May 2026

Brotherhood Sisterhood dinner

May 27, 2026 by • ,

Sunday May 31st at 5 p.m . The Brotherhood Sisterhood are going out to dinner. We will be having dinner at Ling’s Buffet. All are welcome to come. Address is 4320 South Florida Ave Lakeland. Please let Sandi Grinker (sandigrinker@gmail.com) know if you can attend.

Request for Chai Lites Content

May 27, 2026 by • ,

Hello Temple Beth Shalom Congregation, your Chai Lites Editor, Ethan Feldman is requesting the monthly and unique items from you to publish in our upcoming June issue.  If you have a column, update, thank you message, photo, or have something else to say, send it to Ethan at emaxsaun@gmail.com by this Sunday, May 31.

Shabbat Morning — Sat May 9

May 8, 2026 by •

Hello Temple Beth Shalom Congregation and Friends, here are events planned for this coming Shabbat:

 
This coming Shabbat’s Temple Beth Shalom events begin with Rav Guyster’s last TorahStudy with us until the Fall!  You will want to hear his remarks so you can continue your study and contemplation through the Summer.  Torah Study begins at 9:15 am on Saturday, May 9.
 
The Shabbat Morning Service follows after a short break at 10:15.  In memory of Varda Rotenberg who was recently laid to rest, music will include “Jerusalem of Gold” (“Yerushalayim Shel Zahav“), a song of Varda’s homeland.  You can hear it sung by Rabbi Angela Buchdahl and Cantor Dan Mutlu here, and you can follow along with the lyrics and translation here. 
Varda’s sons, Victor and Eli, will be with us this Shabbat morning for a reception in their mother’s honor.  Please attend to thank them for sharing Varda with us all these years and to share memories.

Brotherhood/Sisterhood Potluck and Movie: The Bielski Brothers — Sunday May 17, 5 pm

May 5, 2026 by • ,

Hello Temple Beth Shalom, you are invited to a Pot Luck Dinner and Movie Night on Sunday May 17, beginning at 5:00 pm.  Bring a dish to share and enjoy the inspiring and informative video about the Bielski partisans, who rescued over 1,200 people from the Nazis in what was then German-occupied Poland during WWII.  You can engage with some of our professor members of the congregation in discussion about the Bielskis too!  This event is organized by your Brotherhood/Sisterhood.
 
P.S.:  Don’t forget to bring those shoes for the Shoe Drive Fundraiser!  We’re almost at our goal!

May Chai Lites

May 1, 2026 by •

Good afternoon Temple Beth Shalom members and friends,

Chai Lites for May 2026 is here.

A big thank you to everyone who contributed this month — including President Uriah Rose, Rav Guyster, and all those who helped share what’s happening in our community. And thank you to Ethan Feldman for assembling this month’s edition.

We hope you enjoy reading it and staying connected with everything going on at Temple Beth Shalom.

2026May Chai Lites