Tour de Teperow Celebrates Alan's Career

The Sidney B. Teperow Memorial Chapel at Temple Beth Am, Randolph

The Sidney B. Teperow Memorial Chapel at Temple Beth Am, Randolph

 

On Sunday, November 2nd, a busload of enthusiastic learners celebrated Alan Teperow's career through a tour of the Jewish stories and places that map his remarkable journey. The Synagogue Council's "Tour de Teperow" took us from Newton's oldest surviving active synagogue building, through the urban neighborhoods of Roxbury and Dorchester, to synagogues in Randolph and Milton, and to the Beth El Cemetery on Baker Street, where so much of our community history lives.

At Temple Beth Am in Randolph, we were greeted by Reb David Grossman — who knew Alan growing up in the suburban community in the 1950's and 60's — and Bob Pransky, an active member of the shul for 50+ years.  Grossman and Pransky recounted wonderful stories of the early years and impressive growth of the congregation, when Alan's father, Sid Teperow, was President, as well as more recent challenges due to demographic change. According to Grossman, "a saying goes, 'remember who you once were and never forget it, no matter how much honor they give you.' This retrospective tour of Alan's significant places as he was on the way up is a symbol of his never forgetting who he was."