Celebrate Shabbat

Friday, June 16th 7:30 pm - Juneteenth Kabbalat Shabbat service @ FANWOOD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH



See below for details. There is NO service at Temple Sholom this Friday.

To celebrate Juneteenth, Temple Sholom will be joining with others in the Fanwood - Scotch Plains Ministerium for an interfaith celebration of freedom. Rabbi Abraham will be leading a Shabbat Service at the heart of the event.

June is a Meatloaf Month!



Temple Sholom will be providing & serving meatloaves to feed the hungry at St. John's Soup Kitchen on June 30th.

Please bring your fully cooked meatloaves to the Temple by Thursday, June 29th and we will store them in the freezer until the end of the month.

If you would like to purchase a meatloaf through Mazzella's, click here: purchase-meatloaf-for-st.-johns-soup-kitchen-june-2023.html.

St. John's can always use donations of new adult socks and reusable bags to hand out.

A few volunteers are also needed to help serve at St. John's on 6/30. If you would like to volunteer, please contact Jill Harris jillharris@comcast.net

Summer Socials

Small opportunities to hang out with some fellow Temple members

Please drop by

• Tuesday, June 20, 9:30 - 11am - Coffee Break with Leadership @ Black Drop Coffee (Park Ave, Scotch Plains)
• Wednesday, June 21, 7-9pm - Fire Pit Night
• and more dates through the summer - check the Temple calendar

Temple Sholom End of Year BBQ

Saturday, June 24th

@ the Rabbi's house: 88 Kempshall Terrace, Fanwood

5 - 8pm

All members welcome.

Burgers and Hot Dogs will be provided.

Please bring beverages, a side or dessert to share. 

RSVP here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080a4eaaaa2ea2fc1-endofyear

Volunteer Opportunity

The Central Jersey Road Runners Club are having a “Red, White & Blue” 5K on July 1, 2023 at 8:00am at Oak Ridge Park in Clark and they are donating the proceeds to Family Promise!

They need volunteers to help with race day. Tasks would include:

• helping runners get checked in
• staffing water stations
• etc.

Volunteers would need to arrive around 7:00 am to receive their assignments. If you’re interested in helping out, contact Amy Beth Jones, Manager of Volunteer Engagement at Family Promise, at ajones@familypromise.org or 908-289-7300 x 205.

Jill Kaplan and Larry Trenk will be there - they'd love to see some other Temple Sholom members join them. 

Of course, you’re welcome to register and compete in the race, too! You can do that at this website: www.rwb5k.org!

Scrip News

• Scrip purchases now count toward the next fiscal year and the new 'supplemental fee' outlined in the budget proposal for next year
• Scrip is generally available any time the office is open, or you can make arrangements with Linda Nieporent
• Among current bonus rebates:
• Domino's - 10%
• Under Armour - 16%
• Carraba's - 13%
• Cheesecake Factory - 8%
• Dave & Buster's - 16%
• Smashburger - 13%
• TGIFriday's - 13%
• We'll be creating videos to help you get set up to use the app and setting up a regular schedule of orders we'll be placing to get cards we don't always have on hand.

For more information on the scrip program, click here.

Temple Sholom Supper Club!

Love to cook and eat all kinds of foods?

A group of Temple Sholom members is starting a family supper club. Once a month we'll get together to share what we've made with each other. Each month will have a different theme! All ages welcome.

Louisiana cuisine, South American.. what will be next?

Please email Jackie Lieberman at jliebs77@comcast.net if you're interested.

Temple Sholom Book Club

The next zoom book club meeting is on July 12th at 7:00pm, and we will be discussing the historical novel The Thread Collectors by Alyson Richman and Shauna Edwards. It is a story inspired by the authors' family histories of two women who risked everything for love and freedom during the Civil War.

The following book will be The Night Travelers by Armando Lucas Correa.



https://zoom.us/j/96021322428

For more info on the Temple Sholom Book Club, click here.

Interested in learning Hebrew as an Adult?



Linda Wolf offers lessons online. She volunteers her time - you just need to purchase the book (~ $20). She's helped many others along this path and would love to help others. Contact the office and we'll put you in touch.

Summer Office Hours

Thanks to a volunteer, the office will be open on Monday mornings - if you'd like to help out, let Linda Nieporent know.

Monday - 9-11am

Tuesday 1pm - 4pm

Wednesday - closed

Thursday Noon - 3pm

Friday - 9am - 1pm

If you need to come to the office outside of these hours, please contact Bill Nadel (president@sholomnj.org or 201.923.7638) or Linda Nieporent (2ndvp@sholomnj.org or 908.420.3871) to arrange access.

Emails and voicemails are being monitored as well.

Lunch with the Rabbi

BYO Lunch and share in good conversation.

June 29th

12:30 - 1:30pm

MID-WEEK MEDITATION WITH CANTOR SHARLEIN

Thursdays, 9:30-10am

Join our

Temple Sholom Bakers

June 15th

12:30 - 2:30pm

RSVP to the office

WOMEN ON OUR OWN

WOOO meetings are held every Sunday at 3:00pm

For more information on WOOO, click here.

COME PLAY

MAH JONGG!

ALL ARE WELCOME!

July 17th 7-9pm

Players of all levels of skill can get together to socialize and to play mah jongg once or twice a month.

It's challenging, social and lots of fun! If you have a set, please bring it. Questions?

Contact April Rosenthal (aprilclaypots@gmail.com)

Federation Spotlight:

One night only! Explore the fascinating treasures and stories of our community and support the important work of the Jewish Historical Society at the Sharing Our Stories event on Thursday, June 15! Delicious authentic Jewish deli dinner will be served! RSVP

Emma’s Closet Collection

Emma’s Closet is a service provided by Hearts for Emma, a charity founded by the Rothman family. It is a supply of travel sized toiletries that Emma started as her mitzvah project & has developed into a mainstay for the hospitals for families that arrive without the time to pack at home, or in many cases cannot afford toiletries.



We have some exciting news!!

Hearts for Emma now provides Emma’s Closet supplies to 3 hospital’s pediatric cardiac units!! (Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of NY, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and NY Langone)

Everyone: We now have an Amazon wish list that you can purchase Emma’s Closet supplies from. Please use this link: Amazon.com

All caregivers & teachers: We have had great success with different school clubs, teams & organizations collecting for Emma’s Closet. Please contact Nancie to arrange a collection in your child’s school, club or team.

Donations can be dropped off in the Temple. A new donation bin will be clearly marked in the Temple’s coat closet. Please note, Emma’s Closet does not collect snacks or any food of any kind. Please be mindful of keeping the bin for Emma’s Closet donations.

Items in need- all travel sized:

Deodorant, shampoo/conditioner, soap bars/wash: facial and body, fem hygiene products, oral hygiene products, combs and brushes, makeup remover wipes, all lotions, eye drops,

Items not accepted: Tweezers, nail clippers of any kind, scissors.

The Rothman Family and the entire Hearts for Emma team thank you for your donations. For additional info or inquiries please contact Nancie Rothman NBR1317@hotmail.com

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