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Temple Emanu-El Temple EmanHapupy -CEhanul kah ! Connections Adar-Nisan • V. 80 No. 6 March 2016 March Service Schedule Friday, March 4 6:15 PM Shabbatluck Dinner 7:00 PM Erev Shabbat Family Service with 2nd Grade and Bet Hebrew Friday, March 11 7:00 PM Erev Shabbat Service Saturday, March 12 9:00 AM Baby Shabbat See page 3 for more information 9:00 AM Shabbat Morning Minyan with Gimel Hebrew Class 10:00 AM Tea and Torah Friday, March 18 6:00 PM Tot Shabbat 6:30 PM Tot Shabbat Catered Dinner 7:00 PM Erev Shabbat Service featuring Hadassah Wednesday, March 23 Adultt Purim IntInntensivvee Studytudy SeSession 7:00 PM Adult Purim Intensive Study Session and Megillah Reading andand Megillah Reading Friday, March 25 tĞĚŶĞƐĚĂLJLJ͕͕DĂƌĐŚ Ϯϯ Ăƚ ϳ͗ϬϬ WD 6:30 PM Wine and Cheese Reception for ϭϬϭϬhŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ ǀĞ͘ ^ĂŶ :ŽƐĞ all Annual Campaign Donors 7:30 PM Rock Shabbat Service Saturday, March 26 9:00 AM Shabbat Morning Minyan ŶũŽLJĂ ƌĞĂůůLJďŝŐ ;ĂŶĚ ǁĞ ŵĞĂŶ ,h'Ϳ͕ ǀĞƌLJ ŝŶƚĞŶƐĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐƵƉĞƌ ĚĞĞƉƐƚƵĚLJ ƐĞƐƐŝŽŶ ĨŽƌ ĂĚƵůƚƐ ŽŶůLJ ǁŝƚŚ ZĂďďŝ ^ĐŚŶŝƚnjĞů ĂŶĚ ĂŶƚŽƌ Temple Emanu-El Security Updates ,ƵŵŵƵƐ͘ DĞŐŝůůĂŚƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ ǁŝůů ŚĂƉƉĞŶ ƐŽ ďĞ ƉƌĞƉĂƌĞĚ ƚŽ ĐŚĞĞƌƌ͕͕ ͕ĂŶĚ ŚĂǀĞ ĨƵŶ͊ ŽƐƚƵŵĞƐ ĂƌĞĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞĚ͊ŶũŽLJ ƉŝnjnjĂ ĂŶĚ • Our doors will open 30 minutes before services ŚĂŵĂŶƚĂƐŚĞŶ͘ƌŝŶŐ LJŽƵƌ ŽǁŶ ǁŝŶĞ͊ on Friday nights and will close 10 minutes after Z^sWƚŽ ĂĚŵŝŶΛƚĞŵƉůĞƐĂŶũŽƐĞ͘ŽƌŐ͘ the service starts. If you arrive late, please call /ŶƚĞƌĞƐƚĞĚŝŶ ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ Ă ƉĂƌƚ͍ ŽŶƚĂĐƚ ĂŶƚŽƌ ^ŝŵĞƌůLJ Ăƚ the Custodian Cell Phone to be let in. ŵĞĞŬĂŶƚŽƌΛƚĞŵƉůĞƐĂŶũŽƐĞ͘ŽƌŐ͘ • If you are attending an event at Temple, please be sure to close doors behind you and not leave doors propped open. Mishloach Manot Exchange • The preschool and religious school facilities are A Fundraiser for the 2016 Confirmation Class ONLY to be used when a staff member is Order deadline: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 present. Please do not allow children to play on See page 8 for additio- nal information. the equipment during meetings, services, or other times. 1010 University Ave., San Jose, CA 95126 | 408-292-0939 facebook.com/templesanjose | twitter.com/templesanjose • The Temple Custodian on-site can be reached [email protected] at 408-797-4564 if you need to be let in to the building. www.templesanjose.org Connections But truth be told there is not one view, one way that a Jew should be thinking when it comes to this deal. The only thing that should be one is our peoplehood! I was saddened to see how the arguments were made so simple when the issues are so multi-layered and complex. I thought we initially missed our chance to have true dialogue about the issues until our Jewish community gave everyone an opportunity to hear two views while feeling our unity as a people. But that was one occasion. What upsets me the most is the idea that if you are not on my side you are wrong and you are against us. It just creates divisiveness, and we are not such a large people, so divisiveness looks terrible. Where as being a people with multi views and demonstrating respect of each view makes us look great. My friends, we have been through a lot as a people. And I for one believe in Israel’s ability to defend itself. So when we make absolutes and say Israel will not survive this deal… that is not cool. It is manipulative and it is not true. Honest, truthful conversation is what we have needed because our focus should be on what happens after the deal is done. We have to work with all sides to make things move forward. Why would we want to demonize another position because we don’t agree with it? Words From the Rabbi That is not good, healthy dialogue and that is what we need more than anything else. As I write this article, I am preparing to lead my fourth I appreciate our movement’s official position because it attempts to broaden the Temple Israel Trip. As you read this, I will be on my way discussion while at the same time acknowledging the key issues on both sides. So too home from leading that trip and from attending the Annual there is no demonizing another or making statements that are black and white. It states Convention of the Central Conference of American Rabbis. the following: Every seven years our convention is in the State of Israel Our tradition teaches us never to wage war without first seeking vigorously the and I look forward to sharing with you at the March Lunch & possibility of peace (Deut. 20:10). In that spirit, we applaud the diplomatic efforts of the Learn session and in a consequent Connections article Obama Administration to keep Iran from acquiring or developing nuclear weapons. We some of what I experienced. thank President Obama for his commitment to diplomacy, and we express our gratitude to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu for keeping the world focused on the danger posed On Yom Kippur day I shared a sermon titled “Two Views, by Iran. The end product of the Administration’s diplomatic efforts – the Joint One People.” The following is that sermon. Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – is challenging to analyze. Some argue that it offers the most promising path forward to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear state. There are so many good Jewish lines. Others argue that while the agreement has serious flaws, the consequences of rejecting it Thanks, Jeff Applebaum for the material. create far more perils and damage than implementing it would. Still others argue that it does not do enough to prevent and/or contain the danger that a nuclear Iran would Define: Genius. A “C” student with a Jewish mother. pose. We recognize that these arguments have merit: The JCPOA does present a way forward, there are real dangers to rejecting it, and it does not foreclose Iran’s ability to Did you hear about the Jewish ATM? become a nuclear weapons threshold state. The Reform Movement is large and diverse. When you take out some money, it says to you, what did you do with the last $50 I gave you? continued on page 9 The Italian says, “I’m tired and thirsty. I must have wine.” The Russian says, “I’m tired and thirsty. I must have vodka.” The Jew says, “I’m tired and thirsty. I must have diabetes.” And of course the classic… 2 Jews in the room, 3 opinions. It is our nature to express ourselves. I for one feel great passion for many things and for many views. I have often expressed my passionate views in ways that make it seem there is only one way to believe, and with some issues I do think it is very black and white. Especially when it comes to behavior. We should act a certain way in certain situations. We get angry, we use words not fists. Actually as I think of some of them, it makes me feel we are in our preschool as those are the rules we teach them. Kevod, respect of everyone and everyone’s things. In years past I would have no problem standing here and telling you my view on the Iran deal. But I am not going to do that. Not that I don’t have one, and not that my opinion doesn’t matter, in fact, at the sermon discussion we could talk about it. But, because I think you have been as inundated as I have with so much opinion about the Iran deal. So many Jewish organizations pushing their view. In fact, it got worse and worse as the days went on. I understand it is a passionate issue for everyone who cares. 2 Connections From the President By the time you’re reading this class was leading the service and the 6 th graders (including we’re either in the throes of the my daughter) performed a Mel Brooks-esque play (written by predicted (dreaded?) mega El Niño their teacher – maybe you know her?) with a unique take on or the forecasts have gone awry some familiar stories from the Tanach, the Jewish bible. The and we have to make due with kids loved doing it, the audience was howling with laughter, plain old California winter weather and I can’t remember more fun happening in our sanctuary – (a dribble here and there – just the well, maybe our yearly Purim Shpiel comes close. Here they way we like it….). Will this year be were, our young, up and coming community members, with a different from others, or??? As I unique, fun, perspective on our oldest stories. Something mention that, I have to laugh to different, something fun, something Jewish. It’s been 25 myself a little. I was at a years since Rick’s article and it might as well have been 150 – Brotherhood meeting about 6 months ago and Mort Berlant the Temple is now, as then, providing that unique, safe, open, gave me a bunch of old Temple materials including a vintage and accepting forum for Jews, our members and friends, to Connections issue from June 1991. I was immediately sucked find their own way through our shared history. We now live in out of paying attention at the meeting and into a time a different, changing, perhaps more polarized world than in capsule of Temple Emanu-El, circa, early 1990’s. Granted, this 1991, and our approaches to being Jewish may be a little trip back in time was not 100 years ago, but 25 years ago is different, but our community is still here, growing and significant too.
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