Shabbat Shalom 
March 18, 2017 - 20 Adar 5777
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Parashat Ki Tisa
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We are a chutzpadik people. I say this not merely as an experienced rabbi but as a student of the midrash. On Parashat Ki Tisa, Midrash Shemot Rabbah 42:9 [a nearly 2000 year old text] describes the Jewish people having chutzpa as a way of explaining this week's repeated references to us being a "stiff-necked people." We are called stiff-necked twice in the parasha. The first time [Exodus 33:3], God proclaims he will not be found among us because we are stiff-necked, whereas later [in Exodus 34:9] Moses asks God to remain amongst us precisely because we are characterized by this trait. In the first instance, being stiff-necked is clearly regarded as a problem, but in the second instance it seems that it is a positive. This is the way it is with chutzpa. It all depends upon context. When we are brazenly stubborn in resisting the right path, chutzpa only makes a bad situation worse. However when the situation calls for uncompromising and courageous steadfastness, chutzpa becomes a key virtue. We live in challenging times for the Jewish people
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Which generation of Jews has not?). When those challenges call for a chutzpadik response, we know that we can count on ourselves to meet the expectation.
B'yedidut (w/friendship),
Rabbi Mitch Levine
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This Week's Shabbat Schedule
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Candle lighting:
6:16 pm
Rabbi Mitch's Breakfast Club: 9:00 am in the social hall
Shabbat morning services: 10:00 am in the chapel
Babysitting: 10:15 am (Room 210 for children 5 years old and younger)
Kids' Activity Room:
10:15 am in room 209
Tot Shabbat: 11:00 am in room 210
Woodchoppers: 6:00 pm
Havdalah:
8:24 pm
Shabbat Service leaders:
Kenny Steinman and Rabbi Melissa Crespy
Gabbaim: Yehudit Kanfer and Rachel Kleit
Torah Readers: Ed Frankel
Haftorah Reader: Ari Goldberg
Usher: Lillian Grossman
Kiddush is sponsored by Jon & Robyn Silberstein in memory of Jon's sister, Roberta Silberstein and grandfather Harry Silberstein.
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Minyan Service Times - March 18-24
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Sunday morning services are at 9:30 am. Monday through Friday morning services are at 7:00 am.
Please support our members to properly remember the yahrzeits of loved ones at evening minyan:
Sunday, March 19 at 7:00 pm
- The Ruben Family will be saying kaddish for their father and grandfather, Bernard Ruben.
If you are saying Kaddish for a loved one, please invite family and friends to help make a minyan. Thank you to all who have been helping us make minyans!
Please do a mitzvah, and help make a minyan!
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Upcoming Events
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Saturday, March 18
- Rabbi Mitch's Breakfast Club
Wednesday, March 22 - Mahj
Sunday, March 26 - Brotherhood Minyannaires & Italian Dinner
Friday, March 31 - Cocktails for Kabbalat Shabbat & Shabbat Dinner, honoring the Yahrzeit of Rabbi Kalman London
Saturday, April 1 - Scholar-in-Residence, Matan Koch, A Conversation on Universal Inclusion
Sunday, April 2 - Sisterhood High Tea
Tuesday, April 4 - Jewish Lunch Club @ Bexley Middle School
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Photo of the Week
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Charlie Chaplin (aka Annie Shmookler) was a special guest at
Sunday
night's Purim Carnival.
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Contact Us
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Congregation
Agudas Achim
2767 E. Broad St.
Bexley, OH 43209
614-237-2747
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Simchas for the Week
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Happy Birthday to: Gary Schottenstein, Neal Shapiro, Yakov Shvartsman, Gabe Solomon, Wendy Ungar, Joy Soll, Rabbi Yosef Zylberberg, Rachel Cohen, Jeff Jonas, Igor Kaplan, Audrey Yenkin, Marlowe Yenkin, Janice Wolman, Steven Block, Maud Epstein, Maxton Kramer, and Jack Meizlish.
Happy Anniversary to: Ken & Laura Clubok, Wendy Ungar & Wendy Mohr, and Ben & Judy Braun.
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Yahrzeits this Week
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This week we mark the following yahrzeits and remember:
Nick Cooper, Bonnie Fishman, Chane Maybruck, Meyer Schottenstein, Lisa Shapiro, Isadore Weiss, Abe Goldfarb, Lydia Gordon, Roberta Silberstein, Bernard Ruben, Jacob Friedman, Ruth Glassman, Israel Kahn, Max Friedman, Giller Gakh, Sarah Kerstein, William Sekel, Sonia Tverskaya, Fred Yenkin, Leo Arkin, Florence Cabakoff, Magda Heksh, Mollie Levinson, Leon Maybruck, Suzanne Cowan, Sara Goberman, Phil Gouz, Thea Hodge, Herbert Spector, and Bodie Thrasher.
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Agudas Achim Education Committee
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Agudas Achim has been enjoying tremendous growth in our population of children. To meet their needs, we are already beginning to think about and plan for next year and beyond.
If you would like to help out by volunteering your time or you have ideas to share, please be in touch with our new Education Committee Co-Chairs Sarah-Rachel Sribnick ([email protected]) and Rayna Weiner ([email protected]).
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Rabbi Mitch's Breakfast Club
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habbat, March 18, 9:00 am in the social hall
"Talking in Shul"
The Shabbat morning service will begin at 10:00 am.
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Mahj on Wednesdays
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 Love playing Mahj or want to learn?
Have fun playing and/or learning with our
Mahj on Wednesdays
group!
Games begin at 6:30 pm at Agudas Achim.
Upcoming dates:
March 22
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Brotherhood's March Madness Minyannaires & Italian Dinner
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Sunday, March 26 
Snacks at 5:30 pm; Minyan at 5:45 pm; and a delicious Italian dinner to follow.
$10 for the entire family!
Brotherhood members will box the Yom Hashoah Yellow Candles, beginning at 4:00 pm.
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Cocktails, Kabbalat Shabbat & Dinner
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Commemorating the Yahrzeit of Rabbi Kalman London
Friday, March 31
Join us for Cocktails for Kabbalat Shabbat, Kabbalat Shabbat services, and a delicious Shabbat meal. This evening is family-friendly; all the festivities begin at
6:00 pm.
Cost for dinner:
$10/adult; $5/child (10 & under); $25/Family cap
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Scholar-in-Residence Matan Koch
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Shabbat, April 1
Matan A. Koch's lifelong history of disability advocacy began at age four with a presentation to several hundred young people, continued with a term as the president of Yale University's student disabilities community, and reached its most recent high point with his appointment by President Barack Obama to the National Council on Disability, for a term which concluded in 2014.
Shabbat morning D'var Torah -
"A Conversation on Universal Inclusion with Matan Koch"
What does it mean to be inclusive? Why do we include? Who do we include? How do we include? We will hear some thoughts on these questions from Inclusion Consultant Matan Koch, and then explore together the next steps of an inclusion journey at Agudas Achim.
Shabbat afternoon Woodchoppers Talmud Study (6:00 pm) - "The Jewish Roots of Inclusion: Were the Talmudic Rabbis Inclusive?"
We often think of the idea of including those who are different as modern, a humanist interpretation overlaying our ancient tradition. In this study, we challenge that assumption, exploring a famous Rabbinic exchange which gives us precious insight into the way our sages thought about inclusion, and helps us
explore the sometimes artificial distinction between "Jewish" and "Modern".
Made possible by funding from the Rabbi Kalman London Scholar in Residence Fund of the Columbus Jewish Foundation.
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High Tea with the Sisterhood of Agudas Achim
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Sunday, April 2, 3:00-4:30 pm at the shul 
Tea, scones, relaxing music and schmoozing with your friends.
Dress up, don a hat! Just like the English and our Southern ladies often do. A delightful time to get away and do something for yourself!
Cost: $8
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Brotherhood Campership Fund
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The Agudas Achim Brotherhood is offering a $500 camp scholarship for a 2017 Summer Camp Experience.
Applications are due April 3, 2017.
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Around the Community
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For Jewish Family Services
First Thursdays Tools for Caregivers
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click here.
For more information on DORRA & Job Seekers,
click here.
For more information on Gan Ephraim (preschool at Ahavas Sholom),
click here.
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