We at Beth Israel – The West Temple invite you to join us for an exciting evening as we celebrate Shabbat.

…Singles…Couples…Families…Relatives…Friends…Neighbors…Co-Workers

A unique opportunity to enjoy:

A relaxed evening, a delicious Shabbat dinner (no cooking) at 6:30 pm, a music filled and easy going Shabbat Service.   Meeting and mingling with friendly people.  For dinner reservations please see the attached flier.  Services begin at 8pm.

Please save the date Sunday April 22, 2012.  Our own Rabbi Lettofsky will retire this summer.  We would like to honor his service to our community and look forward to your attendance.  Please keep your self posted on the event under the Community page on our website.  Please contact Sandy Kahn to offer your assistance.  440-773-8035 or sandfordkahn@hotmail.com

Yamma Ensemble visited Beth Israel, Sunday October 22nd as part of the Arts Midwest World Fest.  They brought their   melodic mixture of Eastern European, Balkan, Gypsy, Sephardic, and Yemenite music.

Musician Steven Greenman is heralded throughout the Jewish world for his work as a teacher, composer and performer of East European Jewish Klezmer violin music. As a concert performer, he has been guest soloist with the Cleveland Pops Orchestra, the Canton Symphony and the Akron Symphony. His appearance at Beth Israel has been made possible through the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland’s Fund for the Jewish Future and is supported through the educational resources of the Jewish Education Center of Cleveland.

While this program will be enjoyable in itself, you will find it even more wonderful if you return to perform the piece on Simchat Torah when the congregation celebrates the completion of the Torah reading cycle of the last year and begins the process again with the story of Creation. The Simchat Torah service will be Friday, October 21 at 7:00pm. There will be one additional group rehearsal of the music on Sunday, October 16, from 10:15-11:15am.

So dust off your instruments and mark all the dates in your calendar now!

Schmaltz will be playing to a full house on Saturday night.  Doors open at 7:30pm with a silent auction.  Playtime is 8:15pm, followed by a desert reception. Tickets are still available. Please contact The Temple office 216-941-8882

Since late fall and this past winter, many of the members of our congregation have come together to express their concerns and visions for a better Cleveland.  We met.  We talked.  We found that you have wonderful ideas for congregational action and insightful suggestions for local concerns.  We then shared our conversations with the larger Cleveland community.

And now, on Monday evening, June 6th, at 7:30 p.m., at the Masonic Auditorium in Cleveland, the Founding Assembly of the Greater Cleveland Congregations (GCC) will convene and share our issues with the leaders of Cleveland — and formally begin our work to help make Cleveland the best it can be.

Please let me know if you can attend – we’re hoping to bring a contingent of 18 from our congregation… We can meet at temple (at 6:15 p.m.) and drive together…

Along with our Social Action committee co-chairs, Barbara Feldmar and Laurie Levenson, I thank you for your past participation and look forward to bringing our Social Action agenda to life.

For more information contact Rabbi Lader (eclader@aol.com)

Monday April 11th our Hebrew School Students learned to make Matzah, just in time for Passover.

A Family Shared Shabbat Event:  Friday March 4, 2011.  Please join friends,  fellow congregants and their guests for a Pot-Luck meal at 6pm.  (Please bring a Dairy meal that feeds at least 10 persons….Hot it you live south of I-90, Cold if you live north of I-90).  Bring your Shabbat candle sticks and candles for your table and non-perishable food for the Berea Food Bank.  Services begin at 7:30.

If you would like to work on the newest Feldman-Rosen production SCHMALTZ, to be performed at our Gala fundraiser on Saturday June 11, 2011, please contact  Charlotte Feldman,  Rhoda Rosen,  or Diana Strongosky as soon as possible.  Articulate, talented, intrepid and breathing individuals of all ages are needed.  Talent is  plus, committment is a must!

Come one, come all to the First Annual Youth Group Talent Show. ALL AGES are invited (yes that includes adults), with loads of fun goofy prizes to be awarded! Got a special talent? Time to show it off! Got no talent?? Even better! Read the phone book for 3 minutes in a silly animal voice…
It’s all for a great cause. The money we raise will go toward providing financial support to help our students attend regional Youth Group events, as well as other Jewish activities throughout the year.  It all starts with a Yummy Luncheon right after Sunday School on SUNDAY JANUARY 30, and then upstairs for the show. You can buy tickets that day (we’ll let you know about the price very soon). If you want to sign up to be in the show, you can contact Mara Atzenhoffer .  And if you want to donate some tasty food for the luncheon (which we hope you do!), please contact David Rosen at 440-785-7239. Thank you!!