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November 22nd, 2019
 
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Shabbat Times: 
Candle Lighting
Evening service
Morning Service at CBIOTP
M inha 
4:11  pm
7:00 pm 
9:30 am
4:00pm
 
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IN THIS ISSUE...
Birthdays and Anniversaries 
Faye Salmon
Ava Huegel
 Marc Karpman
Neil Taylor
 

   UPCOMING EVENTS
 
Saturday 11/30
Morning Service at CBIOTP
Minha , S'uda Shlishit (3rd Shabbat Meal), timely topic, Maariv and Havdalah 4:00pm
Tuesday 
12/3		 Sisterhood Board Meeting 1:00pm
Thursday 12/5
Rabbi's Class 10:30am
Visiting Scholar Janet DiNardoWhite 
Expansion 1:00pm
Friday 12/6
Bible Study 11:30am Evening Service 7:00 pm
 
 

Not the ideal Thanksgiving topic, but you can bet that will be discussed by Jews around their shabbat tables in the UK this weekend, and I wouldn't be surprised if the spectre of anti- Semitism also casts its shadow on our Thanksgiving meals.
Britain Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis: What Will Become of Jews in Britain if Labour Forms the Next Government? 

 
Archbishop of Canterbury Says Britain's Jews Feel "Fear"                                      







Torah Reading       
 Toledot
After twenty years of marriage, Isaac and Rebecca have twin sons. Esau, the elder, became a hunter; Jacob, the younger son, was more inclined to remain close to home. Isaac favored Esau, while Rebecca had greater preference for Jacob.
 
Returning one day from the hunt, a famished Esau traded his birthright (status as a firstborn) to Jacob for a bowl of lentil stew.
Isaac and Rebecca seek relief from famine in Gerar. Isaac presents Rebecca as his sister, just as Abraham had done with Sarah on two previous occasions. This time, however, the truth about their relationship does not lead to expulsion. They are allowed to remain in Gerar and Isaac becomes quite wealthy. His success arouses the enmity of the locals, and their king, Avimelech, requests that they depart.
 
Esau brings grief to his parents by marrying two Hittite women.
 
Years later Isaac requests that Esau prepare a special meal for him after which he will confirm his older son's position as first born. Rebecca overhears her husband's conversation, and conspires to disguise Jacob as his older brother. While Isaac has some uncertainty as to whom he is blessing, the ruse works because Isaac has become blind in his old age. Jacob receives a blessing for inheriting a fertile land and ruling over nations.
 
When Esau returns, the plot is revealed. An enraged Esau vows to kill his brother upon their father's death. Rebecca and Isaac encourage Jacob to leave home and to go to Haran to live with Rebecca's brother, Laban.
 
In an effort to appease his parents for marrying Hittite women, Esau also married a daughter of Ishmael. 


Tonight: Evening service at 7:00 p.m.
Tomorrow morning at CBIOTP 9:30 a.m.
Minha, Seudah Shlishit, Ma'ariv & Havdalah at 4:00 p.m.
Shabbat morning, December 7 at 9:00 a.m. at Gesher Shalom                                                                                                         

This Week's Yahrzeit Observances
We hope that our weekly listing of yahrzeit observances will serve 2 purposes:
1)     To remind those who have the yahrzeit for a second time, much closer to the date of the actual observance
2)     To alert friends and acquaintances that someone they know is observing a yahrzeit. We hope that you will show them your support by joining them at our minyanim, and helping to assure that Kaddish can be recited with a minyan 
        
              
Lorelei Schwartzman will be observing yahrzeit for her husband, Lewis Schwartzman on Friday evening, November 29th
Peri Wexler will be observing yahrzeit for her mother, Susan Wexler on Saturday evening, November 30th
Barbara Fishman will be observing yahrzeit for her father, Jack Eckstein on Thursday evening, December 5th



Important/Interesting Reads                      
 UN Adopts Israeli Resolution, Arab League Abstains                                                                                                         
400 Jewish, Arab, asylum-seeker and special-needs athletes played 10 different sports together in Ramleh on the International Day of Sport and Peace
 Journalists from Saud Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq and Egypt Tour Israel                                 
 Likud Rival Slams Netanyahu and Calls for Primary to "Save the Country"                                            Netanyahu's Indictment is Painful to Watch. But Americans Shouldn't Lose Hope in Israeli Democracy
"In many respects, the long-expected indictment itself reflects an inner strength worthy of admiration by outsiders, especially Diaspora communities, who see themselves as non-voting shareholders in the Zionist enterprise - and who view the preservation of Israel's Jewish and democratic character as inseparable.
At the same time, American Jewry should be on guard against opportunism. Take for example the immediate reaction of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democratic presidential candidate who conflates Netanyahu's case with America's own strained politics, charging that the prime minister of Israel would "stop at nothing to enrich himself and stay in power." Warren pledged to fight "this blatant corruption ... at home and abroad," thereby weaponizing Israel's political travails.
And Jewish community interests are not served by repeated interventions by Israeli representatives into our domestic politics either, as Israeli U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon did recently with his harsh criticisms of another American presidential candidate." 
9 Israeli Inventions Find Place in TIME Magazine's 100 Best Inventions for 2019







 What happens to the Jewish community in an era in which Americans are "becoming more contemptuous of each other in ways that are both dire and irreversible," asks Atlantic editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg. Bari Weiss, opinion writer and editor at The New York Times, wonders, "Does safety come from contorting ourselves to look more like everyone else?" Join them for these questions and more in the latest installment of The Israel Forum, moderated by Zachary Schaffer, executive director of the Council of Young Jewish Presidents.

The Israel Forum is a seated cocktail party devoted to dialogue across difference in which the community becomes part of the conversation over wine and light food. Made possible by the Wechsler family and cosponsored by the Council of Young Jewish Presidents.

Thu, Dec 5, 7-9 pm, $20/$25







Year-Round Offerings for Families, Teens, & Adults
November 2019 / Cheshvan 5780

There are many ways to enjoy Ramah experiences year-round, whether it's with your own Ramah camp or with the Ramah mishpacha at programs throughout North America, Israel, and the world. Use these links or scroll down to learn more!
No prior Ramah affiliation is needed to participate in these programs, so please invite friends and family to join you, or forward this email to anyone who might be interested in these terrific program offerings!
Travel with Ramah Israel Institute (RII) and Reshet Ramah
Poland Journey for Adults (two trips)  |  July 13-19, 2020 & Oct. 19-25, 2020
Bar/Bat Mitzvah Family Adventure in Israel  (two trips)| August 10-20, 2020 & Dec. 21-30, 2020
Ramah Morocco Experience  | Oct. 19-29, 2020 
Ramah Israel Bike Ride & Hiking Trip  | April 20-27, 2021
Custom  Family  and  Synagogue  Trips
Family Camps & Retreats
Ramah Darom Winter Break Family Camp   |  Dec. 27, 2019  -  Jan. 1, 2020
Camp Ramah at Limmud NY  (Ramah Nyack/Berkshires partnership) | Feb. 14-17, 2020
Ramah Darom "Book It to Shabbat with PJ Library"  (in partnership with with Jewish Federation of Atlanta PJ Library) | March 13-15, 2020
Ramah Darom Passover Retreat  | April 7-17, 2020
Ramah California Passover Camp  | April 8-17, 2020
Ramah New England Family Camp   | May 22-25, 2020
Ramah Darom Summer Family Camp  | June 24-28, 2020 and July 15-19, 2020
Ramah Wisconsin Family Camp | Aug. 12-16, 2020
Ramah Berkshires Outdoor Adventure Family Camp  | Summer 2020 dates to be announced
LimmudFest at Ramah Darom  (partnership with Limmud Atlanta and Southeast)  |  Sept. 4-7, 2020
Ramah Poconos - Sukkot | Oct. 2-5, 2020 (registration opens soon)
Adult Camps & Retreats
Ramah Shabbaton at Songleader Boot Camp (St. Louis, MO) | Feb. 14-16, 2020
Experiential Educator Course at BaMidbar Wilderness Therapy | March 8-15, 2020 and May 17-24, 2020
Singles Weekend at Ramah Berkshires (for singles in their 40s, 50s, and up) | May 22-25, 2020 (registration opens soon)
Ramah Darom/Pardes Shavuot Beit Midrash  | May 28-31, 2020 (partnership with the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies)
Ramah Poconos - Shabbat Plus | July 24-26, 2020 (registration opens soon)
Families with Children with Disabilities
Ramah New England Tikvah Family Shabbaton  | May 1-3, 2020 (registration opens soon)
Ramah Darom Camp Yofi   | Aug. 5-9, 2020
Ramah California Camp Ohr Lanu   | Aug. 13-17, 2020
Ramah Poconos Tikvah Family Camp   |  Aug. 19-23, 2020
Programs for Teens & Young Adults
Tichon Ramah Yerushalayim (TRY) | Jan. 27 - June 1, 2020
TRY, the Ramah Jerusalem High School, is a transformative program that offers 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students a fully accredited academic program within a Ramah setting based in Jerusalem. Students from day schools and public schools continue their required and elective courses, participate in an outstanding program in Jewish history and thought, and immerse themselves in Israeli life and culture.
MITF is Ramah's first-ever immersive Israel experience for college graduates ages 21-35. MITF fellows spend an exciting year teaching English in Israeli schools, making a meaningful impact on the lives of their students, learning Hebrew, and living in Jerusalem. This highly subsidized program provides extensive opportunities for personal and professional growth and enrichment. Ramah MITF is a partnership between Masa and the Israeli Ministry of Education.
BaMidbar Wilderness Therapy |  Dec. 22, 2019 - Jan. 12, 2020 (A program of Ramah in the Rockies)
BaMidbar's therapeutic expeditions  are immersive experiences that help Jewish young adults ages 18-28 overcome personal hurdles and get on their feet as confident and adjusted adults. Using wilderness and adventure-based experiences as a vehicle to promote self-reflection and community connection, students build a toolkit to face life's challenges. BaMidbar's program serves emerging adults who may or may not have a history of mental health challenges, but who are struggling to find their way forward as they transition from adolescence into adulthood.

Benjamin Hochman- Piano
November 22 | 8 pm
92Y
The "elegant, polished, and heartfelt" (The Boston Globe) pianist Benjamin Hochman begins a two-concert exploration of the influence of words on music with purely instrumental works which take their inspiration from, by turns, a folk ballad, a poem, and a novel.
Brahms' early Ballades, the first of which is inspired by the Scottish ballad "Edward," gives way to Thomas Adès's Darknesse Visible, an "explosion" of John Dowland's lute song "In Darknesse Let Me Dwell" from 1610. Then, Chopin's immortal Fourth Ballade, which Alfred Cortot notes was written in response to a poem by Adam Mickiewicz entitled "The Three Budrys." Finally, Robert Schumann-one of the most literary of composers-is represented by his meditation on E.T.A. Hoffman's fantastical tales, Kreisleriana.
Brahms, Four Ballades, Op. 10, Thomas Adès, Darknesse Visible, Chopin, Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52, Schumann, Kreisleriana, Op. 16

Dance
Ballet Hispanico at the Apollo
November 22-23 | 8 pm
Apollo Theater
THE POWER OF THE LATINA VOICE
Ballet Hispánico, America's leading Latino dance organization, returns to the Apollo Theater with The Power of the Latina Voice in Dance.
In this restaging of Nací (2009), choreographer Andrea Miller draws from the duality of her Spanish and Jewish-American background to investigate the Sephardic culture of Spain, with its Moorish influence and profound sense of community, despite hardship.

Dance
Julliard Presents:
New Dances Edition 2019
December 11, 12, 13 | 7:30pm December 14 | 2pm + 7:30pm
December 15 | 3pm
Julliard- Peter Jay Sharp Theater
New Dances: Edition 2019 in December Features World Premiere Dances by Stephen Petronio, Andrea Miller, Jamar Roberts, and Amy Hall Garner. The cornerstone of the season is New Dances: Edition 2019, featuring four world-premiere dances by innovative choreographers: alumna Amy Hall Garner (first-year class); Jamar Roberts (second-year class); alumna Andrea Miller (third-year class); and Stephen Petronio (fourth-year class).

Music
David Broza & Friends
December 19 | 8 pm
Lowenstein Auditorium at Temle EmanuEl
In the summer of 2018 David Broza was joined by the NY based Cuban "Trio Havana" lead by flute virtuoso Itai Kriss. This union of musicians lead to the creation of his newest band under the label "David Broza & Friends". Together they bring a unique interpretation to the full spectrum of Broza's rich repertoire of hits.

Event
Dance Performance and Art Making
November 21 | 6:30 pm
Materials for the Arts
MFTA Third Thursday presents:
Explore the connection between performance and design with Valerie Green/Dance Entropy. Make your own head sculpture inspired by VG/DE's contemporary performance Utopia, a collaboration with visual artist Keren Anavy. Enjoy excerpts from Utopia followed by a Q&A discussion with the artists.

Music
Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players: Great Danes
December 2 | 2 pm & 7:30 pm
Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church
Itamar Zorman, violin-
Recipient of the 2013 Avery Fisher Career Grant ~ winner of the 2011 Tchaikovsky and 2010 Freiburg competitions ~ "a virtuoso of emotions" Göttinger Tageblatt ~ "I cannot believe my ears... such musical originality, a tone full of colors and beauty and an emotional expression full of inner intensity" Hanoch Ron ~ Yedioth Aharonot (Israel's largest newspaper)

Music
Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players: Warhorses
December 16 | 2 pm & 7:30 pm
Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church
Roman Rabinovich, piano-
Winner of the Rubinstein, Animato and Arjil competitions, the Mezzo and Salon de Virtuosi awards, and the Vendome Prize ~ "admirable interpretations...performed with a rich, full-blooded sound, singing lines and witty dexterity." The New York Times

Music
Bronfman and Beethoven
December 5 | 7:30 pm, December 6 | 11 am, December 7 | 8 am
New York Philharmonic
David Geffen Hall
Yefim Bronfman brings his brilliance and power to Beethoven's sublime Piano Concerto No. 4. From the same composer, Maestro van Zweden conducts the jubilant, high-spirited Second Symphony that foreshadows the power and drive we associate with Beethoven. Steve Reich's propulsive new work pays homage to the Baroque concerto grosso.

Music
Israeli Jazz Celebration: Yuval Cohen Sexet
December 10 7:30pm | 9:30pm
Dizzy's Club
Saxophonist, composer, and bandleader Yuval Cohen is a leading figure in modern Israeli jazz, and tonight marks his long-anticipated return to DIzzy's Club. Cohen has played with a long list of legends from the world of jazz and beyond, including his wildly successful family band, The Three Cohens (also featuring Anat and Avishai Cohen), but he is also notable for the eclectic small groups he assembles. This performance will feature the ten-part KadishZuger Suite, Cohen's latest chamber jazz creation, combining Western Romantic music, traditional jazz, and Israeli music.
With:Maya Belzitsman - Cello, Jonathan Voltzok - Trombone, Gadi Lehavi - Piano, Tal Mashiach - Double bass
Ofri Nehemya - Drums


Music
Music Talks Celebrates Hannukah
with host Elad Kabilio
December 10 | 7 pm
Birdland Theater
Birdland Theater is proud to announce that cellist and MusicTalks host Elad Kabilio will join 12th Night Klezmer and singer/actress Daniella Rabbani in a celebration of Hanukkah.
Join MusicTalks Host Elad Kabilio, 12th Night Klezmer, and singer/actress Daniella Rabbani in an evening celebrating Hanukkah with Klezmer and Gypsy music. Special guest vocalist Michael Einav (Original Cast, Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish) will bring our celebration into the world of Fiddler on the Roof for the ultimate Shtetl experience.


Theater
Last Tree in Jerusalem / A Page of Talmud
December 4th - December 15th
Monday-Thursday | 7:30pm, Saturday | 8pm, Sunday | 3pm
TheaterLab
LAST TREE IN JERUSALEM / A PAGE OF TALMUD
Two Plays by: Dani Horowitz
A Page of Talmud was written in collaboration with Yaakov Raz
Translated from the Hebrew by:
Yoni Oppenheim (Last Tree in Jerusalem)
Dr. Yael S. Feldman and Michael Posnick (A Page of Talmud)
Riven by internal strife, ecological disaster, and interference from foreign powers, can society survive? Set nearly two millennia ago but still resonant today, acclaimed Israeli playwright Dani Horowitz's interrelated plays Last Tree in Jerusalem (world premiere translation) and A Page of Talmud tell the seminal Talmudic stories "Kamtza and Bar Kamtza" and "The Oven of Achnai." These timely Jewish stories examine the cost of humiliation and explore what it means to be a member of a community, to be a leader, to have moral courage, and to resist.

Dance
Zvidance : MAIM
December 18 - 20 | 7:30 PM, December 21 | 2 PM & 7:30 PM 
New York Live Arts
"One does not just watch a dance by Zvi Gotheiner. One enters a world with its own internal logic, a sensual, organic world of movement, language, and images where one is pulled along by currents unseen and inevitable." (Dance Magazine) MAIM sets out to raise awareness to issues related to the global diminishing water resources due to global warming.Israeli Zvi Gotheiner grew up in Kibbutz Messilot on the slopes of Mount Gilboa, where King David cursed the land with no rain or dew in his biblical mourning elegy to his beloved Jonathan. Droughts, water shortage and the need for water conservation were powerful tensions in Gotheiner's early years, epitomized by the government's slogan "Every Drop Counts." Later, Gotheiner would learn the significant role water, or lack thereof, played into the war politics of the region.

Film
13th Annual Other Israel Film Festival
November 14-21
JCC
The Other Israel Film Festival, founded in 2007, presents cinema that inspires conversation and takes an in-depth look into Israeli and Palestinian societies and minority populations in Israel. It is an annual weeklong festival of award-winning international films, as well as engaging conversations on hot topics. These films and interactions inform and intrigue audiences, and illuminate the diversity of Israeli society. All screenings are followed by Q+As with filmmakers and other special guests. In addition to the screenings, we present panel discussions related to the films and their topics, opening and closing night galas, and other special events.

Art
Oded Hirsch: At the Borders

PBS
Clip: Season 5 Episode 3 | 8m 18s
The Israeli conceptual artist Oded Hirsch lives on the periphery- both philosophically and geographically.

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