Brotherhood Shalom H.averim! Summer will be upon us shortly, and warm weather with it. The Brotherhood is looking forward to more in-person activities, and to being able to root for our Temple Emunah Softball team as it takes on the other shuls in the league! Brotherhood Shabbat was celebrated in May with Parashat Emor (Leviticus 23:23-24:23). We hope you joined us for this annual tradition. I want to thank Scott Lerman for organizing and managing the event, and all the Brotherhood members who participated. Yasher Koach! Brotherhood members also enjoyed the Memorial Day Whiskey tasting, on May 29. We tasted some great whiskey as we ushered in Memorial Day. As the year winds down, there are some things I’d like to call out: • During the summer we are planning to set up some more informal get-togethers, such as Brotherhood Beer-call at the Mighty Squirrel, maybe a couple of times. Come for the beer, come for the camaraderie, or both, but we hope you will join us. • Our Man of the Year event to celebrate the contributions of David Geller is an event we agreed should be held in person. After consulting with David and the Temple Emunah office, we decided to push the date out until after the end of the summer. Stay tuned for notices with the new date and time. We hope you will come and celebrate David’s many contributions to Temple Emunah! Also, you can sample the beer the Brotherhood brewed for this occasion! The New England Region is holding some fun events this summer that we encourage you to participate in as well: • The 75th annual Retreat at Camp Ramah, June 9-12: http://www.nerfjmc.org/theretreat • The Tour de Shuls, June 26, an annual bike ride to raise funds to support the Tikvah pr o g r a m at C a mp R a m a h: http://www.nerfjmc.org/tourdeshuls • Woo Sox game at Polar Park, Worcester, on Sunday, July 10. Kosher food will be available. Enjoy the parking, food and game for less than the cost of parking at Fenway!
Finally, as my presidency draws to a close, I want to thank all the board members for the past two years who have helped to keep the Brotherhood vibrant and strong during the COVID crisis. We couldn’t do a lot of in person events, but we did a TON of stuff to keep engagement high and support our fantastic shul. Yasher koach to everyone! Please welcome our next president Scott Damsky, as he begins his term and leads the Brotherhood going forward. Mazal tov, Scott! As I always say, if you are looking for a way to get more involved with Temple Emunah, the Brotherhood is a great way to do it, and to meet some great men. Feel free to reach out to me, or any other member of the Brotherhood board, for more information, or just join us for a board meeting (everyone is invited). Please be sure to check our events calendar at https:// www.templeemunah.org/calendar/ to see what’s happening! I wish everyone a wonderful summer! David Rosenbaum, Brotherhood President brotherhood@templeemunah.org
Save the date: Keeper of the Flame event When: The afternoon/evening of November 6, 2022 Where: Hosted by the Brotherhood of Temple Emunah for the Region Who: This year’s Keeper for Temple Emunah will be named soon. What: The Region is honoring the memory of Mo Diamant (z’l) for his decades of outstanding contributions to Temple Emunah and the New England Region by officially renaming the Keeper of The Flame event in his name.
Keeper of the Flame Honoring the memory of Mo Diamant SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6 at Temple Emunah
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