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Today, we are asking for your support to complete the Circle of Giving. The Circle of Giving, our annual appeal, supports our impactful worship services, distinctive brand of education, enriching programming and the warm embrace of community offered to all. Like many nonprofit organizations, TOS has not been spared the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Thanks to our community and a few loyal and devoted Lamed Vavniks*, over the past eighteen months we have been able to survive, and even thrive. Please give what you can to help us connect with and support one another, celebrate holidays and life cycle events in unique ways, and keep our schools open and safe for children and families.  Give HERE

*Jewish lore holds that at any time in history there are 36 righteous people who are quietly responsible for saving the world. These are the Tzadikim Nistarim (hidden righteous ones), also known as the Lamed Vavniks (Lamed is 30 and Vav is 6). Our goal is for at least 36 family units to pledge at least $36,000 to be paid over a period of one, two, or three years. These contributions will be applied to sustaining ongoing Temple operations, the TOS Hineini and Sanctuary Funds, the TOS endowment.Contact Larry Green, Development Committee Chair, for more information.

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Temple Ohabei Shalom is celebrating 180 years! Check our 180 webpage for more information and updates about our year long celebration.

Learn more Here

Each stage of the COVID-19 pandemic has had unique challenges. This weekend’s news about the availability of the COVID-19 vaccine for young children brings much hope. We have many tools available to us including lifesaving vaccines for children age six (6) months and older, antiviral medications, and SO much more information about how this virus is transmitted and spread. Given the increased transmissibility of the newer Covid variants, we all need to be prepared to deal with COVID for the long term. We believe that transparency, communication, and collaboration have served us well — as with many things in early childhood education, parent input and comfort are key factors to our collective success. As always, we do everything we can to keep our community safe and healthy.

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has developed a new tool to help communities decide what prevention steps to take based on the latest data – COVID-19 Community Level. Levels can be low, medium, or high and are determined by looking at hospital beds being used, hospital admissions, and the total number of new COVID-19 cases in an area. We will use this tool to help us make decisions about our mitigation processes and procedures. 

See our current COVID-19 Protocols Here