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April 26th 2014 - 26th of Nisan 5774
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Candlelighting - 7:51 pm
Havdalah - 8:54 pm
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Beth Jacob's Harold & Mickey Smith
Scholar-in-Residence Weekend
 From the Depths of the Well:
Adventures in Jewish Mysticism
with Rabbi Arthur Green
Shabbat & Sunday morning
May 23-25, 2014
Friday Night
- 6 pm: Kabbalat Shabbat
- 7 pm: Shabbat Dinner
- 8 pm: A Mystical Life: Rabbi Arthur Green tells his Story
Shabbat Morning
- D'var Torah in Shul
- 1 pm: Judaism through a Mystical Lens
Sunday
- 9 am: Minyan
- 10 am: Brunch
- 10:45 am: Jewish Mysticism for the Contemporary Jew
 Rabbi Arthur Green, a nationally recognized historian of Jewish religion and a theologian, is the founding dean of Hebrew College's Rabbinical School and now serves as its rector. He has lectured widely and taught Jewish mysticism, Hasidism and theology to several generations of students at the University of Pennsylvania; the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, where he served as both dean and president; Brandeis University; and Hebrew College. Green is the founder of Havurat Shalom, an egalitarian Jewish community in Somerville, Mass., and remains a leading independent figure in the Jewish renewal movement. He is the author of more than a dozen books.
Join us to learn more before Rabbi Green's visit:
- Shabbat morning, May 10:
D'var Torah learning on Neo-Hasidic Judaism - Shabbat afternoon, May 17:
After-kiddush discussion on a selection of Rabbi Green's writings. Click here to download articles.
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June 15, 4-8:30 pm
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K'tanim Shabbat Dinner
Friday, April 25, 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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With Rabbi Lynn Liberman
Shabbat mornings, 9:15-10 AM
Future dates: May 10, 31
Join Rabbi Lynn Liberman to discuss the weekly Torah portion through the lens of thought-provoking commentaries.
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Making Your Tallit
For B'nai Mitzvah Families, or Anyone Interested
Shabbat Afternoon, April 26, 1-3 pm
 Learn: What is a tallit? Why do we wear them? Why the sacred macram�?
With Rabbi Emma in the Chapel. After the workshop, we'll let loose with some games.
Sunday afternoon, June 1, 1-5 pm
Do: Make your own tallit!
Led by Maxine Rosenthal and a team of able crafty volunteers.
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No Talmud Class Monday
There will be no Talmud class this Monday, April 28.
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Ozi veZimrat Yah!
God is my Strength and my Song: Meet to Praise God with Harmony!
Do you enjoy singing liturgical rounds and chants in harmony with other singers? If so, please meet after Kiddush to make harmony together with a focus on prayer and praise.
Do you have a song to teach & lead or a song request? If so, please contact Pam Winthrop Lauer by Sun., April 20th. Feel free to be in touch with ideas or questions.
Childcare will be available.
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Taking Measure of Our Souls
with Sara Lynn Newberger
Thursday evenings at 7 PM
during Sefirat Haomer:
May 8, 15 & 22
 As we journey from Pesach to Shavuot, we will explore our middot, our qualities of being, to prepare ourselves to receive Torah.
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Social Justice Shabbat
Saturday, May 10
On May 10, the Social Justice Committee will hold a kickoff event for this year's Project Ruth. The Ruth Fund will provide food for families of migrant workers.
Learn about: - Migrant workers
- Food nutrition
- Community-sustained agriculture
Hear stories of real families of the workers who pick your food, and taste the difference!
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Pictures of the Week
K'tanim went to the Como Zoo, and the 20s/30s Group had a Pizza Cook-off!
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Beth Jacob Info:
Calendar
(Link active after 2 pm Fri.)
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In This Issue:
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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: May 3, 17 _________________________________ Click link above for more info! |
Kehillat
Shabbat
This is a "B" week for Kehillat Shabbat Madrichim.
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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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 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 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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Interfaith Community Dialogue (ICD) Presentation
 Join other Beth Jacob members when Dr. Adil Ozdemir, co-director of the Muslim Christian Dialogue Center , University of St. Thomas, will speak at a public meeting sponsored by ICD. Dr. Ozdemir will discuss forms of interfaith dialogue on Monday, April 28, 7 p.m., at the Burnsville Mosque, 1351 Riverwood Dr., Burnsville, on the north side of Hwy. 13, between County Road 11 and 12th Avenue South.
Questions? E-mail or call Belina Reisman, 952-857-9069
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Finding Meaning in a Family's Past
Wednesday, May 7,
 Admission is $10 ($5 for students). Sign language interpretation is available upon request with ten days advance notice.
Actor/playwright Sun Mee Chomet reads excerpts from her new script about her Viennese Jewish grandfather who was forced to flee Austria prior to the Nazi incursion. Moderator Samuel Norich, publisher of The Jewish Daily Forward, leads discussion after the performance.
Click here to purchase tickets online or contact the Rimon office at 952-381-3449.
This Salon is co-sponsored by The Jewish Daily Forward, Playwrights' Center, and the Jewish Community Relations Council. The Rimon Artist Salon series is funded in part by the Tychman Shapiro Gallery of the Sabes JCC.
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The History of Invulnerability
 Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster were teenagers living in Cleveland, Ohio when they created Superman. After a string of rejections, the mobster Lucky Luciano and his friend, smut publisher Harry Donenfeld, decided to start Action Comics and selected Superman for the lead feature. Embraced by both children and adults, Superman grew to iconic status amidst life of the depression and W.W.II. Based on true events, this intriguing new play tells the tumultuous story, intertwining the events of a world in strife, a place where even Superman has his limits.
- Opening April 19, 2014
- Closing May 11, 2014
Playing Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 pm; Saturdays at 8 pm, and Sundays at 1 pm
There will be one Sunday evening performance on April 20 at 7 pm
Audio description on Sunday, April 27 at 1 pm
All performances will be held at the Hillcrest Center Theater
1978 Ford Parkway, St. Paul, MN 55116
To purchase tickets call 651-647-4315 or fill out the online order form
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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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