E-Megillah July 2, 2026

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e-Megillah
Thursday July 2, 2026
Issue #775

Letter from Rabbi Ross

Dear TBS Friends & Family,

Rabbi & Deb on vacation in June
Deb and I will both be out of town for the final 10 days of June.

Exciting TBS Religious School News!
We have amazing school news! Deb Rogers, our wonderful cantorial soloist and b’nai mitzvah tutor, will expand her role at TBS and become our education director this summer!
Jean Beasley and I have been filling in as the interim directors for the past 2 years, and it’s been a special joy for us to have led our sweet, small school. Jean and I will continue on as school faculty. Please wish a huge mazel tov to Deb when you see her!

Jewish Meditation Circle Meets on 7/16 at 7pm!
Our Jewish Meditation Circle will resume on Thursday, July 16 at 7pm. These sessions are for both new, beginning students and advanced students. All are welcome. Donations are welcome. We will then take a summer break from our meditation group until mid-August.
welcome. We will then take a summer break from our meditation group until mid-August.

Announcing…. Announcing…. Announcing….

TBS Torah Cantillation Class       
Announcing… TBS Torah Cantillation Class with Deb Rogers!
Have you ever listened to the melodic rise and fall of Torah chanting and wondered where the melody came from? Have you wished you could learn to do that too? Now’s your chance!

Join Deb for an exciting new class at TBS where we’ll explore the ancient system of musical notation — trope — that brings the Torah to life. Some ability to sound out Hebrew is needed, but fluency is not required. Just bring your curiosity and your voice – even if you don’t consider yourself a singer! This class welcomes all levels and promises to deepen your connection to Jewish prayer and tradition.

This will be an 8-week summer session that will meet on Sundays from 10-11:30 am from July 12 through August 30th. The first session is FREE! If you decide to continue, the class fee for the 8-week series is $108. The textbook we will use is “The Art of Cantillation”. You can get it on Amazon, new or used.

Click THIS LINK to RSVP for the first class on July 12th!

 

Meal Train for Robin Selinger

Dear TBS,
As you may know, Robin Selinger had an open-heart quadruple bypass earlier this month. She is recovering nicely, and would greatly appreciate some meals and company.
Details are in in the Meal Train link below.
https://mealtrain.com/degwdl

  OPEN MEAL TRAIN  

Thank you for being a part of TBS’s Caring Community!

TBSBrotherhood                                          meetings/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 Not pay 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

• Sisterhood enjoyed a wonderfully successful Game Night back in April and raised over $2000. Sisterhood funds have been used to purchase a new microphone for Rabbi to use during services. Additional funds are being donated to the TBS choir and for ongoing financial needs. Thank you to all of you who supported this event! It was so much fun and we are thrilled to be able to offer support to the Temple’s needs.

• Hello from the sisterhood!  If you are not a member, please consider checking us out. We hold some fun activities, dinners out, and fundraisers throughout the year. Our fundraising supports, the choir, the religious school, and other temple projects. If you have any questions, please contact me, Aviva Lakas at redtailsky@mac.com, (440)292-6421 or Kim Strausser at kimstrausser@gmail.com.

• 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
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   SHABBAT SERVICE     ID: 861 4959 4595, PW: shabbat 
Available when noted on the Upcoming Events schedule

   TORAH STUDY     ID: 844 3145 6155, PW: tbstorah
Saturday Prayer Essentials and Torah Study

  MAKING PRAYER REAL    The book for Saturday classes can be ordered here

   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 Zeffy for 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!     

• Upcoming Dates – Details belowSaturday, July 11 – TBS Volunteer Day at Akron-Canton Regional Food Bank, 8:30 – 11:00 am
Sunday, July 12 – Hebrew Cultural Garden Clean-up, 9:00 am
Monday, August 3 – Social Action meeting, 5:00 pm

• Next Meeting
The Social Action Committee will meet on Monday, August 3 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.

• TBS Volunteer Event
July 11, 8:30 – 11:00. We have arranged a volunteer activity at the Akron-Canton Regional Food Bank in July. Summer months mean a shortage of volunteers, so TBS is stepping up! This is a great family event for 10-year-olds and up. This will involve sorting, weighing and packaging frozen beef, poultry and fish donated by local grocery stores. The food bank is located at 350 Opportunity Pkwy in Akron. Follow these two steps to register:

Step 1- COMPLETE A VOLUNTEER APPLICATION – If you have not volunteered with the Foodbank in the past 3 years, please complete a volunteer application/waiver.Adult Volunteer Application

Youth Volunteer Application (children must be at least 10 years old to participate)

Step 2 – SEND AN EMAIL to Marcy Caplin at mcaplin981@aol.com  and Eric Draper at ej_draper@yahoo.com. We will get you registered and send you detailed instructions and logistics. 
• Hebrew Cultural Garden Clean-up
July 12, 9:00 am (weather permitting) – 1160 East Blvd., Cleveland. Help with new plantings, pulling weeds and raking leaves. There are ferns to thin around the fountain and replant them on the northern side of the hill. Rakes, clippers, and shovels will be needed. Reach out to Sheila at sailmomoh@gmail.com to register and confirms date and time. The next scheduled clean-up date is August 23rd.

• eSurvey
Coming soon. Our summer survey will be arriving in your inbox. The Social Action team is committed to offering a wide variety of opportunities to give back to our community and beyond. Our goal is to be responsive to the needs and preferences of the TBS congregation. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey when it arrives to provide us guidance for future activities. Thank you!

Ongoing Campaigns@TBS

• 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!

• Got Sneakers?
The Social Action Committee is collecting used sneakers. 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 into 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.

 

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 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
Rebecca Rose Kaufman • 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.
   J U L Y   Y A H R Z E I T S   
Mike Berman • Douglas Blazey
Anny Kiefer Bouscher • Cynthia Cremer
Abraham Dubner • John M Field
Pamela Frankino • Ned V Hiner
Charles A Koller • Milton Litt • Ann Lublin
Sidney Aaron Neiburg • Arnold Remer
Harold Lawrence Rosen
Norberto Kurt Scholem
Samuel Scholem • Carl Selinger
Gary Shapiro • David Alan Siegel
John Vecchio • Evelyn Weinberger
Woodrow Wilson

If you have names to add, please send them with their yahrzeit date to:
Laurie Frankino, Ritual Chair, at lfrankino@gmail.com. 

      T B S      

   UPCOMING EVENTS   

  • Fri. 7/10, 7:30 pm: Shabbat Service and Torah Service – with Deb Rogers
  • Thu. 7/16, 7:00 pm: Jewish Meditation Circle – new time!
  • Sat. 7/18, 9:30: Torah Study & Bagels – short service follows
  • Tues. 7/21, 6:00 pm: Interfaith Book Group – @ TBS
  • Mon. 8/3, 5:00 pm: Social Action Organizing Meeting – @ TBS
  • Fri. 8/21, Friday evening: Akron Pride 5K, downtown Akron
  • Sat. 8/22, 10:00 am: Akron Pride March & 5K Invite – @ Spaghetti Warehouse parking lot
For more information on temple services and other activities,
please refer to the temple website: