Community

Members of Circle of Friends pose after a great mini cruise on the Lauren Kristy in August 2016.

Members of Couples Club enjoyed dinner in August 2014 after a mini cruise on the Delta Lady.

Members of Circle of Friends watch our own special version of horseracing at Game Night 2016.

Military Bridge       Chanukah Party     Bowling Tournament     

Oct 28                     Dec 17                          Jan 7                  

With lots & lots more to follow ….

Temple B’nai Torah is so fortunate to have a Parent Teacher Association. We are the arm of the Temple that is here for our children and the future of our Jewish community. The PTA supports the learning that takes place in the classroom and provides special activities for students both during and after religious school.

The PTA is always there to welcome the children back after the summer break and start off the High Holidays with apples and honey for students and teachers. We assist the teachers when needed and help out at the Tu B’Shevat and Passover Seders and the Chanukah party and sale. We facilitate the students in creating our annual Tu B’Shevat tree to be proudly displayed at the seder and then the main stairwell.  PTA also sponsors exciting and fun activities such Family BINGO, mitzvah projects, and our ever popular Pizza, Prayer, and Pajamas. Services and a movie in your pjs while eating pizza and snacks.  You can’t beat that!

PTA meetings are held monthly on Sunday mornings in Room 104.  (Check the temple calendar for exact dates and times.) We’d love the company and we’re always open to suggestions.

PTA Breakfast 2013

Welcome to our place for Chai Club...

The Chai Club was originally established as an arm of the Temple in 1977. With the merger of The Suburban Temple and Temple Judea, we now number over 170 members and are one of the largest groups of our kind in Reform Judaism. Membership in the Club is open to anyone who has been a member of a Temple for 18 (Chai) years or more, or is at least 50 years old, or is married to someone who meets these requirements. Dues are $18 (again Chai) per person per year.

The purpose of the club is to promote Judaism, membership retention and social and welfare activities as an arm of the temple. Although we are not a fundraising arm per se, our membership is very involved in Bingo, the Temple’s largest fundraiser. We are also strong supporters of UJA, and Israeli Bonds. Because of all of our activities and how we interact with each other, we are very proud of our membership retention in the Temple.

Our activities during the year include monthly meetings during which we have a speaker or entertainer, celebrate birthdays, have a 50/50 drawing (we ask each person to donate $1 that month) and have a delicious collation. One of our monthly meetings is a paid up membership dinner, generally in November, with a trivia contest with prizes. The Club is governed by an active board of 24 dedicated members, led this year by Tessa Kean. We publish a column in the TBT Times to keep members informed. We sponsor several cultural and social events during the year. We are also active in adult-education. You will find that on many Friday nights we are a majority of the congregation.  We love to sing and nosh and kibbitz.

We have sponsored several cultural trips and had several other social events during the past few years. Last year we went to see a local production at the Bellmore Playhouse.  We also have active adult-education programs.  Chai Club has an ongoing community project supplying canned food for others. This past year we also participated in the Cantor’s Annual Adventures in Music program, organized a Passover Second Day Seder led by the Cantor for the Temple and the community.  All our trips and programs are open to all members of the Temple and the community. The beautiful collage, which Harvey Drucker, shown at the top, gives you a snapshot of our year’s activities.

The mission of the Outreach Committee is to create a welcoming, inclusive and supportive community for both Jewish and non-Jewish partners, their families and extended families, to offer social and educational programs to help familiarize families with holidays, history and traditions as well as welcoming those who are Jewish by birth who wish to explore their heritage.

Please note that Chai Club programs are open to all members of Temple B’nai Torah.

You are eligible to join our club at age 50.

Please read the membership notice.

Unless indicated, all programs are in the Kiddush Lounge at 7:30 p.m.

Birthdays are celebrated and a light collation is served.

Chai Club members tummeling 6-5-17

with Songstress Linda Ipanema