Mindy's Musings
April 2024
Greetings Everyone,
We’ve successfully made it past daylight savings time and onward toward spring. The days are getting longer, the weather is warmer, and our Passover holiday is slowly approaching.
March was a very busy month, with lots going on around Purim. Some THANK YOU’s to folks who have helped out in the recent months:
Morry Korinow – thank you so much for spearheading our Hamantashen-baking effort in collaboration with the Chesed committee, and for taking care of our games and food supply for the Purim Carnival.
Sharyn Russell & Amy Sherr – thank you for coordinating Hamantashen-making with our Religious School and for all your leadership remember our at-home members.
Andi Hannula – thank you so much for your donation of candy and prizes and decorations for the Purim Carnival. You are the event expert and are so generous with your contributions.
Scott Hannula, Ross & Amy Moldoff, Lisa Desberg and Angie Lucia – thank you so much for volunteering to help out with our Purim Carnival!
Wendy Lebowitz and Wilson Kapanga-Ndjibu – thank you for helping us with Hamantashen-baking!
Rachel Lefebvre, PJ Library - thank you to Rachel for co-sponsoring our Purim Carnival with PJ Library and for helping out with facepainting!
Amy Moldoff – thank you for helping out preparing our kiddos for Faculty Appreciation Shabbat.
Kim Callan, Rachel Hanson, Karen Godek – thank you for your ongoing creativity and imagination and support with all our holiday/family events!
Rabbi Ashira – thank you for leading Torah Together in March and inspiring our younger families.
As you may have heard from our recent email newsletters, our teachers Kimberly Callan and Rachel Hanson will be moving on from their positions with Temple Emanu-El Religious School at the end of this school year. They have been amazing educators and brought incredible energy and excitement to our kids. Kim has been in her classroom for many decades – and we are very sad to see both of them go. We were so happy to celebrate Kim and Rachel at our Faculty Appreciation Shabbat in March. Please share with them your gratitude whenever you see them at school! More opportunities to say our Thank You’s before the end of the year. Stay tuned!
Please note that we will have no school over the beginning of MA April vacation, the weekend of April 14th, but we will have school at the end of that week – April 21st. Look out for a fun April J-Play! on Sunday, April 21st with a Passover Scavenger Hunt!
I hope that April brings some new light and hope to your life and to your Passover tables. It is indeed time for new beginnings and paths towards freedom. I hope you find freedom in your life from that which binds you, and that Passover brings you a sense of personal wholeness and revitalization.
See you in school!
Warmly,
Mindy Harris
RS Director
We’ve successfully made it past daylight savings time and onward toward spring. The days are getting longer, the weather is warmer, and our Passover holiday is slowly approaching.
March was a very busy month, with lots going on around Purim. Some THANK YOU’s to folks who have helped out in the recent months:
Morry Korinow – thank you so much for spearheading our Hamantashen-baking effort in collaboration with the Chesed committee, and for taking care of our games and food supply for the Purim Carnival.
Sharyn Russell & Amy Sherr – thank you for coordinating Hamantashen-making with our Religious School and for all your leadership remember our at-home members.
Andi Hannula – thank you so much for your donation of candy and prizes and decorations for the Purim Carnival. You are the event expert and are so generous with your contributions.
Scott Hannula, Ross & Amy Moldoff, Lisa Desberg and Angie Lucia – thank you so much for volunteering to help out with our Purim Carnival!
Wendy Lebowitz and Wilson Kapanga-Ndjibu – thank you for helping us with Hamantashen-baking!
Rachel Lefebvre, PJ Library - thank you to Rachel for co-sponsoring our Purim Carnival with PJ Library and for helping out with facepainting!
Amy Moldoff – thank you for helping out preparing our kiddos for Faculty Appreciation Shabbat.
Kim Callan, Rachel Hanson, Karen Godek – thank you for your ongoing creativity and imagination and support with all our holiday/family events!
Rabbi Ashira – thank you for leading Torah Together in March and inspiring our younger families.
As you may have heard from our recent email newsletters, our teachers Kimberly Callan and Rachel Hanson will be moving on from their positions with Temple Emanu-El Religious School at the end of this school year. They have been amazing educators and brought incredible energy and excitement to our kids. Kim has been in her classroom for many decades – and we are very sad to see both of them go. We were so happy to celebrate Kim and Rachel at our Faculty Appreciation Shabbat in March. Please share with them your gratitude whenever you see them at school! More opportunities to say our Thank You’s before the end of the year. Stay tuned!
Please note that we will have no school over the beginning of MA April vacation, the weekend of April 14th, but we will have school at the end of that week – April 21st. Look out for a fun April J-Play! on Sunday, April 21st with a Passover Scavenger Hunt!
I hope that April brings some new light and hope to your life and to your Passover tables. It is indeed time for new beginnings and paths towards freedom. I hope you find freedom in your life from that which binds you, and that Passover brings you a sense of personal wholeness and revitalization.
See you in school!
Warmly,
Mindy Harris
RS Director