November 23rd 2013 - 20th of Kislev 5774 
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Candlelighting - 4:20 pm
Havdalah - 5:21 pm
HanukkahHanukkah!
As we prepare for our last Thankukah until November 27, 2070 (at which time Erev Hanukkah, but not a full day, will fall on Thanksgiving), here are some resources to help you celebrate!

 
Readings & reflections about gratitude for each night
 
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Beth Jacob Walks to End Hunger
Thanksgiving Morning
Mall of America

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Join the Beth Jacob team, and ask 3.6 other people to join you and to each raise $100! That way, we will easily reach our goal of 36 team members and $3600 raised.

To register, click the link below, agree to the waiver, then click "Join a Team" and select "Beth Jacob Congregation from the pulldown menu.

Don't forget to wear your Beth Jacob Shirt!
Game_day
Game Day
Saturday, November 30
After Kiddush

Bring your favorite game! Play until you're done! 
Movie
Latkes & A Movie
Tuesday, Dec. 3rd, 7 pm 
Free & Open to Everyone!

Beth Jacob and the Beth Jacob Cinema Chavurah present a special screening of the hilarious Israeli documentary Haute Cusine Goes Kosher with Director Noemi Schory   
 
About the Film: 13 of the world's most renowned chefs gathered in Jerusalem, challenged to adapt their culinary art to the strict demands of Kosher dietary rules. The occasion was the King David Feast, a unique and prestigious gastronomical event.
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20s/30s Latke Cook-Off
Wednesday, Dec 4th 7:30 pm
At Rabbi Emma & Benj's House (1045 Douglas Rd)

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Latkes Know how to finesse those potatoes and onions (or some creative variations)? Come show off your frying! Just like to eat 'em? You're the judge for this latke contest! Bring your menorah (or use one of ours); we'll supply the sour cream and dreydls. Best latka wins a prize. To RSVP or if you want to be a contestant, please contact Re'ema Hava Absey at r_absey@yahoo.com.
Shira
Erev Shira
An Evening of Israeli Song
Saturday, Dec. 7, 7 pm

Bring your voice, and an instrument if you play; we will provide song sheets, chords, and refreshments!

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Jew in the Pew
Torah
With Rabbi Lynn Liberman

 

Shabbat mornings, 9:15-10 AM

Dec. 14, 28; Jan. 11, 23; Feb. 8, 22

 

Join Rabbi Lynn Liberman to discuss the weekly Torah portion through the lens of thought-provoking commentaries.
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Beth Jacob 3rd Shabbat

Monthly Shabbat Potluck Dinner

Fri., December 20th

 

 

5:30 pm: Lively, Songful Kabbalat Shabbat Services

 

6:30 pm: Vegetarian Potluck Shabbat Dinner

Blood
Blood Drive FYI
 
Buddy Blood Drop - Transparent 
Nov. 22 will be the last day that people can donate blood, and still be eligible for donating at our Blood Drive in January!
2 Meetings this Sunday for Shabbat Morning Youth Programming Focus Groups: Elementary age & 0-6.

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10:45 - 11:30 am

 

Minyan Katan is a joyful, playful shabbat morning service for kids birth-kindergarten with their grownups.  All are welcome! 

 

1st & 3rd Sat. of the Month

Next Meetings:

Dec. 7, 21

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Click link above for more info! 

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Kehillat
Shabbat
 
 
This is a
 "B" Bet Week  
for Kehillat Shabbat Madrichim

Remember to come at 9:50 for a special treat!

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Click link above for more info! 

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Congregational Learning Logo Adult Jewish Learning 

  

 

 
Monday Night Talmud Class
With Rabbi Allen

7:00 Pre-learning Schmooze and Munch

7:15 Class Begins

 
 

Study the words and thoughts of Rabbinic tradition as a living text in our modern world.  

 

  

 

Open Torah

Parashat HaShavuah: Tuesday Afternoons

With Rabbi Allen - 4-5:00 pm
Study of this week's Torah portion.   

   

 
Bagels
Bracha and Bagel: Wednesday Mornings
With Rabbi Kippley-Ogman after Minyan
  Our learning chug (circle) meets for half an hour over breakfast, digging into rabbinic text related to the cycle of the Jewish year.



Torah Jew in the Pew: Saturday Mornings
With Rabbi Liberman - 9:15-10 am

Dec. 14, 28; Jan. 11, 23; Feb. 8, 22  

Join Rabbi Lynn Liberman to discuss the weekly Torah portion through the lens of thought-provoking commentaries.
Community Events
For our full Community Events calendar, click here
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First, 
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE RACE, OR FOR MORE INFO!

Then

SIGN UP FOR  
TEAM BETH JACOB
and receive this year's BJC race regalia on race day, free!
 
Also: 
 
If you can't join 'em, bead 'em! Beth Jacob is hosting a Beautiful Beading Booth at the 
Post Dash Bash; if you are interested in volunteering, contact Frances.
  Maccabi
Maccabi Updates

This week! Nov. 23, During Kehillat Shabbat
 
Team St. Paul will become Team Minnesota!  To learn more about the change or about the Maccabi Games in general, come talk to Ben Savin at Kehillat Shabbat or click here!
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Harmony_TheatreCasting Call for Young Actors!

Young actors (ages 8 - 18) are invited to join HARMONY to participate in the upcoming production of "The Children's Republic," an original play based on the life and work of Doctor Korczak and his orphanage in the Warsaw ghetto. Performances will take place in April - May, 2014.
 
This activity is funded, in part, by an appropriation from the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the State's general fund. Co-sponsored by RAJMN, Genesis Philanthropy Group, and St. Paul JCC.

Janusz Korczak The great Jewish-Polish humanist Janusz Korczak was a pediatrician, professor, journalist and author, an original thinker who believed that all children are entitled to food, shelter, healthcare, and an education. In Europe before World War II, he was the equivalent of child champion and authority Dr. Benjamin Spock.

During the Holocaust, Korczak's orphanage was trapped in the walls of the Warsaw ghetto. When word spread secretly that the children of the orphanage were to be transported to a concentration camp, friends and admirers of Korczak warned him and provided the means for him to escape and save his life, but Korczak stayed with the children to the very end... "The Children's Republic," was first produced by Harmony Theatre in 2008 at the Sabes JCC.
 
For information, contact HARMONY Theatre at 
info@harmonytheatre.org or 763-442-1628.

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Rimon Artist Salon: Conversations with Etty

Sunday, December 8, 2 pm

JSB Tek Box, The Cowles Center for Dance (2nd floor)
528 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis
Cost: $10 ($5: students)

 

Actor Susan Stein presents excerpts from her one-woman play
Etty based on the letters and diaries of Etty Hillesum, a young Dutch woman in the early 1940s, whose intensely searching words reach out from their historical moment into ours. Theater director Carolyn Levy joins Stein onstage for a dialogue about how live theater can create potent communal experiences in spaces ranging from traditional theaters to prisons.
 
 

Click here to purchase tickets online

or contact the Rimon office at 952-381-3449.


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