦ Lee Meyers ♦ Marvin Miller ♦ Frederick Millis ♦ Betty Nash ♦ Yitzhak Rabin ♦
Nathaniel Razansky ♦ Marvin Shey ♦ Page Wallace ♦ Gloria Weinstein ♦ Peter Yellen ♦ Richard Dick Zivi
November 14
Jean-Pierre Besman ♦ Samuel Mark Brody ♦ Samuel Champaign ♦ Anna Cohen ♦ Rose Cohen ♦ Ben Cohn ♦ Betsy Coleman ♦
Selig Epstein ♦ Myrtle Evert ♦ Max Gillman ♦ Herbert Glazer ♦ Fannie Lippner ♦ Charlotte Lombardi ♦ Ursala Mangold ♦
Charles Margolies ♦ Ethel Misner ♦ Robert Moss ♦ Emanuel Newman ♦ David Silverstein ♦ Richard Wayburn ♦ Murray Weinstein
November 21
Lena Zion Alper ♦ Walter N. Blaufeld, Jr. ♦ Mimi Brody ♦ Sam Cawn ♦ Herbert M Cohen ♦ Joseph Dresner ♦ Michael Ecker ♦
Albert Ehrlich ♦ Sigmund Frankel ♦ Gloria Glazer ♦ Anne Goldstein ♦ David Goodfriend ♦ David Greenberg ♦ Celia Gutman ♦
Benjamin Harmatz ♦ David Hiller ♦ Florence Jacobstein ♦ Silvestr Ostrovskaya ♦ Sol Richer ♦ Toby Schwartz ♦ Barney Seligstein
Jacqueline Selk ♦ Ethel Berma Shapiro ♦ Grace Marie Warn ♦ Cheryl Weinberg
November 28
I. Robert Brodie ♦ Herbert Brody ♦ Isadore Brody ♦ Saul Brown ♦ Sarah Sue Bush ♦ Albert Fribourg ♦ Melvin Goldberger ♦
Jack Goldstein ♦ Irwin Kipnes ♦ Charles Konigsberg ♦ Belar Koptiva ♦ Emanuel Liebman ♦ Isadore Lippner ♦ Hilda R. Michaels
Harry Mintz ♦ Michael Polsky ♦ Bernard Meyer Schramm ♦ Samuel Schwartzman
Speakers
Dr. Sally Baerman has practiced
diagnostic and rehabilitative audiology for
over 28 years. In addition to routine
audiological testing, Baerman provides
electrophysiological evaluations of the
auditory and vestibular (balance) systems
for neonates through seniors and
comprehensive auditory processing
evaluations.
Dr. Baerman received a B.S. from Bradley
University in Illinois, a M.S. in audiology
from Rush University in Chicago, and her
clinical doctorate from the University of
Tennessee.
Dina Kramer has been a licensed
physical therapist for 29 years. She is a
senior clinician and general manager of
Marino Therapy Centers. She graduated
from the University of Michigan in . She is
a certified clinical instructor for the
American Physical Therapy Association,
and is currently in her final year of training
to become a Fellow of the American
Academy of Orthopedic Manual Therapy.
Proceeds from this luncheon benefit the Hadassah Hospital.
Contributions and sponsorships welcome.
Dr. Samuel A. Winston is the third
generation of the Winston family to
practice optometry and the newest member
of the Winston Eye and Vision Center
practice.
Dr. Sam completed his undergraduate
education at Miami University in Oxford,
Ohio and received his Doctor of Optometry
degree from Southern College of
Optometry in 2011. While at SCO, he was
a member of the American Optometric
Student Association and Beta Sigma Kappa
Honors Society. He also completed
externships in primary care, ocular disease,
glaucoma, pre- and post-operative
management, and pediatrics. He is
passionate about the treatment and
management of glaucoma along with other
chronic eye diseases as well as pediatrics.
6800 Deane Hill Drive Knoxville, TN 37919 www.knoxville.hadassah.org
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Hadassah Highlights November 2014
The Text of Amendment 1
By Marian Jay
"Nothing in this Constitution secures or
More than 70 people gathered at the AJCC on Sunday, September 14 to learn about protects a right to abortion or requires the
Amendment 1, which will be on the November 4 ballot. Speakers included Shuli Mesa, funding of an abortion. The people retain
the right through their elected state
who spoke about Hadassah; Marian Jay, who related her Planned Parenthood
representatives and state senators to
experiences from 1973 when Roe v. Wade was passed; Tory Mills, External Affairs
Manager for Planned Parenthood of Middle and East Tennessee, who spoke directly on enact, amend, or repeal statutes regarding
abortion, including, but not limited to,
the amendment and its implications; and Kristy Newton, MD, a local physician.
HADASSAH, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, has always remained circumstances of pregnancy resulting from
rape or incest or when necessary to save
unwavering in its devotion to Judaism, Zionism, and American ideals. Healthcare and
the life of the mother.”
health awareness programs, as
well as advocating for issues of
importance to women and to the American Jewish community is foremost.
This year marks the 41st anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision
in Roe v. Wade, recognizing a woman’s constitutional right to make her own
reproductive health choices—including seeking access to legal abortion. Over 40
years later, the fight for reproductive rights continues. State legislatures have passed
nearly 200 abortion restrictions since 2011, Congress is considering several bills to
limit access, and the Supreme Court is poised to decide new reproductive health
cases this year. Hadassah members, associates, and supporters are reproductive
rights advocates in their cities and states, helping to defeat a 20-week abortion ban
in Albuquerque, and opposing clinic regulations in Texas, restrictive insurance
policies in Michigan, and transvaginal ultrasound requirements in Virginia and
Pennsylvania.
In response to the onslaught of attacks, advocates and allies are fighting back!
The Women’s Health Protection Act, introduced last November, would enforce and
protect the constitutional right to safe and legal abortion, no matter in what state a
woman lives. This legislation would allow Congress to
regulate and standardize abortion laws—ensuring quality care,
while protecting against onerous and medically unnecessary
requirements placed on patients, physicians, and service
providers.
Greeters Raeus Cannon, Marian Jay and Peggy Littmann.
Ellen Kern welcomes guests to the Hadassah educational
program.
About 75 people attended the program.
Hadassah Book Club News
By Peggy Littmann
On Tuesday, November 18, the Hadassah Book Club will discuss Once We Were Brothers
by Ronald H. Balson. We will meet at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes and Noble on Kingston Pike in the
coffee shop area. All Jewish women and friends are welcome.
Review: Elliot Rosenzweig, a respected civic leader and wealthy philanthropist, is attending
a
fundraiser when he is suddenly accosted and accused of being a former Nazi SS officer named
Otto Piatek, the Butcher of Zamosc. Although the charges are denounced as preposterous, his
accuser is convinced he is right and engages attorney Catherine Lockhart to bring Rosenzweig to
justice. Solomon persuades attorney Catherine Lockhart to take his case, revealing that the true
Piatek was abandoned as a child and raised by Solomon's own family only to betray them during
the Nazi occupation. But has Solomon accused the right man?
Once We Were Brothers is Ronald H. Balson's compelling tale of two boys and a family who
struggle to survive in war-torn Poland, and a young love that struggles to endure the unspeakable
cruelty of the Holocaust. Two lives, two worlds, and 60 years converge in an explosive race to redemption that makes for a moving
and powerful tale of love, survival, and ultimately the triumph of the human spirit.
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Executive Board
Shuli Mesa
President
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Help Israel:
Purchase Tree/Water Certificates Today
Israel is always in need of trees and water. Please help the forests by planting a
tree and helping them by giving them water. Plant a tree today. Since 1926, we have
partnered with JNF to drain swamplands, plant forests, develop water resources and
preserve Israel’s ecology. Giving opportunities include:
One Tree - $18
Ten Trees - $150 (Circle of Trees)
Fifty Trees - $750 (Garden of Trees)
You may designate a name for certificates in memory of
someone, sending get well wishes to an individual, in honor of a
birthday, anniversary, birth, marriage, engagement or someone's
accomplishment.
Contact Joyce York at (865) 384-6177 or
[email protected] to arrange for a tree or water certificate to be sent for you.
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Students “Navigate the World” Through Folktales and Research
Mrs. Rebecca’s 2nd and 3rd grade class is piloting our way through our first thematic unit: Navigating My World. This quarter has
been filled with learning adventures across our curriculum. First, we began by setting our sights on the world as a whole learning how to
find the oceans and continents on our globe. Then we zoomed in closer to home and realized America has all kinds of different landforms
from coast to coast! In art class the students created
their own fantastic landscapes.
As the class was focused on America’s beauty
and unique landscape, we turned our attention to
different stories that originated in the United States.
These included folktales like Johnny Appleseed and
Paul Bunyan. We tracked these two characters from
the Ohio Valley to the Alaskan Mountain Range
while hearing humorous tales along the way. We
learned about Native American legends
too like the Indian Paintbrush. Learning history and
sharpening our reading skills together has been a fun
journey!
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Students created Tall Tale Postcards based on
the ones sent back in the early 20th Century
which exaggerated the size of produce and
animals. The student-created ones reflected
something they enjoyed about Paul Bunyan’s
adventures.
One group is reading Ella Enchanted while
focusing on fairy tales and their characteristics.
This group is heavily student-driven and requires
much personal reflection. Students complete a
self-reflecting piece after Book Club meets on Fridays
as a way to inform me what went well and what they
want to refine for the next meeting. This group is also
working toward a culminating project that will give an
opportunity for the group to identify aspects of
compassion from the story, create a poem or song,
write a book review, and design an artistic fairy tale
scene. These will be displayed on large trifold project
boards where imagination is the only limit to the
students’ creativity!
Next, we are shifting our emphasis to Tennessee to
wrap up our unit. We’ll continue to read about folktales
along with learning what makes Tennessee so grand. As an
ending project, students will research and report on a
famous American who has contributed to this great country.
We’ll be setting sail for next quarter’s theme
Experiencing my World in November and learn about
economics, government, and civics. Things are really
coming along this year at KJDS in the 2-3 class!
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KJDS Students Benefit
from Aftercare Enrichment
This year has brought many exciting changes to KJDS. The clubs
we offer include some new additions. One of the most exciting additions
to our program is STEM Scouts. This cutting-edge arm of the national
Scouts organization is being piloted here in East Tennessee. We are the
third elementary school to start a “Lab” of coed science enthusiasts.
Each Monday our students meet to learn from the STEM disciplines
while performing experiments and using the latest technology. We are
lucky to have three UT Physics Club students leading our weekly labs.
These labs began with our students learning about electricity by making
batteries from lemons. The upcoming classes will include making
bouncy balls, studying strawberry DNA, robotics, and circuit design.
Another addition is our ballet class. The young dancers are learning
the basic principles of dance as well as an appreciation of music. We
also have the return of Bricks4Kidz, one our students' favorite activities.
This local company provides weekly activities based on Legos. The
students are learning engineering and math and they don't even know it!
An additional learning opportunity is available through the Hebrew
enrichment afternoon. The local rabbis are helping our students finetune their Hebrew and further their understanding of Jewish culture.
This insightful instruction is strengthening our community and giving
students a deeper understanding of their heritage.
One of our parents, Marcie Foster is donating her time and talents to
our Library Club this fall. In her words…. “Our Library Club is
underway taking on the very practical task of planning the new KJDS
library. Our first task has been to take a full inventory of the books we
already have, paying special attention to the extensive Jewish book
collection. Our second task is to create surveys for the students and
teachers to determine which direction we want to go as we establish a
new collections policy. Library Club students have been very excited to
make a meaningful contribution to their own school.”
Another talented parent who is sharing her time with our students is
Nicole Fey. A local wellness consultant, Nicole is leading our little
yogis in an afternoon yoga class. Nicole has offered this class before
and it always draws a happy, calm group.
These wonderful activities are a great way for our students to bond
together outside of class and give us the opportunity to offer choices
outside of our regular curriculum.
What’s the Matter?
This month, fourth and fifth graders continued their exploration of
matter and its properties. After learning about the three most common
states of matter, students became particles and practiced mimicking the
movement of water particles.
We headed out to the blacktop and used our handy-dandy sidewalk
chalk to outline the shapes that the particles should stay inside. We got
cozy in a small box for solid and shifted our weight from foot to foot. In
our liquid states, we moved freely within a flowing irregular shape,
since liquids take the shape of any container. Our hyper-energetic gas
particles bounced off each other and the sides of the container they
expanded to fill. It was a particularly positive experience.
Students demonstrate the movement of particles in matter.
In the STEM Scouts Lab, students learn about muscles,
joints and bones and how they are used to perform work.
Leead shows off his model arm.
Students were able to feel heat as an indication of "change
in property"in this experiment by STEM Scouts.
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KJDS Art Class Connects Art Processes with Classroom Topics
KJDS art focuses on making connections between the creative processes of art with the content of the classrooms. A bubble-making
project was deconstructed to give students a chance to see colors in action before taking the next step in print-making. For this project we
used paint (only the three primary colors) mixed with clear dishwashing soap to create prints. “The art connection was talking about
color theory and color mixing - a good way to make sure we're all on the same page before moving forward with more in-depth projects.”
The 2-3 class was working on Geography, so what better way to
incorporate that into art than with a landscape? We chose a more "cityscape" to work with. We also made it a mixed media project starting with
watercolor and using the sample paint chips that you can get at any home
store for the buildings. Some of the kids used only paint chips for
buildings, some used a combination, some turned them into trees or
boats. TONS of creativity in this project.
A new mixed media project that the 2-3 class worked on was with
trees. We first sketched out the trees, then used oil pastels, and lastly
used old soda bottles to make print/stamping impressions for the tree
blossoms. They look similar to dogwood blossoms or cherry blossoms
which connected the lesson to local geography.
In K-1, we looked at the art of Keith Haring, famous for his
simplified body movement artwork. We had all the children lay on the
ground with a partner and trace each other. We then, as a team, painted
in the tracings.
Thematic
Thinking
The K-1 class studied the art of Keith Haring, then created
their own body movement art.
While studying print-making, we studied body systems like
the lungs and used our lungs to create bubble prints.
The 2-3 class drew trees, then used oil pastels and stamps to
create intriguing artwork.
The KJDS
4/5 student reading
groups honed their
critical thinking
skills this month.
They’ve
discovered how
the setting of a
novel can affect
the tone of a book, Reading groups learn about theme and purpose.
analyzed
characters, focused on plot arcs and become thematic thinkers as they
focused on the author’s purpose.
Students use the acronym PIE to remember that books are usually
written to Persuade, Inform, or Entertain readers.
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We are STEAMing Ahead!
As we head into the fifth week of our STEAM Out Hunger project,
KJDS students are building layers of knowledge to gain a thorough
understanding of the engineering process. Students learned the
importance of the cyclical process of Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create,
Improve.
The concept of prototyping and improving was explored by
each grade as they were each given a design challenge. K-1 students
worked through the steps as they attempted to create a "chair for
Mr. Bear." The chair had to be large enough and sturdy enough for Mr.
Bear to able to sit in. Our 2-3 students were given materials and had to
build a structure that could hold a golf ball and withstand a simulated
earthquake, while 4-5 students were tasked with creating a pinwheel that
actually turned when blown by the wind (a.k.a. a hair blower).
The “A” in STEAM stands for art. All design is art and we encourage
creativity and self-expression while using the practical methods of
engineering. Visiting architect Thomas Caldwell gave a presentation on
his past experience of partaking in a canstruction project. After learning
about how exciting building with cans was, we tried to create letters with
cans. One group created the letters KJDS and one group wrote Shalom in
Hebrew using cans. Seeing the children come up with very unique
designs and models from the same challenge is truly art in action.
KJDS Staff and Board
Head of School
Miriam Esther Wilhelm
Curriculum Advisor
Jennifer Dancu
Curriculum & Innovation Coach
Jessica Vose
Office Administrator
Ann Ely
K-1st Grade Teacher
Katie Bell
2-3rd Grade Teacher
Rebecca Beers
4-5th Grade Teacher
Kari Schubauer
Hebrew Teacher
Mushky Perlstein
Drama Teacher
Rosina Guerra
Music Teacher
Kari Schubauer
Art Teacher
Annie Clark
PE Teacher
Stephanie Klein
Week 5 Design Challenge: To build a
table out of paper that could hold a
heavy book.
Canstruction projects enabled students
to collaborate to solve challenges.
Save the Date
March 29, 2015
The Diamond Ball
honoring Mr. Harold Markman
Board of Directors
Nancy Becker, President
Dr. Jeffrey Becker, Vice President
Mindy Goldberg, Secretary
Dr. Jonathan Klein, Treasurer
Dr. Jeffrey Abrams, Barry Allen,
Dr. Bill Berez, Rob Blitt, Honorlin Del
Moro, Sandy Parker, Judith Rosenberg,
Evan Sturm, Tamara Sturm, Rabbi Yossi
Wilhelm, Miriam Esther Wilhelm,
Head of School
Education Committee
Nancy Becker, Chair
Dr. Richard Adlin, Trudy Dreyer, Alice
Farkas, Rabbi Alon Ferency, Martha Iroff,
Rabbi Mathew Michaels, Emily Theriot
Financial Aid Chair
Mel Sturm
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www.jewishknoxville.org
Ha’ Kol is a joint community project.
The Jewish Community Archives
of Knoxville and East Tennessee
The Way We Were circa 1918-1919
Temple Beth El
Sunday School Class
Front row, left to right: Mary Lippner, Clara
Katz (later Winick), Blanche Konigsberg
(later Jacobs)
Back row: Leonard Licht, Mrs. I. Beiler,
Joe Goodstein
Knoxville native Mary Lippner lived to be
100 and was for many years the oldest
member of Temple Beth El.
Clara Katz was the mother of Barbara
Winick Bernstein of Knoxville. Leonard
Licht was the father of Knoxvillian Richard
Licht. Joe Goodstein was not the Joe
Goodstein, architect and husband of
Marion, longtime Knoxvillians who moved to
Israel a few years ago, but an older cousin
of the same name. Their cousin Al Good
lives in Oak Ridge. Fannie Beiler, wife of
Isadore, was for many years head of
Temple Beth El’s Sunday School.
To learn more, go to www.jewishknoxville.org/archives.
Send your photos to [email protected] or contact the archivist at
(865) 690-6343, c/o AJCC, 6800 Deane Hill Drive,
Knoxville, Tennessee 37919-5943.
Send your photos (with identification of
persons, event, and date, when known) of
“The Way We Were” to
[email protected] or contact the
archivist at 690-6343.