E!Minders
Here's What's Happening at M'kor Shalom!
April 5, 2021
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Parents' & Grandparents'
Book Night with "A Kids Book About"
TONIGHT! Monday, April 5, 7:30 pm
Let's come together virtually to learn about books created for children around such important topics such as learning empathy, understanding racism, coping with failure and so many more topics. These books are intended to help provide adults with the tools to have open and honest discussions with children about these topics for change and social action. We can all work towards a better world, one book at a time!
This event is FREE and open to the community.
It's not too late! Register now to receive the zoom link; click HERE.
This event is brought to you by the M'kor Shalom Tot Programming and Social Action Committees.
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Brew HaHa!
Beer Tasting Virtual Zoom Event
Sunday, April 11, 7:00 pm
Beer Pick-up: Sunday, April 11, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
in the M'kor Shalom parking lot
A beer meister from Flying Fish Brewing Company will take us on a virtual tasting and a tour of the brewery. Enjoy trivia and "door" prizes!
Cost: $36/package. Each package includes 4 craft beers, soft pretzels & mustard.
Additional 4-packs of beer can be added for $18.
Packages will be included to anyone who sponsors this event for $100.
The first 50 registrants will receive a M'kor Shalom beer tasting glass – only a few left!
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Zoom-style QUIZZO!
Saturday, April 17, 8:00 pm
Every dog has it's day – maybe this will be yours! Our Zoom Trivia Night will challenge you with a variety of questions on Entertainment, History, Sports, Geography, Music and General Knowledge. Log in to hear the questions, then join your team in a breakout room to discuss answers – and chat.
Registration required; click HERE! $5 per person. Don't wind up in the dog house. It's a dog-eat-dog world out there, so start working like a dog to put together your team. Open to the community; invite your family, friends or co-workers.
This event is brought to you by the Membership Committee/Kesher Club.
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Yom Hashoah
Community Holocaust Commemoration
Thursday, April 8, 7:00 pm
Cantor Harrison will participate as one of the clergy leaders of this virtual Community Holocaust Commemoration.
The Zoom event will honor and remember local Holocaust survivors and the 6 million Jews and 5 million other victims of the Holocaust.
Hear local Holocaust survivor Ryfka Finkelstein and her daughter Pesha Rubinstein tell Ryfka's story of survival and the importance of sharing her story with the next generation.
This program is free and open to the community.
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Scholar-in-Residence Speaker Series:
Rabbi Lex Rofeberg
Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Friday, April 16, 6:30 pm
(Zoom)
Spice Up Your Judaism
Saturday, April 17, 10:15 am
(Zoom)
Our Scholar-in-Residence Committee, along with the Adult Education and Ritual Committees, are excited to present our new Speaker Series, bringing leading rabbis and educators in the Reform Movement to M'kor Shalom.
No charge! Join us!
Next up:
Rabbi Rami Shapiro
May 7 & 8
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COOKBOOK
POTS & PANDEMIC
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Pots & Pandemic:
Cooking in Quarantine
On Sale Now!
Thinking ahead to a Mothers' Day gift? Wanting to try out some new recipes? M'kor Shalom's new cookbook is just the thing for you!
Each book is filled with fabulous recipes and touching stories about how the pandemic got fellow congregants and community members more involved in cooking and baking.
$20 each.
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More Books We Rarely Teach
Three Wednesdays, April 14, 21 & 28, 10:30 am
Please Note: The start date for this class has been postponed one week, from April 7 to April 14.
Led by Rabbi Richard Address
Jeremiah: The permission to assimilate and the salvation of the Jewish community
Ezekiel: Mysticism and Magic
Ezra and Nehemiah: How to reconstruct a post-exilic Judaism and the birth of Torah
These sessions are open to all. No cost for congregants. $10/person per session for non-members. Zoom information will be sent to everyone who has registered.
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The Souls of Jewish Folks
Part One: First Thursday – Thursday, May 6, 7:00 pm
Part Two: Spice Up Your Judaism – Saturday, May 15, 10:15 am
Led by Brien Brothman
Are you up for a little foreign travel? In this two-part presentation, we will travel across time to a foreign country – to the late nineteenth century, early twentieth century and to "Jerusalem" – when it was still in Eastern Europe. For many of us, this will be a "return" to our parents', grandparents' or great grandparents' ancestral homeland. Back there, in Eastern Europe, many Jews came to refer to themselves as a "folk," a word rarely heard in discussions of Jewish identity today. Why…why then…and why not here, now? What does "folk" call to mind today?
You do not need to attend both sessions. Overviews at the end of meeting one and beginning of meeting two will be provided.
Zoom information will be sent to everyone who has registered.
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Clothing Drive
Sunday, April 11, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm (in the M'kor Shalom parking lot)
We are collecting clothes to help very poor rural communities in Bulgaria, where people are often overlooked by government organizations. The most vulnerable among them are senior citizens and families with young children. The Bulgarian community in our region is raising the shipping money and will see that our donations get there safely.
Items needed: clean, used, practical clothes and shoes for any season for adults, especially senior citizens. It can be anything – jackets, T-shirts, sweatpants, sneakers... Kids clothes and shoes any size, any season. No formal clothes.
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Meet Your Legislators
Monday, April 12, 6:00 pm – Legislative District 7
Monday, April 19, 7:00 pm – Legislative District 6
M'kor Shalom's Social Action Committee is helping to organize a series of virtual meet-and-greets with our lawmakers, with support and guidance from RAC-NJ and the participation of Adath Emanu-el and Temple Emanuel. All three congregations will co-sponsor two meetings:
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April 12 (6:00 pm) – Senator Singleton from LD7
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April 19 (7:00 pm) – Majority Leader Greenwald and Assemblywoman Lampitt from Legislative District 6
This is a good opportunity for us to get to know our lawmakers and their backgrounds, viewpoints, and hopes for the future, so please mark your calendars for those dates. There will be no Social Action Committee Meeting in April.
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The Masked Singer
Sunday, May 2, 7:00 pm
Who are the M’kor Shalom Masked Singers?
It may be someone you least expect
A teacher? student? friend?...
You will vote for your favorites but
We won’t know until the reveal at the end.
Enjoy a fun night of entertainment, fundraising and intrigue! Modeled after the hit TV show, our Masked Singer virtual event will feature congregant and "celebrity" performers and judges. Come see our judge and contestant reveals!
Basic Admission = $18 per device
Golden Admission = $36 PLUS a chance to win the right to pick the wild card finalist
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Services, Study and BOT Meetings |
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Shabbat Services
(Zoom)
We encourage you to join our weekly live services so we can draw strength from our traditions and from our connections to one another.
April 9, 6:30 pm – Donor Awareness Shabbat
April 16, 6:30 pm – Speaker Series: Rabbi Lex Rofeberg
April 23, 6:30 pm – Shabbat Mishpacha; We celebrate April birthdays.
April 30, 6:30 pm
May 7, 7:30 pm (later start time) – Speaker Series: Rabbi Rami Shapiro
May 14, 6:30 pm
Tot Shabbat
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Saturdays:
Torah Study 9:00 am
Spice Up 10:15 am
(Zoom)
April 10
April 17 – Speaker Series: Rabbi Lex Rofeberg
April 24, 10:00 am – Led by Cantor Harrison (note later start time for this special session)
May 1
May 8, 10:00 am – Speaker Series: Rabbi Rami Shapiro (later start time; this is the only study session for the day)
May 15 – The Souls of Jewish Folks, Part 2 – led by Brien Brothman
Board of Trustees Meeting
Wednesday, April 21, 7:30 pm
(Zoom)
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ShopWithScrip for M'kor Shalom!
Click HERE for details about this ongoing fundraising program. Go to shopwithscrip.com to enroll (use code F19722E215131) or log in to your account, and download RaiseRight from your app store for easy purchasing. Questions? Contact Maya Fair.
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