Bitachon may be one of the most difficult middot to acquire. The Hebrew root for Bitachon is ב.ט.ח. (B.T.Ch.) which means to be at ease, to trust and to be confident. In modern Hebrew the word Bitachon also means security and thus the Misrad HaBitachon is the Defense Ministry and Bituach Leumi is the National Insurance system. In classic Jewish literature the ultimate source of this sense of security is God.
Wednesday, February 4: Tu B'Shvat (Shevat 15)
8:00a Meditation Minyan
4:15p Bet Midrash (3rd,4th,5th Grades)
7:30p Tikkun Olam Meeting
Erev Shabbat, February 13 (Shevat 24)
7:30a Morning Minyan
Shabbat, February 14: Mishpatim (Shevat 25)
9:00a Chanting with Melissa Schaffer
10:00a Shacharit
12:30p Conversational Hebrew
4:00p Jewish Meditation Center
Mark Your Calendar
March 21st
Congregational Dinners
Details coming soon
Happy Birthday!
Hannah Beckerman
Tuesday
2/3/2015
Cyrus Joel Rosenberg (9)
Wednesday
2/4/2015
Abi Kamil (10)
Wednesday
2/4/2015
Peter Treitler
Thursday
2/5/2015
Carol Marcus
Friday
2/6/2015
Linda Ellen Fisher
Friday
2/6/2015
Marc Friedlander
Friday
2/6/2015
Michael Siegel
Friday
2/6/2015
Maya Devorah Rubin-Wish (16)
Saturday
2/7/2015
Eilat Meital Herman (11)
Saturday
2/7/2015
Liyam Ofek Herman (11)
Saturday
2/7/2015
Andrew Martin Jeszeck (14)
Saturday
2/7/2015
Eric Knudsen
Sunday
2/8/2015
Susan Craig
Sunday
2/8/2015
Daniel Zinman
Sunday
2/8/2015
Norman Rosenblum
Sunday
2/8/2015
Andrew Kalmanson
Monday
2/9/2015
Tripp Reynolds
Monday
2/9/2015
Marshall Ratliff
Monday
2/9/2015
Lisa Jane Goldsmith
Monday
2/9/2015
Harold Grotenstein
Monday
2/9/2015
Vaughn Stanford Hocky (14)
Monday
2/9/2015
Ian Mayoff (11)
Monday
2/9/2015
David Goldsmith (14)
Tuesday
2/10/2015
Jennifer Zinman
Tuesday
2/10/2015
Your Opportunity to Voice Your Opinion with the American Zionist Movement
The American Zionist Movement (AZM) is holding elections to determine U.S. Jewish representation to the World Zionist Congress (WZC), the highest legislative body of the World Zionist Organization (WZO). These elections are the strongest way for American Jews to promote and encourage the ideals of justice, equality and democracy in Israel.
The Jewish Reconstructionist Communities have formed a coalition with the Union of Reform Judaism to support ARZA in this election. Rabbi Elliott is one of the Reconstructionist rabbis that have been chosen to represent the movement's position on the ARZA slate. Elections will be held in Jerusalem in October 2015. The WZO provides a forum for all the world’s Jews to come together and deliberate about issues affecting both Diaspora Jews and the state of affairs in Israel.
The Reconstructionist movement is closely aligned with the Reform movement in Israel—they work intensively for values and institutions entirely compatible with a Reconstructionist vision. Rabbi Rick Jacobs, the head of the Union for Reform Judaism, powerfully advances our interests when he engages in conversation and negotiation with Israeli thought leaders on such issues as an egalitarian presence at the Western Wall. The platform of ARZA, the Reform Zionist movement, for this upcoming election advances core issues dear to most Reconstructionists:
