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Social Action

Social Action – October 2024

TBS Social Action Committee Wishing all our members a happy and healthy New Year!   Bottle Drive: Continue to collect and sort your plastic bottles and soda cans for the drive scheduled for Sunday, 10/27/24  9 - 12 pm. We continue to earn substantial funds for our programs while we perform Tikkun Olam! We Would like to give a special thanks to the Greengas family  and Cynthia Popoli for already donating many bags of cans and bottles for our upcoming bottle drive. Thank you for taking the time out to bag your cans and care for our community. You “CAN” definitely make a difference. Any questions, contact Fran at (203)430-7362.   Columbus House: We were able to provide a dinner for 100 clients of Columbus House the past month. A nutritious meatball and pasta dinner with fresh apples from Blue Hills Farm were purchased and delivered by our committee members.…

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Rabbi's Corner

Be Your Own Gefilte Fish

(Note: At a recent service honoring our dear friend Toby Gillman’s special birthday, I thought it would be appropriate to explain a phrase that is meaningful in our lives)

Have you ever heard this expression, “He’s the spittin’ image of his dad”? What in the world could this mean? That he spits at the image of his father? Most of us have great and loyal kids who would never hurt or insult their parents.

So what does it mean? “Spittin image” is a blurring together of a much better phrase, “Spirit and image”.. Many of us have looked in the mirror and seen the image of one of our parents and we hope we carry on their spirits. This makes much more sense. Language can work this way.

So I’d like to give you another example, and you are very lucky, because no one in history has ever heard what I’m going to explain to you. (more…)

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President's Message

September 2024: President’s Message

A Mazel Tov to the new and returning Officers, Directors and Trustees.  I look forward to working with each of you over the next year.

Shira, thank you so much for that wonderful installation ceremony.  I know that you are already working hard on programming for the next year.  (more…)

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Social Action

Social Action – August 2024

The Diane Kaplan Social Action Fund 

Summer is ending soon and our agencies  needs for autumn change.

Donations to the Diane Kaplan Social Action Fund

will be used for food, toiletries, school supplies, …

As always we appreciate all you do to assist our neighbors in need.

We are inspired by the agencies we support; what are some social causes that inspire you? Let us know your ideas or even better, become a committee member!!

Thank you,
TBS Social Action Committee

Some upcoming programs to keep in mind are our School Supply Drive and Bottle Drive.

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President's Message

July-August 2024: President’s Message

It has been one year since I was elected President-elect of Temple Beth Sholom.  One of the many thoughts I have had in that time is, “What I am going to write in my first President’s Message for the Bulletin?”  I am in the process of writing my speech for the Installation and I don’t want to be repetitive.  So, I am going to keep this message short.  (more…)

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