February 25, 2016

16 Adar I 5776

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SHABBAT
SHALOM!

Shabbat Ki Tissa

Friday, February 26th

6 p.m., Chapel

Saturday, February 27th

9 a.m., Sanctuary

10:15 a.m. Supervised Youth Room and youth activities.

Kiddush Lunch is sponsored by The Kiddush Lunch Fund.

Learn with Dr. Mitch Parker following lunch: "Face Time with G-d"

To help sustain Kiddush Lunch, please consider joining a Kiddush Lunch Bunch group. E-mail Joanna Abramson for more information.

CONDOLENCES

To Robert and Laurie Kimmel on the passing of Robert's mother, Ruth Kimmel this past week. May the Kimmel family be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.

BI COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

Wednesday, March 23rd

hosted by Adat Shalom Synagogue

Evening Festivities begin at 5:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 24th

hosted by Congregation B'nai Moshe

7 a.m. Morning Minyan and Megillah Reading, followed by breakfast

Purim Partners: B'nai Israel Synagogue, Adat Shalom Synagogue, Congregation Beth Ahm, Congregation B'nai Moshe, JN

Click here for complete events flyer

Future Shabbat Home Hospitality Dates:

3/26, 5/14 Please e-mail Joyce Breitman to be a host or guest

or with further questions.

"PJ OUR WAY," a reading program for youth ages 9-11.

A unique book club for parents and children which will meet 2/28 and 5/1. Please e-mail Rabbi Robbins if you wish to receive further information about this program. Click here for complete schedule and information.

To join the B'nai Israel Synagogue Family Facebook Group, contact Ilana Glazier

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

LIMMUD MICHIGAN, SUNDAY MARCH 13TH
10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Michigan Union, Ann Arbor
An inclusive festival of unexpected Jewish learning run totally by volunteers. There is also a Limmud Camp during the course of the day run by the Detroit Ramah Fellows. Register TODAY at limmudmichigan.org
Click here for a list of presenters.

COMING SOON: SUNDAY MORNING 3D

Daven, Dine and Discuss

8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Next 3D session: March 6th

Join us in the chapel for morning minyan, followed in the social hall by guest speakers and yummy breakfast. Open to anyone who wishes to participate. Contact Mitch Parker if you wish to assist with this program.

Shabbat Youth Learning

Shabbat Morning Activities Youth

Ages 6-12

Formal Activities in lower level 10:30 a.m.-11:45a.m.

2/27, 3/12, and 4/30

Teen D'var Torah Cafe, 11 a.m.

Youth-led discussion in the social hall following D'var Torah

3/12, and 4/30

"Talmud for Beginners:

led by Dr. Mitch Parker

Wednesdays 7:30-8:30 p.m., Room 2 TKA/BI

Everyone is welcome, no prior knowledge required. Texts will have full English translations and commentaries. We will study the tenth chapter of Pesachim, which deals with the Seder night. Join the class in January and be prepared to astound your friends and relatives in April at your Seder with everything you have learned. $25.00 onetime charge for materials.

Please register with Mitch (abbadoc@comcast.net; 248 738 0220)

if you plan to attend.

Adult Learning

Thumin Beit Madrash in
cooperation with Congregation Beth Ahm

Rabbi Mark Robbins: "Jewish Responses to Extremism and Global Religious Conflict"

Four Sessions: March 7, 14, 21, and 28 7:30 p.m. at Beth Ahm

RSVP to ablua@cbahm.org or by calling 248-851-6880

Click here for complete class description.

Everybody Loves Saturday Night

Saturday Night Date Night Program for our Young and Not-So-Young Members

Kickoff Event Saturday, March 12th, 8:15 p.m.

A night of learning (adults only) at the home of Susan Knoppow and David Saperstein. Mitch Parker will be presenting on the topic, "Why Study Jewish Texts?" open to the community, but an RSVP is necessary. E-mail David Saperstein if you have any questions and to respond.

B'nai Israel Synagogue is pleased to welcome

Rabbi Elie Kaunfer of Mechon Hadar as our

Scholar in Residence April 8-10, 2016

"Revitalizing Prayer and Community: A 21st Century Approach."

Weekend highlights include: Shabbat Dinner and evening Study Session: "Can I Pray What I Don't Believe;"

D'var Torah Shabbat morning:
"Can Doubters Pray?; Shabbat afternoon following lunch "Empowered Judaism: What It Means for Synagogue Life,;" and following shabbat minha: But I Don't Know How to Make Kiddush!: Talmudic Stories about Confronting Ignorance." There will be an additional session following minyan breakfast Sunday morning: "Comforting God?: A New Understanding of the Mourner's Kaddish. The community is invited to join us over the course of Shabbat at no charge. There is a charge to attend Shabbat Dinner.

To register for Shabbat dinner, please click here for downloadable form.
ALL DINNER RESERVATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY APRIL 4th.

Sisterhood Corner

Next Book Club book:
My Promised Land by Ari Shavit.

April 3rd, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., TKA/BI Library. PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE

Purim Hamantashen Recipes from Sisterhood

Click here for recipe. Click here for recipe #2

TKA/BI JOINT ACTIVITIES

Dave Henig Memorial Blood Drive

April 18th, 2-8 p.m.

TKA/BI Social Hall

Mazel Tov

FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS

25 Sheila Kurland 25 Sharon Rosen 26 Aaron Orel

MARCH BIRTHDAYS

1 Ronald Gadoth-Goodman 2 Joshua Abramson 3 Don Nusholtz

9 Rita Goldstone 12 Loraine Kuhn 13 Frank Ellias

14 Larry Charlupski 20 David Pappas 20 Ariel Taub 23 Mindy Shuback

24 Talya Berger 24 Jeremy Rosenberg 26 Karen Orzach

26 Roi Orzach 29 Brittany Beider 30 Ryan Schmeltz

31 Sharon Knoppow 31 Meredith Weingarden

MARCH ANNIVERSARIES

12Craig & Stacy Gittleman 17David & Susan Feber

22 Michael & Cathy Graub 28 Bob & Joyce Breitman

31Henry & Janice Citron

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If your birthday or anniversary information is not listed, please email the synagogue so we can update our records.

May Their Memories Be For a Blessing

FEBRUARY YAHRZEITS

2/25/2016 (16 Adar I) 2/26/2016 (17 Adar I) 2/27/2016 (18 Adar I) 2/27/2016 (18 Adar I)

Yetta Langfelder Ann Donelson Alan Breitman Rose Lifshitz

Maurice Katz

2/29/2016 (20 Adar I)

Doris Barahal Tron

MARCH YAHRTZEITS

3/1/2016 (21 Adar I) 3/2/2016 (22 Adar I) 3/6/2016 (26 Adar I) 3/9/2016 (29 Adar I)

Arlene Beals Edith Nusholtz Esther Patent Harold Goldstone

3/12/2016 (2 Adar II) 3/14/2016 (4 Adar II) 3/15/2016 (5Adar II) 3/16/2016 (5 Adar II)

Rabbi Julius Shuback Freida Citron Sylvia Cohen Rose Lovinger Columbus

3/19/2016 (9 Adar II) 3/20/2016 (10 Adar II) 3/22/2016 (12 Adar II) 3/25/2016 (15 Adar II)

Sharon Florence Weiss Nancy Fischer Ricki Nederlander Katy Erdos

Rhea Lazarus Leah Yudell Jewell Dorothy Shuback

Joseph Weiss

To make a donation to commemorate a yahrtzeit, please click here. If you are a member of the synagogue and a yahrtzeit for your loved one is not on the list, please contact the synagogue office so we can update our records. Please click here if you wish to permanently memorialize a loved one by purchasing a yahrtzeit plaque.

B'nai Israel Synagogue is affiliated with USCJ

United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.

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