You probably know by now that the latest wave of Covid-19 in our area is on the wane. The rate of Covid transmission has come down dramatically, and public health and government officials are relaxing community-wide restrictions on indoor gatherings. Accordingly, the Covid Committee feels we can ease up on some of our requirements as well.
Starting this Shabbat, service leaders, leyners, and speakers will no longer be required to be masked. We will also give the option to anyone with an aliyah to go up to the bima. This was the practice at TI until the Omicron variant led us to tighten our requirements.
As DC and surrounding jurisdictions are ending indoor mask requirements, we will be watching the numbers and consider making masks optional at TI. For the time being, congregants are required to wear masks in the building, except when eating at kiddush lunch or performing a role in the service.
We look forward to more good news on the Covid front, and for the ability to get closer to something resembling our pre-pandemic normal, one step at a time.
Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Michael Werbow Jevera Temsky, Executive Director
Sara Goldberg, President Rabbi Jason Kimelman-Block, Ritual VP Sylvia Horwitz, Covid Committee Chair
