Those of you who didn't attend the Shavout Program last night really missed something. Rob Gardner and Sheila Essig cooked up a fantastic dinner. Eli's donated cheesecake and we got to hear from our seniors. What a wonderful evening!

In 2 weeks we will have the first of two events celebrating Rabbi Gerson’s 30 years at Oak Park Temple. The first will be a black tie optional dinner taking place at Club International at the Drake Hotel on June 14. Your invitation should have arrived in mid-May. In addition, there will be a congregational dinner preceding services on July 31. Please consider attending at least one of these events marking Rabbi Gerson’s transition to the position of Rabbi Emeritus.

Sisterhood Shabbat

Once a year on a Friday night around Mother’s Day, our Sisterhood participates in services. This service is a departure from our regular reading from Mishkan Tifilah and while I’ve attended it before, it meant more to me this year than others. The readings themselves are lovely, but it was the voices of the women of our congregation, many of them of the “older generation”, ’ that really made this a special evening for me. Thank you Kathy for putting this together. Please consider attending this annual event next year, you won’t be sorry if you do.