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This Week At Beth Or

Your guide to upcoming programs,  
activities and news 
  
         October 22, 2013
   
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In This Issue
 
 

Rabbi
Mark Kram   
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D'Var Torah
  
  
October 19, 2013
  
Chayei Sara 
Genesis 23:1 - 24:9 
  
using the Year 1
Triennial Schedule
  
Haftarah 

I Kings 1:1-31  
  
  
Beth Or Links

Our Website

Board Of Directors

Committees



Other Links




Contact:

Kathy Fisler 
BethOrTemple@aol.com
 
305-235-1419
What's Happening This Week at Temple Beth Or
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Tuesday, October 22 
  
Wednesday, October 23 
Chit Chat at Beth Or  10:00 a.m. 
Miami Jewish Book Festival:  Boys of Steel 
        7:30 p.m. 
(reservations and tickets required: see the article below for details)  

Thursday, October 24

Friday, October 25
Kabbalat Shabbat Service 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, October 26
Lighthouse Cafe: Grant Peeples  7:30 p.m.
(see the article below for details)

Sunday, October 27
Torah Study  10:15 a.m. 

Monday, October 28

Tuesday, October 29

Wednesday, October 30
 
   
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 Events 

Save the Date! mark your calendar

 
Saturday, October 26
Lighthouse Café with Grant Peeples

Sunday, November 3
Red Tent Women's Reading Group 
  
Thursday, November 7
Memorial Service for Nellie Lee
 
Sunday, November 10
Beth Or Holiday Bazaar

Saturday, November 16 
Lighthouse Cafe: Mean Mary

Sunday, November 24
Global Day of Jewish Learning

Wednesday, November 27 
First Hannukah Candle

Saturday, December 7
Lighthouse Cafe: The Levins 
 
Saturday, January 11, 2014
Progressive Dinner 
  
Friday, January 31 - Sunday, February 2
Jews in the Woods
 
  
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Community Notices
  
Shabbat Shalom!  
shabbat shalom

 

Kabbalat Shabbat services this week will be led by Rabbi Mark Kram at 8:00 p.m. 

The Oneg Shabbat will be provided by the Beth Or community.

Thank you, thank you...
to those who have generously donated to Temple Beth Or...
Adrienne and Howard Hochman, in memory of
      Nellie Lee
Carol and Jeff Kaminsky, in memory of Simon Salz
      at Simchat Torah
Marcy Prince, in memory of Nellie Lee
Ellen Siegel, in memory of Penina Turner  

And a special Thank-You...

Thanks to the following participants in the Fun!Food!Fashion!  CABI home party, Beth Or's Rabbi Discretionary Fund is richer by $544!  The trunk show at Ellen Siegel's houme was tons of fun, and we all look great in our new togs. 

Kudos to CABI representative Leslie Coller, and much appreciation to these ladies:  Linda Goodman, Melissa Brail, Elizabeth Ristine, Judith Casale, Sheila Silverberg, Gail Ironson, Carol Alexander, Ellen Siegel, Louise Gross, Kit Kimball, Sandy Muller, Tara Edmonson, Melissa Rivera, Debra Freedman, Carol Simicich, Diane Sugimoto, Barbara Willig, Annette Katz, Marisol Velasco, Shirley Seligman, Andrea Loring, Karen Ralston, and Carol Kaminsky.

And double thanks to Ellen Siegel for hosting this event.

 
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In Memoriam

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Kaminsky family, Jeff, Carol, Benjamin and Natalie, on the passing of father, father-in-law, and grandfather Morris Kaminsky, Friday, October 18. 
 
Chit Chat at Beth Or
  
Chit Chat will meet as usual on Wednesday morning 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.
   

Lighthouse Café

 

Saturday, October 26, 2013

7:30 pm.

 

We welcome Grant Peeples to the Lighthouse stage for a musical evening!

 

Reservations are needed to guarantee your seat: $15.00 per person.  Please call the Temple office at 305-235-1419; we can take credit cards by phone, or you can make your reservation and then send a check to Temple Beth Or, 11715 SW 87th Avenue, Miami, FL 33176.

 Lighthouse Cafe Concert Series

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Memorial Service for Nellie Lee   

 

A service of remembrance for our member and friend, Nellie Lee, will be held on Thursday, November 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the Temple Beth Or Sanctuary.

 

We will have a Kiddush, and the Beth Or bakers and food mavens are invited to bring appropriate items.  Please notify Kathy at the Temple office what you plan to bring.  305-235-1419, or bethortemple@aol.com.

 

  
Bazaar News  
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The bazaar is packed with wonderful, tasteful vendors, and affordable for every pocket book.

Extra goodies this year include a FREE RAFFLE TO TBO MEMBERS ONLY.   Stop by and pick up your  FREE RAFFLE TICKET.  

 

Prizes will be awarded at the end of the day, you do not have to be present to win!   

 

Please, if  you can bake for the bake sale, call and let us know. We also need a chair person for that.

 

Raffles will be awarded hourly to the general public and we need a few hands to  help, the pay is good, free lite breakfast and lunch!  

 

The Bazaar is on Sunday, November 10.

 

 

  
torah-scroll-sm.jpg Global Day of Jewish Learning -- Beth Or Style!

Sunday, November 24, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

The Global Day of Jewish Learning brings Jewish people together once a year to celebrate our shared Jewish text through community based learning. 

The guiding values of the day are: fostering Jewish unity, empowering individuals through increased Jewish knowledge, and creating meaningful shared experiences. 

This year's theme is Creating Together: Jewish Approaches to Creativity and Collaboration, which is a wonderful opportunity to tie Jewish text learning with the Thanksgiving holiday.

Most synagogues will celebrate the Day of Learning on November 17, but a calendar conflict necessitates our Day of Learning to be moved to the following Sunday, November 24.




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Jews in the Woods in January

Friday, January 31 - Sunday, February 2

 

Your trusty volunteer ranger Ellen Siegel will already be at Flamingo camping the week before, and the Trust family camp is on Sat and Sunday so there's lots of activities going on for kids of all ages.

 

Details will follow, but interested campers can put this date on their schedules.

  
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Rocky Horror Picture Show

 

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is being shown in Key Largo on Thursday, October 31st, HALLOWEEN, and Friday, November 1st at 8:00 PM.  Butch Falgiatore and Steve Gair are featured in the production.

 

A group will be carpooling from Beth Or on Thursday.  Let Marcy know if you are interested.

Tickets are $25, and can be purchased on your own at the following website:

 

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About the Calendars..

 

The Google Calendar for Beth Or events can be viewed by clicking the following link:

  

  
This will take you to our website's calendar page without requiring a login.  You will be able to choose among the Posterboard, Month, Week, Day, and Agenda views.

  

Garden and Grounds

 

Beth Or's ORGANIC GARDEN can put the OR in Organic!

 

Free advice is available from local Master Gardener Wilfredo Candelaria (786-234-7520).

 

Willing to get your hands dirty and fill your plate with home-grown produce?  Use our infrastructure with his advice.

 

Raised Bed Custodians:

 

1-Jane Weinstock 3' x 8'

2-Mark Rosenblum 4' x 4'

3-Pat Barron 3' x 8'

4-Karen Steinberg-Lewis 3' x 8'

5-Diane Pearl 3' x 8'

 

A sixth, round bed is currently open.

 

You're invited to DO YOUR FALL PLANTINGS in November-December.

 

 

>>> CONTACT Jeff Tucker and Grow Your Own!

JMTucker007@gmail.com

 

 

  

Mazagines for the Troops Overseas

For the next month or so, we'll be collecting gently-read magazines to be boxed up and sent to U.S. troops on foreign soil.

Two donation boxes are in the Oneg room waiting for you to bring your magazines.  A wide variety of subject matter will be welcome -- nice ones, please! -- and don't forget something for the women on the front lines. 

Might anyone be willing to make a small donation to cover packing and shipping costs?

Many thanks!

Temple Wish List

 

Can you help in a small way?  The Temple occasionally needs items, usually under $100 or even $50, that add up. 

 

Here's what TBO could really use at the moment:

  

We'd like to keep a spare HP60XL combo pack black/color ink cartridge set for the office printer, $50 - $60.

 

Shredders need lubricant!  A bottle of shredder oil --yes, it's a special kind -- or a pack of shredder lubricating sheets go for under $20!  Check your local office supply store.

 

 

Garden and Grounds  Wish List
  
Thinking of replacing your older lawn-care equipment?
  
To save $500 or more per year, the TBO Grounds Department needs some equipment, in good running condition, or nearly so!
  
1. Large lawnmower
2. Edger
3. Weedeater
4. Large chainsaw
  
Contact Jeff Tucker at JMTucker007@gmail.com if you can help.  Thanks!
  
  
Outdoor Furniture Available
 
Amy Lomaskin and Mel Tenen have a very nice set of outdoor patio furniture available:
 
The table is 39" wide by 61" long, with a glass top.  Completing the set are six chairs, oversized with white metal frames and white web-strapping, aqua trim. 
 
We weren't able to include a photo here, but one is available on request.   Anyone wishing to "adopt" this set would have to be able to have it picked up. 
 
Please call Amy at 305-253-1768.
Do you have an old "box style" TV that works? 
  
Looking for an excuse to replace it?  We've got one, ready-made.
Marcy Prince can take old, working TV's with the following specifications: TV's must have outlets for DVD/VHS/game hook-up; no larger than 27".
 
Marcy is  also seeking DVD and VHS players and cable boxes.
  
These would be made available to women who need assistance in getting a roof over their heads and don't have the means to purchase luxury items.

 

 


Please contact Marcy at mprince@miamidade.gov 

In and For Our Community
 
Miami Jewish Book Festival
  
We are delighted to announce that Temple Beth Or will host author Marc Tyler Nobelman and his book, Boys of Steel, the Creators of Superman, on Wednesday, October 23 at 7:30 p.m.

Space is limited!
  
For tickets and information on this and other Jewish Book Festival events, call 305-271-9000, ext. 268, or visit www.alperjcc.org.
 
Boys of Steel
 
Women of the Wall
   Solidarity Event
November 3, 2013: 2:00 - 4:00 p.m., rain or shine!

Rosh Chodesh service, music and readings for men, women and children.

Tradewinds Park, Coconut Creek, South Entrance.  Bring your tallit and a chair or blanket.

For information, contact Ilana Miller at
954-803-5022, or email her at
thewesternwallforall@gmail.com.

Visit www.facebook.com/thewesternwallforall

The WESTERN WALL FOR ALL promotes and advances religious pluralism at The Western Wall and in all aspects of Jewish life in the State of Israel.

This event is endorsed by over 30 rabbis and cantors and over 20 area synagogues and NCJW Florida State Policy Advocacy Committee.
 

 


MIAMI-DADE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM SEEKS VOLUNTEERS FOR PROJECT L.E.A.D. (LITERACY FOR EVERY ADULT IN DADE)

 


The Miami-Dade Public Library System is seeking volunteer tutors for Project L.E.A.D. (Literacy for Every Adult in Dade) - a free, confidential, one-on-one tutoring program to assist adults with basic reading and writing skills. Tutors should be compassionate, flexible, possess good reading skills and be willing to commit to the program for a six month time period. No prior experience is needed.

 

A volunteer tutor workshop will be held on Saturday, November 2 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Main Library -101 West Flagler Street - in downtown Miami.  A background check is required, please bring a photo I.D. and social security card, or know your social security number.  Parking is available at the Cultural Center Garage, 50 NW 2 Ave. for a $5 fee

 

What:

Volunteer Tutor Training

 

 

 

When:

Saturday, November 2 - 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.  (Bring photo I.D. and social security card for required background check.)

 

Where:

Main Library - 101 West Flagler Street

Miami, Florida 33130 - 305.375.2665

 

For more information, call 305.375.5323 or email projectlead@mdpls.org