Letter from Rabbi Ross Dear TBS Friends and Family,
Special Shavuot Program Tuesday evening 6/11 at Bnai Jeshurun! Join Rabbi Michael and many educators to commemorate the giving of the Torah at the 2024 Community-Wide Tikkun Leil Shavuot Program. This
event is free and open to the community thanks to our 23 co-sponsors, in addition to B’nai Jeshurun Congregation and the Estelle and Dr. Milton Rosenberg Fund involved.
Everyone attending in person can pre-register online by June 9.
Walk-ins are welcome, but you will need to register when you arrive.
Register online: https://cutt.ly/registration-tikkun2024
Highlights include: 8 sessions with choices of premiere teachers, Festival services, dessert buffet, breakfast bar, Kabbalistic wedding ceremony and a sunrise service.
We will also offer an early tween session for 5th-8th grades.
Come for one session or the entire evening.
Learn more about our sponsors, presenters, and view the complete schedule which also shows which sessions will be streamed at: Special Shavuot Program Link
Religious School Updates
– We have begun advertising for a new education director for next
fall. We have two applicants for the role and we are hoping to
interview them shortly.
Jewish Studies Fundraiser
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: FUNDRAISER
Donations to support Israel can be made at
Cleveland Federation:
TBS ANNUAL MEETING
FRIDAY, JUNE 14 6:30 pm Social Room
Please join your current Board of Trustees as they conduct the TBS Annual Meeting, 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
– Review of the Year
– Review of the current budget 2023-2024
– Review of the proposed budget 2024-2025
– Nomination and election of Board of Trustees 2024-2025 including new president nominee, Larry Terkel
– Q&A
• 7:40 pm: Shabbat Service led by Rabbi Ross & Chuck Fink
Sweets & Treats oneg provided by Kim Strausser & Mike Miller
This week, our specialTBSTHANKSare sent to:
– Susan Terkel for sewing a beautiful new curtain for the window on the side entrance of our building.
– Our Brotherhood members: Art Busch, Julius Hess, Mike Miller, and Mark Schildhouse who volunteered to cook 50 hot dogs for our religious school families in celebration of the last day of school last Sunday.
– Jean Beasley for completing her 15th year as a religious school teacher at TBS.
– Kate Pelleschi for completing her first year as our 3-4th grade religious school teacher at TBS.
– Paige Mintz for completing another year in her continuing role as Education Liaison to the Board and Outreach Chair to unaffiliated families with young children.
Meal Train for Tom Beasley
Dear TBS Congregants,
Tom Beasley took a pretty bad fall on April 8, and broke his left femur, which required surgery. He and Jean will greatly appreciate help with meals as he recuperates at home.
Thank you for showing that TBS is a caring community.
• Brotherhood Membership
Please contact treasurer Art Busch, ascyb34@yahoo.com with any questions. Your financial support is much appreciated.
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 projects planned for 2024 for TBS.
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. Contact: Mike Miller at mikemillercsi@roadrunner.com
TBS Sisterhood meetings/events
• We are working on the service for the Sisterhood Shabbat on June 28th.
How you can become involved:
Help write the service with Robin, Julie and Jeanie
Sing up front (in a group) for a song or two and/or do an English reading
Send me nature photos you have taken
Bring something for our Oneg
Attend
• Next events are a dinner out in the planning stages and the Sisterhood late June Service.
• In July/Aug we’ll have a potluck brunch at Jeanie’s house to talk about next year!
Temple Beth Shalom Website Notes
Past e-Megillahs can be found on Media/e-Megillah Newsletters page: E-MEGILLAH NEWSLETTERS You will need to use the password TBSHudson
You can view upcoming services and events on the Calendar page: CALENDAR PAGE
We are looking for volunteers for many other important tasks, big and small, to help our Temple.
Please email James Field at jdfield23@aol.com if you would like to be a 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
We love to share good news 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.
• Y A H R Z E I T S•
D E A T H S I N T H E L A S T Y E A R
John Andro • Norman Taer • Mark Varney
• • • • •
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
Gladys Z Berman • Bernard H Berman • Benjamin Fromm • Rita Gross
Benjamin Lerhaupt • George Kerster • Philip Joel Loublin
Samuel Neiburg • Edith Rubino • John W Rubino
Gene Vinciguerra • Eva Wachtell
If you have names to add, please send them with their yahrzeit date to Laurie Frankino, Ritual Chair, at lfrankino@gmail.com.
U P C O M I N G T B S E V E N T S
Fri., 5/31, 7:30 pm: Pride Shabbat & Judaism 101 Class Dinner – in-person only
Tue. 6/11, 7:00 pm – sunrise: Leil Tikkun Shavuot – A special night of Jewish learning – at B’nai Jeshurun, Pepper Pike
Fri., 6/14, 6:30 pm: Congregational Annual Meeting & Shavuot Service
Fri., 6/28, 7:30 pm: Sisterhood’s Nature Shabbat
Sat., 7/6, 10:30 am: Jesse Warman Bar Mitzvah Service
For more information on temple services and other activities, please refer to the temple website:
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.
Please email James Field at jdfield23@aol.com if you would like to be a TBS Super Supporter. Some ways to volunteer include: