Dear Shul Member,

Due to clerical error, this notice of the upcoming membership meeting was not mailed out as scheduled; as a result, the meeting date has been rescheduled to January 27, 2026 and some related dates have also been moved.

The membership meeting of The Carlebach Shul – Congregation Kehilath Jacob (the “Shul”) will now be held on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 7:30pm at 305 West 79^th Street.  The meeting will have two purposes: (1) to elect, from the candidates nominated at the nominating meeting on December 9, 2025, three Trustees to serve for regular three-year terms on the Board of Trustees, and to issue the Treasurer’s Report; and (2) to consider a proposal to amend the Shul By-Laws to enable notification of membership meetings to be sent by email, and attendance at meetings via Zoom, as per the notice thereof given and the text thereof distributed at the meeting on December 9, 2025, which text appears on the other side of this page.

This year’s election of Trustees is uncontested as there are three candidates nominated and running for the three open positions.  If you are unable to attend the meeting and are a member in good standing, you are entitled to vote by absentee ballot in the Trustee elections.  Because the election is uncontested, we are not including an absentee ballot with this mailing.  If you would nonetheless like to vote in this manner, please contact the Shul office to have a ballot sent to you.  To be counted, your ballot must be received at the Shul office by 4PM on January 27, 2026, or be delivered to the meeting, as per the instructions printed on the ballot.

Immediately following the Trustee elections, candidates from among the Trustees on the newly-constituted Board will be nominated for Officer positions.  If there’s more than one candidate for any of the Officer positions, the voting for Shul Officers will be adjourned until Tuesday, February 10, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. to enable the entire membership to vote in person or by absentee ballot.

Only members (but not Associate Members) in good standing may vote at Shul meetings such as this one. To be in good standing, annual dues for 2025 and any amounts owed to the Shul for meals or other goods or services provided on your account by the Shul (but not for pledges) must have been paid in full no later than the record date for this meeting (and for any meeting on February 10, 2026), which was January 3, 2026.

The consideration of the proposed amendments to the Shul By-Laws will follow either the voting for Shul Officers or the adjournment of such voting, as described above. The By-Laws provide that they can only be amended by the vote of no less than two-thirds of the qualified voters present at a membership meeting, so only members actually present in the Shul on January 27, 2026 will be eligible to vote on this matter, not those members attending via Zoom.

Respectfully,

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Hadassa Carlebach       Barbara Chazan*                      Jeremy Chess*
Sherri Daniels*            Lew Engel                                 Daniel Goldschmidt*

Raphael Kellman*        Leon Sutton                              Shy Yellin*

*Trustee position not up for re-election this year

Click here to view the proposed by-laws that will be discussed at the election.