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November 15, 2015 Issue 39
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The Annual David Passer ז"ל Social Justice Lecture Series
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Sunday, December 6, 9:15 p.m.
Rabbi David Fox Sandmel is Director of Interfaith Affairs for the Anti-Defamation League. Prior to joining the staff at the ADL, he held the Crown Ryan Chair of Jewish Studies at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, and served as Senior Advisor on Interreligious Affairs to the Religious Action Center and Adjunct Faculty at the Union for Reform Judaism.
From 1998-2001, he was the Jewish Scholar at the Institute for Christian & Jewish Studies in Baltimore. There, he directed the National Jewish Scholars Project, a major initiative to promote a new discussion within the Jewish community and between Jews and Christians about the differences and similarities between the two traditions. Rabbi Sandmel coordinated the publication of "Dabru Emet: A Jewish Statement on Christians and Christianity," a groundbreaking event that generated international attention in the interfaith community and wide media coverage.
Rabbi Sandmel lectures and publishes widely on contemporary issues in Jewish-Christian relations, Jewish-Muslim relations, religion in contemporary society, and the foundations of Judaism and Christianity in antiquity. He contributed the commentary on First Thessalonians to the Jewish Annotated New Testament(Oxford University Press, 2011). He is the co-editor of Christianity in Jewish Terms(Westview, 2000), to which he has also contributed an essay. In addition, he is the lead editor of Irreconcilable Differences? A Learning Resource for Jews and Christians(Westview Press, 2001), a study and discussion guide that focuses on core theological issues on the boundary between Judaism and Christianity.
Rabbi Sandmel is also involved in Jewish-Muslim dialogue and in the tri-lateral dialogue between Jews, Christians, and Muslims. For a number of years, he team-taught a course at CTU and led interfaith study trips to Israel and the Palestinian territories. He also served on the steering committee of In Good Faith, a CTU sponsored tri-lateral dialogue involving the wider community.
Rabbi Sandmel completed his doctorate at the University of Pennsylvania where he studied the history and literature of Judaism and Christianity in the Greco-Roman world. He received his BA with honors from the Ohio State University and was ordained at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati.
The Annual David Passer Social Justice Lecture Fund was created in 2013, as a special fund at Temple Shir Tikva to honor our former Executive Director David Passer, of blessed memory.
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Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service
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Sunday, November 22, 2015, 7:00 p.m.
The Meetinghouse at the First Parish in Wayland, Corner of Cochituate and Boston Post Roads
The Wayland Clergy Association holds its annual interfaith Thanksgiving service in the spirit of sharing, bridge-building, and gratitude. The service will feature an interfaith choir, interfaith readings, and Thanksgiving-themed singing. Refreshments and conversation follow the service.
This is always a wonderful community gathering - All are welcome!
Also: If you'd like to join the Interfaith Choir (all are invited), the rehearsal will take place on Tuesday, November 17, 7:30 p.m. at First Parish in the Sanctuary.
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Transition Congregation Meeting Reminder
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Reminder: We will be holding a congregational town hall meeting beginning with a wine and cheese schmooze this Thursday evening, November 19 at 7:00 p.m. All members are invited and encouraged to attend. Please RSVP using the link below.
We look forward to providing updates from the Transition Teams, getting your feedback, and incorporating your ideas into the process as we move forward. The agenda is below.
- Overview of where we are in the process:
- Congregational Engagement Committee (Jill and Peter Abend)
- Operations Committee update (Cathy Regensberger)
- Rabbi Search Committee update (Judy Kaye)
- Q & A
Please let us know if you plan on attending by clicking here. As always we value your input and questions. Please feel free to correspond with us at transition@shirtikva.org. All questions will receive a response from one of our chairs.
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Itzhak Perlman
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 Sunday, March 6, 2016, Symphony Hall, 7 p.m.
We are thrilled to announce a very special evening. TST, sponsored by Reyim, has reserved a block of tickets to see Itzhak Perlman at Symphony Hall on Sunday, March 6, 2016.
Itzhak Perlman, 20th Anniversary of "In The Fiddler's House"
"Twenty years have passed since Itzhak Perlman released his stunningly successful and beloved klezmer recording and PBS special, In the Fiddler's House. Perlman revisits this important, personal project celebrating the klezmer tradition at Symphony Hall with some of his closest musical friends."
Since we have a limited number of discounted tickets, we suggest that you register early. Tickets are $90 each (nonrefundable).
Click here to register
For those interested in dinner before the concert, arrangements will be announced at a later date.
This is a Celebrity Series event sponsored by Zachary Haroutunian and The Garbis & Armine Barsoumian Charitable Foundation in loving memory of Garbis Barsoumian.
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Social Action Committee Meeting
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Sunday, November 22, 9:15 a.m.
Do you love all the mitzvah work done at Shir Tikva? Come to the Social Action planning meeting!
We will discuss hosting Family Promise in 2016, supporting Pearl Street Cafe, and more. All are welcome!
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Oh God
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TST Early Learning Center
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Regularly Scheduled Services
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Simchat Shabbat, Friday, 6:15 p.m.
Early Shacharit, followed by Torah study, Sat. 8:30 a.m.
Shabbat Yeladim (Tot Shabbat) - 1st Saturday of each month, 9:30 a.m.
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Abba Noach ben Yehudit
Maureen Andreassi
Aryeh ben Raizel
Liberty Arnold
Avraham ben Hanah
Ben Boverman
Joan Carlton
Chana bat Miriam
Janet Decker
Chet Dlugokinsky
Aliza Dorfman
Roseann Dunn
Murray Finkel
Robert Friedman
Gittel Leah bat Sarah Faige
Minnie Goldenberg
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HaRav David Hillel ben Chaya Brina
HaRav Mordecai ben Chana
Linda Hecker
Ethan Kadish
Vivienne Kalman
Edith Kaye
Wanda Kolofoff
Lenore Larkin
Luke Lorio
Mendel Peretz ben Ita Chana
Christopher Montgomery
Nachama bat Trayna Raizel
Jeremy Pivor
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Sherri Pilskin
Shayndl bat Mina v'Beryl
Rachel Shira bat Lishka
Trudie Rockoff
Sarah Faiga bat Malka
Tzephanya bat Bracha Leah
Heidi Tissenbaum
Yehuda ben Raizel
Merle Zabusky
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Mazel Tov...
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- Matt and Karen Langweber, on the birth of their granddaughter, Graeme Rose McEnany, daughter of Tom and Jen McEnany
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Vladimir and Lena Savikovsky on the birth of their grandson, Yali Simon Zolotnitsky, daughter of Michael Zolotnitsky and Nadine Rozenoer
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Stuart and Maxine Rosenthal on the birth of their granddaughter, Sadie Jax Rosenthal, daughter of Jason and Lisa Rosenthal
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Paul and Patty Kussell on the birth of their granddaughter, Sadie Jax Rosenthal, daughter of Jason and Lisa Rosenthal
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Chester and Diane Black on the birth of their granddaughter, Rachel Eve Black, daughter of Daniel and Shimrit Black
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Condolences...
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- Pamela Lesser, on the death of her father, Michael S. Sherman
- Cindi Slater, on the death of her mother, Loretta Arost
- Leslie Rosenblatt, on the death of her sister, Linda Spain
- Cantor Jeff Stock, on the death of his father, David Stock
- David Gitlin, on the death of his mother, Audrey Rhoda Gitlin
- Jon Meterparel, on the death of his father, Stephen Meterparel
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Deborah Dwork at Beth Elohim
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Sunday, November 15, 7:00 p.m., 10 Bethel Rd, Wellesley, MA
"Where are You?" Looking for Loved Ones after the War"
Renowned historian and Clark University Professor Debórah Dwork will discuss the ingenious ways people kept in contact in Nazi Europe. And she will trace how letters became threads stitching loved ones into each other's constantly changing daily lives.
Professor Dwork is the Rose Professor of Holocaust History and the author of many award-wining books. As the founding Director of the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University.
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Shillman House Rabbi Brunch Series
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Come Learn and Nosh
All programs begin at 11:00 a.m. in the Shillman House Dining Room
Brunch will be provided
Click here for a list of classes and Rabbi instructors
RSVP to Jennifer Rich, 508-405-8604, jrich@jche.org
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Lunchtime Adult Learning
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Free Lunchtime Adult Learning Downtown with Dr. Erica Brown
CJP invites you to its Genesis Forum
On the topic of "The Use and Abuse of Power in Jewish Tradition"
From the Bible to the Talmud to Jewish philosophy, Jewish texts have focused on the nature of political power within the family, and within community and organizational governance structures. This Genesis Forum will survey many of these texts and focus on fundamental questions about how power works, how it gets corrupted and what we can do within a framework of ethics to keep personal power in check. This class, which is accessible to all, will survey topics such as the Jewish attitude to power, why it's so easy to abuse power, how we should respond when religious figures abuse power, and the role of a follower in monitoring and curbing the power of leaders.
Genesis Forum meets at CJP (126 High Street, 02110) on the following Wednesdays from 12:00-1:15 PM: Dec. 9, Jan. 13, Feb. 10, Mar, 2, Mar. 16, Apr. 6, May 11, and June 8. Come to as many or few sessions as you are able.
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ZAMIR in Concert
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015, 7:30 p.m., Temple Shalom, 175 Temple Street, West Newton, MA
Divine Majesty: A Glorious Revival of 19th-Century Synagogue Music
Joshua R. Jacobson, Artistic Director with Cantor Peter Halpern, Temple Shalom of Newton, soloist
Free admission; voluntary donation encouraged.
Due to limited seating, reservations are required:
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JFS Healthy Aging Lunch and Learn
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Wednesday, November 18,12:00 to 1:30 p.m.
Temple Israel, 145 Hartford Street, Natick
"Shifting Gears---Driving Safely"
Presented by Michele Ellicks, Community Outreach Coordinator for the Registry of Motor Vehicles
Kosher lunch is $3 in advance or $5 at the door
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