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Welcome to Life, Study, and
Worship
at Temple Beth El.
Congregants, Family Members & Visitors
always welcome.
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Next service:
Friday, February 1- 7:00pm
Lay lead Shabbat Service.
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Greetings and Welcome to our
Spiritual Leader for the
2007-2008 Year ... Rabbi Stephanie Alexander |
For the second time (with the same
rabbi)
in approximately fifty years, we will be
employing an ordained Rabbi to lead our
spiritual lives!
It is with great pleasure and excitement
that we announce Rabbi Stephanie M.
Alexander from Cedar Rapids, IA as our Rabbi
for the coming 2007-2008 year. Some of you
might remember Rabbi Aaron Sherman, who was
our student Rabbi just a few years ago.. He
is Rabbi Alexander’s husband, and is the
full-time rabbi at Temple Judah in Cedar
Rapids, IA.
Rabbi Alexander was ordained in May of 2003.
Upon graduation, she was the Assistant Rabbi
at Temple Isaiah in Lexington, MA. This past
year, she served as consultant to the youth
programs of 69 congregations in the Midwest
Council.
Rabbi Alexander brings many skills and
talents to our congregation, and we look
forward to an exciting and spiritual year
with her. Please join us in welcoming Rabbi
Alexander to our temple family during her
first Shabbat service on Friday, September
8th. Please note that this year both
services and adult study will begin at
7:00pm.
We all enjoyed our relationship last year so much, we have it again this year. Thanks, Rabbi Stephanie and everyone in our community.
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Past Rabbis at
Temple Beth El:
Meanwhile, if you want to write Rabbi Beth
Bandyk (2005-6) in Cincinatti:
EEBandyk@aol.com and Rabbi Ilan Emanuel
(2003-5) in Lincoln,
NE:
ilanemanuel@hotmail.com
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Committees (updated as best as I can figure out) |
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Rabbi Dinners
Onegs
Adult Study
New Year's Bulletin
Rosh Hashanah Lunch
Yom Kippur Break-Fast
Chanukkah Dinner
Purin Dinner
End-Of-Year Social
Summer Family Picnic
Religious School
Worship Committee
Sisterhood
Maintenance
Kitchen Supplies
Phone Messages/Mail
DACU Representative
Cemetery
Gift Shop
Yahrzeits
Cleaning Person
Newsletter
Webmaster |
Larry Goldberg
Fern Reinstein
Barb Alexander
Ellie Landau, Sheila Rudin, Rina Sirk
Fern Reinstein, Ruthie Silverberg
Rebecca Gottlieb
Randy Sirk
Karin Pritikin, Faye Wrubel
Karin Pritikin, Faye Wrubel
Sheila & Barry Rudin
Kate Scheinman
Sheila Rudin
Rebecca Gottlieb
Randy Sirk
Cindy Mikel
Sheila Rudin
Cindy Mikel
Cindy Mikel, Alan Garfield
Karin Pritikin
Rina Sirk
Ellie Landau, Sheila Rudin
Kate Scheinman
Alan Garfield |
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Your Temple Beth El Board |
| President |
Sheila
Rudin |
| Vice
President |
Karin
Pritikin |
| Secretary |
Phyllis
Garfield |
| Treasurer |
Ellie
Landau |
| At Large |
Jacqui Dyrke |
| At Large |
Louis
Landau |
| At Large |
Randy Sirk |
Newsletters are now Online (in pdf format). Thanks
to our Techie Newsletter Editor, Kate Scheinman:
December 2007
November 2007
October 2007
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Rabbi's Greetings:
Once again let me wish everyone a happy and
healthy New Year. I hope that yours is indeed
off to a very sweet start. Personally I cannot
imagine a more wonderful beginning—it was such a
joy to once again welcome in the New Year with
Temple Beth El. After each holiday, on my drive
back to Cedar Rapids, I felt so invigorated by
our time together. There is indeed a unique
energy created when we all convene from our
scattered locations, where we are one of few—or
perhaps the only—Jews in town. What a
powerful feeling it is, when precisely that
which ordinarily separates us, unites us as one
community in observance, worship, and
celebration. May that feeling continue to grow
with each of our gatherings throughout the year.
Yet, the reality is that we spend far more time
apart than together. And, as a result, we are
often called upon to represent the Jewish
community—to teach about Jewish observances that
may or may not correspond to our own practices;
to explain “our views”, as though two or more
Jews could ever be in complete agreement about
anything; and, all too frequently as of late, to
defend the actions of Israel in an area of the
world where nothing is black and white. To
where do we turn when presented with such
daunting responsibilities—responsibilities we
have not asked for, and yet we must accept, for
if not us, who? Allow me to share a few
resources:
(1) The Religious Action Center,
www.rac.org – This is a tremendous
resource of, and for, our Reform Movement.
Navigate its pages and find background on
numerous issues facing our local communities,
our nation, and our world. Find Jewish texts
which inform our movement’s positions. And, if
you are so inclined, contact leaders about these
issues directly through the website.
(2) The Anti-Defamation League,
www.adl.org – This watchdog organization has
been combating antisemitism and bigotry of all
kinds for over 90 years. Its latest campaign is
entitled “No Nuclear Iran” and provides
background on the Iranian threat, as well as
petitions asking for stronger legislation and
sanctions.
(3) While the web offers an incredible amount of
information, nothing matches the opportunity to
hear an expert speak knowledgably on the issues
that confound us most. In that spirit, as I
mentioned on Rosh Hashanah, I would like to pass
along a very special invitation:
Professor Alan Dershowitz will be speaking in
Cedar Rapids at Coe College on Thursday,
November 8, at 7:30 pm. His topic
is “The Case for Israel”. The event is made
possible by the generous donation of Suzanne and
Bert Katz to the Temple Judah Foundation, and
co-sponsored by the Religion and Philosophy
Department of Coe College. Tickets will be free
to the public and are available by contacting
the Coe College Box Office at 319-399-8600 or
coeboxoffice@coe.edu.
This year, may we each find resources to nourish
us Jewishly—and may the responsibility of
representing our diverse community come to feel
less of a burden, and more of the opportunity it
truly is.
L’shalom, Rabbi Stephanie Alexander |
Special
Events at Temple:
New:
New Israel 21st C Website
Tashlich
9-13-2007.
Fall Family
Picnic at Barrington Lake 8-26-07.
Purim 2007.
Rosh Hashanah
Pictures. 9-23-06.
Fall Family Picnic
at Barrington Lake 8-27-06.
Rabbi Beth Bandyk's 05 RH Sermon
Rosh
Hashanah 05 & Tashlich Photos
Crop Walk Oct 3, 04 Pics
Tashlich
on Mississippi Sept 16 04
Rosh Hashanah 5765 (Sept 04) Pics
Yom Kippur
Break-the-Fast Sept 25 04
Chanukkah
Dec 19, 03 Pics
Temple Beth El Pictures
Fall 2003
Fall Family
Picnic 8.24.03
Cantor Gail Karp & friends...
Shabbat Services 2002
- 2003
Religious School: Pictures
2002 - 2003
March Meeting Naked Dish
3.16.03
Adult Study: Genealogy.
3.15.03
Mitzvah: Rescue Mission
10.27.02
Simchat Torah Service
9.27.02
Fall Family Picnic
8.11.02
End of Year Adult
Social 6.1.02
Tidy Neighborhood Day 6.1.02
Erik
Sirk's Bar Mitzvah 5.18.02
Spring Meeting
4.21.02
Congregation
Mtg & Grant 4.14.02
Cantor Gail Karp 3.22.02
Women's
Seder 3.17.02
Hanukkah 2001
Our New Sisterhood 11.4.01
Rescue Mission
10.21.01
Tashlich 2001 - 5762
Crop
Walk 2000
Congregants 2000
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