Calling All Temple Jeremiah Members! Temple Jeremiah's Brotherhood would love to include you in their social and educational programs, as well as opportunities to volunteer or contribute to social causes. Brotherhood has one primary method to communicate these activities: an email listserve maintained on Groups.IO. Only by joining the list
Dear Fellow Congregants, The COVID-19 Advisory Task Force has reviewed our current operating procedures (since the beginning of Phase Four) and made the following updates which will go into effect on July 24, 2020. How, and when, will we reopen? As mentioned in our previous updates, as tempting as it is to identify a specific date for
Beloved Friends, More than anything, we yearn to be physically present as a community. The health and the safety of all remains our utmost concern. I have been meeting regularly with our professional and volunteer leadership assessing the status of the ever changing and evolving guidelines from local, state and
Dear Friends, We write to you once again with an update on how we are responding to rapidly unfolding events. Governor Pritzker has amended the current stay-at-home order to allow for the “free exercise of religion” provided that social distancing requirements are followed, gatherings are limited to no more than ten
Beloved Friends, I, like you, read with tremendous sadness the news from the Union for Reform Judaism that OSRUI, as well as all the other URJ summer programs, have been canceled. I know how difficult this decision was for our leadership. Camp played such an essential role in my Jewish identity
COVID-19 Menu Notes Thank you for helping with Feed the Hungry! Families should prepare their 20 bag lunches in their own homes rather than the temple kitchen using the below special protocol. First, everyone putting together the bag lunches should wear gloves during assembly. Second, families should bring their assembled
Dear Friends, We write to you once again with an update on how we are responding to rapidly unfolding events. At this time, while there are no cases of COVID-19 at Temple Jeremiah, a member of our staff was exposed to someone who has a confirmed case of COVID-19. We have
In the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak, Temple Jeremiah's team wants to remind you of Kol Yisrael arivim zeh l’zeh, a tenet of Jewish faith that teaches us that we are all responsible for one another. Each of us are a part of this community to draw strength from one
Dear Friends, Temple Jeremiah leadership, professional and volunteer, has been in constant communication as more information and guidance has come through from the CDC and the WHO, as well as local authorities. At this time, while there are no cases of COVID-19 at Temple, we have decided to exercise extreme prudence
