Leadership - TEMPLE BETH EL

President’s Post – May 2019

May 1, 2019

Hearing Voices Eric Imley & Gale Swartz, Co-Presidents eimley@yahoo.com swartzplace@gmail.com While we’re not ready to make a detailed announcement quite yet, there has been a ‘Leadership Development” committee that has been working hard over the last several months. The purpose of this committee is obvious by the name, however, there are many diﬀerent ways to look […]

President’s Post – April 2019

April 1, 2019

Passover: A Recent Family Tradition Eric Imley & Gale Swartz, Co-Presidents eimley@yahoo.com swartzplace@gmail.com One of our families, the Imley family, took a more progressive approach where we utilize less of a traditional Haggadah. We do use select themes, songs, and liturgy and then we add our spin to the Haggadah. Did the seder get any […]

President’s Post – March 2019

March 1, 2019

Anybody Have a Map? Eric Imley & Gale Swartz, Co-Presidents eimley@yahoo.com swartzplace@gmail.com Two former corporate level managers walk into a temple presidency…” Sounds like the punchline of a joke, doesn’t it? One of the great things about working together as Co-Presidents and each having managerial background is that big questions that we grapple with in […]

President’s Post – February 2019

February 1, 2019

The Second Half Eric Imley & Gale Swartz, Co-Presidents president@bethelsp.org If recent history is any guide when you read this, we will be just over halfway done with our presidency. Don’t get us wrong; the board has to re-appoint us and we have to be willing to be presidents for another year when the decision […]

President’s Post – January 2019

January 1, 2019

Working for the Future Eric Imley & Gale Swartz, Co-Presidents eimley@yahoo.com swartzplace@gmail.com The Rabbinic Transition Committee, led by Andy Kauﬀman, continued working on the next phase of our multi-year process to ﬁnd and welcome our new “Settled Rabbi.” The process is generally the same as the one used for the “Interim Rabbi,” with a few changes […]

President’s Post – November-December 2018

November 1, 2018

The Challenge of Service Eric Imley & Gale Swartz, Co-Presidents eimley@yahoo.com swartzplace@gmail.com What does it mean to be a member of Temple Beth El’s Board of Directors (BOD)? A simple question which comes with a very complex answer. The primary purpose of the BOD is to manage the aﬀairs of the congregation. This is a […]

President’s Post – October 2018

October 1, 2018

A Box of Chocolates Eric Imley & Gale Swartz, Co-Presidents eimley@yahoo.com swartzplace@gmail.com This is a very exciting time for all of us at Temple Beth El as we look at the present and dream of the future. How will each of us contribute to reaching these dreams? To quote the cinematic icon, Forrest Gump’s mother, […]

President’s Post – September 2018

August 28, 2018

Agents of Change Eric Imley & Gale Swartz, Co-Presidents eimley@yahoo.com swartzplace@gmail.com It is no great mystery that Temple Beth El is undergoing a time of change, transition, and growth. As we continue to be successful in this process, we see each and every member as an ‘agent of change’ working together to do what’s best […]

President’s Post – August 2018

August 1, 2018

Audacious Hospitality Eric Imley & Gale Swartz, Co-Presidents eimley@yahoo.com swartzplace@gmail.com Temple Beth El is a member congregation in the Union for Reform Judaism which consists of nearly 900 congregations across North America. In its 2020 Vison Campaign, there are four core priorities, Strengthening Congregations, Tikkun Olam, Investing in the Future with our Youth and Audacious […]

President’s Post – June – July 2018

June 2, 2018

Wisdom of Yiddish and Barack Obama Eric Imley & Gale Swartz, Co-Presidents eimley@yahoo.com swartzplace@gmail.com Most everyone has heard the old Yiddish saying, “Man plans and God laughs.” This has certainly applied to our first year as co-presidents! We had a plan of what we wanted to get done and had started on details to set […]