Community

Hello Temple Beth Shalom Congregation, your Board and Rabbi Guyster are working hard on preparing meaningful Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services for you.  We are all in need of a volunteer to coordinate the Break Fast on Yom Kippur on October 2.  We can have a Break Fast with Yom Kippur-attending members and guests each bringing a dish, and the coordinator can be in contact with them to ensure that we have a good variety of items with which to celebrate.  If you would assist Temple Beth Shalom with this please contact us and let us know.

Hello Temple Beth Shalom Congregation, we have the obituary of Stanley Kaplan, our founding member and past president, who recently passed.  There is lovely information about his accomplishments and family.  There is a date for a Celebration of Life in October you will want to see, and some wonderful photos.

Dear Temple Beth Shalom Congregation, we received these words today from our longtime and founding member Barbara Brooks: Our dear friend, Stan Kaplan, passed away last Friday after a long illness.  Stan and his wife, Karen, helped establish our temple.  Stan was our first president.  He and Karen worked tirelessly for many, many years making our temple a success.  We are grateful to Stan and the Kaplan family for all they did to build our congregation and create a lasting community.  His memory will be a blessing.

Barbara also shared the picture above saved from the Winter Haven News Chief of Stanley with our congregation’s first rabbi, Bradd Boxman, celebrating Temple Beth Shalom’s first High Holiday services.

Hello Temple Beth Shalom Congregation, Past President and Editor Lorraine Mixter is kindly continuing the Chai Lites production for the coming month.  Please send articles, columns, photos, messages, and updates to her at lorrainemixter@aol.com by Monday, July 28.