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This Week At Beth Or

Your guide to upcoming programs,  
activities and news 

March 17, 2015

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In This Issue
 

Rabbi
Mark Kram   
 
 
 
 
D'Var Torah
 

March 21, 2015
Shabbat Rosh Chodesh    
  
Vayikra
Leviticus 3:1 - 4:26 
(using the Triennial Year 2 calendar)
 
Haftarah
Numbers 28:9 - 28:15 
 
 
 
 
Beth Or Links

Our Website 

Board Of Directors 

Committees 

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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.
 
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What's Happening This
Week at Temple Beth Or
Tuesday, March 17 

Wednesday, March 18     
Chit Chat  10:00 a.m.

Thursday, March 19
Weight Watchers  10:00 a.m.
   
Friday, March 20       
Kabbalat Shabbat   8:00 p.m.
   
Saturday, March 21
Torah Study  10:15 a.m.
Lighthouse Cafe with Ruth Wyand  7:30 p.m. 

Sunday,  March 22

Monday, March 23

Tuesday, March 24 
Adult Education: Passover Workshop  7:30 p.m. 
 
Wednesday, March 25 
Chit Chat  10:00 a.m.


  
  

 

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 Events 
 
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Save the Date!  


April 4 
Second Night Passover Seder

May 8
Annual Congregational Meeting   

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Temple Beth Or Community Notices
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Shabbat Shalom

This Friday, March 20, join us with Rabbi Mark Kram on the bima,
with discussion of "Adam 1 and Adam 2: How We Look at Ourselves."

Oneg Shabbat will follow the service. 
  
Lighthouse Cafe
  featurning Ruth Wyand
Saturday, March 21 at 7:30 p.m.

This is a remarkable project / show and a one-of-a-kind Experience!

  

   

This will be a Multi-Media show by Blues Guitarist & Singer Songwriter Ruth Wyand and film maker Jean Antolini

 

The show features a LIVE on-stage musical score performed by Ruth while using film footage designed by Antolini projected onto a screen.

  

Wyand plays the songs of women blues artists from the early 1900's to the present who have blazed the trail of Blues, Jazz and Rock & Roll. Songs of Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Memphis Minnie, Nina Simone, Billie Holiday to Bonnie Raitt.

  

Ruth is an excellent guitarist and this promises to be wildly entertaining. Now don't get scared, it's probably highly "educational" also.  

 

DUE TO LIMITED SPACE, PRE-PAID RESERVATIONS ARE A MUST - SEE BELOW. You can check out Ruth at www.ruthwyand.com

Please call Beth Or at 305-235-1419 for reservations or email bethortemple@aol.com.  Prepayment can be made by credit card, but please don't put card information in an email!  We will call you back if you leave a voicemail.
 

 

  


 
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Passover Workshop

"It's Not Just About the Four Questions!"

Tuesday, March 24, 7:30 p.m.

Come and enjoy a broad perspective on the Passover Seder.  Learn how to add to the narrative by understanding the concepts that underlie the holiday.  Look at all types of slavery that we experience -- and giving birth to new self.  Bring and open mind and new thinking about how to observe this most important holiday in the Jewish calendar.

Bridge to the Future and Membership Dues 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.

We're also working on a similar process to catch up with folks who have outstanding dues and who are not on a scheduled payment plan.

Before we contact anyone -- and the contacts will probably be by mail initially -- we will review each member's history to make sure we have correct information to work with. 
A Better Way to Access the Amazon Smile Program
Our folks have been experiencing some difficulties using the Amazon Widget, so we did a little digging and found an easier way -- make that three easier ways -- to accomplish the same thing:  enable TBO to receive a percentage of your Amazon purchases.

Amazon Smile is the name of the program, and you can get to it by one of three ways:    
Or just Google Amazon Smile, and you'll find it. 

However you get there, you then use your usual Amazon login/password, or establish a login and password if you're a new Amazon shopper.  Once you're in, select the tab for your account, and you'll see an option to Change Your Charity.  Type in Temple Beth Or Miami, and you should see it at or near the top of the list.

There's nothing like a little Retail Therapy! 
 
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
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Beth Or's  ORGANIC  GARDEN
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Beth Or's  ORGANIC  GARDEN ...continues to grow!   

 

Let's put the 'Or' in 'Organic"

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.

 

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!

 

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.

 

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."


TBO Members' Page

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The Hechtman Family proudly announces the addition early last Friday morning to their family of Solomon Marshall Hechtman. 

He's a beautiful boy, and all are doing well!  Congratulations to Ilien and Keith Hechtman on the birth of their grandson!


I Have A Dream  

 

 

1st Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Marlins Park TheatreSouth celebration,  sponsored by Marlins Foundation and TheatreSouth Atlanta, Inc.,   

commemorating widespread Jewish support, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel "Praying With His Feet" marching beside MLK.     

 

Character RABBI HESCHEL's debut, played by Rabbi Barry Silver, Congregation L'Dor Va-Dor.

 

Date: Monday March 30, 2015

Place: Marlins Stadium- 501 Marlins Way Miami, FL  

       33125

Time: 6 - 6:30 p.m. March to commemorate Martin  

       Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement  

       along Marlins Way

6:30-7:45 p.m.- Reception- food and drink

8:00 p.m. "I Have A Dream" Broadway Musical presentation

 

Cost: $50 per person 

 

Business attire affair.   

 

For more information, contact TheatreSouth office: 305.924.3003 and ask for Herman Jones, or visit    

www.theatresouthatlanta.org/i-have-a-dream-the-broadway-musical.html  

 

Call Jeff Tucker, Producer,  to arrange Beth Or CARPOOL.

 


 

Are You Hosting a Seder or Looking for One?

Vicki Brail has offered once more to coordinate
the process of matching people looking for a seder with those who are hosting and have "room for one more." 

You can reach Vicki by email at VBrecovery@aol.com

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Found and Found!
  • brown lightweight cardigan
  • paperback Which Comes First, Cardio or Weights?

Both are in the office, waiting to be claimed. 

 

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"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

Wishlist for TBO Friends

Please contact him at tuckbrc@bellsouth.net
to make arrangements for donations.
Jeff Tucker is looking for:

Jeff Tucker is looking for: 

  • Movie DVD's
  • Ladies' shoes size 8-1/2
  • Sturdy Men's shoes size 9 ½ +/=