Message from
President Tobie Reisler
Mishkan Ha'am - More February News Feb. 2, 2009
Subject - President's Day Week
Hello, Mishkan Ha'am family and friends - here are a few announcements:
Sign up for the Yiddish Book Center trip. Mark
Sunday, April 19 on your calendar for our field trip to the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Ma. The
center's mission is to "rescue Yiddish and other modern Jewish books
and celebrate the culture they contain." For those with young kids, note that the
museum is across the street is the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, which
also will be open. It's a 3 1/2 hour drive from New York--a
full-day's
outing--and she'd like a count of likely participants to gauge the need
for a bus charter. For additional information, go to www.yiddishbookcenter.organd http://www.picturebookart.org .
Marsha
Heiman would like to have a full count of who's going by March 10.
Please contact her at marshway@optonline.net.
60th Anniversary Shabbat. Save
Saturday morning, March 7 at 10 am as Lenny and Marian Meyerson are
called to the Torah to mark their 60th wedding anniversary! Rabbi
Benjamin Weiner will lead. The service will be followed by an Oneg
Shabbat. All are invited.
Rabbi
Host-a-Matic:
Please feed
our rabbi! Lots of dates are still available to host Rabbi Ben for a
vegetarian or Kosher meal. Go to
http://www.doodle.com/participation.html?pollId=qewqissr47as484i
and follow the directions.
http://www.doodle.com/
and follow the directions.
Thanks from Joshua. Members,
check out the attached thank-you note from Joshua and Vanessa
Boettiger. Mishkan Ha'am Steering Committee members approved and sent
them a wedding gift--some informal glasses they had listed in their
registry. Joshua was our esteemed rabbinic leader for 2 1/2 years and
now works as a rabbi in Vermont.
Our next weekend of services and events is
Feb. 27 and 28:
| Friday, Feb.27 7:30-9:30 pm: Chanting
Service, led by Rabbi Benjamin Weiner. Bring your voices, drums, and rhythm instruments to this unique celebration of Shabbat. We were so moved by this service a few months ago that it's back by critical acclaim. |
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Saturday,
February 28
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| 9:00 am: Yoga in the Kripalu
style, led by Lois Heitner. All ages and abilities are welcome. |
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10:00 am: Adult Shabbat Service, led
by Rabbi Benjamin Weiner.
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12:00 pm: Torah Study, led by Rabbi
Benjamin Weiner.
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6:00
pm: Havdallah/Pot Luck dinner
for all ages. We'll eat
dinner and celebrate
Havdallah together and then break into groups of older and younger folk. The younger set will create their own Havdallah spice boxes, while the older folks will participate in a discussion and lesson with Ben centered on Havdallah. All are invited. Please sign up to bring a vegetarian dish for dinner by clicking on http://www.doodle.com/ Upcoming events:
Monday, March 1, 7:30 pm: Steering
Committee meeting
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Thursday,
March 5, 7:30pm: Teach-in: History of the Yiddish Theater,
led by Rabbi Benjamin Weiner. |
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Saturday,
March 7:
9:00am Yoga (unless
Lois's grandchild is born!)
10:00 am Shabbat
Service to honor the Meyersons. Oneg Shabbat to follow.
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Sunday, March 8, 10 am (Daylight
Savings Time Begins) Planning
Brunch at the Reislers'
home in Irvington. This is the re-named President's Brunch.
All members are invited to
discussupcoming plans for programming, education, Tikkun Olam, worship services, and other issues of import. This is a prime time to voice your thoughts about what we should be doing, where we should be going, and how we can get there. Brunch will be served. E-mail me back at the above address if you're coming and want directions, and/or if you'd like to bring a dish. |
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Monday, March 9, 6:00 pm:
Erev Purim Family Celebration,
led by Rabbi Benjamin Weiner. |
Mishkan
Ha'am would like to acknowledge, on behalf of the whole
congregation, receiving the following contributions:
congregation, receiving the following contributions:
In
Memory of Carl Kisslinger
Sol
Oberman
Susan and Jeff Adler
Sue Rudavsky
Faye and Meyer Lieman
Marian and Lenny Meyerson
The Saphra Family
Tobie Stanger and Jim Reisler
Yahrzeit
Amiel
Rudavsky
Sue
Rudavsky
Myrna
Sameth
Marian
and Lenny Meyerson
Francine
and Peter Riger
In
Memory of Martin Klebanoff
Francine
and Peter Riger
Have a great
two weeks. See you soon!
Tobie
Link to Preceding Newsletter
Please Note:
All services/programs, including Hebrew School, are held at the Reformed Church of Hastings, 18 Farragut Avenue, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, unless otherwise specified. Click for directions.
All services/programs, including Hebrew School, are held at the Reformed Church of Hastings, 18 Farragut Avenue, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, unless otherwise specified. Click for directions.