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Welcome Reception for
Rabbi Kippley-Ogman
& Erev Shira
This Saturday night, Dec. 1st - 7:00 PM
Join us at 7:00pm for a dessert reception as we welcome Rabbi Emma Kippley-Ogman back to Beth Jacob,
 then join us at 7:30 for our first Erev Shira:
A Night of Israeli Music with Shira Schwartz!
 Join with Shira for a night of singing and great musical fun! All music provided with words in Hebrew, English and transliteration. Bring your voices and your instruments! |
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Director of Hunger Minnesota to Speak
After Kiddush (1 pm) This Shabbat, Dec. 1
  The Beth Jacob Social Justice Committee together with BJUSY will present a discussion of hunger in our community. Sara Nelson-Pallmeyer, Director of Hunger Minnesota, will help us understand the scope of the  problem, especially as it affects school children in MN, and how we can forge alliances to be part of the solution. Baby sitting will be provided. Please join us!
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Beth Jacob Hanukah Dinner
Saturday, December 15 - 6:30 pm
Come light your Hanukiah and join together for a community dinner, followed by musical entertainment by Vanessa Dembo & Mark Bloom of Kanvenessence, and a special, fun edition of Hanukah Zumba for everyone!
Click to hear a Hanukah song from Mark Bloom
Register for the Dinner now!
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"Can't Light a Shammos without a Match"
 An anonymous Beth Jacob member has promised a $100,000 "Shammos" matching gift if the shul community can raise $50,000 in new contributions (not part of the Annual Sustaining Contribution) by December 31. How can you help?
- Send in or drop off a check to our office.
- Make a donation of stock (contact our office for the transfer account details)
- Contribute online through the PayPal link (no Paypal account required!) on our website:
Beth-Jacob.org/Donate.
All contributions, large and small, help close the gap - and every dollar you donate will be double-matched, tripling the value of your donation!
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Thank the Obama Administration for Standing with Israel
 From the Jewish Council on Public Affiars:
We salute the Obama administration for its unequivocal position in opposing yesterday's UN General Assembly decision to elevate the Palestinians' status to non-member observer state. We appreciate the President's extensive diplomatic efforts, unfortunately not successful, to dissuade Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas from pursuing this route. Below you will find a link to the statement from Ambassador Susan Rice, who spoke powerfully and eloquently yesterday in the UNGA session. Secretary of State Clinton also spoke out against the vote, calling it " unfortunate and counterproductive." While we were disappointed that more European states failed to vote against the resolution, a large number of countries abstained (41), thus, denying it the kind of full consensus authority Mahmoud Abbas sought. The administration's diplomacy in recent days and weeks significantly contributed to this outcome. You are encouraged to communicate appreciation to President Obama, Secretary Clinton, and Ambassador Rice for their efforts on this issue. As we approach Shabbat, we pray that, instead of unilateral end runs at the UN, Palestinian leadership will realize that the two-state vision can only be realized in negotiations with Israel - and that day will come soon.
Shabbat Shalom,
Larry Gold, JCPA Chair
Rabbi Steve Gutow, JCPA President
Martin Raffel, Senior Vice-president
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Shiru L'Adonai
Eizeh Hu - Who Is?
A Shul wide learning series about
Jewish Values and Jewish Living
December 8 following Kiddush
Rabbi Emma Kippley-Ogman will be leading a conversation on the topic:
"Old Music, New Sounds: A Look at Ancient Jewish Poetry"
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Illuminating the Night
Monday, December 10
5:15 pm at Talmud Torah of St. Paul
7:15 pm at Beth Jacob Congregation
 Join the three Rabbis of Beth Jacob Congregation for a practical & textual exploration of light and hope as we near the darkest time of year. Come make an oil lamp that you can take home, enjoy Hanukah treats, and learn with the Rabbis the power of light & hope in the darkness. |
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Download Hanukah Blessings
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The Social Justice Committee Wants You!
The Beth Jacob Social Justice Committee is looking for a small group of people who are passionate about social justice, but don't have the time or inclination to plan events and programs. We hope to have a minyan or more upon whom we can call when we need to mobilize helpers to attend an event, make a few phone calls, help decide the direction in which the committee should go, or just provide support for our work. To join this social justice auxiliary, please phone or e-mail either:
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- This is a "B" BET week for Shabbat Enrichment for Madrichim and Shalshelet.
- There is NO 8th-grade Shalshelet class this Shabbat.
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 10:45 - 11:30 am Next Meeting: Dec. 15 _____________________________________  9:15 - 10:00 am Twice a Month for Winter and Spring As part of our communal explorations of tefillah, the substance and modes of our prayer, this winter and spring we will experiment with spaces and song in twice monthly Shir Shacharit. For these weeks, the first hour of our communal tefillah will be more intimate and songful - come early and take part in creating the soundscape of prayer! Shir Shacharit began as an initiative of the Beth Jacob community and continues as part of our commitment to explore together multiple ways of creating and finding meaning in our tefillah. Next Meetings: December 8, 22 1/5, 1/19, 2/9, 2/23, 3/9, 3/23, 4/27, 5/11 Click links above for more info! |
Israel Trip Proposed Itinerary
 Please check out the proposed itinerary for a Beth Jacob Israel trip here:
If you are intersted in exploring the possibility of making this trip to Israel, please let Rabbi Allen know ASAP!
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Volunteer Opportunity
 Driver needed, regularly or intermittently, to bring senior citizen to Torah study at Sholom on Monday afternoons; driver needed to take her home too. Driver is welcome to stay for Torah study and/or partake of free nosh at Sholom!
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Blessing Sheet
