President's Message
February / March 2023
Dear Chaverim,
It has been a busy winter season, and I hope everyone enjoyed Hanukkah and is starting a happy and healthy new year. As our staff and volunteers continued to dedicate their valuable time to our Hanukkah celebration and other events, I am continually thankful for their hard work.
I am very happy to see that our wonderful Rabbi Craig is recovering from his medical procedure and is back at work. I want to thank Alissa Perlman and others for their assistance when the Rabbi was out. We are all glad he is back. We had a wonderful and successful Shabbat Under the Stars Friday evening service shortly after his return.
As I am writing this, the war in Ukraine seems to be endlessly dragging on, with even possible escalation. We are so lucky to live in a country free of a horrible war being fought in our cities and towns and among our civilian populations. We have issues in this country, but they pale in comparison to what the Ukrainians deal with on a daily basis.
Passover is fast approaching. It was always my favorite holiday as a child. We had the big seders where we did the service “cover to cover,” and I even got to miss school the next day a few times, as we went so late. It was a time when the children were there “to be seen, but not heard,” until of course, you had a part in the service. I was often the youngest and did the Four Questions numerous times. We got so excited about drinking that Manischewitz wine, finding the Afikomen and negotiating its return with Uncle Louie, and the food…there was SO MUCH FOOD! I am sure many of you also have great memories of Passover. I hope you continue to make great memories in the future with your next Passover celebration.
L’Shalom,
Paul Newman
Dear Chaverim,
It has been a busy winter season, and I hope everyone enjoyed Hanukkah and is starting a happy and healthy new year. As our staff and volunteers continued to dedicate their valuable time to our Hanukkah celebration and other events, I am continually thankful for their hard work.
I am very happy to see that our wonderful Rabbi Craig is recovering from his medical procedure and is back at work. I want to thank Alissa Perlman and others for their assistance when the Rabbi was out. We are all glad he is back. We had a wonderful and successful Shabbat Under the Stars Friday evening service shortly after his return.
As I am writing this, the war in Ukraine seems to be endlessly dragging on, with even possible escalation. We are so lucky to live in a country free of a horrible war being fought in our cities and towns and among our civilian populations. We have issues in this country, but they pale in comparison to what the Ukrainians deal with on a daily basis.
Passover is fast approaching. It was always my favorite holiday as a child. We had the big seders where we did the service “cover to cover,” and I even got to miss school the next day a few times, as we went so late. It was a time when the children were there “to be seen, but not heard,” until of course, you had a part in the service. I was often the youngest and did the Four Questions numerous times. We got so excited about drinking that Manischewitz wine, finding the Afikomen and negotiating its return with Uncle Louie, and the food…there was SO MUCH FOOD! I am sure many of you also have great memories of Passover. I hope you continue to make great memories in the future with your next Passover celebration.
L’Shalom,
Paul Newman