If you would like to own your own Jewish calendar for the new year 5781, call Benita at 508-954-5637 to arrange to pick it up at the temple, Feel free to take some for your friends.
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Join us for Torah study this Shabbat at 10am with Rabbi Penzner.
We will study two psalms.
Please find Psalm 137 and Psalm 126 and bring translations, commentary, and your questions.
You may recognize one or both of these psalms. I have chosen them with the upcoming observance of Tisha B'Av in mind. On that summer fast day (Wednesday evening July 29 - Thursday July 30), we recall and feel the sense of loss at the destruction of Jerusalem as a seminal and tragic moment in Jewish history. These two psalms speak to that event, giving us two different perspectives. Please read 137 before 126, for reasons which will be apparent.
Everyone is welcome to Torah study, regardless of your Jewish knowledge or background. There will be something for everyone to learn and share!
Zoom link
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 899 7287 1612
One tap mobile
+13017158592,,89972871612# US
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Mazal Tov to: Henry Barber and
Laurie Rotman on the birth of their grandson, Avery Paul Jarrett. Avery was born in Tuscon on July 14 at 5:47pm, weighing 7lbs 9oz and measuring 19 7/8 inches.
Mazal Tov to Avery's parents Rachel
and Benjamin Jarrett and older brother Julian.
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RENEW YOUR HBT COMMITMENT
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HBT membership forms,
bee
on the lookout!
This year, we have divided up our summer mailings into three separate portions. We hope this will make each element more manageable for you. The packet you just received only contains membership renewal commitment forms. You will separately receive forms for school registration, High Holy Day participation, and your payment plan. This year, you will be able to renew your membership online!
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MOMENT FOR MA'ARIV
Mondays at 7:30pm
, join Rabbi Penzner for a contemplative end to your day, with prayerful singing, guided meditation, a prayer for healing, and kaddish.
If you plan to come and need a minyan, please message the
hbtlistserv
to ensure we can support you with a minyan.
Should you have a death in the family and seek support, the rabbi is available to you at any time. In addition, she will arrange a virtual shiva minyan for you. You can include family and friends, and we will invite HBT members to help comfort you. Contact the
rabbi
directly.
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 849 9072 7930
One tap mobile
+19292056099,,84990727930# US (New York)
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GBIO ORGANIZING FOR RACIAL JUSTICE
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Zoom meeting with
Rep. Ed Coppinger
(for the West Roxbury District)
Tuesday, July 21
st
, 6:30pm
GBIO is campaigning to get MA legislation for racial justice, police reform and health reform NOW. We are holding virtual “In District Meetings” with State Reps to support bills to: limit on police use of force, independent certification/de-certification of police and release vulnerable individuals in crowded jails/prisons during the pandemic, reduce patient co-pays and drug prices, and improve mental health and substance abuse services. Plus more!
FILL OUT
THIS FORM
to RSVP and receive your Zoom link for a session with your legislator.
All HBT members are welcome to attend any session!
Scroll below to See second GBIO Event
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Tisha B'Av: A Night of Brokenness
Wednesday evening, July 29
8:00 pm
The fast and observance of Tisha B'Av strikes a chord this year when we are immersed in a time of brokenness. As we recall the great traumas of Jewish history, beginning with the Destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, we are invited to mourn together communally all that we have suffered and all that we have lost.
Rabbi Barbara Penzner and Cantor Louis Treitman will lead us in song, prayer, learning, and meditation to face the brokenness in our lives today: the brokenness of the pandemic and its responses, the enduring plague of racism and its violent manifestations, threats to the foundations of good government, and all that gives us a sense of security in our country and in our future. What can we gain by pouring out our hearts together ? What does our tradition have to teach us as we consider that Judaism has survived for 2500 years since that first Destruction?
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 846 4985 5363
One tap mobile
+19292056099,,84649855363# US
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GBIO and HBT Tikkun Olam Racial Justice - Legislative Actions!
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News from GBIO
State Representative Angelo Scaccia is retiring from the MA State House!
AND GBIO is sponsoring a candidate forum
Tuesday, August 11
th
, 5:30-7:00pm
Candidates running to fill the 14
th
Suffolk seat include:
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Rob Consalvo
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Duckens Petit Maitre
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Gretchen Van Ness
All candidates have agreed to attend this virtual event where we will discuss these current legislative issues:
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Affordable housing (during pandemic and beyond)
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Decarceration (during pandemic and beyond)
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Police reform
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Health care reform, including mental health parity
Please register here to meet the candidates and learn where they stand on these issues:
HBT is additionally holding a pre-forum virtual house meeting to identify concerns related to these issues that our members would like to have raised at the Candidate Forum.
Tuesday, July 21
st
5:30-6:30
Please register here to be part of this important discussion, where we begin to define our “asks” of these candidates. Zoom invitation will be sent out prior to the event.
Your vote is your power!
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We are fortunate to have an Education to Action Event on Policing in the US.
Wednesday evening, August 12
6:30 pm
(Please put in your calendar)
Dr. Tonisha Pinckney is a PhD criminologist who gave an outstanding talk 3 years ago on Policing and Mental Health. She will be talking about this moment in our country on Policing Reform and will be addressing the roots of the current crisis, the skillful use of language and terminology around reform (What does “defund” really mean?), barriers to change, and hopeful paths forward to Peace and Justice.
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*HBT "Ma Nishtanah"
Ma nishtanah opens the 4 questions of the Passover Seder. It's not a question, but a statement of surprise: "How different is this!"
HBT will use Ma Nishtanah to let you know about events, programs and meetings sponsored by HBT in the next few days.
We will also share resources in the Jewish community that can supplement what we are offering.
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