Sustaining Members & Friends of Temple Isaiah 2015 Please help us to maintain Temple Isaiah as a house of worship, a house of learning, and a house of assembly by becoming a Sustaining Member in 2016. It is here where you celebrate life-cycle events, and it is here where you will find support when you need it. It is with your strong financial support that Temple Isaiah will continue to provide education, worship services, and support for people who are experiencing loss, crisis, or illness. Please join our growing list of Sustaining Members!
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A Musical Note from the Cantor continued from page 4 incredible opportunity of acquiring Jewish knowledge at
what you need from the Temple leadership and from your
every level. Above all, I want our Temple to be a place
fellow congregants. There are, of course, risks in asking
where we gather, engage our Jewish values of Tzedakah,
questions because sometimes there are answers that are
and work together towards Tikkun Olam.
difficult to hear, but this is a risk we must take in order
In order for Temple Isaiah to be these things, we need to
to plan effectively.
understand what our members need in 2016. We need
For me, the most important outcome from this process
to understand the ways our families who are enrolled in
will come from the personal connections so many want
our Religious School have changed over the past decade.
and need. Those of you I’ve spoken with were clear in
By change I don’t mean demographics, but how people
your desire for connections, for community. The work we
have changed. We need to understand what motivates
do together now will help to create a path to a meaningful
people to join our congregation and enroll their children
and relevant future for Temple Isaiah and our Religious
in our Religious School, and what will motivate them to
School.
become actively involved. We need to understand how we can make Judaism meaningful not just for our children, but for parents and grandparents, as well. How will we get the information we need to make in-
Please don’t let this opportunity go by, be part of this important endeavor. Let us hear from you so that Temple Isaiah and our Religious School can move into a bright and meaningful future.
formed decisions about what Temple Isaiah and our Religious School can do to ensure a meaningful future?
Cantor-Educator Scott Harris
We will listen to you, so we can, hopefully, understand
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