President's Message
by Alex Pomerantz
I am pleased to bring greetings from the
Beth El Men’s Club. First and foremost I
would like to thank our dedicated officers and
board of directorswhowork so hard throughout
the year to ensure the success of our club.
The Beth El Men’s Club had another
great year of programming and community
involvement. The following is a list of some of
the programs we were involved in:
- We hosted two brunches. One to welcome Rabbi Tendler and
another to welcome Cantor Piltch.
- The annual Tides game outing in July was chaired by Marc Davis
and as always was a big success.
- We had a joint program with Sisterhood in October where J.F.S.
talked about the services they offer.
- We had our second annual ODU Basketball Night in November.
- Friday night services at Beth Sholom were held twice this year.
These events were chaired by Mark Schneider.
- We honored Dr. Adam Foleck in January as our 2008 Blue
Yarmulke Man of the Year.
- Thanks to Richard Gross and Mark Kozak, we had another huge
crowd for Bingo in February. Enough money was raised for our
club to again aid Beth El by increasing our assistance to the
Religious School and the Camp Scholarship Fund.
- We helped the JCC with their annual Yom Ha’atzmaut day.
- We passed out candles to the Religious School and Hebrew
Academy for Yom Hashoah. Harold Zedd and Mark Schneider
chaired this program.
- We sponsored the reading of the names for Yom Hashoah. This
event took place at the JCC and was chaired by Stanley Serxner.
- Our annual Men’s Club Shabbat was held in April. The service
was led almost entirely by the Men’s Club. This program was
chaired by Norman Soroko.
- In April, we had a Learners Minyan where Rabbi Ruberg took us
through the steps of the daily minyan.
- In May, our Mother’s Day brunch featured a speaker about
genealogy.
- We continued to coordinate the weekly Shabbat ushering schedule.
These are the highlights, but as you can see, we had a very busy
and successful year.
At this time, we are still putting together our plan for the new
year. We will continue our annual traditions such as Bingo, the Tides
and ODU games, leading services at Beth Sholom, helping with Yom
Hashoah and Yom Ha’atzmaut, contributing to the Religious School
and Camp Scholarship Fund and bringing in great speakers throughout
the year. I am also working with Rabbi Ruberg, Rabbi Tendler and
Cantor Piltch to see how the Men’s Club can enhance Jewish life in
our shul.
To keep up with all the latest Men’s Club news, please e-mail
Noelle at noelle@bethelnorfolk.com and ask to be added to our weekly
e-mail list.
If you are not currently a member of the Men’s Club, we invite
you to join. Board meetings are open to all and usually have some
great nosh, so come on by.
On behalf of all the Officers and Board of Directors, I want to
wish you and your families a very happy and healthy New Year.
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