newsheader
This Week At Beth Or

Your guide to upcoming programs,  
activities and news 

February 3 2015
rushing-water.jpg
   
 

 

 "Like" the Temple Beth Or Facebook Page at

 

www.facebook.com/BethOrMiami     

 

...and be sure to "check-in" on your mobile device when you are at the Temple, and add your comments about services and events that you attend at Beth Or!

  
In This Issue
 

Rabbi
Mark Kram   
 
 
 
 
D'Var Torah
 

February 7. 2015   
 
Yitro
Exodus 18:1 - 20:23 
(using the Triennial Year 2 calendar)
 
Haftarah

For Ashkenazim:
Isaiah 6:1 -7:6 and 9:5 - 9:6

For Sephardim 
Isaiah 6:1 - 6:13 
 
   
 
 
 
Beth Or Links

Our Website 

Board Of Directors 

Committees 

Help Beth Or by shopping at Amazon

Other Links




Contact:

Kathy Fisler 
bethortemple@aol.com
 
305-235-1419
 
Office Hours:
Tuesday  10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Wednesday: Noon - 3:00 pm.
Thursday: 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Friday: 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
 
mark your calendar
What's Happening This
Week at Temple Beth Or
Tuesday, February 3
Positive Psychology  7:00 p.m. 

Wednesday, February 4 
Chit Chat  10:00 a.m.
Community Meeting  8:00 p.m.
  (please note this is a time change from the previous
     announcement) 

Thursday, February 5
Weight Watchers  10:00 a.m.
   
Friday, February 6 
Kabbalat Shabbat Campfire Service
   and Tu B'Shvat celebration   7:00 p.m. 
(this is an earlier start time than usual!) 
 
Saturday, February 7
Torah Study  10:15 a.m. 
  
Sunday,  February 8
Red Tent Women's Reading Group  1:00 pm.
 
Monday, February 9
 
Tuesday, February 10   
Positive Psychology 7:00 p.m.  
 
Wednesday, February 11  
Chit Chat  10:00 a.m.
Executive Committee  7:15 p.m.
Board of Directors  8:00 p.m.

  
  

 


star
 Temple Beth Or 
 Events 
 
wire-bound-pad.jpg

Save the Date!  


February 17 and 24  
Positive Psychology continues 
 
February 14 
Lighthouse Cafe with Mark Levy

March 7 
Lighthouse Cafe with Zal Shaffer

March 8 
Spring Garden Festival 

March 21  
Lighthouse Cafe with Ruth Wyand

community notice
Temple Beth Or Community Notices
shabbat shalom
Shabbat Shalom!

Join us on Friday, February 6, to gather around the bonfire.  We'll welcome Shabbat with Rabbi Mark Kram and our music, and we'll celebrate the New Year for Trees, Tu B'Shvat, with fruits and wine of the season!

We'll begin earlier than usual, at 7:00 p.m.



Community Meeting Time Change 

 

 

The time for the Kosher policy meeting at Beth Or has been changed to 8:00pm.  (from 7:30) this Wednesday Feb. 4th.

 

Please come and make your opinions heard about a topic that often makes for passionate discussion: food ...... and Judaism and our Temple!   And we will vote on specific proposals for the Temple. 

 

Finally, if you want to weigh in and be counted in our Kosher survey #2 and have not already done so, please return below to the Temple or to kaminskyjeff-bethor@yahoo.com

 

Thanks

The Ritual Committee
 

 

A new feature for Beth Or members and Friends  
 

Look to the left and up for the Amazon "Widget". 
When you want to order from Amazon, you can click on this box.  From TWABO, the link will take you to the Beth Or website.  If you scroll down, you'll see another Amazon box.  Click "View More Products on Amazon.com" and you'll go straight to the Amazon website.  Log in with your own account, as you normally do.  Temple Beth Or, as a newly registered "Amazon Associate," will receive a percentage of your purchase price at
no additional cost to you, because you accessed Amazon via the Widget.


If you're not reading TWABO when you're ready to shop, just go to the Temple's website,  
and use the Amazon Widget from there.

   
 
Bridge to the Future Followup

The Bridge to the Future followup team will be communicating with TBO members in the near future.  We're looking to touch base with members whose pledges have open balances, members whose pledges have been completed, and members who have never made a BTF pledge or might be interested in continuing a completed pledge.

Before we contact anyone -- and the contacts will probably be by mail initially -- we will review each BTF history to make sure we have correct information to work with. 
Chit Chat  
             
 
Chit Chat meets at Beth Or Wednesday mornings at 10:00 a.m. to read and discuss items in the news or out there in the world.  We concentrate primarily on issues of
Jewish interest.  

If you want to be included on the Chit Chat email list, please contact Mike Leslie at hebrewnatl@aol.com
.
   
Positive Psychology 2 continues...
   Wellbeing and Jewish Fundamentals 
 
An 8-week open event facilitated by Dr. Nancy Kirsner.  All are welcome!   
Positive Psychology has ushered in an
era of well being and happiness by focusing on what works and is strong in you.   
Research and reality teaches us that we are at our best when we live in our strengths and in relationships.  Our Jewish fundamentals and Positive Psychology converge, creating a rich context of meaning, purpose and pleasure -- the main ingredients of Happiness and Wellbeing.

Class session dates:  Tuesday evenings:
February 3, 10, 17, and 24,
March 3 and 10.

Class time is 7:00 p.m. 

To register, please email nancykirsner@gmail.com 
For any questions, call Dr. Nancy Kirsner at 305-274-8283.    
Cost to participate: 
  • $10 per class if taken individually
  • $60 for the series of classes for Beth Or members if paid in advance or at the first session
  • $80 for the series for non-members if paid in advance or at the first session
All proceeds go to Temple Beth Or
Checks should be made payable to Temple Beth Or
  

 

Lighthouse Cafe

Saturday, February 14 at 7:30 p.m.

Mark brings us Jewish and Yiddish folk music from around the world.

"Inspiring -- I don't often hear someone with such a good voice and a clear sense of direction"
                          -- Pete Seeger

Mark also lectures around the country and teaches classes on many subjects from Israeli Pioneer music to Klezmer, to Jewish humor.

Please pass the word around to anyone you know who might enjoy this musical theme.  It should be an interesting and enjoyable night.

We hope you'll join us!

Seats are $20 per person, and we'll be offering free coffee, tea, and light snacks.

Call 305-235-1419 to reserve or email bethortemple@aol.com
 
book Red Tent Women's Reading Group

The Red Tent will gather at the home of April Miller at 1 p.m. on Sunday, February 8, to discuss Whoopi Goldberg's book, "Is It Just Me?  Or Is It Nuts Out There?" Ms. Goldberg offers a candid and most refreshing take on modern-day manners (or lack thereof). 

Directions to April's house will be sent to RT members via email.


Honoring Shirley Pollak at March 6 Shabbat Service

Please join us for services March 6 at 7 p.m. (note earlier starting time), as we acknowledge Shirley Pollak for her many years of mentoring and teaching our B'nai Mitzvoth students.

In addition, we will be celebrating Purim.  This promises to be a celebration of Purim like none other, with many of Shirley's students in attendance. A celebration oneg put on by many of our members will follow.  Mark your calendars.


SPRING GARDEN FESTIVAL!

 

Sunday, March 8, 10:00 a.m - 1:00 p.m.

garden-ball.jpg

            SAVE THE DATE!!


 
Beth Or's  ORGANIC  GARDEN
...continues to grow!  gardening-items.jpg  

 

Let's put the 'Or' in 'Organic"
 
Certified Florida Master Gardeners Wilfredo and Candy Candelaria promise support for
Beth Or's Organic Garden and Campus Edibles Program, 2015.
They offer a Seminar on Garden Veggies.
a) Most Green Thumb congregants could use more practical training:
b) what about seasonal variations
b) wisely allocate volunteer time or tend your own plot
c) general education for your appreciation and application of gardening skills
d) Temple plans to convert some decorative space into HERBS/MEDICINALS
 
I'm not able to run a Garden Club but a few committed diggers/planters/harvesters could
bring our Garden areas to life - you have the infrastructure; we can do something to start using it.
 
Help pick a date for this Seminar on Garden Veggies - - one Sunday afternoon in the coming weeks?
This wont happen unless you want it to, a few voices can be heard in the silence we now have around our Gommunity Garden.
I'm sure the Candelaria's will make their presentation worthwhile for you in our Lighthouse Cafe.
 
Will this become The Opportunity to cultivate your own plot at Beth Or or help our next communal crops of:  bananas, papayas, other edibles, herbs and medicianals!?
 
We're also submitting a grant proposal to improve the irrigation for many edibles on campus!
 
Kavanah~ Rabbi Mark:  "...to help build up our people, our institutions and our strength so that we continue to l'takein olam b'malchut Shaddai, 'repair the world under the kingdom of heaven.'  Let's get our hands deliciously "dirty" in this endeavor as we grow and sustain our beloved community."
 
Story:  We are Shomrei Adamah, Guardians of the Earth or Keepers of the Garden of Eden.  To start off we will be practical and do whatever works- but we aspire to the highest standards of earth ethics summarized by Organic/Veganic Gardening. We will carefully select the veggies and herbs to maximize output, balanced cultivation, companion planting, insect control etc. With today's high prices for quality veggies and herbs, a garden is economically desirable.  Plus it is part of a healthy lifestyle, good education, and a social communal experience.  All those with green (or any color) thumbs are welcome to cultivate with us.

TBO Members' Page

piano_keyboard.jpg
"Music Keys and More" 

Piano Lessons given by member Sharon  Abramson . Hour and 3/4 hour lessons available. Call or email for further information. Children through adults. A percentage of lesson price will be donated back to Temple" 
H. 786-420-2467 
C 305 338 1193. E
sharonabramsonm@yahoo.com

Mazel Tov to the Hochman family!

 

...on the marriage of their son Jonah Hochman and Sheera Golden.


May they be blessed with many years of happiness and fulfillment! 
 

 

Now Playing at the New Theatre in South Dade...

Twelve Angry Men
  by Reginald Rose

with a cast including Bill Schwartz, husband of Abbe, in the production playing February 6 - March 1, at the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center, 10950 SW 211 Street, in Cutler Bay.


For ticket information, call 786-573-5300 or visit the website at www.new-theatre.org


Wishlist for TBO Friends

Jeff Tucker is looking for: 
  • A good antenna -- rabbit ears or similar
  • Movie DVD's
  • Ladies' shoes size 8-1/2
  • Ladies' cosmetics
  • Men's slippers
  • Warm blanket
  • Full-sized sheets
Jeff is collecting these items for Noli and Keke. Please contact him at tuckbrc@bellsouth.net
to make arrangements for donations.