During Sukkot there is a tradition of welcoming guests or strangers into our sukkah. The tradition comes from the story in Genesis wherein Abraham welcomes guests he doesn’t know.
In our partisan world, what does it mean to welcome the stranger? Welcoming the stranger can mean a radical action such as housing a refugee or a more common action such as welcoming a visitor to our synagogue.
A band of hardy volunteers collected last Sunday in the yard behind Temple Israel to raise the sukkah for Sukkot 5778.
Religious school students will decorate the sukkah Sunday, Oct. 8, when Herschel Chait will officiate ceremonies at 10:30 a.m.
Tanna Srulovitch’s cousin Debbie Benjaminov Gurman and Debbie’s son Loren Gurman (represented by Debbie’s husband Don Breiter) eulogized Tanna Srulovitch during Tanna’s funeral on Monday, Oct. 2, at Highland Lawn Cemetery.
We present those eulogies here.
Mourners remembered Tanna Srulovitch as a kind, caring, compassionate and well-traveled person, devoted to her pets and volunteer work at CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center.
United Hebrew Congregation Terre Haute President Betsy Frank conducted funeral ceremonies Monday, Oct. 2, at Highland Lawn Cemetery, for Tanna, who died Sept. 25 at age 59.