June 12, 2025
On Saturday, the children decorated crowns and swung at pinatas in the shape of numbers “7” and “5.” Cantor Young led the community in celebrating Havdalah, ending with “Be the Light.” We ate a delicious dinner cooked by chef Julie Ratowitz, we drank festive drinks, we danced the hora. We grooved to guitarist Casey Nielsen and danced with the 10-piece funk, rock, soul, and R&B band Suite Mollie. We wrote on the Memory Scroll, we ate incredible homemade desserts. Our hearts are so, so full.
Many incredible individuals came together to make this celebration truly special. A tremendous thank you to Bekki Kaplan, and to our planning committee: Sandy Cutler, Caryn Etkin, Laura Glantz, Nancy Glick, Jen Goldfarb, Debbie Horberg Secemsky, Tamar Karsh-Fogel, Robin Langer, Elaine Lev, Jenny Maidenberg, Louise Motel, Rebecca Raus, Gita Weintraub, Georgene Wilson, Jane Wintroub, and Sam Zuckert. Thank you to our bakers: Rebecca Raus, Gail Doeff, Susan Melczer, Georgie Wilson, Suzanne Coffey, Emily Nidenberg, Karen Isaacson, Danielle Crown, Debbie Render, Sari Weintraub, Louise Motel, Nancy Glick, Dori Ruben, Sue Nadel, Bekki Kaplan, Susan Forte. Our heartfelt appreciation to Carol Neiger and The Mural Project Committee (please see their message above!). Thank you to Charles Loiseau’s serving staff and to all the Beth Emet staff.
We couldn’t have done it without our sponsors: Todd and Allison Aaron; The Vinik Bricker Family; Allan, Beverly Forever, and Nicole Brodsky; Suzanne and Patrick Coffey; Mort and Reva Denlow; Caryn Etkin and Kevin Davis; Ellen and Matt Feldman; Tamar and Louis Fogel; Adele and Ronald Gelb; Nancy Glick; The Goldfarb Family; Ted Goldsmith; Robert and Ann Graham; David & Lizzie Graham; Shari and Bruce Greenberg; Ed and Irina Greenwald; Debra Horberg Secemsky and Sol Secemsky; Elaine and Steve Lev; Lisa and Rob Levin; Lisa and Jason Levine; Seymour Lipton; Andy and Terry Ratoff; Gregg and Rebecca Raus; Shari and Stephen Reiches; Melinda and Adam Prawer-Stock; Penny and Dr. Richard Thurer; Rae Carol Weil; Lee and Gita Weintraub; Georgene Wilson; Jane and Greg Wintroub L’Dor v’Dor; Wynn family; Suki Fisher and Jonathan Yenkin.
And most of all, thank you to all of you who make up this sacred community we call Beth Emet, a place that—to quote Suite Mollie’s Rob Bady quoting Stevie Wonder—keeps us all reaching for “higher ground.”
(If you have photos to share, please forward to communications@bethemet.org. Thank you!)
