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May 2012 אחים ישראל Congregation Brethren of Israel Bulletin Vassar T emple Where you belong Bulletiinn Founded 1848 Volume 158 No. 5 May 2012 אחים ישראל Congregation Brethren of Israel Sisterhood Shabbat on Annual Congregational Upcoming Events th rd May 1 Joel Hoffman presents: The May 18 Meeting on May 23 Bible Doesn’t Say That, p1 Please join us for our annual Sister- Plan to attend the annual meeting of May 3 Holocaust Lecture, p7 th hood Shabbat on Friday evening, May 18 the congregation on Wednesday evening, May 6 Lunch Box, p6 at 7:30. This is always an inspiring and May 23rd at 7:00 p.m. to participate in May 8 Sisterhood Donor Dinner, p3 uplifting spiritual experience, led by the May 15 Meditation Group meets, p7 the making of important decisions for the wonderful women of our Sisterhood and May 17 Holy Rollers, p8 temple. The agenda will include the pre- followed by an oneg of delicious desserts May 18 Sisterhood Shabbat & din- provided by our Men’s Club. sentation of the Founders Service Award ner, p 1 This year we will have a Torah to Melissa, Rachel, and Brianna Erle- May 20 Mitzvah Day, p 5 service, including “A D’var Torah from a bacher; voting on the slate of nominees May 22 Meditation Group meets, p7 Woman’s Point of View” by Doi Cohen. for officer and board positions; consider- May 23 Annual Congregational All Sisterhood Members are welcome ation of the budget for the coming fiscal Meeting, p1 to participate in the service. This is our time year; brief reports by the Rabbi and the May 26 Shavuot Study, p 8 to lead the congregation in worship and we President; and other matters. The official June 8 Temple Picnic Shabbat, pg 1 welcome readers (English or Hebrew). If agenda will be mailed to all members you would like to participate, please contact and will be posted on the temple website Sandra Mamis, chair of Sisterhood Shabbat. (www.vassartemple.org), so check it You can reach her at mamis@optonline. See the many opportunities to net or at 463-2678. We hope to see you on regularly. Refreshments will be available May 18th! at the meeting. make a diffeerence on Mitzvah Day on pages 5 & 6! Heads Up! Shabbat Dinner on May 18th Temple Picnic Shabbat Something is on June 8 brewing Before the 7:30 p.m. Sisterhood “After Hours” on th th Shabbat service on Friday, May 18 , join Join us at the annual Vassar Temple Pic- Saturday, July 14 your temple family for a 6:15 Shabbat nic Shabbat on June 8, rain or shine (we’ll from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Vassar Temple! dinner in the social hall. The dairy dinner move indoors if inclement weather). Don’t get skunked! will include quiche with assorted salads, Teacher Recognition will take place. and pizza for the kids. The price for the Come and honor our hard-working Reli- complete meal is $10 for each adult and gious School teachers! $5 for children aged 5-12, while those Vassar Temple will provide the picnic, under 5 eat free. co-sponsored by the Vassar Temple Sister- In order to enjoy this lovely dinner, hood and Men’s Club. The menu will you must make your reservation by Mon- include Veggie wraps & salads, and pizza th day, May 14 the latest. Contact Wendy for the kids. Don't miss the fascinating Marcus at 226-2502 or masinc223@aol. RSVPs are a MUST so that we can or- presentation on Bible com. Checks made out to Vassar Temple der the right amount of food. Please RSVP translation by author, Sisterhood may be mailed or brought to by Monday, June 4 to Laura Brundage / translator, linguist, and the temple. [email protected] / 227-4312 our own Religious School Director, Dr. Joel M. Hoffman! Learn why "The Bible Doesn't Say That" on Tuesday, May 1st at 7:00 p.m. at the temple. 1 Rabbi’s Message: WHAT DO YOU KNOW? in the United States, one is an American, Saturday evening, May 26 and absolute insensitivity to history, ge- (admittedly, it is Memorial Day weekend) Do not say, ography, government, or even sports does marks the eve of Shavuot. This is the an- ‘when I have lei- not change that status. Yet, we tend to nual Festival commemorating the giving sure, I will study.’ have a low opinion of the ignoramus. Be- of Torah at Mt. Sinai. As such, Shavuot You may never ing an American, we feel, requires some is the holiday of knowing in order to be have leisure! knowledge about the U.S. How much a Jew. Each year, Vassar Temple joins What do you is hard to say, but something ought to be with Temple Beth El and Shir Hadash in need to know in known; probably at least something more marking the occasion with a Tikkun, a order to be a doctor? A lawyer? A chef? than you already know! study session. [Please check page 8 of A garage mechanic? The answer in every Finally, what do you need to this Bulletin for details.] I personally in- case is more than just something. The know in order to be a Jew? The answer is vite you to attend. If that is not possible, successful maintenance of virtually every roughly similar to American. One can be- then I especially invite you to engage –by profession requires more than a minimal come a Jew by virtue of birth, and there- yourself or with your family – in answer- amount of expertise. fore not need know anything. Yet, we ing the question: What more might I learn OK, now, what do you need to sense that being Jewish requires knowing this year in order to be a Jew? know in order to be an American? Techni- something. What is that something? At Rabbi Paul Golomb cally, the answer is nothing! If one is born least one thing more than you already know. President’s Message It’s May One of the first sessions I attended how to use this type of message for explor- already. The was for new and incoming presidents ing issues, such as why bad things happen school year and (little did I know …), where Dale Glasser to good people, and discussing generosity other temple presented “Frameworks for Thinking about vs. destruction. There were several other activities are Issues”. The goal of the session was to examples, with a South Park sketch mak- winding down, distinguish between leadership and man- ing some additional points. I’ll save some and our yearly agement, and emphasize the importance of the other topics for another month. congregational of both. “Management is doing things I recently placed a request on the meeting will take right; leadership is doing the right things.” Temple Blog called “Suggestion Box.” I’d place on Wednesday, May 23rd. Mitzvah Part of the session required discussion like to reach out to all of you to get ideas Day preparation is in full swing, with an in small groups, which was the best part. for future events or activities that might amazing myriad of activities, allowing Our group had a good mix of participants, appeal to you. In general, the Temple Dutchess community Jews to participate in from the president of a small 90-member needs to establish a good balance of “fun- a host of very worthwhile projects. Next congregation, to one whose congregation raising” and “fund-raising” activities, but month will bring the annual outdoor Shab- has over 2,000 members! Interestingly, we the lack of fundraising (other than the very bat on June 8th. This year on that evening all had similar stories, similar problems, successful SCRIP program) has placed a we will recognize our Religious School just on different scales. Overall it was a lot of pressure on the Temple’s operating teachers and aides who have worked so worthwhile session, and great way to kick budget. Please use the link to VT Blog in hard to educate our children. off the conference. the upper right of our home page at www. In in looking back over the past few One of the most interesting sessions vassartemple.org, click “Comment,” and months, it occurred to me that I never I attended, “Scripture, Simpsons, South give us your input. had the opportunity to share some of the Park and Suffering,” examined a Simpsons Bob Abrams information that I learned at the Biennial. episode based on the Book of Job and We all know that Seth z’’l had shared the showed how the use of animated sketches excitement of the Biennial right up until his can appeal to younger folks. The Simp- untimely passing. I was hoping to share my sons is PG but “edgy enough to be cool.” thoughts in the blog, but got caught up in In many of its scripts, there are kernels of the events that followed. profound wisdom. The session explored 2 Worship Services Scriptural Readings Friday, May 4 7:30 p.m. Shabbat Service May 4 & 5 Aharei-K’doshim Saturday, May 5 Leviticus 17:8-19:14 9:00 a.m. Torah Study Haftarah: Amos 9:7-15 10:00 a.m. Bat Mitzvah of Rachel Roland May 11 & 12 Emor Friday, May 11 Leviticus 22:17-23:22 7:30 p.m. Shabbat Service with Rabbi Golomb and Haftarah: Ezekiel 44:15-31 cantorial soloist, Elisa Dugatkin May 18 & 19 B’har-B’hukotai Saturday, May 12 Leviticus: 25:39-26:46, 27:32-34 9:00 a.m.
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