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01/14/2014 03:28:38 PM
This Sunday at 4PM -- A BK Exclusive Event:
A rare opportunity to discuss the Pew Study, “A Portrait of Jewish Americans,” with one of is among the most prominent sociologists of Jewish-American life. - Click here for details
Wednesday, January 15 (Shevat 14)
8:00a Meditation Minyan
4:15p Bet Midrash Classes (3rd,4th,5th)
7:30p Wednesday Evening Minyan
8:00p Tu Bishvat – Roots For Your Soul!
Join us for a night chanting, drumming, eating, study and spiritual aliyah!
As part of the seder we will be eating fruits and nuts from trees and drinking grape juice or wine. If you can bring one or two of your favorite things to eat from trees and a favorite grape juice or wine. No need to bring a lot or worry if you can’t bring any – just come.
7:30p New Jersey Together Assembly on Gun Violence
WE, THE TAXPAYERS, DEMAND SAFER GUNS AND RESPONSIBLE PRACTICES FROM THE GUN MANUFACTURERS THAT MAKE THEIR LIVING SELLING GUNS TO OUR POLICE AND MILITARY
Christian, Jewish and Muslim congregations and citizens' groups * New Jersey mayors and police officials * Participants in a recent clergy "advance team" to Europe who will report on their findings.7:30a Morning Minyan
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Shabbat, January 18: Yitro (Shevat 17)
9:00a NO BET MIDRASH
10:00a Shacharit
Sunday, January 19 (Shevat 18)
4:00p Steven M. Cohen -- A Discussion about the Pew Study
Steven M. Cohen -- A Discussion about the Pew Study
Sunday, January 19, 2014 • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Steven M. Cohen, Research Professor of Jewish Social Policy at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion and Director of the Berman Jewish Policy Archive at NYU Wagner, is among the most prominent sociologists of Jewish-American life and served as a consultant to the PEW Project on Religion and Public Life on the development of the questionnaire upon which PEW’s recent report, “A Portrait of Jewish Americans,” is based.
Monday, January 20 (Shevat 19)
10:30a Adira Brenner Bat Mitzvah
5:30p NO BET MIDRASH (6th, 7th, Teens)
6:00p MESH
Wednesday, January 22 (Shevat 21)
8:00a Meditation Minyan
4:15p Bet Midrash Classes (3rd,4th,5th)
7:30p Wednesday Evening Minyan
8:00p Shpil, Klezmer! A Cultural Phenomenon of Jewish America in the Late 20th Century
Ethnomusicologist and BK member Marion Jacobson tells the story of how the “klezmer revival” sparked a worldwide renaissance in Jewish music and culture that left Jewish religious leaders (other than Reconstructionists!) scratching their heads with amazement. The presentation will be amply illustrated with images, musical examples, and stories from Marion’s ethnographic research in klezmer “hotspots” from YIVO to Krakow.
Erev Shabbat, January 24 (Shevat 23)
7:30a Morning Minyan
8:00p Friday Night Chavurah - "Sex-trafficking in Our Own Backyard" by Emily Rosenbaum
Shabbat, January 25: Mishpatim (Shevat 24)
9:00a Torah Through the Eyes of the Rabbis
9:00a Bet Midrash (Ends at 12:00p)
9:20a Bet Class - Teacher/Parent Meetings (Ends at 12:00p)
10:00a Shacharit
12:45p Conversational Hebrew - MEDABRIM IM NIM and CHAVAYA IM AYA!
We're happy to announce a new adult education "experience" -- MEDABRIM IM NIM and CHAVAYA IM AYA! If you know that this means Talking with Nim and Experience with Aya, you are definitely ready to join us! And if you only knew every other word, that's good enough too! Please join us, starting January 25th after Shabbat Kiddush (12:45), to have one hour of Hebrew-speaking fun! Thereafter, we'll meet every other week (same time), perhaps play a few Hebrew games, etc. -- whatever anachnu rotsim (we want)!
Sunday, January 26 (Shevat 25)
9:30a Hay Family Education
Monday, January 27 (Shevat 26)
5:30p Bet Midrash (6th, 7th, Teens)
6:00p MESH
8:30p Board Meeting
Wednesday, January 29 (Shevat 28)
8:00a Meditation Minyan
4:15p Bet Midrash Classes (3rd,4th,5th)
7:30p Wednesday Evening Minyan
8:00p Adult Bet Midrash
Thursday, January 30 (Shevat 29)
7:00p Women's Rosh Hodesh Meeting
Erev Shabbat, January 31 (Shevat 30)
7:30a Morning Minyan
Shabbat, February 1: Terumah (Adar I 1)
9:00a Chanting with Beth Sandweiss and Melissa Schaffer
9:00a Bet Midrash
10:00a Shacharit
5:30p St. Paul's Men's Shelter Dinner
Sunday, February 2 (Adar I 2)
9:30a Vav Family Education