Page 11 - The Jewish Voice - April '23

The Jewish Voice, Page 11

Local Happenings from page 10

Beth Am Goes Gleaning

Families from
HaMakom (Temple Beth
Attendees browsed, schmoozed, and noshed from a table Am’s Religious School)
filled with pastries, coffees, and wine. and temple congregants
Works of art included pieces by Chagall, Miro, and met at Bedner’s in Delray
Tarkay; trips to Kenya, Bali, and the Amalfi Coast were Beach last month to
among the travel packages for auction. go gleaning. Last year,
All of the auctioned items were provided by Hamilton the temperature had
Fine Arts of Fort Lauderdale, under the supervision of plummeted and volunteers
talented auctioneer Janice Hamilton. needed to bundle up.
By the end of the evening, attendees left planning trips, This year the weather
thinking about where they would hang their artwork, and cooperated, the fields
adorned with their new jewelry! were bountiful, and each
participant picked about
Sisterhood Card Party five buckets of peppers.
Temple Beth Am’s annual
More than 100 women gleaning field trip is a program of CROS Ministries, in
gathered for Temple partnership with the Palm Beach County Food Bank and
Judea’s Annual Sisterhood other food distribution agencies, that allows produce that is
Card and Mahjong party. below market grade, but equally nutritious, to be harvested
The ladies began play at and distributed to the food insecure of Palm Beach and Martin
11:30 a.m. and continued counties instead of being plowed back into the soil.
until well after 3 p.m. The
event included a delicious
lunch provided by Temple
Judea’s in-house caterer,
Egle Wright, and a fun
and exciting raffle with
lots of winners.

Broadway Shabbat

Temple Beth Am recently hosted its annual Broadway
Shabbat, which is always one of the most anticipated
Shabbats of the year. This musical service featured the
Friday night prayers set to some of Broadway’s best music.
Congregants enjoyed welcoming Shabbat together with
familiar Broadway tunes played by a full musical ensemble,
followed by catching up during the oneg.