Chanukah Dinner, December 2005
On December 9 at 6 pm, TUJ celebrated a Friday evening Chanukah Sabbath dinner service. Over 100 shared the joys of religious freedom and the miracle of faith over power. Children and adults cooperatively created candle dedication skits to pave pathways to peace. Rabbi Bruce Mark Cohen gave a Torah message on: Chanukah, Vietnam & Iraq: An exit strategy to bring U.S. troops home now and achieve victory in Iraq.

Our Chanukah menorah was constructed by artist and member Jim Gaynor out of found objects.

Ken Schwartz and daughter light the menorah.

Each table had a lot of fun putting on impromptu skits to dedicate the shamas (server candle) and eight Chanukah candles to pave pathways to peace.

Barbara Levy, David Levy, Ariel Levy and guests.

Eric Simons, Ellen Meshnick, Jaymie Ridless, Helene Herman holding nephew, Nicholas Lawrence Ridless Lo Presto and Jason LoPresto.

Rabbi Bruce Mark Cohen assists pupils in their skit as part of BBMBE (Bar/Bat Mitzvah As a Beginning Not As an End) Nick Jacobson, Ben Broner, Zach Broner, Tessa Bernstein, Lauren Eisner, Tess Jacobson, and Sam Broner.

Music Director Alan Mehlman
leads the band!

Sukkot, October 2005

Joel Cohen, teacher of Bar / Bat Mitzvah, explains symbolism of the lulav and esrov.

Rabbi Bruce Mark Cohen officiates at the baby-namings for TUJ member Helene Herman, David Herman, David Baxa, Gavin Harrison Baxa, Jackie Baxa, Great and Grandparents Renee and James Ridless, Jaymie Ridless, Nicholas Lawrence Ridless LoPresto, and Jason Ridless

Hebrew school teacher Aya
Greenfield and her students.

Youth performance...joyous and chaotic!

September 23, 2005: Selichot, Drum Circle and Baby-Naming

Rabbi Bruce Mark Cohen and
Karen Wald Cohen light the
Havdallah candle.

Helene and David Herman lead our drum circle.

Adam and Aaron Silverstein during the drum circle.

We celebrated a baby-naming of Ava Madison, daughter of Adena and Avery Branch (in Hebrew, Rivka Gittlel Bat Avi V Adena)