Calling all Torah readers! Anyone interested in chanting Torah at a regular Friday evening or Saturday morning Shabbat service, please contact Rabbi Klein <afk1313@cox.net> and let him know. Outreach Event at Shaw's Thanks to everyone who made the outreach program at Shaw's such a success! We had 240 people stop by the table, enjoy a nosh on bread and olive oil, some chocolate gelt, and get some information on Chanukah & Temple Habonim. Thank you all! Renaissance Mini Film Festival The second film of this year's FREE Mini Film Festival will be shown on Sunday, January 10 th at 7:30PM at the Temple. The film, Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi, is about a teenage boy who takes care of everyone in his family. Even though he is the glue that holds the family together, he seems to be invisible to those he cares for. A teenage girl finally sees that Shlomi is something really special. A comedy with serious substance. 1 hour and 34 minutes Men's Club Forming Do you have any interest in seeing a group of men come together at Temple Habonim for: 1. Regular social events to promote friendship, hang-out and have fun
If you are interested, please contact Luciano Sztulman at aandmm@yahoo.com for an initial meeting hopefully in January, date and time to be determined. Come with thoughts and suggestions for activities and recreation. All Temple members are welcome! SAVE THE DATE! Temple Habonim's Scholar-in-Residence, Rabbi Norman Cohen Fri Mar 19 & Sat Mar 20 - Shabbat Services One Shabbat each March all three Reform congregations in Rhode Island come together and worship as one community in one location, closing the doors of the other two synagogues for that one particular Shabbat. In March of 2010, we will host the joint service here at Temple Habonim For that weekend we will have our 50 th Anniversary Scholar-in Residence, Rabbi Norman Cohen, who will inspire us both Friday evening and also Shabbat morning. Rabbi Cohen has just retired as Provost of Hebrew Union College, the seminary where both Rabbi Rosenberg and Rabbi Klein were ordained. He continues to be a teacher of Midrash and has written many books on Biblical topics with a special focus on Midrash. Please mark your calendars and plan your late winter/early spring vacations around this very special event so that you will be here and able to attend. You will be in for a major treat!
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Challenges and Opportunities in the Middle East: Thursday, January 21, 7:30-9:00PM Nadav Tamir, Consul General of Israel to New England, will speak to us about recent developments in the Middle East and the challenges and opportunities they present. Nadav Tamir was born and raised on Kibbutz Manara in northern Israel. He began his career in public service in 1980 in the IDF, where he eventually served as a company commander and retired with the rank of Major. Nadav had the privilege to serve under 3 Foreign Ministers - Shimon Peres, Ehud Barak, and David Levy. He was promoted to the position of Political Officer at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. in 1997, and in 2001, Nadav was granted the position of Advisor to the Director General at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem. In 2003, Nadav was chosen as a Wexner Israel Fellow and earned his Masters in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 2004. Blood Drive Monday, January 25, 2009, 2:00 - 7:00PM Temple Hbaonim will host a Blood Drive and a Bone Marrow Donor Testing Drive here at the Temple. Please participate and help the community. Share in the Excitement as Temple Habonim's Two Torah Scrolls Are Repaired One of our congregants is (anonymously) generously underwriting the project of making sure that Temple Habonim's two Sifrei Torah, Torah scrolls, receive the love and attention that they need. Some of the seams have become loose and need binding and stitching; some of the ink has been rubbed off with general wear over the years. The two scrolls need to be assessed for insurance purposes, and we need to be educated as to how to take care of them properly so that they remain in as good shape as possible. Toward that end, three generations of the Druin Family Sofrim (a sofer is a person who is specially trained to write and repair Torah scrolls) will be working on our Torah scrolls over the coming year. One of the Rabbis Druin - a father, son, and son-in-law team, will come to Temple Habonim for their first visit on Sunday, February 7th . Their first visit will include an educational component for the entire congregation including, how parchment is made, how Torahs are written, the mystical meaning of the Torah, the art of the Hebrew letters. Students in the Religious School will have a special program in the morning, and there will be a program geared to adults in the afternoon (exact time to be announced.) Please plan on being part of this unique experience on Sunday, February 7th . If you want to learn more about the Rabbis Druin, go to their website, www.Soferonsite.com Community Announcements Blood Drive in honor of Lillian Chason Sunday, January 3, 2010, 9:00AM - 2:00PM East Bay Medical Centre, 250 Wampanoag Trail in East Providence Rhode Island Interfaith Vigil Tuesday, January 5, 2010, 3:00PM Join us at the Rotunda of the State House on the opening day of the RI Legislature as we encourage our elected officials to govern with wisdom and compassion and to remember the moral dimension that needs to go into the crafting of a budget. The Coalition believes that sound public policy and legislation is the most important way to move toward the goal of reducing poverty by 50% in ten years. Please contact Rabbi Alan Flam, Senior Fellow, Swearer Center for Public Service, for more details at Alan_Flam@brown.edu National Council of Jewish Women Scholarships All students who are attending college in the Fall of 2010 and are Rhode Island residents are eligible to apply for the NCJW Rhode Island Section Scholarships being offered for the Fall of 2010. NCJW is the oldest Jewish Women's organization in the country, with more than 100,000 members dedicated to community service and social action to improve life for others. The scholarship program is part of this commitment. Grants will be awarded based on evidence of involvement in community service, academic worthiness, and financial need. Students desiring applications should write to: Estelle Fradin, 130 Deerfield Road, Cranston, RI, 02920 or call (401) 942-4486. Deadline for requesting applications is March 20, 1010. Barrington Newcomers & Neighbors BN&N offers hospitality programs to help families in need of a few meals in times of trouble as well as the birth of new babies. With H1N1 in full swing, we know it is hard to get dinner on the table for the family members who are not sick but are still exhausted from caring for those who are ill. If anyone knows of a BN&N family suffering from H1N1, please let us know and we will contact them to see if they would like to receive meals. Please contact BN&N for more info and to see how to become involved at ncbeblasts@gmail.com Temple Habonim
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