Congregation Beth Torah E-News
May 17, 2019 - May 30, 2019
12 Iyyar - 25 Iyyar 5779
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6100 West 127th Street • Overland Park, Kansas 66209
Phone: 913-498-2212
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Erev Shabbat, Friday, May 17th
Nosh 6:00 p.m.
Worship 6:30 p.m.
Shabbat, Saturday, May 18th
Sichat Shabbat Group 9
:00 a.m.
Discussion led by Rabbi Mark Levin
Shabbat Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.
The Grand Kidney Adventure
Erev Shabbat, Friday, May 24th
Nosh 6:00 p.m.
Worship 6:30 p.m.
Shabbat, Saturday, May 25th
Sichat Shabbat Group 9
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00 a.m.
Discussion led by Rabbi Mark Levin
Shabbat Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.
Saturday, May 25th evening
Lag B'Omer Celebration
Picnic 6:00 p.m.
Havdalah 7:30 p.m.
Wedding of Julie Kaplan and Alisa Kartch 8:00 p.m.
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The Grand Kidney Adventure - Shabbat morning 5/18/19
Join us Shabbat morning, May 18
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to hear from kidney sisters Martha Gershun and Deb Porter Gill during our 10:30 a.m. worship service. You will hear about the Grand Kidney
Adventure, starring Deb, who received Martha’s “spare” kidney in a transplant
operation on September 28
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at the Mayo Clinic. They will speak about their journey, and the importance of organ donation.
Did you know that our member, Ron Sandhaus is in need of a kidney. You might be able to help.Come and find out how.
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Beth Torah Park Clean Up
Our next clean up the park date is Sunday May 19
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at 10:00 a.m. We will meet in the CBT parking lot. We are working to improve the path from our backyard area down to the bike trail. Even if you can help for a few minutes, your efforts are really appreciated. WE have a supply of gloves and trash bags but could use the following item:
- cutters to cut down some of the overhanging limbs (if someone has a gas cutter that would be great)
- grass and weed killer
- knee pads
- hoes/picks
- rakes
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Memorial Day
The office will be closed on Monday, May 27th for the Memorial Day holiday.
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Office Hours
Starting
Monday, June 3rd,
the office will switching to new office hours. This will only affect office hours, there will be no change to the worship schedule.
Monday - Closed
Tuesday - 9 am to 6pm
Wednesday - 9am to 6pm
Thursday - 9am to 6pm
Friday - 9am to 3pm
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Tikkun KC - Make our Mitzvah House a Mitzvah Home!
Beth Torah is proud to partner with Tikkun KC to help welcome a refugee family to their permanent home! We are looking for items to help fill the house so it's move-in ready for them this spring. Please consider donating one or more household items. More details and a complete list of needed items can be found at
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090a48a8a92ca1f49-tikkun
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Mitzvah Garden Volunteer Groups Forming
Each year, Kansas City’s Mitzvah Garden produces 10,000 pounds of fresh organic produce for Kansas City food pantries. If you’ve never seen it, you must! If you haven’t visited in a while, you may be surprised to see some of the great things added in recent years. There are now beehives to contribute honey, an orchard and a blackberry patch. The garden’s 6,000-gallon water capture facility waters the garden through drip irrigation. A solar array powers all of the garden’s electrical needs.
Located around the corner on the grounds of Congregation B’nai Jehudah, the Mitzvah Garden is truly a community garden. With no employed staff, the garden relies on volunteers. Civic, social, philanthropic, religious and social service organizations from all over the Kansas Area participate.
CBT is building a team to help. Guided by the principles of Tikkun Olam, we will be volunteering at the garden one Sunday morning each month. Families attending religious school can join a group volunteering one weekday evening each month. More weeks may be added. All ages and skill levels are invited! If you are interested, please contact Jim Decker at
jdec@kc.rr.com
or 913-461-6371, and let him know your schedule preferences. He’ll work to put together a schedule based upon the community’s choices.
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ARJE WEINER RELIGIOUS SCHOOL & YOUTH NEWS
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S'mores and gaga!
Saturday, June 1
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we will have a joint event with the youth group from St. Andrew’s Christian Church in Olathe. Exact start time is TBD but it will be an afternoon of s’mores and gaga! Those in grades six through twelve are invited for an afternoon of fun!
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GETTING INVOLVED, ONGOING EVENTS & CONNECTIONS
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Shalom Squad
Your welcoming face is needed on Friday nights. Sign up to be part of our Shalom Squad and personify the warm and welcoming feel that Beth Torah creates. Since two people are needed every week, why not sign up with a friend? Thank you to our member Jeff Antoniewicz for saying "Yes" to CBT and coordinating the Squad. You can choose your dates by clicking
here
or heading to our web site and clicking on the Shalom Squad link.
Do You Want to Get Involved?
Ray Davidson Yiddish Group
Come study Yiddish! This group meets at Beth Torah at noon on Fridays and all are welcome.
Beth Torah is on YouTube
Have you heard music performed at Beth Torah that has stirred your emotions? Do you wish you could listen to it again? There is a way to do that! Beth Torah has a
YouTube channel
where videos are available to view over and over again. Music from Hanukkah Program, Shabbat Shirah, Spring Session, Purim, Beth Torah's Got Talent, and more!
Sichat Shabbat Group
Join the community in discussion (
sicha
) on Shabbat morning, 9:00 to 10:15 am in the library.
Mi Shebeirach List
Prayers for loved ones in need of healing are beneficial for those who are ill and those who love them. If you have someone in your family who is currently ill, whose name you would like to appear on our Mi Shebeirach list,
please send an email to Alyssa
and put in the message line: Mi Shebeirach list, or call the Beth Torah office and let us know. Thank you.
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GREATER KANSAS CITY JEWISH COMMUNITY
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JFS Volunteer Opportunities
Looking for ways to get involved in the community? When you volunteer at JFS, you are helping strengthen and improve the lives of thousands of people throughout Kansas City. Volunteers play a vital role in our programs, providing a helping hand, compassionate smile or meaningful connection. There are many ways to use your time and talents as a volunteer with JFS:
Click here to check out the opportunities
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Host Families Needed
Summer is coming and the Jewish Community Center Camp is looking for host families for their Israeli Shlicha (emissaries) that will be joining them this year. Noam is 20 years old and has just completed her Army service. She now works as a Commander in Air Force Intelligence until she arrives here. Michal is also 20 and has completed her Army service. She is musical and loves to play the piano and sing. While both women keep Kosher style, neither is strictly Kosher or require separate dishes. Here is the need:
- July 7 - July 21 – Host family/ies for two Shlicha needed
- July 21- August 4 – Host family for one Shlicha needed
As a host family you would provide meals, a place to sleep and transportation to and from the Jewish Community Center for their work day (8:15 am-4:15 pm). Please Contact DD Glass at (913) 327-8079 or
debrag@thejkc.org
if you can help.
The Mitzvah Garden
The Kansas City Mitzvah Garden has opportunities blooming for volunteering by any groups/chavurahs or individuals. The garden provides produce to local food pantries. Volunteers are needed for planting, weeding, harvesting, and deliveries. Our usual work day is Sunday, but volunteers are needed Monday–Friday as well. For teens looking to accumulate community service hours, the garden is perfect. Email the Mitzvah Garden Volunteer Coordinator,
Gabrielle Rhodes Handler
or call 913-345-1118.
What do Peanut Butter, Cereal and Deodorant have in common
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They are
Beth Torah’s collection assignment for May as given to us by the Jewish Family Services Food Pantry. That means these items are really needed right here in our community and right now. Please add these items to your shopping list and bring them to Beth Torah with you every time you are here during the month of May. Thank you for your continued support in assisting our local households.
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