Town Halls

Fellow congregants…my first month as President of Temple Beth El has been an interesting one. I have spoken to a number of you about a wide variety of topics…from the temperature of Lerner Hall and how we can fix it…to schedules for Hebrew School and Hebrew High…to feedback over the decision by the Temple Board to work with Jewish Family Services (JFS) for some requests for religious school scholarships and/or dues abatement.

While the first two topics are ones over which I really have no control…we can talk about the third.

Some of you have deep concerns about the decision to work with JFS. Others believe it’s the caring, professional thing to do and the best way to equitably distribute the limited resources we have. Still others think “no change can be good change”; we need to continue to do as we have always done: let Sara Schreibman, the Executive Director, make the decision based what people tell her on the phone or in person…a lot of responsibility for Sara.

Either way, we want you to have a chance to talk about it to the Temple leadership and be assured that the Board, the Senior Staff, the Clergy and I are hearing you.

We are holding two Town Hall Meetings. The first hour will be devoted to the JFS decision…the last half hour is open to any topic. Sara and I will be there for both. Representatives from our Board, staff and Clergy will attend one or the other, so you will be assured of having the ears of the leadership for your opinions. Please join us for one or both.

Location: Room 207 on the third floor of the Bernstein Education
Building. Use Blumenthal Portico entrance.

Sunday, August 29
10:30 am – 12:00 pm

Wednesday, September 1
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Your opinions count. Thank you for taking time to share.
L’Shalom…Moira