Simchat Torah
Please refer to the calendar for service times.
Join us for a Simchat Torah celebration including dancing, torah parade & ice cream sundaes!
We continue our long-standing TI tradition of honoring members who have been generous with their time and dedication to synagogue life. This year, we recognize the positive impact Aimee, Aaron, and Rebecca have made, and continue to make,
on our community by leading, supporting, and inspiring us.
We invite you to honor them by joining us in celebration during Simchat Torah services on October 25.
Learn more about our Simchat Torah Honorees:
Aimee Close
Aimee Close has a rich Jewish educational background that includes attending Prozdor, Brandeis University, and later, Hebrew College where she received a master’s degree. In all, Aimee has spent more than three decades working in synagogues, JCCs, and national Jewish organizations. Aimee enjoys serving the TI community as Gabbai with Aaron Kischel, and as a Torah reader. She has mastered the art of hand signals for trope and provides a gentle yet direct manner to support and remind Torah readers. Also at TI, Aimee takes pride in ensuring that congregants and visitors feel comfortable in our building. When Aimee sees a new face enter the sanctuary, she is quick to introduce herself and welcome them to Temple Israel. Aimee is a loving and dedicated daughter and mother. She is very proud of her son Ari’s accomplishments and that he has remained balanced and well-grounded. Aimee’s parents lived in her home for several years under her care. At the present time she continues to provide care for her mother. One more personal note about Aimee – she loves Sushi!
Aaron Kischel
Aaron L. Kischel has devoted his life to a wide range of Jewish Education and Youth Activities. He was the youth and then the executive director for New England Region of United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism for over 45 years. He has led student and adult trips to Poland, Israel, and the Jewish community of Cuba, which included USY Pilgrimage trips and CJP Adult trips to visit in-action youth Israel programs. Currently he is the New England Director for March of the Living. This international program commemorates the Holocaust and the beauty of Israel. Aaron has served on the board of the Synagogue Council of Massachusetts, the Planning Committee of CJP’S Boston- Haifa Connection, and is on the board of our award-winning Brotherhood and has chaperoned students from our religious school to the Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C. He proudly serves as Gabbai on Shabbat mornings and chaggim along with Aimee Close.
Rebecca Corke
Rebecca Corke has deep Sharon roots. Her family moved here from Arizona when she was three and she has been tightly connected to the Sharon and local Jewish community ever since. Her daughters all attended Hertz and are all currently students at Temple Israel Religious School (TIRS). She has enjoyed finding various ways to connect culturally, religiously, and socially with members of the TI community, including founding the Shmooze ‘n’ Brews, chairing and serving on the Hertz Parent Committee as well as the TIRS Education Committee, participating on the Board of Trustees and assisting in numerous Search Committees. She and her husband, Jon, have enjoyed watching their daughters – Eva, Anna and Leah- feel at home at TI. She regrets that her girls no longer gleefully wear matching Purim costumes, but otherwise they’re growing up just fine!