Dear Haverim:
*TONIGHT,
Friday March 14th, 8 pm, Kabbalat Shabbat Services. Long before services begin, our shul will be
abuzz with youth – Pre/post B’not Mitzvah meal and talk with Cindy Goldstein on
the main level, Scouting Shabbat Potluck and Services with Meri Weiss and Seth
Walter on the lower level.
(Note:
Adir Ben Tovim was called unexpectedly back to Israel on personal business. His talk will be rescheduled ASAP for an
upcoming Saturday Shabbat Service).
I will
be giving a Special Report from My
Recent AIPAC National Policy Conference in Washington, DC, where I
joined 14,000 delegates. Highlights included speeches by both US Secretary of
State of John Kerry and Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu. But I want to highlight remarks by our own
Senator Chris Coons, who opened the conference.
He was the toast of the conference and he caused many delegates to run to
their atlases and I-Phone apps to look up where Delaware is on a map. I will
link Sen. Coons’ concerns about current nuclear talks with Iran and similar
policies pursued by Haman and the Persian Empire during the Purim Story. Don’t be surprised if, by the end of my talk,
you might be tempted to address Sen. Coons as “Uncle Mordecai, our hero.”
Services will be followed by a dessert oneg.
*TOMORROW,
Saturday March 15th, 9: 30 am, Shabbat Services. We will be joined by the Upper Class of the
Hebrew School, as they help lead services.
My drash will be “Esther vs. Hadassah: When Do We Hide our Judaism?” There will be opportunities to share our own
Jewish identity stories, as we prepare for Purim and the donning of
costumes.
6 pm
FAMILY FRIENDLY PURIM. We will begin with hamentashen, multi-colored adult
drinks, noshing, songs, costume
parade and contest for ALL ages, Havdalah, Best of the Megillah, and our much anticipated Purim
schpeil, “The Sound of Sushan,” with an
all-star, multi-generational cast. This program has a shorter running time than
last year, so as to be appealing to both our younger and more mature CBS
congregants.
*SUNDAY,
MARCH 16th, PURIM CONTINUES!!
-9 am
CBS Morning Minyan followed by nosherai.
-9 am
Hebrew School meets at AKSE for class and carnival
-10 am
CBS FULL Megillah reading
-11:30
am CBS Purim Seudah featuring
the Annual Alan Schoenberg Memorial Joke-a-than – price of admission to this
deli meal – one (synagogue-appropriate) joke.
Clearly,
if you join us, we will have it ALL at CBS this weekend! See you
soon!
Shabbat
shalom and Hag Purim
Sameach!
Rabbi
Michael
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