Thursday, April 2

Search for Hametz after Sundown

Friday, April 3

6:45 a.m. - Siyum Bekhorim (First Born), Minyan, Study & Breakfast

8:30 a.m. - Last Chance to Sell Hametz

9:30 a.m. - Bi'ur Hametz

Erev Pesah

7:15 p.m. - Candle Lighting

First Seder- No evening services at BSO

Saturday, April 4

9:00 a.m. - Shabbat/1st day Pesah Morning Services

Second Seder- No evening services at BSO

8:15 pm - Candle Lighting

Sunday, April 5

9:15 a.m. - 2nd day Pesah Morning Services

Monday, April 6 (Hol Ha'Mo-ed Pesah)

7:30 p.m. - Minyan 

PASSOVER WINE SALE - LAST SUNDAY

If you have wondered what can you do to make a difference and receive value in return, our Passover Wine Fundraiser is for YOU!!

Whether you need wine for your Seder and/or will be attending a Seder with friends and/or family, think of supporting our Passover Wine Fundraiser. We have over 20 different varieties of red, wine and traditional wines, all appropriate for this holiday as well as all year round.

Sunday March 29th and open in the lobby at 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM. 

For more information, contact Stephen Leavey

Download the Order Form

Order Online

SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER

Saturday 3/28 during Shabbat AM services

Ilan Berman, BSO congregant, author, and Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council

Topic: "Policy and Security Implications of the Israeli Elections"

Ilan Berman is Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington, DC. An expert on regional security in the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Russian Federation, he has consulted for both the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and the U.S. Department of Defense, and provided assistance on foreign policy and national security issues to a range of governmental agencies and congressional offices. He has been called one of America's "leading experts on the Middle East and Iran" by CNN.

SOCIAL ACTION

BSO cooks and serves dinner the third Wednesday each month to the 30 homeless women who stay at Sophia House. Sophia House is under the umbrella of Interfaith Works, a Montgomery County organization. We coordinate the schedule of meals for our congregation.  The shelter is located off of Parklawn Dr. in Rockville.

We are seeking volunteers for August, September & October Requirements include food for 30: 2 entrees, 2 side dishes, dessert/fruit & drinks.

Please contact Meredith Gavin Singer via email, or 301-792-5509, if you are interested in coordinating or contributing food toward a meal on one of those dates.

Follow BSO Social Action & Community Service on Facebook.

ADULT EDUCATION

Hebrew for Beginners

Mondays 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM

If you are interested in finding out more about the class or signing up, please RSVP to Rabbi Sunshine at rabbi.sunshine@bnaishalomofolney.org.

Praying with Purpose-taught by Rabbi Sunshine

Are you looking for a richer prayer experience?  Trying to get a better understanding of how our prayer services developed and what themes our prayer liturgy is attempting to address?  This class will take an in-depth look through the medium of Jewish texts and the siddur (prayer book) at many issues regarding prayer, both historical and practical.  Topics include origins of prayer, the synagogue, and the siddur, kippah, tallit and tefillin, the structure and order of our services, meaning of individual prayers, etc.  Class begins with minyan at 7:30 PM.  All backgrounds welcome! 

Tuesday evenings, 7:30-9:15 PM

Course dates: 4/14, 4/21, 4/28, 5/5, 5/12, 5/19

RELIGIOUS SCHOOL
  

Sunday, 3/29

6th Grade Model Seder

Club Sababa

Sunday, 4/5-4/12

No School, Pesach Break

Wednesday, 4/15

Erev Yom Hashoa

Shabbat, 4/18 

Minyan Katan, Minyan Beyachad

Sunday, 4/19

6th Grade in Philadelphia

Wednesday, 4/22

Yom Hazikaron, Erev Yom HaAtzmaut

Sunday, 4/26

5th Grade Israel Program

Teacher Appreciation Luncheon

Club Sababa

EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL

Contact Information:

Early Childhood School Office 301-570-0699

www.ECSolney.org

Beth Hoch, Early Childhood Education Director

bhoch@bnaishalomofolney.org

Sandy Weiss, Early Childhood School Office Manager

sweiss@bnaishalomofolney.org

Thursday Torah with Rabbi Sunshine 

Thursdays, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

JTS Day of Learning in Maryland

Sunday, April 26, 1:00-5:30 PM at Har Shalom

Co-sponsored by B'nai Shalom of Olney and many other local shuls.

Topic:  "What is the Good Life?  Happiness and Fulfillment in the Jewish Tradition"

A celebration of adult Jewish learning featuring outstanding faculty and fellows from the Jewish Theological Seminary. 

Registration $36 in advance, $54 at the door, free childcare available with registration by 3/30.  Click through the link for more details and registration information.

Sunday, April 19, 7:15 PM

St. Peter's Parish Hall, 2900 Olney-Sandy Spring Road (behind the playground)

Arranged

Two faiths, two women and their friendship. Shared values bridge the faith divide in an unexpected way.   www.arrangethemovie.com

Come watch this independent film that depicts the lives of two young women (Jewish and Muslim) of marriageable age as they interact with their families and faith traditions while developing a deep friendship. Over refreshments, we will share our own experiences with supporting marriage in our faith traditions. Join us and make a new friend!!

Science and Judaism Presentation

Sunday, March 29, 7:00 PM at Temple Beth Ami

Does adversity during fetal development and in early childhood produce vulnerability to serious medical illness in later life?  Emerging evidence is increasingly clear that there is a powerful link, suggesting that vast numbers of people reach adulthood with a largely hidden set of risk factors.

Dr. David Reiss, Professor at Yale Medical School, and Dr. Stephen Suomi, Chief, Laboratory of Comparative Ethology at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, will discuss their international, interdisciplinary collaboration aimed at uncovering the mechanisms that underly the linkage.  The ultimate goal is to develop therapies to weaken or break those connections.

Rabbis George Driesen and Jack Luxemburg will discuss the relationship between this endeavor and the concept of Tikkun Olam.  Sunday evening, March 29th at Temple Beth Ami.

For more information please go to: www.scienceandjudaism.org/events/

For questions please email isj@verizon.net. 

Your vote matters!  Vote MERCAZ USA in the ongoing WZO elections!

This Shabbat we mark the start of a new month as we start a new book of the Torah. Take 5 minutes this week to support MERCAZ's platform in the World Zionist Congress elections: progressive environmentalism in Israel, pluralistic-egalitarian religious options and Israeli government funding for the schools and institutions of Conservative/Masorti Movement. Help build our Israel. Our votes for MERCAZ Slate #2 can change the way Conservative Jews are represented in our Israel.

It takes about 5 mintues to impact Israel. Go to  votemercaz.org and vote MERCAZ Slate #2. [$10 fee to the election company; $5 for those ages 18-30].

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Thank you to this week's volunteers: