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September 24, 2014
L'Shanah Tovah!
May you and your families be blessed with health, success and happiness in 5775!
Rosh Hashanah
Temple Office Hours This Week
Today, 9/24: 9-12
Tomorrow, 9/25: Closed
Friday, 9/26: 9-4

If you have requested tickets, they may be picked up during office hours, before services at Temple Sinai in the library, or at BCC outside the auditorium.

Prayer Books
Please remember to bring your own copies of Gates of Repentance along with your tickets to services at Temple Sinai. A limited number of loaner books will be available on a first come, first served basis and must be shared.


 
Prayer books are not needed at the Alternative services at BCC High School. A service booklet will be provided. 

Service Schedule

All services held in the sanctuary will be live streamed on the temple website. 

  • Tonight
    • The building will open at 7:15 PM; main and lay-led services both begin at 8 PM. 
  • Tomorrow
    • The building will open at 8 AM for the family service, which begins at 8:45 AM. If you are attending the regular service beginning at 10:30 AM, please do not arrive before 9:45 AM.
    • BCC High School will be open beginning at 10 AM; services begin at 10:30 AM.
    • We will meet at Grove 6 in Rock Creek Park for Tashlich at 5 PM, rain or shine. 

Parking

The temple parking lot is reserved for those who received a handicapped parking pass from the temple. Please remember to display yours on your dashboard. When parking in the neighborhood, please be respectful of our neighbors and mindful of parking regulations; do not block driveways or hydrants. No parking is permitted at the Ingleside Retirement Community next door. Parking in the Carnegie Institute lot behind the temple is permitted this evening only.

CANCELLED: Sensory Friendly High Holiday Celebration

The sensory friendly service that had been scheduled for Saturday, September 27 has been cancelled. We look forward to integrating sensory friendly accommodation into future temple programs.

TSWRJ High Holiday Food Collection for the Capital Area Food Bank
WRJ Logo Grocery bags and flyers will be distributed at Temple Sinai and at BCC High School at Rosh Hashanah services. The flyers specify CAFB's most wanted food items. Please fill a bag with healthy, non-perishable foods and return it on Yom Kippur morning to Temple Sinai or to Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School.  

TSWRJ wishes to thank Whole Foods at P Street in Washington, DC for the generous donation of grocery bags. A CAFB food collection box will remain in the temple lobby, so if you forget or unable to bring in your donation on Yom Kippur morning, please bring it in by the end of October. Thank you for your participation in this mitzvah!
This Week
Shabbat Service Schedule
Friday, September 26
6:00 PM Prozdor (appetizers)

6:30 PM Shabbat Service with Rabbi Goldstein
Saturday, September 27
9:15 AM Torah Study with Rabbi Roos
Sinaites Kickoff @ the Nats Game
Nationals Saturday, September 27 at 3 PM
 Calling all 9th-12th graders! Join us for our first event of the new year! RSVP here.
In the Coming Weeks

Yom Kippur

For information about the schedule for next Friday, October 3 and Saturday, October 4, please visit the temple website.

Round House Theatre Ticket Purchase Deadline

Fetch ClayMonday, October 6

Purchase your tickets now for our upcoming Temple Sinai theatre party to see "Fetch Clay, Make Man" at Round House Theatre on Saturday, October 25 at 8 PM. Tickets are $30 each for TS members and $45 each for non-members. Before the actors take the stage, we are invited for a special conversation with Ryan Rilette, the producing artistic director at Round House Theatre, and possibly others on the creative team, at a pre-performance wine reception. Purchase tickets.

Rabbi Roos' Tuesday Morning "WRJ Class" 
Tuesday, October 7 at 10 AM
Join us every 1st and 3rd Tuesday morning for "...The Rest is Commentary": Aggadah, or Stories from the Talmud. Learn more.

Required text: Ruth Calderon, A Bride for One Night: Talmud Tales (Jewish Publication Society, 2014). Please contact Marna Barany (202-363-6394) by this Friday, September 26 if you would like to purchase a book.  
Other News
Mazel tov to...
Mazal Tov...Darwin and Karen Walker on the marriage of their son, Josh Walker to Anna Martignetti.

...Robert and Diana Litt on the birth of their grandson, Adam Gordon Levy.
We extend condolences to...
Dove ...David Eichenbaum (Debra) on the death of his grandfather, Solomon Friedman, great-grandfather of Isaac and Emma Eichenbaum.

...David Wessel (Naomi Karp) on the death of his mother, Irmgard R. Wessel.
We send well wishes to...
Bikur Cholim...Nanette Gordon, mother of Scott Gordon (Ilana).
Members' Writing
TS member Nancy Wolf writes occasionally for the Washington Post's parenting blog. Read her most recent post. She also blogs at "Witty Worried and Wolf".
In the Community
High Holy Days Community Memorial Services at Garden of Remembrance
Sunday, September 28 at 10 AM & 2:30 PM
All are invited to attend either service, both led by community rabbis and cantors in the Sadugor Gazebo, Founders' Garden. 

AJWS DC Action Team's High Holiday Launch Party

Wednesday, October 1 at 6 PM at Busboys and Poets (1025 5th Street NW)

Join American Jewish World Service (AJWS) as we celebrate the Jewish New Year and the launch of our brand-new DC Action Team! At this special event, AJWS President Ruth Messinger will discuss our work and ways for you to take action here in DC to advance justice around the world. We will also hear from one of AJWS's grantees from Africa, whose grassroots activism is creating lasting change for the most marginalized people. Drinks and light fare will be served.

For questions and to RSVP, please contact Mike Salamon (202-379-4265).

Upcoming Events
Weds. Oct 8 @ 6:30 PM
Erev Sukkot Service followed by "Ledo & Lulav" Dinner. RSVP here.

Thurs. Oct 9 @ 10 AM
Sukkot Festival Service at Temple Emanuel

Sun. Oct 12 @ 10:30 AM
Doggy Play Date Welcoming Rabbi Rosenwasser and his dog Phaedra at Carnegie Field

Sun. Oct 12 @ 7:30 PM
MRJ Suds in the Sukkah. Learn more.

Weds. Oct 15 @ 6:30 PM
Erev Simchat Torah Service followed by a Festive Oneg

Thurs. Oct 16 @ 10 AM
Simchat Torah Festival Service at Temple Shalom

Sat. Oct 18 @ various times
Praying With Our Feet. Learn more.