From the President – Feb 22 2019

What does the Temple Board do? In the mundane world, we make business decisions regarding the day-to-day functioning of the Temple. We make sure the facilities and buildings are up to date, we approve contracts with employees and tenants, and we keep an eye on the budget. But the real honor and purpose is to make sure that we follow the three foundations of Judaism – Avodah, Halacha and Tikkun Olam. While much of the work in these areas is accomplished by committees such as the Ritual and Social Action Committees, the discussions of how these actions take place within the context of our congregation and the 21st Century are what the Board is really all about. Interested? Contact anyone on the Board.

Lately there have been quite a few new faces at services, events and other TBH functions. Most of this is definitely due to the hard, mostly behind the scenes, work of our Marketing Committee. They handle all the media outreaches, keep up the Temple website, run ads in local press, keep up our Facebook page, publish the Weekly Update and so much more. A HUGE thank you and more is due to Audrey Berger, Marilyn Herzberg, Jane Kemp, Wendy Roth, and Sheri Tattenheim. They are helping the Temple grow!!

Next weekend, the Berkeley Actors’ Ensemble will conduct a dramatic reading of the classic play A Dybbuk on February 24, 2:00 PM at TBH. Our own Michael Cohen directs.

We are what we do.

Neil Zarchin