January 11–17, 2021 27 Tevet–4 Shevat 5781

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January 11 7:15 a.m. Morning Minyan, Join Zoom Room Here.

January 12 Kulanu Religious School in session 11:30 p.m. Lunch and Learn, Click Here to RSVP.

January 13 10 a.m. Mourner’s Support Group with Rabbi Tara, Click Here to RSVP. 8 p.m. Adult Ed: Hebrew Grammar, Join Zoom Room Here; Meeting ID: 893 1976 7448, Passcode: Grammar.

January 14 7:15 a.m. Morning Minyan, Join Zoom Room Here. 7 p.m. Global Jewish Grooves, Click Here to RSVP. 7:30 p.m. Community Forum on the Great Neck Toxic Plume: Does It Affect Our Drinking Water?, Click Here to RSVP.

January 15 7 p.m. Martin Luther King Jr. Erev Shabbat Service, Join Zoom Room Here, Join Facebook Live Here, Join YouTube Here or call in by phone at 646-558-8656; Phone ID: 930 9298 7872, Phone Password: 862992. 8 p.m. Erev Shabbat Oneg, Immediately following Erev Shabbat Services in the same Zoom Room.

January 16 Click Here to Read This Week's Torah Portion. 9 a.m. Torah Study, Join Zoom Room Here. 10:30 a.m.  Shabbat Morning Service, Join Zoom Room Here.  5:30 p.m. Jerry Tilles Memorial Service followed by at approximately 6:15 p.m. Havdalah Service, Join Zoom Room Here, Join YouTube Here, Join Facebook Live Here or call in by phone at 646-558-8656; Phone ID: 930 9298 7872, Phone Password: 862992.

January 17 No Kulanu Religious School or Youth House 10 a.m.  Sisterhood Rosh Chodesh, Click Here to RSVP.

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Community Forum on the Great Neck Toxic Plume: Does It Affect Our Drinking Water? Thursday, January 14 | 7:30 to 9 p.m. Join us for a short presentation and a panel discussion with local experts and community leaders, followed by a Q&A. RSVP for the Zoom link here.

Martin Luther King Jr. Erev Shabbat Service Friday, January 15, 2021 | 7 p.m. Continuing our long tradition of honoring Martin Luther King Jr., we will hold a special Shabbat service virtually with Nigel Gretton’s Gospel Quartet, The Afro-Semitic Experience and poignant speakers from Mother Emanuel Church of Charleston, South Carolina, among others. This year’s Humanitarian Award will be presented to Town of North Hempstead Councilwoman Lee Seeman. For more information, email Cantor Adam.

Sisterhood Rosh Chodesh Sunday, January 17 | 10 a.m. Join Rabbi Tara and Sisterhood for an interactive Rosh Chodesh program to usher in the Hebrew month of Shevat—with its celebration of the new year of the trees. Come ready to share a story and/or image of a tree in your life—perhaps a tree from childhood, a tree in your yard, a tree in a cherished photo, a tree from a familiar view or a tree in a poem, book, film or painting. It would be wonderful Send photos of any cherished tree to Rabbi Tara at rabbitara@gmail.com. Bring a piece of fruit (from a tree) to eat during the meeting. RSVP with “Tree” in the subject line to sisterhoodtbegn@gmail.com.

3rd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Unity, Justice and Social Action Project for 8th to 12th Graders Monday, January 18 | 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. An interfaith and interracial dialogue surrounding topics relating to systematic racism and the disenfranchisement of Jews of Color, ending in a Q&A with Anti-Racism Educator Tani Prell and a social justice project addressing the needs of the local community on Zoom. This is a joint effort by First Baptist Church of Great Neck, Temple Beth-El of Great Neck, Temple Israel of Great Neck and SHAI. For more information, call 516-850-4472. Register at https://tbegn.wufoo.com/forms/m1utml7m0mgcd8u/.

Register for the teen Martin Luther King Jr. Day Social Action Project here.

Purim Shpiel Prep Why is this night different from all other nights? Because like the world around us, everything is nahafoch hu—turned upside down! Help Cantor Adam prepare for a weird, wacky, wild Purim Shpiel unlike anything we’ve seen, on Zoom.  Email Cantor Adam to contribute an idea for a sketch, a song or otherwise participate.

Send Us Your Photos for Modim Moments Slideshows will be shown during Erev Shabbat Services | Fridays, February 5, March 5, April 2, May 7, and June 4 We offer thanks each Shabbat, and we invite all TBE members to share hoda’ah (gratitude) with our TBE family each month during the Amidah in Modim Moments. At the start of each secular month, email us a photo or a sentence expressing your simchas, celebrations and good news—anything for which you are grateful and wish to share. Email photos with "Modim Moments" in the subject line by the Wednesday prior to each Modim Moment Friday to Jaqui Wadsworth at jwadsworth@tbegreatneck.org.

Send your photos to be inlcuded in our Modim Moments slideshow.

Eternal Light Initiative Our Annual Campaign “If I am not for me, who will be for me? And if I am for myself alone, what am I? And if not now, when?” ―Hillel   Now more than ever, we ask for your help. We can do more. We can further feed, visit, seek, discover, advocate, teach, study, pray and grow. We have seen the good we do for so many, and we are excited for the future.   Please consider supporting our holy community and our annual fund through a donation to the Eternal Light Initiative.

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