One of our goals as a Board this past year has been to reach out and become engaged with our surrounding community. We were making a conscious effort to friend-make (a term we learned in our Sacred Places Indiana training). Well, the results of our efforts have been outstanding!
Voices
Bylined opinion and news columns published by United Hebrew Congregation Terre Haute.
Temple remembers three ladies for December 2016 and honors Louise Sommers
This month, we remember Janet Meis Henry, Millie Felstein and Ruth Mitchell Ward, and honor a special lady in our congregation, Louise Sommers.
Who would think 700 stones could feel so meaningful?
After a little more than 700 white rocks, we now have a stone on every Jewish grave in the old and new cemeteries at Highland Lawn, with help from Wilma Turetzky, Jackie Silver and Jessica Claycomb. It took us two days, but it was well worth it.
Respect and kindness must follow contentious election
After an exceptionally long, drawn out, brutal and divisive election cycle, I am sadly reminded that throughout history there have been numerous examples in which the Jewish people have become so disconnected and so disrespectful toward one another that it led to division and even bloody conflict.