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Everything Shabbat - November 1

EveryTHING Shabbat - a new BK way of coming together
Have you loved our Everyone Shabbats?  We're expanding the model and looking for new ways to come together as a community.  Join us this year for a series of experimental, EveryTHING Shabbat celebrations, combining activities for young families, opportunities for spiritual and social engagement, and meaningful opportunities for reflection and study.
 

We're kicking off our EveryTHING Shabbats on November 1st.  Join us for a communal pot-luck, a rocking Kabbalat Keshet service, followed by a conversation for adults and teens on the newest Pew Survey of Jewish Americans.  Join us for some of the evening or all of it. 

 Pot-luck Community Shabbat Dinner - 6:30 PLEASE RSVP

Kabbalat Keshet - 7:30 

Study and Conversation - 8:30 Click for Readings

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Bnai Keshet Roabst: Join the Roabst for Barbara Reisman
Buy tickets  - Saturday, November 2 7:00pm-10:00pm

Saturday, November 2nd 7PM

8th Annual Bnai Keshet Roabst 

Honoring the One and Only 

Barbara Reisman

Dinner Reservations and Tribute Pages are available now! Click to Buy Tickets

Please contact me by responding to this email if you need a reduced price ticket. This event is a fundraiser; however, we want to eliminate barriers to participation to the extent possible.

Theodore Shachtman Bar Mitzvah: Saturday, November 2 10:00am-12:00pm

Jewish Parenting Book Club: Saturday, November 2 9:00am-10:00am

Bet Midrash: No Vav Class - Saturday, November 2 9:00am-12:00pm

Special Rosh Hodesh Celebration - 25th Anniversary of Women of the Wall: Sunday, November 3 4:30pm-6:00pm

Vav Family Education: Sunday, November 3 9:30am-12:30pm

Krystalnacht: A Remembrance of the Holocaust

at the Montclair Public Library, 50 South Fullerton

November 5, 2013 at 7:30 pm

Bnai Keshet Chevra Kadisha Adult Bet Midrash: Creating and Sustaining a Caring Community: A chevra kadisha (Hevra kadishah) (חברא קדישא, Ḥebh'ra Qaddisha "holy society") is an organization of Jewish men and women who see to it that the bodies of Jews are prepared for burial according to Jewish tradition and are protected from desecration, willful or not, until burial. Two of the main requirements are the showing of proper respect for a corpse, and the ritual cleansing of the body and subsequent dressing for burial. It is usually referred to as a burial society in English. - Wednesday, November 6,13,20 8:00pm-9:30pm

NO BET MIDRASH: Saturday, November 9 9:00am

Coffee & Conversation for Prospective Members: Please join Rabbi Elliott Tepperman & Rabbi Ariann Weitzman,
Assistant Rabbi and Director of Congregational Learning
for Coffee & Conversation - Wednesday, November 13 8:00pm-9:00pm

Lunch and Learn - End of the Amidah: Bring your own lunch -- and learn with Rabbi Ariann. - Wednesday, November 13 1:00pm-2:30pm

Friday Night Chavurah “Unchained at Last”: “Unchained at Last,” featuring Fraidy Reiss. It may come as a surprise to many that arranged/forced marriages exist in the United States, affecting tens of thousands of women across different faith and ethnic communities. More than a year ago, Fraidy Reiss, herself once trapped in an arranged marriage, founded Unchained at Last, the only nonprofit in the U.S. dedicated to helping women leave such marriages. Today, more than 70 percent of those served by her organization come from the Orthodox Jewish community. Once trapped in her own abusive, arranged marriage, Fraidy will use her experiences to illustrate the challenges facing other women in ending such marriages. She will brief us on legislative and other avenues to help such women. This provocative and unusual program is one that you won’t want to miss. All are welcome! - Friday, November 15 8:00pm-9:30pm

BK Reads: Jerusalem Maiden, Talia Caren - Saturday, November 16 12:30pm-2:00pm