The 2024 Election:

What to Watch For in the Weeks Ahead

Get Out the Vote Shabbat

Friday, 9/20 at 6:00pm

Please join us for a Shabbat service featuring Dr. Jeffrey Berry, TOS Trustee and Professor Emeritus, Political Science, Tufts University, followed by a postcard writing party to support the Religious Action Center’s “Every Voice Every Vote" campaign.

This event is co-organized by the TOS Brotherhood and TOS Social Action and Adult Education committees.

This Shabbat's Torah Portion is Ki Tavo (Deuteronomy 26:1–29:8)

Friday, September 20

6:00pm

Get Out The Vote Shabbat (In-Person and Virtual)

The 2024 Election: What to Watch For in the Weeks Ahead

Location: Chapel (also Zoom and Livestream)

Please join us for a shabbat service featuring Dr. Jeffrey Berry, TOS Trustee and Professor Emeritus, Political Science, Tufts University, followed by a postcard writing party to support the Religious Action Center’s “Every Voice Every Vote" campaign.

We will be writing postcards to two different groups of voters:

1) Voters in communities impacted by barriers to voting

AND

2) Voters in Florida to protect and expand reproductive freedom

This event is co-organized by the TOS Brotherhood and TOS Social Action and Adult Education committees.

Saturday, September 21

Shabbat Morning B'yachad

9:30am 

Breakfast Schmooze for all ages (In-Person Only) 

Location: Chapel

10:00am 

Tot Shabbat (In-Person Only) 

Location: Lissner

10:00am 

Community Read: The Amen Effect (In-Person Only) Learn more here

Location: Chapel

10:30am 

TCEE Playdate (In-Person Only) 

Location: Playground

11:00am 

Shabbat Morning Service (In-Person and Virtual) 

Location: Chapel (also Zoom)

Lunch following services in the Chapel

Remembrances

You will find the list of weekly yahrzeits here.

Mi Shebeirach

If you would like us to include the name of a loved one in our prayer for healing, please let us know.

Wednesday, September 25

7:00pm

Sisterhood Author Talk organized by Sisterhood and Adult Education (Virtual Only)

Location: Zoom

More information below

Thursday, September 26

9:00am

Torah for the Heart and Mind with Rabbi Berkman (Virtual Only)

Location: Zoom

Friday, September 27

6:00pm

Erev Shabbat Services (In-Person and Virtual)

Location: Chapel (also Zoom and Livestream)

Saturday, September 28

10:30am 

Shabbat Morning Service & Bat Mitzvah of Ellie Sosnovik (In-Person and Virtual) 

Location: Sanctuary (also Zoom)

7:00pm

Havdalah Selichot Service (In-Person and Virtual)

Location: Chapel (also Zoom and Livestream)

8:00pm

Film Screening: The Last Repair Shop (In-Person Only)

Location: Chapel

Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown on October 2nd, 2024

Join us for the High Holy Days!

Celebrate High Holy Days 2024/5785 with TOS! We look forward to welcoming, reconnecting, and celebrating with you!

Information on how to purchase guest tickets, as well as our full lineup of services and offerings, can be found on the High Holy Days page of the TOS website now! Anyone who registers for High Holy Day tickets from now until Rosh Hashanah will be able to pick up their tickets at Will Call.

The deadline for Our Scroll Book submission is TODAY, September 20^th. Please use this form to submit names to our printed Scroll Book.

TOS Sukkah Raising

Sunday, 10/13 at 11:00am

Please join us when we raise our community Sukkah on Sunday Oct 13th at 11am in the TOS parking lot. No prior Sukkah construction experience needed! Seeking adults to help raise the Sukkah as well as kids to help decorate the Sukkah once raised. Jonathan Kerner, TOS Trustee and chair of the Facilities Committee will be sponsoring lunch from Mamelah’s for all participants. Please RSVP to Jon at operations.facilities@ohabei.org

Speaker Series on Creation & Creativity

As we look ahead to Simchat Torah and Parshat Bereshit, the story of Creation, Adult Education is planning a speaker series featuring congregants who have used their creative powers in their professional lives. Jewish tradition states that the World is re-created every day, and we see that not only each sunrise, but also in the work of doctors discovering new cures, entrepreneurs starting new businesses, and artists crafting new works. We have within our Congregation many such creators, and we invite you to let us know if you’d like to serve as a speaker or panelist as part of our series. The series is intended not only to focus on creation and creativity, but also to permit us to learn more about one another. If you are interested in so serving, please respond to AdultEd@Ohabei.org.

Sisterhood Author Talk Organized by Sisterhood and Adult Education

Wednesday, 9/25 at 7:00pm

Zoom

The Sisterhood of Temple Ohabei Shalom is proud to present its first event of the season! In conjunction with the TOS Adult Education Committee, we are proud to present on September 25th at 7:00 pm a book talk and presentation by author Barbara Vinick on her latest book 100 Jewish Brides: Stories from Around the World. This groundbreaking book captures an astounding array of matrimonial customs, rituals, and rites through emotionally powerful first-person accounts of Jewish marriage by women from every corner of the globe.

In light of the recent marriage of our own Cantor Maayan Silverman, this is a timely topic for us at TOS. The author, Barbara Vinick, is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College and received her Ph.D. in Sociology from Boston University and conducted post-doctoral research in human development at Harvard University. She is a research gerontologist at the Department of Veterans Affairs and associate professor at the School of Public Health of Boston University. Barbara has authored a number of books, including Today I am a Woman: Stories of Bat Mitzvah around the World.

Come join us on September 25th when Barbara will speak and give a PowerPoint presentation which highlights many of these lovely brides and their cultures. 

Please RSVP to Sisterhood President Denise Karlin at djkarlin@rcn.com and join the Zoom meeting here.

 **Save the Date**

A celebration of Hanukkah and TOS -- Rick Recht in Concert!

Sunday, 12/8 at 4:00pm

Join us for a celebratory, participatory, live concert at TOS! For the last 20 summers, Rick Recht has played at literally hundreds of URJ, Ramah, JCC and private camps around the country. He has been featured in concert and as scholar in residence at the NFTY, BBYO, and USY International conventions, the URJ Biennial, the American Conference of Cantors, the Central Conference of American Rabbis, and Jewish communities across the U.S. Recht has 13 top-selling Jewish albums including his most recent release, Here I Am. Light dinner featuring Mamaleh’s latkes to follow! Stay tuned for more details!!

An Evening of Remembrance and Hope

Monday, 10/7 at 7:00pm

Wang Theatre, 270 Tremont St, Boston

Please come to be together as a TOS community and the broader Greater Boston Jewish community as we commemorate the first anniversary of October 7th. It is so important to continue to connect as we can both give and receive comfort, strength and hope from one another after this painful year. Please note that registration is required. Please note that registration is required.

Read more about this event here.

Pre-registration and photo ID will be required for this event.

Tickets are non-transferable and seating is general admission/first come, first served. You must register to get a ticket.

Lehrhaus Memberships for the new year!

Lehrhaus is a not-for-profit celebrating the vibrancy of Jewish life and learning. Inspired by the Frankfurt Lehrhaus of 1920s Germany, Lehrhaus is a Jewish tavern and house of learning where people of all backgrounds can grab a book from the shelf, meet with a hevruta (study partner), take an interesting class, and delight in amazing Jewish food and drink.

We’re on a mission to make Jewish life more joyful, meaningful, and accessible through excellent hospitality and learning.

Become a member by 10/2 using the code Ohabei5785 for one month free and an exclusive Lehrhaus tshirt! Learn more here.

Help Water Brookline Trees!

The Boston region has now eclipsed twenty-eight consecutive days without a measurable amount of rainfall. This, combined with many years of drought conditions, has resulted in a significant adverse impact on the urban forest throughout Brookline. We are seeing trees with desiccation and leaf scorch across the community and across the region. 

DPW and Brookline’s trees need your help!

Please help the public trees around you by providing them some much-needed water to deal with these stressors. By providing 15-20 gallons of water to nearby trees, you may just be giving them that support that will make the difference. If there is a water bag on the trees, please fill that bag. If a tree does not have a bag, please gently pour the water around the base of the tree so that it may slowly percolate into the soil. This watering should, to the extent possible, be done once every three days until either we get some substantial rain or until the first hard frost arrives. To check moisture, gently probe the soil with your finger, and it should be moist at least 1” below the ground.

Thank you for helping to care for Brookline’s Urban Forest. The trees are grateful for your support! 

Erin E. Chute

Commisioner of Public Works

The TOS Board has been busy at work fulfilling its mission: 

The TOS Board works together to maintain the temple’s fiscal viability and social fabric of the TOS community. Its mission is to foster a warm and inclusive community and create opportunities for TOS members to connect through education, worship, and repair of the world. To those ends, we request that you. . . 

Make Friends and Get Involved!

The Board and congregants run many committees that work hard to organize events that suit your needs. Read about committees below and contact chairs at the emails provided – we hope to hear from you!!

Adult Education: Are you interested in inviting authors, artists, scholars, or other exciting speakers to give lectures/discussions at TOS? Perhaps you would like to lead discussions about books, films, politics, or other topics? The Adult Education committee is looking for committee members–and a co-chair! The Adult Education committee works closely with TOS Trustee Nick Hunter and Rabbi Berkman. Please contact: adulteducation@ohabei.org

Ritual Committee: Did you ever wonder how services are organized? Or wish that certain things were offered at Friday night services? Consider joining the Ritual Committee! The Ritual Committee works closely with Rabbi Berkman and TOS Trustee Michelle Simon. We are looking for both committee members and a committee co-chair. Please contact: ritualcommittee@ohabei.org

Social Action: Are you passionate about tikkun olam (repair of the world)? You might be interested in helping organize events that are in line with those passions by joining the Social Action Committee. The Social Action committee works closely with Cantor Silverman (nee Harel) and Trustee Leigha Cuniberti. Please contact: socialaction@ohabei.org

Kayla’s Caring Community: Would you like to help individuals get rides to services, deliver food to a sick individual, or drop off a care package to a new mother? Consider joining Kayla’s Caring Community (chesed). Kayla’s Caring Community works closely with TOS Trustees Stephanie Kohn, Rachel Miller Munzer, and Alisa Kahn Ridruejo. Contact: kcc@ohabei.org

Gardening Committee: We are looking for helpers to weed, plant, and water. Physical labor is involved. No previous experience necessary! You will be working closely with TOS president Natasha Goldman and TOS congregants Spence Gould, Barb Cohen, Susan Elsbree, and Ben Spunt. Contact: tosgardeningcommitee@gmail.com

Young Adult: Are you interested in fostering a vibrant young adult committee that bridges the TOS community and Boston Jewish community, partakes in intergenerational education and participates in tikkun olam (repair of the world), caring for those in our community and our environment? If this sounds good to you, please consider joining the Young Adult Committee. The Young Adult committee works closely with TOS Trustee Ted Feldman, our fellow committees, board members, TOS Clergy and Staff Cantor Silverman (nee Harel) and Trustee Leigha Cuniberti. Please contact: youngadult@ohabei.org

TOS OFFICE HOURS

Phone lines are open between 9 - 5, Monday to Friday: 617-277-6610.