Jacob Berman Community Center     מרכז קהילתי ע"ש יעקב ברמן

Weekly Bulletin: Parashat Pinchas 5770    פרשת פינחס תש"ע

ANNOUNCEMENTS
  • Kiddush this week is jointly sponsored by the Kronengold and Rabinowitz families in celebration of the births of Achiya Shmuel to Miriam & Yehuda Kronengold and Elisha to Renana & Shalom Kronengold.
     
  • On Wednesday 7th July, 25th Tamuz, there will be a memorial for our beloved Joanne Bodner ז"ל, on her sixth yahrtzeit.
    • 18:00 Memorial service at the Rehovot cemetery
    • 19:00 Beit Chatam shul (1 Skolnick St., Rehovot)
      Mincha followed by Siyum Masechet and Seudas Mitzva & Ma'ariv
    • 19:20 Chatam hall (upstairs).
      Women’s shiur in Joanne's memory with guest speaker: Rav Rubenstein
     
  • A number of recent community records are now available:
    • Minutes of the 2010 AGM are available here.
    • Committee presentations at the 2010 Berman Shul Annual General Membership meeting are available here.
    • Minutes of the 1st June Board meeting are available here.
    Some documents may require you to log in to the shul website with your personal userid and password.
     
  • High Holidays 5771     ימים נוראים תשע"א
    The time has come to arrange seating for the yamim nora’im. Links to the Rosh-Hashana Letter and the Seating Form (.pdf or .xls) have been placed at the top of the Bermanshul homepage. These documents will not be mailed out separately.
     
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.
  • We are looking for 10 families to host soldiers who are in the process of undergoing conversion (the Nativ program) for the coming Shabbat parshat Devarim. All those that are interested please contact Ilana Friedlander at stevenf@netvision.net.il or at 057-570-6592.
     
  • Good news- It's still not too late to host the Dubrawskys (parents +3, age 7-13) this summer! They will be visiting Israel from MD for their son's upcoming bar mitzvah and staying in Rehovot for 2 weeks. They'll be davening at Berman's and would be very grateful to be recipients of the world-famous Berman's hospitality! They will be here Shabbat Parashat Vaetchanan (July 24th) and Shabbat Parashat Ekev (July 31st). If you are willing to host them for a meal (Fri. night dinner or Shabbat lunch), please e-mail Sara at sara.feigelson@weizmann.ac.il. Tizku Lemitzvot!
CALENDAR
  • Davening times are given in the printed calendar posted in the shul, PDF version available at http://bermanshul.org/calendar.pdf (now updated through till the end of August). This calendar lists regular shiurim held in the shul but does not list one-off events or non-Bermans events.

The "live" calendar below (also accessible at http://calendar.bermanshul.org) gives a full schedule of official Berman events and other happenings of interest to the community. You can avoid missing events by taking a minute to scroll through the listing. Click on any event to diplay the details.
Colour codes: Berman Events  / Outreach-קהילה /  Other events /  Localised Hebrew Calendar
  Please note that the Berman Community is not responsible for the propriety of the non-shul events.

  • A number of other Rehovot events are published at www.pirsuma.com
  • Chugim at Havayot Schweitz: For details and schedules see the Havayot Webpage ( www.havayot.co.il).
    Moadon Hatzav (Variety of morning lecturers and activities) for people 50+), Bridge (beginners), Art lessons (Miriam Drat), Tai Chi (Glilya Levi), Computers (beginners, Internet, Power point - David Drory), Tiyulim. More info from Ellen Lax, 9310710
  • Members organizing private events (e.g. wedding, bar/bat mitzva celebrations etc.) are advised to use the shul calendar as follows:
    1. You can check for a date that does not clash with another event in the community.
    2. You may have your event listed as an anonymous "private event" so that others can avoid scheduling another event at the same time. Please let any board member know or send your request by e-mail to bermanshul@gmail.com.

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

  • Campaign to free Gilad Shalit (info. posted in by Lynn Uram)
    The march will be passing through our area on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week (6-7th July), with events in Bet Dagan, Ramle and Latrun. For details and itinerary, see the campaign website.
     
  • 5-door 1998 Toyota Corolla for sale - in excellent condition! 330,000 km but drives like new - 25,000 shekels or best offer. Please contact Stu or Josie at 054-5243358/7.
  • Free- Three Land's End button down long sleeve oxford shirts, boys size 14, medium blue. Outgrown before they were worn (or maybe worn once). Call and come-and-get-them. Shelley 054-647-6345.
     
  • Two tickets available for Tchaikovsky's "Pique Dame", performance on 6th July. The tickets are price level "C", a real steal at 360 shekels for the pair with 53 shekels off on each ticket. Please call Bea Kriger, 08-9471229 or 052-4546417.