January – June 2023
Services
We have been very successful in getting minyans at evening services with minyans at most of the time. We are also having morning minyans on Sundays and Thursdays. Attendance on Shabbot morning has been getting improving. We are getting 25 or more congregates with no special occasions with greater attendance when celebrating Bar Mitzvah, Aufruf ( Special honor given to the bride and groom before the wedding), anniversary, birthdays during services. We are having lunches after services on Shabbot. Special thanks to Stacey Rockman for organizing the Shabbot lunches, saving money and improving the meals. Attendance has been light at the Friday evening. We continue the stream and zoom most of our services.
Special Events
Hanukkah celebration on Wednesday December 21 with candle lighting, pizza, salad, and donut.
Shabbot Shira (Song) – February 4 – Special celebration where we commemorate G-d saving the Jews from Egyptians by splitting the Red Sea, allowing the Jews walk though in safety while the Egyptians were drowned. We reenact the walking though the Red Sea, sing songs of praises to G-d, and have a special luncheon. Thanks to Barry for coordinating the reenactment, Cantor Bruce for leading the singing and Stacey for coordinating the food.
March 6 – Dinner with Pizza, Falafel, Salad, and hamantaschen. Followed by Dr. Seuss Purim Shpiel , and megillah reading. Thank you to Marty Angstreich, Hebrew School Parents in the sphpiel, Cantor Rockman, and Lesley Lewkowicz for a very successful program. March 7 – Morning service with a megillah reading followed by breakfast. Thanks to Ruth Anne Koenick for sponsoring kiddish and to Rabbi Wolkoff for reading the whole megillah.
April Starts Evening April 5 runs through Aril 13. Passover services mornings Thursday April 6 10AM, Friday April 7 10AM, Wednesday April 12 9:30AM and Thursday April 13 9:30AM.
Second Seder Lead by Howard Waksman and the Cantor when very well.
Shavuot – May 25 Thursday evening service starting at 8 PM, followed by study program on “Visions of G-d”, ending about 11 PM. The study continued at the Rabbi’s House starting about 11:30 PM until 1:30 AM. We had services Friday morning 10 AM and evening 6:30 PM, Saturday services 9:30 am with Yizkor and reading the book of Ruth. Lunch sponsored by Ruth Anne and Paul Koenick in honor of their 50th Wedding anniversary. Follow by ice cream from the scream truck sponsored by the Jeff and Marcia Schwartz. Special thanks to the Cantor for being persistent in making this all possible.
Tish’a B’Av – July 27. Jewish fast day commemorating the destruction of the First and Second Temples, and other major catastrophes that have befallen upon the Jewish people.