Poetry Slam

I was very moved by the poetry read last Thursday evening by our Chai School Students.  I have selected one for you to read in this week’s blog.

 Zoe Sheppard – Hebrew Chai Poetry Slam

 Holocaust

The skies are clouded with death.

The air is thick and heavy with sorrow.

The wind screams the lies, “Work will set you free”.

Humanity is collapsing in on itself.

We are people, not just a date in a history text book.

We are personalities, not a string of numbers up our arms.

We are humans being killed by other humans.

And this is the tragedy of the holocaust.

Kudos to Judy Alexander for running our Chai School and to Dana Rachlin for inspiring our youth to write and read poetry!

Agenda for Tuesday April 8 Board Meeting 7-9pm

Going forward in my blog, I will be including the topics that we plan to address in our board meetings.  My hope is that this will help you decide if you want to attend the meeting.  We welcome input from all Temple members! 

Next Tuesday we will be discussing our Religious School.  Judy Alexander present what I call “State of the Religious School” discussing where we are today and where she sees us in the future.  Linda Retchin will report on the Financial Community of Practice group that I asked her to chair.  This is a group of people that will look at how we generate most of our income and make recommendations to the board and membership on suggested changes, if any.  Our current dues structure is one of the areas that this group will look at.  

We will discuss whether we have a Board Retreat (one full day) to discuss the big, long-range, strategic issues. If time allows, we will explore the idea of a day-long leadership retreat for interested people already serving on committees to further develop their leadership skills. As always we will approve minutes of the previous meeting, review our monthly financials, & hear Rabbi’s report.