It has been an exciting time in the Early Childhood Learning Center. The students and teachers have been baking hamentashen, making groggers and learning the story of Purim.
While it may still be winter in California, but Spring is upon US in ECLC. Spring brings change, rebirth, growth and new beginnings. Our eagerly anticipated grand opening of the Sand Yard and dedication will be on Friday, March 27 at 5pm with the ECLC Annual Shabbat Dinner to follow at 5:30pm (link to registration page). This project would not have been possible without the contributions of the Ruby Family (Michelle 2015, William 2018), our dedicated preschool families, temple board of trustees, PAL co-chairs, parent project managers, as well as the creative minds of University Synagogue’s early childhood professionals.
The Ruby's generosity is linked deep within their multi-generation connection to US. Michael Ruby writes, "Back in the ‘80s, Howard and Ken Ruby (my father and uncle) made a generous donation to the Synagogue on behalf of their parents, Jeanne and Ben Ruby..the donation was used to fund improvements to what is now known as Ruby Garden... Little did I know that thirty plus years later, I would be a member of the Synagogue and my two young children, Michelle and William (Jeanne and Ben’s great grandchildren), would be attending preschool at ECLC, and playing in that same Ruby Garden."
