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March 29th 2014 - 27th of Adar II, 5774
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Candlelighting - 7:16 pm
Havdalah - 8:18 pm
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We have pictures of the Megillah reading, Purim Shpiel and party; thanks to Ann Silver for the pics!
Also, check out the video of the Purim Shpiel, thanks to Tessa Silver and Michael Schwartz; click video image above to view!
Click here to see the pictures.
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 Shabbat, March 29
12:45 pm
"Raise the Wage"
The Social Justice Committee is bringing two speakers to help us understand the importance of the bill to raise the minimum.
 Debbie Belfry, Board Member of VEAP (Volunteers Enlisted to Assist People), the largest food shelf in the state, will tell us the stories about the lives of a few of her clients as they try to keep body and soul together on minimum wage.
Suzanne Bern, a small business owner, who has elected to pay her employees $10.00 per hour plus health and social security, despite the $6.15 minimum, will tell us why she has made this choice and how it affects her business.
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 K'tanim Shabbat Dinner  Friday, March 28, 5:00 pm
For ages 0 - 5 & families
Join K'tanim as we have a shabbat vegetarian potluck dinner at Rabbi Emma and Benj's house, with age-appropriate Kabbalat Shabbat davening!
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Daven and Dine
Friday, March 28, 6:30 pm
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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 now closed; watch for future opportunities!
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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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With Rabbi Lynn Liberman
Shabbat mornings, 9:15-10 AM
Join Rabbi Lynn Liberman to discuss the weekly Torah portion through the lens of thought-provoking commentaries.
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Cinema Chavurah
Sunday, April 13 at 1 pm
What better way to take a four hour break from the Pesach cleaning duties to see this strong piece of cinema. This is made by the same filmmaker who brought us Shoah.
Contact Zach Feinstein if you plan on attending; If there is enough interest maybe we can purchase a block of tickets in advance.
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg at BJC
Post-Kiddush Session at Beth Jacob
April 19th
The Ways of Peace:
Bringing Peace into our Difficult Conversations
 How do we respond to the Psalmist's command that we "Seek peace and pursue it"? Rabbi Amy Eilberg will teach an experiential session demonstrating ways to practice the Jewish value of peace in the midst of difficult conversations in our lives.
Workshop for Beth Jacob
Sunday, April 20th, 10 AM-Noon
Practicing the Ways of Peace
 Drawing on the ancient Jewish system of Mussar, Rabbi Amy Eilberg will teach on some of the middot or soul traits that are essential to pursuing peace in our personal and communal lives and in our engagement with the world. This session will include study and guidance on regular personal practice to strengthen the spiritual muscles needed by seekers of peace. |
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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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Monthly Shabbat Potluck Dinner
at Beth Jacob
Fri., May 16th
6:00 pm: Lively, Songful Kabbalat Shabbat Services
7:00 pm: Vegetarian Potluck Shabbat Dinner
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There will be no Kabbalat Shabbat Minyan this evening at Beth Jacob.
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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: April 5, 19 _________________________________ Click link above for more info! |
Kehillat
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This is an "A" week for Kehillat Shabbat Madrichim.
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Wine Sale Last Chance
Don't forget about the Wine sale!
Deadline Today!
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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
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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Gasthof Protest
This week a group of people from the local Jewish community and beyond, organized by Beth Jacob members Margie Newman & Susan Siegfried, gathered to reenact a deportation outside a restaurant that had hosted a Nazi-themed party earlier this year. To see pictures of their protest and read more about the event click here.
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Jewish Community Planning Process Listening Session Data and Findings Available
The Jewish Federation of Greater St. Paul has completed community Listening Sessions, the first phase of the comprehensive planning study designed to understand and address our community's needs over the next 10 to 20 years. The next phase is now underway, in which community leadership will choose key issues for further research and action recommendations. The data and findings from the Listening Sessions are available on the Federation website at The information available on the website includes an executive summary that explains the purpose, methodology, results and next steps of this project. It also includes detailed data on what participants identify as benefits to living in the St. Paul Jewish community and what they see as concerns.
The Jewish Community Planning Process is a project of the Jewish Federation of Greater St. Paul, and is guided by a leadership team consisting of area rabbis, agency executives and lay leaders.
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Elliott Abrams: What Happened to the Arab Spring?
Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
 Wednesday, April 2, 2014
7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Cowles Auditorium, Humphrey School of Public Affairs
301 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis  Following the December 2010 self-immolation of a fruit vendor protesting police corruption and mistreatment in Tunisia, protesters challenged authoritarian governments in countries throughout the Middle East and North Africa. While the reform process in Tunisia has continued, the process of democratic reform in the rest of the Arab world has been uncertain or non-existent. Elliott Abrams will consider events in the region since 2012, and their implications for U.S. policy.
Elliott Abrams currently is a senior fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. He previously served as deputy national security advisor for Global Democracy Strategy and senior director for Near East and North African Affairs in the administration of George W. Bush, and as assistant secretary of state for human rights in the administration of Ronald Reagan.
Free and open to the public. To request disability accommodations, please call 612-625-5309 or email hhhevent@umn.edu.
Co-sponsored by the Humphrey School of Public Affairs and the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas.
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