Judith Kessler Aronson

Manage all interactions for a 100+ family congregation including events, finances, life cycle, social, and all day-to-day operations.

Accounts Payable, Receivable and Payroll

Prepare all financial reports for the treasurer and the board (reporting directly to the treasurer)

Prepare all tax documents for both the state and federal taxes.

Responsible for all out going communication including HaKol (bimonthly newlsetter when it was being published) , congregation emails, letters, postcards, fliers, ads, and posters.

Prepare Board Packets for monthly board meetings.

Prepare information for annual congregation meeting.

Managed the building and supervised the custodian or janitorial company.

Responsible for the HVAC system, landscaping, snow removal, and parking lot maintenance.

Worked with security for various events.

Coordinated the master calendar.

Yahrzeit management.

Event planning from inception through wrap up.

Responsible for building signage.

Coordinated the High Holidays with the Ritual Committee.

Responsible for making sure that the correct ritual supplies are available when and where needed.

Served on the Membership and Marketing Committee to encourage a variety of events to engage the mostly senior congregation while trying to attract new membership.

Brought office practices from the 1970s to the 2010s.

Encouraged the congregation to update the sidurim and machzorim from the 1950s to current books.

Managed problems for our tenant.

Worked with the treasurer to manage construction projects in the building including paperwork for the permit process.

Guided the congregation to be able to pivot from being in-person to a Zoom congregation and then to a hybrid congregation. This included teaching 80 and 90 year olds how to Zoom.

Created programs to keep congregants feeling like they were a part of a community during the pandemic.

Software used: Rakefet, Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Publisher, and Excel, Adobe Acrobat DC, MailChimp and Checkmark.

Code invoices for payment.

Work with other office managers in other locations to solve problems and create a better working environment.

Manage inter and intra office mail.

Work on events.

Help guide outside callers to the correct departments.

Facilitate office moves for personnel in the building.

Facilitate email and phone connections for personnel in multiple offices.

Manager supply orders.

Supervised custodial staff.

Supervised the security staff.

Managed building projects such as termite tenting and construction.

Managed yahrzeits.

Scheduled Bar/Bat Mitzvah sessions with the Cantor

Scheduled the master calendar

Scheduled all events

Supervised events to be sure that they ran smoothly

Worked with the caterers

Gatekeeper for the Rabbi and the Cantor

Managed all supply orders.

Managed all ritual supplies to be sure that everything that was needed was available.

Managed High Holiday logistics.

Responsible for member communications.

Oversaw the facebook page.

Software used: MM2000, Microsoft Office Suite, Word, Publisher, Excel.