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D'Var Torah
Parashat
Chukat
June 1, 2013
Numbers
21:11 - 22:1
Haftarah
Judges
11:1-33
using the Triennial
Year III schedule
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What's Happening
This Week At Beth Or
Tuesday, June 11
Wednesday, June 12
Chit Chat at Beth Or 10:00 am
Board of Directors Meeting 8:00 pm
(please note: no Executive Committee meeting this evening)
Thursday, June 13
Friday, June 14
Kabbalat Shabbat Service 8:00 pm
Saturday, June 15
Sunday, June 16
Fathers' Day
Wednesday, June 19
Chit Chat at Beth Or 10:00 am
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 Temple Beth Or Events
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Save The Date 
Bibliodrama
Saturday, July 13
Havdalah and Movie Night at Beth Or
Sunday, July 14
Red Tent Women's Reading Group
Monday-Tuesday, July 15-16
Tisha B'Av
Friday, July 19
School Supplies Drive Begins
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 Temple Beth Or |
Shabbat Shalom! 
Kabbalat Shabbat Service this Friday evening at 8:00 p.m. will be led by our very own "Reb" Max Kirkham.
Max and the Elliott Family will also be making the Oneg Shabbat and the famous home-baked challah for Kiddush!
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Chit Chat at Beth Or
The Chit Chatters are back at Beth Or this Wednesday at 10:00 a.m.
This discussion group addresses topics of local, national and international interest with a distinctly Jewish approach. We talk about cultural, legal, educational, social, political, religious and secular subjects, with a text usually from the media to start us off.
Now that we are back at the Temple, there's always room for one more, so please don't hesitate. If you're available, so are we.
If you want to be included on the Chit Chat email list, please contact Mike Leslie at hebrewnatl@aol.com.
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| Board of Directors' Meeting
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Welcome to a new 2 year term of service to OUR/YOUR Beth Or community.
At Wednesday's meeting, we start at 8pm and hope to be done before 9:30. Members of the congregation are welcome, and everyone with something to say will be heard. You are asked to adhere to the 2-minute rule for presenting ideas.
If you have something for the agenda, please email a synopsis of what you'd like to present to drmike@drmichaelnewman.com.
See you at the meeting!
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Stand With Us
StandWithUs is an international, non-profit organization. Founded in 2001, StandWithUs is dedicated to informing the public about Israel and to combating the extremism and anti-Semitism that often distorts the issues.
We work by supporting people around the world who want to stand up for Israel and educate their own local campuses and communities. We believe that knowledge of the facts will correct common prejudices about the Arab-Israeli conflict, and will promote discussions and policies that can help promote peace in the Middle East.
Through print materials, speakers, programs, conferences, missions to Israel, campaigns, focus on social media and internet resources, we ensure that the story of Israel's achievements and ongoing challenges is told on campuses and in communities, the media, libraries, and churches around the world. Based in Los Angeles, StandWithUs has fifteen offices across the U.S., and in Israel, Paris and the UK.
This YouTube video tells a story:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl-80McB_HM&feature=player_embedded
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Beth Or Website Update...
Stay tuned for an announcement of a workshop about Facebook and using Beth Or's Facebook Fan page to its fullest to promote who we are as a Jewish Jewel, instead of the best kept secret in South Dade.
www.bethormiami.com 
Get noticed by your temple!
Ad copy can be sent to the Temple and will be forwarded to the Facebook/Website mavens.
Camera-ready business card size ads will be rotated through the website for $180 per year.
Send ads by e-mail to drmikebethor@comcast.net
and the check to temple.
The Temple Directory is available in PDF to members.
Webmaven:
Dr. Michael Newman
305-632-1663
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Calendar Planning for 2013-14
Sunday's meeting generated a list of major and minor holidays, as well as activities and events, both firmly scheduled and tentative: social events, learning sessions, Torah Study, Rabbi Mark's schedule, Lighthouse Café evenings, and more!
This information will make it onto the Google calendar, currently accessible from www.bethormiami.com and will be seen in the What's Happening and Save the Date segments of this publication.
This list is a jumping-off point, so please contact the office if you don't see something you expect to see, or if you have a question about dates and/or times.
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 Garden and Grounds Mangos are ripening! Watch for fruit from the trees on the north side of the property and from one or two of the trees on the south side! Beth Or's ORGANIC GARDEN continues to grow! Let's put the 'Or' in 'Organic" Wilfredo Candelaria, a local Master Organic Gardener kindly offers free advice and consultation to Beth Orians wanting to get their hands dirty and fill their plate with home-grown produce! Call Wilfredo (786) 234-7520. Five Raised Bed Custodians: 1-Jane Weinstock 3' x 8' 2-Mark Rosenbloom 4' x 4' 3-Pat Barron 3' x 8' 4-Karen Steinberg-Lewis 3' x 8' 5-Diane Pearl 3' x 8' If YOU want to operate a beds there's no charge - most supplies freely available (or BYO) >>> CONTACT Jeff Tucker and Grow Your Own!
JMTucker007@gmail.com
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Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU Presents "Fryd on Fire" by Carol Fryd
The Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU (JMOF-FIU), the only museum dedicated to the story of 250 years of Florida Jewish heritage, arts and culture, is proud to present Fryd on Fire by Carol Fryd, a pioneer of digital art whose captivating artworks of Miami and its cultural intersections meld the human figure with fabulous flora and fruit.
Fryd's creations blend classic art with 21st century technology to create her own unique technique which include collage, drawings, photography, objects and paint, ranging from realism to abstract expressionism to portraiture. Fryd on Fire opens May 21 and will remain on display through October 20.
At right, Roses, Roses, Roses, collage on canvas, 2012.
Fryd is inspired by her hometown of Miami Beach, with its colorful palette of people and panorama. Bright, fiery colors dominate this show, with the excitement and hot juicy hues of Fryd's works matched only by the intensity and heat of the Miami sun.
"The bright hot yellow light of the Miami Beach sun transforms every color to an intensity no Northerner ever experiences," said artist Carol Fryd, of her inspiration. "The cerulean blue tropical sky intoxicates me. Nothing here is muted. The people come from everywhere and there is a cacophony of Cuban, Spanglish, Haitian, French and southern drawl and chivalry, with an imported New York sophistication, that creates Miami's unique culture. Passions run high in this city and yet somehow we all live together and grow and learn to tolerate and be appreciative of one another. Our city is 'on fire' with an intensity found nowhere else."
Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU: The museum is housed in two adjacent lovingly restored historic buildings, at 301 Washington Avenue on South Beach, that were once synagogues for Miami Beach's first Jewish congregation. The museum's focal point is its core exhibit, MOSAIC: Jewish Life in Florida, 1763 to Present and its temporary history and art exhibits that change periodically. Now on display: Bat Mitzvah Comes of Age through September 15, 2013.
For more information: 305-672-5044 or www.jewishmuseum.com.
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