Note from the Editor
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Welcome to this week's edition of "Catch Up With CBI."
If you have questions or comments regarding this newsletter or other CBI communications, please contact me at (434) 295-6382, ext. 220 or email [email protected].
Candy Schoner
Communications and Connections Manager
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Table of Contents/Quick Links
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Weekly Announcement Guidelines
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Friday, May 20
6:15 p.m.: Kabbalat Shabbat/BITY and Graduating Seniors
Service Leaders: Rabbi Dan Alexander, Rabbi Tom Gutherz and BITY members
Potluck Oneg to follow service. Please bring a snack to share.
Saturday, May 21
10:00 a.m.: Traditional Egalitarian
Shacharit: Scott Goodman
D'var Torah:
Russ Linden
Haftarah: Rabbi Tom Gutherz
Musaf:
Russ Linden
Potluck Kiddush to follow service. Please bring a dairy or parve dish to share.
Friday, May 27
7:30 p.m.: Kabbalat Shabbat
Service Leader: Rabbi Tom Gutherz and Sharon McCord
D'var Torah: Scholar-in-residence Rabbi Steven Sager
Special Oneg in honor of Rabbi Daniel Alexander to follow service.
Saturday, May 28
10:00 a.m.: Traditional Egalitarian
Shacharit:
Rabbi Tom Gutherz
D'var Torah: Scholar-in-residence
Rabbi Steven Sager
Haftarah: Rabbi Tom Gutherz
Usher: Diane Hillman
Festive Kiddush Luncheon in honor of Rabbi Daniel Alexander to follow service.
Saturday, May 28
8:00 p.m.: Wine, Dessert and Havdalah in Honor of Rabbi Daniel Alexander
Please join your fellow CBI members, friends, family, and colleagues as we pay tribute and celebrate Rabbi Daniel Alexander's 28 years of dedicated service to CBI and his retirement in June.
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| General Announcements |
Board of Directors Meeting
Wednesday, May 25, 7:00 p.m.,
O'Mansky Hall
All members are welcome to attend this meeting.
CBI Co-Chair(s) Needed
The Cemetery Committee is in need of one or more persons who are willing to commit to the responsibilities of caring for the Hebrew Cemetery operated by CBI. Duties include but are not limited to the following:
- Meeting members/non-members at the Hebrew Cemetery to discuss plot selection and purchase
- Assisting with purchase and completion of paperwork
- Maintaining the cemetery database
- Measuring plots to determine placement of headstones
- Maintenance checks of the condition of the Cemetery including lawn, wall, stones, etc.
If you can make a commitment to serve on this committee, please contact Lee or Linda Shapiro at (434)
328-2661 or email
[email protected].
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Middot-of the-Month: Bitachon/Trust and Emunah/Trustworthiness
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Emunah shares a Hebrew root with Oman, an artisan -- someone who can be trusted or relied upon to produce a quality product. Emunah is that quality of reliability that we engender in others through our sustained honesty and consideration. A person or institution that acts with Emunah/trustworthiness is one in which you can have faith.
The Tosafot, 13th century Talmud commentators, explore the relationship between the term Emunah and agriculture:
The farmer who sows seeds places his faith in the Lifegiver of All the Worlds, for he trusts that God will provide all that is needed for his crops to grow.
If the farmer didn't trust at some level that the seeds would grow in the ground s/he would probably not go to the effort to hoe and plow and do all the work needed to produce crops.
Emunah is trusting in the world, being worthy of the trust of others, and being firmly rooted and steadfast.
-- Rabbi David Jaffe, Tikkun Middot Project Curriculum
To learn more about Tikkun Middot or the Middah-of-the-Month,
click this link.
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| CBI Senior Connections Bi-Weekly Torah Study |
The following Torah study sessions are open to everyone:
Lag Ba'Omer and Other Omer Curiosities
Thursday, May 26, 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.,
Branchlands,
1300 Branchlands Dr., 22901
Rabbi Tom Gutherz will lead this study and discussion on Lag Ba'Omer, the Jewish h
oliday
that falls between Passover and Shavuot, as well as explore other Omers.
Some Jewish Perspectives on Ever Unfolding Revelation 
Thursday, June 9, 2016, 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Westminster Canterbury, 250 Pantops Mtn Rd., 22911
Led by Rabbi Dan Alexander, in advance of Shavuot, the Jewish festival reca
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ling and celebrating the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai, we will examine classical rabbinic texts that explore the nature of Torah as revealed scripture.
If you have questions about Senior Connections or need a ride to an event, please contact Senior Connections Coordinator, Latifa Kropf (434) 974-7016 or
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Saturday, June 4, 7:30 p.m., O'Mansky Hall
 All are invited to join in this Havdalah Service and Sacred Dance with liturgical prayers in Hebrew and English.
A sacred dance is a form of t'fillah (prayer) using one's whole being--body, heart, mind, and soul.
The dances are peaceful, joyous, and holy, with dance steps designed to be easy for any age or ability. No dance experience is necessary. Please contact Latifa Kropf [email protected]
with any questions.
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| Camp CBI 2016: Registration is Still Underway! |
Your children will have an amazing summer building lifelong friendships in an enriched atmosphere of Jewish themes and activities.
Click here to register now for the following programs:
Noar Teen Traveling Camp:
June 20 - June 24
Open for students entering grades 7 through 9.
CBI's 6-Week Camp: June 6 - July 15.
For children ages 2 through 9th grade. Before and after camp care will be available. Babysitting weeks for younger campers ages 2 - Kindergarten will run after the 6-week camp period ends.
If you have questions or would like more information about Camp CBI please contact Shelby Apple, Camp Director at [email protected] or Jill Abbey-Clark, Preschool Director at
[email protected]
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| 2016 Annual Congregational Meeting |
The Annual Congregational Meeting was held on Tuesday, May 17 with approximately 40
 members in attendance. The meeting included highlights of the past year and comments from Rabbi Daniel Alexander, president's report from Gerry Berg, report on finance from Treasurer Barbara Pilkey, and the election of the new officers, board members and trustees.
You can read the
Consolidated Staff Report -- 5776 in Review by Rabbi Daniel Alexander by clicking here.
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| Photo of the Week |
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Senior Rabbi Daniel Alexander and President Gerry Berg spend a few minutes together
before the Annual Congregational Meeting on May 17.
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Thank you to everyone who attended the Annual Congregational Meeting. I think we can all agree that the future of CBI is in good hands and we will all miss Rabbi Dan, who has been a wonderful leader and friend over the past 28 years.
- Gerry Berg
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| Social Action: IMPACT Update |
On May 3, IMPACT held it's annual Nehemiah Assembly with about 1,000 people in attendance at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Performing Arts Center, including 40 members of CBI and P'nai Yisrael Chavurah. We received commitments from 3 City Councilors and 3 County Supervisors for a Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Center for Women. Region Ten plans to open this center in the fall of 2017.
IMPACT is also continuing to work on the issue of the need for affordable services for seniors and are looking toward community agencies to determine how many people in the community cannot afford the services they need, whether at home or in a residential community, and to find creative solutions.
To learn more about the Nehemiah Action,
click here to read the Daily Progress article.
IMPACT Celebration
Thursday, May 31, 6:30 p.m., St. Thomas Aquinas Church
You are invited to enjoy a potluck dinner with friends from CBI and the other 26 participating congregations to celebrate IMPACT's victory. This will also be an opportunity to invest in the work of IMPACT. For further information or questions, please call Vikki Bravo at (434) 960-4992.
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Visit www.cbicville.org to read the latest issue of Catch Up With CBI, the synagogue's weekly e-announcements.
Questions? Contact Candy Schoner, Communications and Connections Manager at (434) 295-6382, ext. 220 or email
[email protected].
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Caring Response Team Needs Your Participation
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When someone in the community is in need of a meal due to illness or injury, help arra
nging a shiva minyan, or a meal of consolation following the death of a family member, the Caring Response Team is only a call or email away.
If you would like to provide comfort to others during challenging times in their lives, please consider joining the Caring Committee and becoming part of the response team. If you are interested, please contact Vikki Bravo at (434) 979-1538 or by email at [email protected]. You can volunteer as much or as little as you like.
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Lay Participation in Worship Activities
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If you have an interest in reading Torah during services, use this link to the CBI website for upcoming readings and available dates
. Any questions, please email CBI President, Gerry Berg at
[email protected]
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You can also sign-up online for any of the following:
D'var Torah
If you would like to serve as an usher but never have, please
contact Scott Goodman at (434) 962-3000 or
[email protected] to learn about the role of usher at CBI prior to sign-up.
For questions about signing up or technical difficulties, please call the CBI office at (434) 295-6382 or [email protected]
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Judaica Shop: Inventory Sale
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Now is a great time to shop for gifts at the CBI Judaica Shop. Come check out our display with lots of fun stuff for just $2 and $3. All sale items are located in the 3rd Street lobby. The Gift Shop is open Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. All purchases support the operations of CBI.
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CBI's Calendar
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Weekly Announcement Submissions
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Weekly announcements are distributed on Thursdays. The deadline for information for inclusion is
Wednesday by 11:00 a.m.
Want to publicize an event in CBI communications? Please submit your announcement at least two weeks before the event date. Events submitted must include the following information:
- Event Title
- Date and Time (please include a start and end time)
- Location - If the event is not at CBI, please include the complete physical address.
- Event Description - limit to 180 words; include any fees or ticket costs, deadlines for purchase, and to whom/how to direct purchase requests.
- Contact Info - A valid email address and phone number are necessary should we need to follow up with you. Include contact info so those reading the announcement know who to contact about your event.
- Images accepted in JPEG or GIF format and less than 2mb per photo.
For questions or to submit your event, contact CBI Communications and Connections Manager, Candy Schoner at
[email protected].
CBI reserves the right to limit the nature, content, start date, and frequency of any items submitted for publication.
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