At the end of this month on June 26 we’ll be having a special Shabbat morning service and lunch to look back at and savor the experiences and personal growth we’ve shared together during my 12 years as your rabbi. 

It seems very fitting that the Torah portion for this Shabbat will be Balak, the portion when the prophet Balaam opens himself to the word of G!D and proclaims the blessing of Mah Tovu:

  Mah Tovu O ha le cha Ya a kov   How goodly are your tents O Jacob

  Mishkenotecha Yisrael  Your places of dwelling O Israel.          

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Mark’s Remarks:  Rabbinic Search Update

By Mark Frydenberg

As the Search committee is winding down from weekly interviews, and moving on to the next phase of inviting candidates to  lead Shabbat morning services with the congregation, it is worthwhile to reflect on the past four months of work that got us this far. In January, the Board and Ritual Committees met to begin the process of healing as the announcement was made that the Temple would be seeking a new rabbi.  We formed a Search Committee, composed of members that represent our diverse community.  This group began a process of trying to understand our synagogue’s strengths and weaknesses, needs, and values as we seek a new Rabbi.

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Mark’s Remarks: The Mahzors are Here!

If you’ve stopped by the Temple office recently, you probably saw a pile of cardboard boxes filled with books sitting on the counter on the cabinet near the back wall.    As I wrote in the bulletin last fall, the Religious Committee made the decision to shift from the Orthodox Birnbaum Mahzor (High Holiday Prayerbook)  that the synagogue has been using for about sixty years, to the new Mahzor Lev Shalem.

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