11 Shevat, Shabbat Shirah, Torah portion: B’shalach, Exodus 14:15 pg 403, Haftarah portion: Judge 4:4, pg 424
2/3 4:59 pm Shabbat begins
8:00 pm Kabbalat Shabbat services led by Rav Shoshana (Rabbi Susan Mitrani-Knapp).
Israel advocacy presentation by Dr. Todd Cooperman.
2/4 9:30 am Shabbat morning services led by Rav Shoshana (Rabbi Susan Mitrani-Knapp)
10:30 am Jr Congregation
11:00 am Mini Minyan and Tot Shabbat
5:00 pm Mincha, Seudah Sh’leeshet, Maariv, & Havdalah
6:01 pm End of Shabbat
NEXT SHABBAT We will celebrate the Bar Mitzvah of Michael Goldberg!
YAHRZEITS FOR FEBRUARY 3 - 10, Clara Goldin, Pauline Glazer (step-mother of Stanley Glazer), Stella Wachtel (aunt of Edith Ritz), Albert Liebowitz (father of Marion Himmel), Jerome Bodin (brother of Gil Bodin) / Max Percy (father of Art Percy), Sophie Pearl (aunt of Irwin Pearl), Max Louis Bernstein (father of Phyllis Figler), Jacob Chlebowski (father of Stuart Chlebowski), Sara Davidoff, Morris Weinstein, Alex Schindler, Israel Tavel, Joseph Fishman, Frieda Avis, Samuel Louis Ziet (father of Sandy Percy), Dora Beloff, Rebecca Kurzrok, Etta Levy (mother of Barbara Levy Hollander), Mildred Steinberg (mother of Alan Steinberg), David Tarlow, Sylvia Gunderson (sister of Carol Hinkis), Alvin Krauthamer (brother of Lyn Wall), Joseph Jay Schenker, David T. Rosenberg, Rose Cohen (grandmother of Steven Becourtney), Erna Glickstein, Isaac C. Levin, Irving Greenfield (father of JoAnn Abraham), Sophia Zydney (mother of Trudy Mark), Yetta Adelson (mother of Allan Adelson), Celia Bloom, Alan Dean Ellis (brother of Stephen Ellis)
JEWRY DUTY Making a Minyan is an important mitzvah. Please make a minyan this week: FEBRUARY 5 - 11, Drapkin, Edlin, Effrain, Egol, Eimer, Winbinder, Einstein, Eisner, Elice, and Ellis.
SATURDAY, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3 Dr. Todd Cooperman will address the congregation about the Mercaz Israel Advocacy Seminar that he recently attended.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2012, SAVE THE DATE for the WORLD WIDE WRAP Please join us for our annual World Wide Wrap! What better way to prepare for the Super Bowl than to learn about and perform this wonderful mitzvah. Newcomers and experienced wrappers... Parents, children and grandparents are all welcome. A bagel brunch will be served following a discussion with Rabbi Malik.
MONDAYS, FEBRUARY 6 & 20, 7:30 PM, YIDDISH CLUB Everyone is is invited to join in. The group meets in the library.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, Tu Bi-Shevat (Jewish New Year for Trees
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 6:45 PM: "FOOD FOR THE BODY, FOOD FOR THE SOUL" CHALLAH-MAKING CLASS & STUDY SESSION AT RABBI MALIK'S HOME Class size limited to 10 people. $10 per session. RSVP required by February 12: ravsaraleah@gmail.com. Next challah-making class is on March 15.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 8:00 PM, YIDDISH PLAY AFTER SERVICES Our Yiddish Group, led by Murray Mark, will perform the play, "Sodom & Gomorrah," after Kabbalat Shabbat.
SAVE THE DATE, FEBRUARY 21, 7:30 PM, VASHTI’S SISTERHOOD BANQUET! Come indulge yourself with belly dancing and lesson, henna body art and delicious & decadent desserts! Come if you have the inclination to have an incredible, incessant, incalculable amount of fun! Couvert: $18. Also bring your broken or unused gold jewelry. We have a buyer with cash!
THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 7:00 PM, RABBI SHMUEL BOWMAN, OPERATION LIFESHIELD During 2011, over 600 rockets, mortars and missiles were launched at southern Israeli cities, towns, and villages from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. That’s more than one a day! It is something you won’t hear about on your Evening News. Operation Lifeshield builds shelters to protect Israeli families and children from these unprovoked attacks. Rabbi Bowman, Operation Lifeshield’s Executive Director, will speak at Temple Beth Ahm about this lifesaving program. Refreshments will be served. www.operationlifeshield.org. For more information contact Todd Cooperman at 732 252 8181 or via email at Todd@thecoopermans.com.
FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 6:00 PM, SHABBAT ACROSS AMERICA: FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER before Sisterhood Shabbat services. Details to follow. RSVP before February 15 to Ellen Morgenstern: sailnjmom2@msn.com
FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 8:00 PM, SISTERHOOD SHABBAT SERVICES If you would like to lead a part in the service, please contact Bonnie Farin at bonjoyfarin@msn.com
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IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY…
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1 PM, JEWS IN HOLLYWOOD The Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County guest lecturer will be Rabbi Brooks Susman. $5 members, $7 non-members. For more information call the museum at 732-252-6990. If you go early you can see their current photo exhibit Jewish Experience in pictures. The exhibit includes two photos by Bonnie Farin, Temple member.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1:30 PM, "JOSEPH & HIS AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT" Rebbitzman Adi Wyner and Ariel Wyner will co-star in a Philadelphia production of this classic. Call the TBA office for location details and to reserve your $18 tickets before February 10.
PLEASE NOTE: ALL TEMPLE ANNOUNCEMENT INFORMATION Can be sent to Nannette Finkel-Rebach at my new email address: nfrebach@optimum.net. Please put TBA on the subject line and include your name.