Thoughts from our President by Jonah Markowitz

I hope this edition of the newsletter finds you happy and well. As we head into summer, I’m full of excitement for the opportunities for worship, togetherness, and fun that we look forward to here at MCJC. We have engaging and meaningful services led by Rabbi Donni as well as our lay leaders, fun social events, and memories to be made together. I'd like to send a shout out and hearty mazel tov to the Grover sisters on reaching the milestone of their b’not mitzvah this summer. As we look forward to the future at MCJC, I also reflect on our blessings and am so grateful to all of you for helping keep a center for community and Jewish life in McHenry County.

We had an awesome school year for the kids (thanks so much MCJC Teachers!). We’ve enjoyed fun social events together as well as educational and impactful speakers. We have helped the community with acts of mitzvah. We have had some successful fundraisers including our Panera and Portillo’s nights. We have enjoyed outings and celebrations together with other area synagogues like our bowling event which Gene and Sandy Lindow hosted (we had a blast!) and Passover Seder at CKI where they welcomed us with open arms. Looking forward to continued collaboration with them. In addition to our successful fundraising events, I’m also very thankful and excited to say that we reached our matching funds donation goal thanks to you and your generosity! We have so much to be excited about here at MCJC. I am looking forward to seeing you all soon and wishing you and your families all of the best.