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Welcome
Brotherhood Matters
October, 2009
Who we are:
- Men of all ages, with a genuine interest in meeting others, forming new friendships and helping to ensure that our Temple meets the needs of our members.
- Our members are men of all ages who come together to discuss both Jewish and general issues at our monthly meetings, forums and at our retreats. One thing that we do not leave out of our meetings and events is one of our primary reasons to get together, and that is to have fun and enjoy ourselves.
What we do:
- Temple Sinai Brotherhood prides itself on its traditionally strong support of the Jewish development of our youth. Over the years, we have provided funding for Jewish education and Jewish experiences.
- We contribute to the funding of the Israel trip for all participants of the Confirmation Class.
- We have supplied financial assistance for our children's Jewish summer camping experiences at Camp George, for our youth embarking on educational trips to Israel, and for our students wishing to pursue rabbinic studies.
- In addition, every bar mitzvah receives a personally engraved Kiddush cup from Brotherhood to commemorate the occasion.
However, Brotherhood embodies much more than a financial support system. The camaraderie of our monthly dinner meetings paves the way for the planning and execution of events such as the Family Bingo and our annual Dinner Draw. We also put on the highly acclaimed Great Debate in 2005 as well as a great '50's Dance. Our members are also enthusiastic leaders and participants in Mitzvah Day, the annual High Holy Day Food Drive, High Holy Day ushering and Yom Hashoah Yellow Candle Project.
What you can do:
- Please join us for some or all of our various activities and projects, where you can learn something new, make a new friend, take on a new responsibility, and accomplish something special.
Our Brotherhood committees that one can get involved with include the following:
- Fellowship: this committee is responsible for the spiritual and fellowship side of Brotherhood.
- Fundraising: this committee is responsible for raising funds to provide scholarships for our youth and other programs.
- Membership: this committee is responsible for membership development, contacting new male members of Temple to invite them to attend Board meetings and generates interest in Brotherhood among general Temple membership.
- Programming: this committee is responsible for coming up with and producing various interesting events such as family bingo, a Superbowl party, etc.
- Tikkun Olam: this committee is responsible for our annual food drive, social action, giving out Yom Hashoah candles, Kiddush cup presentations, etc.
- Liaison: this committee is responsible for representing Brotherhood at other Temple committees or organizations.
- Communications: this committee is responsible for sending out minutes of our meetings, condolences, get well and congratulation cards to Temple members as well as coordinating articles, pictures and promotional material for the Temple bulletin and website.
Whichever committee you choose, I know you will be warmly welcomed by a wonderful group of men who reflect the true spirit of Brotherhood.
For more information, please contact Brian Whitefield, Brotherhood President, at brotherhood@templesinai.net.
Brian Whitefield
President, Brotherhood at Temple Sinai
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