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July 18th, 2015 - 2nd of Av, 5775
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Candlelighting: 8:37 pm
Havdalah: 9:37 pm
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Social Justice Committee The Need for Social Justice Doesn't Stop for the Summer
 Be sure to attend services this Shabbat, July 18 and stay for an enlightening presentation and discussion relating to the Migrant Family Food Fund. Our speakers for the event will be Steve Krikava and Colleen Mariarty. Steve is on the Mazon Board of Directors and is a Co-Chair of the Mazon Advocacy Project of MN. Colleen Mariarty is representing Hunger Solutions MN which is a major Mazon grantee. Colleen is also very active on the Child Nutrition Program issue. They will be giving an update on MAP, the current status of the Child Nutrition Act, actions that individual can take to support passage of CNA, discuss other hunger related issues that are Mazon priorities and answer questions.
Also, Jewish Community Action has asked for Beth Jacob's help to create a Jewish community action plan to address income inequality nationally and locally. Several house parties are being organized by zip code for July and early August to start planning a strategy. Watch for your invitation soon! Or make sure that you get into the action by contacting Jo Pasternack (651-994-9793) or Pete Magee (651-227-4119) to find a party near your home. |
Sephardic Summer Movies
7 pm Wednesdays
Stories not to be missed!
July 22 at 7 p.m. - Enemies, A Love Story, based on a novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer, starring Ron Silver and Anjelica Huston. The story follows Holocaust survivor Herman Broder from Poland to New York. Alan Block will lead the discussion.
 July 29 at 7 p.m. - In the Shadow of the Acropolis, the story of Esther Winthrop and her family and their experiences in Greece in the years leading up to the Holocaust and beyond. August 5 at 7 p.m. - The Wedding Song, starring Lizzie Brochere and Simon Abkarian. The story of two young women, one Jewish and one Arab, in Tunis, Tunisia, during the Nazi occupation. Alan Block will lead the discussion.
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Sephardic Summer
Study Group
7 pm Tuesday, July 21
No need to register, just come!
 Learn how the Sephardim flourished in Spain for hundreds of years, culminating in the Golden Age and ending with the expulsion in 1492. Trace their history in a study group that will use podcasts created by Benjamin Gampel, professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary and a Beth Jacob scholar in residence. We'll watch the podcasts and discuss them. D. Marcos Vital and Penny Simison will facilitate the discussion.
- July 21 - The Inquisition and the Expulsion
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Iyunim & Kehillat Shabbat
Register for Fall
Please join our learning community! Don't forget to register your children for activities and education at Beth Jacob:
 Your children are the priority in youth learning at Beth Jacob. We foster their Jewish identity and strengthen their place in Jewish community through text, art, song, tefillah, and activities. We look forward to learning and growing with your children.
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Contemplative Chanting
With Sara Lynn Newberger
Second Thursdays | 7-8 PM at Beth Jacob
August 13
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 Reads a Book
A GUIDE FOR THE PERPLEXED
By Dara Horn
Join the discussion! August 15, after kiddush Led by Lydia Schultz In Cairo, during Egypt's post-revolutionary chaos, the lives of three people intersect - medieval philosopher Moses Maimonides, English professor Solomon Schechter in his hunt for the Cairo genizah, and software prodigy Josie Ashkenazi, who's invented an application that records everything its users do. What Schechter finds, as he tracks down documents in the genizah, will reveal the power and perils of what Josie's ingenious work brings into being: a world where nothing is forgotten. A Guide for the Perplexed tells the story of Josie's abduction while working at an an Egyptian library. Her talent for preserving memories becomes a surprising test of her empathy and her only means of escape. Copies of the book are available to borrow in the shul office.
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Shabbat, July 25
After Kiddush
Who are the Sephardim?
Dr. Daniel Schroeter
Daniel J. Schroeter is the Amos S. Deinard Memorial Chair in Jewish History at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. He has published widely on the Jews of Morocco and the Islamic world. His books include The Sultan's Jew: Morocco and the Sephardi World (Stanford University Press, 2002), and Merchants of Essaouira: Urban Society and Imperialism in Southwestern Morocco, 1844-1886 (Cambridge University Press, 1988); both books were translated to Arabic and published in Morocco
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Deadline Monday! Twins Game
Tuesday, August 11 Tailgating at 5:30, Game starts at 7:10
The kids are back from camp- bring 'em along as we watch the Twins play the Rangers. And come by early for free parking and tailgating at Chestnut Cambronne, courtesy of Stuart Bear!
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Name Artwork
Help us celebrate 30 years! Support Beth Jacob, and be a permanent part of a piece of art Congregational Educator D.Marcos Vital is creating to commemorate our 30th Anniversary. Your and/or your immediate families' name/s will be incorporated into an original piece of art commemorating our 30th Anniversary, to be displayed in the Beth Jacob lobby!
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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. Monday Night Talmud is on summer hiatus.  Parashat HaShavuah: Tuesday Afternoons With Rabbi Allen from 3-4 pm Study of this week's Torah portion.
 Bracha and Bagel: Wednesday Mornings With David Rischall 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.
Jew in the Pew is on hiatus, and will resume in August as below.
Class meets on 2nd & 4th Saturday mornings in the chapel.
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Scholarship
This scholarship is for male students that are attending the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. To apply for this scholarship, it is not a requirement that you be interested in Alpha Epsilon Pi, or Greek Life at all. This scholarship is simply Alpha Epsilon Pi's way of saying thank you to the community for raising men who live up to our core values by promoting the advancement of the Jewish community and its values. The scholarship will be up to 500 dollars and will be awarded in the Fall of 2015. The deadline to apply for this scholarship is November 1, 2015.
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