Breaking Bread with Brotherhood I hope you are enjoying Chanukah. We kicked it off early this year with the Bernie Friend Latke Bash prior to Thanksgiving. This is probably Brotherhood’s biggest event in terms of manpower and effort, and I would like to thank everyone who pitched in and made it such a success. Also in November was Comedy Night, back this year after a hiatus due to Superstorm Sandy. Our comedians—Maria Walsh, Peter Sasso, and Richie Byrne—had us laughing hysterically. Kudos also go out to Brotherhood member Marshall Blum for an impromptu cameo role. If you were there, you know why, after just a few years, Comedy Night is one of Brotherhood’s and Sisterhood’s most popular events. Thanks to Alan Fisher for organizing it and to our sponsors Audio Den, Gershow Recycling, and Newbrook Insurance Agency for their support. At November’s meeting, Marlin Levi shared some of the history of our Holocaust scroll with us. We learned about Nemecky Brod, the town in Czechoslovakia where it came from, and the Holocaust’s impact on one of its prominent families. We all left with a greater appreciation of the scroll and the significance of restoring it. Coincidentally, Marlin’s presentation was on the same day that our sofer, Neil Yerman, was at Temple Isaiah working with our Torah Restoration Committee. Our December Brotherhood meeting will take place on Sunday, December 8th at 9:09
am
in the kitchen.
Our speaker will be Rich Tuckman, chair of Temple Isaiah’s Israel Committee. Rich will speak on matters concerning Israeli-American relations, media issues, and some of the organizations involved in Israeli issues that we may not know about. Please join us for what promises to be an enlightening and informative presentation. Have a bagel, meet some of your fellow congregants, and hear about what we’ve got planned. Better yet, come with ideas about what else we could do. There are no dues for first-year members. Our other December activity, confirmed by press time, is the Stony Brook Seawolves basketball game vs. Cornell on December 22nd. Complete details will be on our website and in the eblast soon. I am grateful for the opportunity to serve another term as your President. Re-elected along with me are Vice President Mike Kelson and Treasurer Alan Fisher. Rounding out the Executive Board is our new Secretary, Rodger Jonas. We appreciate your confidence and support. This is also a good time to thank Marlin Levi, our former Secretary, for his efforts. I look forward to seeing you in December. As always, if you have any thoughts, ideas, suggestions, or comments, please email me at tekuates@yahoo.com or call me at 981-5128 evenings. Jay Schoenfeld Brotherhood President
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