Rabbi Aaron returns to Terre Haute for Veterans Day, celebrates ‘the everyday American’

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Veterans Day holds special significance for Student Rabbi and U.S. Army Capt. Aaron Rozovsky, who served United Hebrew Congregation Terre Haute during the 2016-17 academic year.

Aaron, who has completed deployments in Cuba and Afghanistan, filled the Westminster Village community room last year for a special Veterans Day Shabbat service.

The event’s success invited a repeat performance, and Aaron returned this Veterans Day, in fatigues and camouflage yarmulke, to celebrate Shabbat with the retirement community and guests.

Aaron also took the opportunity to re-connect with his former congregation and conduct evening Shabbat services at Temple Israel. He recently completed two weeks’ active duty in South Carolina and is in his final year at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati.

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Time brings change; Sisterhood seeks ideas for 2018, resumes work on directory update

By Patty Lewis
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Here we are in November and before you know it, Hanukkah will be here. I’m hoping to get some new holiday items in the gift shop within a couple of weeks.

Sometimes we just wonder where the time goes. It seems like just yesterday I was raising my three children and now my granddaughter Patricia is expecting my first great-grandson — yes, we know it is a boy.

Turning to Sisterhood business, I would like to hear from all the members to see what you would like to accomplish this year.

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Temple Israel capital campaign will preserve a historic treasure for generations to come

By Betsy Frank
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You might be asking why, with our membership aging and few new members — one or two each year — are we conducting a capital campaign? To put it bluntly, if we want the building to stand and remain safe for its occupants, we must act to repair the facade and the interior.

But why should we put out the effort to maintain the building? Here is the answer:

The Jewish community has been an integral part of the Wabash Valley for almost 170 years.
People look to our community to share our faith with them.

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Who’s ready for expanded Torah studies following weekly Shabbat services?

By Betsy Frank
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Our prayer book says that on Shabbat we should pray, rest and attend to the House of Study.

Yes, you can do all these things in the privacy of your home. And, yes, the practice of Judaism includes personal practices.

But…. Judaism also stresses the need to practice our rituals in community. The minyan is evidence of that. Our weekly Shabbat services allow us to gather as a community and pray together.

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