As Jewish people, we can all agree that being able to celebrate 75 years of Israel is an absolute honor! The congregants of Congregation B’nai Tikvah wholeheartedly agree and have enthusiastically participated in a variety of celebratory programs throughout the year. The last, and most active program was the CBT Challenge. A virtual community “race” from North Brunswick, New Jersey to Jerusalem, Israel. For 9 weeks, congregants walked, ran, swam, biked, hiked, jumped, rowed, golfed, played tennis and danced their way the 5,724 miles from NJ to Israel! Each week, they checked in with participants and recorded the miles until the time came for their in-person culmination event on June 25th. They gathered in B’nai Tikvah’s gym at 10am, enjoyed some nosh, gave the “Tally-man” their final weeks’ miles, and walked the last mile together. When they returned, they announced the official total and learned that they far exceeded their goal amassing over 7,500 miles! They celebrated with music and an awards ceremony giving awards to most unique activity, most miles hiked/walked/ran, most miles biked, and a special award for a participant who banked over 100 miles each week!
