May 11, 2023 |20 Iyar 5783

Included in This Newsletter

Shabbat Service - 5/19

Annual Member Meeting - 5/21

Sunset Shabbat Service - 6/2

Opportunities To Meet Rabbi David Markus

Weekly Torah Portion

All Shir Ami Members Encouraged to Attend Our Annual Meeting to:

• Review the accomplishments of this past year
• Approve of our new budget
• Elect our new or continuing officers
• Meet Rabbi David Evan Markus, and be part of the conversation and planning for the upcoming year!

An email with the ballots to vote for officers was sent out on Sunday, 5/9 with the subject line, "Shir Ami Officer Election Ballot". Please be sure to vote and send in your ballots. Results will be shared at our Annual Meeting on May 21st from 3:30 - 5 PM.

If you were not a member this past year but would like to join for the coming year (July 1st - June 30th), you may join early for the coming year and be able to attend our Annual Meeting and vote on May 21st.

We have an exciting year ahead! Any questions email shirami.info@gmail.com

Scroll down below to register for the Annual Meeting!

Sunset Shabbat Service

Friday, June 2nd, 2023

Gathering at 6:00 PM/Service at 6:45 PM

Tod's Point Beach

Please join us for our June 2nd Friday Night Shabbat Service. Rabbi Levy will be leading this service that will take place on the grass area at the tip of Tod's Point, overlooking the sunset. In addition to Shabbat, we will celebrate the giving of the Torah and the feast of weeks. Oren Neiman will accompany on guitar.

In order to attend in person and be allowed into the beach without a pass, you must register ahead of time. Specific details will be sent to those who register including a copy of the beach permit. Bring your own beach chairs, food and drinks.

We will start gathering at 6:00 PM in this beautiful spot of the beach to mingle and eat, and the service will begin at 6:45 PM. The list of attending clergy, members and guests will be at the gatehouse by 5:00 PM so if you would like to come a little earlier and go for a swim or a walk, feel free to do so after 5 PM. 

As in the past, if there is inclement weather, a decision to move the service to Zoom will be made no later than Friday, 6/2, at 4:00 pm. An email will be sent to all members including those who registered.

Many of our Shir Ami members have attended one of the meet and greet coffees where they had an opportunity to meet Rabbi David Markus, our new spiritual leader starting July 1st, 2023. Thank you to our members who have hosted these meetings in their homes.

The Annual Meeting is the next opportunity for all members to meet Rabbi David (as he prefers to be called), and brainstorm ideas with him for the coming year.

We hope all of you will attend!!!

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Open to All:

• Come to a Friday night service with Rabbi David on June 23rd at 7:30 PM at First Presbyterian. An oneg will follow the service and give everyone a chance to meet and greet our new Rabbi. (please register using the button below)

Parashat Behar

Considering Liberty

D'var Torah by Rabbi David Levy

Every year, as we come to the end of the book of Leviticus, I am struck by the word liberty. It's a word used so often in our society: The Liberty Bell, The Statue of Liberty, Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. Yet, we regularly treat it as completely synonymous with freedom. I want to share with you the sermon I wrote six years ago that I think about every year around this time that ponders this key question of what is Liberty? 

Click here to read more.

Asking Big Questions: Rosh Chodesh for

Women and Men  

What will your legacy be? 

Tuesday, May 23rd

7:30 PM via Zoom

Why are we here? What does community look like? How do we find meaning? The best questions often don’t have concrete answers, but we enrich ourselves by struggling with the questions. We look forward to unpacking these questions together!

To see the full schedule of classes and topics, please visit our website.

Living In Jewish Time

Farhud

Tuesday, June 6th

7:30 PM via Zoom

We live every day by the Gregorian calendar. In this monthly class taught by Rabbi Levy, we will consider what the Jewish calendar has to teach us about how we live in the world. Each time we gather, we’ll unpack our Jewish calendar to find meaning in every day life.

To see the full schedule of classes and topics, please visit our website.

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