|
CHAILITES
October 18, 2023
| |
"For evil to flourish, it only requires good men to do nothing.” Simon Wiesenthal | |
|
UPCOMING EVENTS!
Friday, October 20, 5:00 pm, Meadow Ridge - In lieu of our regular Shabbat Service this Friday (10/20), please join Cantor Harriet and the Residents of Meadow Ridge (100 Redding Road, Redding, CT 06896) at 5:00 pm in their auditorium as they come together in Prayer, Healing and Solidarity during this unprecedented and uncertain time. Note that parking is extremely limited, so if you plan to join us, please consider meeting at TBC and carpooling over. The service begins at 5:00 pm.
Saturday, Oct. 21, 9 am, 11 am, 1 pm, and 3 pm - Rise Against Hunger Meal Packing Event. More TBC participants needed! (See below for more information) Register here!
Sunday, Oct. 22, 10:00 am - Adult Hebrew Class. All interested should come to the TBC conference room at 10:00! (Here's a great version of the Alef Bet song to get you started.)
Sunday, October 22, 12:30 pm - Sisterhood Annual Membership Luncheon
Saturday, November 4, 7:00 pm - TBC Adult Game Night! (See below!)
For an updated poster of upcoming TBC Events and Happenings
through December 2023, Click Here!
| |
|
STILL TIME TO REGISTER for Wi-ACT’s Annual
Rise Against Hunger Meal-Packaging Event
This Saturday October 21!
| |
|
Wi-ACT’s (Wilton's Interfaith Action Committee) Rise Against Hunger meal-packaging event will be held on Saturday, Oct. 21 at the WEPCO Church Complex, 36 New Canaan Road, Wilton.
The meal-packaging work is in 2-hour shifts; so just go on the site and choose your shift: beginning at 9 am, 11 am, 1 pm, and 3 pm. Children as young as 7 can participate, and intergenerational family groups are welcome and very much encouraged!
In past years, TBC members of all ages have worked together to help pack tens of thousands of meals to distribute to impoverished people in a part of the world in most need. Past countries included Nicaragua, South Sudan, Senegal, the Philippines, and others. This year, we hope to package another 135,000 meals that can feed more than 350 children for an entire year. Hope to see you there!
Donations are always great to cover the cost of the meals. To donate, go to the TBC website and under Giving - scroll down to "donate now". Then choose the Tzedakah (Social Action) Fund and indicate it is for Rise Against Hunger.
Register here!
TBC members volunteer as part of our Social Action Program.
| |
|
Annual Sisterhood Membership Luncheon
Sunday, October 22, 2023
12:30 - 2:30 PM
| |
|
Please join the Women of Temple B'nai Chaim Sisterhood for our Annual Membership Luncheon As we Turn to a New Season and an Engaging Year of Sisterhood Programming.
Enjoy a hearty Mid-Eastern lunch, renew friendships, greet new Temple and
Sisterhood Members, and bid on Judaica and other items at our popular Silent Auction. This event is free for our Sisterhood members and prospective members.
Please RSVP by October 19th to sisterhood@templebnaichaim.org
| |
|
TBC Game Night, Saturday, November 4,
7:00 pm -10:00 pm
| |
|
ALL ARE INVITED!
- Card Games, Title Games & Board Games for Adults
- Desserts, Drinks & Schmoozing
- BYOB as needed!
- Children's Activities and Supervision available in the Religious School wing
GAMES, ETC.
-
Cards: Poker, Hearts, Canasta and Bridge (or others of your preference)
-
Tiles: Mah Jongg, Rummy Cube, Scrabble, others
-
Games: Pictionary, Settlers of Catan, Monopoly, Trivial Pursuit
$10 members, $18 non-members
RSVP HERE!
| |
|
Kristallnacht Interfaith Book Talk & Discussion
Thursday, November 9
| |
Kathleen Burton, the author of The Nazi Religion and The Rise of the French Christian Resistance, has taught in the French department at Yale University since 2007. She has a PhD in theology from L’Université Laval in Québec, an MA in French from Central Connecticut State University, and a BA in political science from University of California, Los Angeles. She has studied at the Sorbonne in Paris and at the Institut d’Études Politiques de Bordeaux.
Her book was originally published in French by The University Laval Press and she has been updating, translating, and further researching it for the past 16 years. She retired from Yale last year in order to begin a speaking tour that has taken her to The American Academy of Religion Conference last November in Denver, to The European Academy of Religion Conference last June in Scotland and she was featured on a national zoom last May by the Alliance Française in an hour-long interview on her book. She is an active member of Milford’s Senior Center and a resident of Milford.
| |
|
Pictures from Interfaith Community Vigil of Prayer and Healing in Solidarity with Israel (10/15/2023)
See full image gallery!
| |
|
Our 6th & 7th Grade Teacher, Morah Rica, owns a hair salon that has partnered with Wigs & Wishes to provide those who are losing their hair due to a cancer battle with free wigs. Morah Rica owns Yaffa Beauty by Rica, where she consults with cancer fighters to select a wig, and once it arrives, she styles it to suit, and will shave their hair (should they wish) in a way to make it a positive-as-possible and empowering experience. Along with the wig, she will often give a small care package, many of which we helped assemble last year.
Sadly, the demand for wigs has not slowed down, and Morah Rica is in need of more care packages, so this year, the TBC Religious School is going to collect the necessities, as well as send notes, for these brave men and women to bring them some refuah shleimah.
Please see the list of items needed here and leave them in the bin at TBC.
| |
Please Share Your Simcha! TBC congregants are invited to share news of their family events and celebrations in Chailites. Please send your information to chailites@templebnaichaim.org. | |
|
TBC is Here For You!
If you or a family member is ill or in need of care - or if you know of someone in our community who needs help - please contact Cantor Harriet. Our Caring Committee is here to provide assistance - meals, rides to doctors' appointments or shopping.
| |
|
Yahrzeits October 20-26
Zeicher tzaddik livrachah!
Tuesday, October 24
Robert S. Windt, great uncle of Deborah List
Wednesday, October 25
Ross Supnik, father of Terry Ullman
Thursday, October 26
Charles Klem, Jr., father of Pam Klem
It is traditional to light a memorial candle at home on the eve of the yahrzeit. You may also find it meaningful while kindling the yahrzeit candle to offer prayers of remembrance or reflect on your loved one’s life. Many also choose this time to make monetary donations in memory of loved ones.
Yahrzeit Memorial Plaques
When remembering loved ones who have passed away, we invite you to commemorate their lives and blessings with a memorial plaque for the TBC wall of remembrance. Ordering information is available here.
| |
|
ShopRaise Now for TBC!
Whether you're shopping for food or decor for your home, or anything else, we've got you covered. A portion of every purchase you make with the ShopRaise app can benefit TBC. Make today a time for giving.
More information about ShopRaise for TBC can be found here.
Contributions to TBC add up! You can shop at hundreds of stores, including Macy's, Walmart, Wayfair, Nordstrom, Petsmart, and Bed Bath & Beyond.
| |
|
Handmade Kippot
The kippot are $18 each, and we will continue to use the proceeds to ship Machzorim to the community and also send the balance of the proceeds to purchase food! Please make checks payable to: Temple B'nai Chaim, with 'TBC Social Action Fund-Ugandan Jewry' in the memo line. Additional donations are welcome through the TBC Social Action Fund on the TBC Donation Page with a note indicating 'Ugandan Jewry' as the recipient.
| |
You Can Make a Difference at TBC | |
|
Have you been thinking about making a donation to support TBC in some way? We have made it easier for you to do just that! Please check out our new Donate Now button below! Don't forget, you can sponsor and oneg, preneg or flowers for Shabbat Services.
Sponsor a TBC Oneg or Service Flowers!
| |
|
TBC Links
Website - Calendar - Membership
Previous issues of Chailites and other Temple News are listed
on the TBC website here
Don't miss out. Like and follow us:
| | | | |
