Jacob Berman Community Center     מרכז קהילתי ע"ש יעקב ברמן

Weekly Bulletin: Shmini 5770     שמיני תש"ע

Items for the bulletin should be sent to bermanshul@gmail.com 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • Mazal Tov to Martha & Seymour Pomerantz on the birth of a great-grandson, born on Shabbat, Chol Hamoed, (4th day of the Omer) in Jerusalem, at Shaarei Tzedek Hospital. Mazal tov to the parents, Tiferet-Bracha & Daniel Kirsch, the grandparents Micha'el & Toby Pomerantz, and to aunt and uncle Rochelle & Nathan Pomerantz.
     
  • Mazal Tov to Shelley & Henry Schwarzbaum on the birth of a grandson, born to their children Ari & Hodaya Schwarzbaum. Mazal Tov to grandparents Aviva & Danny Naveh, to great grandparents Florence & Sylvain Sternberg, and to all the new aunts and uncles.
     
  • There will be an Azkara for Norman Boas ז"ל on Thursday April 8, 4pm at the Rehovot cemetary.
     
  • Bermanoar Comedy Workshop, Thursday, April 15th, 4:30-9:00 p.m.
    Want your jokes to get bigger laughs?
    Want to develop your funny skills?
    Then join Hani Skutch in a comedy workshop that will look at the fundamentals of standup: writing and performing jokes. The workshop will be conducted in English and is free of charge, for those in grades 9 and up. (Parents and younger kids will be invited to a different workshop if there is interest.) For more information and to sign up, please call (052-6640740), email (hsdf@inter.net.il), or talk to Hani at shul – but not during davening!
     
  • Leil HaAtzmaut
    RESERVE NOW, with Chaya (052-6991433, ctannor@hotmail.com) or Rhea (rheaisrael@hotmail.com).

    As in recent years, the community will once again be holding a communal Leil Ha'atzmaut celebration, including guest speaker (details below) and a festive meat meal.  Hope to see you! The cost is NIS 50 per teen/adult, NIS 25 per child 12 or under, maximum per family NIS 150!! (All of you who were planning on having quintuplets--this is your big break!). Soldiers and Bnei Sherut are free this is a hint to the rest of you!!!).
    The programme for the evening is as follows: llows:
    • 19:30 תפילת ערבית חגיגית
    • 20:15 approx. in the shul. Guest speaker Professor Menachem Lewin. Prof. Lewin is best known as an expert in fibres, but was also active in Betar and Etzel at the time of Israel's independence. He will speak in Hebrew, but will be happy to answer questions in English. Web pages about Prof. Lewin:
    • 21:40 approx. Dinner outside (bring a jacket or sweater).
    • During the evening, gifts of appreciation will be presented to our new inductees to צה"ל and שרות לאומי. If you have a family member who did not receive a gift previously please tell Chaya, even if the name appears in our webpage of serving Bermans members. (The list, at http://tinyurl.com/y8ml8ut, now has a section for National Service volunteers - you are requested to make updates directly on-line to keep the list up to date).
       
  • The 2010 Shul AGM has been scheduled for 9 May at 8 PM. Agenda items should be sent to president@bermanshul.org

HOSPITALITY, COMINGS & GOINGS
The community wishes to know about new arrivals or people planning to come to Rehovot so that we can welcome them. You may send in their details for the weekly bulletin, to hospitality@bermanshul.org or to Chaya Tannor.

CALENDAR
Events of interest to the community are listed below and also at http://calendar.bermanshul.org. Google Calendar users can combine our calendars with their own. Davening times are given in the official shul Calendar available from http://bermanshul.org/calendar.pdf. Please note that the Berman Community is not responsible for the propriety of the non-shul events.

Upcoming events:
(Colour codes: Berman Events     Outreach/קהילה    Other events)

PERSONAL & BASEMENT
Please note that the Berman Community is not responsible for the Halachic propriety or kashrut of items listed.