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March 2, 2016
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Please note that events and news for
Chailites should be submitted to chailites@templebnaichaim.org by
Sunday at 4:00 pm to appear on Wednesday.
(Dates and times are also on the TBC website calendar.)   
  • Thursday, March 3, 4:20 pm: Religious School in Session
  • Friday, March 4, Shabbat!
    • 6:00 pm:Family Pizza Preneg (in Social Hall)
    • 6:30 pm: Family Worship Service with Shir Appeal (in Old Sanctuary)
    • 7:15 pm: Family Oneg (in Religious School)
    • 7:30 pm: Shir Appeal Concert (in Sanctuary)
    • 8:15 pm:  Oneg (in Social Hall)
  • Saturday, March 5, 9:30 am: Torah Study
  • Saturday, March 5, 11:15 am: Bat Mitzvah of Stella Dubin. Send a Chai
    greeting card     to wish Stella mazel tov on her bat mitzvah!
  • Sunday, March 6
    • 9:30 am: Religious School in Session
    • 11:30 am: Grade 8, 9 & 10 Confirmation
  • Wednesday, March 9, 4:20 pm: Religious School in Session
  • Wednesday, March 9, 7:30 pm: Parent Ed: Coping with Intense Feelings -   the Emotional Rollercoaster of Tweens and Teens
  • Thursday, March 10, 4:20 pm: Religious School in Session
Shir Appeal 2016
Family Shabbat, with Shir Appeal, This Friday, March 4!  

Shir Appeal, an award-winning Jewish a capella ensemble from Tufts University, will be performing again this year at TBC this Friday, March 4th. They will be bringing their voices to the family worship service -- which begins at 6:30 pm -- and doing an additional "set" during the oneg. The group has performed coast to coast, singing in a wide variety of languages and musical styles: Israeli pop and rock, traditional liturgical songs, Jewish world music, and English songs with Jewish themes. And our own Sarah Gruen is a member of this group!  It should be a truly wonderful evening.  Click here for more information!

✔ The family Pizza PreNeg begins at 6:00 pm. Please RSVP ASAP if you're planning to come! 

The Pulice-Krasner Family is sponsoring the Family Pizza PreNeg and the Family Oneg, while the Gruen Family is sponsoring the oneg after the service. Many, many thanks to the generosity of our oneg sponsors!  Please let Rabbi Bearman know if your family would like to sponsor an upcoming oneg!   
Purim is Coming! Order Your Shalach Manot Now! 

Purim is on Friday March 25 at 7:30! The Shabbat service will be followed by a special reading of the Book of Esther, then a festive holiday oneg! In the book of Esther, two of the mitzvot that are associated with Purim are the sending of gifts of food and the giving of tzedakah. In verse 9:22 of the book of Esther it says: "[Mordechai wrote to the Jews] to observe the days as days of feasting and joy and giving presents of food to one another and gifts to the poor."


At TBC, we combine these two mitzvot into our Shalach Manot fundraiser, a fun way to support TBC by sending gifts to friends, as well as TBC clergy, staff, teachers and tutors. Please join us in celebrating Purim through this annual tradition!


To order your Shalach Manot, click HERE.  In the form, you will have the opportunity to reciprocate, which means that we will send a bag on your behalf to anyone that sends to you.

Help Needed! Syrian Refugee Family Arriving in Wilton March 10

The Wilton Interfaith Action Committee (Wi-ACT) voted last week to accept a Syrian refugee family consisting of a 33-year-old widow and her five children aged 12, 11, 8, 5 and 2. The family has been fully vetted through extensive U.S. government security clearance procedures. While the challenge of a family this large is great, the need is, of course, also great and Wi-ACT is doing and has already done extensive planning in preparation for our family's arrival. The family is scheduled to arrive at JFK on March 10th, and Wi-ACT plans to pick them up there and bring them to the transitional housing that the School Sisters of Notre Dame are so generously providing on their campus on Belden Hill Road. The family is Sunni Muslim and speaks Arabic. Wi-ACT will keep us posted on developments.
  • Arabic speakers needed!  Does anyone at TBC speak Arabic? If so, please email Don Weber at: mdweb27@me.com
     
  • Supplies and children's items needed:  please go to the Google doc for contributing and directly enter your name for items you can supply by Monday, March 7.
Coping with Intense Feelings: the Emotional Rollercoaster of Tweens and Teens 

On March 9th, at 7:30 pm  TBC member Dr Aaron Krasner and Tracey Masella, both of Silver Hill Hospital, will present a program entitled "Coping with Intense Feelings: the Emotional Rollercoaster of Tweens and Teens."
 
Dr.  Krasner is Board Certified in both child/adolescent  and adult psychiatry and currently serves as the service leader of the Adolescent Transitional Living Program at Silver Hill, Ms. Masella currently serves as the Social Worker for the Adolescent Transitional Living Program at Silver Hill.  More information!
TBC Sisterhood and Rabbi Bearman Invite You to "Embrace Your Inner Queen!"

What do we really know about the queens of the Purim story? On Sunday, March 13th, at 4:00 pm we'll explore the lives and personalities of Vashti and Esther. Were they as different as our tradition teaches? Which one is the best role model? Which one was the most fun? Grab your tiara and join us for savories, sweets and Chai Tea as we search for the answers to these questions and more!

RSVP to sisterhood@templebnaichaim.org by March 9th. Free to Sisterhood members and new TBC women members.  $10.00 for non-Sisterhood members.
B'nai Mitzvah Project Profile

Students preparing for their Bat and Bar Mitzvahs are encouraged to complete a project profile so that information about their project can be posted on the TBC website. (Click here to view the project proflie form).

Please note that before you complete this form, you must submit your mitzvah project proposal to Rabbi Bearman. For examples of TBC profiles that have been posted, see the TBC Mitzvah Projects Page.
'Nicky's Family' Wilton Library New Perspectives Film Series
Saturday, March 12, 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM

Nicky's Family, a 2013 docudrama, tells the story of how an ordinary British stockbroker Nicholas Winton organized the rescue of 669 children from Prague just before the outbreak of World War II.  Suggested donation of $5. Refreshments served. The New Perspectives Documentary series is programmed and moderated by filmmaker, Megan Smith-Harris. A Q&A will follow the film. More information and registration here!
Rabbi Bearman to Participate in Interfaith Panel:
Common Scriptures for the Common Good: Jews, Christians & Muslims
 
Attend the Wilton Clergy/Wi-ACT/WLA Interfaith Lecture on March 15 at 7:00 pm to hear a panel discussion by local clergy for this  Interfaith Program on Common Scriptures for the Common Good: Jews, Christians & Muslims. The panel will explore what is similar -- as opposed to what separates us -- in the sacred texts of our traditions with a view to the commonalities furthering interfaith dialogue in an age when that dialogue is desperately needed.  Rev. Mary Grace Williams, St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, will moderate. Our panel will be: Rabbi Rachel Bearman, Temple B'nai Chaim; Rev. Dr. Jason Coker, Wilton Baptist Church; and Dr. Kareem Adeeb, American Institute for Islamic and Arabic Studies. No charge but donations are always welcome. Registration strongly suggested. 
College Ahead - An Evening for Parents and Teens - Tuesday March 22  

The highly anticipated annual program for the community, co-sponsored by the Stamford Jewish Community Center, featuring prominent college admissions deans as a panel exploring the essential issues all high school strudents and their parents need to know as they begin the process. Moderated by Claire D. Friedlander, Jewish Family Service College Consultant, the program will take place at no cost at the Stamford JCC.  More information here. 
Connect with National Federation of Temple Youth (NFTY)

Don't miss these exciting opportunities to connect with the National Federation of Temple Youth (NFTY)!  Please contact Rabbi Bearman (RabbiBearman@templebnaichaim.org) if you have any questions and/or would like to request financial assistance to attend one of these wonderful programs!
Inscribe Your Leaf on the Tree of Life Today!

Whether you celebrate a birth, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, wedding, anniversary or other special event, inscribing the event on the leaves of the Tree of Life will ensure your memories shine brightly at Temple B'Nai Chaim for years to come.


It's easy to order - just fill out the Tree of Life order form. Each leaf costs $300 and will be engraved upon receipt of the completed order form and full payment. Your leaf will be placed on the tree within 6-8 weeks after the order is placed. Examples of leaves may be seen here.  Contact treeoflife@templebnaichaim.org if you have any questions. 

Yahrzeits, March 4 -March 10, 2016
(See also the Monthly Yahrzeit List on the TBC Website.)

Zeicher tzaddik livrachah! May the memory of the righteous be for blessing!

 Bruce B. KauffmanFriday3/4/2016brother of Paul Kauffman
 Ruth MellonSaturday3/5/2016mother of Marc Mellon
 Dr. Steven R. BergMonday3/7/2016father of Daniel Berg
 Paul RubinTuesday3/8/2016father of Steven Rubin
 Walter UllmanWednesday3/9/2016father of Martin Ullman

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