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This Week At Beth Or

Your guide to upcoming programs,  
activities and news 

September 16, 2014
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In This Issue
 
 

Rabbi
Mark Kram   
 
 
 
 
D'Var Torah
  
  
September 19, 2014 
  

Nitzavim and Vayelech 
Deuteronomy 
29:9 - 30:14      
using the Year 1
Triennial Schedule

 
Haftarah
Isaiah 61:10 - 63:9      
 
 
 
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, September 16

Wednesday, September 17  
Chit Chat 10:00 a.m.
Childhood Education Meeting 7:30 p.m. 

Thursday, September 18  
Weight Watchers Meeting 10:00 a.m.

Friday, September 19  
Kabbalat Shabbat Services    8:00 p.m.
 
Saturday, September 20
Havdalah, Kiddush and Selichot  8:00 p.m.     

Sunday, September 21
Cemetery Remembrance Visit  10:30    
     (please see below for directions) 
Choir Warm-ups  1:30 p.m. 
Choir Rehearsal  2:00 p.m. 

Monday, September 22          
 
Tuesday, September 23  
    Temple Office hours will vary today 
   
Wednesday, September 24          
Chit Chat  10:00 a.m.
Erev Rosh Hashanah  8:00 p.m.    
     (at Christ the King Lutheran Church) 
 
  
 
  
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Save the Date!  

mark your calendar

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
 
Rabbi Mark Kram will be on the bima this Friday at 8:00 p.m. to lead us into the High Holiday season with Kabbalat Shabbat.

The Oneg Shabbat will be sponsored by the Leventhal Family.

Thank You, Thank You!
..to those who have generously donated to Temple Beth Or...

Correction:  We thank Rhoni Tannebaum for the
     new collection of greeting cards for the
     Sunshine Communications program
Sandra and Frank Kaplan, in memory of Abraham
     Kaplan

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Childhood Education Initiative Follow-Up Meeting

On Wednesday, September 17, at 7:30 p.m., you are invited to a follow-up meeting for the Temple's Childhood Education Initiative.
 
At a Congregational meeting on September 3, support to continue the school was expressed wholeheartedly, along with a willingness of members to research curriculum, review job descriptions, and temporarily serve as teachers as we continue to interview candidates to staff the Religious School.  Ideas to be developed also include an abridged B'nai Mitzvah Program.

Please join us as we continue this important work to serve younger families.  Your ideas and enthusiasm and concerns are welcome.  We also need more teachers to help out Sunday mornings in the fall, starting after the holidays. 
 
  

Cemetery Remembrance Visit

Rabbi Mark Kram will meet those members and friends withing to make remembrance visits this Sunday at Mt. Nebo, Kendall location, 6200 SW 77th Avenue, just west of the Palmetto Expressway and south of Miller Drive, at 10:30 a.m.

Current plans call for those who wish to do so to then proceed to Lakeside at 10301 NW 25 St. and then to Mt. Nebo at 5505 NW 3rd St.

Please call or email the Temple Office at 305-235-1419 or bethortemple@aol.com if you would like to attend, and which cemetery you would like to visit, so that the itinerary can be coordinated most efficiently.


Yiskor Book

Notices have recently gone out to members who wish to remember loved ones in the Yiskor Book for this year.

Yiskor Book listings are needed in the Temple Office by the morning of Friday, September 26.  Donations for Yiskor remembrance is $18 per name.  The books will be made up the following week for distribution at the Yom Kippur service on October 4th. 
 
Ushers Needed for High Holiday Services

A few good ushers are needed!

Erev Rosh Hashanah, Wednesday, 9/24: one or
      two to arrive by 7:00 p.m.; others by 7:15-7:30
Rosh Hashanah, Thursday, 9/25: one or two to
      arrive by 9:00 a.m.; others by 9:15-9:30
Kol Nidre, Friday, October 3: one or two to arrive
      by 7:00 p.m.; others by 7:15-7:30
Yom Kippur, Saturday, October 4: one or two to
      arrive by 9:00 a.m.; others by 9:15-9:30

At least four ushers are needed for each service.  If you  are willing and able, please contact the Temple office, and you'll be put in touch with Tom Gammon for specific instructions.


Temple Beth Or

2014 High Holy Days Services Schedule

 

 Saturday, September 20 (at Temple Beth Or)

  • Havdalah and Selichot (time TBA)

Wednesday, September 24 (at Christ the King Lutheran Church)

  • Erev Rosh Hashana Service: 8:00 - 10:00 pm in the church sanctuary
  • Mini-Oneg and cold drinks: 10:00 - 11:00 in the church's Ludder Fellowship Hall
  • Cold water will be available in the Red Room

 

Thursday, September 25 (at Christ the King Lutheran Church)

  • Rosh Hashana Morning Service: 10:00 am - 1:00 pm in the church sanctuary
  • Taschlich immediately following morning service
  • Buffet lunch immediately following Taschlich in Ludder Fellowship Hall
  • Cold water will be available in the Red Room
    • Older kids and teen seminars will run concurrently with services
    • Babysitting for children ages 2-6 will be available

 

Friday, September 26

  • Shabbat Shuvah at Temple Beth Or 8:00 p.m.

 

Friday, October 3 (at Christ the King Lutheran Church)

  • Kol Nidre Service: 8:00 - 10:00 pm in the church sanctuary
  • Cold water will be available in the Red Room

Saturday, October 4 (at Christ the King Lutheran Church, with return to Beth Or in the afternoon)

  • Yom Kippur Service: 10:00 am - 1:30 pm in the church sanctuary
  • Cold water will be available in the Red Room
    • Older kids and teen seminars will run concurrently with services
    • Babysitting for children ages 2-6 will be available
  • Return to Temple Beth Or for study sessions: 2:15 - 3:45 and 4:00 - 5:15 pm
  • Neilah Service and Havdalah: 5:30 p.m.
  • Break the Fast at Temple Beth Or: Immediately following Havdalah.
    Reservations and additional charge required for Break the Fast, please.  See below for details

 

Temple Beth Or: 11715 SW 87th Avenue, 305-235-1419

Christ the King Lutheran Church: 11295 SW 57th Avenue

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Break the Fast at Beth Or
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On Saturday, October 4, at 6:00 p.m.,
...immediately following Neilah and Havdalah services, we will break the Yom Kippur fast with a meal catered this year by
A Fare to Remember.

The cost will be as follows:
     $22.00 per person for 13 years and older
     $12.00 for ages 6-12
     No charge for under 6 or over 100

Space is limited.  Reservations are needed by September 25, 2014; call the Temple office at 305-235-1419 email bethortemple@aol.com.

We'll need to know how many will attend, and we can take credit card information by phone.  Please do NOT leave credit card information either on voicemail or in an email.  You may also pay by mailing a check or by cash or check at the door.


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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!

Five more volunteers are needed to make a complete roster for this event!

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.


And while we're talking of Chapman....

 

A story about Temple Beth Or's community partner, Chapman Partnership for the Homeless, was in the Herald this week.  Copies are in the Oneg room.  You will be proud to know that this shelter is the most effective one in the country for helping homeless individuals and families to end the cycle of homelessness and transition into  independent living arrangements.  Much of what they accomplish is possible due to their huge cadre of volunteers.  If you haven't signed up to help serve lunch there on Saturday, Oct. 11th, there are still a few slots open.   

 


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, from 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. 

Programs:

October 19:  Nathan & Isadore Straus  

October 26:  Rabbi Tobias Geffen of Atlanta,  

                          Georgia  

                      Private Joel of the 23rd Ohio  

                          Volunteer Regiment, Fayette,

                          West Virginia                   

November 2:  Rabbi Brennglass of Massena,  

                          New York 

                       Fanny Levy & Sarah Edelson,  

                          Lower East Side, NYC  

November 9:  Manya Shahat



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??

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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.

Note: Author Ari Shavit will be at Temple Beth Am, 5950 N. Kendall Drive, on Thursday, October 30, at 7:30 p.m.  Please contact Rebecca Leibowitz, South Dade Director for AIPAC, at 954-382-6110 or RLeibowitz@aipac.org for more information.  Advance registration is required for the event at Temple Beth Am.


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.

 

 

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 Community

 
Taglit--Birthright Israel

Registration is open for upcoming trips!

Israel Outdoors is offering a selection of trip dates and departure options for Birthright Israel, and registration is now open.

Call 202-537-0006 or email info@israeloutdoors.com 


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