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Spring is in the Air at Bnai Keshet

02/10/2015 03:44:35 PM

Feb10

Spring is Coming to Bnai Keshet

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What's Happening Now

Wednesday, February 11 (Shevat 22)
8:00a Meditation Minyan
4:15p Bet Midrash (3rd,4th,5th Grades)
8:00p Israel Through the Eyes of Israeli Literature

Thursday, February 12 (Shevat 23)

8:00p Mindfulness in a Jewish Context

Erev Shabbat, February 13 (Shevat 24)
7:30a Morning Minyan

Shabbat, February 14: Mishpatim (Shevat 25)

Click to read the Shabbat Flyer Now

NO YOUTH BET MIDRASH

9:00a Torah Study with Jessica Siegel
9:00a Chanting with Melissa Schaffer
10:00a Shacharit
12:30p Conversational Hebrew
4:00p Jewish Meditation Center

Monday, February 16 (Shevat 27)
NO YOUTH BET MIDRASH
6:00p MESH

Wednesday, February 18 (Shevat 29)
8:00a Meditation Minyan
1:00p Lunch & Learn

We will be focusing on Chapter 5 of Cultures of the Jews, Volume 2, edited by David Biale. The title of Chapter 5 is "Families and Their Fortunes: The Jews of Early Modern Italy," and it's a fascinating read.

4:15p Bet Midrash (3rd,4th,5th Grades)

Thursday, February 19 (Shevat 30)
7:30p Women's Rosh Hodesh Group

8:00p Mindfulness in a Jewish Context
8:00p Board Meeting

Erev Shabbat, February 20 (Adar 1)
7:30a Morning Minyan

Shabbat, February 21: Terumah (Adar 2)
9:00a Introduction to Judiasm
9:00a Parshat Hashavua: Diving Deeper taught by Rabbi Elliott
9:00a Bet Midrash
10:00a Shacharit
10:00a Post-B'nai Mitzvah Torah Study with Rabbi Daniel Brenner
10:00a Yael Gelman's Bat Mitzvah
4:00p Jewish Meditation Center

Happy Birthday!

David Goldsmith (14)	10-Feb
Jennifer Zinman	10-Feb
Brian Fleischer	11-Feb
Ezra Siegartel (9)	11-Feb
Jessica Gidal	11-Feb
Stephen Engelberg	11-Feb
Tobias Fried (11)	11-Feb
Gail Ellen Sample	12-Feb
Deborah Garrison	12-Feb
Shana Stein	12-Feb
Rae Simone Levine-Schenk (12)	12-Feb
Jordan Harper Levine-Schenk (12)	12-Feb

יום הולדת שמח

Glenn Edward Mumma	14-Feb
Barry Jackson	14-Feb
Amiel Rosenblum (17)	14-Feb
Matthew Elijah Schattner (19)	15-Feb
Carole Smith	15-Feb
Linda Grotenstein	15-Feb
Bill Solomon	16-Feb
Richard Freedman	16-Feb
Helen Appelbaum	16-Feb
Yael Silverberg-Urian	17-Feb

What's Happening Next

A Discussion of Rabbinic Leadership & Interfaith Relationships - February 25th at 8PM

The Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (RRC) has asked each affiliated congregation to consider changes to their policy concerning rabbinical students involved in interfaith relationships. Click here for more information and background material.

Please make a donation for this year's Purim activities, including the Schpiel, Carnival, and Shalach Manot* deliveries. All amounts are welcome - and this one donation will be for all Purim happenings.

Click here to make a donation for Purim

* This year BK kids will deliver Shalach Manot to a random selection of BK members. The subset of members receiving a delivery will change each year.

Click to volunteer and/or make a donation

Click for details and to make a donation

Scholar in Residence - Gabriel Meyer Halevy - Sacred Music - March 21 - 22

Join us on March 21 and 22 for a Scholar in Residence weekend with Gabriel Meyer Halevy, a pioneer of Hebrew sacred music. Click for more information and times.

Congregational Dinners - March 21 - Sign up Now

The tradition lives on...Once a year, small dinner parties are held in members‘ homes throughout BK-land, mixing long-time and new members, active and no-so-active, all our generations and demographics. Good food and talk with people you may not know well and others you haven’t connected with for a while. Click to host or be hosted!

Congregational Retreat - May 1st to 3rd - Register now and save the date!

Save the Weekend, Friday May, 1^st to Sunday, May 3^rd!

Come join your BK community at lovely Camp JRF in the Poconos for a retreat that is unique, fun, educational, spiritual, social, and so much more! This will be a wonderful opportunity to spend time with old and new friends in a relaxed atmosphere. Click for more information and to sign-up!