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July 25, 2015 - 9th of Av, 5775
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Candlelighting: 8:31 pm
Havdalah: 9:31 pm
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Post-Kiddush Learning
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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 Sephardic Summer Movies
7 pm Wednesdays
 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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 Gleeda (ice cream) Sundae Sunday
August 2 at 2:30 pm
Minnehaha Falls Playground
 A chance for young families to get to know Rabbi Tamar.
Ice cream and toppings will be provided.
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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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Elul Writing Workshop: Prepare Your Heart for Teshuva
Wednesdays at 7 pm during the month of Elul
Aug. 19, 26; Sept. 2, 9
 At the start of Elul we begin our yearly process of reflection on ourselves and our relationships. While Yom Kippur marks the culmination of this period of reflection, it isn't meant to be a one-day process. It takes time to heal from the sorrows of the past year, to reflect on our mistakes, to forgive ourselves and to forgive others. If on Yom Kippur we are to receive a clean slate, it helps to clear out the negative energy that has accumulated over the last year and think of ways to move forward. One way to enter into such a process is through reflective writing. We'll meet once a week throughout the month of Elul and prompts will be provided. Please bring a notebook and your favorite pen. You will not be required to share your writing with the group.
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Hebrew Class
READ THE MAHZOR
THIS ROSH HASHANAH AND YOM KIPPUR
 You know your aleph-bet. Do you want to improve on it, gaining confidence in reading the machzor in time for the new year?
Practice the prayers in the mahzor before the beginning of the high holidays. Three classes - Sunday, Aug. 23, and Sunday, Aug. 30, from 10 to 11:30 a.m., and Wednesday, Sept. 2, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Each meeting will be different; feel free to attend as few or as many as your schedule permits.
Lisa Hoff will teach these sessions. She is a longtime student of Hebrew who has taught the Hebrew reading crash course at Beth Jacob for many years. For more information, contact her at lisaannehoff@hotmail.com.
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We will be cleaning the Coat Room late next week. Whatever clothing or other items that are not claimed will be donated to a local charity. Please stop by and take a quick look. Thanks!
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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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