Volunteer with Sisterhood Beginning April 29th, join Sisterhood at Feeding America Tampa Bay where we will assist at their onsite "Winn Dixie Charity Market". Join us stocking shelves and refrigerator/freezers while their hungry neighbors shop. We will volunteer one Monday each month betwwen 11:30 am and 3:30 pm. Stay as long as you are able, and feel the rewards of doing a mitzvah for our community. Please email Lynne Billingto sign up or for more information
Community Yom ha-Shoah Commemoration Thursday, May 2 7:00am to 7:00pm Lykes Gaslight Park (241 E Madison St)
Congregation Rodeph Sholom will join with our neighboring synagogues, the Tampa Rabbinical Association, Tampa JCCs and Federation, and the Florida Holocaust Museum for this extremely special Yom ha-Shoah commemoration. Join us at any point from 7:00am to 7:00pm in Lykes Gaslight Park downtown (241 E Madison St), as names of victims of the Holocaust will be continuously read for twelve hours. The evening will conclude with a service at 6:45pm. You are welcome and encouraged to visit throughout the day, and those who would like can sign up. The sign up link is being sent throughout the community and anyone can sign up for any slot. If you sign up for a slot and find that you will not be able to attend, please remove yourself from the list as soon as possible.
STUDENT SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES Rodeph Sholom offers scholarships both merit and need based to encourage all Jewish children to have this experience. To qualify, your camp must be Jewish and it must be kosher and it must be “Shabbat aware”. The Ramah Camps & Israel trip along with USY Summer Programs meet the requirements. If you would like to see if your child’s camp can be added to the list please contact Judy Van Der Stelt to see if it fulfills the above mentioned criteria. Applications due by Monday, April 15th and are available from Judy Van Der Stelt.
Due to current events we are changing our method for securing the building during Shabbat. All perimeter doors will remain locked. The front door is to remain locked at ALL times. 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.
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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 orclick here to email.
Registration for Team Tampa is now open! Team Tampa will be attending the JCC Maccabi Games in Atlanta, Georgia from July 28 - August 2. Check out these websites: https://atlmaccabi2019.org/and http://www.jccmaccabigames.org/ they will provide you with some videos and more detail about the upcoming JCC Maccabi Games. There are limited spots available and will be on a first come first serve basis. Click here to REGISTER NOW!
Legacy Endowment Fund
Your Gift to the Legacy Endowment Fund is a way to make your gift last forever. If you would like to give a monetary gift that will permanently help develop and sustain the congregation now and in the future, click on the button below.
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.
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
April19th Leigh Gabriely April 20th Nasya Segal Sharon Daniels Lee Mezrah April 21st Susan Sandler Shaina Linsky Matteo Chuca Carly Zwiebel April 22nd Mark Waksman Hilary Black Samuel Port April 23rd Alexanre Furman Alexander Blau Nancy Hearshen April 24th Danielle Stein Daniel Stein Daniel Leclair April 25th Luy Teitrelroit
APRIL ANNIVERSARIES
April 21st Gary & Sandra Feuerstein April 23rd Ken & Cheryl Kahn Leon & Sara Mandell April 25th Andy & Toni Lewis
Rebecca Bodenstein Louis Field Maurice Berger Betty Mallin Joseph Magdovitz Sarah Mahr Eva Pincus
Jerome Frankel Lillian Goldman Abraham Chaitow Roger Mock Ely Schoendorf Nathan Gordon Annie Lew Marvin Roseberg
Sylvia Anapol Dorothy Schuster Ruth Zack Lena Feingold Michael Stern Samuel Lazarowitz Sol Fleischman
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.
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