Congregation Rodeph Sholom celebrates the
Bar Mitzvah of Jyki Joyner
Saturday, January 5, 2019
Please join us in the social hall for a Kiddush luncheon
following the service hosted by Anthony & Maria Joyner and
Seymour & Marlene Sallerson in honor of Jyki's Bar Mitzvah.
A special thank you to Sisterhood for helping to prepare the
Kiddush luncheon in honor of Jyki's Bar Mitzvah.
IMPORTANT
SECURITY UPDATE
Due to current events we are changing our method for securing the building during Shabbat. All perimeter doors will remain locked. You may either use your code to enter the lobby or there will be someone attending the door. This will remain in effect until further notice.
This Week's
FEATURED EVENT
Movie Night with Andres'
International Jewish Movies "Dough"
Monday, January 7, 2019 - 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Jammies & Jeans "Pirate" Shabbat
Friday, January 11, 2019
5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Throw on your jeans and get your kids in their jammies for a fun and casual Shabbat celebration! Children receive a special "Pirate" kippah or hairbow to keep!
Movie Night with Andres'
International Jewish Movies
"The Women's Balcony"
Monday, February 4, 2019
6:30 p.m.
A bar mitzvah mishap causes a rift in a devout Orthodox community in Jerusalem. With rich characters and a thoughtful approach to timely themes, The Women's Balcony tackles complicated subjects with intelligence, compassion, and wit.
The Florida Holocaust Museum
"The Last Goodbye" - A virtual reality film experience
View now through January 16, 2019
The film takes a virtual reality tour through a concentration camp, featuring Pinchas Gutter's visit to the site of the Nazi death camp Majdanek in Poland.Click here for additional information on the film.
Summer in Israel
NEW FREE Summer 2019 #Birthright trip with
Israel Outdoors and the Tampa Jewish Federation
June 30 - July 11 (For ages 27-32). Click here for more details.
If interested, call Lisa Robbins at
813-769-4723 or click here to email.
Are you looking for a meaningful, rewarding volunteer experience?
Would you like to help make the synagogue more vibrant in the future?
Rodeph Sholom needs your help!
We have some very important board positions that are open. Talented people
are needed for Membership chair, Fundraising chair and at large board members.
If you are interested in applying for any of these positions, please let us know by calling the synagogue or emailing President@RSholom.org.
WE ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR THE MITZVAH CORP
The Rodeph Sholom Administrative Office is in need of volunteer help. If you would like to volunteer for the Mitzvah Corp. please contact Laurin at laurinjaco@gmail.com or call the office at 813-837-1911.
RELIGIOUS SCHOOL UPDATES
Room Parents Needed!
We are looking for volunteers to be room parents for each religious school class. Duties include facilitating communication between parents, teachers and the Education Director about upcoming programs for your child's class as well as school-wide and congregational programming. Please contact Judy Van Der Stelt if you are interested in volunteering.
Rabbi Hearshen visits patients
at all area hospitals on a regular basis.
If you or somebody you know is in a hospital or a rehabilitation facility please let our office know
so that he can come and visit with you.
THIS WEEK'S
UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS
January 4th
Triston Plowman
Hannah Van Der Stelt
Laura Kreitzer
Stephanie Myers January 5th
Jyki Joyner
Steven Kanfer January 6th
Reuven Oded January 7th
Elise Sietz
Ari Rosenberg
January 8th
Edward Rudd
Michele Mester
David Ponoroff January 9th
Susan Waksman
Wally Wallace
Joshua Weinstein January 10th
Lisa Tawil
Linda Decker
JANUARY ANNIVERSARIES
January 3rd
Burton & Nina Bernstein January 14th
Marc & Robin Ostroff January 20th
Arnold & Lillian Stark
January 21st
Michael & Nicole Mezrah January 25th
Craig & Michele Montgomery
Rose Berkman
Ida Gutkin Berman
Pauline Binder
Herman Brenman
Sidney Brownstein
Sophie Donstein
Fanny Wilk Ewen
Arnold Felder
Paulyne Fleischman
Suzanne Garber
JoAn Gewirtz
Henrietta Goodman
​​​​​​​Nettie Gordon
Sidney Kaufman
Morris Kichler
Ben Kite
Sheila Kraus
Lester Leib
Manuel Leibovitz
Max Levine
Audrey Lewis
Philip H. Markowitz
Richard Michelson
Phyllis Minkin
Joshua Julius Morse
​​​​​​​Carolyn Muroff
Esther Gutkin Platt
Annie Rosenblum
Lillian Rosenkrantz
Max Rothberg
Sara Rothberg
Joseph Schwartz
Leon Silver
Esther Smith
Nathan Steingold
Martin Vanderveen
Benjamin Weiner
Nathan Weiner
​​​​​​​Ida Zuckerman
Memorialize your loved ones
There are many ways to honor and/or memorialize our loved ones. Among the customs in Jewish tradition to honor the memory of those we have lost is to place a yahrzeit plaque on the wall of the synagogue as a permanent tribute.
At Congregation Rodeph Sholom, a yahrzeit memorial plaque may be purchased, for both members and non-members, and affixed upon the wall of our sanctuary.
For information or to purchase your yahrzeit memorial plaque, call the synagogue office at 813-837-1911 or email atinfo@rsholom.org​​​​​​​.
Plot space is available at the Tampa Jewish Memorial Gardens operated by Congregation Rodeph Sholom (formerly the New Rodeph Sholom Cemetery). Rodeph Sholom Members $2,250 and Non-Members $2,750 per plot. Price includes perpetual care. Interfaith family section available. Payment plans may be arranged. Please contact the synagogue office at 813-837-1911 or email at info@rsholom.org.
