B'nai Shalom of Olney Shabbat Announcements July 4, 2009 12 Tammuz 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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Back by popular demand... Starting Friday, July 3, 2009 we will be holding Shabbat Services in the round... If you missed it last year -- Please join us to see what all the hype is about!!!

SummerTime Adult Education Classes - Thursdays in July

• Thursdays, July 9, July 16 and July 23 @ 11:00 a.m. - "The Covenant of Our Mothers" - The matriarch's contribution to our lasting covenant -- This class will focus on our matriarchs and their significant contributions towards the realization of the covenant promised to our forefathers. We will take a closer look at the matriarch's role in the covenantal stories of Genesis. The class will be focused on the text in Genesis as well as the contributions and opinions of classical and modern commentators. This class will be taught by our Rabbinic Intern, Dani Gobuty.

Men's Club

• Sunday, July 19 @ 6:45 p.m. - Texas Hold'em Tournament, must be over 18 to participate
• Sunday, July 26 @ 6:00 p.m. - Bowie Baysox game against the Reading Phillies. Tickets are $14.00 each. Please call Jay Goldman at home 301-570-0599 to make reservations.

Is your CHild away this summer?

• ...If so, let us know where-we'd love to send them a letter to let them know we miss them and are thinking of them! Please email Debbie Kovalsky if you want BSO to be in touch with your child. We need:
  
  • Full Name
  • Name of camp/summer trip
  • Full mailing address
  • Bunk/division if needed
  • Dates he/she is away

B’nai Shalom of Olney Teens Participate in a Model Philanthropy Program

Teaching Teens Jewish Values – As part of the Jewish Youth Philanthropy Institute (JYPI), a program of the Partnership for Jewish Life and Learning, 121 local teens from 8th -12th grade recently made more than $100,000 in grants to twenty-seven nonprofits. Included in the group of teens were 2 Congregation members, Michael Eskow and Matthew Kovalsky. Through JYPI’s youth philanthropy programs, these teens were able to explore the principles of philanthropy and the needs of society. They met throughout the year with teens from across the metropolitan area to learn about philanthropy and make funding decisions based on grant proposals submitted by a variety of local, national and international nonprofits.

Minyan Schedule

Please support your weekly Minyan. The following families have been assigned for the upcoming weeks:

• Week of July 5 - Schneider - Schochet
• Week of July 12 - Shooman - Solomon
• Week of July 19 - Sommer - Stuart
• Week of July 26 - Stutsky - Weingart

Sisterhood

June Oneg Hostesses:

• July 3 - Toni Stifano-Walton

JSSA’S SYNAGOGUE LIAISON PROGRAM AT  BSO

• Ongoing - Every other Thursday between 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Leslie Kessler, a licensed professional social worker who works at JSSA's Department of Aging, will be on site at B'nai Shalom every other Thursday starting on May 7th. You are welcome to drop in or call the synagogue office to make an appointment. Please bring issues that you want to discuss, or just come in and say hi so she can get to know you.

Membership Drive

B'nai Shalom of Olney is holding a Membership Drive. We have a couple of very exciting incentives that we offering right now:

• $200 referral Fee - Current Members can receive a $200 Referral Fee credited to their account if their family or friends join B'nai Shalom of Olney.  New Member applications must contain the name of the referring member.
• Two for One - NEW Senior Members (Age 65+) - join B'nai Shalom of Olney and receive your first TWO years of membership for the price of ONE year.
• Two for One - Currently Enrolled or Families New to Our Nursery School join B'nai Shalom of Olney and receive your first TWO years of membership for the price of ONE year, PLUS receive reduced member tuition rates for your children in the nursery and religious schools.