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Rabbi Carl M. Perkins |
Peter Seresky, President Gil Brodsky, Editor |
March 6, 2009, Sunday, 11 Adar, 5769 |
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Please Join Us this Saturday Evening for the Art Show Reception
Our 2009 Temple Aliyah Fundraising Event, the Israeli Art & Craft Show, is off to a great start. We have had many people stop by to see—and to buy—the beautiful oil paintings, silk paintings, photographs, Judaica, microcalligraphy, jewelry, weave products, and more.
We are especially asking everyone in the community to at least stop by on Saturday night to see and support this great show. We will open at 7:30, and we will also have a brief Havdalah service, led by Cantor G, around 8:00. We'll be serving hors d’ouevres and desserts, wine, beer, soda, and coffee. Even if you have other plans for the evening, stop on by for a few minutes on your way out or your way back home, or both. Relax, schmooze, nosh, look around, maybe even buy something. We'll be at the shul until about 10:00.
And you can also catch your last chance to see and purchase the art on Sunday, from 9 am to 4 pm.
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Purim
Our Purim celebration begins on this Monday evening, March 9, with megillah readings for both adults and kids, beginning at 6:30 pm. Afterward, we will of course continue celebrating, with klezmer music, and a return performance of the Gann Academy Jugglers! We’ll also have wine tasting, for those who want to check out their Passover wine purchases.
The megillah reading will also be repeated on Tuesday morning, March 10, at 7:00 am.
Minyan Shirah
Please join us at 6:15 pm tonight for our Minyan Shirah. We have invited guests joining us: the ten or so members of the Introduction to Judaism class that Rabbi Perkins taught at the Carter Methodist Church this past fall.
Keruv Shabbat tomorrow
Tomorrow (Saturday) morning, March 7, Temple Aliyah will host its first “Keruv Shabbat.” Services will begin as usual at 9:15. Our mid-morning guest speaker will be Fern Chertok, M.A., Research Scientist at the Maurice and Marilyn Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies at Brandeis University.
Ms. Chertok will review her research and use it to discuss intermarriage in a new and different way: to move toward a deeper understanding of the full array of factors including intermarriage that impact how and why Jews may or may not become involved in Judaism and the Jewish community. She will also discuss practical perspectives for intermarried couples and how the synagogue can support them.
Keruv means “bringing closer” or “drawing near.” Temple Aliyah has created a Keruv Committee to reach out to interfaith couples and families, those who have chosen to become Jewish, and parents of children dating or married to people who have a faith background other than Judaism.
More to come...
There are even more programs in the works, and right after Purim we start planning for Pesach as well (we’ll give you all the details of the Passover wine sale and Gift Shop offerings). So “stay tuned” for the next edition, some time next week. Many of the upcoming events were listed in our last edition, which you can access online by clicking here.