B'nai Shalom of Olney Shabbat Announcements February 28, 2009 4 Adar 5769 Check www.bnaishalomofolney.org for details and updates or contact the office.
Please send a post-B'nai Mitzvah member of your family to Minyan this week. Sunday @ 9:00am, Monday -Thursday @ 7:30pm or Friday @ 6:45am

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Kiddush Konversation

• Saturday, February 28 @ 12:15 p.m. - A discussion will be led by Harvey and Judy Perritt on Jerusalem 1913: The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict by Amy Marcus. This is a timely book since most people are not aware of the history of Jews in Palestine prior to and during World War I. Thank you to Mark and Toni Walton for sponsoring the luncheon for Kiddush Konversation.

Sunday Evening Minyan

• Sunday, March 1 @ 7:30 p.m. - Special minyan at BSO on Sunday evening to help some of our BSO family members who have yahrezeit of a loved one. If you are available, please help to make a minyan.

Purim is coming! Synaplex is coming!

• Saturday, March 7 @ 9:00 a.m. - Synaplex Shabbat, featuring something for everyone. We will be having a Rabbinic Student join us for JTS Seminary Shabbat, a Shabbat Cafe, yoga, singing, even Rabbi Sunshine Unplugged-- [more info]
  • 9:00 AM -9:45 a.m.- Shacharit
  • 9:45 AM -10:00 AM Shabbat Café
    Take a break for coffee, muffins, and schmoozing!
  • 10:00 AM -11:00 a.m.
    • All: Traditional Torah Service
      Led By Hazzan Geller
    • Adult: Text Study: Hamentaschen and Helping Led by Dani Gobuty, JTS Rabbinical Student
    • Adult: Namaste and Shalom - Shabbat Yoga Led by Mara Bayewitz and Nancy Mannheimer
    • Grade 7-12: Teen Torah Service Led by Ruth Geller
    • Grade 2-6 & Parents: The Rabbi Unplugged - Learn and rap with Rabbi Sunshine in a relaxed and informal setting! Bring any and all questions with you!
    • Grade 2-6: Shabbat Synchronized - A unique exploration of Shabbat-themed creative movement
      Led by Caron Starobin (Limited to 10 participants)
  • 11:00 AM -12:00 p.m.
    All: Traditional Musaf Service
    Guest Speaker, JTS Rabbinical Student Dani Gobuty
    • Ages 1-7 & Parents: Tot Shabbat Led by Jen Sunshine
  • 12:00 p.m.- Communal Kiddush Lunch!! All Are Invited!!
    Featuring Shabbat singing, Birkat Hamazon, and a Q&A with Dani Gobuty
    Sponsored by Karen and David Eskow and Marsha and George Goldrich
• Please RSVP to Roni @ 301-774-0879 or roni.septoff@bnaishalomofolney.org
  by Monday, March 2, 2009, if you are planning on joining us for lunch and/or
  if your child would like to participate in the limited-enrollment Shabbat Synchronized program!
• Monday, March 9 - Purim
  • 6:00 p.m. - Spaghetti Dinner [reservations],
  • 6:45 p.m. Mini-Megillah ------ Join Becky Gordon and the Yofi Tofi gang for a Purim Potpourri full of singing, puppetry and holiday trivia. For children ages 2- 6 and their parents.
  • 6:45 p.m. Megillah Madness --- Enjoy Purim through song, schtick and Megillah. Appropriate for ages 7 and up, and their parents of course!
  • 7:30 p.m. - Megillah Classic - Ma'ariv and traditional Megillah reading

Hats off to Purim

• Saturday, March 7 @ 7:30 p.m. - Bingo, Prizes and Beer all for $20.00 per person. Wear a funky hat! Prize will be given for the best hat. Contact Lori Gardner to help with this event. [more] Buy your tickets now before space is gone! {google checkout}
• Babysitting is available - USYers are making it easier to come to Bingo: they will babysit for your kids at your home while you are at BINGO, but the money you pay them for their services will go to Tikun Olam (repairing the world). What better way to enjoy a great event at BSO than to know you are also contributing to helping others! To get on the list, email Harriet Turkheimer. Include your full name, address, and # of kids. No guarantees, this is first come, first serve – USYers don’t grow on trees!!!

 

Now Available -Challah Order

Many of you have asked where we get the challahs for Shabbat Dinners, many of you have asked where we get the challahs we have in the office on Thursday --- well now you can get your own.....Attached is the new Challah order form for the spring 2009. Please turn in by the end of February if you would like to start delivery at the beginning of March. Once placed challahs will be available for pick up on Thursday afternoons in the synagogue office. Have a Happy Challah Day! [order form]

King of the Jews

• Sunday, April 5 @ 7:30 p.m. - Buy your tickets now through B'nai Shalom of Olney as we go as a group to see King of the Jews at the Olney theater. Olney brings you the WORLD PREMIERE of an intense drama that rivals Schindler's List. Adapted from the acclaimed book by the same name, King of the Jews dares to explore to excruciating moral dilemma of the Judenrat, the group of Jewish officials in the ghettos of Europe who were forced to collaborate with the Nazis. It is a compelling story of power, politics, despair, and courage. Newsweek called the book, "Thoroughly engrossing." The Jerusalem Post called it, "Beautiful, powerful, haunting...There can be no finer memorial to the victims." And The San Francisco Chronicle said it was, "The best book yet to be written on the Holocaust."

RELIGIOUS SCHOOL

• Sunday February 22 - Gan K Gesher L’Kesher Shabbat Workshop
• Friday February 27 - Gan K-Bet 2 Class Service in Sanctuary
• Saturday February 28 - Junior Congregation
• Sunday March 1 - Bet 2 “Alef-Bet” Workshop
• Sunday March 1 - Upper School Group 1 Elective—Purim program at Landow House
• Sunday March 8 - Purim Carnival 11:00AM-1:30PM in place of regular religious school

• Sunday, March 8 @ 11:00 a.m. - Information packets were sent home with students last weekend—please check backpacks! Read all about the upcoming Purim celebrations! Advance ticket sales and Hamantashen orders are due back February 25 and Spaghetti Dinner RSVPs are due back March 4. If you’d like to volunteer, please go to the Religious School Office for more information.
• Gimel 3 parents: Please watch your mailboxes for a letter home about the Matzah Factory field trip on March 29th. Permission slips and money are due back on March 15th.
• Dalet 4 parents: Please watch your mailboxes for information on the upcoming Dalet 4 Class Weddings on Sunday, March 22nd. Please RSVP by March 15th.

Tobi Dickstein to be Honored as B’nai Shalom’s Young Leader

B’nai Shalom of Olney and Seaboard Region of United Synagogue will be honoring our member, Tobi Dickstein on March 15, 2009 at 5pm, during the second annual Young Leadership - Azor hof Hayam Recognition Reception. The reception will take place at Congregation B'nai Tzedek, at 10621 South Glen Road, in Potomac, Maryland. The exciting evening will be a night of friendship and sacred community, as well as good food, wine and entertainment.

The Seaboard Region will highlight Tobi’s leadership and commitment to our synagogue, synagogue life and to Conservative Judaism. Please join us for this celebration or consider submitting a congratulatory ad in the program.  More information is available at http://www.uscj.org/seabd/RegionalPrograms/USCJAzorHoffInvitationv5.pdf

Sisterhood

• Tzedakah Project - Sisterhood, along with Women’s League - Seaboard Region, is collecting travel size toiletries – soap, shampoo, conditioner and mouthwash – at their Spring Conference on May 3rd.  These items will be made into baskets to be used as centerpieces at the conference and will then be donated to a shelter in Baltimore.  Please place any items that you have to donate in the “Sisterhood Toiletries Tzedakah Basket” in the B’nai Shalom of Olney office by April 24th.  You can contact Toni Stifano-Walton (inot909@comcast.net) with any questions.
• Sunday, March 15 @ 1:30 - Torah Fund Tea- The Road Less Traveled at Adas Israel Congregation [info]
• February Oneg Hostesses:
• Feb 27 - Lisa Segal

Monthly ShabBat Dinner For March

• March 20 @ 6:00 p.m. - Monthly Shabbat Dinner. Men's Clubs own Stan Dubin is cooking the food with the help of his Men's Club chefs. [make reservations]

JSSA’S SYNAGOGUE LIAISON PROGRAM AT  BSO

We are pleased to announce that effective immediately, our new Synagogue Liaison from JSSA will be available to provide a consultation to any BSO member. Leslie Kessler, LCSW-C, is a licensed clinical social worker and is available to meet at the congregation or at her office in the JSSA building on Montrose Road. As a reminder, she is able to offer strategies and guidance on a range of issues from caring for aging parents and complicated family dynamics, to challenging transitions and managing stress.

You can contact Leslie directly by email or phone at 301-816-2653 to make an appointment or ask a question.  Consultations are free and confidential. She can also be helpful with referrals to JSSA and other community resources, when necessary.

FACEBOOK

B'nai Shalom of Olney is now on Facebook! Check us out! Questions: send us an email.

YOUTH 

• USY: Evan Rosenthal, Advisor - 301.706.6763
• Kadima: Shira Engelhart, Advisor- 216.470.2764 
• Machar: Michelle Schwarz, Advisor
• Bonim: Melanie and Brian Lubin, Advisors

SAVE THE FOLLOWING DATES FOR UPCOMING EVENTS:

• Jewish Community Events Calendar
• Sunday, March 15, 2009 @ 10:00 a.m. - Partnership for Jewish Life and Learning presents, Routes: Exploring Jewish Together, in the Marvin Center, George Washington University. This community-wide day of learning will offer a multitude of sessions conducted by both local and nationally well-known Jewish educators and speakers. [More Info]
• Wednesday, March 18 @ 8:00 p.m. - Caring for Aging Parents: A Balancing Act; Leslie Kessler a licensed professional who works at JSSA's Department of Aging, will lead this discussion
• Wednesday, Aprill 22,2009 at 10:45 AM - 1:30 PM- HAZAK Travel to The Israeli EMBASSY - where we will be briefed on "Israel's Relationship with the USA".  Lunch will be included and bus transportation is available. Details.
  
• Sunday, April 26 - April 29 - You care about domestic abuse. You’ve signed the action alerts. You’ve listened to the trainers on the monthly National Alliance calls. Now you have the opportunity to engage with these issues head on and share and strategize with colleagues from around the world in a collaborative space at JWI’s Fourth International Conference on Domestic Abuse 

Message from B'nai Shalom

Please remember that all synagogue directories, youth group rosters and class lists are intended for your personal use only.  The names contained in this directory are to be used to facilitate the operations of BSO and in order to provide a means for social interaction among members.  BSO does not sell the contact information and does not disseminate this information for any purposes not stated herein.  The listed congregants have not authorized the use of their contact information for commercial purposes.  The use of the information contained in the directories, youth group rosters and class lists for any other purpose is expressly prohibited. 

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