Events
04 / 6
1:00 pm
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At the Lautenberg Family JCC, 901 Route 10 East, Whippany. For High School sophomores, juniors and seniors; $20 per teen (parents free). College Workshops given by professionals and focus on topics for Teens and Parents: What to Expect When You Are Applying, Owning the Application Process, A Panel of Current Jewish College Students, Getting Into Your First Choice College, Tackling the College Essays, The Greatest Days of Your Life So Far, Checklist for Juniors and Their Parents, How to Avoid the Freshman 15, College Planning by Formula, a Workshop for Graduating Seniors ONLY and more!!! 2:00 pm
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At the Montclair Art Museum. Great Opportunity for all 7th - 12th graders! The Coalition is comprised of 24 ethnic, religious, and racial groups working together to help eradicate prejudice and bias through educational programs. RSVP to Amy SaNogueira. 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 7:00 pm
 Sponsored by BK's Israel CommitteeSpecial Guest: Actress, Mili Avital For tickets: http://www.njjff.org/films/16/50 Miri is a twice-widowed El Al flight attendant. Her well-regulated existence is suddenly turned upside down when her Chinese cleaning lady is summarily deported, leaving her young son stranded at Miri's Tel Aviv apartment. This feature is a touching comic drama in which two human beings accompany each other on a remarkable journey, one that takes them both back to a meaningful life. | ||
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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
9:30 am
For parents and their infants, toddlers and/or preschoolers. BK Play Group meets Thursdays, 9:30 - 11:00 AM. For more information, contact Naomi Cohen. | ||
04 / 11
7:30 am
Prayers and camaraderie to prepare for Shabbat every Friday at 7:30 AM | ||
04 / 12
10:00 am
We gather in our beautiful sanctuary every Saturday at 10:00 a.m. for Shabbat Morning Services which include prayers, songs, and discussion of the weekly Torah portion. After services there is a kiddush for meeting and greeting - and, of course, eating. Please join us this week as we celebrate a Bat Mitzvah. 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: | ||
04 / 13
9:30 am
At Memorial Oval in Livingston, NJ. The 8th Annual Run for Rachel has something for everyone: the runner, the walker, the kid. Great amenities await the entire family on Memorial Oval. Make sure you are one of the pre-registrants to guarantee that you receive the super loaded goodie bag and Run for Rachel 2008 T-shirt. And bring the family for our 3K Walk and the Kids' Run for Rachel. 1,000 runners, walkers and kids joined us in 2007. Everything about Run for Rachel is first class. The USATF certified 5K course is quick, challenging and promises a rousing finish. Come run Rachel. A Very Special Event!!! For more information: http://www.oymp.net/Raceinfo/run_for_rachel.htm. 2:00 pm
 FOUR ways to join BK in supporting aid to victims of genocide in Darfur:1. March with us on April 13 at 2:00 PM - Torch Walk begins at Montclair High School Amphitheater (corner of Park and Chestnut Streets) and ends one mile across town at the Rally for Action on the lawn in front of First Congregational Church (40 South Fullerton Avenue) in Montclair at 3:00 PM. March with the Torch Walk, drawing attention to the Olympics host China's participation in supporting Sudan as the genocide in Darfur continues. Pick up a pledge form at the BK office or ww.ecc4darfur.org, and gather checks to support the BK marchers. 2. Come to the rally at the First Congregational Church (40 South Fullerton Avenue) at 3:00 PM on April 13. Hear the combined choirs (including singers from BK!), hear the speakers, learn what we can do to help the victims in Darfur, show your support for immediate full deployment of UN Peacekeeping force. | ||
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04 / 18
7:30 am
Prayers and camaraderie to prepare for Shabbat every Friday at 7:30 AM 7:45 pm
3rd Friday of each month at 7:45 PM, October through June. Come and experience a relaxing, quiet way to let go of the week and deeply enter the peace of Shabbat. This Kabbalat Keshet service will incorporate contemplative niggunim, traditional prayers, short meditations, and silence. | ||
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.10:00 am
We gather in our beautiful sanctuary every Saturday at 10:00 AM for Shabbat Morning Services which include prayers, songs, and discussion of the weekly Torah portion. After services there is a kiddush for meeting and greeting - and, of course, eating. | ||
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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. 10:00 am
BK welcomes Rev. Walter Parrish of Union Baptist Church and his congregation for Shabbat Services. After services there is a kiddush for meeting and greeting - and, of course, eating. | ||
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! | ||
04 / 28
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04 / 30
7:30 pm
Please join us for a community service of witness in remembrance of the Holocaust. In this service we join together as a community of faith to remember the victims of the Holocaust and to recommit ourselves to taking action against genocide. We will listen to the story of a survivor, a living witness. We will also read from Bnai Keshet's Czech Torah, rescued from the Holocaust, a silent witness to its lost community. There will be a Community Choir – All are welcome to participate. Rehearsal is Tuesday 4/29, 7:30 PM at Bnai Keshet. | ||
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05 / 2
7:30 am
Prayers and camaraderie to prepare for Shabbat every Friday at 7:30 AM 7:45 pm
1st Friday of each month at 7:45 PM, September through June. Kabbalat Keshet means receiving the rainbow. The Rainbow is a symbol of the covenant between God and humanity. Our joyous Friday evening services to welcome Shabbat are called "Kabbalat Keshet" services, and include music and song. Join us and refresh your spirit. | ||
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). 10:00 am
We gather in our beautiful sanctuary every Saturday at 10:00 a.m. for Shabbat Morning Services which include prayers, songs, and discussion of the weekly Torah portion. After services there is a kiddush for meeting and greeting - and, of course, eating. Please join us this week as we celebrate a Bar Mitzvah. | ||
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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. | ||
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