April 4, 2008 – 2 Adar 28,
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in honor of their son,
Joshua, becoming a Bar Mitzvah
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THIS SUNDAY!!!
THE MARCIA KAHAN MEMORIAL CONCERT
Cantor
Sunday, April 6, 2008
KOL ISHA
A WOMAN’S VOICE
Celebrating 20 years of investiture of women cantors in the Conservative Movement.
Pre-Concert Art Exhibit at 3:30 p.m.
(Continued after concert)
Concert at 4:00 p.m.
Contents
of the Shabbat O Gram:
(Click
to scroll down)
The (Occasionally) Ranting Rabbi
Mitzvah/Tzedakkah
Opportunities
The Beth El Bar/Bat
Mitzvah Commentary
Masechet
Cyberspace (NEW)
Required Reading and Action Items (links
to key articles on Israel and Jewish life)
Over 450 people took part in our Purim festivities.
Click here for photos of our Purim Celebration
Quote for the Week
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to
justice everywhere”
- Martin Luther King
(Assassinated exactly 40 years ago)
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We die with the dying.
See they depart and we go with them.
We are born with the dead.
See they return and bring us with
them.
- T.S. Eliot
Candle lighting: 7:04 pm on Friday, April 4,
2008. For Havdalah times, other Jewish
calendar information, and to download a Jewish calendar to your PDA, click on http://www.hebcal.com/. To see the festivals of other faiths as well,
go to http://www.interfaithcalendar.org/. The United Synagogue has updated its candlelighting information. To learn more, click here.
MAZAL TOV… to Joshua Olin, parents Suzanne and
Craig
and siblings Ilana and Jessica,
on his becoming Bar Mitzvah this Shabbat morning.
THE FULL SERVICE SCHEDULE NOW APPEARS ON THE
SEPARATE TBE ANNOUNCEMENTS E-MAIL
Friday Night Shabbat Services:
6:30 – Main Service – in the chapel
NO Tot Shabbat this week – Nurit’s in Israel
Shabbat morning:
9:30 AM: Main Service
10:30 AM: Children’s services
Morning Minyan:
7:30 Weekdays, 9:30 Sundays
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TO MINYAN!
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NOW THERE’S ONE MORE REASON TO COME
TO MINYAN…
We’ve
just received copies of a new and comprehensive commentary on our siddur, “Or
Hadash” – This joint project of The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
and the Rabbinical Assembly, authored by Rabbi Reuven Hammer, features material
from classical and contemporary sources, explanations of the history, structure
and meaning of prayers and more. The page numbers match our regular
weekday siddur, but the in-depth commentaries will bring a whole
new dimension to your experience of prayer, opening new doors to understanding
the service.
Torah Reading For
Shabbat Morning
Parashat Tazria / Shabbat
Hahodesh
(The Shabbat marking the upcoming new month of Nisan –
the month of Passover)
With a Midrashic focus on the Laws of Gossip (Lashon Ha-ra)
which we’ll
be exploring at services on the next two Shabbatot
Torah Portion Leviticus 12:1 - 13:59
1: 12:1-4
2: 12:5-8
3: 13:1-5
4: 13:6-17
5: 13:18-23
6: 13:24-28
7: 13:29-39
maf: 13:37-39
On
Shabbat HaHodesh, a special maftir
Haftarah: Ezekiel 45:16 - 46:18
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Torah Commentaries, compiled by www.myjewishlearning.com Click here for a summary of Tazria.Text StudiesClean Up Your Act by Rabbi Andrea Lerner Provided by Hillel’s Judging Ourselves And Others by Rabbi Neal Joseph Loevinger Provided by KOLEL--The Adult Centre for Liberal Jewish Learning, which is affiliated with CommentariesHealing Ourselves, Healing Our Planet by Rabbi Natan Greenberg Provided by Canfei Nesharim, providing Torah wisdom about the importance of protecting our environment. Leprosy and Other Plagues by Rabbi James Jacobson-Maisels Provided by American Jewish World Service, pursuing global justice through grassroots change. Recognizing God’s Presence by David Nelson Provided by CLAL: The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, a multi-denominational think tank and resource center. Life, Death, and Impurity by Rabbi Lauren Berkun Eichler Provided by the Jewish Theological Seminary, a Conservative rabbinical seminary and university of Jewish studies. The Leprosy Of Irresponsible Speech by Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson Provided by the Parental Sacrifice by Rabbi Joseph S. Ozarowski Provided by the Orthodox A Gay Perspective On Punishment And Disease by Rabbi Roderick Young Provided by SocialAction.com, an on-line Jewish magazine dedicated to pursuing justice, building community, and repairing the world. Better Than God? by Rabbi David Goldstein Provided by the Union of American Hebrew
Congregations, the central body of Reform Judaism in Cycles Of Life, Death, And Purification by Simon S. Kaminetsky Provided by the UJA-Federation of |
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Sunday, April 20 at 7:00 PM
A Traditional, Kosher Seder Meal featuring Entertainment and
Activities for All Ages!
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Passover Story
Hour
Join Rabbi
Hammerman for a “Passover Story Hour” at Borders on High Ridge Road on
Thursday, April 24 at 10 AM, as he reads some new and old Passover classics,
including “The Littlest Frog,” “I’ve Got Gefiltes”
and “The Carp in the Bathtub,” and that all time favorite, “K’tonton.”
There will also be snacks, thanks to our “host” family, Sheryl and Dan
Young, Andrew, Marissa and Jeremy.
MAY 9-10 SYNAPLEX:
“
Featuring
Scholar in Residence
Reuven
Kimelman
Friday night: “
Shabbat morning: “
Shabbat afternoon: “
REUVEN
KIMELMAN, Professor of classical rabbinic literature at Brandeis, co-directed
the program in Judaism and Christianity in Late Antiquity. He teaches courses
and directs doctoral work in Talmud, Midrash, liturgy, ethics and and the Jewish political tradition. His focus is on the
relationship between historical and literary analysis. One of his books, The
Rhetoric of Jewish Prayer: a Literary and Historical Commentary on the
Prayerbook, is to be published by The Littman Library of Jewish
Civilization, while another, The Mystical Meaning of Lekhah Dodi and the Welcoming of
the Sabbath, was published in Hebrew by Magnes
Press of the
And
highlighted by the area premier of Storahtelling’s
“Becoming
“Becoming
tying the biblical,
the historical,
and the personal into a
knot of
celebration: a worthy garland for
–Peter Pitzele, PhD
“…powerful,
illuminating,
beautifully performed.”
–Alicia Ostriker
A full collection of past articles, sermons and essays can
now be found at my new blog at http://joshuahammerman.blogspot.com/
Excerpt from
my sermon of last Shabbat:
Holiness
happens in relationship.
If
you look at the book of Genesis,
loneliness is
the first thing that God called “not good.”
One
might safely say that the opposite of holiness …
is
loneliness.
Encouraging
American Attitudes on
According
to a major new poll by Public Opinion Strategies and Greenberg Quinlan Rosner
Research commissioned by The
* 80 percent agree that now is the time to
toughen sanctions to compel Iran to stop developing nuclear weapons;
* More Americans than ever believe the U.S. should take Israel’s side in the
conflict;
* Fully 76 percent of U.S. likely voters consider Israel a vital ally of the
U.S.;
* Fully 89 percent believe Palestinian leaders must end the culture of hate
that encourages children to become suicide bombers;
The full results
of the poll are found below and here. They are fascinating. The support for
54. And, do you happen to have a friend, family
member or co-worker who is Jewish?
54% TOTAL YES
(IF Q87:1-3, THEN ASKED:)
55. And, have any of your Jewish contacts spoken
to you about
Let’s look at that
for a second: The poll results,
reflecting American demographic trends, show 3% of their sample as being
Jewish. Yet fully 12% of the sample said
that they have a Jewish family member. This point to the growing impact of dual faith households.
But even more
shocking, from a
But, more to the
point here, among those who have Jewish contacts, fewer than one in five of
those Jewish contacts have spoken about
What are we afraid
of? Why do we
keep such an important subject to ourselves?
Why are we so uncomfortable, when it is clear that for many of our non
Jewish friends,
So, the great miracle
here, if one can call it that, is that without Jews advocating for Israel
–and nearly half of all Americans not
even knowing any Jews… STILL the support
for
So
much for the power of the so-called “Jewish Lobby!”
It
is clear that now is the time for us to stand by
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Recognize the
names of who’s featured in the following blurb??
They recently
spoke here!
THIS WEEK’S JEWISH
WEEK HAS it’s
largest issue in memory -- 140 pages -- including a handsome 68-page special
section on Israel
At 60, which we hope will be a keepsake for years to come. It includes
original essays from Israel by historian Michael
Oren on the Jewish State's most formidable challenge (and it's not
security) and journalist Yossi
Klein Halevi on the paradoxes of Israel
life, as well as other essays and features, looking ahead to the future, and
much more.
Two Articles on Conservative
Judaism
What is your reaction to this
idea presented in the
"Merge
Conservative and Reform Judaism"
At
JTS Straight Talk on Gay Struggles by Gary Rosenblatt of the Jewish Week