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This Shabbat we will be hosting Kids of Courage, a volunteer based non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of children and young adults with serious medical diagnoses. Tonight at Friday Night Live at 6:00pm, we will meet the children and the program directors and hear how these heroic children battle for their lives, sometimes for every breath. They inspire others with their strength, tenacity and dazzling will to live. Kids of Courage is giving them the opportunity to live like other children and experience life in the best way imaginable. They help them forget the tubes and pumps and needles and the daily challenges and experience the thrills of carefree childhood happiness. Please click on the image bellow to see the video "About Kids of Courage" - just make sure to have some tissues near by.
Kids of Courage provides necessary respite to the remarkable families who care for their sons, daughters, brothers and sisters every day without rest. By allowing these courageous children to go on medically supervised dream trips, they also give their families a few days off to relax and recuperate from the physically and emotionally exhausting lifestyles they lead.
Kids of Courage services over 300 families with seriously sick children and young adults. The programming goes on all year round complete with trips, weekends and fun events. All services provide by our organization is free to the families they service. They firmly believe that the families they serve have enough burdens in their lives without worrying about the finances needed to provide fun and respite. Their staff are all volunteers. There are no salaries or financial compensation to any members of the team.
Seeing the work of this incredible organization is incredibly inspiring and really makes you appreciate the things in life that we take for granted. As I mentioned in the previous email, Simone and I were blessed with the birth of a daughter this past week and thank God both of them are doing well. We both want to thank everyone for their nice messages and well wishes over the past few days. This Shabbat Simone and I will be naming our daughter at approximately 10:00 am at the main service at Boca Raton Synagogue. If you decide to attend, following the baby naming, the Explanatory Experience will take place in the Library on the 2nd Floor. Following the service there will be a Kiddush in the Social Hall for everyone to enjoy.
This Sunday the Boca Raton Synagogue will be hosting their annual Purim Carnival. It's a great event for children and if you would like to attend I will be happy to get you complementary tickets for all of the rides. Also the final "Crash Courses" that were cancelled last week will take place this Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Finally I want to thank everyone that participated in Shabbat Across America last Friday night. It was a fantastic event and I hope that you will be able to join my family next week at the annual Purim Seudah (meal to commemorate the miracle of Purim), details to follow...
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Inspire yourself to inspire others...
Shabbat Shalom and may God bless you.
Josh |
Rabbi Josh Broide
Boca Raton Jewish Experience
Boca Raton Synagogue
7900 Montoya Circle N.
Boca Raton, FL 33433
(561) 702-3864
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DIPLOMA'S WILL BE AWARDED AT THE END OF ALL FOUR CRASH COURSES THIS WEEK!! 
The Boca Raton Jewish Experience (BRJE) recognizes that everyone leads extremely busy lives. We also know that there are some important subjects that you would love to learn but don't have the time to invest. That's why we teamed up with the National Jewish Outreach Program (NJOP) a pioneer and leader in Jewish education.
TUESDAY - CRASH COURSE IN BASIC JUDAISM
Part 5/5 THIS Tuesday at 8:00 pm
(Sexuality)
WEDNESDAY - CRASH COURSE IN JEWISH HISTORY
Part 5/5 THIS Wednesday at 8:00 pm
(Holocaust & Renewal)
THURSDAY - CRASH COURSE IN HEBREW READING - PART 2
Part 5/5 THIS Thursday at 8:00 pm |
PASSOVER ACROSS AMERICA
Passover Across America is an incredible opportunity for participants to attend a beautiful seder where they will learn the basic meaning, explanations and customs of the seder. Participants at each of these specially chosen locations will leave the seder inspired by having relived the exodus of the Jewish people through uplifting songs and fascinating Jewish rituals associated with the seder. Details to follow... |
PARTNERS IN TORAH 
Are you interested in acquiring specific skills (ex: Hebrew reading or Talmud) or do you simply want to build on your Jewish knowledge-base?
For more info please CLICK HERE
We will match you, one-to-one, with a carefully selected personal Torah trainer or "mentor" for up to an hour of phone study and discussion. Participants can choose any topic including Hebrew, Jewish philosophy, or history. The program will run for 6 weeks and begin in a few weeks.
The program is free and SUSHI will be served!!
For more information or to sign-up visit www.partnersintorah.org/bocaraton
or call 561-368-7821 or email lisa@myjewishexperience.org |
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SHABBAT BEGINNER SERVICES - FRIDAY & SATURDAY
Has it been a while since you attended a traditional Friday Night Service? I know how tough and uncomfortable it might be to come and attend a service having little or no background. That's why we created FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE, to break down those barriers. Friday Night Live is anything but a traditional service. Please, join us next Friday night for a little praying, a little singing, refreshments and LOTS of inspiration! Its FREE and I strongly encourage you to bring friends and family. Men and women can sit together as we collectivly welcome the Sabbath.
The program takes place every Friday night at 6:00 pm in the Senders Library and the Explanatory Experience takes place in the WYHS Library at Boca Raton Synagogue, 7900 Montoya Circle N., Boca Raton , FL 33433.
PLEASE NOTE: THERE IS A COMPLETELY SEPARATE ENTRANCE FOR THIS SERVICE, SO FEEL FREE TO "COME AS YOU ARE"
*please note that the main parking lot is closed on the weekend, but the grass lot, to the right of the synagogue is always open. |
LORI PALATNIK - GOSSIP, LIES, AND LESSONS
Please come join us for a community wide celebration with Judaism without walls - a new educational initiative of the Levis JCC on April 3rd for a dessert reception and a talk featuring Lori Palatnik - " Gossip, Lies, and Lessons" at the Beifield Auditorium on the JCC Campus. For more information call Rabbi Michael Stern @ 414-573-9668 or email mikes@levisjcc.org |
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DAILY LIFT
Your identity creates you. And you choose your identity. Yes, your childhood, your parent's view of you, the way others have treated you, who you compare yourself with, all have had a part in creating your identity. But it's only because now in the present you have decided to keep the identity you have been influenced to have. And if you haven't made a conscious decision how to view your identity, you are still making a decision, albeit a passive one. You might already view yourself as a happy, joyous person. If so, great. If that's not yet your picture of yourself, it makes sense to start viewing yourself this way now. All you need is one moment of happiness or joy to consider yourself as one. |
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Today in Jewish History
In 1957, Israeli troops withdrew from the Gaza Strip and Sinai Peninsula. This followed the Suez War of 1956, in which France, Britain and Israel teamed up to stop Egyptian interference with shipping through the Suez Canal. (The canal was a crucial trade link between Europe and the regions of India, North Africa and the Middle East; two-thirds of Europe's oil passed through the Suez Canal.) In the war, Israel was able to secure Gaza and the Sinai, but fearing a larger conflict with the Soviet Union, U.S. President Eisenhower forced a cease-fire and persuaded Israel to withdraw. In response to the Suez War, the Egyptian government expelled 25,000 Egyptian Jews and confiscated their property, and sent 1,000 more Jews to prisons and detention camps. |
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RADIO SHOW
JEWISH PRIDE RADIO WITH JOSH BROIDE |
NJOP
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AISH HATORAH
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JSU
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FEDERATION
Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County CLICK HERE |
BRS
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AIPAC
Join me at this years Policy Conference in Washington DC in May CLICK HERE |
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SHABBAT TABLE DISCUSSIONS
NEW - "Making Time For Kindness"
CLICK HERE to download. |
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JOSH'S VIDEO OF THE WEEK
Maccabeats - The Purim Song |
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FREE COFFEE 
Let me buy you a coffee and lets talk. You name the place and I will meet you at the Starbucks of your choice!
Just Call Josh Today (561) 702-3864
It's that easy!
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Its ONLY words
Should anti-Semitic comments be illegal?
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ASK THE RABBI...
Something on your mind? From beginners to advanced, from the practical to the mystical,every question is taken seriously. In general, your question will be answered within 24 hours - just email joshbroide@yahoo.com |
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Get to know Josh Broide
Boca Raton Jewish Experience is an educational project of Rabbi Josh Broide, based upon ten years experience as the dynamic Executive Director and Youth Director of Boca Raton Synagogue. Rabbi Broide is the Director of JSU South Florida and he received his Rabbinical Ordination and earned a Masters in Advanced Talmudic Law from the Ner Israel Rabbinical College, as well as a Masters in Special Education and in School Administration and Supervision from Johns Hopkins University. Josh also hosts a daily radio show called Jewish Pride. He is the recipient of the prestigious Grinspoon/Steinhardt Award for Excellence in Jewish Education. The Broides have lived in Boca Raton for the past ten years. |
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