January 2025 Update from the Transition Committee

January 13, 2025

We’re happy to update you on the latest developments on our transition year. Members, please login to ShulCloud to read the full update with detailed information.

Since our last update in November, we have focused on the following three aspects of our transition:

  1. Interim Rabbi Search: The Interim Rabbi Search Committee continues to interview candidates to serve our community as an interim rabbi for a year, beginning in July 2025. We look forward to sharing more updates in the coming months.
  2. “Settled” Rabbi Search: Our board has established the Rabbinic Search Committee for the settled rabbi position (to begin in July 2026), and we are happy to share that it has appointed Miriam Grogan and Lauren Laitin as co-chairs. We invite all members of the community to express their interest in being part of this committee. See the complete update for more details.
  3. Celebration of Rabbi Zemel: Over the coming weeks and months there are multiple events planned to celebrate, honor, and thank Rabbi Zemel. We hope to see you there!

Again, please read the full update with detailed information on all three of these transition topics. Additionally, you can review our complete page of Transition resources on ShulCloud under the “News” menu item. We continue to invite you to share your thoughts and suggestions with the Transition Committee as we move towards our next chapter together. Please contact us at transition@templemicah.org

Sincerely,

Joshua Berman, co-chair

Betsy Broder, co-chair

Roberta Aronson

Lauren Laitin

Rielle Miller Gabriel

Beth Werlin

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