January President’s Message
My message this month is late due to the loss of my beloved husband, may he rest in peace, but knowing him as I did, he would have wanted life for me and our congregation to go on as usual. He always knew how important it was to me and the Jewish community here for us to keep it going and growing.
As of this date, January 14, our board is preparing to meet as usual tonight with a multi-item agenda that includes our upcoming board workshop of Sunday, January 18, to be led by a URJ-provided facilitator, where we will focus on setting priorities for the future and ways of achieving them. We will also discuss our upcoming semi-annual meeting of January 21 at 7PM, and some social and fundraising ideas. Please save that date! Speaking of saving dates let me tell you of some others which you will hear more about in the coming weeks. Our Purim party is scheduled for March 15 at this time, and our annual community Passover Seder will be April 8.
I and Lee Lapensohn recently listened in on some conference calls about congregational security preparedness and the latest updates on the situation in Israel with Israeli officials and leaders of our Reform movement, and Homeland Security. We can never be too prepared and are taking precautionary steps to protect our building, community and especially our children in light of the recent events not only in Gaza but in areas of the U.S., including some of our Jewish congregations and worldwide.
Let us pray for the peace and safety of Israel, our people and the soldiers who are now suffering pain and violence. May they and we all live in harmony with one another and our neighbors. We can show them our support and solidarity by writng to an IDF soldier or citizen in the line of the conflict and attacks at http://www.chabad.org/special/
Once again, my sincere thanks to all who have given comfort to me and my family during our loss. It’s one of the reasons our community exists – for the love and care of one another.
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