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Services & Events
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December 2, 6:30pm Hanukkah with PJ Library
Canterbury Clubhouse, 3804 Courson Street Marietta, GA 30066
December 6, 7:00pm
Traditional Shabbat Serivce
at the home of Evelyn Orenbuch and Stuart Napshin
Details to come
December 8, 9:00-10:30am
CNT Adult Education Contemporary Jewish Philosophers Eugene B. Borowitz and Emil L. Fraken
Jule Kagan's Home 2877 Cressington Bend Kennesaw, GA 30144
770-499-1950
December 13, 6:30pm
Adult B'Nai Mitzvah Service
Canterbury Clubhouse 3804 Courson Street Marietta, GA 30066
January 12th 1:00pm
Mavens Senior Group meeting
Details to come
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Shabbat Candle Lighting
5:12pm
Friday, 11/29/13
Havdalah Candle
Lighting
6:42 pm
Saturday, 11/30/13
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Yom Huledet Same'ach
Happy Birthday
November
3-Kristi Homansky
8-Eric Flake
10-Debra Conole
10-Randi Epstein
10-Stanley Alalof
12-Daniel Goldstein
13-Stephen Flake
13-Sophie Beal
15-Seth Alalof
15-Eric Baskin
20-Rebecca Goldstein
24-Jennifer Steele
24-Ashley Freedman
26-Aaron Ribner
27-Mike Steele
27-Ian Drury
27-Paul Meyer
30-Robin Ehrlich
30-Sydney Berenson
Mazel Tov
Happy Anniversary
November
11-Daryl & Dennis McMillan
22-Michelle & Shane Haney
Refuah Shleima
Please keep Ed Eichler in your prayers for a return to health
Please keep Leah Ashe in your prayers for a return to health
Please keep Ellen Gutenstein, mother of Michael Gutenstein in your prayers for a return to health.
Please keep Sheldon Lustgarten, father of Elaine Gutenstein in your prayers for a return to health.
Please keep Sue Goldstein in your prayers for a return to health.
Please keep Hal Schwartz, husband of Enid and father of Charlie Schwartz in your prayers for a return to health
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Happy Hanukkah and I hope everyone had a relaxing and turkey filled Thanksgiving!
Today and everyday I am so thankful for our many volunteers that keep Ner Tamid running smoothly; from sending evites, scheduling Social Action events, to sitting on our Board of Directors. Your time and talents are appreciated by myself and your Ner Tamid family.
A heartfelt "Thank You" to Kim Epstein for her many years of service to Ner Tamid. Most recently Kim was Director of Communications as well as co-editor of the Foundations of Faith for 2 years. Kim has stepped down and will be moving on to other endeavors within the temple.
Todah Robah Kim! We have been kept informed of events within CNT and the community as well as bringing us timely and informative articles on living our best Jewish life.
As one door closes another opens and we welcome Wendy Meyer as our new co-editor of Foundations of Faith! Thank you Wendy and we look forward to working with you.
Shabbat Shalom,
Kristine Goldstein
President
Congregation Ner Tamid
Building update
Members of the Building Committee went out to see two properties this past Saturday. It was felt that one of the properties would not work, while the other one with some demolition and build out would be a perfect fit!
We will be sending floor plans to the Fire Marshall for tentative approval, scheduling an appearance in front of the Zoning Board and possibly starting lease negotiation in the next 2 weeks.
If you have any questions or can offer any assistance please contact Kristine Goldstein at kgoldstein_4@yahoo.com or 404-630-5582.
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This Week's Torah Portion
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Parashat Vayeishev [Jacob] SettledParashat Mikeitz After [Two Years]
Genesis 41:1−44:17
At the end of two years' time Pharaoh had a dream: there he was, standing by the Nile, when seven cows came up out of the Nile, handsome and fat. - Genesis 41:1-2
SUMMARY:
Joseph interprets Pharaoh's two dreams and predicts seven years of prosperity followed by seven years of famine. (41:1-32)
Pharaoh places Joseph in charge of food collection and distribution. (41:37-49)
Joseph marries Asenath, and they have two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. (41:50-52)
When Joseph's brothers come to Egypt to buy food during the famine, Joseph accuses them of spying. He holds Simeon hostage while the rest of the brothers return to Canaan to retrieve Benjamin for him. (42:3-42:38)
The brothers return to Egypt with Benjamin and for more food. Joseph continues the test, this time falsely accusing Benjamin of stealing and declaring that Benjamin must remain his slave. (43:1-44:17)
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Yahrzeit
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With fondness and affection we recall those
whose Yahrzeits are in November
We remember ...
Helene Kamisher, Sister of Linda Kamisher
Jack Moses Krupnick, Father of Mel Krupnick
Lillian Lembeck Cole, Mother of Harry Lembeck
Elaine Segal, Mother of Ken Segal
Yehi zichronam l'vracha - may their memories be for a blessing;
may they rest in peace. Amen.
Observe the tradition of giving tzedekah (charity) to commemorate
the annual Yahrzeit of a loved one's passing by making a
donation in his or her memory.
Click to donate
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Contributions
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Contribution Opportunities
Whether it is in honor of a Bar Mitzvah, birthday, anniversary, or in memory of someone special there are several lifetime events to consider a donation towards
Did you know that we have the following funds in place?
Rabbi Thomas and Marilyn Liebschutz Scholarship Fund
Education Fund
General Fund
High Holiday Fund
Future Building Fund
CNT Summer Camp Grant
Sunshine Fund (for assisting those in need)
Please consider a donation towards Congregation Ner Tamid as a way to honor or celebrate those that you care about.
Recognition letters are sent for all donations and contributions made.
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Board Elections Results
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The CNT Elections Committee would like to thank all the members who voted in the recent election. The results are as follows:
Michael Guttenstein - Vice President
Director of Finance - Karen Goldstein
Director at Large - Jackie Levine
Director at Large - Julie Segal
Director at Large - Brad Seitel
Director of Communication - Joel Landsberg
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Join us for Super Sunday and make a difference!
50% of all new gifts and net increases up to $1000 can be earned for CNT!
Join us for Super Sunday and make a difference!
Sunday, December 8
8:30 a.m.-7 p.m.
Selig Center
1440 Spring Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30309
Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta creates a Jewish community that connects people, ensures a Jewish future and cares for people in Atlanta, Israel, and around the world.
Shifts for making calls will be offered throughout the day. Camp Super Sunday (including PJ Library story time, arts and crafts, and more) for children over the age of 4 will be offered again during select shifts. Brief training sessions will be held for volunteers during each shift. Please bring your cell phone!
We are proud to continue our Community Incentive Program! Fifty percent of all new gifts and net increases up to $1,000 a volunteer receives on Super Sunday will go to the local Jewish organization that volunteer has chosen to represent. That means you can raise extra funds for a community organization you care about just by volunteering at Super Sunday!
The Golden Phone Award will also be offered again this year! $1,000 will be awarded to the Day School, Synagogue, and non-Day School Affiliate with the most volunteers in attendance throughout the day on Super Sunday.
To learn more about the day, RSVP and select your shift, click here.
Chairs: Ellen Arnovitz, Richard Eichholz, Scott D. Greenwald
Community Campaign Chair: Lois Kuniansky
Community Campaign Vice-Chair: Ramie Tritt
Questions? Contact Lauren Light at llight@jfga.org or 678.222.3723
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Congregation Ner Tamid is now on Facebook
Visit our page and Like Us!
There is a wealth of information on Judaism, dates for events around town, current articles and more.
Visit often to be the first to know!
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Follow us on our new Blog in the Westcobb Patch online! Get the latest news!
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What's Happening in the Religious School
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Reminder there is no Religious School this Sunday.
We will return to class on Sunday, December 8th
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Family Hanukkah Celebration for all
Monday December 2, 6:30pm
PJ Library is teaming up with Reform Jewish Congregation Ner Tamid for a Family Hanukkah Celebration on Monday, December 2 at 6:30pm at the Canterbury Clubhouse, 3804 Courson Street Marietta, GA 30066.
Bring your whole family to light the Hanukkiyah, make a Hanukkah-themed craft, and make a new friend! Geared towards families with children 10 years old and under, this event is free and open to the entire community.
PJ Library brings the gift of FREE age-appropriate, Jewish-themed books to children ages 6 months through 8 years old throughout Metro Atlanta. Learn more at www.JewishAtlanta.org/PJLibrary.
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CNT's Adult Education Third
Sunday Morning Class on Contemporary Jewish Philosophers
Sunday, December 8th, 9:00am-10:30am
at the Home of Jule Kagan
CNT's Adult Education Committee has arranged a six part series led by Rabbi Liebschutz that will explore and discuss the thoughts of some of the major thinkers of the last 100 years in modern Jewish life.
We will be discussing Eugene B. Borowitz and Emil L. Franken for this class.
This weeks class will meet at the home of Jule Kagan
2877 Cressington Bend
Kennesaw, GA
This Evite is for Sunday, December 8th only, you do not need to sign up for all classes, but can come as your schedule permits.
There is a onetime $7 fee for class text
If you have any questions, please contact Jule Kagan, at jule88@juno.com or by phone770-499-1950
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From Generation to Generation
We Carry on with the Richness of Tradition
and the Promise of Tomorrow
The Families of Joel Landsberg, Jule Keegan, Zinah Hall, Johanna Kohler,
and Heidi Kennedy
Invite you to join them in Worship
as they are called to the
Torah as B'nai Mitzvah
on December 13, 2013 at 6:30pm
Canterbury Clubhouse
Kennesaw, GA
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The Mavens are alive --- Fifty-five and over group starting
Because of the growing numbers of seniors in the congregation, a small group of seniors met on Sunday to discuss the starting of a group to meet regularly for social and religious activities.
First, let us send our good wishes for a speedy recovery to Ed Eichler, who suffered a fall when exiting the meeting.
It was decided to name the group The Mavens, which in Hebrew means an expert with a strong understanding of life and to open the group at no charge to congregants and non-member alike.
We plan on having at least one meeting or activity each month, beginning in January. Until we move into our new building, if there is no outside activity we will meet in the building where we have our religious school, Mountain View Prep, 2320 Baker Road, Acworth.
Our first meeting is tentatively scheduled for Sunday, January 12 at 1:00pm followed by a late lunch.
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HomeBlog JF&CS Thanksgivukkah: Never Before, Never Again
Written by Judith Beiner, Posted in JF&CS - Your Tools for Living
An anomaly in the Jewish calendar has resulted in the first day of Chanukah coinciding with Thanksgiving Day. Foodies are going wild, concocting delicacies combining the trademark foods of each holiday, and a few mom-and-pop entrepreneurs are selling "menurky's" and t-shirts. Songsters are blending Chanukah favorites and Thanksgiving ballads in preparation for regaling their guests and for their own amusement.
If we are going to blend Jewish and American celebrations, no two holidays bear such fundamental similarities. Consider that the pilgrims who came to America's shores on the Mayflower were in search of a place where they could live freely according to the tenets of their chosen faith. Thanksgiving is a celebration of the liberties we have as Americans, a primary one being religious freedom.
Chanukah celebrates the victory of the minority Maccabbees over the majority Greek population. It is the anti-assimilation holiday - the Maccabbees refused to submit to Hellenistic practices. Today, in the Diaspora, in the shadow of Christmas, our Chanukah celebrations enable us to assert our American right to be different, to celebrate our Judaism proudly and publically.
Many Jewish families already have melded some Jewish foods and traditions into Thanksgiving. I know a family whose appetizers include chopped liver (with soup and fish being other options). Others begin the Thanksgiving meal with Kiddush and motzi adding a Jewish spiritual dimension to the celebration. I have no doubt that the post-holiday social media postings will be filled with photos and stories of never-before-thought-about foods and activities.
Giving thanks for the Jewish American experience and the freedoms we enjoy is at the heart of both the Thanksgiving and Hanukkah celebrations. We can add the shehechiyanu* to the Turkey-cutting rituals. Never before and never again will we give thanks to G-d in quite the same way.
* The shehechiyanu is a prayer recited by Jews when experiencing something for the first time ever or the first time during a season: Baruch Atah Adonai, Eloheinu, Melech Haolam, shehechiyanu, vekiyimanu, vehigiyanu lazman hazeh. Blessed are you our G-d, sovereign of the Universe, who has given us life, sustained us and enabled us to reach this moment in time.
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Meet The Holidays: Hanukkah
Saturday/ Sunday Dec 14/15 3:00pm
Imagine It! The Children's Museum of Atlanta, 275 Centennial Olympic Park Dr. NW, Atlanta, GA 30313
Join the Imaginators for the Festival of Lights celebrated by Jewish people around the world. Visitors to the Museum can listen to The Runaway Dreidel by Leslea Newman and then make their own Dreidel game.
The dreidel game is a Hanukkah tradition played with a four-sided spinning top. Children will join the Imaginators to make a dreidel of their own.
Price:Free with general admission, free for members
Cost: Free with general admission, free for members
Ages: Ages 8 and under
Click for Information
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Rich's history put on display
Role that store played in Atlantans' lives is on exhibit at Breman.
"Return to Rich's: The Story Behind the Store"
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Fridays, 1-5 p.m. Sundays. Through May 27. $12 adults; $8 seniors (62 and over); $4 children 3-6; free for children under 3.
William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum, 1440 Spring St. NW. Atlanta www.thebreman.org
By Felicia Feaster For the AJC
When is a store more than a store? When it is an institution so enmeshed in people's lives that the idea of an existence without it is hard to contemplate. That describes Rich's department store, a beloved Atlanta institution that became intertwined with the lives of the people who shopped there during its remarkable 138-year run.
Rich's was founded by a family of Hungarian Jews whose entrepreneurial spirit and dedication to enriching the lives of their fellow Atlantans imprinted the city in countless ways.
Rich's began as a dry goods store founded in 1867 by Morris Rich and his brothers until it was eventually absorbed by Macy's in 2005. But for decades, the store was a meeting place, destination, friend and comforting beacon in hard times to the Atlantans who worked and shopped there. Shoppers dressed up for special occasions to dine at the downtown store's Magnolia Room, celebrated with the store's revered coconut cakes and marked the holidays by riding the Pink Pig. They also took advantage of a return policy so generous, the urban legend was that Rich's would take back used snow tires. And Rich's didn't even sell snow tires. All that history and lore is on display at the William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum in "Return to Rich's: The Story Behind the Store," a six-month long exhibition documenting its importance to Atlanta's history.
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