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Rabbi's Message Shofar Adar-Nisan 5776 • March/April 2016 In this issue...you can click on the Rabbi’s Message page you would like to read first. Brotherhood............................................. 16 Israel Comes to TBE, TBE Goes to Israel Calendar .............................................30-31 Chai My Name Is ........................................8 Temple Beth-El has always had a very strong Community ..........................................14-15 connection with Israel, and I am pleased and proud to say that this bond is only growing stronger. Over the years we Contributions ........................................... 29 have been privileged to welcome luminaries from our Jewish State to visit with us and address our congregation, including Cultural Arts .............................................. 16 Ambassador Michael Oren, Anat Hoffman, Rabbi Michael Marmur, and many Education Directors ....................................7 others. In the coming weeks, we will have the honor of hosting two more bright stars from Israel. We have also had a steady stream of members of Israel Matters ......................................17-18 our temple family going to Israel, including nearly a dozen congregational Jewish LIFE ............................................... 11 trips over the years. In the coming weeks we will welcome two extraordinary guests from Israel. Lifecycle (TBE Family News) ...................... 26 Mensch of the Month .................................9 Continued on page 3 Mohammad Darawshe and Rabbi Gilad Kariv Programs ........................6 President’s Message ...................................4 Purim in the Kitchen ................................. 27 Purim! Purim Megillah Reading and Spiel ........... 13 Megillah Reading and Rabbi Gluck’s Silver Jubilee ........................5 The Big Bang Theory: The Spiel Wednesday, March 23, 7:00 p.m. Rabbi’s Message.........................................1 See page 13 Renaissance ............................................. 19 Brotherhood Person of Honor Second Seder ........................................... 19 Honoring Steve Lieberman Sisterhood ...........................................21-22 Sunday, April 3, 10:30 a.m. Special Needs Camping ..............................8 See page 16 Social Action ........................................23-24 Passover is Coming Ways and Means ...................................... 25 First Seder, April 22 Welcome to the World ............................. 27 Come to TBE’s Second Seder Worship Schedule ......................................2 Saturday, April 23, 6:30 p.m. See page 19 Yahrzeits ..............................................27-28 Temple Beth-El • 67 US Highway 206 • Hillsborough, NJ 08844 • (908) 722-0674 • www.ourbethel.org Worship Schedule MARCH Friday, March 4 Saturday, March 12 Wednesday, March 23 6:30 p.m. Shabbat Across America dinner and Parashat P’kudei, Exodus 38:21-40:38 7:00 p.m. Megillah Reading and Purim Spiel – Shabbat Seder 10:00 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service and Torah Study, “The Big Bang Theory: The Spiel” National Day of Unplugging with the B’nei Mitzvah of Jared Bendavid and Rebecca Stept Friday, March 25 Saturday, March 5 Friday, March 18 8:00 p.m. Shabbat B’Shir: Shabbat Evening Service Parashat Vayak’heil, Exodus 35:1–38:20 8:00 p.m. Shabbat Evening Service with guest speaker with the Tefilah Band 10:00 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service and Torah Study Mohammad Darawshe with Bar Mitzvah of Eric Braun Saturday, March 26 National Day of Unplugging Saturday, March 19 Parashat Tzav, Leviticus 6:1−8:36 Parashat Vayikra, Leviticus 1:1−5:26 10:00 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service and Torah Study Friday, March 11 10:00 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service and Torah Study with the Bar Mitzvah of Jacob Kistler 7:00 p.m. Family Shabbat Service with Grade 7 with B’nei Mitzvah of Max Miller and Noah Skoultchi and Girl Scout participation APRIL Friday, April 1 Friday, April 15 Thursday, April 28 6:00 p.m. Shabbat for Tots 7:00 p.m. Shabbat Evening Service; 9:00 p.m. Yom Tov Pesach and Yizkor Services 8:00 p.m. Shabbat Evening Service with Sisterhood Honoring Kathy Shanklin Friday, April 29 Saturday, April 2 Saturday, April 16 8:00 p.m. Shabbat B’Shir: Shabbat Evening Service with Parashat Sh’mini, Leviticus 9:1-11:47 Parashat M’tzora, Leviticus 14:1-15:33 the Tefilah Band; Recognizing Jewish Family Services 10:00 a.m. Shabbat Minyan Service and Torah Study 10:00 a.m. Shabbat Minyan Service and Torah Study Saturday, April 30 Friday, April 8 Friday, April 22 Parashat Acharei Mot I, Leviticus 16:1-18:30 7:00 p.m. Family Shabbat Service Erev Pesach, First Seder 10:00 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service No scheduled services Saturday, April 9 Parashat Tazria, Leviticus 12:1−13:59 Saturday, April 23 10:00 a.m. Shabbat Minyan Service and Torah Study Yom Rishon shel Pesach Holidays: Exodus 12:37-42, 13:3-10 10:00 a.m. Shabbat Pesach Service 6:30 p.m. Congregational Second Seder Temple Calendar Webpage http://www.ourbethel.org/luach-beth-el Shofar Submissions and Deadline The next issue of the Shofar will be May-June 2016. PLEASE NOTE: The deadline for submissions is April 15. Submit articles via email to: [email protected]. In the subject line, please use the following naming convention: Shofar Month/Shofar/ Committee Name or Professional Staff Name. It’s not about the zeroes—it’s about insuring the continuity of Jewish institutions important to you. A legacy gift of any size makes a difference! Torah Portions You can read a Weekly Torah Commentary by visiting the Union of Reform Judaism’s web page: www.reformjudaism.org/learning/ torah-study To create your Jewish legacy contact: Rande Aaronson or Rick Miller LIFE & LEGACY program and the [email protected] LIFE & LEGACY logo are trademarks of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation. All rights reserved. Temple Beth-El Shofar 2 Adar-Nisan 5776 Click here to return to Page 1 Rabbi’s Message, continued from page 1 Mohammad Darawshe to Speak on March 18 Greg and their daughters Iris and Talia; Iris is participating March 18 will be the first time in the NFTY EIE Semester in Israel program for high school TBE will welcome a distinguished students. Ben Walton just returned and Erica Milgram member of the Israeli Palestinian Arab will be going on this fantastic program in the fall. For community, Mohammad Darawshe, information about Israel programs and opportunities for a leading and compelling voice for youth and adults, please be in touch with me. Democracy, pluralism, and shared society between Israel’s Jewish and Arab citizens. Mohammad is the Director of Planning, Equality and Shared Society at Givat Haviva, the Center for Shared Society in Israel. During the Reform Movement’s Biennial Convention in Orlando in November, I had the honor of presenting a workshop together with Mohammad, and he was extraordinarily enlightening and challenging. Mohammad will speak during our Shabbat service, which begins at 8:00 p.m. Rabbi Gilad Kariv to Speak April 8 and 9 On the Shabbat of April 8 and 9 we will welcome as our Scholar- in-Residence Rabbi Gilad Kariv, the President and CEO of the Israeli Reform Movement. Gilad is a sabra from Tel Aviv who is an attorney, a rabbi, and a former candidate for the Knesset. In each of these capacities he has been a trailblazer. As a rabbi and leader of our Israeli movement Gilad has broadened and deepened the presence and profile of Reform Judaism in Israel, establishing new congregations and educational institutions, gaining the respect of Israeli leaders across a broad spectrum, and giving a powerful voice to our cause. As a lawyer, Gilad served with Anat Hoffman as the I have just recently returned from the annual convention Associate Director of the Israel Religious Action Center. In of the Reform rabbis, the CCAR, which is held in Israel this capacity Gilad helped to advance the fight for religious every seven years. It was a phenomenal experience that I pluralism, women’s rights, rights of immigrants, and social have just written about for the URJ’s Ten Minutes of Torah. justice. As a politician, Gilad ran on the Zionist Union list As soon as that column is published, I will share it with for the Knesset in the last elections, and though he did not you. During that convention, I joined over 100 Reform get elected, he had a profound impact upon the party’s Rabbis who ran in the Tel Aviv Marathon to raise money platform, influencing it to more fully embrace the cause for the Israeli Reform Movement. I ran a strong 10k, and it of religious pluralism. Gilad will speak briefly during our was a great experience. My thanks to those who sponsored Family Shabbat Service on April 8. Following the service, he me. Together the CCAR raised approximately $30,000 for will join us for a discussion forum over coffee and dessert. our cause. And on Saturday morning, Gilad will speak during our Shabbat Minyan Service in the sanctuary, followed by a Come with Me to Israel in June 2017 kiddush lunch at which he will engage in dialogue with us The planning process has begun for our next TBE Israel and answer questions. Experience, which will be at the end of June, 2017. As in the past, we will spend approximately 10 days touring the TBE Goes to Israel land from north to south, enjoying unique encounters with Each year a significant number of our fellow TBE interesting personalities, while learning about the triumphs members travels to Israel. Some go as families, sometimes and challenges of our precious Jewish State. The trip is to celebrate a simcha like a bar or bat mitzvah. Others go planned to meet the needs of young and old alike, first- on tours, some go on business, and some go on missions timers, and repeat travelers. Please be in touch with me for or study programs. We are delighted that five of our additional information and to express your (non-binding) members recently participated in the Blank Leadership interest in joining us. Fellows mission through our local Federation. They are Wishing you a very happy Purim and Passover! Beth Borrus, Julie Hirsch, Leslie Kass, Roxanne Levinston, L’shalom, and Vicki Schwartz.
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