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* Shabbat Mishpacha honoring Jane Abesh
* Special Needs Shabbat
* Cantor Harrison Installation Shabbat

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November 12, 2018
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SpecialEventsSPECIAL EVENTS/SPECIAL PROJECTS
marketplaceM'kor Marketplace
Sunday, November 18, 9:00 am - 2:30 pm  
Get your holiday lists ready for a true shopping extravaganza! Over 60 new and repeat vendors! Hand Crafted One-of-a-Kind items include: Fashion, Jewelry, Accessories, Judaica, Kids, Food, Sweets, Home Decor, Beauty, Hostess Gifts, and much more! Open to all. Click here for more information. 
 
megasaleHoliday Gift Card MEGA Sale
Order Deadline: Sunday November 18 (No exceptions!)
Not able to find everything for everyone at our Marketplace? Choose Gift Cards from tons of local and national retailers and restaurants. Pick-ip begins Friday, November 30. Click here to download an order form.  
 
M'korstock Unplugged: Open Mic Night!
Friday, November 30, immediately following our 6:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service
PERFORMERS: Come Show Us Your Talent! To sign up, please email a description of your performance to the synagogue office by November 25.  
MUSIC LOVERS: Relax with us and enjoy live music & dinner, coffee & dessert in a coffee house setting. $10 per person for pizza dinner & sides. Click here for more information or to register for dinner by November 26. 
 
specialneedsCommunity Shabbat Service for Special Needs Families    
Saturday, December 1, 11:00 am  
This inclusive Shabbat service will be followed by a latke lunch. Special Needs Navigator Jennifer Arey will speak to strengthening caregiver connection to the Jewish community through resources. "Coach Mac" McGarrigle will provide a safe space for various adaptive activities for our guests. Click here for more information or to RSVP by November 26.   
 
installCantor Harrison Installation Dinner & Shabbat Service 
Friday, December 7 - Dinner 6:15 pm, Service 8:00 pm
Share in the formal installation of Cantor Rhoda Harrison as Cantor of Congregation M'kor Shalom. We begin the evening with a congregational dinner prior to our Installation & Chanukah Shabbat service. Click here for more information or to register.
 
rockofagesTheater Group Performances:
Rock of Ages: The Maccabees "90s to Today" Style
Saturday, December 8, 8:00 pm
Sunday, December 9, 1:00 pm 
Our talented Theater Group is back with another great Chanukah show, featuring the music of Spice Girls, Nirvana, Coldplay, Lady Gaga, Rent, Hamilton, Wicked, an Alan Schorr original, and more. $18 Adults & Seniors; $15 Students (through college). Click here for more information or to purchase tickets.  
 
IHOC Hospitality Program
Sunday, December 16 through Sunday, December 30
Click here for more information
 
High Holy Day Appeal & End of Year Contributions 
As 2018 nears its end, help us make M'kor Shalom the best that it can be - for today, and the future - by including M'kor Shalom in your year-end tax planning and charitable giving. If you have questions or need assistance, please contact the synagogue office. Click here to make your High Holy Day Appeal contribution online. No amount is too small or too big. 
 
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ServicesSHABBAT SERVICES
Friday Evening Service Schedule
Click here for a pdf of our Shabbat service schedule.
   
Erev Shabbat Services, 8:00 pm (webcast)  
November 16  
December 7 - Cantor Harrison Installation & Chanukah Shabbat - Our Choir joins us. BYO Chanukiah (6th night) for a communal candle lighting. Join us for Dinner at 6:15 pm.
December 21 - We honor our Burkett & College Connection members 
 
kabbalatKabbalat Shabbat Services, 6:30 pm
November 23 
November 30 - Shabbat Mishpacha - We honor retired Special Needs Coordinator Jane Abesh. We celebrate November birthdays.  
December 14
December 28 - We celebrate December birthdays.   
 
Tot Shabbat
Fridays, November 16 & December 21, 6:15 pm  
( Family Dinner at 5:30 pm) 

Torah Study, 9:00 am
November 17 (No session November 24)
December 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29
Come 15 minutes early for schmoozing before our program begins on the hour. All are welcome; no RSVP or previous experience necessary.

dineshopDINE & SHOP TO DONATE
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AdultEdADULT EDUCATION
theologyJewish Theology After the Holocaust
Wednesdays, November 14 & 28, 10:30 am
Led by Rabbi Hirsh

frenkelAdult Education Program with Rabbi Frenkel
Wednesdays, December 5, 12 & 19, 10:30 am
Details to come.

spiceupSpice Up Your Judaism
Saturdays, 10:30 am
November 17 (No session November 24)
December 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29
Join us at 10:00 am for schmoozing and light refreshments before our program starts at 10:30 am.
 

Note: Class handouts and materials are often available in advance, along with recommended reading. Look for the new "Adult Education Courses" shelf in the M'kor Shalom Library.   
 
To share programming ideas, contact Gail Donner and Art Treiman with your suggestions. New committee members always welcome.
 
caringcomm CARING COMMUNITY / HEALTH & WELLNESS
Our Caring Community volunteers are here to help congregants in need of support.
Volunteers provide: Transportation, Meals on a short-term basis, Shopping, Telephone reassurance, Friendly visits, Shiva set-up assistance, more . If you or someone in your family is confined to home because of illness or injury, M'kor Shalom's Caring Community volunteers are here to help. Please contact Jane Bloom or the synagogue office, so our volunteers can respond to your needs.

rs RELIGIOUS SCHOOL/FAMILY PROGRAMMING
There are always great things happening at our Religious School. Tell your unaffiliated friends! Contact Merle Steinberg for more information.
tot TOT PROGRAMMING / EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER
Tot Family Dinner & Shabbat
Fridays, November 16 & December 21, 5:30 pm 
Please join us for pizza & salad dinner prior to our Tot Shabbat services (6:15 pm). Each dinner is just $10 per family. Annual Special: Register in advance for ALL remaining Tot Family dinners, and pay a total of only $36 per family! Click here for more information or to register.
 

Our Tot Programming Committee & PTO are always hosting fabulous events! For information or to join our committee, contact Stephanie Riviello
Achim ACHIM (THE MEN'S GROUP)
MensLunch Achim (The Men's Group) Lunch
Wednesday, December 5, 12:00 noon (off-site) 
Join our standing reservation at Short HIlls Deli for lunch and conversation. No RSVP necessary. Pay your own way.    
 
WomensConnectionWOMEN'S CONNECTION
We are busy planning more exciting women's programs! Contact Lisa Weiser or Beth Savitch to help plan and to share your ideas.

collegeCOLLEGE CONNECTION
Winter Break Erev Shabbat Service 
Friday, December 21, 8:00 pm
We celebrate our Honorable Steven P. Burkett Membership recipients and our College Connection students.  
 
Help Wanted!
Our M'kor Shalom College Connection students are always in search of internship and employment opportunities during their school breaks and over the summer. If you have any opportunities (paid or unpaid) to share with our students, please e-mail the details to David Snyder.

socactionSOCIAL ACTION
Turkey Drive
Through November 19
Help us help The Neighborhood Center in Camden and Samost Jewish Family & Children's Service (JFCS). We will happily accept frozen turkeys for donation in the School Lobby during regular hours all week. Take advantage of one Religious School drop off - your kids AND your turkey! Also collecting during M'kor Marketplace on Sunday. Click here for more information.  
 
IHOCIHOC Hospitality Program
Sunday, December 16 through Sunday, December 30
Join us in preparing/hosting a meal, participating with transportation.activities or being an overnight host while M'kor Shalom houses up to 12 homeless men in our Social Hall, providing food and shelter, fellowship and support. Donations also welcome. Click here for more information.
 
Social Action Cooking    
Volunteers age 12 & up. No experience needed. 
Monday, November 26, 7:00 pm 
Cook meals for JFCS. RSVP to Kim Coffina.     
 
Wednesday, December 6, 7:00 pm
Cook meals for Joseph's House shelter in Camden.
RSVP to Jonathan Maurer.  
     
HOUSE COMMITTEE
Help make our house your home! 
Get involved with our House Committee. We welcome anyone with ideas and/or skills to help us with many projects to keep our House beautiful and functioning smoothly. Contact Michelle Bross or Paul Fishbein
LibraryLIBRARY NEWS
Library Web Access  
Web access to our catalog is available to congregants at: https://20031.rmwebopac.com/. See the treasures of the M'kor Shalom Library, then stop in and check out your item. 
OTHER NEWS
Board of Trustees Meetings
Wednesdays, November 28 & December 19, 7:30 pm
All congregants are encouraged to attend.    
 
Offices Closed
Thursday & Friday, November 22 & 23 - Thanksgiving 
   
WiFi at M'kor Shalom
Click "mkorguest" and you're connected! 

M'kor Shalom Job Bank
If you know of an opening, please download the form, or contact the synagogue office so that the position can be posted online.

M'kor Shalom Help Wanted:
Webcasting Team Volunteers: Help the effort to webcast our services to those who are homebound or cannot come to services in person. No experience needed. Contact Bruce Weinger.

Photo Call! Send us your photos reflecting life at M'kor Shalom, including worship, study, good deeds, social events and more. Selected photos will be featured on the congregation's website, Facebook page and lobby displays. Email photos to MainOffice@mkorshalom.org.
 
M'kor Shalom Happenings On The Web
Be sure to like us on Facebook and follow @MkorShalom on Twitter. Tag us on Instagram! #hineiniatmkorshalom #mkorshalom #mkormoments. Share your M'kor Shalom moments & photos!

Gift Shop - Always New Items!
Stop in for all your gift-giving needs - Shabbat, holidays, engagements, weddings, new baby, B'nai Mitzvah, Confirmation, graduation and birthdays. Personalized wedding Ketubahs may be ordered. We also carry a large selection of beautiful tallitot.

GiftCardsGift Cards Available In The Synagogue Office

ShopRite, Acme, Barnes & Noble, Bed Bath & Beyond and Short Hills gift cards are always available in the synagogue office during regular office hours.  

Recycle Your Empty Ink Jet and Laser Printer Cartridges! Old cell phones, too!
We have collection bins in both the main office and the school office. Drop off during regular office hours. These materials will be recycled and the congregation will receive a cash rebate. A win-win opportunity!

E!Minders
You can sign up online for any of the events listed above by clicking the registration link. If there is a fee, please pay using your Visa, MasterCard or PayPal account. If you pay by check, you will not be officially registered until your payment is received.

Thank you for using our online registration system, which will save you time and make it easier to sign up for events at M'kor Shalom. We hope you enjoy this new feature, and we also want to hear your feedback. You can send your feedback to MainOffice@mkorshalom.org.