President's Blog

Dear Fellow Congregants,

As of November 11, 2021, Beth Tikvah Congregation has updated our Covid Health and Safety Guidelines. I would like to emphasize that Beth Tikvah Congregation has been open for some time now and we look forward to seeing you stop by to say hello or at an in-person event soon based on your comfort levels. We have many great events coming up for Hanukkah.

A word of gratitude to all of our Beth Tikvah...Read more...

When my children were younger, Jeff and I would often ask after a chess tournament or a sporting event, “Did you win or did you learn?” I loved this way of framing the competition–no matter what the outcome was, it was positive. For us at Beth Tikvah, with the recent URJ (Union for Reform Judaism) congregational survey, I would say we had the rare experience in which we both won and learned. Not only did we complete the survey in record...Read more...

Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.
- Mary Wollenstonecraft Shelley

Change is natural; change is good; change is difficult. Our leadership has changed as it does every year, and I am honored to be the new president of our congregation. I have been on the board of the temple since 2003 and have enjoyed being active and contributing to our community. Now I step up to the...Read more...

After a long hard winter comes the spring - my favorite season! The rebirth of the trees, the flowers, the grass, the green and the shining sun, oh the beautiful SUN! Oh yeah, and it also happens to be the season that my youngest son was born too! The caterpillars become butterflies, the robin’s eggs hatch into beautiful red breasted birds…well you get the picture. So too is it the time when the long awaited Our House Lobby Renovation...Read more...

Happy February to ALL! We begin this month in what many of us refer to as our “Happy Place:” OSRUI (Olin Sang Ruby Union Institute) for the Congregational Retreat, February 1 – 3, 2019. I hope you were able to join us for all the fun and memory making! If not, look for pictures to see all the fun and plan to join us next time!

I want to let you know about a project that we are embarking on that will...Read more...

In trying times such as these we are reminded of the importance of community. We are reminded of how much we need each other. This past month has been a very difficult time in our Jewish community and in the world around us; the horrific tragedy and loss of life at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh hit so close to home for many in our community; the senseless shooting in a college bar in Thousand Oaks, CA and all the other tragic...Read more...

And so we have completed another circle around the sun, another year in the books: goodbye to 5778, hello to 5779. I hope that you all have had a joyous Rosh Hashanah and a meaningful Yom Kippur. There has been so much to be grateful for, so much love and happy occasions, so much loss as well. All lifecycle events that have to be celebrated and accepted. We celebrate happy occasions together and we are there to mourn loss and sad occasions...Read more...

Beth Tikvah, a place that I love…How about you?

Why do you love Beth Tikvah? What do you think needs improvement at Beth Tikvah? If you could change one thing about Beth Tikvah what would that be? If you could do something to make a difference here what would you do? How do you want your children to feel about their Judaism? About Beth Tikvah? How can you support and encourage that? How can WE support and engage YOU?

We LOVE...Read more...