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S H A B B AT B U L L E T I N

Serving the Orthodox Community of Houston for over 100 years

May 4-5, 2018 19-20 Iyyar 5778

Torah Sefer: Vayikra Parasha: Emor Haftarah: Ezekiel 44:15-31 ————————————— Shabbat Kiddush after services

Shabbat Kiddush next week: Sponsored by Holly & David Davies in honor of the Bar Mitzvahs of their sons, Jacob and Jonah. Seudah Shlishit following Mincha

Seudah Shlishit next week: Sponsored by Holly & David Davies in honor of the Bar Mitzvahs of their sons, Jacob and Jonah.

United Orthodox Synagogues

The David & Ruth Mitzner Building 9001 Greenwillow Houston, TX 77096

713-723-3850

Rabbi Barry Gelman Rabbi Emeritus Joseph Radinsky z’l

Cantor Emeritus Irving Dean President Mr. Rick Guttman

The Eruv is up.

The greatest chessed (kindness) you can do for someone in shul is to let them pray undisturbed. Please refrain from talking during services.

LOUIS AND LEAH YAFFEE BNEI AKIVA PROGRAM:

Shabbat 9:30 am Teen Minyan 10:30 am Groups in trailer 10:30 am: Tot Shabbat 6:00 pm Snif

Parents are asked to tell their kids that card playing is not permitted in the Synagogue. The presence of card playing does not promote the type of atmosphere we are trying to create in the shul. Additionally, all youth should either be in groups or sitting with their parents.

Please see page 4-5 for Shavuot Information

Baruch Dayan H’emet We regret to inform you on the passing of

Dawn Grzebinski z’l

Sister of our members David (Elizabeth) Grzebinski May the families be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem

Mazal Tov

Tania & Yosef Levenstein on the birth of their daughter

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UNITED ORTHODOX SYNAGOGUES OF HOUSTON

Friday May 4th 7:00 pm Mincha/Maariv 7:42 pm Candle Saturday May 5th 9:00 am Shacharit 6:15 pm Gideon Miller 6:35 pm Rabbi Barry Gelman 7:35 pm Mincha/Maariv 8:05 by David Silberman 8:43 pm Havdalah Sunday May 6th 8:00 am Shacharit 7:45 pm Mincha/Maariv Monday May 7th 6:00 Early Shacharit 6:45 am Shacharit 7:45 pm Mincha/Maariv Tuesday May 8th 6:00 Early Shacharit 7:00 am Shacharit 7:45 pm Mincha/Maariv Wednesday May 9th 6:00 am Early Shacharit 7:00 am Shacharit 7:45 pm Mincha/Maariv Thursday May 10th 6:00 am Early Shacharit 6:45 am Shacharit 7:45 pm Mincha/Maariv Friday May 11th 6:00 am Early Shacharit 7:00 am Shacharit 7:00 pm Mincha/Maariv 7:46 pm Candle Saturday May 12th 9:00 am Shacharit 6:20 pm Gideon Miller 6:40 pm Rabbi Barry Gelman 7:40 pm Mincha/Maariv 8:10 by David Silberman 8:48 pm Havdalah

Shabbat Morning Services: followed by Kiddush. Shabbat Sermon: with Rabbi Barry Gelman. Massechet Shabbat: with Gideon Miller, 1 hour 15 minutes before Mincha

at the home of Sharon & Eddie Grosman. Shabbat Class: with Rabbi Barry Gelman. It is customary to study Pirkei

Avot during the summer months. Please join Rabbi Barry Gelman, one hour before Mincha on Shabbat afternoon to study Pirkei Avot - the foundational text of Jewish ethics. These classes will focus on the foundations of Jewish thought and where the ideas presented in the text make their way into prac-tical Jewish life.

Seudah Shlishit: Will follow Mincha. Seudah Shlishit Class: with Rabbi Barry Gelman. Massechet Bava Metziah: with David Silberman, after Seudah Shlishit. ———————————————————————————————————————-

Ongoing Weekday Classes: Daf Yomi with Rabbi Yaakov Nagel. Daf Yomi is a daily regimen of Talmud

study. The entire Talmud is completed, one day at a time, in seven and a half years. Tens of thousands of Jews worldwide study in the Daf Yomi program. The class will take place in the Library 45 minutes before Mincha, Sunday through Thursday.

Mondays 11:15 am-1:15 pm: Women’s only Israeli Dancing—Beginner thru advanced telling the story of the Jewish People and Israel today thru Dance. Cost $6/session. Contact Rachel Weissblatt for details 713-776-9739.

Wednesdays 11:45 am (class 12:00 pm-12:30 pm): with Rabbi Gelman Lunch & Learn: Parshat Hashavua: A textual analysis of the weekly Torah portion. Class will be held in the UOS library, cost $6 (egg salad, tuna salad, fresh green salad and a drink) RSVP to [email protected] or online at www.uosh.org.

Wednesday 8:00 pm at the home of Vivian and Henry Blum. Rabbi Moshe Traxler teaching the Rambam's Mishneh Torah.

Daily minyan is a fundamental aspect of synagogue life. Help to assure that we have a minyan each time by joining the minyan WhatsApp group. Those in the group receive periodic reminders of minyan times as well as requests to come when we are short. Come when you can. Join the group to make sure those saying kaddish and others have a minyan. Email or text your cell # to Rabbi Gelman if you wish to join and download the WhatsApp app.

Rabbi Gelman is sending out a weekly inspirational message or link thru a WhatsApp group. Please text Rabbi Gelman at 713 922 2473 indicating that you would like to join the UOSInspiration WhatsApp group. Make sure you have a WhatsApp account.

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Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

Shabbat Class: with Rabbi Barry Gelman. It is customary to study Pirkei Avot during the summer months. Please join Rabbi Barry Gelman, one hour before Mincha on Shabbat afternoon to study Pirkei Avot - the foundational text of Jewish ethics. These classes will focus on the foundations of Jewish thought and where the ideas presented in the text make their way into practical Jewish life. ——————————————- 1 hour before Mincha: Massechet Shabbat with Gideon Miller at the home of Sharon & Eddie Grosman. —————————————— After Mincha: Massechet Bava Metziah with David Silberman. ——————————————

45 minutes before Mincha: Daf Yomi: with Rabbi Nagel. ———————

11:15 pm—1:15 pm: Israeli dance for Women. ——————— 45 minutes before Mincha: Daf Yomi: with Rabbi Nagel. ———————

45 minutes Before Mincha: Daf Yomi: with Rabbi Nagel. ——————

11:45 am(lunch) 12-12:30 pm(class) Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Gelman: Parshat Hashavua: A textual analysis of the weekly Torah portion. —————— Wednesday 8:00 pm at the home of Vivian and Henry Blum.

Rabbi Moshe Traxler teach-ing the Ram-ban's Mishneh Torah. ——————— 45 minutes before Mincha: Daf Yomi: with Rabbi Nagel.

45 minutes Before Mincha: Daf Yomi: with Rabbi Nagel. ——————

UOS Torah Classes at a Glance

UOS Committee Chairpersons

Committee Contact Email Address

Chesed Doreen Lerner [email protected]

Education—UOS Elise Passy [email protected]

UOSGMS Nada Chandler [email protected]

Hospitality Elise Passy [email protected]

House and Grounds Neil Scheckter [email protected]

Membership [email protected]

Security Harry Brown/Yair Yeudai [email protected]

Tzedakah Committee Dov Liberman [email protected]

Youth Education Elise Passy [email protected]

Welcome members, friends and guests to UOS. On behalf of the Board of Direc-tors, I invite you to engage in our com-munity and in our Shul. Please reach out to our Rabbi, me, or any of our com-mittee leaders as we work together to enrich each other and our community. Best regards Rick S Guttman

CARE CALENDARS We are pleased to share with you the CareCalendar for our new Bnot Sheriut, Shira & Osi We hope that the entire community will take the

opportunity to get to know these wonderful people.

Please go to Http://www.carecalendar.org and enter the following information in the appropriate spaces:

Calendar ID: 259166 Security code: 4900

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Please click here to sign up to study a chapter of the Torah

Maximize Torah!!! Following up the successful Pre-Pesach Women's learning program, we are proud to present the Women's Shavuot Torah Colloquium. Join us as we study the Aseret Hadibrot (The Ten Commandments) and celebrate the giving of the Torah. Shavuot II - May 21st at 5:15PM - 6:15PM at the home of Gisela and Ken Loiselle All women and girls are welcome. If you would like to give a Dvar Torah, please email it to [email protected] so everyone can get a copy. All submissions must be in by Wed. May 16. Share a Dvar Torah...Increase Torah Learning!! We will also unveil a new women's Torah learning initiative to complete the entire Torah by Simchat Torah. Click here to sign up... or speak to Gabi Gelman

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Prayer For The IDF & US Military

As we recite the prayer for members of the Israeli Defense Force on Shabbat and Yom Tov we keep in mind those Israeli Soldiers held in

captivity and missing in action

and those connected to our congregational

family in active IDF & US Military

Ron Arad Guy Chever Yehuda Katz

Zecharia Baumal Zvi Feldman

Zvi Boruch Altman Elad Imany

Akiva Gilad Brody Zach Katz

Azriel Oz Brody Yehuda Lajcher

Roni Buchine Reuben Morris

David Chertoff Gavriel Saitowitz

Yonaton Cytrin Jake Saitowitz

Samuel Gorme

Your Chesed committee has been hard at work. These are some of our activities.

Would you like to join us in these mitzvot? If so, please email [email protected]

We’d love to have you participate! As appropriate, kids and teens – and not just adults

- are welcome to be part of our committee.

Bikur Cholim Shiva visits Create, write and mail bereavement cards when a

shul member sustains a loss in their family Deliver Kaddish: Womens’ Voices to female shul

members who’ve experienced a loss Participate as a committee in Yom Chesed at Beren Chanukah candle-lighting project with homebound

members Deliver groceries after surgery for isolated members Transportation to medical appointments for isolated

members Provide food for Shabbos following surgery Phone calls to isolated/senior members Visits to senior/isolated members Participate in the shul’s quarterly Tikkun Olam

program If you learn of any Chesed needs in our community,

please be sure to let us know!

Our fiscal year ends on May 31 and all dues for the 2017-2018 year should be paid in full prior to May 31. On June 1, the dues for 2018-2019 will appear on your statements. Please make every effort to bring your account current. Monthly payment plans are a great way to help UOS financially. If you have any questions, please contact the office. Thank you, Jeff

UOS TIKKUN OLAM INITIATIVE Co-chairs: Doreen Lerner and Marisa Brown

Spring, 2018 Tikkun Olam project Tuesday, May 8th, 4-7 pm

Kiddush Hashem opportunity! On Tuesday May 8th we will serve and share a kosher dinner with formerly-homeless clients in SEARCH’s new “Coming Home” program. This program, described as “building community for hope, healing and restoration” provides “a bridge to functioning in the community for the most vulnerable among us”. Join us in this opportunity for Kiddush Hashem as we answer questions from both clients and staff about kashrut and about Judaism in general!

To participate in this mitzvah, please contact

[email protected] or [email protected].

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Mazal Tov

Tania & Yosef Levenstein on the birth of their daughter

Mazal Tov to David and Myra Simon on the engagement of their daughter, Elana Rachel Simon (in Dallas) to Ricky (Richard Lawrence)

Marcus, son of Jerome and Beverly Marcus of Dallas.

Paula & Rabbi Mark Urkowitz on the birth of their grandson

Leah Sarah & Mordechai Buchine on the engagement of their sonRoni Priel to Judy Hanah Ester Derovan

Haya and Irv Kowenski on the birth of their grandson and on the engagement of their daughter Arielle and David Douglas

Baruch Dayan H’Emet We regret to inform you on the passing of

Dawn Grzebinski , Sister of our members David (Elizabeth) Grzebinski

Roger Michelson, father of our member Linda Mosely.

Don D’Entremont, Husband of our member Marty Klashman

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Donations April 2018

Breakfast-Kiddush- Seudah Shlishit

General Synagogue Fund Rabbi Gelman's Discretionary Fund

Sharon & Sonny Gerber Eva & Vojtech Ackerman Evan Collins

Doreen & Marshall Lerner Carole & Albert Goldreich Sari & Scott Garfinkle

Daniella & Ori Hampel Elizabeth & David Grzebinski

Joy & Joe Kaplan Myra & David Simon

Nurit & Daniel Agranov

Carolyn Lynn Plessner

Denise Weinberg

Saline Weintraub

Torah Fund

Holly & David Davies

Elena & Barry Diner Bnei Akiva

Sari & Scott Garfinkle Tali & Avi Tessler

Sharon & Sonny Gerber

Sharon & Eddie Grosman

Gaye & Dennis Halpin

Daniella & Ori Hampel

Max Kupferman

Doreen & Marshall Lerner

Carol & Dov Liberman

Sharon & Frank Ruben

Clarice & Julian Saitowitz

Larry Wadler

Marci & Nachum Yanowitz

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Yahrzeits May 4,2018—June 8,2018

5/4/2018 19 Iyyar Morris Michael

5/4/2018 19 Iyyar Joseph Jaynes

5/4/2018 19 Iyyar Benjamin Kurtzman

5/5/2018 20 Iyyar Marvin Davies

5/5/2018 20 Iyyar Aubret Vivier

5/5/2018 20 Iyyar Don Greenberg

5/6/2018 21 Iyyar Joseph Martin

5/6/2018 21 Iyyar Helen T. Nicholson

5/7/2018 22 Iyyar Hyman Maurice Joffe

5/7/2018 22 Iyyar Abraham Nutkis

5/8/2018 23 Iyyar Jessel Morris

5/9/2018 24 Iyyar Yetta Weitzner

5/10/2018 25 Iyyar Betty Ozon Moore

5/10/2018 25 Iyyar Isaac Berkowitz

5/10/2018 25 Iyyar Sam Feder

5/11/2018 26 Iyyar Yael Brickman

5/11/2018 26 Iyyar Frank Gorme

5/11/2018 26 Iyyar Walter Levy

5/11/2018 26 Iyyar Madeline Spira

5/12/2018 27 Iyyar Sarah Steinberg Dornbaum

5/12/2018 27 Iyyar Bela Steiman

5/12/2018 27 Iyyar Marjorie Wadler

5/13/2018 28 Iyyar Fannie Abrahamson

5/13/2018 28 Iyyar Jerard Y. Cohen

5/14/2018 29 Iyyar Herman Roth

5/14/2018 29 Iyyar Sharlene Stein

5/14/2018 29 Iyyar Cheryl Fayner

5/15/2018 1 Sivan Chaim Borosh

5/16/2018 2 Sivan Robert N. Weinberger

5/16/2018 2 Sivan Rose Pravada Schonier

5/17/2018 3 Sivan Joshua M. Kass

5/17/2018 3 Sivan Johnny Dixie Red Stein

5/17/2018 3 Sivan Libby Plumb

5/17/2018 3 Sivan Manuel Reichstein

5/18/2018 4 Sivan Samuel Kupfer

5/18/2018 4 Sivan Shaye Abram & Fela Efromowicz

5/19/2018 5 Sivan Marian Kaplan

5/19/2018 5 Sivan Sonya Blumberg

5/20/2018 6 Sivan Alex Grosman

5/20/2018 6 Sivan Francis Urkowitz

5/21/2018 7 Sivan David Kaplow

5/23/2018 9 Sivan Herbert Saffir

5/23/2018 9 Sivan Ronald Grosman

5/24/2018 10 Sivan Sidney Eichel Nevins

5/25/2018 11 Sivan Lois Utay Plumb

5/26/2018 12 Sivan Isidor Davis

5/26/2018 12 Sivan Ida Rubinsky

5/27/2018 13 Sivan Sol Reichstein

5/27/2018 13 Sivan Miriam Solomon

5/28/2018 14 Sivan Elliot Geroge Levy

5/28/2018 14 Sivan Jane Gluckman

5/28/2018 14 Sivan Clarice Irene Blieden

5/28/2018 14 Sivan Esther Balshan

5/28/2018 14 Sivan Nathan Block

5/29/2018 15 Sivan Albert H. Jefferson

5/29/2018 15 Sivan Samuel Kronman

5/30/2018 16 Sivan Renee Yaffe Bootin

5/30/2018 16 Sivan Rose Joss

5/30/2018 16 Sivan Anne Vileusky Ashendorf

5/31/2018 17 Sivan Jacob Shoifet

5/31/2018 17 Sivan Isadore Smith

5/31/2018 17 Sivan Ryan Maidenberg

5/31/2018 17 Sivan Udis Shapiro

5/31/2018 17 Sivan Adina Wolf

6/1/2018 18 Sivan Renair Gehr

6/1/2018 18 Sivan Henry Klapholz

6/2/2018 19 Sivan Harry Levy

6/2/2018 19 Sivan Gerald Goren

6/2/2018 19 Sivan Ethel Hyman Huvard

6/3/2018 20 Sivan Esther Marine Redman

6/3/2018 20 Sivan Perla Bicas Wood

6/4/2018 21 Sivan Golda Baker

6/4/2018 21 Sivan May Tiras Borger

6/4/2018 21 Sivan Irene Gordon

6/6/2018 23 Sivan Claudine Alwilda Junker

6/8/2018 25 Sivan Sandy Rotter

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Dear UOS Member and Friend; I want to give the membership a comprehensive update as to the future of our building (when it will be deter-mined , its location, size, features, etc) be provided to all of our members. As I mentioned in a previous com-munication to our members, in February, the UOS board authorized a ‘Siting Committee’ to determine wheth-er a “South” option is a viable option for the UOS membership to consider along with the current “North” op-tion (our current site, not specifically a size or building type) which is viable. The Board required 3 prelimi-nary hurdles need to be resolved In order for the South option to be viable AND to be presented as an OPTION to the UOS Board (“Board”) and its Membership. These are the preliminary hurdles that must be overcome: 1. A vote in favor of removing the deed restrictions currently preventing a house of worship on the 5 lots adjacent to the Willow Meadows Baptist Church (WMBC) by more than 50% of the members (homeowners) of the Willow Meadows Civic Club (WMCC); 2. A permanent parking easement by the WM Baptist Church; and 3. Securing contracts for the purchase of the 5 homes adjacent to WMBC.

The Board’s authorization to the Siting Committee to pursue the above is strictly for the purposes of allowing the UOS membership to consider two different site options. If the South option does not become viable or is not selected by the UOS membership, UOS will remain in Willow Meadows and pursue its options to build on our current site. There are a few questions that I have been asked about that I cannot currently answer - these questions (some of which are below) will be vetted and answers in due time: 1. In the event that the South option is chosen, what will that building look like exactly and what can reasona-bly fit within the 5 lots? (Ie: sukkah, playground, mikveh, fencing, 2 story, etc). Further, is the building and site plan (attached) that was presented to the WMCC Board exactly what must be built if in fact the proposed Amendment (attached) passes AND UOS eventually votes to select the South option?

2. In the event that the South option is chosen, what will become of the current property. No official discus-sion or decision has taken place at the UOS Board or otherwise. I have heard many suggestions and even been advised by a few what has already been decided or offered to UOS, and all of those responses are just rumors. This is a major question that will be discussed if and when the South option becomes viable and the UOS Community decides to pursue that option. How much will each option cost and will that be component of the determination of which site is selected? Since we have not gotten to the point of pricing different options, I can only say that costs including the issues of fundraising will certainly play a role in the decision process at both the UOS Board level and the UOS membership presentation if the South option passed the hurdles described above. In addition to the above information, with the help of Irv Rotter and Robert Levy we have assembled the fol-lowing information bites that will hopefully provide a more thorough understanding of the South process. My goal as well as that of the Executive and the Board is to provide the membership with all material infor-mation regarding building a new Synagogue so that when a membership vote on our path forward is held, hopefully right after the High Holidays in September, everyone will feel that they have received all the infor-mation needed to make an informed decision. The following is a general update (including some repetition of items discussed above)

Demolition of our existing building

On April 9, we began demolition of our the sanctuary and the classrooms that were used for the UOS Montes-sori school. We expect demolition to be completed within the next 2 to 4 weeks. When the demolition is com-pleted, the only portion of the existing building that will remain will be Freedman Hall. We are investigating the purchase and installation of temporary buildings where the school wing was located to give our member-ship more space for programming and to enable the Rabbi and staff to have offices on site.

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Siting Committee At the last meeting of the UOS Board, a committee was appointed to investigate alternative sites for a new building. The committee is co-chaired by Uri Ghelman and Irv Rotter and includes David Davies, Robert Levy, Nava Miller, Ira Mitzner and Max Reichenthal. The committee has been tasked with assessing the via-bility of keeping the Synagogue in its present location (the North Option) or moving south of 610 near Willow Meadow Baptist Church (the South Option). It is expected that the Committee will deliver a recommendation to the Board as to whether one or both options are viable. The Board will make a recommendation to the membership as to whether one or both options are viable. The final determination as to the location of the Synagogue (assuming two viable options) will be determined by a full UOS membership vote. South Option--Developments There are a number of conditions that need to be satisfied before the South Option can be consid-ered viable. These conditions include: obtaining options to purchase the land upon which a new synagogue could be built (None of the moneys paid to purchase the land options were UOS funds (the funds were provid-ed by individuals), obtaining adequate permanent parking rights at the Willow Meadow Baptist parking lot and obtaining approval of Willow Meadows Civic Club (Home Owners Association) to remove the deed re-strictions on the properties where the new Synagogue could be built. In order to assist in determining the viability of the South Option, the UOS Board allocated funds for the re-tention of an architect to prepare a rendering of the new Synagogue assuming it was built on the South op-tion. The committee members working on the South Option selected Studio Red as its architect . There are on-going negotiations with Willow Meadows Baptist Church regarding parking access though no agreements have been finalized. The members working on the South Option in consultation with Uri Ghelman selected Studio Red as the archi-tect to prepare a rendering of the Synagogue on the proposed South Option site. The rendering (attached) has been prepared and has been shared with members of the UOS Executive and the Board of the Willow Mead-ows Civic Club (the Homeowners' Association). It is important to remember that a rendering serves a limited purpose--it is not necessarily what the Synagogue will look like, rather it is intended to demonstrate to the Homeowners' Association that the Synagogue would fit on the site as well as indicate the scale of the project so that the neighbors can assess the impact the project will have on the neighborhood generally and the sur-rounding homes in particular. There is considerably less to report on the North Option, in large part, because the Siting Committee deter-mined that it would be best to defer action until there was greater visibility as to the viability of South Option. Max Reichenthal and Robert Levy are working on the North Option. It is likely that Studio Red will begin working on the North Option in the near future The land for the North Option is under the Synagogue's control and the parking is in place. Because the Synagogue Site was grandfathered, no Homeowners' Association ap-proval is required . Over the next several weeks and months, I expect that work on the North Option and the South Option will continue. While the members working on the South Option are collecting ballot signatures, we expect to retain a General Contractor to review materials prepared by Studio Red for both the North Option and the South Op-tion and to provide the membership with a preliminary estimate of the costs for each option. While we hope these estimates will be as close as possible to an apples-to apples comparison as possible, there will be differ-ences. For example, the North Option will have a lower cost of land because UOS already owns the land to be used whereas the Synagogue will have to buy the land for the South Option. Conversely, while both options must be built 2 feet above the 500 Yr Flood Plain, because of the differences in grade, the North Option will have to be built slightly higher to be above the flood plain than the South Option and will likely have certain additional building costs that the South Option will not.

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What the Membership Can Do There is considerable work that needs to be done on both the North Option and the South Option. Members of the Siting Committee working on each option would welcome additional assistance. If you are interested in working on either option please contact Nava Miller (South Option), Robert Levy (North Option) or me. I recognize that we are about to enter into a difficult period. Many members feel passionately about where the Synagogue should be located. In these moments it is often easy to lose sight of the broader objective—maintaining and enhancing the extraordinary community that is UOS. I urge you to keep that thought upper-most in your minds as you think about the issues regarding the new building. The Board, its Executive and the Siting Committee are committed to making the process of selecting the North Option or the South Option as transparent a process as possible. You should feel free to contact me ([email protected]) or any of the members of the Siting Committee if you have any questions. We are hoping that all work on both options will be completed by mid to late summer and if the South option becomes viable, we hope to schedule a vote of the membership on how we proceed by either Option shortly after the Yomim Noraim and Sukkot. Information of the upcoming Town Hall Meeting TOWN HALL MEETING TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE RELOCATION OF UNITED ORTHODOX SYNAGOGUES A town hall meeting to discuss a possible re-location of United Orthodox Synagogues to an area south of 610 near the Willow Meadows Baptist Church will take place in the Fellowship Hall at Willow Meadows Baptist Church on Sunday, April 29 at 6:30 PM. Representatives of the UOS Siting Committee (the committee of the UOS board that is considering alternative sites) working on the “South Option” will present information on the South Option and answer questions from the Willow Meadows community. Please make sure to attend to get the facts from those directly involved. Best Regards, Rick

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In the interest of collegiality, we want to share these community announcements with you

HARVEY ASSISTANCE FOR CAMP!

Thanks to the generosity of the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston, need based camp scholarships are available for Jewish children who were affected by Harvey and make it possible for more children to ex-perience the magic of summer camp. There are two types available. DAY CAMP GRANTS are meant to assist Jewish fami-lies who endured a significant financial loss due to the storm. Each family who submits an application and qualifies for a Hurricane Harvey day camp grant will receive 30% off their weekly camp costs. To apply, complete this survey or visit https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/daycampscholarships. Questions? Contact Mia Brooks at [email protected] or 713.729.7000. OVERNIGHT CAMP assistance is available for all Jewish families flooded by Hurricane Harvey. Families may receive a campership of up to $3,000 per child. Additional savings are possible from Jewish Federation need based scholarships and One Happy Camper Grants for first time camp attendees. To apply, visit www.houstonjewish.org/scholarships or contact Liz Garza at [email protected] or 713.729.7000.