B'nai Shalom of Olney Shabbat Announcements
June 17, 2006 - 21 Sivan 5766
Check www.bnaishalomofolney.org for details and updates or contact the office.
[Events in green will occur before the next Shabbat.]

Upcoming events

• Friday, June 16, 7:30pm - Shirei Shabbat - Musical Shabbat Service honoring High School Seniors
• Sunday, June 18, 3:00pm - FREE Film Festival - Paper Clips
• Wednesday, June 21, 8:00pm - Congregational Meeting - Vote to hire Rabbi Sunshine
• Thursday, June 22, 8:00pm - Calendar Meeting
• Sunday, June 25, 6:30pm - Men's Club - Texas Hold 'Em Tournament
• Monday, June 26 - Nursery School Summer Camp Begins
• Tuesday-Thursday, June 27-29 - USY Wheels hosted by B'nai Shalom of Olney
• Friday, June 30, 6:00pm - Shabbat Dinner followed by Service to say farewell to Rabbi Ulmer

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Weekly Schedule of Services

1. Friday, June 16, 7:30pm - Shirei Shabbat Service, Musical Shabbat - Honoring High School Seniors
2. Saturday, June 17, 9:00pm - Shabbat Service, B'nai Mitzvah of Jason Alexander and Michelle Speiser
3. Saturday, June 17, 7:45pm - Mincah/Ma'ariv/Havdalah Service, Bar Mitzvah of Samuel Lemberger
4. Sunday, June 18, 9:00am - Minyan
5. Monday-Thursday, 7:30pm - Minyan
6. Friday, 6:30am - Minyan
7. Friday, June 23, 7:30pm - Friday Night Shabbat Service
8. Saturday, June 24, 9:00am - Shabbat Service

SHIREI SHABBAT - MUSICAL SHABBAT, Friday, June 16

Spend a spiritual evening with Cantor Geller as she leads us through a magical service welcoming Shabbat. The addition to musical instruments and a variety of melodies enhance the Shabbat experience for everyone. This Shabbat evening we will honor graduating high school seniors and welcome them and their families to join us.

BSO Free Film Festival

Sunday, June 18th at 3:00pm - Paper Clips
Spend Father's Day with the WHOLE Family at this inspirational film.
Whitwell, TN is a small, rural community of less than two thousand people nestled in the mountains of Tennessee. Its citizens are almost exclusively white and Christian. In 1998, the children of Whitwell Middle School took on an inspiring project, launched out of their principal's desire to help her students open their eyes to the diversity of the world beyond their insulated valley. What happened would change the students, their teachers, their families and the entire town forever… and eventually open hearts and minds around the world. PAPER CLIPS is the moving and inspiring documentary film that captures how these students responded to lessons about the Holocaust-with a promise to honor every lost soul by collecting one paper clip for each individual exterminated by the Nazis.

Religious School

• Religious School Registration for the 2006-2007 School Year was mailed. If you did not receive your packet or need additional packets for new students, please call the Religiuos School Office at 301-774-9323 or email bso.rs@bnaishalomofolney.org
  
• Registration forms are due July 14, 2006 and must be accompanied by the full registration fee. Member Families need to be in good financial standing with the synagogue in order register their children for school.
  
• The first day of Religious School will be September 5. Back to School Packets will be mailed Early August with a School Calendar attached.
  
• We encourage all students to attend services during the summer in the main sanctuary to keep their Hebrew skills sharp.
  
• We wish you all a wonderful summer vacation and thank you for your support.

Youth Department

• This is your chance to keep up to date on what’s happening in the Jewish world right around Washington D.C. and help the BSO Youth Department. For every new subscription, the Washington Jewish Week will donate $20 to the BSO Youth Department. Check out the attached application and get it back as soon as you can. Our kids and I thank you very much.
  
• Sign up for a youth group for next year today and get $5 off an event for next year. [More Info]
  
• Come have dinner with 48 USYers from around the country. It’s the evening of June 27th right here at BSO.
  • -We need families to host kids who are coming to BSO on the USY Wheels Bus. You would need to provide a place to sleep for the nights of June 27th and June 28th. We ask that you feed them breakfast each morning and take them to BSO with a packed lunch each day. For more information, please contact Adam as soon as possible.
    
• Encampment open to all 5th-12th Graders
  Registration is underway for this Summer’s USY Encampment/Kamp Kadima. It takes place August 21st-27th at Capital Camps in Waynesboro, PA. It is open to all kids who are currently in 5th-11th grades. There is a discount for early registration.
  
  • Kadimah - Attention 5th Graders going into 6rh Grade attend Kadimah Camp August 21-27 at Capital Camps [More Info]
  • USY Encampment at Capital Camps August 21-27 [More Info]
    
• USY Summer Sizzle BBQ & Dance on June 18th at Ohr Kodesh [More Info]
  
• Attention Teens: There’s a great way to perform Tikun Olam 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.

Community service opportunities for youth

ATTENTION INCOMING 10TH-12TH GRADERS and their parents! Community service opportunities with summer training offered. Applications due June 15, 2006.

The Partnership of Jewish Life and Learning is thrilled to announce the inaugural year of S.N.A.P. – the Special Needs Assistance Program. High school students entering 10th through 12th grades in the fall of 2006 are invited to apply to participate in a week-long summer training institute to become aides in congregational school classrooms and youth groups, helping children and teens with special needs experience success in these settings. The training institute will take place August 21 – 24, 2006 from 9 am – 2:30 pm. Training will continue throughout the year at monthly sessions that will enable teens to share their experiences, problem-solve, and gain additional strategies for their work. Community service credit will be available as well as possible stipends. For more information, or to receive an application, please contact Lenore Layman at 301-255-1952, llayman@pjll.org

SIisterhood

• Sisterhood Hostess Schedule is now online

MEN's CLUB

• Men's Club Texas Hold 'Em Tournament - Sunday, June 25 at 6:30pm

Interpretive Services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing

B'nai Shalom of Olney can provide interpretive services for anyone with the need. ASL Interpreters and Cued Speech Transliterators are available. We will need 48 hour notice to confirm that someone will be available. A webform is available to make your request. [More Info]

If you have any further questions, please contact Shelley Engel, Executive Director at shelley.engel@bnaishalomofolney.org or Andrea Cohen, Special Needs and Accessibility Chair at andrealc2002@yahoo.com .

Save the Following Dates for Upcoming Events:

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Torah
Beha'alothekha
Numbers 8:1 - 12:16
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Haftarah
Haftarah for Beha'alothekha
Zechariah 2:14 - 4:7
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