Independent Jewish Synagogue in Asheville, NC

HaShofar Donations & Shout Outs

December 2025 – January 2026 HaShofar

September-October-November-December 2025-January 2026 Donations

General Fund 

Bray Creech, Chad Storck and Khrista Wood – Joel Adams and Associates: In Memory Of Esther Burstein

William Lewin

Charles M. Schlinger

Elissa & Geoffrey Brown: in memory of Elizabeth Levine

Shirley Kayne: In Honor of Nate Kaufman’s Bar Mitzvah

Geoffrey & Elissa Brown: Honoring Al Nichols for his background behind the scenes leadership

Barbara & Richard Laibson: in memory of Barbara Lewin

Helene & Saul Nathanson

Joe & Rendi Mann-Stadt: in memory of Barbara Lewin

Gerard Uhler: in honor of Kevin Uhler birthday

Elissa & Geoffrey Brown: in honor of Rabbi Levine’s new granddaughter

Gerard Uhler: in honor of Warren Uhler birthday

Maia & Jordan Cloud

Arnold Wengrow

David Friedman

Shirley Kayne: in honor of Eva Blinder’s birthday

Sheldon Neuringer: in memory of Barbara Lewin

Nathalie Rudy: in honor of Eva Blinder’s birthday

Lauren Malinoff: in memory of Bob Elkin

Charles Schliinger: in appreciation of the congregation’s hospitality

Gail Shulimson: in memory of Bob Elkin

Steven & Elizabeth Levine: in appreciation of the congregation’s hospitality

Eva & Beth Blinder: in memory of Bob Elkin

Shirley Kayne: in appreciation of Eva Blinder and Ellen Bush for honoring her with Kallat Bereishit on Simhat Torah

Allen Nichol & Barb Lebovitz: in memory of Bob Elkin

Jeremy & Sue Lerner: in memory of Bob Elkin

Allen Nichol & Barb Lebovitz: in memory of Lois Evelyn Brown

Dawn Dubinsky Goodfriend: in memory of Barbara Lewin

Louis & Hanina Ruttenberg: in honor of Eva Blinder’s birthday

Brad & Shelley Fisher: in honor of Eva Blinder becoming 70 years young

 

Yahrzeit Fund

Peter & Toby Ganz: in memory of Rosallee Ganz, mother

Barton M Brass

Elissa & Geoffrey Brown: in memory of his fraternal grandfather Hyman Brown

Elyse Meltz: in memory of her father Hyman Meltz

Hanina and Louis Ruttenberg: in memory of daughter Naomi Gerlitz

Barbara and Rich Laibson: in memory of Rich’s Dad Irving

Eileen Elkin: in memory of her grandmother Bessie Greenspoon

Beth & Neal Appel: Clifford Appel Yahrtzeit

Ileana Grams-Moog: in memory of her father Armand Jacoubovitch

Walter Ziffer: in memory of his sister Edith

Marv & Ellie Goldstein: dedicated in memory of—for Beth and David Kulick on the loss of Beth’s father

Norma Schulman: in memory of her brother Leonard Yospin

Gerard Uhler: in memory of Barney Sherman

Nathalie Rudy: in memory of Rabbi Samuel Rudy, father

Eileen Elkin:  in memory of Raymond Green, father

Eileen Elkin:  in memory of Anita Grossman, grandmother

Michael & Michele Heller: in memory of Adele Ross, mother

Michael & Michele Heller: in memory of Joseph Heller, father

Michael & Michele Heller: in memory of Alvin Ross, father

David and Beth Kulick: in memory of Zechariah Hillel ben Rav Zalman

Rhona Reagen: in memory of Ruth Reagen

Rhona Reagen: in memory of Philip Raffe

Gerard Uhler: in memory of Ida Sherman

Shirley Kayne: in memory of Barbara Lewin

Norm Winkelman: in memory of his father-in-law, Sam Samuels

William & Barbara Lewin: in memory of Barbara’s grandmother, Pearl Kaufman

Jeffrey & Amy Stevens: in memory of Amy’s father, Arnold Weinstein

William & Barbara Lewin: in memory of Barbara’s grandmother, Bessie Blick

Jeffrey & Amy Stevens: in memory of Amy’s father, Arnold Weinstein

Norm Winkelman: in memory of his wife, Carrie Winkelman

Elyse Meltz: in memory of her mother, Rose Meltz

Davida Horwitz: in memory of her father, Burnerd Horwitz

Geoffrey & Elisa Brown: in memory of Richard Brown

Norma Schulman: in memory of her father, Jack Yospin

Al Quiery: in memory of his parents, Albert & Anne Quiery

Eva & Beth Blinder: in memory of Eva’s father, Joseph Blinder

Geoffrey & Elisa Brown: in memory of Joseph Portnoy

Goldie Weizman: in memory of her mother, Anna Zucker

Michael & Michele Heller: in memory of Michele’s mother, Adele Ross

Geoffrey & Elisa Brown: in memory of Kitt Weisner

Nathalie Rudy: in memory of her mother, Sarah Rudy

Louis & Hanina Ruttenberg: in memory of Hanina’s mother, Adele Lassar

Gerard Uhler: in memory of Rose Cohen

 

Annual Appeal

Jeremy M. Lerner and Susan K. Lerner

Bart Brass & Michelle McCalla

Allen Nichol & Barb Lebovitz

Ira & Sheila Naiman

Kenneth & Vickie Barnett

Mike Sena

Mike Weizman & Della Simon

Darrell Chodorow & Helaine Resnick

Karin Fraade

Rosalyn Andronescu

Allison Marks

Goldie Weizman

Mark Tishman & Ellen Goldberg

Neal & Beth Appel

Peter & Toby Ganz

Rosalyn Andronescu

Adrian & Shirley Sandler

Lauren Malinoff

Louis & Hanina Ruttenberg

William & Barbara Lewin

Josh & Belle Horowitz

Jeremy & Sue Lerner

 

Barbara Lewin Audio Visual Fund

Marilyn Blick Gross: in memory of her sister Barbara Lewin

 

Spiritual Life Fund

Shirley Kayne: in memory of my husband Steve Kayne

 

Landscaping Fund

Alan & Suzanne Escovitz

 

Lou Pollock Endowment Fund

Ira & Sheila Naiman

Steve & Carolyn Kayne: in memory of Elizabeth Kanof Levine

Marilyn & Alan Friedman

Carolyn Kayne

Bob Deutsch: in memory of Carol Deutsch and in memory of Barbara Lewin

Shirley Kayne

Yosi Knight

David Johnson

Bart Brass & Michelle McCalla

Bob Deutsch

Steven Lurey

David Schulman

 

Chesed Fund

Steve & Carolyn Kayne: in memory of Bob Elkin

Steve & Carolyn Kayne: in memory of David Lindenbaum

 

Chevra Kadisha Fund

Moris L Uhler: in memory Of Gerard M Uhler

 

Bernard Coleman Education Fund

Shirley Kayne: in memory of Esther Burstein

Steve & Carolyn Kayne: in honor of Lee Avishai

Neil & Cindy Garroway

Steve & Carolyn Kayne: in appreciation of Jay Jacoby

 

Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund

Gail Shulimson: in appreciation of Rabbi Levine

Lee Avishai: in honor of the birth of Liora Rose Levine

Shirley Kayne: in memory of Rabbi’s Mom, Elizabeth Levine

 

Torah Restoration Fund

Marv & Ellie Goldstein

 

Special Thanks

To Rhona Reagen for providing music before Yom Kippur.

To Maxine Rich for leading the November 15 Kiddush For Breakfast study program.

Social Action Committee

Elissa & Geoffrey Brown