Dear CBI Family
For those of you who are familiar with the musical “Rent”, these may be familiar lyrics:
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
Five hundred twenty-five thousand moments so dear
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
How do you measure? Measure a year?
In the case of Rabbi Spitz, how can we measure 33+ years?
Rabbi will be retiring on September 30 of this year, and we are planning an exciting send-off which you will hear more about in the coming months.
Each week we will have a series of tributes titled “Season of Blessing.” Each week, on Shabbat morning, we will share a new blessing for Rabbi Spitz, given by a surprise friend or colleague. To view the tributes, see below. Click on the blessings and memories and relive the 33+ years of Rabbi Spitz’s tenure.
We hope you enjoy this.
Phyllis Abrams
| Date | Blessings | Memories | |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 27, 2021 | Rabbi Brad Artson: Click here to watch the blessing | Past President Bob Sklar: Click here to watch | |
| April 3, 2021 | Ruth Messinger: Click here to watch the blessing | Past President Jay Witzling: Click here to watch | |
| April 10, 2021 | Rabbi Adir Glick: Click here to watch the blessing | Past President Steve Chase: Click here to watch | |
| April 17, 2021 | Professor Ron Wolfson: Click here to watch the blessing | Past President Ron Morrison: Click here to watch | |
| April 30, 2021 | Rabbi Jack Riemer: Click here to watch the blessing | ||
| May 1, 2021 | Neshama Carlebach: Click here to watch the blessing | Past President Brigette Frankel: Click here to watch | |
| May 8, 2021 | Rabbi Howard Tilman: Click here to watch the blessing | Past President Ed Levin: Click here to watch | |
| May 15, 2021 | Pastor Rick Warren: Click here to watch the blessing | Past President Hal Hurwitz: Click here to watch | |
| May 29, 2021 | Yossi Klein Halevi: Click here to watch the blessing | Past President Terry Ginsburg: Click here to watch | |
| June 5, 2021 | Amy Lederman: Click here to watch the blessing | Past President Sheila Witzling: Click here to watch | |
| June 12, 2021 | Rabbi Joseph Telushkin: Click here to watch the blessing | Past President Joel Kuperberg: Click here to watch | |
| June 19, 2021 | Rabbi Bill Lebeau: Click here to watch the blessing | Past President Mike Schneider: Click here to watch | |
| July 10, 2021 | Rabbi Elliot Dorff: Click here to watch the blessing | Past President Tony Kravitz: Click here to watch | |
| July 17, 2021 | Marilyn J. Harran: Click here to watch the blessing | Past President Beth Elster: Click here to watch | |
| July 24, 2021 | Hal J. Lansky: Click here to watch the blessing | Past President Scott Nathan: Click here to watch | |
| August 7, 2021 | Danny Matt: Click here to watch the blessing | Past President Susan Steinberg: Click here to watch | |
| August 14, 2021 | Ari Goldman & Shira Dicker: Click here to watch the blessing | Past President Steve Helfgot: Click here to watch | |
| August 21, 2021 | Peter Pitzele: Click here to watch the blessing | Past President Michael Vishny : Click here to watch | |
| August 28, 2021 | Rabbi Kvod Wieder: Click here to watch the blessing | Past President Sue Ann Cross : Click here to watch | |
| September 4, 2021 | Stuart M. Matlins: Click here to watch the blessing | Past President Marc Goldin: Click here to watch | |
| September 10, 2021 | Rabbi Harold J. Kravitz: Click here to watch the blessing | ||
| September 11, 2021 | Rabbi Ed Feinstein: Click here to watch the blessing | ||
| September 25, 2021 | Leonid Feldman: Click here to watch the blessing | President Phyllis Abrams: Click here to watch | |
| September 27, 2021 | Rabbi Yoel Glick: Click here to watch the blessing | ||
| September 28, 2021 | Edna & David Miron-Wapner: Click here to watch the blessing | ||
| September 28, 2021 | Carl Cedar: Click here to watch the blessing | ||
| September 29, 2021 | Rabbi Cheryl Peretz: Click here to watch the blessing | ||
| September 29, 2021 | Joe and Cathy Jankovic: Click here to watch the blessing |