Beth Boruk Temple
Message from our President
Welcome to the Year 5787
SEPTEMBER 2026
Gathering together is one of the strengths of Beth Boruk. Our annual picnic is a good example. Folks enjoy seeing one another after a summer break. Gathering at Teri Grossman’s farm is something we anticipate and appreciate. Catching up with what is new with one another helps us maintain our strong community.
This past year has been a joy for us as friends and members of Beth Boruk. We were happy to welcome Cantor Andrea Raizen who agreed to join and lead us for services. Her leadership has allowed us to live on and gather as is our custom. She has added elements of joy with her lovely voice and musical skills. She has agreed to return to lead and guide us this upcoming year. Her involvement is much appreciated. Welcome back, Andrea.
May we prioritize gathering for services this coming year. The state of our world requires prayer and community. We all look forward to participation and sharing together.
Larry and Kathy Simkin for Beth Boruk Temple, Richmond, Indiana
Message from our Cantor
Welcome to the Year 5787
SEPTEMBER 2026
Dear Members and Friends of Beth Boruk Temple,
The approach of the High Holy Days gives us the opportunity to pause, to reflect, to reconnect, and to begin again. I am so pleased to have been invited back to serve as your spiritual leader for the holidays and beyond.
Rosh Hashanah invites us to consider the year that has passed and the year that lies ahead. Yom Kippur asks us to look honestly at ourselves—not with shame or self-judgment, but with courage and compassion. The work of these days, the work of teshuvah, is ultimately about returning: returning to our best selves, returning to the people we love, returning to our values, and returning to God and to the sacred purpose that gives our lives meaning.
This congregation is more than a building or an institution. It is a community of people who genuinely care about one another and come together to mark life’s most important moments. We gather on the High Holy Days not because we have all the answers, but because we need one another. We pray together, sing together, remember together, and remind one another that none of us must navigate life’s journey alone.
I look forward to welcoming you, sharing these sacred days with you, and beginning the new year of 5787 together as a community.
May the coming year bring you and those you love health, peace, sweetness, meaning, and blessing.
L’shanah tovah u’metukah—may you and your loved ones be inscribed and sealed for a good and sweet new year.
With warmth and heartfelt wishes,
Cantor Andrea Raizen
Beth Boruk Temple would like to thank the Edelman Foundation for their continued support.