{"content":[{"text":"KISLEV-TEVET 5777 DECEMBER 2016 \n The First Hebrew Congregation \n Barry Fidelman was asked to Save the Dates \n attend a meeting in Kalamazoo of A friendly reminder we will \n Jewish community leaders in S.W. celebrate Purim on March 12th, \n Michigan. The event had and a Passover Seder on April \n representatives from Kalamazoo 11th. Write down the dates and \n College, Hillel, Hadassah, South plan to attend both celebrations. \n Bend, St. Joseph, and Grand \n Rapids. Better communication Thank You \n between congregations and Please note the beautiful \n 249 BROADWAY communities were discussed. Menorah in the reading garden. \n South Haven, MI 49090 Thanks Lou and Stu Price for \n firsthebrewcong@gmail.com Chanukah putting it up. It looks great and \n 269-637-1603 Our annual Chanukah celebration includes the FHC in the festive \n will be held on Dec. 30 at 6 p.m. look of downtown South Haven. \n Remey Rubin \n We will serve our traditional latke \n President \n dinner sponsored by Hy and Thanks to Deb Zuckerman for \n 269-637-4764 \n Shelley Warshawsky. A Friday framing a number of old posters. \n newgriz@aol.com \n night service will follow. The The wall of old posters looks \n Lou Price dinner is free, but of course, we great! Deb has helped us in our \n Vice President \n will accept any donations offered! quest to preserve historical \n Stephen Tolen Please come and rejoice with us, documents and pictures and to \n Treasurer \n but if you cannot attend, leave beautify the building. Thank you \n Debbie Ehrlich your name on the Shul answering for your generosity, time and \n Secretary \n machine to order for home continued help. \n delivery. If you need a ride, we \n have a crew of driver volunteers Thank you to Ricky Rothner for \n who have offered to brave the donating new velcro Torah ties. \n Winter has finally arrived, and we \n winter weather to pick you up and We now even have two sets, one \n still have some fond memories of \n take you home, so just give us a for all year and one for High \n our lovely fall in South Haven. The \n call! Holidays. \n FHC Simchas Torah celebration was \n one to remember! Lou Price led \n Building Projects Finally, thank you to Nancy Vilims \n the service and the 20 plus people \n We just completed one of our last for always being there when we \n rejoiced, while 5 of our shtarkers \n projects, the kitchen, which is now have trouble with the computer. \n danced our 5 Torah's around the \n freshly painted. Thanks to David As I am sure some of you know \n sanctuary seven times. I must \n Ashen and Steve Tolen for taking things don’t always work as we \n admit one of our members who \n on the job. With the restoration of had planned, and Nancy is always \n was slightly flush in the face tried \n the machitza, our building will be there to volunteer her services for \n to convince me that fifth time \n fully completed. That project will the synagogue as our computer \n around was number seven, but \n start soon and be finished by maven. \n some of his compatriots were less \n spring. \n confused and straightened it out!","bbox":{"left":0.06749,"top":0.037104,"width":0.859666,"height":0.8636240000000001}}],"images_bbox":[{"left":0.083742,"top":0.139848,"width":0.240474,"height":0.139268}],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[{"left":0.083742,"top":0.139848,"width":0.240474,"height":0.139268}]}