B'nai Shalom of Olney Shabbat Announcements January 2, 2010 16 Tevet 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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PLEASE LISTEN TO WTOP FOR SNOW RELATED CLOSINGS AND CANCELLATIONS

"SHABBATOGETHER"

• Saturday, Janaury 8 and January 9 - USY will be leading our congregational services on Friday night, Shabbat morning, we will be celebrating Hazak Shabbat, featuring participants and speakers from our 55+ group, highlighting their most informative and influential Jewish memories. We will also be holding our Minyan B'Yachad. We hope everyone will stay afterwards for Kiddush lunch followed by a study session, led by our very own Rabbi Sunshine. The topic will be "The transmission of Tradition through the Ages". Beginning at 4:30 p.m. we will have the fourth grade (Dalet class) lead us in Mincha, Ma'ariv and Havdalah and then at 6:00 p.m.our bonim and preschoolers will enjoy a Pajama Havdalah. Our multi-generational Shabbat experience will conclude on Sunday January 10 with out Vav classes generations fair!

SHABBAT DINNER

• Friday, January, 15 @ 6:15 p.m. - Please join us for our monthly Shabbat Dinner. Reservations are required by January 12!

SAVE THE DATE

• Saturday, January 30 @ 7:00 p.m. -Come Sing and Play the Night Away - A casual lounge style - adults night out with some of your funnest and favorite activities. Karaoke Included!!! Plus some of your favorite foods...
  Appetizers, Drinks and Dessert

SISTERHOOD

• Sunday, January 10th @1:30 p.m. - Please join the Sisterhood as we make our very own, stylish kippot. For further information contact Sandi Jacobs.

• Saturday, January 23 @ 9:00 a.m. -  On this Shabbat morning, women from B’nai Shalom of Olney sisterhood will lead and participate in Shabbat morning services.  If you would like to participate in the service, please contact Paula Evans at 301-384-3943 or send an email to Paula.Evans@noaa.gov.  Even you are not a member of sisterhood, please come and join us on this special Shabbat morning.  Also, on Shabbat morning, Catharine Clark, a 3rd year rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary will be spending Shabbat with us and will give the sermon on Shabbat morning.  After lunch, Catherine will lead us in a discussion on Rabbinic thought on how much to eat

• Oneg Hostesses:
  • January 1 - No Oneg
  • January 8 - Leslie Slan

Men's Club

• Thursday, January 7 @ 8:00 p.m - Men's Club First Thursday Meeting
• Sunday, January 31 @ 6:00 p.m. -Blue Yarmulke Man-of-the-Year- Seaboard Region Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs Blue Yarmulke Men-of-the-Year Dinner will be held at Adas Israel Congregation2850 Quebec Street, NW     Washington, DC. This year's honoree is Ezra Schneider. [reservation]

HAZAAK

• Saturday, January 9 @ 9:00 a.m. - Hazak Shabbat will feature participants and speakers from our Hazak chapter, highlighting some of their most formative ans influential Jewish memories.
• Wednesday, January 20 @ 1;30 p.m. - Hazaak will be doing something fun the third Wednesday of every month!! January is all about the opera. The program will be " An Afternoon of Opera," featuring Edward Laskin, choir director of Leisure World.  He will present a short history of Opera and sing a few selections for us. This promises to be a memorable meeting. Anyone over 55 is invited to join them.

RELIGIOUS SCHOOL

• Sunday, January 3 @ 8:30 a.m. -  School resumes
• Sunday, January 10  - Generations Fair
  
  

NURSERY SCHOOL                                              

• Thursday, December 24 - Friday, January 1 No school, winter break
• Saturday, January 2 @ 11:00 a.m. - Tot Shabbat
• Monday, January 4 - school reopens
• Thursday, January 14 @ 7:45 p.m. - Kindergarten Readiness-- Panel Discussion featuring
   MCPS principals, Early Childhood Education experts and private school admissions representative. Childcare available by advance registration only. Please call (301) 570-0699 for more details or to register for childcare.   
• Enrollment Information:  Please call our office for information and to plan a visit. 
• New Challah order form:[click here]

SAVE THE DATE

• Saturday, January 30 @ 7:00 p.m. -Come Sing and Play the Night Away - A casual lounge style - adults night out with some of your funnest and favorite activities. Karaoke Included!!! Plus some of your favorite foods...
  Appetizers, Drinks and Desserts
  

DAILY MINYAN

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

• Week of January 3 - Waks - Wilpon
• Week of Janaury 10 - Wugalter - Austin

SAVE THE DATE - ISRAEL ADVENTURE 2010

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

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.

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