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Wednesday, February 24, 2016 | 15 Adar I 5776
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Friday, February 26
5:45 PM:
Shabbat Service & Dinner
8:00 PM:
Presentation: Praying With
My Legs: The Remarkable Friendship of Abraham Joshua Heschel and Martin Luther King.
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Saturday, February 27
9:00 AM:
Shabbat Service & Sermon:
The Paradox of Intimacy: Revealing and Veiling (Ki Tissa)
12:00 PM:
Kiddush Luncheon
1:15 PM:
Interactive Discussion: Jewish Perceptions of Jesus
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Sunday, February 28
8:30 AM:
Morning Minyan, Complimentary Continental Brunch and Interactive Discussion: The Orange on the Seder Plate
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All presentations are free and we are no longer taking reservations for any meals. Descriptions of discussion or lecture topics can be found HERE.
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SEARCH COMMITTEE UPDATE
Join us for a Meet and Greet, with Executive Director Candidate,
Marc Neiwirth, on Monday, February 29, 2016 at 7:30 PM.
We encourage you to mark this date on your calendar and to meet Marc during the visit. Sharing your impressions and observations with the members of the search committee will play a vital role in the search process!
Click
HERE to learn more about the E
xecutive Director Candidate, Marc Neiwirth and read the update from the search committee update.
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Join us this Shabbat!
This Shabbat we welcome Dr. Susannah Heschel as our Marylin & Louis Safer Shabbaton
Scholar-In-Residence.
Dr. Heschel has lectured worldwide and received four honorary degrees from universities in the US, Canada, and Germany. She is currently the chair of the Jewish Studies department at Dartmouth. Her areas of expertise include Judaism in Nazi Germany, Jewish Feminism, and Jewish Views of Islam. Well known for her custom of including an orange on the seder plate, Prof. Heschel also loves to speak about her father, theologian and philosopher Abraham Joshua Heschel.
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Saturday, February 27
Torah Portion:
KI TISSA
Shabbat
(Morning)
Service
:
9:00 AM
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Shabbat Kiddush Sponsor:
Our Kiddush this Shabbat is sponsored by the "Bud Shorstein Kiddush Fund." Contributions to the fund are always appreciated - your continued support will allow us the opportunity to "ALWAYS" provide a light lunch after services.
Seudah Shlishith Sponsor:
Seudah Shlishith this Shabbat is being co-sponsored by Howard & Emily Teitelbaum and Mark & Shari Saye in honor of their respective daughters, Emily and Eryn, becoming B'not Mitzvot.
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Children's Shabbat Programming:
- Gan Shabbat; a family friendly service for preschool-aged children and their parents is held in the Levin Indoor Playroom in the DuBow Preschool at 11:00 AM.
- Camp Shabbat; kids in kindergarten through fifth grades will get to lead their own abbreviated Shabbat service. Following their service they will be up on their feet running around as they learn about that week's Torah portion, an upcoming holiday, or another Judaic topic in a fun and interactive manner in the Bessie Setzer Frisch Activities Center at 10:30 AM.
- Complimentary Shabbat Morning Babysitting is available for children ages 1 - 5 in the DuBow Preschool from 9:15 AM - 12:15 PM.
February Service times can be found HERE.
We are saddened by the passing of Rhea Cooper Tannen, mother of o
ur member Edward (Millie) Tannen
. We extend our condolences to him and to her daughters Paula (Richard) Klein, Judy (Max) Rosenberg, and Beth (Jack) Arager; 11 grandchildren; and 8 great-grandchildren.
We are saddened by the passing of our member Dolph Ageloff, husband of Peggy Ageloff. We extend our condolences to Peggy and to their children, Amy (Stephen) Gately, Shari (Paul) Stoff, and Evan (Sandy) Ageloff; their grandchildren, Allie, Joshua, and Danielle; Dolph's sister, Ruth Sensor; and his brother, Harris Ageloff.
May the Holy One comfort the members of the Tannen and Ageloff families among all the other mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
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Let's Get Ready to Bake some Hamantashen!
Join Sisterhood as we bake for our Center children and to sell in the shop!
Monday, 2/29 from 9-12 & 12 -3
Tuesday, 3/1 from 9-12 & 12-3
Wednesday, 3/2 from 9-11:30, 11:30-2 & 4:30-6:30.
Click
HERE to sign up for baking shifts!
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Shushan Idol Grand Finale
Dinner and Show
Thursday, March 24, 2016
5:30 PM Dinner | 6:30 PM Show
Last chance to submit your auditions
before the live voting begins.
Click
HERE to visit our Shushan Idol Website for more information! Click
HERE to learn more about our Grand Finale Dinner, including costs, menu and RSVP information.
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Join us for the
Purim Carnival!
Sunday, March 20, 2016
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Presale Ticket/Wristband information can be found
HERE.
For all things Purim at the Jacksonville Jewish Center click
HERE
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Click
HERE to visit the Israel Awareness page of the Center's website.
Click
HERE for the latest update from AIPAC.
MERCAZ USA is proud to join again this year in the annual Purim Connection of the American Zionist Movement. In our special MERCAZ/
AZM campaign, we are raising funds to purchase and provide mishloach manot baskets to two worthy groups of individuals: Border Police and Soldiers protecting Jerusalem during this current wave of attacks and the children living in the south including those in Ashkelon who are associated with our Masorti congregation Netzach Israel and at the Masorti-affiliated Neve Hanna Children's Village in Kiryat Gat. Please know that the latter part of the campaign is being conducted in the memory of Marty Davis, our longtime friend from the World Zionist Organization who was one of the staunch supporters of the Masorti congregation in Ashkelon. Click HERE to read more from MERCAZ about this campaign. Click HERE to visit the AZM website to learn more about the mishloach manot project. Click HERE to place your order of mishloach manot in support of this MERCAZ/AZM Campaign.
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Click
HERE to find out more about programs and services provided by Jewish community organizations outside of the
Jacksonville Jewish Center.
Click
HERE for upcoming Jacksonville Jewish community events.
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For additional information about our opportunities for participation, please call our Administrative Offices at 904-292-1000. If you have a friend or relative that may be interested in learning more about us, please share this communication with them by following the "forward this email" link below.
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