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PAT BROSNAHAN RECEIVES CHAI AWARD FROM TBD BROTHERHOOD

A capacity crowd filled the Temple Beth David social hall on Friday evening to honor this year's recipient of the Temple Beth David Brotherhood's Chai Award, M. Patricia Brosnahan, the Temple's secretary. Included were many members of the congregation, family and friends, including a group from St. Thomas Becket Church.

Brotherhood President Ron Zeiger presented the plaque citing "an outstanding contribution to the life of our Congregation." Zeiger, Temple President Ellen Levada and Rabbi Eric A. Silver all spoke about Brosnahan's willingness to go far beyond the official duties of her job to make the workings of the Temple, and the lives of its members, better. Rabbi Silver noted her decision to take a Hebrew class, and her devotion to learning as much as she could about Judaism. He quipped that members with questions about the religion can get their answers from Pat before they even speak to the Rabbi, "and they are often better answers."

In her informal remarks, Pat Brosnahan thanked the members of the Temple community for allowing her the opportunity to grow as a person in her years on the job. She said the Temple is like a second home to her. Finally she noted that, by coincidence, she is beginning her eighteenth year as Temple secretary. (Eighteen is the numerical value of the Hebrew word chai, or life.) She closed by saying, "Todah rabah! (Thank you very much!)".

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