As the weather warms and early blooms appear, I vividly recall a disappointing day during my freshman year in college. While trying to register for my spring classes, I discovered that a course I had been hoping to take was closed. Instead of Modern Fiction, then, I would have to enroll in another class to […]
Sometime back in the 1980s, the Dalai Lama was visiting the United States. While he was here, he requested an audience with some rabbis so that he could learn more about Judaism. During the conversation, he asked one of the rabbis to express, in just a few words, a basic insight about Jewish belief and […]
Small people talk about other people— Average People talk about things—Great people talk about ideas— (A sign on hanging on a wall at a Jerusalem Kiosk) Dear friends, By my reckoning this will be not only my last note to the Congregation’s Temple topics, but my 200th offering. I thank so many for the journey […]
Mazel Tov to our Rabbi Yossi Liebowitz, recipient of the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award 2023, the prestigious award given by Wofford College each year during commencement!
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!
From April 2018 Mensch of the Month: Nancy Rosenberg has been a familiar face in synagogue activities since she was 3 months old. Her parents, Seymour and Linda Rosenberg relocated from Niagara Falls, N.Y. to Spartanburg, S.C. for work, an active life within Congregation B’nai Israel, and to raise their four children. For Nancy, childhood […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Falafel Friday: This Friday at 6:00 pm-Israel Independence Day Following Services, Jason McKinney will be providing a concert!
A very big thank you to everyone who helped make the Purim Shabbat so special for everyone. It was wonderful to have so many helping hands. Without all of your assistance, dinners like this would not be possible. Check Temple Topics for our next meeting. We look forward to seeing you then. Have a wonderful […]
4/1 Henry Vogelstein 4/1 Earl B. Yoffe 4/2 Samuel Davidson 4/2 Irwin Leader 4/4 David Gordin 4/4 Eleanor Oppenheimer 4/8 Jennie Abelkop 4/8 Ben Stauber 4/11 Dorothy Singer 4/11 Samuel Smiley 4/13 Herman Price 4/14 Aaron Kaplan 4/15 Sam Reichal 4/16 Etta Goldman 4/17 Sharon Massey 4/18 Louis Blumenfeld 4/18 Fannie A. Levin 4/18 Israel […]
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 […]
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 […]
A very big thank you to everyone who helped make the Purim Shabbat so special for everyone. It was wonderful to have so many helping hands. Without all of your assistance, dinners like this would not be possible. Check Temple Topics for our next meeting. We look forward to seeing you then. Have a wonderful […]
4/6 Wills Lyon 4/8 Aviva Halley 4/9 Nancy Kleinfeld 4/9 Nancy Lyon 4/11 Sandy Nabow 4/17 Karen Greenberg 4/18 Rob Axelrod 4/20 Roger Fuller 4/21 Beth Blumenfeld 4/23 Jori Falcon 4/23 Leah Keen 4/26 Gabriel Ferrari 4/29 Olivia Russell
A very big thank you to everyone who helped make the Purim Shabbat so special for everyone. It was wonderful to have so many helping hands. Without all of your assistance, dinners like this would not be possible. Check Temple Topics for our next meeting. We look forward to seeing you then. Have a wonderful […]
4/6 Wills Lyon 4/8 Aviva Halley 4/9 Nancy Kleinfeld 4/9 Nancy Lyon 4/11 Sandy Nabow 4/17 Karen Greenberg 4/18 Rob Axelrod 4/20 Roger Fuller 4/21 Beth Blumenfeld 4/23 Jori Falcon 4/23 Leah Keen 4/26 Gabriel Ferrari 4/29 Olivia Russell
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 […]
4/6 Wills Lyon 4/8 Aviva Halley 4/9 Nancy Kleinfeld 4/9 Nancy Lyon 4/11 Sandy Nabow 4/17 Karen Greenberg 4/18 Rob Axelrod 4/20 Roger Fuller 4/21 Beth Blumenfeld 4/23 Jori Falcon 4/23 Leah Keen 4/26 Gabriel Ferrari 4/29 Olivia Russell
4/2 Becky & Sheldon Lustgarten 4/16 Rose & Stephen Talbot 4/20 Carrie & Rick Tanenbaum 4/29 Tina & David Lyon
A very big thank you to everyone who helped make the Purim Shabbat so special for everyone. It was wonderful to have so many helping hands. Without all of your assistance, dinners like this would not be possible. Check Temple Topics for our next meeting. We look forward to seeing you then. Have a wonderful […]
Sisterhood will hold a brunch meeting. We welcome all members as well as anyone interested in joining Sisterhood to attend. Enjoy delicious food, visit, and discuss upcoming Sisterhood projects. The latest project, an exit door in the Sisterhood room, is well underway so come see the progress. Many thanks to Rex Russell for overseeing this […]
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 […]
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.
10/4 Anne & Steven Graff 10/23 Rachel & Christopher Brough 10/18 Jori & Dan Falcon
College Graduates Robert Lyon, Wake Forest, Son of Karen & Robert Lyon High School Graduates Leah Chandler, Spartanburg High School, Granddaughter of Ruth & Paul Friedberg Attending University of South Carolina, Columbia Jerome Falcon, Spartanburg High School, Son of Jori & Daniel Falcon Attending Colgate University in Hamilton, NY Hannah Keen, Spartanburg High School, Daughter […]