B'nai Shalom of Olney Shabbat Announcements October 31, 2009 13 Heshvan 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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The attached letter was sent home to our Religious School and Nursery School families regarding our sick policy and H1N1 procedures. [letter] [cdc policy]

PROGRAM GUIDE

• Program guides that had not been picked up, where mailed this week. Please let us know if you did not receive one.

SISTERHOOD

• Sunday, November 1 @ 11 a.m. - Sisterhood book club -  "People of the Book" by Geraldine Brooks, at the home of Cindy Simon.  Please RSVP (301) 570-0430 or Cindy.simon@verizon.net.

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, November 1 @ 7:00 p.m. - Atlantic City Trip

BOUTIQUE @ BSO

• Sunday, November 8 @ 10:00 - BSO Boutique and More, including a silent auction. Admission is free and open to the public. This is a fundraiser for the shul. Vendors include - Handbags, Judaica, holiday gift ideas, jewelry, apparel and much more!

hazzak

• Tuesday, November 10 @ 1:00 p.m. - Hazak will hold a planning meeting for the upcoming year.  We will share ideas and plans for a banner year at B’nai Shalom’s Hazak Chapter.  We will have a special presentation by Rabbi Sunshine who will speak on – Giving Thanks Religiously and Secularly: The Relationship Between Sukkot and Thanksgiving.  Our program will conclude with refreshments and time to meet and greet.  Transportation can be arranged for those who need it.  Contact Linda Reba if you have any questions at lereba@comcast.net

mitzvah UNIVERSITY

• Sunday, November 22 - Mitzvah U: A Day of Mitzvot—Pay it Forward- Beginning November 1, 2009, we will be collecting items for Mitzvah U: A Day of Mitzvot –Pay It Forward. We are in need of large clear plastic containers to hold the items to make them visible to our congregants. We also want to make sure that they are clean and pleasing to the eye because they will be out in the open for many weeks. We would love to borrow your containers. Please put your name on the bottom so we can return them after Thanksgiving. More info to come. Save the whole day!!

UPDATES FROM THE HAZZAN

• 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.

SAVE THE DATE - ISRAEL ADVENTURE 2010

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

RELIGIOUS SCHOOL

• 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”
• Sunday, November 1 - No School—Congregational Schools Professional Day
• Saturday, November 7 @ 9:30 a.m - Minyan B’Yachad (Junior Congregation Family Service)
• Sunday, November 8  -    Square One Art begins and Pick up Claire’s Gourmet
• Wednesday, November 11 @  7:00 p.m. - Upper School Open House
• Sunday, November 15 @ 830 a.m. - Primary Open House

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 October 25 - Leventhal - Lowe
• Week of November 1 - Lubin - Michael

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.

YOUTH