Dear Friends,

This past Sunday afternoon Temple Dor Dorim hosted a beautiful interfaith concert with St. Paul Lutheran Church and raised almost $1500 along with many bags of groceries for the Cooperative Feeding Program in Broward County.  Last evening, our high school youth group, TOUCHY, held its annual ‘Spaghetti for Jenny’ fundraiser for a camp experience for underprivileged children.   It was a wonder dinner (thank you Palm Catering) for those who either picked up dinner or ate in the Youth Lounge.  It was delicious as well as a mitzvah!

This Sunday morning we will hold our annual Blessing of the Animals in the Circle of Generations at 9 am; next Sunday, Feb. 12, at 9 am, will be Mitzvah Day- a host of activities allowing us to share our time and our hearts with causes, individuals and families in need.  Next Friday evening, Feb. 10, we will hold our annual Erev Shabbat Tu B’Shvat Seder, celebrating Shabbat and the new year of the trees, with fruit, wine, grape juice and song.

I have just listed 5 past and future events at temple- something for everyone.  Which one/ones have you or will you be attending?

“Doing Jewish” is more than just periodically showing up at worship services, it’s also participating in community events, YOUR community.  It’s celebrating something greater than you alone- being part of a People, part of a Family, part of a Holy Congregation dedicated to making a difference in the world.  Eating spaghetti, singing a song with your temple choir and a church choir, bringing a pet to temple (Supporting Paws4you Rescue by donations), thanking God for new life and springtime, are just a few ways we have been “doing Jewish” at temple.

How have you been “doing Jewish” this past week? 

The “Aleinu” begins:  “It is up to US to praise God…”, don’t count on the person next to you to do your job- it’s up to you to do your part in making a difference for blessing.

Shabbat Shalom and see you in temple.

Rabbi Lipson

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If you will attending the AIPAC National Policy Conference and are a member of Temple Dor Dorim, we need to know so that you can be in our temple group photo in Washington.  Please let me know if you’ll be there.