Dear Haverim:
*TONIGHT,
Friday April 4th, 5:30 p.m. Veggie Dairy Chametz-Removing Shabbat Potluck
Dinner. With less than two
weeks to prep your home for Passover, this is an opportunity to open the
freezer, take your favorite inappropriate-for-Passover meal, and share it with
your friends, along with the blessings of children, candles, wine, and challah. On a serious note, tonight also is our
opportunity to mark the 46th
anniversary of the yahrzteit of Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr., who was assassinated on this date, at the Lorraine
Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. I will mark this tragic moment by sharing Dr. King’s
observations of Jews and
African-Americans, along with Dr. King’s thoughts on Israel. We will also
celebrate all April birthdays tonight.
*TOMORROW,
Saturday, April 5th, 9:30 a.m. Shabbat Services. Sheliach Adir ben Tovim will be our guest. He will be chanting both Torah and Haftarah,
using melodies unique to his family’s 2500-year Yemenite heritage. He will
speak both during services and Israeli-themed lunch on the topic: My Jewish Journey: From Yemen to Israel,
From Religious to Secular. For those
of us looking for an Israeli that is more thoughtful, deep, nuanced, beyond the
headlines, Adir’s presentation is just the remedy. He comes to us courtesy of
generous funding from our own Jewish Federation of Delaware. We will also be
hosting a CBS Hebrew School Shabbaton, so NO
Hebrew School on Sunday, therefore please redouble your efforts to attend
Sunday’s 9 a.m. morning minyan.
*Sunday,
April 6th, 7 p.m., FDR & the Jews. Join me
for this wonderful program, rescheduled from our original snow-out date, for a thought-provoking
reassessment of Roosevelt’s relationship with the Jews, with a noted scholar in
the field.
Looking ahead…
Wednesday,
April 9th, 9:15 – 11:30 a.m., JCC Board Room, DVLI Series: I-Engage
Israel: WAR AND OCCUPATION. This
is the last-in-a-5 part-series of text and video lectures that I am presenting
through the Shalom Hartman Institute, a pluralistic yeshiva in Jerusalem. Each class is a stand-alone unit, $7 checks
made payable to the Siegel JCC. The
program resumes after High Holy Days.
Stimulate your mind and heart. Join us at Congregation Beth
Shalom this Shabbat, start your week with us, and continue the conversation
midweek at the Siegel JCC.
Shabbat
shalom!
Rabbi Michael
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