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March 15th 2014 - 13th of Adar II, 5774
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Candlelighting - 6:58 pm
Havdalah - 8:01 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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K'tanim Read the Megillah
Sunday, March 16, 10:45-11:30 am
A Megillah reading for families with young children (and the young at heart)!
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Daven and Dine
Friday, March 28
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 Empty nesters - Single or partnered adults without children
- Widows/widowers
- Folks who are divorced
- Anyone who might enjoy an opportunity to spend Friday night together furthering the building of community!
On March 28, Rabbi Allen and Phyllis will be hosting the first DAVEN AND DINE; an opportunity to bring people together not around age, or marital status, but around people who are interested in building community, renewing relationships or creating new connections. THIS FIRST DAVEN AND DINE IS LIMITED TO THE FIRST 30 people who sign up. RSVP at Daven2Dine@beth-jacob.org on a first come basis.
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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, Scholar-in-Residence and co- founder of Kol HaNeshamah NYC, an outreach congregation dedicated to re-energizing the spiritual life of both affiliated and not yet affiliated Jews, and advisory member of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance (JOFA).
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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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With Rabbi Lynn Liberman
Shabbat mornings, 9:15-10 AM
March 22;
Join Rabbi Lynn Liberman to discuss the weekly Torah portion through the lens of thought-provoking commentaries.
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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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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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This Week!
March 15
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: April 5, 19 _________________________________ Click link above for more info! |
Kehillat
Shabbat
This is a "B" 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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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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Don't forget about the Wine and Chocolate sale, and especially the tastings this weekend at Purim and at the Carnival!
Join us for a morning of education, empowerment and political exchange. Jewish Women's Morning at the Capitol (JWMC) gives Jewish women a chance to make a difference. 
