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Services for this Shabbat
TOT SHABBAT – 5:30 pm
Join us for this “Tot” Shabbat Service geared for younger children (up to age 10) and their families.The service will be about 45 minutes long and will be fun for the whole family.
KABBALAT SHABBAT SERVICE – 6:30 pm, November birthdays oneg to follow
Join us for this start to Shabbat, and enjoy a time of socializing at our Oneg after the service. This Friday’s service will be a “Classic” Reform service with keyboard and Cantor.
CALLING ALL NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS! Mark your calendars, and join us Friday, November 16, after Kabbalat Shabbat services for a special Oneg in honor of your birthday. No need to RSVP, just come for some cake and to CELEBRATE!
SHABBAT MORNING SERVICE (Shacharit) – 9:30 – 10:30 am
Join us for our Shabbat morning services every week from 9:30am – 10:30am. Our one-hour service is rooted in the traditional chanting of prayers, but includes English readings and song as well so that all can be included. (This service does not include a Torah service.) The service is a lovely, meditative, and peaceful way to start the day. Whether we have five or fifty, we’ll be mixing traditional chanting with songs both old and new tunes to create a prayerful space for connection.
TORAH STUDY – 10:30am – noon
Torah study with bagels/donuts and coffee will begin at 10:30am and go until 11:45ish. We’ll look at both modern scholarship, traditional commentary, and considering how these ancient texts can help us explore our own spiritual lives, our values, and what it means to be human. Bring friends – No prior knowledge is needed!
INSTALLATION MUSIC
The theme is “REKINDLE,” and will include images from the revitalization of the temple at the first Hanukkah. Here are some of the songs we will do, so if you get a chance and want to listen to them, you can.
- We will start with “Hinei Ma Tov” by Nefesh Mountain, led by our “Jewkuleles.”
- We will have an “unplugged” version of Neil Young’s “Light a Candle”
- We will also sing “Shir HaMa’alot (Psalm 126)”, a psalm that is often sung before the aftermeal blessing, the “birkat hamazon”.
- We will sing Debbie Friedman’s “Ahavat Olam”.
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Temple Sinai provides a solid foundation of Jewish studies, with classes from pre-K through high school. Watch this space for school closings and special announcements.Learn more about our Religious School programs.
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For decades, the Reform Movement has been one of the leading faith voices in Washington, D.C., and around the country advocating for LGBT equality. Our LGBT advocacy began decades ago with the passage of policy resolutions by the Union for Reform Judaism and the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR), and the affiliates. Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ) was the first Reform Jewish institution to take a stand supporting the decriminalization of homosexuality in a 1965 resolution . By the end of 1977, both the URJ and the CCAR passed resolutions affirming the right of lesbian and gay individuals to equal protection under the law and calling for the prohibition of discrimination against gay and lesbian individuals .
The Reform Movement\’s leadership on LGBT equality has had two components: our congressional advocacy seeks to influence the laws of our nation and our inclusion efforts seek to increase the acceptance and full inclusion of LGBT Jews in the Reform Movement.
See more at:http://www.reformjudaism.org/blog/2015/06/04/taking-pride-our-decades-lgbt-advocacy
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What’s going on in Jewish Vermont?
Check out the JCVT calendar!
Jewish Communities of Vermont (JCVT) is a non-denominational organization that seeks to strengthen existing Jewish organizations and to encourage new outlets for Jewish expression, affiliation, education, communication and practice for all Jewish Vermonters by encouraging connection and innovation.
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Statement Of Union For Reform Judaism President Rabbi Rick Jacobs Responding To Shooting At Tree Of Life Congregation In Pittsburgh
New York, NY; October 27, 2018 – The slaughter of our brothers and sisters praying in their holy synagogue this Shabbat in Pittsburgh breaks our collective heart.
The murders took place during a prayer service in the Tree of Life congregation where, like synagogues all around the world, they were reading from Genesis recounting how Abraham welcomed perfect strangers into his tent. How painful and ironic that we live in a time when we have to temper our loving welcome of strangers as we protect our communities from violence and hate.
There is much which is unknown about today’s horrific killings. We will learn more over the next hours and days. We will continue to work with our nation’s synagogues and other houses of worship and law enforcement to enhance security and provide effective protections for our communities – and our nation.
This time the Jewish community was targeted, in what may be the worst anti-Semitic attack in American history. Other times it has been African-Americans. Or Sikhs. Or Muslims. Or members of the LGBTQ community. Or too many others. What we know is this: the fabric holding our nation together is fraying. It is our task to ensure that it does not come apart.
We mourn as one people along with all people of conscience.
