Friday, November 10-Sunday, November 12, 2023

• Friday, November 10

  Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, will give the D’var Torah during our Shabbat service. Orin Reynolds, a Seattle-based musician who grew up at the Temple, will be our guest musician. A festive Oneg Shabbat will follow the service.

  Several possibilities are under consideration regarding our donation of a Torah scroll to an emerging congregation or URJ summer camp. Depending on the recipient, we hope to present the Torah at the service to a representative.

• Saturday, November 11
  • Morning Shabbat service, followed by a Kiddush luncheon
  • Evening Havdalah program with Orin Reynolds
• Sunday, November 12

  Sunday activities will be open to congregants and the greater Fort Wayne community:

  • A new Jewish Heritage Tour (including self-guided option and trolley tour with docents) currently under development with ARCH that focuses on locations related to Jewish life in Fort Wayne from the early days of Jewish immigration to the present.
  • Open house at the Temple with docent-led tours
  • Grand opening of the Temple’s Goldman Memorial Museum in the Madge Rothschild Resource Center
  • Entertainment by a String Quartet from the Fort Wayne Philharmonic performing klezmer-inspired music
  • Refreshments, including some Jewish treats.
• Special Programs During Our 175th Season

  Special programs during the year include:

  • Rabbi Moshe Druin, a Torah scribe (sofer) will join us on Tuesday, May 2 at 7 p.m. to demonstrate this ancient skill while working on the Temple’s sacred scrolls. Find out more
  • Shira Kline, also known as ShirLaLa, will join us as a Musician-in-Residence weekend on Friday/Saturday, August 18-19, including Shabbat and additional programs for our families with young children. She incorporates music, interactive storytelling, imaginative play and spirituality to enrich and inspire.
    • Find August 18 programming
    • Find August 19 programming
  • An art exhibit in conjunction with the Unitarian Universalist Congregation (at both UU and CAV) of Hilarie Couture’s Unity with Variety portraits with a panel discussion and reception on Sunday, August 20. Find out more

  • “Connections: The Work of Jewish Artists, A Collaboration with Congregation Achduth Vesholom on its 175th Anniversary” will be featured at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art. The exhibit will feature art created by Jewish artists from the museum’s collection, as well as artworks, Judaica and artifacts on loan from the Temple and its community.

    • Curators are Charles Shepard, Executive Director of the Art Museum, with Sharon Eisbart and Dr. Wendy Soltz, CAV Art & Beautification Committee.
    • The exhibit at the Art Museum will be on display from November 11, 2023 through January 2024.
    • A reception and talk with Dr. Wendy Soltz will be held on Sunday, November 19 at 2 p.m. at the Art Museum.
  • A mitzvah project to encourage tikkun olam (repairing the world).
    • Hot Topics Shabbat on Friday, December 1
    • Mitzvah Day on Sunday, December 3
    • Mitzvah Day on Sunday, January 14
  • A Beit Café evening directed by Maestro Robert Nance and featuring entertainers from our Temple family on Saturday, January 27, 2024.
  • Scholar-in-Residence Weekend with Rabbi Dr. Gary Zola, Executive Director of the American Jewish Archives in Cincinnati, on Thursday, February 1 and Friday, February 2, 2024.

  We are grateful to the Dr. Harry W. Salon Foundation for its generous support of our celebration events. More information will be coming about sponsorship opportunities.

  Volunteers also will be needed for the celebration weekend and other events. Please contact the Temple office to offer your help.