About 80 of you joined us last Friday evening for a Shabbat service with Rabbi Chaya Bender. Some of you have also had the chance to interact with her via Zoom this week, which we arranged for several key groups within Bnai Israel, including the Ritual Committee, Kavanotes, Sisterhood and the Board of Directors.
We are pleased to announce that Rabbi Bender will be visiting us next week as part of our interview process. Her wife, Emily Jaeger, will be accompanying her on this visit. We hope that many of you will have the opportunity to meet her in person. Unfortunately, due to the Covid-19 virus, all events are limited to 10 people. Social distancing, including wearing a face mask is required at every event.
We at Bnai Israel are quite fortunate as many other congregations are unable to meet potential candidates in person due to the pandemic. Watch your email for more information and be assured that we are doing our best to involve as many of our members as possible next week.
Rabbi Chaya Bender received ordination and an MA in Jewish education from the Jewish Theological Seminary in 2019. She has been the Assistant Rabbi at Temple Sholom in Greenwich, CT since 2017 and has more than ten years of teaching experience in various Jewish settings. Rabbi Bender strives to make Judaism innovative, inspirational, and inviting by devel-oping programming, classes, and services focused on positive Jewish identity formation. She is especially passionate about bringing the gener-ations together to foster full participation in synagogue life. Not only does she have a beautiful voice, she also plays the acoustic guitar.
Stay well & Shabbat Shalom,
Michelle
Scheduled Zoom Classes
with Rabbi Kenter
Here are proposed ZOOM classes on Mondays at 7:30 pm:
May 18
In anticipation of Yom Yerushalayim - Poetry of Yehudah Amichai
May 24
Erev x 4 Shavuot: What Mountains Teach
AND
Wednesday -
May 28 - 6:00 pm
Learning from Ruth and Naomi: Preholiday Yizkor
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Always use the following information to log into the ZOOM
For many of us, Zoom is now a part of our everyday lives. It's what we are depending on to bring us "face to face" with friends, family, co-workers and, yes, even Rabbinical candidates.
Zoom is not perfect, and it can be frustrating if you have difficulty logging onto an event. We can assist you if you're having difficulty when using Zoom. Please Michlle Bannon at 706-832-3048 to help. Our fabulous IT guru, Roxie Schram, is our go-to person when we are stumped.
To help keep background noise to a minimum, make sure you mute your microphone when you are not speaking.
▪Be mindful of background noise When your microphone is not muted, avoid activities that could create additional noise, such as shuffling papers.
▪Position your camera properly If you choose to use a web camera, be sure it is in a stable position and focused at eye level, if possible. Limit distractions
▪Turn off or silence your cell phone, email and text notifications.
Sisterhood Book Club
Next meeting scheduled for Wednesday, June 3, at 1:00 pm and our next book will be
Beyond the Ghetto Gates by Michelle Cameron, an historical novel set in the 1700s in Italy.
The Book Club is open to all Sisterhood members. If you'd like to get on our email list, please contact
barbarawaxman@gmail.com
Happy reading and stay well, everyone!
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. -Joseph Addison
Prayer in Place of Mourner's Kaddish
When a Minyan Cannot Gather (to be used in exigent circumstances only)
Master of the world, God of the spirit of all flesh, it is revealed and known before You that it is my fervent desire to praise Your name, and to remember and honor my beloved:
father/mother/son/daughter/ husband/wife/partner/brother/sister/________
[the name and relation of the person may be inserted]
by reciting the Mourner's Kaddish in the company of a minyan. Though
circumstances prevent me from doing so, may my yearning and prayers find favor in Your eyes, and be accepted and received before You as if I had prayed that Kaddish.
May you grant hope and healing to all who suffer, and may we soon be
able to once again safely gather in holiness and joy.
May Your name, Adonai, be elevated and sanctified everywhere on earth
and may peace reign everywhere.
Oseh shalom bimromav
hu ya·aseh shalom aleinu
v'al kol yisrael [v'al kol
yosh'vei teiveil], v'imru amen.
עׂשֶהׁשָלֹוםּבִמְרֹומָיו
הּוא יַ עֲ ׂשֶ ה ׁשָ לֹום עָ לֵ ֽינּו
ו עַ ל ּכׇ ל־יִ ׂש ְ רָ אֵ ל ]ו עַ ל ּכׇ ל־
יֹוׁשבֵיתֵבֵל[, ואִמְרּואָמֵן
2020 Circle of Honor
Beneficiary: Carol & Scott Johnston
Patron: Anonymous
Sponsors:
Mark Alper
Judith Malman
Debbie & Jerry Smith
Barbara & Stanley Prushik
Martha & Steve Stein
Sharon & Terry Dresbach
Michelle Bannon & Rich Weisman
Sharon & Stephen Mechum
Dee & Murray Sherman
Leigh & Walter Winter
Roberta & Harold Eichenholz
Pam & Barry Weiss
For more information or to sign up for the Circle of Honor
**Each week we will show our members and their families who wish to be on the Mi sheyberach list. Names will remain on the list for 3 months unless you ask us to remove them earlier.
Contact our office to add or remove names.
The names of those who are not members but whom you wish to
receive prayers will be read at Shabbat services.
May 2020 Birthdays & Anniversaries
Dennis
Sender
1
Patricia
Reilly
1
Robert
Hamelburg
2
Frances
Strauss
3
Roselle
Margolis
4
Marvin
Eisenstein
12
Sarah
Neuwirth
14
Stephen
Glaser
16
Terry
Jensen
17
Marsha
Freedman
18
Thomas
Clemmons
18
Irwin
Lecker
19
Slick
Katz
19
Bruce
Gorman
20
Nikki
Zeldin
20
Sharon
Leinwand
21
Mitch
Ratner
21
Greg
Popkin
22
David
Burns
24
Robert
Rosenberg
24
Edna
Kurtzman
26
Andrew
Kingoff
26
Bucky
Stein
28
Barry
Weiss
29
Kathleen
Meyerson
29
Andrew
Mitwol
31
Anniversaries in May
Laurel & Henry Westreich ~ May 18
Leigh & Walter Winter ~ May 19
Donna & Mitch Ratner ~ May 22
Robert & Judy Hamelburg May 24
Yahrzeits
15-21 Iyar 5780 ~ May 9-15, 2020
Charles Cohen
Respectfully remembered
Dorothy Keepler Fleishman
Respectfully remembered
Esther Block Guld
Respectfully remembered
Karen Leslie Popkin
Sister of Matthew Popkin
Nathan Shain
Respectfully remembered
Phyllis Schindler
Sister of Jim Liberman
Donations
If you would like to make a donation to B'nai Israel, please click below
and use the Pay On Line tab on our website.
David & Arlene Burns Capital Improvement Fund
In honor of the birth of Irwin McRae Freedland
Walter & Leigh Winter General Fund
In memory of Leigh's mother, Bea Wilson
Rabbi & Mrs. Robert Waxman General Fund
In memory of David Burns' brother-in-law, Larry Dohan
Scott Diamond General Fund
In memory of his father, Barney Diamond
Joel & Sue Mintzes Library/Book Fund
In memory of David Burns' brother-in-law, Larry Dohan
Stein Family Charitable Foundation General Fund
In memory of David Burns' brother-in-law, Larry Dohan
Murray & Deanne Sherman Kavanotes Fund
In memory of David Burns' brother-in-law, Larry Dohan
are pleased to announce that Rabbi Bender will be visiting us next week as part of our interview process. Her wife, Emily Jaeger, will be accompanying her on this visit. We hope that many of you will have the opportunity to meet her in person. Unfortunately, due to the Covid-19 virus, all events are limited to 10 people. Social distancing, including wearing a face mask is required at every event.
A Word About Zoom
We offer prayers of healing for the following:**
