“Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the earth who reflect this nation's compassion, unselfish caring, patience, and just plain loving one another.” (Erma Bombeck)

Service Schedule

May 11th-May 17th
Sun Morning	8:00am
Sun-Thurs Evening	6:00pm
Monday Morning	7:00am
Wed & Thurs Morning	7:00am

Kabbalat Shabbat
Fri Evening	6:00pm
Candlelighting	7:39pm

Shabbat Services
Sat Morning	9:15am
Sat Evening	7:30pm
Havdallah	8:41pm

Upcoming Events
5/14	Beth Sholom Blood Drive
5/16	Tot Shabbat
5/17	Anniversary/Birthday Shabbat
5/17	Young Member Wine Tasting Event
5/18	Torah Fund Brunch
5/18	Conversation for our Future
5/18	Men's Club at the Redbirds
5/23	Lag Ba'Omer Cookout
5/24	Shoshanna Higgins Bat Mitzvah
5/25	Conversation for our Future
5/30	Drum Circle
6/3	Book Club
6/7	Shabbat First
6/8	Men's Club At Redbirds
6/8	Erev Shavuot
6/9	Shavuot
6/10	Shavuot

Volunteer at Beth Sholom

Volunteer of the Month
MYRA ALPERIN

Myra Alperin

Myra Alperin is our May volunteer of the month. A member of Beth Sholom since 1996, Myra has always been an active volunteer. She started her volunteering as a Sisterhood member moving up the ranks to ultimately become Sisterhood President. Through Sisterhood, she has also chaired the Annual Lox Box Fundraiser for a number of years now. Myra has recently taken on the role of Volunteer Kitchen Manager. She works weekly with Claudia to put together our Shabbat Kiddush luncheons as well as all other programs involving food. She is our weekly shopper and does all of our shopping for kitchen and office supplies as well as for food for all programs held at Beth Sholom. In addition, Myra is our Kitchen Supervisor Trainer. She works directly with Rabbi Aaron on issues of kashrut in the kitchen and then spends time training others to supervise activities in our kitchen so that our level of kashrut is not compromised. This year, Myra has joined the Beth Sholom Executive Board as Vice President of Education, where she oversees both Adult Education programming and Religious School activities. Myra and her husband Murray are the parents of our members, Esther Roberts and Samantha & Lon Alperin, are proud grandparents of Parker and Leah Alperin and of Jessica and Ben Roberts and Becca and Joe Roberts, and the great-grandparents of Sky and Bethany Roberts. Myra’s mother Madeline Bluestein is also a Beth Sholom member, making Myra part of 5 generations of the Beth Sholom family.

Beth Sholom is Looking for Volunteers

Volunteerism is at the heart of synagogue life, and here at Beth Sholom, we could not fully function without a strong cadre of volunteers. Below is a list of volunteer opportunities. Please consider helping us out with one or more of these activities by getting in touch with the contact person listed:

Minyan Attendees

Our tradition requires 10 adults be present to say certain prayers, including Kaddish for a deceased relative. We count men, women and all post Bar/Bat Mitzvah teens in our minyan. Please consider making the committment to come to just one regular minyan per week to help reach that magical number 10. If you live close by and are willing to come to shul on notice when we are in need, please contact Barbara Newman, who will put you on our minyan call list.

Shabbat Greeters:

We are looking for people willing to welcome members and guests to our shul on Saturday mornings during Shabbat Services. You will need to be in the front lobby of the synagogue by 9:30am where you will hand out our Shabbat Sholom handout to each worshipper as he/she arrives. If needed, you can also direct people to head coverings and talit. You should be able to join services between 10:15am and 10:30am for the Torah Service. If you are interested in being a greeter, please contact Barbara Newman.

Office Helpers/Greeters:

We periodically need assistance in preparing large mailings or answering phones. If you would like to be on a call list to assist us when these special tasks arise, please call Barbara Newman.

Archivist:

We are currently looking for volunteers to help organize our archives and prepare them for transport to a special storage facility of the Jewish Historical Society of Memphis and the Mid South housed at Temple Israel. If you are interested in assisting with this project on weekdays, please contact Barbara Newman.

Programming Committee Member:

We are always looking for creative people who are willing to work on the Beth Sholom Programming committee. This committee plans and executes all of the major programming that goes on in the shul. Contact Michele Less if you can help

Beth Sholom Shopper:

Occasionally we need people to make local shopping runs for supplies for programs and Kiddush. If you would like to assist on an as need basis, please contact Myra Alperin.

Kitchen Helper

Do you like to cook or to bake? Do you have wonderful recipes that you enjoy sharing with others? Are you handy with a butcher’s knife or a spatula? If so, you might want to consider becoming a Beth Sholom Kitchen Helper. We are always in need of people to help Claudia prepare Kiddush luncheons, to bake for future events, or to be on call to man the grill for a Beth Sholom Cookout. If you enjoy spending time in the kitchen, please contact Myra Alperin.

Beth Sholom Judaic Shop:

Energetic volunteer needed to take charge of promoting the Beth Sholom Judaica Shop to the congregation. Your role will be to stimulate increased visits to the Judaic Shop resulting in higher sales through effective communications in both the Kol Sholom and in the weekly events e-mail. Ability to create attractive signs and posters a plus. If interested, please contact Margie Steinberg.