Shaarai Shomayim Brotherhood

The Brotherhood is a major Temple affiliate with a tradition of service to the Congregation. Brotherhood is continually striving to be an important resource to serve the interests of the Temple and to create opportunities to explore men’s issues and men’s spirituality. The social aspect of the Temple Brotherhood becomes the glue that holds the organization together so that the group can fulfill its mission of providing service and fund raising activities for the Congregation.
Brotherhood consists of a Steering Committee which meets on the second Tuesday of each month to schedule activities/events. It is a shared leadership concept where we accommodate to each other’s strengths. A Brotherhood representative is a member of the Executive Board that helps run the Temple. Our mission is to bring others into this shared leadership concept to carry forward the goals of Brotherhood for many years.

Brotherhood supports and helps sponsor the following functions:

• 2nd Night Passover Seder
• Scholar in Residence Weekend
• Mitzvah Day
• Oneg for the Sisterhood Shabbat Service
• Sponsorship of a scholarship fund to send our high school students to Israel. Our Brotherhood takes great pride in assisting our students over the years in visiting Israel through grants of $1,000 each.
   
  

Brotherhood also provides social events:

• Dinners at local facilities with a program & speaker
• High Holiday Flower Fundraiser
• Antiques Auction Fundraiser
• Breakfast Programs
• Lancaster Barnstormers Baseball events

Our Mission is to bring fellow Congregants into Brotherhood to share in its leadership and to carry forward the goals established. We need your enthusiasm and creativity to sustain existing programs and to expand into new areas.
Brotherhood is affiliated with the National Federation of Temple Brotherhoods and the Chautauqua Society which is an international charity devoted to interfaith understanding through education.
For more information, please contact our Membership Committee Representatives, Irv Machles, Mort Nierenberg, or Stuart Levenson.

 

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