THIS MONTH HaHodesh
AT CHIZUK AMUNO CONGREGATION AND SCHOOLS Engaging Jewish Life & Learning
May is a month to celebrate learning and teachers. It is the month of Shavuot where we mark the giving of RABBI DEBI WECHSLER our most important textbook – the Torah. It is also a month when the academic year draws to its annual close. So it is a good time to reflect on learning and the teachers who guide our learning. Three of our finest Jewish teachers are Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Our Biblical Patriarchs taught us through their lives and their examples and so do our other teachers. So I thought it would be helpful to ask some members of our community to tell us about special teachers in their lives. Abram Kronsberg (Chizuk congregant, KSDS & Netivon Alumni parent) said this about his fifth grade history teacher Captain Ross. “He was special because he liberated my imagination through stories that made it possible for me to visualize why and how the challenges of past events can relate to those of today and how lessons learned from the approaches taken yesterday can provide insight into solving the problems of today. Through this teacher’s ability to tell stories, I imagined the Alps and the elephants and the myriad of problems that Hannibal faced as he attempted to overcome obstacles and to create an empire. How could I apply the lessons of past events to problems that I might face? That teacher persuaded me to put myself in the Continued on Page 2
annual meeting
RABBI’S COLUMN
congregational
MAY 2017 | Iyar / Sivan 5777
with Lake chizzy dedication
Monday, May 22
chIZUK aMUNO CONGREGATION
7:30 p.m. - lake chizzy dedication
8:00 p.m. - annual meeting Evening to include: • Election of Synagogue Leaders • Update on Synagogue Activities • Thank you to Debby Hellman, on her Retirement as B’nei Mitzvah Coordinator • Dessert Reception in honor of Rabbi Shulman