President's Message
April / May 2022
Dear Chavarim:
It’s ironic that as we celebrate the anticipated passing from the dreaded pandemic and freedom to be with each other and our community, we recently commemorated the holiday of Purim and will soon participate in our Passover Seders, both celebrating freedom from events that would harm us. Our ancestors survived those times with the blessings of Hashem along with the determination and conviction of their faith. And we too will continue to succeed over the new challenges today. Our Temple community is strong and has wonderfully taken care of each other. While we no longer need the communication tools that allowed us to “Zoom" our time together, we will continue to utilize our ability to Zoom our services and BLTs to those who are unable to come to join us in person.
Over the past couple of months, we have had many successful events and celebrations. Our Second Torah Project 613 scribing day took place in February with over 40 additional members able to write their own letter in our new Torah thereby fulfilling the 613 mitzvah!
Our Shabbat Under the Stars held on March 4th brought over 50 members to our outdoor service as we celebrated Shabbat under the canopy of a beautiful starry night. We had a wonderful Purim Carnival for our religious school kids and a successful Purim BBQ for our community followed by our Megillah reading with over 70 members attending including 20 children dressed up in their costumes.
We began our Tuesday night programming following Minyan services with the first program provided by Rabbi Craig on the subject of Judaism’s view of the Afterlife. Our wonderful BLTs (Bagels, Lox and Torah) have returned on Saturday mornings nourishing our community with Rabbi’s discussions on the week’s parshah while enjoying a bit of tasty food.
This month we have our New Member Shabbat honoring over 20 families who have joined our Temple community over the past two years. We will have our community Passover Seder at TBS. We will continue to have our Tuesday night programs following our Minyan services for all of us to enjoy and participate.
I would like to thank the hardworking Ritual/Steering Committee comprising Rabbi Craig, Shelley Freeman, Ilene Herr, David Pelzman, Alissa Perlman and Neil Perlman for putting together all the wonderful services and events for our community and to Jennifer Allen and Jennifer Restivo along with Rabbi for putting together our upcoming New Member Shabbat.
Lastly, a new Board of Directors will be chosen by our congregation in June and to start that process, as per our bylaws, we have formed our nominating committee for 2022-23 comprising Ilene Herr, Chair, Maria Agid, Shelley Freeman, Nancy Guido, Paul Newman, David Pelzman, Bill Troner, Caryn Weber and Louis Weinreb.
Wishing everyone a happy spring and please keep the folks in Ukraine in your prayers for their safety and peace!
Bill Troner
President
Dear Chavarim:
It’s ironic that as we celebrate the anticipated passing from the dreaded pandemic and freedom to be with each other and our community, we recently commemorated the holiday of Purim and will soon participate in our Passover Seders, both celebrating freedom from events that would harm us. Our ancestors survived those times with the blessings of Hashem along with the determination and conviction of their faith. And we too will continue to succeed over the new challenges today. Our Temple community is strong and has wonderfully taken care of each other. While we no longer need the communication tools that allowed us to “Zoom" our time together, we will continue to utilize our ability to Zoom our services and BLTs to those who are unable to come to join us in person.
Over the past couple of months, we have had many successful events and celebrations. Our Second Torah Project 613 scribing day took place in February with over 40 additional members able to write their own letter in our new Torah thereby fulfilling the 613 mitzvah!
Our Shabbat Under the Stars held on March 4th brought over 50 members to our outdoor service as we celebrated Shabbat under the canopy of a beautiful starry night. We had a wonderful Purim Carnival for our religious school kids and a successful Purim BBQ for our community followed by our Megillah reading with over 70 members attending including 20 children dressed up in their costumes.
We began our Tuesday night programming following Minyan services with the first program provided by Rabbi Craig on the subject of Judaism’s view of the Afterlife. Our wonderful BLTs (Bagels, Lox and Torah) have returned on Saturday mornings nourishing our community with Rabbi’s discussions on the week’s parshah while enjoying a bit of tasty food.
This month we have our New Member Shabbat honoring over 20 families who have joined our Temple community over the past two years. We will have our community Passover Seder at TBS. We will continue to have our Tuesday night programs following our Minyan services for all of us to enjoy and participate.
I would like to thank the hardworking Ritual/Steering Committee comprising Rabbi Craig, Shelley Freeman, Ilene Herr, David Pelzman, Alissa Perlman and Neil Perlman for putting together all the wonderful services and events for our community and to Jennifer Allen and Jennifer Restivo along with Rabbi for putting together our upcoming New Member Shabbat.
Lastly, a new Board of Directors will be chosen by our congregation in June and to start that process, as per our bylaws, we have formed our nominating committee for 2022-23 comprising Ilene Herr, Chair, Maria Agid, Shelley Freeman, Nancy Guido, Paul Newman, David Pelzman, Bill Troner, Caryn Weber and Louis Weinreb.
Wishing everyone a happy spring and please keep the folks in Ukraine in your prayers for their safety and peace!
Bill Troner
President