Centennial Updates: A Roadmap for Our BT Community’s Future Beth Tfiloh’s approaching centennial year provides our community the opportunity to celebrate our accomplishments while drafting the blueprints for building our future. This opportunity will be one that involves many exciting changes, including improvements to our building and the introduction of several new and accomplished staff members, as well as several well-earned transitions for some of Beth Tfiloh’s brightest lights.
Building Enhancements and Renovations
This summer, the hallway surrounding the Fader Courtyard was renovated in preparation for a museum-caliber multimedia timeline to be installed between the Tuvin and Hurwitz Hall. The timeline, which will be unveiled this fall, will feature a comprehensive recap of Beth Tfiloh’s history, with new digital content updated over the course of the year and a companion website. This renovation also completes the earlier remodeling of the synagogue lobby for a consistently beautiful environment. Several prominent architectural firms were invited to submit proposals for creative ways to make the Dahan Sanctuary’s space more intimate, allowing for a more meaningful and personal davening experience. The winning proposal will be selected this fall. Special thanks to our members Uri Avin, director of University of Maryland’s Center for Planning and Design, and Cass Gottlieb, principal at Waldon Studio Architects, for sharing their talents and experience with our BT community as they spearhead this momentous initiative.
Holy Days. For the next four years, he will serve as an invaluable resource for our clergy and community as a whole as he remains in Baltimore with his wife, children, and grandchildren. In his own words, “There’s no place else I’d rather be – Beth Tfiloh is my home!” Our beloved hazzan, Avi Albrecht, will take his final bow at Beth Tfiloh in December 2022, after an exceptional Hazzan Avi Albrecht 26-year tenure. A true Beth Tfiloh icon, he is loved by the Beth Tfiloh family for his personal warmth, his rich baritone voice, his musical creativity, and his inspiring spirituality. Following the High Holy Days, we will form a search committee to determine what our next cantorial role will look like.
Staff Transitions
Rabbi Mitchell Wohlberg
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After nearly fifty years of devoted service to our congregation, Rabbi Mitchell Wohlberg will transition into the role of rabbi-inresidence. In this role, his profound impact on our shul will continue to be felt as Rabbi Wohlberg remains an ever-present force at our programming, classes, life cycle events, sermons, services and High
Eve Steinberg
As announced in May, Executive Director Eve Kresin Steinberg and Director of Youth and Synagogue Programming Cherie Brownstein have transitioned into new Centennial-focused roles. Together, they are leading this year’s festivities, drawing their Beth Tfiloh careers to a close amidst great joy and celebration. Stay tuned for details about the many opportunities to celebrate the accomplishments and impact of these extraordinary Beth Tfiloh legends.
Cherie Brownstein
SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2021 A TISHREI-CHESHVAN 5782
