Men’s Retreat—March 14th, 2008—Join Us in Alamo
As this January Ruach appears, we’re turning the corner into a new (secular) year. I hope all of you, your loved ones and friends made it through the winter break without any broken bones (if any snow has materialized) or auto accidents. I would like to warmly thank Harry Strout and Michael Swernoff for leading our two December events: Bowling Night (12/3) and our main contribution to Winter Nights (“graveyard shift”), respectively. I also take this opportunity to welcome new members Michael Brent, Gary Cohn, Morris Collen, Michael Drumm, Bruce Farber, Steve Gordon, Marvin Jasper, Jon Kalan, Mike Prilutsky and Arthur Scharlach.
Take a close look at the Men’s Retreat. You should know that the retreat is the raison d’etre of Anshei Isaiah—which only got started because we wanted to replicate the feeling of our retreat on a more frequent basis throughout the year. The retreat will run from Erev Shabbat on Friday, March 14th through breakfast on Sunday, March 16th, at the Westminster Center in Alamo. For men that are new to the temple or Anshei Isaiah, the retreat is a remarkable Jewish experience that brings us closer to our faith and our temple brothers including Rabbi Graetz, Cantor Korn and Joel Siegel. The retreat makes it easy to enter Shabbat time and stay there throughout the day, with a Shabbat minyan, Torah study, hiking, nap, horseshoe, eating, discussion, havdallah….and maybe some poker (after havdallah—of course!).
Please don’t hesitate to contact me at with any questions or comments on any aspect of Anshei Isaiah. Are you getting the e-newsletter? What do you think of the programming? I sometimes hear that guys are afraid to join because they don’t want to be “roped in” to a long-term commitment. That’s understandable; we do want you to be involved. Truth be told, some guys come to one event per year, some to eight. For most of us, our lives are more scheduled and hectic than we would like them to be, and we can’t do it all. If you don’t want to join right now, come to an event anyway—we’d love to see you there. See you at Yoshi’s on the 27th!
L’shalom v’l’hitraot.
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-- Pete Bluford