April 10, 2016
 Issue 31
Mazel Tov to Rachael Pass
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 
Board of Trustees Meeting
The next meeting of the Temple Board of Trustees will be held on Monday, April 11 in the Beit Midrash.
 
All members in good standing are welcome to attend.
The meeting will begin promptly at 7:30 p.m.
Passover 5776/2016
There will be not Simchat Shabbat Services on Friday, April 22 due to the First Seder
Saturday, April 23
10 a.m. - Yom Tov and Shabbat Service
 
Friday, April 29
10 a.m. - Yom Tov service and Yizkor
 
6:15 p.m. - Simchat Shabbat and Festive Passover Oneg
Share in our festive, fun filled Passover Oneg following Simchat Shabbat
Passover Seder Matching
Once again,TST is helping to connect members who may not have a place at a table for the first or second seders. This a wonderful opportunity to strengthen our Shir Tikva community, for you to meet new friends or reconnect with those you already know.
 
If you would like to join another family for a Passover seder, please let Karen Edwards, kedwards@shirtikva.org, 508-358-9992,  know by April 11,  which night and how many people are in your family.

If you have room at your seder table for additional guests, please let us know which night and how many you have room for at your table, so we can create a match for you.
Temple Shir Tikva Self-Study Congregation Meeting
Monday, May 2, 7-9 p.m.
Temple Shir Tikva Self-Study  
 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.
 
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L'shalom,
Julie Kniznik
Temple President
Adult Education Presents: A Middle East Assessment with
Steven A. Cook
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.

6:15 p.m. Shabbat Service
7:30 p.m. Dinner - $25 per person
8:15 p.m. Speaker - no charge
 
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Reclaiming the Moderate Muslim Voice
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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David Snyder Memorial Concert
 
Share Community Shabbat: A Special Service with our Neighbors
Friday, May 6, 6:15 p.m.
Shared Comminity Shabbat: A Special Service with our Neighbors, The Islamic Center of Boston (ICB) 

Shir Tikva will host a Shabbat service welcoming our neighbors from the Islamic Center of Boston. Members of the ICB will participate in the service, which will be followed by a reception at the ICB.

Click here for more information and to R.S.V.P.
Questions, email Joyce Pastor at jfpastor@yahoo.com.
Building Improvement Committee Congregation-Wide Meeting
Wednesday, May 11, 7:30 p.m.
There will be a meeting with the Temple's architects, Finegold Alexander. All members of the Congregation are invited to meet with the architects to learn more about their ongoing Planning Study, and provide input as to what improvements to our facility are absolutely required, what improvements are desirable, and what improvements the Congregation Come and share your ideas.
Calling Early Choir Members!
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, on May 21,  when the original choir will be honored.
Email trudysonis@mac.com for further information.
Bernstein on Broadway
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, honoring 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. 

Click here to purchase a ticket or make a donation by May 15  for an amazing evening of song and celebration.
Contact Susan Benjamin at susan.benjamin71@gmail.com or Candy Steingisser at candacels@comcast.net for information.
Save the Date: TST Annual Golf Tournament
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.
Regularly Scheduled Services
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.

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
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  
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 
 
  
  
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
  
  
  
Mazel Tov...  
  • Jeff and Laraine Levy on the birth of Jeff's granddaughter, Morgan Elizabeth Byrne, daughter of Michael and Rebecca Byrne
  • Bruce and Debbie Tofias,
    on the engagement of their daughter, Shaina Tofias to Matthew McMahon
  • Wayne and Judy Keseberg, on the birth their grandson, Beorn Caesar Welch, son of Joseph and Joanna Welch
Jeff's Place Presents: this star won't go out
Thursday, April 14, 7 p.m. at TST

WWIAG Presents: 2016 Peg Kerwin Lecture
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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