March 2013

Congregation B’nai B’rith

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Norbert and Charlotte Rieger Scholar-in-Residence Weekend Professor Daniel C. Matt From to the Big Bang:

Daniel Matt is one of the Ancient Wisdom and Contemporary world’s leading authorities on Kabbalah. He has published over ten books, including The Essential Kabbalah and : March 1 March 3 Annotated and Explained. Friday Night Service Sunday Morning Live Daniel is currently translating 6:00 pm Breakfast 8:45 am and annotating the Zohar, the Program 9:45 am masterpiece of Kabbalah. For Guest Sermon: this work, Daniel has been Shekhinah: The Feminine Half of God God and the Big Bang: honored with a National Jewish One of the boldest contributions of Discovering Harmony Between Book Award and a Koret Kabbalah is the idea that God is equally Science and Spirituality Jewish Book Award. The Koret female and male. Daniel Matt will briefly Explore the parallels between Kabbalah and award called his translation “a trace the development of Kabbalah and then contemporary cosmology. Is there a way to monumental contribution to the focus on the concept of Shekhinah harmonize these two approaches, the scientific history of Jewish thought.” Dr. (the feminine aspect of God). and the spiritual? Matt has been featured in Time Magazine, and has appeared on National Public Radio and Looking Ahead the History Channel. For twenty years, he served as professor April 7 Sunday Morning Live at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, Steve Gutow, President & CEO and has also taught at Stanford Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) University and the Hebrew Rabbi Gutow is recognized as one of the nation’s most influential by University of . Daniel Newsweek and as one of the nation’s top Jewish leaders by the Forward. lives in Berkeley, California with JCPA is an advocate of a strong U.S.- relationship. Its domestic his wife Hana. programs include: Fighting Poverty with Faith and Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life.

Events take place at CBB unless otherwise noted. View our Friday evening services via live stream at www.cbbsb.org. We welcome everyone to all events and services. For more details see www.cbbsb.org or call 964-7869 mARCH 3 Sunday

1 Friday Sunday Live RIEGER SCHOLAR-IN-RESIDENCE Morning 5:30 pm Pre-Neg Wine & Cheese 6:00 pm Shabbat Service RIEGER SCHOLAR-IN-RESIDENCE with Adult Choir 8:45 am Best Darn Breakfast, PERIOD! Guest Sermon: 9:45 am Speaker: Professor Daniel C. Matt Professor Daniel C. Matt see front cover for details see front cover for details 12:30 pm Fundamentals of ______with Rabbi Cohen 5:00 pm Hot Topics for 11th and 12th graders 2 Saturday ______9:00 am Study Friday with Professor Daniel C. Matt 8 10:30 am Shabbat Service 5:30 pm 2nd Grade and Tot Shabbat Maisie Oswald Bat followed by dinner dinner & child care rsvp to Kara at [email protected] or 967-6619 7:00 pm Pre-Neg Wine & Cheese 7:30 pm Shabbat Service ______

9 Saturday 10:30 am Shabbat Service led by CBB teens 4:30 pm with Rabbi Maya Leibovich MONDAY see ad on the next page for details 7:00 am Cottage Hospital ______in the Sacred Space 6:00 pm Israeli Dancing at CBB 10 Sunday TUESDAY 9:30 am Religious School Noon Lunch & Learn 3rd Grade Family Ed Day at the home of Sylvia Glass 10:30 am Hillel Hall of Fame at UCSB Hillel 7:00 pm Studio Toby Weekly Scheduled Events 12:30 pm Fundamentals of Judaism WEDNESDAY Guest teacher 7:30 am NEW! Kabbalistic Sources ______in the Jewish Prayerbook with Rabbi Cohen 11 Monday 8:30 am Misty Mountain Minyan 12:00 pm Jewish Poetry Group 2ND FRIDAY: March 8 ______7:00 pm Pre-Neg Wine & Cheese 7:30 pm Shabbat Evening Service 14 Thursday FRIDAY 7:00 pm Artist in Residence 5:30 pm Pre-Neg Wine and Cheese see back cover for details 6:00 pm Shabbat Evening Service 7:00 pm DIY (Do It Yourself) Seder Class with Rabbi Suzy Stone and Cantor Childs SATURDAY Whether it’s your first year doing a seder or 9:00 am you have been doing it for years, please join us. with Rabbi Cohen Learn the basic elements of a seder and ways to 10:30 am Shabbat Morning Service add unique touches, stories, activities and 12:30 pm Lunch spiritual aspects to your celebration. RSVP to the Temple office at 964-7869. 15 Friday 26 Tuesday 10:30 am Artist in Residence No Studio Toby see back cover for details 10:30 am Yom Tov Passover Service 5:30 pm Pre-Neg Wine & Cheese ______6:00 pm Shabbat Service Third Friday ! 28 Thursday with The Temple Band 6:00 pm Lodge Dinner Young families welcome! ______29 Friday 16 Saturday 5:30 pm Pre-Neg Wine & Cheese 10:30 am Shabbat Service 6:00 pm Shabbat Service ______

17 Sunday 30 Saturday 9:30 am Religious School 10:30 am Shabbat Service 4th Grade Family Ed Day 12:00 pm Artist in Residence see back cover for details Seudah Shlishit 12:30 pm Fundamentals of Judaism Class Saturday, March 9 4:30 pm with Rabbi Cohen Passover: Making a Seder Rabbi Maya Leibovich 3:30 pm for 6th grade girls The first native-born Israeli ______woman ordained as a rabbi • Teaching and sharing stories from her career 21 Thursday • Potluck vegetarian dinner 12:00 pm Short Story Group • Singing and A Letter to Harvey Milk Please bring a vegetarian dish to share and come for an by Leslea Newman intimate and uplifting late afternoon gathering! email [email protected] for a copy 7:00 pm Board Meeting Rabbi Leibovich is the Chairperson of MARAM, the ______Council of Israeli Reform Rabbis, and has served for the past twenty years as the Rabbi of Kehillat Mevasseret Zion, outside of Jerusalem. 22 Friday 5:30 pm Pre-Neg Wine & Cheese 6:00 pm Shabbat Service ______Althea Stroum and Pat Glazer Memorial 23 Saturday 10:30 am Shabbat Service ______Family Camp 24 Sunday No Religious School March 22-24 12:30 pm Fundamentals of Judaism Class Brandeis-Bardin Simi Valley Guest teacher ______Join us for this inspiring, community building, 25 Monday relaxing, weekend! First Night of Passover fun-filled 5:30 pm Potluck Vegetarian Seder RSVP on: www.cbbsb.org led by Rabbi Suzy Stone Questions: [email protected] RSVP to Temple office or online at www.cbbsb.org Congregation B’nai B’rith 1000 San Antonio Creek Road Santa Barbara, CA 93111

Upcoming Events April 7: Sunday Morning Live Rabbi Steve Gutow President & CEO Jewish Council for Public Affairs April 13: Czech Torah Rededication April 14: Jewish Book Club April 28: Jewish Festival at Oak Park May 11: Progressive Dinner in Montecito

a program sponsored by the Toby Parisse Art Education fund

Artist-in-Residence Silk Painter Hillary Miller

March 13 -17 Projects for adults and children Paint pre-designed, beautiful silk covers to be given as to new CBB members Please join us for this fun and important mitzvah, Passover at any or all of these sessions: March 25 First Night of Passover Thursday, March 14 . . . 7:00 pm - 9 pm 5:30 pm Potluck Vegetarian Seder Friday, March 15 . . . . 10:30 am - 12:30 pm led by Rabbi Suzy Stone March 26 10:30 am Yom Tov Service Sunday, March 17 . . . 12 noon - 2:30 pm April 1 10:30 am 7th Day Morning Service Hillary will also work with Religious School & with Yizkor Academy students on a congregational for our 1:00 pm Yizkor Healing Circle monthly Tot Shabbat and other occasions. with Rabbi Suzy Stone