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This week's Torah portion is Parashat Re'eh. Havdalah starts 42 minutes after sundown, at 8:22 pm on Saturday, August 30. Courtesy of hebcal.com |
Candle lighting is at 7:24 pm on Friday, August 29.
Executive Director
Henry (originally from the Catskills area of New York State) and his family (his wife is originally from Baltimore), moved to Baltimore from Rochester, N.Y. in 1986. They were Beth Am congregants for eight years before Henry became executive director in 2000. He brought to the job more than 25 years of business and administrative experience, most recently as the Executive Vice President and director of a local bank. Henry also has experience in sales of business equipment to large institutions, systems consulting for a computer company, and has owned and operated a retail business. Henry earned a B.S. degree in business administration from Alfred University and an M.B.A. in marketing and management from Rochester Institute of Technology. When Henry decided he wanted to combine his management experience and his love for working with people in a position where he could serve the Jewish community, he needed to look no further than his own congregation. He is a member of the North American Association of Synagogue Executives, the Mid-Atlantic Temple and Synagogue Administrators Association, and is a Board member of the Hebrew Free Loan Association of Baltimore.
Education Director
Originally from Memphis and living in Maryland, his life has always been in Jewish camps and synagogues. The summer after high school, he was a Senior Counselor at the Memphis JCC. He began working at Camp Ramah Darom while in college. Joe spent 2 summers as a counselor and 3 summers as a Unit Head, supervising 10 staff and 60 children. His experiences there prepared him to start leading High Holiday Services for teens and families, which he has been doing for the past 4 years. Joe also developed a curriculum for 9th grade students focused on building leadership and programming skills.
Development & Volunteer Projects Coordinator Rachel Lief, a native of Florida, comes to us from North Miami Beach, where she grew up attending Beth Torah Adath Yeshurun synagogue. With a background, in fundraising, politics, development and event planning, Rachel got her start as the Social Action board member of both her Kadima and USY chapters. She earned her BS at Eastern Michigan University, studying Communications and Marketing. Prior to joining Beth Am, Rachel fundraised for charities such as Mercycorps, St Jude Children's Hospital, SOS Children's Villages, and PLAN USA, to name a few. She is thrilled to have the opportunity to employ her development skills working in a Jewish environment. Office StaffSenior Staff Coordinator
Administrative Assistant/Bookkeeping
Maintenance
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Henry
Feller, our Executive Director, leads the administrative and operations staff
of Beth Am and ensures that the synagogue runs smoothly. His wide ranging
responsibilities include meeting potential members, communicating with congregants,
financial management including collecting the revenues and paying the bills,
managing all office and custodial staff, facilities management including building
scheduling and maintenance, coordinating the assignment of High Holiday seating
arrangements, planning programs and events, ordering food (and we certainly
can't run out of food), making the human and computer systems interface to
serve the synagogue
— and dozens of other functions. Directly and through the Beth Am staff,
Henry seeks to ensure that everything is in place and functioning so that
our religious and educational programs can take place without a hitch. Fortunately,
Henry can rely on a capable, hard-working office and custodial staff.
Joe graduated from the University of Maryland in December of 2006 with a degree in Jewish Studies focused on Education. During college, he taught 6th – 9th grade Hebrew School at B'nai Shalom in Olney and Temple Rodef Shalom. He has also assisted with the USY chapter at B'nai Shalom in Olney.
Linda coordinates support staff responsibilities and information flow within the office - including maintaining the synagogue calendar and scheduling services, programs, events,
meetings, yahrzeit honors and b'nai mitzvah dates. Linda has been at Beth Am since 1990! 
Gail takes contributions and sends cards, takes and processes information on prospective members, orders office and pantry supplies, orders bima flowers and holiday items/food, mails yahrzeit letters, creates the security schedule and answers phones. Gail also does extensive preparations for the High Holyday children's activities and much more. Gail has been at Beth Am since 2001. 
Warren can help you set up for an event or bring items in and out of the building. He also makes sure everything is sparkling clean so you can enjoy your activities here in a pleasant atmosphere! Warren has been at Beth Am since 2002.