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To participate in the extraordinary adult Bat Mitzvah of Vikki, Judy, Janet, Kim, and Deb, and to be there when one of them had her mystical Kabbalistic experience – Dayenu
To watch our community gather around and support Jesse and his family – Dayenu
To watch our community gather around and support Talia and her family – Dayenu
To be part of the huge outpouring of support Bobbe organized for the Overflow Shelter – Dayenu
To be present for Edith Schnabel’s Bat Mitzvah at her last service with us – Dayenu
To participate in Rosalie Coven’s 90th birthday party – Dayenu
To anticipate Ruth Quist’s 95th birthday party – Dayenu
To get to know Sara Enzer and Esther Konig and Joanna Richstone and Etta Tarmy and Eva Grubinger – Dayenu
To sing farewell songs to Gary Rosen– Dayenu
To have had the opportunity to get to know Anne Joffe, Lucille Michelman, Howie Shapiro, Herb Hillman and Marty Jezer – Dayenu
To listen to Ben Kotkoff offer the High Holiday benediction while one of us sat with Sally at her bedside – Dayenu
To listen to the BAJC string quartet – Dayenu
To sing Derrik Jordan’s music with our choir, and join with their glorious voices on the High Holidays– Dayenu
To listen to Erica Morse play Kol Nidre – Dayenu
To listen to Kate Judd chant Yigdal – Dayenu
To watch our teen group present a dramatic version of Sylvie Weil’s book about Rashi’s granddaughter – Dayenu
To participate in the gutting of the old house and its transformation to our shul – Dayenu
To observe the holiness of our Chevra Kadisha – Dayenu
To participate in the holiness of the B’rit Kodesh – Dayenu
To listen to Dora chanting the Yom Kippur Haftarah – Dayenu
To listen to Noah sharing the story of his transformative experience in Calcutta – Dayenu
To sing Ya-aleh with Mira, and then with our choir – Dayenu
To participate in Abe and Faith’s 50th anniversary celebration – Dayenu
To listen to Abe, at each service, reciting the words at the end of the Sh’ma – Dayenu
To watch the women in the congregation surround Reb Rebecca on the bimah as she was called for an Aliyah for the first time with her new name– Dayenu
To watch members of our Jewish community surround frightened Muslim families during the peak of Patriot Act excesses and saying “If they come for you, they’ll have to take us first.” – Dayenu
To participate with our interfaith friends in “Abraham’s Family Reunion” and in the memorial service for victims of the war in Lebanon – Dayenu
To hear the children of our Hebrew School singing Hatikvah – Dayenu
To participate in our extraordinary adult education – Dayenu
Our random acts of kindness – Dayenu
Our very intentional acts of kindness – Dayenu
And so much more
Thanks so much to you all,
Jim
Read some notes about the August celebration of Jim.
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