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WEEKLY UPDATE 3/10/19
Friday, March 15
Tot Shabbat 6:00-6:45pm • Shabbat Service with Shpiel 7:15-8:15pm
Fundraising Art Sale
TODAY! Sunday, March 10, 2 - 5pm
At the temple. Large selection of classic and contemporary art – beautiful crewel and needlepoint pieces as well as prints and amazing illustrations. Some originals! Every piece will be priced, but the fundraising team will be "flexible".
There will be a cooler outside the Temple doors from Wednesday, 3/13, at noon through Thursday, 3/14, 8pm.
Food Needed for Lowell Transitional Living Center
We are collecting food to be donated to the Lowell Transitional Living Center this month. Please feel free to donate meatloaf, brownies and/or salad. Every donation is greatly appreciated. Any questions   email Deborah Morrissey ,   or call her at
(978) 239-0466.
Knit a Square a Month
 Making an afghan can be very boring–same pattern after pattern, stitch after stitch, row after row–UGH! Instead, knit 12 squares, one per month. Each month we will send you directions for your next square. When all squares are done, we'll all meet, sew the squares together and then each person can decide if they want to donate their afghan to charity or keep it.
Sisterhood Night Out
Thursday, March 14, 6:30pm
At Burton's Grill in Westford. Enjoy dinner and socialize with Sisterhood gals. Space limited to the first 12 responses.
Celebrate Jewish life with old friends and new with a Chavurah. Connect with other members with common interests with an Affinity Group.
Join a Chavurah, an
Affinity Group, or Both!
Please respond by March 15 to be
part of the first round of groups .
Small groups are an excellent way to foster deeper friendships and a stronger congregational community. Groups will be formed in the near future. Fill out the form to be matched to a group today!
Purim Shpiel & Carnival
Sunday, March 17, 10:00am-12:30pm
Join us for a morning of fun, festivities & food! Our staff will lead a lively Purim Shpiel from 10-11, and then our Shalomites will host their yearly carnival. There will be new games and prizes–fun for all!
Come and support the Shalomites.
All are welcome–bring friends!
Calling all Hamantachen Bakers!
If you are able to bake 2 dozen hamantachen and donate them to the Carnival, we would really appreciate it. Please let Rob and Sandy know if you can bake. Each baker will be entered into our annual hamantachen contest. Prize will be awarded for the best-tasting ones. Hamantachen must be dropped off by 10 am on March 17.
LOOKING AHEAD
Sunset Shabbat
Friday, March 22 at 6:00pm Lay Led
Written In Breath
Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell
Sunday, March 24, 4:00 - 5:30pm
 At the temple . Yiddish Song presents yet another vibrant, relevant body of Jewish texts with which to engage, celebrate and–of course–argue about the continuities of Jewish spiritual and cultural life.

Eight years after making his professional operatic debut in a Philip Glass world premiere, Anthony Russell is now a vocalist, composer and arranger specializing in Yiddish art and folk song, chazones and Chasidic nigunim.
A hands-on experience for everyone!
Holy Book Burial
Sunday, March 31, 10:30am
At the grove of trees at the temple. Join us for the mitzvah of respectful burial of worn- out Hebrew books. If bringing your own books, please contact Mishkan Advisory Group with an estimate of how many you'll be bringing. Please bring all books in biodegradable containers. Full details.
One Community Read April 30
Powerful story of how a prominent white supremacist changed his heart and mind. It can help us understand what is happening in this American moment and better understand one another. Open to the public. At Congregation Shalom. Details.
hors d’oeuvres • desserts • libations
music • socializing • storytelling
7:00 pm 
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