FREE FOOD!
(Not so Much If You Didn't Pay Your Brotherhood Dues)

May 24, 6 PM.

The Brotherhood's Installation is coming up and y'all are invited. Dinner is on the Brotherhood for members and their families.

The over/under on Bill Hoffpauer's 2nd inaugural speech is 7 minutes, 30 seconds. Get in on the wagering!

Dinner in the Radnitz Social Hall, ceremony in the Epstein Chapel.

RSVP to MARK FISHER

AND SPEAKING OF BILL  

                 

                        

Mazel Tov to President Bill Hoffpauer and the Brotherhood's 2017-2018 Leadership Team and Board of Directors: 

Bill Hoffpauer                       President

Steve Weintraub                  Executive VP

Jason Sandler                     VP Membership

Raymond Farris                   VP Programming

Roy Flegenheimer               Finance Director

Paul Preite                           Treasurer

David Arndt                         Corresponding Sec'y

James Warner                     Recording Sec'y

Perry Zidow                         Immediate Past President

Prez Sez

The word Avodah has been on my mind ever since Rabbi Paley gave a sermon on it. Simplest meaning for this word is "work." And in a religious context one could take it as Holy work that results in a connection. Connecting this to the Brotherhood is a simple task. When I watch my fellow Brotherhood members and what they do around the Temple, I am overwhelmed by their effort and desire to make the experience a truly meaningful one for the Temple Shalom members. This past weekend Mark Fishkind, a former Brotherhood president, was honored with the volunteer of the year award. The late Mel Sacks, of blessed memory, a former Brotherhood president, I believe was the only person at Temple Shalom who's ever receive this award twice. Raymond Farris, a current Brotherhood Executive Board member, was honored with this award in the past year or two, even yours truly got this honor some years ago and the list goes on and on.

The year for the Brotherhood is ending, not with a whimper but with a bang.  In the recent weeks we've done so much: 

• Brotherhood sponsored a Yom Hashoah program with an interview of a survivor that almost filled the Chapel (150+), thanks to the help of Sander Gothard.
• Brotherhood feed around 50 some odd people at a Sunday morning breakfast with a speaker supplied by the Israel Connection Committee.
• Brotherhood ran a blood drive that produced 21 units of blood that will help save lives.
• Back in the kitchen again, Brotherhood supplied and prepared the food for the end of religious school celebration.
• Brotherhood gave out the first of six scholarships, the Tracy Fisher Scholarship, to Lauren Stock.  She has been a great example of how a Jewish youth should approach community and commitment.  And we know she will continue this as a Jewish adult.
• Another Margaritas & Mishnah - A Talk on Shavuot by Rabbi Paley, Brotherhood's renowned educational program.
• Brotherhood will be giving five deserving Temple Shalom teens scholarship money from the Bob Weinfeld (2) and Mel Sacks scholarships (3) on May 24.
• And last but not least, Brotherhood will be buying 13 sets of the new High Holy Day prayer books in honor of Rabbi Paley's Bar Mitzvah year here at Temple Shalom.

Now that is putting your Avodah on!

WILLIAM "BILL" HOFFPAUER

 From the Borscht Belt  

  

Sol lived alone not far from the shul with only a pet dog for company. One day the dog died, and Sol went to the rabbi and asked, "Rabbi, my dog is dead. Maybe you could say a "kleine beracha" for the poor creature?"

"I'm afraid not", the rabbi replied. "We can't say Kaddish for an animal. But there are some Baptists down the lane, and there's no telling what they believe. Maybe they'll do something for the creature."

Sol said, "I'll go right away, Rabbi. Do you think $5,000 is enough to donate to them for the service?"

With this the rabbi exclaimed, "Vey iz mir! Why didn't you tell me the dog was Jewish?"

  

  Smarts and Beauty

     

 

 

  Thanks to All Who Helped this past month.

 

 

If we missed your name, it was not due to a lack of gratitude, it is due to our ineptitude, for which we enjoy abundance. We thank the unthanked, the underthanked, and thankless.

Congrats to Rachel Blumin, Sammy Paley, Mikayla Gothard, Tyler Richardson, Jasmine Ribak, Avery Klatsky, Sydney Kort, Evan Bogoslavsky, Ashley Spiegel, Clay Fischer, Jacqueline Gold (and their families). Mazel tov!  

July 11

Painting with a Twist

We are going out a lot!

 Wives, Dates, Both, Family, Etc. 7 pm.  $35 plus tax per person, Children 5-12 $30 per.

 

RSVP to Steve Weintraub or call 214/912-7594