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This Week At Beth Or

Your guide to upcoming programs,  
activities and news 

August 26, 2014
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In This Issue
 
 

Rabbi
Mark Kram   
 
 
 
 
D'Var Torah
  
  
August 30, 2014 
  

Shoftim 
Deuteronomy 
16:18 - 18:5   
using the Year 1
Triennial Schedule

 
Haftarah
Isaiah 51:12 - 52:12   
 
 
 
Beth Or Links

Our Website 

Board Of Directors 

Committees 



Other Links




Contact:

Kathy Fisler 
bethortemple@aol.com
 
305-235-1419
 
Office Hours:
Tuesday  9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Wednesday: Noon - 3:00 pm.
Thursday: 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Friday: 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
 
What's Happening This Week at Temple Beth Or
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Tuesday, August 26

Wednesday, August 27             
Chit Chat at 10:00 a.m.
Adult Education Committee Meeting  7:30 
     
Thursday, August 28
Weight Watchers  10:00 a.m.

Friday, August 29  
Kabbalat Shabbat Services    8:00 p.m.   
 
Saturday, August 30 
Torah Study  10:15       
Sunday, August 31   
    
Monday, September 1          
  
Tuesday, September 2
Preparing for the High Holidays  7:30
   
Wednesday, September 3          
Chit Chat  10:00 a.m.
Community Meeting  7:30 p.m. 
  
 
  
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 Temple Beth Or 
 Events 
 
Save the Date!  

mark your calendar
Sunday, September 7
Open House and Brunch for 
     Prospective Members 

Wednesday, September 10 
Executive Committee and Board Meetings

Sunday, September 14  
Youth Event (TBA)
Red Tent Women's Reading Group

Saturday, September 20 
Selichot

Sunday, September 21 
Cemetery Remembrance Visit

Wednesday, September 24
Erev Rosh Hashanah

Thursday, September 25
Rosh Hashanah Day 1

Friday, September 26
Rosh Hashanah Day 2

Friday, October 3
Kol Nidre

Saturday, October 4 
Yom Kippur and Yizkor
Break the Fast

Sunday, October 5 
Sukkah Raising

Wednesday, October 8 
Pizza in the Sukkah

Friday, October 10 
Sukkot Potluck Dinner

Saturday, October 11 
Chapman Partnership Volunteer  Day
Movie Night at TBO

Sunday, October 12 
Red Tent Women's Reading Group 

Monday, October  13
Ritual Meeting

Sunday, October 19
  (and Oct. 26, Nov. 2, Nov. 9)
Little Known Jews program 
Wednesday, October 22
Adult Education with Rabbi Kram
  
Friday, October 31 
Story-Telling Shabbat

Friday, November 7 
New Member Recognition Shabbat

Saturday, November 8 
Spaghetti Dinner

November 17, and
     December 1 
Book Discussion: My Promised Land, by Ari Shavit



   
 
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Community Notices
  
Shabbat Shalom!                  shabbat shalom
 

Friday, August 29, join us for Kabbalat Shabbat services at 8:00 p.m.  "Reb" Max Kirkham will be on the bima - always a service to remember - and the Oneg Shabbat will be provided by the Elliott Family.
 
Thank You, Thank You!
..to those who have generously donated to Temple Beth Or...

Celia Belsky, in memory of Florie Rosen
Adrienne and Howard Hochman, in memory or
     Millie and Al Hochman

welcome new members Prospective Member Open House Coming Up!

 

 

Beth Or will be hosting an Open House and Light Brunch for prospective members on Sunday, September 7th, from 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon.

 

The primary purpose of this Open House is to showcase TBO to prospective members and let them see what we have to offer in the way of programs and activities as well as a spiritual home.   

 

Do you have friends who might be interested in Beth Or?  How about unaffiliated Jews looking for the right place to land?  Or non-Jews interested in learning about Judaism who might want a place to start?  We want to meet them, get to know them, and introduce them to our home! 

 

Please contact April Miller if you can attend and or help: ahmslm9400@aol.com

     

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Beth Or Day at Chapman Partnership  

 

Saturday, October 11 

  

We have another opportunity for members to enjoy spending time together while doing a Mitzvah!

This time, we will be helping to serve lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.  We are also welcome to help prepare the food from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., but this is not required.  We need ten volunteers for serving.  If you would like to participate, please contact Andrea Loring at
andrealor@bellsouth.net to save a place.

 

 

 


What Is Red Tent? books

Red Tent is a reading group (named after the first book we read) that is comprised of female members of Beth Or.  But it is much more than a book club.  It is a close knit group of caring and supporting women who can be counted on to "be there" should the need arise.

If you would like a little mental stimulation and lots of friendship along with some darn good food, Red Tent might be exactly what you are looking for.  Our selections are quite varied...from "Is It Just Me or Is It Nuts Out There" to "Brothers Emanuel" and there is always a delicious array of food for us to enjoy as we share our latest family news.

If you would like a full listing of our monthly selections so you can prepare to participate in one of our meetings, let me know. If you would prefer to just drop in and see what Red Tent is about for yourself, I will be happy to provide you with the necessary details.

Bette Spector
BetteSpector@gmail.com
305-382-0762

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Little-Known Jews
                                         
Our very own Norma Salz will present a four-part education program on Little-Known Jews on four consecutive Sundays from October 19 through November 9 at the Temple, at 10:30 a.m.

Please leave a voicemail at the Temple or email bethortemple@aol.com.    You don't need to be able to attend all four sessions, but we'd love it it you can.  We just need a general idea of how many to expect. 

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BethOr's Response to Hunger 

During the month of September, our Social Action Committee is asking members and friends to donate non-perishable food -- maybe even those plentiful BOGOs at the supermarket -- that would be donated to Chapman or other organizations feeding the hungry. 

You will see a a donation box in the oneg room shortly. 

Also, people can also contribute by donating money to Mazon.  Donation envelopes will be available both in the oneg room on the table. 

During the High Holiday services, the Mazon envelopes and a donation box will be there to receive cash or checks, which will then be sent on to Mazon.  Last year we collected about $350, can we beat that this year?? 

My Promised Land
by Ari Shavit

A Temple Beth Or Book Discussion, led by Rabbi Mark Kram, to meeto on Monday, November 17, and Monday, December 1.

Excerpt from the book's summary on Amazon.com:

"We meet Shavit's great-grandfather, a British Zionist who in 1897 visited the Holy Land on a Thomas Cook tour and understood that it was the way of the future for his people; the idealist young farmer who bought land from his Arab neighbor in the 1920s to grow the Jaffa oranges that would create Palestine's booming economy; the visionary youth group leader who, in the 1940s, transformed Masada from the neglected ruins of an extremist sect into a powerful symbol for Zionism; the Palestinian who as a young man in 1948 was driven with his family from his home during the expulsion from Lydda; the immigrant orphans of Europe's Holocaust, who took on menial work and focused on raising their children to become the leaders of the new state; the pragmatic engineer who was instrumental in developing Israel's nuclear program in the 1960s, in the only interview he ever gave; the zealous religious Zionists who started the settler movement in the 1970s; the dot-com entrepreneurs and young men and women behind Tel-Aviv's booming club scene; and today's architects of Israel's foreign policy with Iran, whose nuclear threat looms ominously over the tiny country.
 
As it examines the complexities and contradictions of the Israeli condition, My Promised Land asks difficult but important questions: Why did Israel come to be? How did it come to be? Can Israel survive? Culminating with an analysis of the issues and threats that Israel is currently facing, My Promised Land uses the defining events of the past to shed new light on the present. The result is a landmark portrait of a small, vibrant country living on the edge, whose identity and presence play a crucial role in today's global political landscape."

The book is available for purchase through Amazon and other sources and is also available at the Miami-Dade Public Library. 
 
Weight Watchers at Beth Or  

Weight Watchers continues its meeting series on Thursday mornings at 10:00 a.m. at Beth Or.
 
New members should arrive at about 9:45 and enter by the back door at the top of the ramp.


For more information, please contact Ilien Hechtman at ilienh@aol.com 

 

Chit Chat  
Chit Chat meets on Wednesday mornings at 10:00 at the Temple. 

We've picked up several interesting articles from reputable sources -- BBC News and the New York Times among them -- and we're ready to launch into 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.
 
There's always room for 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.
   
Garden and Grounds
Jeff Tucker asks for Landscape Design assistance to upgrade the Tucker Memorial Magen David Star Bench area.

Please call 305-607-9721 to share creative landscape ideas and techniques to enhance the two wooden structures.

 

 

Mangos are appearing!
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At last! 
 
The tree is starting to drop its fruit, and if your faithful mango gatherer can grab them before the critters do, there will be mangos in a basket on one of the Oneg Room tables! 


TBO Members' Page

Grandkidz and Me at the "J"

A "Grandkidz and Me" Class at the JCC this fall is being offered by Beth Or friend Vicki Busch.

 

 

Grandkidz and Me is a program for grandparents and their infant/toddler grandchildren, which will meet weekly at the JCC on Thursdays at 9:30 am- 11:30 am starting on Oct 2nd and continuing for 8 weeks. The fee is $200 per 8-week session.

A free class is offered on Wed Sept 24th.(with advanced reservation-call JCC-305-271-9000 Ext 301)

This class offers the grandparents a wonderful opportunity to spend quality time with their grandchild, create lifelong memories, meet new friends and have a lot of fun.  

   

If you know anyone who might be interested in joining this class, please pass along this information.

Some of you receiving this e-mail are too young to be grandparents but maybe you will know some "grands" who are interested.

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In and For Our Local Community

 
Jewish Museum of Florida--FIU's Recipe Contest

From My Family's Kitchen

Do you have a great recipe for sour pickles?  Have you adapted your Grandmother's Gefilte Fish recipe using locally caught fish?  Do you bake the best Rugelach south of NYC?

To celebrate the closing of its wildly popular exhibition, Growers, Grocers, and Gefilte Fish
, the Jewish Museum of Florida--FIU presents this Recipe Contest to find the best Homemade Pickles, Gefilte Fish, and Rugelach in Florida.

Entrants must be home cooks over age 18 with a great original recipe for homemade pickles, gefilte fish, or rugelach.  No caterers or professional chefs are permitted to enter.

To enter:
1. The entry form is available online at  www.jewishmuseum.com, or call 786-972-3170.   Email your entry form with "Recipe Contest" and the category in the subject line (Category will be either Pickles, Gefilte Fish, or Rugelach) to marketing@jewishmuseum.com, or fax to 305-672-5933 by Friday, September 12, 2014, at 5:00 p.m.
2. Prepare ten servings of your product and deliver to the Museum between 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 21.  Participants must be present to win.

Prizes include JMOF-FIU memberships, gift certificates, photo in  TILES (JMOF-FIU Newsletter), and bragging rights!  First, second and third place prizes will be awarded.


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