President’s Report

     As 5770 fades, I thank the Tree of Life Congregation, Rabbi Feder and the Board of Trustees for your patience, devotion and expertise, and I pray these blessings continue to brighten the year 5771.

     In the last ninety days our Board has responded to the parents' request to restructure the Education Committee which is chaired by Brian Lemoff; now we are reinvigorating the Care Committee, chaired by Kathy Abate. Also, we hope to have the new carpet installed and new tiles in the foyer and elevator entrance, and the stairwell painted by Erev Rosh Hashanah. The upstairs classrooms and the Religious School office have been improved with new, brighter floors.

     The strengths of our membership are many. Whether elected, appointed, or volunteering, we are improving our administration and our facilities. We assemble, we study, and we pray. Do a mitzvah here and there, Jewish continuity is the result.

     A much beloved student rabbi here, Michele Paschow, once observed that her pastoral visits elicited many observations on life and its meanings from those she visited. The most common was "If I had my life to live over again, I would express more gratitude." This I share with you, in its text and in its meaning.

                                                                                   L'shana Tova - Ed