A Message from Our President...

     My husband and I moved from New York City to Princeton Junction in the Fall of 1986. As we made New Jersey our new home together I wanted to make a connection to the local Jewish community. Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur were around the corner and we were completely unfamiliar with the congregations in the area. My husband had no formal Jewish education while I was brought up in a Reform congregation with many Jewish traditions celebrated in my parents’ house. So it was up to me to find a Jewish home that would be a good fit for both our needs. After several unrewarding attempts the first few years, I heard about a small congregation in Lawrenceville that meets in a church and requires no tickets for newcomers to attend High Holy Day services. Dubious but intrigued, I was welcomed into services that were warm and familiar in a surprisingly beautiful and simple colonial era sanctuary turned shul. I needed to look no further - this was it!

     Over the years, Temple Micah’s mission of open welcome to Jews of all backgrounds and its relaxed way of making Judaism alive and accessible without financial burden have remained unchanged. I became a student in Rabbi Greenspan’s adult bar/bat mitzvah class in the early 1990s and in 1997 celebrated my bat mitzvah with 2 other women in the synagogue’s wonderful space, filled to the brim with our families and friends. It was an incredibly rewarding event for all of us and it cemented the importance Temple Micah has in my life.

     I am going into the post of Board President following the remarkable 21-year presidency of Bob Pollack. It is an honor and a pleasure to be able to continue to work with Bob and the board on which I have been a member and officer for a number of years. With more than 40 years of history, Temple Micah will continue to be true to its mission. As Bob has written previously on this page, we uniquely fit a specific need in the Jewish community of this area – we are a liberal unaffiliated congregation, holding Shabbat services once each month, promoting Jewish education without undue cost, having our longstanding home in the historic Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville, and being led since 1969 by only two rabbis and three cantors. All this gives us a continuity and strength unusual for a small congregation.

     I hope you will join us and give me and my fellow congregants the opportunity to introduce ourselves and get to know you. Temple Micah welcomes you any time.

Sincerely,

Mary Kuller
President