Jewish Reconstructionist Federation

Plan to join us on Sunday, March 21, 2010 for the Chesapeake Annual Celebration in support of Reconstructionist Judaism, our congregations and JRF. This year we will be holding the Chesapeake JRF Annual Celebration at Oseh Shalom Congregation in Laurel, MD.

Visit our online form to place your tribute and reservations.

This is the 18th Anniversary of Oseh Shalom's current building and we are very excited to help them celebrate this special year! The Annual Celebration will take place from 4:00-7:00 p.m. including entertainment and a light dinner.

At our Annual Celebration this year, we are very pleased to be presenting three special awards.  We will be presenting the Yehudit Award for Creativity and Leadership to Linda C. Jum, who has been instrumental in making Camp JRF and other youth programming what it is today in the Reconstructionist movement. While Linda is not affiliated with a Chesapeake JRF congregation, her constant support of JRF's work warrants her recognition nationally. Linda has been a part of every Chesapeake function since I have been regional director. The Linda C. Jum Fund for Creative Youth Initiatives is being set up to honor her for all her hard work. We hope you choose to make a donation to this fund.

We are thrilled to be able to honor Bob Barkin, from Adat Shalom with the Tzadik Award for all his work for the movement. Bob is currently President of the Reconstructionist Movement.

We will also be honoring Sheila Feldman from Adat Shalom with the Shevach Award (Praise) for her 12 years of service to Adat Shalom. Sheila is currently their Executive Director. Sheila will be the first member of our region to receive the Shevach Award. Shevach is an acronym for Shalom Bayit Hashuv- (the importance of peace in the house (community)).

In addtion to our special honors we will be honoring members of our congregation and Havurot with the Moreh Derekh Judith and Ira Eisenstein Service Award for leadership in their communities. We are very pleased to be honoring Pauline Pivowar and Rose Fishman from Oseh Shalom, Alan Pomerantz from Columbia Jewish Congregation, Robin Kantor and Marcie Levenstein from Beit Tikvah, Tim Bartol and Steven Sharpe from Adat Shalom, Nadine Wobus from Mishkan Torah and the entire Reconstructionist Havurah of Greater Washington.

Please mark your calendars for this special event.  Plan to participate and honor some or all of our honorees by placing greetings and ads in our Tribute Journal.  This year in order to promote a more green community, we will be printing a copy of the Tribute Journal for each honoree, and distributing the journal to anyone who participates via e-mail the week after the Annual Celebration.  When you send in your response, please make sure to include your e-mail address so that you can receive a copy of the journal.