Please join us at our  

Kabbalat Shabbat  

THIS Friday, November 21, 2014 

Shabbat Toldot!   

All are warmly welcomed to join our Shabbat musicians and clergy, to welcome Shabbat with sweet melodies, good thoughts and a shared pot-luck dinner,  

followed by zemirot and bentsching (table songs and grace after meals.)  

• 6:15 Shabbat Happy (half) Hour - snacks will be available - bring your favorite wine to share if you like.
• 6:45 Kabbalat Shabbat and Maariv service
• 7:30 Dinner

Families and children of all ages are welcome as always; pajamas and a bedtime story can be easily incorporated for the youngest.

TIME IS RUNNING OUT!   

Make Your Bids TODAY! 

Our online auction is up and running!

Our Auction is a significant fundraiser for Adat Shalom, it is also a fun community builder; so visit the Auction Website and find your treasure! 

Place your bids now through November 23, 2014. 

Jewish Studies for the Weeks of November 24 and December 1.

Saturday, November 22

• Shabbat Matters with Susan Gaeta from 9:30 AM-10:30AM on Interacting with Your Children, Chochma (practical knowledge and wisdom,) Binah (intuition, relationships,) and Da'at (experiential knowledge) - all words that can be used to understand how we bring our brain to bear on the world around us. Susan Gaeta will teach you how to fully bring your mind and all its attributes to bear on your interactions with your children. (Meet in the Double Classroom.)
• Shulchan Ivrit (Hebrew Table) with Sahar Malka - (Group 2) 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM. Catch up on current events in Israeli news, while improving your Hebrew skills! For Hebrew speakers, Ivrit b'Ivrit with minimal English, on the hadashot. (Meet in the Library.)

Sunday, November 23

• The Sunday Series: Modern Markers of Modernity: Haskalah and Hasidism in the European Jewish Community with Dr. Eliyana Adler from 10:00AM - 12:00PM.The second class of three, will introduce us to the new intellectual and social trends profoundly changing the European Jewish community in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. (Please prepare for the class with these reading materials. (Meet in the Library.)

• The Sunday Series: Modern Markers of Modernity: Haskalah and Hasidism in the European Jewish Community with Dr. Eliyana Adler from 10:00AM - 12:00PM.The final class of three, will continue the discussion about the new intellectual and social trends profoundly changing the European Jewish community in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. (Please prepare for the class with these reading materials. (Meet in the Library.)

• The Zohar (1280) by Moses de Leonfrom 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM. Part of the Ten Classics of the Jewish Spirit series with Rabbi Manny Goldsmith. (At the Ring House, 1801 East Jefferson Street, Rockville)

"With every Jewish holiday in America, it is difficult to feel the same amazing presence you get from celebrating it in Israel. This same emotion is present for me with the  upcoming Sigd Festival.  From a young age, I remember going to Jerusalem each year, to Armon Hanetziv, to join thousands of Jews from Beita Yisrael to mark the holiday in holy and spiritual splendor."

Join us at AS on 8:00pm Saturday, November 22, to learn about the Jewish-Ethiopian unique holiday from the personal story of Pnina Agenyahu, the Senior Shlicha for Israel Engagement at The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington.

Pnina Agenyahu served as Director of the Hillel Center at Tel Aviv University. In her work to create a pluralistic space for Tel Aviv U students to explore their Jewish identity, Pnina has significant experience in staff management, program planning, partnership development, fundraising, board development, and budget management-all skills that will enhance her role as our shlicha. She has extensive experience in public speaking and teaching. She was an activist involved in several volunteer endeavors in Israel aimed at social change and she had been appointed to a prestigious position as public representative on Israel's Council for Higher Education. In 2014, as Israel marks 66 years of independence with a tribute to women, Haaretz has compiled its own list of 66 Israeli women you should know. Pnina was one of the 66 women who break barriers. Pnina hold a BA from Hebrew university in Jewish History and sociology and MA in political and public leadership from Tel Aviv University. During her army service she was trained as a nature guide, and has a special knowledge of and love for the land of Israel, in addition to her love of the People and State of Israel. Like all Israelis, Pnina has a very interesting personal story. She was born in Ethiopia and immigrated to Israel when she was three years old. She is married to Avraham and they have a baby Eitan.