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November 7, 2014 / 14 Cheshvan 5775
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NEWS & NOTES
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Good morning. By now you should have received the printed edition of the November Jewish VOICE, our "Giving Thanks" issue. Additional copies are available at the Federation offices, at each entrance on the Garden of Eden campus or you can view the digital eDITION by clicking here. Special thanks to our Editor, Jaidy Schweers, and Committee Chair, Meredith Rosenthal, for continually improving our monthly publication.

On Monday evening, our community came together for a special presentation entitled, Why Legacy? Why Now?, with Dena Morris Kaufman, Program Officer of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation's LIFE & LEGACY. Delaware is only one of eight communities to receive special incentive grant funding to implement this innovative and successful endowment program.

We hope everyone had an opportunity of voting on Tuesday as it serves as one of our most important civic duties. We congratulate  U.S. Senator Chris Coons, Rep. John Carney, Attorney General Matt Den, State Treasurer Ken Simpler and State Auditor Tom Wagner. Tuesday also marked a sad day in Israeli History as Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who played a prominent role in virtually all of Israel's history, was assassinated at a peace rally held in Tel Aviv in 1995. Click here to learn more.

On Wednesday evening, Federation's Jewish Community Relations Committee (JCRC), Israel & Overseas Committee, and Jewish Education Committee sponsored the Delaware premiere screening of the film, Beneath the Helmet: From High School to the Home Front. More than 100 attendees also had an opportunity to meet IDF soldier, Lieutenant Aviv Regev, whose unit was featured in the film as well as ask questions following the screening. Federation looks forward to bringing additional screenings to the community through our recent alliance with Jerusalem U.

Our Facilities Management Board (FMB) met on Thursday morning to review campus maintenance needs and support. We acknowledge and commend the leadership of FMB Chairs, Arnie Caine and Ken Kamm for their leadership and guidance. Special thanks to Jordan Smith, Sodexo General Manager/Facilities Director, for ensuring our campus needs are continually met.

The Jewish Federations of North America's General Assembly begins on Sunday, November 9th and ends Tuesday, November 11th and held in National Harbor, MD. Our Delaware delegation of 22 strong will be proudly representing the First State among the thousands of attendees throughout North America. Special thanks to Jenn Steinberg, Delegation Chair, for her ongoing leadership and enthusiasm.
 
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Israel Week at the Early Childhood Center
Israel Week at the ECC

Last week Community Shlicha, Lior Ron, celebrated Israel Week with the Siegel JCC's Early Childhood Center (ECC).
Click above image to watch video highlights of the week.
Israel Week at the ECC

Photo Credit: Donna Harlev
Israel Week at the ECC

Photo Credit: Donna Harlev
Jazz Kabbalat Shabbat
Congregation Beth Emeth
November 7, 2014 | 8:00PM
Free and Open to the Community

Join us for amazing Shabbat services and music as we kick off Israel Jazzphest with Seeds of Sun! The Israeli JazzPhest is Philadelphia's premiere showcase for presenting the eclectic world of Israeli Jazz and World music. Sponsored by the Israeli Consulate and hosted by Congregation Beth Emeth, Jazzphest kicks off with world-renowned band Seeds of Sun. Join us for amazing Shabbat filled with music and love for Israel!
Musical Shabbat
Temple Beth El
November 7, 2014 | 7:30PM
Free and Open to the Community
301 Possum Park Rd., Newark, DE 19711

Come out, lift your spirit, and join the fun at our November musical Shabbat with the "Soggy Matza Boys"- Rabbi Micah Becker-Klein, Eric Aber, Chris Fullerton, and Jay Luft. Special guests this month will be Rabbi David Greenspoon on mandolin and UD student Ben Pagliaro on guitar. Shabbat music at our oneg performed by TBE's amazing "Thread of Blue" Klezmer band. 

Musical Kabbalat Shabbat starts at 7:30 pm.

If you can't join us in person, find us live-streaming on the web with our "bimacam" at www.tbede.org
 

Voices of the Generations: This is Your Life 

November 8, 2014 | 2:00 P.M.

Biggs Museum of American Art, 406 Federal Street, Dover DE 19901

 

The Biggs Museum (Dover, DE) is proud to host a lecture and screening by Julie Kohner entitled
Voices of the Generations on November 8, 2014 at 2 PM on the museum's first floor .

 

 

After the war, the speaker's parents, Hanna and Walter Kohner of Czechoslovakia, were reunited in California where Walter found work on This is Your Life, a popular TV program recounting the lives of guests through surprise visits with their friends and families. Hanna, a survivor of five concentration camps, was featured on a 1953 episode of This is Your Life and made history as the first Holocaust survivor to share her story on American national television.

 

Julie Kohner will play her mother's episode during this program and discuss the impact of this artistic medium on America's growing understanding of the Holocaust. Her parents went on to write a book about their unique experience of survival and reunion, as debuted on This is Your Life, entitled Hannah and Walter, A Love Story which will also be discussed.

 

For more information, visit www.biggsmuseum.org

 

Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly

November 9-11, 2014

National Harbor, MD

Jennifer Steinberg, Delegation Chair
  

  
Take a moment now to register for the GA!


Confirmed speakers include:  Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Stephen Breyer, award-winning political correspondents Chuck Todd and Andrea Mitchell, Academy Award winning actress and activist, Marlee Matlin and more.  They will be there, will you?  


Our fantastic program is up and ready for perusal on our website and new speakers and exciting events are being added all the time. 


Get ready to be inspired.  What are you waiting for?  Register today.

 

Go to www.generalassembly.org to get the latest program info and to register now!

 

Congregation Beth Shalom Men's Club
"Not Just For Men - Fall's Men's Club Brunch/Presentation"
Sunday, November 9th
at 10:00 AM
 
 
The community is welcome to attend this fascinating and informative presentation by the reknowned sex therapist, relationship counselor, and author, Dr. Debra Laino. Enjoy a complimentary pancake breakfast. Mimosas will be served.  
 
For questions or more information, please email David Fruchtman at DFruchtman@gmail.com

The Delaware Historical Society and the Jewish Historical Society of Delaware present

Rabbi Ferdinand Leopold Sarner - A First-Person Interpretation

Thursday, November 13th at 6:30 PM

Research Library, 505 N. Market Street, Wilmington, DE 19801

Rabbi David Wucher performs a first-person interpretation of the first active duty Jewish chaplain in the Civil War, Rabbi Ferdinand Leopold Sarner of the 54th New York Regiment in the Union Army.

 

Free and open to the public. Seating is limited. Reservations required.

 

For more information, please call 302-655-7161 or email deinfo@dehistory.org

 

Free parking provided by Colonial Parking 6th & Shipley streets

        

Shabbat For A Cause: Organ and Tissue Donation
A Jewish Perspective
Temple Beth El
November 14, 2014 | 7:30PM
Free and Open to the Community
301 Possum Park Rd., Newark, DE 19711

This Shabbat evening service we heighten awareness regarding organ and tissue donation, to educate and enlighten our congregation and community on the Jewish position on organ donation, and to encourage family discussion on the issue. 

Rabbi Micah will be speaking on the topic of Jewish ethical perspectives of organ donation and Dr. Velma Scantlebury, transplant specialist from Christiana Hospital will be present to answer questions.

 

If organ and tissue donation is some thing you did not know Judaism supported, come and find out and learn with us.

 

For more information, please visit www.tbede.org
Shabbaton with Scholar in Residence: Sara Esther Crispe
Chabad of Delaware
November 14, 2014 | Dinner at 6:00PM following 4:40PM services
November 15, 2014 | Lunch at 12:30PM following services

Prolific writer, editor and motivational speaker, Ms. Crispe is expert consultant on Judaism for the Oprah Winfrey Network and HARPO Productions.

Friday evening dinner discussion, "Mind Control: The Power of Our Thought, Speech and Action" - delve into the inner dimensions of our foundational characteristics, how they are the basis for all our interactions, how much power we have over them.

Shabbat lunch discussion, "A Psychological Understanding of the Ten Commandments" - fascinating relevance of concepts beyond the obvious.

RSVP no later than November 10 at ChabadDE.com/register

1 Meal: $25/Adult $10/Child (Under 11) $80/Family Maximum
2 Meals: $40/Adult $20/Child (Under 11)
$120/Sponsor

Global Day of Jewish Learning 
Sunday, November 16th

  
"Torah is the shared inheritance of all the Jewish people. 

It does not belong to a special sect or an elite group of the Jews.
We have a responsibility to share our common heritage with all Jews.
We each get an equal share."  

~ Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz 


  

The Global Day of Jewish Learning is meant to imbue an appreciation for the texts that define us, and to inspire hope in the commonalities that unite us. Guided by the values of Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz - that Jewish texts should be available to all Jews, that the Torah belongs to us all - the Global Day will remind us that although we may be dispersed across the globe, we shall always stand together.


The Global Day of Jewish Learning brings the Jewish people together once a year to celebrate our shared Jewish texts through community based learning. The guiding values of the Global Day of Jewish Learning are: fostering Jewish unity, empowering individuals through increased Jewish knowledge, and creating meaningful shared experiences.

  
Join us on Sunday, November 16th for the 2014 Global Day of Jewish Learning.This year's theme is "Heroes and Villains, Saints and Fools: The People in the Book" 

 
The Delaware Jewish community is also participating in the Global Day of Jewish Learning with a number of local programs:

Adas Kodesch Beth Emeth

Ethics Class from 9:00-10:00 am on "family issues"

 
Chabad of Delaware
Jewish Drum Tales - an interactive Chanukah Story with a rhythm!
Pizza at 12:15 pm and Program begins at 12:30 pm
Go to www.ChabadDE.com/Register for more information.
 
Congregation Beth Shalom
Twins Cantors' Concert at Beth Shalom at 3:30 pm with guest performance by cantorial colleague Mark Stanton of Congregation Beth Emeth. Cantorial leadership is an important part of the day of Jewish learning and ongoing Jewish spiritual leadership in DE.

Congregation Beth Emeth
Torah Study at 9:00 am, open to the community, will be looking at Chayei Sarah as Abraham ensures the future with Isaac and Rebecca. 

Beth Emeth Sisterhood Paid Up Brunch - 10:30 am-12:30 pm
Please join us for our annual Sisterhood Paid Up Membership event.  We hope that you can join us for a fun morning of food and friendship!  Free for all Sisterhood members.  $18/person for guests.  In honor of Veteran's Day, please bring a donation to Support our Troops!  Please contact Missy Rosenthal at mmrosenthal@comcast.net with any questions.

Morris Freschman has graciously offered to come to speak to Sisterhood about his experience as a Holocaust survivor.  He will be introduced by Steve Gonzer, Chairperson of the Halina Wind Preston Holocaust Education Center.  Steve helped to organize and create a DVD entitled No Denying for which he videotaped Delawareans who are Holocaust survivors.  Mr. Freschman is one of the individuals who was videotaped.  Steve will introduce the presentation.  He will talk about the Halina WInd Foundation and the videotape that he created.  Then Mr. Freschman will tell his story. This will be an extremely moving, important presentation that will affect all who attend.  We hope that you can join us! 
 
Temple Beth El
Rabbi Micah will use the use the Balaam teaching for their teens in 8th-10th grades 
 
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