Temple News
Wednesday Book Group – New Book in June
Wednesday Morning Study Group
Wednesday Mornings, 11 am – 12 pm*
Topic: Israel History
Current Book: Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel – Matti Friedman
“Wondrous . . . Compelling . . . Piercing.” —The New York Times Book Review
Award-winning writer Matti Friedman’s tale of Israel’s first spies has all the tropes of an espionage novel, including duplicity, betrayal, disguise, clandestine meetings, the bluff, and the double bluff—but it’s all true.
Chaverim is back!
After too long a hiatus the Chaverim Committee (AKA-Caring Committee) is back in action with Deb Leopold and Amy Collins as co-chairs. They are excited to be heading up this very necessary committee for our Temple community. If you enjoy helping friends in times of need, please consider joining our “non-committee” committee–no regular meetings, just the warm, fuzzy feeling you get from helping others. Email us if you are interested.
We are working on a number of initiatives…
Rabbi’s Book Club – Letters To My Palestinian Neighbor
Two events introduce Rabbi’s new Book Club – Sefer v’Sefel*
*Sefer Ve Sefel – Book and a Mug (of coffee) is a beloved Old Jerusalem used book store and café.
Saturday, May 4 at 5:00pm, POSTPONED! Watch for more info. Meet at Temple Sinai for a discussion of Yossi Klein Halevi’s New York Times Best Seller, Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor.
Then, on Sunday, May 12, we will gather at 7:30 pm to chat before joining a Facebook Live discussion with Yossi Klein HaLevi. I want to have an occasional book club with any who are interested and so I thought we could jump in on this first Zioness book club event. Zioness is an organization that works to make sure progressive activist circles, particularly those focused on women’s issues, remain open and welcoming to those who also identify as Zionists.
Yossi Klein HaLevi’s Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor has garnered praise and criticism for its attempt to find common ground between Israeli Jews and Palestinians. It is a great opportunity for our ongoing conversations about balancing Israeli and Palestinian needs and rights, and we will deepen our discussions by considering a range of reviews about the book. We will have 10 FREE copies of the book by Friday for the first ten people interested in joining our series of discussions of the book. If you are interested, please let Michael Levine know!
Weekly email – August 22, 2019
August 22, 2019 by templesinai • Rabbi's Blog, Temple News •