Greetings Everyone!
I hope you are staying safe and heeding the advice of our public health officials. Please continue to practice physical distancing (don’t be distant socially!) and please continue to disinfect! As I learned about more resources over the past 24 hours, this message has gotten longer. Please review. There’s a lot of important information to share about:
1. Help Needed
2. Schedule of Events
3. Basic Zoom Information (for streaming services and gatherings)
4. Zoom Links and Dial In Numbers
5. Greene Family Camp Entertains Children and Adults
6. NFTY Entertains Teens
7. Concluding Thoughts
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We Need Your Help!
Rabbi Jonah Pesner shared a teaching about Amalek, who attacked the Israelite stragglers when we were leaving Egypt. A Chassidic commentary argued that while Amalek was wrong to attack, we were wrong as well. We left the stragglers: people who are older, people who were sick - at the end of the line. We left them without support.
This resonates in this moment. We need your help to make sure we can reach out to our members. If you are able to make a few calls, please contact Marilyn Gray at
marilyn.gray@frontier.com
. If you are able to volunteer or if you need assistance, please contact Dana King at
dwking67@gmail.com
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Schedule of Virtual/Streaming Events
Wednesday, 3/18 at 6pm
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Check In and Zoom
Instructional with Rabbi Charlie
Wednesday, 3/18 at 7pm
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CBI Evening Service
Thursday, 3/19 at 4pm
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Virtual Voices with Rabbi Charlie
(Torah and Conversation)
Friday, 3/20 at 7pm
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CBI Shabbat Evening Service
Saturday, 3/21 at 10am
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CBI Shabbat Morning Service
and Study
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Streaming Gatherings and Services with Zoom:
Please pass this on to teens, college students, friends, and families! Zoom is a video conferencing program. It is possible to use Zoom to attend a virtual meeting or to stream services through your computer, tablet (like an ipad), or phone. Download the Zoom app on your device at
https://zoom.us/download#client_4meeting
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have microphones, speakers, and cameras built in. For some computers, these items may need to be plugged in to work.
To get Zoom set up on your smartphone or tablet, the following video shows you how to download the app onto your device and join a meeting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7U8J98GlFg
. To use Zoom with any phone, it is possible to call in on any phone without downloading any program. Just dial in on any of the phone numbers provided and then punch in the id for the meeting. That will help you participate in the call.
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Zoom Links and Dial In Numbers
For all Public CBI Zoom Meetings, use the following information – it stays the same for each event.
Meeting ID: 817 983 3665
If you are not using the link for a video call and would prefer to call in by phone, dial any phone number below based on what is closest to you. Most of us would use the Houston number. When it asks you, dial or type in the Meeting ID. If you are in a different country, check the link at the bottom.
+1 346 248 7799
US (Houston) •
+1 669 900 6833
US (San Jose)
+1 408 638 0968
US (San Jose) •
+1 646 876 9923
US (New York)
+1 253 215 8782
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+1 301 715 8592
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+1 312 626 6799
US (Chicago)
Meeting ID: 817 983 3665
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5.
Greene Family Camp Entertains Children and Adults
From GFC: We are so excited to announce the premiere of our new virtual program, Greene Screene! This program will be streamed LIVE on our Greene Family Camp Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/urjgfc/
at 11am CDT each weekday to give you and your family a taste of camp. We will sing, we will cook, learn magic tricks, Minecraft, do improv games, and more! See you online!
Don't worry, if you cannot join us at 11, each video will be available to view on Facebook whenever you wish! We will also be posting each day's video to the GFC Blog:
https://greene.org/blog/
, with recipe ingredients and any other information that you might need to participate in that day's activities. Our very first episode aired TODAY!
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NFTY Entertains Teens
Beginning Monday, March 16, NFTY will be competing in our 10th annual NFTY March Madness! NFTY March Madness is a fun, yearly competition where regions duke it out to determine who gets to claim superiority for the upcoming year. This year, we are also using it as an opportunity for our community to gather due to the unfortunate event cancellations caused by COVID-19. Learn more at:
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7. Concluding Thoughts
During this unprecedented time, we are trying. We’re experimenting and we need your help. Our Board is touching base three times a week. We’re trying to take advantage of the resources of the Union for Reform Judaism and many more. If you have ideas of things we could or should be doing, please let me or Meredith or any of our board members know. If you’d like
to see Story Time or Havdallah or opportunities to talk about a certain topic – we may be physically distancing ourselves, but socially, we want to keep our connections strong! I’m doing my best to respond back to emails and texts and calls. If it’s taking me too long, please nudge me. I’m really looking forward to connecting with you soon!
In Peace and Health and Safety,
Rabbi Charlie
817-983-3665
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