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04 / 5
9:00 am
 Jane is a long-time member of BK, and was president of the JRF for four years. She has served on the board of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, and continues to serve on the JRF board. She is an avid Reconstructionist. This class will focus on Kaplanian theology and the function of prayer, as well as an overview of the Reconstructionist movement. | ||
04 / 6
3:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm
 At Bnai Keshet. The Interfaith Environmental Coalition (IEC) and BlueWave NJ are cosponsoring a public forum to discuss environmental and energy-related issues that affect Montclair. Candidates running for mayor and town council will answer questions and share their vision and ideas regarding energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, and issues related to sustainability. Gray Russell, the Montclair Environmental Affairs Coordinator,will give a | ||
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04 / 9
8:00 pm
 Salomon (Sal) Louis Vaz Dias, a Dutch Jew of Sephardic ancestry, has been involved in Zionist politics for several decades, serving on the boards of numerous Zionist organizations. As a leader of the Likud faction of the World Zionist Organization, he has been involved in Israel's developing political dynamics and will speak to and field questions about the current Israeli real politick. | ||
04 / 10
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04 / 11
7:30 am
Prayers and camaraderie to prepare for Shabbat every Friday at 7:30 AM | ||
04 / 12
7:30 pm
 A group of poets, Israeli, Palestinian, and Americans with strong ties to the Middle East, read their work and discuss the personal and political perspective from which they write. The poets share a deep passion for peace, an intricate historical perspective, and a love of the written word. The premise of the evening is that only when we understand the pain and longing of the "other," can we ever find peace. A discussion, with questions from the audience, will follow, moderated by Bnai Keshet member Martin Golan, a journalist and writer. Among those reading are: | ||
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04 / 16
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04 / 18
7:30 am
Prayers and camaraderie to prepare for Shabbat every Friday at 7:30 AM | ||
04 / 19
9:00 am
 Do you find the words in the prayerbook inspiring? Do they speak to you and help you open your heart? Or perhaps they are alienating, confusing, and results in your feeling closed down? Join Daria once a month for an exploration of some of the tefillot (prayers) that we use every Shabbat. Through text study, discussion, and song we will unpack some of the layers imbedded in these tefillot as well as learn new ways to possibly connect to them. No Hebrew skills are required. Please bring a willingness to open and a desire to learn. | ||
04 / 20
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04 / 22
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04 / 23
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04 / 24
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04 / 25
7:30 am
Prayers and camaraderie to prepare for Shabbat every Friday at 7:30 AM | ||
04 / 26
9:00 am
Please join Marty Fellner as we relate stories of the Passover celebration from the Talmud, the Shtetl, the Holocaust and our own country. Please bring your own stories or Poems for us to consider as we celebrate our freedom Jewish style. | ||
04 / 27
2:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
For the April BK Reads meeting, we won't be reading a book. Instead, we'll be reading a court decision, specifically a decision by the Israeli Supreme Court, the "Judgement on the Interrogation Methods applied by the GSS," decided September 6, 1999. This case is the Israeli Supreme Court's effort to impose the rule of law in the interrogations of suspected terrorists, interrogations that are carried out by the General Security Service (GSS). The decision is only about 30 pages long, and not terribly technical, so please don't feel you need to be a lawyer or an expert on Israeli law to read it and join this session! | ||
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04 / 30
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05 / 2
7:30 am
Prayers and camaraderie to prepare for Shabbat every Friday at 7:30 AM | ||
05 / 3
9:00 am
Please join us for a discussion of "hitbodedut" (literally "self-seclusion"), an unstructured, spontaneous and individualized form of prayer and meditation taught by Rebbe Nachman of Breslov. The goal of hitbodedut is to establish a close, personal relationship with God and a clearer understanding of one's personal motives and goals. (Wikipedia.org) One text we'll discuss is, Where Earth and Heaven Kiss: A Guide to Rebbe Nachman’s Path of Meditation, Ozer Bergman pp.27-28, 38-44 (available at the BK office). | ||
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05 / 5
8:00 pm
Believe it or not, many of us go to Shul on Saturday morning and do things we don't agree with, in a language we don't understand, and say things we don't believe. A large number of us love the experience in spite of these seemingly contradictory factors. There are some, however, who object because they find the experience offends their sense of reason. At our first Latter Day Kaplanian discussion session we'll explore the roots of this conflicted view of Jewish ritual practice. | ||
