Temple Update:
- Rabbi Renee and Cantor Rosenman will remain our clergy.
- The High Holy Days Information has been sent out. The services will be on Zoom using Tefillah Ha-Nefesh. Pages will be on the screen so you can follow along. Tickets are not required. You need to pre-register your guests.
- Our decisions are guided by the Jewish principle of Pikuah Nefesh, the saving of life.
- We anticipate Shabbat Services, other holidays and B'nai Mitzvah will be on Zoom until we can safely be together in person.
- A meeting has been scheduled next week for Religious School parents. Our goal is to answer parents' concerns and meet all our students' needs.
- Religious school will be on Sundays beginning in October.
- Religious School Tuition: First Child $700, each additional child $560 (which is a 20% discount)
- Membership Fee Schedule:
- Single $750
- Single Parent $1,000
- Couple $1,250
- Family $1,500
- Long Distance $150
- Beth El Family $481
- Beth El Single $318
- Associate $300
- We will continue to work with anyone experiencing financial difficulties.
- For this transition year, the Temple is subsidizing nearly half of the expenses.
- The week-long power outages in New Jersey after Isaias delayed the completion of the Purchase and Sale Agreement for the Temple Property. It is near completion.
- A search of the available properties to rent in Springfield is being conducted.