As we once again prepare to welcome a New Year (5768), we must ponder all the problems that lay ahead.  We will be asking HASHEM to once again forgive our transgressions and grant us a year of good health, happiness and prosperity.  We should also be asking HASHEM to give the leaders of the world community the wisdom, courage and strength to end all the senseless killing and violence that has plagued our planet for centuries.

Closer to home, this past year has been a challenge for the synagogue financially.  Fortunately, the congregation responded enthusiastically and generously to our request for voluntary assessment increases.

From a spiritual perspective, our small congregation continues to set the standard for commited membership.  Except for a few occasions when severe weather or out-of-town travel caused some of our regulars to be unavailable, we have been able to maintain our MINYANS both during Holidays and during our regular Friday night and Shabbat morning services.

This past year, Daniel Horwitz, son of Larry and Dana Horwitz, became a BAR MITZVAH, and the sanctuary and social hall were filled with family and guests for the simchah.  On behalf of the congregation, I want to thank Milton Dzodin, Jack Shanfield and Noreen Slack for their tireless efforts at sprucing up the building -- both inside and outside -- in time for this event.  If I forgot someone, I apologize.

Hopefully, with the help of HASHEM, this year we will be able to right our financial ship and bring our miraculous little shul back to its former glory.

Interim President