Report from Captain Alex Kent:
Shomrei’s MESH Cafe hosted 19 grateful guests Tuesday night.
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Mesh Cafe May 26, 2015
Report from Captain Alex Kent:
20 hungry guests were served at Shomrei’s MESH Cafe last night. Fern Heinig was the Chef du Jour, whipping up fruit salad to start, followed by a green salad with cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, and red peppers. The main course was baked salmon with a special spice from Brazil, roasted green beans, and rice, served with buttered rolls. Dessert was yogurt and cookies and mini cheesecakes.
Mesh Cafe April 21, 2015
Report from Captain Alex Kent:
18 MESH guests were served on Tuesday night with a skeleton staff of only 3 volunteers.
Mesh Cafe Mar 31, 2015
Report from Captain Alex Kent:
On a lovely snowy (!) evening, Shomrei hosted 20 MESH guests in the YAC as the upstairs kitchen is undergoing Passover preparations. The meal was pulled together by Lynne Kurzweil with donations from Merrill Silver and Linda Ariel.
Mesh Report Feb 3, 2015
Report from Captain Alex Kent:
Another mouth watering MESH meal was served on Tuesday night, creatively assembled by Lynne Kurzweil, making the most of Bar Mitzvah leftovers. We hosted 19 guests for a gourmet meal of cheese and crackers and fruit to start, split pea soup made by Merrill Silver, a main course of egg salad heroes, along with steak fries cooked up by Lynne K. and Bernardo Breziner, along with a cucumber and tomato salad. Dessert was noodle kugel made by Aileen Grossberg with a black cherry sauce courtesy of Lynne.
Helping Others and Connecting to Shomrei
I am going to be perfectly frank. Religious services at Shomrei have never been my cup of tea. I was raised Presbyterian and converted to Judaism right before I got married. My husband Sam was raised in a conservative synagogue so we joined Shomrei because this is where he felt most comfortable. For me, I’m afraid, thoughts of services involve a lot of standing up and sitting down, and not knowing where we are in the book. I view those who smoothly daven along as an exotic species who have led a religious life far flung from my own.
But even though I find the services impenetrable, I get my spiritual satisfaction from Shomrei in other ways. Continue reading