High Holy Day Prayer Book
Calling all High Holy Day Prayer Books…You can return your copies of Gates of Repentance to the temple THIS Sunday:9:00-11:00 a.m. & 11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.Or call the temple office to make arrangements for drop-off.
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New Year Greetings
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New Year Greetings
Something new for this year’s BI-TWT’s New Year Greetings…Video your greetings and they will be compiled to create an exciting congregational L’Shanah Tovah card!Follow this link:
https://app.vidhug.com/bitwt-lshanah-tovah-greetings/ByHkEFTXv/record
Deadline is September 15th — Do it today and don’t delay!
Lunch ‘n’ Learn Schedule for 2020-21
Zoom ‘n Lunch ‘n Learn Schedule for 2020-21
Zoom ‘n Lunch ‘n Learn with the Rabbi and Friends…
Tuesday – Sept. 15th – Noon
“The Book of Jonah through the Artist’s Lens” Zoom link will be included in next week’s News…
Many thanks to Linda Kramer and Charlotte Feldman for organizing our lunches; it is so helpful…. and appreciated. Please note these dates for Lunch n’ Learn with the Rabbi and Friends, as we prepare for the coming year…
- Tuesday – Sept. 14th
- Wednesday – Oct. 14th
- Thursday – Nov. 19th
- Tuesday – Dec. 15th
- Thursday – Jan. 28th – Tu B’Shevat Seder
- Tuesday – Feb. 16th
- Wednesday – March 17th Thursday – April 13th Tuesday – May 18th Wednesday – June 16th
Order Your Challah
Order your Round Raisin Challahs for the “High Challah-days”
Once again this year we have made arrangements with Blackbird Bakery in Lakewood (1391 Sloane Ave Lakewood 44107)
to make Round Raisin Challahs for Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur. They will be available at $5.50 each.
Call Blackbird to reserve your challah: 216-712-6599
and pick it up by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 18th (for Erev Rosh HaShanah) and Sunday, Sept. 29th (for Yom Kippur).
Check out their website for a listing of all their delicacies: http://www.blackbirdbaking.com
Jewish Wisdom for Everyday Living
Jewish Wisdom for Everyday Living
Our Scholar-in-Residence series continues THIS Sunday, October 25th, 7:00 p.m.“Jewish Wisdom For Everyday Living”featuring Greg Marcus, the founder of American Mussar Why is it hard to be good? The Rabbis asked themselves that question 1000 years ago, as they wondered why people had trouble keeping the commandments. The Jewish Spiritual practice of Mussar grew out of the recognition that we have an internal world, drives and impulses that make it hard to keep our cool, and do or say the right things. During this time of plague, we are challenged by isolation, leadership failures, economic distress, and the deaths of friends, family members, and strangers. Now more than ever, we need guidance on how to show up as the best version of ourselves, and to cope with these fraught times. Come to this highly interactive session to learn how the Jewish Mindfulness practice of Mussar can help you remain present, stress less, and findmoments of calm and joy. Join Zoom Meetinghttps://zoom.us/j/94479094185?pwd=WER1bGx2R2ZMTklhZGQvYUJLNlZudz09 Meeting ID: 944 7909 4185Passcode: 637720 Dial in: 646 876 9923 This Scholar-in-Residence program is funded by BI-TWT’s Zaransky Speaker Fund and the Congregational Enrichment Fund of Cleveland’s Jewish Education Center
RAC Civic Engagement Campaign
We’re counting down the days until Election Day, and with less than 100 days until November 3, there’s still a lot more work to be done to ensure that every eligible voter is able and ready to cast their ballot. The Reform Movement’s 2020 Civic Engagement Campaign has brought together Reform Jews from across the United States to mobilize voters, educate and empower young and first-time voters, and work to combat voter suppression. If you haven’t yet joined in this work, there’s still time to make an impact.Here are some ways you can get involved right now and help get out the vote:
- Sign-up to join the campaign: You’ll be the first to know about action items, resources, and webinars.
- Get involved in your state project: Make change in your own community by joining us locally in California, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas.
- Attend our weekly Civic Engagement Campaign calls: Each Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET, learn about different aspects of the campaign, ask questions, and hear from other members of the Reform Jewish community who are deeply engaged in this work.
- Phone bank with our partners from Reclaim Our Vote: We’re reaching out to low-propensity voters of Color in states with restrictive voting laws.
Teens, you can also get involved! Here are some ways that high school and college students can make the most impact in their communities:
- Attend weekly office hours: Ask questions about our civic engagement work and share ideas with other student activists.
- Apply for the RAC Teen Justice Fellowship: You’ll learn about advocacy and Judaism and gain the skills needed to be a changemaker. Applications are due August 21.
- Sign up for the RAC Social Justice Academy: We are excited to launch the RAC Social Justice Academy—our new program for the 2020-2021 year to offer meaningful, fun and actionable Jewish social justice education in a virtual setting.
Interested in how you can be actively engaged with BI-TWT’s efforts? Contact our Social Action Co-Chairs: Ken Dunn dunnka@yahoo.com and Barbara Feldmar barbaraf@oberlin.net
Rohingya Genocide Vigil
We Remember, We Act:
A Jewish Vigil for the Rohingya GenocideTuesday, August 25, 2020
4:00 – 4:30 p.m. EST / 1:00 – 1:30 p.m. PSTRSVP here
Please join the Jewish Rohingya Justice Network for a virtual candlelight vigil. We’ll come together as a strong, unified Jewish movement from across the country standing with the Rohingya people to decry the ongoing genocide and decades of persecution that continue today. RSVP here. Hannah Weilbacher, Program Officer for Jewish Advocacy and EngagementAmerican Jewish World Service
A Modern-Day Exodus
Ohio Historical Marker 143-18
Sponsored by: Beth Israel-The West Temple, Western Reserve Historical Society, Jewish Federation of Cleveland, and the Ohio History Connection
Beth Israel – The West Temple
Side A: Here in 1963 congregants of Beth Israel-The West Temple, led by Louis Rosenblum, Herb Caron, and Rabbi Daniel Litt, founded the Cleveland Committee (later Council) on Soviet Anti-Semitism, the first American organization created to advocate for freedom for Soviet Jews. In 1970 this work led to the formation of the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews (UCSJ) under the leadership of Louis Rosenblum. The UCSJ, whose national office was located here 1970-1973, became the largest independent Soviet Jewry organization in the world. By the turn of the 21st century, the efforts begun here helped 1.6 million Jews leave the former Soviet Union. (Continued on other side)
Side B: (Continued from other side) In the years between 1975 and 2003, an estimated ten thousand Soviet Jews were resettled in Cleveland. The Jewish Federation of Cleveland (JFC), the Jewish Family Service Association (JFSA) and other social agencies, schools, congregations and thousands of volunteers helped these new Americans acclimate to American and Jewish life. These agencies and volunteers provided help finding housing and employment and education in Jewish traditions. They and their children now live in freedom, enriching our region.
Race Relations with Elizabeth Metz
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Race Relations with Elizabeth Metz
THIS COMING Wednesday – August 19th – 7:30 pmConversation about Race Relations with Teen Community Activist – Elizabeth Metz Follow this link to our program:
https://youtu.be/CxC_3rtibFY Welcome High School Students, Parents, Congregants: You are invited to our first Social Action Program for the Fall 2020 to hear Elizabeth Metz who is a senior at Beachwood High School, to tell about her experiences growing up Black and Jewish. Her “Breaking Barriers Project,” a platform for students across the United States to create conversation on topics of diversity, inclusion, race, gender, sexuality, and religion, won her a 2020 Princeton Prize in Race Relations. We invite you to listen to Ms. Metz’s story and participate in a lively discussion about growing up at the intersection of race and religion in today’s United States. To read more from Ms. Metz, please go to the Beachwood Buzz (https://tinyurl.com/Metzspeech, pg. 9) Our program will be Livestreaming from the Temple THIS coming Wednesday night, August 19, 2020 at 7:30-8:30 pm. We hope many of you will tune in, send in your questions through the chat box during the program, and you are free to invite your friends and family. https://youtu.be/CxC_3rtibFY As a follow-up to our session with Elizabeth Metz, here are two links: 1 – To the organization Be’Chol Lashon –https://globaljews.org/Be’chol Lashon (Hebrew for “in every language”) strengthens Jewish identity by raising awareness about the ethnic, racial and cultural diversity of Jewish people and experience around the globe. 2 – To the OP-Ed Elizabeth wrote for the Beachcomber – https://bcomber.org/editorials/2020/02/02/when-being-biracial-isnt-the-best-of-both-worlds/We hope you all keep well and safe, and benefit from our virtual events,Barbara Feldmar and Ken DunnSocial Action co-Chairs
Lunch ‘n’ Learn
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Zoom Lunch ‘n’ Learn with Rabbi Lader and Friends
NEXT Thursday, August 20th at Noon Honorable MentschenYour Turn to Share – Who are the Honorable Mentschen in your life? Our previous sessions have focused on what is a mentsch, Superman’s Jewish mentsch-like qualities, and how to make a golem… Now it’s your turn to share your nominees for our Honorable Mentschen list… We will also acknowledge the new month of Elul, and how – as we make our way to Tishre and Rosh HaShanah – we can identify and/or develop our own mensch qualities… Join us NEXT Thursday on zoom:https://zoom.us/j/98682408859?pwd=Um9zdG1CQVIvYldHMGdrd3hESUxzZz09 Meeting ID: 986 8240 8859Passcode: 475894 Dial in: 646 876 9923 US Meeting ID: 986 8240 8859Passcode: 475894