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WEEKLY UPDATE 3/17/19
Friday, March 22, Sunset Shabbat at 6:00 pm Lay Led
New Amazon Program
Effective immediately!
 Everytime you shop on Amazon, let a percentage of your sale be directed to Congregation Shalom. This could add thousands of dollars to the temple's budget! All you must do is click on the A mazon graphic on the fundraising page on the Congregation Shalom website each time you shop . The Fundraising Page can be accessed by hovering over Giving in the upper right-hand area of the website, and then clicking on Fundraising . No matter how small your purchase, every penny helps!

New Amazon rules: you must click on the Amazon graphic at the top of the Fundraising page each time you shop for your purchase to qualify!
Written In Breath
Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell
Sunday, March 24, 4:00 - 5:30pm
 At the temple . Yiddish Song presents yet another vibrant, relevant body of Jewish texts with which to engage, celebrate and–of course–argue about the continuities of Jewish spiritual and cultural life.

Eight years after making his professional operatic debut in a Philip Glass world premiere, Anthony Russell is now a vocalist, composer and arranger specializing in Yiddish art and folk song, chazones and Chasidic nigunim.
LOOKING AHEAD
Sunset Shabbat
Friday, March 29 at 6:00pm with Sue Horowitz
A hands-on experience for everyone!
Holy Book Burial
Sunday, March 31, 10:30am
At the grove of trees at the temple. Join us for the mitzvah of respectful burial of worn- out Hebrew books. If bringing your own books, please contact Mishkan Advisory Group with an estimate of how many you'll be bringing. Please bring all books in biodegradable containers. Full details.
One Community Read April 30
Powerful story of how a prominent white supremacist changed his heart and mind. It can help us understand what is happening in this American moment and better understand one another. Open to the public. At Congregation Shalom. Details.
Groundbreaking Workshop!
Rescheduled from March 4.
The Persistence of Hate: Exploring Contemporary Antisemitism 
Wednesday, May 15, 6:30 - 9:30pm 
Facing History’s ground-breaking lessons explore the role that antisemitism played at the 2017  Unite the Right  rally in Charlottesville as a case study in contemporary antisemitism.
At Congregation Shalom. Light dinner included.
hors d’oeuvres • desserts • libations
music • socializing • storytelling
7:00 pm 
And Don't Forget...
Order Bookplates for our High Holiday Prayer Books
The Ritual Committee is always pleased to accept bookplate orders at any time of the year. One set of bookplates cost $36.00. Since there are 2 bookplates, you do not have to have the same name on both plates.
Look for the forms on the wall opposite the office, or  email Laura . This is a beautiful way to remember lifecycle events.