We"re approaching the end of our Fiscal Year which runs July 1-June 30. In just a few weeks, I will have completed my first year as President.
Never did I imagine the time, energy, and commitment required to lead our Congregation as President. It"s also been one of the most rewarding, inspiring, and spiritual years of my entire life. Being a Synagogue President has propelled me along a journey of personal Jewish learning and spiritual enrichment I would have never imagined before becoming President.
Every time I reflect upon this journey over the last year, I realize how much more there is that I don"t know or understand. I can"t wait to master learning Hebrew, dig deeper into our Jewish History, study Torah more frequently with Rabbi Silver, and begin to grasp the complex job of transforming a Congregation from Good to Great. I"m a little ashamed that my Jewish learning and spiritual enrichment took a back seat to other life demands over the past 4 decades. How"s the old trite saying go, "It"s never too late."
My journey began with a heart attack last Memorial Day weekend, on a Thursday evening, the same evening the Board approved me on the slate of officers to be presented to the Congregation as President in June. I survived a heart blockage that very few survive. Among cardiologists, it"s called a "widow"s maker".
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