News & Events 
Food. That’s certainly something that drives our congregation. Over the past several months, we have experimented with having certain food centered events and it has really brought our great and diverse shule together.
This Spring we began our “Shabbos Dinners Around the World” theme and it has been a huge success. We’ve traveled to Israel, Asia, the US and Northern India. Each event was a huge success with over 125 people attending each Shabbos dinner. I want to thank Mordechai Rennert for generously donating his time to Congregation Beth Sholom and helping to make each event memorable. I also want to thank Lipman’s Kosher Butcher for the discounts they’ve given us on food, which also helped keep our costs down. These dinners have proven to be a huge success and will continue after the Fall Yom Tovim have ended.
Speaking of Mordechai Rennert, this fall we will begin selling “Mordechai’s Pies”, affordable and yummy pizza for pick up on Sundays. Look for further details which will be coming very soon. Again, I want to thank Mordechai for his support of the shule and donating his services to this great dinner option for the Jewish community. Trust me - I’ve had a Mordechai Pie - they are incredible!
Additionally, we will continue our relatively new tradition of partnering with Congregation Light of Israel for a Simchat Torah Chinese dinner. All of the above events are incredibly affordable as we want to make sure everyone can join in on the fun. If you would like to suggest a Shabbos theme dinner or get involved in any of the above events, please let me know. The more involvement we get, the bigger a success these events can be.
Lastly, I want to remind everyone of the Ambassadors of Humanity Dinner which is fast approaching. The AOH Dinner will be held on Sunday, October 31st at 5:30PM at Congregation Beth Sholom. Our honorees are Jacob & Lois Kluger for their service to Congregation Beth Sholom, Barbara Appelbaum for her service to the Community and Pastor Ron Domina as well as Lori Sousa for their great support for the state of Israel. We will also hold a (long overdue) special honoring ceremony for Ambassador Helen Cohen (‘09) who we look forward to celebrating with at the AOH dinner as well. This will be an incredible event and we look forward to seeing everyone there.
I wish everyone a Happy, Healthy, Prosperous and Peaceful New Year.
~Hon. Matthew Rosenbaum, President
