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ANNOUNCEMENTS Seder Hosts Needed Have extra room at your Seder We have more people looking for Seders than Hosting. CBS is willing to make matches. If you are looking for a Seder, please let us know immediately. Call Sandy at 206-524-0075 or email sandysloane@bethshalomseattle.org. ERUV Website Follow this link to check on the Eruv update each week http://twitter.com/cstleruv. If you want to take a look at the Eruv map use this link (it’s a long one) : http://maps.google.com/maps/ms msid=216346072790836754082.00046432d032bebff971e &msa=0 Join our Facebook group! Get the latest news, join in discussions, keep in touch. From www.facebook.com, just search on Congregation Beth Shalom and click “join.” CBS Gift Card / Scrip Program Pesach is nearly here! Do you have enough gift cards on hand to use for all of your Pesach shopping There is still time to pick up more cards for QFC, PCC and Safeway. Come to the shul office and purchase yours from Marjie. Remember that your use of these gift cards when you shop provides great benefit to the synagogue, and it costs you nothing extra! If you have any questions about the Beth Shalom gift cards, please contact Marjie Cogan in the office or Kevin Coskey at scrip@bethshalomseattle.org. On the Beth Shalom web site, there is now a page dedicated to information about the Beth Shalom scrip program. You can go directly to http:// www.bethshalomseattle.org/scrip_faq.php, or simply follow the new link on the home page. Check it out! All questions or feedback about the scrip program are welcome. Pesach Grow and Behold Kosher Meat The orders will be available for pickup on April 2nd from 5-7 at Beth Shalom Grow and Behold provides kosher meat (OU) that is free from antibiotics and hormones. All of the meat is pastureraised. According to their mission statement, they "adhere to the strictest standards of kashrut, animal welfare, worker treatment, and sustainable agriculture." If you have questions about anything related to Grow and Behold or the Seattle buying club, send Shoshanna Barnett an e-mail at sbarnett@uw.edu. Beth Shalom Beit Midrash…in the Sanctuary – Now on Shabbat! Please join teachers Joel Goldstein and Stuart Light for a weekly Talmud class covering the second chapter of Bava Metzia. This class meets every Shabbat after Kiddush. We will look not only at the Talmud in Bava Metzia, but at other connected pieces of Talmud and the opinions of commentaries ranging from Rashi, Tosefot, Rambam, Ramban, and Shulchan Aruch. No Talmud experience is necessary, nor is knowing all the terms in this class summary; all you need is an open mind and willingness to engage the text. Class is after Kiddush lunch. No Charge. Contracts for the Sale of Chametz are due on Wednesday, April 5th at 4:00pm. Late contracts will not be accepted. Blank forms can be found in the Ruach, on the flyer racks and on the CBS webpage. Calling All Kippot! We are getting dangerously low on kippot in the shul. Please check your coat pockets and assorted drawers at home for any stray kippot lying about. Do you want to join Israeli Dancing but are worried that you don't know the steps Israeli Dancing now begins at 6:45pm on Wednesdays. The first half hour we'll learn and review the steps that are the basic building blocks for many dances. This is a great time for beginners to join the class. No experience necessary. Please wear shoes that slide easily. Tennis shoes are NOT recommended. A 5 class punchcard is $30 for members, $40 for non-members. PESACH GUIDE The Rabbinical Assembly has published a very helpful and updated Passover Guide for Passover 2012 with information on how to kasher for Passover and food for Passover – what does and does not need a kosher for Passover label. It can be found at: http://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/sites/default/files/ public/jewish-law/holidays/pesah/rabbinical-assemblypesah-guide-2012.pdf We also have copies available in the front lobby. Also, please feel free to join Rabbi Borodin for a class on kashering for Passover (and much more Passover learning) as part of the Passover University on the afternoon of Sunday March 25th. Dear Friends of Israel, Buy Israeli Goods Day! Friday, 3/30 Israel needs us now. March 30 has been designated as a day to boycott Israeli goods. That’s why March 30 will be our next Buy Israeli Goods (BIG) Day. Please forward this e-mail to your community, synagogues, schools, other organizations, and your friends in other cities and ask them to help promote the movement to counter boycott activities against Israel. We`ve had tremendous success countering this hateful initiative - let`s keep it going! MARCH 30 IS BUY ISRAELI GOODS DAY - it`s BIG!! And you can help. Learn more at www.buyisraelgoods.org Thank you in advance for your participation! Please share with your friends. MILESTONES Y Mazel Tov to Noah Etzioni and his family on becoming Bar Mitzvah TODDAH RABAH Y Ruth Etzioni and Oren Etzioni, for Hosting this week’s Kiddush
UPCOMING PROGRAMS AND EVENTS What our DNA tells us about our Jewish origins and migrations: with Rita Rothenberg Calvo Shabbat, 3/24 from 1:15-2:15pm in the Beit Midrash Thanks to revolutionary advances in genetics and genomics research, science is advancing understanding of human geographic and ethnic/racial origins. Modern techniques allow separating maternal and paternal origins. Studies of Jews from around the world have shown a genetic signature of Jewish ancestry. The data show that the male founders of all groups - e.g. Ashkenazi, Sephardi, Mizrahi (“oriental”)] of modern Jews came from same ancestral male population from the Middle East. Surprisingly however the female founders have very different genetic histories from the men. Each community has few female founders but each community is different from the others. We will also discuss ideas on why there are a group of “Jewish” genetic diseases. Rita Calvo, aunt of CBS member, Roz Bornstein, taught biochemistry and human genetics at Cornell University. From Apples to Zeroah: An afternoon of learning about Passover for all ages Sunday, 3/25 1-3:30pm ♦ What Happened to Moshe in the Haggadah ♦ Not Your Mother’s Seder—Passover Recipes for the 21st Century (including gluten free and vegan recipes) ♦ Making your Seder relevant and fun for children ♦ Kashering for Passover ♦ Songs of the Seder ♦ Passover arts, crafts, and learning for children $10/adult, $5/child, $25/family (scholarships are always available) RSVP on the CBS website— http://bethshalomseattle.org or call the office, 206-524 -0075. Women’s Rosh Chodesh Chavurah Sunday, 3/25 from 7-9pm Presenter: Linda Portnoy Rosh Chodesh Nissan Linda Portnoy will lead us in a "tasting party"of meditation using several different techniques, including breathing meditation, guided visualization, and mantra meditation (using primordial sounds and Hebrew words). This will be like a wine tasting party, but instead of wine, women will try various meditation techniques. Linda Portnoy has been meditating for many years and enjoys creating guided visualizations for friends. To RSVP and find out the location, please contact Carolyn Friedkin, cbienn@yahoo.com. Refreshments are welcome! Can't be at the J Street Making History Conference in Washington, DC Sunday, 3/25 from 6:30 pm at Beth Shalom J Street-Seattle invites you to view video highlights right here in Seattle’s North End! Hear a few of the remarkable conference speakers, join in lively discussion, and enjoy a little nosh. RSVP at www.facebook.com/jstreetseattle or via http://act.jstreet.org/signup/Seattle_032512/ rd=1&t=1&referring_akid=1167.201729.Wj3FMN Contact Rachel Jacobson at rachijacob@gmail.com with any questions Mitzvot and Middot: Order-Seder with Shirah Bell & Rabbi Harry Zeitlin Shabbat, 3/31 from 1:15pm in the Beit Midrash The soul trait of order is about the middle way. Too little order gives birth to chaos, while at the other end of the range, too much order ties us up in obsessive rigidity. The best in life lies between these extremes, and we are welladvised to seek that moderate course. Youth Dept Spaghetti Dinner & Chametz Fest Sunday, 4/1 from 6-8pm Support Beth Shalom youth and take a break from Passover cleaning. Dinner costs $12/adult, $8/child under 12. RSVP to Irit Eliav, Director of Education, at iriteliav@bethshalomseattle.org FOOD, FOOD, FOOD Shabbat, 4/21 from 1:15pm in the Beit Midrash (DATE CHANGE!) Are you interesting in talking more about food at Beth Shalom - what we eat, what ethics govern our choices about food, what do we want to learn about Judaism's perspectives on food Join us for a follow-up conversation inspired by Nigel Savage's teaching on Judaism and food, to talk about what we would like to be doing as a community on this topic. Please feel free to also pass on comments and interests to Rabbi Borodin and Carol Benedick. New Thursday Maariv Minyan 7:30pm - Sanctuary Have you been wanting to come for an evening minyan but been unable to make it on Mondays There is a new minyan on Thursday evenings at 7:30pm in the Sanctuary. Please join us.
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