Beth El Bulletin

May 11, 2021 - 29 Iyar, 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

WWW.BETHELBEACHES.ORG

BETH EL HAPPENINGS

If you would like to attend services in person, please read the following guidelines.

We will have limited seating at 24 people per service.
Those observing a Yahrzeit will be given first priority.
Masks will be worn by every person walking into Beth El. Low volume singing is allowed.
We will allow fully vaccinated attendees (bring vaccination card 2 weeks after the final shot as proof) to sit together without social distancing restrictions. This will only be needed once.
For all other attendees, we will be adhering to the CDC's protocol on social distancing.
Please see the attached questionnaire below. If you exhibit any of these symptoms, please do not request a seat.
Please email Elissa by Thursday, May 13th by noon at the link below to reserve a seat for this Shabbat, May 14th and 15th.
You will need to arrive between 6:30 pm to 6:50 pm, for Friday night services. For the Saturday morning service, you need to arrive between 9:30 am to 9:50 am. We will not interrupt the service to let people in. Please allow time to have your temperature taken. Doors will be locked at 6:50 pm on Friday evening and 9:50 am on Saturday morning.

CDC QUESTIONNAIRE-CLICK HERE TO REVIEW

CLICK HERE TO EMAIL ELISSA TO RESERVE A SEAT!

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Here are some great pictures from last week's Mega Challah Bake. Thank you to everyone who participated and to Tammy Shumer for organizing it.

Our 24 year old stove is gone. Handle came off in my hand, one of the back burners wasn’t consistently working and oven didn’t produce “even’” heat. All this within a month. Okay… now what? I went out and bought a convection oven (hopefully ovens are a standard size or else it’s “take-out” for another month). Do I have to recalculate oven settings? I figure a calculator will be positioned right next to the stove as some type of decorative touch. We’ll see what happens. Which reminds me of our first Thanksgiving dinner in Queens with Lew’s family in our 3.5 room walk-up apartment. I was cooking my first turkey. Clarification. The only thing I had ever cooked was scrambled eggs, but I am so observant. I had watched my grandmother and mother in the kitchen, so I felt fairly comfortable about the evening’s menu. Turkey, sweet potato pie, “dressing” (in the North that’s stuffing), cranberry sauce (Ocean Spray of course) and the misnamed Northern “stuffing”. Everything turned out well…except for the turkey which came out rare. What, you say? I had the oven door ajar...except I didn’t know that what I had observed was ‘broiling”. To the point of all this…we got through it and come out the other side. It’s what we have done here at Beth EL. Five B’nai Mitzvahs coming up. Services open for attendance. I’d love to see you there!

Grace Belkin

Membership Chair

BETH EL RELIGIOUS SCHOOL

Together Educating And Motivating (TEAM)

Contact MISS VICKIE for more information at vickie@bethelbeaches.org

2020-2021 SCHOOL REGISTRATION FORM

MEDICAL RELEASE FORM

BETH EL BROTHERHOOD

Beth El Brotherhood Application

COME JOIN US FOR DINNER WITH THE RABBI! THURSDAY, MAY 20TH AT 7 PM!

BETH EL SISTERHOOD

2020-2021 Sisterhood Application

—Bone Builders— strong person, strong bones. This research-based movement program is designed to maintain or increase strength and rebuild bone matrix.

Bone Builders include warmups, balance, strength, and cool-downs.

Slow repetition of each exercise is key.

Our Jackie Gould is a trained RSVP Bone Builders Exercise Leader.

Come try it out! THIS WEDNESDAY, 5.12.21, at 9:30 AM.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88988846054?pwd=anRrN1lmS3kvZWZIL1JHM1pjSVJudz09

Meeting ID: 889 8884 6054

Passcode: 686056

—And then, quick break, and stay for the uplift of Shalom Yoga at 10:30. Every Wednesday. Contact Elaine Bergstrom sumieb43@comcast.net with any questions.

For everyone who has missed our weekly Yoga Shalom, and newcomers, too! Every Wednesday, at 10:30, Cantor Lisa Levine and our DVD teacher, have created a yoga practice just for us. It seemed pretty gentle but I was definitely warm at the end! You can use your mat or your chair. Elaine Bergstrom will be Zooming this practice. Please contact Elaine for the link. sumieb43@comcast.net

Cantor Lisa invites us to Zoom with her every Monday morning at 11 AM, Yoga Shalom at Home, a different Healing Energy Practice each week. Please contact cantorlisalevine@yahoo.com to get on her mailing list.

CLICK HERE TO JOIN US

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.

BRICK ORDER FORM

COMMUNITY EVENTS

BETH EL SPONSOR

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