Leadership - TEMPLE BETH EL

President’s Post – September 2020

September 1, 2020

So, What’s New? Linda Rubin Marla Shwarts So, what’s new? We ask ourselves and others this question all of the time especially when we meet up with one another. And during these High Holy Days as in most years, we ask this question and we stress the importance of the New Year as we prepare […]

President’s Post – August 2020

July 31, 2020

We’re All in this Together Linda Rubin and Marla Shwarts, Co-Presidents We are encouraged by the partnerships within Temple Beth El. Our congregants, our clergy, and our staff are the souls of the successes of our beloved spiritual home. Together we are able to achieve more than what we could ever do individually. We align […]

President’s Post – July 2020

June 30, 2020

Practices and Commitments Linda Rubin Marla Shwarts Before anything else, we must say it is an absolute honor and privilege to be given this opportunity to serve you, our precious Temple Beth El family as your Co-Presidents. We are grateful to Gale Swartz and Eric Imley for their strong leadership and service as Co-Presidents for […]

President’s Post – June 2020

June 1, 2020

With Love and Gratitude Eric Imley & Gale Swartz, Co-Presidents eimley@yahoo.com swartzplace@gmail.com We thought we’d start our last article as Co-Presidents with a quick TBE Covid-19 response update (this article is being written in the middle of May). In late March we formed and continue to be in regular contact with our TBE Medical Committee, […]

President’s Post – May 2020

May 1, 2020

Zooming into Shavuot? Eric Imley & Gale Swartz, Co-Presidents eimley@yahoo.com swartzplace@gmail.com For the past many days, we have seen a message in our Facebook feeds, when we log on in the mornings, that Rabbi Kail has been Live on Facebook commemorating the Counting the Omer. The ancient tradition of marking the days between Passover and […]

Introducing Doris Jacobson

April 8, 2020

Introducing Doris Jacobson, Open Tent Project Coordinator I am extremely excited to be working with you as your Open Tent Project Coordinator. In Judaism, the concept of the “Open Tent” dates back to Abraham. Legend says that Abraham’s tent had four openings so that he could welcome people from all directions. In defining “Open Tent” […]

President’s Post – April 2020

April 8, 2020

We Are Here For You! Eric Imley & Gale Swartz, Co-Presidents eimley@yahoo.com swartzplace@gmail.com First of all, we want to go on record that Temple Beth El is NOT CLOSED! While we have ceased, temporarily, using our physical building we are continuing to ZOOM full stream ahead! In addition, Rabbi, Cantor, Carrie, Shoni and the lay […]

President’s Post – March 2020

February 29, 2020

To Mask or Not to Mask? Eric Imley & Gale Swartz, Co-Presidents eimley@yahoo.com swartzplace@gmail.com Is that the question and why are we asking it? Dressing up costumes, and masks aren’t mentioned in the Book of Esther. There is no indication that anyone ever dressed up for Purim in the Mishnah, Talmud, or in the literature […]

President’s Post – February 2020

January 28, 2020

Tree Hugging for Tu BiSh’vat Eric Imley & Gale Swartz, Co-Presidents eimley@yahoo.com swartzplace@gmail.com Can you remember your first introduction to Tu BiSh’vat, the ‘New Year of the Trees’? For many of us it was in religious school when we were asked to save our dimes (or quarters) on a card to buy a tree for […]

President’s Post – January 2020

December 30, 2019

Opening Our Tent Eric Imley & Gale Swartz, Co-Presidents eimley@yahoo.com swartzplace@gmail.com How do we go from being two strangers passing on the sidewalk to two neighbors becoming friends and part of a larger community? Moyaert examines the significance of the hospitality shown by Abraham at Mamre in Genesis 18:1-33. “Abraham was not in the best […]