Jacob Berman Community Center

מרכז קהילתי ע"ש יעקב ברמן    

Weekly Bulletin: ‫Parashat Vaetchanan 5771 
Shabbat Nachamu          

פרשת ואתחנן‬ תשע"א
    שבת נחמו‬‬

• Mazal Tov Rosalie & Coleman Brosilow on the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson Tomer Brosilow, son of Sharon and Benjamin Brosilow, Shabbat Parsha Masei in Ramat Yishai.
   
• Mazel Tov to Nettie & Leo Beer on the birth of a grandson to Ayal and Marina Beer and a special Mazel Tov to the great grandfather, Sidney Beer!
   
• Mi'Bereishit
  Reminder - weekly Shabbat mi'bereishit chug for kindergarten through 4th grade kids and their parents,  at 11:00 AM in the "ezrat nashim of the shul
   
• Blood drive
  We have received a call for blood from MDA, and will hold a blood collection at shul on Sunday 21st August from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM.
  Please remember to bring identification and a donors card if you have one.
   
• SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE, Shabbat Parshat Re’eh the 27th of Av 5771 (August 27th, 2011) we are pleased to host Rabbi Michael Skobac, Senior Counselor and Director of Education for the Canadian branch of Jews for Judaism, who will give two lectures in English:
  1. Shabbat morning at 11:00 AM:
     Evangelicals & Israel: Trojan Horse or Knight in Shining Armor?
  2. Shabbat afternoon, following Mincha that will be at 6:30 PM:
     The DaVinci Code: A Jewish Perspective - an analysis of how the story of Jesus and his movement got distorted over time by historical Christianity
  For details about the speaker, see http://www.torahinmotion.org/spkrs_crnr/faculty/bioMichaelSkobac.htm. 
   
• High Holidays 5772  ימים נוראים תשע"ב       
  The time has come to renew annual membership and arrange seating for the yamim nora’im. The letter and form have placed on the shul website as a single  PDF document (PDF link here). The form is also available as an Excel document (XLS link here) Links to both of these files appear on the Bermanshul website until Rosh Hashana. As last year, the printed documents will not be mailed out and you are requested to please print out your own copy. Please consider printing an extra copy for somebody you know who may not be able to print their own.
   
• SAVE THE DATE Thurs, Sept 8th 6:00 pm
  Berman's End of Summer Barbeque Bash
  "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" - fun for the whole family
  Details to follow...

• Please send in names (3 maximum) to gabbai@bermanshul.org, (preferably by Thursday) or write them out and to give to the Gabbaim before kria. Names must be resubmitted anew every week. 
• If you are convalescing at home and would like visitors, please write in to bermanshul@gmail.com.

• A PDF calendar of davening times and shiurim is available for download (http://bermanshul.org/calendar.pdf  now updated till end of October 2011).
• The "live" calendar below gives a full schedule of official Berman events and other happenings. You can avoid missing events by taking a minute to scroll through the listing. Click on any event to display the details.
  Colour codes: Berman Events  / Outreach-קהילה /  Other events* /  Localised Hebrew Calendar
  *The Berman Community is not responsible for the propriety of the "Other events". 

  Click on any event to display the details.

• A number of other Rehovot events are published at www.pirsuma.com 
• Chugim and activities for all ages at Havayot Schweitz: Including 50+ coffee evenings (Sundays), מועדון חצ"ב (Tuesdays a.m.), Bridge for beginners, Tiyulim, etc.. For details and schedules see the Havayot Website (http://havayot.org.il) .
• 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.

• Caryn Lipson's 17 year old daughter is available to work part-time till the end of August. She is a native English, limited Hebrew speaker, capable, computer literate, a fast typist, and also enjoys working outdoors. She is available on a regular basis or for a one-time job. Please email tova.lipson@gmail.com.
   
• Rehovot's Summer Concert with Hassidic rock star Avraham Fried.
  "Sportek" (Rehovot Haholandit), Tuesday evening, 16 August. (under auspices of the iriya). Mendi Jarufi and David Daor participating.
  Tickets: 65 NIS - selling now and till THIS Shabat only. For our community and for Ohel Shai. Shuli Dym 0546-774627, shuli.dym@gmail.com
   
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