Bet Havarim's High Holy Days Servcies
Bet Havarim, the recently formed local chavurah, announces that Rabbi Deborah Waxman of Philadelphia will conduct its High Holiday services. She currently serves as Vice President for Governance at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in Wyncote, Pennsylvania. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate from Columbia University, Deborah Waxman also holds a Master of Arts in Hebrew Letters and received her ordination from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in 1999. Her prior professional experience includes several years as the Grants Development Officer at Columbia University's Teachers College, as well as positions as Israel program coordinator for Habonim Dror, a Zionist youth movement, and the United Kibbutz Movement. As a student at RRC, Deborah worked as the Grants Coordinator for the College and as an instructor in the preparatory year program. She has served as spiritual leader of Congregation B'nai Vail in Vail, Colorado and is currently enrolled as a doctoral student in American Jewish History at Temple University, specializing in the emergence of the Reconstructionist movement.
Toni Meltzer, chair of the High Holiday Committee and Marty Morganstein, coordinator of Bet Havarim recently met with Rabbi Waxman. After the meeting Meltzer stated, "We are thrilled and excited that we are able to secure such an outstanding rabbi to join us for the Holiday services." Meltzer continued, "Rabbi Waxman is helping our Holiday Committee to create services that while they are built around the traditional order of prayers it will also offer new and alternative prayers and meditations. We believe the services will be meaningful and will appeal to many in the community."
Serving on the High Holiday committee with Meltzer are: Fran Mylon, Harriet Tetley, Mel Shindler, Jon Brodsky, Marty Morganstein, Fran Albert, Roz Bilford, Delia Temes and Marlene Holstein.
Bet Havarim will be holding Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services at St. David's Church, Jamar Drive in Fayetteville. The services for the holidays are open to the community. For more information, call Marty Morganstein, 637-5390.
August, 2003