Friday, February 8
5:45pm Pre-neg Nosh
6:00pm Family
Sabbath Eve Service featuring Grade Five
with
Rabbi Robert Goldstein
and
Cantor Idan Irelander
Saturday, February 9
9:00am Chapel Service
Sunday, February 10
11:00am Congregational Service
Friday, February 15
5:45pm Pre-neg Nosh
6:00pm
Sabbath Eve Service
with
Cantor Idan Irelander
and
Soloist Gitit Shoval
Saturday, February 16
9:00am Chapel Service
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Calling all 6, 7 & 8th Graders! Come read with us!
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Meets 3 Mondays @ 6:15pm
*During Pizza at Religious School
February 25
: Receive your book and learn about the author, Alyson, and the book
March 4
: After a week of reading
Focused
, enjoy a discussion of the book
March 25
: Finish the book, discuss, and get excited to meet Alyson on March 31!
Join Lori Gerber, Temple Emanuel Congregant and Alyson's mother, for a three session book group!
$15 per child, includes book
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Friday, March 1 to
Saturday, March 2
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An overnight camp retreat at URJ Eisner Camp in Great Barrington, MA. Spend the weekend with teens from around the region, doing fun activities, having meaningful conversations, and living as one community. A great opportunity for middle school teens to get a taste of a NFTY experience and enjoy fun, interactive programs led by awesome teens! Click here to register! Email Sherry with any questions.
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RABBINIC TRANSITION SURVEY
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Deadline to Respond is February 10!
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In preparation for Rabbi Goldstein's retirement in 2020 (
read his announcement here), we are asking for congregants' input about what to look for in a new rabbi. Please click below to fill out a very brief anonymous survey. If you'd like to participate in a more detailed discussion, at the end of the survey you can sign up for a 1-hour long focus group. We would like to hear from as many congregants as possible and welcome your participation in this process.
If you have any questions, please email
[email protected]
or call the office at (978) 470-1356.
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RABBINIC TRANSITION FOCUS GROUPS
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Wednesday, February 6, 10:00am-4:00pm
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Join us again this year to pack 15,000 nutritious meals for the
Merrimack Valley Food Bank, Inc.
at a time of year when supplies are low. Volunteer for one-hour shifts from 11am-4pm working side-by-side with our interfaith coalition of congregations and community organizations from around the Merrimack Valley. The wonderful opportunity to meet people of other faiths and traditions are part of this experience.
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SISTERHOOD FAMILY PROGRAM
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Sunday, February 10, 11:30am
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Join Sisterhood for a presentation by Curious Creatures after the Family Service in the Multi-Purpose Room. Pizza lunch will be provided and the show will start at noon.
$20 for Sisterhood members, $25 for non-members.
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BOOK LAUNCH EVENT WITH ALYSON GERBER
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Sunday, March 31, 11:30am
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Join the author, Alyson, who grew up at our Temple, for a book reading and book signing.
Alyson's new middle grade novel FOCUSED features a girl caught between her love of chess and her ADHD. In a starred review, Booklist called Alyson Gerber's first novel, Braced, "a masterfully constructed and highly empathetic debut about a different kind of acceptance." With FOCUSED, she explores even further how, when life gives you a challenge, the best way to face it is with an open mind, an open heart, and the open support of the people around you.
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What Makes Sammy Run by Budd Schulberg
It is a rags to riches story chronicling the rise and fall of
Sammy
Glick, a Jewish boy born in New York's Lower East Side who, very early in his life,
makes
up his mind to escape the ghetto and climb the ladder of success by deception and betrayal. It was later made into a long-
running
Broadway musical. Discussion led by Professor Jonathan Silverman.
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