Hail to Helen, Humor Heroine

Have you heard the one about the Rosh Hashanah taiglach? Ask a member of the Weiss family on Friday evening, November 6 for the details.

At the oneg after Shabbat evening services. we will be celebrating Helen Weiss and her wonderful sense of humor by dedicating the Helen S. Weiss Humor Collection in the Alan Lampert Memorial Library.

The Weiss family thought that supporting the library’s collection with an emphasis on Jewish humor would be a fitting memorial at Shomrei for Helen who was important in every facet of Shomrei’s life for many, many years. The Lampert Library is now the repository of much of Helen’s personal collection of books on humor. Continue reading