1. August 19 - Sign Interpreted Shabbat Service
2. August 22-28th USY Encampment and Kadimah Camp
3. Does your Auxiliary or Committee have something to announce to the congregation? Send the text (or any electronic fliers) to webmaster@bnaishalomofolney.org and include the dates you want it advertised!

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

1. Friday, August 19 - 7:30 pm Shabbat Service, Sign Interpreted
2. Saturday, August 20 - 9:00am Shabbat Service, B'nai Mitzvah of Justin Gorinson and Thomas Grunewald
3. Sunday, August 21 - 9:00 am - Minyan
4. Tuesday-Thursday - 7:30pm - Minyan
   If you haven't attended minyan this summer, try to make it this week!

Welcome Rabbi Ulmer

Rabbi Moshe Ulmer began his tenure as the Interim Rabbi at B'nai Shalom of Olney on August 1st. If you need to contact him, please stop in, call the office or send him an email at rabbi@bnaishalomofolney.org . We welcome Rabbi Ulmer and look forward to learning and worshipping with him this year! Learn more about Rabbi Ulmer at http://www.bnaishalomofolney.org/BSO_FILES/rabbi.htm

Nursery School

B'nai Shalom of Olney welcomes Pam Gorin as the new Director of the Nursery School. Pam will be available in the NS office during the week and can be reached at pam.gorin@bnaishalomofolney.org . We know our children will thrive under her leadership!

The B'nai Shalom of Olney Nursery School will hold its Twelfth Annual Fall Boutique and Silent Auction on Sunday, October 16, 2005, 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 about one mile north of Route 108. For more information call 301-260-1406. Admission is free and open to all.

High Holiday Ticket Sales

By now you should have received your High Holiday information packet. Please read through it carefully. Just a special note on a new service this year. The interactive Learning service for individuals and families of all ages. It is designed to meet the needs of families with elementary aged children, families preferring an abbreviated service, plus those who would like a learning environment.

Please remember that in accordance with synagogue policy, all synagogue financial obligations accrued through June 30, 2005 must be paid in full (or an arrangement made with your financial secretary) to participate in the High Holiday ticket lottery. Deadline for having your High Holiday order forms in is close of business this Monday the 22nd.

Religious School

• The first day of school is Tuesday, September 6. The first Wednesday is September 7. The first Sunday is September 11.
  
• The first Junior Congregation of the year is Saturday, September 10 from 9:30-11:30 in Rooms 13, 14, and 15.
  
• Post cards will be mailed home early next week to all registered grades K-7 students confirming their Hebrew school days of attendance. Class lists will be posted on the first day of school.
  
• In accordance with synagogue policy, all synagogue financial obligations accrued through June 30, 2005, must be paid in full and you must be current on all pledges (or an arrangement made with your financial secretary) to register for religious school. If you have sent in your religious school registration forms and have a past due balance on your account, your school registration has been placed on hold.
  
  The bookkeeping department has sent out their July quarterly bills. If you registered for religious school after July 15 (our due date), on your October bill you will see two quarters of tuition charges. To avoid paying two quarters at once, you may make a payment before the October quarterly bill is mailed. Please call the bookkeeping department at 301-774-0879 if you have any questions regarding your account.
  
• If you have not yet registered, please be advised that some classes are already closed.
  
• Those students who participated in our ulpan classes last year received a letter regarding an ulpan class this coming year. Please return the tear-off and appropriate fee to the religious school office as soon as possible.
  
• We look forward to seeing you in September!

Youth Department

• Membership Forms are available for download here!
  
• Please join us September 11th from 3:00 – 5:00 when we have an ice cream social to meet and greet our new youth department. Both Adam, our Youth Director and Miryam, our NEW USY advisor would love to meet all of you!
  
• The Youth Dept. is sponsoring a cell phone collection. The donated phones will be turned into cash with the proceeds going to the B’nai Brith Bagel Brigade which uses the money to buy breakfasts for needy kids. Please deposit just the phone, sorry no accessories, into the box outside the sanctuary.
  
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• Join us for a Welcome Back Kadimah Pool Party - September 18th from 3-5pm
  
• Bonim will make Jewish New Year cards for Jewish American troops serving in Iraq & Afghanistan at BSO on September 18th at 10:30am.
  

KOACH

Koach College Outreach is a project of The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. KOACH provides college-age students the opportunity to maintain and develop connections to Conservative Judaism. We strive to maintain a connection with our college students by sending them holiday greetings and packages as well as the monthly newsletters and weekly announcements. We’ve held college services on weekends when many students are home, featuring speakers who address issues pertinent to campus life.

We would like to stay in touch with your son or daughter while in college. To add your student or to update their information, please send the following to Ruth Burka at raburka@aol.com. Name, School, Address, Year of graduation, email address and please put Koach in the subject line. The only way we will get this information is if you supply it to us.

Mens Club

• The Men’s Club will have an open meeting for all members and perspective members on Thursday, September 15 at the synagogue starting after 7:30 pm Minyon at 8 pm
  
• Please save the date of Sunday evening Sepember 25 starting at 6:30 pm when the Men’s Club will host a Texas Hold-um tournament. Details for this event will be forthcoming but everyone, including the ladies and outside guests are invited to attend and participate. The entrance fee will be discounted for paid up members of the
  Men’s Club.
  
• Entertainment books are available once again in the front office.

FREE TRIP TO ISRAEL!

The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington and its local Taglit-birthright israel program invite area graduate students and young professionals to join friends and colleagues on a 10-day free trip to Israel this Winter, 2005-2006. Participants will travel throughout Israel and embrace the beauty, excitement and complexities that comprise modern Israel today. Registration for this upcoming trip starts Sept. 8, 2005. Contact Shai Lamdan at (301) 230-7208 or shai.lamdan@shalomdc.org for registration information. To register online, link to www.shorashim.org. The Washington, D.C. community trip to Israel is funded by The Jewish Federation, the United Jewish Endowment Fund and taglit-birthright israel.

This community-based trip is open to Washington, D.C. area Jewish young adults, 22 to 26 years old, who have never traveled to Israel on an organized peer program. The trip is free and includes roundtrip airfare, plus 10-days of educational programming, day trips, and other special opportunities

Save the Following Dates for Upcoming Events:

• B'nai Shalom Jewish Film Festival Begins this fall! See films dealing with Jewish Issues from all over the world every third Sunday evening of each month!
• September 6 - First Day of Religious School
• Jewish Community Events Calendar

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P A R A S H A T V a - e t h a n n a n
Shabbat Nahamu
Deuteronomy 3:23 - 7:11

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H A F T A R A T V a - e t h a n n a n
Shabbat Nahamu
Isaiah 40:1 - 26

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