Dear TBS Friends & Family,
Please join us Saturday morning as Addie Meyer is called to the Torah for her Bat Mitzvah ceremony. Torah Study will take place in the boardroom from 9:00-9:45.
This past week has been filled with celebration and sadness as we mark Israel’s 78th birthday and its memorial day. Here are a few postcards from this busy week:
Monday – I attended a somber watch party with four rabbis for the Joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial program in Tel Aviv. It honored the fallen soldiers, victims of terror and victims of war on both sides. This is the 21st annual joint commemoration.
Tuesday – My son’s 8th-grade class led the Yom Hazikaron program at his Jewish day school memorializing the fallen soldiers.
Wednesday morning – Attended the Jewish Day Schools’ amazing Yom Ha’atzma’ut parade with 1,000 students in Beachwood.
Wednesday evening – Attended the community celebration of Yom Ha’atzma’ut at Bnai Jeshurun.
We hold the great joy and the terrible pain side by side this year. TBS will have two amazing programs to celebrate this moment.
On Sunday, May 3, at 10:00 am, every TBS member is invited to join our religious school families in an Israel Dialogue with trained dialogue facilitators.
On Friday, May 8, we will have a special Israeli guest, Shahaf Palas, who will talk about her life in Israel as we read Israel’s Declaration of Independence.
Please join us at one or both of these special programs!
NEW! DAY OF LEARNING – Israel & Us – TBS Community Dialogue about Israel and Antisemitism
How has our relationship to Israel changed since 10/7? How are we navigating antisemitism in our lives?
On Sunday, May 3, every TBS member is invited to a special dialogue session about how we are dealing with our evolving relationship to Israel. Our school students will also be learning about Israel that morning. We will then have a delicious Israel lunch together!
We want to hear your thoughts, concerns and questions regarding your relationship to Israel and the rise in antisemitism. We will have small group dialogues to hear individual reflections. Each group will have its own facilitator. This will be a safe space, where every opinion is welcomed.
The program will be at 10:00 am. Please join us for this unique opportunity to share your thoughts.
Please RSVP to me by Thursday, 4/30 so we can have enough food and materials for everyone.
RSVP: rabbimichaelross@gmail.com
TBS Religious School News
Our students have started a special 4-week unit on Hatikvah through the lens of a wide range of children’s perspectives. On May 3, they will join with the adults for a special day of Israel learning and celebration.
Jewish Meditation Circle Meets on 4/30 at 7:00 pm!
Our Jewish Meditation Circle will resume its twice a month sessions on Thursday, April 16 at 7pm. We will explore the weekly personality traits as we count the omer towards our 50-day journey to Shavuot. These sessions are for both new, beginning students and advanced students. All are welcome. Donations are welcome. Upcoming dates: 4/30, 5/14, 5/28.
TBSBrotherhoodmeetings/events
• Brotherhood Membership
The Brotherhood performs much needed projects for TBS. Even if you cannot participate in Brotherhood, PLEASE CONSIDER MAKING A DONATION. This will help to complete the many TBS projects planned for 2024 – 2025. Please contact treasurer Art Busch, ascyb34@yahoo.com with any questions. * Please Do Notpay along with your Temple dues.
• We meet throughout the year in the spirit of friendship and good humor. We sponsor social events, fundraisers and building beautification projects to support and enhance the TBS community. Announcements will be posted as soon as they are available!
Contact: Mike Miller at: mikemillercsi@roadrunner.com Thank you for your support!
TBSSisterhood meetings/events
First Sisterhood Game Night is history!
I want to say that I admire and care deeply for you all. To those that came and bid and played, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. If you didn’t get to come I hope you can make it in the future.
Aviva
Julie Lakas
Take care of yourself, and if you can, someone else too. ~ Stephen Dubner
• It’s that time again to support sisterhood with your membership dues. Please contact Robin Rosen-Sharp at Rrsdvm2@gmail.com for a membership form. Please DO NOT send dues with your Temple dues or to the Temple Zeffy account. Robin can provide you with a Zelle link if you want to pay online. Thanks for your support!
Thanks, Robin
• Upcoming meetings and events are currently being planned and scheduled by the Sisterhood. Announcements will be posted as soon as they are available! Thank you for your support!
Temple Beth Shalom Website Notes and Links
*Receive our weekly e-newsletters!
Please email your First Name, Last Name, and Email Address
to: hberman44236@yahoo.com
PAST NEWSLETTERS PW: TBSHudson
Past e-Megillahs can be found on Media > e-Megillah Newsletters page
KENT HILLEL SHABBAT Candle-lighting, Service/Community Discussion, FREE Dinner (*Registration is REQUIRED and will close each week on Thursday at 2:00pm)
KENT HILLEL Providing a comfortable atmosphere for socializing, studying, or connecting spiritually for students Zeffy We can now use Zeffyfor Dues, Fees, and Donations.
Temple Beth Shalom does not pay a fee
ISRAEL DONATIONS Donations to support Israel can be made at
Cleveland Federation
News & Special Announcements!
TBS BOOKKEEPER NEEDED!
TBS SEEKS PART-TIME BOOKKEEPER
As we thank James Field for his years of service as TBS Bookkeeper, we seek a new part-time bookkeeper to replace him effective June 30.
Basic duties include: • Make deposits and pay bills, which are primarily done online. • Record all transactions in QuickBooks software. • Issue preprogrammed reports from QuickBooks including monthly profit & loss and fund balance statements and annual dues invoices. • Input annual budget created by Treasurer/President into QuickBooks. • Along with Treasurer check communications on Accounting@tbshudson.org email. • Work with Treasurer to monitor financial position.
If you are interested, or know someone who might be interested in this position, please contact Co-Presidents Mark Schildhouse or Larry Terkel for further information at markschildhouse@gmail.com or Larry Terkel at larry@larryterkel.com.
Our religious school students are encouraged to offer donations to our local Hudson food pantry during the months of March and April. Donations will be collected in a marked bin in the social hall until April 30th. Currently the pantry is in need of the following items:
Information about the Hudson Food Pantry:
The food pantry is part of the Hudson Community Service Association which notes its mission is to promote the general welfare of our neighbors living in the Hudson City School District Boundaries.
Thank you very much!!
Kim
• Upcoming Dates – Details below
Sunday, May 3 – Cemetery Clean Up, 10 am – 12pm
Monday, May 11 – Social Action Committee Meeting, 5 pm
Saturday, June 6 – Akron Mitzvah Day 1 & Cleveland Pride
Sunday, June 7 – Akron Mitzvah Day 2
July – TBS Volunteer Event at the Akron-Canton Regional Food Bank, date and details TBA
• Got Sneakers? The Social Action Committee is collecting used sneakers. April is Earth Day month! Donated sneakers will be refurbished for re-use or will be sent to a recycler who will extract as many materials as possible for reuse or sent to a waste-to-energy program. Our goal is to keep sneakers out of landfills and repair, reuse or recycle them. For sneakers in good condition, TBS receives a small amount of money to fund future Social Action causes. Please deposit your used sneakers to the bin marked as Got Sneakers in the Social Hall.
Note: athletic-wear only – no other type of shoe, boot or slipper. Rubber cleats are acceptable, but not metal cleats. Please deposit them attached as a pair by tying them together with the shoelaces or binding them with a rubber band. Adult and kids’ sneakers are welcome. Contact Cheryl Butensky at cheryl.butensky@gmail.com for more information.
• Collecting Items for Hudson Food Pantry
TBS has stepped up to fulfill a need of the Hudson Food Pantry. Your monthly donations of laundry detergent have been truly appreciated by our neighbors in need. Let’s keep up the momentum! We are asking for three TBS families to donate 2 large detergents — liquid, powder, or pods — each for a total of 6 per month. Families can sign up for a single month or multiple months. The detergents can be dropped off at TBS when open, i.e. Friday services, Saturday study sessions, Sunday school, etc. To sign-up to help go to https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A4FABAF2EA3FE3-61572875-tikkun or scan the QR code:
The pantry has also made a special request for body wash, deodorant and hand sanitizer and juices. These items can also be dropped off any time during the month and there is no sign-up for these items.
For more information about the pantry, see http://www.hudsoncsa.org/food-pantry. For questions about the donation process, please contact Michelle Draper at mldraper@yahoo.com. Thank you!
• Next meeting
The Social Action Committee will meet on Monday, May 11 at 5:00 pm in the TBS Boardroom. All are welcome. Please text or call Eric Draper, 216-630-6075, for more information and to be added to the Social Action communication.
• Pride in the CLE
June 6 – Pride in the CLE is an annual event celebrating the city’s vibrant LGBTQ+ community, put on by the LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland and held in Downtown Cleveland. The LGBT Center strives to ensure Northeast Ohio is afforded a Pride event that not only celebrates our LGBTQ+ community but also advocates for the equitable and just treatment for ALL in our community. For the day’s activities, see https://lgbtcleveland.org/pride/
• Akron Mitzvah Day June 6-7. Volunteer opportunities are being finalized. Mitzvah Day in Akron was started by Temple Israel in 2002 and is a two-day effort committed to helping different agencies in and outside the Akron community by collaborating with other faith-based organizations in the Akron Community. Stay tuned for more information.
• Akron Canton Regional Food Bank Volunteer Event in July
The Social Action Committee is arranging a volunteer activity at the food bank in July. Summer months means a shortage of volunteers, so TBS is stepping up! We hope to coordinate the event with the Sisterhood and Brotherhood to boost our turnout. More details to come.
TBS Lending Library News!
The TBS library is open for business. Please borrow the books of your choice. Return them, pass them on, donate a different book back.
Thank you for your continued donations. We are in the process of adding three more bookcases so we can organize the books by subject: Biographies, Fiction, Hebrew, Israel, Holocaust, Holidays, Jewish humor, Prayers books etc,
All the best, Bill Riter AJL wrriter@yahoo.com
We love to share News & Announcements at TBS
Please send us your announcements, engagements, weddings, graduations, sports news, kid news, etc. to: e-megillah editor, hberman44236@yahoo.com no later than ONE WEEK PRIOR to the next issue.
Please include ‘e-megillah news‘ in the subject field.
We are looking for Volunteers! •Help our Temple •Assist with events and gatherings
•Match activities to your interests & abilities •Participate in Brotherhood & Sisterhood •Support & Enhance the TBS community •E-Megillah Creative Desktop Co-Publisher
D E A T H S I N T H E L A S T Y E A R
Marika Andro • Tom Beasley • Frances Berman Linda Schulman
A monthly yahrzeit list of TBS family loved ones will now be published in the e-megillah
as well as read during Shabbat services.
A P R I L Y A H R Z E I T S
Eleanor May Beck • Rosette Borstein Stanley Caplin •Paula Draper Minna Dubner • Irene Ezring George Joseph Frankino
Gussie Miller Gardner • Sanford Goeble
Shirley Goldberg • A Jeanne Goldman
Sanford Goldman • Robert Greenberg
Hedva Hess • Gregory Krizman
Anna Krutowsky • Miriam Litt • Jacob T Marks
Julius Miller • Mary Miller Barbara L Riter • Michael Rose • Irving Rosen Stanley Shapiro • Max Wachtell
If you have names to add, please send them with their yahrzeit date to:
Thursday April 23, 2026
• Upcoming meetings and events are currently being planned and scheduled by the Sisterhood. Announcements will be posted as soon as they are available!
The Social Action Committee is collecting used sneakers. April is Earth Day month! Donated sneakers will be refurbished for re-use or will be sent to a recycler who will extract as many materials as possible for reuse or sent to a waste-to-energy program. Our goal is to keep sneakers out of landfills and repair, reuse or recycle them. For sneakers in good condition, TBS receives a small amount of money to fund future Social Action causes. Please deposit your used sneakers to the bin marked as Got Sneakers in the Social Hall.
Temple Beth Shalom
The TBS library is open for business. Please borrow the books of your choice. Return them, pass them on, donate a different book back.