April 8, 2018
 Issue 13
40th Anniversary Cookbooks for Sale!




 
 
The 2018 TST Cookbook, created by you, in honor of our 40th Anniversary, is ready and available!

Pre-orders are being accepted April 8-28
Stop by the Temple Office
$18 per book - cash or check, Pick-up and on-site sales: April 29 and May 6
Quantities are limited - reserve today! 
 
For more information: contact whatscookin40@gmail.com
Sisterhood Book Group
Tuesday, April 10, 7:30 p.m. 
We will be discussing Marching to Zion, the forbidden, tempestuous, and tragic love story of a beautiful Jewish immigrant and a debonair black man in the South during the early twentieth century, by Mary Glickman.

Click here for more information. 
Heresy in the Talmud with Rabbi Danny
Wednesdays, April 11, 25  7:30 p.m.
In this course we will look at a variety of Talmudic stories and the characters within them. These stories could be considered heretical, and yet they are preserved, recorded, and studied to this day. We continue in that chain, studying those texts together.
Click here for more information
No registration needed. Drop-ins encouraged. 
TST Social
Thursday, April 12, 7:30 p.m. 
It is time for another TST Social, open to ALL adults at the temple. This is a great time to get together with friends and engage in fun games such as poker and good conversation. 
 
We will also have refreshments. There is a $5 charge to cover the cost of refreshments. (Note an additional $15 will be charged for those playing poker to cover prizes).
 
Questions?  Call Mike Wadness (mjwadness@verizon.net), or Adam Dehner (adammdehner@gmail.com) Brotherhood co-chairs.
Adult Education: Rabbi Zoob: A Lifetime of Genesis
Monday, April 23, 7:30 p.m.
A Lifetime of Genesis: An Exploration of and Personal Journey Through the Covenant of Abraham in Genesis

Rabbi Henry A. Zoob is the Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Beth David in Westwood, Massachusetts. He holds a BA from Harvard and was ordained in 1967 at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. He earned a MA in Bible from Brandeis in 1987. He is the Founding Chair of the Rashi School, the Boston Area Reform Jewish Independent School and served on the founding boards of the Gann Academy (a pluralistic Jewish high school in Waltham, MA) and Mayyim Hayyim, Living Waters Community Mikveh.

Join us to discuss Rabbi Zoob's book. Click here for more information. 
No R.S.V.P. necessary.
Reyim: Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
Sunday, April 29, 2:00 p.m.
Reyim welcomes "empty nesters" and Congregants to the Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge headquarters in Sudbury for a refreshing spring walk.
Chavurot Shabbat and Dinner
Friday, April 27, 6:15 p.m.
Chavurah Initiative Creates Nuclear Families
 
The chavurah initiative is an attempt to create small groups, or "nuclear families," within the larger extended family that is Temple Shir Tikva.

Chavurot are small groups of families, perhaps four or five, who take turns getting together to celebrate Shabbat occasionally in each others' homes, build a sukkah together, share the joys of going on a nature walk or a multi-family bike ride, share in each others'simchas, or even help in the difficult times when we need each other more than ever.

The point is these chavurot can be whatever we wish them to be; they are small groups of "chaverim" who are practicing being Jewish together. We hope you're enthusiastic about being a part of this exciting way to build connections in the TST community.
 
Now that you can't wait to get involved, make sure you save the date for our Chavurah kick-off dinner on April 27, after Shabbat services. Join us for a family-friendly Friday night service (Cantor Hollis will deliver a drosh about chavurot) and stay for dinner. During dinner, you will have the opportunity to meet and mingle with groups of temple members who are seeking similar experiences, and there will be opportunities to start creating these groups.

If this information has peaked your interest, but you would like more information or have questions, email Jane Murphy at jane.murphy@ rcn.com , Marilyn
Newman at marilyn.newman@ comcast.net , or any of the clergy.
Mocktails and Cocktails


Jewish Journey Group
Begining Tuesday, May 1, 6:00 p.m.  
The Jewish Journey experience is a four-session small group reflective learning journey for adults who are interested in becoming more present to the meaning Judaism has in their lives. Space is limited to 20 participants and individuals will be enrolled on a first come, first served basis. The program will be run be community member Dr. Max Klau, who is an expert at the creation of spaces that promote transformational reflection.

Register at www.shirtikva.org/journey , contact Max Klau at maxklau747@gmail.com with any questions!
Shared Community Shabbat
May 4, 6:15 p.m

Temple Shir Tikva and the Islamic Center of Boston welcome families and friends to our third annual Shared Community Shabbat Celebration
Our Jewish and Muslim neighbors will come together for a memorable evening of shared faith, music, religious traditions, and food.
RSVP before April 30. Click here for more information and to R.S.V.P. 
Red Sox Jewish Heritage Night
Tuesday, June 5, 7:10 p.m. 
The 5th Annual Red Sox Jewish Heritage Night is just around the corner. Over 20 Synagogues throughout New England are planning on joining us. Don't miss your chance to join the community for a fun night of baseball!

Everyone who purchases a ticket will receive a limited-edition Mensch on a Bench Red Sox Bobble head!

We purchased tickets in a block so we will all be sitting together!
Tickets are $33 and are limited - register by April 16.
Adult Education: Rabbi Blumberg: In Search of Faith - The Dilemma for Moderns
Wednesdays, May 9, 16, 23, 7:30 p.m.

For we moderns, always in search of certainty, the notion of  "faith" that transcends rational thought is hard to absorb. And yet, we know that science and logic do not provide satisfactory answers to the most profound questions of life.

In a classic essay, The Lonely Man of Faith, Rabbi Joseph B. Soleveitchik z"l  explores this dilemma by careful examination of the two portraits of  Adam (Ahdahm) presented in the first chapters of Genesis. We will study this essay slowly, unpacking its richness with the hope of finding new insights for our own spiritual journeys.

There is no charge for this class but we ask that you  register here.
Don't Wait - Register Now!!
Saturday, May 12, 2018
 
That's when the entire community is coming together for:

The Temple Shir Tikva 40th Anniversary Celebration
 
Join with family and friends for the grand event, the highlight of our 40th year celebration.  
It is now time to buy your tickets. Go to:  http://www.shirtikva.org/TST40tickets   
It took us 40 years to achieve this milestone, so don't miss out!
 
Invitations were mailed.  If you did not receive yours, please contact the office.
Addresses Needed!! 
Temple Shir Tikva Celebrates 40 Years of Community
Saturday, May 12, 6:30pm
 
Many of us have friends from TST who have moved far and wide but would love to honor and celebrate their memories of Shir Tikva with us. Perhaps you have friends and family along with other members of the community at large that you think would like to be a part of this celebration. Please be sure to let them know about the event AND give us their mailing or email addresses. We promise, unless they request it, we will only use the information for this event.
 
Please forward all addresses to karenbl@comcast.net or JillCarole@aol.com
Thank you!
Golf Tournament
Save the Date for the 18th annual TST Golf Outing to be held this year at the Nashawtuc Country Club in Concord. Mark your calendar and start forming your 4-somes and spread the word. Watch the Hineni and Vat's Nu for more information. 
TST Book Plates
In honor of Temple Shir Tikva's 40th anniversary, we are offering dedicated book plates that will be affixed to the inside cover of Mishkan T'filah.  
There are a limited number of book plates being offered. Don't delay!  
 
CJP Scholarships
Family Promise Benefit Concert
Sunday, April 29, 5:30 p.m., TCAN, Natick
Family Promise Benefit Concert

Featuring Singer and Songwriter:Laura Vecchione
For more information and to purchase tickets, click here. 
   
Sieze the Dream 2018
Open Mosque Day
Sunday, April 8, 3 -6 p.m., Islamic Center of Boston, 126 Boston Post Road, Wayland

 
WWIAG's 30 Year Celebration
Tuesday, May 8, 6:00 p.m., St. Julia Church, 374 Boston Post Road, Weston 
 
The Weston-Wayland Interfaith Action Group is celebrating its 30th anniversary! Following a buffet dinner, keynote speaker Dr. Diana Eck will address the question "Does Pluralism Have a Future?"
 
In Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Dr. Eck is Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies, and the Fredric Wertham Professor of Law and Psychiatry in Society. She is also a member of the Faculty of Divinity, and founder and director of the Pluralism Project at Harvard, which gathers and studies data on the radical changes taking place in America's religious landscape. Forming interfaith bonds as a means to building a truly pluralistic society is a prominent focus in Eck's work.
 
All are warmly invited to attend this event, but advance registration is necessary. The cost of the evening is $20 per person. Please RSVP by May 2nd to Tahera Razvi: trazvi1969@gmail.com or 781-235-6427.   Payment by check payable to WWIAG may be made either through the mail in advance of the program (WWIAG, PO Box 274, Weston, MA 02493) or at the door.
 
In Our Congregation
R'fuah Sh'lema 
Our Thoughts and Prayers are with those that are ill:
  
Aryeh ben Alter haLevi
Baruch ben Drora
Baruch ben Leah
Richard Blocker
Jean Bloomberg
Devorah bat Bunye
Gianna Cannelongo
Roseann Dunn
Leonard Entel    
Robert Friedman
Ethan Kadish
Edith Kaye
Miri Klau
Eliza Mager
Yonina bat Manya
Rachel Marker
Diane McCaslin
Evan McCaslin
Mendel Peretz ben Ita Chana  
Leo Miller
Marvin Morrison
Reva Nathanson
Raphael Simcha ben Devorah
Jeremy Pivor
Racha Leah
Pam Pingeton
Ed Safran  

  
  
Stacey Roswell
Sarah Faiga bat Malka
Lisa Shapiro
Sima Liba bat Leah
Pierce Slutsky
Heidi Tissenbaum
Jennifer Wall
Jan Whitzman 
David Willett
Yehudit Chaya bat Elisheva
Yocheved bat Matleh
Barbara Zimman


Condolences...
  
  • Julie Gordon, on the death of her father, Jerome Rose
  • Peggi Cohen, on the death of her father, Donald Marshall
  • Steve Kaye, on the death of his father, Bernard Kaye
Mazel Tov...
  
  • Garry and Bette Ann Weiner, on the birth of their grandson, Cameron Drew Weiner, son of Evan and Ilyssa Weiner
  • Alexandra Statland and Reynold Knopf, on the birth of her granddaughter, Abigail Winter Statland, daughter of Eli and July Statland
  • David and Nancy Poorvu, on the birth of their twin granddaughters, Nora Frances and Thea Joan, daughters of Philip and Maya Poorvu
  • Sara Salomon, on the engagement of her daughter, Emily to Bart Thompson
Regularly Scheduled Services
Simchat Shabbat, Friday, 6:15 p.m.

Early Shacharit, followed by Torah study, Saturday 8:30 a.m.
Shabbat Yeladim (Tot Shabbat) - 1st  Saturday of each month, 9:30 a.m.(Sept. - June)