Temple Beth Hillel F ROM THE R ABBI ’ S S TUDY Sivan/Tammuz 5780 H ILLEL H APPENINGS INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Simchas 2 Torah Portions 2 Yahrtzeit 3 Donations 4 From the President 5 Annual Meeting 5 Virtual Shabbat 5 Guest Musician 6 Sisterhood 6 5@5 6 Shop with Scrip 6 Social Action 7 Walk Against Hunger 7 Local Businesses 8 TBH Information 9 Do you know anyone in need of help? There are so many people who we don't see. They are sheltering and because they are cut off from their normal lifelines, they are even more isolated. It is like they are invisible. The Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford has partnered with the Jewish Community Foundation and over a month ago set up a Rapid Relief and Recovery Fund (RRR Fund) for mem- bers of our local Jewish community. It provides kosher food, finan- cial assistance, and helps with connections. It has not been accessed anywhere near what we think the need is. If you know a local Jewish person or family in need, have them con- tact https://www.jewishhartford.org/get-help-covid19. If you want to help with this effort, you can email Kathryn Gonnerman at [email protected]. We are all in this together. When we are each each other's eyes and ears we can do so much more. It is what God calls us to do each day: Blessed are you A', our God, ruler of the universe, who opens the eyes of the blind. Shalom, Rabbi G.
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Temple Beth Hi l le l
F RO M T H E RA B B I ’S S T U DY
Sivan/Tammuz 5780
H I L L E L H A P P E N I N G S
I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :
Simchas 2
Torah Portions 2
Yahrtzeit 3
Donations 4
From the President 5
Annual Meeting 5
Virtual Shabbat 5
Guest Musician 6
Sisterhood 6
5@5 6
Shop with Scrip 6
Social Action 7
Walk Against Hunger 7
Local Businesses 8
TBH Information 9
Do you know anyone in need of help?
There are so many people who we don't
see. They are sheltering and because they are cut
off from their normal lifelines, they are even more
isolated. It is like they are invisible.
The Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford has
partnered with the Jewish Community Foundation and over a month
ago set up a Rapid Relief and Recovery Fund (RRR Fund) for mem-
bers of our local Jewish community. It provides kosher food, finan-
cial assistance, and helps with connections. It has not been accessed
anywhere near what we think the need is.
If you know a local Jewish person or family in need, have them con-
tact https://www.jewishhartford.org/get-help-covid19. If you want to
help with this effort, you can email Kathryn Gonnerman
Shop with Scrip Orders due the first & third Sunday every month.
June 7 & 21, July 5 and 19
Everyone is ordering more online. Help TBH by ordering gift cards and eCards through the Shop with Scrip website. Rebates are donated to the General Fund and will apply to the matching grant. In addition, partici-pants can have 2% of the face value donated towards their TBH account. Shop for over 700 retailers: Dining, Groceries, Home Improvements, Health & Beauty, Clothing…Register at shopwithscrip.com Enrollment Code: 8429LFBL646L1 Contact for scrip: Marcia Heneson [email protected] 860-306-5238 Checks for Big Y Supermarket orders areare due on the same schedule. Contact for Big Y orders: Sarah Kaprove
hand. The main topic on the agenda is the proposed
bylaw revision. Watch for our weekly Zoom get-
togethers in your email.
On Friday, June 5 at 6:45 p.m., Temple Beth Hillel’s online evening service will be extra special as Cantor Harris and Rab-bi Glickman will be joined by a special musical guest, Cantor El-len Dreskin of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Cantor Ellen Dreskin, MA, BSM, DM is an innovative leader and educator in today’s Jewish Reform Movement who has worked with Jews of all denominations from Houston to Chicago and from Los Angeles to Boston. She is the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion’s Coordinator of the Cantorial Certifi-
cation Program for its Debbie Friedman School of Sacred Music in New York. Her ex-pertise extends from music to synagogue transformation, and from experiential edu-cation to enlivened liturgy and mysticism. To watch the Friday, June 5 service via live stream or Facebook, go
to www.tbhsw.org and scroll down on the home page.
For more information about Cantor Dreskin and her music, vis-it www.Ellendreskin.com.
Sundays through Fridays at 5 p.m., watch 5@5 with Rabbi Jeff Glickman on Facebook. Enjoy five minutes of updates and Jewish insight. Watch via computer, laptop, tablet or cell phone: Go to TBH’S Facebook page: www.facebook.com/TBHSW Or go to our website: www.TBHSW.org and click onto Facebook there..t Link
SHEMA TOUR UPDATE: Collecting Summer Clothing, Food & Toiletries
TBH has continued to strongly support the Walk in the Light Church in North Hartford throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, and now is moving into a new phase of collections. Over the past two months, we have utilized your donated funds to purchase and deliver multiple collections of food, baby formula and toiletries to deliver to Archbishop Burke for distribution, in addition to specific items that have been dropped off directly by TBH members. Now, as Connecticut slowly begins to reopen, Archbishop Burke tells us that his community espe-cially needs Summer Clothing – all types, for all ages, male and female. Clean and gently used pleased. This is a great time to clean out your closets! But we still cannot accept donations inside the Temple. However, as Connecticut residents slowly move outside their homes and if you feel comfortable doing so, you are welcome to bring any food, toiletries, or summer clothing to Laura’s house at 13 Cleary Lane in Windsor and leave in the garage. Or you can contact her and she can make ar-rangements to come pick them up. If anyone is interested in joining Laura Soll-Broxterman by driving and picking up donations from members’ homes, please let her know at 860-688-4499 or [email protected]
As always, if you would like to make a donation of funds for the purchase of items, please mail a check to the Temple or call Lori in the office to use a credit card.
TBH “Virtual” Walk Against Hunger Team
Since the onset of COVID-19, a group of dedicated TBH members have been unable to go volunteer at Hands On Hartford to sort and chop fresh produce for the nonprofit organization’s community food pantry. Unfortunately, that program is on hold for the near future. HOWEVER, there is an important way that we can continue to help that organi-zation over the next few months. Hands on Hartford relies heavily on funds it receives via Foodshare’s annual Walk Against Hunger. But since that fundraiser has been postponed, organizers are planning a new “virtual” Walk. Fun! We are seeking one or two people to organize a “virtual” TBH Walk Team of members and friends. Call Laura at 860-688-4499 or [email protected] if you are interested or want more info.