Harry Potter Shabbat 6 pm Butter Beer Happy Hour & 6:30 pm Service + Light Fare

     Missed the premiere tickets for Harry Potter and the Deathy Hallows Part II ?
No worries.  In our attempt to stay relevant and timely, Congregation Beth Shalom presents:

HARRY POTTER AND THE HALLOWED SHABBAT.

    We will begin our culinary and spiritual adventure with a happy hour, this Friday night at 6 p.m., featuring kosher Harry Potter-themed appetizers and beverages, including both an adult and children's version of Butter Beer, the drink of choice when visiting Hogsmeade (a non-kosher sounding village, adjacent to Hogwart's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry).
     Services will commence at 6:30 p.m., with Rabbi Albus Dumbledore and his trusty wand in charge, featuring some of your favourite Shabbos melodies, a theme-appropriate sermon exploring witchcraft and wizardry in the Torah, as well as the age-olde debate: are Jews more like wizards or muggles, and the relationship between portkeys and Jewish ritual objects.  Services will end with a rousing rendition of Adon Olam set to the melody of John Williams' version of the Harry Potter theme song.
      Following services, we will retire to the Hogwart's Grande Hall (aka the Beth Shalom attrium) for a light Shabbat fare consisting of Harry Potter-inspired kosher delicacies, catered by that professional catering team of Meri Weiss and Dennis Schnee - the rabbi's son.
      Clearly an evening only Muggles would overlook.  Do come.
      Congregation Beth Shalom -- where we are CONSTANTLY thinking out of the box.