December 2020

By Emily Joseph in Newsletter, Uncategorized
By Sarah Bollt in Uncategorized
By Emily Joseph in Board Summaries, Frontpage, Uncategorized Tags: frontpage
At the February meeting the board reviewed our fundraising efforts, which in combination with the cost-saving change to paperless communication, lead to a break-even projection on the fiscal year. The slate for next year’s board was read into the record. The board got a presentation from Rina Liebeskind and Dr. Abby Limmer, Director of Education at Temple Emanu-El, on plans to merge our religious schools. The board voted to go forward with combining our schools in the fall regardless of the status of the congregational merger. We formally endorsed the passage of the MOU, and received updates on next steps, including applying for grant funds and the process for hiring lawyers and a consultant to assist with the process.
By Sarah Bollt in Uncategorized
Click Open Zoom. |
After Zoom opens, another pop-up will appear. It deals with the audio. Make sure to click Join with Computer Audio. You should be able to see yourself on the screen. If your camera is not working, at the bottom left is a video camera icon. If there is a red slash through the camera, the camera is not on. Click on the camera icon to turn on your camera. If the bottom bar is not there or disappears, move your mouse over the bottom part of the screen and it should come back up. When you move your mouse away the bar will disappear. |
When your meeting is in session, this is what the bottom bar on your screen should look like. You will be able to see all people in the class, with their name underneath. When someone is talking, they will be in the big picture and everyone else will remain in smaller pictures around the larger one. When the speaker changes, the larger picture will automatically change to the person talking. When class is over, click Leave Meeting at the bottom right in red. A pop-up will appear. Click Leave Meeting and then the x on top to close out zoom. |
When you click on the link to your zoom meeting, this is the window that should pop up. Click open zoom.us |
After Zoom opens, another pop-up will appear. It deals with the audio. Make sure to click Join with Computer Audio – the green button. If for some reason something happens and you cannot click the green button, do not worry. On the bottom left, there is a pair of headphones labeled Just Audio. Click on that button and the pop up will come back. Click Join with Computer Audio. If your camera is not working, at the bottom left is a video camera icon. If there is a red slash through the camera, like in the picture above, the camera is not on. Click on that camera to turn on your camera. If the bottom bar is not there or disappears, move your mouse over the bottom part of the screen and it should come back up. When you move your mouse away the bar will disappear. |
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Click Call via Device Audio. This will connect you so you can hear the other people in the meeting, and they can hear you. |
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Click Call using Internet Audio. This will connect you so you can hear the other people in the meeting, and they can hear you. |
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By Sarah Bollt in Uncategorized
The Heart of the Negev: Makhtesh Ramon (Ramon Crater) is the world’s largest erosion crater, nearly 25 miles long and between 1-6 miles wide, shaped like an elongated heart. Marvel at the striking red and yellow layers and unique geologic formations. Explore this geomorphic wonder with:
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Overnight: Sde Boker
By Emily Joseph in Our Torah Scrolls, Torah Scrolls, Uncategorized
In August of our second year, 1996, we were blessed to receive our first Torah scroll. Goldie Silverman made a kind donation in memory of her husband Jake to afford us the ability to acquire a scroll. Rabbi and Marcia Louchheim travelled to St. Joseph, Missouri to her family’s orthodox synagogue, B’nai Sholem. The scroll was brought from Kharkov, Russia (near the Black Sea) by Marcia Louchheim’s great-grandfather, Rabbi Joshua Frumhoff.
Mary Ann Danin created a mantle and Fran Braverman donated two yaddim. The congregation attended the scroll’s dedication Friday evening, January 29, 1999.
By Emily Joseph in Our Torah Scrolls, Torah Scrolls, Uncategorized
In 2003, Zev Vallance placed his five-generation “backpack” Torah in the care of our religious community. This backpack Torah traveled by cart from village to village in Russia, making the “Teaching” available to all. This family scroll, on loan to us from a member family, now becomes part of our family. When Zev’s sister asked who would get the Torah if he didn’t want it, Zev whipped around and said, “It is going to go to whoever cherishes it, stupid” (AZJP, 8/13/04, p. 26). Cherish it we do!
By Emily Joseph in Our Torah Scrolls, Torah Scrolls, Uncategorized
In February 2006 Or Chadash launched the Make Your Mark project with Sofer Rabbi Shmuel Miller writing a Sefer Torah scroll for the congregation. On the 28th of Kislev (fourth day of Chanukah) in the year 2007, we welcomed the Helaine and Yoram “Levy Family Torah” to our congregation.
By Emily Joseph in Our Torah Scrolls, Torah Scrolls, Uncategorized
In December of 2009, Herb and Sue Cohn brought to us an Orphan Holocaust Torah scroll. The Memorial Scrolls Trust in Westminster, England loans 1600 Czech Torah scrolls to synagogues across the world. We were blessed to receive this one. Though the scroll itself survives, the memory of its home synagogue has been lost. Thus, it is known as an Orphan Scroll.
By Emily Joseph in Our Torah Scrolls, Torah Scrolls, Uncategorized
The Gould Family Torah was donated to our congregation by Wayne and Amy Gould in 2017. It is a Sephardic scroll whose origin is traced to southeastern Europe about 150 years ago.