Heading into the Purim-Pesach cycle, it’s easy to loose sight of events in the recent past. So there are a few people I’d like to thank for recent activities before we get dumped into the spin cycle.
There’s Douglas Segerman, who runs the monthly poker nights, the weekly minyan breakfast and the Sunday morning Men’s Club cafe, and who this year brought us the second annual Tifereth Israel Poker Tournament.
And Dale Levy, who just ended a successful second edition of the Build-a-Pair program in our Hebrew school, culminating in the World Wide Wrap on Super Bowl Sunday.
Mike Sobul continues to amaze and astound with his grasp of trivia on Quiz Night – a program that he thought needed to be resurrected, and so he did it. And now he’s in the throes of Purim Carnival preparations.
Greg Margulies and Rebecca Gurk can’t be replaced as organizers of the Men’s Club/Women of Tifereth Israel Shabbat.
Behind the scenes, Jonathon Foreman and Karl Rubin keep things moving – Jon keeps the money straight, and Karl feeds us all with ideas while standing ready to step in to help whenever needed.
Gary and Esther Gillett deserve all praise they might get, and then some, for their preparation of the Chanukah dinner. A lot of Men’s Club members get involved, including Art Uhrmann, Leon Pollack and our current officers. And where would we be without Mike Miller’s quality-control efforts on the latke production line? But it’s the Gilletts who make it all work.
And of course we thank the rabbis and cantor, Marc Neiwirth and the synagogue staff, as well as Margaret and Emmanuel and their crew, for all their help throughout the year.
So, March is here – and aren’t we thankful that February’s snows are behind us?
Men’s Club will have its monthly brunch at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, March 7, featuring our own secretary, Mike Sobul, who also is one of the top tax experts in state government. He’ll be discussing taxes and school funding.
The next poker night is March 11 – contact Doug Segerman for particulars.
And Men’s Club again will be involved in the annual Scholar in Residence weekend, which will be March 12-14 and feature Dr. Eric Goldman.
In April, we’re planning a special brunch coinciding with Yom Hashoah, in which we hope to involve the students of Hebrew High, as well as scholars in the adult education program.
And we’re already making tentative plans for the fall involving a visit from the regional head of the Anti-Defamation League to talk about dealing with anti-Semitism on campus and – completely unrelated – a Men’s Club excursion to Cleveland for a Browns game.
Let me know, please, if you have any questions or comments.
Always happy to be of service,
Bill Chronister, Men’s Club President
