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Shabbat
Shalom
This
week's Parashah is Ki Tavo. Please click on the Quick Link to the right to
read about this week's portion.
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Jewish Heritage Day at Lake County
Captains This Sunday
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Join us this Sunday, August 29 at 1:00 p.m. for a
Lake County Captains minor league baseball game. Tickets are only $7
each. If you would like tickets, please make payment at the synagogue
office but pick-up of tickets will be at Will-Call at the game.
- Watch Rabbi Rudin-Luria throw out a ceremonial
first pitch
- Run the bases
- Autograph session
- Speed pitch contest
- Fun for the whole family!
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Kadima Event
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 Kadima (7th
& 8th grade) will be having Kabalat Shabbat services, dinner and
ruach on Friday, August 27 at 6:30 p.m. at the home of Monica Sass.
Please RSVP to danablocker123@yahoo.com.
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Annual Congregational Picnic
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 The annual
congregational picnic was a big success again this year. Almost 200
people enjoyed the car & motorcycle show along with a bounce house,
obstacle course, and a special visit by a Pepper Pike ambulance and fire
truck. Our annual cook-out was a great way to get together to mark the
end of summer!
Many
thanks to our co-chairs Wendy & Dan Dobres and Rachel & Richard
Berkowitz and Car Show chair Matt Goss.
Pictures
by Vic Amster
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Selichot - Saturday, September 4
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 8:30 p.m. Havdallah
8:45 p.m. Presentation of the film "The Quarrel"
10:15 p.m. Dessert reception
10:35 p.m. Selichot service featuring Cantor Aaron Shifman and the B'nai
Jeshurun Choir
"The
Quarrel" is
a classic film written by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin and based ona short
story by the Yiddish writer, Chaim Grade. On Rosh Hashanah, a journalist,
who has turned his back on religion, has a chance reunion with an old
friend who has become a Hasidic Jew. He is forced to think about religion
when he is asked to be the tenth man in a minyan. Both men are Holocaust
survivors. The movie explores the issues of faith and skepticism,
friendship, loss, hurt and healing.
The
program is made possible through the generosity of the R. H. Mohrman
Cultural Foundation.
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Lulav and Etrog Sets for Sukkot
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Blessing
the lulav and etrog is the Jewish way of thanking God for the blessings
of the earth during Sukkot.
To purchase your own lulav and etrog set, please contact Diane Shalom by
Tuesday, September 7. Late orders may not be able to be filled.
Deluxe sets are $45 each and student (smaller) sets are $35 each. Orders
may be picked up in the synagogue office on Monday and Tuesday, September
20 & 21 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Wednesday, September 22 from
8:30 a.m. to noon.
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Read Your Way into the New Year!
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 The library has
some great reading to provide background to the High Holy Days. Here's a
sample of some books of interest:
The Companion Guide to the Rosh Hashanah Prayer Service
The Companion Guide to the Yom Kippur Prayer Service
Entering the High Holy Days: A Guide to the History, Prayers and Themes
From Fasting to Feasting: A Unique Journey through the Jewish Holidays
Guidelines: Three Hundred of the Most Commonly Asked Questions about the
Yomim Noraim
High Holiday Liturgy
Moments of Transcendence: Inspirational Readings for Rosh Hashanah
1,001 Questions and Answers on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
Prayer and Penitence: A Commentary on the High Holy Day Machzor
The Rosh Hashanah Anthology
Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur Survival Kit
Spiritual Awakening: Illuminations on Shabbat and the Holidays
Thoughts for Rosh Hashanah
Who by Fire, Who by Water: Un'taneh Tokef - Prayers of Awe
For Our Younger Readers:
Engineer Ari and the Rosh Hashanah Ride
Even Higher: A Rosh Hashanah Story by I.L. Peretz
How the Rosh Hashanah Challah Became Round
Minnie's Yom Kippur Birthday
New Year at the Pier: A Rosh Hashanah Story
A Rosh Hashanah Walk
Sammy Spider's First Rosh Hashanah
Sophie and the Shofar: A New Year's Story
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Fri.
evening service: 7:30 pm
Candle lighting: 7:50 pm
Sat. morning service: 8:45 am
Minyan: 6:00 pm
Havdalah: 8:50 pm
MAZAL TOV TO:
Holden
Milstein on becoming a Bar Mitzvah this Shabbat morning, and to his parents,
Beth and Mark, siblings Jacob and Camryn and grandmother Arlene Willen.
Holden is also the grandson of the late Harold Willen and Adeline and
Carl Milstein.
Rebecca and Jacob Cohen on the birth of their daughter, Maya Lior.
Grandparents are Carolann and Marty Cohen.
Kimberly Resnick and Jonathan Wynbrandt on the birth of a son, Jack
Wynbrandt. Grandparents are Betty and Jeff Wynbrandt.
Beverly and Dennis Seaman and Millie Mandel on the birth of a grandson
and great-grandson, Luke Jonah Seaman, son of Liza and Ari Seaman.
Ida Bergson was voted Outstanding Art Teacher 2010 by the Northeast
Region of the Ohio Art Education Association.
CONDOLENCES TO:
Greg
(Marla) Berlin on the death of his grandmother, Grace Starr.
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Announcements:
· JFSA's Expect Respect
program is having a one-day fundrasier at Mitchell's Ice Cream in Beachwood
, Thursday, August 26 from 3 pm -10 p.m. Just mention JFSA at the cash
register and 25% of your purchase will benefit Expect Respect.
· The Jewish Genealogy Society
of Cleveland will present "the 30th IAJGS International Conference on
Jewish Genealogy-Ya Shoulda Been There!" with Jerry Kliot on
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 at 7:30 PM at Menorah Park, Miller Board Room.
· Join Jacob Heiss (son
of Anne and Aaron) on his Run/Walk for Geauga County Rescue Village on
Sunday, August 29 at 10:00 a.m. at the Orange High School Track. No
registration. Donations may be sent to the Heiss residence: 3949 East
Meadow Lane, Orange, 44122.
· The Membership
Committee will sponsor the Oneg this Friday, August 27. If you know any
prospective members, please bring them.
· A congregant is
looking to purchase a gently-used sukkah. Please contact Diane Shalom if you have one
to sell.
· Backpacks for
Success: Fill a backpack with school supplies for a needy child! Or, just
bring in whatever school supplies you can provide. In conjunction with
InterAct Cleveland. Many Cleveland-area families cannot afford even the
most basic school supplies for their children. We need your help. Your
Chesed Committee is collecting school supplies to be distributed to
organizations that serve children in need. Please help make the new school
year brighter for children this year.
· Hebrew On One Foot is
being offered on Sunday, August 29 from 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. at Siegal
College. For further information or to register call 216-464-4050.
· Telephone
Condolence/Event Cancellation Line: 216-831-6556.
· Chesed On-Going
Collections: Eyeglasses for The Sight Center; Cellphones for Pre-paid phone
cards for American soldiers; aluminum can tabs for Ronald McDonald House.
· If you would like to add something to
this newsletter, please email bnaijeshurun@bnaijeshurun.org.
Deadline is the Monday prior.
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