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On Saturday Morning May 25 our Worship service is at 10 am

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Rabbi Emeritus Joel E Soffin

Rabbi Emeritus Joel E. Soffin served as the spiritual leader of Temple Shalom for twenty-seven years from 1979 to his retirement in June of 2006. Before entering rabbinical school, he pursued a PhD in economics. He was ordained in 1976 at HUC-JIR and served as an Assistant Rabbi at Temple Beth Israel in West Hartford, CT before taking the pulpit in Succasunna.
Rabbi Soffin has a passion for social action and Tikkun Olam projects, combined with a search for spirituality and holiness in life. In addition to serving as a member of the Commission on Social Action of the Reform Movement for 15 years, he had undertaken many projects with the congregation of Temple Shalom: adopting the Jews in a Ukrainian Shtetl and restoring their Synagogue and cemetery; traveling to Mendoza, Argentina to support the Jewish community during their time of financial crisis; supporting the ‘Chicken Project’ which helped the campesinos in El Salvador; and founding Shalom Ethiopia and The Million Quarter Project after seeing first-hand the conditions of Ethiopian Jewish Children in Addis Ababa to name just a few. Rabbi Soffin was also the creator of the Reform Movement’s Adult Mitzvah Corps which has traveled to locations in Kentucky, New Jersey, Vermont, Tennessee, Louisiana and Jerusalem.
As Rabbi Emeritus, members of Temple Shalom will have the opportunity to participate in future social action projects as well as experience his creative and challenging teaching style in the years ahead. Rabbi Emeritus Soffin resides in New York City with his wife, Sandy, a computer analyst.
 
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Service Schedule

Friday, May 24, 2013
Music Shabbat             8:00 pm

Saturday, May 25, 2013
Shabbat Morning Service          10:00 am
Parshah: Beha’alotecha, Numbers: 8:1 – 12:16

Friday, May 31, 2013
Kabbalat Shabbat              6:15 pm
Board Representative: Robin Katchen, 2nd Vice President

Saturday, June 1, 2013
Shabbat Morning Service          10:00 am
Bar Mitzvah of David Katchen
Parshah: Shelach Lecha,
Numbers 13:1 – 15:41
Ushers:  Randi Lowitt-Gnesin & Ross Gnesin
    Caryn & Peter Shapiro
Board Presenter: Robin Katchen, 2nd Vice President

Friday, June 7, 2013
Family Shabbat Service            7:30 pm
Rosh Chodesh Blessing: Dinah Fox
Board Representative: Jeff Altman, Treasurer

Saturday, June 8, 2013
Shabbat Morning Service          10:00 am
Bat Mitzvah of Alyssa Horwitz
Parshah: Korach,
Numbers 16:1 – 18:32
Ushers:  Randi & Barry Goldberg
    Hilary & Philip Grippaldi
Board Presenter: Lou Okrent, Brotherhood Trustee

Friday, June 14, 2013
Simply Shabbat             8:00 pm
Installation of Officers & Trustees
Board Representative: Jennifer Wilck, 3rd Vice President

Saturday, June 15, 2013
Shabbat Morning Service          10:00 am
B’nai Mitzvah of Alexander Greenfield &
Jacob Anderson
Parshah: Chukat,
Numbers 19:1 - 22:1
Ushers:  Michelina & Anthony Greenberg Sr.
     Caryn & Peter Shapiro
Board Presenter: Eric Rofe, Trustee of Administration

Friday, June 21, 2013
B’Maagalah      7:30 pm
Board Representative: Glen Salney, Trustee of Buildings and Grounds

Saturday, June 22, 2013
Shabbat Morning Service          10:00 am
B’nai Mitzvah of Justin Barnhard & Jordan Mast
Parshah: Balak,
Numbers: 22:2 - 25:9
Ushers:  Jodi & Joseph Guido
    Trang & Gary Steinbaum
Board Presenter:

Friday, June 28, 2013
Erev Shabbat Service                     8:00 pm

Saturday, June 29, 2013
Shabbat Morning Service          10:00 am
Parshah: Pinchas,
Numbers: 25:10  – 30:1