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Dear Temple Emanuel Community,
Thank you for your patience while we have navigated COVID-19 over the last two years.
We wanted to share with you some updates we have to our COVID-19 protocols based on the current decline in cases in our community. As always, we continue to monitor the full impact of COVID-19 on all members of our community. The decisions we are sharing today were made in conjunction with our Jewish values, including pikuach nefesh, taking steps to preserve life and health, along with the current community scientific data.
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We will continue to remain both in person and online for Friday night/Erev Shabbat Services, B'nai Mitzvah celebrations, and other programming events and look forward to praying and celebrating with you.
- We are continuing to require surgical masks or better at all times inside the building. We will have surgical masks available.
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B'nai Mitzvah students with a current negative COVID-19 test can remove their mask when they are on the bimah for services.
- Masks will be optional outside. If you are walking through the building, please remember to remove your mask only when outside.
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We will continue with social distancing inside the building for Shabbat Services and Religious School. Parents are now welcome to drop their children off inside the building on Sundays and Wednesdays.
- We will now be able to serve and enjoy food outside.
For additional Religious School information please see this letter from Jessie Rubenstein, Religious School Director: Religious School Covid Update
We want to thank the Research Committee for their guidance and commitment over the last two years. We also want to express our appreciation to all of you; we can’t thank you enough for your support, flexibility, and understanding over the past 24 months as we navigated uncertainty.
We look forward to continuing to gather safely and will update you with any new information as we re-evaluate our protocols the first week of April.
As always, please reach out with any questions. We can be reached via email at president@emanueloftempe.org and rabbi@emanueloftempe.org.
Jennifer LeGrand, President and Rabbi Cookie Lea Olshein
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