B'nai Jeshurun Congregation

 

The Bessie Hershey Religious School

November 13, 2013

 

       

 

(What's Up?)  

Calendar of Events

November

 

15th

USY Fall Kinnus (Pittsburgh) 11/15-11/17

 

17th

7th & 8th Grade Detroit Holocaust Museum Trip

 

21st

Bet Limmud Hanukkah Program

 

24th

Ta'am Ha-Moed - Primary Hanukah Program

 

25th

Thanksgiving Vacation - No School - 11/25-12/1

 

27th

First Night of Hanukah - 11/27-12/5

 

December

 

3rd

Congregational Hanukah Party

 

6th

Kadima Kinnus (Akron) 12/6-12/8

 

8th

USY/High School program at Menorah Park

 

7th

Kitah Dalet (4th Grade) Service

 

15th

B'nai Mitzvah Program

 

19th 

USY Pre & International Convention (New Orleans) 12/19-12/26

 

20th

Winter Break - No School - 12/20-1/6

 

 

 


Be sure to visit the Bnai Jeshurun 
website for frequent updates.

Religious School

Office at

Your Fingertips

216-831-6555

 


Rabbi Josh Foster

Education Director

Ext. 124

 

 

Barbara Rosenfeld

Executive Educator

Ext. 121

 

Wendy Altmire

Admin. Assist.

Ext. 123

 

 

Shirley Haas

Admin. Assist.

Ext. 122

 

 

Risa Roth

Early Childhood Director

Ext. 125

 

27501 Fairmount Blvd.
Pepper Pike, Ohio 44124
216-831-6555
 
 
hanukkah 2012 b Hanukkah Maccabee Festival
 

Sunday, November 24

  10:30 a.m. - Noon

 

All Pre-school through 2nd grade families are invited to join the Hanukkah Maccabee Festival. 

 

This program is part of the Ta'am Ha-Moed, Taste of the Season series to prepare for the Jewish Holidays. Come and enjoy crafts, holiday learning, songs and holiday treats!

 

For students in our Shabbat morning religious school program, this program is in the place of our Shabbat morning class on November 23. Shabbat Yeladim will still take place at 10:30 a.m. on November 23.  

foster, josh

Shalom Parents,

 

Believe it or not, Hanukkah is right around the corner! We are getting ready here at B'nai Jeshurun with our Ta'am Ha-Moed Chanukah program for PreK-2nd grade students and families (run in part by our high school students), special Chanukah programs for our 3rd-6th grade students, and our Congregational Chanukah Party on December 3rd. 

 

While it seems strange that Hanukkah coincides with Thanksgiving this year, in many ways the timing could not be more appropriate. We owe a tremendous thanks to the Maccabees, a small band of people who were not willing to accept a forced assimilation into the greater culture. The Maccabees fought for the right to be who they were when so many around them, including many Jews, were adopting a Greek way of life to the exclusion of their own heritage. The Maccabees demonstrated, to us as much as to the Jews of their own time, that we can practice Judaism proudly and live an enriching Jewish life even as we embrace American culture.

 

Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Hanukkah!   

 

Rabbi Josh Foster

Education Director

 

Harry Potter  

Shabbat Sha-Bang

for 3rd - 5th Grade Students 

 

A Special In-Shul Shabbaton

January 10-11, 2014  

 

  

"There are all kinds of courage. It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends." - Harry Potter

 

Join Cleveland Conservative Congregations for this special In-Shul Shabbaton.

 

  •  From 5:45 pm on Friday January 10, through Havadalah (6:00 pm) on Saturday, January 11
  • Beginning and ending at B'nai Jeshurun with activities at Gross Schechter during the day

Cost is $25 per student, and includes Shabbat dinner, breakfast, lunch, a light Seudah Shlisheet, snacks, and all programming.

 

Register online by December 13.

 

Students are encouraged to stay for the entire Shabbaton - please contact Rabbi Foster 216-831-6555, ext. 124  if individual arrangements need to be made.

 

 

B'nai Jeshurun Congregation gratefully acknowledges the Retreat Institute (RI) and Congregational Enrichments Funds (CEF) of the Jewish Education Center of Cleveland (JECC) for financial and programmatic assistance. The JECC's RI and CEF are supported by the Fund for the Jewish Future of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland.
hanukkah 2013
    

December 3

5:45 - 8:00 pm

 

Celebrate Hanukkah with a true Festival of Lights!
fun for all-young and old!

Featuring:
-A delicious, kosher, Hanukkah dinner (meat)
-Indoor Planetarium
-Fire Dancing Performer
-Latke Eating Contest
-Menorah lighting and Dreidel Contest and much much more

$10/adult $8 kid (12 and under) $40/family max

Latke Eating Contest:
$5 entry fee
must pre-register by Monday, November 27 and indicate age category:
-Kindergarten and under
-5th-8th grade
-9th-12th grade
-Adults

Prizes given to winners in each category

RSVP for Festival of Lights and Latke Eating Contest:

Please indicate if you need a vegetarian option
reservations@bnaijeshurun.org 216-831-6555
REGISTER and PAY HERE or RSVP to the synagogue office 216-831-6555.

Kadima Kinnus

December 6-8

Akron, OH

 
This convention is for 6th, 7th and 8th graders and is a first taste of USY.  

They will spend a fun weekend together with Middle schoolers from across the region with activities, socializing and an enjoyable Shabbat experience. It is a time to make new Jewish friends in a safe, friendly and well-supervised environment.

To register click here. For further information contact Rabbi Foster or Matt Zukerman.

Special Teen Program for 
8th - 12th Graders


The Voyage of the St. Louis
Refuge Denied

Monday, December 9

B'nai Jeshurun Congregation
6:00 - 7:00 p.m.



                                    
An image of young passengers on the St. Louis
  
Please join us for this special teen program (8th - 12th grades) and discussion on the ill-fated 1939 voyage of the St. Louis, a passenger liner carrying 937 mostly Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany. The St. Louis was turned away by the Cuban government and refused safe haven in the United States. Tragically, the ship returned to Europe.

Scott Miller, Director of Curatorial Affairs and co-author of the book Refuge Denied: The St. Louis Passengers and the Holocaust, will discuss the Museum's ten-year project to uncover the fate of every refugee aboard the St. Louis and will focus on the stories of the younger passengers of the ship.

For more information or to RSVP, please contact Jed Silberg in the Museum's Midwest Regional Office at 847-433-8099. 

This event is sponsored by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 

 
Mishpachot's PJ Shabbat
Friday, December 20
   

PJ Shabbat With Dinner  

  • 5:45-6:30 pm  Dairy dinner and crafts
  • 6:30-7 pm Shabbat songs and prayers with Rabbi Hal
RSVP by December 16.

  

Elmo's Clubhouse 

 

Sundays from 9:30-10:30 am

 

For children 18 mos -3 years old and mom, dad or grandparents

5 weeks: Jan. 19, Feb. 9 & 23, March 9 & 23

  

Join Mora Risa and Elmo for Jewish art projects and havdalah, playtime, music and snacks.

Free but registration requested.  

 

For further information contact Risa Roth 216-831-6555, ext.125.