SHABBAT-O-GRAM for
April 16, 2004 and Nisan 25
Rabbi Joshua Hammerman, Temple Beth El, Stamford,
Connecticut
Shabbat Shalom
THIS WEEK WE COMMEMORATE YOM HA-SHOAH,
AS WE REMEMBER THE VICTIMS AND RECALL THE LESSONS OF THE HOLOCAUST.
BOTH OUR ADUT AND JUNIOR CHOIRS WILL BE
PARTICIPATING AT THE COMMUNITY’S HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE SERVICE, THIS SUNDAY AT 4 PM AT CONGREGATION AGUDATH SHOLOM ON STRAWBERRY HILL RD.
Send your friends and relatives the
gift of Jewish awareness
a Shabbat-O-Gram each week, by
signing them up at www.tbe.org
TBE
Comings and Goings…
By
now most of you are undoubtedly aware that Rabbi Barb Moskow will be leaving us
at the end of the school year, after a highly successful tenure as our
Education and Youth Director. We will
miss Barb greatly and wish her well on her move out to Arizona. We have truly been blessed. We’ll be
honoring Barb at the Friday evening service of May 21, which is also the night
of our 7th grade “Aliyah” (graduation) service. If you have been touched at all by Barb over
these past half dozen years, please mark your calendar now and join us on that evening.
The work
that Barb has begun here over these past half dozen years will surely continue,
as our professional and lay leadership, as well as parents and students, have
come to embrace the philosophy that she championed. At TBE, we look at education holistically, combining formal
experiences in the classroom with “informal” activities such as Shabbatons, family
activities, services dinners and even youth group events. Everything is integrated, including
pre-school and High School programming and Bar/Bat Mitzvah preparation. We are looking at growth as something that
is intellectual, emotional and spiritual, as we forge connections between the
student and family, community and the Jewish people. Our philosophy, although proven and successful, is surprisingly rare
among synagogues. The prime reason is
that, for this vision to succeed, it requires an inordinate amount of teamwork;
if we are going to blur the lines between formal and informal, we also need to
cross those lines too often separating the traditional roles of clergy, educator,
youth leader and teacher. This requires
an innate ability to think outside the box.
And the search committee for our new educator was asked to find a person
who could fulfill those expectations.
We’ve
been blessed again, because, after exhaustive work, the committee was able to
find just such a candidate. Rabbi Salilah
Kalev was hired just before Passover, and over the coming weeks, you will have
the opportunity to see why we feel she is such a perfect fit. Once you meet her I’m sure you will agree
that our children – and our adults too – are going to be in good hands.
But
there is never a dull moment at TBE.
With Barb’s departure, we are losing not only our Education Director but
also our Youth Director. Our leadership
has deemed it preferable to separate the two positions next year, while maintaining
the seamless integration of the formal and informal. Sadly, we’ve just been informed that Scott Newman, our
Programming and Youth Coordinator, has decided to move on, rather than to
remain here as Youth Director. We will
miss Scott, wish him well on his upcoming wedding and thank him for all that he
has done for us over the course of this past year.
So again
we are searching. The committee is
quickly being put together, and if you have a special interest in youth
activities, please let us know. Also,
if you know of anyone (or a couple) who may be looking for a full-time position
in Jewish youth work, let us know. We are paying a competitive salary
with benefits. Please spread the word
to your friends, and your friends’ friends.
There are qualified candidates out there, and the best chance we have of
finding them will be through networking.
So please, pass the word!
You can
see that this is a time of real transition here, of sadness and great
anticipation. Thanks for all your
support in helping us to reach for even higher heights of excellence in Jewish
education.
jh
JUST THE FACTS…
Friday Evening
Candles: 7:17 PM
(WOW…what a couple of D.S.T. weeks will do!) – for
candlelighting times, other Jewish calendar information, and to download a
Jewish calendar to your PDA, click on http://www.hebcal.com/.
Services: 6:30 – in
the chapel -- THEME service… Yom Ha-Shoah…remembering the Holocaust
Tot Shabbat – 6:45,
in the lobby.
Shabbat Morning
Service: 9:30 AM
Mazal Tov to Andrew Gilbert, who becomes Bar
Mitzvah this Shabbat morning
Children’s services: 10:30 AM
Torah Portion – Shmini – Leviticus 9:1 - 11:47
Our reading is from the third triennial
cycle (with slight adjustments). Click on these to see the text in the original
and translation and to hear it chanted.
1: 11:1-8
2: 11:9-12
3: 11:13-19
4: 11:20-28
5: 11:29-32
6: 11:33-38
7: 11:39-47
maf: 11:45-47
See a new weekly commentary now available
from the UJC Rabbinic Cabinet, at www.ujc.org/mekorchaim. Read the Masorti
commentary at http://www.masorti.org/mason/torah/index.asp.
JTS commentary is at: http://learn.jtsa.edu/topics/parashah/.
USCJ Torah Sparks can be found at http://uscj.org/item20_467.html.
UAHC Shabbat Table Talk discussions are at http://uahc.org/torah/exodus.shtml.
Other divrei Torah via the Torahnet home page: http://uahcweb.org/torahnet/.
Test your Parasha I.Q.: http://www.ou.org/jewishiq/parsha/default.htm.
CLAL’s Torah commentary archive: http://click.topica.com/maaaiRtaaRvQhbV2AtLb/. World Zionist Organization Education page,
including Nehama Liebowitz archives of parsha commentaries: http://www.moreshet.net/web/index.asp?f=1
For a more Kabbalistic/Zionist/Orthodox perspective from Rav Kook, first Chief
Rabbi of Israel, go to http://www.geocities.com/m_yericho/ravkook/index.html.
For some probing questions and meditations on key verses of the portion, with a
liberal kabbalistic bent, go to http://www.jewishealing.com/learning.html
or, for Kabbalistic commentaries from the Zohar itself, go to http://www.kabbalah.com/k/index.php/p=zohar/weekly/intro. To
see the weekly commentary from Hillel, geared to college students and others,
go to http://www.hillel.org/hillel/NewHille.nsf/FCB8259CA861AE57852567D30043BA26/DF7D129F15B3DF0885256AB80058E9C3?OpenDocument.
For a Jewish Renewal and feminist approach go to http://rabbishefagold.hypermart.net/Torah1.html
. For a comprehensive Orthodox
viewpoint from the Israeli rabbi, Yaakov Fogelman, go to the Torah Outreach
Program at http://israelvisit.co.il/top/previous.shtml.
Services at 9:30 AM (no early minyan), Children’s services with
Nurit at 10:30 AM.
Morning
Minyan: Daily at 7:30 AM, Sundays at 9:00 AM -- IN THE CHAPEL
“GUARANTEED
MINYAN”
We
usually, but not always have a minyan of ten at our morning services. If you
have a yahrzeit coming up and wish to ensure that there will be at least ten
present, drop the rabbi an email at rabbi@tbe.org
and he will e-mail to the congregation a “Guaranteed Minyan” request. Indicate the date of the yahrzeit and
whether it would be OK to use your name in making that request.
PLEASE
SUPPORT OUR MINYAN!
Come whenever you can! Pick one day a month
– your birth date perhaps – and help us
out. We need you!
Spiritual Journey on the Web
The Darkness and the Light
First, as
we approach Yom Hashoah, some Holocaust-related links, so that you can go on
your own personal journey of memory over the coming days…
Then, to
uplift us at the end of the journey, the “good news” from Israel that we never
hear about…
HOLOCAUST –
RELATED LINKS:
· Israel leads the world in the number of
scientists and technicians in the workforce, with 145 per 10,000, as opposed to
85 in the U.S., over 70 in Japan, and less than 60 in Germany. With over 25% of
its work force employed in technical professions. Israel places first in this
category as well.
· Israel has the highest ratio of university
degrees to the population in the world.
· Israel has the highest per capita ratio of
scientific publications in the world by a large margin, as well as one of the
highest per capita rates of patents filed.
· In proportion to its population, Israel has
the largest number of startup companies in the world. In absolute terms, Israel
has the largest number of startup companies than any other country in the
world, except the US (3,500 companies mostly in hi-tech).
· Israel is ranked #2 in the world for VC
funds right behind the US.
· Israel has the highest percentage in the
world of home computers per capita.
· Outside the United States and Canada, Israel
has the largest number of NASDAQ listed companies
· Israel has the highest average living
standards in the Middle East. The per capita income in 2000 is over $17,500,
exceeding that of the UK.
· With more than 3,000 high-tech companies and
start-ups, Israel has the highest concentration of hi-tech companies in the
world (apart from the Silicon Valley).
· With an aerial arsenal of over 250 F-16s,
Israel has the largest fleet of the aircraft outside of the US.
· Israel's $100 billion economy is larger than
all of its immediate neighbors combined.
· The cell phone was developed in Israel by
Motorola-Israel. Motorola built its largest development center worldwide in
Israel.
· Windows NT software was developed by
Microsoft-Israel.
· The Pentium MMX Chip technology was designed
in Israel at Intel.
· Voice mail technology was developed in
Israel.
· AOL's instant message program was designed
by an Israeli software company.
· Both Microsoft and Cisco built their only
R&D facilities outside the US in Israel.
· On a per capita basis, Israel has the
largest number of biotech start-ups
· Israel has the largest raptor migration in the world, with hundreds of thousands of African birds of prey crossing as they fan out into Asia.
· Twenty-four percent of Israel's workforce
holds university degrees -- ranking third in the industrialized world, after
the United States and Holland -- and 12 percent hold advanced degrees.
Hapoel
Jerusalem defeats Real Madrid to win European basketball trophy Hapoel
Jerusalem's 83-72 victory gave the club the ULEB Cup. Hapoel became just the
second Israeli team ever to win a European basketball trophy.
Material Girl" will stage two concerts in Tel Aviv Madonna will perform twice at Tel Aviv's Bloomfield Stadium
in September as part of her upcoming world tour, defying a U.S. State Department
warning advising citizens to refrain from traveling to Israel, media sources
reported this week
Muppets
on a Mideast peace mission |
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Beth El Israel Tour Next August 1-13
THE REVISED ITINERARY AND PRICES CAN BE SEEN AT http://www.tbe.org/2003/sog/Israelitinerary2004.htm
DEPOSITS ARE NOW DUE ASAP
THIS TRIP IS FOR ALL AGES – FAMILIES, SINGLES AND
COUPLES, YOUNG AND OLD ALIKE, MEMBER AND NON MEMBER… SPREAD THE WORD!
This unforgettable journey has something for
everyone:
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Bar/Bat Mitzvah affirmation service and
celebration (with Klezmer music)
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Wilderness experience in the Negev
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Exploring Tel Aviv and the mystical city of
Safed
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Visit to an army base
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Kayaking on the Jordan River, climbing
Masada and floating in the Dead Sea
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Bedouin dinner in the middle of the Ramon
Crater
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Tree-planting ceremony near the home of the
Maccabees
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Visit to our sister city of Afula
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Visit with Ethiopian families near Jerusalem
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Briefings from journalists on the current
situation
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Archeological dig in the Judean Hills
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Tzedakkah project at the children's ward of
Hadassah Hospital
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A glorious Shabbat in Jerusalem
Click Here for a Virtual Tour of Israel, from North to
South, through Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Eilat, revealing the beauty of the
country.
To get the flavor of Israel, read my recent “Letters from
Israel” at http://www.tbe.org/2003/sog/Israelletters.htm.
Required Reading and Action Items
· Talks Planned with U.S.
on Settlement Limits, Aid - Aluf Benn and Nathan Guttman
Sharon's letter to Bush promises to limit construction in the territories.
Talks will begin shortly between Israel and the U.S. over what will constitute
the "built-up areas" of the settlements, beyond which construction
will be forbidden. Talks will also begin soon on financial aid programs for
Gaza, the Negev and Galilee. Israel is seeking loan guarantees for $5 billion
for those purposes. (Ha'aretz)
"New
Reality" for Palestinians - Charles A. Radin
President Bush bluntly told the Palestinians to stop living in the past. The
major Israeli settlements in the territories are facts on the ground and cannot
be wished away. The separation barrier Israel is building between its
population centers and those of the Palestinians is OK, as long as it's not
forever. "The Palestinian Authority has lost its power to maneuver,"
said Ali Gerbawi, a Palestinian professor of political science at Bir Zeit
University. Its leaders "believed that they have been forcing Sharon out
of Gaza, when in fact, they have lost the West Bank." (Boston
Globe)
Bush's
Tone May Hinder Mideast Plan - Barbara Slavin
When he endorsed a unilateral Israeli peace plan Wednesday, President Bush
didn't approve anything that veteran observers didn't think would eventually be
part of an Arab-Israeli peace agreement. White House officials insisted that
nothing Bush told Sharon prejudges the outcome of final negotiations between
Israelis and Palestinians. Much of what Bush said has been suggested in
previous peace plans, beginning with a proposal President Clinton put forward
in December 2000. "Both Clinton administrations were prepared to accept
the logic of what was done today," said Aaron Miller, a veteran U.S.
negotiator. But Miller said Bush had made "more explicit what had been
implicit." (USA Today)
Summary of Editorials from the Hebrew Press Jerusalem, April 15,
2004
Yediot Aharonot
says, "Ariel Sharon gained a huge personal victory yesterday with US
President George Bush," but argues that the "national political
achievement... was far less meaningful." The editors maintain that the US
position has not changed a great deal from when President Clinton declared, in
December 2000, that Palestinians would not enjoy the right of return to Israel,
rather to a Palestinian state. The paper adds that President Bush's comments on
Israel's final borders were also limited and did not add anything to previous
statements made on the issue. The editors reject any comparison between
President Bush's statement and the 1917 Balfour Declaration, noting that at that
time the Jewish people did not have a national homeland. The paper praises
Prime Minister Sharon for his initiative and says, "He made significant
propaganda achievements," while "the Palestinians, as usual, did not
succeed in offering anything apart from continued terrorism, and therefore they
lost."
The
Jerusalem Post comments: "It is a measure of how far Israel's diplomatic
position has fallen that yesterday's exchange of letters between George W. Bush
and Ariel Sharon should be considered a signal victory. Going into the 2000
Camp David summit, the Clinton administration - along with most other
moderately minded watchers of the peace process - would hardly have considered
it controversial for Israel to categorically reject the Palestinian 'right of
return' nor seek to retain settlement blocs in the context of a final-status
agreement. Today, by contrast, full return to the 1949 armistice lines, along
with some allowance for Palestinians to 'return' to Israel proper is widely
considered to be center ground. What Sharon and Bush have done is to return to
pre-Camp David assumptions, thereby partly undoing the diplomatic damage
wrought by the Barak-Clinton run at a final-status agreement and the terror
offensive that followed... In this regard, Bush's reiteration of the need for
Palestinian democracy and his renewed calls on the Palestinians to change their
leadership should not be overlooked. This too was an important result of the
summit, not just for Israel, but for Palestinians, the region, and the US. At
yesterday's summit, President Bush once again came through for Israel at a
crucial hour. What remains to be seen is whether his State Department will come
through on the follow-up."
Haaretz
comments: "The security forces know how to show restraint and caution when
it comes to the [settler] 'hilltop youth' and they should show the same measure
of restraint when it comes to civilian demonstrations at the [anti-terrorist]
fence. The chief of General Staff and the police inspector-general must
coordinate a policy and match it to the circumstances of the civil
disobedience. Their duty to protect the fence from demonstrators does not
justify harming protesters. Apparently, the security forces have not learned
the lesson from cases when demonstrators were exposed to lethal risks.
Demonstrators must not be made to pay with their lives for legitimate civil
protest."
Excerpts from
President Bush's Letter to PM Sharon
full text
We welcome the
disengagement plan you have prepared, under which Israel would withdraw certain
military installations and all settlements from Gaza, and withdraw certain
military installations and settlements in the West Bank. These steps
described in the plan will mark real progress toward realizing my June 24, 2002
vision, and make a real contribution towards peace.
First, the United States
remains committed to my vision and to its implementation as described in the
roadmap. The United States will do its utmost to prevent any attempt by
anyone to impose any other plan.
Second, there will be no
security for Israelis or Palestinians until they and all states, in the region
and beyond, join together to fight terrorism and dismantle terrorist
organizations. The United States reiterates its steadfast commitment to
Israel's security, including secure, defensible borders, and to preserve and
strengthen Israel's capability to deter and defend itself, by itself, against
any threat or possible combination of threats.
Third, Israel
will retain its right to defend itself against terrorism, including to take
actions against terrorist organizations.
It seems clear that an
agreed, just, fair and realistic framework for a solution to the Palestinian
refugee issue as part of any final status agreement will need to be found
through the establishment of a Palestinian state, and the settling of
Palestinian refugees there, rather than in Israel.
In light of new
realities on the ground, including already existing major Israeli populations
centers, it is unrealistic to expect that the outcome of final status
negotiations will be a full and complete return to the armistice lines of 1949,
and all
previous efforts to negotiate a two-state solution have reached the same
conclusion. It is realistic to expect that any final status agreement will only
be achieved on the basis of mutually agreed changes that reflect these
realities.
Excerpts from PM
Sharon's Letter to President Bush
full text
The Palestinian
Authority under its current leadership has taken no action to meet its responsibilities
under the Roadmap. Terror has not ceased, reform of the Palestinian security
services has not been undertaken, and real institutional reforms have not taken
place. The
State of Israel continues to pay the heavy cost of constant terror. Israel must
preserve its capability to protect itself and deter its enemies, and we thus
retain our right to defend ourselves against terrorism and to take actions
against terrorist organizations.
The Disengagement
Plan is designed to improve security for Israel and stabilize our political and
economic situation. It will enable us to deploy our forces more effectively until such
time that conditions in the Palestinian Authority allow for the full
implementation of the Roadmap to resume.
According to this plan,
the State of Israel intends to relocate military installations and all
Israeli villages and towns in the Gaza Strip, as well as other military
installations and a small number of villages in Samaria.
In this context, we also
plan to accelerate construction of the Security Fence, whose completion
is essential in order to ensure the security of the citizens of Israel.
The fence is a security rather than political barrier, temporary rather than
permanent, and therefore will not prejudice any final status issues including
final borders. The route of the Fence, as approved by our Government's
decisions, will take into account, consistent with security needs, its impact
on Palestinians not engaged in terrorist activities.
The Disengagement
Plan will create a new and better reality for the State of Israel, enhance its
security and economy, and strengthen the fortitude of its people. In this context, I believe it is
important to bring new opportunities to the Negev and the Galilee. Additionally,
the Plan will entail a series of measures with the inherent potential to
improve the lot of the Palestinian Authority, providing that it demonstrates
the wisdom to take advantage of this opportunity.
Joint Press Conference: President Bush and PM Sharon - April
14, 2004
Israel:
Zionism: Land, People, and Covenant (from Hadassah)
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of lessons explaining our enduring Jewish connection with Israel. Each lesson
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discussion. Download each of these lessons to learn why Israel has captured our
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MOTHERLODE OF ISRAEL-RELATED LINKS:
http://www.israel.org/mfa/go.asp?MFAH00kj0
Israel Defense Force, www.idf.il
Israel Government Gateway, links to Government Ministries, www.info.gov.il/eng
Israel Knesset, www.knesset.gov.il
Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, www.mfa.gov.il
Israel Prime Minister's Office, www.pmo.gov.il
Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, www.cbs.gov.il/engindex.htm
Israel Tourism Ministry, North America, www.goisrael.com
Buy Israeli Products, www.israelexport.org,
www.shopinisrael.com,
www.finefoodsisrael.com
Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, www.tau.ac.il/jcss
Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, www.besacenter.org
Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, www.jcpa.org
One Jerusalem, www.onejerusalem.org
Twenty Facts
about Israel
Myths
& Facts: A Guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Jerusalem Archaeological Park, www.archpark.org.il
USA:
Israel Info Center - Israel
Activism Portal, www.israelinfocenter.com/
US White House, www.whitehouse.gov
US State Department, www.state.gov
US Senate, www.senate.gov
US House of Representatives, www.house.gov
THOMAS (search for US Legislation), thomas.loc.gov
United Nations Watch, www.unwatch.org
Embassy of Israel - Washington, D.C., www.embassyofisrael.org
Media-Related
Links:
CAMERA, www.camera.org
Jerusalem Post, www.jpost.com
Jewish Telegraphic Agency, www.jta.org
Ha'aretz English Edition, www.haaretzdaily.com
HonestReporting.com, www.honestreporting.com
Independent Media Review and Analysis, www.imra.org.il
Maariv English Edition, www.maarivintl.com
Middle East Media Research Institue (MEMRI), www.memri.org
Palestinian Media Watch, www.pmw.org.il
Britain-Israel Communications and Research Centre,
http://www.bicom.org.uk/bicom/briefings.nsf
Israel Insider, www.israelinsider.com
Jewish World Review, www.jewishworldreview.com
America's Voices in Israel, www.americasvoices.net
@The Source Israel, www.thesourceisrael.com
QUOTES OF THE WEEK
"I
came to you from a peace-seeking country. Despite the repeated terror attacks
against us, the people of Israel continues to wish for the achievement of a
viable peace, in accordance with our Jewish tradition, as outlined by Israel's
prophets... In our meeting today, I presented to you [President Bush] the
outlines of my disengagement plan. It will improve Israel's security and
economy and reduce friction and tension between Israelis and Palestinians. My
plan will create a new and better reality for the State of Israel, and it also
has the potential to create the right conditions to resume negotiations between
Israel and the Palestinians. I was encouraged by your positive response and
your support for my plan..."--PM Ariel
Sharon, following talks with President George W. Bush in the White House
where Israel hoped to achieve a clear U.S. statement rejecting any Palestinian
right of return to Israel, and recognizing that the large settlement blocs in
the West Bank-Ma'alej, Adumim, Ariel, Gush Etzion and the Jerusalem
envelope-will be part of Israel. (Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Apr.
14; Jerusalem Post, Apr. 13)
"The
Palestinian people must insist on change and on a leadership that is committed
to reform and progress and peace. We will
help. But the most difficult work is theirs... The barrier being erected by
Israel as a part of that security effort should, as your government has stated,
be a security, rather than political, barrier. It should be temporary rather
than permanent, and, therefore, not prejudice any final status issues,
including final borders. And its route should take into account, consistent
with security needs, its impact on Palestinians not engaged in terrorist
activities... The United States will not prejudice the outcome of final status
negotiations. That matter is for the parties. But the realities on the ground
and in the region have changed greatly over the last several decades, and any
final settlement must take into account those realities and be agreeable to the
parties... As part of a final peace settlement, Israel
must have secure and recognized borders which should emerge from negotiations
between the parties, in accordance with U.N. Security Council Resolutions 242
and 338. In light of new realities on the ground, including already existing
major Israeli population centers, it is unrealistic to expect that the outcome
of final status negotiations will be a full and complete return to the
armistice lines of 1949..."-President George W. Bush, following
talks with PM Ariel Sharon. (White House Press Release, Apr. 14)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
LEARNING AND LATTE
AT BORDERS (On High Ridge Rd.)
Participants:
Rabbi Joshua Hammerman -- Temple Beth
El
Rev. Douglas McArthur - First United
Methodist Church
Dr. Behjat Sayed -- Dr Sayed is a lay
representative of the Islamic Center of Stamford
NEXT WEDNESDAY!!!!!!
April 21 @ 7:30 PM
“VIEWING "THE PASSION," SEEKING
UNDERSTANDING:
A THREE-WAY INTERFAITH DIALOGUE”
Participants:
Rabbi Joshua Hammerman -- Temple Beth El, Stamford
Rev. Douglas McArthur - First United Methodist Church, Stamford
Dr. Behjat Sayed -- The Islamic Center of Stamford
"Learning and Latte" is
Stamford's monthly three-way interfaith dialogue series, covering
contemporary topics in light of ancient wisdom. April's discussion
will be the first in our area to bring Jewish, Christian and Moslem
leaders together to discuss Mel Gibson's controversial new film, "The
Passion of the Christ." The hour-long session is free and the public
is welcome.
Join Sisterhood and Beth El Seniors
on a trip to the Jewish Theological
Seminary
Thursday, April 29, 2004
A chartered bus will leave the Temple at
9:00 a.m. and return around 4:00 p.m.
Scheduled for the day are two docent tours: one of the Rare Books
Library and the other of the Seminary.
Lunch, in a private room, is included in the total cost.
Cost is $35 per person.
Make check payable to: Temple Beth El.
RSVP by Thursday, April 22nd.
Call 322-6901,
ext. 300 to reserve.
Questions? Call Sissy Stein at 325-8897.
BETH
EL CARES SHABBAT
April
24, 2004
Guest
Speaker, Dr. Phyllis Kosminsky
What Can I Do Or Say to Help Someone Who Is Grieving?
Dr. Phyllis Kosminsky holds a Ph.D. in Social Welfare
from from Brandeis University and a MSW from Columbia University. She had many years of experience in program
development and policy management, and in college teaching before earning her
MSW. Phyllis sees individual clients at
the CENTER for HOPE and leads the General Bereavement Group.
The CENTER for
HOPE, an agency that helps individuals and families on the journey through
illness and grief…to find the courage to accept and the will to hope in an
atmosphere of compassion and professionalism.
Services begin at 9:30 a.m.
If you like to learn how
you may provide financial support for Temple Beth El and at the same time
provide financial and tax rewards for your family and yourself, click your way
to the Jewish Community Endowment Foundation (“JCEF”) Website at www.jcef.us.
RESERVE
TODAY: SPACE IS LIMITED
Join
Hadassah for the Largest
Pro-Choice
March in History.
Sunday,
April 25th
MARCH FOR
WOMEN'S LIVES
Show your
support for women's reproductive health, justice and freedom.
Never
in the past 30 years has a woman's right to choose faced such a serious
threat. Recent legislation, defining
the rights of a fetus and outlawing an ambiguously defined and seldom used
abortion procedure, jeopardize a woman's ability to choose a legal, safe
alternative to an unwanted pregnancy.
Show the President and Congress that you, Hadassah and the majority of
voters continue to demand a woman's right to privacy and choice.
Hadassah's
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DAUGHTER, BRING YOUR MOTHER, BRING A FRIEND
Bennett
Center Cancer Walk – Sunday June 6th, 9 AM
Join
your Beth El teammates for a 3 or 5 mile walk (or 5k run) to raise funds for cancer
services and programs in our community.
TBE Sisterhood is spearheading this event. Registration is $20 per person.
Register online at www.stamhealth.org/thewalk
and mention the Beth El team, or register at BethEl, May 2nd from
10:30-11:30 AM
For
more information, email Harriet at hwein@attglobal.net
or Ellie at emirneslp@aol.com
TGIS (Thank God it’s Shabbat)
A rotating series of Friday night
experiences
For all tastes and all ages
At 6:30 PM
Week 1 --- in the chapel, a traditional
Beth El Service
Week 2 --- in the Sanctuary, Family Friday
Week 3 --- in the chapel: a creative Theme
services
Week 4 --- a Carlebach-style service,
featuring Hasidic nigunim and joyous meditation.
Plus our ongoing Tot Shabbat series (weeks
1 and 3 at 6:45)
Previous
Shabbat-O-Grams can be accessed directly from our web site (www.tbe.org).