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18 Adar I, 5779
Torah portion:
Haftarah portion:
I Kings 18:1-39
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Friday, February 22
6:00 p.m.
Qabbalat Shabbat
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Saturday, February 23
9:00 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service & Torah Study
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2/22: Eat, Pray, Schmooze (ages 35-49)
2/26; 3/5, 12, 19: Building New Bridges Between Science & Religion - Member or Non-Member
2/26: Last Tuesday Book Group
3/2, 7, 8: Cantorial Transition In-Home Salons
3/3, 3/10, 3/17, 3/31: A Taste of Syrian Cooking
3/4: Pop-Up Book Discussion
3/19: What a Difference a DA Makes, with Rachael Rollins
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Life Cycle Events
Mazel tov! We celebrate the birth of:
Mira Elise Khetarpal
February 16, 2019
Joanna Sandman and Anuj Khetarpal (parents)
Nancy and Michael Sandman (grandparents)
Mark Norian and Elizabeth Sandman Norian (aunt and uncle)
Benjamin David Norian (cousin)
May their memory be a blessing. We mourn the loss of:
David Savitz
February 13, 2019 (9 Adar I, 5779)
Husband of Libby Keller
Brother of Judith Sharenow (Arthur)
Father of
Celia Strauss (Adam), Emma (Sam Crawford), Michael (Karin),
Molly (Jeff Merkowitz), and Paul Savitz
Grandfather of Joel, Ezra, and Aviva Savitz, Kalman Strauss, and Daisy and Valerie Merkowitz
Albert Vorspan, pioneer and social justice champion of the Reform Jewish movement.
*Are you or is someone you know celebrating a wedding? An engagement? A new baby? Do you know someone who is ill or in need of a friendly, supportive call? Please let Rachel Daniels know.
*If you are saying Qaddish or are in need of a community, our daily Minyan takes place every weekday our building is open at 6:15 p.m.
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Feinberg Lecture: Loving and Wrestling with Israel
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 with Rabbi Rick Jacobs
Friday, March 8 at Qabbalat Shabbat
How do we strongly advocate for a Jewish-Democratic state, that promotes equal rights, pluralism, and builds the infrastructure of peace while helping our people fall in love with Israel? That's the challenge and great opportunity for our movement. We are honored to have internationally known Rabbi Rick Jacobs, President of the Union for Reform Judaism help up tackle this question at our annual Feinberg Lecture.
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 Temple Israel Social Gatherings |
| Eat, Pray, Schmooze (for ages 35-49) |
February 22 at Qabbalat Shabbat
Join the Temple Israel community for Qabbalat Shabbat and then go out to dinner together. We will begin as a community with a quick and light nosh and blessing over the wine, followed by the service. After the service, there is a brief Oneg, where we'll quickly confirm carpools and go to a local restaurant (TBA). Please bring cash for dinner. Be sure to sign up. |
| All-Community Shabbat Dinner |
February 22 following Qabbalat Shabbat
Please join the Membership & Engagement Committee for a Community Dinner. Appetizers, entrees, and drinks will be served in Slater Lounge, immediately following Friday night services. All are welcome to attend! For more information, contact Dekel Luban. |
Cantorial Transition 2020: Listening Campaign
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Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. Shabbat morning following Torah study, focused on families with young children
As we prepare to search and interview candidates this coming summer and fall, we want to make sure that our Temple Israel members' thoughts and voices are integral to the process.
There will be a number of opportunities to reflect and to speak together as a community.
We also have a number of in-home salons in March. Read more and view future dates. You can also email us at [email protected].
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Workshopping the Next GBIO Healthcare Campaign
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 Thursday, March 7 at 7:00 p.m.
Fight for health care with GBIO. Learn how GBIO takes on issues and analyzes political opportunities and how you can be involved. Your feedback ensure we fight for healthcare issues that reflect your struggles or of those you care about. To RSVP or for more information, contact Michael Rubenstein or Anne Licciardello.
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What a Difference a DA Makes: Rachael Rollins
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 A Conversation with Rachael Rollins, New Suffolk County District Attorney
Tuesday, March 19, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Please join us to meet DA Rollins in conversation about reforming criminal justice with Rahsaan Hall, Director of the ACLU's Racial Justice Program. RSVP to Tali Puterman.
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| Stepping Out 2019: Tickets Now Available! |
Saturday, April 27 at 6:45 p.m.
We are thrilled to honor our past, present, and future together as a community to celebrate Temple Israel's 165th year, and hope you will be a part of the celebration. All of the proceeds from Stepping Out support the Friends Annual Fund. Buying a ticket (or table), participating in the paddle raise, or making a new or additional gift will help us meet our goal of $500,000 by June 30, 2019. For more information, or to donate items for our silent auction, please contact Shoshanna Goldberg.
This year, we are offering the opportunity to purchase an ad or tribute to help assure the success of Stepping Out 2019 and of our Friends Annual Campaign. Purchase your tickets. |
| The Spring 2019 semester of the Center for Adult Jewish Learning brochure is now available! Be sure to see the full list of courses, register, and follow CAJL on Facebook! |
Building New Bridges Between Science & Religion
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 with Rabbi Natan Margalit
Thursdays, 2/26, 3/5, 3/12, 3/19 from 7:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Cost: $100 for members, $140 for non-members
In this class, we'll navigate shifts in science, religion, and the ways a critical-thinking approach to life can be in sync with core ideas in Judaism. Together we'll explore the "three m's" of Judaism: minyan (community); mikdash (the holy); and mitzvah (commandments). Prior study is not required to join the conversation. Register.
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A Taste of Syrian Cooking
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 with Nour Alhusaini
Sundays, 3/3, 3/10, 3/17, 3/31 from 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
$40/session (includes food & materials); each session is individual - students can sign up for any session or up to all four
Come explore this cuisine with a native of Syria and a new immigrant to the U.S. Over four classes, we will cook varied meals such as lentil soup and kibbeh, tabouleh, baba ghanouj, savory pies, mabrushs, and the dessert halawat alsamid. Childcare will be provided. For more information, contact Mike Fishbein. Register. |
Modern Couples, Big Jewish Questions
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 with Rabbi Jen Gubitz
Mondays and one Friday 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. 3/11, 3/18, 3/25, and Shabbat Dinner on 3/15; $125/couple
We will discuss issues relevant to engaged, partnered, and married couples in their 20s and 30s and explore the fundamentals of building a Jewish home and planning for your life together. The class meets four times - three classroom sessions and one Shabbat dinner. Read more and register. |
Chag Purim Sameach!
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5:00 - 6:30 p.m.
Family Purim celebration with crafts, face
painting, pizza, & a costume
contest with prizes!
* For kindergartners and younger: Join us for a fun Purim puppet show!
* For first graders and older: It's the time of year for us to retell the story of
Purim, while honoring the age-old tradition of being utterly ridiculous...and
witness the clergy as their true and absurd selves. We will also read, and
misread, the Megillah.
7:00 - 9:00 p.m. A 21+ Event: Purim Against Humanity
Join the full Temple Israel clergy for a reading of the whole Megillah, irreverently read
through the lens of our annual "Purim Against Humanity" card game. Bring
your favorite libation and dessert to enhance the celebration! Invite your friends
and leave your decorum at the door. Who will the clergy be dressed as this year?
7:00 - 7:15 p.m.: Pizza, PreGame, & Nosh
7:15 - 9:00 p.m.: Card Game Megillah Reading Madness
Saturday, March 23
5:00 p.m. RYFTI Teens Purim Shul-in and Masquerade Party
Sunday, March 24
9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. A day of Purim fun for our kids & families!
9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.: Religious School Purim Celebration
10:30 a.m.: Purim Spiel by RYFTI for the Religious School & Village for Families with Young Children
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.: Purim Carnival and Party for first grade & younger
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TILLI - Temple Israel's Lifelong Learning Institute
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Spring 2019 Course Catalog Now Available
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TILLI Winter Session: The Three B's & Mozart: Repetition & Variation in Music
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with Stephen Lipsitt, Clarinetist and Pianist
Thursday, February 21
The program begins with coffee at 10:30 a.m. followed by the speaker at 11:00 a.m. Bring a lunch if you wish to socialize after the presentation, which will end around noon.
Steve is artistic director of the Children's Chorus VoicesBoston and founding music
director of the Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms Society Orchestra. For more information, contact Sue Misselbeck. Read more about the Winter Session.
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Dr. Arnold L. Segel Library Center
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Tuesday, February 26 from 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Join us for the Last Tuesday Book Group. We are delighted that TI member and author Ina Friedman Starobin will be joining us to read from her work,
The Other Victims: First-Person Stories of Non-Jews Persecuted by the Nazis
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Ann Abrams, Librarian. This event is free but an RSVP the Friday before is appreciated.
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Monday, March 4 from 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Please join us for a discussion of
The Jewish American Paradox, by Professor Robert Mnookin, leading scholar in the field of conflict resolution. Professor Mnookin has applied his interdisciplinary approach to negotiation and conflict resolution to a remarkable range of problems.
This event is free but an RSVP to
Ann Abrams
, Librarian, the Friday before is appreciated.
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Frances Jacobson Early Childhood Center
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Vote for the FJECC for Best Preschool
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| Calling all friends, alumni, and supporters of the FJECC Preschool: This is your chance to show your FJECC spirit! Vote for the FJECC as Wicked Local's "Reader's Choice" award for best preschool! Simply find us under "Local Services" then "Daycare/Preschool" and write in "Frances Jacobson Early Childhood Center"! Thank you for your support!" Click here to vote. |
Preschool Seeking New Students for the 2019-2020 School Year
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The Frances Jacobson Early Childhood Center, located at Temple Israel, is enrolling students ages 21 months to 5 years old (as of August 31) for the 2019-2020 school year. Visit our website or email Jenny Gamson or call 617-566-3960 x148 for more information or to schedule a tour.
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| Temple Israel's Making Headlines |
| Greater Boston Community Events |
Saturday, March 9, 8:00 p.m.
Jordan Hall, Boston
Partakers College Behind Bars has been selected once again this year by the
Longwood Symphony Orchestra to introduce their work to their audience. This night will also be honoring the Temple Israel community for all of our support of the Partakers program.
Purchase tickets.
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| Rabbi Jonah Pesner Invites Temple Israel to RAC: Consultation on Conscience |
May 19-21 in Washington, DC
The Consultation on Conscience is an opportunity to deepen connections within congregations and across the Reform Movement, network with other communities facing similar social justice challenges and opportunities, build tangible organizing and advocacy skills, and make your mark on the federal as well as state landscape. Be sure to register and email any questions to [email protected].
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CJP Women's Philanthropy: Women in Sink
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Thursday, February 28 at 7:00 p.m.; $18
JCC Greater Boston, 333 Nahanton Street, Newton
Join CJP Women's Philanthropy for their winter session, to discuss the role of women in peacebuilding by watching Iris Zaki's award-winning film,
Women in Sink
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Read more and RSVP by February 18. |
| Screening: Soul Witness, The Brookline Holocaust Witness Project |
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Thursday, February 28 at 7:00 p.m. at
Coolidge Corner Theatre
More than 80 hours of witness interviews conducted by Lawrence L. Langer, one of the world's foremost authorities on Holocaust testimonies, which were locked away in a metal closet for decades, are now being shared with the public through the newly completed documentary Soul Witness, The Brookline Holocaust Witness Project. All proceeds from this Director's Cut screening will go to the nonprofit Coolidge Corner Theatre Foundation. Purchase tickets.
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