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February 21st, 2015 - 2nd of Adar, 5775
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Candlelighting: 5:29 pm
Havdalah: 6:31 pm
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Wednesday Evening, March 4
For the 29th year in a row, Beth Jacob Congregation is celebrating Purim with our own style of Mendota Megillah Madness! This year Beth Jacob transforms into a Speakeasy as we as we remember Prohibition!
 - PURIM SHPIEL
After the Megillah
A campy musical tribute to Purim and Super Heroes!
- PURIM DANCE PARTY
After the Shpiel
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 MINYAN AND MEGILLAH
7:00 am
- BETH JACOB'S PURIM CARNIVAL
 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Booths, games, crafts, food, and prizes! Proceeds benefit Beth Jacob Youth Programs. Costumes welcome; Canned food is being collected.
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Saturday, Feb. 21
During Shul:  Paul Maccabee will speak about Prohibition, Jewish gangsters of the 1930s, Minneapolis Godfather Isadore "Kid Cann" Blumenfeld and other notorious topics, in anticipation of Purim! After Kiddush:  How do the people of a small town react when a holocaust denier and anti-Jewish conspiracy theorist is invited to speak in their town? How does one voice moral opposition without running afoul of a commitment to free speech? Come join a discussion following up on events in Northfield!
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An Introduction to Classic Jewish Texts
 Want to jump-start your knowledge of basic Jewish learning? Discover the foundations of Judaism? Come to learn about classic texts. No need to register- just show up! - Feb. 22 The SIDDUR - Rabbi Shosh Dworsky
This class is free and open to the community.
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20s/30s Hamentaschen Baking
 Sunday, Feb. 22, 4-6 pm
 Come join the Beth Jacob 20s/30s group to bake hamentaschen- no experience necessary!
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Last Shabbat of the Month!
After Kiddush at 12:45 pm
Everyone truly is welcome! Sing to praise G-d, to open your heart, to make something beautiful together, or all of the above. The focus is on liturgical songs with harmony, chants, rounds, and niggunim.
Please volunteer to lead a song or make a song request a week and a half ahead of the date, so Aaron Hodge Silver, our songbook designer, can get it ready. Questions, comments, requests, and to VOLUNTEER TO LEAD A SONG, call or e-mail Pam Winthrop Lauer: wpdj@usfamily.net, 952-432-7038.
Childcare will be available.
*Ozi v'Zimrat Yah = G-d is my Strength and my Song.
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New Ramah Scholarship
We are excited to announce the establishment of the new Beth Jacob-Ramah Campership Fund, an incentive scholarship fund for new and returning campers from Beth Jacob to attend Camp Ramah in Wisconsin. Elyse Rabinowitz and Jim Porter, who are actively involved in both Beth Jacob and Ramah, are motivated to see a new generation of Beth Jacob families become involved with Camp Ramah in Wisconsin programs, and encourage others to join in support of the Beth Jacob-Ramah Campership Fund. We extend our sincere gratitude to Elyse and Jim for their generosity.
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Contemplative Chanting
With Sara Lynn Newberger &
Rabbi Emma Kippley-Ogman
Second Thursdays | 7-8 PM at Beth Jacob
(3/12, 5/14, and 6/11)
Singing is a physical experience, involving breath and muscles, ears and mouths. When we are touched by the music, the whole of our bodies come into play. When we sing with others, we are connected by and within the music. In chanting, we sing a melody multiple time giving us time to enter the chant as its melody (and words) enter us, feeling ever more deeply the effect of the music in each repetition. Chanting is a form of meditation that opens the doors of the heart, it focuses attention on the present moment, the place where the Divine Presence can be experienced. Whether wordless or with words, repetition of the chant helps clear the mind of chatter, and connects us to each other and the Divine. Allowing some quiet between the chants or niggunim enables us to absorb the energy of the chant.
Join us on Thursday evenings as we ready our hearts for Shabbat. No experience or prior knowledge is required. Co-sponsored with Hineini, A Center for Adult Jewish Learning and Contemplative Practices at the Talmud Torah of St. Paul. There is no set cost for these sessions, though donations will be accepted.
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Beth Jacob Info:
Calendar
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Mishloach Manot Drivers Needed!
March 1st
It's that time of year again for those boxes of yummy goodies to be delivered for Purim! We once again will need about 40 volunteers to help out with this great mitzvah.
Pickup will be on Sunday, March 1 at Beth Jacob between Noon and 2 pm. Deliveries should be made on Sunday, or by Tuesday at the latest.
RSVP at the Facebook Event,
or contact Frances.
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Inclusion Committee
It could include you!
The Inclusion Committee has exciting plans for 2015 and is looking for new members! Are you a stakeholder in the Inclusion discussion? Are you passionate about inclusion at Beth Jacob? We are hoping to do much of our work through e-mail, so don't let the fear of committee meetings scare you off. Join us!
Contact Rachel Hertel,
Inclusion Chair: rachel.hertel@gmail.com;
651-335-4149
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Tefillah Notes Launch!
Want to learn about Jewish prayer? Deepen your understanding of the liturgy? Beginning the week of February 22 (in print on Shabbat, February 28), look for Beth Jacob Tefillah Notes, a weekly commentary assembled by folks in our community on prayers of their choosing. Want to get involved? Learn more at Beth-Jacob.org/TNotes (or e-mail Ann Silver and Jonathan Ehrlich at tefillahnotes@beth-jacob.org).
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 Adult Jewish Learning
Ongoing Classes
 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 from 3-4 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
Join Rabbi Lynn Liberman to discuss the weekly Torah portion through the lens of thought-provoking commentaries.
Class meets on 2nd & 4th Saturday mornings in the chapel:
Mar. 7, 14, 28; Apr. 11, 25; May 9, 23
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The Book of Esther: Uncensored
Rabbi Yosi Gordon
Open to the Community Member Fee:$12, Non-Member Fee: $18
Register by calling 651-698-0751
A wickedly clever satire about corruption, power, sexism and scandal? That's the story of Esther in the Bible. Set in the ancient Persian empire, it's a story that speak to contemporary issues like no other ancient text. We'll read selections from the unexpurgated Scroll of Esther and see that it is, despite its biting humor, a serious study of values in conflict in a modern, urban society.
For more information please contact Beth Friend, Adult Program Coordinator at 651-255-4735 or bfriend@stpauljcc.org |
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