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News and Notes
TEMPLE
SINAI
CARING COMMITTEE
The Caring Committee of Temple Sinai is committed
to extending the support of our congregation to all Temple
members in need, or to those experiencing difficult life events.
If you, or another Temple member you know, might benefit from
a meal, a visit, a ride, or some other support, please contact
Rabbi Bernstein, or leave a message with June to inform the
committee.
FROM THE RELIGIOUS SCHOOL DIRECTOR
The past ten
years as the Religious School Director have been an incredible
experience. My job is so easy because of everyone in the
Temple Sinai community.
From
Board President Emily Holdstein, who
hired me as the Religious School
Director, to Marcy Ostrow, who
will be signing my latest
contract, and each and every board
member, thank you for your
confidence, optimism and support over these ten years. Your
dedication and commitment to
Temple Sinai and my position has allowed
us all to grow and succeed in so many ways.
Rabbi Bernstein
is my biggest cheerleader. He is kind, supportive, a
wonderful mentor and a joy to work with.
The school’s
music repertoire over the years has been greatly enhanced
by Claire Metzger, Robin
Sparr-Rothman and Kim Singer.
I am so
grateful to my incredibly flexible, creative and talented
staff, some who have been
here for much longer
than ten years! Their
dedication to our students is unsurpassed and an inspiration
to us all.
The students,
past, present and future, are the essence of our school.
It is such a pleasure to get to know them, and watch them
grow. I always shed a tear or two
(or many) as I attend their consecrations, class
services, and confirmations.
It truly warms
my heart when I meet past students! They ALWAYS remember
me with genuine joy, big hugs and are eager to fill
me in on their lives since the last time I saw them.
Much of the
credit to the daily workings of this Temple goes to June
Willey, Randy Widing and Christa Benoit. It is my good fortune
to be a part of this team as they
help me in so many ways.
The Religious
School committee is amazing. Through the years, they
have all worked tirelessly for our school.
We have always
had a loyal group of student aides, who always say
“yes”, no matter what I ask them to do.
I especially
want to thank Randy, Jeff and Greg for coming along with
me on this great journey.
I am truly
blessed to be part of the Temple Sinai family and I look
forward to many more wonderful
years. From the bottom of my heart,
I thank you for honoring me.
Have a
wonderful summer!
Wendy Davis Wong
Director of Education
TRAFFIC SAFETY REMINDER!
NO ONE will be
allowed to drive up or down the hill on Saturdays, between
8:50 and 9:10 and 11:50 and 12:10, and on Wednesdays between
3:35 and 3:55 and again between 5:30 and 5:50. If you must
come to the school building between these hours, please park
in the lower lot and walk up. SPEED LIMITS ON THE HILL AT
OTHER TIMES IS 5 MPH. These rules will be strictly enforced.
THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN DEPENDS ON YOUR COMPLIANCE.
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DIVREI HALEV
“DOING WHAT IS
GOOD:
IN ISRAEL AND IN OUR WORLD”
Three of our
high school students, Gabrielle Jette, Mollie Kravitz, and
Shayna Rothschild are readying themselves for a summer in
Israel. We wish them a wonderful
trip and a safe return. These young
women will travel to Israel, with other high school youth,
with their eyes and hearts wide
open, seeking wonderful experiences in
our people’s homeland. They will see sites about which
they have always dreamt, and
certainly they are in for many surprises as
well. That is how it is in Israel - ever the same and ever
changing - a land filled with
people devoted to making a better Israel
and a better world.
Recently I met
with an Israeli Rabbi, Levi Lauer, who has led a very
distinguished and unique rabbinic career. A graduate of HUC
-JIR in Cincinnati, early on in
his career he made aliyah and was one
of the founders of the Pardes Institute, a highly creative
modern yeshivah that has
inspired young liberal Jews seeking an indepth knowledge
of Judaism and Jewish texts. In recent years, Rabbi
Lauer and a few others began a dynamic organization in Israel
that attempts to tackle some of the most difficult issues
facing Israel. The name of
the organization is “ATZUM,” an acronym
for “Avodot Tzedakah Mishpat,”
or “Justice Works.” It is a marvelous
network of programs that helps victims of terrorism and
their families with the after effects of trauma and post
traumatic stress. In
addition, ATZUM is involved in helping every
Israeli righteous gentile, and his
or her spouse who is still alive, to have
as dignified a life as is possible, for having risked their
lives in saving Jews during
the Holocaust. ATZUM is a unique Israeli organization
that helps the victims of terror, on the one hand, and those
who tried to stop terror and violence, on the other. ATZUM’s
most recent endeavor is to attempt to stop human trafficking
that is not only a blight on
Israel, but on all nations throughout
the world.
ATZUM is
a reminder to the Israeli citizen, the American citizen
and the world citizen that doing
good starts at home and there is no
limit to the number of problems that we have to fix to make
our world a better place in which
to live. Want to learn more? Please
contact me. As we go into the summer months, may our actions
be good and just in improving the welfare of all those in
our society. Enjoy the summer in
good health.
Rabbi Seth L.
Bernstein
Our next Tot
Shabbat will be held on
Saturday, June 13th.
It
will be held at 11 AM in the Temple Sanctuary.
We begin with an
art project followed by a
singing, dancing service geared to
preschoolersthrough 1st graders.
Cantorial Soloist Kim Singer, along
with
“Kimbu”, leads the service at 11:20 am,
and then at noon we
share a pot luck lunch.
All are welcome to join and enjoy,
Sinai
members and non-members as well.
For more information call 508-755-2519.
See you in September!!!
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