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TEMPLE POST
Ohef Sholom Temple's Monthly News Publication
THE
Established 1844 • Volume 61, Issue 1 • October 2020
Happy Sukkot!
See page 3 for details
In this Issue:
WORSHIP
Worship........................... 2
Clergy Corner.................. 3
Presidential Address........ 4 TORAH PORTIONS
Mazel Tov!........................ 5
Announcements.............. 6
Sisterhood....................... 7
Men's Club...................... 7 October
EcoJudaism..................... 8 October 1 | 13 Tishrei October 8 | 20 Tishrei October 17 | 29 Tishrei
Tzedakah Corner........... 10 Torah Study - 4:00 pm Torah Study - 4:00 pm Torah Study - 9:00 am
Parashat Sukkot Parashat Bereshit
Education...................... 11 October 3 | 15 Tishrei Chol ha-Moed Day 4 Genesis 1:1 - 6:8
LIFE & LEGACY............. 12 Torah Study - 9:00 am Numbers 29:26 - 29:31 Haftarah: I Samuel
Donations...................... 13 Parashat Sukkot 20:18 - 20:42
Leviticus 22:26 - 23:44 October 9 | 21 Tishrei (Shabbat Machar Chodesh)
Yahrzeits........................ 14 maf: Numbers 29:12 - 29:16 Parashat Sukkot
Calendar & Birthdays..... 15 Haftarah: Zechariah 14:1 - 21 Chol ha-Moed Day 5 October 22 | 4 Cheshvan
pOST Bulletin Board...... 16 (Hoshana Raba) Torah Study - 4:00 pm
October 4 | 16 Tishrei Numbers 29:26 - 29:34
Parashat Sukkot II October 24 | 6 Cheshvan
Leviticus 22:26 - 23:44 October 10 | 22 Tishrei Torah Study - 9:00 am
maf: Numbers 29:12 - 29:16 Torah Study - 9:00 am Parashat Noach
Haftarah: I Kings 8:2 - 8:21 Parashat Shmini Atzeret Genesis 6:9 - 11:32
Deuteronomy 14:22 - 14:29, Haftarah: Isaiah 54:1 - 55:5
October 5 | 17 Tishrei 15:1 - 15:23, 16:1 - 16:17
Parashat Sukkot maf: Numbers 29:35 - 30:1 October 29 | 11 Cheshvan
Chol ha-Moed Day 1 Haftarah: I Kings 8:54 - 8:66 Torah Study - 4:00 pm
Numbers 29:17 - 29:22
October 11 | 23 Tishrei October 31 | 13 Cheshvan
October 6 | 18 Tishrei Parashat Simchat Torah Torah Study - 9:00 am
Parashat Sukkot Deuteronomy 33:1 - 34:12, Parashat Lech-Lecha
Chol ha-Moed Day 2 Genesis 1:1 - 2:3 Genesis 12:1 - 17:27
Numbers 29:20 - 29:25 maf: Numbers 29:35 - 30:1 Haftarah: Isaiah
Haftarah: Joshua 1:1 - 1:18 40-27 - 41:16
October 7 | 19 Tishrei
Parashat Sukkot October 15 | 27 Tishrei
Chol ha-Moed Day 3 Torah Study - 4:00 pm
Numbers 29:23 - 29:28
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LEADERSHIP&StaFf
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE BOARD OF DIRECTORS PAST PRESIDENTS HONORARY DIRECTORS
President: Carol Brum Minette Cooper Tom Bachman
Terri Denison Budman, Matthew Fine Karen Fine Terri Budman
CLERGY Director of Religious School president@ohefsholom.org Tammi Foer Kim Simon Fink Allan Donn
Senior Rabbi Kitty Wolf, RJE Vice President: Andrew Fox Linda Fox-Jarvis Morris Fine
Rosalin Mandelberg kitty@ohefsholom.org John Cooper David Hirschler, II Robert C. Goodman, Jr. Sandra Forte-Nickenig
rabbi@ohefsholom.org Secretary: David Kushner Steven Kayer Jay M. Friedman
Engagement and Barbara U. Dudley Robert Levinson Edward G. Kaufman Leslie Friedman
Cantor Programming Associate Treasurer: Mike Jaffe Amy Metzger Dr. Howard Kesser Mark Friedman
Jennifer Rueben Nina Kruger Member-at-Large: Alyson Morrissey Edward A. Kramer Mark Hecht
cantorjen@ohefsholom.org membership@ohefsholom.org Charlie Nusbaum Dr. Bert Newfield Cathi M. Laderberg Andrew C. Kline
Engagement Committee Chair: Sharon Nusbaum Charles S. Nusbaum Steve Kocen
Rabbi Emeritus Office Manager
Marsha Moody Ethan Ostroff William L. Nusbaum Jay Legum
Lawrence A. Forman Shelley Stephens
Education Committee Chair: Dr. Abbey Pachter Dr. Robert M. Rubin Dr. Rachelle Luna
rabbiforman@ohefsholom.org shelley@ohefsholom.org
Barb Gelb Nicole Rosenblum Henry M. Schwan Robin Mancoll
Clergy Assistant Worship Committee Chair: Paula Russel Linda Spindel Dr. David Metzger
STAFF
Elizabeth Vincent Margaret Sawyer Joashua Schulman Alan D. Stein Alyssa Muhlendorf
Executive Director
Finance & Development Frank Scott Alex Pincus
Linda Peck liz@ohefsholom.org
Committee Chair: Leslie Shroyer Dr. Meredith Rose
linda@ohefsholom.org
Controller Neal Schulwolf Tom Snyder June Saks
Music Director Anna Rivera Immediate Past President: Lawrence Steingold Miriam Seeherman
Charles Woodward bookkeeper@ohefsholom.org Karen Fine Valeria Williamson The Honorable Louis Sherman
chuck@ohefsholom.org Louis D. Snyder
Graphic & Web Design
Linette Bond
Follow Us!
graphics@ohefsholom.org Sisterhood President OSTY Advisors
Gail W. Bachman Robyn & Paul Weiner
Men's Club President OSTY President ohef.s.temple
Tom Bachman Leia Morrissey
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Clergy Corner WITH RABBI & CANTOR
Wishing You Joy in its Season. . .
W
ith the advent of Fall comes cooler weather, We wish for you
the changing of the leaves and Sukkot, the during this week-
Festival of Booths. We are likely familiar with long celebration
the holiday’s agricultural and historic meanings -- that Sukkot truly be
the Ancient Israelites' celebration of the Fall harvest for us a time of real
of grain, grapes and olives and the wanderings of rejoicing; may we be
our ancestors for forty years in the desert during present to enjoy each
which they dwelt in temporary huts. For those of us moment of it – each
who construct sukkot, we have fun decorating our gathering of friends
temporary dwellings and hosting meals for family and family, each gust
and friends alike. Perhaps we even contemplate of fresh fall air, each Contact Clergy
the meaning of this joyful holiday that follows so sudden rain shower, Rabbi Roz & Cantor Jen
closely on the heels of the somber Yom Kippur -- as each dappling of fall rabbi@ohefsholom.org
Jews, we are absolutely to enjoy life, but not to be sunshine. So may cantorjen@ohefsholom.org
seduced by excess and or false senses of security. we be renewed and
What endures, what matters are faith, family and rejuvenated for all the good that is yet to come.
community -- the only things upon which we can
rely when the winds of change (or storms of autumn)
threaten.
Chag Sameach,
We also read the scroll of Kohellet, or Ecclesiastes,
on Sukkot. Why? Perhaps it’s the time of year,
autumn, that puts us in a reflective mood, thinking
back over the year and our lives, as Kohelet’s author
Rabbi Roz & Cantor Jen
did. This was the richest time of the year in ancient
Israel; the crops were gathered and so Sukkot was P.s. We look forward to celebrating Sukkot with you
a time of unrestrained rejoicing. Perhaps Kohelet, at Shabbat services, Friday, October 2 at 6:30 pm
with its repeated warnings that wealth and material and Saturday, October 3 at 10:30 am!
goods are vanities, served to temper the mood a
little.
But Rabbi Annie Petit writes, “There is a deeper
Shake it
aspect of Kohelet, however, that fits the mood of in the Sukkah!
Sukkot in quite a different way. Sukkot is a liminal
holiday, balancing on the edges of seasons. We We invite you to join Rabbi Roz
leave our solid houses for relatively frail temporary and Cantor Jen in our Atrium
structures. At the same time, ideally, we leave Sukkah to fulfill the mitzvot
behind our fixed everyday routines to try to reclaim, of dwelling in the Sukkah and
in some part, the exhilaration of our wildnerness shaking the lulav and etrog on:
experience of God. We want to go outside our Sunday, October 4
experiences, to encounter the unexpected, be it a 3:00 - 5:00 pm
sudden rain shower, some insight into the state of Wednesday, October 7
our lives, maybe even an experience of the Divine. 5:00 - 7:00 pm
Kohelet writes about the extremes of his own human
Masks are required, social
experience, noting that what we think that we
distancing will be respected, and
perceive is not necessarily the ultimate reality; he
disposable gloves will be used!
has searched high and low, been there and done
that, and is now giving us the benefit of all of his Call the Temple office
hard living. He calls us to get outside ourselves, at 757-625-4295
because the things we cling to often have no for more information.
ultimate meaning.”
OCTOber 2020 3
Presidential Address
Politics and Ohef Sholom
T
he Executive This could be said of Ohef Sholom Temple. We
Committee held may differ in our opinions, but we are one when we
a retreat on gather for worship, for social events, for emotional
Sunday, August 9. support after tragedy, and for performing acts of
We met at Temple, tikkun olam.
and thanks to a
creative set-up, 10 of The Executive Committee, Rabbi Roz, and Cantor
us were safely spread Jen understand we must all feel comfortable with all
throughout Kaufman aspects of our Temple. Still, we concluded that we
Hall. shouldn’t shy away from difficult topics and should
instead follow the example of Justices Scalia and
Terri Denison Budman One of the agenda Ginsburg and prepare ourselves to learn from each
President items was ‘Politics other’s dissent.
president@ohefsholom.org and Ohef Sholom
Temple.’ How On Yom Kippur, Rabbi Roz addressed this topic
do we not upset in her sermon in her usual intelligent, spiritual,
congregants, but remain relevant and guide our respectful, and even practical manner. If you did not
congregation through the many issues facing hear it, please check it out on our Facebook page or
today’s world? How do we examine national and read it on our website.
global events through a Jewish lens, while not
causing heartburn for those who don’t agree on the Communication, the Executive Committee agreed,
interpretation – or even the subject? If we don’t talk, is the critical key to civility. And, so, when possible,
how will we find or ever establish common ground? please take the time to write or speak with our
A spirited conversation took place. clergy or members of Temple leadership about
issues that are important or of concern to you. Like
We discussed how some issues that previously a family sitting around the dinner table, voices
wouldn’t be considered ‘political’ now are . . . the might rise with opposing viewpoints, but when the
environment, immigration, racism, and Israel, just discussion is over, a family is still a family. Likewise
to name a few. As far as the upcoming election, we we will always be a congregation – our Ohef Sholom
agreed without hesitation that we would not venture Temple Family.
into those murky waters.
Hopefully, we’ll learn from each other.
In her official statement from the Supreme Court
regarding the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, the
late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg began with a
L'shalom,
quote from the opera Scalia/Ginsburg:
“Toward the end of the opera Scalia/Ginsburg, tenor
Scalia and soprano Ginsburg sing a duet: 'We are
different, we are one,' different in our interpretation Terri Denison Budman
of written texts, one in our reverence for the
Constitution and the institution we serve.”
Justice Ginsburg continued, “From our years
together at the D.C. Circuit, we were best buddies.
We disagreed now and then, but when I wrote for
the Court and received a Scalia dissent, the opinion
ultimately released was notably better than my initial
circulation.”
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JEWISH LIFE OCTOBER
Mazel Tov!
Congratulations to Congratulations to Marisol and Jacob Chesla
Reese Longwater on her upcoming on their upcoming B'nai Mitzvah on October 31!
Bat Mitzvah on October 24!
Reese is the daughter of Adam and Marisol and Jacob are
Karen Longwater, sister of Madison the children of Mark
and Caden, granddaughter of E. and Emily Chesla,
Jean Heidig and the late George grandchildren of Kitty
T. Heidig (of blessed memory), and Wolf and the late
the granddaughter of Sandra T. Rabbi Arthur Steinberg
Longwater and the late Marvin H. (of blessed memory).
Longwater (of blessed memory).
Bring Home Some Ohef Sholom Sanctuary!
T
his year’s High Holidays looked different for Thank you for your generosity. Through it,
many of us -- unable to join together in the may we bring some sanctuary into a home
sanctuary with the glow of candlelights, the crisp and open sanctuary to those not currently
air of a fresh new fall, and the warm embrace of our within its warmth and safety.
families and community.
With love,
As a lover of stained glass who has picked up the
craft, I set about making a replica of our Temple’s Erica Fink
windows as a way to bring the sacredness of that
space into a home, into a family Shabbat. In return, Purchase Raffle
I’d like the piece to generate funds for those that Tickets online at
still seek sanctuary - that still need our community ohefsholom.org
and our country to share in the dignity of housing for a chance
and refuge. to win Erica
Fink's Stained
The pictured Ohef Sholom Stained Glass Shabbat Glass Shabbat
Candle Set is available for raffle, and all proceeds Candlesticks
will benefit the Caring Committee, which supports modeled after
the newly created Love Thy Neighbor initiative as our sanctuary
well as our Soup Kitchen and other tikkun olam windows! Drawing
(repairing the world) programs. $10 = 1 ticket! to be held on
November 23.
Tickets can be purchased online at
ohefsholom.org through November 20.
OCTOber 2020 5
JEWISH LIFE
Announcements
Mazel Tov to Dr. Stephen Mark Goldstein and Mazel Tov to our congregants being named to
Marsha Chenman who are pleased to announce Virginia Business's Virginia 500 - The 2020 Power
the birth of their newest (5th) granddaughter, Cielle List:
Reeves Baune, born September 1, 2020. She is the Andrew Fine as a Living Legend
daughter of Alexis Goldstein and Michael Braune, Morris Fine as a Living Legend
of Richmond, VA and granddaughter of Pamela Dorcas Helfant-Browning for Real Estate
Braune of Ocean Isles, North Carolina. Miles Leon for Real Estate
Mazel Tov to Todd Feldman, PA-C, son of Suzy and Excerpt from Inside Business dated Monday,
Marshall Feldman, graduated from Eastern Virginia September 14, 2020:
Medical School in 2018. He completed a Fellowship "Checkered Flag Auto Group Founder Edward
in Dermatology and is employed by Advanced Snyder's legacy of supporting community
Dermatology and Cosmetic Surgery in New Smyrna organizations lives on as his final bequests of nearly
Beach, Florida. He also completed a Fellowship $4 million have been distributed to local nonprofits.
through the Society of Dermatology Physician He died Oct. 19, 2018." Ohef Sholom Temple was
Assistants. one of several beneficiaries to receive a generous
gift of $500,000 from his son, Steve Snyder, who is
now the president of Checkered Flag. We remain
deeply grateful to Ed Snyder for this most generous
contribution.
2020 Kaufmann Award Ceremony Postponed
Due to safety concerns regarding the coronavirus, the 2020 Henry B. Kaufmann Award
Ceremony honoring Matthew Weinstein, which was scheduled to take place November
15th, has been postponed to a yet to be determined date in the coming year. You will be
notified when a new date has been selected.
Condolences Ohef Sholom offers heartfelt condolences to the following members & friends:
Jan Lane (Rick) on the loss of her father, Michelle and Michael Goodove on the loss of their
Eli Saul Chovitz. son, Gabi and Skylar on the loss of their brother,
Erle Marie Latimer on the loss of her husband, Harriet and Eddie Goodove on the loss of their
Robert "Bob" Latimer. grandson, and Scott and Amy Goodove on the loss
of their nephew, Grayson Jeffrey Goodove.
Yvonne Lerner on the loss of her mother,
Essie Morgan. Richard A. "Rick" Rivin on the loss of his husband,
Theodore M. "Ted" Bonk.
Lisa Bertini (Jack Siegel) on the loss of her mother,
Sylva Bertini. Susan Katz on the loss of her daughter, Robin Katz.
Melodi Albert on the loss of her mother, Robert (Lauren) Bensink on the loss of his father,
Betty Albert. Richard Bensink.
Sally (Ted) Adler on the loss of her brother, Michael (Leslie) Shroyer on the loss of his father,
David Segal. Amy Shroyer Lightbourn and Aaron M. Shroyer on
the loss of their grandfather, Norman C. Shroyer.
Jerome Perlman on the loss of his wife, Susan
Perlman Scholsohn and Steve Perlman (Sharon)
on the loss of their mother, Pansy Perlman.
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&
Sisterhood
W
e have officially started a New Year! Even as I sit here and write this article,
I am contemplating what this unique new year will bring. What will we be
able to do? What activities will we be able to participate in? When will we
be together? Just like everyone else, I have lots of questions and not so many
answers.
Our Sisterhood Board is meeting monthly and Gail W. Bachman
we are discussing how to bring us together Sisterhood President
sisterhood@ohefsholom.org
and support each other and our Temple. Our mission, as stated on the website:
Sisterhood takes pleasure in working with “OST Sisterhood is a community of welcoming women from all walks of life
our Religious School and so far this year, we who meet for spiritual, educational, and social growth through Judaism. Our
were able to provide snacks for the faculty as diverse members are all ages and come from varying backgrounds, allowing us
to join together to serve the needs of our congregation and community, while
they met to plan for their virtual year. Surely, cultivating life-long friendships." ✡
we will be there for our School in other ways,
too. Currently, we are planning a Zoom craft
project and a Winter Book Club. We are hoping to work with some of our other Temple committees and
support projects for the community, as well.
We welcome your thoughts and ideas, so please contact me.
Yours in Sisterhood,
Gail
Cell: (757) 646-2281
Men's Club
G
reetings from Quarantine Central. It’s not because of any virus but it’s
because I’m retired. We have had two Zoom meetings with the Men’s Club.
Our activity level has slowed down greatly but hasn’t stopped altogether.
We are currently working with OSTY for a future project. I hope everyone is
staying safe and secure and healthy.
Tom Bachman
There you have it, folks. Short, sweet, and to the point. Men's Club President
mensclub@ohefsholom.org
If you have any questions or comments, you can email me or call me.
NEXT MEETING:
Wednesday, October 7 at 6:00 pm
Sincerely, Become A
Tom Member online:
Cell: 757-635-0682 ohefsholom.org/mens-club/
OCTOber 2020 117
JEWISH LIFE OCTOBER
EcoJudaism
"Out With the Old, In With the New." Repurpose What you Can.
T
his old saying fits this time of year in the garden. or worse, burn them.
We are removing the late summer annuals, New research about
moving leaves, and planting winter bulbs and leaves shows that
plants. It is one of the times for new beginnings for keeping them in your
the garden. garden is much more
productive. Leaves
Many gardeners use this time to enrich their soil by can be mulched with
adding compost and other important materials and a mower back into the
planting cover crops. Cover crops are plants, usually lawn where they will
planted from seed, that hold the soil over the winter, break down releasing
retain soil nutrients, add organic matter, and help nutrients back into the
prevent soil compaction. Seeds that are often used soil. They can be used
for cover crops include winter wheat, winter rye, Leaves provide a protective in a compost pile with
oats, and crimson clover. layer for the soil and tender green trimmings and
plants. grass clippings. This
Fall is a great time for planting. It is more compost can later be added to your gardens where
comfortable working in the garden thanks to the it will help prevent weeds, add nutrients, and help
cooler weather. Different plants can be grown as maintain moisture. Shredded or mulched leaves can
food crops and for aesthetic reasons. These plants be put back into your gardens as a mulch. These will
need cooler weather to thrive and produce. There help your soil stay moist and protect tender plants
are 2 groups of plants that can be grown in cooler from the cold during the winter. “Repurpose what
weather. you can.”
One group of We are at the
plants can live beginning of the
in temperatures New Year. This is
as low as 32 a good time to
degrees and can reflect on what
withstand a light is changing in
frost. This group the natural world
includes beets, and find purpose,
carrots, lettuces, peace, and
and potatoes. renewal from it.
The other group, “In with the new.”
which includes Curly Kale is one of the plants that
can survive temperatures below We plan and
kale, collards, plant. “Out with
freezing.
mustard, spinach, the old.” We trim, By not removing stems, branches,
parsley, and broccoli is extremely hardy and can weed, harvest, and and leaves, spaces are provided
tolerate temperatures as low 20 degrees. Most of pull. Repurpose for animals like the swallowtail
these crops have more flavor after a frost. chrysalis to shelter for the winter.
what you can. We
compost, save seeds, use rain barrels, reuse, repair,
You still may be able to find plants at the garden
and try to minimize our footprint on God’s earth.
centers. It is too late to start them from seed. Seed
should have been started in August for fall planting.
A word about those pesky leaves that are falling Jackie Haywood
EcoJudaism Chair
and covering your yard and streets. The traditional jackiewoh2@yahoo.com
plan was to rake them up and throw them away
8 THE TEMPLE POST
TREX Program Update
D
espite an interruption from the COVID-19 anyway; just don’t throw it in the trash.
pandemic, members of Ohef Sholom Temple
have come through to successfully earn our third To review what can be recycled: TREX accepts
TREX bench. This bench will be presented to the pallet wrap and stretch film, grocery bags, bread
Gosnold Apartments, a facility of Virginia Supportive bags, case overwrap, dry cleaning bags, newspaper
Housing. sleeves, ice bags, wood pellet bags, ziplock
and other recloseable food storage bags,
Although the Temple has been closed, produce bags, bubble wrap, salt bags
Jackie Haywood and I have been and cereal bags. All plastic must be
collecting and weighing plastic clean, dry and free of food residue.
every week when we come to work
in the OST garden. Even with the Most of you have been very good
temporary halt in collection for at only bringing in acceptable
most of March, we still turned in material, but every once in a while
627 pounds of plastic, bringing our material that cannot be accepted
total to over 2,200 pounds since we sneaks in. Please make sure not
began in February 2019. This is 2,200 to include plastic bottles, plates,
pounds of single use plastic that will cutlery or clamshell packaging. We
not end up in landfills, in the ocean, or in have even found rotten bananas, a can
the stomachs of marine life. of corn and a bra. So please don’t mix
up your TREX and your trash, groceries or
Members and friends can bring their plastic to the contributions to clothing drives!
Temple Monday through Friday during business
hours of 9:30 am to 4:00 pm. Leave your plastic in As we start our fourth collection, I am looking
the bins in the foyer; please do not leave it outside. forward to continuing to reach out to our members
If you can’t bring it to the Temple, you can drop it off and the community with this program. Suggestions
at any Food Lion or Harris-Teeter. If you can weigh it, on where to place future benches are welcome as
send me the amount. If you can’t weigh it, turn it in well as additional volunteers, who can help collect,
weigh and turn in plastic. I particularly want to
thank Sharon Nusbaum, Jackie Haywood, the
maintenance and office staff of OST and everyone
who has brought in their plastic regularly. For more
information please contact Christina Verderosa at
verderosa916@gmail.com.
Christina Verderosa
EcoJudaism Chair
verderosa916@gmail.com
OCTOber 2020 9
Tzedakah Corner
Soup Kitchen
What does our Soup Kitchen look like
during the Pandemic?
S
taying true to our mission of serving our hungry
neighbors, the Soup Kitchen moved outdoors
under the Temple portico plus three tents to
protect our volunteers and guests from the rain or
glaring sunshine. At the first table, we offer a boxed
hot meal in a to-go bag. Under the second tent,
guests can select from iced gatorades and water
bottles, tuna fish and cracker kits, macaroni and
cheese, pasta with sauce and many more pantry
staples. Under the third tent, we distribute toiletry
kits, donated backpacks, clothes and shoes, Bombas
socks, and individual hand sanitizers and masks,
which were donated by FEMA!
My hair stylist,
Joshua Lewis,
has remained
steadfast to his
commitment to
give free haircuts
to all who would
like one, and
he sets up his
station under a
shady tree with
lots of extension
cords.
All of this only
happens with
the support of
our devoted
volunteers who
follow all safety
protocols while providing fellowship and much-
needed food and personal items to our guests.
Start your New Year off right by giving back to our
community in need. Join our Soup Kitchen team to
feed our hungry Ghent neighbors the last Monday
of every month, rain or shine, pandemic or good
times. Contact Dorianne Villani at dvillani@cox.net
to participate in this Mitzvah.
Dorianne Villani
Soup Kitchen Chair
dvillani@cox.net
10 THE TEMPLE POSTEducation
Religious School is Underway!
O
ur Religious School began the year with a There are also special programs for our teens and
welcome drive-through on September 13 preschoolers.
where the students got to meet and greet their
teachers and pick up class materials while socially Does your child have special needs? In order to
distancing in their cars! provide a meaningful and appropriate religious
education for all Jewish children, OST has a Virginia
Our virtual classes will begin on Sunday, October 4 State certified special education teacher on our staff
2020 with a new creative and comforting curriculum to work with children with special needs to create an
developed especially for these challenging times. environment in which all children can learn.
La-bri’ut: To our Health and Wellness is intended For more information, please contact Kitty Wolf
to provide our students with the tools to get at kitty@ohefsholom.org or 757-625-4295.
through these difficult times, to recognize their inner
strengths and make hard choices through a Jewish
lens.
Upcoming Events
OCT. 4
Religious School Virtual Classes Begin
9:00 am
Hebrew
10:00 am
Intro to Judaism Class
10:30 am
Religious School
11:00 am
Wiggles & Giggles
OCT. 11
9:00 am
Hebrew
10:30 am
Religious School
OCT. 18
9:00 am
Hebrew
10:00 am
Intro to Judaism Class
10:30 am
Religious School
Specifically for young families and children, birth through OCT. 25
four years, Wiggles & Giggles introduces young children to 9:00 am
their Jewish World. For more information call 757-625-4295 Hebrew
or contact Allena Anglen at allenahurwitz@gmail.com or 10:30 am
Kitty Wolf at kitty@ohefsholom.org. Religious School
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OCTOber 2020 11Life&Legacy
Campaign Update: October 2020
A
s we near the end of the Harold Grinspoon LIFE & LEGACY campaign, we
want to again share our appreciation to those who have participated and
made the choice to leave a LEGACY gift for Ohef Sholom. It has been an
incredibly successful effort for Ohef Sholom and our community!
It is through this campaign that we recognize the vital necessity of our
continued effort to create and foster a culture of philanthropy in our OST
community. LIFE & LEGACY will officially end in December, and while we will
have successfully achieved our stretch goals set when we began this initiative four years ago, we have yet
to reach the larger goal we set in honor of our milestone anniversary campaign of 100 endowment gifts.
Reaching this goal, and even going beyond, will help embed philanthropy as a foundational element of our
culture.
Growing our endowment through bequests and other forms of legacy giving is critical to the Temple’s ability
to meet the challenges of a changing world and fulfill our mission. It is an ongoing effort that we need to
sustain by fostering new and ongoing conversations as these conversations are not only sources of giving
but are the prerequisite for getting those gifts.
A common misconception about legacy giving, and a big reason why many people shy away from
conversations regarding them, is that in order to have one, you need to be of high net worth. The truth is
that ANYONE can leave a legacy; size is not what is important. These conversations are really an open
dialogue about values that are close to your heart. Legacy giving provides one with the opportunity to
remember what it feels like to support people, not things, community not services, and to build strong ties
that will support all of us and future generations. What we get from giving is priceless.
The Grinspoon initiative in combination with our 175th Anniversary Campaign tremendously helped
reinvigorate this critical area of resource development that plays such an important role in normal times, but
especially in transitional and challenging times like we are experiencing now.
If you are interested in learning more about making a LIFE & LEGACY gift or helping with this effort,
please reach out to our LIFE & LEGACY Chair and Foundation President Matt Fine at
matthewfine@cox.net or (757) 407-1368. Your commitment today will ensure our Jewish community a
vibrant tomorrow.
A special thanks to those who have already formalized their LIFE &
LEGACY commitments.
ALL gifts require formalization!
Kaitlyn Oelsner at the Tidewater Jewish Foundation is our LIFE &
LEGACY contact person who can assist you or answer any questions.
Please feel free to reach out to her at
757-965-6103 or Koelsner@ujft.org.
12 THE TEMPLE POSTDonations *denotes gifts of $25 or more
We appreciate the thoughtfulness of those who support OST
by remembering and honoring their friends and loved ones through their generous contributions.
Please have your donations submitted to the Temple before the beginning of each month.
175TH EDWARD J. KESSER In Memory of: With Appreciation for Sue Ellen & Seymour
In Memory of: RELIGIOUS SCHOOL ELI CHOVITZ Uniongrams: Teach
WALTER “VEVY” FUND Lynn & Jeff Sachs Linda Peck MORRIS ODESKY
BUDMAN In Memory of: LOIS LEGUM Sue Ellen & Seymour *Carol & David Pariser
*Nancy & Charlie GRAYSON GOODOVE *Judy & Bob Rubin Teach ALICE PARISER
Nusbaum & Family *Howard Kesser SISTERHOOD - *Carol & David Pariser
ROBERT LIVERMAN PANSY PERLMAN OHEF SHOLOM FLORAL FUND HARRY PARISER
*Nancy & Charlie *Howard Kesser FOUNDATION In Memory of: *Carol & David Pariser
Nusbaum & Family UNRESTRICTED ANNA C. LISNER PANSY PERLMAN
KURT'S CLUB FUNDS Brenda & Sheal Lisner *Mary Sue Donsky
CANTOR In Memory of: In Memory of: ALEXANDER KURT ROSENBACH
JENNIFER RUEBEN'S KURT ROSENBACH ROBERT LATIMER BENJAMIN MIZROCH *Nancy Sacks Jacobson
DISCRETIONARY *Beth Curtiss and *Sharon & Bill Nusbaum *Patricia & George
FUND Charlie Nusbaum ROBERT LIVERMAN Rowland TREE OF LIFE
In Honor of the Bat & Families *Sharon & Bill Nusbaum LEONA ROSE ROBERTS In Honor of the 65th
Mitzvah of: *Sharon & Bill Nusbaum *Esther & Andy Kline, Birthday of:
AUBREY COUNCIL GAIL W. BACHMAN Diane Roberts, Jackie & BILL NUSBAUM
*Kenda & Michael LIBRARY FUND EDUCATIONAL FUND Jerry Roberts *Beth Curtiss and
Council In Memory of: In Memory of: Charlie Nusbaum
In Memory of: ELI CHOVITZ SYLVA BERTINI TEMPLE FUND
ROBERT LATIMER Harriet & Gerry Bloom *Gail & Tom Bachman In Memory of: TREE OF
*Rachelle & Roberto ELI CHOVITZ HERBERT B. ALTSCHUL REMEMBRANCE
Luna LOVE THY NEIGHBOR *Gail & Tom Bachman *Deborah Reznick In Memory of:
With Appreciation to: ROBERT LATIMER EUGENE BLOOM ROBERT LIVERMAN
CARING COMMITTEE MARSHA MOODY *Gail & Tom Bachman *Diane McCabe *Beverly & Jack Fox
FUND *Jo Ellen Rose ROBERT LIVERMAN WALTER DEBS “VEVY” KURT ROSENBACH
In Memory of: *Kim & Andrew Fink BUDMAN *His Grandchildren
ROBERT LIVERMAN RABBI ROSALIN ESSIE MORGAN *Sharon & Bill Nusbaum
*Kim & Andrew Fink MANDELBERG’S *Gail & Tom Bachman *Sue Ellen & Seymour CHUCK WOODWARD
ROSS MYRON TRUMP DISCRETIONARY PANSY PERLMAN Teach MUSIC FUND
*Barbara & Paul FUND *Gail & Tom Bachman ELI CHOVITZ In Honor of the Bat
Johnson In Honor of the Baby *Pam & Dan Snyder Mitzvah of:
Naming of Avery: SISTERHOOD ROBERT LIVERMAN AUBREY COUNCIL
CARING COMMITTEE *Aimee & Jonathan In Memory of: *Darryl Lefcoe *Kenda & Michael
FUND - NEST Smith ROBERT LATIMER *Nancy Lowe Council
In Memory of: In Honor of the Bat *Marsha & Marty Moody *Marsha & Marty Moody
DONNA KOOTNER Mitzvah of: ESSIE MORGAN *Gilda Pieck & Family
Carol & Lou Sherman AUBREY COUNCIL *Marsha & Marty Moody *David Seidman & Kay
*Kenda & Michael Kohnke
Council *Carol & Lou Sherman
Many thanks to everyone who made High Holiday calls to our congregants, who packaged the Temple gift bags, and
who delivered prayer books and gifts to all of our congregants. We are so fortunate to have such a generous and
thoughtful Temple Family. Many thanks to Linda Fox-Jarvis and Barbara Dudley for co-chairing this project.
Gift Assembly: Paula Russel Faith Corey Robert Levinson Leslie Shroyer Terri Budman Robert Levinson
Terri Budman June Saks Karen Fine Amy Metzger Tom Snyder John Cooper Alyson Morrissey
Beth Campion Abby Seeman Matthew Fine David Metzger Linda Spindel Monica Cooper Sharon Nusbaum
Frank Campion Izzy Seeman Tammi Foer Marsha Moody Ellen Wagner Karen Fine Abbey Pachter
Gil Donovan Patti Seeman Sandy Forte- Alyson Morrissey Paul Weiner Andy Fox Lou Sherman
Beverly Fox Nickenig Bill Nusbaum Robyn Weiner Barb Gelb Lawrence
Martha Javinsky Callers: Mark Friedman Sharon Nusbaum Valeria Debbie Higgins Steingold
Lauren Mehosky Carol Brum Barb Gelb Abbey Pachter Williamson Judy Hurwitz Liz Vincent
Amy Metzger Terri Budman David Hirschler Sharon Ross David Jarvis
Leia Morrissey Beth Campion Ted Kaufman June Saks Deliveries: Rachel Kane
Sharon Nusbaum John Cooper Nina Kruger Margaret Sawyer Sean Blake Nina Kruger
Abbey Pachter Minette Cooper Jay Legum Lou Sherman Carol Brum Cathi Laderberg
OCTOber 2020 13Yahrzeits OCTOBER *denotes memorial plaque
Sept 27 - Oct 3 October 4 - 10 Dorothy M. Eggleston Katrina LaShea Bryant Irving Glaser*
Irwin M. Adler* Simon Alper Herta Familier David Gerald Burg Meyer Glazer
Sigmund Albert Mary Barker Louis Feldman Arlyn Cohn Marilyn Levin
Harry Brum Ralph Bartel Dorothy Feldman Mary Allison Davis Goldberg*
Myron (Mike) Joseph Daniel F. Berger Betty Finkelman Myron Eisenberg Thelma Kayer
Cohen Henry Bress Pearl Forman Iris Elkins Goldman
Anna K. Cohen* (USN Capt. Ret) Belle Fuchtler* Andrea Elizabeth Sidney Goldstein*
Bernice Noble Cohen Rosa T. Brodsky Birdie Paker Gartner* Farrell* Hattie Goldstone*
Jo Barbara Louis Caplan* Aaron Ginsberg Morris Fine* Max Guggenheimer*
Cooper-Yulsman Laura C. Casey* Lillian Goldman Jeffrey Firoved Roberta B. Hamovit*
Samuel Davidson* Dr. Milton A. Clark* Joe Harr Katherine Frank Reva Lehman Hoffman
Nancy Dougherty Mary T. Cooper* Elmo C. Harris, Jr. Freedman Wilma Isay
Freda Enevoldsen Jacob M. Crockin* Harry Harrison, Jr.* Herbert Fried Bella Grant Jacobs*
Linda Levy Flick Ben Diamond Myra Helman Dr. Harry M. Frieden* Daniel Jameson
Melvin Friedman* Jacob Donsky Doris Hindlin Joseph Frumkin Polly Jameson
Louis H. Friedman John Ellman Gerald P. Hochstadt Penny Galbraith Michael Kayton*
Charles Galumbeck Celia Friedberg* Sadie S. Hofheimer* Lee A. Gifford* Neil T. Kinnear III
Harriet Gilbert Linda H. Glaser* Joseph B. Hornstein* Esther Goldstein Rachel Kurtz
Helen W. Glanzer* Ida B. Glick Ronald N. Hyman* Belle Goodman* Lenore Laibstain*
Ted Goldberg Brett Goldman* Frank Jacobs* Sol Gross Michel Larar
Eugene Forrest Irving Hecht Lee Jaffe Joseph David Gurfein David Laskewitz
Gordman* Sanne Hecht* Andrew Ernest Johns Evelyn Hofheimer* Herbert Legum
Charlotte Griggs Harriet Herman Evelyn Kanter* Dr. Charles Horton* Harry Legum*
Norman Gutterman Malcom Inwood Viola Kayer Maurice Joo* Louise R. Leterman*
Harry O. Hindlin Melissa Jaffe Mervin Kramer* Joanne Eisenberg Fannie Blum Liebman*
Eleanor B. Hofheimer Wade S. Johnson Bessie Rose Kruger* Kagan I. James London*
Milton M. Jacobson* Mildred Smith Johnson Sophie Lasting* Mabel Wasserman Anna May E. Luther
Marian Jacobson* Benjamin Katz* Esther Levin* Kaufman* Samuel Marcus*
Leah C. Jaffe* Max Kraus Rose Lewis Hyman Lasting* Augusta Marx*
Charles L. Kaufman, Sr. Alfred Legum Joseph Lipman* John Lefkowitz Robin Minskoff-Pollock
Reva Keeley Phillip Leventhal* Hymie Longwater Jessie B. Levine* Rochelle Nichols
Bertha Kleisdorf Rose Weiser Lobock Melvin Losick Stanley Levy* Maurice W. Nordlinger*
Murray Kossman* Herman Marc* Hannah Lubschutz* Sarah Plant Lipman* Alice Norris*
Sydel Krakower Julia Messenger* Stephen Leigh Sylvia D. Lisner Robert C. Nusbaum*
Kate Lasting* Annie Messenger* Markman Esther Cohen Lit* Charles G. Nusbaum
Harry H. Levine* Alice Moses Jerome Massey Robert Lowenthal* Faith Nusbaum
Harry Lewis Mary Nemo* Foster McCormick Wayne Lustig* Willis Partridge
Lee B. Luther David Nesson Edith McDonald Isidor Margolius* Samuel Poppel
Faye S. Markoff* Rubie Puritz Herman Messenger* Elsie W. Margolius* Dr. James Guy Price*
Moses Hirsh Mizroch Sadie Ries* Abraham Miller* Byrdie Messenger* Lynda A. Reynolds
Martin Luther Moody David Rosen* Leonard Moore George Morton Zelma G. Rivin
Charles Myers Arthur Sacks Hyman Samuel Posner Henrietta Spagat Kathy Rosenbach*
Fredrick Nicholson Victor Sampson* Betty Raphel* Nusbaum* Belle Koenigsberg
Sue Godet Noble Ben Sarb Sally L. Rephan Alice Pariser Rosenbaum
Sam Novick* Robert Schulman* Walter R. Rierson Leonard Rosen* Kate Rosenberg
Joan Leterman Mollie Shamitz Herman Romash Rose Morgenstern Max M. Rothschild
Nusbaum Jack Sheppard* Sonia Romash Sachs* Jessie Schnitzer
Herman L. Rapoport* Zelda Silverman* Frieda Rosenbach Mayer A. Sarfan Faye Schulwolf
Hannah Rapp Louis Stadlin Audrey Sampson Tilda Schorr Dr. Robert S.
Rebecca Reshefsky Victor Terkeltaub Freda Schloss* Frances Slanger Seeherman
Zella Rew Fannie Terkeltaub Jane Silberman Edward B. Snyder* Ben Paul Snyder*
Dr. Linda Rodriguez Flora Leah Trump Jose Simon Allan Mark Spiegel* Harold Spilka
Robert V. Ronick Albert Turner* Rabbi Raphael Isaiah Joseph H. Strelitz* Jane Stern
Charles I. Rostov Beatrice N. Wachtel Sobel* L.E. Ullman, Jr. Sara U. Talley
Louis Rostov Gay B. Wasserman* Virginia Sohmer Ester Umstadter* Mary D. Tucker
Mary Rottenberg Bernard Wasserman* Maurice Steingold* Henry Schloss Van Os* Olga Wadley
Elsa Goodman Scott Ruth Wishneff Diego Velez Harry Wachtel Melvin Wagner
James Smith Louis Waldman* Florence F. Waters Alex Weinstein
Louis Snyder* October 11 - 17 Mae Willson Sara Woodson
Jennie Sommers* Edward Auerbach* October 25 - 31
Herman Spigel Julius Barker October 18 - 24 Lemuel Altschul*
Morris Tischler* Horace Maxwell Bear Jerome Adler Philip C. Ball
John G. Ullman Betty Berg Margaret F. Baum Kate S. Clark
Pearl F. Weil Norman Berlin* Meyer Bazar* Naomi V. Ehrenworth*
Lena Zion Zentz Margie Buxbaum* Beatrice Masnikoff Sam Feldman
Evelyn Ziehl Harold Cohen Blumenthal* Bessie Finkelstein
Sylvia Zucker Raymond Israel Cohen Madeline P. Bohan Morton N. Freedman*
McArthur Colton Stephen Bonk Alice Friedman
Shireen Coran* Michael Brownstein Maurice Garson*
14 THE TEMPLE POSTCalendar&BIrthdays
October Events October BIRTHDAYs
Thursday Thursday Tuesday October 1 October 13 October 24
1 4:00 pm 8 Sukkot (Day 6) 20 9:00 pm Zachary Amy Brotman Shannon Bartel
Virtual Torah Study 4:00 pm D'Bar Torah Wohlgemuth Morris Fine Marshall Duny
(via Zoom) Virtual Torah Study October 2 Carol Hirschler October 25
5:00 pm Thursday Steve Stedman
Executive
(via Zoom)
7:00 pm 22 4:00 pm
Allena Anglen
Aqee Jackson October 14
Eddie Goodove
John Newport
Committee Rabbi Roz's Anti- Virtual Torah Study
Meeting Racism Course (via Zoom)
Barbara Larar Sally Adler October 26
October 3 Sara Bachman Jane Goldman
Michelle Glick Norman Hecht
Friday Friday Friday Charlene Gold
2 Erev Sukkot 9 Sukkot (Day 7) 23 6:30 pm Ellen Harris
Bibi Jackson
Rebecca
Hirschler October 27
6:30 pm Hoshanah Rabah Shabbat Services Mark Jacobson Chris Hallissy
Shabbat Services 6:30 pm followed by Oneg* October 4 Sheldon Leavitt Dorcas Helfant-
followed by Oneg* Shabbat Services David Abraham Larry Weintraub Browning
SATURDAY Jack Hoffman
SATURDAY
Celebrating
24 9:00 am
Nina Taubman
October 15 Lisa Sands
3 Sukkot (Day 1)
Simchat Torah
followed by Oneg* Virtual Torah Study October 5
Julie Blumenthal
Bill Boykin
Beth Mancoll October 28
9:00 am (via Zoom) Chip Friedman
SATURDAY 10:30 am Andrew Fink Ida Mero
Virtual Torah Study
(via Zoom) 10 9:00 am Shabbat Services Vicki Goldrich
Bonnie Kerner
Bo Saks Ronni Schatz
October 29
10:30 am Virtual Torah Study & Bat Mitzvah of October 16
Shabbat Services* (via Zoom) Reese Longwater* Reva Stein Joe Goldberg
Adam Donn
10:30 am October 6 Evelyn Hearst Jack Levi
SUnDAY Shabbat Services* Sunday Lawrence Belkin Dana Lotkin
4 Sukkot (Day 2) 25 9:00 am Rick Jacobson
Cynthia Rose
October 17
Stephen Nemo
Melissa
9:00 am Sunday
Hebrew School 11 9:00 am
Hebrew School
10:30 am
October 7
Ed Ostroff
Andy Cohen
Ed Epstein
Wilcoxon
Matthew
10:00 am Hebrew School Religious School Kristin Partington
Intro to Judaism 10:30 am faYe Howe Williamson
Paul Weiner
10:30 am Monday October 18 October 30
Religious School
Religious School
26 9:30 am October 8
Gail Berger
Leo Cohen Larry Forman
11:00 am Tuesday
Wiggles & Giggles 13 5:00 pm
Soup Kitchen
Garry Whitehurst
Scott Konikoff
October 19
Jodi Klebanoff
Todd Kletz
3:00 pm Tuesday October 9
Shake it in the
F&D Committee
Meeting 27 9:00 pm Monica Cooper
Rebecca
Dorfman
Carol Levin
Norma Young
Sukkah 9:00 pm D'Bar Torah Giselle Weinstein October 31
D'Bar Torah October 21
October 10 Robyn Klein Brian Hollings
MonDAY Thursday
5 Sukkot (Day 3) Wednesday 29 4:00 pm
Maria Dorsk Frankie Ostroff
14 6:30 pm Virtual Torah Study
Barbara Dudley
Jason Goldstein
Paula Rodgers
Lisa Sisler
Tuesday Sisterhood Meeting (via Zoom)
6 Sukkot (Day 4) 7:00 pm
Ted Kaufman
Lynn Sachs
Benjamin
Wilcoxon
4:00 pm Thursday
House Committee 15 4:00 pm
Rabbi Roz's Anti-
Racism Course
Donna Salasky
October 11
October 22
Meeting Virtual Torah Study Erik Cooper
6:15 pm Friday Howard Dorfman
Worship
(via Zoom)
7:00 pm 30 6:30 pm Robin Mancoll
Oliver Mitchell-
Boyask
Committee Board Meeting Shabbat Services October 12 Arleen Owens
Meeting followed by Oneg* Neil Anglen Margarita Simon
7:00 pm Friday
On the Map Film 16 6:30 pm SATURDAY
Warren Kozak October 23
Event with ODU Shabbat Services 31 9:00 am
Rachael
Nusbaum
Allan Frost
Elizabeth Leeor
Basketball Coach followed by Oneg* Virtual Torah Study Ellie Porter
Jeff Jones and (via Zoom)
SATURDAY 10:30 am
Filmmaker Dani
Menkin 17 9:00 am Shabbat Services
9:00 pm Virtual Torah Study & B'nai Mitzvah of
D'Bar Torah (via Zoom) Marisol & Jacob
10:30 am Chesla* To add an event to the
Wednesday
7 Sukkot (Day 5)
Shabbat Services* Temple calendar, please email
reservations@ohefsholom.org.
5:00 pm Sunday
Shake it in the 18 9:00 am
Sukkah Hebrew School
6:00 pm 10:00 am
Men's Club Intro to Judaism
Meeting 10:30 am
Religious School
*denotes live stream event
OCTOber 2020 15Non-Profit Org.
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