Happy Chanukah!!

Dear Congregation Beth Shalom Family,

    With my whole heart I wish to you and your loved ones a happy and healthy Chanukah!

    We will be holding special Chanukah services during Morning Minyan, with special Torah readings, EVERY DAY this week at 7:30 a.m., Shabbat services on Friday night at 6:30 pm, with special pre-service mini latka happy hour at 6 pm, Saturday at 9:30 a.m., Sunday at 9 a.m., Monday at special 9 a.m. time, and back to 7:30 a.m. for the remaining mornings of Chanukah.  Also note unique 9 a.m. service time on Monday, January 2.

     Please bring your families to special Albert Einstein Academy Chanukah production this Thursday evening,

7 p.m., Siegel Jewish Community Center Auditorium.  Free of charge as a special gift from the AEA family to your family.

     Chag Orim Sameach!

     Rabbi Michael

Reaching out on TV, Podcast & LIVE: Starting This Friday

Dear Friends,

A confluence of different projects converged this weekend, giving me a chance to share a whole range of ideas with you, in different settings.

A.   If television is your cup of tea, I will be on WHYY TV this Friday (12/16) at 5:30pm and 11:30pm, speaking on Hope.  As it's Shabbat, you are welcome to set your DVR. But the program repeats Sunday morning at 11am, and again Monday at 5:30pm. If you are out of the Wilmington/Philadelphia service area, after this weekend, you can catch the archive of the show at www.newsworks.org/delaware

B.   If you are a computer maven, I have my first-ever podcast with a new organization called ContentDelaware.  I was interviewed on a range of issues, from Love to Charity to Recovery to Shalom.  Go to http://www.contentdelaware.org/?page_id=47&FID=198

C.  Finally, if you like your Rabbi Michael LIVE, please come to this evening’s Friday night’s 6 p.m. Shabbat service.  I will be speaking on the subject:

 An End to the War in Iraq: A Jewish Perspective.

We will also be able to celebrate Jack Rosengarten’s bar mitzvah.  He will be speaking on A Jewish Response to Hunger on Shabbat morning.

Shabbat shalom,

Rabbi Michael