Page 10 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • December 14, 2011 Ridgewood Rabbi Sharon Litwin was installed as the associate rabbi of Temple Israel and Jewish Community Center of Ridgewood on Dec. 4. The celebration began with a musical introduction. Temple Israel’s choir sang “Ma Tovu” and students from the Northern New Jersey Jewish Academy performed a selection of songs. NNJJA is a consortium Hebrew school of Temple Israel and Temple Beth Sholom in Fair Lawn; Rabbi Litwin is the school’s director. Reflections and tributes to Rabbi Litwin were then offered by Temple Israel President Denis Vogel, Cantor Caitlin Bromberg, and Rabbi David J. Fine, PhD. The installation’s keynote address was delivered by Rabbi Perry Raphael Rank of Midway Jewish Center in Syosset, New York, and past president of the Rabbinical Assembly, the International Association of Conservative/Masorti Rabbis. The installation concluded with several songs by TAVIM, a Jewish a cappella group with which Rabbi Litwin performs. TAVIM Temple Israel celebrates installation of associate rabbi is composed of members of Congregation Beth Sholom in Teaneck, and its repertoire includes styles including traditional, Israeli folk music, gospel, and adaptations of American and Israeli rock. Rabbi Litwin has been a regional advisor for the North American Federation of Temple Youth’s Westchester/Fairfield region. She has served as rabbi of Temple Shir Shalom in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, and as a member of the Judaic Studies Middle School Faculty at Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County. Located at 475 Grove Street in Ridgewood, Temple Israel and Jewish Community Center is a fully egalitarian Conservative synagogue with members from over a dozen Bergen County communities. Weekly Shabbat services are held on Fridays at 8:30 p.m. and Saturdays at 9 a.m. During the week, minyan takes place on Sunday mornings at 9:30 a.m. and Tuesday nights at 7:45 p.m. For more information, call (201) 444-9320, e-mail office@synagogue.org, or visit www.synagogue.org. Rabbi Perry Raphael Rank, Temple Israel Rabbi David J. Fine, Associate Rabbi Sharon Litwin, and Cantor Caitlin Bromberg. (Photo credit: Johanna Resnick Rosen/Candid Eye.) The Ridgewood Board of Education has approved change orders that saved the district $185,231 on construction and renovation at the George Washington Middle School. The total project with the Bennett Company of Passaic is for $10,848,590, but the recent change orders, when the calculations were completed, saved the district a considerable amount of money on work not deemed necessary, despite Recent change orders at school save district $185,231 some smaller additions for work that turned up during the construction project. The board agreed to rescind retaining wall replacement estimated at $170,000 due to escalating associated costs, and to deduct an alternative that would have cost $40,000 to provide and install all gymnasium equipment at the Neville Gymnasium at the George Washington Middle School. The board also received a $5,600 credit for the purchase of “flushometers.” There were, however, two smaller change orders that actually added to the projected expenses: $24,228 to reroute existing roof drains on the storage room, and $6,196 for windows added to the vocal room, window modifications, and a transom. J. KOSTER