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Framingham, MA 01701 508-872-8300 |
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Thursday
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Brotherhood
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May 18 Guest Speaker |
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Programs
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Religious
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2007-
2008 Handbook
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This summer or fall, is your child… going to Jewish overnight camp, visiting Israel, attending a National Federation for Temple Youth (NFTY) program or college this summer or fall? If so, there are scholarships to help with expenses. Did you know that in the last seven years, Temple Beth Am has awarded over $22,500 in scholarship money to our teenagers for college, camp, and Israel trip expenses? Yes -- $22,500! The scholarships are not need based. Generous contributions to the funds listed below, as well as donations from the Rabbi, the Cantor, Brotherhood, and Sisterhood, have resulted in the Temple being able to make these awards. |
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| Largest Junior Choir |
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The
Junior Choir of Temple Beth Am is one of the country's largest! |
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The Nursery School at Temple Beth Am |
| Offering Non-Sectarian and Judaic Classes for Preschool Age Children Learn More |
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our programs
Our
continuing education programs provide opportunities for learning
and study for those who consider the pursuit of knowledge to be
a lifelong venture. Conducted in an atmosphere of sharing and mutual
support, they serve to further Jewish education while encouraging
active involvement in our Temple community.
For
more information, please contact
the Temple Office at 508-872-8300. |
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Come
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| Marsha
Massey Head Librarian |
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| We have a wonderful library at Temple Beth Am, which is available to the students of our Religious School as well as to our Membership at large. |
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Library |
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IS A MITZVAH WE DO FOR OURSELVES This is the theme of this year's Library reading incentive program for the students of the Religious School. The fun begins when students check out books and then sign their names on colorful patches shaped like dreidels, stars of David, rectangles, flowers, hamantaschen, etc. The patches have been used to create a paper quilt of many colors. This was accomplished with such speed, that a second mitzvah quilt is in the works. The completed quilt can be viewed on the bulletin board, as you enter the Library. |
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Minutes Of Torah Each weekday morning has a separate theme: Torah, American Jewish Archives (formerly Social Action), Israel Connections, Jewish Ethics, and Jewish World. Select all five days or any combination. It's a free service brought to you by the Union for Reform Judaism and we're pleased to be able to make it available to you. Be sure to make your daily commitment of study today! |
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Want
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Temple 508-872-8300 School 508-872-8312 Nursery School 508-872-3622 The temple office hours are Monday through Thursday 9:00am to 5:00pm Friday 9:00am to 1:00pm contact us here |
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| Celebrate
Israel @ 60! Thursday May 15th |
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A
Family Party To Be Held At TBA |
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| Brotherhood
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Special Program Event Sunday May 18th |
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On Sunday, May 18th at 9:00am,as part of the the Temple Brotherhood's ongoing breakfast series at Temple Beth Am, Brotherhood is pleased to welcome Martin Abramowitz, renowned expert in Jewish Major League Baseball Players. Martin Abramowitz has been called “America's custodian of Jewish baseball memory. He is the founding President of Jewish Major Leaguers, Inc., and has documented what he calls “American Jews in America's Game.” |
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His first project, in affiliation with Fleer Trading Cards and the American Jewish Historical Society, was a baseball card set commemorating the 142 Jewish Major Leaguers from 1871 to 2003's All-Star Game. Martin’s current card set is the 2008 Hank Greenberg 75th Anniversary edition of Jewish Major Leaguers Baseball Cards, and it will be available for purchase at the breakfast. The 2008 set will also be celebrating Ryan Braun, the first-ever Jewish Rookie of the Year. The Brotherhood is the recipient of a generous grant from the Metrowest Jewish Community Fund (supported by Combined Jewish Philanthropies) which will assist us with this event and allow us to reach out to the greater Framingham community. Brotherhood will be collaborating with 2 local elder-care facilities, Heritage & Farm Pond, to make it easy for their residents to come to the breakfast with complimentary admission and help with transportation. And we will be asking them to bring their children and grandchildren to make it an inter-generational event. Brotherhood will also collaborate with Framingham Little-Big League and publicize the breakfast event through their organization. Again, the theme will be to make it an inter-generational event by bringing children – parents – grandparents. I hope you can join us too. This event will take place at Temple Beth Am, 300 Pleasant Street, Framingham, and features the Brotherhood’s famous 40’ buffet breakfast. The public is welcome to attend at a cost of $8. Children 12 & under and Brotherhood members are free. Reservations are recommended and can be made by calling John Clayman, Brotherhood President, at 508-561-0974 or e-mail John. |
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Brotherhood
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Become a member of the Brotherhood for $50 (seniors $35) and come to all of our breakfasts. |
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An Evening With A Celebrated Boston Globe Columnist Wednesday May 21st |
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On Wednesday, May 21st at 7:30pm,as part of the the Temple Sisterhood's ongoing community series at Temple Beth Am, Sisterhood is pleased to welcome Jeff Jacoby, Jeff Jacoby, celebrated columnist for The Boston Globe. Jeff Jacoby is an award-winning columnist for The Boston Globe. Seeking a conservative voice to balance its famously liberal roster of commentators, the Globe in 1994 hired him away from the Boston Herald, where he had been the chief editorial writer since 1987. |
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Within months of his debut at the Globe, The Boston Phoenix dubbed his twice-weekly essays "a must-read," describing Mr. Jacoby as "the region's pre-eminent spokesman for Conservative Nation." A native of Cleveland, Mr. Jacoby graduated with honors from George Washington University in 1979 and from Boston University Law School in 1983. He briefly practiced law at the nationally renowned firm of Baker & Hostetler, before returning to Boston to work on a political campaign, hoping to inject some two-party competition into the one-party political culture of Massachusetts. In 1999, Mr. Jacoby became the first recipient of the Breindel Prize, a $10,000 award for excellence in opinion journalism. In 2004, he received the Thomas Paine Award of the Institute for Justice, an award presented to journalists "who dedicate their work to the preservation and championing of individual liberty." After Mr. Jacoby's program with questions and answers, join us for dessert and coffee. This event will take place at Temple Beth Am, 300 Pleasant Street, Framingham and is the final Sisterhood program of the 2007-2008 season. As with all our programs, this is free and open to the TBA and Metrowest community. For more information call the Temple Office at 508-872-8300 or e-mail Temple Beth Am. |
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Service Honors Volunteers First Annual Volunteer Awards Presented |
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TBA
Celebrates Volunteerism On Friday Shabbat Evening, April 11, 2008, Temple Beth Am honored those who have given of their time and talent to better our temple and our community. |
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Here are the honorees for the First Annual Kavod Service |
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Lisa
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Eileen Feldman Judy Finn Roberta Freed Hillary Jacobson Bunny Kaplan Gene Laks Rob Levine Max Michelson |
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PROGRAMS
& EVENTS Designed Just For You Understanding that our temple has a plethora of family-centered activities, but not as many events geared toward empty-nesters, we have launched a program which will be open to anyone, but specifically designed to be attractive to those whose lives no longer center on driving their children to and from their activities. Now in its second season, we are thrilled to be offer this program to our community! |
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BASS (Beth Am Social Series) is a series of social gatherings, both at the temple and off-site, where adults will have the opportunity to socialize with each other at a variety of different venues. |
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| The "Hunters & Gatherers" Came Out In Full Force! | ||
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Hunted & Conquered!
Questions like how many slush machines are there at Aunt Annie's in the Natick Collection or name the ten plagues in the order they occurred sent our thirteen teams in various numbers running for their cars in the parking lot of Temple Beth Am on Saturday evening of April 27th. |
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They set off to find and answer a variety of questions (over 70 in all) that co-chairs Lisa Movitz and Nikki Davidson had thought up. The teams were given 90 minutes to complete as much as they could. By 8:45 p.m. everyone was required to be back at the home of Cantor Jodi Schechtman and Gene Laks for a spread of delicious desserts or lose points for being late! Lively banter and laughter filled the home as the groups eagerly exchanged answers about the questions that were asked. In the end, second place went to Team #13 of Dena & Mark Stetson and Laurie & Steve Schneider. Judy & Gavin Finn and David & Pam Helinek of Team #8 were the big winners! This is now the second time the Finn's have won. Obviously, they are the pair to team up with next time. Many thanks to Ellen Jagher, as always, for handling all the reservations from the main office, to Nancy Marcus for helping to coordinate the dessert portion of the evening, to Bill Habelow, Madison Laks, and Lou Movitz for helping to check and score the scavenger answer sheets, and a special thank you to Cantor Jodi Schechtman and Gene Laks for being such gracious hosts in their lovely home. |
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PROGRAMS
& EVENTS Impact TBA has been initiated at Temple Beth Am to welcome Jewish adults in this age range to the MetroWest area. |
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| IMPACT TBA – IMPACT is a new, fresh group for Jewish people in their 20’s & 30’s looking to meet other Jewish people and get involved in the Jewish Community in Metro-West. This group is open to members and non-members of Temple Beth Am. | ||
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| If you are in this target age range, have children (or not), friends, or even a neighbor who is in this age range, and might be interested, please e-mail their names and addresses to Jamie or Jennifer | ||
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On March 27, 2008, IMPACT had their first event at the Aegean Restaurant to watch the Men's NCAA Basketball Tournament, and it was a success! This new group, being spearheaded by Jamie Kurtzman and Jennifer Siegal-Miller, for young Jews in their 20s and 30s looking to meet other Jewish people and get involved in the MetroWest Jewish community, got off to a great start. The food was good, the basketball was great, but the company was ever better! |
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About fifteen people, members and non-members alike, noshed on spinach pies, cheese pies, hummus and M&Ms, while watching March Madness on the Aegean's flat screen TVs. We got a chance to spend time with old friends, meet new ones and chat over a few beers about plans for upcoming events. Keep your eyes open for details about a summer softball game and BBQ as well as a wine tasting or cooking evening! Thanks to everyone who came to the Aegean, we had a great time! Hope your brackets survived! |
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Following
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Date
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Cooking Made Easy
Date To Be Announced..Financial Advisement For Young Adults |
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| Shabbat
Family Dinner & Family Service Friday May 2, 2008 |
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Family Service
will be led by Reservations are required, so please call the Temple office at 508-872-8300 by Tuesday, April 29th. We're all looking forward to seeing you there! click here for More Info |
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Be sure to join us for a joyous, song-filled Shabbat worship experience led by Cantor Schechtman, Rabbi Miller and musicians. Shabbat Unplugged is truly designed for everyone...singles, couples, families and friends, so be sure to come worship together at this unique Shabbat service. For more information on these and other Shabbat services, contact the temple office at 508-872-8300 or shalom@tempbetham.org. |
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The
Reform Temple of Framingham warmly welcomes Jewish families, interfaith families, couples, and singles to join us for Sabbath Services and temple events. SABBATH SERVICES--are held on Friday evenings and Saturday Mornings. Begin your weekend by joining Rabbi Miller and Cantor Schechtman in celebrating the joy of the Sabbath. |
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For May 2008! |
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MetroWest Prayer
Breakfast May 2
| 7:15am Shabbat Dinner/
Family Service May 2
| 6:00pm Religious School
Fundraiser-Boutique Event May 4
| 9:00am Teacher Appreciation
Breakfast May 4
| 10:45am Sisterhood
Sponsored Yom Tov Party for Yom Haatzmaut May
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| 1:00pm Adult Ed Speaker:
Rabbi Joseph Meszler May 8
| 7:30pm Wall of Honor
Dedication May 9
| 8:00pm Israel’s 60th
Anniversary Celebration May 15
| 6:00pm High School
Graduation/Scholarship Dinner May 16
| 6:00 / 7:30pm Torah Restoration
Project May 22
| 6:30pm Torah Rededication
/ Honor our Adult Choir May 23
| 8:00pm Shabbat Unplugged
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Annual Congregational
Meeting June 1
| 9:00am Confirmation
Rehearsal June 2
| 7:00pm Sisterhood Honors
Dinner June 4
| 6:30pm Education Shabbat
to Honor our Teachers June 6
| 7:00pm Confirmation
and Shavuot Eve Service June 8
| 7:00pm Shavuot Morning
& Yizkor June 9
| 7:30am Calendar Clearance
Meeting June 9
| 7:00pm Brotherhood
Appreciation Dinner June 12
| 6:30pm Marriage Reconsecration
June 20
| 8:00pm Shabbat Unplugged
June 27
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Tebeam Articles | Rabbi Miller / Cantor Schechtman / Orna Sonnenschein |
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In case of inclement weather, please make sure school and the temple are open. Notice of school cancellations are available at:
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keep in mind that even if the weather does not appear to be too
bad, there are many factors involved in canceling school or events.
Be on the safe side and call ahead.
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Temple Beth Am, Framingham, Ma. 01701. All Rights Reserved.
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