March 24, 201614 Adar II 5776
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HAPPY PURIM!
SHABBAT 
SHALOM!       Please use the shuttle on Shabbat morning
Shabbat Tzav                  from Prince of Peace.
Friday, March 25th
Shabbat Table
6 p.m., Chapel
Saturday, March 26th
9 a.m., CHAPEL
Rabbi Berger will officiate
   We will celebrate the aufruf of Rabbi Josh Foster and Katie Mintzer.  Mazel Tov to Josh's parents, Linda and David Foster, and to Katie's parents, Karen and Barry Mintzer.
10:15 a.m.  Supervised Youth Room and youth activities led by our Ramah fellow, Jared Skopf.
Kiddush will be in the lower level following services, sponsored by the Kiddush Lunch Fund and Linda and David Foster, in honor of Katie and Josh.

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

UPCOMING SIMCHAS - Mazel Tov!
April 2nd     Adena Fay Wolf will become a bat mitzvah.
Adena is the daughter of Betsy and Michael Wolf, and sister of Shira, Ilana and Jonah. Adena is the granddaughter of Anaruth and Henri Bernard and Natalie and Lonnie Wolf.

TODAH RABBAH
To Cathy Graub and Tammy Dines for sending mishloach manot to our college students.

To Sheila and Marty Kurland for taking all of the Purim Pasta to Yad Ezra following megillah reading.

CONDOLENCES
To Alan and Gaye Taub on the sudden passing this week of their nephew, Dennis Cangemi.

BI COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

KEEP CALM AND EAT SHABBAT LUNCH
Future Shabbat Home Hospitality Dates:  

5/14 Please e-mail Joyce Breitman  to be a host or guest 
or with further questions.

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

TKA Passover Seder
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Passover Seder, Second Night
Saturday, April 23rd, 6 p.m.
Hosted by Temple Kol Ami and led by Rabbi Roman
Strictly kosher, catered by Dish Kosher Cuisine 
Advanced registration is required by April 4th. 
Please download and print the reservation form by clicking here.

YOUTH ACTIVITIES
Family tot shabbat
Tots and Parents Shabbat*
led by BI member and early childhood educator Gaye Taub
Join with Gaye in song and Shabbat play.
11 a.m., lower level: April 9, May 7, and June 18.
  *children 5 and under

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Shabbat Morning Activities Youth 
Ages 6-12
Formal Activities in lower level 10:30 a.m.-11:45a.m. 
3/26, and 4/30
Teen D'var Torah Cafe, 11 a.m. 
Youth-led discussion in the social hall following D'var   Torah 
3/26, and 4/30



ADULT EDUCATION
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. 
Please register with Mitch (abbadoc@comcast.net; 248 738 0220) 
if you plan to attend.

Elie Kaunfer
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.
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Sisterhood Corner

Book Club
Next Book Club book:  
My Promised Land by Ari Shavit.
April 3rd, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., TKA/BI Library. PLEASE NOTE DATE 

TKA/BI JOINT ACTIVITIES
American Red Cross
Dave Henig Memorial Blood Drive
April 18th, 2-8 p.m.
TKA/BI Social Hall
Mazel Tov 
March Birthdays
Happy Birthday!
Birthday Cake
 24 Talya Berger         24 Jeremy Rosenberg    26 Karen Orzach      26 Roi Orzach           29 Brittany Beider         30 Ryan Schmeltz      31 Sharon Knoppow  31 Meredith Weingarden
Jewish Wedding

MARCH ANNIVERSARIES  
28  Bob & Joyce Breitman   31  Henry & Janice Citron
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 
MARCH YAHRTZEITS
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.  
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United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.
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