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“ KOL T.O.L” The “Voice of the Tree of Life”
September 2017 /Elul 5777-Tishrei 5778 Tree of Life Congregation Monthly Newsletter Columbia, South Carolina
September Worship Services
Friday, September 1 6:30pm
7:30pm
Tot Shabbat
Shabbat Evening Service
Ki Teitzei Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19
Friday, September 8 6:30pm Shabbat Evening Service
Saturday, September 9 10:30am Shabbat Morning Service
Ki Tavo Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8
Friday, September 15 7:30pm Shabbat Evening Service
Nitzavim Deuteronomy 29:9-30-:20
Friday, September 22 7:30pm Shabbat Evening Service
Special Birthday Blessing
Haazinu Deuteronomy 32:1-52
Friday, September 29 8:00pm Kol Nidre
Friday, September 29th
8:00pm
Services
Wednesday, September
20th
8:00pm
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From the President
Judaica Shop/Birthdays 12-13
Yahrzeits/Calendar 14-15
Help for Houston/Contributions 16-17
Dear Fellow Congregants:
The Tree of Life staff/board is excited and ready for the High Holy Days. I look
forward to meeting, and seeing, many of you during the course of our High Holy
Day services. This is the perfect opportunity to reconnect to our traditions by
looking forward to a New Year of prosperity and blessing while seeking forgiveness
(atonement) and repentance. 5778 will be a wonderful year!
I would like to thank Abe Wandersman (and his TOL Coffee House Volunteers) for
spearheading a 4 part concert series to be held in the Tree of Life Social Hall:
November 4, 2017 Ellis Paul
January 6, 2018 Jack Williams
March 17, 2018 Harpeth Rising
April 21, 2018 Vance Gilbert
We will have the opportunity to experience great folk music by nationally recognized and talented artists. Our
congregation will benefit from a portion of ticket sales and event concession sales (provided by Groucho's Deli).
Additionally, I would like to thank members who contributed to the repair of our Rain Garden (detention pond). It
is now in good working condition. And a big thank you to all the members who have come forward with fantastic
fundraising ideas for this upcoming year. It is great to see so many congregants getting involved with projects at
TOL.
I hope to see you all during the High Holidays.
Very Kindly,
Bruce Miller
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From the President/From the Rabbi 2-3
Education Director/TOL in Action 4-5
Around Town 6-7
High Holy Days 8-9
Jewish Film Festival 10-11
Inside this issue:
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FROM THE RABBI
Dear Friends,
I can’t believe that the High Holy Days are already upon us, but here they are and I am so
excited for everything happening at Tree of Life this month. As the leaves begin to turn,
and we turn over new leaves entering into the New Year, we all need to take a moment to
appreciate all that we accomplished in 5777.
What a difference a year can make! While last year at this time I was still figuring out the difference between North Carolina
and South Carolina barbeque, this year I will enter into 5778 with far greater clarity in terms of our community’s character and
vision for the year ahead. While I am not one for spoilers, I will share that my sermons this year will all be connected to our
congregational theme for the New Year: Being a Kehillah Kedosha (a holy community). This theme will permeate all we do as
a community throughout this year: in our religious school, social justice initiatives, services, etc. My four-part sermon to be
delivered on RH Evening, RH Morning, YK Evening (Kol Nidre), and YK Morning, will contextualize our theme and provide ideas
and concrete steps we can take to embody holiness individually and as a community.
While we cannot change when the holidays will fall throughout the year, we can change how we choose to engage with them.
The High Holy Days come around for a few days each year and I hope that this year, when your children ask if they can go to
school or do something else during the High Holy Days, that parents will lovingly guide their children towards services at TOL.
The decision to attend services provides a far more profound effect on identity and education than missing a day of school,
missing a game, or hanging out at home. This New Year, let us resolve to make the right choice for ourselves and our children.
There is a great deal to look forward to in September in addition to our High Holy Days. Below are some upcoming events that
occur throughout the High Holy Day season that tend to get lost in the shuffle:
SAVE THE DATE
September 16, 2017: Combined S’lichot Service at Beth Shalom 8:00pm
September 21, 2017: Tashlich at Sesquicentennial Park 4:00pm
September 24, 2017: Kever Avot Cemetery Service with Beth Shalom at the Hebrew Benevolent Society Cemetery 1:15pm
October 3, 2017: Lunch and Learn with Rabbi Eric at Groucho’s Deli in Five Points 12:00pm
October 4, 2017: Sukkot Evening Service 7:30pm
October 5, 2017: Sukkot Morning Service with Yizkor: 10:30am
October 13, 2017: Shabbat/Simchat Torah Family Service featuring Rick Recht 6:30pm
Wishing You a Sweet, Happy, and Healthy 5778!
Rabbi Eric Mollo
From the Rabbi
On August 26th we celebrated the Bar
Mitzvah of Daniel Sobel who led a
beautiful Shabbat Morning Service
and surely inspired his peers to keep
studying hard to earn their place on
the bimah. Mazal tov to the Sobel and
Hornauer clans!
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From the Education Director
On Sunday, August 27th, the religious school staff met for the first time
for professional development and preparation for the start of the new
school year. We have an incredible teaching team in place – true
mensches with infectious passions for education, Judaism, community,
and sharing it all with the next generation. The only thing missing now is
our students – and we can’t wait for their return!
I’m delighted to present to you our classes for 5778:
It’s not too late to register. Fill out the online forms today at http://www.tolsc.org/enrollment !
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Class Teacher Topic
2&3 Year Olds Evelyn Gaton What’s Jewish About Butterflies?
Kindergarten/1st Dori Nudelman
Faith Nudelman
Will Cason
Love Your Neighbor as Yourself
2nd & 3rd Laura Kagan
Zack Kaplan
Torah Stories & Heroes
4th & 5th Lindsey Schwartz
Addison Blackmon
Israel
6th & 7th Elisa Westfall Mitzvah Corps: Tikun Olam
8th Jordan Henry Mitzvah Corps:
Comparative Religion
9th-12th Jonathan Leader
Rabbi Eric
Jewish History & Identity
Music Ellie Feuerstein
Makom Chalom
(“The Dreaming Place” –
Imagination Station)
Faith Nudelman
Hayden Cohen
Jewish play/aftercare
Kitah Alef Jordan Henry
Molly Westfall
Alef-Bet
Kitah Bet Laura Kagan with
Zack Kaplan
Lilly Altschul
Reading & Beginning Prayer
Kitah Gimmel Lindsey Schwartz
Addison Blackmon Anselle
Blackmon
Prayer & Pre B. Mitvah Prep
Kitah Daled Rabbi Carolan B. Mitzvah Tutoring
Sunday, September 10th 8:45am Pancake Breakfast
9:00am Religious School Begins
Sunday, September 17th 9:30am Young Explorers Playgroup
Sunday, September 24th 9:15am Jewish Parenting Network
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Green Team
WRJ / Sisterhood Brotherhood
Please contact us at [email protected] to volunteer.
To learn more about the Green Team, please visit
http://www.tolsc.org/about-us/associations/green-team
Please contact us at [email protected] if you would like to be added to our email list or have questions.
Please consider earmarking your TOL donations for the Green Team.
Remember to Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Just a couple of quick reminders. The TOL Brotherhood will
be preparing a pancake breakfast for the first day of
Sunday school on September 10th. We are still looking for
volunteers for this fun event. We need a little more help
with cooking, serving and clean up.
Also, please plan on being at the TOL on Sunday,
September 24th to the build the Sukkah. All hands on
deck for this important project!
Please call or email me with any questions and to let me
know that you will be there.
Respectfully,
Eric Feuerstein
(803) 261-1041
September 10th @ 8:45am
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Around Town
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Around Town
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High Holy Days
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High Holy Days
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Jewish Film Festival
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Jewish Film Festival
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Judacia Shop
$24 Harvest Themed Honey
Bowl(L)
$20 Colorful Beaded Honey
Bowl(R)
$38 Crystal Honey Bowl with
matching Platter
$20 Apple Themed Honey
Bowl
Wall Décor $20 each
$90 Large Shofar
$55 Small Shofar
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September 1
Dylan Dojc
Jennifer Rubin
September 2
Ronda Sullivan
Barry Bor
Rachel Weissman
Gia Gupta-Kagan
September 3
Karyn Sheftman
Tom M. Rodgers
September 4
Scott Medway
September 8
Ericia Altschul
September 10
Jeff Selig
September 11
Ruth Marcus
Miriam Richman
September 13
Richard Wasserman
Delaney Smith
Charles Smith
September 14
Jane Veytskin
Hyman Rubin
Mindy Tucker
September 15
Jonathan Zivony
September 16
Eleanor Stein-Glavey
Bruce Miller
September 17
Annette Goldstein
Rabbi Carolan
Glatstein
September 18
Tat’Yana Shtessel
September 19
Janice Park Rivers
September 22
Allan Nail
September 23
Sylvia Glavey
September 24
Laurin Long
September 25
Joseph Barroll
Helen Roodman
Ari Streisfeld
September 26
Karen Russ
Steven Stout
September 29
Carol Randolph-Davis
Bruce Greenburg
September 30
Ruth Cohen
Rebecca Firetag
September Birthdays
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Bimah Flowers Yahrzeits
August 4
Gerald & Sandra Euster in loving memory of Abe Euster,
Marcie & John Baker in loving memory of Sarah K. Stern, Belle
Fields in loving memory of A. Frederic Serbin
August 11
Debi Baker Brookshire in loving memory of JoAnn Baker, Rob
& Amy Scully in loving memory of Edward Scully, Ernie &
Donna Magaro in loving memory of Ruthie Linzer, John &
Marcie Baker in loving memory of JoAnn Baker, The Family of
Selma Dickman in loving memory of Selma Dickman, David &
Dori Nudelman in loving memory of Frederick Hoffman
August 18
Terry Garber in loving memory of “Ron” Garber, Revera
Wayburn in loving memory of Marilyn T. Shapiro, Rhonda
Phillips in loving memory of Steven Phillips, Igor & Irina
Volynets in loving memory of Lev Luchin, Cheryl, Alan & Brody
Nail in loving memory of Esther Brody.
August 25
Rick & Robin Chapman and Family in loving memory of
Florence S.R. Kramer, Laura & Barbara Becker in loving
memory of Lily Madnick, Lois & Jerry Gibson in loving memory
of Ida Rauch.
September 1
Debi Baker Brookshire on loving memory of David Baker, Carol
Hansen in loving memory of Norman T. Hansen, Alan Geers in
loving memory of Lillian Geers, Revera Wayburn in loving
memory of Rabbi Jerome G. Tolochko, Marcie & John Baker in
loving memory of Henry Stern, Richard & Debbe Cohn in
loving memory of Harry Halpern, Terry Garber in loving
memory of Norine L. Eschen.
Sept 1 Alan & Bonnie Horn
Arthur & Barbara Rast
Arthur & Yuliana Iskhakov
Sept 8 Mark & Karen Goldenfield
Diane Kall
Dennis & Beverly Kaplan
Scott & Lisa Kaplan
Sept 15 Ilene King
Shelia King
Marvin Kline
Warren & Carol Kohn
Jonathan & Bonnie Leader
Sept 22 Philip & Marisa Kornblut
Carolyn Hudson
Roger & Faye Kuperman
Steven & Sally Langer
September 1
Ida K. Alion*, David Baker*, Charles Belove*, Norine L. Eschen, Lillian
Geers, Susan Goldberg, Jeanette Goldberg, Harry Halpern, Norman
Hansen, Muriel S. Litmann, Hannah C. Loebee, Edward Picow, Marilyn
K. Sachs, Helen Slone, Clay D. Smith*, Rubeun Sonne, Recca Steel*,
Henry Stern, Rabbi Jerome G. Tolochko*, George Weinberg*, Jerome
Weinstein*
September 8
Clara K. Baker*, Sara Bogo*, Jerry Brauer, Leo Chisling, Myra Cohen*,
Melvin J. Glass*, Rose B., Green, George Keller, Diana L. Kocher, Leona
H. Leavitt*, Dorothy Levy, Aranka B. Marton*, Louis Masur, Sarah
Milecofsky, Edna V. Pearlstine*, Getrude Radin, Sandee Schreiber, Mel-
vin M. Schwartz, Sadie Spector*, Bernard Troy*, George Troyansky, Ar-
nold Zellman, Robert Zucker
September 15
Alfred Agrin*, Max Barkan, Florence Bernstein*, Jenny Bienstock, Sala
Boden, Geraldine Cohn, Stanley Davidson, Edward S. Fields*, Matthew
D. Garvey, Larry Goldstein*, Dr. M. Murray Gould, Audrey Grosby,
Clinton J. Hagenbuch, Yvette Bermak Israel*, Elizabeth G. Nickoll
Kalman, Michael Kantor*, Frank Lehman, Fannie F. Levy, Jules W.
Lindau,III*, Toby Lourie, Bruce Nifoussi, Shirley Price, Joshua Rapport*,
Michael Rapport*, Lillian F. Reyner*, Samuel T. Rothfeder*, Esther
Segal, Frances Solomon, Evelyn Sulser, Anne Tretiak, Lewis I.
Waxelbaum*, V. Carol Winter*
September 22
Elias Auerbach, Jake Baker*, Jerome F. Bihari*, H. Robert Burg*,
Bertha Entliss, Tillie Freedman, Samuel Gendil*, David L. Glass*,
Daniel Glickman, Bernard Goldberg, Ruby Harris, John Howland, Paula
L. Kahn*, Rodger L. Rodgers, Frances G. Rosen, Irving Sasiene, Isbel
Schiff, Sandee Schreiber, Bertha W. Silber*, Dora G. Specter*, Lois
Spiegelman*, Meyer Tenenbaum, Jeanette E. Trager*, Morton
Visanska*, Karen E. Westerberg
September 29
James M. Baker*, Rachelle Benveniste, Claire C. Burg*, Carrie G.
Cohen*, Robert Fechter*, Jackson Fink, Pauline Q. Garber*, Moisey
Gerchkovich, Elizabeth Hafter*, George Levkoff*, Peter Metzler*, Lena
Rothberg*, Samuel Rubin, Frank Sheffler, Florence Spiers*, Harry
Sunshine
Oneg Shabbat
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SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
1
6:30p Tot
Shabbat
7:30p Shabbat
Evening Service
2
3 4
Labor Day
Temple Office
Closed
5
6:30p Choir
Rehearsal
6
7
6:30p Choir
Rehearsal
8
6:30p Shabbat
Evening Service
9
10:30a Shabbat
Morning Service
10
9:00a Religious
School
11:45a Hebrew
School/Makom
Chalon
11
12
6:30p Choir
Rehearsal
13
6:00p Executive
Board Meeting
7:00p Board
Meeting
14
6:30p Choir
Rehearsal
15
7:30p Shabbat
Evening Service
16
8:00p Selichot
Service with
Beth Shalom
17
9:00a Religious
School
9:30a Young
Explorers
11:45a Hebrew
School/Makom
Chalon
18
6:00p Sisterhood
Opening Meeting
19
6:30p Choir
Rehearsal
20
8:00p Erev Rosh
Hashanah
Services
21
10:00a Rosh
Hashanah Morning
Services
10:30a Family
Services
4:00p Tashlich
Services
22
7:30p Shabbat
Evening Service
7:30p Special
Blessing for
September
Birthdays
23
24
9:00a Religious
School
9:15a Jewish
Parenting Network
11:45a Hebrew
School/Makom
Chalon
25
26
6:45p WRJ/
Sisterhood Board
Meeting
6:30p Choir
Rehearsal
27
28
6:30p Choir
Rehearsal
29
8:00p Kol Nidre
30
10:00a Yom Kippur
Morning Services
11:00a Family
Services
12:30p Shiur/Study
Session
3:00p Afternoon
Services
4:30p Yizkor/N’eilah
6:00p Break the Fast
Help For Houston
HOUSTON NEEDS OUR HELP!!
A plea from our fellow congregations in Houston has been made for
GIFT CARDS
so that the rabbis there can assist the community immediately in the wake
of Hurricane Harvey.
Please consider a donation through our Scrip program to help both the
Houston flood victims and TOL at the same time.
Cards to the following businesses are requested:
Target (2.5% back to TOL)
Lowe's (4%)
HEB (2%)
Home Depot (4%)
CVS (6%)
Rite Aid (4%)
Contact Amy Scully to place an order.
Any cards collected will be sent to Rabbis David Lyon and Josh Herman
(classmate of Rabbis Eric and Carolan) of Congregation Beth-Israel so that
they can distribute to the community. Their congregation has suffered a
great deal of damage, including a flooded sanctuary (don't worry - the
Torahs are safe), but will need our help and support as they get back on
their feet.
You can also make a donation through the Houston Jewish Federation.
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Contributions KOL T.O.L. Page 17
Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to your favorite TOL General,
Sisterhood, or Endowment fund. Donations make wonderful gifts.
◦ General Funds ($5.00 minimum donation)
◦ Building Fund ($10 minimum donation)
◦ Choir Fund
◦ Green Team
◦ Foyer Leaf Fund ($72)
◦ High Holy Day/Passover Fund
(to help cover holiday operating expenses)
◦ Library Fund
◦ Memorial Board & Plaque Fund ($500)
◦ Prayer Book Fund
◦ Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund
◦ Rabbi Emeritus’ Discretionary Fund
◦ Religious School Fund
◦ Religious School Neil Cartiff Memorial Fund
◦ Youth Activities Fund
WRJ/Sisterhood Funds ($5 minimum)
◦ Reyner Convention Fund
◦ Courtesy Fund
◦ Evelyn & Dan Daniel Leadership Development
Fund
Endowment Funds ($25 minimum)
◦ Jeanette Birch Endowment Fund
◦ Diane Brown Sobel Endowment Fund
◦ Marian D. Fleischman Endowment Fund
◦ Ralph & Sarah Levine Endowment Fund
◦ Sylvia & Sam Savitz Music Enrichment Fund
◦ Jonathan Train Youth Group Endowment Fund
◦ General Endowment Fund
To make a donation in honor or in memory of a loved one, please notate the fund in which you wish to contribute in the memo
portion of your check. You may drop it at the Temple Office or mail it to:
Tree of Life Congregation
6719 North Trenholm Road
Columbia, South Carolina 29206
To pay by credit card, go to temple’s website www.tolsc.com/giving
If you do not find the fund in which you wish to donate, you may donate your money under membership dues and fill in the
special notes at check out, note where and to whom the donation should be accredited.
TOL Fund Directory
Building Fund
Palmetto Health Foundation In Memory Of Revera Wayburn
Rob & Amy Scully In Memory Of Lawrence C, Hertz (Ed Hertz’s brother)
In Memory Of Revera Wayburn
In Honor Of Bruce Miller becoming TOL president
In Honor Of Mark Magaro & Kelsey Glazer’s wedding
Alice Kasakoff Adams
Lois Gibson
Shu-Mei Richman In Honor Of Cake Sale Fundraiser
Joan Tucker
Leatrice Weiner
Tree of Life Congregation
6719 North Trenholm Road
Columbia, South Carolina 29206
Tree of Life Congregation
Office: 803.787.2182 Fax: 803.787.0309
Website: www.tolsc.org Email: [email protected]
Office Hours
Tuesday—Thursday 9:00am-5:00pm
Friday 9:00am-4:00pm
Rabbi Eric Mollo, Senior Rabbi
Rabbi Carolan Glatstein, Education Director
Sanford T. Marcus, D.D., Rabbi Emeritus
OFFICERS COMMITTEE CHAIRS BOARD MEMBERS
President Bruce Miller Endowment Robert Feinstein Jackie Dickman-Babcock Donna Magaro
First Vice President David Polen Finance Ernie Magaro Debbie Cohn David Polen
Second Vice President Jessica Elfenbein House & Grounds Jessica Elfenbein Jeff Selig
Secretary Alex Ogden Membership Debbie Cohn & David Polen Eric Feuerstein Jeff Silver
Treasurer Marc Posner Oneg Annette Goldstein Annette Goldstein Deb Tedeschi
Immediate Past President Alan Brill Programs Fred Davidson Josh Gupta-Kagan Elisa Westfall
Religious School Board Elisa Westfall Scott Kaplan
AFFILIATES Ritual Laura Kagan
Brotherhood President Eric Feuerstein
WRJ/Sisterhood President Terry Garber TEMPLE EMPLOYEES LIFE TIME BOARD MEMBERS
COFTY President Ellie Feuerstein Demitris Gilmore Sharon Witherell Bernard Fleischman, Jr. Amy Scully
Green Team Representative Carolyn Hudson Carol Randolph-Davis Stephen Savitz