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Mazel Tov to Rachael Pass
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I have some exciting news to share with you today. As you may or may not know, Rachael Pass, our Youth Engagement Director, has always hoped to become a rabbi. She applied to Hebrew Union College and just learned that she has been accepted into their program! We are thrilled for Rachael and wish her much success as she embarks on the next phase of her career. Her last day with TST will be May 25 as she will be spending the summer in Israel.
Given the many changes with our Education team, please be assured that we are working on plans for next year, and our teens will be well cared for. If you have any questions please let me or Steve Rosenstein, our VP of Education know. Please join me in wishing Rachael a hearty Mazel Tov on her accomplishment!
Help us celebrate and wish Rachael well on Sunday, May 15 at the End of Year BBQ and on Wednesday, May 18 at the AISH Final Night Celebration.
Julie Kniznik
Temple President
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Temple Shir Tikva Self-Study Congregation Meetings
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Temple Shir Tikva Self-Study - Multiple Opportunities for Participation!
As we embark on the next steps of our journey toward finding a senior rabbi for the temple, it is critical that we follow best practices, as well as embrace this unique opportunity to come together as a community, by conducting a self-study in which we listen to one another and assess who we are and what we want in our future leader. There are many ways for us to gather this information, and I want to alert you to all of them.
There will be two congregation-wide meetings. The first is on Sunday, April 10 at the temple from 5 - 7:00 p.m. with a schmooze beginning at 5:00. The meeting will begin promptly at 5:30. The second will be on Monday, May 2 from 7 - 9:00 p.m.
Click here to let us know you will be attending either meeting
L'shalom,
Julie Kniznik
Temple President
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Israel Connections Presents: Breakfast with Dr. Gil Atzmon
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Sisterhood Book Group
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 Thursday, April 7, 7:30 p.m. Sisterhood Book Group will discuss The Betrayers, by David Bezmozgis at the April gathering. From the Jewish Book Council review: "David Bezmozgis' Jews are haunted by the traumas and indignities of modern history. Drawn with psychological nuance, historical acuity, and deep compassion tinged with irony-in the tradition of great storytellers like Isaac Babel and Bernard Malamud-Bezmozgis's Jews tend to find themselves on the edge of history: displaced, in transit, suitcases already packed, seeking spiritual and physical asylum.
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Adult Education Presents: What Matters?!
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Sunday, April 10, 9 a.m.
What Matters?! Finding Well-Being Amid the "Overwhelm" and Complexity of the 21st Century
Let's face it, for many of us, busy and overwhelmed have become the new normal. In fact, the World Health Organization has called Stress the #1 Health Epidemic of the 21st Century.
The What Matters?! framework is a practical set of five practices and mindsets to decrease stress and increase overall well-being.
Join co-founders David Garten and Paul Sherman for a two-hour workshop in which you will discover tools and resources that will help you to make daily choices to remain present and stay grounded in what is truly important to you. The What Matters?! framework draws upon multiple disciplines including positive psychology, adult learning theory, mindfulness, personal coaching, neurosciences, and philosophy. From a Jewish perspective, it closely parallels the concept of tikkun olam, repairing/healing the world. Learn more at www.askwhatmatters.com/eventsThere is no charge for this event but please click here to register
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TST Presents: Film Screening: Orchestra of Exiles
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 Sunday, April 10 , 7:00 p.m. Coffee & Dessert, 7:30 p.m. Screening
Please join us following the congregation-wide meeting for a screening of Orchestra of Exiles.
We are delighted to have as our guest speaker, Viola Morse, whose mother and uncle were two of the musicians recruited by Huberman to join this world famous Orchestra.
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Adult Education Presents: A Middle East Assessment with
Steven A. Cook
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 Friday, April 15, 7:30 p.m.
The Arab uprisings were met with exhilaration and hope that decades-old dictatorships would be transformed into democracies. It has not worked out that way as authoritarianism, extremism, violence, and uncertainty have buffeted the region.
Why? Steven A. Cook, the Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, will answer this question and offer his sobering assessment of the future direction of the Middle East and the U.S. position in it.
Click here for more information
Click here to register
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Reclaiming the Moderate Muslim Voice
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Sunday, May 1, 3 - 4:30 p.m.
Islamic Center of Boston
A divide-bridging, awareness-building, community outreach presentation that challenges an existing narrative portraying all Muslims as people of violence and Islam as a religion of hate.
This family-oriented 90-minute workshop will consist of a multimedia presentation, book reading, artifact exhibit, and dialogue designed to further cultural awareness and education.
Everyone interested in the promotion of peace and positive feelings between neighbors and communities is invited to participate.
Questions? Contact Joyce Pastor, TST Jewish Communal Affairs Chair at jfpastor@yahoo.com or Farhana Zia at farhanazia@hotmail.com
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Click here for more information
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David Snyder Memorial Concert
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Share Community Shabbat: A Special Service with our Neighbors
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Friday, May 6, 6:15 p.m.
Shared Comminity Shabbat: A Special Service with our Neighbors, The Islamic Center of Boston (ICB)
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Calling Early Choir Members!
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 Did you sing in Shir Tikva's choir during our first 10 years? Do have have fond memories of Arthur Bragg?
Join us in singing a special piece at
Bernstein on Broadway when the original choir will be honored.
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Save the Date: Bernstein on Broadway
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Saturday, May 21, 8 p.m., with dessert reception
Please join us for a night of songs and joyful celebration presented by the Temple Shir Tikva choir featuring the Broadway music of Leonard Bernstein, hon  oring the original members of our Temple choir. We invite you to participate with us in a fun evening of tribute to those whose artistry and voices have uplifted us all.
$18 per person ticket price
In addition to purchasing tickets, we request that you consider a donation of $36 or higher, to honor all of our choir members and music staff for their dedication and service to the temple. You will be listed as a supporter in the evening's program book, and your donation will be directed to the TST Annual Fund.
Please RSVP by May 15 to reserve a seat for an amazing evening of song and celebration
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Save the Date: TST Annual Golf Tournament
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It may be 30 degrees outside, but it's time to start thinking about...
Golf, Tennis and Fun for all ages!
The Annual TST Golf Tournament is in the spring this year - on
Monday, June 20 at Charter Oak Country Club in Hudson.
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Regularly Scheduled Services
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Simchat Shabbat, Friday, 6:15 p.m.
Early Shacharit, followed by Torah study, Saturday 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
Sean Bilodeau
Henry Buianowski
Joan Carlton
Ray Cue
Janet Decker
Devora Sharon bat Kailua Sora
Aliza Dorfman
Roseann Dunn
Murray Finkel
Mildred Field
Robert Friedman
Gittel Leah bat Sarah Faige
Gedalia ben Rut
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Vanessa Gravenor
HaRav David Hillel ben Chaya Brina
HaRav Mordecai ben Chana
Ethan Kadish
Vivienne Kalman
Stan Kaplan
Edith Kaye
Wanda Kolofoff
Lenore Larkin
Luke Lorio
Yonina bat Manya
Rachel Marker
Mendel Peretz ben Ita Chana
Christopher Montgomery
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Nachama bat Trayna Raizel
Jeremy Pivor
Pam Pingeton
Shayndl bat Mina v'Beryl
Stacey Roswell
Sarah Faiga bat Malka
Mollie Silverman
Harvey Spencer
Heidi Tissenbaum
Sheila Rouslin Welt
Jan Whitzman
Merle Zabusky
David Zeff
Nathalie Zeff
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Mazel Tov...
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Bruce and Debbie Tofias,
on the engagement of their daughter, Shaina Tofias to Matthew McMahon
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Wayne and Judy Keseberg, on the birth their grandson, Beorn Caesar Welch, son of Joseph and Joanna Welch
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Condolences...
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- Ellen Suvalle on the death of her mother, Minnie Goldenberg
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Jeff's Place Presents: this star won't go out
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Thursday, April 14, 7 p.m. at TST
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JCC Grossman Camp Open House
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Sunday, April 10, 2 - 4 p.m.
Visit and Tour JCC Grossman Camp
Visit and tour JCC Grossman Camp in Dover, MA. Meet the camp director and staff and learn how JCC Grossman Camp is a place to be active, a place to make friends and a place for building skills and community. Varied activities give campers ages 4.5 to 15 years old a sense of the world around them-and supportive, experienced staff encourage exploration and growth in this vibrant Jewish camping environment. Bus transportation available from more than 40 communities throughout Greater Boston. Extended day available in Newton (at the Leventhal-Sidman JCC). Financial assistance available.
No charge. Everyone welcome. A program of the Ryna Greenbaum JCC Center for the Arts. For more information, visit bostonjcc.org/grossman or call 617-244-5124.
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WWIAG Presents: 2016 Peg Kerwin Lecture
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Tuesday, April 19, 7 p.m. dessert, 7:30 p.m. program
St. Julia Catholic Church, 374 Boston Post Road, Weston
We are honored to have Shaykh Yasir F. Fahmy,Imam of the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center speak to us on: What is Islam?
At this critical time when the media is full of disparate voices having much to say about what Islam is, and often characterizing it in simplistic and misleading ways, Shaykh Yasir Fahmy will present an introduction to the religion in a holistic sense, leading to informed understanding of the faith.
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