From Civil Rights Stories to YOUR Story: Celebrating Anniversaries

Dear Haverim,

*Tomorrow, Friday,August 23, 6:30 p.m., Kabbalat Shabbat (6 p.m. Happy Hour).  Dvar Torah: 50th Anniversary of March on Washington: Jewish Involvement in Civil Rights.  We will also be celebrating ALL August anniversaries with a blessing and champagne/sparkling grape juice toast during Kiddush. We will have a second all-August anniversary celebration next Friday during our last, family-friendly, musical Shabbat Under the Stars in the JCC Picnic Grove, including a free bbq Shabbat dinner and parve celebratory cupcakes.

*Saturday, August 24^th, 9:30 a.m., Shabbat services (10:15 a.m. Torah service).  Dvar Torah: Ki Tavo: Sharing your History. We are influenced by our back stories.  They influence how we behave today.  We will begin with the text My father was a wandering Aramean, from the this week’s Torah reading. From there we will talk about the power of stories, aggadot,  in the Jewish faith. Come prepared to share a pivotal short story from you own life and how it has shaped your behavior.

Shabbat shalom!

Rabbi Michael