B'nai Shalom of Olney Shabbat Announcements October 17, 2009 29 Tishrei 5770 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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PROGRAM GUIDE

• If you did not get your 5770 program guide/membership directory during the High Holy Days, we will be sending them home with the students on Sunday through the religious school. Please check their backpacks. If you don't have a child in the religious school, please stop in and pick it up.

KIDDUSH KONVERSATION

• Saturday, October 17 @ 12:15 p.m. - Several Shabbat afternoons a year, B’nai Shalom hosts a Kiddush Konversation, with lunch, to extend our Shabbat experience beyond services.  Members of our clergy, Congregation and guests will speak on topics ranging from Israel, books, welcoming interfaith couples, special needs and much more!  The first topic will be - “The Religious Right’s Support for Israel:  Is it Good for the Jews?”, led by Al Temin

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18 @ B'NAI SHALOM OF OLNEY

• @ 6:45 p.m - Texas Hold'em Poker Tournament
• @ 7:00 p.m. - Jewish Film Festival in the Berlin Family Sanctuary – Live and Become - Shlomo, an Ethiopian boy, is placed by his mother with an Ethiopian Jewish woman whose child has died. This woman, who will become his adoptive mother, is about to be airlifted from a Sudanese refugee camp to Israel during Operation Moses in 1984. His birth mother, who hopes for a better life for him tells him “go, live, and become” as he leaves her to board the plane. The film tells of his growing up in Israel and how he deals with the secrets he carries, not being Jewish and having left his birth mother. The film will be available from the BSO Library after the showing on 10/18.
• @ 7:00 p.m - The Faith Club: A Muslim, A Christian, A Jew –Three Women Search for Understanding by Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver, and Priscilla Warner. Join B’nai Shalom of Olney Sisterhood & members of the Muslim Community Center, Colesville Presbyterian Church & Transfiguration Episcopal Church for a meaningful and insightful evening.  A member of each faith from our local community will briefly speak of their personal religious experiences and impressions of the book. Please rsvp to Ilene Mizrachi by October 15th. The cost is $5.00.

UPDATES FROM THE HAZZAN

• Tuesday, October 20 @ 8:00 p.m. - Adult Education Kickoff - Hazzan Geller presents videos, pictures, and recordings from her trip to Poland and Israel as part of the historic Cantors Assembly mission.  You will experience the emotional commemorations, inspiring talks, and the great music of the two week experience.  That evening, you can also learn more about all of our adult education offerings as well as our next congregational trip to Israel in 2010.
• Monday, October 26 @ 8:00 p.m. - “BAYAMIM HAHEM BAZMAN HAZE": voices and styles of the great cantors during the Golden Age of the 20th century, Presented by Benjamin Z. Maissner- Cantor Maissner will share recordings of great cantors and help us understand and appreciate cantorial music even more.  This event is free – please bring your parents, aunts, uncles, friends, whether or not they belong to BSO!  Please join us that evening at 7:30 pm in the Shuman Chapel when Cantor Maissner will lead us in Maariv at our daily minyan.
• Sunday, December 6 @ 5:00 p.m. - The Sounds of Thanksgiving - Concert featuring Hazzan Geller and Zimrat Shalom (B'nai Shalom's adult choir).Save the Date. More info to follow.

INCLUSION COMMITTEE

• Sunday, October 25 @ 10:30 a.m. - First support group meeting facilitated by social worker, Ruth Berger of the Jewish Social Services Agency. Ruth will help us explore our needs and develop inclusive strategies as well as provide an overview of resources available in the Jewish community. This program will focus on families with special challenges and disabilities that need support to be part of the BSO community. Coffee and Bagels will be served. Please RSVP to Reda Sheinberg if you plan on attending.

SAVE THE DATE - ISRAEL ADVENTURE 2010

Summer of 2010 - June 20 thru July 2 -Information and application now available online. [click here]

.MEN'S CLUB

• The Men’s Club will once again be selling Entertainment books for $30.00.  If you are interested please stop in or call the synagogue office.
• Sunday, October 18 @ 6:45 p.m. - Texas Hold'em Poker Tournament

SISTERHOOD

• Sunday, October 18 @ 7:00 p.m. - The Faith Club: A Muslim, A Christian, A Jew –Three Women Search for Understanding by Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver, and Priscilla Warner. Join B’nai Shalom of Olney Sisterhood & members of the Muslim Community Center, Colesville Presbyterian Church & Transfiguration Episcopal Church for a meaningful and insightful evening.  A member of each faith from our local community will briefly speak of their personal religious experiences and impressions of the book. Please rsvp to Ilene Mizrachi by October 15th. The cost is $5.00.

• Oneg Hostess for October
  • Oct 16 - Toni Stifano-Walton

RELIGIOUS SCHOOL

• Saturday, October 17 @ 9:30 a.m. - Minyan B’Yachad (Junior Congregation Family Service)
• Sunday, October 18 - Claire's Gourmet order forms
• Tuesday, October 20 @ 4:30 p.m. - Parent Open House
• Wednesday, October 21@ 4:30 p.m. - Parent Open House
• Saturday, October 24  @ 9:30 a.m. - Minyan B’Yachad (Junior Congregation Family Services)
• Sunday, October 25 @ 10:45 a.m. - Hey classes - “Take Off for Israel”

NURSERY SCHOOL                                              

• Challah Orders for Fall 2009 are now being collected by the B’nai Shalom Nursery School Parent Association.  Orders will be accepted on an ongoing basis.  For further information, you may contact Carolyn Klinger at carolyn.klinger@verizon.net, or 301-570-1256.

• Claire’s Gourmet – This is a fundraiser for our B’nai Shalom schools & our congregation families.  The fundraiser is open to the community!  If you have any questions about placing your order, please contact the nursery school office.  Orders are due Sunday, October 18th.  Orders will be delivered on November 8th.

• Enrollment Information – We have spaces available in our nursery school.  Please call our office for information and to plan a visit.  The telephone number is 301-570-0699.

MINYAN SCHEDULE

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

• Week of Oct 11 - Kahanov - Kram
• Week of Oct 18 - Kramer - Lemberger

JUDAICA SHOP AT B'NAI SHALOM - REGAL JUDAICA

Regular shop hours will be: Sundays 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., Tuesdays  5:00 – 8:00 p.m. and Wednesdays  9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. For more information or appointments, contact Robin Rosenthal (301) 774-5236.

INFORMATION FROM JSSA

• Please see JSSA website for many opportunities from workshops, classes and job assistance [wkshps] [job asst]
• Ongoing - Second Thursday of the month 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 once a month. She will be coming the second Thursday of the month. 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. Her next visit will be November 12.

KOACH - COLLEGE AGE MEMBERS

Where are our college students?
Be sure your college student is on B'nai Shalom of Olney's Koach list.  BSO maintains a connection to our college students by sending them holiday greetings and packages as well as the monthly newsletters and weekly announcements.   If you wish to have your student included, send their name, college, mailing address and e-mail address to Mara Bayewitz.   Please put BSO Koach in the subject line.  We need to hear from you to update their information, even if their address is the same as last year's.

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