Upcoming Events
Wednesday, March 4 Sisterhood Board Meeting
Tuesday, March 10 Purim Day
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4:00-6:00 pm:
Fun children's programs during Kulanu
6:00 pm:
Light Dairy Pasta Dinner
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6:30 pm:
Minyan (in the small chapel)
7:00 pm:
Megillah Reading FOR ALL AGES!
Featuring our Teen Band, Men's Club Wine Tasting, and MORE!.
Bring a box of macaroni to use as a
gragger
and donate.
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Tuesday, March 10 - Purim Day
6:45 am:
Morning Minyan with English Megillah Reading
9:15-9:30 am:
Nursery School Purim Costume Parade
4:00-6:00 pm:
Fun children's programs during Kulanu
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Sunday, March 15
New This Year: "Weekend Update" SNL Variety Show Style Format!
Families and children in Pre-K-6th grade, join us under the sea!
Light bite reception, in memory of Alexis Furer and Michael Greene,
sponsored by the Furer and Greene families, plus a Passover Wine Tasting sponsored by Men’s Club.
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Together and Apart: The Future of Jewish Peoplehood
A Hartman Video Learning Series
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Together and Apart: The Future of Jewish Peoplehood, A Hartman Video Learning Series
Taught by Rabbi Aaron Brusso
Two time options:
Sessions: 10am on March 4th, 11th, 18th and 26th
The curriculum examines the forces dividing the Jewish people today:
nationalism, antisemitism, dual loyalty, and identity politics. We will consider what it means to be a member of the Jewish people, the core values that animate Jewish peoplehood, the contemporary challenges to Jewish unity and imagine new conceptual frameworks that can help sustain and grow the story of our people for a new millennium.
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MEN'S CLUB
Upcoming Events / Save The Dates: 2020
Passover Wine Sale:
March 9th: Wine Tasting 7pm @ the Megillah Reading
March 15th: Final Wine Tasting @ Evening Purim Spiel (exact time TBA) ***Last day for wine orders***
March 29th: Community Breakfast & Wine Sale Pickup
**Wine order form will be distributed later this week**
We need a few more volunteers to help organize and sample some wine. Please let us know your availability.
Watch your email(later this week) for 1st Annual Bet Torah March Madness Pool!!
Men's Club Co-Presidents
Larry Rose 646-734-9573
Mike Liebowitz 917-697-1303
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If you are in Bet Torah Monday - Friday, between the hours of 9:15 and 2:30, you will certainly hear the joyful buzzing from the enthusiastic curiosity and giggles of our littlest friends in the nursery school.
The children and their families are looking forward to joining the wider Bet Torah community on March 7th at Gan Shabbat and during some of the Purim festivities as well! On March 21st, our young families will celebrate Havdalah in Pajamas too!
Our young nursery school families look forward to joining the wider Bet Torah Community in April, as they celebrate Gan Shabbat on April 4th and a young family Shabbatini on April 24th!
Our young nursery school families look forward to joining the wider Bet Torah Community in May, as they celebrate Gan Shabbat on May 2nd! Following a nursery school end of year picnic on May 31st, our oldest children will be celebrating their graduation in the sanctuary on June 5th!
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Torah In The Trees
Thursday, March 12th
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9:30 am
Rockefeller State Park
Please join us as we explore trails, trees and Jewish texts on a crisp winter morning. We will share some brief reflections from the Jewish tradition and then walk and talk, enjoy the scenery and one another's company. No need to RSVP, just show up and we will meet in the parking area (dogs are welcome). Led on the trail and through the text by Rabbi Lisa Sacks. Please email
Rabbi Sacks
with any questions.
Location and Parking Info:
Rockefeller State Park
125 Phelps Way, Mount Pleasant ($6 parking fee without NYS Park parking permit)
--Follow Route 117 straight past Pace University. Continue straight on 117 until you see the sign for the park. You will need to turn left to enter the parking area.
Join Rabbi Sacks for an Alternative Shabbat Experience:
Saturday, March 21st at 10:00am Contemplative Service
that will include quiet meditation, spiritual intentions, and singing/chanting. We’ll also have time to reflect on the weekly Torah portion.
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March 19
Marty Melman will lead a discussion on Rafael Medoff's book: "The Jews Should Keep Quiet - Franklin Roosvelt, Rabbi Stephen Wise, and the Holocaust".
(Anyone who read Hecht's book knows that Hecht did not keep quiet - at the height of the holocaust he was calling the whole German race an evil scourge).
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Safekeeping Stories-Save the date in Feb!
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Preserve Your Family’s Holocaust Story
Registration is now open for the popular Safekeeping Stories of the Holocaust Workshop, designed specifically for family members of Holocaust survivors who would like to preserve their family’s Holocaust story.
For the past several years, family members of survivors throughout Westchester have found this workshop to be a profound and meaningful experience
The 8-session workshop is offered in small group settings. Workshop participants learn the tools of Storykeeping, a modern approach to preserving family stories that is practical, easy-to-use, and yields results.
There is limited availability so
early registration is advised. You can register
here.
Wednesdays, 7-8:30 pm
3/4, 3/11, 3/18, 3/25 Snow date: 4/1
Bet Torah, Mt. Kisco
Facilitator: Debby Ziering
2020 is the 75
th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Mark this important moment in history by safekeeping your family member’s story of survival.
If you are not already familiar with this program, we invite you to view testimonials
here. Please email
Naomi Koller to learn more.
A
free membership to the Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center with benefits at the Household Level
($100 value) is included with workshop registration to provide additional resources for exploring your family’s story!
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Bet Torah Memorial Exhibit and Project News
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Bet Torah Memorial Exhibit and Project
Bet Torah is embarking on a Holocaust Memorial Project that will provide information and educate the community about the Synagogue’s Holocaust Survivors from generation to generation.
Did anyone in your family survive or perish in the Holocaust?
Do you have information related to their story?
Would your family like to participate in this project by supplying information about your family’s story?
Read More
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The 2020 Westchester Jewish Film Festival will be held at the Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC) in Pleasantville from March 24 – April 7. Films will be shown both during the day and in the evening, many followed by a Q&A and receptions. Complete programming will be available in mid-February at
www.burnsfilmcenter.org and tickets will go on sale to the general public on February 28. For additional information and group sales, please contact Abby Popper at
[email protected] or 914.773.7663, ext. 424
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Kidney Donation Awareness Event
The Anatomy of Kindness
"The Anatomy of Kindness," a presentation by Rabbi Josh Sturm of Brooklyn. The presentation is about giving the gift of life; a kidney transplant from a living donor for those with chronic kidney disease. The event takes place at Congregation B'nai Yisrael in Armonk, N.Y. on Wednesday, March 4 at 7:00 pm. Presented by Renewal, a Jewish non-profit organization that has successfully facilitated many kidney transplants worldwide.
Rabbi Strum is the director of outreach at Renewal. Renewal helps patients and their families navigate the process of kidney transplant, from finding a donor to arranging the transplant and beyond. Renewal also supports donors during their incredible life-saving act. There are no financial costs for the donor, whether it be medical, lost wages, childcare or travel expenses, all will be covered. Rabbi Sturm will be available to answer all of your questions.
To learn more, or if you are interested in becoming a donor, please attend “The Anatomy of Kindness.” Renewal will have swab test kits available at the event. The presentation will be informative with no pressure whatsoever. There will be Kosher Vegan food from Seasons of Scarsdale at the event for all to enjoy.
Congregation B'nai Yisrael (CBY) is located at 2 Banksville Road, Armonk, New York 10504 and is easily accessible from Route 22 or I-684 in Westchester County.
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Directed Giving Campaign: Security for Bet Torah
Donations to this fund will be used exclusively for capital improvements to enhance security at Bet Torah and for ongoing security measures.
Make your donation online
or by check, made out to Bet Torah, with "Security for Bet Torah” on the memo line. The Security Committee will make recommendations to the Board for the use of these funds.
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Minyan Schedule
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unday - 9:00 am
Tuesday (Early morning) 7:15 am
Monday-Thursday - 7:30 pm
Friday Kabbalat Shabbat - 6:30 pm
Please check your email for Shiva information.
Commentary On This Week's Torah Portion
Want to know more about the Torah portion for this Shabbat?
Read the JPS commentary
on this week's Torah portion residing within the JDL Learn more about New Initiatives at Bet Torah; including our Vast Judaic Resource.
Shabbat Schedule
Saturday, March 7 9:30am-12:30pm Shabbat Services
Saturday, March 14 9:30am-12:30pm Shabbat Services
Saturday, March 21 9:30am-12:30pm Shabbat Services
Saturday, March 28 9:30am-12:30pm Shabbat Services
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Bet Torah
60 Smith Avenue
Mount Kisco, NY 10549
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