Another year

It seems that at this time of year everyone is coming up with their top ten lists-movies, songs, events.

Did you ever consider coming up with your own top ten lists? Would they include family milestones-births, marriages, bar/bat mitzvahs? Vacations?Finding a job?A new home?Being promoted?

We all have different criteria for determining what we would consider as our own top ten. Mine would include a big birthday this past year, visiting Russia for the first time and experiencing the regeneration of Jewish life there, spending the summer in Israel, and number one would be becoming a grandfather for the first time.

It would probably be a lot of fun for families to get together before the end of 2011 to develop their own top ten list. What a great way to remember those things we consider to be the most important events of our year and to keep a permanent record of our top ten events.

I hope that all of you will end this year on a very happy note and begin 2012 in the same way!

December

The Chanukah-Christmas dilemma is upon us. This year Chanukah actually coincides with Christmas. For a very interesting article on how one family deals with this issue I would direct you to the December issue of our emagazine www.jewishcentralvoice.com

We will also be celebrating Chanukah this year by devoting one night's gift to Beit Singer, a home for at risk children in our Partnership2Gether region of Afula/Gilboa. This project in partnership with Beth Israel, Beth Tikvah, Temple Emanuel, B'nai Shalom Temple Sinai and the Worcester JCC will officially kick off at the family Chanukah Havdallah Happening at B'nai Shalom on Dec 17 from 6-8 PM.

There will be lots happening in our community over the next few weeks in celebration of Chanukah..check out www.jewishcentral.org for all the great info.