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Education
Congratulations to our Rabbi in his First Pod Cast
Listen to Rabbi Yossi’s first podcast. Below is the link directly to the conversation. Rabbi Yossi Liebowitz – Safe Conversations w/Kelvin Waites
From the Heart With Rabbi Liebowitz
Dear Friends, Let me first express gratitude to those who were so helpful in making our High Holidays a full experience, foremost Dr. Packer for his ritual and security leadership. Along with our President Tina, his support was invaluable as was that of our little orchestra Courtney, Keith, and Stephen. Many others too numerous to […]
From Our Rabbi
Congratulations to our Rabbi in his First Pod Cast
Listen to Rabbi Yossi’s first podcast. Below is the link directly to the conversation. Rabbi Yossi Liebowitz – Safe Conversations w/Kelvin Waites
From the Heart With Rabbi Liebowitz
Dear Friends, Let me first express gratitude to those who were so helpful in making our High Holidays a full experience, foremost Dr. Packer for his ritual and security leadership. Along with our President Tina, his support was invaluable as was that of our little orchestra Courtney, Keith, and Stephen. Many others too numerous to […]
Fund Raising
A Special Reminder
We cannot meet the financial obligations of the Temple without your support. Please remember to pay your dues and annual appeal pledge as soon as possible. All payments are needed to keep our Temple Running. Thank you!
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Hadassah
A Message from Hadassah
Although we no longer have an active Hadassah Chapter in Spartanburg, we would still like to wish everyone a happy Pesach, joyous Seders, and lots of matzoh. Best wishes to all. Nancy Rosenberg
COVID 19 Precautions and Cancellation of Services
Friday evening services and Saturday morning Torah discussions are canceled until further notice. Wishing you good health as we work to contain the pandemic.
Holidays
From the Heart with Rabbi Liebowitz
“To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven” (Ecclesiastes 3:1) “Where the rubber meets the road is the most important point for something, the moment of truth. An athlete […]
In Memoriam
August Yarhzeits
8/2 Luevina M. Powers 8/4 Samuel Feinstein 8/4 Meyer Poliakoff 8/4 William A. Poulson 8/5 Eva Geller 8/5 Leo Gunther 8/5 Mitchell R. Price 8/5 Fannie Simon 8/6 Max Greenwald 8/6 Jennie Novey 8/6 Sara Simmons 8/7 Samuel Fox 8/8 Bea Adelman 8/8 Joseph Geier II 8/9 Ben Barbarash 8/9 Henry B. Barnet, Jr. 8/9 […]
July Yarhzeits
7/2 Maurice Abelsky 7/2 Eleanor Essman 7/2 Ida Litoff 7/2 Bonnie Peregoff 7/3 Sandor Teszler 7/4 Barry August 7/4 Osher Koser 7/4 Benjamin Levin 7/6 Maurice E. Bromley 7/7 Boris Stein 7/8 Rosa Lessner 7/9 Miriam M. Price 7/11 Frances Briller 7/11 Sarah L. Freedman 7/12 Abe H. Morris 7/12 Kathy H. Steinberg 7/13 Evelyn […]
In Memorium
October Yarhzeits
10/2 Jennie H. Cohen 10/2 Mark A. Fleishman 10/2 Harry From 10/2 Philip Weintraub 10/2 William Wimpy 10/3 Linda Rosenberg 10/3 Joel L. Tanenbaum 10/4 Bernard Litoff 10/7 Lewis Collins 10/7 Allen London 10/8 Sigmund Litoff 10/9 Anna Adler 10/9 Jeff Kaplan 10/9 Barry M. List 10/9 Abraham Rabinowitz 10/10 Abraham Katz 10/10 Dora […]
Israel
7 Decades of Innovation in Israel: Science and Technology Partnerships
BY RACHEL LANDMAN , 4/24/2018 On my most recent visit to Israel – in preparation for this summer’s URJ Sci-Tech Israel program – I noticed the presence of U.S. companies. Throughout Israel’s “Silicon Wadi,” the counterpart to our Silicon Valley, are research and development facilities for Google, Microsoft, Apple, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, and others, intermixed with […]
Update to Service Schedule for Shabbat, Friday April 20th!
Falafel Friday: This Friday at 6:00 pm-Israel Independence Day Following Services, Jason McKinney will be providing a concert!
Jewish Life
Congratulations to our Rabbi in his First Pod Cast
Listen to Rabbi Yossi’s first podcast. Below is the link directly to the conversation. Rabbi Yossi Liebowitz – Safe Conversations w/Kelvin Waites
From the Heart With Rabbi Liebowitz
Dear Friends, Let me first express gratitude to those who were so helpful in making our High Holidays a full experience, foremost Dr. Packer for his ritual and security leadership. Along with our President Tina, his support was invaluable as was that of our little orchestra Courtney, Keith, and Stephen. Many others too numerous to […]
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Meet our Menschen!
Cheryl August is Our Mensch of the Month!
Mazel Tov to our August Mensch of the Month, Cheryl August! If you do not know her (which seems impossible) please meet Cheryl in her own words! I was born outside of Rochester, NY. I worked over the years as an administrative assistant in the legal and real estate fields. I met Barry when he […]
Hank Steinberg is Our Mensch of the Months for June!
If you are a member of Temple B’nai Israel or the Greater Spartanburg Community, you know the friendly face and warm handshake of Hank Steinberg. While Hank deserves to be Mensch of the Decade, we honor his strong presence in our congregational family for the month of June! “I was born and educated in Spartanburg […]
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News and Announcements
Message from our President
Dear Congregation B’nai Israel Members, My husband, David, and I enjoy planting flowers at our mailbox twice per year. In the fall we plant Pansies to enjoy bright colors during the colder months. In the late spring we remove the Pansies and plant pink Begonias and a Mandevilla, which is a beautiful flowering vine. Mid […]
Congratulations to our Rabbi in his First Pod Cast
Listen to Rabbi Yossi’s first podcast. Below is the link directly to the conversation. Rabbi Yossi Liebowitz – Safe Conversations w/Kelvin Waites
Our Congregation
Message from our President
Dear Congregation B’nai Israel Members, My husband, David, and I enjoy planting flowers at our mailbox twice per year. In the fall we plant Pansies to enjoy bright colors during the colder months. In the late spring we remove the Pansies and plant pink Begonias and a Mandevilla, which is a beautiful flowering vine. Mid […]
Congratulations to our Rabbi in his First Pod Cast
Listen to Rabbi Yossi’s first podcast. Below is the link directly to the conversation. Rabbi Yossi Liebowitz – Safe Conversations w/Kelvin Waites
Recipe of the Month
English Wedding Cake for Tu B’Shevat
By Jessica Halfin January 2018 One thing that Julia Child and I have in common is that we both dealt with culinary figures of authority who didn’t believe in us. Child’s was Madame Brassart, owner of Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. Mine was Miriam, my baking teacher at Dan Gourmet in Haifa in 2010, where […]
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Simchot
Honoring our Veterans
“The War is over for me now, but it will always be there for the rest of my days…..Those of us that did make it have an obligation to build again, to teach others what we know and to try with what’s left of our lives to find a goodness and meaning to this life.” […]
November Birthdays
11/4 Stephen Gordin 11/5 Carrie Liebowitz 11/5 Mary Helen Smith 11/7 Hank Steinberg 11/8 Susannah Lyon 11/16 Barbara Leddy 11/18 Jerome Falcon 11/19 Joseph McArn 11/22 Hava Liebowitz 11/24 Rose Talbot 11/29 Carrie Tanenbaum
Sisterhood
Sisterhood News
As you read this, the Sisterhood is busy finishing preparations for the drive-thru bake sale. So many members have helped in innumerable ways to make it possible to even have a bake sale this year. We appreciate all your help and thank you to all of you who placed orders to help make this fund […]
Spartanburg Interfaith Alliance
Interfaith Alliance Discussion, August 15th
Along with the Spartanburg Interfaith Alliance, the Rabbi is chairing a panelist discussion, The Evolution of Faith Traditions: Tensions and Opportunities, on Wednesday, August 15. This will take place at 12:00 pm, and lunch will be serviced here at the Temple. Members are welcome to attend, but please RSVP as soon as possible so that […]
Rabbi in the Community
The Rabbi led 41 people on the Pilgrimage of Peoples visit to Washington, DC including seven of our Temple members. He also participated in the Ordination of Scott Neely of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Church. Along with the Spartanburg Green Congregations, the Rabbi sponsored the showing of the film Chasing Coral.
Uncategorized
September Yarhzeits
9/1 Leon Britanisky 9/1 Sylvia Leader 9/1 Ralph Tanenbaum 9/1 Dorothy Wimpy 9/3 Rose Gilpin 9/5 Joyce Baccile 9/5 Rose Levine 9/5 Avrom A. Lustgarten 9/7 Fannie Taffet 9/8 Arthur Lewson 9/9 Sam Segal 9/9 Selma Steinberg 9/10 Paul Briller 9/11 Ceil Nussbaum 9/11 Harry Wise, Jr. 9/12 Irving M. Margolis 9/12 Jay Weinberger […]
August Yahrzeits
8/1 Sherron Weinberger 8/2 Louis Anderson 8/4 Isaac H. Greenwald 8/5 Abraham Freedman 8/5 Edward Reichel 8/5 Trudy Reimer 8/6 Daisy M. Spigel 8/7 Jack Garrell 8/7 Ralph Neufeld 8/8 Freida Anderson 8/8 Toba M. Segal 8/8 Linda S. Ungvarksy 8/9 Henry B. Barnet, Jr. 8/9 Herb Moglin 8/9 Fannie E. Poliakoff 8/9 Fannie Yoffe […]
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Worship
From the Heart With Rabbi Liebowitz
Dear Friends, Let me first express gratitude to those who were so helpful in making our High Holidays a full experience, foremost Dr. Packer for his ritual and security leadership. Along with our President Tina, his support was invaluable as was that of our little orchestra Courtney, Keith, and Stephen. Many others too numerous to […]
From the Heart with Rabbi Liebowitz
“To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven” (Ecclesiastes 3:1) “Where the rubber meets the road is the most important point for something, the moment of truth. An athlete […]