INSIDE THIS ISSUE CBS Staff ...................................................... 2 President’s Message .................................. 3 Executive Director’s Editorial ................ 4 Religious School ..................................... 5-6 B’nai Mitzvah/Youth .............................. 7-8 CBS U/ Adult Education/Programming ............ 9 Sisterhood .......................................... 10-11 Men’s Club ......................................... 12-14 CBS Happenings ..................................... 15 Candle Lighting & Service Times .. 16-17 Birthdays and Anniversaries .......... 18-19 Calendar ............................................. 20-21 Milestones ................................................ 22 CBS Happenings ..................................... 23 Yahrzeits ............................................. 24-25 See What’s Happening @ CBS ..... 26-27 Donations ........................................... 28-29 Ads ....................................................... 30-31 CBS Online Calendar ............................ 32
Head Rabbi ......................................... Aaron Melman Senior Cantor ..................................... Steven Stoehr Rabbi ............................................... Warner Ferratier Rabbi Emeritus....................................... Carl Wolkin Executive Director ............................Michael Garlin Director of Jewish Life and Learning .............................................. Leann Blue Director of Education .......................... Stacy Ybarra Controller ......................................... Susan Karlinsky President ................................................. Bob Spector Sisterhood President ..................... Jackie Zelkowtiz Men’s Club Co-Presidents.... Dr. Andrew Wagner & Steven Lessman USY President ............................................. Paige Star Shalom Designer/Editor...............Deanne Friedman
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JUNE/JULY 2022• VOLUME 102 ISSUE 72
SIVAN/TAMMUZ 5782 | JUNE/JULY 2022| VOLUME 102 ISSUE 72
RABBI MELMAN’S MINUTES Last year at this time I wondered how we were able to accomplish so much after living through a year and a half of a pandemic. I don’t think any of us could have contemplated that after another year had gone by, we would still be managing our way through and around COVID-19. We have begun to learn to live life with this virus and all of its mutations. Many have tried to return to life as normal, while others remain cautious and proceed very carefully as they venture out into the world. The most important thing for me to share with you is that Congregation Beth Shalom is open and has been for the majority of the last two years. We are somewhat shocked when people are surprised that we continue to operate as normal (or as best as we can with adaptations). Our services have never stopped, our programming has continued, classes have taken place, we have learned from a wide array of speakers, and we have continued to make a difference in the world for those less fortunate. This past year we welcomed people back into the building for High Holiday services. Pesach kiddushim and Shabbat kiddushim have been greatly celebrated. We celebrated with 40 B’nai Mitzvah families, 16 aufrufs, and new people reading Torah for the very first time. Our Men’s Club delivered 1465 Lox Boxes including 798 boxes to The ARK, Rabbi Melman
CJE, and local fire and police stations. Our Sisterhood has 574 members and 31 vendors were on display at the return of the Holiday Boutique. CBS offered 17 different Adult Education classes with classes taught by 12 different instructors and well over 300 individual learners. We helped people prepare for Chanukah by distributing items to make latkes, and many other holiday preparation items. I could not be more proud of how our congregation has adapted in ways that we could never have imagined over two years ago. And we won’t stop here! If there is one thing the pandemic has taught us, it is that we need to be flexible and adaptable, two important words I learned as a camp counselor 30 years ago. Those two words have never been more important than right now. Doing our best to accommodate the needs of our congregants is, and should be, what we are all about. Understandably, we have lost a little sense of the family feeling here, as we were not able to gather together the way we would have liked, for a period of time. It’s time to recapture the feeling of the Beth Shalom Family. Godwilling, people will continue to feel comfortable joining us for all that we offer. We are not going anywhere and we will continue to be here for all of your needs. Have a safe and healthy summer.
