Dear Temple Members & Friends,
This will be a High Holy Day season unlike any before. In their wisdom, our dedicated Board has decided that all our events will be via Zoom or Livestream. As we say in Yiddish, “Abi gezunt! - !טנוזעג יבא - Just be healthy!” In our tradition, considerations of health come before all else.
Though we won’t have the delight of gathering in the crowded synagogue, hearing the wonderful choir or sharing delicious food, there will be certain benefits to an on-line Yamim Noraim (Days of Awe.) First, everyone will have a front row seat. Second, no driving needed to attend. Third,there will be opportunities for members to deepen relationships through the friendly medium of Zoom.
I’m so delighted that we will have wonderful musicians to uplift us: our beloved soloists Bel- Ami Margoles and Berel Steinberg, pianists Jerryl Lynn Rubin and Rachel Samet, and violinist Sasha Chandler. Sasha celebrated her Bat Mitzvah at TBE in 1997 and her mother Betty Braver, of blessed memory, served as our High Holy Day Coordinator for several years, helping me craft our musical approach to the holidays. What a joy to welcome Sasha back!