Organization

The Board met at their regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, November 6, 2006 at 7:30 pm. Below is a summary of some of the key issues discussed and resolved at the meeting.

Dear Members,

This is an exciting time for our synagogue and community. Rabbis, committees and board members are hard at work putting together programming and structure to make our synagogue the well-run central part of the community we all wish it to be. As we emerge from our start-up phase, the DAT Minyan needs funds to ensure we meet the needs of the community. These funds will be used to pay for youth programming, our Rabbi’s salary, use of the facility and other essential costs.

Thank you to the donor/underwriter of our shul's sukkah and to the following individuals who helped to construct it this week: Margaret Schwartz, Peter Schwartz, Hyiam Reiffman, Ilan Caplan, John Webber, David Slamowitz, Ralph Friedman, and Glenn Zazulia.

The sukkah is available for the wider community to use and will be open through all of Sukkot.

The next regularly scheduled general membership meeting of the DAT Minyan will take place at 8:45 A.M. on Sunday, September 10, 2006, at DAT.

As our shul continues to grow and with more people getting involved, this seems like a good time to remind everyone that we have an up-to-date "Contact Information" page on the website (http://DATMinyan.org/contacts -- this link is in the "Shul Info Pages" section of the site sidebar).  You can find Rabbi Hess' new email address there, along with other useful information about the current board & committee chairs, etc.

Dear Partners,

With the beginning of the month of Elul, our thoughts begin to turn towards teshuva (repentance) and cheshbon hanefesh (self reflection). There is also a tremendous amount of work that is required in order to create a spiritual and meaningful High Holiday atmosphere for our community. I am very appreciative to all those who have volunteered to serve on committees that have been working hard in preparing our Shul for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

I would like to briefly address and explain one of the difficult deliberations that the High Holidays committee spent a significant amount of time on, and debated for hours until they finally came to agreement.

A new mailing list has been established to help facilitate the scheduling and organization of the regular Shabbos Torah laining. If you are interested in participating, you may subscribe yourself to the list at DATMinyan.org/mailman/listinfo/laining.

An important membership meeting regarding the Assistant Rabbi position will be held on Sunday, July 9th following Shacharit at 8:45am. Details will be forthcoming. All members are strongly urged to attend. If you will not be able to attend –please complete a proxy.

Childcare will be provided.

The Rabbinic Search Committee is pleased to announce that we will be hosting Rabbi Joshua and Naava Hess for a Shabbat interview weekend June 16-17. As we have coordinated in the past, there will be several opportunities to hear Divrei Torah from Rabbi Hess over Shabbat. We look forward to their upcoming visit and encourage your participation and feedback with the search process.

The Asst. Rabbi Search Committee is making preliminary plans to bring in another candidate, Rabbi Joshua Hess, in a couple weeks.  More information will be posted as the details are available.