- November 7, 2024
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Lucy the dog
Judy Posner
Maxine Tauber and Suzanne Schuster
Gloria Feibus brought dessert for anyone who wanted it, and plenty of hand sanitizer.
Barbara Pressman and Elise Galinsky sat at opposite sides of the table.
Elise Galinsky and Lois Barson chat from their separate tables.
Suzanne Schuster kept hand sanitizer close at hand.
Lois Barson turned to speak with Sharon Schreiber and Suzanne Schuster.
Barbara Pressman, Elise Galinsky and Lois Barson keep chat flowing between their two tables.
Maxine Tauber and Gloria Feibus
Joann Goldwater, Elise Galinsky and Sharon Schreiber
Joann Goldwater, Elise Galinsky, Sharon Schreiber, Lois Barson, Barbara Pressman, Suzanne Schuster, Maxine Tauber and Gloria Feibus
Lois Barson and Suzanne Schuster
Gloria Feibus, right, checks Rise Loshack's temperature.
Rise Loshack, Gloria Feibis and Maxine Tauber
Members of Temple Beth Israel gathered for an outdoor lunch for single people of the temple on Jan. 27 at Bayfront Park, their third such lunch since late 2020.
Gloria Feibus and Maxine Tauber are the co-chairs of the event and have been organizing the lunches to occur about every other week. Still in its infancy, the singles club about seven to 10 people come and bring their own lunches, eager for any sort of human interaction. Before the pandemic, the temple had a healthy calendar of social and educational events, but in the wake of COVID-19, the calendar was wiped clean and has stayed that way ever since. The lunches are the first thing that temple members and friends have done in person since March.
“We wanted to give people a venue where they can safely meet other people,” Feibus said.
Feibus and Tauber thought of everything, from a forehead thermometer to hand sanitizer to the distance and spacing of the tables. If you split a picnic table at Bayfront Park in half diagonally, that the diners on opposite corners are six feet apart, so tables are limited to two people.
