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This Week At Beth Or

Your guide to upcoming programs,  
activities and news 
  
      December 3, 2013
   
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In This Issue
 
 

Rabbi
Mark Kram   
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D'Var Torah
  
  
December 7, 2013
  
Vayigash
  
Genesis
44:18 - 45:27     
  
using the Year 1
Triennial Schedule
  

Haftarah:   
Ezekiel 37:15 - 37:28
 
This Shabbat we remember all those who lost their lives at Pearl Harbor on this day in 1941.
  
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, December 3 
  
Wednesday, December 4   
Chit Chat at Beth Or  10:00 a.m.
Last Hanukkah Candle 
  
Thursday, December 5
Honorary Event Committee Meeting at
   Rhoni's home  7:00 p.m. 

Friday, December 6 
Kabbalat Shabbat Service 8:00 p.m.
  
Saturday, December 7
Torah Study  10:15 am.
Lighthouse Cafe: The Levins  7:30 p.m. 
 
Sunday, Decembr 8 
  
Monday, December 9 
B'not Mitzvah Class: Jewish Culture: 7:30 p.m.
 
Tuesday, December 10 

Wednesday, December 11  
Chit Chat at Beth Or  10:00 a.m.
Executive Committee Meeting 7:15 p.m.
Board of Directors Meeting  8:00 p.m. 
 
 
  
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 Temple Beth Or 
 Events 
 
Save the Date! mark your calendar
 
   
 
 
Thursday, December 12 
Jewish Play Reading

Tuesday, December 24 
Chinese Food Night  

Tuesday, December 31
 
New Year's Eve at TBO 
  
Saturday, January 11
Blessing of the Pets 
Progressive Dinner 
  
Friday, January 31 - Sunday, February 2
Jews in the Woods
 

 
  
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Community Notices
  
Shabbat Shalom!  
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Join us this Friday for Kabbalat Shabbat services, led by
Rabbi Mark Kram at 8:00 p.m.

The Oneg Shabbat will be community sponsored and will be potluck, so please put on your chef's toques and baker's aprons and surprise us! 

Beth Or Office Hours
  
Kathy is escaping for a much-anticipated visit with her friend in North Carolina.  The office will close officially today at 11:00 a.m. and reopen at mid-morning next Thursday, December 13. 
 
She'll have internet access and will check both emails and phone messages periodically and forward both to appropriate parties on anything that can't wait a few days.
 
See ya later, alligators!
 
   
  
  
Chit Chat at Beth Or
  
Chit Chat will resume Wednesday, December 4.  

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.
   
Thank You, Thank You
 to all who have generously contributed to Beth Or...

Irene and Thom Elliott, in memory of Diane Parker
Ossie and Harry Hanauer, in memofy of Diane
     Parker
Mindy and Nelson Rodney, on the Yahrzeit of
     Esther Drimmer
Rhoni and Ned Tannebaum, in memory of Diane
     Parker, and in honor of Bette and Morris
     Spector's anniversary 

My Name is Asher Lev
at Gablestage

GableStage is currently presenting a play called "My Name is Asher Lev" based on the book by Chaim Potak. If enough people want to see this play I will get group tickets.

Sunday Dec. 15 at 2 pm  

15-20 people - $35 tickets (group rate)

10-15 people - $40 tickets (group rate)  

 

Please let me know by today, Tuesday,

       December 2, 2013, by noon

 

kaminskycarol@yahoo.com
Carol Kaminsky

 

Announcing a Successful New Beth Or Program - Jewish Play Reading!!

Thursday, December 12, 7:30 p.m.
        Teacher and actress Janet Raskin has begun a new program of Jewish play reading for thespians and novices.

Interested participants should call the Temple and let us know you plan to attend.  Just leave a voicemail at 305-235-1419, please or email at bethortemple@aol.com
   
This is a participatory event where everyone who comes will get one part to play from a collection of short plays.  Participants will get a chance to read through and then do their reading for the group. 

Stay tuned for more information on the next collection of plays.
        
Janet Raskin earned her MFA in Acting at the University of Central Florida.  She has taught acting for stage and camera at Miami-Dade College North and Valencia College in Orlando.  Her credits include Emily Dickinson in "The Belle of Amherst" performed at Temple Beth Or in April and October of this year.  She has also played Yente in "Fiddler on the Roof" and Amanda in "The Glass Menagerie."  In 2013, Janet earned a certificate of completion from the Michael Chekhov Assocation in psycho-physical principles of acting.   And for those of you not aware, Janet is Carol Kaminsky's (twin) sister.
         

Lighthouse Café

 

Saturday, December 7, 2013

7:30 pm.

 

The Levins

at the Lighthouse Cafe. 

 

Reservations are needed to guarantee your seat: $15.00 per person.   

 

Those with reserved seats will be seated first!

 

Please call the Temple 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

Progressive Dinner

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Hello everyone:  

It's that time of year again when we start planning for Temple Beth Or's Progressive Dinner.  The date for the 2013 Progressive Dinner is, Saturday, January 11, 2014.  We are looking for volunteers to host the entree portion of the evening, and Irene and I were wondering if you would be willing to serve as a host house.

 

Our 2014 Progressive Dinner will be extra special. We will be beginning and ending our evening in the same place, thanks to the generosity of Ilien and Keith Hechtman. We will initially gather at the Hechtman home for appetizers to get the evening off to a great start.  

 

Once the guests leave the Hechtmans, they will head to their assigned host house.  Hosts are responsible to serve a salad, main dish with some side dishes, bread, and something to drink.  Temple Beth Or provides each host house with two bottles of wine -- one red and one white.  

 

You and your guests eat and talk for a couple of hours and leave to return back the Hechtman home by 10 p.m. for the dessert portion of the night.  It's a great way to rekindle old friendships and make new ones.

 

Irene and I do all the behind the scenes arrangement of assigning folks to the houses and so forth.  As an added benefit, guest hosts are not required to pay the fee for the dinner. 

 

It's great fun and we hope you'll consider hosting.

 

Please let us know as soon as possible whether you'll be able to be a host. Feel free to respond by email to annette075@aol.com or you can call either Irene or me if you have any questions.  We look forward to hearing from you. Please contact one of us as soon as possible so we can properly plan the dinner.

 

Best,

Annette & Irene

 

Annette's home number is 305-234-8868

Irene's home number is 305-251-4336

Meeting Announcement

 

The committee for the honorary event for Michael Henry will meet on Thursday, DECEMBER 5, 7:00 p.m. at Rhoni's. A lite dinner will be served, please rsvp,  rtclowns@bellsouth.net or call 305-253-4155

 

 

 

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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.

  

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

 

 

  

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!
  
  
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 

Need Golf Clubs?

 

Karen Steinberg-Lewis has a set for sale, including a Dunlop Driver, Acer 3-9 irons, sand wedge, pitching wedge, putter, balls and tees and the wheeled carrier. We are asking $200.00.  

 

Contact Karen at 305-310-9906. 

 

In and For Our Community
 

The Department of Adult Jewish Learning/Melton
wishes you and your family
a Happy Thanksgivikkah

Women's Philanthropy of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and the
Center for the Advancement of Jewish Education (CAJE)

 

Proudly present...

A FOUR PART LEARNING SERIES*

 

Jewish Women Leaders:
Finding Inspiration from our Heroines

Rabbi Efrat Zarren-Zohar

 

Tuesday, December 10, 2013
10:00am to 12:00pm
4200 Biscayne Blvd.

 

Join us for this interactive, text-based, reflective study as we examine the lives, leadership and impact of great women. This series will also serve as a springboard for thinking about and fulfilling our own leadership potential.

Session #2

 
RUTH CALDERON
Member of Knesset & Pioneer in Israeli "Secular" Judaism

 

Rabbi Efrat Zarren-Zohar did her undergraduate work in Political Science and Women's Studies at the University of Michigan and earned her Masters degree in Hebrew Literature from the Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion in New York, where she received ordination. She is the Director of CAJE's Department of Adult Learning & Growth, and has served as the Director of Miami's Melton School from its inception. Since August 2008, Rabbi Zohar has also served as a Regional Director overseeing 10 other Melton Sites along the Eastern Seaboard for the North American Office of the Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning.

 

Judy Gilbert-Gould & Chava Mann, Chairs

 

RSVP by Dec. 6
by calling 786-866-8441 or at

 

      * Each session will be taught by a different & dynamic teacher from our
         community. Come for one or attend them all.
 
     
        Bring a Friend   
No Charge    Dietary Laws Observed   
               
Affordable Care Act Informational Workshops

The League of Women Voters of Miami-Dade County in conjunction with the Health Council of South Florida, Enroll America, and the Miami-Dade Public Library System will host a serious of informational workshops about the Affordable Care Act.

For library branch locations and and program times, visit:
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Volunteer with the Jewish Volunteer Center and Big Brothers Big Sisters

 

Help Make a Difference in the Life of a Child with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Miami Mentoring & Resource Center and the Jewish Volunteer Center of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation.

We are looking for volunteers who:
-Are between the ages of 20 and 60
-Have access to a car
-Can devote their time twice a month for a year or more
-Will undergo a background check
-Can attend an orientation session
-Have a caring heart

An orientation session for volunteers recruited through the Jewish Volunteer Center will be held on Tuesday, December 3, 2013, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Greater Miami Jewish Federation, 4200 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami.

For more information, contact Merle Wexler at 305.644.0066 or Laura Guren Rodriguez at 786.866.8680 or Volunteer@jewishmiami.org

To RSVP for the orientation session, call 786.866.8680 or email Volunteer@jewishmiami.org