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Etan and Brielle Mark
“Temple Beth Sholom teaches us how to love being Jewish.” We came from different religious upbringings: Brielle grew up with Temple Beth Sholom (Rabbi Glickstein was the rabbi at her brothers’ bar- mitzvahs), while Etan was raised in a modern Orthodox household in Brooklyn. We were both inculcated with the importance of “being Jewish” from a young age – but despite Etan’s Orthodox indoctrination, by the time they met in 2002, it was more important to Brielle to raise a Jewish
Mark Family Bris at Temple Beth Sholom
family than it was to Etan. TBS was the impetus that allowed our paths to eventually intersect to provide a consistent message for our family. After getting married in 2005 and relocating to Miami Beach from New York, Brielle’s father suggested to Etan that he get more involved in TBS. Etan had never envisioned becoming involved in any temple, much less a reform one. Years later, our
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