President's Message
Harvey J. Pyser

After the recent heat wave, I guess it’s a little late to say welcome to summer. It‘s hard to believe that a year has gone by since I started my term as your president. As the saying goes, “Times flies when you’re having fun”. It has been fun. The year has been one filled with activity. Our synagogue continues to struggle with the economics of today’s world. I am quite satisfied that, in spite of rising energy costs, we were able to hold the line on overall expenses for the year.  I realize that we all face tight finances, however, to anyone who has not yet paid their dues for 2007-2008, I ask that you send your payment immediately to Mindy Fast at the Synagogue office. We are faced with the need to borrow funds in order to pay our bills because some people are not up to date with their account.  This creates additional expense for your synagogue, and we would certainly like to avoid this unnecessary expense if we can.

On a brighter note, I am happy to note that Rabbi Adler has completed his first year here at White Meadow Temple. I feel it has been a very positive and exciting year, and I am grateful that Rabbi Adler has become so deeply involved in many county- wide activities which will benefit our synagogue in the long term.  Our nursery school and the Irving T. Wolfson Religious School continue to grow and flourish under the new leadership of Amy Olsen and Janice Rozenwasser, and this is another very positive thing we should all be proud of.  Our synagogue has hired a new cantor to fill the void left by the departure of Cantor Jesse Holzer. Our new cantor, Matthew Klein, will be joining us in September, and we look forward to his arrival.

Keep your eye on the bulletin and the Web site (www.whitemeadowtemple.org) for advance notice of upcoming events at our synagogue. Let’s make the next year one of involvement and activity on the part of everyone.  Join us for religious services, social functions, and fundraisers. Get to know your synagogue and your synagogue family.  They really are a great group of people. 

Enjoy your summer.

B”shalom

Harvey J. Pyser