e-Megillah, May 16, 2024
e-Megillah
Thursday, May 16, 2024
Issue #668
Letter from Rabbi Ross
Dear TBS Friends and Family,
This weekend we conclude two important programs at TBS for the year. On Saturday we will have our final Prayer Lab for this spring. Sunday, we will have our final Judaism 101 class. The class will meet for a Shabbat dinner together on 5/31 and then join the community for Pride Shabbat.
Religious School Updates
– We have begunВ advertising for a new education director for next fall. Please let us know if you know anyone who might be interested! We haveВ formed a search committee for this opening, and will be sharing info and details in the weeks to come.
– Our final day ofВ religious school is May 19.
Jewish Studies Fundraiser
On Thursday, 5/16, Kent State’s JewishВ Studies Department will have a retirement party for its amazing, outgoingВ director Chaya Kessler. This is the 50th anniversary of the department, but Jewish Studies needs our help to survive! Please check out the flyer. I would love to see many TBS faces there!
You can donate to this fundraiser at this link:В В В FUNDRAISERВ В
TBS ANNUAL MEETINGВ
FRIDAY, JUNE 14В 6:30 pm Social Room
В В Please join your current Board of Trustees as they conduct theВ В TBSВ Annual Meeting,В Friday, June 14.
• 6:30 pm: Wine & Cheese welcome in the Social Room
• 6:45-7:30 pm: Annual Meeting led by co-presidents James Field & Laurie Frankino
• 7:40 pm: Shabbat Service led by Rabbi Ross & Chuck Fink
Sweets & Treats oneg provided by Kim Strausser & Mike Miller
JOIN the TBS HIGH HOLIDAYS TASK FORCE!
Planning the High Holy Days services and events requires a team effort every year. Please consider volunteering an hour or two at temple or from your home for any of the many projects listed below.
Please contactВ Laurie FrankinoВ for further information and to volunteer your time:В lfrankino@gmail.com
• High Holiday Ticket MailingВ – September
• Selichot service planning - September
• Calling service readers - September
• Changing out holiday prayer books - September
• Ushering Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur services - October
• Cemetery Service planningВ – October
• Break the Fast Dinner EventВ – October
• High Holy Days Food Drive
Meal TrainВ for Tom Beasley
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Dear TBS Congregants,
Tom Beasley took a pretty bad fall on April 8, and broke his left femur, which required surgery.В He and Jean will greatly appreciate help withВ meals as he recuperates at home.
Thank you for showing that TBS is a caring community.
Randy Herman
Caring Hearts
Donations to support Israel can be made at
Cleveland Federation:В
В В ISRAEL EMERGENCY CAMPAIGNВ В
TBSBrotherhoodВ meetings/eventsВ
• Brotherhood Membership
Please contact treasurer Art Busch,В ascyb34@yahoo.comВ with any questions.В Your financial support is much appreciated.
The Brotherhood performs much needed projects for TBS. Even if you cannot participate in Brotherhood,В PLEASE CONSIDERВ MAKINGВ A DONATION.В This will help to complete the many projects planned for 2024 for TBS.
We meet throughout the year in the spirit of friendship and good humor.В We sponsor social events,В fundraisers and building beautification projects to support and enhance the TBS community.В Contact: Mike Miller atВ mikemillercsi@roadrunner.com
TBSВ SisterhoodВ meetings/eventsВ
• Next events are a dinner out in the planning stages and the Sisterhood late June Service.
• It is time to send in any photos you wouldВ like to share for the service booklet toВ jeanrhodes16th@gmail.com. В
• We are also planning a walk/hike in the CVNP led by Marcy Caplin, Beth Madis and Randy Herman. There will be a longer and shorter walk to meet all abilities.  Randy will be our ornithologist on the hike! She will be pointing out birds and other wildlife.
Hike date/rsvp hopefully in next e-megillah.
• I would like to gauge interest in a car pooling to the community-wide All-night Learning Tuesday June 11, 2024 (Erev Shavuot).  It is a splendid thing to do.  And we need not stay all night!  Let me know if you’d consider it at jeanrhodes16th@gmail.com.
Temple Beth Shalom Website Notes
В E-MEGILLAH NEWSLETTERSВ В В YouВ will need to use the passwordВ TBSHudson
You can view upcoming services and events on the Calendar page:
В В CALENDAR PAGEВ В
Please email James Field atВ jdfield23@aol.comВ if you would like to be aВ TBS Super Supporter. Some ways to volunteer include:
• Backup to our Email czar Harry Berman (Harry will show you the ropes)
• Coordinator with the Cleveland Jewish Federation for security support
• Setup/takedown of furniture and refreshments for Prayer Lab, Judaism 101 or other regular Temple activities
• Sponsoring an Oneg
• Coordinating Zoom for services (we do hire a professional for major holiday observances)
• Many other activities to match your interests, abilities and availability
Please send us your announcements, engagements, weddings, graduations, sports news, kid news, etc. to:В e-megillah editor,В hberman44236@yahoo.comВ no later thanВ ONE WEEK PRIORВ to the next issue. Please include ‘e-megillah news‘В in the subject field.
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A monthly yahrzeit list of TBS family loved ones will now be published in the e-megillah
as well as read during Shabbat services.
Benjamin Fromm  •  Rita Gross  •  Benjamin Lerhaupt  •  George Kerster
Philip Joel Loublin  •  Samuel Neiburg  •  Edith Rubino  •  John W Rubino
Gene Vinciguerra  •  Eva Wachtell
В В В В В UВ PВ CВ OВ MВ IВ NВ GВ В В TВ BВ SВ В В EВ VВ EВ NВ TВ SВ В В В В
- Sat., 5/18, 9:30 am:В Prayer LabВ – in-person only
- Sun., 5/19,В 11:00 am:В Religious School’s End of Year BBQ!
- Fri., 5/31,В 7:30 pm:В PrideВ ShabbatВ & Judaism 101 Class DinnerВ – in-person only
- Tue. 6/11, 7:00 pm – sunrise:В Leil Tikkun ShavuotВ – A special night of Jewish learning – at B’nai Jeshurun, Pepper Pike
- Fri., 6/14,В 6:30 pm:В CongregationalВ Annual MeetingВ &В ShavuotВ Service
- Fri., 6/28,В 7:30 pm:В Sisterhood’s Nature Shabbat
- Sat., 7/6, 10:30 am:В Jesse Warman Bar Mitzvah Service