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Board & Lay Leadership

Officers (Executive Committee)

Laura Sorokoff Gelman
Co-President (2017 - 2019)

Paul Shatz
Co-President (2018 - 2020)

Ivy Fischer
Vice President - Education

Jeremy Brown
Vice President - Religious Life

Josie Harris
Vice President - Membership
and Community Engagement

Ruth Davis
Vice President – Communications

Sharon Pollack
Vice President - Finance

Steve Rich
Vice President - Development

Beth Rubin
Vice President - Tikkun Olam

Other Board Members

Dinah Hendon

Co-President Elect (2018 - 2019)

Howard Kerbel
Immediate Past President

Maya Grosz

Member at Large

Brian Herman

Member at Large

Aviva Schein

Member at Large

Eric Schwimmer

Member at Large

Michael Solomon

Member at Large

Ruth Spodak

Member at Large

Sarah Wolman

Member at Large

Communications Team

Melody Kimmel, Laurie Waite-Fellner, C Lynn Carr

Rainbow Reporter

Lisa Brennan
Public Relations

Dan Epstein
Official BK Photographer

Fri, September 20 2019
20 Elul 5779

Upcoming at BK

All Events

Saturday
Sep 21

Bet Midrash Family Service
Shabbat, Sep 21st 9:00a to 9:45a
A music-filled celebration of Shabbat for Bet Midrash students and their families.
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Saturday
Sep 21

Kaplan Minyan
Shabbat, Sep 21st 9:30a to 12:00p
Confronting Our Racial History: The Past is Never Dead. It isn't Even Past Tanya Coke speaking on themes relevant to the trip to Montgomery, AL Tanya Coke serves as the Director of the Ford Foundation's Program on Gender, Racial and Ethnic Justice. A Montclair resident, she is among the nation's leading thinkers and practitioners in the area of social justice theory and reform. She will be addressing how our present-day realities, particularly as regards criminal justice, are directly reflective of our history. There will be plenty of time for questions and discussion. While all are welcome and encouraged to attend, this event has been scheduled in advance of Bnai Keshet's upcoming trip to the Equal Justice Institute's museum and memorial in Montgomery, AL. The trip is in early November.
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Saturday
Sep 21

Tot Shabbat
Shabbat, Sep 21st 10:15a to 10:45a

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Saturday
Sep 21

CHevrah Kaddisha - Tahara Training Session
Shabbat, Sep 21st 1:00p to 3:00p
A learning session will be held for tahara team members and others to do a deep dive into the mystical tahara liturgy. Participants also will consider how the liturgy dovetails with the tahara process and the function that it serves.
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Saturday
Sep 21

Havdalah / Selichot Service / Campfire & Study
Shabbat, Sep 21st 7:00p to 11:00p
Step forward into the work on teshuva - repair and return with Selichot the service that ushers in the themes and melodies of the Days of Awe.
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Sunday
Sep 22

Chevra Kaddisha - Tahara Training Session
Sunday, Sep 22nd 10:00a to 1:00p
We will review the tahara structure and function, infection prevention, and the step-by-step actions and rituals that complement the tahara liturgy. There will be a hands-on simulated tahara (any volunteers to serve in the roll of dearly departed?), including a knot-tying session. The final session will address some challenging tahara situations and how they can be managed.
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Saturday
Sep 28

Tot Shabbat
Shabbat, Sep 28th 10:15a to 10:45a

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Saturday
Sep 28

Hebrew
Shabbat, Sep 28th 12:30p to 1:30p

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Saturday
Oct 5

Tot Shabbat
Shabbat, Oct 5th 10:15a to 10:45a

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Friday
Oct 11

Renaissance (60+) Shabbat Dinner
Friday, Oct 11th 6:30p to 8:30p

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