June 4, 201517 Sivan 5775
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Condolences
To Rita Goldstone on the death this past week of her sister, Evelyn Grodman.

To Robert (Robyn) Canvasser on the death of Robert's aunt, Beverly Canvasser.

PARSHAT B'HAALOTECHA

Rabbi Avraham Fischer

"How the Trouble Began"

The Israelites trouble and  indeed our troubles begin when we turn away from God.

 

In the aftermath of a national calamity, we try to reconstruct the events that led to the tragedy. We try to locate the turning point, in the belief that there was a precise moment at which, had we been aware, we might have prevented the catastrophe.

To be sure, the Children of Israel were sentenced to die in the desert because of the sin of the scouts 
(Meraglim), as we will read in Parshat Shlah Lekha
. However, the first signs of dissolution emerge in B'ha'alotkha.The verses, "And it was, when the ark set forward, that Moshe said, 'Rise up, Hashem, and let Your enemies be scattered, and let them that hate You flee before You.' And when it rested, he said, 'Return Hashem to the myriads and thousands of Israel.'" are set off with two inverted letters-n'oon to mark the end of the idyllic condition described at the beginning of the book of Bamidbar (ch. 1-10)-the order, purposefulness and unity-and the onset of deterioration:

And the people were as complainers of evil in the ears of Hashem, and Hashem heard and His anger was kindled; and a fire of Hashem burned within them and it consumed at the edge of the camp (11:1).

These are the troubles that culminated in the sin of the Scouts.

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May Their Memories Be For a Blessing 

JUNE YAHRTZEITS

6/1/2015 (14 Sivan)

Irene Belsky, Victoria Esther Seigerman

6/3/2015 (16 Sivan)

Harriet (Sivia) Band

6/6/2015 (19 Sivan)

Mr. Sidney Silverman, Ethel Toby

6/7/2015 (20 Sivan)

Alex Harris

6/9/2015 (22 Sivan)

Harold Foster

6/12/2015 (25 Sivan)

Arlene Foster

Joseph Gartenbersg

6/13/2015 (26 Sivan)

Evelyn Wolock Eisman, Deborah Phyllis Vernick

6/14/2015 (27 Sivan)

Samuel Klein

6/15/2015 (28 Sivan)

Irving Koren

6/17/2015 (30 Sivan)

Milton Schloss

6/19/2015 (2 Tammuz)

Rose Arbit Magy

6/20/2015 (3 Tammuz)

Arlene Gorbaty, Judy Rogoff, Alvin Winkelman

6/21/2015 (4 Tammuz)

Edward Feibus, Donald Lewis, Florence Sklar

6/22/2015 (5 Tammuz)

Joseph Jacobson, James Pappas

6/23/2015 (6 Tammuz)

Fival Ginsburg

6/25/2015 (8 Tammuz)

Betty Schwartz

6/27/2015 (10 Tammuz)

Jacob Kurland

6/28/2015 (11 Tammuz)

Harry Baer

6/30/2015 (13 Tammuz)

Beverly Weingarden

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SHABBAT SHALOM!
SHABBAT B'HAALOTECHA

Friday, June 5th

6 p.m., Chapel

Saturday, June 6th

9 a.m., Sanctuary

Emilie Weingarden will become a bat mitzvah.  Emilie is the daughter of Meredith and Adam Weingarden and sister of Noah. Emilie is also the granddaughter of Judith Holtz, Albert and Debra Holtz, Donna Weingarden, Nancy Precour (z"l), and Stanley Weingarden (z"l).

Aufruf of Daniel Kuhn and Juliet Feldman. Daniel is the son of Mark and Loraine Kuhn.  Juliet is the daughter of Irene and David Feldman

10 a.m. Supervised Youth Room

Kiddush Lunch is sponsored by Emilie's grandparents: Judith Holtz, Albert and Debra Holtz. 

 

If you would like to be part of a Kiddush Lunch Bunch group, please e-mail Mindy Shuback.  Donations to the Kiddush Lunch Fund can also be made directly to the synagogue.

 

MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND PACK YOUR PICNIC BASKET 
FOR SHABBAT IN THE PARK 2015:  JUNE 12, JULY 10TH AND AUGUST 14TH.  BLOOMER PARK, 6 P.M.  ALL ARE WELCOME!
UPCOMING YOUTH AND FAMILY ACTIVITIES

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Formal youth activities will resume in the fall.
To stay current on all youth and family activities, contact Ilana Glazier to join the B'nai Israel Families Facebook Group.


TKA/BI JOINT OPPORTUNITIES
TKA Summer Send Off Bingo
Wednesday, June 17th, 6:30-8:30, TKA Social Hall
$6/person Everyone welcome. click here for complete flyer

TKA Rummage Sale
ADULT EDUCATION

SNL
Saturday Night Learning, June 6th, at the home of Cheryl and Mitch Parker. 
Please 
rsvp to Mitch if you plan to attend.
Volunteers will lead a text based discussion each week on the topic of his/her choosing.  The evening will close with Maariv and Havdalah.  Everyone is welcome! Subjects are self-contained, so you can join any week you would like and not worry about "missing out" on material from the previous week. 

SUMMER LOVING

Great Love Stories of the Tanach

Dates:  Mondays, July 6, 13, 20, 27.  August 3, 10

Time:    9:30 AM to 11:00 AM

Cost:     $90

Place:    TBA

Instructor:  Mitch Parker

Begin your Mondays with a morning study of the love stories that are an integral  parts of the Tanach.  Learn the truth about the romances of Isaac and Rebecca, Jacob and Rachel, Samson and Delilah and David and Bathsheba. Spend a few summer hours immersed in the verses of one of the greatest love poems of all times, The Song of Songs, Shir Hashirim.

If you are interested in enrolling or would like more information, please contact Mitch: [email protected].


Mazel Tov 
Happy Birthday!

Birthday Cake

JUNE BIRTHDAYS

  4  Sidney Kaye

  5  Naomi Lupovitch

  5  Joshua Saperstein

  7  Melanie Soverinsky

  9  Sarah Baruch

  9  Robert Breitman

  9  Lowell Schmeltz

 12 Laura Berger

 13 Bess Glazier

 14 Phillip Litt

 14 Cecily Myers

 14 Marla Schloss

 16 Ilana Glazier

 18 Rami Berger

 18 Benny Berger

 20 Davida Robinson

 21 Carol Golob

 21 Marni Jacobson

 24 Jessica Singer

 25 Max Feber

 26 Herb Lantor

 26 Karen Rosenberg

 28 Madeline Kaufman

 28 Raymond Silverman

 28 Ruth Webber

Jewish Wedding

 

JUNE ANNIVERSARIES

  10 Murray & Linda Baruch

 10 Mark & Ruth Webber

 12 Dan & Miry Serlin

 13 Andy & Libby Beider

 13 Rabbi Mark & Amy Robbins

 15 Howard & Sharon Friedman

 20 John Marcotte & Vicki Freedman

 21 Phillip & Cheryl Litt

 22 Steve & Joan Freedman

 22 Leonard & Sharon Rosen

 24 Belmont & Gertrude Kershenbaum

 25 Lowell Schmeltz & Ilana Glazier

 26 Ron & Sharon Gadoth-Goodman

 27 Ken & Shula Brown

 27 Lenny & Robin Jacobson

 28 Robert & Laurie Kimmel

 28 Noel & Judy Lawson

 29 Mark & Loraine Kuhn

 30 Alan and Barbara Funk

 

If your birthday or anniversary information is not listed, please email the synagogue so we can update our records.
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Sisterhood Corner
Book Club books
Click here for list of books and dates.  Thank you to Lori Orel and Shelley Fenyes for organizing Book Club.  Your suggestions are welcome.

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