Thank you to our wonderful Family Fun Day co-chairs, Richard & Rachel Berkowitz, Dan & Wendy Dobres, Jason & Allison Wuliger and Eric & Jamie Synenberg - you made this event the success it truly was.  A big thank you as well to Matt Goss, Marc Cohen, Steve Viny, Bob Cohen, Ian Abrams and the Shul Boys for organizing a fun and exciting array of cars and motorcycles for members of our congregation and the community at large to view. 

And thank you to the many wonderful volunteers who came out and endured the heat to help make the day go off without a hitch. Last but certainly not least, thanks to our esteemed Steering Committee for having a great vision as to making this next year a true celebration:  Todd & Leah Polikoff, Alan & Lorin Gottlieb, Chuck & Joan Whitehill, David & Debbie Shifrin, Mark & Shelley Scher, Bob & Penny Greenberger, Louis & Cynthia Chaiten and Jody & Laura Katzner.  More pictures. (photos by  New Image Photography & Shani Kadis)

Shul News


August 27, 2015 12 Elul 5775
This week's parasha is Ki Tetze.

  Candle lighting:    8:01 pm
 Friday Evening Service:    7:00 pm
Shabbat Morning Service:    9:00 am
Starbucks, Bread & Torah with Rabbi Michael Hecht:    9:00 am
      Shabbat ends:    8:59 pm
 

High Holy Day Tickets are Coming Soon
 
We want to apologize for the delay in mailing High Holy Day tickets. Everything is coming together as you read this and the tickets will be mailed as soon as possible. The good news, we have a matching Mahar donor again this year. That is worth the wait!
 
If you have not received your tickets by Friday, September 4, please contact the office. Thank you for your patience, and we look forward to seeing everyone in the next few weeks.
 
Selichot Program
Saturday, September 5
  • 8:30 pm - Havdallah
  • 8:45 pm  - Screening of the film Hava Nagila - a documentary romp through the history, mystery and meaning of the great Jewish standard. Featuring interviews with Harry Belafonte, Leonard Nimoy, Connie Francis, Glen Campbell, Regina Spektor and more.
  • 10:00 pm - Dessert reception 
  • 10:30 pm - Selichot service featuring Cantor Aaron Shifman and the B'nai Jeshurun Choir
Free & open to the community
This program is made possible through the generosity of the R. H. Mohrman Cultural Foundation.
 


Join Team B'nai Jeshurun as we participate in Montefiore's benefit. Meet at the Cleveland Clinic Lyndhurst Campus at 8 am.  Wear your BJC CHESED shirt that you can receive from Shani Kadis, or the Montefiore shirt provided.  Register online  and you will have an option when registering to put that you are part of "Team B'nai Jeshurun."  Contact Shani Kadis for more information.
 

 
USY Day of Fun
Sunday, August 30 * 10 am * JCC shelters

Join Jewish Cleveland USY for a day filled with fun and excitement!  A day of camp games and competition.  RSVP.

Send your high schoolers to Jewish Cleveland United Synagogue Youth's (JCUSY's) very first event sponsored by B'nai Jeshurun USY! If your child is missing camp, or looking for a fun way to meet people, this is the event for them! Cleveland USY will be hosting color war games like tug o' war, red rover and many more. We will also be having lunch and snacks.

One of our goals in USY is raising money for Tikkun Olam (repairing the world). At the end of the year, the money we raise is partially allocated to an organization of our choice. A unique version of Apples to Apples is how we plan on raising money at this event. The game is $3 but extras can be bought as well.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact Evan Shaw ( 216.870.0937)  and LIKE the I Love BJUSY Facebook page.
 

 

 

Bessie Hershey Religious School Starting Dates

September 8           Bet Limmud - Grades 3 - 7
September 12         Shabbat School - Grades PreK - 6
September 13         High School - Grades 7 - 10
October 19              Chai School - Grades 11 - 12

School Opening Shabbat Lunch 
September 12 * noon * Halpern Hall

For further information or registration click here.
 
Sisterhood Lunch & Learn
Tuesday, September 8 * noon

Ring in the new year with a honey tasting and lunch. Our favorite master gardener, Maxine Painter, will speak about beekeeping, different flavors of honey and the environment. RSVP by September 1 to Robin Rood (440-666-7658). Please make checks payable to B'nai Jeshurun Sisterhood and mail to Robin at 113 Silver Springs Trail, Chagrin Falls, OH 44022. Cost is $10 per person.
 



Give a Little Chesed
Every Helping Hand Makes a Difference!

Support our Local Firemen and Remember 9/11 
Thursday, September  10 * 4:30 - 6:00 pm 

We will prepare meals for our Beachwood and Pepper Pike firemen at B'nai Jeshurun and then deliver them. Families with smaller children can also help by preparing cookies and desserts at home that will also be delivered. We need volunteers to help in the kitchen and deliver meals. We also need two families who will be the drop-off sites for the outside baked goods, where they will platter them to be delivered. If you would like to help, please contact Shani Kadis.
 
 

Looking for Hosts for our Rabbinic Intern

Lauren Henderson, our rabbinic intern for the coming year, will need home hospitality and invitations for meals when she is in town.  If you live within walking distance of the shul, please consider hosting her.  Contact Diane Shalom to offer or for more information including dates available.

 

Investment Transfers to B'nai Jeshurun
 
We encourage and appreciate your paying synagogue obligations by transferring stocks, bonds, mutual funds, or IRA distributions to us.
However, please make sure to contact Paula Botkin, 216-831-6555, ext. 109, and let us know to expect this transfer so we can credit your account. 

If you have transferred assets recently and have not called the office to let us know, please be sure to contact us.  Thank you very much for your support.
 
In This Issue
Straight from our website

MAZAL TOV  TO:

Rylan Polster on celebrating becoming a Bar Mitzvah this Shabbat morning, and to his parents, Eliana LeVine & Josh Polster, siblings Lia & Gideon Polster, grandparents, Berinthia & Mark LeVine and Shelly Polster and great-grandmother, Pearl LeVine.

Ellen Oldfield & Ryan Cohen on their aufruf this Shabbat morning and to their parents Bob Cohen, Gloria Cohen and Kimberly & Richard Oldfield and grandparents Elsie Oldfield and Marilyn King.

Mara & Aaron Kamat on the naming of a daughter, Arianna Paige Kamat, and to grandparents Sue & Jeff Nash and Deborah & Pradip Kamat and great-grandmothers Ruth Koway and Frances Nash.

Lifsa & Rabbi Stanley Schachter on the marriage of their granddaughter, Naama Idit, to Shai Israel.

Mary Chaitoff on the marriage of her grandson, Steven Chaitoff, to Brittany Pavon Suriel.
CONDOLENCES  TO:

Dale (Susan) Bass & family on the death of his father, Stanley Bass.

Gloria Kurland, Kenny (Amanda) Kurland, Susan (David) Rapkin, Brian (Ashleigh Christoph) Ross & families on the death of their sister-in-law, aunt and grandmother, Helen Manheim.
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A Friendly Reminder...
At least 25% of the current year's dues plus all prior obligations must be paid before High Holy Day tickets will be provided. If you are unable to pay this amount, please contact Jay Ross, executive director, to
discuss your situation.

The deadline for Memorial Plaques, Book of Remembrance listing and the Sisterhood Yizkor Book is Tuesday, September 1.

Cemetery Cleanup Sunday, August 30 from 9:30-11:30 am at Chesed Shel Emeth (Ridge Rd. #1), 3740 Ridge Rd.  All ages are welcome; rain or shine.  Bring your own gardening tools. Register/learn more here.

Jewish Genealogy Society meeting Wednesday, September 2, 7:30 pm Menorah Park with Sunny Morton, "Urban Genealogy:  How to Research Big-City Relatives." 

Jewish Heritage Night @ Lake County Captains, Sunday, September 6 at 6:30 pm.  Buy tickets online using special offer code:  SHALOM.

Hebrew Storytime @CCPL Beachwood, Wednesday, August 26 at 4 pm with Zehava Galun.
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