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Hakol Congregation B’Nai Jacob The Voice of Hakol Congregation B’nai Jacob Congregation B’nai Jacob of Phoenixville, PA I y a r – S i v a n 5 7 8 1 May 2021 Our mission is to provide a place rooted in Jewish tradition where all people feel welcome, supported and enriched. We strive to foster connections to our past, to our future and to the divine in an intimate, accepting community. Service Times Friday Night (Unless otherwise indicated) 7:30pm Saturday Morning 9:30am NOTE: All services will be virtual via Zoom Rabbi’s Message 2 Candle Lighting President’s Message 3 May 7 7:45pm Sisterhood 4 May 14 7:52pm May 16– Shavuot 7:54pm Learning for Life (Adult Ed) 5 May 17– Shavuot 9:00pm In Our Community 5-10 May 21 7:59pm May 28 8:05pm CBJ Events Calendar: May-June 6 Sanctuary Renovations 10 Events Donations 11 Learning for Life– May 2 See p. 5 Celebrations 13 Cemetery Clean-up—May 2 See p. 6 Yahrzeit 14 Board Meeting– May 12 Calendar 16 Food Distribution– May 23 See p. 7 Something Shabbat Every Friday CBJU– Running & Governing– See p. 8 May 23 Friday, May 7th Community Shabbat with Jewish Comedy Night– June 16 See p. 9 Family Friendly service 6:30 PM Friday, May 14th Birthday/Anniversary At this time the CBJ building remains closed for Shabbat 7:30 PM community use. CBJ will continue to support social distancing for Friday, May 21st Samantha Schwartz Bat as long as the safety of our members requires it. Mitzvah Kabbalat Shabbat 7:30 PM As soon as it’s truly safe for us to gather to- gether again in-person, we will do so. Until then, Friday, May 28th Memorial Day Weekend – let’s all take care of each other in every other Regular Service 7:30 PM possible way available to us. RABBI'S MESSAGE Dear Chaveirim/Friends: of each other, and take some time to grieve the losses, no matter how big or how small, of In the 2011 movie Return, Kelli is a the past year. And to begin resetting our sights reservist who thought she’d never toward the post-pandemic world in which we’ll get called up, but winds up serving hopefully be living in the near(-ish) future. a tour of duty (in either Iraq or * * * * * * * * * * * * * Afghanistan, it’s never made clear). Please save another date, Sunday, May 16 at The movie begins as Kelli returns 7:00 PM, because in the meantime, we as a home to her husband and two community have some important decisions to children and - not really a spoiler- make, as vaccines are now widely available, and alert - it doesn’t go so well. As she struggles to before long anyone who wants to will be able to return to her ‘normal’ life after a year or two of get one: displacement, people try to get her to talk, to tell about the challenges she endured. Kelli, who had -What does Jewish law teach about whether worked in a supply depot, missed most of the there’s an obligation to be vaccinated? actual horrors of war, and the refrain she keeps -About whether Jewish institutions can and saying is, “A lot of people had it a lot worse than should require vaccinations? me.” -What does Jewish law have to say about whether vaccines should be required of As I recently watched Return, I thought of our anyone entering our synagogue? Congregation B’nai Jacob community in the midst of this pandemic. In speaking with many of you These are questions that we as a community will over this past year, I heard variations of Kelli’s need to figure out, both as individuals and at the almost-apologetic downplaying of the difficulties Board level. Halachah (Jewish law) will provide she’d experienced, “A lot of people had it a lot much guidance, and our leadership will have to worse than me.” Broadly speaking, few people in figure out how to apply that guidance. So our our community experienced the worst impacts of topic of learning for our annual Tikkun Leil Covid-19. Most of us were spared the serious Shavuot (Night of Learning on Erev Shavuot) will health and financial devastation so many other be to consider the halachic responsum of The communities faced. Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Rabbinical Assembly titled And yet, it’s been a year of constant and deep Vaccination and Ethical Questions Posed by loss for all of us. We’ve all given up and missed COVID-19 Vaccines out on so much near and dear to us. With any luck, and if projections are correct, there’s an Please join us via Zoom at 7:00 PM on Sunday, excellent chance that we’ll begin opening up May 16 for our learning that will directly inform again before next Rosh HaShanah. But before we and effect some of the most pressing questions get there, I invite us to come together as a facing CBJ as a community. The tikkun/learning community on Friday night, June 4, to pause for a will be followed by a brief service for the festival moment before we enter our slower summer of Shavuot. Please note for your calendars that season, and to spend some time with each other the two days that follow are full chag/festival mourning the losses of the past year. It’s tempting days, with services at 9:30 AM on Monday and to say, “A lot of people had it a lot worse than Tuesday mornings, May 17 and 18. On the first me,” but each of our losses, small as they might day of Shavuot, Monday morning, we seem, especially in comparison to the sufferings commemorate the receiving of the Ten of others, is still something to grieve. Commandments; on Tuesday, we will recite Please save the date for our Kabbalat Shabbat Yizkor. service (at 7:30 PM, over Zoom) on June 4, L’Shalom, when we will have an opportunity to come Rabbi Jeff Sultar together, in the warm embrace of Shabbat and 2 PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE So, What is Next or Nu? Our theme this year has been to Connect Our Community; and after all, the CBJ of tomorrow, Hard to believe, it is May of yesterday and today is still reliant on people and 2021…Springtime and soon to be relationships. Summer! On June 16, together, we will conduct some Thank you to all our Sponsors important business, look ahead to re-opening and Donors who helped to make CBJ, and laugh with Joel Chasnoff! our Maccabeats live concert and Rabbi Sultar celebration fundraiser a success! L’Shalom, As our school year soon comes to an end for this Mark J. Snow unprecedented year, I also want to thank our President Director, Andrea Zavod, for designing and leading a tremendous school program this year! Also thank you to our Students, Teaching staff and Parents for your participation, commitment, and support. As we look ahead to the conclusion of the Hebrew School year and our Fiscal Year, here are opportunities for us to positively Connect our Community – “So What is Next?” -June 16 – CBJ’s Annual Meeting 7:00pm Via Zoom Annual Meeting Agenda -Proposed Bylaw’s Changes and Vote Come join and give your input to the -2021-2022 Budget Presentation and CBJ RELIGIOUS LIFE COMMITTEE! Vote -Sanctuary Renovation We are looking for new members from all facets of the congregation to help with this important -Plans for Re-Opening committee - whether or not you are a regular service participant, your voice matters! -June 16 – Following the Annual Meeting at 8:00pm - In collaboration with Rabbi Sultar, the religious A Special Jewish Comedy Night Live on life committee is responsible for all religious Zoom Featuring Joel Chasnoff Direct services and evaluating our religious growth as from Israel -Let’s Laugh Together! a synagogue. If you are interested in joining this -Final Fundraiser for this Fiscal Year important committee, please contact committee chair Sandy Stone at [email protected] -Go to www.congbj.org for more information and to purchase tickets! -Also visit www.joelchasnoff.com to “meet” Joel. 3 SISTERHOOD CBJ Sisterhood Update **Now Available** An Easy and Secure Way to Make a Sisterhood members met for our Passover Payment and/or Donation to CBJ! Memories and Recipes event on March 21 Congregation B'nai Jacob is now accepting Question - what makes Pesach Pesach? online payments via a secure credit card payment processor. Answer- the stories and traditions. As seders No credit card information will be stored at serve as the basis for discussion, we also any time. If you would like to make an reminisced, shared recipes, enjoyed each other’s online payment, go to www.congbj.org/ and family traditions and each other. A great click on the Make a Payment Button or restarting and recharging event for all of us! Make a Donation. Torah Fund also continues as we need to Use your Smart Phone, Tablet, Lap Top or support the five Conservative schools of Desk Top Computer and Support CBJ, education. Please send your donations to Karen anytime anywhere. All credit cards are Real, our Torah Fund chair, at 701 Coventry accepted. Lane, Phoenixville, PA 19460 by June 10. More events are being planned so watch for info on the CBJ weekly email or on the CBJ Facebook page. We will be meeting this summer to organize our year ahead 2021-2022. Don’t miss out on the fun, learning and sisterhood! (Please note that a portion of any payments to CBJ thru use of a credit card goes to the credit card processor) 4 CBJ’S ADULT EDUCATION LEARNING FOR LIFE PROGRAM Why Bother with Judaism? Please join us for Rabbi Jeff Sultar’s 2020-2021/5781 Edition of The People of the Book (Club) Here All Along: Finding Meaning, Spirituality, and a Deeper Connection to Life – In Judaism (After Finally Choosing to Look There) By Sarah Hurwitz.
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