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Matzo Might Be Flat - But the Earth Isn't - Check out what's happening at BK! Habitat for Humanity this Thursday

04/06/2015 08:06:31 PM

Apr6

 

Rabbi Ariann Needs Your Help

 
Join her at Habitat for Humanity on Thursay
 
 
 
 

Volunteer with Habitat on Thursday

Volunteer with Habitat for Humanity in Patterson Be prepared for a great day of helping repair the world (or at least a house in Paterson) together! BK will be working on a Habitat for Humanity house. Everyone age 16 and up is invited to participate.

 

We will meet at Bnai Keshet at 8am, recite some prayers, and then caravan to Paterson. Take off from work, get a babysitter for the kids, reschedule your lunch date so you can join us for our annual day in Paterson as we help build a house! We will schlep, dig, giggle, and hammer together with folks from other congregations, including First Congregational Church of Montclair. Bring friends and family (16 and older) and a bagged lunch. Questions/RSVP Marian Golan.
 
 
 
 
 

Two Enriching Weeks at BK
 
 

Movie Night: Documentary on the Life of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik - The Lonely Man of Faith

Join us to view a documentary on the life Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, the leading figure of Modern Orthodox Judaism in the 20th century.  The Rav was a Talmudist and philosopher whose influence extended across the greater Jewish community.   As we approach the 22nd anniversary of his death, the documentary ‘Lonely Man of Faith,’ excerpts of which were viewed when we studied some of Rabbi Soloveitichik’s writings a few years back,  will be shown in its entirety (99mins). 
 
 
 
 

 

 

Wednesday, April 8: Chol Hamoed Passover (Nisan 19)
8:00a Meditation Minyan
4:15p Bet Midrash (3rd,4th&5h grade)
8:00p Documentary on the life Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik-The Lonely Man of Faith


Thursday, April 9: Chol Hamoed Passover (Nisan 20)
8:00a BK at Habitat for Humanity

Erev Shabbat, April 10: Passover (Nisan 21)
7:30a Morning Minyan

Shabbat, April 11: Passover, Yizkor, (Nisan 22)
9:00a Chanting with Melissa Schaffer
9:00a Bet Midrash
9:00a What’s with The Song of Songs and What’s It Doing in the Bible?
The last class in this year's Martin Golan series. The Song of Songs is not only intensely sexual, but it’s also nearly violent in the desire it celebrates (Her body is "terrible as an army with banners billowing," etc) What’s up with this? Why was it included? Was it an ahead-of-its-time example of using sex to sell, in this case to sell belief in God? Let's read it can see.
 

9:00a Introduction to Judaism

10:00a Shabbat Morning Service and Yizkor
10:00a Dvar by Rabbi Deborah Waxman

Dvar by Rabbi Deborah Waxman, PhD -
President of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (Rabbi Waxman will also be available after the service for an informal discussion/Q&A)

12:30p Conversational Hebrew
4:00p Jewish Meditation Center

Monday, April 13 (Nisan 24)
5:30p Bet Midrash (6th & 7th Grade)
6:00p MESH

Wednesday, April 15 (Nisan 26)
8:00a Meditation Minyan
4:15p Bet Midrash (3rd,4th,5th Grades)

Observance begins at 8PM on Wednesday, April 15th with a Community Remembrance Service at Bnai Keshet, and continues after the service with our annual tradition of reading names of those who perished in the shoah, continuing until 6PM on Thursday (with an intermission for a few overnight hours).  Sign up to read names ....


Thursday, April 16: Yom HaShoah (Nisan 27)
5:30a Yom HaShoah Observance (Ends at 6:00p)
8:00p Board Meeting

Erev Shabbat, April 17 (Nisan 28)
7:30a Morning Minyan
6:30p Dalet Class Dinner - RSVP for Pot-luck NOW

Shabbat, April 18: Shmini (Nisan 29)
9:00a Introduction to Judaism
9:00a Parshat Hashavua: Diving Deeper taught by Rabbi Ariann

10:00a Shacharit
10:00a Mirit Skeen's Bat Mitzvah

4:00p Jewish Meditation Center

Sunday, April 19 (Nisan 30)
9:00a Samuel Appelbaum Bar Mitzvah
 
 
 
 

Yom Huledet Sameakh - Happy Birthday יום הולדת שמח

4/7 Tuesday Matthew Paley (7)
4/7 Tuesday Sarah Paley (7)
4/7 Tuesday Ira Karasick
4/7 Tuesday Stephen Orlofsky
4/8 Wednesday Jill Stein
4/8 Wednesday Michael Greene
4/8 Wednesday Maxwell Weintraub (15)
4/9 Thursday Gabrielle Glaser
4/9 Thursday Layng Pew
4/9 Thursday Julian Berg (20)
4/10 Friday Wendy Callaghan
     
4/10 Friday Janis Orlofsky
4/11 Saturday Maya Lisandra Grosz
4/11 Saturday Phoebe Grace (18)
4/12 Sunday Jacob Asher Leonard (10)
4/12 Sunday Lauren Meyer
4/13 Monday Tim Greenberg
4/13 Monday Paul Shatz
4/14 Tuesday Jessica de Koninck
4/14 Tuesday Sue Reiter
4/14 Tuesday Philip Joseph Jeszeck (17)
4/14 Tuesday Stuart Kuritsky
4/14 Tuesday Ethan Coplan (12)
 
 
 
 
 

Congregational Retreat, May 1 to 3
 
 
 
 

Sign up now, Friday May, 1st to Sunday, May 3rd!  

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!
 
 
 
 
Thu, May 1 2025 3 Iyar 5785