The Year 5778 was designated as the Year of Torah by Congregation Brothers of Israel. The project formed a basis for everything the synagogue has done this year. And what a year it was!
Who can forget the sight of Moses himself making an appearance at our Rosh Hashana Service?
When the students came back to Sunday School, the PTO kicked things off with a FamilyTorah Treasure Hunt. In November we enjoyed a virtual presentation called Digging into the Past –The Archeology of Torah.
Rabbi Salizar, our Sofer, paid us a visit in December and taught us to Delve Into what Torah Really Means and got us started scribing.
School students participated in a program to learn the importance of their names. January brought a lot of activities including The Zodiac and You – Are the Symbols of the Zodiac Jewish?, making a wimple, (the belt that ties the Torah Up) and Tu B’Shevat - Torah as Tree of Life.
Rabbi Salazar was back in February and led us in Gematria – Have We Got Your Number. Students became Master Scribers and more people scribed with Rabbi Salazar.
In spring Joan Hersch led the Religious School in creating a time capsule in a program called Torah Yesterday, Today, and Always. And finally, on June 3rd we held our Closing Ceremonies, with Rabbi Salazar and our Leadership all scribing together, a visit from Representative Perry Warren, a Klezmer band and more scribing! So now our scrolls are repaired and our community has come together for life changing experiences in bonding with the basis of our Jewish life and learning, our Torah.
YEAR OF TORAH PARTICIPANTS
Nancy & Alan Agree
Bill Agress
Toni Algazi
Hilarie Altman
Bert Arwas
Francesca Axe & Alex Draifinger
Naomi & Warren Baer
Madelyn & Dennis Baiser
Eric Barash
Janet Barudin
Harriet Belovin
Julie & Andrew Berezin
Gloria Berger
Carole & Mark Borkan
Stephan & Dorit Borrus
Dianna & Pietro Brandani
Judith & Anthony Brickman
Beth Byrd
Gina Caplan
Jonathan Cell
Lauren & Paul Cell
Bernice & Robert Chast
Lynne & Steven Cohen
Vivian Cohen
Sharon Gertzman & David Dafilou
Barbara & Sanford Dash
Craig & Amy Deutsch
Linda & Michael Dubrow
Fran & Frederick Edelman
Beverly & Joel Epstein
Helen-Ann & Laurence Epstein
Nora Feldman
Arthur & Linda Finkle
Leslie & Ralph Floyd
The CBOI 4th Grade Class
Jo & Jacob Fradkin
William & Brenda Friedman
Sharon Bromberg & Rabbi Aaron Gaber
Arlene & Henry Geller
Diane & Scott Gilinsky
Ethel Gitterman
Victor Giuffre
Michelle & Edward Goldberg
Hinda & Harvey Goldberg
Maxine & Brian Goldsmith
Abra & Bruce Gorby
Lauri & Thomas Gosnell
Sheri & Stuart Gross
Linda & Robert Gunther
Lynn Gursky
Marianne & Allan Handman
Donna & Theodore Harrison
Sherry & Art Havier
Rabbi Howard & Joan Hersch
Lauren & Stephan Inker
Nancy & Lee Jaslow
JoAnn & Harlan Joseph
Debra & Ronald Kaplan
Gizelle Kauf
Paula Raimondo & Elijah Kaufman
Cheryl & Bernard Kelberg
Susan & Larry Keller
Pharri & Chad Kenwood
Roberta & Gregory Kenwood
Jody & Daniel Kessel
Sheryl & Allan Klapper
Andrea & Alan Kornblum
Nati Kushner
Robin & Harvey Lester
Riselle & Harris Lilienfeld
Susan & Jeffrey Liss
Anita & Robert Matuzsan
Susan & Stephen Medoff
Mens Club
Dan & Hilary Moonay
Samdar & Jay Morris
Gerald & Diane Novik
Wendy & Garren Nowicki
Donna & Seymour Nowicki
Ketti Okean
Joyce & Steven Orland
Barbara & Stuart Packer
Bonnie & Lee Pedowicz
Rivka Polak
Lauri Preston
Judith Rivkin
Karen & Lenny Rosenfeld
Bernice Rosenthal
Beth & Bruce Rosner
Ellier Russ
Ann & Daniel Schreiber
Rita & Leonard Schultz
Sharon & Richard Segarra
Jill & Ramsey Shockley
Verne & Linda Simo
The CBOI Sisterhood
Barbara & Gene Stern
Amy & Jeremiah Stinson
Diana & Andrew Strauss
Rhoda Strulowitz
Madeline Sturm & Bruce Belovin
Margot & Robert Sweed
Jean & Kevin Ulkloss
Jennifer & Francisco Vistoso
Phyllis & Jordan Warshafsky
Susan & James Wartenberg
Ellen Weiner
Jodi & Robert Whartenby
Surelle & Barry Wind
Jennifer & Brandon Wind
Judith & Fred Young
Rosalyn & Sheldon Zucker