BOCA RATON — The culmination of Temple Beth El’s Annual Mitzvah Day will take place Sunday, Nov. 7, and will include a broad-based community-wide Veterans Day Barbecue from 3:30 to 6 p.m. at the Wayne Barton Study Center in East Boca Raton.
Local dignitaries, a marching band and Temple Beth El’s Adult Chorale, along with youth choirs Shir Joy and Shir Ruach, will all be on hand to honor veterans.
Open to all (but especially veterans), this inspirational event is co-sponsored by the Wayne Barton Study Center and Temple Beth El of Boca Raton. There is no charge for the BBQ.
The festivities will feature the dedication of a flagpole at the Center, as well as installation of a plaque honoring the Center’s unique and special relationship with Temple Beth El. After the ceremony a BBQ dinner will be served with entertainment provided by a blues/gospel band.
Mitzvah Day, an annual event at Temple Beth El, is a time set aside by the congregation to give back to the temple and community. From Friday, November 5 through Sunday, November 7, members of the temple will participate in a variety of educational and giving activities. Included are such activities as a bicycle recycle, collection of school supplies for Ethiopian Jewish children, consumer fraud workshop for seniors, donating music CDs and movie DVDs for our soldiers, adopt a dog, blood drive and many more.
For more information, contact Rabbi Jessica Spitalnic Brockman at 561/391-8900 or jbrockman@tbeboca.org.
Temple Beth El of Boca Raton was the city’s first Jewish house of worship and consists of two campuses. Along with weekly services, social, educational and religious programs, the campuses include infant child care, an early childhood center, religious school for students K-12, and an on-site mausoleum.
The main campus is located in east Boca Raton at 333 SW 4th Avenue. The Beck Family Campus, a six-acre western Boca Raton educational campus, is located at 9800 Yamato Road.