Dear Temple Shalom Family,

As Jews, our Covenant with the Divine invites us to be “a kingdom of priests and a holy people.” (Ex. 19:6)  As priests, we are supposed to work to transform the world from the sordid to the sacred.  As a holy people, we are supposed to model righteous behavior in our daily lives.

These two challenges ought to give us some perspective, looking both outward at our world, and inward at ourselves.  While the warm days of summer bring happiness to our hearts, we cannot fully enjoy our lives in comfort and peace, while so many in our city, and our world are suffering.  While sometimes the challenges seem too difficult for any one of us to solve on our own, let us remember the subtle encouragement of that famous Exodus verse: the blessing is written in the plural, and we do not walk through life alone.

This Friday night, as we do each month on the First Friday, we’ll gather to worship and to share our Shabbat dinner together.  We’ll celebrate meaningful moments in the lives of our friends and families with birthday and anniversary blessings, and multiply our joys by sharing them with others.  This week, we’ll also welcome friends from the wider Wheeling community, as we honor our dear friend, Mark Brennan, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Wheeling Charleston, on his upcoming retirement.  

  Here at Temple Shalom, we are proud to have been the home of vibrant Jewish life for this community for generations, but a house only becomes a home when it is filled with people!  Through our worship, learning, social action, and socializing we choose to transform ourselves, and hopefully our world as well, for the better.  We look forward to seeing you soon, here at the Temple.

 WORSHIP

First Friday Celebration!

FRIDAY, June 5 at 6:00 p.m.

Plan to join us THIS Friday, June 5, in our Sanctuary as we celebrate Shabbat together!  Come enjoy a beautiful evening of worship, including special blessings for all June birthdays and anniversaries.  We’ll also welcome guests from the wider Wheeling community as we honor Bishop Mark Brennan on his retirement.  Then, we’ll share a delicious Shabbat dinner to follow thanks to our generous sponsors, Karen Kangisser and Stuart Levy, we’ll have Reisbeck’s fried chicken!  Bring a non-dairy side dish to share, and call the Temple Office to RSVP.  For those unable to attend, the service will be broadcast LIVE on our YouTube page.  If you are feeling ill, please stay home and watch online.

ONEG SHABBAT?

We’ve got a new board for the new year now available!  Pick any week available when you’d like to host: First Friday dinner, a Wine Down Kabbalat Shabbat, or any Friday evening; we’ll all be grateful for your help and support!

 Rakefet Update!

Temple Shalom uses a special database called Rakefet to keep track of all of our membership data.  Thanks to a new upgrade, each member family is now able to log in online to their own account, enabling you to make payments, see announcements, check yahrzeits, and more!  

 Use the link below to learn more!

https://vimeo.com/showcase/8613894

  LEARNING

Lifelong Learning: Israel Update

Monday, June 8 at 7:00 p.m.

With the Holy Land still under threat from Iran, and Israelis heading to the polls this fall, our monthly Lifelong Learning program will be an Israel Update, on Monday, June 8 at 7:00 p.m.  We will examine a wide range of issues, including our own connections to our fellow Jews in Israel.  All are welcome, and refreshments will be served.  If you are unable to attend in person, a Zoom link will be sent that morning so you can tune in online.

ANNUAL MEETING

Sunday, June 14 at 3:00 p.m.

The Temple Shalom Annual Meeting is coming up on Sunday afternoon, June 14 at 3:00 p.m.  Join us as we look back on a wonderful year in the life of our congregation, and look ahead to a great new year upcoming!  Voting for our board and officers will take place between 2:00 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.  If you are unable to attend in person, and need to vote in advance, absentee ballots will be available tomorrow, June 4 in the Temple Office, and must be submitted by Friday, June 12 at 4:30 p.m.  

OUR FUTURE

 First Friday Celebration! – FRIDAY, June 5 at 6:00 p.m.

Tanakh Study and Breakfast – SATURDAY, June 6 at 9:45 a.m.

Lifelong Learning – MONDAY, June 8 at 7:00 p.m.

Temple Shalom Annual Meeting – Sunday, June 14 at 3:00 p.m.

Wine Down Kabbalat Shabbat – Friday, June 19 at 5:00 p.m.

JOIN US FOR FIRST FRIDAY THIS WEEK!