Baby Naming for Celia Rose Filler
Saturday, July 31 at 9:45 a.m.
It is our pleasure to invite the congregation to the baby naming of our precious granddaughter, Celia Rose Filler, daughter of Michelle and Michael Filler on July 31, 2010. Please join us for a special Kiddush Luncheon to follow services. Sponsored by Lilly & Bruce Filler
We look forward to sharing our simcha with all of our Beth Shalom Family.
July 12, 2010
MAZEL TOV TO BETH SHALOM’S JOHN BAKER
John Baker
Selected as the recipient of the
Columbia Jewish Federation’s Distinguished Service Award.
Watch your mail for the invitation to a celebrate this
honor with John Baker and his family.
July 6, 2010
All members have been mailed a pamphlet with High Holiday forms and information.
If you did not receive one, please call the office at 782-2500. Please return your forms as soon as possible.
July 6, 2010
Wednesday Night Book Club at Beth Shalom
Wednesday, July 14
7 p.m.
Book of the month: Disobedience
By Naomi Alderman
This debut novel takes place in England and relates the story of the return of Ronit on the death of her father, an Orthodox Rav. She has been living in New York and now returns to her former lover, Esti, her cousin’s wife. The conflict between Orthodoxy and a lesbian life style is the crux of the novel.
Questions or comments, please contact Marlene at malka9448@yahoo.com. See you there.
June 30, 2010
TUESDAYS WITH FRIENDS
Tuesday, August 3
11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Come join us for a delicious lunch, some entertainment and education!
Great people! Great food! What a deal!
All for only $4 bucks!
This program is funded in part with a grant from the
BJH Foundation for Senior Services and
The Columbia Jewish Federation.
Need a ride. Call Beth Shalom 782-2500 by Friday, July 30
Please RSVP to Beth Shalom 782-2500.
And come browse the Beth Shalom gift shop.
Featuring: Brain Games with Elysa Sexton
& Line Dancing with Vickie Schermbeck
NO September program due to the Jewish Holidays.
Upcoming Events:
October – Entertainer Ayala Kalus
November – Magician Henry Pettit
December – Hanukkah Program
June 23, 2010
Musical ShabbatFriday, July 30
6:30 p.m.
Join us for a wonderful Musical Shabbat service.
June 7, 2010
Mitzvah Opportunities
Looking to do good?
Here are some possibilities to think about this summer:
¨ Volunteer at Harvest Hope Food Bank
¨ Daily Minyans
¨ Help us re-sort our library
¨ Painting projects
¨ Humash donations
¨ Sanding & refinishing of plant stands in sanctuary
¨ Donation of a conference table
June 3, 2010
English ENGL 650 & Comparative Literature CPLT 740
Women and Shoah: Memory, Memoirs and Memorials
Professor: Federica K. Clementi
Course Description: This course will survey a number of memoirs by first-hand victims and second-generation Shoah witnesses. Using the vast theoretical body of work produced in the last 30 years on trauma, post-memory, feminist voices in autobiographical narratives, we will analyze works by women who live in Europe, the United States and Israel and examine the ways in which these authors have dialogued with, challenged and affected the Shoah canon and the contemporary practice, discourse and politics of memorialization.
Registrar info for ENGL 650
Registrar info for CPLT 740
History HIST 492G
The Holocaust
Professor: Saskia Coenen Snyder
Syllabus
Course Description: This course introduces students to Nazi Germany’s systematic mass murder of Europe’s Jews and other minorities during the Second World War. We will examine the forces that led to the Holocaust, including the emergence of scientific racism, the implementation of Nazi policy towards the Jews, and the dynamics of annihilation in a condition of war. We will explore the motivations and actions of the perpetrators and ask why citizens of a country known for its cultural and intellectual prowess could turn into mass murderers. In addition, we will consider the fate of the victims, their resistance efforts and coping mechanisms during the war, and their attempts to recover and to memorialize in the post-war period.
Religious Studies RELG 381 & History HIST 383
Jewish History I
Professor: Katja Vehlow
Syllabus
Course Description: This course surveys Jewish history from the Second Temple Period to 1492 and offers insights in the highly complex history of the Jews living under western Christendom and Islam. We will begin in Late Antiquity, a period that set the stage for the development of Judaism as we know it today and will move on to the medieval Jewish experience with a special emphasis on the Mediterranean and especially Iberia. We will read some of the foundational texts that determined the host society’s stance vis-à-vis the Jewish communities (and vice versa) for much of the period under discussion and explore the religious, cultural, social, and political conditions that shaped the Jewish experience.
Registrar info for HIST 383
Registrar info for RELG 381
May 11, 2010
I. Thou shalt dress appropriately. No revealing attire (keep shoulders and frontal area covered; nothing risqué). Wear clothes that reflect standing before the Lord.
II. Respect and keep the Shabbat. This means no smoking, cell phones, pagers, cameras, etc.
III. Do not disturb thy neighbor. People are trying to daven (pray).
IV. Children are always welcome at Shul. Use our children’s room if they need a change of scenery.
V. Do not swear. This is the House of God.
VI. Males wear a kippa. All those who are called to the bima (elevated stage) cover their heads.
VII. A tallit (prayer shawl) is worn by adult Jews.
VIII. Thou shalt not clap. Instead, say “yasher koach!”
IX. When the Ark is open, stand and do not enter or leave the Sanctuary.
X. Covet thy Siddur and Humash. Treat them with respect. If they fall, kiss them. Place them right-side up when finished.
May 11, 2010
We are building!!
Yes, working alongside the Churches on Trenholm Road and Tree of Life, Beth Shalom Synagogue is participating in its share of construction of a home for Habitat for Humanity. We are happy to be supporting this worthwhile project.
In the near future you will be hearing more about the construction of a house and how you can be a part of this mitzvah.
Want to help now? We are gathering funds to purchase the wooden frame, paint, and appliances. Send in a check to Beth Shalom Synagogue and earmark it for Habitat for Humanity.
How much should you send? We will gladly accept any amount from pennies to hundreds to thousands of dollars. All of it will be used to purchase the materials.
Later on, we will have the hands-on actual construction at the end of September 2010.
May 10, 2010