Leadership:
Lay Leadership - Committees
2007-2008
The
following is a list of committees and programs offered by Scarsdale Synagogue Temples Tremont and Emanu-El. All Temple members are welcome to join any of
these committees and participate in them. Please call the contact person
listed below for further details.
In addition to these standing committees and affiliates, there are ad-hoc
committees which are established as the need or desire arises. In the
past, we have had a Drama Committee which oversaw a full-scale drama
production performed by the members of our Congregation, and a Soviet
Jewry Committee which helped to bring over “two Soviet families”.
Currently, our Synagogue 2000 team, our Worship Initiative, and our Long
Range Planning Committee, are all busy at work, trying to ensure that we
are as responsive to the needs of our members as possible, as we continue
to make our congregation all that it might truly be. There are some
wonderfully exciting
elements of change in the air, and they all come about as a result of the
hard work of our various committees.
Annual Fundraiser
Bonnie Sachs
*Plans our special Annual
Fundraising event with a special activities committee
Arts and
Beautification
Sandra Gottlieb
*Supervises the artistic and aesthetic enhancement of the building
*Coordinates the acquisition of art and Judaic objects for the Judaic
cases, the library, and the walls
Arza/Israel Action
*Encourages
congregational connections to the Reform Movement in Israel and throughout
the world
*Educates the
Congregation about issues relating to Israel
*Encourages and supports
travel to Israel
*Develops ways to enhance
our “twinning” relationship with congregation Yotzma in
Modi’in in Israel.
Bar/Bat Mitzvah
*Assigns dates for
Bar/Bat Mitzvah services
*Recommends policy to
guide the assigning of the dates
Brotherhood
Marc Bodner
Michael Hymes
Robert Rosenberg
Keith Schutzman
*Brotherhood runs a
variety of educational and social programs including:
*Sunday morning
informative brunches
*Annual end of year
barbecue
Budget &
Finance
Randee Horowitz
*Develops and monitors
the budget
*Makes suggestions
regarding the dues structure
*Projects annual income
and expenses and makes periodic reports of income and
expenditures to the
Board
*Oversees investments
Care-2-Connect
The new
Care2Connect Committee seeks to build and strengthen our congregation by
reaching out to members celebrating life cycle events as well as to
those who might be struggling or in need of special care or
assistance. Our goal is to create a network of volunteers from within
our temple family who can be called upon to lend a hand to members
in times of need.
Amy
Rothschild 725-5175 amyrothschild@hotmail.com
Andrea Kaplan
725-5175 akapmkap@optonline.net
Elizabeth Graif
725-5175 esherman@pipeline.com
Judy Kaminstein 725-5175
kaminstein@aol.com
Nicole Spivak
725-5175
NicoleS51@aol.com
Susan Lippmann
725-5175
susan.lippmann@purchase.edu
Career
Networking Resources
Ellen Perle 722-4851
To assist and guide
members of the synagogue who are experiencing employment difficulties.
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Communal Worship
Stephen Gordon
*Helps to plan and
supervise all religious services and celebrations especially
focusing on the High
Holy Days and Shabbat services
*Encourages lay
participation through aliyot, ushering, and innovative
programming
*In collaboration with
the Rabbi, recommends worship innovations and changes
*Promotes home
celebrations and observances
Contemporary Issues Forum
Barbara Chesler
*Discussions at the Synagogue regarding
contemporary issues that affect our congregation.
Endowment Investment
John Brecker
Tom Shandell
*Helps advise and guide
members of the congregation who want to make donations to the Synagogue part
of their estate planning.
Family Events
Debra Finn
Jocelyn Gross
*Plans, organizes and
runs various family-oriented events
Financial Planning
Ronald Binday
*To supervise investments
of temple funds
Havurah
*Coordinates the various
Havurot-small groups of members who gather
together for social and
religious activities
*Provides impetus and
motivation for the formation of new Havurot
Helping
Hands
Mary Blumenthal Lane
Judaism has always taught that we are partners in helping to build a better
world. Our
Helping Hands Committee reaches out to our own member families and to the
greater
community in a variety of ways:
*Cooking for the Homeless
*Coordinating Mitzvah
Project for pre-Bar/Bat Mitzvah students
(6th grade
Religious school class)
*Supporting the bereaved of
our congregation
*Sponsoring Blood Drives
*Promoting “Mitzvah
Opportunities”
*Helping those who need
assistance
House
and Grounds
(To Be Appointed)
*Advises on the usage of
the building by members and by outside individuals and groups.
*Insures that preventive
maintenance, repairs, alterations and capital
improvements are carried
out as needed
*Recommends major repairs
or renovations
*Makes sure that insurance
coverage is adequate
*With the Administrator,
oversees the custodial staff in its maintenance responsibilities
Legal
Ron Katter
Library, Archives &
Audio Visual
Millicent Bashcikin
*Supervises the operation
of the library
*Establishes and maintains
a book purchase policy
*Encourages the use of the
library, and establishes guidelines for borrowing books
*Maintains the video
cassette library
*Organizes the
congregational archives
Life Long Learning
Harvey Tessler
*Education for the entire
congregation
Long Range Planning
Jay Chalson
Madelaine Eppenstein
*Identifies trends and
demographics of our congregation and recommends appropriate
directions to be taken
*Develops long range plans
for the future requirements of the members, taking into
account all aspects of
congregational life
Marketing
Richard Effman
Michael Krugman
Stuart Pearlman
Membership
Jane Schwartz
*Seeks new members (when
appropriate) and handles the details of membership applications
*Welcomes new members once
they affiliate, and encourages their ongoing participation
*Follows up on members
considering leaving, or who do resign
*Develops methods for
acquiring new members
*Plans prospective and new
member events
Membership Development
Randee Horowitz
*Creates programs to involve members in
Synagogue life.
Nursery School
Lisa Mendelson
Susan Schwartz
*Coordinates policies for
the nursery school
Planned Giving
Peter Zeltner
Arnold Adlin
*Educate and encourage
membership to provide fund to the synagogue in the future
as part of their estate
planning
Policy & Personnel
Gerry Cohen
*To provide review and
communication with clergy and professional staff.
Religious
School Board
Lissa Kutik
David Nodiff
*Serves as an advisory
committee to the Temple Educator in the areas of
curriculum, programming,
administrative and class management policies,
budget, and finances
*Involves parents in the
Religious School
*Runs the Book Fair and
other special programs as needed
*Makes recommendations for
future needs of the school
Singles in the
Suburbs
*Come join our singles for
networking and meeting new friends.
Sisterhood
Ruth Gershon
Melie Ganem
Sisterhood’s mission is to
enrich Synagogue life, and create a “community” feeling
among Synagogue members.
*Presents a variety of
social, intellectual, and cultural programs
*Runs the Judaica shop
*Provides for
“Break-the-Fast” at
Yom Kippur, and arranges for Second night
congregational Seder
*Represents our Temple at
the Women=s
Scarsdale/Hartsdale Interfaith Council
*Helps with special needs
of the Religious School
*”Wine and Challah” to new
members
STK
Synagogue Teams Kehillah
Ellen Plum Rosenberg
Synagogue Teams Kehillah is
an ongoing journey, during which congregants meet monthly to build
community, and to share ideas on how to enhance our sense of "connectedness"
as we truly become a sacred community.
Technology/Website
Andrea Moskowitz
Nancy Milstein
Joan Rothman
The technology committee has a goal to enhance
Synagogue communication with current and potential members as well as to
enrich the educational experience at SSTT-E. The website
(www.SSTT-E.org)
is a dynamic up-to-date source of information about all Synagogue
activities. Our membership e-mail capability offers timely
notification of important information such as committee meetings and weather
related closings or schedule changes.
The Computer Lab provides an
educational resource for our children and adult members offering interactive
applications.
Youth Activities
Richard Bachman
Toba Duggan
*Oversees the activities of the junior, senior
and Club 5/6 groups.
