If you or a family member will be graduating any level of school this year, please let us know so we can celebrate your simcha in the Mazel Tov section of our weekly newsletter. Email Bonnie atbmarks@oyrtbetham.org.
BETH AM EVENTS AND PROGRAMS
LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER Travel (Virtually) to Morocco Wedneday, April 28, 7:30 PM
Join Rabbi Leib for a virtual adventure, where we will learn more about the Jewish culture in Morocco.
A Special Kabbalat Shabbat with Guest Speakers Billy Shore and Debbie Shore April Anniversary Blessings Friday, April 30, 6:00 PM on Zoom
No Kid Hungry is a national campaign run by Share Our Strength, a nonprofit working to solve problems of hunger and poverty in the United States and around the world. After 25 years of successfully investing in local nonprofits and helping find the best approaches to eradicating overty and hunger, Share Our Strength launched No Kid Hungry in 2010.
Read about the involvement of Billy Shore and Debbie Shore with Share Our Strength and No Kid Hungry here: Billy ShoreDebbie Shore
Annual Meeting of the Congregation Featuring Larry Kane Sunday, May 2, 10:00 AM on Zoom
Election of new Board members, and much more.
CLICK HERE to join us on Zoom. Meeting ID: 876 1860 1901 _____________________________________________
Sisterhood Rosh Chodesh Wednesday, May 12, 7:00 PM A Woman of Valor: Her Candle Goeth Not Out (Proverbs 31:18)
Come and share your story of a woman who has had an impact on your life. The woman you talk about must be someone to whom you are not related. It could be someone you’ve known for a long time, someone you met only once or someone whose name you don’t even know. Maybe this woman helped you or maybe you witnessed her help someone else - many years ago or yesterday. Maybe you haven’t thought of her for a long time or maybe you think of her every day. But in some way the candle she lit has continued to shine in your life. Please have a candle available for our opening. Contact Evelyn Fair at evefair@hotmail.com with any questions.
Zoom link will be provided. ___________________________________________
Beth Am Book Club Tuesday, May 18, 11:00 AM
The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig facilitated by Bonnie Surrey
Between life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you could have lived. To see how things would be if you had made other choices . . . Would you have done anything different, if you had the chance to undo your regrets?”
A dazzling novel about all the choices that go into a life well lived, from the internationally bestselling author of Reasons to Stay Alive and How To Stop Time. ___________________________________________
Adult Ed led by Rabbi Bogot "Reformation Judaism: Chassidim and Reconstructionists."
Rabbi Howard Fogelson Bogot, D.D. has been facilitating Adult Education courses at Old York Temple-Beth Am before our current sanctuaries, the Elise and Rabbi Harold B. Waintrup (z”l) Religious School, and our administrative campus existed. Currently, he serves as the Lecturer in Jewish Studies at Abington College of Penn State University.
Rabbi Bogot is offering (via ZOOM) a second seminar in his current series. Beginning on May 19 (six consecutive Wednesdays at 1:00 pm).
In contrast to the contemporary use of these denominational labels, this seminar will explore the ORIGINAL essence of these reforms and how that essence relates to our present Jewish identity.
Participants will use an edited syllabus created by Rabbi Dr. Abraham Cronbach (z”l).
Please RSVP to Jackie Lehner at jlehner@oyrtbetham.org.
SAVE THE DATE
Interfaith Multicultural Town Hall Meeting with Congresswoman Madeleine Dean Wednesday, May 26, 7:00 - 8:00 PM
Pastor Aaron Twitchell and Fred Goldstein will co-moderate. Anyone who has a question for the Congresswoman should email the question to Fred at fgoldste@mc3.edu, prior to the event. Pastor Twitchell and Fred will compile a list of questions to be asked.
For questions about this event, please call or text Fred (215-356-2109).
Zoom link will be provided at a later date.
MITZVAH DAY
ANOTHER MITZVAH DAY ON THE BOOKS!
Thank you to all who participated in Mitzvah Day! We will continue to accept your donations throughout this week.
CLICK HERE for the list of donation options. Please be sure to follow the donation guidelines for each group.
Community Events and Programs
The Tastes of Israeli Cooking Sunday, May 2, 10:00 - 11:00 AM
Let's put on our aprons and get cooking! In celebration of Shavuot, we will virtually learn how to make Sephardic dairy dishes from an Israeli chef. On the menu will be Israeli salad, bourekas and malabi. CLICK HERE to register. _______________________________________________________
Old York Road Kehillah Presents Fighting White Supremacy: From Charlottesville to Capitol Hill Thursday, May 6, 7:30 pm
Join Integrity First for America Executive Director Amy Spitalnick and Regional Director of ADL Philadelphia Shira Goodman for a conversation about how we can hold these violent extremists accountable.
During these hours, we will be answering phone calls and checking emails while working. We will NOT be open to the public or to congregants at this time.
Old York Road Temple - Beth Am 971 Old York Road Abington, PA 19001 215-886-8000
Questions? execdirector@oyrtbetham.org
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