Page 4 - The Jewish Voice - October '21

Page 4, The Jewish Voice

LocaL happenings

Beth Am Collects Donations as the BDS movement to End of Summer
the gift of Shabbos and
High Holy Days Mitzvah the G-dfather. At the Begins New Chapter
kiddush on Shabbos, he
As they do annually during the High Holy Days season, challenged the children As the summer
Temple Beth Am collected food and supplies for their Simon to name any animal. ended and many
Baker High Holy Days Food Drive to donate to Alpert Jewish At the mention of the people began arriving
Family Services. animal, he belted out his back to their part-time
Continuing with last year’s options, Temple Beth Am original animal gangster residence in Palm
included a contactless way to donate through an Amazon raps, a collection of Beach, the Jewish
wishlist, in addition to collecting donations during Yom 200 raps that he has Community Synagogue
Kippur. Their congregants were very generous with donations created. Each was hosted a Shabbat
this year, which the staff and volunteers at Alpert Jewish funny, entertaining, and dinner to welcome all
Family Services truly appreciated. thought-provoking. the arrivals. It was a
Though Ari rapped beautiful way to end
endlessly through the summer with a
the Shabbos, he was seafood dinner and
constantly smiling and welcoming friends and
inspiring, and only once members back into town. New residents also joined for their
did he forget his lines for first Shabbat dinner at Chabad. It was inspiring to see so many
just a moment! people coming from so many different places getting together
The performance was to celebrate a shared heritage. Guests shared l’chaims and
followed by a delicious hopes and wishes for the upcoming year.
spread of Wraps & Raps
in the beautiful pavilion
in the Chabad’s Garden.

Donations from Temple Beth Am’s Amazon wishlist

Friday Night Live Returns

After 18 months of the pandemic, Chabad of Palm Beach
Gardens was finally able to relaunch its Friday Night Live
series with special guest Ari Lesser.
YouTuber Ari Lesser
is a songwriter, spoken-
word artist, and political Beth David Presents
science major who, with
his raps, speaks truths Genealogy Program
about being a Jew. He
has performed around Temple Beth David’s Adult Education Committee will host a
the world and covers program titled Genealogy at 7 p.m. on November 9. The session
an expansive range of will provide resources for those individuals wanting to create
topics, from modern their own family tree. Howard Matson, who has had a great deal
politics to ancient of experience researching all four branches of his family’s history,
mysticism. Inspirational, will lead the program. His expertise includes the sophisticated
accurate, educational, use of both ancestry.com and newspapers.com, which has links
and entertaining, he raps rhymed translations of traditional to European data banks and sources within the United States.
prayers, giving them life by bringing their powerful timeless To date he has helped locate more than 2,000 relatives. This
message back into the realm of song. He raps about giving program promises to be most interesting and helpful for those
thanks to G-d and gratitude, renewal, and introspection. He wishing to take a journey into their family’s past.
raps about topics that are on our minds — Israel and our
critics — rhythmically teaching us how to counter their Local Happenings on page 5
arguments. He lays down knowledge about anti-Semitism
He led an explanatory service during which he sang some cataractsurgery:
and Holocaust denial, targeting them with his razor-sharp,
well-researched lyrics. Reimagined!

of the prayers in inspirational prose, pouring out from the
depths of his heart. Many of the attendees remarked on how
educational the evening was for them.
Following the service, Ari rapped from the bimah with
a wide variety of songs ranging from anti-Semitism and
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