Almost all members who borrowed mahzorim have now returned them. If you are among the few who have yet to return your borrowed mahzorim, please bring them to the synagogue during regular office hours (see below). Please be sure to check them IN with the office, so we can "check your names off the list". Books go back into storage, so we appreciate your returns in the next week. Thank you!
This Week at B'nai Tikvah
Regular Office Hours
Monday (closed but feel free to leave mail in the dropbox outside the main entrance) Tues-Thurs, 9am-3pm | Fri, 9am-12pm
Upcoming Special Shabbatot: Fri, Nov 18th: Friday Night Live! with Shabbat Dinner
(registration required, here, by Nov 16th) Sat, Nov 19th: LGBTQ Shabbat, presented by Social Action Committee Sat, Dec 10th: Jewish Life in Rural Australia, featuring B'nai Tikvah member & Australian resident Vivienne Aarons, presented by Adult Ed Committee
Daily Minyan (online) and Shabbat (in person and online)
Please join us in person for Shabbat services in our newly-carpeted sanctuary (vaccines required; masking optional but recommended); or on LiveControl or YouTube. When services also are on Zoom, we will announce that in the Shabbat section below For services links, click the icons/logos below
Daily Minyan & Kabbalat Shabbat Sunday-Thursday, 7:30PM (Zoom) Scroll down or here for the minyan calendar Kabbalat Shabbat: Friday, 6PM (Zoom)
Shabbat Morning 10AM: Services in the sanctuary and streaming on LiveControl & YouTube
Additional Shabbat morning offerings
Starbucks Shabbat: Saturdays at 9AM [new time!] [Zoom] Enjoy an informal cup of joe while discussing various topics from the weekly parsha to current events. No RSVP needed; come regularly or pop in!
Soul Stroll: 3rd Saturday of the month, 9:30AM (meet at the temple): A refreshing Shabbat alternative program. Learn more here or email to register
Simcha Shabbat- 1st Shabbat each month
Share your family's celebratory moments with the congregation by helping sponsor kiddush. More info→
Kiddush Menu for November (click the pic)
Friday Night Live! & Shabbat Dinner: Nov 18th (RSVP)
Friday Night Live!
Kabbalat Shabbat & Family Dinner Fri, Nov 18th: Shabbat Service 6pm, led by our Religious School Students; and stay for a traditional Shabbat chicken dinner (vegetarian option available) at 7pm Registration required, by Nov 16th, here click the flyer or the link above for more info
Sisterhood
Time to order your 2023 Mah Jongg cards!
Note new prices: Standard $14 | Large $15 The Sisterhood makes $5 per card and the prices are the same everywhere so please order from us!
Please make your check out to B’nai Tikvah Sisterhood and send to Carol Bernstein: 18 Newland Street | Norton MA 02766
Questions: 617-699-4852 | Cbernstein1110@gmail.com Note: Deadline January 13, 2023
Brotherhood
Sports Dinner, featuring Dr. Charles Steinberg President, Worcester Red Sox Sunday, Nov 13th, 6pm Registration required (deadline Nov 10th) Open to all members of our community Enjoy a supper catered by the “Brotherhood Chefs”,
Boston Jewish Film Festival-- in Canton! Tuesday, November 8th @7PM at Orchard Cove special screening of ROSE watch the trailer HERE When Rose, at age 78, loses her beloved husband, grief leads her to redefine her life and passions, upsetting the balance of her close-knit Sephardic family. For discounted tickets, use code 22SOUTH
(the code also works for virtual screening, Nov 10-13)
Presenting: A Millennium of Jewish Women's Voices Exhibit & two online events To celebrate its groundbreaking online exhibit, "A Millennium of Jewish Women's Voices," the HUC-JIR Jewish Language Project proudly presents two fall events highlighting women’s literature, songs, prayers, and letters across the Jewish Diaspora. The archival materials span the 10th to the 21st centuries and are drawn from 15 languages, including Judeo-Arabic, Judeo-Berber (Morocco), Judeo-Italian, Juhuri (Mountain Jews), Judeo-Malayalam (India), and Ladino. Featuring scholars, curators, and performers, the events will honor the ways that Jewish women have contributed to textual and musical innovation. Join us to see and hear some of these astonishing cultural treasures. Sunday, Nov 13th, 1-2:30pm: Living Traditions: Women's Songs in Endangered Languages more info & registration links here
Social Action/Social Justice News
Our successful High Holiday food drive enabled BT to deliver 30 bags of groceries and personal care products to the Canton food bank and 30 bags to the Randolph food bank. Nicely done, everyone!!!!!!
Thanks to everyone who helped with the (JALSA) postcard writing campaign to disenfranchised voters. The national goal of 37,000 cards has been met! At BT, over time, we sent out several hundred!!!!!!
In partnership with Sisterhood, the SA committee presented a dynamic speaker from Sharsheret who discussed, "What's Jewish about breast and ovarian cancer?" As a result of this program we will be sending toys for a "busy box" drive to help kids whose parent suffers from one of these illnesses. Details to follow.
On November 19th, we will be hosting a Transgender Remembance Day Shabbat. Meet Cohen Krauss, an educator who also worked with the Jewish Federation to kickstart conversations around LGBTQ+ inclusion and equity in Jewish spaces! You do not want to miss this!!!!!.
Stay tuned for information on our upcoming projects: * HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) Shabbat..... Febraury 2, 3, 4 * Annual Mitzvah Day..... April 30th..... performing good deeds while having fun
HELP SAVE LIVES AND SUPPORT UKRAINE, by Enid Cherenson
As the continuing war in Ukraine becomes even more deadly with power and water shortages expected as winter sets in, direct contributions to the people of Ukraine can provide immediate assistance in fighting the Russian invaders.
My friend, Alex Dunai, a trained genealogist and well-known among Jewish genealogy organizations, has set up a GoFundMe page to purchase and deliver medicines, basic equipment like shovels, chain saws, clothing, and other essentials to combat areas.
In addition, Alex has been purchasing used 4x4 vehicles and car parts to send to eastern Ukraine to assist in medical evacuations. Watch these YouTube videos with Alex describing how these desperately needed vehicles are being repaired and sent out to save lives: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUXTXBIrL_M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbUfDCfU7Bs&t=58s Alex and his family could have left Ukraine at the beginning of this war. They, like many Ukrainians, have decided to stay and fight. Please help them to save lives and make a donation to: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-alex-get-suvs-for-ukraine
Donations to B'nai Tikvah
Thank you to those who have donated to B'nai Tikvah! Donations may be made online or sent directly to the office.
Al Burak Building Fund Shelley & Steve Shuman in Honor of the Yahrzeit of Arlene Osoff Arnold Rubin Adult Education Fund Robin & Stan Zoll in Honor of the Yahrzeit of Frances Gamzon Bimah Enhancement Fund Linda & Steve Asnes in Honor of the Yahrzeit of Leo Kramer General Fund Beverly Kramer in Honor of the Yahrzeit of Sheldon B. Kramer Edith Weiner, Donation for High Holiday Honor Lois & Barry Bernstein in Memory of Beverly Smith Natalie & Ken Weinberg, Donation for High Holiday Flowers Patti & Daniel Kublin in Honor of the Yahrzeit of Abraham Kublin Robin & Scott Director & Family in Memory of Beverly Smith Sue Miller in Honor of the Yahrzeit of Frank Weiner William Zimmerman in Honor of the Yahrzeit of Sunny Zimmerman Holocaust Memorial Chapel Fund Cindy Lurie in Honor of Karen Reiser Cindy Lurie in Memory of Frank Richmond Natalie & Ken Weinberg in Honor of the Yahrzeit of George Edgers Natalie & Ken Weinberg in Honor of Sherry & Bruce Brown Izzy Geller Education Series Marilyn Geller & Family in Honor of the Yahrzeit of Esrael Geller Joel Kessel Memorial Youth Fund Adreinne & Jerrold Fleishman in Honor of the Yahrzeit of Barnet Kessel Judy Kepnes in Honor of the Yahrzeit of Hyman Rosenberg Rose & Joseph Warsofsky in Honor of the Yahrzeit of Benjamin Warsofsky Kirshner/Pearlstein Bereavement Fund Joyce Wiseman in Memory of Sam Pugash Liunda & Peter Silverstein in Memory of Sam Pugash Rabbi's Discretionary Fund Andy Jaynes in Honor of the Yahrzeit of Lydia R. Jaynes Casey & Herb Simons in Honor of the Yahrzeit of Doris Dickson Elaine & Paul Paisner in Honor of the Yahrzeit of Carl Paisner Janet & Buddy Promisel in Memory of Barbara Grishaver Janet & Buddy Promisel in Memory of Arthur Simon Janet & Buddy Promisel Get well wishes to Glenda Blake Janet & Buddy Promisel Get well wishes to Elaine & Norman Swartz Janet & Buddy Promisel Get well wishes to Elaine & Melvin Levitts Janet & Buddy Promisel Get well wishes to Mayer Rubenstein Janet & Buddy Promisel in Honor of Karen Reiser Janet & Buddy Promisel in Honor of Marshall Myers Religious School Fund Bonnie & Joe Doniger, a Donation to Religious School Nancy Swartz in Honor of Karen Reiser Rubin Adult Education Fund Janet & Marshall Silberberg in Honor of the Yahrzeit of Michael Greenside Janet & Marshall Silberberg, a Donation for High Holiday Aliyot
Ways to Support B'nai Tikvah
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Upcoming Yahrzeit List
2022-11-07 Toby Dick Sister of Beatrice Spiro 2022-11-08 George Edgers Father of Natalie Weinberg 2022-11-08 Lena Korisky Mother of Simeon Korisky 2022-11-09 Rabbi Abraham I. Jacobson Father of Ruth Myers 2022-11-09 Sheldon Kramer Brother-in-law of Beverly Kramer 2022-11-10 Frederick Myers Father of Marshall Myers 2022-11-10 Eunice Rapoport Mother of Alan Rapoport 2022-11-11 Barnet Kessel Grandfather of Adrienne Fleishman 2022-11-11 Barnet Kessel Father-in-Law of Brenda Kessel 2022-11-12 Ida Saks Mother of Alan Saks 2022-11-12 Rose Silbert Aunt of Nancy Lewis
Minyan
Congregants commemorating a yahrzeit may wish to honor that event by leading some portion of the evening’s service. It might be as small as leading a prayer or could be leading all of Mincha or Ma’ariv. If you are interested in taking this honor feel free to call Joe Doniger at 781-910-7601 or email us at MinyanRangers@bnaitikvahma.org at least two days in advance, and we’ll help make arrangements with that night’s minyan leader. Due to the pandemic, as many people are observing a virtual Shiva week, if you inform the leader, a third Mourners' Kaddish will be included as is done in a shiva house.
Schechter Boston Open Houses Schechter Boston warmly invites you to our fall Open Houses. Please join us for a window into Schechter’s engaging, dynamic, happy, inspiring, thoughtful and elevating Jewish day school experience. Thursday, December 15, 8:00 p.m. over Zoom (the link will be shared upon registration). To RSVP, please visit ssdsboston.org/upcoming-events. If you have any questions, please email info@ssdsboston.org.
