21 Jewish Soldiers to Receive Gifts from Temple

After gathering the names and addresses of 21 Jewish soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, we were able to send wonderful packages containing many “comfort items.”

Thanks to Religious School students and Al Rieder for making cards to the soldiers, as well as helping us pack the boxes to be shipped. Special thanks to Omaha Steaks for donating gourmet beef jerky for each box, an item often requested by those serving overseas, also to Gordman’s, for donating many pairs of athletic socks, a necessity for our soldiers.

Thank you also to the many families who donated food and personal items to make our packages even more special.

If you would like to help defray the costs of shipping these gifts, please contact either Danielle Gordman or Susie Norton, or the Temple office.

People of the Book: One of My Favorite Temple Projects

Ann Osborne, Rosie Zweiback, Annette VanDeKamp-Wright, and Katy Eaton

Yesterday a group of WRJ volunteers (men and women!) started sorting this year’s collection of used books.  No surprise it was  fun!

What a great chance to visit with old friends and meet some new ones.

Linda Sadofsky and Wendy Furst

No one left empty handed as volunteers are entitled to take 5 books home in exchange for their time.

I took home 3 books:

• Field of Greens by Annie Summerville–a cookbook about vegetarian cooking (Molly is in that stage)
• The Year of Fog (vacation reading)
• Freakonomics ( I can’t help myself)

Marlen Frost, Danielle Gordman and Ed Thompson (Oh Ed, thank you for all the heavy lifting!!)

The next sorting date is Sunday, Jan. 11 at 10:00 a.m.

JOIN US!!

We need your USED BOOKS! Drop off used books at Temple any time during business hours. Contact Danielle Gordman she will come pick them up for you.  Remember, we cannot accept encyclopedias, text books, or magazines.