Worship Schedule
Shabbat Worship
Friday, October 11th
7:00 pm - Community Shabbat Worship
Saturday, October 11th
11:00 am Shabbat Morning Worship
and Joshua Collins & Nicholas Epstein B'nei Mitzvah. Mazel Tov Joshua and Nicholas! Click Here to read about our B'nei Mitzvah students and send congratulations to their families. |
YOUR MEMBERSHIP PHOTO DIRECTORY
IS HERE!
If you have not yet picked up your directory, yours is waiting at the reception desk at Temple. Stop By!
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Volunteers needed
CLICK HERE to join Beth El's on-site Volunteer Team!
Volunteers Needed for Children with Special Needs
Volunteers are needed in a class of all 3 yr olds with special needs-autism, Down syndrome and other various disabilities - which is held at Sterling Elementary. If you have a special gift and are able to help, please contact Linda Hindel Here.
Social Justice & Action
Click Here for more information.
Join the TBE CROP Walk Team
on Oct 13th
The Charlotte CROP Hunger Walk is Sunday, October 13 at 2:30 PM. Join the walk OR sponsor a team member. Click Here to either sign up to participate on the Beth El team or sponsor a member. You can also write a check made payable to CWS/CROP and send it to Jill Blumenthal.
Contact team captains Marissa Brooks (Click Here or 704-909-9822) or Jill Blumenthal (Click Here or 704-517-6654).
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Ha-LLAMA-Ween Corn Maze Scavenger Hunt
October 12th-7:00-10:00 PM
8th-12th Graders Invited
Cost: $12 for entry and supplies
Location: Halls Family Farm: 10713 Providence Rd W, Charlotte, NC
Fall Kallah- November 15-17th
in Roswell, GA
Sign up for Fall Kallah by 10/17 for the Early Bird Rate!
9th-12th Graders: Click Here To Register Online
Youth Engagement Committee Selling Autobell Carwash Tickets 
The YEC is selling Autobell Coupons for $15.00 each to benefit TBE Youth Programming. Please contact Nathalie Malter Here to buy or sell coupons if you are interested. |
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Our Temple family is joining with the Charlotte Jewish community this month in taking a stand against domestic abuse. Join us by wearing a purple pin, by learning more HERE, and by attending two special programs:
- October 25th at Temple Beth El - The clergy's message will speak to this and the silhouettes featuring stories of local Jewish survivors will be displayed
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October 27, Parent Workshop on Helping our Tweens/Teens Feel Safe at 1:30 in Sam Lerner Center at Shalom Park.
To RSVP contact 704-364-6594.
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Beth El Sisterhood
Joins Camp Harrison's
Women's Wellness Weekend
October 25-27, 2013
Join Beth El Sisterhood for a fun-filled and relaxing weekend getaway. Escape to the North Carolina mountains for a peaceful weekend of renewal and bonding with other Beth El women. Click Here for more information and the registration materials. |
Temple Beth El
Religious School
Free money for Religious School!
Please register your Harris Teeter VIC card NOW! TBERS #3611. All congregants can register and a percentage of your sales will come back to school. We were down last year. Please help us increase our numbers.
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John Arthur Schilling, grandfather of Beth Warshauer, died Sunday, September 29, 2013. He was 103. The funeral was held on Friday, October 4, 2013 in Georgia. |
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Programs at Temple Beth El
Torah Yoga: REGISTER NOW!
Enter Shabbat Renewed and Replenished -
Prepare for Shabbat with your bodies, minds and souls. Sign up now for the Fall session. Fridays from 8 to 9 am, October 4th through December 13th, 2013. CLICK HERE for details.
We Welcome Doron Harel, our Israel Educator, to TBE
Havdalah & Discussion on October 12, 2013 4:45pm -6:00pm at Temple. Join the Israel Committee, Mishpachah and Rabbi Judy as we continue our interfaith conversations on Israel, our joint Holy Land with Myers Park Baptist Church and past Israel trip participants. CLICK HERE for details. Please park at the Don & Bobbi Bernstein Education Building and enter Temple through the North Atrium doors.
October 13th Brotherhood Breakfast Meeting
These are challenging and frightening economic times. The government is shutting down and is at risk of not paying its debts, unemployment rates remain way too high, GDP is limping along at 2%. What does the future hold for us and our children?
Join us as Mark Vitner, senior economist at Wells Fargo, addresses: American Prospects for Growth and Prosperity
10:00 am at Temple Beth El. $10 per person. Open to all Temple members. RSPV required Here.
 Sunshine Psalms Study Group
Join us Friday, October 25th an Noon. This group supports those with anxiety and depression and is studying the ten Psalms identified by Reb Nachman as having special healing power. October's study will be on Palm 32 focusing on the burden of guilt. Feel free to bring lunch. |
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Uptown Talmud
Wednesday, October 9 - 1:15 PM
Bechtler Museum Café, 420 S. Tryon St.
New day! Same great conversation!
Jolt of Judaism
Saturday, October 12, 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM
Whole Foods, 6610 Fairview Rd.
In the Wake of the Goddesses - a look at Tikva Frymer-Kensky's insights into the transformation of matriarchy in early Judaism |
Haftarah Trope Class
Cantor Bernard will offer a four-week class on chanting Haftarah - the Books of the Prophets. Designed primarily for b'nei mitzvah madrichim who have previously studied Torah trope, anyone with some background in chanting from our sacred texts is welcome to attend. There is no cost but participants are asked to contact Julie Dalli at jdalli@beth-el.com if you plan to attend. (Note: a ten-week course on Torah and Haftarah trope for beginners will start at the end of February.)
Teen Band
If you are interested in joining our wonderful Teen Band this season, please contact Cantor Bernard as soon as possible so he can prepare music for your instrument. Teen Band plays at our Saturday morning Congregational Shabbat Services monthly October through May. In addition, Teen Band will participate in Temple Beth El's final 70th Anniversary Celebration in November when we will be hosting the president of the Reform movement, Rabbi Rick Jacobs. It is going to be an exiting year! Please contact Cantor Bernard directly Here.
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S.P.I.C.E. (special programs of interest and concern to elders)
Monday, October 21 - at Temple
Jewish Themed Films by Steve Spielberg, lunch and Sam Shapiro, Prof UNCC - History of Hitchcock Films"
RSVP required by Thursday Oct. 17th
S.P.I.C.E. Out - NC Zoo, Asheboro Monday Nov. 4th
9:00 am - bus departs for zoo, leaves zoo at 3:00 pm. Bus/Zoo admission: TBE discount member price $20, regular price $30. RSVP by Thurs. Oct. 24th - call 704-749-3070. Space limited.
Senior Sage - "A Senior Celebration of Our Wisdom and Our Lives"
October 2013 to February 2015, 12:00 - 1:30 pm at Temple Beth El. For more info and details on registration, Click Here. |
 Temple Beth El University The Coen Brothers - Do they make Jewish movies? Wednesdays, November 6, 13, and 20 7:00 - 9:00 PM November 6: A Serious Man and the Book of Job November 13: The Big Lebowski and Jewish comedy November 20: The two True Grits - Jewish stories of redemption? Details Here TBE Member Discounted Price: $36; Regular Price: $52. Financial assistance and scholarships are always available. |
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