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As we catch our breath at this dramatic moment in history, I have a few thoughts to share.
There is cause to be concerned that rhetoric of the campaign has emboldened hate groups. Prominent white supremacists have expressed elation over the election results. Efforts to improve security at the Temple have been underway for some time, and we have a meeting of the Security Committee scheduled for next Tuesday, November 15, from 5:30 to 6:30, before the Board Meeting. I will be available to continue meeting with members for discussion and prayer after the Board convenes. In spring of 2015, Eureka Police Department’s Captain Stephens met with us at the Temple and proposed various security procedures that we have yet to implement. Some of us also attended a security forum presented by the EPD this spring. We have several strategies to consider. Please join us on Tuesday to discuss how to implement new security measures and to share any concerns you have.
As a minority population in far flung lands for over two thousand years, the Jewish community was influenced by external social pressures, but the Jewish experience also has been shaped by creative inner tensions.
In the Book of Devarim (Deuteronomy) we read, “Justice, justice you shall pursue.” (Chapter 16, Verse 20)
The month of Elul is drawing to a close with a sudden wave of heat, as if to intensify the High Holiday process of doing teshuvah, taking steps to correct mistakes made in the year that is ending. As well as our individual soul searching, we turn our attention to the Jewish people as a whole, those fifteen million men, women and children with whom we share ties of heritage, and whose destinies are intertwined with our own.
Joining Temple Beth El means becoming part of an inter-generational, extended Jewish family. Any person of the Jewish faith, any person studying for conversion, any partner of a Jew who wishes to associate with the Jewish faith, or the custodial parent of a Jewish child may be elected to regular membership on approval by the Board of Directors.
