Presidential Messages

Dear Friends,

Despite living in a world of shifting sand, the calendar calls upon us to direct our focus to High Holiday Planning. Definitive decisions about In-person, virtual, or a combination of both are in flux because of the ever-rising Covid-19 numbers and the resulting uncertainty of what will happen in the weeks and months ahead of us. What we do know however, is that there will be a New Year and that each of us must be provided with the opportunity to be a participant in those observances in the most meaningful way possible. We also recognize that at a time when most people yearn for spiritual uplifting along with physical connection, the medical and Rabbinic authorities warn of the dangers and the need to preserve life. Yet one more time in our history when we are faced with a Jewish dilemma.

Staff, clergy, and lay leadership are working diligently to create a celebration that provides each of us with an opportunity to pray, study, and share community within the constraints of a pandemic. We are working to bring normalcy to a world gone haywire. We take seriously our responsibility to each of you, our congregants, to provide a High Holiday program that strengthens us as individuals and as a community. I am confident that we will be successful in our efforts to comfort you, sustain you, and provide you with much-needed hope for a better tomorrow.

I thank each of you who has already made their annual financial commitment and I ask those of you who have not yet “stepped” up to do so now. It is our AFC dollars that provide the where with all for us to operate and create an organization that remains strong into the years ahead. This year more than ever we need prayer, we need study, we need CBI. Continue to support us during this period of High Holiday preparation so as to ensure a strong future for a strong people. Please make your pledge by using this link. Pay all at once or in installments, via check, or credit card. CBI staff is available to help.

In gratitude,

Dorothy