Camp Ramah Posting

Dear Haverim:
      There was a large storm up here at Camp Ramah in the Poconos which took out the Internet and phones. So I'm hunting and pecking on my Not-so-Smart Phone, with auto mis-Correct, to get a Rabbi Michael's Musings out to you as there is SO much going on that I want you to attend! And in spite of the storm, I am coming away from Ramah so inspired!
*TONIGHT, Friday, July 12, LATE 8 pm Second Friday Night Service. We are blessed to have Dr. Stuart Siegell with us. His topic: "From Shtetl to Lower East Side." He'll address how Jewish life experience in Eastern Europe led to mass immigration to the "Goldene Medina." Marv and Sue Cytron will sponsor the oneg in celebration of their 57 th wedding anniversary. Mazel tov!!
*Saturday, July 13, 9:30 a.m. Cantor Elisa leads a beautiful Shabbat service with her beautiful voice-come join her and sing along.
*Sunday, July 14, 9 a.m. Minyan @ CBS followed by CBS-AKSE softball @ the JCC .
*Monday, July 15. 8 p.m. Erev Tisha B'Av services. I'M BACK and eager to greet you all in a candle-lit chapel, as we remember the destructions of the 1st & 2nd Temples, with the hauntingly beautiful melodies of איכה (the Book of Lamentations) chanted by our Cantor and fellow congregants.
*Tuesday, July 16, 9 a.m. Note later start for minyan. Please encourage your kids on summer break to come too! After Tisha B'Av services, inspired by my Ramah experience, I'm going to lead us through an interactive text study, comparing suffering in Job with Lamentations.
12 noon. I will be screening a movie, open to all (don't bring your bag lunch) which will take the text study and interpret it through popular culture (this is very Ramah-esque) You can skip the text study and just come for the noon-time film. I will then debrief the film using themes from Tisha b'Av. By the time I'm done, most of your fast will be completed!
I miss you all very much, although  last night's Camp Ramah veggie grilled BBQ dinner, served al fresco, in honor of the 9 meatless days before Tisha B'Av was truly inspired! But great kosher food and a beautiful natural environment with enthusiastic Conservative Movement kids can't hold a candle to you, my very own Congregation Beth Shalom happy campers! Come visit with me this coming Monday night at 8 p.m. I'll be looking for you :-)
שבת שלום!
Rabbi Michael (from Camp Ramah)
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