Leadership

Membership

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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.

Annual Fundraiser, TBA
* Plans our special Annual Fundraising event with a special activities committee

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.

Brotherhood
* Brotherhood runs a variety of educational and social programs including:
* Sunday morning informative brunches
* Annual end of year barbecue

Budget & Finance
Steven Eigen
* 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. Please call the temple office at 725-5175.

Robin Aisenman Audrey Appelbaum Irene Fried Christine Ginsberg Susan Lippmann Barbara Mohr Rita Reich Diane Rosen

Communal Worship
Stephen Gordon

Harvey Tessler
* 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

Family Events
Joy Bertan

Debbie Youngstein
* Plans, organizes and runs various family-oriented events

Funds Investment
Adam Raboy
* To supervise investments of temple funds

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

Leadership Development

Gerry Cohen

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
Scott Baken
* 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
Michael Krugman

Membership
Donna Vitale Ruskin
* 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

Nursery School
Randee Horowitz
* Coordinates policies for the nursery school

Personnel

Jules Natowitz

Religious School Board
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

Sisterhood
Sandy Rothstein

Susan Lippmann
* 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

United Interfaith Food Bank Larry Eidelberg and Elinor Wharton

Youth Advisory Board Debra Finn