February 4, 2012 • 11 Shevat 5772

Shabbat Weekly Portion: Beshallakh

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Evening Minyan: Sunday-Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Beit HaMidrash
Morning Minyan: Sunday at 9 a.m.; Monday and Thursday at 8:10 a.m.; Tuesday at 7 a.m. (with bagels and coffee every first Tuesday of the month); Wednesday and Friday at 8:15 a.m. in the Beit HaMidrash.

Sanctuary Service: Meets each Shabbat at 9 a.m. in the Sanctuary.
Parallel Minyan: Meets the 1st and 3rd Shabbat of each month at 9:30 a.m. in the Beit HaMidrash, with Torah discussion and coffee and tea at 9 a.m. in the Library. Meets this Shabbat.
Minyan Koleinu: Meets the 2nd and 4th Shabbat of each month at 9:15 a.m. in the Curtis Hereld Room. Meets next Shabbat.
Parshat Ha’Shavuah: Meets at 8:15 a.m. in the Sanctuary. Rabbi Lawrence Troster will lead the Torah discussion.

Children’s Services Schedule (all begin at 10:30 a.m.)
Minyan Katan  For young children accompanied by a parent – meets in Room B-1.
Minyan Shalom: Children in Pre-K and Kindergarten - meets in Room B-4.
Minyan Gesher: For children in grades 1-3 – meets in Room B-3
Jr. Congregation: For children in grades 4-6 – meets in Room B-2

Weekly Classes at Congregation Beth Sholom

• Sunday: Adult Education Class with Rabbi Michael Chernick at 9:45 a.m. in the Library, focusing on prayers for special days on the Jewish calendar.
• Sunday: Artists’ Beit Midrash: Tackling Job: A Learning Circle, taught by Harriet Finck. Spring semester begins Feb. 26.
• Monday: Pilates at 7:15 p.m. with Hedy Weisbart in the Curtis Hereld Room.
• Monday: Adult Education Class with Arthur Konigsberg at 8:15 p.m. in the Family Conference Room
• Tuesday: Adult Education Class with Rabbi Joel Pitkowsky at 9:45 a.m. in the Curtis Hereld Room, looking at Rabbinic Answers for the Modern Age
• Tuesday: Yoga with Rochel David at 7 p.m. in the Curtis Hereld Room.
• Tuesday: JTS Mitzvah Initiative with Rabbi Joel Pitkowsky at 8:15 p.m. in the Library
• Friday: Talk Torah led by Rabbi Joyce Newmark at 9 a.m. in the Library

Upcoming Events

• Sat 2/4: Sweet Tastes of Torah presented by the North Jersey Board of Rabbis at Fair Lawn Jewish Center, 10-10 Norma Avenue, Fair Lawn. Registration opens at 6:30 p.m.
• Sun 2/5: Tu B’Shevat at the Rockleigh. Join in a celebration of planting with the residents of Rockleigh at 10 Link Drive, Rockleigh. All parents and kids are welcome. Meet at the CBS parking lot at 10:30 a.m. Contact Ingrid Goldfein or Ilana Picker at tikkunkids@gmail.com.
• Mon 2/6: Hazak Board Meeting at 7 p.m. in the Library
• Tues 2/7: Hazak Schmoozeday at 11 p.m. in the Curtis Hereld Room, featuring speaker Abe Kempler on The American Jewish Experience in the Movies.
• Tues 2/7: Tu B’Shevat Seder, sponsored by the Ayin L’tzion Committee at 8:15 p.m. in the Shulman Auditorium. No charge for the program but reservations required; though the deadline has passed, you can reseve a seat by contacting the synagogue office on Sunday, February 5.

• Sun 2/12: Project Ezra Luncheon at 11 a.m. in the Shulman Auditorium. Make your reservation with the synagogue office by Tuesday, Feb. 7.
• Mon 2/13: Kesher Career Network at 7:30 p.m. in the Curtis Hereld Room
• Wed 2/15: Ritual Committee Meeting at 8:15 p.m. in the Library
• Sat 2/18: Israeli Movie Night, presented by the Ayin L’tzion Committee, featuring For My Father (Sof Shavua b’Tel Aviv), a movie that explores the impact of relationships on terror and terror on relationships. $5 admission per person.

Community Information

Dr. Gershon Baskin, founder and chairman of the Israel Palestine Center for Research and Information will speak on Monday, February 6 at 8 p.m. at the Kaplan JCC on the Palisades about “Bringing Gilad Shalit Home: The Secret Negotiations for his Freedom.” The program is co-sponsored by Congregation Beth Sholom, the JCRC of the Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey and many community synagogues.

As part of the 60th Anniversary Festivities, there will be a reprise of the Beth Sholom Breakfast on Sunday, March 18. If you are interested in participating in the morning’s entertainment, contact Sam Menahem at smenahem@aol.com.

Be sure to submit your Mishloach Manot orders before February 21. We look forward to everyone’s participation in this fun and meaningful fundraiser. You can order online at www.cbsteaneck.org/manot or obtain an order form through the synagogue office. It’s easy, it’s fun, and it’s a great way to support the shul.

One Book One Community is an initiative of the Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey to engage the entire community in a collaborative venture: reading a common book, My Father’s Paradise by Ariel Sabar, and participating in programs around its central theme. A community program, featuring Ariel Sabar and his father, will take place at the end of March. Books are available for purchase ($8 each) through the synagogue office.

Congregation Beth Sholom is now a partner affiliate with JNF! Visit www.cbsteaneck.org and click on the JNF donate button at the bottom of the home page to support JNF’s worth programs; 20% of all donations made in this manner come back to support CBS. It’s a real win-win!

Going to Israel? Don’t forget to notify office before you leave and to make a video for Yom Ha’atzmaut. Click here for more information.

MAZON, a Jewish organization dedicated to preventing and alleviating hunger, is in need of our support. When you sponsor Kiddush or make a donation, consider MAZON as a way to help others in our community with a contribution to the Tikkun Olam/Social Action Committee, earmarked for MAZON.

If you are interested in reading Torah in the Sanctuary Service on Shabbat morning, e-mail erbuxbaum@yahoo.com or mrswass@gmail.com. If you are interested in reading Haftarah in the Sanctuary Service on Shabbat morning, contact Mara Gruskin at curtgruskin@hotmail.com.