Sharron Adell
May 13, 2002
earliest childhood years through con-
firmation in high school as well as on
adult classes.
In recent years, Temple Israel
strengthened its dedication to early
childhood education when, in 2014,
pharmaceutical industry veteran
the late William Farber and his wife,
Audrey, made a $10 million gift to
establish an endowment for the
Susan and Rabbi Harold Loss Early
Childhood Center. The endowment
supports the center’s preschool pro-
gram and provides yearly scholarships
to members’ preschool to kindergar-
ten-aged children.
Rabbi Jennifer Kaluzny was one of
the first preschoolers to play and learn
in the new building. Now, her children
are preschoolers there.
Through her bat mitzvah and
marriage, Kaluzny’s life is bound up
in the story of Temple Israel. Her
life experiences there set her on the
path to become a rabbi, and she
strives to fulfill her work in the spirit
of Rabbi Fram.
“For 75 years, the clergy, teachers
and staff have built a strong connec-
tion to the land of Israel and Reform
Jewish values,” she said. “There is a
passion for Temple that began with
Rabbi Fram, and he instilled that
passion in each rabbi and cantor
that came after him, and I am just so
proud and blessed to be part of it.”
SOCIAL JUSTICE IDEALS
Another pillar of Reform Judaism
is social justice. Tisdale said this
emphasis is evident upon entering
the building to the Tyner Religious
School.
There are collection bins for
donating old eyeglasses, recycling
toner cartidges and cell phones
as well as places to donate cloth-
ing and food. Twice each month,
Forgotten Harvest runs a food pan-
try that distributes food to the com-
munity’s neediest families.
“Just as it was when it was founded,
Temple Israel continues to be at
the cutting edge of liberal, Reform
Judaism,” Tisdale said. “We are a place
of social justice, religion, learning and,
most of all, a place for families to feel
good about Judaism and feel part of a
community. Our clergy and staff are
dedicated to what they do and are a
cornerstone of our success.”
As far as outreach, Temple Israel
continues to forge new directions. In
the last several years, it created The
Well, an outreach initiative headed
by Rabbi Daniel Horwitz that has
engaged unaffiliated and under-affili-
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