President’s Message: Interim, Intern and Settled Rabbis
Richard Lesse, President As you’ve probably heard, our beloved Rabbi Lisa Edwards will be retiring on July 31, 2019, after 25 years as our rabbi….
Category: BCC President Columns
Report on our Upcoming Rabbinic Search and Other Changes
Richard Lesse, President “We change, whether we like it or not.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson Along with moments of change come periods of transition and that…
President’s Message: The Times they are a Changing
Richard Lesse, President There is a great deal of change happening at BCC nowadays. June started with an incredibly successful BCC Vision Awards. More than…
Announcing a “Listening Tour” for BCC Members and our Future
Richard Lesse, President The BCC leadership has organized a “Listening Tour” designed to elicit input from BCC members in advance of the synagogue’s search for…
Change is Inevitable. Growth is Optional. Anxiety is Unnecessary.
Richard Lesse, President As you may have noticed from various announcements over the past months, BCC is in a period of transition that will include…
Getting to Know our new President, Richard Lesse
BCC’s new president, Richard Lesse, took office on September 1. We will all have a chance to get to know him as he works to…
Thanks for the Opportunity to Serve, and Some Hopes for our Future
Lauren Schlau, President Greetings. As of this writing I am just over two months from the end of my BCC Presidency. This is both a…
President’s Message: Looking Back and Planning Ahead
Happy Spring! I hope everyone had a zimmes Pesach. As you will read in this issue, BCC commemorated its 45th year with our Annual Awards…