October 2007 | Congregation Beth Israel-Judea

10/31 Hebrew School

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:01:05 -0700

4:00 PM.

10/17 Hebrew School

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:01:05 -0700

4:00 PM.

10/10 Hebrew School

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:01:05 -0700

4:00 PM.

10/24 Hebrew School

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:01:05 -0700

4:00 PM.

10/21 Sisterhood Membership Tea Party

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:59:32 -0700

11:30 AM - 5:00 PM.

10/14 Synagogue Sunday Free Family Program

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:52:07 -0700

10:30 AM. “Synagogue Sunday” is a popular monthly program at Congregation Beth Israel-Judea, designed for parents and their preschool-age children. Enjoy music with song-leader Susan on the guitar, a holiday-themed craft project, a healthy snack and time on the playground! This month everyone will make their own mini Torah for a special kids parade.

10/28 Unveiling for Cantor Emeritus Henry Greenberg z"tl

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:48:17 -0700

1:00 PM. Unveiling for Cantor Emeritus Henry Greenberg z''tl, husband of Nancy Greenberg at Salem Memorial Park Cemetery. A reception at BIJ will follow unveiling

Please contact Nancy at 415.566.2040 for more information.

10/28 Religious School

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:48:17 -0700

9:30 AM - 12:00 PM.

10/7 Religious School

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:48:17 -0700

9:30 AM - 12:00 PM.

10/21 Religious School

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:48:17 -0700

9:30 AM - 12:00 PM.

10/14 Religious School

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:48:17 -0700

9:30 AM - 12:00 PM.

10/16 Board of Trustees Meeting

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:44:39 -0700

7:30 PM. The meetings of the Board of Trustees are open to Congregation Beth Israel-Judea members. Please contact President Kathy Chaikin Bernstein if you are thinking of attending and she can fill you in on the protocols.

10/16 Current World Affairs Meeting

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:43:07 -0700

10:30 AM. This discussion group, lead by moderator Eric Gattman, discusses local, national and international issues with emphasis on matters of interest to the Jewish community.

10/12 Erev Shabbat Service

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:37:56 -0700

7:30 PM. Everyone is welcome to be a part of our musical Erev Shabbat service. Please come and pray with Rabbi Rosalind and Cantor Ellen in this wonderful service.

10/26 Erev Shabbat Service & Speakers in conjunction with the New Israel Fund NIForum

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:37:56 -0700

7:30 PM. Everyone is welcome to be a part of our musical Erev Shabbat service. Please come and pray with Rabbi Rosalind and Cantor Ellen in this wonderful service.

BIJ Erev Shabbat NIF Guest Speakers

Following services on Friday night

October 26, 2007 --

In conjunction with the New Israel Fund NIForum Oct 17th-28th 2007,

Congregation Beth Israel Judea is proud to present the following speakers:

Ilana Litvak is the Project Coordinator for the former Soviet Union (FSU) program run by Shatil. She manages proactive work in the field of immigrant youth-at-risk. Prior to working at Shatil, Litvak worked as a coordinator for the Hebrew University's project Perach ("flower" in Hebrew). She was in charge of 60 students who worked with children with social and mental challenges. Litvak was born in the FSU and has lived in Jerusalem since immigrating to Israel in 1987. Following her army service as a research assistant, she received her BA in political science and Middle East studies at the Hebrew University, and subsequently an MA in public policy. She is currently working on her doctoral thesis on the cultural sensitivity of immigrant students' absorption in Israeli high schools.

Since spring of 2007 Becky Buckwald has been the associate director of New Israel Fund's (NIF) San Francisco office. Prior to joining the NIF, she was the San Francisco director of the Jewish Coalition for Literacy. Becky was born and raised in San Francisco, and received her BA in religious studies from the University of California at Santa Barbara. She spent her junior year abroad in Jerusalem After college, Becky returned to Israel to intern at SHAHAR, a grassroots movement devoted to empowerment of at-risk youth-mainly minorities and immigrants-in disadvantaged Israeli neighborhoods. Inspired by that experience, Becky made aliyah and enrolled at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where she received an MA in cultural anthropology. During that time she also continued to work part-time as a grant writer at the New Israel Fund.

10/19 Erev Shabbat Service

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:37:56 -0700

7:30 PM. Everyone is welcome to be a part of our musical Erev Shabbat service. Please come and pray with Rabbi Rosalind and David and Inara Morgenstern in this wonderful service.

10/27 Shabbat Morning Services & Sisterhood Presentation

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:28:42 -0700

10:00 AM. Everyone is welcome to be a part of our exciting and musical minyan. Come and hear Rabbi Rosalind and Cantor Ellen in this wonderful service.

Join us as Sisterhood presents Nancy Greenberg with a special Torah Table Cover in honor of Cantor Emeritus Henry Greenberg z"tl.

10/20 Shabbat Morning Services

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:28:42 -0700

10:00 AM. Everyone is welcome to be a part of our exciting and musical minyan. Come and hear Rabbi Rosalind and Cantor Ellen in this wonderful service.

10/6 Shabbat Morning Services

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:28:42 -0700

10:00 AM. Come celebrate as Jason Cinti becomes Bar Mitzvah. Everyone is welcome to be a part of our exciting and musical minyan. Come and hear Rabbi Rosalind and Cantor Ellen in this wonderful service.

10/13 Luncheon and Q&A with Reconstructionist Rabbi David Teutsch

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:28:42 -0700

12:30PM. After Shabbat morning services everyone is invited to a discussion with Reconstructionist Rabbi David Teutsch, one of the foremost Jewish communal thinkers in America today.

Somewhere between the complete autonomy of the individual Jew (Reform) and the legally binding authority of the rabbi and halakha (Conservative) lies a refreshing approach to Judaism in which democracy and community serve as the foundation for modern Jewish life and practice.

Abridged Biography of Rabbi David Teutsch

Attended a Conservative synagogue as a child in Salt Lake City, UT

BA in Jewish Studies from Harvard University, Boston, MA

Ordination and MA form Hebrew Union College (Reform), New York, NY

After ordination, joined the Conservative Rabbinical Assembly

Later served as Executive Director for the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation

PhD in Organizational Ethics from the Wharton School at University of PA

President, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Philadelphia, PA (1993 - 2002)

Director, Center for Jewish Ethics, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (2002 – present)

Selected Publications of Rabbi David Teutsch

Author, Spiritual Community: The Power to Restore Hope, Commitment and Joy (2005)

Editor, Behoref Hayamim: In the Winter of Life: A Values-Based Jewish Guide for Decision-Making at the End of Life (2002)

Editor, Imagining the Jewish Future (1992)

Reconstructionist Guides to Jewish Practice

Editor in Chief, Kol Haneshamah Reconstructionist prayer book series (7 volumes)

10/27 Tot Shabbat Morning with Jonathan Bayer

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:28:42 -0700

11:00 AM. For the very youngest kids in the congregation, Tot Shabbat helps develop a love of Torah and for the synagogue. It's a "holy ride" of a service conducted by storyteller and educator Jonathan Bayer in parallel with our regular Shabbat morning service.

Tot Shabbat features plushy Torahs, tons of guitar music, along with unbridled dancing and praying. Parents, grandparents and children sing, play instruments, say blessings, share "wine," challah and an Kiddush. It's a great experience.

10/13 Shabbat Morning Services

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:28:42 -0700

10:00 AM. Everyone is welcome to be a part of our exciting and musical minyan. Come and hear Rabbi Rosalind and Cantor Ellen in this wonderful service.

10/27 Shabbat Morning Torah Study

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:23:37 -0700

9:00 AM. Please join Rabbi Rosalind and a devoted group of Torah learners to study the weekly parshah. And there are free bagels, cream cheese and coffee for the group. Everyone is welcome and you don't need to know Hebrew or Aramaic.

10/6 Shabbat Morning Torah Study

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:23:37 -0700

10/13 Shabbat Morning Torah Study

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:23:37 -0700

10/20 Shabbat Morning Torah Study

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:23:37 -0700

10/5 Family Pot Luck Dinner

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:18:42 -0700

6:30 PM. We start off the First Friday Shabbat Service with a wonderful and warm pot luck dinner (dairy or veggie). For more information, please contact the office or Reeva Safford.

10/5 First Friday Family Shabbat Service

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:16:29 -0700

7:30 PM. Please join our dynamic and exciting First Friday Family Shabbat service, lead by Rabbi Rosalind and song leader Ira Scott Levin.

10/4 Simchat Torah Celebration & Consecration Service

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:11:57 -0700

6:30 PM. We cordially invite you to our 5768 Simchat Torah Celebration & Consecration Service, welcoming new students and families to the BIJ community. Please join Rabbi Rosalind and Cantor Schwab in this joyous celebration of the ending and new beginning of the annual Torah reading cycle.

New Religious School students will receive a special certificate.

If you've never experienced the unwinding of the Torah, you will see something special!

10/4 Shemini Atzeret/Yizkor Holiday Services

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:07:59 -0700

10:00 AM. Rabbi Rosalind and David Morgenstern, our lay cantorial soloist, welcome all to attend this holiday morning service.