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Recent Events

 

 Sunday, August 3, 2008

New Board of Directors and Officers Installed

 

Masters of Ceremony, Margie and Meredith Apfelbaum, presided over a most enjoyable and memorable morning.  Following an extra special breakfast the Board and Officers were installed for 2008-2009.

 

Kabbalat Shabbat Service on Friday Evening, May 23, 2008


Each year this special Kabbalat Shabbat service features musicians who join Rabbi Sokoll and Cantor Welber on the bimah as they envelope us in beautiful Jewish music. This year, we are delighted that highly regarded musicians Beth Bahia Cohen, Glenn Dickson and David Sparr returned as an encore to their wonderful 2007 performance. Beth Bahia Cohen is a distinguished violinist on the music faculty of Tufts University and has performed as a guest musician with the Klezmer Conservatory Band for many years. Glenn Dickson is the bandleader and clarinetist of the Boston based klezmer band, Shirim, and David Sparr is a keyboardist and the music director at Temple Ohabei Shalom in Brookline.

by Naomi Poverman

Have you ever heard the phrase "The joint was jumping"? Well, if you were lucky enough to be at Friday night services at Temple B'nai Israel on May 23rd, you know what I'm talking about. This was our "Annual Musical Shabbat". And it was like nothing that has gone before.

As noted in President Jane Wiseman's column in the Temple newsletter, the evening was sponsored this year by Alan and Terri Chebot and their sons, Daniel, Jesse and Ben, in memory of their beloved father and grandfather, Cantor Paul L. Chebot, who served Temple B'nai Israel for over 40 years.

Music is an important and integral part of our lives. Some of us play instruments, others sing but certainly everyone enjoys music in the many forms that are available to us.

Cantor Lois Welber and the trio she introduced to us were not only dynamic, they were phenomenal. They brought a depth of feelings and spirituality of a by-gone era (yet timely for today) that stirred our souls to joy and to sacred heights.

Their beautiful arrangements and the richness of their tone and sound were sure to please the most discriminating ear while pulling on the strings of our Jewish hearts. Their truly inspired music was both contemporary as well as traditional.

Dancing started earlier than in past years as the music motivated Rabbi Sokoll and, subsequently, a large number of attendees to leave their seats in a lively dance encircling the sanctuary. It was truly a time to dance -- not only once as in past years, but twice. This, if nothing else, tells you how phenomenal the evening was.

The evening was truly a blend of beautiful Shabbat services and spiritual music as well as being something creative and sensational. The contrast between the subdued and the passionate parts of the service was unique.

 

Purim 5768 at Temple B’nai Israel

The Temple B’nai Israel cast of Purim Spiel 5768

Row 1 (from right to left): Norman Fox, Ellen Koretz, Marilyn Dorfman, Sue Huberman, Jane Wiseman, Ira Dorfman (seated), Isabelle Guttell, Daniel Strauss. Row 2: Julian C. Lander, Cantor Lois Welber, Marilyn Davidson, Dorothy Aronson, Danielle Asselin, Sheri Bird, Ellen Goldstick, Wendy Strauss. Row 3: Angela Ropi, Rabbi Mark Sokoll.

Purim Spiel 5768, TBI’s March 23, 2008 festive fundraiser for Temple Ahavat Achim of Gloucester was a great success. The appreciative audience laughed, sang, shook their greggors and enjoyed a delicious breakfast prepared and served by Risa Bunick, Debby Cherry, Isabelle Guttell, Sue Huberman, Janet Lamkin, Ruth Maibor and Terry O’Connor. Several TBI members who could not attend sent donations. The generosity of our members, friends and extended family allows us to present Temple Ahavat Achim with a check for $750. Thank you to the cast for an outstanding performance and to everyone for your vital role in the larger Jewish community’s efforts to assist Temple Ahavat Achim in their time of rebuilding. Your contributions made it all possible.

Wendy Strauss

 

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