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In This Issue
Shabbat Schedule
InterFaith Advocacy Day
Marriage Equality Lobby Day
Survey
VOLUNTEER
Events & Services
Kabbalat Shabbat
PURIM
*New* Classifieds - Please review
Adult Education

Shabbat Schedule

Kabbalat Shabbat Service in the Beit Midrash
Candlelighting for February 10th is at 5:06pm
Kabbalat Shabbat Services at 5:30-6:30pm
Jordan Richmond - Kabbalat Shabbat Leader /David Kintzer - Maariv


Shabbat Morning Services in the Sanctuary at 9:30 am
Yitro
Exodus 19:1 - 20:22
Haftarah:  Isaiah 6:1-7:6; 9:5-9:6
Bar Mitzvah of Jordan Richmond
This week's Kiddush is Hosted by Elizabeth & Lorne Richmond


Shabbat Babysitting at 10:15am in Room 4/5


Learner's Minyan with Ron Schneeweiss from 10:30-11:15am in the Beit Midrash


FDI (Future Daveners of Israel) - kids ages 3-6 from 10:45am in Room 1
Kid's Kehilla - kids ages 7-11 from 10:45am in Room 2


Kiddush Co-op from 1:00-2:00pm in the open space downstairs 

InterFaith Advocacy Day

  

 

Tuesday, 2/14 from 8:30am-3:30pm in Olympia at United Churches of Olympia, 110 11th Ave SE, Olympia, WA

 

Beth Shalom, along with Herzl-Ner Tamid and our fellow Reform Temples in Seattle, as part of the Faith Action Network, are participating in an Interfaith lobby day in Olympia on issues connected to social services and welfare in the state.  

We encourage your participation.  Click here for more information and registration materials.  

 

Please let Sandy know if you plan to attend so we can help organize carpools.

 

Questions? Email fan@fanwa.org or call 206-625-9790.

 

Marriage Equality

Lobby Day

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Thursday, 2/16 from 10am-3pm in Olympia
You can register here and you can share the link with others too.

 

Join the celebration and thank the Legislature. 

If you want to join a carpool or wish to offer a ride from CBS contact Sandy Sloane at 206-524-0075.

 

 

North End Eruv  
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 Gift Cards

Many thanks for your ongoing participation in this important program. 

 

If you have any questions about the Beth Shalom gift cards, please contact Marjie Cogan in the office or Kevin Coskey HERE.

 
Survey Regarding Hebrew High

Dear Families and Teens,

 

The Community High School of Jewish Studies, or Hebrew High, is going through changes. For the past 35 years there has been a Jewish high school educational program in Seattle.   Educators and sociologists place a high value on the role of formal Jewish learning for teenagers.  

Your input is needed to shape this new program.  What is important to your family and your student?  We want to know!  It is vital that we gain insight from parents and students alike.   

Please take part in our survey and ask your student to fill it out as well. Everyone who completes the survey by Jan. 30, 2012 will be entered in a drawing to win a $25 Starbucks or iTunes gift card. 

 

Please click on the link HERE and fill out our short survey.

 

Shabbas Chefs Cook-At-Home Cookbook is a go!
 
We've got 4 volunteers for a committee; now we need someone to take the lead. Can you? If you are interested, let's talk about it...Contact Judith Benjamin at
206-525- 7791.

 

Community & Volunteer Opportunities

 

Bake Delicious Hamantaschen

For Beth Shalom's Purim Festivities
 
Join Karen McGonigle,
Joani Diskin-Saran,
and Edith Horn
in the CBS Kitchen.
 

Tuesday, February 28 10am-2pm

Wednesday, February 29 10am-2pm 

Contact Carol Benedick at 206.524.0075 ext 2504 or here.

 

Wanted: Editor/Writer for the Ruach Hamah
This is not a joke.  Resurrect the Ruach Hamah, Beth Shalom's Purim spoof newsletter.  If you've got a hankering to write some satire, or, better yet, put the whole thing together, please let us know, here.

General Help

We could use help posting events to web calendars, bing, google, etc.  Are you a Social Networking Maven?

 

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Best Congregation in 2011 - voted in the JT News

February 10, 2012

Upcoming Events
 

 

 Scholar in Residence Weekend Highlights Include:

  • Is Religion Good or Bad for the World? A text study of Alenu L'Shabeach & John Lennon's "Imagine"
  • From Bernie Madoff to Strauss Kahn: Are people sinning more now than ever and, if so, why?
  • Respect for Elders & Parents: Are There Limits?
  • Are the Ten Commandments Jewish?
  • The Final Four Playoffs - of Mitzvot? Get Ready for Purim!

Friday dinner: $15/member, $25/non-member
Sunday lunch: $10/member, $15/non-member
Kids 3 and under are free
Pillars: Commit to the whole weekend of meals and study and take Adult Education Prep classes free.

If you would like Shabbat hospitality or to offer Shabbat hospitality during Scholar in Residence weekend, please contact: CBSHosts@Coryfreedman.com

Jewish Educators take note!  JEC Clock hours are available for Friday and Saturday Scholar in Residence programs.

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New Thursday Maariv Minyan - 7:30pm

Have you been wanting to come for an evening minyan but been unable to make it on Mondays?  We're trying out a new minyan on Thursday evenings at 7:30pm in the Sanctuary.  Please join us.  

             

An Evening of Hands-On Art with Three Artists from Israel
Saturday, 2/11 from 7:15-9:30pm at Beth Shalom
Loosen your creative juices and learn mandala

how to do Mandela drawings on canvas.

Mandela art is an East Indian art that

Jews from India have brought to Israel.
No charge for this Adults Only event.

Due to limited space, pre-registration is

required.  Register at www.bethshalomseattle.org on our calendar.
The artists have been brought here as part of the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle's partnership with the town of Kiryat Malachi and the area of Hof Ashkelon. To learn more about

the partnership, please go to: http://tips-kmha.blogspot.com

 

Guest Darshan - Ran Bar-Yoshafat, the 2012 StandWithUs Shaliach

Shabbat, 2/18

Ran Bar-Yoshafat is StandWithUs Northwest's 2012 Shaliach (Israeli representative). He will be working with us in the Seattle area until June 2012, talking and teaching about Israel, providing forums for dialogue, presenting an Israeli's perspective on his country and the Mideast conflict.

For more information click here.

 

CBS Blood Drive

Sunday, 2/19 from 10am-4pm

The Puget Sound Blood Center will park their Blood Mobile across the street in front of the public library.

For more information or to make an appointment, contact Sheryl Kipnis at CBSblooddrive@gmail.com.

 

This is not a Beth Shalom Event, but all are welcome

Caring for someone with memory loss?

Tuesday, 2/21 from 1:00-2:30pm

The Alzheimer's Association is bringing their Family Caregiver Support Group Meeting to Beth Shalom on Tuesday, February 21, 1-2:30pm for a Special Presentation on Financial and Legal Planning by Janet Smith, Elder Law Attorney.

All are welcome.  For details, please contact Linda Whiteside, 206.363.5500 ext 237
 

Meet Nigel Savage - founder of Hazon
Shabbat, February 25 - D'var & Beit Midrash Talk
Nigel Savage is the founder of Hazon (Hebrew for "vision"), a Jewish nonprofit based in NYC that runs the largest faith-based community-supported agriculture program (CSA,) in the country. The group pairs synagogues with nearby farmers to provide locally grown food for more than 4,000 families, and donates any leftovers to the poor-this year it expects to give away 30,000 pounds' worth.
On Shabbat he will be giving the D'var Torah at CBS on the subject of "What's happening in the Jewish Food Movement and the application of Jewish values and  ethics in the realm of food".  After Kiddush He will lead a discussion and teaching on "Jewish Environmentalism: What's to be done today?"
 
 

Tot Shabbat 

Upcoming dates - 3/3, 4/7
1st Shabbat monthly 11:00-11:30am in Room 2
A community-led, interactive celebration for children ages 0-3 and their parents. Join us monthly for songs, stories, and snack. All are welcome. For more information email Irit Eliav HERE.

Kabbalat Shabbat at Beth Shalom

February 10 Song Lover's Shabbat- Come for an evening of harmonizing and table banging. All ages.  Services from 5:30-6:30pm  .

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February 25 - Study Shabbat- A question is posed in advance and a few people bring insights on the question. Services from 5:30-6:30pm.    

 

Starting March 2, Kabbalat Shabbat services will be from 6:00-7:00pm.

Purim

Purim is March 7-8. Join us for music by the Klez Katz, a costume parade, the Not Ready for High Holidays Purim Players, the Great Hamantaschen vs. Latke debate, the Purim Carnival, Homemade Hamantaschen, and of course, the Megillah Reading!

 If you have young children come early for Purim Katan.  We'll have So

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