You’re Invited to a (virtual) Kitchen Shower

 By the Kitchen Renovation Committeefor the 21st Century Renovation Campaign          Spring is here, and our temple kitchen remodeling project is almost complete! We hope you will love our reorganized space, clear countertops, plentiful storage cabinets, improved lighting, and efficient new appliances. One day soon, we’ll even be able to come together in our temple again—to hold services, onegs and kiddushes, Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, holiday dinners and potlucks of all kinds.  In the process of redoing the kitchen, we need to outfit our kitchen with beautiful and new items for cooking and serving.  So we’re having a (virtual) Kitchen Shower!  Members of your Kitchen Renovation Committee (Beryl Palnik, Nancy Eilberg, Vale Tate, and Judith Weiss) have created a registry of things we’ll need, and you are invited to help us acquire them.   Julia DiBiaggio has set up a website with photos of the objects we want to buy from Dean Supply and other kitchen stores, making it easy to see what we need, and to send in contributions to cover those purchases.  You don’t have to travel to the stores or buy these items yourself.  We can get them for you wholesale!  Just send in your donation to cover the items you like, and the enjoy a feeling of satisfaction when you whip up something delicious in our new pots, or serve yourself from our new platters on a groaning buffet table.  Check out the website at www.zola.com/registry/bitwt and help us make our kitchen party-ready!

Help Build the Brick Plaza for our Soviet Jewry Historical Marker 

  We are pleased to announce our HISTORICAL MARKER ‘Brick Plaza’ Fundraiser for our General Fund.  We will purchasing 4x8x2 and 8x8x2 decorative bricks for the area around our Historical Marker.  Cost is $100.00 for the small brick (2 LINES) and $150.00 for the larger brick (4 LINES). Campaign extended to JULY 1st… More information and form below.  Please complete and return your information form to:  BethIsrael@nls.net.  Follow this link to our donation page – our Venmo address is  @bitwt  –  or send your checks to BI-TWT 14308 Triskett Road, Cleveland OH 44111. Thank you. Peter SackettPresident, Board of TrusteesQuestions? Contact Peter Sackett: PeterSackettLaw@sbcglobal.net 
 

 The newly erected Ohio Historical Marker recognizes that:

• The Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism was the first organization to advocate for freedom of Jews in the former Soviet Union.
• The original office of the largest Soviet Jewry advocacy organization, Union of Councils for Soviet Jews was located in Cleveland
• Many Cleveland organizations helped to settle the many Jews who immigrated to Northeast Ohio from the former Soviet Union. 

BUY A BRICK~~YOU CAN BE PART OF THE PLAZA 

• To honor your arrival in Northeast Ohio
• To honor someone
• To remember someone 

BRICK INFORMATION18 Characters, including spaces, per line 4x8x2 Brick for $100 (2 lines of text)
8x8x2 Brick for $150 (4 lines of text)Purchase by May 31, 2021All proceeds benefit the Beth Israel-The West Temple General Fund Please complete the below information and return your information form to:  BethIsrael@nls.net.   Please use our Venmo address: @bitwt or send your checks (payable to Beth Israel-The West Temple) to 14308 Triskett Road, Cleveland OH 44111. INFORMATION FORM Name _____________________________________Contact Phone ______________________________Contact Email _______________________________ SIZE OF BRICK _____________  4x8x2 Brick for $100 (2 lines of text)
8x8x2 Brick for $150 (4 lines of text)18 Characters per Line
 LINE 1: _____________________ LINE 2: _____________________ LINE 3: _____________________LINE 4: _____________________

Antisemitism and Extremism in Our Communities

 Our next webinar through the Signature Synagogue Series sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League is NEXT Wednesday, May 5^th at 7:00 pm. The webinar will be led by Joanna Mendelson, Associate Director for ADL’s Center on Extremism, and Vlad Khaykin, Director of Antisemitic Programs. The topic is“Antisemitism and Extremism in Our Communities: Join ADL to Learn How You Can Fight Hate for Good.” This topic is sure to be informative and engaging. You must register to attend, and you can register here.

Jewish Climate Action Conference

Board of Elections Recruiting Workers

From Ken Dunn and Barbara Feldmar, our Social Action Co-Chairs:

 Do you enjoy serving your community as an Election Official for Cuyahoga County? Do you miss seeing your friends and neighbors since we have been socially distancing? Refer your friends, family, and neighbors to be an Election Day Worker!The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections is recruiting workers for the May 2021 Primary Elections in Parma and Strongsville. Those interested can click here to apply or call the Election Officials Department at 216-443-3277.

Yom Hashoah Commemoration