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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.
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Candle lighting: 7:39 pm
Friday Evening Service; Birthday Shabbat: 6:00 pm
Shabbat Morning Service: 9:00 am
Starbucks, Bread & Torah with Rabbi Josh Foster: 9:00 am
Shabbat ends: 8:37 pm
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High Holy Day Schedule
Click here to view the service schedule for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Tashlikh, Cemetery Memorial Services and Child Care.
CHESED HIGH HOLY DAY FOOD DRIVE FOR JFSA
Between Selichot and Sukkot, we ask each family to bring in non-perishable, unexpired food to the synagogue. Collection bins are located in the Gross Atrium and at the Bessie Hershey Religious School entrance.
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Men's Club 2015-2016 Pro Football Pool Fundraiser
How to join the pool:
1. Submit $50 per entry for Men's Club members and $60 for non-members.
2. Make checks payable to B'nai Jeshurun Men's Club and send to the synagogue office before the first NFL Sunday game. This year's deadline is 5 pm on Friday, September 11.
How to play:
1. Select one regular season Sunday game per week, per entry.
2. If your team wins, you move on and select a winning team for the next Sunday.
3. You MUST select a NEW team each week. Selecting a team that wins eliminates you from selecting that team again.
For additional details, contact Jerry Brodsky (216-291-4164).
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Sin and Faith:
The Surprising Psalms of the High Holy Days
Wednesday, September 16 * 7:30 pm
with Rabbi Benjamin Segal
Rabbi Segal is a past president of the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies,
the academic and educational center of Masorti Judaism in Israel, and of
Melitz, the Centers for Jewish and Zionist Education, a pluralistic effort to
strengthen connections to land, people and past. Previously, he served as
the Director of the Ramah Programs in Israel. He has just published A New
Psalm: the Psalms as Literature, a translation and commentary.
Free & Open to the Community
This program is made possible through the generosity of the
Brenda Zimm Oscar Memorial Lecture Fund.
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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 Senior Seminar - Grades 11 - 12
School Opening Shabbat Lunch
September 12 * noon * Halpern Hall
For further information or registration click here.
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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.
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Shop Chico's and Support Sisterhood
Thursday, September 17 & Sunday, September 20
Shop at Chico's at Beachwood Place and help Sisterhood. Chico's will give us 10% of your purchase price. Just mention you are shopping for BJC.
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Straight from our website
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MAZAL TOV
TO:
Abigail Berns on celebrating becoming a Bat Mitzvah this Shabbat morning, and to her parents,
Patti & Jonathan Berns, siblings, Joshua and Danielle Berns and grandparents, Charlotte Beckman and Barbara & Sheldon Berns.
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CONDOLENCES
TO:
Sherrie (Abe) Kantarovich & family on the death of her father, Joseph Feigeles.
Teri (Paul) Madow & family on the death of her mother, Estelle Silverberg.
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Announcements
Lulav & Etrog orders are due in to Diane Shalom by Tuesday, September 8. Deluxe sets are $45 and smaller sets are $40 each.
Jewish Heritage Night @ Lake County Captains, Sunday, September 6 at 6:30 pm. Buy tickets
online
using special offer code: SHALOM.
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.
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.
Purchase Heinen's gift cards from B'nai Jeshurun for your holiday grocery shopping! The Bessie Hershey Religious School receives a percentage of the purchased gift cards. Contact Paula Botkin (216-831-6555, x109). T
hank you for supporting our school!!
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Contact Information
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tel 216-831-6555
fax 216-831-4599
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