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February 9th, 2013 - 29th of Shevat 5773
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Emtza Region Winter Shabbaton
 This weekend, Beth Jacob will be hosting over 120 USYers and staff members from around Emtza Region at the annual USY Winter Shabbaton! The USYers will join us for Kabbalat Shabbat and Shabbat morning services. On Shabbat morning, they'll all be sitting together in Section D of the sanctuary. We recognize that it will be a different setup from most Shabbatot, and we're asking for your help as we welcome them! |
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Purim is Coming!
Saturday, Feb. 23, 6:59 pm
 MEGILLAH READING AND PARTY
BE YOUR FAVORITE STATE FAIR
CARNIVAL PERSONALITY!
BEST COSTUME WINS A PRIZE!
2ND MEGILLAH READING
at Minyan on Sunday,
FEBRUARY 24 at 9 am
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We daven and then we eat. But there's more to it than that. Some of us come just in time for kiddush; some of us shmooze all afternoon. Some of us are grateful to hang with other grownups while our kids get lunch; some of us look forward to those kitchen duty calls all year. We meet new people; we visit with old friends. We talk with a lot of people, or just a few. We share what's on our hearts or kibbitz about whatever playoffs are coming up next. Kiddush is our space and time for connecting as a community, and how we are at kiddush is an expression of our values.
Come talk with other Beth Jacob folks about how you spend your kiddush -- what you love and what you wish for -- and what we create together as a community in our hour together on shabbes afternoons.
Babysitting will be available.
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Feb. 10, 3-5 pm
Masking our Realities:
Ways in which we hide and reveal our real selves
Please let Barb know you will be attending:
Please bring a dairy or pareve dish to share!
For more information:
or
 We'd love to have you join us for delicious food and good conversation! |
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Beth Jacob 3rd Friday
 Kabbalat Shabbat
Potluck Dinner
Friday, February 15th
Join us each month, starting this month!
5:30pm Lively, Songful Kabbalat Shabbat Services
6:30pm Vegetarian Potluck Shabbat Dinner
- Please bring something to share - a couple bottles of wine, some challot, your grandma's kugel, a big green salad, or that Smitten Kitchen dessert you've been longing to try.
- The kitchen will be closed, so wrap it in a towel to keep it warm or bring something that's yummy at room temperature.
- All food must be vegetarian. If you're cooking something, please make sure all the ingredients are unprocessed or have a hechsher. (Want help figuring out what that means? Give us a call!)
- Want to help us reduce waste? Bring your own plate and flatware.
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 Mashgiach TrainingSunday, Feb. 17th, 10:30am
Want to help to make our Shabbat and Holiday Kiddushim the wonderful experiences they are for our congregation and learn about kashrut in the process? Get trained as a mashgiach (kitchen supervisor).
Working with a crew in the kitchen at Beth Jacob is a wonderful way to meet people, mentor youngsters and help create the community we so value at our shul.
If you are interested, e-mail Mari Forbush at mforbush@jfcsmpls.org. We would love to have you be part of our mash team! |
K'tanim Make Purim Masks
Sun, Feb. 17, 3-5:00 pm
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Families with kids 0-5
- Play in the gym!
- Read and sing about Purim!
- Create & decorate a mask you can wear!
- Feel free to bring siblings!
This is a Beth Jacob
K'tanim Program in partnership with the PJ Library.
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Barack Obama is Going to Israel This Year-
How About You?
(Make your reservation before February 20th.)
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World Wide Wrap Pics
Click here to check out pictures of 2013's World Wide Wrap!
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Reconciliation
Not Revenge
Hear a bereaved Palestinian and Israeli tell their stories of loss and hope. Roi Golan lives in Tel Aviv; he lost his brother. Wajih Tmaiza lives in Hebron; he lost his brother and two nephews.
The speakers are from the Parents Circle-Families Forum, a unique organization of over 600 bereaved Israeli and Palestinian families working towards reconciliation.
Babysitting will be available.
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Looking for our Past & Finding the Present:
The Politics of our Baltic Roots Tour
Saturday, March 2, During Services
 A box of unpublished manuscripts by South St. Paul resident David Blumenfeld, written in the 1920s, was recently discovered after being lost for more than 50 years. The best of these volumes is a semi-fictionalized family story, commencing in Latvia in the 1800s and following the family's immigration to the midwest in the 1880s. Several of David's descendants recently traveled to Latvia and Lithuania, to visit the home towns of their ancestors and to discover what remains of the Jewish history of the Baltic region.
On March 2nd, during services, and before the Kiddush luncheon hosted by their family in loving memory of their father Marcus Hertz, Deborah and Fred Hertz will present their reflections on their trip. Their talk will focus on the strategies they used to search out Jewish Latvia, the Jewish places they saw, and the people they encountered, as well as the insights they have gleaned from the complex history, politics, and social dynamics of their discoveries.
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 Klei Kodesh
The Beth Jacob Dish Collaborative
We use reusable dishes at home - why not also in our home-away-from-home, our shul?
Starting in February, join this new Kiddush lunch collaborative to reduce waste and build camaraderie.
How it works 
Klei Kodesh is entirely voluntary, and all are welcome to join:
- Pay a one-time fee of $7 per person; $25 family maximum.
- Commit to dishwashing duty 4-5 times a year, rolled into your kitchen duty commitments.
Each Klei Kodesh member receives:
- A place setting of Preserve� recycled plastic tableware, stored and rolled out on a cart for Kiddush luncheon each Shabbat along with the shul's stainless flatware.
- Training in water-conserving dishwashing techniques.
For more information:
Sign up here
If the requirements for participation constitute a hardship and you would like to join in, please contact Rabbi Emma to discuss options.
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Beth Jacob Info:
Calendar
Service Sheet
Link active after 2 pm on Friday
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- This is a "B" Bet week for Madrichim.
- There is NO 8th Grade Shalshelet.
Click to read this week's
Shabbat Enrichment News
parent newsletter!
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Wine Sale
 Don't forget that wine sale forms are available! Taste the wines on Purim, or order now if you know what you want (you can still sample on Purim!). All sales support Beth Jacob Youth Programs.
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 No, not that kind... We need help packing mishlachmanot boxes. If you can help, e-mail Debbie in the office or call 651-452-2226.
Drivers Needed
Sun., Feb. 17, Noon-2
After the mishlachmanot boxes are packed, we need help delivering them! If you can help, respond to this Facebook event and mention your delivery area preference.
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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 26; February 2, 23
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A View Down the Road: Four Decades of Feminist Art
 Sunday, February 10, 2013, 2 p.m.
Robbin Gallery,
Cost: $10 (students: $5)
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Minnesota has been home to WARM (Women's Art Resources of Minnesota), an important center for American feminist art, since 1973. Riv-Ellen Prell and Naomi Zeveloff, deputy culture editor at The Jewish Daily Forward, join artists Joyce Lyon, Rachel Breen, and Jane Bassuk as they consider ideals of social activism that have impacted art made by Jewish women over the past 40 years.
Click here to reserve tickets online or contact the Rimon office at 952-381-3449.
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Freedom to Marry Day Rally
3pm, Thursday, Feb. 14, State Capitol Rotunda
 Come join Jewish Community Action, J-Pride and Minnesotans United for All Families for the Freedom to Marry Day Rally. For the first time this year marriage proponents, led by clergy and faith leaders, will pack the rotunda of the State Capitol Building to ensure that in 2013 Minnesota state law is changed to reflect our shared belief that loving and committed same-sex couples should have the freedom to marry. Join with hundreds of others in showing legislators that a broad and diverse coalition of Minnesotans support marriage for same-sex couples. RSVP online, invite friends and family and spread the word via the facebook event. |
Jewish Women's Morning at the Capitol
Wednesday, February 20, 8:45am-3:00pm
 Jewish Women's Morning at the Capitol (JWMC), organized annually by the National Council of Jewish Women and Hadassah, is joining forces with the Minnesota Choice Coalition's Pro-Choice Lobby Day. As we celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade and a pro-choice majority in the Senate for the first time in decades, we can look forward to advancing women's reproductive healthcare and defending our rights to reproductive choice. That's why for this year's JWMC we have decided to stand together with the Choice Coalition to ensure that reproductive healthcare is included in Minnesota's Healthcare Exchange under the Affordable Care Act. Join us for this incredible opportunity to meet your legislators as we stand together to move Minnesota's women forward. Schedule: - 8:45am for breakfast and a legislative update
- 10:00 for "Lobbying 101" and an education session on Choice in Faith-Based Communities, Inequity and Access, or Starting the Conversation
- 11:00 for an inspirational rally in the rotunda followed by our Jewish Women's Luncheon
- 12:30 for lobbying appointments with your legislators
We hope you will stay all day (8:45am-3:00pm) but feel free to join in as your schedule allows. The event is free and open to everyone, but registration is required. |
 Apply for Summer Camp & Israel Trip Scholarships Chase the cold away with plans for summer camp or a trip to Israel. The Jewish Federation of Greater St. Paul offers scholarships for Jewish overnight camp to Jewish children and young adults living in St. Paul. The scholarship deadline is April 1, 2013. Scholarship awards are based on family need. Limited Israel Experience scholarships for teens are also available. |
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The website is up for Beth Jacob's group trip to Israel! 
