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THIS WEEK AT CONGREGATION 
BETH SHALOM of the BLUE HILLS
October 13, 2016  ||  11 Tishri 5777 
In This Issue
Thought for the Week
Israel Update
High Holy Days Update
Who's Who Directory
Upcoming Events
    Planned Legacy
Yahrzeit List
Donate your Car
Join Us!
Congregation Beth Shalom
of the Blue Hills
18 Shoolman Way
Milton, MA 02186

Rabbi Benjamin's Office Hours
Rabbi Benjamin
Monday : Rabbi's Day off
Tuesday : 11:00 - 3:30
Wednesday : 11:00 - 3:30
Thursday : 2:00 -6:00
Friday : 11:00 - 3:00

To arrange a meeting outside of Office Hours please call the office at 617-698-3394
or email Rabbi Benjamin at  [email protected] .
October Calendar (PDF)
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View the PDF Calendar for this month's events at Beth Shalom of the Blue Hills
Photo of the Week
Bags and bags for Yom Kippur food drive for Milton Food Pantry
Reminders

If you are emailing the Office
staff on any matter, please be
sure to use this email address: [email protected].
Thank you. 

Please pass this information
along to any Temple members
who do not have email.

Please visit our website for
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Want to Make a Jewish Environmentalist Statement?  Celebrate Sukkot!
Join us:
- Sunday Oct 16, 10:00 - 11:45 - Decorate Temple Sukkah
- Sunday Oct 16, 6:30 PM - Sukkot Services, Dairy Pizza Dinner at Curry College Hillel.   Please RSVP to office asap (Free)
- Monday & Tuesday Oct 17 & 18, 9:30 AM - Sukkot Morning Services
- Friday Night Oct 21, 7:45 PM - Services & Oneg at the home/Sukkah of Jeff Calish & Lil Konowitz, 22 Harley St. Dorchester
- Saturday Oct 22, 9:30 AM - Shabbat / Sukkot Morning Service
- Sunday Oct 23, 10:00 - 11:45 AM - Brunch with Presentation of Community Service Third Thursday Mitzvah Night Initiative (Please RSVP)
- Sunday Oct 23, 7:45 PM - Shmini Atzeret Evening Services with Yizkor at Fuller Blue Hill Campuss
- Monday Oct 24, 9:30 AM - Shmini Atzeret Morning Services with Yizkor
- Monday Oct 24, 5:30 PM - Simchat Torah Family Celebration for Children 2nd grade and under followed by Dairy Dinner (Free - Please RSVP)
- Monday Oct 24, 6:15 PM - Simchat Torah Dairy Dinner followed by Congregational Simchat Torah Celebration with Presentation of Religious School Family Flag/Banner/Poster Awards
- Tuesday Oct 25 9:30 AM - Simchat Torah Morning Services



israelupdateIsrael Update
 
Israeli Boots On the Ground.......in Haiti

Also - 9 of the Most Beautiful Sukkahs in Israel - Some Serious WOW Factors Here!!

 
  whoswho Membership Directory
   
Join the CBSBH Who's Who Membership Directory today! Don't forget to check your spam folders for the activation email. Any questions? Email Dinah Berch at  [email protected]  or view the  how-to guide . Training sessions will be scheduled after the holidays.
 
SHABBAT SHALOM FROM BETH SHALOM OF THE BLUE HILLS
   
Friday, October 14th
  5:45 pm Shabbat Candle Lighting Time
 
7:45 pm Musical Shabbat Service with Barbara Ehrmann
Saturday, October 15th
9:30 am Shabbat Morning Services
We will read Parashat Ha'azinu.

Sunday, October 16 th
  9:00 am Sunday Morning Minyan in our Sanctuary
 
10:30 am Sisterhood Board of Director's Meeting
6:30 pm Sukkot Services and Dairy Dinner at Curry with Hillel

Monday, October 17 th
9:30 am Sukkot Morning Services

Tuesday, October 18 th
9:30 am Sukkot Morning Services
4:15 pm Religious School Sukkot Program with Dinner in the Sukkah

Wednesday, October 19 th
7:30 pm Book Club at the home of Ruth Gershman, 1372 Brush Hill Road, Apt B103, Milton. The book to be discussed is An Improbable Friendship; The Remarkable Lives of Israeli Ruth Dayan and Palestinian Raymonda Tawil and Their Forty-Year Peace Mission by Anthony David.

 
savethedatesSave the Dates
Friday, October 21st
 
7:30 pm Shabbat Service and Oneg in the Sukkah of the Calish/Konowitz home, 22 Harley Street, Dorchester

Sunday, October 23 rd
 
10:00 am - 11:45 am Congregation and School Brunch in the Sukkah with presentation of the Community Service Mitzvah Program Initiative
7:45 pm Sukkot Evening Service with Yizkor at Fuller Village-Blue Hill

Monday, October 24 th
 
9:30 am Shmini Atzeret Morning Service with Yizkor
5:30 pm Simchat Torah Celebration for Families with Children 2 nd grade & under
6:15 pm Simchat Torah Congregational Festive Dinner for All
6:45 pm Congregational Simchat Torah Celebration with Presentation of Religious
School Family Flag/Banner/Poster Awards   

Tuesday, October 25 th
 
9:30 am Simchat Torah Morning Services

Saturday evening, November 5, for an elegant evening of dessert and music.  The event will celebrate our new home and the continued vibrancy of our synagogue and will honor Marvin and Andrea Gordon and the Shoolman family legacy.  In addition to attending the event, we would also like to invite you to place a tribute, well wish or ad in our Tribute Program Book. 

Please contact event co-chairs Lesley Acton ( [email protected]) and Ellen Shapiro ( [email protected]) to participate or for additional information.  Ticket information will follow later this month. Event proceeds to benefit the Capital Campaign and help our Congregation remain viable for future generations.
   
communityedCommunity Educational Opportunities 
"Denial" 
- will be shown for a few days at the Landmark theater in Boston.
On Friday. September 30, across the nation, select theaters will be showing the movie "Denial," a British-American drama film based on Deborah E. Lipstadt's book "History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier" - the "denier" is David Irving. FYI -  one of Donald Trump's most ardent supporters - Kevin MacDonald - testified in defense of Holocaust denier Irving at his 2000 trial.
 
Here is the trailer for the film: 
Irving sued Lipstadt in the UK because British law puts the onus on the defendant in liable cases - not on the plaintiff, as in the U.S.
The verdict for Ms. Lipstadt was remarkable because after months of sorting through thousands of pages of documents offered in evidence by both sides, the judge thoroughly devastated Irving in the eyes of academia. Justice Gray cited in great detail how Irving had fueled antisemitism worldwide, but especially in the U.S. If you want to see a dispassionate analysis of Holocaust denial, read at least the last 3-4 pages of his 136-page ruling : http://www.fpp.co.uk/trial/judgment/Lipstadt_judgment.pdf  If you were not aware of the way in which Holocaust deniers have systematically twisted historic Nazi documents to absolve Hitler, read the rest. Justice Gray is amazing.

Tuesday, October 4th
Milton Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition (MSAPC) forum safeguarding our kids in Risky Times
5:30-6:30 pm-Exhibit Hall and Refreshments
6:30-8:30 pm Speaker Panel
at Milton High School Auditoriam
     
planned Planned Legacy
You are invited to write up to 250 words and submit a photograph for each of your plaques for the Memorial Room in our new building. There is no cost for this for those who have existing plaques. Please call the office for further information.  Planned Legacy webpage link on Beth Shalom of the Blue Hills is  Please click here
   
yahrzeitYahrzeit List: October 15-21 , 2016
This week, we remember:

Bessie Berman
Judith Merle Cahan
Frances Cooper
Abraham Drevitch
Herbert Etkind
Shirley Fishman
Sol Greenberg
Lena Guttell
Barbara Jao
David Kahn
Shirley Klotz
Abraham Lief
Joseph Raser
Samuel Ross
Mae Rowley
Rose Rubenstein
Isaac E. Segal
Etta Shapiro
Daniel Shrago
Louis Siegel
Elick Tatel
Celia Tushman
Lucille Wasserman
 

May their memories be for a blessing.    
 
Yahrzeit candles are available in the office. $1.00 donation per candle. 
donateyourcarDonate Your Car Today
Donate your car
Congregation Beth Shalom of the Blue Hills has partnered with CARS (Charitable Adult Rides & Services) to offer an exciting new way to donate to our Capital Campaign, by donating a car, boat, or other motorized vehicle. 

It's simple to do. Just visit DonatingIsEasy or call 855-500-RIDE (7433). Tell them you would like to donate your vehicle on behalf of Congregation Beth Shalom of the Blue Hills and they will do the rest, including picking up your vehicle and sending you a receipt for the amount it was sold for after the sale has been complete.  We get most of the funds from every transaction and you get a tax deduction, a real win/win. This is available to us on a nationwide basis, so please spread the word to your family and friends and consider donating today!
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