Next Week: Congregational Meeting Shavuot

Please join us on Thursday, June 9th at 8PM for our congregational meeting.The meeting will provide an overview of the shul's past year and upcoming plans, and it's a nice way to stay in touch with what's going on at BK, including updates on Bet Midrash, the new Yahrtzeit Wall, and updates on other major happenings.    We will also vote for a slate of new officers to the Executive Board and your vote is needed.   Click here to vote in advance of the meeting. Shavuot Join with other area synagogues for a night of learning. We will begin at 7:30 pm on June 11th and continue until 2:00 am. Bnai Keshet is hosting the Tikkun Leil Shavuot this year.   Click for more info and schedule information

The Calendar

Kaplan Minyan - Shabbat 10:30 a.m.  Main Building:  Smart Board Room Orthodox Jewish Scholarship vs  Modern Biblical Scholarship   Dr. Saul Brenner Professor Emeritus, University of North Carolina - Charlotte    Dr. Brenner is a lawyer, political scientist, and winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Law and Courts section of the American Political Science Association. He is a member of Chavurat Tikvah - a Reconstructionist Chavurah -  in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Click for the full BK Calendar   Tuesday, May 31: 38th Day Omer (Iyyar 23) 8:00a BK Office Closed   6:30P - Parents and Teens - Come meet the new Teen Leader Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום תשעה ושלשים יום שהם חמשה שבועות וארבעה ימים לעמר Wednesday, June 1: 39th Day Omer (Iyyar 24) 8:00a Meditation Minyan Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום ארבעים יום שהם חמשה שבועות וחמשה ימים לעמר Thursday, June 2: 40th Day Omer (Iyyar 25) Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום אחד וארבעים יום שהם חמשה שבועות וששה ימים לעמר Erev Shabbat, June 3: 41st Day Omer (Iyyar 26) 7:30a Morning Minyan Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום שנים וארבעים יום שהם ששה שבועות לעמר Shabbat, June 4: Shabbat Mevarchim, 42nd Day Omer, Bechukotai (Iyyar 27) 9:00a "Nine Talmud Readings by Emmanuel Levinas" with Rabbi Ariann 10:00a Shacharit 10:00a Harrison Brujis Bar Mitzvah 10:30a Kaplan Minyan 4:00p Jewish Meditation Center 5:30p St. Paul's Men's Shelter Dinner Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום שלשה וארבעים יום שהם ששה שבועות ויום אחד לעמר Sunday, June 5: Yom Yerushalayim, 43rd Day Omer (Iyyar 28) 6:30p Montclair Area Teens USY Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום ארבעה וארבעים יום שהם ששה שבועות ושני ימים לעמר Monday, June 6: 44th Day Omer (Iyyar 29) 6:00p MESH Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום חמשה וארבעים יום שהם ששה שבועות ושלשה ימים לעמר Tuesday, June 7: Rosh Chodesh Sivan, 45th Day Omer (Sivan 1) 8:00a BK Office Closed 7:30p Women's Rosh Hodesh Group Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום ששה וארבעים יום שהם ששה שבועות וארבעה ימים לעמר Wednesday, June 8: 46th Day Omer (Sivan 2) 8:00a Meditation Minyan Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום שבעה וארבעים יום שהם ששה שבועות וחמשה ימים לעמר Thursday, June 9: 47th Day Omer (Sivan 3) 8:00p Congregational Meeting Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום שמונה וארבעים יום שהם ששה שבועות וששה ימים לעמר Erev Shabbat, June 10: 48th Day Omer (Sivan 4) 7:30a Morning Minyan Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום תשעה וארבעים יום שהם שבעה שבועות לעמר Shabbat, June 11: Erev Shavuot, 49th Day Omer, Bamidbar (Sivan 5) 9:00a Sacred Chanting with Beth Sandweiss & Melissa Schaffer 9:00a Torah Study with Jessica Siegel 10:00a Shacharit 12:30p Conversational Hebrew 4:00p Jewish Meditation Center 7:30p Community Shavuot Learning (continues until 2:00a Sunday)

June Birthdays & Anniversaries

Happy Birthday 5/31   Tuesday   Andrew Slutzky 5/31   Tuesday   Cindy Helfman 5/31   Tuesday   Ari Sheps (21) 5/31   Tuesday   Sarah Wolman 5/31   Tuesday   Daniel Warshawsky 6/1   Wednesday   Elise Aronov 6/1   Wednesday   Sophia Louisa Cohen Pastino (13) 6/1   Wednesday   Gabriel  Weintraub (14) 6/1   Wednesday   Sofia Helen Nigro (15) 6/2   Thursday   Marc Slutzky 6/2   Thursday   Benjamin Raskin-Gross (20) 6/2   Thursday   Alma Schneider 6/4   Saturday   Jemma Kushen (13) 6/4   Saturday   Moses Rifkin (19) 6/5   Sunday   Lee Martin Greenberger 6/5   Sunday   Charles Rosen 6/5   Sunday   Ron Kaplan 6/5   Sunday   Tacy Silverberg-Urian 6/5   Sunday   Ethan Wiener 6/7   Tuesday   Raphael Santiago (16) 6/7   Tuesday   Shelley Labiner

June Anniversaries June   3 rd Samuel Sheps & Cindy Helfman June   5 th Susan Green & Donald Spector June   13 th Sue & Richard Reiter June   14 th Katherine McCaffrey & Howard Fischer June   14 th Linda Ellen Fisher & Richard Gutman June   15 th Jean Folsom & Andrew Glassman June   16 th Ellen & Andrew Stein June   17 th Vivian & Luis Schuchinski June   18 th Lisa & Rabbi Daniel Brenner June   18 th Marcia Babbitt & Rennie Gonsalves June   19 th Margo Bloom & Mark Seal June   20 th Rabbi Elliott Tepperman & Sarah O'Leary June   20 th Jennifer Atkins & Alvaro Donado June   23 rd Jenny Hiraga & Noah Kupferman June   24 th Jill Stein & Ira Karasick June   24 th Ronald & Marlene Kurzweil June   24 th Stuart Brown & Nancy Zimmerman June   25 th Beth Rubin & David Wish June   25 th Deborah & Eric Knudsen June   26 th Susan Cohen & Barry Berg June   28 th Cathlin & Jonathan Grupper June   30 th Helaine & Andrew Schattner