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March 8th 2014 - 6th of Adar II, 5774
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Candlelighting - 5:49 pm
Havdalah - 6:52 pm
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- PURIM SHPIEL
After the Megillah
A campy musical tribute to Purim and Broadway!
- PURIM DANCE PARTY
After the Shpiel
Sunday
March 16
- MINYAN AND MEGILLAH
9:00 am
- K'TANIM MEGILLAH READING
10:45 am
A Megillah reading for families with young children (and the young at heart)
- BETH JACOB'S LEGENDARY PURIM CARNIVAL
11:30 am
Booths, games, crafts, snacks and prizes! Proceeds benefit Beth Jacob Youth Programs. Costumes welcome; canned food is being collected.
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The Beth Jacob Youth Department presents its annual Purim Carnival! Fun, food, costumes, games, prizes, inflatables and more! It only comes once a year; you don't want to miss it!
Proceeds support Beth Jacob Youth Programs.
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With Rabbi Lynn Liberman
Shabbat mornings, 9:15-10 AM
March 8, 22;
Join Rabbi Lynn Liberman to discuss the weekly Torah portion through the lens of thought-provoking commentaries.
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Ozi v'Zimrat Yah!
God is my Strength and my Song:
Meet to Praise God with Harmony!
Shabbat afternoon, March 8, 12:45 pm
Do you enjoy singing liturgical rounds and chants in harmony with other singers? If so, meet in the chapel after kiddush to make harmony together with a focus on prayer and praise. Don't worry if you can't carry a tune, we'll seat you with someone who can. Do you have a song to teach and lead? If so, please send the words in advance to Pam Winthrop Lauer, for the song sheet. Feel free to call with questions or ideas (952) 432-7038.
Childcare will be available.
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K'tanim Make Masks for Purim!
 10 am - Noon
Join Kt'anim as they make masks for Purim, hear a story, and play at the blast indoor playground! There is no charge for mask making; Blast admission is $3, free for 18 months and under & adults.
Co-sponsored by PJ Library
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Preparing for the Prophets!
 Starting in April, Beth Jacob will begin assigning haftarot in advance. Every month, the first three haftarot in the month will be preassigned, and the last will be available for morning�-of assignment. With this structural change, we are hoping to hear the voices of the prophets more resoundingly during our shabbat morning services, with more of our community able to take part in reading. Readers will have the opportunity to investigate the meaning of the text and its structure in advance, to prepare the text with its trope, and to think about how to read it in a way that conveys its message most powerfully to the community.
Everyone is encouraged to sign up:-
Honor a special event � a yahrzeit, anniversary of your bar or bat mitzvah, etc!
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Choose to read a haftarah that particularly inspires you!
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Take the chance to brush up on your skills!
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Grab a moment to feel empowered!
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Enjoy the opportunity to prepare at home!If you want help, it's available.
We will connect you with someone who will listen to you practice, or work through difficult spots. If you don't know how to read haftarah and want to learn, let us know; �� If there's enough interest, we'll put together a class.
Aaron Silver will be coordinating; �� let him know when you'd like to read by emailing haftarah@beth-�jacob.org.
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Monthly Shabbat Potluck Dinner
at Beth Jacob
Fri., March 21st
6:00 pm: Lively, Songful Kabbalat Shabbat Services
7:00 pm: Vegetarian Potluck Shabbat Dinner
If you can't make it across the river at rush hour (especially with little kids) you can still enjoy Shabbat with your Beth Jacob community. Please contact Amy Rogovin at Amy@Rogov.in or 612-867-2792 to coordinate food.
Brought to you by your friendly neighborhood Kesher committee.
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Beth Jacob Educator Search
 Over the next few months, Beth Jacob will be searching for a dynamic Jewish educator to take the lead in further strengthening and expanding our programs in youth and family learning. Although the exact parameters of the job will be tailored to the particular strengths of the successful candidate, we will be looking for someone to re-envision, lead and implement our youth Shabbat and holidays morning programming; to engage families with children in innovative models of family learning; to be involved with the supervision of our youth leaders; and to work with our educational partner organizations to integrate our youths' formal and informal learning contexts.
We will be searching both through formal and informal channels. If you know anyone who might be suitable for this position, please feel free to pass their names along to David Itzkowitz, who is chairing the search: daviditzkowitz@gmail.com.
Job Description
We will be updating you all on the search as it progresses.
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Beth Jacob Info:
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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: March 15, April 5 _________________________________ Click link above for more info! |
Kehillat
Shabbat
This is an "A" week for Kehillat Shabbat Madrichim.
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Game Day
After Kiddush 
Be challenged, have fun, laugh, eat treats and play your favorite game; fun for the entire family!
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March 22, 12:45 pm
"Is Jewish Pluralism Really Possible?"
A discussion featuring Roberta Rosenthal Kwall, Professor of Law and-Director, DePaul University College of Law Center for Jewish Law and Judaic Studies. Adena Berkowitz,-in-Residence and co- founder of Kol HaNeshamah NYC, anoutreach congregation dedicated to re-energizing the spiritual life of both affiliated and not yet affiliated Jews andadvisorymember of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance (JOFA).
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Girl Scout Cookie Shabbat
Please help our Beth Jacob girls who are Girl Scouts to sponsor a delicious Kiddush! Order cookies from Frances Fischer, who will make sure to distribute the orders to all of our Beth Jacob Scouts. Save some for yourself, and donate some boxes to Beth Jacob for our April 5 dessert table.
If you have a Girl Scout in your family and Frances hasn't already contacted you, please let her know you'd like to participate!
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 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.  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 Our learning chug (circle) meets for half an hour over breakfast, digging into rabbinic text related to the cycle of the Jewish year.
Jew in the Pew: Saturday Mornings With Rabbi Lynn Liberman - 9:15-10 am
March 8, 22; April 5, 26; May 10, 31
Join Rabbi Lynn Liberman to discuss the weekly Torah portion through the lens of thought-provoking commentaries.
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For our full Community Events calendar, click here |
Where: Five Event Center
When: Saturday, March 15, 2014 | 9 pm - 2 am
Save the date! The Twin Cities community-wide Purim party you've come to know and love is back for a third year! Wear a Purim costume OR get in on the fun of a truly ELECTRIC experience and gather your best neon/black light inspired outfit.
Pre-register $10, walk in $20
One free signature cocktail from event sponsor AVIV Vodka included with registration.
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The Haggadah and the Seder Online Course
 Of all the famous lines in the Haggadah, one stands out-Why is This Night Different From All Other Nights? This is the question every child asks from the time s/he can sing a song. And the question continues to occupy adults as well-what is the meaning of all of these strange customs and prayers we say at the Seder?
In this course we shall see how the customs we still observe to this day originated and how they developed over the centuries. We shall see how the Seder was the rabbinic response to the loss of the Passover sacrifice that occurred with the destruction of the Temple in 70 C.E. The historical meaning and context of key customs, reclining, drinking wine, eating appetizers, washing hands, reciting blessings and eating specific foods will be examined. At the end of this course, the participant will be able to go to his/her seder armed with real answers-this night is different because....  Dr. Joshua Kulp is a co-founder of the Conservative Yeshiva where he has been teaching for eighteen years. He is the author of the Mishnah Yomit and Daf Shevui commentaries. He is also a co-author of The Schechter Haggadah: Art, History and Commentary, as well as a co-author of a forthcoming introduction to the academic study of rabbinic texts.
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