Category Archives: People of Shomrei

Announcing Our 2025 Honorees

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From President Delaney:

It is my privilege to announce Nancy and Charlie Breslin, two of our extraordinary members and volunteers, will be the Honorees at our annual event celebrating Shomrei members for their service to our community. I am also thrilled to share that Romy Rost will be our Rising Star honoree this year for her tireless efforts as a Board member and in building a thriving and dynamic community among our young families.

Save the Date! Please join us to celebrate our Honorees at Cirque du Shomrei, Saturday, February 1, 7:30pm.

Please also place an ad honoring Nancy, Charlie and Romy for all they bring to our community in our annual Shomrei Directory and Ad Journal. 

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Introducing Jenn Harvey, Operations Administrator

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Jenn Harvey, Operations Administrator

Jenn started at Shomrei in January 2024. Originally from Chicago, Jenn grew up in Morris County, NJ, and graduated from UCONN with her BS in Marketing and Communications. After working in Hartford for a year, she returned to the tri-state area to work in the NYC headquarters of a global beauty company. Her background is in PR, media relations, communications, marketing, strategic alliances, and event management.

After the arrival of her 3rd child, Jenn took a step back from the corporate sector to focus on her family and play a more active role in her community. In that time, she coached multiple soccer teams, managed several sports teams, sat on the Board at her children’s elementary school and chaired numerous programs and fundraising events. She thoroughly enjoys volunteering and is currently the Booster Club President of the High School Girls Soccer Program, while also continuing to coach soccer

Jenn and her husband, a native New Yorker, have been married for 22 years and have a son and two daughters.

 

Welcome to the Board of Trustees 2024

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Yasher koach to the 2023-24 Board of Trustees. Special thanks to outgoing board members – past president Miriam Korn Haimes, VP-Legal Gordon Braverman and trustees Audrey Levitin, Lynn Rubin, and Debra Caplan – and to outgoing president Michael Sag (who will continue on the board as immediate past president).

Welcome to these new board members – Shirley Grill, Risa Bernstein, Josh Kline and Suzanne Grobman.

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June Garden Update

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Everyone who enters our building must have noticed the greening and flowering of our outdoor landscape. This beautiful lifecycle fuels itself, with one season of plants providing nourishment for the next as its foliage decomposes. In the meantime, our flowers provide beautiful decorations for kiddush tables on Shabbat, and the compost from vegetables and fruit used in kiddush prep helps enrich the soil for all of our plants. Continue reading →

Remembrances of Dr. Michael Kogan

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Michael Kogan passed away on April 6th at age 81. He was living in Charleston South Carolina, to him The Holy City, in his retirement. He was for forty-one years professor of Philosophy and Religion at Montclair State and an expert in fields of Jewish-Christian theology and dialogue, Existentialism, and Old and New Testaments.

Michael was a member of Congregation Shomrei Emunah for forty years. He served two terms as president; founded and taught in the Adult Education program; spearheaded the Scholar-In-Residence program; sponsored and preached at the congregation’s annual July 4th service and celebration; and served as a Torah and Haftorah reader. Michael was a major financial supporter of the synagogue. Continue reading →

Toby Stein: In Memoriam

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Editor’s Note: Rabbi Greenstein emailed these remarks to Rabbi Julie, who read them at Toby’s funeral on Sunday, February 4. 

This past Shabbat our Torah portion, Yitro, tells, among other things, of the advice that Yitro, Moses’ wise and big-hearted father-in-law, offers to Moses. He tells him to find special people who will be able to support Moses in guiding the community. Yitro says: “You should look out, from among the entire people, people of valor, who revere the Almighty, people of truth, who shun selling out.” (Ex. 18:21) Continue reading →