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From the CEO

Budgets

As I briefly mentioned last week, I’ve been knee-deep in budgeting. Thank you to Sue, our finance officer, for your hard work, and our finance committee and board of directors for your oversight. We now have an approved budget for 2022!

Sue and I have degrees in accounting and can budget …

Welcome

Ilana and I joined a synagogue that meets our family’s religious and social needs, and we attend Shabbat morning services there most weeks (when the weather is nice).
 
I also like to attend services when I’m out of town to compare and contrast experiences.
 
Last Shabbat, I was in…

Shalom Zachar

Some Ashkenazi Jews have a beautiful practice of welcoming a baby boy to the world on his first Friday night of life, before his bris. At the “Shalom Zachar,” we offer good wishes, eat a snack, drink a l’chaim, and console our new little friend as he leaves the comforts of his mother…

Accountants are misunderstood.

Accountants are misunderstood.

It’s not that we are necessarily boring (although some of us are). It’s that we like boring. We prefer boring. Boring is good and, in fact, much better than most alternatives.

Let’s take the audit report. Organizations keep records and put together fina…

Because you demanded it

During the May conflict in Gaza, our teenagers suffered from online antisemitism and anti-Israel rhetoric. We quickly put together a few programs, but you rightfully demanded more. 

Why is there antisemitism? Why is the State of Israel so important to the Jewish people? Who are the Pale…