December 29, 2020 - 14 Tevet, 5781
BETH EL BEACHES
Rabbi: Michael Matuson, D.H.L., D.D.
Cantorial Soloist: Laurie Simmons
2020-2021 Executive Board Member
President: Charlie Frohman
Vice President: Rachel Marcus-Hendry Mitchell
Interim Treasurer: Chip Morris
Secretary: Joy Shultz
2020-2021 Committee Chairs
Worship & L/T Finance: Neal Goldman
Facilities: Ron Van
Education Director: Vickie Kennedy
Membership: Grace Belkin
Library: Bobby Adler
Archives: Chip Morris
Education: Ilyse Greene
BETH EL HAPPENINGS
As we continue to join together for Shabbat via Zoom, please note that we are now offering attendees to read prayers that are meaningful to them during the service. If you are interested in reading a particular prayer during a service, please contact Neal Goldman at nealg18@novusba.com with the page number of the prayer in the Mishkan T’filah prayer book. Please indicate whether you would like to read during the upcoming Friday evening or Saturday morning service. All prayers will be read towards the end of services.

Please send this information no later than noon the Thursday prior to the service. We look forward to continuing to join together as best as we can during these challenging times to support each other and our community. The online version of the Mishkan T’filah can be found here:
IMPORTANT!
New Protocol for Rabbi's Thursday morning zoom discussion group and Friday morning zoom Torah study. As of this week, please rsvp in advance (no later than the day before) if you are planning to attend. Thank you for your time and understanding. You can email Elissa at elissa@bethelbeaches.org

ALL SERVICES AND EVENTS AT BETH EL ARE SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. WE WILL BE RE-EVALUATING ON A WEEKLY BASIS!
Beth El the Beaches Synagogue
Questionnaire for Programming
We are looking for feedback, please let us know your thoughts…
1.  Italian Cooking Class- offered by world-renown Tuscany teacher-we all cook and make pasta together out of our own home. A true interactive Zoom experience.  $20 per household
2.    Building your immune system during a pandemic- Aaron Gottlieb of Native Sun and a local nutritionist offering proactive tips to a better healthier you!
3.  Explore nutrients for a restful night -Aaron Gottlieb of Native Sun will share natural tips for developing restful sleep during stressful times.
4.  Yiddish Class- Rabbi Matuson will offer two classes on the history of Yiddish and conversational Yiddish.
5.  Trivia Night- Come play a game and have some fun!
6.  Mindfulness- Learn how to be in the “present” enjoy the moment, decrease stress, meditate. An interactive program conducted by Rachel, certified in Mindfulness education.
7.  Your idea(?)

We look forward to hearing from you, your thoughts, your interest, your talents. Please circle all that you are interested in and we will get to work and become true Zoomers!
We can all use some good news. Please submit anything you would like to share with your Beth El family by Thursday at 5 PM to elissa@bethelbeaches.org.

  • Share your joys, accomplishments, bragging rights of someone you love, children, grandchildren or anything else that is good and you want to shout it from the rooftop. Your Beth El family wants to share in your happiness.

I can't wait to hear from you and all the good news!
Grace Belkin
Membership Chair

I need a remedial course in computers. Our grandchildren have tried desperately to “school” me in the difference between “Office 2007” on the 13 year old HP monstrosity and this new iPad Pro lap top. The HP decided it had had enough and just quit! Oh, great! After consultation with one of our daughter’s-in-law, I purchased this new gizmo. You know, I go back to “Word Perfect”, so something this easy is just so very confusing! WYSIWYG is my mantra. So, I guess that dates me! In any case, please accept my apologies as this new lap top (no “user” error, of course) seems to double up previous “notes” and sends them out. So now, congregants get emails directed to other people! Oy! Is it too late to put back the smashed motherboard (?) into the tower that was sent to the garbage heap 6 weeks ago? Probably...but what a visual. Just please again accept my apologies for messed up emails. Thank goodness the rest of the Board works continuously behind the many scenes to address everyday issues in a much better and less computer challenged atmosphere. Take care, stay safe, and “we’re here for you”, literally!

BETH EL RELIGIOUS SCHOOL
Together Educating And Motivating (TEAM)
Contact MISS VICKIE for more information at vickie@bethelbeaches.org
BETH EL BROTHERHOOD
BETH EL SISTERHOOD
As with tradition, 2020 wasn't going to be any harder for Beth El's wonderful and amazing Sisterhood. Although it looked a little different this year, meals were delivered to our amazing front line workers. Thank you to Vickie, Bobby, and all our sisterhood members for making sure our local firefighters and police officers were fed on Christmas day.
Sisterhood's next BELLES (Beth El Literary Ladies Enjoying Sisterhood)  is Thursday, Jan 7, 2021, at 7:00. Melanie Nassberg will lead our discussion of The Book of V, by Anna Solomon. This novel will put us in a Pre-Purim mode! The author is a journalist who has written for the NY Times Magazine and the Boston Globe, and her detailed settings across centuries reflect her keen journalistic eye. Everyone is welcome! As usual, you do not have to have read the BELLES book to join us and contribute to our consideration of its universal themes. Here, on female power and powerlessness.

FRESH FROM THE KILN
ORDER YOUR RED-HOT BRICKS NOW!

Need that special way to remember a person or occasion? Purchase a BRICK that will become a part of the path leading into Beth El The Beaches Synagogue. The next time you are walking into Beth El, please take a moment to look down and take notice of the BRICKS leading to the front entry. These are abiding remembrances that warm your heart each time you enter Beth El.

You can still take advantage of this year’s Brick Sale. For only $100, you can purchase 2 bricks. The bricks become a permanent part of our synagogue. Our lively chair Paula Klausner will be delighted to help you.

Contact her at poopsiek@gmail.com or call her at 904-662-4339.
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288 N. Roscoe Blvd.
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082

904.273.9100
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