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SUMMARY:Minyannaire Shabbat
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Shabbat morning\, March 14th as we honor Harr
 y Shmunes\, our sixth annual Scott Zimmerman Minyannaire of the year and a
 ll the Minyannaires at Minyannaire Shabbat.\n\nThroughout the Jacksonville
  Jewish Center’s rich 120 year history\, there may not be an accomplishm
 ent more significant than having a continuous daily minyan. Each day\, twi
 ce a day\, our members gather in the morning and evening for prayer.  It 
 has helped build and strengthen this congregational community and provides
  an opportunity to help those in need of a minyan so they may recite the k
 addish in memory of their departed loved one.\n\nThis does not happen auto
 matically. Many of our members\, affectionately called “Minyannaires”\
 , take on the responsibility of attending one\, two or more of these servi
 ces each week.  For the past five years\, we have celebrated these member
 s during a special Minyannaires Shabbat\, where they are featured particip
 ants throughout the morning service.  We have also honored one member who
  has gone over and above to make sure that our daily minyan thrives and fl
 ourishes.\n\nHarry was born in Jacksonville and immediately became a parti
 cipant in synagogue life.  He attended kindergarten at 3rd and Silver and
  continued as a student in the religious school.   In the early 1960’s
 \, a teenage Harry began to work at the 8th Street Pic N' Save.  Sam Ben
 nett\, a Center member and store manager\, would receive phone calls every
  so often that there was a need for additional men to make a minyan.  So 
 Harry\, and others\, would briefly leave their jobs to run over the Center
  and return after minyan.\n\nHarry’s supermarket career took him to Gain
 esville\, where he married his beloved wife Joni in 1978 where their three
  children were born.  He eventually returned to Jacksonville and joined t
 he Center to ensure their Jewish education.  As he moved up the corporate
  ladder\, it became somewhat easier for him to attend the Center’s minya
 n on an occasional basis.\n\nAfter a brief move to Chicago in the 1990’s
 \, he returned to Jacksonville and was able to then begin to regularly att
 end minyan in the mornings.  Harry felt a connection with the Monday morn
 ing minyan\, with Raymond Cohen and David Zavon in leadership roles and wi
 th Mark Shorstein leading services on a regular basis.  In 2005\, Marco R
 and\, then the chair of the religious committee\, asked Harry if he could 
 take on the responsibility of minyan captain for that day.  Harry agreed 
 to become the captain “temporarily”\, which has continued to be a runn
 ing joke as he successfully took the leadership reigns for Monday mornings
  for the next decade.\n\nAfter the passing of his beloved wife Joannie\, H
 arry\, “temporarily”\, stepped back from the captain responsibilities 
 while still attending Monday and adding additional days to also assist oth
 ers with their need for a minyan.  Much of this pride and responsibility 
 was learned from his father\, who would bring Harry to minyan’s at Etz C
 haim when he was younger.  His father felt a great level of responsibilit
 y to make sure there was a minyan throughout our community.  After his re
 tirement\, he would attend minyan at both the Center and Etz Chaim to make
  sure that both congregations would be able to have a minyan each day.  W
 hich makes it less surprising that Harry eventually resumed “temporary
 ” captain status for Monday mornings.\n\nHis advice to those that have n
 ot made minyan as part of their routine to just try.  Get a feel for each
  of each of the different minyans as each has their own level of camarader
 ie that may be a better match for you. Many will socialize right after the
  minyan\, whether to gather for breakfast or even happy hour.  You will n
 ever know what you are missing until you give it a try.  Ideally\, he inv
 ites you to try Monday mornings.\n\nPlease join us on Shabbat morning\, Ma
 rch 14th as we honor Harry and all the Minyannaires on Minyannaire Shabbat
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