November 27, 2004 Announcements

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

Go directly to the topics that interest you!

  1. Weekly Highlights and Schedule of Services
  2. Religious School News
  3. College News
  4. Sisterhood
  5. Men's Club - Entertainment Books
  6. Youth Events
  7. Save the Dates
  8. This Week's Parsha
  9. Community Events

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

  • Friday Evening Shabbat Service - 7:30pm
  • Saturday Morning Service - 9:00am College Shabbat Service
  • Sunday, Minyan at 8:45am
  • Evening Minyan, Monday-Thursday 7:30 p.m. in the Shuman Family Chapel

The High Holiday Ticket Committee is seeking your input on this year's High Holiday services and ticket process. Your feedback is crucial to help make improvements for next year. If you were satisfied, we need to know. If not, we need to know what it is you think we can do better. Please take a few moments to respond to the survey you received recently by email. If we don't have your email address, you didn't receive the survey. You can pick up a print version of the survey from Shelley Engel or send your email address to Lori Gardner at lorigardner@comcast.net

Religious School

Religious School is closed from Wednesday, November 24 thru Sunday, November 28 for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Grades 8-10 Back to School Night is December 1 from 7:00 p.m.- 9:00 p.m. All parents are invited to attend class with their children.

The next Junior Congregation is Saturday, December 4, from 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. It will be followed by Kids Konversation at 11:45.

The Junior Congregation/ Kids Konversation scheduled for December 11 has been cancelled due to the Shabbat service honoring Rabbi Pohl's 26 years of service to BSO. We encourage everyone to attend and be part of this very special Shabbat service.

How 2 University is scheduled for Sunday, December 19. Packets were mailed and registration forms are due in the Religious School office by December 8, 2004. Classes will be filled on a first come first served basis.

Our Torah Dedication was beautiful.
Check out the story in the Olney Gazette and the Washington Jewish Week

College Students

College Students come to Shabbat Service on 11/27/04 so we can honor you… Guest speaker Jennifer Kraus, a senior at Indiana University and an AIPAC intern, will talk about Israel/Jewish politics on campus. Please bring/wear your school baseball cap… USY'ers please come and show your support…. Next year some of you will be our BSO college students!

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

  • December Sisterhood Board Meeting this Wednesday, December 1 at 8 p.m. at the home of Jan King. All Sisterhood members are invited. Call Jan for directions.
  • Melaveh Malkah- make a special Shabbat Chanukah at BSO even more special by joining us for a Melaveh Malkah- a traditional way of extending our celebration of Shabbat as a community- with minchah, seudah shlishit- the third ritual meal of Shabbat-, singing, ma'ariv and havdalah, followed by lighting Chanukah candles (all finished by around 6 p.m.!). Sponsored by BSO Sisterhood, Men's Club and Youth Dept. Saturday, December 11, 4:30 at BSO.

Youth

  • Saturday, November 27th: College Shabbat!!! Where your Thursday, December
    2nd: USY First Thursday Youth Lounge Night. Come hang out in the Youth
    Lounge, watch DVD's, play the X-Box, nosh, and just plain relax!

  • Sunday, November 28th: Bonim Bingo with Bubbie and Zaydie.

  • Sunday, December 5th: Kindergarten Hannukah Gift-making program... Come
    make a surprise for your parents!!! 10:30 am.

  • Sunday, December 12th: USY Israel Space-Capsule program. Come see a day
    in the life of Israeli teenagers, packed into a box!

  • Saturday, December 18th: USY Lazertag Lockin with B'nai Israel!

  • If you have any questions about Youth Group Activities at B'nai Shalom of Olney, please contact Youth Director Jacob Komisar, at 301-774-0879, or at BSOYouth@bnaishalomofolney.org. To RSVP for events, or for information about specific youth groups, you may contact their respective advisors.
    Kindergarten: Eve Margol, 301-570-5615; Bonim: Debbie Kovalsky, 301-924-2851; Machar: Mickey Parel, 301-924-0233; Kadima and USY: Jacob Komisar, 301-774-0879.


    The Youth Minyan needs Torah readers!!! If you are interested in reading 9 lines from the weekly Torah Reading on December 4th, 11th, or 18th, January 8th, 15th, 22nd, or 29th, or February 5th, 12th, or 26th, please e-mail Jacob at BSOYouth@bnaishalomofolney.org, or call 301-774-0879!

    Attention all parents of Day School students!!! There is a chance that your child is not on my lists for the youth groups at BSO!!! If you have a child who attends a local day school, or if you have a child who has not received any mailings regarding B'nai Shalom of Olney Youth Group activities, please contact me with their name, address, grade, birth date, phone number, and e-mail address!

Save the Following Dates for Upcoming Events:

  • 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
  • Jewish Community Events Calendar

Text of Weekly Torah Portion is brought to you by The Jewish Theological Seminary of America

Torah:
Va-Yishlah
Genesis 32:4 - 36:43
http://learn.jtsa.edu/topics/parashah/jpstext/vayishlah.shtml

Haftarah:
Haftarah for Va-Yishlah
Obadiah 1.1-21
http://learn.jtsa.edu/topics/parashah/jpstext/vayishlah_haft.shtml