B'nai Shalom of Olney Shabbat Announcements
March 17, 2006 - 17 Adar 5766
Check www.bnaishalomofolney.org for details and updates or contact the office.
[Events in green will occur before the next Shabbat.]

Mark your calendar and plan on attending Shabbat services when Rabbinical Candidates visit our congregation! Provide feedback to the search committee at http://www.bnaishalomofolney.org/

• February 10 & 11 Rabbi Jonathan Perlman from Kfar Saba, Israel
• February 24 & 25 Rabbi Neal Loevinger from Newton Centre, Massachusetts
• March 3 & 4 Rabbi Jonathan Infeld from Marlboro, New Jersey CANCELLED/WITHDRAWN
• March 17 & 18 Rabbi Alan Londy from Smithtown, New York
• March 24 & 25 Rabbi Baruch HaLevi from Des Moines, Iowa

1. This Weekend, 3/17-3/18 Rabbi Alan Londy will be leading Shabbat Services
2. Saturday, 3/18 - 8:30pm - USY Purim Ball [More Info]
3. Sunday, 3/19 - 11:00am - Sisterhood Bachelorette Party for Esther (soon to be queen) [More Info]
4. Sunday, 3/19 - 4:00-6:00pm - Family Bingo
5. Sunday, 3/19 - 7:00pm - FREE FILM: Passover Fever [More Info]
6. Tuesday, 3/21 - 7:45pm - American Idol, USY and Kadimah
7. Tuesday & Wednesday, 3/22-23 - Nursery School Picture Days
8. Wednesday, 3/22 - 8:00pm - Synagogue Board Meeting
9. March 23-26th - Israeli Festival of Art at B'nai Shalom of Olney [More Info]
   Thursday, 3/23 - 7:00-11:00pm - Art Gallery Show
   Friday, 3/24 - 9:00am-2:00pm, 8:30-9:30pm - Art Gallery Show (viewing only during Shabbat)
   Saturday, 3/25 - 12:30-2:30pm - Art Gallery Show (viewing only during Shabbat)
   Saturday, 3/25 - 7:30pm - Art Gallery Show & Reception
   Sunday, 3/26 -9:00am-4:00pm - Art Gallery Show
10. Sunday, 3/26 - 9:45 and 10:45 am - The Many Faces of Depression In Children and Adolescents Workshop [More Info]
11. Sunday, 3/26 - 7:00-9:00pm - Sisterhood & Men's Club Kosher for Passover Wine Tasting [More Info]
12. Sunday, 3/26 - Torah Fund Brunch [More Info]

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Weekly Schedule of Services

1. This weekend 3/17-18, Rabbinical Candidate Rabbi Alan Londy will lead Shabbat Services
2. Friday, March 17, 7:30pm - Girl Scout and Shirei Musical Shabbat Service
3. Saturday, March 18, 9:00am - Shabbat Service, Jonathan Blanton Bar Mitzvah
4. Saturday, March 18, 5:30pm - Maariv/Havdalah, Zoe Bulitt Bat Mitzvah
5. Sunday, March 19, 8:45am - Minyan
6. Sunday, March 19, 8:45am - Grade 7/Zayin service followed by Darfur Passover Seder
7. Monday-Friday, 6:30am - Minyan
8. Monday-Thursday, 7:30pm - Minyan
9. Shabbat Weekend 3/24-25, Rabbinical Candidate Baruch HaLevi will lead Shabbat Services
10. Friday, March 24, 7:30pm - Bet Class/2 Shabbat Service
11. Saturday, March 25, 9:00am - Shabbat Service, Alexa and Emily Molleur B'not Mitzvah
12. Saturday, March 25, 9:30am - Junior Congregation
13. Saturday, March 25, 5:40pm - Maariv/Havdalah, Britney Stuart Bat Mitzvah
14. Sunday, March 26, 8:45am - Minyan
15. Monday-Friday, 6:30am - Minyan
16. Monday-Thursday, 7:30pm - Minyan

ISRAELI ARTS FESTIVAL

March 23-26th, the Safrai Fine Art Gallery of Jerusalem will be presented an Art Exhibit and Sale at B'nai Shalom of Olney. [More Info]

Volunteers are needed to help during the Israeli Arts Festival sign up for an HOUR or MORE! You can volunteer on line!

We Now Accept Credit Cards

Are you planning the long anticipated vacation?? Need frequent Flyer miles??

We are now able to accept credit card payments for all your Shul related needs-- dues, tuition, giant scrip, donations, contributions, and pledge anything we offer..... We will be taking Visa and MasterCard. There will be a 2.5% administrative charge. If you are interested in charging, please call Shelley Engel and provide her with the following information-- Name, card number, expiration date and security code on the back. PLEASE do not email or fax this information to the office.

Religious School

• Thank you to everyone who volunteered to assist us at the Purim Carnival. Your help is greatly appreciated! Our Purim Carnival was successful because of you!
  
• The next Junior Congregation services are March 18 and March 25 from 9:30-11:30 in rooms 13, 14 and 15.
  
• Grade 7 will be participating in their class service on Sunday, March 19 at 8:45 a.m. Following their class service, they will be taking part in a Seder for Darfur which they are planning.
  
• The Bet Class (grade 2) will participate in their class service on Friday, March 24. Letters were mailed home this past week.
  
• Passover candy orders will be available for pick up on April 2.

MORNING MINYAN

Morning minyan starts at 6:30 AM Monday-Friday. We look forward to seeing everyone there bright and early. . Our staff is a staff of volunteers. Once we get our feet wet a little and become used to our new routine, we are expecting this service to run at an efficiently high pace. So we can all start our day with minimal delays.

Questions? Call Gary Mizrachi, Chesed Chair at home (301) 570-5323, office (301) 774-4455 or email gmizrachi@comcast.net gmizrachi@comcast.net

Youth Department

• Come see who will become the next “American Idol.” The Youth Lounge will be open from 7:45-9pm on Tuesday nights so you can watch “American Idol” on the big screen.
  
• Find your favorite costume and dress up for the USY Purim Ball on March 18th at Agudas Achim. [More Info]
  
• Machar is going to see Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat on Sunday, March 26th at Har Shalom at 4:00pm, contact Adam since tickets are limited. [More Info]
  
• Hey Kadimaniks and 5th grade Machar Members, you don’t have school on Friday the 31st, so come hang out for a Youth Lounge Night on Thursday, March 30th. We’ll have FREE Ice Cream Sundaes, a FREE movie, and FREE fun. We’ll be in the Youth Lounge from 7-10pm. [More Info]
  
• Parents, come learn about what your kid is doing and seeing on the internet. We’ll have a special presentation on Tuesday, April 4th at 8pm in the Social Hall. The program is FREE. Please RSVP so we know you’re coming.
  
• Our Bonimers are going to see an incredible Karate Demonstration by BSO’S own Mark Malakoff on April 30th. [More Info]
  
• A Special Saturday night out that’s ONLY FOR OUR 8th Graders is coming up on April 29th. More information coming soon.
  
• Attention Teens: There’s 2 great ways to perform Tikun Olam. One is to make a difference in DC on Sunday, April 23rd...[More Info] . The other gets you a 9 days this summer in Mexico. This is your chance to truly help those in this world who really need it. You DO NOT have to be a youth group member to take part in either program. Contact Adam for more details.

YOM HA'ATZMAUT

On April 30, the Israeli Affairs Committee, together with Sisterhood and the Mens Club, will put on a Yom HaAtzmaut program. The program will begin at 1:45 in the social hall at BSO. The program is for all ages to enjoy Israeli songs, dancing, and food.

The Many Faces of Depression In Children and Adolescents WORKSHOP

As parents, we want to make sure that our children are healthy. But unlike the obvious signs of physical illness, the signs of emotional distress are not always as clear. Sunday morning March 26, two sessions, 9:45am and 10:45am. Workshop topics will include: depression facts and myths, signs of depression in children and teens, talking to children about depression, suicidal thoughts and mood swings, suicide in children and adolescents, conveying to children that they can trust parents to help, where and how to get help. [More Info]

New Havurah forming

We are searching for families with children older than ten to fill a newly forming Havurah. Whether you are a new member of BSO or have been in our family for years, we welcome your involvement in this special program. A Havurah is more than a social, prayer or service group. Friends within a Havurah, create a special connection to each other by sharing a more intense experience within our synagogue life. Sharing both the joyous and sad moments of life, the members of a Havurah truly become your extended family at BSO. Sharing these experiences create a community within a community or families within a family.

We are also trying to compile a contact list for all the existing Havurot. Please send your current 'roster' and any requests for more information to Sharon Agranov sharona@prestongates.com

FAMILY EVENT

Pizza Bingo for kids of all ages and their parents, bubbes, zaydes and friends! Sunday, March 19 at 4 – 6 p.m.

Israeli dancing

• Classes taught by our own Susie Fuchs; anyone 4th grade and up is welcome. All levels included, from beginning to advanced. Classes are at 8:00pm for one hour --look for us either in the social hall or the lobby! Cost is $5.00/adult, $3.00/student.

Sisterhood

• Sisterhood Hostess Schedule is now online
  
• In honor of Purim, Sisterhood is throwing a Bachelorette Party, including lunch, for Esther on Sunday, March 19 at 11 a.m. at the home of Naomi Yadin-Mendick. For information or to RSVP, call Diane Kahanov, 301-570-4744 or e-mail TWGMom@aol.com.
  
• The area-wide Torah Fund brunch for those who support the Jewish Theological Seminary and the Ziegler School at the University of Judaism through the Torah Fund campaign with a minimum pledge of $36 is Sunday, March 26 at 11:30 at Har Shalom. The program will feature Rabbi Daniella Kolodny who was ordained at JTS in 2004 and is Chaplain at the National Naval Medical Center and the only female rabbi in the U.S. Navy. For more information on Torah Fund, the brunch or to RSVP, contact Paula Evans, 301-384-3943 [More Info]
  
• Kosher for Passover Wine Tasting: Sunday, March 26th, 7-9 PM. Contact Belinda Wasserman (301) 774-0933 or Stan Dubin (301) 774-8546 for more information

Mens Club

• Softball teams will be forming in April. If you are interested in playing softball please call Larry Parizer at 301-570-3475 or e-mail Larry at Larry.parizer@bcbsa.com
  
• Kosher for Passover Wine Tasting: Sunday, March 26th, 7-9 PM. Contact Belinda Wasserman (301) 774-0933 or Stan Dubin (301) 774-8546 for more information

FREE FILM FESTIVAL

Sunday, March 19th at 7:00pm FREE

Walk on Water, Rated R
Two years after "Yossi and Jagger", American born, Israeli director Eytan Fox returns with "Walk on Water", a colorful and very contemporary road movie that takes its characters around Israel and later to Berlin. This unique movie, is a non traditional attempt to understand the role that is still played by the past in the lives of Israeli and German young people.

Save the Following Dates for Upcoming Events:

• Sunday, April 23rd - B'nai Shalom of Olney's Awards Dinner Dance
  
• Jewish Community Events Calendar

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P A R A S H A T K i T i s s a
Shabbat Parah

Exodus 30:11 - 34:35
Numbers 19:1-22

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H A F T A R A T P a r a h
Ezekiel 36:16-38

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