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Celebrations Continue! RSVPs Needed for Dinner / So much to do in the Sukkah

10/07/2014 01:31:47 PM

Oct7


 

Wednesday, October 8: Erev Sukkot (Tishrei 14)
8:00a Meditation Minyan

Thursday, October 9: Sukkot (Tishrei 15)
9:00a Sukkot Morning Service
8:30p Scotch in the Sukkah (Men Only)
Join BK's menfolk in the Sukkah. Discuss Talmud, drink scotch (or your favorite liquid refreshment), and socialize.

Erev Shabbat, October 10: Sukkot (Tishrei 16)
7:30a Morning Minyan
6:00p Kabbalat Shabbat in the Sukkah
7:00p Dinner in the Sukkah
Join us for dinner in the Sukkah on Friday, October 10th!  Kabbalat Shabbat at 6PM, Dinner at 7PM. Reservations necessary.

Read the Shabbat Flyer Now

Listen to High Holy Days Dvrei, Devarlettes, and even entire services

some recordings and text still being posted, be sure to check back

Congratulations to BK Member Elaine Douglas for being honored as an award recipient at the Montclair NAACP's 98th Annual Thurgood Marshall Freedom Fund Dinner.


Shabbat, October 11: Chol Hamoed Sukkot, (Tishrei 17)
9:00a Chanting with Melissa Schaffer
9:00a Gimmel - NO Bet Midrash
9:00a Bet Midrash
10:00a Shacharit
10:30a Pre-K Holiday Workshop: "A Sweet New Year!" 
11:30a Tot Shabbat
4:00p Jewish Meditation Center
7:00p SUKKAH HAVDALAH, CAMPFIRE AND SLEEPOVER (ends at 8am on Sunday)

Come to Havdalah on October 11th at 7PM in the sukkah and stay for hotdogs and s'mores over a campfire, songs, guitars, stories and even a sleepover (rain or shine).  BK families are welcome to come for any or all of the evening and overnight. Parents must stay with their children or make sure that another adult who is staying will be responsible for them. More information and to register ....

Sunday, October 12: Chol Hamoed Sukkot (Tishrei 18)
9:30a Gimmel Family Education 
4:00p Women's Rosh Hodesh Group

Monday, October 13: Chol Hamoed Sukkot (Tishrei 19)
5:30p Bet Midrash (6th & 7th Grade)
6:00p MESH

Wednesday, October 15: Hoshana Rabah (Tishrei 21)
7:00a Hoshana Rabbah

Thursday, October 16: Shmini Atzeret (Tishrei 22)
9:00a Shemini Atzeret Service
6:00p Simchat Torah Celebration
Come celebrate Simchat Torah! on Thursday, October 16th, starting at 6PM. After enjoying pizza, dance with the Torahs to the music of Marty Fogel and his ensemble. For more information and to RSVP for pizza .....
Erev Shabbat, October 17: Simchat Torah (Tishrei 23)
7:30a Morning Minyan

Shabbat, October 18: Bereshit (Tishrei 24)
9:00a Bet Midrash
9:00a Anti-Semitism and Poetry (First session) 
Martin Golan will lead a discussion about some of the most famous and influential poets of the 20th century who were unapologetic anti-Semites. Most prominent are probably Ezra Pound and T.S Eliot, who espoused anti-Semitic sentiments in their lives and work.

9:00a Vav NO Bet Midrash
10:00a Shacharit
10:00a Emily Barkin Bat Mitzvah
12:45p BK Reads - Jacob’s Folly by Rebecca Miller  
4:00p Jewish Meditation Center

Sunday, October 19 (Tishrei 25)
9:30a Vav Family Education
2:00p Golda's Balcony at NJPAC
Start your New Year off right by joining with other BK members on October 19th for a field trip to see a matinee performance of the one-woman show "Golda's Balcony" starring Tovah Felshuh. Click for details including group ticket information.

Upcoming Events of Interest

Sunday, October 26 at 4pm
Family Folk Concert With Joel Henry Stein
Tickets:
$20 Adults | $15 Children under 12
(Tickets are not being sold by Bnai Keshet)
 
BK will host Los Angeles folksinger Joel Henry Stein at a family afternoon concert open to the public.  Stein plays a unique blend of traditional Americana, bluegrass, African American spirituals, Appalachian gospel, protest songs, and Hebrew psalms, prayers, and folk songs.  From 2005-2007, Stein directed the B'nai Keshet choir, played guitar and sang at Friday night services, and occasionally even led Sabbath services when the temple’s rabbis were out of town.
 

Join Us at the Roabst

Join us on November 15th at 7pm for the Roabst of Larry Drill. A fun time featuring Lower East Side specialties and lots of laughs. Please click for tickets and tributes.

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