Never in recent years has the need for your Annual Fund contribution been greater. We are thrilled to be implementing many ideas from our Chazon visioning initiative: 

• The TST Center for Spirituality
• Meaningful social action projects such as Family Promise
• Interfaith programming.  

Through these and other new programs, the temple community is connecting and engaging with you and your family in innovative, meaningful and fun ways. 

To deliver all these positive experiences and to maintain the health of our temple, we need to raise $39,000 by May 2015.  This year, in part due to the 11th Plague of the never-ending winter, TST has been faced with unanticipated expenditures, including extraordinary snow removal AND significant repairs and maintenance costs to maintain our aging systems. As such, your contribution this year is vital to insuring our financial foundation.

We are fortunate that a family in our congregation has graciously come forward with a challenge match of up to $25,000 for the Temple Shir Tikva community. This generous family will match all first time gifts to the Annual Fund and all increased donations, made between now and the end of May.  This doubles the impact of your generosity - but only if you give now.   We need the help of every temple member, whether it is $18 or $18,000.  By increasing a gift already made, or making a new gift, you will play a central role in fostering our inclusive, vibrant, financially secure and sacred Jewish community.   

Please help us meet this challenge by making an Annual Fund donation right now. Mail a check to the Temple office or donate online below.  Thank you, as always, for your generosity and your continued support.

Click here to donate now

The Annual Fund Committee

Susan Benjamin and Laurene Sperling, Development Co-chairs

Susan Garfield and Michael Schreiber, Annual Fund Co-chairs

Amanda Sonis Glynn, Ed Polansky, Janet Polansky, Committee Members

Thursday, May 21, 6:30 p.m.

 
The TST Brotherhood invites you to our annual gathering. This is a chance to get to know some of your fellow TST members, find common interests, and try out the Brotherhood. You are part of the Brotherhood if you are a male over the age of 21 (It's a guy thing). If you have ideas for the future of the Brotherhood, bring them along. Otherwise just bring yourself. We promise it will be a fun evening with no strings attached.

What could be bad - Food and Beverages will be provided.

R.S.V.P. to www.shirtikva.org/brotherhoodannualmeeting 

We look forward to seeing you on May 21!

Mitch Corton & Peter Abend, Brotherhood Co-Chairs

Let us know by filling out this short form.

Rachael Pass, our Director of Youth Engagement, will be visiting Shir Tikva campers at many of the New England Jewish summer camps over the summer. If you have questions about the form or the visits, contact her by replying to this email.

May 4 - May 10, 2015

REACH OUT AND READ BOOK DRIVE  

Share a love of reading by donating your new or gently-used children's books.

All items wil be donated to the REACH OUT AND READ program.  REACH OUT AND READ provides developmentally appropriate books to children during pediatric check-ups and advises parents about the importance of reading aloud to their children.

Collection bins will be outside the preschool during the week of May 4th.  All donations must be collected by May 10.

Questions?  Please contact Amanda Glynn (amanda.s.glynn@gmail.com) or Kristina Wiesman (kcwiesman@gmail.com).

Sunday, May 31, 2015, 9:30 - 11 a.m., TST

Leadership - Contribution - Service

Honoring Sander A. Rikleen

Join the Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts in honoring Sander A. Rikleen for his eight years of extraordinary leadership as JCAM President and Legal Counsel.

Keynote Speaker - Barry Shrage, CJP President
Professor Lisa Rosowsky - Mass. College of Art & Design

Dvar Torah - Rabbi Neal Gold, Temple Shir Tikva

A Buffet Breakfast Will be Served, Dietary Laws Observed

Please RSVP by Friday, May 15, Call 617-244-6509 - Ariella Brody or email ariella@jcam.org.

Click here for more information 

Shir Tikva's Brotherhood Softball Team, The Chosen Runs, is off to another great start to the season. The team won it's first 2 games of the 2015 campaign and is having a lot of fun. Come cheer on the boys and check out our team site:

https://chosenruns.teamsnap.com/schedule

• Peter and Lisa Roblin on the birth of their granddaughter, Isabel Irving, daughter of Mark and Rebecca Irving

• Bruce Shackleton and Elizabeth Fineberg on the marriage of their daughter, Leah Shackleton, to Chris Wear 

  Wayne and Judy Keseberg on the birth of their granddaughter, Raya Faye Keseberg, daughter of Jonathan and Tali Keseberg

• Kenneth and Laura Wernick on the birth of their grandson Leo Jun Jie Wernick, son of Andrew and Nina Wernick

• David Cohen, on the death of his mother, Shirley Cohen
• Marjie Brockman,  on the death of her father, Herb Kaufman
• Liza Burkin and Alec Burkin,  on the death of their grandmother, Sylvia Burkin
• Karen Adelman Foster on the death of her father, Albert Adelman

Transitions to Work is an employer based program that focuses on creating new employment opportunities for young adults with a disability. The program provides classroom instruction and skills training to prepare students for work and assists them in obtaining employment upon completion of the program. Transitions to Work serves individuals with a disability between the ages of 18 to 35 who have completed high school and are motivated to work.

TheTransitions to Work Programis happy to announce an upcoming training session beginning at the end of THIS MONTH!

Transitions will offer a training program in retail and customer service at the CVS Caremark Regional Learning Center in Boston.  Students will gain hands-on work experience and cash register training that is relevant to real jobs.

The training will take place at JVS' Boston office and classes are run by JVS instructors.  Attached, please find an application, fliers and more information, as well as an article from the Boston Globe about our program.

We have moved!  JVS is now located at the Center for Economic Opportunity,

75 Federal Street, 3rd Floor.

If you or anyone you know are interested, please contact:

Madeline Wenzel at

Sunday, May 31, 2015, Noon - 6:00 p.m., Gann Academy, 333 Forest Street, Waltham 

A Festival of Israeli Music, Art, Dance, Fun, Food and Community!

Join us for the biggest celebration of Israel that New England has ever seen! Saddle up your camel (or wait, you can just ride ours!) and head to Gann Academy's spacious campus in Waltham, where you'll meet thousands of people who share your interest in the culture, music, arts, crafts and food of Israel.

This is a hands-on, as-much-Israel-as-you-can-get-without-a-passport kinda day.

Think Jumbotrons and international entertainers, a multi stage venue, family friendly activities and a promised land of exceptional Israeli food and drink, and so much more...

Acclaimed headline entertainers:

*           Josh Nelson, Time Magazine's "Star of New Jewish Music"

*           International Jewish superstar Neshama Carlebach and her Gospel Choir

*           Ethnix, Israel's longest running, most successful rock band

Children will be delighted by:

* Dod Haim, celebrated Israeli performer

* Local favorite Vanessa Trien and the Jumping Monkeys

* Brookline Puppet Showplace Theater

$5 advance tickets; $10 at the door.

Kids 3 and under attend free.

Group and family discounts available only for tickets purchased in advance