BK Blast Archive

Scholar in Residence This Weekend Beginning Friday

Rabbi David Jaffe David’s teaching, organizing, writing and consulting explore the intersection of moral-spiritual development and ethical action in the world. Friday, January 22, 2016 7:00 PM - Pot-luck dinner and Tisch: Stories of Desire: The Role of Ratzon in Spiritual Growth Click here to sign up for Pot-Luck Dinner on January 22nd   Saturday, January 23, 2016 9:00 AM - Public Service as a Core Tikkun Middot Practice   Saturday, January 23, 2016 11:00 AM - Dvar/Kiddush Discussion: Seeing Bnai Keshet Through a Mussar Lens   Sunday, January 24, 2016 10:00 AM - Seeing Bnai Keshet Through a Mussar Lens

Further down in the email ...... Donate blood at BK   Congregational Dinners   Keshet Community Training   Everyone Shabbat

Everyone Shabbat - Friday, February 5th

An Evening of Fun, etc!   5:45 Toddlers' Dinner 6:30pm Service 7:30 Communal Dinner   Click for Sign-up form to reserve dinner   Join EVERYONE for our annual Everyone Shabbat.  This is a come-as-you-are service with our only goal being to see as many Bnai Keshet faces as possible and enjoy a participatory musical service featuring some of our favorite Kabbalat Shabbat music and our great band, and a delicious meal.  MOST IMPORTANTLY - Invite all of your BK friends to join you!

What's Happening at BK

Read Shabbat Flyer now   Access the full calendar   Get the Iphone App / Get the Android App   Tuesday, January 19 (Shevat 9) 8:00a BK Office Closed 6:30p Teens - "Above and Beyond: The Birth of the Israeli Air Force" Wednesday, January 20 (Shevat 10) 8:00a Meditation Minyan 4:15p Bet Midrash (3rd to 5th Grades) Thursday, January 21 (Shevat 11) 8:00p Board Meeting Erev Shabbat, January 22 (Shevat 12) 7:30a Morning Minyan 7:00p Scholar in Residence - Rabbi David Jaffe Shabbat, January 23: Beshalach (Shevat 13) No Gimmel Bet Midrash 9:00a Bet Midrash 9:00a Scholar in Residence - Rabbi David Jaffe 10:00a Shacharit 10:30a Pre-K Holiday Workshop: Tu B'Shevat 11:00a Scholar in Residence - Rabbi David Jaffe 12:30p Conversational Hebrew 4:00p Jewish Meditation Center Sunday, January 24 (Shevat 14) 9:30a Gimmel Family Education 10:00a Scholar in Residence - Rabbi David Jaffe Monday, January 25: Tu B'Shvat (Shevat 15) 5:30p Bet Midrash (6th to 8th Grade) 6:00p MESH 8:00p Tikkun Middot Continuing Tuesday, January 26 (Shevat 16) 8:00a BK Office Closed Wednesday, January 27 (Shevat 17) 8:00a Meditation Minyan 4:15p Bet Midrash (3rd to 5th Grades) Erev Shabbat, January 29 (Shevat 19) 7:30a Morning Minyan 8:00p Men Who Cook & Other Things Showing of the Movie, "Deli Man" - Click for preview Shabbat, January 30: Yitro (Shevat 20) 9:00a Fundamentals of Prayer with Rabbi Elliott 9:00a Bet Midrash 10:00a Zayin Class Shabbat 10:00a Shacharit 10:30a Pre-K Holiday Workshop: Tu B'Shevat 5:30p Bet Havdalah Dinner Sunday, January 31 (Shevat 21) 1:00p Keshet Community Training 1:00p 2016 New York Day of Learning Monday, February 1 (Shevat 22) 5:30p Bet Midrash (6th to 8th Grade) 6:00p MESH 8:00p Tikkun Middot Intro Tuesday, February 2 (Shevat 23) 8:00a BK Office Closed 6:30p Teens Wednesday, February 3 (Shevat 24) 8:00a Meditation Minyan 4:15p Bet Midrash (3rd to 5th Grades) Erev Shabbat, February 5 (Shevat 26) 7:30a Morning Minyan 5:45p Everyone Shabbat & Dinner Shabbat, February 6: Mishpatim (Shevat 27) All Day Event: No Dalet Bet Midrash 9:00a "Nine Talmud Readings by Emmanuel Levinas" with Rabbi Ariann 9:00a Bet Midrash 10:00a Levi Saltzman & Nico Blaustein Bat Mitzvah 10:00a Shacharit 10:30a Pre-K Holiday Workshop: Tu B'Shevat 4:00p Jewish Meditation Center 5:30p St. Paul's Men's Shelter Dinner Sunday, February 7 (Shevat 28) 9:30a Dalet Family Education

Time to sign up for Congregational Dinners!

for cocktails, dinner and dessert             save the date!  mark your calendars now! Saturday, February 27th 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.    Leave the matchmaking to us for a unique BK evening.   How does this work?     Fill out this form and we'll do the rest!

Yom Huledet 1/20   Wednesday   Jean Folsom 1/21   Thursday   Rachel Brown 1/21   Thursday   Sam Epstein 1/22   Friday   Charles Wantman 1/22   Friday   Labe Richman 1/23   Saturday   Elana Sklar (17) 1/23   Saturday   Danielle Sklar (17) 1/24   Sunday   Emily Goldberg 1/24   Sunday   Jane Srebro (21) 1/25   Monday   Susan Weintraub 1/25   Monday   Freda Attinson 1/25   Monday   Doctor Ricky Pollack 1/25   Monday   Nicholas Kolba 1/26   Tuesday   Martin Slon 1/26   Tuesday   Rebecca Meyer 1/26   Tuesday   Jacob Micah Schmeltz (14) 1/26   Tuesday   Jeremiah Lucas Wiener (10) 1/26   Tuesday   Harold  Roth 1/26   Tuesday   Samuel Bourne

Donate Blood at BK Wednesday, February Wednesday, February 10th 2:30 pm to 8:30 pm

Sign up to donate blood at: www.Tinyurl.com/BnaiKeshet

Keshet Community Training

Community members, teachers, youth group leaders, and others who work with youth, are invited to join us on Sunday, January 31st from 1-3:30pm for Keshet Community Training at Bnai Keshet.     Click for more information and to register for the training   Keshet is a national grassroots organization that works for the full equality and inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Jews in Jewish life. This training is made possible by a grant from Jewish Federation Metrowest.