Name: Stated Communication & Festive Board with Discussion "HOW DO WE PRONOUNCE GOD'S NAME, AND SHOULD WE?
Start: 2026-03-21T17:30:00-04:00
Location: The Elm City Club

Stated Communication & Festive Board with Discussion "HOW DO WE PRONOUNCE GOD'S NAME, AND SHOULD WE?

Quinta Essentia Lodge will hold a Stated Communication with a Festive Board, 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 21 at The Elm City Club.
Join for good food and drink, conversation and fellowship. The Festive Board discussion, "HOW DO WE PRONOUNCE GOD'S NAME, AND SHOULD WE?" will be lead by Rabbi Alvin Wainhaus (see more details about our guest below).
ATTIRE - Black Tie
COST - $125 (not including drinks from the bar) per brother.
RSVP TO THE JUNIOR WARDEN AT [email protected] .
DISCUSSION TOPIC TO BE LED BY RABBI ALVIN WAINHAUS:
"HOW DO WE PRONOUNCE GOD'S NAME, AND SHOULD WE?"
Rabbi Alvin Wainhaus served as Congregation Or Shalom in Orange for forty-four years, stepping down from the pulpit on July 31, 2025 to become Rabbi Emeritus. Rabbi Wainhaus, son of Holocaust survivors, was raised in an Orthodox environment in Boro Park, Brooklyn. A graduate of Brooklyn College with a degree in philosophy, he earned a Master of Education degree from NYU and was ordained at Yeshiva Beth Meir of Tel Aviv in 1972. Rabbi Wainhaus served congregations in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia and in Manhattan prior to becoming Congregation Or Shalom’s first rabbi in 1981.
Rabbi Wainhaus has immersed himself in the Jewish and secular life of the community and is highly regarded as a spiritual leader, educator, and lecturer on a wide range of religious and secular issues. His involvement in interfaith activities throughout Greater New Haven has earned him the respect and admiration of Jews and non-Jews alike.
Kicking-off this year’s theme of “Communing with the Divine”, Quinta Essentia Lodge looks forward to welcoming Rabbi Wainhaus to lead the discussion “How Do We Pronounce God’s Name, and Should We?”, at the March 21 Festive Board at The Elm City Club.