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HOD BEZALEL
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Lodge Bezalel News
We're Back !!!
We had our first OLM in 14 months on May 20. What more is there to say?
Lodge Bezalel Calendar
May 24, 2021
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EVENT |
LOCATION |
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Mon. June 7 |
Planning Committee |
Most likely on Zoom |
Watch for upcoming notice |
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Wed. June 16 |
New Member Coffee |
Congregation Or Hadash Courtyard |
Make sure you nominate candidates now so we can circulate them for HOD vetting by June 2 |
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Sun. June 27 |
Skeet Shooting |
Place and time to be announced |
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Thurs. July 15 |
Second New Member Coffee |
Congregation Or Hadash Courtyard |
Make sure you nominate candidates now so we can circulate them for HOD vetting by July 1 |
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Tue. July 20 |
Top Golf |
Top Golf in Alpharetta |
Details to be announced |
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Tue. July 27 |
OLM |
Congregation Or Hadash Courtyard |
Details to be announced |
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Tue. Aug. 10 |
Initiation Dress Rehearsal - Formal walk through and instruction |
Congregation Or Hadash Courtyard |
Dark suits and ties NOT required for this |
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Thurs. Aug. 19 |
New Member Initiation |
Congregation Or Hadash Courtyard |
Dark suits and ties ARE REQUIRED for this |
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Sun. Aug. 29 |
Family Picnic |
Red Top Mountain State Park |
Contact Wor Bro David Weinberger or Bro Ryan Simmons if you are interested. We have the site reserved as of now. |
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Mon. Aug. 30 |
Planning Meeting |
Most likely on Zoom |
Watch for details |
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Tue.-Wed. |
Rosh Hashanah |
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Thurs. Sept. 16 |
Yom Kippur |
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Tue. Sept. 21 |
Sukkot |
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Sun. Oct. 17 |
Atlanta Kosher Barbeque Festival |
Brook Run Park Dunwoody |
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New Lodge Bezalel Officers Installed
Worthy Brother Gary Fish and Brother Ryan Simmons were installed as President and Vice President, respectively, along with a new officer team during a special Zoom ceremony March 21.
Our new Lodge Bezalel Officers are:
- President - Worthy Brother Gary Fish
- Vice President - Brother Ryan Simmons
- Treasurer - Brother Steve Tabb
- Secretary - Worthy Brother Craig Varon
- Master of Ceremonies - Brother Wayne Greenberg
- Scribe and IPP - Worthy Brother Stan Schnitzer
- Registrar - Brother Harry Korchia
- Preceptor - Brother Bruce Mellman
- Chaplain - Brother Harvey Brightman
- Inner Guardian - Brother Evan Busman
- Marshals - Brothers Yuval Mano, Wayne Joss, Mike Kedme, David Weingast, Ron Scheinzeit
- Trustees - Worthy Brothers Stan Sonnabend, Iosi Schwartz
Committees
- New Member - Brothers David Weingast and Doug Friedman
- Fund Raising - Worthy Brother Henry Levine and Brother Doug Friedman
- Under 50 Committee - Brothers Yuval Mano, Wayne Joss, Mike Kedme
- Cooking Committee – Worthy Brother Iosi Schwartz and Brother Mitch Frank
Staying Together - The Brotherhood of Lodge Bezalel
As we all hunker down, our continued well being depends being able to stay in touch with each other to get help, provide help and maintain the social contacts that are so important to us as human beings. You can contact your Lodge Bezalel brothers directly through our online membership directory. Here are the steps:
- Log in with your username and password
- On the Home Page screen, hover over Membership at the far right of the green bar at the top of screen
- When the green background turns to orange, click on Membership - Do Not Scroll through the drop down menu
- You should see links to each Lodge brother's contact info.
Once you have access to the listings, you can scroll through all the names or go directly to a brother's info through the search function. You'll find phone numbers and email address. You can also click the big blue Message button, and that will generate an email with your email address included for a reply.
Your username for logging in is the email address you supplied to Lodge Bezalel when you joined. If you are not sure which email address we have for you, contact Stan Schnitzer (stan@theschnitz.com) for a lookup.
If you do not have a password or can't find it, just click Forgot My Password. You'll receive a password, which you can then change.
Notice from Governing Lodge NA
All meetings of the Hebrew Order of David International have been suspended by Governing Lodge NA until further notice. Those of us at Lodge Bezalel hope you'll take advantage of technology to check in on each other and maintain the social contacts that are vital to us all.
Pat Yourselves on the Back
Lodge Bezalel was awarded for the Highest Percentage of Growth for 2018-2020 Grand Lodge term. The award was given during the Biennial Grand Lodge Conference in Johannesburg, March 6-8. The award is the harvest of the seeds we planted and cultivated over the past 18 months, led by our Membership Chairs, Bros Steve Tabb and David Weingast, who provided the direction and organization. Read More
Get Involved with Lodge Bezalel
Join one of our committees and make your mark on Lodge Bezalel. Our committees and chair contacts:
Social: David Weinberger and Paul Flexner
Community Service: Alan Wind
Membership: David Weingast
Table Lodge: Ron Scheinzeit
Read Our Meeting Minutes
Click to read the minutes from our last OLM and mintues from all 2020 and 2019 OLMs.
Atlanta’s ‘Super Mario Brothers’ at Zichron Menachem
Worthy Brother Mario Oves, President of HOD’s North America Governing Lodge, and newly-initiated Brother Mario Karpuj, Lodge Bezalel, were in Jerusalem to present a check for $22,000 at the Zichron Menachem campus in Jerusalem.
The money will fund the construction of a hair salon dedicated to helping children with cancer. The salon will provide custom made wigs, along with payot for the religious boys. In the last year alone, they created over 500 custom-made wigs for children and young adults. They style and color the wigs, to create a look as close as possible to their existing hair style. [Read More]
Lodge Bezalel and HOD in the community
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Lodge
Bezalel of The Hebrew Order of David International (HOD), a Jewish fraternal
organization, recently presented a check to support the K-9 Unit of the Cobb
County Police Department. The money was raised through Lodge Bezalel’s
participation in the annual Atlanta Kosher BBQ Festival, held in the fall at
Brook Run Park, Dunwoody. [Zichron Menachem Project
Hebrew
Order of David is partnering with Zichron Menachem to fund the
construction of a Hair Salon at the Zichron Menachem campus in
Jerusalem.HOD Lodges from around the world are supporting this needed and valuable project.
Your donation is strongly encouraged. An anonymous donor will match 100% of your donation, so please give all you can. [Read More] about this wonderful project.