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SelichotA TIME FOR FORGIVENESS A Word from By Dena Stetson Sobel UNDERSTANDING PREPARING FOR WHEN I SAW THAT TBA WAS HOSTING A SELICHOT THE NEW YEAR: SERVICE AND PROGRAM ON SEPTEMBER 21ST AT GRATITUDE, REGRET, 8:00 PM, IT GOT ME WONDERING…WHAT IS SELICHOT RESTORATION AND HOW WILL THIS PROGRAM ENHANCE MY SPIRITUALITY? I THOUGHT OTHERS MIGHT HAVE In preparation for these special THE SAME QUESTIONS. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND upcoming days in our Reform REVIEWED IT WITH RABBI SOBEL. HERE’S WHAT I FOUND: Movements, I like to read Mishkan Hanefesh — Machzor What is Selichot (S’lichot)? for the (the Selichot are prayers said before and during the High Holidays and other gold and prayer books we fast days throughout the year. Literally meaning “forgiveness,” the Selichot Rabbi Sharon L. Sobel use during and prayers may be expressed in any manner (e.g., traditional prayers, poems, music, ). These books are meditation) so long as they encourage individuals to reflect on the past year and filled with prayers, poems, reflections, study texts — the changes they wish to make in the upcoming one. a treasure-trove of riches to help us prepare for this special time on our calendar. Why are the Selichot services so late in the evening? We always try to give our congregants some quiet time According to www.myjewishlearning.com, “Originally, Selichot prayers were for contemplation, silent prayer and reflection with these recited early in the morning, prior to dawn. There was a custom in Eastern continued on page 5 continued on page 3 tebeam / September 2019 / 2

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 6, 2019 / 7 5779 ROSH HASHANAH DAY 1 EVENING SERVICE...... 7:15 PM MONDAY SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 / 1 TISHRI 5780 SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 2019 / 7 ELUL 5779 Genesis 21:1-34; Numbers 29:1-6 Weekly Portion SHOFTIM Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9 Jeremiah 31: 1-19 Haftarah 51:12-52:12 ROSH HASHANAH MORNING SERVICE (A-K)...... 8:45 AM SHABBAT MORNING ...... 9:00 AM ROSH HASHANAH MORNING SERVICE (L-Z)...... 11:45 AM ROSH HASHANAH YOUTH SERVICE...... 3:00 PM FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 13, 2019 / 14 ELUL 5779 Led by BATY; No Tickets Required; for Grades 6-12 and Family; SHABBAT EVENING & SERVICE...... 7:15 PM in the Friedman Hall August / September Anniversary ROSH HASHANAH CHILDREN’S SERVICE...... 3:00 PM The Basket and Oneg Shabbat are sponsored by Gary and Dara Led by Rabbi Sobel; No Tickets Required; For Grades K-5 and Family; Weinberger in the Sanctuary SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 14, 2019 / 14 ELUL 5779 TASHLICH SERVICE...... 4:00 PM Weekly Portion Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19 Meet in the Parking and Walk as a Group to the Water Source Haftarah Isaiah 54:1-10 ROSH HASHANAH DAY 2 SHABBAT MORNING ...... 8:30 AM TUESDAY OCTOBER 1, 2019 / 2 TISHRI 5780 SHABBAT MORNING MINYAN...... 9:30 AM Genesis 22:1-24; Numbers 29:1-6 MORNING SERVICE AND BAT MITZVAH...... 10:30 AM 2ND DAY ROSH HASHANAH SERVICE...... 10:00 AM Weinberger, daughter of Gary and Dara Weinberger With lay participation; No Tickets Required FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 20, 2019 / 21 ELUL 5779 SHABBAT HALL’LU SERVICE...... 7:15 PM SHABBAT SHUVAH The Mitzvah Basket and Oneg Shabbat are sponsored by Craig and FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2019 – 6 TISHRI, 5780 Lamont SABBATH EVENING SERVICE...... 7:15 PM SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 21, 2019 / 21 ELUL 5779 YOM KIPPUR EVE Weekly Portion KEE TAVO Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2019 – 10 TISHRI, 5780 Haftarah Isaiah 60:1-22 Service (A-Z)...... 8:00 PM SHABBAT MORNING TORAH STUDY...... 8:30 AM SHABBAT MORNING MINYAN...... 9:30 AM YOM KIPPUR DAY MORNING SERVICE AND BAR MITZVAH...... 10:30 AM WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 9, 2019 – 10 TISHRI, 5780 Lamont, son of Craig and Rachel Lamont YOM KIPPUR MORNING SERVICE (L-Z))...... 8:45 AM YOM KIPPUR MORNING SERVICE (A-K)...... 11:45 AM YOM KIPPUR CHILDREN’S SERVICE (Grades K-5)...... 2:15 PM Note: The High Holy Days service Led by Rabbi Sobel; No Tickets Required; in the Sanctuary YOM KIPPUR YOUTH SERVICE (Grades 6-12)...... 2:15 PM schedule can also be found in the Led by BATY; No Tickets Required; in the Friedman Hall weekly e-blast and on the tickets which YOM KIPPUR STUDY SESSION Led by Rabbi Splansky; in Levine Library have been mailed to your home. MEDITATIVE MUSIC SESSION...... 2:15 PM With Daniel Dickson, cellist AFTERNOON, HEALING, YIZKOR & NEILAH (A-Z).....3:30 PM SELICHOT BREAK-FAST IN THE FRONT LOBBY AT THE CONCLUSION SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 21, 2019 / 22 ELUL 5779 OF THE SERVICE COMMUNITY SELICHOT PROGRAM AND SERVICE EREV PROGRAM AND REFRESHMENTS...... 8:00 PM SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2019 – 15 TISHRI, 5780 SELICHOT SERVICE...... 10:00 PM Joint Dairy Potluck Dinner in the TBA Temple Beth Sholom, Framingham, Temple of Natick & with Congregation B’nai Torah of Sudbury...... 5:30 PM Temple Or Atid, Wayland Details and sign-up at following link: https://www.PerfectPotluck.com/DJEP9733 FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 27, 2019 / 19 SIVAN 5779 SHABBAT EVENING SERVICE...... 7:15 PM SUKKOT MORNING MONDAY OCTOBER 14, 2019 – 15 TISHRI 5780 SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 28, 2019 / 28 ELUL 5779 Sukkot Morning Service...... 10:00 AM Weekly Portion Deuteronomy 29:9-30:20 Haftarah Isaiah 61:10-63:9 EREV SHABBAT MORNING TORAH STUDY...... 8:30 AM SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2019 – 22 TISHRI, 5780 SHABBAT MORNING MINYAN...... 9:30 AM More information to come Simchat Torah, Consecration Service ROSH HASHANAH EVE and Dancing with the Torah!...... 6:00 PM SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 29, 2019 / 1 TISHRI 5780 EREV ROSH HASHANAH SERVICE (A-Z)...... 8:00 PM MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2019 – 22 TISHRI, 5780 Atzeret, Simchat Torah & Yizkor Service...... 7:30 AM 3 / September 2019 / tebeam SELICHOT — A TIME FOR FORGIVENESS continued from front page Europe that the person in charge of prayers would make the rounds of Consider this: “The mere gathering together of people at a time when the village, knocking three times on each door and saying, “Israel, holy they are usually asleep is impressive. We sense the extraordinary nature people, awake, arouse yourselves and rise for the service of the Creator!” of the prayer and turn introspectively within ourselves.” It later became common practice to hold the first Selichot service — Temple Beth Am invites you and your family to join together for our considered the most important — at a time more convenient for the Communal Selichot Program and Service on September 21st, 2019 at masses of people. Therefore, the Saturday night service was moved 8:00 PM to experience this moving service. forward to midnight.” Our program starts at 8:00 PM. (That’s better than midnight!) A MULTI-CONGREGATIONAL SELICHOT EXPERIENCE

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As we prepare ourselves for the High Holy Days, we welcome you to join Temple BethA Am, Temple Beth Sholom, Temple Israel and Congregation Or Atid for this Joint Selichot Observance. ORDER OF The shofar calls us to “wake up” to hear the voice of the Eternal, to hear our own voice and to hear the voice of those around us. EVENTS Learn how to “be like a shofar” through prayer/study, music and 8:00 PM Ma’ariv mindfulness with: Cantor Lisa Avery-Peck, Congregation Or Atid 8:15 PM Rabbi Daniel Liben, Temple Israel 8:30 PM Dessert Rabbi Allison Poirier, Temple Beth Sholom 8:45 PM Three-Part Rabbi Louis Polisson, Congregation Or Atid Program Cantor Ken Richmond, Temple Israel (Music, Text, Rabbi Sharon L. Sobel, Temple Beth Am Meditation) Cantorial Intern Wolff, Temple Beth Am 10:00 PM Selichot Cantorial Intern Jessica Woolf, Temple Beth Sholom tebeam / September 2019 / 4

January 31, and May 1 at 6:30 PM. We will also invite all students Education Update to sing at these services in place of having a separate Junior Choir. Students will learn songs during their music time that will be sung A SEASON OF RENEWAL at the service. By Rabbi Marcie Kamerow, Additionally, we also welcome two new teachers to our faculty. Director of Education Elyse Blau, a 2015 graduate of Temple Beth Am will be teaching grade We hope that you had a relaxing and 3 and Sarah Rosenthal, also a 2015 TBA graduate will be teaching rejuvenating summer. Here at Temple Beth music and serve as our BATY advisor. We are thrilled for their return Am, we have been working to prepare for the and know that they will make great additions to our team. upcoming school year. Our religious school As the new year starts, we will celebrate the fall holidays of will be implementing a new program this Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot. All of these holidays have year to enrich your child’s Jewish learning the common theme of renewal but express it in different ways. experience. The format of our curriculum Rosh Hashana highlights this idea through the changing of the Rabbi Marcie Kamerow, MJEd will be a Project-Based Learning Model calendar. During Yom Kippur, we are asked to atone and renew our where students will be inspired to explore, challenge, learn and question behavior. Finally, Sukkot enables us to celebrate the renewal of the in a warm and supportive environment. We have combined grades land by celebrating the and taking us outside of our homes to ensure there will be enough students in each classroom to be able and into the sukkah. to work, share and collaborate together. One of the key outcomes we We are thrilled to embark on a new school year! In order to do are hoping for with this new and fun teaching model, is that within this, we need your children’s registration so that our teachers can plan every classroom, a close-knit community will form. Each classroom for the year. Please send those in ASAP! Our opening day is Sunday, will have a theme and spend the year exploring different aspects of September 8 for our K-7 students and September 9 for students that theme. We had the opportunity to share these new and exciting in grades 8-12. On Sunday, we ask that parents accompany their changes at our Open House on August 25th and can’t wait to see what students as we will be holding special programming for every it looks like in our classrooms. member of the family. Along with the changes in our classroom, we are also shifting As I enter my fifth year at TBA, I am excited to implement our the scope of our service requirements. This year, we ask that students new curriculum and watch our students and community grow. attend our four grade-level services on November 1, December 6, L’Shanah Tovah, Rabbi Kamerow Fundraising @ TBA For additional information regarding our fundraising efforts please call the temple office at 508-872-8300. Library News

GIFT CARDS SHANAH TOVAH FROM THE TBA is currently selling gift cards to Stop & Shop and a variety of other national stores and restaurants. The cards are sold to you for face value “LIBRARY LADIES” and 5% of each card purchased is donated to TBA, at no additional THAT MAKE IT ALL HAPPEN! cost to you. Gift cards make great gifts any time of the year. Cards are available for purchase at the temple office by cash and check only. FUNDRAISING DINNERS During the year, there will be fundraising dinners at area restaurants. The temple receives a portion of all the sales. Stay tuned for dates and times. TREE OF LIFE The TREE OF LIFE mounted on the wall of the of the temple lobby is a favorite way for members to commemorate “simchas” and honor family members and friends. Your gift of leaves ($300) and stones ($1000) will support continuing growth projects in the future. Pledge cards are available in the temple office. SMILE AMAZON The Levine Library has much to offer the TBA You shop, Amazon donates 0.5% of the of your eligible Amazon Smile purchases to Temple Beth Am. Amazon Smile is the same community. Our vast Judaic collection of materials is Amazon that you know. Support TBA by starting your shopping at ready and waiting to to be enjoyed by you. smile.amazon.com.

Stu Sheinhait led a group of die-hard Library Hours: volunteers working the AFC Championship • Sundays, 11:00 AM-1:00 PM when Game in January, 2018. The group raised religious school is in session several hundred dollars for TBA selling Marsha Massey, • Most Tuesdays, 10:30 AM-12:30 PM hot chocolate. They also got to watch the TBA Librarian Patriots beat the Jacksonville Jaguars 24-20! 5 / September 2019 / tebeam

“Rosh Hashanah is a day we celebrate the world. We appreciate the A Word from Rabbi Sobel beauty, the wonder, and the miraculousness of life. That appreciation continued from front page is critical; for only when we understand how splendid yet fragile is God’s world can we begin to repent for having damaged or neglected beautiful books during the services — but it’s never enough time. it. All , all reparation, begins in appreciation. We heal I highly recommend that each of you purchase your own copy for relationships because we understand their value. We seek to restore your home and spend time with it before each holiday. the imbalances in the natural world because its native pageantry I will be offering three study sessions using Mishkan Hanefesh dazzles our eyes. Yom Kippur is the outcome of our Rosh Hashanah as our text: vision: surrounded by possibility, we need to heal what we have hurt, THREE SUNDAYS or nurture the untended patches of God’s garden . Seeing the cracks • September 15 from 10:00-11:00 AM in creation, we acknowledge our obligation to fill them. First comes • September 22 from 11:00 AM - noon gratitude, then regret, then restoration.” • October 6 from 11:00 AM - noon – Rabbi We’ll examine some of the beautiful ways that this prayer book uses (Mishkan Hanefesh for Rosh Hashanah, page 119.) traditional means, modern voices and new modalities to help us express gratitude, regret and restoration of our true sense of being.

President’s Message CALL FOR MUSICIANS AND SINGERS! Dear Friends, Temple Beth Am’s fiscal year began on Do you sing or play an instrument? We would July 1st, marked this year by my taking over love to have you join us on the bima for our the presidency of our congregation from Hall’lu services and other musical ocassions Howard Schwartz, who served not one, but throughout the year. two terms. He deserves our sincerest thanks. I come to this task with years of experience If interested, please email Dean Arvidson at on several non-profit Boards of Trustees [email protected] and decades of volunteerism. But most importantly, I took on this job because I love Temple Beth Am. I believe our Carol Hanover VP Finance & Fundraising, Sue Siegel is working with Treasurer can grow and prosper, that we can educate Michael Rubin on everything financial, and is planning some innova- children to become Jewish adults who understand our history and tive fundraisers to help with our bottom line. Sue will need lots of help observance, and provide support to everyone through all life’s and I hope that many members will say “yes” when she reaches out. ups and downs. Let me tell you how our Board is working to make this possible. VP Membership, Marketing & Communication, Dena Stetson is planning how to increase our membership and let the world know that Our Rabbinical Search Committee has begun the process of Temple Beth Am is getting better all the time. If you know of someone finding a rabbi to replace Rabbi Sobel, who will leave next June. interested in joining TBA, please let her know. Not everyone who volunteered for the committee could be seated, and I thank you all for volunteering. But the Central Conference of Amer- VPs of Religion, Sue and Bob Clark, are preparing for the up- ican guides our process, recommending both a cross-section of coming High Holy Days. With Rabbi Sobel’s guidance, planning is the congregation and experience in different aspects of congregational well underway so that all of us can meet the new year filled with hope management. The committee is made up of the following members: for health, and the special joy of praying together with our Howard Schwartz, Sharon Silverman, Jami Stein, Fred Gilbert, synagogue family. Our service schedule will be unchanged, awaiting the Jennifer Fabrizio, David Emanuel, Simms Pearl, Joyce Green, guidance of the new rabbi who will join us on July 1, 2020. Don Levey, Sue Siegel, and myself. Many others have spent summer days preparing for a busy year: The School Committee, led by VP of Education Jodi Rubin and Sisterhood, Brotherhood, our staff and clergy. We are all ready for the School Chair Jami Stein, along with both Rabbis Sobel and Kamerow, new year and hope that you are, too. created a new curriculum for grades Kindergarten through 12. They I want to greet you at High Holy Day Services and at Shabbat, hosted an Open House on August 25, to showcase how innovative holidays and all services and hope that you will join us frequently. programming can enliven our classes, from learning the science behind Come early, sit in a pew, relax! From our wonderful Cantorial Intern building a pyramid (for ) to learning about different denom- David Wolff ’s chanting to Rabbi Sobel’s warm and engaging leader- inations of Judaism — often accompanied by hands-on experiential ship from the bima, and our spirited Shabbat Hall’lus, our services are learning projects, field trips and guest speakers. Please let your friends, uplifting and inclusive, filled with a true sense of joy on Shabbat and family and neighbors know that we have something new and exciting holidays throughout the year. to offer. It’s not the same old ! As you listen to the final sound of the Shofar at our concluding VP Administration, Dan Bendell along with Building & Grounds Neilah service on Yom Kippur, our High Holy Day service will end but Chair Gary Weinberger, is working on several projects to improve our 5780 will have begun. With it a new beginning for a year we hope will building and to make it more environmentally efficient. Dan is also be filled with good health and happiness. working to meet the space needs of Little Acorns, our daycare tenant, L’Shanah Tovah, as they grow and grow. Carol Hanover tebeam / September 2019 / 6 BROTHERHOOD THE WEATHER LOOKS TO STAY WARM FOR A WHILE STILL, BUT SUMMER IS COMING TO AN END AND THE BROTHERHOOD IS BACK! Brotherhood News We are looking forward to picking right back up where we left off from last Spring. Below is a listing of the officers for the upcoming year. Brotherhood is also actively working to put together another great BROTHERHOOD BREAKFAST SCHEDULE schedule of breakfasts. Please see below for the dates of the breakfasts All breakfasts begin at 9:00 am which all start at 9:00 AM. We will begin announcing speakers very • September 22 soon. Be sure to visit the temple website frequently to learn about upcoming brotherhood events. • October 20 The Brotherhood welcomes all new members. Both temple • November 10 and non-temple members are welcome to join TBA Brotherhood. • December 22 Senior membership is $65, regular membership is $90. Both member- • January 12 ships include admission to our monthly breakfasts, which feature our • February 9 40-foot-long buffet. Guest are also welcome at our monthly • March 22 breakfasts for $15. • April 26 We also encourage anyone interested in sitting in on a broth- • May 17 erhood board meeting to do so. Please contact either Bill Karger or Steve Schneider for more information if you would like to attend a Watch for more details about these great events! board meeting. Brotherhood’s mission is to support the Temple and the Greater Framingham community, something we have been doing Member attendance is encouraged for all events. proudly year after year.

Brotherhood Officers for 2019-2020

Bill Karger Co-President Rick Reed VP Fundraising Steve Schneider Co-President Eric Solomont VP Community Service Eric Solomont Treasurer Len Brenner Liaison to Basketball League Lou Movitz Secretary Howard Goldberg At Large Member Stu Slavid VP Programming Howie Newell At Large Member David Anapolsky VP Membership Jerry Saslav At Large Member Russ Litin VP Culinary Arts

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TBA Brotherhood needs volunteers to help with our annual events. If you’d like to involved, please contact: David Anapolsky, VP of Membership at [email protected] or either co-president Bill Karger at [email protected] or Steve Schneider at [email protected]. 7 / September 2019 / tebeam SISTERHOOD WHY YOU NEED SISTERHOOD OF TBA WHAT WE DO… Sisterhood of TBA is the collective identity of the women in our With your help, we can do even more! congregation. It provides us with a strong presence and voice. Sister- TIKKUN OLAM (repairing the world) hood provides an outlet for the creative energy, talent and leadership • Christmas Dinner Project potential of the individual Jewish woman. It also gives our members a • Coat Drive worldwide identity and connection through our affiliation with Women of , an agency for more than 500 Sisterhoods of Re- • High Holy Day Drive form congregations with over 75,000 members throughout the world. • Honors Dinner ($45 pp) WHY SISTERHOOD OF TBA NEEDS YOU • YES Fund Event ($18 pp) • YES Fund Card Sales Sisterhood needs the support of all the women in our congregation. No organization can exist without members or finances. With your BRIT OLAM (sustaining Jewish continuity) participation, we all benefit from your friendship, energy and inter- • Chanukah Party ests. From your membership dues come the funds to implement our • Chanukah Shopping Spree programs, contribute to our temple and support our Tikkun Olam and • Leslie Brenner Camp Scholarship Fundraiser efforts in the Jewish communities. Your unique educational, • Programs & Speakers religious and life experiences enrich the collective membership. • Religious Services WHERE YOUR SISTERHOOD DUES GO • Yom Tov Parties Your Sisterhood dues payment includes membership in Women of KEHILLAH (building community) Reform Judaism (WRJ), serving Jewish and humanitarian causes • Annual Fundraiser • Mahjong Cards throughout the world. • Caring Committee • Mahjong Tournament $18 per member for WRJ National Dues • Kick-Off Dinner • Carnival $2 per member for WRJ District Dues • Knitzvah Group • TBA Barbeque $5 per person for YES Fund Honor Roll Dues $3 Sisterhood supported funds The remainder of your dues goes towards the operating budget of If you have questions about events or membership the Sisterhood of TBA and the programs and projects supported by please email us at [email protected] Sisterhood of TBA.

ANNUAL HIGH HOLIDAY FOOD DRIVE DONATION REQUEST LIST Immediate needs • Jelly/jam, canned chicken, white or brown rice, beef stew PLEASE Also Needed - Non-Perishables Each year during the High Holidays. NO • Dry pasta, beans, tuna, dry and canned soup, peanut butter, Temple Beth Am promotes a Food Drive EXPIRED canned vegetables, canned fruit, macaroni and cheese, or other ITEMS to help those less fortunate. Please pick up side dishes, cereal, lunchbox snacks, coffee, tea, hot chocolate a bag after the Rosh Hashanah services and Cleaning Supplies bring it back to the Temple filled by the end • Toilet paper, tissues, paper towels, laundry detergent, kitchen of Yom Kippur. and bathroom cleaner The donations benefitA Place to Turn in Natick. This food pantry takes pride in offering MetroWest Personal Hygiene Products clients a friendly and dignified experience. • Deodorant, soap and brushes, shaving products, feminine hygiene products Thank you for your generosity. Diapers YOU help us fight hunger in the MetroWest tebeam / September 2019 / 8

Sunday LIFELONG September15 11:30 AM LEARNING Sponsored by Brotherhood and Sisterhood THE BOOK OF JOSHUA Four Wednesday evenings / fall 2019 In the Garden of the People Nov. 6, 13, 20, & Dec. 4 Prospective members are welcome! With Rabbi Emeritus Donald M. Splansky Sisterhood is asking guests to bring packages of diapers – all sizes are needed – 7:15 PM – 9:00 PM in the temple library all collected items to be donated to A Place to Turn in Natick. Cost: $36 per person RSVP: 508-872-8300 or [email protected] To register and to receive an assignment sheet phone the temple office, 508-872-8300 The Book of Joshua is the first book following the books of the Torah. It deals with the ’ conquest of the land of the Canaanites fol- lowing from Egypt. Some questions to be considered: Does modern archeological evidence confirm or deny such a “conquest?” Did lu the walls of Jericho “come tumblin’ down?” Who were the Gibeonites JoinShabbat us for our Musical ShabbatHall Service and what was their fate? What were Joshua’s primary traits of lead- on Friday, September 20 at 7:15 PM’. ership? Did he make “the sun stand still” during battle? How do you Everyone is welcome! Traditional and understand miracles in the Bible? Was the original Pentateuch contemporary music; participatory, (i.e., Torah) actually a Hexateuch? reflective and joyful worship. For each session the students will be asked to read four or five chap- ters of JOSHUA in advance. The best English translation of the Bible Welcome Shabbat with family, to use is the TANAKH, published by the Jewish Publication Society, friends & community although any Bible will do.

If you have questions about events or BATY membership please contact Sarah Rosenthal at YOUTH [email protected] Hello everyone! I am so excited to rejoin the Temple Beth Am community as the new BATY advisor! I have been a member of Temple Beth Am since I was born and have come back following my graduation from Westfield State University! I am so excited about the new places that BATY is going! We will be doing such amazing new things in the upcoming year and I cannot wait to tell you all about it! In order for your child to participate in BATY please register them and pay! If you have two students please fill out two separate forms. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScqojEuH-4BPByFg2MUFj7I2C71ulj3_wEfG-HeK6cWiqkRIQ/viewform?usp=sf_link Upcoming Events: • September 8th / FIRST BATY/JBAT Meeting: We will hang out and plan for the rest of the year! That will follow religious school at 11:30 AM. I encourage you to attend as it is our first meeting! Here is a sign up for a potluck for during the meeting. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/11K2-VBFAOnYd3Vew1SGtqce-yC4Qc-QQKJvqyTMbabY/edit • September 8th / Dave and Busters Event at 6:00 PM: Come play with us at 6:00 PM if you are 10 and older! With your tickets you get access to our full buffet and kids/teens get a $20 playing card and adults get a $15 card for the arcade. In addition to this, we are also running a fundraiser at the same time. Purchase an additional $10 card or $20 card that never expires and BATY receives 50% of the proceeds! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/15xB1ZhVP36RYQB4BMspdydmyqNbaJFFvAKIqL-aFSV4/edit (Contact me if you have allergy concerns about the buffet) • September 30th / BATY Rosh Hashanah service at 3:00 PM: If you are interested in participating in this service please come to both re- hearsals on the 22nd and the 29th! September 29th we will be having a Rosh Hashanah High Holiday Rehearsal at my house at 18 Dr. Framingham, MA. If you are interested in participating in the service, please fill out this form!  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1JTOChFGJxy4qKkmF-j2w5ykuOJpk7HM51alV9w9UD14/edit And this form for Yom Kippur https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1gdWm5Y_S4EAstZpy0ifjLWkCeI__Ix84qgEAWIPssdg/edit • September 22nd / BATY meeting / Rehearsal for Rosh Hashanah and following at 1:00 PM-JBAT (7/8) will be going to Honeypot Farms for apple picking! Fill out form to register https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1h_nSb1mbFxNQ_FcVnnukP86-bEwa3KyJXGD9SZ2Pm34/edit 9 / September 2019 / tebeam tebeam teasers

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i tebeam / September 2019 / 10 LifeCYCLES IN JOY IN SADNESS SPECIAL ANNIVERSARIES We record with deep sorrow the of those who have died since AUGUST our last bulletin. May their memory be for a . Date Years THE CONGREGATION MOURNS WITH 8/12 Dan and Phyllis Bendell 30 Marlene Wiener on the passing of her husband, Murray Wiener 8/14 Steven and Jennifer Murga 15 Victoria Felson, on the passing of her mother, Alice Asher 8/22 Charles and Ethel Kaiden 60 Gary Breitbord, on the passing of his mother, Ethel Breitbord SEPTEMBER Date Name Years Gary Weinberger, on the passing of his grandmother, 9/16 Robert and Susan Clark 40 MInnette Weinberger Lewis 9/16 Michael and Debra Pritzker 40 Bruce Goldweitz, on the passing of his mother, Ruth Goldweitz 9/29 Bruce and Robin Goldweitz 40 Sandi Beren Mahoney, on the passing of her aunt, Kathy Hymans 9/30 Vadim and Rimma Gluzman 30 Stephen Fox, on the passing of his mother, Blanche Fox All couples celebrating an August or September wedding anniversary Walter Perlman Ad will be blessed at the September 13th service at 7:15 PM. Please call We Mourn the Loss of Our Friend and Temple Member the temple office if you are planning to attend. Michael Brody Our condolences to his wife, Lisa, and his children and grandchildren. May his memory be for a blessing We Mourn the Loss of Our Friend and Temple Member George Anbinder TBA Our condolences to his wife, Eleanor, and his children and grandchildren. May his memory be for a blessing Notes MEMORIAL PLAQUE Lewis H. Holzman, husband of Ann Holzman, SOCIAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE September 20, 2016 – 18 Elul 5776 Next meeting: Wednesday, September 18th, at 7:15 PM For inquiries contact: Sheila Statlender and Lisa Nasch: [email protected] FRAMINGHAM INTERFAITH BOOK CLUB Monthly book discussions on the 1st Tuesday of each month. For more information: [email protected] WEBSITE DONATIONS ARE HERE! Our new website can now accept credit card donations. Please take advantage of this new capability on Only 4 Miles from Creative Event Guest Room Blocks Easy Access Off our website to acknowledge the Temple Beth Am Spaces for Available for Out Speen Street, Mass memory of, or to honor an accomplish- ment of a friend or a loved one. 20-200 People of Town Visitors Pike and Route 9 TBA CARES Your temple is here for you whether in good times or bad. Please let Rabbi BostonNatick.HamptonInn.com . Sobel know what is going on in your life. [email protected] 319 Speen Street, Natick, MA | 508.653.5000 11 / September 2019 / tebeam

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Temple Beth Am is a warm and vibrant Reform Jewish community located in Framingham, MA, comprised of members from the greater Metro West area. Founded in 1956 and affiliated with the , members and visitors find a relaxed and informal atmosphere in which people of all ages, backgrounds CENTER FOR and orientations come to worship, learn, enjoy music, explore PROGRESSIVE Judaism, and find new friends. REFORM JUDAISM IN METROWEST