Dear TBS Friends & Family,
Shavuot begins tonight. We prepare to stand at Sinai once again to experience revelation, to enter into the covenant with new insight, to embrace community.
This is a time where we read the 10 Commandments, and the Book of Ruth, and eat lots of cheesecake and ice cream. And this year TBS is celebrating the holiday in high style!
This week, we will have three amazing Shavuot-related events:
Thursday, 5/21, from 7pm – 7 am, TBS will again co-sponsor the community night of learning at B’nai Jeshurun. I will be teaching at 10:30 pm with Michelle Touve-Holland and Julie Aviva Lakas about welcoming conversion folks into our community. Details are in the flyer.
Friday, 5/22, we will have a special Adult B’nai mitzvah service at 7:30 pm, where two of our students, Mike Miller and Julie Aviva Lakas, will offer their teachings to us
Saturday, 5/23, will be our Adult B’nai Mitzvah Torah service at 10 am. Michelle Draper, Michelle Touve-Holland, Erin Andro Masseta, and David Holland will share their insights.
Please find time to come to as many of these special events as you can. You don’t want to miss this very special occasion! . 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!
TBS Calendar Adjustment
The TBS Annual meeting will be on Friday 6/5 at 6pm. Wine and cheese will be served. It had been originally planned for 6/19. It will be followed at 7:30 with our 5th annual Pride Shabbat.
Jewish Meditation Circle Meets on 5/28 at 7pm!
Our Jewish Meditation Circle will resume its twice a month sessions on Thursday, May 14 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: 5/28.
TBS Brotherhoodmeetings/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!
TBS Sisterhood meetings/events
• 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!
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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.
• Upcoming Dates – Details below
Saturday, June 6 – Akron Mitzvah Day 1 & Cleveland Pride
Sunday, June 7 – Akron Mitzvah Day 2
Monday, June 8 – Social Action Organizing meeting, 5 pm
Sunday, June 14 – Hebrew Cultural Garden Clean-up #3
Saturday, July 11 – TBS Volunteer Day at Akron-Canton Regional Food Bank, 8:30 – 11:00 am
• Hebrew Cultural Garden Clean-up
June 14, July 12, August 23, 9:00 am-noon – 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 for more information. Other clean-up dates June 14, July 12, August 23.
• Pride in the CLE
June 6 – Pride in the CLE is an annual event celebrating the city’s vibrant LGBTQ+ community. See lgbtcleveland.org/pride/ for the details
•Akron Mitzvah Day June 6-7. Join Akron area congregations, organizations and neighbors for a Day of Caring in the greater Akron community A wonderful family event, registrations are underway at www.mitzvahdayakron.com . Brochure www.mitzvahdayakron.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/MitzvahDay2026-Brochure.pdf . A roundtable discussion of the immigration crisis is scheduled for Sunday afternoon followed by a dinner for those interested.
•Next Meeting
The Social Action Committee will meet on Monday, June 8 at 5 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 – noon. We have arranged a volunteer activity at the 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. Details follow. Contact Marcy Caplin at mcaplin981@aol.com with any questions.
– PLEASE 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)– Preparing for your visit, Akron Main Campus:
The Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank’s Main Campus is located at 350 Opportunity Pkwy in Akron, at the corner of Dart Avenue and Opportunity Parkway off of OH-59 near Downtown Akron. Get Directions.
Please see the attached detailed parking map. Please carpool as much as possible.
Volunteer parking is located in the Blue Lot, which should be accessed via Entrance A on Dart Avenue. Please use this entrance rather than entering from Opportunity Parkway.
Dart Avenue is a one-way street. Depending on your route, you may need to circle the block to reach it (Opportunity → Pier → Bartges → Dart).
When heading north on Dart Avenue, Entrance A will be the first entrance on your right.
Entrances B and C (second and third entrances) are reserved for our network partners and pantry neighbors — please avoid using these to keep traffic flowing safely.
Once you’ve parked, please follow the sidewalk toward Dart Avenue and use the city sidewalks to walk to our main entrance via the lobby on Opportunity Parkway, rather than walking through the parking lot.
Handicap-accessible spaces remain available in front of the building on Opportunity Parkway.
What to wear:
Comfortable shoes are recommended as you may be on your feet the entire time.
It is best to dress in layers. The weather outside affects the temperature inside the warehouse.
Safety is our priority! Please note that open-toed shoes, jewelry, and earbuds/headphones are not permitted in the warehouse.
Ongoing Campaigns
•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
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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 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.
M A Y Y A H R Z E I T S
Bernard H Berman •Gladys Z Berman Benjamin Fromm •Rita Gross Benjamin Lerhaupt • George Kerster Philip Joel Lublin • Samuel Neiburg Edith Rubino• John W Rubino Gene Vinciguerra
If you have names to add, please send them with their yahrzeit date to:
Thursday May 21, 2026
• Upcoming meetings and events are currently being planned and scheduled by the Sisterhood. Announcements will be posted as soon as they are available!
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.