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February 23rd, 2013 - 13th of Adar 5773
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Purim!
This Saturday, Feb. 23, 6:59 pm  MEGILLAH READING & PARTY!
Children's Costume Parade!
Come as your favorite State Fair personality or item!
 Best costume wins a prize!
Party following Megillah reading! 2ND Megillah Reading at Minyan on Sunday, Feb. 24 at 9 am. |
Purim Carnival
Sunday, Feb. 24
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
 Moon Bounce, Games, Prizes, Food & More!
To sponsor a booth (small booth: $100, large booth $300), contact Ben ( Ben@Beth-Jacob.org).
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Barack Obama is Going to Israel This Year-
How About You?
(Make your reservation before March 1st)
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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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Searching for Gold in the Diaspora Desert:
Understanding Ourselves Through a Search for Our Ancestors
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 A box of unpublished manuscripts by South St. Paul resident David Blumenfeld,written in the 1920s, was recently discovered after being lost for more than 50 years.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, before the Kiddush luncheon hosted by their family in loving memory of their father Marcus Hertz, Fred Hertz will some 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 lessons they have learned from their discovery of the alternative migration paths taken by others from their family.
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Erev Shira
Sat. March 2, 7:00 PM
A Night of Israeli rounds with Shira Schwartz!
 Participants can bring their favorite rounds to share! If anyone would like the lyrics (or notation) in booklet form, they should e-mail Shira the songs at least one week in advance.
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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Beth Jacob 3rd Shabbat
 Kabbalat Shabbat
Potluck Dinner
Friday, March 15th
Join us each month!
6:00pm Lively, Songful Kabbalat Shabbat Services
7:00pm Vegetarian Potluck Shabbat Dinner
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 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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Beth Jacob Info:
Calendar
Service Sheet
Link active after 2 pm on Friday
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- This is an "A"Aleph week for Madrichim.
- There is 8th grade Shalshelet.
Click to read this week's
Shabbat Enrichment News
parent newsletter!
Watch for a special guest on our next Yom Meyuchad, March 9th!
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Wine Sale
Sample on
Saturday Night!
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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Winter Shabbaton
 Thanks and Kol HaKavod to BJUSY's Winter Shabbaton Chairs, Sage Kohnstamm, Adam Markon, and Elly Kushner, as well Youth Director Ben Cerny, Kadima Director Rachel Sher, and the Beth Jacob Youth Committee for an outstanding Winter Shabbaton!
For a full report on the weekend's activities (including pictures) from Jaime Skog, Emtza Region Youth Director, click here.
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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: February 23
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 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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Reception to Celebrate Ruth Rischall's Art Showing
Wednesday, March 4th, 6:00pm
 Join together as for this reception at the Saint Paul JCC as the showing of Ruth Rischall's show, fabric art works, comes to a close. Her 90th birthday, celebrated last year, was not the chance to mark the culmination of a long life but a chance to reflect on a rich tapestry, one with many motifs: a childhood in the great depression, a world war, over 50 years of marriage, and the rearing of a large family. If one looks closely one notes a strong fabric. Ruth calls this fabric family. How does one create such strength? In Ruth's case she knits, she sews, she embroiders.
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The website is up for Beth Jacob's group trip to Israel! 
