January 15, 2019 - 9 Shevat, 5779
BETH EL BEACHES
Rabbi: Michael Matuson, D.H.L., D.D.
2018-2019 Executive Board Member
President: Abby Steele
Past President: Neal Goldman
President Elect: Charlie Frohman
Vice President: Sherill Herzfeld
Vice President: Karen Toker
Treasurer: Chip Morris
Secretary: Rachel Mitchell
2018-2019 Committee Chairs
Worship & L/T Finance: Neal Goldman
Facilities: Ed Mercel
Membership: Grace Belkin
Communications: Sherill Herzfeld
Ways & Means: Tracy Aquila
Education Director: Vickie Kennedy
Adult Education: Judy DeArman
Library: Bobby Adler
Archives: Karen Toker
Social Action: Tammy Shumer
Finance: Chip Morris
Education: Donne' Ordile
BETH EL HAPPENINGS
Congregant's Corner
Just a little note to express my thanks and appreciation to our kind and caring Rabbi. We are the recipients of his devotion and and expertise, and we are the ones who thank him. 

It always seems like I would rather sleep a little later, or find many diversions to occupy my Saturday mornings, but somehow I definitely force myself to head over to attend Saturday morning services. I know it is the right thing to do, and once I am there, I actually feel I am transplanted to a world of complete devotion and concentration of forgetting all else but where I am. I feel good, and totally absorbed in the reasons I am no where else, but where I should be.

The Rabbi is now in charge of transporting my mind on nothing else but the service of the day, and all it means.

My fellow congregants are my Beth El family here, and I love them all. I worry about them and miss them, when they are not here. We have become like a tight knit Shabbos unit., and we genuinely care about one another.

Rabbi is our leader, and we all love and appreciate him. He opens our minds and thoughts and just for those few hours, we are transported into nowhere else, but our Saturday services.

If I am in town, and all is well, I intend to always attend those meaningful Saturday services.

Thank you Rabbi for that special invitation where YOU want to thank us! How ironic! We want to THANK YOU,
An anonymous Congregant.

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B'NAI MITZVAH
Mazel Tov to Reid Fraley on his upcoming Bar Mitzvah on January 19, 2019
Grace Belkin, Membership Chair
904-273-9161 home
904-534-2553 cell

BOARD MEMBER HIGHLIGHT
Grace Belkin
Tapped Out

I try to get inspiration to write these weekly "blurbs", but I have been "tapped out" and couldn't come up with a topic for this week's eblast. But, lo and behold, the congregation did it for me! What do I mean? Went to Shabbat services tonight and got the inspiration I needed. You, the congregation did it. Sitting in the sanctuary, a full sanctuary to boot! A special night, honoring Buzzy Klausner's "special" birthday, Paula's indelible touch honoring her husband. A new and improved sound system. A window into the Rabbi's relationship with this family. The many who attended all witnessing the stories that each of us carry. This is their story. What about yours?
MEMBERSHIP

PLEASE JOIN US!
FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 2019
OUR NEW MEMBER SHABBAT
RECOGNIZING AND HONORING OUR NEWEST MEMBERS
July 2018 to January 2019
 
Marissa and Adam Bedri and Family
Elaine and Edward Bergstrom
Christine and David Brache
Ilyse and Chip Green and Family
Lorraine Jenkins
Judith Kayloe
Scheer and Jeff Pollack and Family
Jean and Ryan Rissman and Family
Bruce Schwartz
Dea and Michael Sims
Ilicia Shugarman and Scott Schlossman and Family
Jacquie Sinder
Miriam and Rich Spector
Ilene Thrasher
 
A special Oneg will be held in the above members’ honor. 

BETH EL RELIGIOUS SCHOOL

BETH EL RELIGIOUS SCHOOL

January 13: 9 AM - 12 PM
Together Educating And Motivating (TEAM)
Contact MISS VICKIE for more information at  vickie@bethelbeaches.org
BETH EL BROTHERHOOD
Brotherhood Membership Application
BETH EL SISTERHOOD
2018-2019 Sisterhood Membership Application
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Enrich our lives
BOGO SPECIAL

That’s right, 2 for the price of one! A great way to honor someone or to remember a simcha or special person. Each brick can hold 3 lines of 11 characters. Next time you walk into Beth El, pause to note all the inscriptions lining the front walk.   
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Beth El-The Beaches Synagogue
288 N. Roscoe Blvd.
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082

904.273.9100


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