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Community Calendar from page 14 p.m. As we mark this annual milestone in our shared history, Sunday, April 4, 10 a.m.
representatives of both congregations will come together Passover Day 8 & Yizkor
Trained in five different countries, he received a doctorate for a special tribute to the State of Israel and its people. The Friday, 5:30 p.m.
in voice performance from the University of Texas at Austin. celebration will feature music, dance, and inspiring stories. Welcome Shabbat with the Rothman Religious School
His doctoral dissertation is entitled “The Cantillations and Preceding the April meeting, the committee has arranged April 9 & 23
Religious Poems of the Jews of Tangier, Morocco.” a series of three lectures by Rabbi Dr. Ervin Birnbaum, Rabbi We hope you will join your Temple Emanu-El of Palm
Monday, March 22 Emeritus of Bet Israel and founder of Shearim Netanya, an Beach Family as we welcome Shabbat with our families. We
Book Club award-winning program that provides spiritual, educational will light the Shabbat Candles, recite Kiddush and Motzi, and
On Division and economic assistance to Russian olim. Now 91 years reflect on the past week and prepare for Shabbat.
Written by: Goldie Goldbloom “young,” Rabbi Birnbaum recently delivered the lectures in Contact Marc Jacobs, Director of Youth Education and
This book was wonderfully written as it portrays the which he shares his personal story as a teenager who led a Programming for Zoom information, marc@tepb.org ~ 561-
dilemma facing an older woman who is pregnant and lives group of 90 orphans on board the largest refugee ship to land 832-0804
(on Division Street) within the circumscribed life of a in British Palestine. In remarkable detail, the Rabbi describes Saturday, April 10, 10 a.m.
Chassidic Community in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Surie daily life aboard the ship among 4,500 Holocaust survivors Guest Speaker Randi Posner: Commemoration of Yom
decides to keep her mid-life pregnancy secret while she and explains why the Exodus earned the title, “the ship that HaShoa
examines how tightly woven and limited her choices are as launched a nation.” “Next Generation in Commemoration of Yom Hashoah –
a woman who lives within the confines of this judgmental Our congregation will have the opportunity to watch Holocaust Memorial Day”
world. The author shows real compassion and understanding the three lectures as part of Temple Emanu-El’s Wednesday Randi Posner is the President of Next Generation. Next
of Surie’s dilemma. Night Live Adult Education program. They will be streamed Generation’s hope is that through knowledge, they will raise
RSVP required to womensleague@tepb.org. on March 24, March 31 and April 7 at 7 pm. Zoom links will awareness of the realities of the Holocaust and its aftermath.
Wednesdays be sent out prior to the programs. Next Generation seeks to inspire all children by shining a
March 24 & 31 Thursdays, 10 a.m. light on the courage of the survivors and the selfless acts of
April 7 Support Groups: Caring for the Caregiver via Zoom righteous people who put themselves in danger by helping
Women’s League’s Israeli “Sisters” March 25 Jews. Mrs. Posner is from Boynton Beach and has been
This year – despite the pandemic – we have befriended April 8 & 22 president since April of 2018. Randi Posner taught Holocaust
an amazing group of Women’s League members at Temple Emanu-El offers this support group for the studies at a middle school in Blackwood, New Jersey for
Congregation Bet Israel in Netanya, Israel. Last May, our community as well as its congregants. It will be led by trained 25 years. The school was one of the first New Jersey State
Program Committee reached out to the women of Bet Israel, and certified professionals. Holocaust teaching sites. Mrs. Posner is especially passionate
suggesting that we might collaborate on future programs For more information and Zoom meeting ID and about helping Holocaust survivors, many who are frail and
and share holiday celebrations and cultural exchanges. The Password, please call the Temple Office at 561.832.0804 in their 90s, live the rest of their lives with dignity
project’s goal was to culminate in a joint Yom Ha’Atzma’ut Thursday, 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 14, 7 p.m.
celebration for April 2021. Bereavement Group via Zoom: Have you suffered from the Enjoy an Evening at Home Virtually with us!
For the past nine months, our “Israel Sisters” committee loss of a loved one? We can help. Cinema Emanu-El
has held monthly Zoom meetings – and exchanged countless March 25 Featuring – Rashevskie’s Tango
emails – with Bet Israel’s Women’s League leadership. We April 8 & 22 Adolphe ‘Dolfo’ Rashevski travels to Israel with grandson
have discussed families and backgrounds, learned about each Led by: Jordana Singer, LCSW Ric, but his brother, orthodox rabbi Samuel ‘Shmouel, refuses
other’s interests and activities, delved into current events, For more information and Zoom meeting ID and to come attend their fellow Auschwitz survivor sister Rosa’s
and become familiarized with our mutual synagogues and Password, please call the Temple Office at 561.832.0804 funeral. Back in their home, the whole well-integrated
communities. March 27, 6:30 p.m. family and their ‘gojim’ (non-Jewish and would-be) partners
Despite the seven hour time difference, our Israeli sisters Passover First Night Services regularly wrestle with the meaning of Jewish blood, traditions
have tuned in to watch our Women’s League monthly Sunday, March 28, 10 a.m. and religion. For one it seems the way to gain a wife, for
programs, book reviews and Shmooze sessions. In turn, we Passover Day 1 Services others the bomb under or the obstacle for a marriage. Yet
have joined them for virtual guided tours of Israeli sites as Sunday, March 28, 6:30 p.m. love tends to conquer all but death.
well as special lectures and concerts. Passover Second Seder
This year’s cultural exchange will culminate in a gala Monday, March 29, 10 a.m. Community Calendar on page 16
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