CBH News & Events

June/July 2016

Upcoming EventsJune 2016

• Thursday, June 2, 6pmIntro to Meditation (EC)

• Friday, June 3, 7:30pmErev Shabbat (GG/RJ)

• Saturday, June 4, 9:30am Bat Mitzvah, Molly Silverman

•Monday, June 6, 6pm Meditation and Chant

• Friday, June 10 6:30pm Meditation & Mussar (RJ) Saturday, June 11 1pm ShalOM Yoga (RH) 7pm Family Shavuot

• Sunday, June 12, 9:30am Shavuot Spiritual Summit

•Monday, June 13, 9am Yizkor Service Office Closed

• Friday, June 17, 7:30pmErev Shabbat (GG)

•Monday, June 20, 6pm Meditation and Chant

• Friday, June 24, 6:30pm Pride Seder

• Saturday, June 25, 9:30am Bar Mitzvah, Benjamin Borthwick Support the Ben Gays softball team Games June & July Sundays at 5pm 1166 Piedmont Ave NE Atlanta, GA 30361

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HAMAAGALSPOTLIGHT: Shavuot

The Spiritual Summit: A Revelation of Our Common Ground

Tradition teaches that we were all present at Sinai; each of us understanding our encounter with our unique abilities. This is celebrated on Shavuot.

This year we have reimagined Shavuot using this teaching of arriving at Mount Sinai. Beginning with a silent breakfast, we will join together for a service that is both introspective and interactive. We will experience sacred text, embodied spirituality, prayers, meditation and chant. These spiritual practices will be our investigation of our experience of connection and revelation.

Collectively we will discover our place at the mountain and how it fits with the larger CBH community. Together, we will share the bounty of our personal and collective revelation.

Come curious. Come simply. Come willingly.RSVP online please so we can order enough breakfast.

Shavuot Family Ice-Cream Party Saturday, June 11, 7pm Come hear the annual telling of the story of Moses and the Ten Commandments with ice cream and toppings for props! Help Rabbi Josh make a Mount Sinai of ice cream... and then help him eat it!

Shavuot Yizkor Monday, June 13, 9amAt the Yizkor service, we take time to remember our loved ones who have passed away. Please let us know if you will be attending so we will know if we will have a minyan. Email awalker@cbhatlanta.org by Thursday, June 9.

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CELEBRATIONSBIRTHDAYS

Scene Around CBH

Moral Monday at St. Mark United Methodist Church

May 23

Bat Mitzvah Zoe Falcon

May 7

B’nai Mitzvah Ava & Nicholas Dean

April 9

NAME BIRTHDAYJesse Bathrick June 1 Alexandra Creath June 1 Aviva Tess Hoffner-Martin June 1 Susan Kramer June 1 Carrie Hausman June 2 Ava Posner June 2 Lynn Sokler June 2 Oren Stapel-Wax June 2 Terese Allen June 3 Faith Arkel June 3 James Scheer June 3 Michele Casper June 5 Abby Shiffman June 5 Jack Lewis June 6 Anna Marianchuk June 7 Lillian Adele Morris June 7 Will Robertson June 7 Shoshana Ben-Yoar June 8 Justin Byers June 9 Isaac King Huntington June 10 Louis Lovett June 10 Eli Shahar June 10 Emily Arnold June 11 Mariah Klein June 11 Lewis Poma June 11 Faith Powell June 11 Peggy Testa June 11 Benjamin Borthwick June 12 Alex Marquardt June 13 Eliza Dean June 14 Ronan Feuer June 14 Isaac Reiss June 14 Moshe Gittelson June 15 Ken Alpern June 16 Grace Breitkopf June 16 Stephen Osheroff June 16 Molly Silverman June 16 Wendy Pruitt June 17 Joen Bettmann June 18

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NAME BIRTHDAY NAME BIRTHDAYJosh Silverman June 19 Julia Bouer-Schlitt July 12 Paul Glickstein June 20 Bella Dehaven July 13 Levi Griffith June 21 Elisheva Miller July 13 Joanna Wallack June 21 Sarah Anne Minkin July 14 Michele Dehaven June 22 Marjorie Vaughn July 14 Nancy Davis June 23 Mary Sabel July 15 Harriet Gold June 23 Orli Klein July 16 Shaina Lee June 24 David Stein July 16 Mark Ravina June 24 David Aaron Golivesky-Bloom July 17 Mark Ben-Yoar June 25 Elyssa Leigh Golivesky-Bloom July 17 Mike Finesilver June 25 Bernice Cohen July 18 Reuben Haller June 25 Abby Drue July 18 Madeline Hill June 26 Joseph Duval July 18 Mollie Monett June 26 Cindy Giver July 19 Eliana Norton June 27 Sarah Lewis July 19 Stanley Tenenbaum June 27 Seth Lewis July 19 Paul Siegel June 29 Scot Safon July 19 Ellie Emerich June 30 Stephanie Gewirtz July 20 Sam Mitchell July 2 Nicole Jurovics July 20 Julian Bridges July 3 Stella Walsh July 20 Eve Lackritz July 3 Michael Barnett July 22 Melissa Toporek July 3 Andrew Abend July 23 Patric Bell-Good July 4 Nicholas Brooks-Alt July 23 Samantha Gewirtz July 4 Kathryn Duval July 23 Luca Davidorf July 5 Braden Pressman July 23 Benjamin Gittelson July 5 Ari Betan-Snook July 24 Maximillian Levie-Sprick July 5 Madeline Laing July 25 Allison Carter July 6 Marcy Leach July 25 David Gittelman July 6 Jacob Stein July 26 Pam Gould July 6 Ellen Steinberg July 26 Lilian Safon July 6 Susan Tenenbaum July 26 Mark Homer July 7 Marjorie Osheroff July 27 Jan Levie July 7 David Schechter July 27 Alana Mermin-Bunnell July 7 Jordan Taglialatela July 27 Jose Barandiaran July 8 Gabriel Kuperminc July 29 Richard Breitkopf July 8 Mia Kuperminc July 29 Laura Greenberg July 8 Lynne Norton July 29 Bill Witherspoon July 10 Carole Schumer July 29 Aaron Baldwin July 11 Andy Segal July 29 Ava Dean July 11 Hazel Griffith July 30 Max Leopold July 11 Rodger Marks July 30 Ariel Bouer-Schlitt July 12 Sarah Winer July 30 Ian Bouer-Schlitt July 12 Ned Bridges July 31

• Oneg Hosts: Joe Chancey, Kim Goldsmith, Dennis Diamond, Terry Egdal & Mark Podhorzer• Mental Health program: Kim Goldsmith, Audrey Galex, Sharyn Faro, Dennis Diamond, Paula Bloom, Miriam Karp• Lay leader for May 20: McKenzie Wren• Meditation Class: Elizabeth Cohen• Freedom Shabbat: Amy Price, Mike Zimmerman, Sarah Zaslaw, Natalie Stahl, members of the chorus.• Holocaust remembrance Shabbat for their rich and meaningful contributions: Lauren Rich, Marianna Kaufman, Abbie Fuksman, Glen Gurevitch, Steve Wolf, Jackie Sherman, Natalie Stahl.

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General Fund• Paul Glickstein, to the General Fund/

Music Program IMO Vita Leo-Brown• Lisa Heimann & Jeffrey Jones, IMO

Vita Leo-Brown• Jerry Shure, IMO Eva Iteld

Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund• Judy & Harvey Silverman, IHO Rabbi

Josh’s Father• The family of Donna Lewis would

like to express their thanks to everyone for their cards, calls, prayers and kind deeds. Jill Jacobs

• Esther Rechtman• Sharon Sonenblum & Jason

Blumenkrantz• Mark Podhorzer & Terry Egdal, IHO

Rabbi Josh & the grief group

Yahrzeit Donation• Joyce Kinnard, IMO Stephen O.

Kinnard• Michele Casper, IMO Janina Casper

Building Fund• Paul Glickstein, IHO Andy Segal’s

commitment to our community and his moving CBH@30 presentation

• Rebeca Quintana, IMO Donna Lewis and Abraham Gittelson

• Joyce Kinnard, IHO Zoe Falcon’s bat mitzvah

• Caleb Koffler, IHO Sylvia Gross• Leslie Kean• Elena Freedman-Hall, part of her

earnings from her jewelry sale• IMO Vita Leo-Brown:

• Rebeca Quintana• Joyce Kinnard• Marian Meyers & Lauren Rich

DONATIONS CBHCS NEWSRegistration for the 2016-17 school year is now open!

Join the fun at the CBH Community School (CBHCS) next year! CBHCS is our Sunday morning religious school for children from Pre-K through 7th grade. We blend Jewish literacy education (prayers, holidays, stories, songs and Hebrew) with topical and social justice learning around race, disability and ableism, gender, body image, and holocaust.

If you have a child in this age range who is not yet a part of our school community, or if you know of friends or neighbors who might be a good fit for our school program, please contact Emet Ozar at education@cbhatlanta.org for more information. We’d love to have you! The Matan Fund Can Help The Matan Fund is one of many ways you can direct your giving to a resource within our community that will help families at the Community School. The Matan Fund was established in 2012 as a tuition assistance fund. It is intended to help families overcome temporary financial challenges through subsidizing a portion of the yearly Community School tuition. To give to the Matan Fund, visit the CBH Website or call the office.If you are a family in need of support, and would like to learn more about applying for assistance, please look for information on the CBH Website: https://congregationbethaverim.org/content/forms-and-documents.

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ANNIVERSARIESNAME ANNIVERSARYShana and David Cohen June 21 Alison Colbs and Michael Rekhelman July 8 Julie Fishman and Terry Pechacek June 11 Ariela Freedman and Casey Hall July 13 Betsy Gard and Barry Berman June 22 Lisa Heimann and Jeffrey Jones July 22 Stephen Kay and Jennifer Weissman July 28 Brian and Marcy Leach July 12 Michael Malloy and Faith Arkel June 4 Ellen Mazer and Andy Segal July 11 Robert and Sandy Monett July 25 Jennifer and Rebecca Stapel-Wax June 29 Debbie Williams and Debora Bobo June 2 Lois and Steven Wolf June 5

Friday, June 24 6:30pm at CBH

2074 Lavista Rd RSVP at:

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CBH@30 As we celebrate our 30th year as a synagogue, we share with you these well wishes from our congressman and mayor.

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Upcoming EventsJuly 2016

•Friday, July 17:30pm erev Shabbat

•Monday, July 4 Independence Day Office Closed

•July 5 - 15 Office hours 9am - 1pm

•Friday, July 8 Shabbat Gathering at Mason Mill Park 6:30pm Picnic & Play time 7:30pm Walk the path

•Friday, July 15-16 Chant Retreat

•Saturday, July 16, 1pm ShalOM Yoga

•Sunday, July 17, 9am Tikkun Olam - Food Bank Event

•Friday, July 22, 6:30pm Shabbat Dinner Picnic

•Saturday, July 23, 9:30am Bat Mitzvah of Jordan Walter

•Sunday, July 24, 9:30am Atlanta Beltline Tour

•Friday, July 29, 7:30pm Camp Music Shabbat with Ellie

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Middah of the Month June 2016 - Seder/Order

July 2016 - Shtikah/Silence

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Mourned Yahrzeiht Date MournerElizabeth Pechacek June 3 Terry PechacekGeorge Golson June 6 Bryan GolsonBert Sobelson June 8 Elaine RubinSyd Zoss June 9 Julie FishmanAlice Goldberg Miller June 10 Nancy MillerSam Simms June 12 Evelyn Gershon & Gina GershonWilliam Zeman June 12 Amy RobertsonArchie Merlin June 13 Dara MerlinAlberta Goldberg June 14 Marjorie VaughnHermon Simms June 15 Evelyn Gershon & Gina GershonZinaida Medovoy June 16 Irene MedovoyFrank Pechacek June 17 Terry PechacekJosephine Wainman Burson June 18 Henry LewisDavid Safon June 20 Scot SafonEllen Montefiore Lord June 21 Bryan GolsonBernard Miller June 23 Nancy MillerSharon Gewirtz June 24 Andrew GewirtzMichael Horn June 30 Lisa Marquardt

Brian Finesilver July 2 Mike FinesilverSydell Diamond July 4 Jane DiamondSam Baum July 4 Henry LewisIrving Chasen July 5 Charles ChasenJoAnn Idelson Alterman July 5 Rachel WallackRenee Kagel July 8 Jeri KagelSamuel Zoss July 12 Julie FishmanSam S Gershon July 12 Gina & Herbert GershonSylvia Auerbach July 13 Jill AuerbachAndy Lee Grimes July 13 Kendall McMahan-KitchensJack Witherspoon July 14 Bill WitherspoonPeter Winer July 15 Howard WinerCarl Smith July 18 Michael BarnettJack Zimmerman July 21 Michael ZimmermanNorman Kotler July 25 Heather KotlerFannie Goldstein Chal July 29 Gina & Herbert Gershon

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President Shoshana Ben-YoarVice President McKenzie WrenVice President , Administration

Shelley Rose

Vice President, Finance

Theresa Prestwood

Treasurer Cindy SmithPresident Emeritus Charlie ChasenSecretary Gina GershonReps-at-large Paula Bloom

Patrick CrabtreeKim GoldsmithDeborah KrotenbergSusan LevyNechemyah Sullivan

Education Cmte. Rachel WallackMichele Walsh

Membership Cmte. Abbie FuksmanTikkun Olam Cmte. Avrum WeissChesed (Care) Cmte. Gary Falcon &

Beth-Ann Butikant

Congregation Bet Haverim is a Reconstructionist synagogue founded by lesbians and gay men, embracing all Jews and loved ones.

HaMaagal is the monthly newsletter of Congregation Bet Haverim, containing news, information, and items of interest for our diverse community.

Contact Information:• 2074 Lavista Rd, Atlanta, GA 30329• CBH Mailing Address: PO Box 29548, Atlanta, 30359• Phone: (404) 315-6446• Email: info@CBHAtlanta.org• Website: congregationbethaverim.org• Rabbi: Joshua Lesser• Executive Director: Amy Robertson• Music Director: Gayanne Geurin• Education Programming: Emet Ozar

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6:30pm Meditation& Mussar (RJ)7:30pm Adult Program

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7:30pm Erev Shabbat (GG/RJ)

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6:30pm Pride Seder

9:30am Bat Mitzvah Molly Silverman

6pm MeditationClass

1pm ShalOM Yoga

7:00pm Family Shavuot & Ice Cream Party

9:30am ShavuotSpiritual Summit

9am Yizkor Service

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6:30pm Shabbat Gathering@Mason Mill Park

9:30am Bat Mitzvah Jordan Walter

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6:30pm Shabbat Dinner Picnic

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9am-12noon Tikkun Olam Food Bank Event

9:30amBeltline Tour 7:30pm

Camp Song Shabbat

Independence DayOffice Closed

Chant Retreat

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Office hours July 5-15 9am-1pm

Save the date: August 20

CBH Band Summer SoundsFundraiser Concert