MoTAS Weekly 7/16/2025: Welcome Our New President: Howard Schnee

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In This Issue:

  1. NEW PRESIDENT’S WELCOME
  2. MOTAS WINS MRJ AWARD
  3. AUGUST DINING OUT – LEMON ZEST – WE AUG 13
  4. FOOTBALL SQUARES UPDATE
  5. MOTAS 2025-2026 CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES
  6. IN CLOSING

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From the Editor: The goal of the Weekly is to get MoTAS members the information they need on upcoming activities, and then get out of the way. If you have any information on MoTAS activities you need to get out to the membership, please contact the Weekly Editor at cybermaven@tasnorthridge-motas.org. During the summer, when there are not a lot of events, the weekly will appear … less than weekly. If you know of someone who should be getting the weekly, of if you had this forwarded this to you and you want to get on our sublist, please drop a note to cybermaven@tasnorthridge-motas.org and we’ll add you.

1. NEW PRESIDENT’S WELCOME

Hello to all my fellow MOTAS members and happy summer!

Scott Gore has moved out of the area. As a result, the MOTAS executive board unanimously approved my year long term as President effective immediately.

I welcome the opportunity to work with all of you to continue to make MOTAS a successful contributor for TAS and a place where we can serve, volunteer and at the same time enjoy comradeship.

Feel free to contact me anytime. haschnee106@gmail.com; 818-259-7583

2. MOTAS WINS MRJ AWARD

At the recent MRJ convention, MoTAS received the J. Jacques Stone Award for Outstanding Community Service to The Temple Community for the work done by MoTAS to raise the funds and implement the installation of the new landscaping. Although this was a team effort, a special mention goes to Howard Miller as he spearheaded the entire project and was the driving force on the design.

2025 MoTAS Award

3. AUGUST DINING OUT – LEMON ZEST – WE AUG 13

Would you like an easy way to help MoTAS financially? How about taking your family to dinner. The MoTAS “Dining Does Good” allows you to go out to dinner, and have the restaurant donate a portion of your check support the Men of TAS. Our June Dining Does Good” will be Wed, August 13at Lemon Zest, 9610 Reseda Blvd. Northridge, CA 91324, (818) 818-6164.

How do you get a flyer? You can find a flyer for the event at https://wp.tasnorthridge-motas.org/activities/dining/ (click on the image of the flyer) or download PDF from our Google Drive . From there, just click on the printer icon to print, or the three dots to download.

We really encourage you to come and support these events: we raise a little extra funds for our work, but more importantly, we come together and break bread as a Temple family on a regular basis. It is a real joy to walk into a neighborhood restaurant and see your Temple friends, to sit down and share a table and talk. This is the heart and goal of MoTAS: Building Relationships.

4. FOOTBALL SQUARES UPDATE

According to our Grid Maven, the board is now full. This is the earliest we’ve ever filled the board. Thanks to all the participants. If there are any questions, contact Bob Levine, tasboblevine@gmail.com.

5. MOTAS 2025-2026 CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES

The Men of Temple Ahavat Shalom are always doing something. The following is a list of our activities in the 2025-2026 programming year. In addition, the following activities are on going:

  • Monthly:Dining for Good. These are typically the second or third week of the month. See the Dining Out page for the specific dates.
  • During football and NCAA basketball season: Sports squares. There are three cycles: Football Squares, Superbowl Squares, and NCAA March Madness Squares

July 2025

August 2025

September 2025

  • Until the Friday before the 1st Monday Night Football Game: Football Square Sales
  • Su, Sep 14 @ 845am: September Monthly Meeting
  • Mo, Sep 22: Erev Rosh Hashanah
  • Tu, Sep 23: Rosh Hashanah

October 2025

  • We, Oct 1: Erev Yom Kippur
  • Tu, Oct 2: Yom Kippur
  • Su, Oct 5: Monthly Meeting/ Sukkah Building
  • Mo, Oct 6: Erev Sukkot
  • Su, Oct 12: MoTAS Pancake Breakfast
  • Mo, Oct 13: Erev Simchat Torah

November 2025

  • Su, Nov 2: Sisterhood Holiday Boutique (tent)
  • Su, Nov 9: November Monthly Meeting
  • Fr, Nov 14: Veterans Shabbat

December 2025

  • Su, Dec 14 @ 8:45am: December Monthly Meeting
  • Su, Dec 14: First Night of Chanukkah
  • Th, Dec 25 @ 5:00pm: ChanukahMas Dinner

January 2026

February 2026

March 2026

April 2026

May 2026

June 2026

IN CLOSING

As always, remember that the Men of Temple Ahavat Shalom is *your* organization. Keep up to date on our activities at http://www.tasnorthridge-motas.org/ and participate. Sign up for our action alert list at http://tinyurl.com/motas-action-alert. We want to serve all the men of Temple Ahavat Shalom and welcome new participants from the TAS membership. Join our Facebook group and “follow” our website. Join the MoTAS Google Group at https://groups.google.com/g/tas-motas (you may need to be logged into your Google account, if you have one). Come be part of the Men of Temple Ahavat Shalom!

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