August 15, 2019 - Weekly News From The Chatham Synagogue / Netivot Torah
Info
Shabbat

Friday, August 16, 2019
Av 15, 5779
Shabbat Candle Lighting - 7:37pm
 
Saturday, August 17, 2019
Av 16, 5779
Shabbat Service - 9:30 am
Shabbat  Ends - 8:39 pm
 
Torah Reading: 
Parshah Va'etchanan
Deuteronomy 3:23 - 7:11

  Click here to read more about Parshah Va'etchanan

Donations

In Memory of Seymour Eidman
Jamie Stiller & Jim Farrell
Cheryl & David Bickett

In Memory of Dorothy Zaentz
Jamie Stiller & Jim Farrell

In Memory of David Kranz
Jamie Stiller & Jim Farrell

In Memory of Ross Hai Freed
Jamie Stiller & Jim Farrell

In Memory of Lois Staffin
Joyce & Charles Sarner

In Memory of Teresa Banzwie
Jamie Stiller & Jim Farrell

In Honor of the Birth of Ravi Mitchell Seibald
Ken Kranz & Barbara Lax Kranz

In Honor of the TCS/NT Community for Your Support for the Bereavement of Ross Hai Freed
Marc Freed & Eileen Leventon

General Donation
Steven & Helen Lobel
Yoga 
F ridays, 9:30am @ the Synagogue
Donation of $10/class & 4 class commitment
 
Weekly Yoga classes led by registered Yoga teacher Rachel Haley. If you don't have your own yoga equipment Rachel will have extras on hand.

Contact Jamie Stiller  to register for classes or w/questions.
 
To  learn more about Rachel, visit:   https://www.soulmedicineyoga.com 
Sit/Stand Exercise
Note: Class is cancelled for this Monday, Aug. 19th

TCS/NT member, and dancer, choreographer, physician-assistant Jamie Stiller is teaching a sit/stand exercise group. The group meets every Monday at TCS/NT from 11:15 - 12:15. The focus of these classes will be on building strength in your core and extremities, learning to breathe mindfully to fuel your entire body, and having fun! 
For more information, contact Marsha Kessler at 518/641-2928 or marshakessler@earthlink.net.
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Events
Interfaith Event: "H.O.P.E. - Harmony, Outreach, Peace, & Education"
Sunday, September 8th, 1pm
At the Synagogue

The Chatham Area Interfaith Council (CAIC) is holding a special event to promote an interfaith approach to a better world. 
The program will be moderated by Reverend Monshin Paul Naamon, Abbot of the Tendai Buddhist Institute in East Chatham, and Deb Ritano, Executive Director of the Albany Interfaith Council. 

The program will be formatted as a discussion of the concept and impact of "interfaith" based on four questions:
- What does interfaith mean to each of us?
- What can people of different faiths learn from each other?
- How can an interfaith approach help in today's secular world?
- How can an interfaith approach benefit social justice issues?
20th Anniversary Party Photos 

While we're working on adding a photo gallery to our website, where we will display photos from TCS/NT events (past and future), you can take a sneak peek at the photos from our 20th Anniversary party. Our photographer, Scott Langley, has posted the party photos in an photo gallery on his website.
Click here to see them.
Save the Date
"Reality or Illusion" - A Benefit Cabaret for Local Refugee Families
Saturday, October 5th, 6pm
at the home of Craig Bender and Kelly Kynion
151 May Hill Road, Ghent

Through an eclectic mix of songs, vocalist and TCS/NT member Rachel Weisman and pianist/composer Joe Rose
Rachel Weisman            Joe Rose
explore the frequent disconnect between perception and the reality of our lives. Save the date. More details to follow.

Out & About
Festival of Books - Author Interviews
Saturday, August 31st at 3pm and Sunday, Sept. 1st at 12pm
at The Spencertown Academy
790 Route 203, Spencertown

On Saturday, August 31st at 3pm, TCS/NT member and author, Elaine Khosrova will join author Boris Fishman in a discussion about his book, "Savage Feast," a memoir of his childhood immigration from the Soviet Union; the meaning of food after generations of scarcity; and how a dinner table lured him back to his culture.


On Sunday, September 1st at 12pm, author Jenna Blum will discuss her book, "The Lost Family," a novel that explores  how the devastation wrought by the Holocaust haunts an Auschwitz survivor and his second family.