Weekly E-Newsletter

July 14 and Beyond

Classes, Jewish College Scholarship, and more!

Week at a Glance View Temple Calendar
Wednesday, July 15 10 am Kabbalah Class Friday, July 17 7 pm Shabbat Service

Simchas
Is there a special occasion in your family? Let us know and we'll share it with our Barnert Family!

Green Tip for the Week
Transparent logic - Glass bottles are among the easiest items to recycle. For every one ton of glass we recycle we save 36 gallons of oil. Recycling glass also cuts energy use - recycling just one bottle saves enough energy to power a television for 90 minutes. (Reprinted from 1,001 Ways to Save the Earth by Joanna Yarrow)

Gift Cards

Gift cards... They're not just for the food shopping anymore.

Click here to see our full line of gift cards.

Shoshana's Place

Women of Barnert
Gift Shop

Chanukah menorah, dredels star

Shoshana's Place, The Women of Barnert Gift Shop, has a wide range of gift cards, jewelry, and ritual items.

For Gift Cards call Amy Lynn at (201) 891-3993.

For "personalized" shopping assistance call Marian
(201) 847-1903.

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Every purchase you make through our

Marketplace

helps to support Barnert Temple!

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Happy Special Birthday!

While we know that every birthday is special, the following people are turning 1, 13, 18, 21, and each decade after beginning with 30:

Adam Kochman
Sedona Levy
Jeffrey Meyerson

Kabbalah and Jewish Meditation: First-Timers

Wednesdays, July 15, 22, 29: 10 - 11:30 am
PLEASE NOTE: AUGUST 5 - CANCELLED

"Mindfulness, Character and Soul: Finding One's Heart as a Jew"

Through text and discussion, meditation and reflection, explore the relevancy of Jewish mysticism in the life of the rational and spiritual Jew. There are no prerequisites for this class. (This course precedes an Intermediate Kabbalah program that will pick up after the High Holidays).
RSVP required to Helen at (201) 848-1800 or helenm1847@barnerttemple.org.

A Special Invitation for the Barnert Community!

Rabbi Kinneret Shiryon Joins Us Thursday Night

Rabbi Kinneret Shiryon from our sister congregation YOZMA in Israel is joining us this week - and you are invited!

Rabbi Shiryon was scheduled to speak here on Shabbat, but that has changed.
Instead, Rabbi Frishman and Rabbi Freelander are hosting a fundraising dinner for YOZMA this Thursday at 7 pm at their home.

Non-orthodox Israeli synagogues must be supported heavily from abroad. Unlike us, Israelis are accustomed to the State paying for their religious buildings and rabbis; as the state only supports Orthodox synagogues, Reform synagogues have the extra burden of funding themselves almost entirely.

They invite you to join them for an evening of meaningful conversation, including, of course, Rabbi Shiryon's reaction as an Israeli leader to the just-announced US agreement with Iran.

Please be willing to offer a significant contribution to support YOZMA.

RSVP to helenm1847@barnerttemple.org by Wednesday (July 14) afternoon.

If you're unable to attend, but would like to offer a contribution to support YOZMA, the check should be made out to WUPJ (World Union for Progressive Judaism). They process it and this allows for the donation to be tax-deductible in the United States.

Please earmark your donation for YOZMA and send it to: Rabbi Dan Freelander

c/o WUPJ

633 Third Avenue

New York, New York 10017

Networking Welcomes John Hadley
Monday, July 27
6:30 pm Doors Open for Networking
7 pm Program

The Influential Conversation

When you want to influence another person to take action, you first need to guide the discussion to uncover the areas that motivate that person, then dig deeply into those. Join us on Monday, July 27, as John Hadley (www.JHACareers.com) shares a model for conducting truly influential conversations that will enable you to have:

Job interviews that set you apart from all other candidates,
Networking conversations that truly engage your contacts, and
Meetings with consulting prospects that motivate them to take action.

Women of Barnert High Holidays 2015 Sponsorship

Honor a loved one and be a part of raising the funds we need to support programs within our Temple.

If you would like to be included in our annual New Year's Greetings, sponsor High Holiday Flowers and/or the Yom Kippur "Break Fast" please fill out the attached form. We must receive your form and donation by August 1 in order to be included on our Greetings Page and Sponsors List in the September-October 2015 Issue of the Barnert Temple Magazine. You should have already received it in the mail as well, so feel free to complete that form and use that enclosed return envelope.

$1,000 Jewish College Scholarship Fund
The Sara and Max Goldsammler Scholarship Fund is open to any current or collegiate bound Jewish student. Students fill out a simple application and write a short essay in order to apply. Three scholarships are being awarded; $1,000, $500 and $300, based on their essay. The application can be found at saramaxfund.com. The deadline for applications is August 2.

Ramapo College's Adult Degree Completion Program
Ramapo College of NJ offers a Degree Completion Program designed to help adult students finish their college degree in as little as two years. To learn more about this program, go to www.ramapo.edu/complete or e-mail them at complete@ramapo.edu to speak with a program advisor. Click here to see their flyer.

Negotiations With Iran
Negotiations With Iran: 5 Requirements for a Good Deal Click here to view the five minimum criteria that Congress must press American diplomats to insist on being met for a strong deal that eliminates every Iranian pathway to a nuclear weapon.