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Fri. 5 Sep 2008: 6:15pm: First Friday Services - Prospective Member Shabbat 7:15pm: Dinner Sat. 6 Sep 2008: 10:00am: Abby Fox First Aliyah Sun. 7 Sep 2008: 9:00am: First Day Of School! Tue. 9 Sep 2008: 7:30pm: Sharyonim Rehearsal Yahrzeits for
Friday, September 5
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Upcoming Events!
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WBS Lunch and Learn (Tue. Sep. 16)Lunch and Learn will be held on Tuesday, September 16 at noon. It’s a great time to meet with one or both of our rabbis to talk about a selection from “10 Minutes of Torah”. Contact Hilda Glazer at hglazer@sbcglobal.net if you’d like to receive a monthly e-mail with the selection. Sushi and Selichot Movie Night (Sat. Sep. 20)Attention 20s and 30s Young Adults! Do you like Sushi? Do you like movies? Do you like the High Holy Days? If you answered "yes" to any of those questions, join us for Sushi and Selichot Movie Night on Saturday, September 20th, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. at Rabbi Benjy Bar-Lev's house (near Meijer in the Gahanna / New Albany Area). Join other young adults for an evening of delicious sushi, good conversation and a great movie. We will eat sushi, do a brief Havdalah service and watch Will Farrell in the 2006 movie, Stranger than Fiction. Come and meet some new and fun young Jews in the Columbus / New Albany area. It will be a great way to start the High Holy Day season! No Jewish knowledge necessary! Please RSVP to Rabbi Benjy at Temple Beth Shalom by September 17th (614 855-4882, rabbibenjy@tbsohio.org, or message to "Benjy Bar-Lev" on Facebook) WBS Wine And Chocolate Tasting (Thu. Sep. 25)The first social event of the year for WBS will be wine and
chocolate tasting at Sher Bliss Wine and Chocolate Shop on Thursday,
September 25 at 7:00pm. The owner, Cheryl Sher, will discuss the
marriage between wine and chocolate which was her vision long before it
was popular. Better yet, we'll be tasting the two together! We will be
tasting wine produced by female owned wineries and chocolate made right
in the chocolate shop. Cost is $7 for WBS members and $14 for
non-members. Your check is your reservation; send it to the TBS office
ATTN: Women of Beth Shalom. TBS Member Rolf Kaufman to Speak on Frankfurt's Program to Combat Anti-Semitism (Fri. Sep. 26)Temple Beth Shalom member Rolf Kaufman, who fled the Nazis
with his family, will speak at the Selichot-themed Friday night service
on September 26 at 8 pm. He will be discussing both his Holocaust
experiences and an innovative program he took part in in Frankfurt,
Germany. The city regularly invites Holocaust survivors born in
Frankfurt to take part in an all-expenses-paid visit that is part of
their efforts to educate Germans about the Holocaust and prevent
Anti-Semitism. May 22 through June 5, 2008, Kaufman visited Frankfurt
and participated in the program. He says the theme of his talk will be
a life lesson passed along to him from his father: that people have to
be taught to hate, it is not something we are born doing. B'nai Brith Co-Ed Bowling League (Tue.
mid-Oct)
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In Other News...
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Facilities Master Plan Questionnaire (Due Sun. Sep. 7)Questionnaires were mailed to all congregants this week as
part of the Temple Beth Shalom Facilities Master Planning project.
Facilities Needs Assessment and Master Planning is a process of
evaluating our current building and grounds, assessing the short and
long term maintenance and growth requirements for our congregation and
putting together a plan to meet those needs. A complete description of
the process is included with the questionnaire mailing and also will be
published in the September Window. The questionnaire can also be filled
out online on the TBS website at http://tbsohio.org/survey/.
Questionnaires are due no later than September 7, 2008. Please take a
minute to provide your input! Now Available: "Cafe Beit Shalom"We are proud to make available "Cafe Beit Shalom" in the
Temple mezzanine area, open anytime during Temple hours. There's fresh
Seattle's Best coffee available, free WiFi internet access, and several
newspapers (including the Sunday New York Times). The environment is
geared towards parents whose children are in Talmud Torah Sunday
School, but all are welcome anytime the Temple is open. Make A Difference... Share Your Smile... Usher at the High Holy DaysWhat can you do to assist us in having the best High Holy Day
Services ever? Join the Temple Beth Shalom Usher Corps. Every year we
continue the tradition of keeping our Temple a warm and welcoming place
by meeting and greeting our guests at the front door of our temple on
ALL the High Holy Day services. We also do our best to accommodate our
growing population at services by assisting in seating at our services.
There is lots of help needed, and you can make a real difference! Join
me in the corps by sending an email to Marc Ankerman
(ats@insight.rr.com) which indicates your interest in helping the
cause. We really appreciate your support, as do the many members and
guests who join us during the High Holy Days. We will have a brief
(very brief) meeting before the actual Holidays to go over the details.
Send your email today - you will be making a difference in the service
and for your Temple. Rosh HaShanah Kiddush - Tradition! Tradition!We invite all Temple members to participate in some way to help support the Rosh HaShanah kiddush. We welcome contributions of home made baked goods and your financial contributions to help us with expenses. We also need volunteers to make egg & tuna salad at Temple the day before Rosh HaShanah. If you will not be working during the day on September 29, please consider volunteering your time to that. As a community we look forward to keeping this tradition going
with your support. Please email Lynn Dobb (ldobb@columbus.rr.com)
or Miriam Siegfried (mcsfried@sbcglobal.net)
with what you are willing to contribute or for more information. All
financial contributions can be made out to TBS and mailed to the temple
Attention: Rosh HaShanah Kiddush. We look forward to starting the new
year off on a sweet note as our temple family comes together on
September 30!
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Don't Forget... |
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Temple Beth Shalom Scrip ProgramScrip is a term that means "substitute money". When you
purchase scrip, you're purchasing negotiable gift certificates and
prepaid cards that are used just like cash. You can use scrip to
purchase everyday expenses like food, clothing, and other
essentials—and with every purchase, you earn revenue for the Temple.
Purchasing scrip is an easy fundraiser in which to participate. You
contribute to the Temple by making regular household purchases you
would make anyway. Groceries, clothing, toys, gifts, even gasoline can
be purchased with scrip. Check with TBS Scrip Coordinator David
Neubauer (253-7654) for the latest participating retailer list, or
visit www.glscrip.com. Then
put your shopping dollars to work for the Temple! Friendly Faces Wanted!
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