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Parashat Vaera
January 12th, 2013 - 1st of Shevat 5773
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Annual Blood Drive
 Sunday, Jan. 20, 9:30 am - 2:30 pm We don't need 100%, we just need your help! Come give the gift of life at the Beth Jacob Annual Blood Drive!  We need your help! Sign up today at
Beth-Jacob.org/BloodDrive!
Questions? Contact Sharon Benmaman at sharonben@comcast.net. Want to volunteer? Contact David Levine at DHLevine@msn.com. |
Author Gerald Siegel
 "You Shoulda Been There" After Kiddush (1:00), Jan. 12  You Shoulda Been There is a book of imaginative and often very funny stories about Jewish life in Brooklyn, Minnesota, Israel, and other places.The stories raise questions about family, community, and faith. Gerald Siegel (above) grew up in a close-knit, noisy, Jewish environment in New York in the 1930s and 40s; he moved to the Midwest in 1954 to study and ultimately settled in Minnesota, in 1961. The tales are written with affection for the old and the new, while craving an egg cream, a charlotte russe, and real kosher pastrami. To purchase, contact Siegel@umn.edu or Elijah's Cup; U of Minnesota Book Store; Micawbers; Temple of Aaron; Bet Shalom; Magers & Quinn; Sub Text.
Babysitting will be available |
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K'tanim Celebrate Trees!
Sunday, Jan. 13, 10:15-11:30am
Eagan Community Center, 3830 Pilot Knob Rd.
- Families with kids 0-5
 - Play in the gym!
- Read and sing about trees!
- Decorate a pot and plant parsley!
- Feel free to bring siblings!
  This is a Beth Jacob K'tanim program, in partnership with the PJ Library. |
TRIP TO ISRAEL
INFORMATION
More information (trip itinerary and budget) about the Beth Jacob Israel Trip is available; click the link below to take a look.
Please let us know if you are interested by January 17th!
Israel Trip Itinerary & Budget |
BJUSY & Kadima Present:
BJUSY'S GOT TALENT!!!
Saturday, Jan. 19, 7:00 pm
at the St. Paul JCC
 Beth Jacob's 7th-12th graders will be putting on the show of the year for you! Come one and come all.
This is BJUSY's annual programming fundraiser, so bring the whole family and contribute an ad by January 11th!
View ad form
Questions? Contact: Ben@Beth-Jacob.org
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Eizeh Hu - Who Is?
A Shul wide learning series about
Jewish Values and Jewish Living
"Anavah - Humility"
Jan. 19; 1:00 PM (following Kiddush)
will be leading a conversation
on the topic:
"No more than my place,
no less than my space."
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Tu B'Shevat Seder and Shabbat Dinner
Hazon et HaKol: Providing Food for All?
 Friday, January 25
Cost: $18/person & $60/family;
4 & under free
Menu: Chicken & a vegetarian option
Sign up here by January 22!
As part of the celebration of this event, please help others to also celebrate by bringing food donations for Second Harvest.
 
A joint program of the Congregational Learning & Social Justice Committees
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Emtza Region Winter Shabbaton-
Housing Needed!
Feb 8-10
 Beth Jacob is hosting Emtza Region USY Winter Shabbaton, a home hospitality convention, and could use some of the aforementioned hospitality! If you would like to host USYers in your home for the weekend, click this link to sign up.
To register for the convention as a USYer, click here.
Questions? Contact:
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Beth Jacob Info:
Calendar
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Link active after 2 pm on Friday
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- This is an "B" Bet week for Madrichim.
- There is NO 8th Grade Shalshelet.
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Adult Jewish Learning
Monday Night Limud
7:00 Pre-learning Schmooze and Munch
7:15 Class Begins
 Talmud Class With Rabbi Allen Study the words and thoughts of Rabbinic tradition as a living text in our modern world.  Learner's Minyan Course With Rabbi Kippley-Ogman Unravel the structure, choreography, and meaning of the Shabbat morning service. No previous background in Hebrew or Jewish education is necessary, just the desire to learn. Class Schedule: Jan. 7, 14, 21 & 28; Feb. 4, 11 & 25; March 4, 11 & 18
Parti cipants must register for this 10-week course; Register Now!  Parashat HaShavuah: Tuesday Afternoons With Rabbi Allen - 4-5:00 pm Study of this week's Torah portion.
Bracha and Bagel: Wednesday Mornings
With Rabbi Kippley-Ogman - after Minyan
Study short passages from our rabbinic tradition,
including the Mishna and the Talmud.
Join together for a 10-minute Shiur and light breakfast.
Shabbat Learning
For the Jew in the Pew
With Rabbi Liberman - 9:15-9:55 am Saturdays
A Shabbat Morning Torah Conversation.
Class Schedule: January 19, 26; February 2, 23
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 January is J-Pride Survey month! Help determine the future of J-Pride; an organization for Twin Cities Jewish LGBT people, their families, allies and friends.
Throughout the month of January you can help J-Pride by filling out this survey at:
Surveymonkey.com/s/JPride. Let your voice be heard! For Twin Cities LGBT folks, allies, families and friends. |
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Designer Genes
Thursday, January 24th at 6:30 PM
At the Sabes Jewish Community Center
$10 admission; Refreshments and dessert will be served (dietary laws observed).
What's Jewish about genetic diseases? One in five Ashkenazi Jews, from Eastern Europe, is a carrier for a genetic disease. The Minneapolis Jewish Federation advocates for designing your future by raising awareness about Genetic Disease Screenings.
The Minneapolis Jewish Federation Women's Philanthropy will host Designer Genes, an educational and informative event on the topic of genetic diseases. Speakers, Dr. Jodi Hoffman and Rabbi Lawrence Sernovitz will each address Jewish genetic disorders and the importance of getting screened.
Jodi D. Hoffman, MD is Interim-Chief and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Genetics at Tufts Medical Center and the Director of the Victor Outreach and Screening Program for Ashkenazi Jewish Genetic Diseases in Boston. She received her medical degree at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx. Dr. Hoffman then completed a Pediatric residency at Yale Children's Hospital in New Haven. Dr. Hoffman speaks throughout the Jewish community on the topic of genetic diseases seen more commonly in people of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. She has spoken at over 100 venues on this topic and has facilitated screening drives for 11 college campuses and communities to date.
Rabbi Lawrence Sernovitz is the Associate Rabbi of Old York Road Temple Beth Am, and President of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Familial Dysautonomia Foundation. He will speak about his personal encounter with hereditary Jewish genetic diseases.
If you get tested and find out that you are a carrier, you can be in control of your health and design your future.
To find our more information about Designer Genes, contact
Temma Shankman: tshankman@mplsfed.org.
Register now
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Hillel Presents: U of MN Charity Variety Show Thursday, January 31st, 7 pm Memorial Hall at McNamara Alumni Center  You are invited to the First annual U of MN Variety Show! Come prepared to see the talent that the University of Minnesota has to offer from tap dancing, a cappella groups, jugglers and singer-songwriters! You don't want to miss this opportunity. The event will kickoff with an hour pre-show happy hour featuring Jewish organizations around the Twin Cities. Don't miss your chance to connect and learn more about Jewish life in the Cities post-college. Tickets are bought at the door and are $5 for students and $10 for community members. ALL PROCEEDS are going to Make-A-Wish Foundation. Please be part of a good cause! RSVP now |
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