KOLT.O.L.The“VoiceoftheTreeofLife”

January2019/Tevet-Sh’vat5779

ShabbatWorshipServices

Fri.,Jan.4 7:30pm ShabbatEveningServiceParshatVa’era,Exodus6:2-9:35

Fri.,Jan.11 6:30pm ShabbatEveningService-FridayNightLiveSat.,Jan.12 10:30am ShabbatMorningService

ParshatBo,Exodus10:1-13:16

Fri.,Jan.18 7:30pm ShabbatEveningServiceParshatBeshalach,Exodus13:17-17:16

Fri.,Jan.25 7:30pm ShabbatEveningServiceParshatYitro,Exodus18:1-20:23

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InsidethisIssue

FromthePresident/Rabbi 2-3EducationDirector/TOLinAction 4-5CommunityEvents 6-9TOLCelebrates 10Yahrzeits/Oneg 11ThisMonth’sCalendar 12Contributions 13

MyfellowCongregants,AfterCarol'sdeparturefromherroleasOfficeAdministrator,severalcongregantsvolunteeredtofillthevoidansweringphonecalls.Thankyou!Averyspecialthankyou to JoanneHafterwhodedicated threeweeks to the frontoffice. It isalwayscomforting to see the congregants step up when needed. Our new OfficeAdministratorbeginsJanuary8th.PleasewelcomeCharlotteGibsonandshowherlots of support as she settles into this important TOL position.TheTOLCoffeehouse's2ndconcertofthisseasonisscheduledforJanuary5(doorsopen at 6:30pm) in the Reyner Family Social Hall. JackWilliams is a wonderfulsinger/songwriter,andsoldouthisTOLCoffeehouseperformancelastyear.Pleaseremember to reserve your seats, and bring an appetite for the Groucho's Deliconcessionstand(proceedsbenefittheTOL).

PleasechecktheTOLCalendar for theRabbiSearchCommittee's informationsessions.Your input isveryimportant,andthesemeetingsareagreatforumfordiscussion.PleasefeelfreetoemailanyquestionsorideastoTOLRabbiSearch2019@gmail.com.DavidSella(committeechair)andtheRabbiSearchCommitteearedoinganamazingjobandworkingLOTSofvolunteerhourstoensureasuccessfulsearch.PleasegiveabigThankYoutoRickandDebbiCohn,andMichaelandPattyTuckerforfundingthe2019TOLlandscaping.Thisensuresprofessionalandbeautifulgrounds.PleasegiveanotherThankYoutotheHouseandGroundsCommittee. InDecember,Paul,Gregg, andmanyothershaveworkeddiligentlyon the LEDlightingswitchover,addressedroof/buildingissues,andhaveprovidedforasaferhouseofworship.AspecialthankyoutoDr.LauraKagan,ElisaWestfall,andJordanHenryforformulatingaplantokeepourReligiousSchoolstrong,functioning,andprosperousafterRabbiCarolan'sdeparture(June).PleasebeonthelookoutforaReligiousSchoolupdateletterlaterthismonth.TheTOLBoardofDirectorshavecompletedacoupleofURJsponsoredBoardRetreats.OurBoardMembersareworkingdiligentlytoensureasustainablefuturefortheTreeofLife.IamveryproudofthisCongregationforitsstrength,support,andunderstandingduringthesechanges.Iamcertain2019isgoingtobeawonderfulyearfortheTOL.VeryKindly,BruceMiller

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DearFriends,

December was filled with somuch excitement and joy as we startedwiththecelebrationofChanukahwithColumbia,withstudentsatSt.Joseph’sCatholicSchool,withourfamiliesatTreeofLife,andourTOLreligiousschoolstudents.TheChanukahmenorah lightingattheStateHousewasmadeextraspecialthisyearwithaspecialguestappearancebyGovernorHenryMcMasterandtheFirstLadyofSCwhomayormaynotberelatedtotheMaccabeesofold(hermaidennameisMcAbee).OurShabbatChanukahConsecrationservicewrappedbeauty,goodfood,anddeepconnectionallintooneaswewelcomedover 100members to dinner (provided by our Brotherhood and Sisterhood)and then lit our chanukiyot together and let the candles burn low as wewelcomed inShabbatandformallywelcomedtheadorableHannahRoodmantoourreligiousschool.WethenbroughtChanukahto itsclimacticconclusionwith our ChanukahHappening celebrationwith games, raffles, fun, and foodprovided by the TOL Brotherhood, the TOL Sisterhood, and Groucho’s Deli.Manythankstoourgeneroussponsorsforsupportingtheseprograms.

December also brought some change in our front office aswe said farewell to ourAdministrator, CarolDavis.Wewishherallthebestinherfutureendeavorsand,OnJanuary8,2019wewillwelcomeournewTempleAdministrator, CharlotteGibson. Please feel free todrop in and introduce yourself toCharlotte.Thank you all for bearingwith uswhilewe are still in this period of transition. Your patience and kindsupportisgreatlyappreciated. JanuarybringsmanyopportunitiesforgrowthaswekickofftheNewYearwithaLunchandLearnaboutMoses,pickupwhereweleftoffwithourAdultB’neiMitzvahclass,jointogethertoobserveTuB’Shevat,anddedicateaShabbatlaterthismonthtothelegacyofDr.MartinLutherKingJr.whoseteachingsarejustasrelevanttoday.WishingusallChodeshTov(agoodJanuaryandasweetsecularNewYear!),RabbiEricMollo

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Mostly Farm to Table Tu Bishvat Community Seder Saturday January 26, 2019

6pm Hosted AND handmade from

scratch by: CoFTY Prices: $20/person; $5

10&under

Menu *Eggplant Parmesan/Linguine w/

choice of red or alfredo sauce *Tossed & Cesar Salad

*Garlic Bread *Tiramisu/Dirt Pudding

50/50 fundraiser for Camp Jenny & CoFTY

TheChanukahHappeningwasawonderfulwaytogointoourlongwinterbreak.Everyyear,thekidsamazemebytakingonmoreresponsibilityfortheeventandmakeitfunforthewholeschool.AtremendousthankyoutotheBrotherhoodandBruceMiller,asitwouldnothavebeenpossiblewithouttheirgeneroussupport!I’meagertobeginoursecondsemester.WhileIknowthetimewillflybyalltooquickly,wehavesomequalitysessionsplannedthatwillbefunforall.WehavethepleasureofonceagainhostingthePurimCarnivalandweareexcitedtobeabletoopenourdoorstotheJewishcommunityforwhatisguaranteedtobeafunandmemorableevent.Untilthen,pleasemarktheyouthgroup’sTuBishvatsederonyourcalendar.They’reworkingincrediblyhardtomakethisanengagingandeducationalevent.IthasbeenopenedtoColumbia’sinterfaithcommunitysowe’llalsobeabletosharethislesser-celebratedholidaywithourneighborsandfriends!

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Brotherhood

WRJ/Sisterhood

GreenTeam

CaringCommittee

IhopeeveryonehadagreatHanukkahandonbehalfoftheBrotherhoodBoard,wewishallaveryhappynewyear.TheBrotherhoodhadaverysuccessfullatkefundraiser.Fortheholidaywemadeover1,000latkesforthefundraiser,HanukkahDinnerand,HanukkahHappening.InconnectionwiththeTOLSisterhood,weprovidedafullbrisketandchickendinnerforourcongregation.Thankstoallthosewhocontributedtheirtimeandmoneytothisendeavor.ComingupinJanuary,theTOLBrotherhoodwillbeonceagainsponsoringablooddrivewiththeAmericanRedCross.

Sunday,January27th9:00amto1:00pm.

Wewillneedacoupleofvolunteerstohelpthroughouttheevent.Moredetailstofollow.Again,bestwishesforahealthyandprosperousnewyear.EricFeuerstein,TOLBrotherhoodPresident

TheCaringCommitteeisheretoprovidemealsandothersupporttoourmemberswhentheyneedhelp.Ifyouareinneedofassistanceorwouldliketojoinour“armyofvolunteers”,pleasecontacteitherAnnetteGoldsteinortheRabbis.

Onevolunteerneednotdoall!

Youcansignuptoprepareallorpartofamealortodeliver.Youcanpickupfoodratherthancook!Yourdonationstosupportthisendeavoraregraciouslywelcomed.

PleaseparticipateinourGreenFaithHomeEnergyPledge.FormsareavailableattheTOLoffice.Forthosewhohavenotvisitedourawardwinningraingarden,thereisanADAcompliantwalkwayneartherightsideofthebuilding.TolearnmoreabouttheGreenTeam,pleasevisithttp://www.tolsc.org/about-us/associations/green-teamPleaseconsiderearmarkingyourTOLdonationsfortheGreenTeam.

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Join Historic Columbia, the USC History Center and the USC School of Law for “Unexampled Courage: A Conversation with Judge Richard Gergel

on Wednesday, Jan. 23 at the USC School of Law Auditorium.

Following Judge Gergel’s presentation responses will be offered by Armand Derfner, nationally renowned civil rights attorney, and I.S. Leevy Johnson, decorated lawyer and one of the first

African Americans elected to the South Carolina General Assembly since Reconstruction. A reception and book signing will follow. The event is free, but registration is required: https://bit.ly/2TyA1A3

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KOLT.O.L. Pg.9SavetheDate

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January2 January5 January6 January7 January8 January9JoanMcGeeMattChislingBobBurg

BradleyWile MaryannLapineJulianLitwer

CheriShapiroNaomiNudelman

PaulWestfall BenjaminCrawford

January10 January11 January12 January13 January14 January15DouglasWoldorfCindySaad

StevenLangerHaydenCohen

ToddWeissJonathanArtz

ZoeKaplanCarolynneJackson

LaurenWoldorfCedarCoffmanEmmaIskhakovRickChapman

LarraineMosesLeonGinsbergMaryHelenBaum

January16 January17 January22 January23 January25 January26DianeMellitz BenjaminAltschul RaytonFisher

DebraCohnSamuelZivonyPeggyMiller

JulieFiretag ScottKaplan JackieDickmnan-Babcock

January27 January28 January30 January31 JanSavitzDavidTedeschi

EmilyToombs MichaelCoffman KatherineBarrollNicholasContino

JanuaryBirthdays

JanuaryAnniversaries

January6Craig&MarilynBarkan

January15

Donald&KarenPortnoy

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BimahFlowers

January4 NathanC.Bass*FranceBerryMollieBlatt*HildeBrauerIsidoreCircus*GertrudeCoplan*LouisCoplan*BenjaminDunay*MoeFinkelstein*JosephFogliaDavidFreed*AaronGarbuzSamuelGinsberg*

CeliaGreenfieldJosephGroeschel*ArthurGrossJulianHennig,Jr.*BettyKaplan*BenjaminKingHannaMesserDavidMossAbrahamNisenholzSarahPlavinPhilip Posner*Robert N. Rosichan*

Victor SchechterBertha Schwartz*Morris Sheftman*Stanley Sidenberg*Freeda M. Siskin*Goldie SloneLeona Sobel*Hugo W. Terner*Sadie WainstolkJeffrey WanderRita Wasserman*HelenP. Womersley*

January11 Marvin Bienstock*Anna BornsteinRochelle CooperRoy K. DiamondIsaac Donen*Mackie FiretagSamuel M. Gladstone*Lucile S. Heyman*Rose Josephs*Mariam KaplanMolly Korash

Moses KornblutClara Levin*Beverly LichtermanSuni LieberAda MagaroJeannie A. McLainHerman Mischner*Raymond PolenJoseph RabinovichDaniel C. Reyner*

RabbiMiltonSchlagerPatricia-annF.Schwab*WilliamL.Scott*RuthSmithSimpsonR.Walker,Jr.*DorothyWeingarten*AnnWeissStanleyWeiss*ElsieWolff*IrwinZucker

January18 AdaBermanDaniel*FrankBruck*GertrudeGigiBeckerJudithWeinbergThompsonMarionRosenmanRothsteinMortimerBurger*RaymondeJaffe*RebeccaBlenner

Myron H. Cohn Roy B. Mitchell Marion Mooney Eddie Linzer Sophie Madoff Edward E. Rothstein* Murray Buchsbaum Nathan Mandell*

Sylvia Rosh Norman Rotholz Seymour Bermak* Betty Scully Eleanor Alpert Ella Garlick Gabriel Herman Erlichson Lorenz Kronrad*

January25 Alfred Ackerman* Maxie Alpert Sandra Leavitt Barshop Joe B. Berry* Harry H. Blecker Sylvia Berger Brown Lillian K. Burger* Sara Carr

Charles Dan Daniel* Stephen Echlov Hedva Fried Arthur G. Gibson* Lillian Herman* Vaughn A. Hill Paul Ernest Kalman Bryan McMullen

Lyle Kenneth Segal* Leo Silverfield* Frank Spencer Eugene Emanuel Stiglitz Alfred Weiss* Marie Wheeler

December7Harvey&BethHelman

inlovingmemoryofJosephGeorgeHelman

December14Feliks&SarraRabinovich

inlovingmemoryofSoniaRabinovichSteve&RobertaFriedland

inlovingmemoryofJosephNifioussi

December21MortonWinter&Family

inlovingmemoryofJuliusWinterMarcia&FredMedway

inlovingmemoryofArnoldLutzJeannie&HymanRubin,Jr.

inlovingmemoryofHymanRubin,Sr.

December28PhilipWittenberg

inlovingmemoryofRheaWittenbergHeather,Todd,Kate,andSamWeiss

inlovingmemoryofSylviaSavitzPhilipandJanSavitz

inlovingmemoryofSylviaSavitzJenniferandSteveSavitz

inlovingmemoryofSylviaSavitz

January4 Eric&PamelaFeuerstein January18 Jerry&CaroleRothstein JaneLittmann MarkandKarenGoldenfeld MichaelBank Herman&AdeleSalzberg Mitchell&DianthaLitwer RayCohen Connie&LeonGinsberg Howard&KarynSheftman

January11 Leeds&KatherineBarroll January25 DavidReddy&SharonWeissman Susan&JayHomeyer TerriHounauer Steven&HelgaCohen Rachel&AriStreisfeld Richard&RobinChapman Richard&MyrnaCohen EricaPfister

JanuaryOnegShabbat

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January2019Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

NewYear’sDay

TempleOfficeClosed

26:45pm

RabbiSearchInformationSession

7:00pmAdultB.

MitzvahClass

3

12:00pmLunch&Learn

4

7:30pmShabbat

EveningService

5

7:30pmTOLCoffeehouseJackWilliams&TheWaterline

Band

6 7 8 9 10 11

6:30pmFridayNight

Live

12

10:30amShabbatMorningService

13 14 15

6:30pmCareyLake

HomeOwnersMeeting

16

7:00pmBoardMeeting

17 18

7:30pmShabbat

EveningService

19

5:00pmWRJ:TreeofLifePendantMakingClass

20 21

TuBishvat

MLKDay

22

6:45pmSisterhood

BoardMeeting

23 24 25

7:30pmShabbat

EveningService

26

6:00pmMostly

Farm-to-TableTuBishvatSeder

27

9:00amReligiousSchool

9:00am

BrotherhoodBloodDrive

28 29 30 31

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TOLFundDirectoryPleaseconsidermakingatax-deductibledonationtoyourfavoriteTOLfund.

Donationsmakewonderfulgifts!

• GeneralFunds($10minimumdonation)• BuildingFund($10minimumdonation)• ChoirFund• CaringCommittee• FoyerLeafFund($72)• HighHolyDay/PassoverFund

(tohelpcoverholidayoperatingexpenses)• LibraryFund• MemorialBoard&PlaqueFund($500)• PrayerBookFund• Rabbi’sDiscretionaryFund• RabbiEmeritus’DiscretionaryFund

WRJ/SisterhoodFunds($10minimum)• ReynerConventionFund• CourtesyFund• Evelyn&DanDanielLeadershipDevelopmentFund

EndowmentFunds($25minimum)

• JeanetteBirchEndowmentFund• DianeBrownSobelEndowmentFund• MarianD.FleischmanEndowmentFund• Ralph&SarahLevineEndowmentFund• Sylvia&SamSavitzMusicEnrichmentFund• JonathanTrainYouthGroupEndowmentFund

GeneralEndowmentFund

Tomakeadonationinhonororinmemoryofalovedone,pleasenotatethefundtowhichyouwishtocontributeinthememoportionofyourcheck.YoumaydropitattheTempleOfficeormailitto:

TreeofLifeCongregation6719NorthTrenholmRoad

Columbia,SouthCarolina29206

Topaybycreditcard,gototemple’swebsitewww.tolsc.com/givingIfyoudonotfindthefundtowhichyouwishtodonate,youmaydonateyourmoneyundermembershipduesandfillinthespecialnotesatcheckout,notewhereandtowhomthedonationshouldbeaccredited.

Ifyou’relookingforareasontodonate,hereareacoupleofprojectswe’reworkingon:

• AnewTorahcover(Goal:$500)• ReplacinglightingwithLEDs(Goal:$4,000)• Repaintingthelobby(Goal:$1,000)

GeneralFundDeborahSalzberg

Inmemoryof:SarahPlavinInmemoryof:HermanErlichson

BuildingFundGailBienstockCaringFundKenCollins

ChoirFundGailBienstockRabbi’sDiscretionaryFundGaiKlass Inhonorof:HarveyMiller’s80thbirthday

TreeofLifeCongregation6719NorthTrenholmRoadColumbia,SouthCarolina29206

TreeofLifeCongregationOffice:803.787.2182!Fax:803.787.0309

Website:www.tolsc.org!Email:info@tolsc.orgOfficeHours

Tuesday—Thursday9:00am-5:00pmFriday9:00am-4:00pm

RabbiEricMollo,SeniorRabbirabbiericmollo@tolsc.org

RabbiCarolanGlatstein,EducationDirectorrabbicarolan@tolsc.org

SanfordT.Marcus,D.D.,RabbiEmeritussanfordmarcus@gmail.com

OFFICERS COMMITTEECHAIRS BOARDMEMBERSPresident BruceMiller Endowment RobertFeinstein JackieDickman-BabcockFirstVicePresident AlexOgden Finance RickCohn EricFeuersteinSecondVicePresident JessicaElfenbein House&Grounds GreggHelman/PaulWestfall SteveFriedlandSecretary MindyTucker Membership AnnetteGoldsteinTreasurer ErnieMagaro ReligiousSchoolBoard ElisaWestfall JoshGupta-KaganImmediatePastPresident AlanBrill Ritual LauraKagan GreggHelman ScottKaplanAFFILIATES TEMPLEEMPLOYEES LIFETIMEBOARDMEMBERS DonnaMagaroBrotherhoodPresident EricFeuerstein SharonWitherell BernardFleischman,Jr. DavidPolenWRJ/SisterhoodPresident TerryGarber StephenSavitz MarkRapportCoFTYPresident MollyWestfall/HaydenCohen AmyScully JeffSilverPublicRelations HeatherWeiss DebTedeschi PaulWestfall