October 23, 2004 Announcements

Details of the following announcements can be found at http://www.bnaishalomofolney.org/

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  1. Weekly Highlights and Schedule of Services
  2. Religious School News
  3. Nursery School Awards
  4. Social Action
  5. Men's Club - Entertainment Books
  6. Sisterhood News
  7. Youth Events
  8. Where are our College Students?
  9. Save the Dates
  10. This Week's Parsha

Weekly Highlights & Schedule of Services
[Events in green will occur before the next Shabbat.]

  • Friday Evening Shabbat Service - 7:30am
  • Saturday Morning Service - 9:00am, we will celebrate the Bat Mitzvah of Sara Lomke, Mazel Tov!
  • Saturday Junior Congregation - 9:30am, Rooms 13-15
  • Saturday Evening Mincha, Ma'ariv Havdallah Service - 5:30pm, we will celebrate the Bat Mitzvah of Rachel Blaustein
  • Sunday, Minyan at 8:45am
  • Evening Minyan, Monday-Thursday 7:30 p.m. in the Shuman Family Chapel

 

Religious School

Junior Congregation will be held Saturday, October 23 from 9:30-11:30. Kids Konversation will not be held this week. The next Junior Congregation is Saturday, November 6.

Grade 5 will be participating in Take Off For Israel Sunday, October 24. Letters were sent home explaining the program.

Religious School is closed Sunday, October 31 due to the BJE Professional Day.

There is religious school on Tuesday, November 2, Election Day.

Our Rescued Torah Dedication has been rescheduled for Sunday, November 21. Our Rescued Torah Fund has reached approximately $6700.00. If you would like to help us reach our goal of $10,000.00 please forward your donation to the Religious School and designate "Rescued Torah Fund" on the envelope. Thank you to those of you who made a donation.

Nursery School

We had Back to School Night. Carol Polovy (representing the Board and Trustees of BSO) and Belinda Wasserman (Chairperson of the Nursery School Committee) were there to help honor our teachers.

Our teachers were thanked and given flowers for receiving the following awards within the last five months:

  • Achieving accreditation for the third time from the National Association for the Education of Young Children.
  • Receiving Commendation for Excellence in Jewish Early Childhood Education from the Greater Washington Board of Jewish Education
  • And our most recent recognition is a Silver Star Award for Nursery School Education. This will be given to our synagogue from the Seaboard Branch of The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.


    The B'nai Shalom of Olney Nursery School will hold its Eleventh Annual Fall Boutique and Silent Auction on Sunday, November 14, 2004, from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. This fabulous boutique will feature over 60 vendors with unique merchandise such as jewelry, toys, apparel, holiday gift ideas and home accessories. Also featured are a silent auction, themed raffle baskets and free gift wrapping. The event will take place at the Longwood Community Recreation Center located at 19300 Georgia Avenue in Brookeville, about one mile north of Route 108. For more information call 301-260-1406. Admission is free and open to all.

Social Action

Multiple myeloma, bone marrow cancer, has affected members of the BSO community. At this point there is no cure for the disease, but research has resulted in treatments that have given patients periods of remission. The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundations 2nd annual 5K walk/run in Washington, DC, is being held on November 14 at 8:00 a.m. in West Potomac Park on Ohio Drive. This organization raises awareness, funds the most promising research, fosters collaboration among researchers worldwise, educates the myeloma community, and advocates for optimal patient care.

We have lost at least one member of the congregation to this disease, and in his memory and in honor of Ron Geller's battle, please support this run.

To register for the 5k walk/run online go to www.runwashington.com or contact the Geller family for further details at loisgeller@comcast.net. Registration is $25, which is waived if $100 is raised. If you would like to make a contribution to support the participants in our family and friend team, please let us know. Corporate sponsors contribute at three different levels with different amounts of publicity; companies can also make in-kind donations for gift bags, such as key chains, water bottles, coupons, and such products as fruit, water, juice,granola bars for the participants. A company team can also be formed, and we are also seeking volunteers for a variety of tasks, such as greeters, course marshals, finish line attendees, registration monitors, and in-kind gift bag stuffers. We also seeking assistance in placing PSAs in local newspapers and radio stations or magazines.

For more information visit www.mmrfrace.org

Lois and Ron Geller

Men's Club

  • Men's Club is once again selling Entertainment books at the low price of $35. Please contact Larry Parizer at 301.570.3475.

Sisterhood

  • Sistrerhood's paid up membership dinner is Sun. Nov. 7. RSVPs go to Diane Kahanov, dues can be paid at the door, dinner is gratis for Sisterhood members, guests are welcome, but there's a fee. Questions, call Leslie Rothfeld. 301-924-4954.
  • Sunday Oct. 24 and again on Sunday, Oct. 31, Helene Rosenheim will be working on some cleanup and organization of the kitchen and could use a hand from anyone that's available either of those days, that would be great. Call Helene if you can help- or as she said- you can just show up and pitch in.

Youth

  • For more information on any of these events, call Youth Director Jacob Komisar, at 301-774-0879, or 202-812-0336, or e-mail him at BSOYouth@bnaishalomofolney.org, or visit http://www.bnaishalomofolney.org/, and click on "Youth."

    Sunday, October 24th, Roller Skating with Machar (this might be your last chance to rollerskate at Rockville Skating Rink!)
    Friday-Sunday, October 29th-31st - Fall Kadima Kallah
    Sunday, October 31st - USY Purim on October, Children's Hospital Event

Help us Find Your College Student!

With the High Holidays upon us, we would like to be in touch with your son or daughter in college. Please send the following information to Ruth Burka (raburka@aol.com).

Name
School
Address
Year of graduation
email address

Please put Koach in the subject line. The only way we will get this information is if you supply it to us.

Save the Following Dates for Upcoming Events:

  • Sunday, November 21st - Opening the Gates of Torah - Including People with Disabilities in the Jewish Community, 2nd Annual Conference
  • Weekend, December 3-4 - Scholar in Residence with Dr. Bruce Birch, Dean of Wesley Theological Seminary
  • December 11 - Celebrate Rabbi Pohl's 25+ Years at B'nai Shalom of Olney

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