November 22, 2015                                                                                Issue 40

The Annual David Passer ז"ל Social Justice Lecture Series
Rabbi David Sandmel 
Sunday, December 6, 9:15 a.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.
Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service
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.
Upcoming Sisterhood Events
Book Group, Thursday, December 3, 7:30 p.m.
For all Sisterhood readers, please join us for the next Book Group meeting. We will be reading The Hilltop, by Israeli novelist Assaf Gavron. This is a contemporary fictional story about a West Bank settlement and its inhabitants. At our October meeting, we also set dates and selected the books for additional meetings, so mark your calendars. Come to one, or all - you are welcome to attend even if you have not finished the book prior to the meeting.

12/3/2015 - The Hilltop, Assaf Gavron
2/4/2016 - Leaving Berlin, Joseph Kanon
4/7/2016 - The Betrayers, David Bezmozgis
6/2016 (day TBD) - On the Move:  A life, Oliver Sacks (or other writings by Oliver Sacks)
 
Knitzvah, Sundays, 9:15 a.m.
Sisterhood knitters and needleworkers continue to meet at TST for conversation and creativity together. Reminder to all Sisterhood and TST members that Healing Shawls are available to any member / family member in need of warm, cozy comfort. If you, or anyone you know could use one of these lovely shawls, please take one from the rack in the atrium, or contact the office or tstsisterhood@shirtikva.org to receive one - please spread the word.

Save the Date: March 26, 2016
All TST Adult Social Event, co-sponsored by Sisterhood and Brotherhood
Rabbi Recognition and Chanukah Shabbat
December 11, 2015, 6:15 p.m. 

Please join us to honor Rabbi Gold and celebrate Chanukah.

Our Simchat Shabbat service will honor and recognize Rabbi Gold's ten years of service to the Temple Shir Tikva community. Simchat Shabbat will be followed by our annual fun filled Chanukah Oneg.

Please bring your Menorahs and candles so we can create the warm glow of Chanukah lights together. The collective effect of community lights brings warmth and comfort in this winter season of cold and darkness. Of course there will be plenty of food, including a dairy meal, a latke bar and homemade desserts.
Jewish Genealogy
Monday, December 7, 7:30 - 9 p.m.
 
Presented by Marilyn Okonow, Outreach Coordinator for the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston.
 
What do you need to start Jewish genealogical research and find your own family history? Which resources are relevant? You may be astounded by the wealth of documents available about your ancestors!
 
The Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston (JGSGB) is dedicated to helping people discover and research their Jewish family history. JGSGB offers monthly educational programs, provides an extensive collection of research materials, publishes an award-winning journal, Mass-Pocha, and hosted the 2013 IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy.
 
For more information about the program or questions, contact Adult Education Co-Chair, Marcus Cohn, mecpc1@ gmail.com or committee member Ben Boverman, benbover man@hotmail. com.
Itzhak Perlman
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.
 
For more information, please contact Beth Volk, missbeth47@aol.com or Joan Lappin, jglappin@yahoo.com
 
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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Regularly Scheduled Services
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.

In Our Congregation
R'fuah Sh'lema...
Our Thoughts and Prayers are with those that are ill:
 
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
 
 
Vanessa Gravenor
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  
   
 
 
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
 
 
 
Mazel Tov...  
  • Jeffrey West and Amy Davis West,  on the birth of their grandson, Warren Harvey Amaral West, son of Joshua and Roberta West
  • Reynold Knopf and Alexandra Statland, on the birth of Ren's granddaughter, Adeline Anne Levesque, daughter of Dan and Tayler Levesque
  • Matt and Karen Langweber,  on the birth of their granddaughter, Graeme Rose McEnany, daughter of Tom and Jen McEnany
  • Vladimir and Lena Savikovsky on the birth of their grandson, Yali Simon Zolotnitsky, daughter of Michael Zolotnitsky and Nadine Rozenoer
  • Stuart and Maxine Rosenthal on the birth of their granddaughter, Sadie Jax Rosenthal, daughter of Jason and Lisa Rosenthal
  • Paul and Patty Kussell on the birth of their granddaughter, Sadie Jax Rosenthal, daughter of Jason and Lisa Rosenthal
  • Chester and Diane Black on the birth of their granddaughter, Rachel Eve Black, daughter of Daniel and Shimrit Black
Condolences...  
  • Jason Honeyman, on the death of his father, Merton Honeyman
  • 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
In Our Community
Flip Over Chanukah
Sunday, December 13, 10-11:30 p.m.
Energy Fitness, 1 H F Brown Way, Natick, MA
 
 For families with children ages 0-6
Cost: $20/family; Walk-ins: additional $5
 
Back by popular demand! Create your own miracles at this Chanukah celebration where your kids will flip, jump and tumble through holiday-themed gym activities. Traditionally the 8th day of Chanukah is celebrated as a night of Tzedakah, or night of giving. Let us celebrate together and help those in need by bringing in non-perishable food items to be donated to the Lucy and Joe Press Food Pantry which provides food to frail elders and families in need in our community. Chanukah songs, crafts and snacks included. Special Macca-Baby play area for little ones under age 1.
 
Limited Space - please register early! 
Register here. For more information, contact metrowest@jccgb.org or 508-879-3300.
Shillman House Rabbi Brunch Series

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

Lunchtime Adult Learning
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. 
Bring your own lunch, if you'd like. Beverages are available. This event is free and open to the public. Pre-registration is required. For more information and the full schedule please visit cjp.org/genesis.

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.