Weekly Announcements from B'nai Shalom!

Shabbat Shalom from B'nai Shalom of Olney!

From the Executive Director

Information you need to Know

The ticket lottery has passed, seat assignments have been made. We have limited seating left, please send in your ticket forms now to make sure you have a seat in our main service.

If you made a donation to the Torat Hayim project and have not picked up your certificate yet, they are in the synagogue office. Please see Robin Burstein to pick yours up.

The Early Childhood School is now registering for summer 2013 and the 2013-2014 school year. Click here to register! . Some of the classes are almost to capacity.

Please stop to say to Maryana Harouni, who is our Director of Education and Leydi Solano, who is our Religious School Office Asssitant. They are planning a great year for our students! Religious School registration is now open. Click here to register!

From The Early Childhood School:

The ECS will be having a table at the Olney Farmers Market's Kids Day. We will be selling treats that the ECS campers have made with all proceeds and donations going to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Please stop by and show your support!

We are truly growing! The ECS is hiring an additional two year old teacher and afternoon assistants. If you know someone with early childhood experience who is looking for a job, please have them contact the ECS office as soon as possible.

Do you have extra baskets at home? The ECS is collecting natural baskets of varying sizes, without handles, for their classrooms. Please take a look around your home and bring them to the ECS office. We are very appreciative of the donation!

Save the Dates:

Sunday, August 11 - Olney Farmer's Market ECS Table, 10:00-11:00 AM

Wed. August 14- ECS Splash Party at Fair Hill Shipping Center, 6:30-7:30 PM

Friday, August 16 - Last day of ECS Scientific Terrific Camp

Monday, August 19 - Friday, August 23 - ECS Closed for Staff Training

Friday, August 23 - ECS Back to School Play date

Monday, August 26 - First day of ECS

From the Youth Department:

Save the Dates !!

Registration will be open soon!!

Bonim

What: Come get the Scoop!! Meet our new Bonim advisor Cindy Schuman and enjoy some frozen treats with great friends.

When: September 8, 2013

Where: BSO

Time: 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Cost: Free

What: Work as a Team with Bonim

When: September 22, 2013

Where: BSO

Time: 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Cost: $10 Members

$15 Non -Members

Machar

What: Machar's afternoon of Playground Laser Tag

When: September 29, 2013

Where: BSO's Playground

Time: 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Cost: $12 Members

$18 Non- Members

Kadima

What: Kadima's Outdoor Laser Tag and Lunch in the Sukkah!

When: September 22, 2013

Where: BSO Backyard and Sukkah

Time: 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Cost: $15 Members

$22.50 Non- Members

USY + Kadima

What: Make the Fast Go Faster

When: September 14, 2013 (Yom Kippur)

Time: 1:00 pm - 6:15 pm

Cost: Free

Info: Spend the afternoon playing games and hanging out with your friends. You will be catching up with friends you haven't seen all summer and the fast will be over before you know it.

USY

What: USY Kick-Off Dance

When: September 28, 2013

Time: 8:45 pm - 11:15 pm

Cost: $10

Where:Tikvat Israel

What: Multi-Chapter Roller-Skating Overnight

When: September 28 - 29

Time: 11:30 pm - 8:00 am

Cost: $55 Members

$65 Non-Members

Where: Columbia Supreme Sports

Hinkes Scholar-in-Residence Weekend

Dr. Benjamin Sommer is a...

Professor with the Department of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages at The Jewish Theological Seminary. He joins us for the weekend of August 30 through September 1, 2013 as our Hinkes Scholar-in-Residence.

We will be holding Selihot service together with Kehillat Shalom starting with Havadalah at 8:30 p.m., followed by a study session at 9:00 p.m. with Selihot service starting at 10:00 p.m.

Schedule for the Selihot weekend:

Friday, August 30 after Shabbat services:

"Worshipping With Angels: Psalm 29 and the Kedushah"

Saturday, August 31-

Shabbat morning services:

"What Is the Shema, Anyway?"

Kiddush Konversation:

"Grace and Responsibility: Covenant in the Bible (With a Detour to the New Testament)"

during Selihot services:

"'Who Will Go Up to God's Mountain?': A Close Look at a New Years Psalm"

Sunday, September 1 after minyan:

"The End: Jewish Views of the Afterlife (And What They Tell Us about Judaism)"

Hazzan Geller to Perform at Strathmore

Buy tickets now!

Night of Broken Glass

VOICES OF THE HOLOCAUST

November 10, 2013 @ 7:30 p.m. - The Music at Strathmore

Click here to purchase tickets online or call the

Strathmore Ticket Office at (301) 581- 5100.

There are no group rates/discounts available for this performance. Ticket prices range from $36 to $54.

If you wish to sit with your BSO friends, please arrange to purchase your tickets together

Performed by: cantors, music directors and choirs from the Greater Washington area including our own

Hazzan Sara Geller and
the B'nai Shalom of Olney Choir

B'nai Mitzvah Projects and More!!!

Alana Fader is supporting the Children's Dance Foundation of Birmingham, Alabama. This foundation is a non-profit organization which makes dance classes available to the homeless, needy and under-served population in the Birmingham community. Alana has been dancing since she is 2 and would like to share her joy of dance with everyone - especially those that cannot afford it.

Each September the Children's Dance foundation has a huge fundraiser. They have a bargain basement sale providing gently used dance apparel, dance shoes and dance costumes to those in need at a very low cost. All proceeds from this sale are channeled back into the classes they provide. Alana is hoping that the BSO community will donate their gently worn dance clothes, dance shoes and dance costumes. She will collect everything weekly from the box she will put in the front of the synagogue.

Please help her share the gift of dance with everyone.