Emunah Happenings - July 25th Edition

Sisterhood Honey Sale: Orders are due by July 29th! Welcome the New Year with the gift of honey! This Rosh Hashanah, we would like to give you the opportunity to spread sweetness to your friends and relatives, while supporting this wonderful fundraiser for the Temple Emunah Sisterhood. Please note that we will not be selling these at the temple this year, so you must pre-order them! Click HERE for details and an order form.

Watermelon Wednesdays - Join Rabbi Lerner and Rabbi Fel for ice-cold watermelon and a story! We will meet for a half-hour after lunch (1:00-1:30 PM) on the following Wednesdays: July 31 & August 7. This program is FREE, and is open to children and adults. No RSVP necessary! Click HERE for details.

On Thursday August 1 Temple Emunah is hosting a Red Cross Blood Drive from 12:00 to 5:00 PM. For more info, or to make an appointment, call 1-800-RED-CROSS. Questions? Contact Gila Appleby at. gila.appleby@verizon.net

Tot Shabbat is a service for families with kids ages 0-5 years old. We meet at 11:00 AM for an hour of songs, prayers, Torah marching, a story, and more, and then join the rest of the congregation for the end of the service and kiddush! Please join us for our next service on August 3 with Rabbi Fel. For more information, contact Jodie Parmer at jparmer@templeemunah.org.

Seudah Shlisheet and Game Night! Everyone is welcome on Saturday, August 3rd, as we celebrate the close of Shabbat with Minhah, a Seudah Shlisheet meal, board games, and Havdalah. On the menu is Rabbi Fel's own Deli Roll! Click HERE for details.

BBQ and Barekhu! Join us on Friday, August 9th for an evening of musical Kabbalat Shabbat services, an outdoor BBQ dinner (weather permitting), community singing, and more! This event is open to everyone and we hope to see you there! Please RSVP to office@templeemunah.org. Click HERE for details.

Mishnah Study Group Siyum: Come join us as we celebrate the conclusion of our studying of the Mishnayot of Masekhet Megillah during Minhah on August 10th, at 7:30pm. Everyone is welcome to attend! FLYER

Movie Night! Ahead of Time: Documentary of the Life of Ruth Gruber; August 13, 8:00 PM, at Temple Emunah; sponsored by the Israel Committees of Temples Emunah and Isaiah. With her love of adventure and fearlessness, Ruth Gruber defied tradition from the moment she became the world's youngest PhD at the age of 20 in 1931. Ahead of Time tells the remarkable journey of Gruber, who continued to make history throughout her trail-blazing career by becoming the 1st journalist to enter the Soviet Arctic in 1935 and escorting 1,000 Holocaust refugees from Naples to New York in a secret war-time mission in 1944. She also covered the heart-wrenching ordeal of the refugees aboard the ship Exodus 1947 with photographs that helped change the world. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Nancy Lefkowitz at nancylef@usa.net. Flyer

Elul Boot Camp! Please join our rabbis during the month of Elul as they teach about the themes, traditions, and service structure of the High Holy Days. We will meet on August 17th, 24th, and 31st during Minhah services. Special guest speaker Rabbi Asher Lopatin from Congregation Anshe Sholom B'nai Israel in Chicago on August 24th! Click HERE for details.

Experience and become part of a Kabbalat Shabbat filled with fire and genuine spirit on Friday, August 23rd! Oren Kaunfer, Madrich Ruchani (Spritual Educator) at JCDS Boston brings his energy, soul and excitement to davening and together with the participants, he will lift Kabbalat Shabbat to a high place. Drawing on his many years davening at the Carlebach Shul in Manhattan, Oren leads a service that is inclusive, spiritual, musical, rhythmic, and dynamic. Please join us! FLYER

It's Not Too Early to Start Planning for Sukkot! It may still be summertime, but the holidays are coming soon! If you would like to order your own Lulav/Etrog set, or corn stalks for your Sukkah, please fill out this ORDER FORM by August 28th. Pick up for both will be at our Sukkot Marketplace and Lulav Shake on Sunday, September 15th, 10am-noon. For questions, contact Christine at office@templeemunah.org

RELEASE YOUR INNER FARMER - The Lexington Interfaith Garden is in its fourth year of growing food for distribution by the Lexington Food Pantry. We do everything from soil preparation through planting, weeding and harvesting, all under the expert direction of our head gardener. Temple Emunah works two Tuesdays a month, from 4:30 to 6:00 PM. Our next dates are August 6 and 20. The garden is located just across from the Lexington Green. for more information or to participate, please contact Larry Marin at 781-861-7855 or lbmlbm@aol.com.

Wednesday Mornings - Over a light breakfast, Rabbis Lerner and Fel teach about the Halakhah (Jewish legal) and spiritual aspects of prayer. Join us each week after minyan for breakfast and learning. Minyan is 7:00 AM-7:30 AM and breakfast follows from 7:35 - 8:15 AM.

Israeli Folk Dance - Mondays, taught by Angela Schatz. 8:00-9:00 PM Beginner, 9:00-10:00 PM Intermediate. $10/class. For more info, email Angela Schatz.

Summer Speakers and Service Leaders

Our summer of lay speakers and service leaders continues. Join us on Shabbat mornings, when congregants share their words of Torah:

Date	Service Leader	Speaker	D'var Title
July 27	Marcy Lidman	Linda Skolnik	Not By Bread Alone: An Attitude of Gratitude
August 3	Barbara Posnick	Leon Gunther	Lost in Translation - Our Hebrew Siddur
August 10	Dan Brosgol	Susan Wolf-Fordham	Mothers, Daughters and Social Justice: Stories from Dnepropetrovsk
August 17	Mike Rosenberg	Hal Miller-Jacobs	9:00 AM Swift Summer Study Thinking out of the Box: A Liberal Hevra Kadisha
August 31	Susan Lipson	Ben Einsidler	Parshiot Nitsavim & Vayelekh

Notes and Announcements

During the summer you can borrow books and DVD's from the Temple Emunah Library during shul office hours. If the library door is locked, just ask someone in the office to open it for you. The library isn't open on Shabbat during the summer. You may borrow books for the whole summer - due on September 10, and DVD's for a month. Just sign them out, using the book/DVD cards.

Welcome the New Year with the gift of honey! This Rosh Hashanah, Temple Emunah Sisterhood would like to give you the opportunity to spread sweetness to your friends and relatives, while supporting this wonderful fundraiser. Orders are due by Monday, July 29. Click Here for more info. Click Here for order form.

The next Temple Emunah Israel Trip will be in February 2014. CLICK HERE for the flyer. Contact Patrice Williams at rabbisec@templeemunah.org for details and pricing.

The Kitchen Committee always welcomes volunteers to help in the kitchen for Shabbat Kiddush. To help, email Janet Goldberg or call her at 617-489-7175.

Community Events

See JewishBoston.com for upcoming Jewish cultural and educational events in the area.

Office Hours

Sunday: Office Closed
Monday - Thursday: 9:00 AM- 5:30 PM
Friday: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Shabbat Shalom,

Amy Zaslow

Executive Director

Temple Emunah

email: azaslow@templeemunah.org

phone: 781-861-0300