Rosh Hashanah Day 1, Sermon – Breaking Our Hearts Open

Rabbi Julie’s sermon for Rosh Hashanah Day 1, 5785, October 3, 2024 

On Rosh Hashanah it is written, and on Yom Kippur it is sealed.  Who shall live and who shall die. Who will live a long life, and who will come to an untimely end.  Continue reading

MESH Report Oct 8, 2024

Five friendly MESH volunteers gathered in the Shomrei kitchen on Tuesday to prepare 50 hearty and tasty meals for our MESH guests. Chef Lynne Kurzweil shopped for the food at Costco, ShopRite and the Fooderie and MESH CoChair Aileen Grossberg stopped at Amazing Savings to stock up on our packing supplies.  (When you shop at the Fooderie, please remember to thank Ari from  Meat Maven for giving Shomrei a nice discount on chicken drumsticks). Helpers were Susan Rosenblatt, Carole Rothman, Carol Blau and Julie Weinstein.

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Rosh Hashanah Message From Rabbi Julie 2024

A video message from Rabbi Julie in preparation for Rosh Hashanah.

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Tributes and Donations, August-September 2024

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The following generous Tributes and Donations were made this past month

Carol Starr MESH Cafe
Linda & Gerry Blume – in Honor of Lynne and Lanny Kurzweil’s 50th anniversary
Linda & Todd Wieseneck – in honor of Joan & Don Zief’s 50th Wedding Anniversary

High Holy Days Open-Doors
Anonymous
Dr. Sarita Eisenberg & Dr. Louis Hammerman
Beryl Hiller

Inscribed Book(s) Machzor (High Holidays Prayerbook)
Marian Rothenberg – in memory of Herman Gollob, who was such a wonderful friend to Frank Rothenberg, z”l

Inscribed Book(s) Siddur (Prayerbook)
Linda & Gerry Blume – in honor of Noa Baird’s Bat Mitzvah

Kiddush Fund – Shabbat/Holidays
Barbara Miller – in memory of Carrie Brown

Kiddush Fund – Sunday Minyan
Amanda, Andrew, Joshua, Benji & Abby Gold

The Alan Lampert Memorial Library Fund
Barbara & Fred Allen – in honor of Sam Lampert’s upcoming 100th birthday
Anonymous – in Honor of Sam Lampert’s 100th Birthday
Friedman Family – Sam Lampert on his 100th birthday

The General Budget
Anonymous – in honor of Andy Ely’s 60th birthday
Jeffrey M. & Judith M. Armus – in memory of Selma Legman
Risa & Sol Bernstein – in memory of the Mike Legman’s mother
Risa & Sol Bernstein – in memory of Loren Grossman’s mother
Beryl Hiller – in honor of Noa Baird’s Bat Mitzvah
Carole Rothman – in honor of Noa Baird’s Bat Mitzvah
Arthur & Sheila Schuman – in memory of the yahrzeits of Molly and Leonard Bindelglass
Linda & Todd Wieseneck – in honor of Lynne & Lanny Kurzweil’s 50th wedding anniversary

The Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund
Risa & Sol Bernstein – in honor of Noa Baird’s Bat Mitzvah
Merrill & Andy Silver – in honor of Noa Baird becoming a Bat Mitzvah

Voluntary Security Fund
Jerilyn Margulies – in memory of Carol Sadow, beloved mother of Geoff Sadow and Marianne Scheer and grandmother of Shayna
Jerilyn Margulies – in memory of Dr. David Scheer and Rose Scheer, beloved Mother and Father of Marianne Scheer and Geoff Sadow and Grandparents of Shayna
Jerilyn Margulies – in honor of her beloved Family and Friends
Jerilyn Margulies – in memory of David Eiger Hochbaum
Merle Martin
Geoff Sadow – in memory of his beloved mother, Carol

Youth Programs
Elias Gray (and Parents Jason Gray & Jackie Feinberg)
Eyal & Shira Lavy

 

Make a donation or send a tribute online!  visit: http://shomrei.org/donate

MESH Report Sept 24, 2024

 

Chef Aileen Grossberg planned an easy to prepare meal with minimum prep and cooking time. Sous chefs Alex Kent, Lynne Kurzweil , Carole Rothman and new volunteer Julie Weinstein were totally up to the tasks of cutting tomatoes and lettuce, roasting corn, doling out chili sauce and preparing the other parts of the meal until——the ovens wouldn’t work. No gas to the burners.

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MESH Report Sept 10, 2024

The Carol Starr MESH Cafe at Shomrei was back in the swing after our summer hiatus. Chef Lynne Kurzweil, along with the pro team of Alex Kent, Joan Zief and Linda Wieseneck, pulled off a splendid feast supplementing ample leftovers from Noa Baird’s bat mitzvah which were graciously donated by Rabbi Julie and Justus. Continue reading

Reflections on This Time of Year

The poet, T.S. Eliot, wrote that April is the cruelest month, a quote often taken out of context.

But I think that in the cycle of the year, September may be the cruelest month. Although it is a month of beginning for those who never seem to shake the shackles of a school schedule, it often coincides with Tishrei which marks the beginning of our religious year, and is beautiful with full greening of the trees and bursts of color from the dahlias, marigolds and mums, the month is the last gasp before the slow decline to winter. Continue reading