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SUMMARY:Beth El Circles: Mah Jongg Circle Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Please help us honor our outstanding volunteers and professionals as we celebrate this past year at Temple Beth El. We invite you to join us on a culinary Asian journey through our Great Hallway with stops in Japan\, China\, and Thailand! Destination selections to include warm edamame\, Japanese salad with ginger dressing\, Gyoza\, Vegetarian fried rice\, beef with broccoli\, Thai papaya salad\, Vegan Tofu pad thai\, crispy spring rolls and more! 6:00 pm Dinner selection6:30 pm Annual Meeting in Social Hall Agenda for the Annual meeting includes:Confirm the slate for the 2022-2023 Board of TrusteesPresent the 2022-2023 Operating BudgetPresent the John Rogers Award for Exemplary Professional Service to Aileen SpilkaPresent the Joseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award to Barry PodolskyPresent the Robin L. Eisenberg Learning and Living Award to Dr. Ora Meles Adults: $29\, Children ages 5 -13: $16\, Children under 5: FreePrices increase to $34/$19 after May 26\, 2022. Registration for dinner is closed\, but members may still attend the Annual Meeting which begins at 6:30 pm.Register The Annual Meeting is generously sponsored by Toshiba Business Systems. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n					About our Award Winners				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Aileen Spilka\nJohn Rogers Staff Award For Exemplary Professional Service				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazel Tov to Aileen Spilka the recipient of the 2022 John Rogers Staff Award for Exemplary Professional Service\, recognizing her consistent demonstration of superior performance\, and a willingness to go above and beyond what is asked of her.  Aileen joined the Beth El staff in 2013 as a Development Associate supporting the Temple’s fundraising efforts.  Aileen held that position for two and half years\, and in 2016 transitioned to the clergy office where she quickly became incredibly valuable as Clergy Senior Associate supporting the administrative needs of our rabbis and cantors. Aileen is the quintessential team player. She never hesitates to help others regardless of how busy she is. You will never hear Aileen say “no”.  Whatever is needed\, we can always count on her to say “yes” with a smile. Aileen also has a wonderful way of speaking with and helping our members\, particularly when they are dealing with a crisis or an end-of-life situation.  She is patient\, kind\, helpful and responsive.  It takes a special type of person to do what she does and she excels way beyond expectations day-in-and-day-out.  Aileen is also highly competent\, efficient\, professional and knowledgeable. She finds new and better ways of doing things and she has trained countless new hires on how we do things at Temple Beth El. We are so grateful for Aileen’s nine years of dedicated service to Beth El.  Congratulations Aileen on this well-deserved award! 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Barry Podolsky\nJoseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									We are proud to announce Barry Podolsky as the winner of this year’s Joseph Q.  Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism award. Barry and his wife Susan have been members of Temple Beth El for 35 years. They were both involved in leadership at Temple Sinai in North Miami; the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and the  Michael-Ann Russell JCC prior to moving to Boca Raton. Upon moving to Boca Raton in 1987\, they immersed themselves in Jewish life and committed themselves to leadership roles at Temple Beth El. Barry has served on the Board of Trustees in nearly every capacity – Trustee\, VP Religious Activities\, VP Finance (2x)\, Executive VP\, and President of the Board. Barry also chaired the fundraising efforts for two major capital campaigns – Building Tomorrow Today and Fulfilling the Promise. Between the two campaigns\, Barry was instrumental in helping to raise more than $30 million. Barry helped supervise the design and construction of the Beck Family Campus in 2009 and was integral to the design and construction of the renovations to the Schaefer Family Campus. Barry personally supervised the design and construction of the second phase of the Beck Family Campus construction in 2018\, including the two new classroom wings and the Kehilah Center. Barry has also been instrumental in the planning of the upcoming expansion of the Beth El Mausoleum\, and has worked to enhance nearly every facet of Temple Beth  El’s program and operations. Barry has worked to help develop and mentor other board members and future leaders of the Temple. The number of hours Barry has devoted to Temple Beth El truly cannot be counted. He brings an extremely high level of excellence and dedication to all of his volunteer efforts at Temple Beth El. We are so pleased to bestow this well-deserved honor on Barry Podolsky. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Dr. Ora Meles\nRobin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazal Tov to Dr. Ora Meles who is the recipient of the 2022 Robin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award. It comes as no surprise that her peers nominated Dr. Meles. She is always willing to help her fellow teachers with pedagogic ideas\, classroom management strategies\, content resources\, online teaching techniques and meaningful ways to engage our teenage teaching assistants in the classroom.  Dr. Meles joined the Temple Beth El Religious School faculty in 1993 as a Hebrew and Judaics teacher. This year\, our curriculum has changed for both Judaics and Hebrew. Not only was Dr. Meles up for the challenge of creating new content for both\, she even agreed to teach two grade levels when hearing we were short staffed. She is the ultimate partner with her teaching teams\, always sharing her lesson plans and providing peer-to-peer professional development\, knowing that our school is stronger when all teachers feel confident and can reach their goals. Dr. Meles represents Temple Beth El in the Partnership 2Gether Twinning project through the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County that connects our students to peers living in Zichron Yaacov\, our sister city in Israel. After serving in the Israeli Defense Forces as an officer\, Dr. Meles came to South Florida to start her teaching career. She holds a Masters in Multicultural Education and a PhD in Philosophy of Educational Leadership.  She was a 5th grade teacher at Del Prado\, a middle school teacher at Odyssey Middle School and is now a Program Planner in the Department of Professional Development for the School District of Palm Beach County. We are so proud and honored to have Dr. Ora Meles start her 30th year with Temple Beth El’s Religious School this fall.
URL:https://tbeboca.org/event/beth-el-circles-mah-jongg-circle-meeting/2023-07-04/
LOCATION:FL
CATEGORIES:Beth El Circles
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SUMMARY:Torah Study with Rabbi Dan Levin
DESCRIPTION:Please help us honor our outstanding volunteers and professionals as we celebrate this past year at Temple Beth El. We invite you to join us on a culinary Asian journey through our Great Hallway with stops in Japan\, China\, and Thailand! Destination selections to include warm edamame\, Japanese salad with ginger dressing\, Gyoza\, Vegetarian fried rice\, beef with broccoli\, Thai papaya salad\, Vegan Tofu pad thai\, crispy spring rolls and more! 6:00 pm Dinner selection6:30 pm Annual Meeting in Social Hall Agenda for the Annual meeting includes:Confirm the slate for the 2022-2023 Board of TrusteesPresent the 2022-2023 Operating BudgetPresent the John Rogers Award for Exemplary Professional Service to Aileen SpilkaPresent the Joseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award to Barry PodolskyPresent the Robin L. Eisenberg Learning and Living Award to Dr. Ora Meles Adults: $29\, Children ages 5 -13: $16\, Children under 5: FreePrices increase to $34/$19 after May 26\, 2022. Registration for dinner is closed\, but members may still attend the Annual Meeting which begins at 6:30 pm.Register The Annual Meeting is generously sponsored by Toshiba Business Systems. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n					About our Award Winners				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Aileen Spilka\nJohn Rogers Staff Award For Exemplary Professional Service				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazel Tov to Aileen Spilka the recipient of the 2022 John Rogers Staff Award for Exemplary Professional Service\, recognizing her consistent demonstration of superior performance\, and a willingness to go above and beyond what is asked of her.  Aileen joined the Beth El staff in 2013 as a Development Associate supporting the Temple’s fundraising efforts.  Aileen held that position for two and half years\, and in 2016 transitioned to the clergy office where she quickly became incredibly valuable as Clergy Senior Associate supporting the administrative needs of our rabbis and cantors. Aileen is the quintessential team player. She never hesitates to help others regardless of how busy she is. You will never hear Aileen say “no”.  Whatever is needed\, we can always count on her to say “yes” with a smile. Aileen also has a wonderful way of speaking with and helping our members\, particularly when they are dealing with a crisis or an end-of-life situation.  She is patient\, kind\, helpful and responsive.  It takes a special type of person to do what she does and she excels way beyond expectations day-in-and-day-out.  Aileen is also highly competent\, efficient\, professional and knowledgeable. She finds new and better ways of doing things and she has trained countless new hires on how we do things at Temple Beth El. We are so grateful for Aileen’s nine years of dedicated service to Beth El.  Congratulations Aileen on this well-deserved award! 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Barry Podolsky\nJoseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									We are proud to announce Barry Podolsky as the winner of this year’s Joseph Q.  Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism award. Barry and his wife Susan have been members of Temple Beth El for 35 years. They were both involved in leadership at Temple Sinai in North Miami; the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and the  Michael-Ann Russell JCC prior to moving to Boca Raton. Upon moving to Boca Raton in 1987\, they immersed themselves in Jewish life and committed themselves to leadership roles at Temple Beth El. Barry has served on the Board of Trustees in nearly every capacity – Trustee\, VP Religious Activities\, VP Finance (2x)\, Executive VP\, and President of the Board. Barry also chaired the fundraising efforts for two major capital campaigns – Building Tomorrow Today and Fulfilling the Promise. Between the two campaigns\, Barry was instrumental in helping to raise more than $30 million. Barry helped supervise the design and construction of the Beck Family Campus in 2009 and was integral to the design and construction of the renovations to the Schaefer Family Campus. Barry personally supervised the design and construction of the second phase of the Beck Family Campus construction in 2018\, including the two new classroom wings and the Kehilah Center. Barry has also been instrumental in the planning of the upcoming expansion of the Beth El Mausoleum\, and has worked to enhance nearly every facet of Temple Beth  El’s program and operations. Barry has worked to help develop and mentor other board members and future leaders of the Temple. The number of hours Barry has devoted to Temple Beth El truly cannot be counted. He brings an extremely high level of excellence and dedication to all of his volunteer efforts at Temple Beth El. We are so pleased to bestow this well-deserved honor on Barry Podolsky. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Dr. Ora Meles\nRobin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazal Tov to Dr. Ora Meles who is the recipient of the 2022 Robin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award. It comes as no surprise that her peers nominated Dr. Meles. She is always willing to help her fellow teachers with pedagogic ideas\, classroom management strategies\, content resources\, online teaching techniques and meaningful ways to engage our teenage teaching assistants in the classroom.  Dr. Meles joined the Temple Beth El Religious School faculty in 1993 as a Hebrew and Judaics teacher. This year\, our curriculum has changed for both Judaics and Hebrew. Not only was Dr. Meles up for the challenge of creating new content for both\, she even agreed to teach two grade levels when hearing we were short staffed. She is the ultimate partner with her teaching teams\, always sharing her lesson plans and providing peer-to-peer professional development\, knowing that our school is stronger when all teachers feel confident and can reach their goals. Dr. Meles represents Temple Beth El in the Partnership 2Gether Twinning project through the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County that connects our students to peers living in Zichron Yaacov\, our sister city in Israel. After serving in the Israeli Defense Forces as an officer\, Dr. Meles came to South Florida to start her teaching career. She holds a Masters in Multicultural Education and a PhD in Philosophy of Educational Leadership.  She was a 5th grade teacher at Del Prado\, a middle school teacher at Odyssey Middle School and is now a Program Planner in the Department of Professional Development for the School District of Palm Beach County. We are so proud and honored to have Dr. Ora Meles start her 30th year with Temple Beth El’s Religious School this fall.
URL:https://tbeboca.org/event/torah-study/2023-07-01/
LOCATION:Temple Beth El – Schaefer Family Campus\, 333 SW 4th Avenue\, Boca Raton\, FL\, 33432\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Programs & Education,Shabbat & Holidays
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SUMMARY:Beth El Circles: Mah Jongg Circle Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Please help us honor our outstanding volunteers and professionals as we celebrate this past year at Temple Beth El. We invite you to join us on a culinary Asian journey through our Great Hallway with stops in Japan\, China\, and Thailand! Destination selections to include warm edamame\, Japanese salad with ginger dressing\, Gyoza\, Vegetarian fried rice\, beef with broccoli\, Thai papaya salad\, Vegan Tofu pad thai\, crispy spring rolls and more! 6:00 pm Dinner selection6:30 pm Annual Meeting in Social Hall Agenda for the Annual meeting includes:Confirm the slate for the 2022-2023 Board of TrusteesPresent the 2022-2023 Operating BudgetPresent the John Rogers Award for Exemplary Professional Service to Aileen SpilkaPresent the Joseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award to Barry PodolskyPresent the Robin L. Eisenberg Learning and Living Award to Dr. Ora Meles Adults: $29\, Children ages 5 -13: $16\, Children under 5: FreePrices increase to $34/$19 after May 26\, 2022. Registration for dinner is closed\, but members may still attend the Annual Meeting which begins at 6:30 pm.Register The Annual Meeting is generously sponsored by Toshiba Business Systems. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n					About our Award Winners				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Aileen Spilka\nJohn Rogers Staff Award For Exemplary Professional Service				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazel Tov to Aileen Spilka the recipient of the 2022 John Rogers Staff Award for Exemplary Professional Service\, recognizing her consistent demonstration of superior performance\, and a willingness to go above and beyond what is asked of her.  Aileen joined the Beth El staff in 2013 as a Development Associate supporting the Temple’s fundraising efforts.  Aileen held that position for two and half years\, and in 2016 transitioned to the clergy office where she quickly became incredibly valuable as Clergy Senior Associate supporting the administrative needs of our rabbis and cantors. Aileen is the quintessential team player. She never hesitates to help others regardless of how busy she is. You will never hear Aileen say “no”.  Whatever is needed\, we can always count on her to say “yes” with a smile. Aileen also has a wonderful way of speaking with and helping our members\, particularly when they are dealing with a crisis or an end-of-life situation.  She is patient\, kind\, helpful and responsive.  It takes a special type of person to do what she does and she excels way beyond expectations day-in-and-day-out.  Aileen is also highly competent\, efficient\, professional and knowledgeable. She finds new and better ways of doing things and she has trained countless new hires on how we do things at Temple Beth El. We are so grateful for Aileen’s nine years of dedicated service to Beth El.  Congratulations Aileen on this well-deserved award! 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Barry Podolsky\nJoseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									We are proud to announce Barry Podolsky as the winner of this year’s Joseph Q.  Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism award. Barry and his wife Susan have been members of Temple Beth El for 35 years. They were both involved in leadership at Temple Sinai in North Miami; the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and the  Michael-Ann Russell JCC prior to moving to Boca Raton. Upon moving to Boca Raton in 1987\, they immersed themselves in Jewish life and committed themselves to leadership roles at Temple Beth El. Barry has served on the Board of Trustees in nearly every capacity – Trustee\, VP Religious Activities\, VP Finance (2x)\, Executive VP\, and President of the Board. Barry also chaired the fundraising efforts for two major capital campaigns – Building Tomorrow Today and Fulfilling the Promise. Between the two campaigns\, Barry was instrumental in helping to raise more than $30 million. Barry helped supervise the design and construction of the Beck Family Campus in 2009 and was integral to the design and construction of the renovations to the Schaefer Family Campus. Barry personally supervised the design and construction of the second phase of the Beck Family Campus construction in 2018\, including the two new classroom wings and the Kehilah Center. Barry has also been instrumental in the planning of the upcoming expansion of the Beth El Mausoleum\, and has worked to enhance nearly every facet of Temple Beth  El’s program and operations. Barry has worked to help develop and mentor other board members and future leaders of the Temple. The number of hours Barry has devoted to Temple Beth El truly cannot be counted. He brings an extremely high level of excellence and dedication to all of his volunteer efforts at Temple Beth El. We are so pleased to bestow this well-deserved honor on Barry Podolsky. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Dr. Ora Meles\nRobin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazal Tov to Dr. Ora Meles who is the recipient of the 2022 Robin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award. It comes as no surprise that her peers nominated Dr. Meles. She is always willing to help her fellow teachers with pedagogic ideas\, classroom management strategies\, content resources\, online teaching techniques and meaningful ways to engage our teenage teaching assistants in the classroom.  Dr. Meles joined the Temple Beth El Religious School faculty in 1993 as a Hebrew and Judaics teacher. This year\, our curriculum has changed for both Judaics and Hebrew. Not only was Dr. Meles up for the challenge of creating new content for both\, she even agreed to teach two grade levels when hearing we were short staffed. She is the ultimate partner with her teaching teams\, always sharing her lesson plans and providing peer-to-peer professional development\, knowing that our school is stronger when all teachers feel confident and can reach their goals. Dr. Meles represents Temple Beth El in the Partnership 2Gether Twinning project through the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County that connects our students to peers living in Zichron Yaacov\, our sister city in Israel. After serving in the Israeli Defense Forces as an officer\, Dr. Meles came to South Florida to start her teaching career. She holds a Masters in Multicultural Education and a PhD in Philosophy of Educational Leadership.  She was a 5th grade teacher at Del Prado\, a middle school teacher at Odyssey Middle School and is now a Program Planner in the Department of Professional Development for the School District of Palm Beach County. We are so proud and honored to have Dr. Ora Meles start her 30th year with Temple Beth El’s Religious School this fall.
URL:https://tbeboca.org/event/beth-el-circles-mah-jongg-circle-meeting/2023-06-27/
LOCATION:FL
CATEGORIES:Beth El Circles
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://tbeboca.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Circles-Graphics-e1670441472148.webp
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230624T103000
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CREATED:20220621T151104Z
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SUMMARY:Torah Study with Rabbi Dan Levin
DESCRIPTION:Please help us honor our outstanding volunteers and professionals as we celebrate this past year at Temple Beth El. We invite you to join us on a culinary Asian journey through our Great Hallway with stops in Japan\, China\, and Thailand! Destination selections to include warm edamame\, Japanese salad with ginger dressing\, Gyoza\, Vegetarian fried rice\, beef with broccoli\, Thai papaya salad\, Vegan Tofu pad thai\, crispy spring rolls and more! 6:00 pm Dinner selection6:30 pm Annual Meeting in Social Hall Agenda for the Annual meeting includes:Confirm the slate for the 2022-2023 Board of TrusteesPresent the 2022-2023 Operating BudgetPresent the John Rogers Award for Exemplary Professional Service to Aileen SpilkaPresent the Joseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award to Barry PodolskyPresent the Robin L. Eisenberg Learning and Living Award to Dr. Ora Meles Adults: $29\, Children ages 5 -13: $16\, Children under 5: FreePrices increase to $34/$19 after May 26\, 2022. Registration for dinner is closed\, but members may still attend the Annual Meeting which begins at 6:30 pm.Register The Annual Meeting is generously sponsored by Toshiba Business Systems. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n					About our Award Winners				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Aileen Spilka\nJohn Rogers Staff Award For Exemplary Professional Service				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazel Tov to Aileen Spilka the recipient of the 2022 John Rogers Staff Award for Exemplary Professional Service\, recognizing her consistent demonstration of superior performance\, and a willingness to go above and beyond what is asked of her.  Aileen joined the Beth El staff in 2013 as a Development Associate supporting the Temple’s fundraising efforts.  Aileen held that position for two and half years\, and in 2016 transitioned to the clergy office where she quickly became incredibly valuable as Clergy Senior Associate supporting the administrative needs of our rabbis and cantors. Aileen is the quintessential team player. She never hesitates to help others regardless of how busy she is. You will never hear Aileen say “no”.  Whatever is needed\, we can always count on her to say “yes” with a smile. Aileen also has a wonderful way of speaking with and helping our members\, particularly when they are dealing with a crisis or an end-of-life situation.  She is patient\, kind\, helpful and responsive.  It takes a special type of person to do what she does and she excels way beyond expectations day-in-and-day-out.  Aileen is also highly competent\, efficient\, professional and knowledgeable. She finds new and better ways of doing things and she has trained countless new hires on how we do things at Temple Beth El. We are so grateful for Aileen’s nine years of dedicated service to Beth El.  Congratulations Aileen on this well-deserved award! 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Barry Podolsky\nJoseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									We are proud to announce Barry Podolsky as the winner of this year’s Joseph Q.  Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism award. Barry and his wife Susan have been members of Temple Beth El for 35 years. They were both involved in leadership at Temple Sinai in North Miami; the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and the  Michael-Ann Russell JCC prior to moving to Boca Raton. Upon moving to Boca Raton in 1987\, they immersed themselves in Jewish life and committed themselves to leadership roles at Temple Beth El. Barry has served on the Board of Trustees in nearly every capacity – Trustee\, VP Religious Activities\, VP Finance (2x)\, Executive VP\, and President of the Board. Barry also chaired the fundraising efforts for two major capital campaigns – Building Tomorrow Today and Fulfilling the Promise. Between the two campaigns\, Barry was instrumental in helping to raise more than $30 million. Barry helped supervise the design and construction of the Beck Family Campus in 2009 and was integral to the design and construction of the renovations to the Schaefer Family Campus. Barry personally supervised the design and construction of the second phase of the Beck Family Campus construction in 2018\, including the two new classroom wings and the Kehilah Center. Barry has also been instrumental in the planning of the upcoming expansion of the Beth El Mausoleum\, and has worked to enhance nearly every facet of Temple Beth  El’s program and operations. Barry has worked to help develop and mentor other board members and future leaders of the Temple. The number of hours Barry has devoted to Temple Beth El truly cannot be counted. He brings an extremely high level of excellence and dedication to all of his volunteer efforts at Temple Beth El. We are so pleased to bestow this well-deserved honor on Barry Podolsky. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Dr. Ora Meles\nRobin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazal Tov to Dr. Ora Meles who is the recipient of the 2022 Robin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award. It comes as no surprise that her peers nominated Dr. Meles. She is always willing to help her fellow teachers with pedagogic ideas\, classroom management strategies\, content resources\, online teaching techniques and meaningful ways to engage our teenage teaching assistants in the classroom.  Dr. Meles joined the Temple Beth El Religious School faculty in 1993 as a Hebrew and Judaics teacher. This year\, our curriculum has changed for both Judaics and Hebrew. Not only was Dr. Meles up for the challenge of creating new content for both\, she even agreed to teach two grade levels when hearing we were short staffed. She is the ultimate partner with her teaching teams\, always sharing her lesson plans and providing peer-to-peer professional development\, knowing that our school is stronger when all teachers feel confident and can reach their goals. Dr. Meles represents Temple Beth El in the Partnership 2Gether Twinning project through the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County that connects our students to peers living in Zichron Yaacov\, our sister city in Israel. After serving in the Israeli Defense Forces as an officer\, Dr. Meles came to South Florida to start her teaching career. She holds a Masters in Multicultural Education and a PhD in Philosophy of Educational Leadership.  She was a 5th grade teacher at Del Prado\, a middle school teacher at Odyssey Middle School and is now a Program Planner in the Department of Professional Development for the School District of Palm Beach County. We are so proud and honored to have Dr. Ora Meles start her 30th year with Temple Beth El’s Religious School this fall.
URL:https://tbeboca.org/event/torah-study-2022-2023/2023-06-24/
LOCATION:Temple Beth El – Schaefer Family Campus\, 333 SW 4th Avenue\, Boca Raton\, FL\, 33432\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Programs & Education,Shabbat & Holidays
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://tbeboca.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2023-Torah-Study-Dan.webp
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230620T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230620T160000
DTSTAMP:20250925T161656Z
CREATED:20220809T175802Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250925T161656Z
UID:10002707-1687266000-1687276800@tbeboca.org
SUMMARY:Beth El Circles: Mah Jongg Circle Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Please help us honor our outstanding volunteers and professionals as we celebrate this past year at Temple Beth El. We invite you to join us on a culinary Asian journey through our Great Hallway with stops in Japan\, China\, and Thailand! Destination selections to include warm edamame\, Japanese salad with ginger dressing\, Gyoza\, Vegetarian fried rice\, beef with broccoli\, Thai papaya salad\, Vegan Tofu pad thai\, crispy spring rolls and more! 6:00 pm Dinner selection6:30 pm Annual Meeting in Social Hall Agenda for the Annual meeting includes:Confirm the slate for the 2022-2023 Board of TrusteesPresent the 2022-2023 Operating BudgetPresent the John Rogers Award for Exemplary Professional Service to Aileen SpilkaPresent the Joseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award to Barry PodolskyPresent the Robin L. Eisenberg Learning and Living Award to Dr. Ora Meles Adults: $29\, Children ages 5 -13: $16\, Children under 5: FreePrices increase to $34/$19 after May 26\, 2022. Registration for dinner is closed\, but members may still attend the Annual Meeting which begins at 6:30 pm.Register The Annual Meeting is generously sponsored by Toshiba Business Systems. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n					About our Award Winners				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Aileen Spilka\nJohn Rogers Staff Award For Exemplary Professional Service				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazel Tov to Aileen Spilka the recipient of the 2022 John Rogers Staff Award for Exemplary Professional Service\, recognizing her consistent demonstration of superior performance\, and a willingness to go above and beyond what is asked of her.  Aileen joined the Beth El staff in 2013 as a Development Associate supporting the Temple’s fundraising efforts.  Aileen held that position for two and half years\, and in 2016 transitioned to the clergy office where she quickly became incredibly valuable as Clergy Senior Associate supporting the administrative needs of our rabbis and cantors. Aileen is the quintessential team player. She never hesitates to help others regardless of how busy she is. You will never hear Aileen say “no”.  Whatever is needed\, we can always count on her to say “yes” with a smile. Aileen also has a wonderful way of speaking with and helping our members\, particularly when they are dealing with a crisis or an end-of-life situation.  She is patient\, kind\, helpful and responsive.  It takes a special type of person to do what she does and she excels way beyond expectations day-in-and-day-out.  Aileen is also highly competent\, efficient\, professional and knowledgeable. She finds new and better ways of doing things and she has trained countless new hires on how we do things at Temple Beth El. We are so grateful for Aileen’s nine years of dedicated service to Beth El.  Congratulations Aileen on this well-deserved award! 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Barry Podolsky\nJoseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									We are proud to announce Barry Podolsky as the winner of this year’s Joseph Q.  Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism award. Barry and his wife Susan have been members of Temple Beth El for 35 years. They were both involved in leadership at Temple Sinai in North Miami; the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and the  Michael-Ann Russell JCC prior to moving to Boca Raton. Upon moving to Boca Raton in 1987\, they immersed themselves in Jewish life and committed themselves to leadership roles at Temple Beth El. Barry has served on the Board of Trustees in nearly every capacity – Trustee\, VP Religious Activities\, VP Finance (2x)\, Executive VP\, and President of the Board. Barry also chaired the fundraising efforts for two major capital campaigns – Building Tomorrow Today and Fulfilling the Promise. Between the two campaigns\, Barry was instrumental in helping to raise more than $30 million. Barry helped supervise the design and construction of the Beck Family Campus in 2009 and was integral to the design and construction of the renovations to the Schaefer Family Campus. Barry personally supervised the design and construction of the second phase of the Beck Family Campus construction in 2018\, including the two new classroom wings and the Kehilah Center. Barry has also been instrumental in the planning of the upcoming expansion of the Beth El Mausoleum\, and has worked to enhance nearly every facet of Temple Beth  El’s program and operations. Barry has worked to help develop and mentor other board members and future leaders of the Temple. The number of hours Barry has devoted to Temple Beth El truly cannot be counted. He brings an extremely high level of excellence and dedication to all of his volunteer efforts at Temple Beth El. We are so pleased to bestow this well-deserved honor on Barry Podolsky. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Dr. Ora Meles\nRobin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazal Tov to Dr. Ora Meles who is the recipient of the 2022 Robin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award. It comes as no surprise that her peers nominated Dr. Meles. She is always willing to help her fellow teachers with pedagogic ideas\, classroom management strategies\, content resources\, online teaching techniques and meaningful ways to engage our teenage teaching assistants in the classroom.  Dr. Meles joined the Temple Beth El Religious School faculty in 1993 as a Hebrew and Judaics teacher. This year\, our curriculum has changed for both Judaics and Hebrew. Not only was Dr. Meles up for the challenge of creating new content for both\, she even agreed to teach two grade levels when hearing we were short staffed. She is the ultimate partner with her teaching teams\, always sharing her lesson plans and providing peer-to-peer professional development\, knowing that our school is stronger when all teachers feel confident and can reach their goals. Dr. Meles represents Temple Beth El in the Partnership 2Gether Twinning project through the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County that connects our students to peers living in Zichron Yaacov\, our sister city in Israel. After serving in the Israeli Defense Forces as an officer\, Dr. Meles came to South Florida to start her teaching career. She holds a Masters in Multicultural Education and a PhD in Philosophy of Educational Leadership.  She was a 5th grade teacher at Del Prado\, a middle school teacher at Odyssey Middle School and is now a Program Planner in the Department of Professional Development for the School District of Palm Beach County. We are so proud and honored to have Dr. Ora Meles start her 30th year with Temple Beth El’s Religious School this fall.
URL:https://tbeboca.org/event/beth-el-circles-mah-jongg-circle-meeting/2023-06-20/
LOCATION:FL
CATEGORIES:Beth El Circles
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://tbeboca.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Circles-Graphics-e1670441472148.webp
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230613T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230613T160000
DTSTAMP:20250925T161656Z
CREATED:20220809T175802Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250925T161656Z
UID:10002706-1686661200-1686672000@tbeboca.org
SUMMARY:Beth El Circles: Mah Jongg Circle Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Please help us honor our outstanding volunteers and professionals as we celebrate this past year at Temple Beth El. We invite you to join us on a culinary Asian journey through our Great Hallway with stops in Japan\, China\, and Thailand! Destination selections to include warm edamame\, Japanese salad with ginger dressing\, Gyoza\, Vegetarian fried rice\, beef with broccoli\, Thai papaya salad\, Vegan Tofu pad thai\, crispy spring rolls and more! 6:00 pm Dinner selection6:30 pm Annual Meeting in Social Hall Agenda for the Annual meeting includes:Confirm the slate for the 2022-2023 Board of TrusteesPresent the 2022-2023 Operating BudgetPresent the John Rogers Award for Exemplary Professional Service to Aileen SpilkaPresent the Joseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award to Barry PodolskyPresent the Robin L. Eisenberg Learning and Living Award to Dr. Ora Meles Adults: $29\, Children ages 5 -13: $16\, Children under 5: FreePrices increase to $34/$19 after May 26\, 2022. Registration for dinner is closed\, but members may still attend the Annual Meeting which begins at 6:30 pm.Register The Annual Meeting is generously sponsored by Toshiba Business Systems. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n					About our Award Winners				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Aileen Spilka\nJohn Rogers Staff Award For Exemplary Professional Service				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazel Tov to Aileen Spilka the recipient of the 2022 John Rogers Staff Award for Exemplary Professional Service\, recognizing her consistent demonstration of superior performance\, and a willingness to go above and beyond what is asked of her.  Aileen joined the Beth El staff in 2013 as a Development Associate supporting the Temple’s fundraising efforts.  Aileen held that position for two and half years\, and in 2016 transitioned to the clergy office where she quickly became incredibly valuable as Clergy Senior Associate supporting the administrative needs of our rabbis and cantors. Aileen is the quintessential team player. She never hesitates to help others regardless of how busy she is. You will never hear Aileen say “no”.  Whatever is needed\, we can always count on her to say “yes” with a smile. Aileen also has a wonderful way of speaking with and helping our members\, particularly when they are dealing with a crisis or an end-of-life situation.  She is patient\, kind\, helpful and responsive.  It takes a special type of person to do what she does and she excels way beyond expectations day-in-and-day-out.  Aileen is also highly competent\, efficient\, professional and knowledgeable. She finds new and better ways of doing things and she has trained countless new hires on how we do things at Temple Beth El. We are so grateful for Aileen’s nine years of dedicated service to Beth El.  Congratulations Aileen on this well-deserved award! 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Barry Podolsky\nJoseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									We are proud to announce Barry Podolsky as the winner of this year’s Joseph Q.  Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism award. Barry and his wife Susan have been members of Temple Beth El for 35 years. They were both involved in leadership at Temple Sinai in North Miami; the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and the  Michael-Ann Russell JCC prior to moving to Boca Raton. Upon moving to Boca Raton in 1987\, they immersed themselves in Jewish life and committed themselves to leadership roles at Temple Beth El. Barry has served on the Board of Trustees in nearly every capacity – Trustee\, VP Religious Activities\, VP Finance (2x)\, Executive VP\, and President of the Board. Barry also chaired the fundraising efforts for two major capital campaigns – Building Tomorrow Today and Fulfilling the Promise. Between the two campaigns\, Barry was instrumental in helping to raise more than $30 million. Barry helped supervise the design and construction of the Beck Family Campus in 2009 and was integral to the design and construction of the renovations to the Schaefer Family Campus. Barry personally supervised the design and construction of the second phase of the Beck Family Campus construction in 2018\, including the two new classroom wings and the Kehilah Center. Barry has also been instrumental in the planning of the upcoming expansion of the Beth El Mausoleum\, and has worked to enhance nearly every facet of Temple Beth  El’s program and operations. Barry has worked to help develop and mentor other board members and future leaders of the Temple. The number of hours Barry has devoted to Temple Beth El truly cannot be counted. He brings an extremely high level of excellence and dedication to all of his volunteer efforts at Temple Beth El. We are so pleased to bestow this well-deserved honor on Barry Podolsky. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Dr. Ora Meles\nRobin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazal Tov to Dr. Ora Meles who is the recipient of the 2022 Robin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award. It comes as no surprise that her peers nominated Dr. Meles. She is always willing to help her fellow teachers with pedagogic ideas\, classroom management strategies\, content resources\, online teaching techniques and meaningful ways to engage our teenage teaching assistants in the classroom.  Dr. Meles joined the Temple Beth El Religious School faculty in 1993 as a Hebrew and Judaics teacher. This year\, our curriculum has changed for both Judaics and Hebrew. Not only was Dr. Meles up for the challenge of creating new content for both\, she even agreed to teach two grade levels when hearing we were short staffed. She is the ultimate partner with her teaching teams\, always sharing her lesson plans and providing peer-to-peer professional development\, knowing that our school is stronger when all teachers feel confident and can reach their goals. Dr. Meles represents Temple Beth El in the Partnership 2Gether Twinning project through the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County that connects our students to peers living in Zichron Yaacov\, our sister city in Israel. After serving in the Israeli Defense Forces as an officer\, Dr. Meles came to South Florida to start her teaching career. She holds a Masters in Multicultural Education and a PhD in Philosophy of Educational Leadership.  She was a 5th grade teacher at Del Prado\, a middle school teacher at Odyssey Middle School and is now a Program Planner in the Department of Professional Development for the School District of Palm Beach County. We are so proud and honored to have Dr. Ora Meles start her 30th year with Temple Beth El’s Religious School this fall.
URL:https://tbeboca.org/event/beth-el-circles-mah-jongg-circle-meeting/2023-06-13/
LOCATION:FL
CATEGORIES:Beth El Circles
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://tbeboca.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Circles-Graphics-e1670441472148.webp
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230606T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230606T160000
DTSTAMP:20250925T161656Z
CREATED:20220809T175802Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250925T161656Z
UID:10002705-1686056400-1686067200@tbeboca.org
SUMMARY:Beth El Circles: Mah Jongg Circle Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Please help us honor our outstanding volunteers and professionals as we celebrate this past year at Temple Beth El. We invite you to join us on a culinary Asian journey through our Great Hallway with stops in Japan\, China\, and Thailand! Destination selections to include warm edamame\, Japanese salad with ginger dressing\, Gyoza\, Vegetarian fried rice\, beef with broccoli\, Thai papaya salad\, Vegan Tofu pad thai\, crispy spring rolls and more! 6:00 pm Dinner selection6:30 pm Annual Meeting in Social Hall Agenda for the Annual meeting includes:Confirm the slate for the 2022-2023 Board of TrusteesPresent the 2022-2023 Operating BudgetPresent the John Rogers Award for Exemplary Professional Service to Aileen SpilkaPresent the Joseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award to Barry PodolskyPresent the Robin L. Eisenberg Learning and Living Award to Dr. Ora Meles Adults: $29\, Children ages 5 -13: $16\, Children under 5: FreePrices increase to $34/$19 after May 26\, 2022. Registration for dinner is closed\, but members may still attend the Annual Meeting which begins at 6:30 pm.Register The Annual Meeting is generously sponsored by Toshiba Business Systems. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n					About our Award Winners				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Aileen Spilka\nJohn Rogers Staff Award For Exemplary Professional Service				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazel Tov to Aileen Spilka the recipient of the 2022 John Rogers Staff Award for Exemplary Professional Service\, recognizing her consistent demonstration of superior performance\, and a willingness to go above and beyond what is asked of her.  Aileen joined the Beth El staff in 2013 as a Development Associate supporting the Temple’s fundraising efforts.  Aileen held that position for two and half years\, and in 2016 transitioned to the clergy office where she quickly became incredibly valuable as Clergy Senior Associate supporting the administrative needs of our rabbis and cantors. Aileen is the quintessential team player. She never hesitates to help others regardless of how busy she is. You will never hear Aileen say “no”.  Whatever is needed\, we can always count on her to say “yes” with a smile. Aileen also has a wonderful way of speaking with and helping our members\, particularly when they are dealing with a crisis or an end-of-life situation.  She is patient\, kind\, helpful and responsive.  It takes a special type of person to do what she does and she excels way beyond expectations day-in-and-day-out.  Aileen is also highly competent\, efficient\, professional and knowledgeable. She finds new and better ways of doing things and she has trained countless new hires on how we do things at Temple Beth El. We are so grateful for Aileen’s nine years of dedicated service to Beth El.  Congratulations Aileen on this well-deserved award! 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Barry Podolsky\nJoseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									We are proud to announce Barry Podolsky as the winner of this year’s Joseph Q.  Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism award. Barry and his wife Susan have been members of Temple Beth El for 35 years. They were both involved in leadership at Temple Sinai in North Miami; the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and the  Michael-Ann Russell JCC prior to moving to Boca Raton. Upon moving to Boca Raton in 1987\, they immersed themselves in Jewish life and committed themselves to leadership roles at Temple Beth El. Barry has served on the Board of Trustees in nearly every capacity – Trustee\, VP Religious Activities\, VP Finance (2x)\, Executive VP\, and President of the Board. Barry also chaired the fundraising efforts for two major capital campaigns – Building Tomorrow Today and Fulfilling the Promise. Between the two campaigns\, Barry was instrumental in helping to raise more than $30 million. Barry helped supervise the design and construction of the Beck Family Campus in 2009 and was integral to the design and construction of the renovations to the Schaefer Family Campus. Barry personally supervised the design and construction of the second phase of the Beck Family Campus construction in 2018\, including the two new classroom wings and the Kehilah Center. Barry has also been instrumental in the planning of the upcoming expansion of the Beth El Mausoleum\, and has worked to enhance nearly every facet of Temple Beth  El’s program and operations. Barry has worked to help develop and mentor other board members and future leaders of the Temple. The number of hours Barry has devoted to Temple Beth El truly cannot be counted. He brings an extremely high level of excellence and dedication to all of his volunteer efforts at Temple Beth El. We are so pleased to bestow this well-deserved honor on Barry Podolsky. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Dr. Ora Meles\nRobin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazal Tov to Dr. Ora Meles who is the recipient of the 2022 Robin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award. It comes as no surprise that her peers nominated Dr. Meles. She is always willing to help her fellow teachers with pedagogic ideas\, classroom management strategies\, content resources\, online teaching techniques and meaningful ways to engage our teenage teaching assistants in the classroom.  Dr. Meles joined the Temple Beth El Religious School faculty in 1993 as a Hebrew and Judaics teacher. This year\, our curriculum has changed for both Judaics and Hebrew. Not only was Dr. Meles up for the challenge of creating new content for both\, she even agreed to teach two grade levels when hearing we were short staffed. She is the ultimate partner with her teaching teams\, always sharing her lesson plans and providing peer-to-peer professional development\, knowing that our school is stronger when all teachers feel confident and can reach their goals. Dr. Meles represents Temple Beth El in the Partnership 2Gether Twinning project through the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County that connects our students to peers living in Zichron Yaacov\, our sister city in Israel. After serving in the Israeli Defense Forces as an officer\, Dr. Meles came to South Florida to start her teaching career. She holds a Masters in Multicultural Education and a PhD in Philosophy of Educational Leadership.  She was a 5th grade teacher at Del Prado\, a middle school teacher at Odyssey Middle School and is now a Program Planner in the Department of Professional Development for the School District of Palm Beach County. We are so proud and honored to have Dr. Ora Meles start her 30th year with Temple Beth El’s Religious School this fall.
URL:https://tbeboca.org/event/beth-el-circles-mah-jongg-circle-meeting/2023-06-06/
LOCATION:FL
CATEGORIES:Beth El Circles
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://tbeboca.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Circles-Graphics-e1670441472148.webp
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230603T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230603T103000
DTSTAMP:20230619T154500Z
CREATED:20220621T151104Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230619T154500Z
UID:10001744-1685784600-1685788200@tbeboca.org
SUMMARY:Torah Study with Rabbi Dan Levin
DESCRIPTION:Please help us honor our outstanding volunteers and professionals as we celebrate this past year at Temple Beth El. We invite you to join us on a culinary Asian journey through our Great Hallway with stops in Japan\, China\, and Thailand! Destination selections to include warm edamame\, Japanese salad with ginger dressing\, Gyoza\, Vegetarian fried rice\, beef with broccoli\, Thai papaya salad\, Vegan Tofu pad thai\, crispy spring rolls and more! 6:00 pm Dinner selection6:30 pm Annual Meeting in Social Hall Agenda for the Annual meeting includes:Confirm the slate for the 2022-2023 Board of TrusteesPresent the 2022-2023 Operating BudgetPresent the John Rogers Award for Exemplary Professional Service to Aileen SpilkaPresent the Joseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award to Barry PodolskyPresent the Robin L. Eisenberg Learning and Living Award to Dr. Ora Meles Adults: $29\, Children ages 5 -13: $16\, Children under 5: FreePrices increase to $34/$19 after May 26\, 2022. Registration for dinner is closed\, but members may still attend the Annual Meeting which begins at 6:30 pm.Register The Annual Meeting is generously sponsored by Toshiba Business Systems. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n					About our Award Winners				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Aileen Spilka\nJohn Rogers Staff Award For Exemplary Professional Service				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazel Tov to Aileen Spilka the recipient of the 2022 John Rogers Staff Award for Exemplary Professional Service\, recognizing her consistent demonstration of superior performance\, and a willingness to go above and beyond what is asked of her.  Aileen joined the Beth El staff in 2013 as a Development Associate supporting the Temple’s fundraising efforts.  Aileen held that position for two and half years\, and in 2016 transitioned to the clergy office where she quickly became incredibly valuable as Clergy Senior Associate supporting the administrative needs of our rabbis and cantors. Aileen is the quintessential team player. She never hesitates to help others regardless of how busy she is. You will never hear Aileen say “no”.  Whatever is needed\, we can always count on her to say “yes” with a smile. Aileen also has a wonderful way of speaking with and helping our members\, particularly when they are dealing with a crisis or an end-of-life situation.  She is patient\, kind\, helpful and responsive.  It takes a special type of person to do what she does and she excels way beyond expectations day-in-and-day-out.  Aileen is also highly competent\, efficient\, professional and knowledgeable. She finds new and better ways of doing things and she has trained countless new hires on how we do things at Temple Beth El. We are so grateful for Aileen’s nine years of dedicated service to Beth El.  Congratulations Aileen on this well-deserved award! 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Barry Podolsky\nJoseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									We are proud to announce Barry Podolsky as the winner of this year’s Joseph Q.  Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism award. Barry and his wife Susan have been members of Temple Beth El for 35 years. They were both involved in leadership at Temple Sinai in North Miami; the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and the  Michael-Ann Russell JCC prior to moving to Boca Raton. Upon moving to Boca Raton in 1987\, they immersed themselves in Jewish life and committed themselves to leadership roles at Temple Beth El. Barry has served on the Board of Trustees in nearly every capacity – Trustee\, VP Religious Activities\, VP Finance (2x)\, Executive VP\, and President of the Board. Barry also chaired the fundraising efforts for two major capital campaigns – Building Tomorrow Today and Fulfilling the Promise. Between the two campaigns\, Barry was instrumental in helping to raise more than $30 million. Barry helped supervise the design and construction of the Beck Family Campus in 2009 and was integral to the design and construction of the renovations to the Schaefer Family Campus. Barry personally supervised the design and construction of the second phase of the Beck Family Campus construction in 2018\, including the two new classroom wings and the Kehilah Center. Barry has also been instrumental in the planning of the upcoming expansion of the Beth El Mausoleum\, and has worked to enhance nearly every facet of Temple Beth  El’s program and operations. Barry has worked to help develop and mentor other board members and future leaders of the Temple. The number of hours Barry has devoted to Temple Beth El truly cannot be counted. He brings an extremely high level of excellence and dedication to all of his volunteer efforts at Temple Beth El. We are so pleased to bestow this well-deserved honor on Barry Podolsky. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Dr. Ora Meles\nRobin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazal Tov to Dr. Ora Meles who is the recipient of the 2022 Robin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award. It comes as no surprise that her peers nominated Dr. Meles. She is always willing to help her fellow teachers with pedagogic ideas\, classroom management strategies\, content resources\, online teaching techniques and meaningful ways to engage our teenage teaching assistants in the classroom.  Dr. Meles joined the Temple Beth El Religious School faculty in 1993 as a Hebrew and Judaics teacher. This year\, our curriculum has changed for both Judaics and Hebrew. Not only was Dr. Meles up for the challenge of creating new content for both\, she even agreed to teach two grade levels when hearing we were short staffed. She is the ultimate partner with her teaching teams\, always sharing her lesson plans and providing peer-to-peer professional development\, knowing that our school is stronger when all teachers feel confident and can reach their goals. Dr. Meles represents Temple Beth El in the Partnership 2Gether Twinning project through the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County that connects our students to peers living in Zichron Yaacov\, our sister city in Israel. After serving in the Israeli Defense Forces as an officer\, Dr. Meles came to South Florida to start her teaching career. She holds a Masters in Multicultural Education and a PhD in Philosophy of Educational Leadership.  She was a 5th grade teacher at Del Prado\, a middle school teacher at Odyssey Middle School and is now a Program Planner in the Department of Professional Development for the School District of Palm Beach County. We are so proud and honored to have Dr. Ora Meles start her 30th year with Temple Beth El’s Religious School this fall.
URL:https://tbeboca.org/event/torah-study-2022-2023/2023-06-03/
LOCATION:Temple Beth El – Schaefer Family Campus\, 333 SW 4th Avenue\, Boca Raton\, FL\, 33432\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Programs & Education,Shabbat & Holidays
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://tbeboca.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2023-Torah-Study-Dan.webp
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230601T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230601T200000
DTSTAMP:20240408T153543Z
CREATED:20230418T165212Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240408T153543Z
UID:10001670-1685642400-1685649600@tbeboca.org
SUMMARY:2023 Annual Meeting and Dinner
DESCRIPTION:Please help us honor our outstanding volunteers and professionals as we celebrate this past year at Temple Beth El. We invite you to join us on a culinary Asian journey through our Great Hallway with stops in Japan\, China\, and Thailand! Destination selections to include warm edamame\, Japanese salad with ginger dressing\, Gyoza\, Vegetarian fried rice\, beef with broccoli\, Thai papaya salad\, Vegan Tofu pad thai\, crispy spring rolls and more! 6:00 pm Dinner selection6:30 pm Annual Meeting in Social Hall Agenda for the Annual meeting includes:Confirm the slate for the 2022-2023 Board of TrusteesPresent the 2022-2023 Operating BudgetPresent the John Rogers Award for Exemplary Professional Service to Aileen SpilkaPresent the Joseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award to Barry PodolskyPresent the Robin L. Eisenberg Learning and Living Award to Dr. Ora Meles Adults: $29\, Children ages 5 -13: $16\, Children under 5: FreePrices increase to $34/$19 after May 26\, 2022. Registration for dinner is closed\, but members may still attend the Annual Meeting which begins at 6:30 pm.Register The Annual Meeting is generously sponsored by Toshiba Business Systems. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n					About our Award Winners				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Aileen Spilka\nJohn Rogers Staff Award For Exemplary Professional Service				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazel Tov to Aileen Spilka the recipient of the 2022 John Rogers Staff Award for Exemplary Professional Service\, recognizing her consistent demonstration of superior performance\, and a willingness to go above and beyond what is asked of her.  Aileen joined the Beth El staff in 2013 as a Development Associate supporting the Temple’s fundraising efforts.  Aileen held that position for two and half years\, and in 2016 transitioned to the clergy office where she quickly became incredibly valuable as Clergy Senior Associate supporting the administrative needs of our rabbis and cantors. Aileen is the quintessential team player. She never hesitates to help others regardless of how busy she is. You will never hear Aileen say “no”.  Whatever is needed\, we can always count on her to say “yes” with a smile. Aileen also has a wonderful way of speaking with and helping our members\, particularly when they are dealing with a crisis or an end-of-life situation.  She is patient\, kind\, helpful and responsive.  It takes a special type of person to do what she does and she excels way beyond expectations day-in-and-day-out.  Aileen is also highly competent\, efficient\, professional and knowledgeable. She finds new and better ways of doing things and she has trained countless new hires on how we do things at Temple Beth El. We are so grateful for Aileen’s nine years of dedicated service to Beth El.  Congratulations Aileen on this well-deserved award! 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Barry Podolsky\nJoseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									We are proud to announce Barry Podolsky as the winner of this year’s Joseph Q.  Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism award. Barry and his wife Susan have been members of Temple Beth El for 35 years. They were both involved in leadership at Temple Sinai in North Miami; the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and the  Michael-Ann Russell JCC prior to moving to Boca Raton. Upon moving to Boca Raton in 1987\, they immersed themselves in Jewish life and committed themselves to leadership roles at Temple Beth El. Barry has served on the Board of Trustees in nearly every capacity – Trustee\, VP Religious Activities\, VP Finance (2x)\, Executive VP\, and President of the Board. Barry also chaired the fundraising efforts for two major capital campaigns – Building Tomorrow Today and Fulfilling the Promise. Between the two campaigns\, Barry was instrumental in helping to raise more than $30 million. Barry helped supervise the design and construction of the Beck Family Campus in 2009 and was integral to the design and construction of the renovations to the Schaefer Family Campus. Barry personally supervised the design and construction of the second phase of the Beck Family Campus construction in 2018\, including the two new classroom wings and the Kehilah Center. Barry has also been instrumental in the planning of the upcoming expansion of the Beth El Mausoleum\, and has worked to enhance nearly every facet of Temple Beth  El’s program and operations. Barry has worked to help develop and mentor other board members and future leaders of the Temple. The number of hours Barry has devoted to Temple Beth El truly cannot be counted. He brings an extremely high level of excellence and dedication to all of his volunteer efforts at Temple Beth El. We are so pleased to bestow this well-deserved honor on Barry Podolsky. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Dr. Ora Meles\nRobin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazal Tov to Dr. Ora Meles who is the recipient of the 2022 Robin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award. It comes as no surprise that her peers nominated Dr. Meles. She is always willing to help her fellow teachers with pedagogic ideas\, classroom management strategies\, content resources\, online teaching techniques and meaningful ways to engage our teenage teaching assistants in the classroom.  Dr. Meles joined the Temple Beth El Religious School faculty in 1993 as a Hebrew and Judaics teacher. This year\, our curriculum has changed for both Judaics and Hebrew. Not only was Dr. Meles up for the challenge of creating new content for both\, she even agreed to teach two grade levels when hearing we were short staffed. She is the ultimate partner with her teaching teams\, always sharing her lesson plans and providing peer-to-peer professional development\, knowing that our school is stronger when all teachers feel confident and can reach their goals. Dr. Meles represents Temple Beth El in the Partnership 2Gether Twinning project through the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County that connects our students to peers living in Zichron Yaacov\, our sister city in Israel. After serving in the Israeli Defense Forces as an officer\, Dr. Meles came to South Florida to start her teaching career. She holds a Masters in Multicultural Education and a PhD in Philosophy of Educational Leadership.  She was a 5th grade teacher at Del Prado\, a middle school teacher at Odyssey Middle School and is now a Program Planner in the Department of Professional Development for the School District of Palm Beach County. We are so proud and honored to have Dr. Ora Meles start her 30th year with Temple Beth El’s Religious School this fall.
URL:https://tbeboca.org/event/annual-meeting-and-dinner-2023/
LOCATION:Temple Beth El – Schaefer Family Campus\, 333 SW 4th Avenue\, Boca Raton\, FL\, 33432\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Programs & Education
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://tbeboca.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-06-01-Annual-Meeting.webp
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230530T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230530T160000
DTSTAMP:20250925T161656Z
CREATED:20220809T175802Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250925T161656Z
UID:10001763-1685451600-1685462400@tbeboca.org
SUMMARY:Beth El Circles: Mah Jongg Circle Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Please help us honor our outstanding volunteers and professionals as we celebrate this past year at Temple Beth El. We invite you to join us on a culinary Asian journey through our Great Hallway with stops in Japan\, China\, and Thailand! Destination selections to include warm edamame\, Japanese salad with ginger dressing\, Gyoza\, Vegetarian fried rice\, beef with broccoli\, Thai papaya salad\, Vegan Tofu pad thai\, crispy spring rolls and more! 6:00 pm Dinner selection6:30 pm Annual Meeting in Social Hall Agenda for the Annual meeting includes:Confirm the slate for the 2022-2023 Board of TrusteesPresent the 2022-2023 Operating BudgetPresent the John Rogers Award for Exemplary Professional Service to Aileen SpilkaPresent the Joseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award to Barry PodolskyPresent the Robin L. Eisenberg Learning and Living Award to Dr. Ora Meles Adults: $29\, Children ages 5 -13: $16\, Children under 5: FreePrices increase to $34/$19 after May 26\, 2022. Registration for dinner is closed\, but members may still attend the Annual Meeting which begins at 6:30 pm.Register The Annual Meeting is generously sponsored by Toshiba Business Systems. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n					About our Award Winners				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Aileen Spilka\nJohn Rogers Staff Award For Exemplary Professional Service				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazel Tov to Aileen Spilka the recipient of the 2022 John Rogers Staff Award for Exemplary Professional Service\, recognizing her consistent demonstration of superior performance\, and a willingness to go above and beyond what is asked of her.  Aileen joined the Beth El staff in 2013 as a Development Associate supporting the Temple’s fundraising efforts.  Aileen held that position for two and half years\, and in 2016 transitioned to the clergy office where she quickly became incredibly valuable as Clergy Senior Associate supporting the administrative needs of our rabbis and cantors. Aileen is the quintessential team player. She never hesitates to help others regardless of how busy she is. You will never hear Aileen say “no”.  Whatever is needed\, we can always count on her to say “yes” with a smile. Aileen also has a wonderful way of speaking with and helping our members\, particularly when they are dealing with a crisis or an end-of-life situation.  She is patient\, kind\, helpful and responsive.  It takes a special type of person to do what she does and she excels way beyond expectations day-in-and-day-out.  Aileen is also highly competent\, efficient\, professional and knowledgeable. She finds new and better ways of doing things and she has trained countless new hires on how we do things at Temple Beth El. We are so grateful for Aileen’s nine years of dedicated service to Beth El.  Congratulations Aileen on this well-deserved award! 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Barry Podolsky\nJoseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									We are proud to announce Barry Podolsky as the winner of this year’s Joseph Q.  Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism award. Barry and his wife Susan have been members of Temple Beth El for 35 years. They were both involved in leadership at Temple Sinai in North Miami; the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and the  Michael-Ann Russell JCC prior to moving to Boca Raton. Upon moving to Boca Raton in 1987\, they immersed themselves in Jewish life and committed themselves to leadership roles at Temple Beth El. Barry has served on the Board of Trustees in nearly every capacity – Trustee\, VP Religious Activities\, VP Finance (2x)\, Executive VP\, and President of the Board. Barry also chaired the fundraising efforts for two major capital campaigns – Building Tomorrow Today and Fulfilling the Promise. Between the two campaigns\, Barry was instrumental in helping to raise more than $30 million. Barry helped supervise the design and construction of the Beck Family Campus in 2009 and was integral to the design and construction of the renovations to the Schaefer Family Campus. Barry personally supervised the design and construction of the second phase of the Beck Family Campus construction in 2018\, including the two new classroom wings and the Kehilah Center. Barry has also been instrumental in the planning of the upcoming expansion of the Beth El Mausoleum\, and has worked to enhance nearly every facet of Temple Beth  El’s program and operations. Barry has worked to help develop and mentor other board members and future leaders of the Temple. The number of hours Barry has devoted to Temple Beth El truly cannot be counted. He brings an extremely high level of excellence and dedication to all of his volunteer efforts at Temple Beth El. We are so pleased to bestow this well-deserved honor on Barry Podolsky. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Dr. Ora Meles\nRobin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazal Tov to Dr. Ora Meles who is the recipient of the 2022 Robin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award. It comes as no surprise that her peers nominated Dr. Meles. She is always willing to help her fellow teachers with pedagogic ideas\, classroom management strategies\, content resources\, online teaching techniques and meaningful ways to engage our teenage teaching assistants in the classroom.  Dr. Meles joined the Temple Beth El Religious School faculty in 1993 as a Hebrew and Judaics teacher. This year\, our curriculum has changed for both Judaics and Hebrew. Not only was Dr. Meles up for the challenge of creating new content for both\, she even agreed to teach two grade levels when hearing we were short staffed. She is the ultimate partner with her teaching teams\, always sharing her lesson plans and providing peer-to-peer professional development\, knowing that our school is stronger when all teachers feel confident and can reach their goals. Dr. Meles represents Temple Beth El in the Partnership 2Gether Twinning project through the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County that connects our students to peers living in Zichron Yaacov\, our sister city in Israel. After serving in the Israeli Defense Forces as an officer\, Dr. Meles came to South Florida to start her teaching career. She holds a Masters in Multicultural Education and a PhD in Philosophy of Educational Leadership.  She was a 5th grade teacher at Del Prado\, a middle school teacher at Odyssey Middle School and is now a Program Planner in the Department of Professional Development for the School District of Palm Beach County. We are so proud and honored to have Dr. Ora Meles start her 30th year with Temple Beth El’s Religious School this fall.
URL:https://tbeboca.org/event/beth-el-circles-mah-jongg-circle-meeting/2023-05-30/
LOCATION:FL
CATEGORIES:Beth El Circles
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://tbeboca.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Circles-Graphics-e1670441472148.webp
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230527T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230527T103000
DTSTAMP:20230619T154500Z
CREATED:20220621T151104Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230619T154500Z
UID:10001743-1685179800-1685183400@tbeboca.org
SUMMARY:Torah Study with Rabbi Dan Levin
DESCRIPTION:Please help us honor our outstanding volunteers and professionals as we celebrate this past year at Temple Beth El. We invite you to join us on a culinary Asian journey through our Great Hallway with stops in Japan\, China\, and Thailand! Destination selections to include warm edamame\, Japanese salad with ginger dressing\, Gyoza\, Vegetarian fried rice\, beef with broccoli\, Thai papaya salad\, Vegan Tofu pad thai\, crispy spring rolls and more! 6:00 pm Dinner selection6:30 pm Annual Meeting in Social Hall Agenda for the Annual meeting includes:Confirm the slate for the 2022-2023 Board of TrusteesPresent the 2022-2023 Operating BudgetPresent the John Rogers Award for Exemplary Professional Service to Aileen SpilkaPresent the Joseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award to Barry PodolskyPresent the Robin L. Eisenberg Learning and Living Award to Dr. Ora Meles Adults: $29\, Children ages 5 -13: $16\, Children under 5: FreePrices increase to $34/$19 after May 26\, 2022. Registration for dinner is closed\, but members may still attend the Annual Meeting which begins at 6:30 pm.Register The Annual Meeting is generously sponsored by Toshiba Business Systems. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n					About our Award Winners				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Aileen Spilka\nJohn Rogers Staff Award For Exemplary Professional Service				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazel Tov to Aileen Spilka the recipient of the 2022 John Rogers Staff Award for Exemplary Professional Service\, recognizing her consistent demonstration of superior performance\, and a willingness to go above and beyond what is asked of her.  Aileen joined the Beth El staff in 2013 as a Development Associate supporting the Temple’s fundraising efforts.  Aileen held that position for two and half years\, and in 2016 transitioned to the clergy office where she quickly became incredibly valuable as Clergy Senior Associate supporting the administrative needs of our rabbis and cantors. Aileen is the quintessential team player. She never hesitates to help others regardless of how busy she is. You will never hear Aileen say “no”.  Whatever is needed\, we can always count on her to say “yes” with a smile. Aileen also has a wonderful way of speaking with and helping our members\, particularly when they are dealing with a crisis or an end-of-life situation.  She is patient\, kind\, helpful and responsive.  It takes a special type of person to do what she does and she excels way beyond expectations day-in-and-day-out.  Aileen is also highly competent\, efficient\, professional and knowledgeable. She finds new and better ways of doing things and she has trained countless new hires on how we do things at Temple Beth El. We are so grateful for Aileen’s nine years of dedicated service to Beth El.  Congratulations Aileen on this well-deserved award! 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Barry Podolsky\nJoseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									We are proud to announce Barry Podolsky as the winner of this year’s Joseph Q.  Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism award. Barry and his wife Susan have been members of Temple Beth El for 35 years. They were both involved in leadership at Temple Sinai in North Miami; the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and the  Michael-Ann Russell JCC prior to moving to Boca Raton. Upon moving to Boca Raton in 1987\, they immersed themselves in Jewish life and committed themselves to leadership roles at Temple Beth El. Barry has served on the Board of Trustees in nearly every capacity – Trustee\, VP Religious Activities\, VP Finance (2x)\, Executive VP\, and President of the Board. Barry also chaired the fundraising efforts for two major capital campaigns – Building Tomorrow Today and Fulfilling the Promise. Between the two campaigns\, Barry was instrumental in helping to raise more than $30 million. Barry helped supervise the design and construction of the Beck Family Campus in 2009 and was integral to the design and construction of the renovations to the Schaefer Family Campus. Barry personally supervised the design and construction of the second phase of the Beck Family Campus construction in 2018\, including the two new classroom wings and the Kehilah Center. Barry has also been instrumental in the planning of the upcoming expansion of the Beth El Mausoleum\, and has worked to enhance nearly every facet of Temple Beth  El’s program and operations. Barry has worked to help develop and mentor other board members and future leaders of the Temple. The number of hours Barry has devoted to Temple Beth El truly cannot be counted. He brings an extremely high level of excellence and dedication to all of his volunteer efforts at Temple Beth El. We are so pleased to bestow this well-deserved honor on Barry Podolsky. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Dr. Ora Meles\nRobin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazal Tov to Dr. Ora Meles who is the recipient of the 2022 Robin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award. It comes as no surprise that her peers nominated Dr. Meles. She is always willing to help her fellow teachers with pedagogic ideas\, classroom management strategies\, content resources\, online teaching techniques and meaningful ways to engage our teenage teaching assistants in the classroom.  Dr. Meles joined the Temple Beth El Religious School faculty in 1993 as a Hebrew and Judaics teacher. This year\, our curriculum has changed for both Judaics and Hebrew. Not only was Dr. Meles up for the challenge of creating new content for both\, she even agreed to teach two grade levels when hearing we were short staffed. She is the ultimate partner with her teaching teams\, always sharing her lesson plans and providing peer-to-peer professional development\, knowing that our school is stronger when all teachers feel confident and can reach their goals. Dr. Meles represents Temple Beth El in the Partnership 2Gether Twinning project through the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County that connects our students to peers living in Zichron Yaacov\, our sister city in Israel. After serving in the Israeli Defense Forces as an officer\, Dr. Meles came to South Florida to start her teaching career. She holds a Masters in Multicultural Education and a PhD in Philosophy of Educational Leadership.  She was a 5th grade teacher at Del Prado\, a middle school teacher at Odyssey Middle School and is now a Program Planner in the Department of Professional Development for the School District of Palm Beach County. We are so proud and honored to have Dr. Ora Meles start her 30th year with Temple Beth El’s Religious School this fall.
URL:https://tbeboca.org/event/torah-study-2022-2023/2023-05-27/
LOCATION:Temple Beth El – Schaefer Family Campus\, 333 SW 4th Avenue\, Boca Raton\, FL\, 33432\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Programs & Education,Shabbat & Holidays
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://tbeboca.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2023-Torah-Study-Dan.webp
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230427T091500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230427T170000
DTSTAMP:20230412T125552Z
CREATED:20230207T184124Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230412T125552Z
UID:10001961-1682586900-1682614800@tbeboca.org
SUMMARY:Art All Day
DESCRIPTION:Please help us honor our outstanding volunteers and professionals as we celebrate this past year at Temple Beth El. We invite you to join us on a culinary Asian journey through our Great Hallway with stops in Japan\, China\, and Thailand! Destination selections to include warm edamame\, Japanese salad with ginger dressing\, Gyoza\, Vegetarian fried rice\, beef with broccoli\, Thai papaya salad\, Vegan Tofu pad thai\, crispy spring rolls and more! 6:00 pm Dinner selection6:30 pm Annual Meeting in Social Hall Agenda for the Annual meeting includes:Confirm the slate for the 2022-2023 Board of TrusteesPresent the 2022-2023 Operating BudgetPresent the John Rogers Award for Exemplary Professional Service to Aileen SpilkaPresent the Joseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award to Barry PodolskyPresent the Robin L. Eisenberg Learning and Living Award to Dr. Ora Meles Adults: $29\, Children ages 5 -13: $16\, Children under 5: FreePrices increase to $34/$19 after May 26\, 2022. Registration for dinner is closed\, but members may still attend the Annual Meeting which begins at 6:30 pm.Register The Annual Meeting is generously sponsored by Toshiba Business Systems. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n					About our Award Winners				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Aileen Spilka\nJohn Rogers Staff Award For Exemplary Professional Service				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazel Tov to Aileen Spilka the recipient of the 2022 John Rogers Staff Award for Exemplary Professional Service\, recognizing her consistent demonstration of superior performance\, and a willingness to go above and beyond what is asked of her.  Aileen joined the Beth El staff in 2013 as a Development Associate supporting the Temple’s fundraising efforts.  Aileen held that position for two and half years\, and in 2016 transitioned to the clergy office where she quickly became incredibly valuable as Clergy Senior Associate supporting the administrative needs of our rabbis and cantors. Aileen is the quintessential team player. She never hesitates to help others regardless of how busy she is. You will never hear Aileen say “no”.  Whatever is needed\, we can always count on her to say “yes” with a smile. Aileen also has a wonderful way of speaking with and helping our members\, particularly when they are dealing with a crisis or an end-of-life situation.  She is patient\, kind\, helpful and responsive.  It takes a special type of person to do what she does and she excels way beyond expectations day-in-and-day-out.  Aileen is also highly competent\, efficient\, professional and knowledgeable. She finds new and better ways of doing things and she has trained countless new hires on how we do things at Temple Beth El. We are so grateful for Aileen’s nine years of dedicated service to Beth El.  Congratulations Aileen on this well-deserved award! 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Barry Podolsky\nJoseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									We are proud to announce Barry Podolsky as the winner of this year’s Joseph Q.  Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism award. Barry and his wife Susan have been members of Temple Beth El for 35 years. They were both involved in leadership at Temple Sinai in North Miami; the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and the  Michael-Ann Russell JCC prior to moving to Boca Raton. Upon moving to Boca Raton in 1987\, they immersed themselves in Jewish life and committed themselves to leadership roles at Temple Beth El. Barry has served on the Board of Trustees in nearly every capacity – Trustee\, VP Religious Activities\, VP Finance (2x)\, Executive VP\, and President of the Board. Barry also chaired the fundraising efforts for two major capital campaigns – Building Tomorrow Today and Fulfilling the Promise. Between the two campaigns\, Barry was instrumental in helping to raise more than $30 million. Barry helped supervise the design and construction of the Beck Family Campus in 2009 and was integral to the design and construction of the renovations to the Schaefer Family Campus. Barry personally supervised the design and construction of the second phase of the Beck Family Campus construction in 2018\, including the two new classroom wings and the Kehilah Center. Barry has also been instrumental in the planning of the upcoming expansion of the Beth El Mausoleum\, and has worked to enhance nearly every facet of Temple Beth  El’s program and operations. Barry has worked to help develop and mentor other board members and future leaders of the Temple. The number of hours Barry has devoted to Temple Beth El truly cannot be counted. He brings an extremely high level of excellence and dedication to all of his volunteer efforts at Temple Beth El. We are so pleased to bestow this well-deserved honor on Barry Podolsky. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Dr. Ora Meles\nRobin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazal Tov to Dr. Ora Meles who is the recipient of the 2022 Robin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award. It comes as no surprise that her peers nominated Dr. Meles. She is always willing to help her fellow teachers with pedagogic ideas\, classroom management strategies\, content resources\, online teaching techniques and meaningful ways to engage our teenage teaching assistants in the classroom.  Dr. Meles joined the Temple Beth El Religious School faculty in 1993 as a Hebrew and Judaics teacher. This year\, our curriculum has changed for both Judaics and Hebrew. Not only was Dr. Meles up for the challenge of creating new content for both\, she even agreed to teach two grade levels when hearing we were short staffed. She is the ultimate partner with her teaching teams\, always sharing her lesson plans and providing peer-to-peer professional development\, knowing that our school is stronger when all teachers feel confident and can reach their goals. Dr. Meles represents Temple Beth El in the Partnership 2Gether Twinning project through the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County that connects our students to peers living in Zichron Yaacov\, our sister city in Israel. After serving in the Israeli Defense Forces as an officer\, Dr. Meles came to South Florida to start her teaching career. She holds a Masters in Multicultural Education and a PhD in Philosophy of Educational Leadership.  She was a 5th grade teacher at Del Prado\, a middle school teacher at Odyssey Middle School and is now a Program Planner in the Department of Professional Development for the School District of Palm Beach County. We are so proud and honored to have Dr. Ora Meles start her 30th year with Temple Beth El’s Religious School this fall.
URL:https://tbeboca.org/event/art-all-day/
LOCATION:FL
CATEGORIES:Adult Programs & Education
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230420T210000
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SUMMARY:"Nathan-ism" Documentary Film Discussion with Nancy Spielberg and Elan Golod
DESCRIPTION:Please help us honor our outstanding volunteers and professionals as we celebrate this past year at Temple Beth El. We invite you to join us on a culinary Asian journey through our Great Hallway with stops in Japan\, China\, and Thailand! Destination selections to include warm edamame\, Japanese salad with ginger dressing\, Gyoza\, Vegetarian fried rice\, beef with broccoli\, Thai papaya salad\, Vegan Tofu pad thai\, crispy spring rolls and more! 6:00 pm Dinner selection6:30 pm Annual Meeting in Social Hall Agenda for the Annual meeting includes:Confirm the slate for the 2022-2023 Board of TrusteesPresent the 2022-2023 Operating BudgetPresent the John Rogers Award for Exemplary Professional Service to Aileen SpilkaPresent the Joseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award to Barry PodolskyPresent the Robin L. Eisenberg Learning and Living Award to Dr. Ora Meles Adults: $29\, Children ages 5 -13: $16\, Children under 5: FreePrices increase to $34/$19 after May 26\, 2022. Registration for dinner is closed\, but members may still attend the Annual Meeting which begins at 6:30 pm.Register The Annual Meeting is generously sponsored by Toshiba Business Systems. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n					About our Award Winners				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Aileen Spilka\nJohn Rogers Staff Award For Exemplary Professional Service				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazel Tov to Aileen Spilka the recipient of the 2022 John Rogers Staff Award for Exemplary Professional Service\, recognizing her consistent demonstration of superior performance\, and a willingness to go above and beyond what is asked of her.  Aileen joined the Beth El staff in 2013 as a Development Associate supporting the Temple’s fundraising efforts.  Aileen held that position for two and half years\, and in 2016 transitioned to the clergy office where she quickly became incredibly valuable as Clergy Senior Associate supporting the administrative needs of our rabbis and cantors. Aileen is the quintessential team player. She never hesitates to help others regardless of how busy she is. You will never hear Aileen say “no”.  Whatever is needed\, we can always count on her to say “yes” with a smile. Aileen also has a wonderful way of speaking with and helping our members\, particularly when they are dealing with a crisis or an end-of-life situation.  She is patient\, kind\, helpful and responsive.  It takes a special type of person to do what she does and she excels way beyond expectations day-in-and-day-out.  Aileen is also highly competent\, efficient\, professional and knowledgeable. She finds new and better ways of doing things and she has trained countless new hires on how we do things at Temple Beth El. We are so grateful for Aileen’s nine years of dedicated service to Beth El.  Congratulations Aileen on this well-deserved award! 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Barry Podolsky\nJoseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									We are proud to announce Barry Podolsky as the winner of this year’s Joseph Q.  Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism award. Barry and his wife Susan have been members of Temple Beth El for 35 years. They were both involved in leadership at Temple Sinai in North Miami; the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and the  Michael-Ann Russell JCC prior to moving to Boca Raton. Upon moving to Boca Raton in 1987\, they immersed themselves in Jewish life and committed themselves to leadership roles at Temple Beth El. Barry has served on the Board of Trustees in nearly every capacity – Trustee\, VP Religious Activities\, VP Finance (2x)\, Executive VP\, and President of the Board. Barry also chaired the fundraising efforts for two major capital campaigns – Building Tomorrow Today and Fulfilling the Promise. Between the two campaigns\, Barry was instrumental in helping to raise more than $30 million. Barry helped supervise the design and construction of the Beck Family Campus in 2009 and was integral to the design and construction of the renovations to the Schaefer Family Campus. Barry personally supervised the design and construction of the second phase of the Beck Family Campus construction in 2018\, including the two new classroom wings and the Kehilah Center. Barry has also been instrumental in the planning of the upcoming expansion of the Beth El Mausoleum\, and has worked to enhance nearly every facet of Temple Beth  El’s program and operations. Barry has worked to help develop and mentor other board members and future leaders of the Temple. The number of hours Barry has devoted to Temple Beth El truly cannot be counted. He brings an extremely high level of excellence and dedication to all of his volunteer efforts at Temple Beth El. We are so pleased to bestow this well-deserved honor on Barry Podolsky. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Dr. Ora Meles\nRobin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazal Tov to Dr. Ora Meles who is the recipient of the 2022 Robin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award. It comes as no surprise that her peers nominated Dr. Meles. She is always willing to help her fellow teachers with pedagogic ideas\, classroom management strategies\, content resources\, online teaching techniques and meaningful ways to engage our teenage teaching assistants in the classroom.  Dr. Meles joined the Temple Beth El Religious School faculty in 1993 as a Hebrew and Judaics teacher. This year\, our curriculum has changed for both Judaics and Hebrew. Not only was Dr. Meles up for the challenge of creating new content for both\, she even agreed to teach two grade levels when hearing we were short staffed. She is the ultimate partner with her teaching teams\, always sharing her lesson plans and providing peer-to-peer professional development\, knowing that our school is stronger when all teachers feel confident and can reach their goals. Dr. Meles represents Temple Beth El in the Partnership 2Gether Twinning project through the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County that connects our students to peers living in Zichron Yaacov\, our sister city in Israel. After serving in the Israeli Defense Forces as an officer\, Dr. Meles came to South Florida to start her teaching career. She holds a Masters in Multicultural Education and a PhD in Philosophy of Educational Leadership.  She was a 5th grade teacher at Del Prado\, a middle school teacher at Odyssey Middle School and is now a Program Planner in the Department of Professional Development for the School District of Palm Beach County. We are so proud and honored to have Dr. Ora Meles start her 30th year with Temple Beth El’s Religious School this fall.
URL:https://tbeboca.org/event/nathan-ism-documentary-premier-screening-with-nancy-spielberg-and-elan-golod/
LOCATION:Temple Beth El – Schaefer Family Campus\, 333 SW 4th Avenue\, Boca Raton\, FL\, 33432\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Programs & Education
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SUMMARY:Beth El Circles: Photography Circle Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Please help us honor our outstanding volunteers and professionals as we celebrate this past year at Temple Beth El. We invite you to join us on a culinary Asian journey through our Great Hallway with stops in Japan\, China\, and Thailand! Destination selections to include warm edamame\, Japanese salad with ginger dressing\, Gyoza\, Vegetarian fried rice\, beef with broccoli\, Thai papaya salad\, Vegan Tofu pad thai\, crispy spring rolls and more! 6:00 pm Dinner selection6:30 pm Annual Meeting in Social Hall Agenda for the Annual meeting includes:Confirm the slate for the 2022-2023 Board of TrusteesPresent the 2022-2023 Operating BudgetPresent the John Rogers Award for Exemplary Professional Service to Aileen SpilkaPresent the Joseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award to Barry PodolskyPresent the Robin L. Eisenberg Learning and Living Award to Dr. Ora Meles Adults: $29\, Children ages 5 -13: $16\, Children under 5: FreePrices increase to $34/$19 after May 26\, 2022. Registration for dinner is closed\, but members may still attend the Annual Meeting which begins at 6:30 pm.Register The Annual Meeting is generously sponsored by Toshiba Business Systems. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n					About our Award Winners				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Aileen Spilka\nJohn Rogers Staff Award For Exemplary Professional Service				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazel Tov to Aileen Spilka the recipient of the 2022 John Rogers Staff Award for Exemplary Professional Service\, recognizing her consistent demonstration of superior performance\, and a willingness to go above and beyond what is asked of her.  Aileen joined the Beth El staff in 2013 as a Development Associate supporting the Temple’s fundraising efforts.  Aileen held that position for two and half years\, and in 2016 transitioned to the clergy office where she quickly became incredibly valuable as Clergy Senior Associate supporting the administrative needs of our rabbis and cantors. Aileen is the quintessential team player. She never hesitates to help others regardless of how busy she is. You will never hear Aileen say “no”.  Whatever is needed\, we can always count on her to say “yes” with a smile. Aileen also has a wonderful way of speaking with and helping our members\, particularly when they are dealing with a crisis or an end-of-life situation.  She is patient\, kind\, helpful and responsive.  It takes a special type of person to do what she does and she excels way beyond expectations day-in-and-day-out.  Aileen is also highly competent\, efficient\, professional and knowledgeable. She finds new and better ways of doing things and she has trained countless new hires on how we do things at Temple Beth El. We are so grateful for Aileen’s nine years of dedicated service to Beth El.  Congratulations Aileen on this well-deserved award! 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Barry Podolsky\nJoseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									We are proud to announce Barry Podolsky as the winner of this year’s Joseph Q.  Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism award. Barry and his wife Susan have been members of Temple Beth El for 35 years. They were both involved in leadership at Temple Sinai in North Miami; the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and the  Michael-Ann Russell JCC prior to moving to Boca Raton. Upon moving to Boca Raton in 1987\, they immersed themselves in Jewish life and committed themselves to leadership roles at Temple Beth El. Barry has served on the Board of Trustees in nearly every capacity – Trustee\, VP Religious Activities\, VP Finance (2x)\, Executive VP\, and President of the Board. Barry also chaired the fundraising efforts for two major capital campaigns – Building Tomorrow Today and Fulfilling the Promise. Between the two campaigns\, Barry was instrumental in helping to raise more than $30 million. Barry helped supervise the design and construction of the Beck Family Campus in 2009 and was integral to the design and construction of the renovations to the Schaefer Family Campus. Barry personally supervised the design and construction of the second phase of the Beck Family Campus construction in 2018\, including the two new classroom wings and the Kehilah Center. Barry has also been instrumental in the planning of the upcoming expansion of the Beth El Mausoleum\, and has worked to enhance nearly every facet of Temple Beth  El’s program and operations. Barry has worked to help develop and mentor other board members and future leaders of the Temple. The number of hours Barry has devoted to Temple Beth El truly cannot be counted. He brings an extremely high level of excellence and dedication to all of his volunteer efforts at Temple Beth El. We are so pleased to bestow this well-deserved honor on Barry Podolsky. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Dr. Ora Meles\nRobin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazal Tov to Dr. Ora Meles who is the recipient of the 2022 Robin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award. It comes as no surprise that her peers nominated Dr. Meles. She is always willing to help her fellow teachers with pedagogic ideas\, classroom management strategies\, content resources\, online teaching techniques and meaningful ways to engage our teenage teaching assistants in the classroom.  Dr. Meles joined the Temple Beth El Religious School faculty in 1993 as a Hebrew and Judaics teacher. This year\, our curriculum has changed for both Judaics and Hebrew. Not only was Dr. Meles up for the challenge of creating new content for both\, she even agreed to teach two grade levels when hearing we were short staffed. She is the ultimate partner with her teaching teams\, always sharing her lesson plans and providing peer-to-peer professional development\, knowing that our school is stronger when all teachers feel confident and can reach their goals. Dr. Meles represents Temple Beth El in the Partnership 2Gether Twinning project through the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County that connects our students to peers living in Zichron Yaacov\, our sister city in Israel. After serving in the Israeli Defense Forces as an officer\, Dr. Meles came to South Florida to start her teaching career. She holds a Masters in Multicultural Education and a PhD in Philosophy of Educational Leadership.  She was a 5th grade teacher at Del Prado\, a middle school teacher at Odyssey Middle School and is now a Program Planner in the Department of Professional Development for the School District of Palm Beach County. We are so proud and honored to have Dr. Ora Meles start her 30th year with Temple Beth El’s Religious School this fall.
URL:https://tbeboca.org/event/beth-el-circles-photography-circle-meeting/
LOCATION:https://tbeboca.org/event/beth-el-circles-photography-circle-meeting/
CATEGORIES:Beth El Circles
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221223T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221223T210000
DTSTAMP:20251107T145348Z
CREATED:20221013T131617Z
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SUMMARY:Shabbat Evening Services: Chanukah Shabbat - A Celebration of Miracles!
DESCRIPTION:Please help us honor our outstanding volunteers and professionals as we celebrate this past year at Temple Beth El. We invite you to join us on a culinary Asian journey through our Great Hallway with stops in Japan\, China\, and Thailand! Destination selections to include warm edamame\, Japanese salad with ginger dressing\, Gyoza\, Vegetarian fried rice\, beef with broccoli\, Thai papaya salad\, Vegan Tofu pad thai\, crispy spring rolls and more! 6:00 pm Dinner selection6:30 pm Annual Meeting in Social Hall Agenda for the Annual meeting includes:Confirm the slate for the 2022-2023 Board of TrusteesPresent the 2022-2023 Operating BudgetPresent the John Rogers Award for Exemplary Professional Service to Aileen SpilkaPresent the Joseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award to Barry PodolskyPresent the Robin L. Eisenberg Learning and Living Award to Dr. Ora Meles Adults: $29\, Children ages 5 -13: $16\, Children under 5: FreePrices increase to $34/$19 after May 26\, 2022. Registration for dinner is closed\, but members may still attend the Annual Meeting which begins at 6:30 pm.Register The Annual Meeting is generously sponsored by Toshiba Business Systems. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n					About our Award Winners				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Aileen Spilka\nJohn Rogers Staff Award For Exemplary Professional Service				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazel Tov to Aileen Spilka the recipient of the 2022 John Rogers Staff Award for Exemplary Professional Service\, recognizing her consistent demonstration of superior performance\, and a willingness to go above and beyond what is asked of her.  Aileen joined the Beth El staff in 2013 as a Development Associate supporting the Temple’s fundraising efforts.  Aileen held that position for two and half years\, and in 2016 transitioned to the clergy office where she quickly became incredibly valuable as Clergy Senior Associate supporting the administrative needs of our rabbis and cantors. Aileen is the quintessential team player. She never hesitates to help others regardless of how busy she is. You will never hear Aileen say “no”.  Whatever is needed\, we can always count on her to say “yes” with a smile. Aileen also has a wonderful way of speaking with and helping our members\, particularly when they are dealing with a crisis or an end-of-life situation.  She is patient\, kind\, helpful and responsive.  It takes a special type of person to do what she does and she excels way beyond expectations day-in-and-day-out.  Aileen is also highly competent\, efficient\, professional and knowledgeable. She finds new and better ways of doing things and she has trained countless new hires on how we do things at Temple Beth El. We are so grateful for Aileen’s nine years of dedicated service to Beth El.  Congratulations Aileen on this well-deserved award! 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Barry Podolsky\nJoseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									We are proud to announce Barry Podolsky as the winner of this year’s Joseph Q.  Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism award. Barry and his wife Susan have been members of Temple Beth El for 35 years. They were both involved in leadership at Temple Sinai in North Miami; the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and the  Michael-Ann Russell JCC prior to moving to Boca Raton. Upon moving to Boca Raton in 1987\, they immersed themselves in Jewish life and committed themselves to leadership roles at Temple Beth El. Barry has served on the Board of Trustees in nearly every capacity – Trustee\, VP Religious Activities\, VP Finance (2x)\, Executive VP\, and President of the Board. Barry also chaired the fundraising efforts for two major capital campaigns – Building Tomorrow Today and Fulfilling the Promise. Between the two campaigns\, Barry was instrumental in helping to raise more than $30 million. Barry helped supervise the design and construction of the Beck Family Campus in 2009 and was integral to the design and construction of the renovations to the Schaefer Family Campus. Barry personally supervised the design and construction of the second phase of the Beck Family Campus construction in 2018\, including the two new classroom wings and the Kehilah Center. Barry has also been instrumental in the planning of the upcoming expansion of the Beth El Mausoleum\, and has worked to enhance nearly every facet of Temple Beth  El’s program and operations. Barry has worked to help develop and mentor other board members and future leaders of the Temple. The number of hours Barry has devoted to Temple Beth El truly cannot be counted. He brings an extremely high level of excellence and dedication to all of his volunteer efforts at Temple Beth El. We are so pleased to bestow this well-deserved honor on Barry Podolsky. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Dr. Ora Meles\nRobin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazal Tov to Dr. Ora Meles who is the recipient of the 2022 Robin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award. It comes as no surprise that her peers nominated Dr. Meles. She is always willing to help her fellow teachers with pedagogic ideas\, classroom management strategies\, content resources\, online teaching techniques and meaningful ways to engage our teenage teaching assistants in the classroom.  Dr. Meles joined the Temple Beth El Religious School faculty in 1993 as a Hebrew and Judaics teacher. This year\, our curriculum has changed for both Judaics and Hebrew. Not only was Dr. Meles up for the challenge of creating new content for both\, she even agreed to teach two grade levels when hearing we were short staffed. She is the ultimate partner with her teaching teams\, always sharing her lesson plans and providing peer-to-peer professional development\, knowing that our school is stronger when all teachers feel confident and can reach their goals. Dr. Meles represents Temple Beth El in the Partnership 2Gether Twinning project through the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County that connects our students to peers living in Zichron Yaacov\, our sister city in Israel. After serving in the Israeli Defense Forces as an officer\, Dr. Meles came to South Florida to start her teaching career. She holds a Masters in Multicultural Education and a PhD in Philosophy of Educational Leadership.  She was a 5th grade teacher at Del Prado\, a middle school teacher at Odyssey Middle School and is now a Program Planner in the Department of Professional Development for the School District of Palm Beach County. We are so proud and honored to have Dr. Ora Meles start her 30th year with Temple Beth El’s Religious School this fall.
URL:https://tbeboca.org/event/shabbat-evening-services-chanukah-shabbat-a-celebration-of-miracles/
LOCATION:Temple Beth El – Schaefer Family Campus\, 333 SW 4th Avenue\, Boca Raton\, FL\, 33432\, United States
CATEGORIES:Chanukah,In-Person Events,Shabbat & Holidays,Virtual Event
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SUMMARY:Beth El Circles: Technology - Today and Tomorrow Circle Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Please help us honor our outstanding volunteers and professionals as we celebrate this past year at Temple Beth El. We invite you to join us on a culinary Asian journey through our Great Hallway with stops in Japan\, China\, and Thailand! Destination selections to include warm edamame\, Japanese salad with ginger dressing\, Gyoza\, Vegetarian fried rice\, beef with broccoli\, Thai papaya salad\, Vegan Tofu pad thai\, crispy spring rolls and more! 6:00 pm Dinner selection6:30 pm Annual Meeting in Social Hall Agenda for the Annual meeting includes:Confirm the slate for the 2022-2023 Board of TrusteesPresent the 2022-2023 Operating BudgetPresent the John Rogers Award for Exemplary Professional Service to Aileen SpilkaPresent the Joseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award to Barry PodolskyPresent the Robin L. Eisenberg Learning and Living Award to Dr. Ora Meles Adults: $29\, Children ages 5 -13: $16\, Children under 5: FreePrices increase to $34/$19 after May 26\, 2022. Registration for dinner is closed\, but members may still attend the Annual Meeting which begins at 6:30 pm.Register The Annual Meeting is generously sponsored by Toshiba Business Systems. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n					About our Award Winners				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Aileen Spilka\nJohn Rogers Staff Award For Exemplary Professional Service				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazel Tov to Aileen Spilka the recipient of the 2022 John Rogers Staff Award for Exemplary Professional Service\, recognizing her consistent demonstration of superior performance\, and a willingness to go above and beyond what is asked of her.  Aileen joined the Beth El staff in 2013 as a Development Associate supporting the Temple’s fundraising efforts.  Aileen held that position for two and half years\, and in 2016 transitioned to the clergy office where she quickly became incredibly valuable as Clergy Senior Associate supporting the administrative needs of our rabbis and cantors. Aileen is the quintessential team player. She never hesitates to help others regardless of how busy she is. You will never hear Aileen say “no”.  Whatever is needed\, we can always count on her to say “yes” with a smile. Aileen also has a wonderful way of speaking with and helping our members\, particularly when they are dealing with a crisis or an end-of-life situation.  She is patient\, kind\, helpful and responsive.  It takes a special type of person to do what she does and she excels way beyond expectations day-in-and-day-out.  Aileen is also highly competent\, efficient\, professional and knowledgeable. She finds new and better ways of doing things and she has trained countless new hires on how we do things at Temple Beth El. We are so grateful for Aileen’s nine years of dedicated service to Beth El.  Congratulations Aileen on this well-deserved award! 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Barry Podolsky\nJoseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									We are proud to announce Barry Podolsky as the winner of this year’s Joseph Q.  Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism award. Barry and his wife Susan have been members of Temple Beth El for 35 years. They were both involved in leadership at Temple Sinai in North Miami; the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and the  Michael-Ann Russell JCC prior to moving to Boca Raton. Upon moving to Boca Raton in 1987\, they immersed themselves in Jewish life and committed themselves to leadership roles at Temple Beth El. Barry has served on the Board of Trustees in nearly every capacity – Trustee\, VP Religious Activities\, VP Finance (2x)\, Executive VP\, and President of the Board. Barry also chaired the fundraising efforts for two major capital campaigns – Building Tomorrow Today and Fulfilling the Promise. Between the two campaigns\, Barry was instrumental in helping to raise more than $30 million. Barry helped supervise the design and construction of the Beck Family Campus in 2009 and was integral to the design and construction of the renovations to the Schaefer Family Campus. Barry personally supervised the design and construction of the second phase of the Beck Family Campus construction in 2018\, including the two new classroom wings and the Kehilah Center. Barry has also been instrumental in the planning of the upcoming expansion of the Beth El Mausoleum\, and has worked to enhance nearly every facet of Temple Beth  El’s program and operations. Barry has worked to help develop and mentor other board members and future leaders of the Temple. The number of hours Barry has devoted to Temple Beth El truly cannot be counted. He brings an extremely high level of excellence and dedication to all of his volunteer efforts at Temple Beth El. We are so pleased to bestow this well-deserved honor on Barry Podolsky. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Dr. Ora Meles\nRobin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazal Tov to Dr. Ora Meles who is the recipient of the 2022 Robin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award. It comes as no surprise that her peers nominated Dr. Meles. She is always willing to help her fellow teachers with pedagogic ideas\, classroom management strategies\, content resources\, online teaching techniques and meaningful ways to engage our teenage teaching assistants in the classroom.  Dr. Meles joined the Temple Beth El Religious School faculty in 1993 as a Hebrew and Judaics teacher. This year\, our curriculum has changed for both Judaics and Hebrew. Not only was Dr. Meles up for the challenge of creating new content for both\, she even agreed to teach two grade levels when hearing we were short staffed. She is the ultimate partner with her teaching teams\, always sharing her lesson plans and providing peer-to-peer professional development\, knowing that our school is stronger when all teachers feel confident and can reach their goals. Dr. Meles represents Temple Beth El in the Partnership 2Gether Twinning project through the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County that connects our students to peers living in Zichron Yaacov\, our sister city in Israel. After serving in the Israeli Defense Forces as an officer\, Dr. Meles came to South Florida to start her teaching career. She holds a Masters in Multicultural Education and a PhD in Philosophy of Educational Leadership.  She was a 5th grade teacher at Del Prado\, a middle school teacher at Odyssey Middle School and is now a Program Planner in the Department of Professional Development for the School District of Palm Beach County. We are so proud and honored to have Dr. Ora Meles start her 30th year with Temple Beth El’s Religious School this fall.
URL:https://tbeboca.org/event/beth-el-circles-technology-today-and-tomorrow-circle-meeting-6/
LOCATION:FL
CATEGORIES:Beth El Circles
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://tbeboca.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/technology-event-graphic-e1670441400177.webp
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220902
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221001
DTSTAMP:20220908T172404Z
CREATED:20220907T152153Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220908T172404Z
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SUMMARY:Boca Helps Ukraine
DESCRIPTION:Please help us honor our outstanding volunteers and professionals as we celebrate this past year at Temple Beth El. We invite you to join us on a culinary Asian journey through our Great Hallway with stops in Japan\, China\, and Thailand! Destination selections to include warm edamame\, Japanese salad with ginger dressing\, Gyoza\, Vegetarian fried rice\, beef with broccoli\, Thai papaya salad\, Vegan Tofu pad thai\, crispy spring rolls and more! 6:00 pm Dinner selection6:30 pm Annual Meeting in Social Hall Agenda for the Annual meeting includes:Confirm the slate for the 2022-2023 Board of TrusteesPresent the 2022-2023 Operating BudgetPresent the John Rogers Award for Exemplary Professional Service to Aileen SpilkaPresent the Joseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award to Barry PodolskyPresent the Robin L. Eisenberg Learning and Living Award to Dr. Ora Meles Adults: $29\, Children ages 5 -13: $16\, Children under 5: FreePrices increase to $34/$19 after May 26\, 2022. Registration for dinner is closed\, but members may still attend the Annual Meeting which begins at 6:30 pm.Register The Annual Meeting is generously sponsored by Toshiba Business Systems. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n					About our Award Winners				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Aileen Spilka\nJohn Rogers Staff Award For Exemplary Professional Service				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazel Tov to Aileen Spilka the recipient of the 2022 John Rogers Staff Award for Exemplary Professional Service\, recognizing her consistent demonstration of superior performance\, and a willingness to go above and beyond what is asked of her.  Aileen joined the Beth El staff in 2013 as a Development Associate supporting the Temple’s fundraising efforts.  Aileen held that position for two and half years\, and in 2016 transitioned to the clergy office where she quickly became incredibly valuable as Clergy Senior Associate supporting the administrative needs of our rabbis and cantors. Aileen is the quintessential team player. She never hesitates to help others regardless of how busy she is. You will never hear Aileen say “no”.  Whatever is needed\, we can always count on her to say “yes” with a smile. Aileen also has a wonderful way of speaking with and helping our members\, particularly when they are dealing with a crisis or an end-of-life situation.  She is patient\, kind\, helpful and responsive.  It takes a special type of person to do what she does and she excels way beyond expectations day-in-and-day-out.  Aileen is also highly competent\, efficient\, professional and knowledgeable. She finds new and better ways of doing things and she has trained countless new hires on how we do things at Temple Beth El. We are so grateful for Aileen’s nine years of dedicated service to Beth El.  Congratulations Aileen on this well-deserved award! 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Barry Podolsky\nJoseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									We are proud to announce Barry Podolsky as the winner of this year’s Joseph Q.  Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism award. Barry and his wife Susan have been members of Temple Beth El for 35 years. They were both involved in leadership at Temple Sinai in North Miami; the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and the  Michael-Ann Russell JCC prior to moving to Boca Raton. Upon moving to Boca Raton in 1987\, they immersed themselves in Jewish life and committed themselves to leadership roles at Temple Beth El. Barry has served on the Board of Trustees in nearly every capacity – Trustee\, VP Religious Activities\, VP Finance (2x)\, Executive VP\, and President of the Board. Barry also chaired the fundraising efforts for two major capital campaigns – Building Tomorrow Today and Fulfilling the Promise. Between the two campaigns\, Barry was instrumental in helping to raise more than $30 million. Barry helped supervise the design and construction of the Beck Family Campus in 2009 and was integral to the design and construction of the renovations to the Schaefer Family Campus. Barry personally supervised the design and construction of the second phase of the Beck Family Campus construction in 2018\, including the two new classroom wings and the Kehilah Center. Barry has also been instrumental in the planning of the upcoming expansion of the Beth El Mausoleum\, and has worked to enhance nearly every facet of Temple Beth  El’s program and operations. Barry has worked to help develop and mentor other board members and future leaders of the Temple. The number of hours Barry has devoted to Temple Beth El truly cannot be counted. He brings an extremely high level of excellence and dedication to all of his volunteer efforts at Temple Beth El. We are so pleased to bestow this well-deserved honor on Barry Podolsky. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Dr. Ora Meles\nRobin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazal Tov to Dr. Ora Meles who is the recipient of the 2022 Robin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award. It comes as no surprise that her peers nominated Dr. Meles. She is always willing to help her fellow teachers with pedagogic ideas\, classroom management strategies\, content resources\, online teaching techniques and meaningful ways to engage our teenage teaching assistants in the classroom.  Dr. Meles joined the Temple Beth El Religious School faculty in 1993 as a Hebrew and Judaics teacher. This year\, our curriculum has changed for both Judaics and Hebrew. Not only was Dr. Meles up for the challenge of creating new content for both\, she even agreed to teach two grade levels when hearing we were short staffed. She is the ultimate partner with her teaching teams\, always sharing her lesson plans and providing peer-to-peer professional development\, knowing that our school is stronger when all teachers feel confident and can reach their goals. Dr. Meles represents Temple Beth El in the Partnership 2Gether Twinning project through the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County that connects our students to peers living in Zichron Yaacov\, our sister city in Israel. After serving in the Israeli Defense Forces as an officer\, Dr. Meles came to South Florida to start her teaching career. She holds a Masters in Multicultural Education and a PhD in Philosophy of Educational Leadership.  She was a 5th grade teacher at Del Prado\, a middle school teacher at Odyssey Middle School and is now a Program Planner in the Department of Professional Development for the School District of Palm Beach County. We are so proud and honored to have Dr. Ora Meles start her 30th year with Temple Beth El’s Religious School this fall.
URL:https://tbeboca.org/event/boca-helps-ukraine/
LOCATION:FL
CATEGORIES:Social Justice
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://tbeboca.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Boca-Helps-Ukraine-logo.webp
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220819T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220820T190000
DTSTAMP:20230814T143832Z
CREATED:20220809T195427Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230814T143832Z
UID:10001770-1660930200-1661022000@tbeboca.org
SUMMARY:Beth El Circles: LGBTQ+ Circle Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Please help us honor our outstanding volunteers and professionals as we celebrate this past year at Temple Beth El. We invite you to join us on a culinary Asian journey through our Great Hallway with stops in Japan\, China\, and Thailand! Destination selections to include warm edamame\, Japanese salad with ginger dressing\, Gyoza\, Vegetarian fried rice\, beef with broccoli\, Thai papaya salad\, Vegan Tofu pad thai\, crispy spring rolls and more! 6:00 pm Dinner selection6:30 pm Annual Meeting in Social Hall Agenda for the Annual meeting includes:Confirm the slate for the 2022-2023 Board of TrusteesPresent the 2022-2023 Operating BudgetPresent the John Rogers Award for Exemplary Professional Service to Aileen SpilkaPresent the Joseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award to Barry PodolskyPresent the Robin L. Eisenberg Learning and Living Award to Dr. Ora Meles Adults: $29\, Children ages 5 -13: $16\, Children under 5: FreePrices increase to $34/$19 after May 26\, 2022. Registration for dinner is closed\, but members may still attend the Annual Meeting which begins at 6:30 pm.Register The Annual Meeting is generously sponsored by Toshiba Business Systems. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n					About our Award Winners				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Aileen Spilka\nJohn Rogers Staff Award For Exemplary Professional Service				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazel Tov to Aileen Spilka the recipient of the 2022 John Rogers Staff Award for Exemplary Professional Service\, recognizing her consistent demonstration of superior performance\, and a willingness to go above and beyond what is asked of her.  Aileen joined the Beth El staff in 2013 as a Development Associate supporting the Temple’s fundraising efforts.  Aileen held that position for two and half years\, and in 2016 transitioned to the clergy office where she quickly became incredibly valuable as Clergy Senior Associate supporting the administrative needs of our rabbis and cantors. Aileen is the quintessential team player. She never hesitates to help others regardless of how busy she is. You will never hear Aileen say “no”.  Whatever is needed\, we can always count on her to say “yes” with a smile. Aileen also has a wonderful way of speaking with and helping our members\, particularly when they are dealing with a crisis or an end-of-life situation.  She is patient\, kind\, helpful and responsive.  It takes a special type of person to do what she does and she excels way beyond expectations day-in-and-day-out.  Aileen is also highly competent\, efficient\, professional and knowledgeable. She finds new and better ways of doing things and she has trained countless new hires on how we do things at Temple Beth El. We are so grateful for Aileen’s nine years of dedicated service to Beth El.  Congratulations Aileen on this well-deserved award! 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Barry Podolsky\nJoseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									We are proud to announce Barry Podolsky as the winner of this year’s Joseph Q.  Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism award. Barry and his wife Susan have been members of Temple Beth El for 35 years. They were both involved in leadership at Temple Sinai in North Miami; the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and the  Michael-Ann Russell JCC prior to moving to Boca Raton. Upon moving to Boca Raton in 1987\, they immersed themselves in Jewish life and committed themselves to leadership roles at Temple Beth El. Barry has served on the Board of Trustees in nearly every capacity – Trustee\, VP Religious Activities\, VP Finance (2x)\, Executive VP\, and President of the Board. Barry also chaired the fundraising efforts for two major capital campaigns – Building Tomorrow Today and Fulfilling the Promise. Between the two campaigns\, Barry was instrumental in helping to raise more than $30 million. Barry helped supervise the design and construction of the Beck Family Campus in 2009 and was integral to the design and construction of the renovations to the Schaefer Family Campus. Barry personally supervised the design and construction of the second phase of the Beck Family Campus construction in 2018\, including the two new classroom wings and the Kehilah Center. Barry has also been instrumental in the planning of the upcoming expansion of the Beth El Mausoleum\, and has worked to enhance nearly every facet of Temple Beth  El’s program and operations. Barry has worked to help develop and mentor other board members and future leaders of the Temple. The number of hours Barry has devoted to Temple Beth El truly cannot be counted. He brings an extremely high level of excellence and dedication to all of his volunteer efforts at Temple Beth El. We are so pleased to bestow this well-deserved honor on Barry Podolsky. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Dr. Ora Meles\nRobin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazal Tov to Dr. Ora Meles who is the recipient of the 2022 Robin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award. It comes as no surprise that her peers nominated Dr. Meles. She is always willing to help her fellow teachers with pedagogic ideas\, classroom management strategies\, content resources\, online teaching techniques and meaningful ways to engage our teenage teaching assistants in the classroom.  Dr. Meles joined the Temple Beth El Religious School faculty in 1993 as a Hebrew and Judaics teacher. This year\, our curriculum has changed for both Judaics and Hebrew. Not only was Dr. Meles up for the challenge of creating new content for both\, she even agreed to teach two grade levels when hearing we were short staffed. She is the ultimate partner with her teaching teams\, always sharing her lesson plans and providing peer-to-peer professional development\, knowing that our school is stronger when all teachers feel confident and can reach their goals. Dr. Meles represents Temple Beth El in the Partnership 2Gether Twinning project through the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County that connects our students to peers living in Zichron Yaacov\, our sister city in Israel. After serving in the Israeli Defense Forces as an officer\, Dr. Meles came to South Florida to start her teaching career. She holds a Masters in Multicultural Education and a PhD in Philosophy of Educational Leadership.  She was a 5th grade teacher at Del Prado\, a middle school teacher at Odyssey Middle School and is now a Program Planner in the Department of Professional Development for the School District of Palm Beach County. We are so proud and honored to have Dr. Ora Meles start her 30th year with Temple Beth El’s Religious School this fall.
URL:https://tbeboca.org/event/beth-el-circles-lgbtq-circle-meeting-4/
LOCATION:Temple Beth El – Schaefer Family Campus\, 333 SW 4th Avenue\, Boca Raton\, FL\, 33432\, United States
CATEGORIES:Beth El Circles
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://tbeboca.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/LGBTQ-event-graphic-e1670441107602.webp
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220602T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220602T200000
DTSTAMP:20220531T132118Z
CREATED:20220413T171350Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220531T132118Z
UID:10001340-1654192800-1654200000@tbeboca.org
SUMMARY:Annual Meeting and Dinner - "A Taste of Asian Cuisine"
DESCRIPTION:Please help us honor our outstanding volunteers and professionals as we celebrate this past year at Temple Beth El. We invite you to join us on a culinary Asian journey through our Great Hallway with stops in Japan\, China\, and Thailand! Destination selections to include warm edamame\, Japanese salad with ginger dressing\, Gyoza\, Vegetarian fried rice\, beef with broccoli\, Thai papaya salad\, Vegan Tofu pad thai\, crispy spring rolls and more! 6:00 pm Dinner selection6:30 pm Annual Meeting in Social Hall Agenda for the Annual meeting includes:Confirm the slate for the 2022-2023 Board of TrusteesPresent the 2022-2023 Operating BudgetPresent the John Rogers Award for Exemplary Professional Service to Aileen SpilkaPresent the Joseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award to Barry PodolskyPresent the Robin L. Eisenberg Learning and Living Award to Dr. Ora Meles Adults: $29\, Children ages 5 -13: $16\, Children under 5: FreePrices increase to $34/$19 after May 26\, 2022. Registration for dinner is closed\, but members may still attend the Annual Meeting which begins at 6:30 pm.Register The Annual Meeting is generously sponsored by Toshiba Business Systems. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n					About our Award Winners				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Aileen Spilka\nJohn Rogers Staff Award For Exemplary Professional Service				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazel Tov to Aileen Spilka the recipient of the 2022 John Rogers Staff Award for Exemplary Professional Service\, recognizing her consistent demonstration of superior performance\, and a willingness to go above and beyond what is asked of her.  Aileen joined the Beth El staff in 2013 as a Development Associate supporting the Temple’s fundraising efforts.  Aileen held that position for two and half years\, and in 2016 transitioned to the clergy office where she quickly became incredibly valuable as Clergy Senior Associate supporting the administrative needs of our rabbis and cantors. Aileen is the quintessential team player. She never hesitates to help others regardless of how busy she is. You will never hear Aileen say “no”.  Whatever is needed\, we can always count on her to say “yes” with a smile. Aileen also has a wonderful way of speaking with and helping our members\, particularly when they are dealing with a crisis or an end-of-life situation.  She is patient\, kind\, helpful and responsive.  It takes a special type of person to do what she does and she excels way beyond expectations day-in-and-day-out.  Aileen is also highly competent\, efficient\, professional and knowledgeable. She finds new and better ways of doing things and she has trained countless new hires on how we do things at Temple Beth El. We are so grateful for Aileen’s nine years of dedicated service to Beth El.  Congratulations Aileen on this well-deserved award! 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Barry Podolsky\nJoseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									We are proud to announce Barry Podolsky as the winner of this year’s Joseph Q.  Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism award. Barry and his wife Susan have been members of Temple Beth El for 35 years. They were both involved in leadership at Temple Sinai in North Miami; the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and the  Michael-Ann Russell JCC prior to moving to Boca Raton. Upon moving to Boca Raton in 1987\, they immersed themselves in Jewish life and committed themselves to leadership roles at Temple Beth El. Barry has served on the Board of Trustees in nearly every capacity – Trustee\, VP Religious Activities\, VP Finance (2x)\, Executive VP\, and President of the Board. Barry also chaired the fundraising efforts for two major capital campaigns – Building Tomorrow Today and Fulfilling the Promise. Between the two campaigns\, Barry was instrumental in helping to raise more than $30 million. Barry helped supervise the design and construction of the Beck Family Campus in 2009 and was integral to the design and construction of the renovations to the Schaefer Family Campus. Barry personally supervised the design and construction of the second phase of the Beck Family Campus construction in 2018\, including the two new classroom wings and the Kehilah Center. Barry has also been instrumental in the planning of the upcoming expansion of the Beth El Mausoleum\, and has worked to enhance nearly every facet of Temple Beth  El’s program and operations. Barry has worked to help develop and mentor other board members and future leaders of the Temple. The number of hours Barry has devoted to Temple Beth El truly cannot be counted. He brings an extremely high level of excellence and dedication to all of his volunteer efforts at Temple Beth El. We are so pleased to bestow this well-deserved honor on Barry Podolsky. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Dr. Ora Meles\nRobin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazal Tov to Dr. Ora Meles who is the recipient of the 2022 Robin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award. It comes as no surprise that her peers nominated Dr. Meles. She is always willing to help her fellow teachers with pedagogic ideas\, classroom management strategies\, content resources\, online teaching techniques and meaningful ways to engage our teenage teaching assistants in the classroom.  Dr. Meles joined the Temple Beth El Religious School faculty in 1993 as a Hebrew and Judaics teacher. This year\, our curriculum has changed for both Judaics and Hebrew. Not only was Dr. Meles up for the challenge of creating new content for both\, she even agreed to teach two grade levels when hearing we were short staffed. She is the ultimate partner with her teaching teams\, always sharing her lesson plans and providing peer-to-peer professional development\, knowing that our school is stronger when all teachers feel confident and can reach their goals. Dr. Meles represents Temple Beth El in the Partnership 2Gether Twinning project through the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County that connects our students to peers living in Zichron Yaacov\, our sister city in Israel. After serving in the Israeli Defense Forces as an officer\, Dr. Meles came to South Florida to start her teaching career. She holds a Masters in Multicultural Education and a PhD in Philosophy of Educational Leadership.  She was a 5th grade teacher at Del Prado\, a middle school teacher at Odyssey Middle School and is now a Program Planner in the Department of Professional Development for the School District of Palm Beach County. We are so proud and honored to have Dr. Ora Meles start her 30th year with Temple Beth El’s Religious School this fall.
URL:https://tbeboca.org/event/annual-meeting-and-dinner-2022/
LOCATION:Temple Beth El – Schaefer Family Campus\, 333 SW 4th Avenue\, Boca Raton\, FL\, 33432\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Programs & Education
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://tbeboca.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Annual-Meeting-2022.webp
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220428T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220428T190000
DTSTAMP:20230814T144351Z
CREATED:20220404T175116Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230814T144351Z
UID:10001559-1651168800-1651172400@tbeboca.org
SUMMARY:Beth El Circles: Singles Circle Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Please help us honor our outstanding volunteers and professionals as we celebrate this past year at Temple Beth El. We invite you to join us on a culinary Asian journey through our Great Hallway with stops in Japan\, China\, and Thailand! Destination selections to include warm edamame\, Japanese salad with ginger dressing\, Gyoza\, Vegetarian fried rice\, beef with broccoli\, Thai papaya salad\, Vegan Tofu pad thai\, crispy spring rolls and more! 6:00 pm Dinner selection6:30 pm Annual Meeting in Social Hall Agenda for the Annual meeting includes:Confirm the slate for the 2022-2023 Board of TrusteesPresent the 2022-2023 Operating BudgetPresent the John Rogers Award for Exemplary Professional Service to Aileen SpilkaPresent the Joseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award to Barry PodolskyPresent the Robin L. Eisenberg Learning and Living Award to Dr. Ora Meles Adults: $29\, Children ages 5 -13: $16\, Children under 5: FreePrices increase to $34/$19 after May 26\, 2022. Registration for dinner is closed\, but members may still attend the Annual Meeting which begins at 6:30 pm.Register The Annual Meeting is generously sponsored by Toshiba Business Systems. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n					About our Award Winners				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Aileen Spilka\nJohn Rogers Staff Award For Exemplary Professional Service				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazel Tov to Aileen Spilka the recipient of the 2022 John Rogers Staff Award for Exemplary Professional Service\, recognizing her consistent demonstration of superior performance\, and a willingness to go above and beyond what is asked of her.  Aileen joined the Beth El staff in 2013 as a Development Associate supporting the Temple’s fundraising efforts.  Aileen held that position for two and half years\, and in 2016 transitioned to the clergy office where she quickly became incredibly valuable as Clergy Senior Associate supporting the administrative needs of our rabbis and cantors. Aileen is the quintessential team player. She never hesitates to help others regardless of how busy she is. You will never hear Aileen say “no”.  Whatever is needed\, we can always count on her to say “yes” with a smile. Aileen also has a wonderful way of speaking with and helping our members\, particularly when they are dealing with a crisis or an end-of-life situation.  She is patient\, kind\, helpful and responsive.  It takes a special type of person to do what she does and she excels way beyond expectations day-in-and-day-out.  Aileen is also highly competent\, efficient\, professional and knowledgeable. She finds new and better ways of doing things and she has trained countless new hires on how we do things at Temple Beth El. We are so grateful for Aileen’s nine years of dedicated service to Beth El.  Congratulations Aileen on this well-deserved award! 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Barry Podolsky\nJoseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									We are proud to announce Barry Podolsky as the winner of this year’s Joseph Q.  Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism award. Barry and his wife Susan have been members of Temple Beth El for 35 years. They were both involved in leadership at Temple Sinai in North Miami; the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and the  Michael-Ann Russell JCC prior to moving to Boca Raton. Upon moving to Boca Raton in 1987\, they immersed themselves in Jewish life and committed themselves to leadership roles at Temple Beth El. Barry has served on the Board of Trustees in nearly every capacity – Trustee\, VP Religious Activities\, VP Finance (2x)\, Executive VP\, and President of the Board. Barry also chaired the fundraising efforts for two major capital campaigns – Building Tomorrow Today and Fulfilling the Promise. Between the two campaigns\, Barry was instrumental in helping to raise more than $30 million. Barry helped supervise the design and construction of the Beck Family Campus in 2009 and was integral to the design and construction of the renovations to the Schaefer Family Campus. Barry personally supervised the design and construction of the second phase of the Beck Family Campus construction in 2018\, including the two new classroom wings and the Kehilah Center. Barry has also been instrumental in the planning of the upcoming expansion of the Beth El Mausoleum\, and has worked to enhance nearly every facet of Temple Beth  El’s program and operations. Barry has worked to help develop and mentor other board members and future leaders of the Temple. The number of hours Barry has devoted to Temple Beth El truly cannot be counted. He brings an extremely high level of excellence and dedication to all of his volunteer efforts at Temple Beth El. We are so pleased to bestow this well-deserved honor on Barry Podolsky. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Dr. Ora Meles\nRobin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazal Tov to Dr. Ora Meles who is the recipient of the 2022 Robin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award. It comes as no surprise that her peers nominated Dr. Meles. She is always willing to help her fellow teachers with pedagogic ideas\, classroom management strategies\, content resources\, online teaching techniques and meaningful ways to engage our teenage teaching assistants in the classroom.  Dr. Meles joined the Temple Beth El Religious School faculty in 1993 as a Hebrew and Judaics teacher. This year\, our curriculum has changed for both Judaics and Hebrew. Not only was Dr. Meles up for the challenge of creating new content for both\, she even agreed to teach two grade levels when hearing we were short staffed. She is the ultimate partner with her teaching teams\, always sharing her lesson plans and providing peer-to-peer professional development\, knowing that our school is stronger when all teachers feel confident and can reach their goals. Dr. Meles represents Temple Beth El in the Partnership 2Gether Twinning project through the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County that connects our students to peers living in Zichron Yaacov\, our sister city in Israel. After serving in the Israeli Defense Forces as an officer\, Dr. Meles came to South Florida to start her teaching career. She holds a Masters in Multicultural Education and a PhD in Philosophy of Educational Leadership.  She was a 5th grade teacher at Del Prado\, a middle school teacher at Odyssey Middle School and is now a Program Planner in the Department of Professional Development for the School District of Palm Beach County. We are so proud and honored to have Dr. Ora Meles start her 30th year with Temple Beth El’s Religious School this fall.
URL:https://tbeboca.org/event/beth-el-circles-singles-circle-meeting-4/
LOCATION:FL
CATEGORIES:Beth El Circles
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220426T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220426T213000
DTSTAMP:20230814T143843Z
CREATED:20230410T171304Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230814T143843Z
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SUMMARY:Beth El Circles: Israel Circle Meeting with Speaker Alex Bruner
DESCRIPTION:Please help us honor our outstanding volunteers and professionals as we celebrate this past year at Temple Beth El. We invite you to join us on a culinary Asian journey through our Great Hallway with stops in Japan\, China\, and Thailand! Destination selections to include warm edamame\, Japanese salad with ginger dressing\, Gyoza\, Vegetarian fried rice\, beef with broccoli\, Thai papaya salad\, Vegan Tofu pad thai\, crispy spring rolls and more! 6:00 pm Dinner selection6:30 pm Annual Meeting in Social Hall Agenda for the Annual meeting includes:Confirm the slate for the 2022-2023 Board of TrusteesPresent the 2022-2023 Operating BudgetPresent the John Rogers Award for Exemplary Professional Service to Aileen SpilkaPresent the Joseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award to Barry PodolskyPresent the Robin L. Eisenberg Learning and Living Award to Dr. Ora Meles Adults: $29\, Children ages 5 -13: $16\, Children under 5: FreePrices increase to $34/$19 after May 26\, 2022. Registration for dinner is closed\, but members may still attend the Annual Meeting which begins at 6:30 pm.Register The Annual Meeting is generously sponsored by Toshiba Business Systems. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n					About our Award Winners				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Aileen Spilka\nJohn Rogers Staff Award For Exemplary Professional Service				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazel Tov to Aileen Spilka the recipient of the 2022 John Rogers Staff Award for Exemplary Professional Service\, recognizing her consistent demonstration of superior performance\, and a willingness to go above and beyond what is asked of her.  Aileen joined the Beth El staff in 2013 as a Development Associate supporting the Temple’s fundraising efforts.  Aileen held that position for two and half years\, and in 2016 transitioned to the clergy office where she quickly became incredibly valuable as Clergy Senior Associate supporting the administrative needs of our rabbis and cantors. Aileen is the quintessential team player. She never hesitates to help others regardless of how busy she is. You will never hear Aileen say “no”.  Whatever is needed\, we can always count on her to say “yes” with a smile. Aileen also has a wonderful way of speaking with and helping our members\, particularly when they are dealing with a crisis or an end-of-life situation.  She is patient\, kind\, helpful and responsive.  It takes a special type of person to do what she does and she excels way beyond expectations day-in-and-day-out.  Aileen is also highly competent\, efficient\, professional and knowledgeable. She finds new and better ways of doing things and she has trained countless new hires on how we do things at Temple Beth El. We are so grateful for Aileen’s nine years of dedicated service to Beth El.  Congratulations Aileen on this well-deserved award! 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Barry Podolsky\nJoseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									We are proud to announce Barry Podolsky as the winner of this year’s Joseph Q.  Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism award. Barry and his wife Susan have been members of Temple Beth El for 35 years. They were both involved in leadership at Temple Sinai in North Miami; the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and the  Michael-Ann Russell JCC prior to moving to Boca Raton. Upon moving to Boca Raton in 1987\, they immersed themselves in Jewish life and committed themselves to leadership roles at Temple Beth El. Barry has served on the Board of Trustees in nearly every capacity – Trustee\, VP Religious Activities\, VP Finance (2x)\, Executive VP\, and President of the Board. Barry also chaired the fundraising efforts for two major capital campaigns – Building Tomorrow Today and Fulfilling the Promise. Between the two campaigns\, Barry was instrumental in helping to raise more than $30 million. Barry helped supervise the design and construction of the Beck Family Campus in 2009 and was integral to the design and construction of the renovations to the Schaefer Family Campus. Barry personally supervised the design and construction of the second phase of the Beck Family Campus construction in 2018\, including the two new classroom wings and the Kehilah Center. Barry has also been instrumental in the planning of the upcoming expansion of the Beth El Mausoleum\, and has worked to enhance nearly every facet of Temple Beth  El’s program and operations. Barry has worked to help develop and mentor other board members and future leaders of the Temple. The number of hours Barry has devoted to Temple Beth El truly cannot be counted. He brings an extremely high level of excellence and dedication to all of his volunteer efforts at Temple Beth El. We are so pleased to bestow this well-deserved honor on Barry Podolsky. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Dr. Ora Meles\nRobin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazal Tov to Dr. Ora Meles who is the recipient of the 2022 Robin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award. It comes as no surprise that her peers nominated Dr. Meles. She is always willing to help her fellow teachers with pedagogic ideas\, classroom management strategies\, content resources\, online teaching techniques and meaningful ways to engage our teenage teaching assistants in the classroom.  Dr. Meles joined the Temple Beth El Religious School faculty in 1993 as a Hebrew and Judaics teacher. This year\, our curriculum has changed for both Judaics and Hebrew. Not only was Dr. Meles up for the challenge of creating new content for both\, she even agreed to teach two grade levels when hearing we were short staffed. She is the ultimate partner with her teaching teams\, always sharing her lesson plans and providing peer-to-peer professional development\, knowing that our school is stronger when all teachers feel confident and can reach their goals. Dr. Meles represents Temple Beth El in the Partnership 2Gether Twinning project through the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County that connects our students to peers living in Zichron Yaacov\, our sister city in Israel. After serving in the Israeli Defense Forces as an officer\, Dr. Meles came to South Florida to start her teaching career. She holds a Masters in Multicultural Education and a PhD in Philosophy of Educational Leadership.  She was a 5th grade teacher at Del Prado\, a middle school teacher at Odyssey Middle School and is now a Program Planner in the Department of Professional Development for the School District of Palm Beach County. We are so proud and honored to have Dr. Ora Meles start her 30th year with Temple Beth El’s Religious School this fall.
URL:https://tbeboca.org/event/beth-el-circles-israel-circle-meeting-with-speaker-alex-bruner/2022-04-26/
LOCATION:https://tbeboca.org/event/beth-el-circles-israel-circle-meeting-with-speaker-alex-bruner/2022-04-26/
CATEGORIES:Beth El Circles
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220416T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220416T200000
DTSTAMP:20251107T145350Z
CREATED:20220208T214031Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251107T145350Z
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SUMMARY:Second Night Passover Seder with Rabbi Dan Levin and Cantor Lori Brock
DESCRIPTION:Please help us honor our outstanding volunteers and professionals as we celebrate this past year at Temple Beth El. We invite you to join us on a culinary Asian journey through our Great Hallway with stops in Japan\, China\, and Thailand! Destination selections to include warm edamame\, Japanese salad with ginger dressing\, Gyoza\, Vegetarian fried rice\, beef with broccoli\, Thai papaya salad\, Vegan Tofu pad thai\, crispy spring rolls and more! 6:00 pm Dinner selection6:30 pm Annual Meeting in Social Hall Agenda for the Annual meeting includes:Confirm the slate for the 2022-2023 Board of TrusteesPresent the 2022-2023 Operating BudgetPresent the John Rogers Award for Exemplary Professional Service to Aileen SpilkaPresent the Joseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award to Barry PodolskyPresent the Robin L. Eisenberg Learning and Living Award to Dr. Ora Meles Adults: $29\, Children ages 5 -13: $16\, Children under 5: FreePrices increase to $34/$19 after May 26\, 2022. Registration for dinner is closed\, but members may still attend the Annual Meeting which begins at 6:30 pm.Register The Annual Meeting is generously sponsored by Toshiba Business Systems. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n					About our Award Winners				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Aileen Spilka\nJohn Rogers Staff Award For Exemplary Professional Service				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazel Tov to Aileen Spilka the recipient of the 2022 John Rogers Staff Award for Exemplary Professional Service\, recognizing her consistent demonstration of superior performance\, and a willingness to go above and beyond what is asked of her.  Aileen joined the Beth El staff in 2013 as a Development Associate supporting the Temple’s fundraising efforts.  Aileen held that position for two and half years\, and in 2016 transitioned to the clergy office where she quickly became incredibly valuable as Clergy Senior Associate supporting the administrative needs of our rabbis and cantors. Aileen is the quintessential team player. She never hesitates to help others regardless of how busy she is. You will never hear Aileen say “no”.  Whatever is needed\, we can always count on her to say “yes” with a smile. Aileen also has a wonderful way of speaking with and helping our members\, particularly when they are dealing with a crisis or an end-of-life situation.  She is patient\, kind\, helpful and responsive.  It takes a special type of person to do what she does and she excels way beyond expectations day-in-and-day-out.  Aileen is also highly competent\, efficient\, professional and knowledgeable. She finds new and better ways of doing things and she has trained countless new hires on how we do things at Temple Beth El. We are so grateful for Aileen’s nine years of dedicated service to Beth El.  Congratulations Aileen on this well-deserved award! 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Barry Podolsky\nJoseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									We are proud to announce Barry Podolsky as the winner of this year’s Joseph Q.  Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism award. Barry and his wife Susan have been members of Temple Beth El for 35 years. They were both involved in leadership at Temple Sinai in North Miami; the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and the  Michael-Ann Russell JCC prior to moving to Boca Raton. Upon moving to Boca Raton in 1987\, they immersed themselves in Jewish life and committed themselves to leadership roles at Temple Beth El. Barry has served on the Board of Trustees in nearly every capacity – Trustee\, VP Religious Activities\, VP Finance (2x)\, Executive VP\, and President of the Board. Barry also chaired the fundraising efforts for two major capital campaigns – Building Tomorrow Today and Fulfilling the Promise. Between the two campaigns\, Barry was instrumental in helping to raise more than $30 million. Barry helped supervise the design and construction of the Beck Family Campus in 2009 and was integral to the design and construction of the renovations to the Schaefer Family Campus. Barry personally supervised the design and construction of the second phase of the Beck Family Campus construction in 2018\, including the two new classroom wings and the Kehilah Center. Barry has also been instrumental in the planning of the upcoming expansion of the Beth El Mausoleum\, and has worked to enhance nearly every facet of Temple Beth  El’s program and operations. Barry has worked to help develop and mentor other board members and future leaders of the Temple. The number of hours Barry has devoted to Temple Beth El truly cannot be counted. He brings an extremely high level of excellence and dedication to all of his volunteer efforts at Temple Beth El. We are so pleased to bestow this well-deserved honor on Barry Podolsky. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Dr. Ora Meles\nRobin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazal Tov to Dr. Ora Meles who is the recipient of the 2022 Robin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award. It comes as no surprise that her peers nominated Dr. Meles. She is always willing to help her fellow teachers with pedagogic ideas\, classroom management strategies\, content resources\, online teaching techniques and meaningful ways to engage our teenage teaching assistants in the classroom.  Dr. Meles joined the Temple Beth El Religious School faculty in 1993 as a Hebrew and Judaics teacher. This year\, our curriculum has changed for both Judaics and Hebrew. Not only was Dr. Meles up for the challenge of creating new content for both\, she even agreed to teach two grade levels when hearing we were short staffed. She is the ultimate partner with her teaching teams\, always sharing her lesson plans and providing peer-to-peer professional development\, knowing that our school is stronger when all teachers feel confident and can reach their goals. Dr. Meles represents Temple Beth El in the Partnership 2Gether Twinning project through the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County that connects our students to peers living in Zichron Yaacov\, our sister city in Israel. After serving in the Israeli Defense Forces as an officer\, Dr. Meles came to South Florida to start her teaching career. She holds a Masters in Multicultural Education and a PhD in Philosophy of Educational Leadership.  She was a 5th grade teacher at Del Prado\, a middle school teacher at Odyssey Middle School and is now a Program Planner in the Department of Professional Development for the School District of Palm Beach County. We are so proud and honored to have Dr. Ora Meles start her 30th year with Temple Beth El’s Religious School this fall.
URL:https://tbeboca.org/event/second-night-passover-seder-2022/
LOCATION:Temple Beth El – Schaefer Family Campus\, 333 SW 4th Avenue\, Boca Raton\, FL\, 33432\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Shabbat & Holidays
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220414T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220414T210000
DTSTAMP:20220323T201112Z
CREATED:20220215T153336Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220323T201112Z
UID:10001529-1649959200-1649970000@tbeboca.org
SUMMARY:Brotherhood: Men's Humor "Seder"
DESCRIPTION:Please help us honor our outstanding volunteers and professionals as we celebrate this past year at Temple Beth El. We invite you to join us on a culinary Asian journey through our Great Hallway with stops in Japan\, China\, and Thailand! Destination selections to include warm edamame\, Japanese salad with ginger dressing\, Gyoza\, Vegetarian fried rice\, beef with broccoli\, Thai papaya salad\, Vegan Tofu pad thai\, crispy spring rolls and more! 6:00 pm Dinner selection6:30 pm Annual Meeting in Social Hall Agenda for the Annual meeting includes:Confirm the slate for the 2022-2023 Board of TrusteesPresent the 2022-2023 Operating BudgetPresent the John Rogers Award for Exemplary Professional Service to Aileen SpilkaPresent the Joseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award to Barry PodolskyPresent the Robin L. Eisenberg Learning and Living Award to Dr. Ora Meles Adults: $29\, Children ages 5 -13: $16\, Children under 5: FreePrices increase to $34/$19 after May 26\, 2022. Registration for dinner is closed\, but members may still attend the Annual Meeting which begins at 6:30 pm.Register The Annual Meeting is generously sponsored by Toshiba Business Systems. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n					About our Award Winners				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Aileen Spilka\nJohn Rogers Staff Award For Exemplary Professional Service				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazel Tov to Aileen Spilka the recipient of the 2022 John Rogers Staff Award for Exemplary Professional Service\, recognizing her consistent demonstration of superior performance\, and a willingness to go above and beyond what is asked of her.  Aileen joined the Beth El staff in 2013 as a Development Associate supporting the Temple’s fundraising efforts.  Aileen held that position for two and half years\, and in 2016 transitioned to the clergy office where she quickly became incredibly valuable as Clergy Senior Associate supporting the administrative needs of our rabbis and cantors. Aileen is the quintessential team player. She never hesitates to help others regardless of how busy she is. You will never hear Aileen say “no”.  Whatever is needed\, we can always count on her to say “yes” with a smile. Aileen also has a wonderful way of speaking with and helping our members\, particularly when they are dealing with a crisis or an end-of-life situation.  She is patient\, kind\, helpful and responsive.  It takes a special type of person to do what she does and she excels way beyond expectations day-in-and-day-out.  Aileen is also highly competent\, efficient\, professional and knowledgeable. She finds new and better ways of doing things and she has trained countless new hires on how we do things at Temple Beth El. We are so grateful for Aileen’s nine years of dedicated service to Beth El.  Congratulations Aileen on this well-deserved award! 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Barry Podolsky\nJoseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									We are proud to announce Barry Podolsky as the winner of this year’s Joseph Q.  Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism award. Barry and his wife Susan have been members of Temple Beth El for 35 years. They were both involved in leadership at Temple Sinai in North Miami; the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and the  Michael-Ann Russell JCC prior to moving to Boca Raton. Upon moving to Boca Raton in 1987\, they immersed themselves in Jewish life and committed themselves to leadership roles at Temple Beth El. Barry has served on the Board of Trustees in nearly every capacity – Trustee\, VP Religious Activities\, VP Finance (2x)\, Executive VP\, and President of the Board. Barry also chaired the fundraising efforts for two major capital campaigns – Building Tomorrow Today and Fulfilling the Promise. Between the two campaigns\, Barry was instrumental in helping to raise more than $30 million. Barry helped supervise the design and construction of the Beck Family Campus in 2009 and was integral to the design and construction of the renovations to the Schaefer Family Campus. Barry personally supervised the design and construction of the second phase of the Beck Family Campus construction in 2018\, including the two new classroom wings and the Kehilah Center. Barry has also been instrumental in the planning of the upcoming expansion of the Beth El Mausoleum\, and has worked to enhance nearly every facet of Temple Beth  El’s program and operations. Barry has worked to help develop and mentor other board members and future leaders of the Temple. The number of hours Barry has devoted to Temple Beth El truly cannot be counted. He brings an extremely high level of excellence and dedication to all of his volunteer efforts at Temple Beth El. We are so pleased to bestow this well-deserved honor on Barry Podolsky. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Dr. Ora Meles\nRobin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazal Tov to Dr. Ora Meles who is the recipient of the 2022 Robin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award. It comes as no surprise that her peers nominated Dr. Meles. She is always willing to help her fellow teachers with pedagogic ideas\, classroom management strategies\, content resources\, online teaching techniques and meaningful ways to engage our teenage teaching assistants in the classroom.  Dr. Meles joined the Temple Beth El Religious School faculty in 1993 as a Hebrew and Judaics teacher. This year\, our curriculum has changed for both Judaics and Hebrew. Not only was Dr. Meles up for the challenge of creating new content for both\, she even agreed to teach two grade levels when hearing we were short staffed. She is the ultimate partner with her teaching teams\, always sharing her lesson plans and providing peer-to-peer professional development\, knowing that our school is stronger when all teachers feel confident and can reach their goals. Dr. Meles represents Temple Beth El in the Partnership 2Gether Twinning project through the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County that connects our students to peers living in Zichron Yaacov\, our sister city in Israel. After serving in the Israeli Defense Forces as an officer\, Dr. Meles came to South Florida to start her teaching career. She holds a Masters in Multicultural Education and a PhD in Philosophy of Educational Leadership.  She was a 5th grade teacher at Del Prado\, a middle school teacher at Odyssey Middle School and is now a Program Planner in the Department of Professional Development for the School District of Palm Beach County. We are so proud and honored to have Dr. Ora Meles start her 30th year with Temple Beth El’s Religious School this fall.
URL:https://tbeboca.org/event/brotherhood-mens-humor-seder/
LOCATION:Temple Beth El – Schaefer Family Campus\, 333 SW 4th Avenue\, Boca Raton\, FL\, 33432\, United States
CATEGORIES:Brotherhood,Passover
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220412T190000
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UID:10001558-1649786400-1649790000@tbeboca.org
SUMMARY:Beth El Circles: Israel Circle Meeting with Speaker Alex Bruner
DESCRIPTION:Please help us honor our outstanding volunteers and professionals as we celebrate this past year at Temple Beth El. We invite you to join us on a culinary Asian journey through our Great Hallway with stops in Japan\, China\, and Thailand! Destination selections to include warm edamame\, Japanese salad with ginger dressing\, Gyoza\, Vegetarian fried rice\, beef with broccoli\, Thai papaya salad\, Vegan Tofu pad thai\, crispy spring rolls and more! 6:00 pm Dinner selection6:30 pm Annual Meeting in Social Hall Agenda for the Annual meeting includes:Confirm the slate for the 2022-2023 Board of TrusteesPresent the 2022-2023 Operating BudgetPresent the John Rogers Award for Exemplary Professional Service to Aileen SpilkaPresent the Joseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award to Barry PodolskyPresent the Robin L. Eisenberg Learning and Living Award to Dr. Ora Meles Adults: $29\, Children ages 5 -13: $16\, Children under 5: FreePrices increase to $34/$19 after May 26\, 2022. Registration for dinner is closed\, but members may still attend the Annual Meeting which begins at 6:30 pm.Register The Annual Meeting is generously sponsored by Toshiba Business Systems. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n					About our Award Winners				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Aileen Spilka\nJohn Rogers Staff Award For Exemplary Professional Service				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazel Tov to Aileen Spilka the recipient of the 2022 John Rogers Staff Award for Exemplary Professional Service\, recognizing her consistent demonstration of superior performance\, and a willingness to go above and beyond what is asked of her.  Aileen joined the Beth El staff in 2013 as a Development Associate supporting the Temple’s fundraising efforts.  Aileen held that position for two and half years\, and in 2016 transitioned to the clergy office where she quickly became incredibly valuable as Clergy Senior Associate supporting the administrative needs of our rabbis and cantors. Aileen is the quintessential team player. She never hesitates to help others regardless of how busy she is. You will never hear Aileen say “no”.  Whatever is needed\, we can always count on her to say “yes” with a smile. Aileen also has a wonderful way of speaking with and helping our members\, particularly when they are dealing with a crisis or an end-of-life situation.  She is patient\, kind\, helpful and responsive.  It takes a special type of person to do what she does and she excels way beyond expectations day-in-and-day-out.  Aileen is also highly competent\, efficient\, professional and knowledgeable. She finds new and better ways of doing things and she has trained countless new hires on how we do things at Temple Beth El. We are so grateful for Aileen’s nine years of dedicated service to Beth El.  Congratulations Aileen on this well-deserved award! 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Barry Podolsky\nJoseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									We are proud to announce Barry Podolsky as the winner of this year’s Joseph Q.  Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism award. Barry and his wife Susan have been members of Temple Beth El for 35 years. They were both involved in leadership at Temple Sinai in North Miami; the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and the  Michael-Ann Russell JCC prior to moving to Boca Raton. Upon moving to Boca Raton in 1987\, they immersed themselves in Jewish life and committed themselves to leadership roles at Temple Beth El. Barry has served on the Board of Trustees in nearly every capacity – Trustee\, VP Religious Activities\, VP Finance (2x)\, Executive VP\, and President of the Board. Barry also chaired the fundraising efforts for two major capital campaigns – Building Tomorrow Today and Fulfilling the Promise. Between the two campaigns\, Barry was instrumental in helping to raise more than $30 million. Barry helped supervise the design and construction of the Beck Family Campus in 2009 and was integral to the design and construction of the renovations to the Schaefer Family Campus. Barry personally supervised the design and construction of the second phase of the Beck Family Campus construction in 2018\, including the two new classroom wings and the Kehilah Center. Barry has also been instrumental in the planning of the upcoming expansion of the Beth El Mausoleum\, and has worked to enhance nearly every facet of Temple Beth  El’s program and operations. Barry has worked to help develop and mentor other board members and future leaders of the Temple. The number of hours Barry has devoted to Temple Beth El truly cannot be counted. He brings an extremely high level of excellence and dedication to all of his volunteer efforts at Temple Beth El. We are so pleased to bestow this well-deserved honor on Barry Podolsky. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Dr. Ora Meles\nRobin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazal Tov to Dr. Ora Meles who is the recipient of the 2022 Robin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award. It comes as no surprise that her peers nominated Dr. Meles. She is always willing to help her fellow teachers with pedagogic ideas\, classroom management strategies\, content resources\, online teaching techniques and meaningful ways to engage our teenage teaching assistants in the classroom.  Dr. Meles joined the Temple Beth El Religious School faculty in 1993 as a Hebrew and Judaics teacher. This year\, our curriculum has changed for both Judaics and Hebrew. Not only was Dr. Meles up for the challenge of creating new content for both\, she even agreed to teach two grade levels when hearing we were short staffed. She is the ultimate partner with her teaching teams\, always sharing her lesson plans and providing peer-to-peer professional development\, knowing that our school is stronger when all teachers feel confident and can reach their goals. Dr. Meles represents Temple Beth El in the Partnership 2Gether Twinning project through the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County that connects our students to peers living in Zichron Yaacov\, our sister city in Israel. After serving in the Israeli Defense Forces as an officer\, Dr. Meles came to South Florida to start her teaching career. She holds a Masters in Multicultural Education and a PhD in Philosophy of Educational Leadership.  She was a 5th grade teacher at Del Prado\, a middle school teacher at Odyssey Middle School and is now a Program Planner in the Department of Professional Development for the School District of Palm Beach County. We are so proud and honored to have Dr. Ora Meles start her 30th year with Temple Beth El’s Religious School this fall.
URL:https://tbeboca.org/event/beth-el-circles-israel-circle-meeting-with-speaker-alex-bruner-3/
LOCATION:https://tbeboca.org/event/beth-el-circles-israel-circle-meeting-with-speaker-alex-bruner-3/
CATEGORIES:Beth El Circles
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://tbeboca.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/israel-event-graphic-e1670441360749.webp
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220405T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220405T210000
DTSTAMP:20220323T201326Z
CREATED:20220214T202009Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220323T201326Z
UID:10001520-1649185200-1649192400@tbeboca.org
SUMMARY:Entrepreneur's Panel (Hosted by Brotherhood)
DESCRIPTION:Please help us honor our outstanding volunteers and professionals as we celebrate this past year at Temple Beth El. We invite you to join us on a culinary Asian journey through our Great Hallway with stops in Japan\, China\, and Thailand! Destination selections to include warm edamame\, Japanese salad with ginger dressing\, Gyoza\, Vegetarian fried rice\, beef with broccoli\, Thai papaya salad\, Vegan Tofu pad thai\, crispy spring rolls and more! 6:00 pm Dinner selection6:30 pm Annual Meeting in Social Hall Agenda for the Annual meeting includes:Confirm the slate for the 2022-2023 Board of TrusteesPresent the 2022-2023 Operating BudgetPresent the John Rogers Award for Exemplary Professional Service to Aileen SpilkaPresent the Joseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award to Barry PodolskyPresent the Robin L. Eisenberg Learning and Living Award to Dr. Ora Meles Adults: $29\, Children ages 5 -13: $16\, Children under 5: FreePrices increase to $34/$19 after May 26\, 2022. Registration for dinner is closed\, but members may still attend the Annual Meeting which begins at 6:30 pm.Register The Annual Meeting is generously sponsored by Toshiba Business Systems. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n					About our Award Winners				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Aileen Spilka\nJohn Rogers Staff Award For Exemplary Professional Service				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazel Tov to Aileen Spilka the recipient of the 2022 John Rogers Staff Award for Exemplary Professional Service\, recognizing her consistent demonstration of superior performance\, and a willingness to go above and beyond what is asked of her.  Aileen joined the Beth El staff in 2013 as a Development Associate supporting the Temple’s fundraising efforts.  Aileen held that position for two and half years\, and in 2016 transitioned to the clergy office where she quickly became incredibly valuable as Clergy Senior Associate supporting the administrative needs of our rabbis and cantors. Aileen is the quintessential team player. She never hesitates to help others regardless of how busy she is. You will never hear Aileen say “no”.  Whatever is needed\, we can always count on her to say “yes” with a smile. Aileen also has a wonderful way of speaking with and helping our members\, particularly when they are dealing with a crisis or an end-of-life situation.  She is patient\, kind\, helpful and responsive.  It takes a special type of person to do what she does and she excels way beyond expectations day-in-and-day-out.  Aileen is also highly competent\, efficient\, professional and knowledgeable. She finds new and better ways of doing things and she has trained countless new hires on how we do things at Temple Beth El. We are so grateful for Aileen’s nine years of dedicated service to Beth El.  Congratulations Aileen on this well-deserved award! 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Barry Podolsky\nJoseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									We are proud to announce Barry Podolsky as the winner of this year’s Joseph Q.  Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism award. Barry and his wife Susan have been members of Temple Beth El for 35 years. They were both involved in leadership at Temple Sinai in North Miami; the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and the  Michael-Ann Russell JCC prior to moving to Boca Raton. Upon moving to Boca Raton in 1987\, they immersed themselves in Jewish life and committed themselves to leadership roles at Temple Beth El. Barry has served on the Board of Trustees in nearly every capacity – Trustee\, VP Religious Activities\, VP Finance (2x)\, Executive VP\, and President of the Board. Barry also chaired the fundraising efforts for two major capital campaigns – Building Tomorrow Today and Fulfilling the Promise. Between the two campaigns\, Barry was instrumental in helping to raise more than $30 million. Barry helped supervise the design and construction of the Beck Family Campus in 2009 and was integral to the design and construction of the renovations to the Schaefer Family Campus. Barry personally supervised the design and construction of the second phase of the Beck Family Campus construction in 2018\, including the two new classroom wings and the Kehilah Center. Barry has also been instrumental in the planning of the upcoming expansion of the Beth El Mausoleum\, and has worked to enhance nearly every facet of Temple Beth  El’s program and operations. Barry has worked to help develop and mentor other board members and future leaders of the Temple. The number of hours Barry has devoted to Temple Beth El truly cannot be counted. He brings an extremely high level of excellence and dedication to all of his volunteer efforts at Temple Beth El. We are so pleased to bestow this well-deserved honor on Barry Podolsky. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Dr. Ora Meles\nRobin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazal Tov to Dr. Ora Meles who is the recipient of the 2022 Robin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award. It comes as no surprise that her peers nominated Dr. Meles. She is always willing to help her fellow teachers with pedagogic ideas\, classroom management strategies\, content resources\, online teaching techniques and meaningful ways to engage our teenage teaching assistants in the classroom.  Dr. Meles joined the Temple Beth El Religious School faculty in 1993 as a Hebrew and Judaics teacher. This year\, our curriculum has changed for both Judaics and Hebrew. Not only was Dr. Meles up for the challenge of creating new content for both\, she even agreed to teach two grade levels when hearing we were short staffed. She is the ultimate partner with her teaching teams\, always sharing her lesson plans and providing peer-to-peer professional development\, knowing that our school is stronger when all teachers feel confident and can reach their goals. Dr. Meles represents Temple Beth El in the Partnership 2Gether Twinning project through the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County that connects our students to peers living in Zichron Yaacov\, our sister city in Israel. After serving in the Israeli Defense Forces as an officer\, Dr. Meles came to South Florida to start her teaching career. She holds a Masters in Multicultural Education and a PhD in Philosophy of Educational Leadership.  She was a 5th grade teacher at Del Prado\, a middle school teacher at Odyssey Middle School and is now a Program Planner in the Department of Professional Development for the School District of Palm Beach County. We are so proud and honored to have Dr. Ora Meles start her 30th year with Temple Beth El’s Religious School this fall.
URL:https://tbeboca.org/event/brotherhood-entrepreneurs-panel/
LOCATION:Temple Beth El – Schaefer Family Campus\, 333 SW 4th Avenue\, Boca Raton\, FL\, 33432\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Programs & Education,Brotherhood
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220316T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220316T210000
DTSTAMP:20251107T145352Z
CREATED:20220214T200223Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251107T145352Z
UID:10001518-1647457200-1647464400@tbeboca.org
SUMMARY:Purim in the 80s!
DESCRIPTION:Please help us honor our outstanding volunteers and professionals as we celebrate this past year at Temple Beth El. We invite you to join us on a culinary Asian journey through our Great Hallway with stops in Japan\, China\, and Thailand! Destination selections to include warm edamame\, Japanese salad with ginger dressing\, Gyoza\, Vegetarian fried rice\, beef with broccoli\, Thai papaya salad\, Vegan Tofu pad thai\, crispy spring rolls and more! 6:00 pm Dinner selection6:30 pm Annual Meeting in Social Hall Agenda for the Annual meeting includes:Confirm the slate for the 2022-2023 Board of TrusteesPresent the 2022-2023 Operating BudgetPresent the John Rogers Award for Exemplary Professional Service to Aileen SpilkaPresent the Joseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award to Barry PodolskyPresent the Robin L. Eisenberg Learning and Living Award to Dr. Ora Meles Adults: $29\, Children ages 5 -13: $16\, Children under 5: FreePrices increase to $34/$19 after May 26\, 2022. Registration for dinner is closed\, but members may still attend the Annual Meeting which begins at 6:30 pm.Register The Annual Meeting is generously sponsored by Toshiba Business Systems. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n					About our Award Winners				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Aileen Spilka\nJohn Rogers Staff Award For Exemplary Professional Service				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazel Tov to Aileen Spilka the recipient of the 2022 John Rogers Staff Award for Exemplary Professional Service\, recognizing her consistent demonstration of superior performance\, and a willingness to go above and beyond what is asked of her.  Aileen joined the Beth El staff in 2013 as a Development Associate supporting the Temple’s fundraising efforts.  Aileen held that position for two and half years\, and in 2016 transitioned to the clergy office where she quickly became incredibly valuable as Clergy Senior Associate supporting the administrative needs of our rabbis and cantors. Aileen is the quintessential team player. She never hesitates to help others regardless of how busy she is. You will never hear Aileen say “no”.  Whatever is needed\, we can always count on her to say “yes” with a smile. Aileen also has a wonderful way of speaking with and helping our members\, particularly when they are dealing with a crisis or an end-of-life situation.  She is patient\, kind\, helpful and responsive.  It takes a special type of person to do what she does and she excels way beyond expectations day-in-and-day-out.  Aileen is also highly competent\, efficient\, professional and knowledgeable. She finds new and better ways of doing things and she has trained countless new hires on how we do things at Temple Beth El. We are so grateful for Aileen’s nine years of dedicated service to Beth El.  Congratulations Aileen on this well-deserved award! 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Barry Podolsky\nJoseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									We are proud to announce Barry Podolsky as the winner of this year’s Joseph Q.  Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism award. Barry and his wife Susan have been members of Temple Beth El for 35 years. They were both involved in leadership at Temple Sinai in North Miami; the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and the  Michael-Ann Russell JCC prior to moving to Boca Raton. Upon moving to Boca Raton in 1987\, they immersed themselves in Jewish life and committed themselves to leadership roles at Temple Beth El. Barry has served on the Board of Trustees in nearly every capacity – Trustee\, VP Religious Activities\, VP Finance (2x)\, Executive VP\, and President of the Board. Barry also chaired the fundraising efforts for two major capital campaigns – Building Tomorrow Today and Fulfilling the Promise. Between the two campaigns\, Barry was instrumental in helping to raise more than $30 million. Barry helped supervise the design and construction of the Beck Family Campus in 2009 and was integral to the design and construction of the renovations to the Schaefer Family Campus. Barry personally supervised the design and construction of the second phase of the Beck Family Campus construction in 2018\, including the two new classroom wings and the Kehilah Center. Barry has also been instrumental in the planning of the upcoming expansion of the Beth El Mausoleum\, and has worked to enhance nearly every facet of Temple Beth  El’s program and operations. Barry has worked to help develop and mentor other board members and future leaders of the Temple. The number of hours Barry has devoted to Temple Beth El truly cannot be counted. He brings an extremely high level of excellence and dedication to all of his volunteer efforts at Temple Beth El. We are so pleased to bestow this well-deserved honor on Barry Podolsky. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Dr. Ora Meles\nRobin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazal Tov to Dr. Ora Meles who is the recipient of the 2022 Robin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award. It comes as no surprise that her peers nominated Dr. Meles. She is always willing to help her fellow teachers with pedagogic ideas\, classroom management strategies\, content resources\, online teaching techniques and meaningful ways to engage our teenage teaching assistants in the classroom.  Dr. Meles joined the Temple Beth El Religious School faculty in 1993 as a Hebrew and Judaics teacher. This year\, our curriculum has changed for both Judaics and Hebrew. Not only was Dr. Meles up for the challenge of creating new content for both\, she even agreed to teach two grade levels when hearing we were short staffed. She is the ultimate partner with her teaching teams\, always sharing her lesson plans and providing peer-to-peer professional development\, knowing that our school is stronger when all teachers feel confident and can reach their goals. Dr. Meles represents Temple Beth El in the Partnership 2Gether Twinning project through the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County that connects our students to peers living in Zichron Yaacov\, our sister city in Israel. After serving in the Israeli Defense Forces as an officer\, Dr. Meles came to South Florida to start her teaching career. She holds a Masters in Multicultural Education and a PhD in Philosophy of Educational Leadership.  She was a 5th grade teacher at Del Prado\, a middle school teacher at Odyssey Middle School and is now a Program Planner in the Department of Professional Development for the School District of Palm Beach County. We are so proud and honored to have Dr. Ora Meles start her 30th year with Temple Beth El’s Religious School this fall.
URL:https://tbeboca.org/event/purim-in-the-80s/
LOCATION:Temple Beth El – Schaefer Family Campus\, 333 SW 4th Avenue\, Boca Raton\, FL\, 33432\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Shabbat & Holidays,Virtual Event
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220309T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220309T203000
DTSTAMP:20220304T143201Z
CREATED:20220127T144644Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220304T143201Z
UID:10001506-1646852400-1646857800@tbeboca.org
SUMMARY:Sisterhood: Women in Blue - A Virtual Beth El Panel Discussion on Women in Policing
DESCRIPTION:Please help us honor our outstanding volunteers and professionals as we celebrate this past year at Temple Beth El. We invite you to join us on a culinary Asian journey through our Great Hallway with stops in Japan\, China\, and Thailand! Destination selections to include warm edamame\, Japanese salad with ginger dressing\, Gyoza\, Vegetarian fried rice\, beef with broccoli\, Thai papaya salad\, Vegan Tofu pad thai\, crispy spring rolls and more! 6:00 pm Dinner selection6:30 pm Annual Meeting in Social Hall Agenda for the Annual meeting includes:Confirm the slate for the 2022-2023 Board of TrusteesPresent the 2022-2023 Operating BudgetPresent the John Rogers Award for Exemplary Professional Service to Aileen SpilkaPresent the Joseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award to Barry PodolskyPresent the Robin L. Eisenberg Learning and Living Award to Dr. Ora Meles Adults: $29\, Children ages 5 -13: $16\, Children under 5: FreePrices increase to $34/$19 after May 26\, 2022. Registration for dinner is closed\, but members may still attend the Annual Meeting which begins at 6:30 pm.Register The Annual Meeting is generously sponsored by Toshiba Business Systems. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n					About our Award Winners				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Aileen Spilka\nJohn Rogers Staff Award For Exemplary Professional Service				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazel Tov to Aileen Spilka the recipient of the 2022 John Rogers Staff Award for Exemplary Professional Service\, recognizing her consistent demonstration of superior performance\, and a willingness to go above and beyond what is asked of her.  Aileen joined the Beth El staff in 2013 as a Development Associate supporting the Temple’s fundraising efforts.  Aileen held that position for two and half years\, and in 2016 transitioned to the clergy office where she quickly became incredibly valuable as Clergy Senior Associate supporting the administrative needs of our rabbis and cantors. Aileen is the quintessential team player. She never hesitates to help others regardless of how busy she is. You will never hear Aileen say “no”.  Whatever is needed\, we can always count on her to say “yes” with a smile. Aileen also has a wonderful way of speaking with and helping our members\, particularly when they are dealing with a crisis or an end-of-life situation.  She is patient\, kind\, helpful and responsive.  It takes a special type of person to do what she does and she excels way beyond expectations day-in-and-day-out.  Aileen is also highly competent\, efficient\, professional and knowledgeable. She finds new and better ways of doing things and she has trained countless new hires on how we do things at Temple Beth El. We are so grateful for Aileen’s nine years of dedicated service to Beth El.  Congratulations Aileen on this well-deserved award! 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Barry Podolsky\nJoseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									We are proud to announce Barry Podolsky as the winner of this year’s Joseph Q.  Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism award. Barry and his wife Susan have been members of Temple Beth El for 35 years. They were both involved in leadership at Temple Sinai in North Miami; the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and the  Michael-Ann Russell JCC prior to moving to Boca Raton. Upon moving to Boca Raton in 1987\, they immersed themselves in Jewish life and committed themselves to leadership roles at Temple Beth El. Barry has served on the Board of Trustees in nearly every capacity – Trustee\, VP Religious Activities\, VP Finance (2x)\, Executive VP\, and President of the Board. Barry also chaired the fundraising efforts for two major capital campaigns – Building Tomorrow Today and Fulfilling the Promise. Between the two campaigns\, Barry was instrumental in helping to raise more than $30 million. Barry helped supervise the design and construction of the Beck Family Campus in 2009 and was integral to the design and construction of the renovations to the Schaefer Family Campus. Barry personally supervised the design and construction of the second phase of the Beck Family Campus construction in 2018\, including the two new classroom wings and the Kehilah Center. Barry has also been instrumental in the planning of the upcoming expansion of the Beth El Mausoleum\, and has worked to enhance nearly every facet of Temple Beth  El’s program and operations. Barry has worked to help develop and mentor other board members and future leaders of the Temple. The number of hours Barry has devoted to Temple Beth El truly cannot be counted. He brings an extremely high level of excellence and dedication to all of his volunteer efforts at Temple Beth El. We are so pleased to bestow this well-deserved honor on Barry Podolsky. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Dr. Ora Meles\nRobin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazal Tov to Dr. Ora Meles who is the recipient of the 2022 Robin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award. It comes as no surprise that her peers nominated Dr. Meles. She is always willing to help her fellow teachers with pedagogic ideas\, classroom management strategies\, content resources\, online teaching techniques and meaningful ways to engage our teenage teaching assistants in the classroom.  Dr. Meles joined the Temple Beth El Religious School faculty in 1993 as a Hebrew and Judaics teacher. This year\, our curriculum has changed for both Judaics and Hebrew. Not only was Dr. Meles up for the challenge of creating new content for both\, she even agreed to teach two grade levels when hearing we were short staffed. She is the ultimate partner with her teaching teams\, always sharing her lesson plans and providing peer-to-peer professional development\, knowing that our school is stronger when all teachers feel confident and can reach their goals. Dr. Meles represents Temple Beth El in the Partnership 2Gether Twinning project through the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County that connects our students to peers living in Zichron Yaacov\, our sister city in Israel. After serving in the Israeli Defense Forces as an officer\, Dr. Meles came to South Florida to start her teaching career. She holds a Masters in Multicultural Education and a PhD in Philosophy of Educational Leadership.  She was a 5th grade teacher at Del Prado\, a middle school teacher at Odyssey Middle School and is now a Program Planner in the Department of Professional Development for the School District of Palm Beach County. We are so proud and honored to have Dr. Ora Meles start her 30th year with Temple Beth El’s Religious School this fall.
URL:https://tbeboca.org/event/sisterhood-women-in-blue/
LOCATION:https://tbeboca.org/event/sisterhood-women-in-blue/
CATEGORIES:Sisterhood
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://tbeboca.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Sisterhood-Women-in-Blue-2022.webp
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220301
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220414
DTSTAMP:20220907T152139Z
CREATED:20220321T143800Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220907T152139Z
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SUMMARY:Ways to Help Ukraine
DESCRIPTION:Please help us honor our outstanding volunteers and professionals as we celebrate this past year at Temple Beth El. We invite you to join us on a culinary Asian journey through our Great Hallway with stops in Japan\, China\, and Thailand! Destination selections to include warm edamame\, Japanese salad with ginger dressing\, Gyoza\, Vegetarian fried rice\, beef with broccoli\, Thai papaya salad\, Vegan Tofu pad thai\, crispy spring rolls and more! 6:00 pm Dinner selection6:30 pm Annual Meeting in Social Hall Agenda for the Annual meeting includes:Confirm the slate for the 2022-2023 Board of TrusteesPresent the 2022-2023 Operating BudgetPresent the John Rogers Award for Exemplary Professional Service to Aileen SpilkaPresent the Joseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award to Barry PodolskyPresent the Robin L. Eisenberg Learning and Living Award to Dr. Ora Meles Adults: $29\, Children ages 5 -13: $16\, Children under 5: FreePrices increase to $34/$19 after May 26\, 2022. Registration for dinner is closed\, but members may still attend the Annual Meeting which begins at 6:30 pm.Register The Annual Meeting is generously sponsored by Toshiba Business Systems. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n					About our Award Winners				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Aileen Spilka\nJohn Rogers Staff Award For Exemplary Professional Service				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazel Tov to Aileen Spilka the recipient of the 2022 John Rogers Staff Award for Exemplary Professional Service\, recognizing her consistent demonstration of superior performance\, and a willingness to go above and beyond what is asked of her.  Aileen joined the Beth El staff in 2013 as a Development Associate supporting the Temple’s fundraising efforts.  Aileen held that position for two and half years\, and in 2016 transitioned to the clergy office where she quickly became incredibly valuable as Clergy Senior Associate supporting the administrative needs of our rabbis and cantors. Aileen is the quintessential team player. She never hesitates to help others regardless of how busy she is. You will never hear Aileen say “no”.  Whatever is needed\, we can always count on her to say “yes” with a smile. Aileen also has a wonderful way of speaking with and helping our members\, particularly when they are dealing with a crisis or an end-of-life situation.  She is patient\, kind\, helpful and responsive.  It takes a special type of person to do what she does and she excels way beyond expectations day-in-and-day-out.  Aileen is also highly competent\, efficient\, professional and knowledgeable. She finds new and better ways of doing things and she has trained countless new hires on how we do things at Temple Beth El. We are so grateful for Aileen’s nine years of dedicated service to Beth El.  Congratulations Aileen on this well-deserved award! 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Barry Podolsky\nJoseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									We are proud to announce Barry Podolsky as the winner of this year’s Joseph Q.  Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism award. Barry and his wife Susan have been members of Temple Beth El for 35 years. They were both involved in leadership at Temple Sinai in North Miami; the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and the  Michael-Ann Russell JCC prior to moving to Boca Raton. Upon moving to Boca Raton in 1987\, they immersed themselves in Jewish life and committed themselves to leadership roles at Temple Beth El. Barry has served on the Board of Trustees in nearly every capacity – Trustee\, VP Religious Activities\, VP Finance (2x)\, Executive VP\, and President of the Board. Barry also chaired the fundraising efforts for two major capital campaigns – Building Tomorrow Today and Fulfilling the Promise. Between the two campaigns\, Barry was instrumental in helping to raise more than $30 million. Barry helped supervise the design and construction of the Beck Family Campus in 2009 and was integral to the design and construction of the renovations to the Schaefer Family Campus. Barry personally supervised the design and construction of the second phase of the Beck Family Campus construction in 2018\, including the two new classroom wings and the Kehilah Center. Barry has also been instrumental in the planning of the upcoming expansion of the Beth El Mausoleum\, and has worked to enhance nearly every facet of Temple Beth  El’s program and operations. Barry has worked to help develop and mentor other board members and future leaders of the Temple. The number of hours Barry has devoted to Temple Beth El truly cannot be counted. He brings an extremely high level of excellence and dedication to all of his volunteer efforts at Temple Beth El. We are so pleased to bestow this well-deserved honor on Barry Podolsky. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Dr. Ora Meles\nRobin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazal Tov to Dr. Ora Meles who is the recipient of the 2022 Robin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award. It comes as no surprise that her peers nominated Dr. Meles. She is always willing to help her fellow teachers with pedagogic ideas\, classroom management strategies\, content resources\, online teaching techniques and meaningful ways to engage our teenage teaching assistants in the classroom.  Dr. Meles joined the Temple Beth El Religious School faculty in 1993 as a Hebrew and Judaics teacher. This year\, our curriculum has changed for both Judaics and Hebrew. Not only was Dr. Meles up for the challenge of creating new content for both\, she even agreed to teach two grade levels when hearing we were short staffed. She is the ultimate partner with her teaching teams\, always sharing her lesson plans and providing peer-to-peer professional development\, knowing that our school is stronger when all teachers feel confident and can reach their goals. Dr. Meles represents Temple Beth El in the Partnership 2Gether Twinning project through the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County that connects our students to peers living in Zichron Yaacov\, our sister city in Israel. After serving in the Israeli Defense Forces as an officer\, Dr. Meles came to South Florida to start her teaching career. She holds a Masters in Multicultural Education and a PhD in Philosophy of Educational Leadership.  She was a 5th grade teacher at Del Prado\, a middle school teacher at Odyssey Middle School and is now a Program Planner in the Department of Professional Development for the School District of Palm Beach County. We are so proud and honored to have Dr. Ora Meles start her 30th year with Temple Beth El’s Religious School this fall.
URL:https://tbeboca.org/event/ways-to-help-ukraine/
LOCATION:FL
CATEGORIES:Social Justice
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SUMMARY:Hope and Resilience: An Evening with Richard Antoine White
DESCRIPTION:Please help us honor our outstanding volunteers and professionals as we celebrate this past year at Temple Beth El. We invite you to join us on a culinary Asian journey through our Great Hallway with stops in Japan\, China\, and Thailand! Destination selections to include warm edamame\, Japanese salad with ginger dressing\, Gyoza\, Vegetarian fried rice\, beef with broccoli\, Thai papaya salad\, Vegan Tofu pad thai\, crispy spring rolls and more! 6:00 pm Dinner selection6:30 pm Annual Meeting in Social Hall Agenda for the Annual meeting includes:Confirm the slate for the 2022-2023 Board of TrusteesPresent the 2022-2023 Operating BudgetPresent the John Rogers Award for Exemplary Professional Service to Aileen SpilkaPresent the Joseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award to Barry PodolskyPresent the Robin L. Eisenberg Learning and Living Award to Dr. Ora Meles Adults: $29\, Children ages 5 -13: $16\, Children under 5: FreePrices increase to $34/$19 after May 26\, 2022. Registration for dinner is closed\, but members may still attend the Annual Meeting which begins at 6:30 pm.Register The Annual Meeting is generously sponsored by Toshiba Business Systems. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n					About our Award Winners				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Aileen Spilka\nJohn Rogers Staff Award For Exemplary Professional Service				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazel Tov to Aileen Spilka the recipient of the 2022 John Rogers Staff Award for Exemplary Professional Service\, recognizing her consistent demonstration of superior performance\, and a willingness to go above and beyond what is asked of her.  Aileen joined the Beth El staff in 2013 as a Development Associate supporting the Temple’s fundraising efforts.  Aileen held that position for two and half years\, and in 2016 transitioned to the clergy office where she quickly became incredibly valuable as Clergy Senior Associate supporting the administrative needs of our rabbis and cantors. Aileen is the quintessential team player. She never hesitates to help others regardless of how busy she is. You will never hear Aileen say “no”.  Whatever is needed\, we can always count on her to say “yes” with a smile. Aileen also has a wonderful way of speaking with and helping our members\, particularly when they are dealing with a crisis or an end-of-life situation.  She is patient\, kind\, helpful and responsive.  It takes a special type of person to do what she does and she excels way beyond expectations day-in-and-day-out.  Aileen is also highly competent\, efficient\, professional and knowledgeable. She finds new and better ways of doing things and she has trained countless new hires on how we do things at Temple Beth El. We are so grateful for Aileen’s nine years of dedicated service to Beth El.  Congratulations Aileen on this well-deserved award! 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Barry Podolsky\nJoseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									We are proud to announce Barry Podolsky as the winner of this year’s Joseph Q.  Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism award. Barry and his wife Susan have been members of Temple Beth El for 35 years. They were both involved in leadership at Temple Sinai in North Miami; the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and the  Michael-Ann Russell JCC prior to moving to Boca Raton. Upon moving to Boca Raton in 1987\, they immersed themselves in Jewish life and committed themselves to leadership roles at Temple Beth El. Barry has served on the Board of Trustees in nearly every capacity – Trustee\, VP Religious Activities\, VP Finance (2x)\, Executive VP\, and President of the Board. Barry also chaired the fundraising efforts for two major capital campaigns – Building Tomorrow Today and Fulfilling the Promise. Between the two campaigns\, Barry was instrumental in helping to raise more than $30 million. Barry helped supervise the design and construction of the Beck Family Campus in 2009 and was integral to the design and construction of the renovations to the Schaefer Family Campus. Barry personally supervised the design and construction of the second phase of the Beck Family Campus construction in 2018\, including the two new classroom wings and the Kehilah Center. Barry has also been instrumental in the planning of the upcoming expansion of the Beth El Mausoleum\, and has worked to enhance nearly every facet of Temple Beth  El’s program and operations. Barry has worked to help develop and mentor other board members and future leaders of the Temple. The number of hours Barry has devoted to Temple Beth El truly cannot be counted. He brings an extremely high level of excellence and dedication to all of his volunteer efforts at Temple Beth El. We are so pleased to bestow this well-deserved honor on Barry Podolsky. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Dr. Ora Meles\nRobin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award				\n				\n				\n				\n									Mazal Tov to Dr. Ora Meles who is the recipient of the 2022 Robin L. Eisenberg Jewish Learning and Living Award. It comes as no surprise that her peers nominated Dr. Meles. She is always willing to help her fellow teachers with pedagogic ideas\, classroom management strategies\, content resources\, online teaching techniques and meaningful ways to engage our teenage teaching assistants in the classroom.  Dr. Meles joined the Temple Beth El Religious School faculty in 1993 as a Hebrew and Judaics teacher. This year\, our curriculum has changed for both Judaics and Hebrew. Not only was Dr. Meles up for the challenge of creating new content for both\, she even agreed to teach two grade levels when hearing we were short staffed. She is the ultimate partner with her teaching teams\, always sharing her lesson plans and providing peer-to-peer professional development\, knowing that our school is stronger when all teachers feel confident and can reach their goals. Dr. Meles represents Temple Beth El in the Partnership 2Gether Twinning project through the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County that connects our students to peers living in Zichron Yaacov\, our sister city in Israel. After serving in the Israeli Defense Forces as an officer\, Dr. Meles came to South Florida to start her teaching career. She holds a Masters in Multicultural Education and a PhD in Philosophy of Educational Leadership.  She was a 5th grade teacher at Del Prado\, a middle school teacher at Odyssey Middle School and is now a Program Planner in the Department of Professional Development for the School District of Palm Beach County. We are so proud and honored to have Dr. Ora Meles start her 30th year with Temple Beth El’s Religious School this fall.
URL:https://tbeboca.org/event/hope-and-resilience-an-evening-with-richard-antoine-white/
LOCATION:Temple Beth El – Schaefer Family Campus\, 333 SW 4th Avenue\, Boca Raton\, FL\, 33432\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Programs & Education,Virtual Event
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