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Shabbat Sh'lach
June 16th, 2012 - 26th of Sivan 5772
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Mincha @ BJC - Starts This Week!
Mon. & Thurs. at 6:45 PM
Looking for a way to end the day with prayer instead of exhaustion?
Want to be with community members and support those saying kaddish? Give yourself and others "The Gift of Mincha," a soulful 30-minute minyan Monday and Thursday evenings at 6:45 PM at Beth Jacob, beginning on June 18th.
Led by Rabbi Amy Eilberg.
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Hazon Bike Ride Community Shabbat Dinner
Friday, July 13, 6:00PM
 Show some Beth Jacob hospitality to bicyclists from the Hazon 10-week Cross-country ride from Seattle to Washington, DC at the half-way point of their ride! Join together with the Beth Jacob community and the Hazon Cyclists for Kabbalat Shabbat and a vegetarian Shabbat Dinner.
RSVP Now!
Host a cyclist/1-day ride with the Hazon Cyclists info
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Add Your Voice for Israel
 Please join me in calling on the Presbyterian Church to vote against divesting from companies doing business with Israel at their General Assembly this month. Divestment only pushes us further from a two-state solution that will allow both Israelis and Palestinians to live in peace side-by-side. -Rabbi Morris Allen |
10:45 - 11:30 am
This Week!
in the Nursery Care Room
(for families with children 0 - 4 years of age)
Next Meeting: June 16 |
 Give Koach to Help USCJ Continue to Reach College Students! The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism has made a commitment to re-examine its outreach approach to college students. The KOACH program, which has positively affected thousands of college students over the past 22 years, is charged with leading this effort and in raising the necessary funds to continue and expand its successful efforts to provide alternative outlets to learning, Jewish identity exploration and observance. Donate Now
We cannot afford to lose this opportunity. Everybody's support now is critical to campus life today and the Jewish future. |
Shir Shacharit Services for the entire shul will start in the Saide Chapel with its close, intimate setting, allowing the room to be filled with our prayerful voices. As we conclude both Pesuke D'zimra and Shacharit, we will make our way to the main sanctuary for Torah reading and the remainder of Shabbat davening and learning. The Shaliach Tzibur will be Mara Benjamin.
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Summer Shabbat morning
Program for K - 5th grade
10:30 - 11:30 am
Join together with your friends making Shabbat morning a fun and prayerful time!
June 2 - Aug. 4
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 Social Justice Action Opportunities
Beth Jacob/JCA Marriage Amendment Phone Bank These sessions are 3 hours long (6:30 PM-9:30 PM) and begin with an excellent training. Many congregants have already begun this work. You will have an opportunity to sign up on line or at shul to take on this work. Dates: - Thurs, June 21, 1629 Hennepin Ave. # 200 Minneapolis
Door Knocking Beth Jacob will have several door knocking opportunities during the summer so that we can share our perspective on the amendments with our neighbors in our own neighborhoods and in the shul's neighborhood in Mendota Heights. Phone Bank Opportunities: Voter ID Amendment Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 6-9 PM through June. 705 Raymond Ave. #100, St. Paul, MN 55114 |
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HWY 110 Closure
Both directions of Highway 110 at the Highway 13 intersection will close at 10 p.m. Friday, June 22. All lanes will reopen by 5 a.m. Monday, June 25. Motorists are advised to seek alternate routes or follow the signed detours.
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Adult Jewish Learning
Monday Night Limud
7:00 Pre-learning Schmooze and Munch
7:15 Class Begins
 Talmud Class With Rabbi Allen Study the words and thoughts of Rabbinic tradition as a living text in our modern world.  Parashat HaShavuah: Tuesday Afternoons With Rabbi Allen - 4:00 - 5:00 pm Study of this week's Torah portion.
Bracha and Bagel: Wednesday Mornings With Rabbi Liberman - after Minyan Study short passages from our rabbinic tradition, including the Mishna and the Talmud. Join together for a 10 minute Shiur and light breakfast.
Shabbat Learning
For the Jew in the Pew
With Rabbi Liberman
9:15-9:55 am Saturdays
A Shabbat Morning Torah Conversation
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Host a Biker
This Sunday, June 17 at 10 am at Beth Jacob is a meeting for Host Families, people considering being Host Families, or those who would like info about going on a 1-day bike ride to Redwing with the Hazon Cyclists on Sunday, July 15!
This summer, Hazon is offering opportunities for people across the US and Israel to "grab life by the handlebars" and join one of 4 Jewish environmental bike rides. The most ambitious ride is the 10-week Cross-USA ride from Seattle, WA to Washington, DC. The half-way point of the Cross-USA ride is right here in St. Paul! Beth Jacob and the St. Paul JCC are working together on learning and volunteer programs for the riders; more on that later. Now, we are looking for host families to provide a soft bed, a hot shower, and a warm Minnesota welcome to a road-weary cyclist from Thursday afternoon, July 12 - Sunday morning, July 15. Contact Beth Gendler at the St. Paul JCC to volunteer!
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Hamline University School of Law presents the
David Cobin Memorial Lecture
"Negotiating for Gilad Shalit: From Capture to Release"
by Michael Tsur:
Lawyer, Mediator, Teacher & IDF Hostage Unit Negotiator.
Co-sponsored by Hamline University and Beth Jacob Synagogue
 Sunday, July 15, 2012
7:00 p.m.: Public Event at Sundin Music Hall
8:30 p.m.: Public Reception
A visiting professor at Hamline University School of Law since 2005, Michael Tsur has garnered years of expertise in resolving emergency situations, ranging from hostage crises to breakdowns in cross-national business negotiations to stand-offs with individuals who are mentally unstable. Since 2000, Tsur has been a member of the Israel Defense Forces Hostage negotiation unit as one of a small group of select professional negotiators. Tsur is a lawyer, and an expert in negotiation, conflict resolution, crisis management and mediation. He specializes in executive coaching of general managers, general directors and owners of companies in Israel and around the globe, working in particular on how to navigate complex negotiations and situations. Tsur is the founder and general-director of the Mediation & Conflict Resolution Institute-Jerusalem. Since 2000, he has been an associate director at Consensus, a New York-based consultancy specializing in negotiation, conflict resolution and peace-building. For the last ten years, Tsur has been a member of various international teams in overseeing negotiations, including commercial and business, and cross-cultural challenges.
Please contact Law Alumni Relations Director Jane Prince at jprince01@hamline.edu or 651-523-2338 with questions.
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| Adopt a Survivor Program
Talmud Torah Minneapolis announced today that it is seeking Holocaust survivors for their successful Adopt a Survivor program.
 The program, now in its fourth year, allows a Holocaust survivor to share his/her life experiences and personal journey with a teen "adopter." The idea is that based on the time spent together, the teen will "adopt" the survivor's story and tell it to others. All teen participants in the program make a pledge to share their story at the 100th Commemoration of the Liberation of the Camps at the Holocaust Memorial in 2045, thus ensuring that it will be passed on to future generations. The students visit their partners at least once a month after school, as well as attend a Talmud Torah class that provides them with historical context about the Holocaust and the impact it had (and still has) on people's lives. At the end of the program, students create a special presentation and will have developed a personal relationship that will last for the rest of their lives.
"The bonds that are formed through these relationships are truly remarkable," said Susie Chalom, Executive Director of Talmud Torah Minneapolis. "Our students learn so much about the Holocaust from those who have experienced it first hand, while forming life long bonds with their partner. It is an experience that is not easily forgotten, or one that will be available much longer."
For the purposes of the program, Talmud Torah is interested in persons of Jewish descent who survived Nazi Germany, or a Nazi-occupied country between 1933-1945. You need not have been in a camp or ghetto to participate. Survivors must be able to commit to a once-a-month visit with their "adopter" between late October through March of 2012-2013. If you are interested please contact Sylvia Fine at sylfine@gmail.com or 612-922-9206.
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Are you a Match?
 A man, who, in every other way is a healthy and fit 62 year old, has been dealing with two difficult forms of cancer. After responding well to his treatment for Multiple Myeloma, he has recently been diagnosed with Leukeumia, a rare side-effect of the chemotherapy. He will need a stem cell transplant, and the stem cell center at Stanford University hopes to find a close match within the next few weeks. In this patient's case, it is likely that a match would have Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry. However, donors with all possible backgrounds are needed for the international registry.
Donating stem cells is simple, and absolutely harmless to the donor. If you want to see if you're a close match who might be able to help this patient (and/or anyone else worldwide who might need a stem cell transplant), you can sign up for the worldwide registry at http://marrow.org.
Once you receive your cheek swab kit, you will swab your inner cheek and mail the swab off to be registered in the worldwide pool of stem cell donors. To qualify to register, you must be age 18-60 and in good health.
This diagnosis is still new, but in order for this patient to have the best shot at beating Leukemia, he will move quickly into treatment. Please consider joining the registry and sharing this request with others, particularly within the Jewish community. If you are not a match, you could save the life of someone in a similar situation.
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