Sisterhood raffle winner finds happy home for plush afghan

By Patty Lewis

Sisterhood held a brown bag luncheon on September 11, with all eyes on the raffle to award the afghan I made to raise funds for our annual activities.

I asked UHC Secretary Norma Collins to draw the winning ticket.

Sisterhood member Mally Frandzel was the lucky winner, but she had other ideas for her prize. We left the meeting and went straight to Mary Nasser’s home and gave her the 9 x 4-foot afghan, white with teal stripes and made of soft baby yarn.

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Family is on the move as Sisterhood, congregation begin new year

By Patty Lewis

It is hard to believe September is here and the children are back in school. The weather will be changing.

Where does time go? Everything changes in life. The time will be changing and our children change.

My son and his wife are moving to Texas and my brother is moving to Texas as well. I will miss them.

Even if we know that the moves are for the best, we still wish things could stay the same. But we adjust.

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High Holy Days offer opportunity for reflection, correction

By Betsy Frank

A line in a recent The Family Circus comic says, “I don’t know where time goes, either.”

Summer has flown by and the High Holy Days are already upon us. A highlight of the New Year is that we extend a very warm welcome to our new student rabbi, Jonathan Falco.

The High Holy Days represents a time of reflection for each one of us and for our congregation as well.

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