Hooray! Another year under our collective belts without midriffs getting larger because of our cooking! Since we stepped back in December, we owe it to our CBINT family to start 2026 off with a bang.
Presentation on local Palestinian protests
On January 11, we continue an honored tradition to host the Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs Regional Meeting. Clubs from Chicago (and potentially, Missouri) will visit us that Sunday morning. They will join our minyan, then enjoy a scrumptious breakfast and short business meeting. Around 10:30), we will open our session to the entire congregation to hear Rabbi Josh Herman recount his experiences with Palestinian student protests at UW-Milwaukee while he was the executive director at Hillel. If you know you are coming, please RSVP to Steve Wertheimer to help us plan enough snacks.
Wrap tefillin with us
On Superbowl Sunday, we will once again connect with Jews across the globe for the World Wide Wrap. We invite all congregants to participate – especially our younger members. First-timers welcome! Our men are available (along with Rabbi Alter and Hazzan Stein) to assist anyone needing help, young and old. We will provide a link to a video on how to place your tefillin in the near future, so you can get a head start. Watch for it. By the way, you’ll make it home before the big game!
Dinner, a beer … and schmooze
Shortly thereafter, we will host the next Jews and Schmooze. Our speaker is yet to be determined. We expect to produce as great a turn out as our dinner last month, when Rabbi Alter delivered a wonderful talk on how Jews think about Jesus. Hope you will join us.
That leads us into our Man of the Year and Youth of the Year in March. We’ve got our man (you’ll have to wait to find out who) and are currently scouting for the youth. More details to follow. Until February, stay warm!
Bill Fink