Jacob Berman Community Center

מרכז קהילתי ע"ש יעקב ברמן    

Weekly Bulletin: ‫Parashat Ki-Teitzei 5771 

פרשת כי־תצא‬ תשע"א‬‬

• Kiddush this week is sponsored by Tamar & Eli Seeman in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of their son Yeshayahu. Mazal tov to the family and visiting Grandparents Ilana & Stan Emerson.
   
• Mazal Tov to Suzanne & Bob Naimark on the birth of their grandaughter Shirah Ethelia, and to the new parents Amira & Yeshai Bibi of Kfar Eldad.
   
• Mazal Tov Norma & Jerry Rosenfeld on the marriage (1st September) of their granddaughter Shlomzion Kelman, daughter of Yoni and Orly Kelman of Karnei Shomron, to Michael Halamish, son of Dr. Arik and Yael Halamish of Efrat.
   
• Mazal tov to Bea and Jerry Kriger on the birth of their granddaughter, a daughter
  to Shira and Itzik Berger of Moshav Beit Gamliel. Mazal Tov to grandparents Rivka and Avraham Berger, also of Moshav Beit Gamliel.
  

• Mrs. Shira Smiles will be giving a shiur to women on Tuesday evening, Sept. 20th at 8:30 p.m at Beit Chatam. Title of the shiur is "Rosh Hashana: Sovereignty and Sweetness". The shiur is dedicated l'ilui nishmat Esther Kaila bat Asher (Ellen Hexter z"l) and has been sponsored by several donors. There will be no entrance fee. Details will be placed on the calendar.
  
  
• If there is anyone who is interested in giving divrei torah either on shabbat morning or during the holidays or during the winter Friday nights, please contact Rav Motti Goldreich at motigold@neto.net.il. Also, if there is anyone who is willing to give halacha shiurim on shabbat between Mincha and Maariv (Rav Shain's memorial shiur) please contact Rav Motti as well. Thanks.
   
• High Holidays 5772  ימים נוראים תשע"ב 
  The time has come to renew annual membership and arrange seating for the yamim nora’im.  Many of the seats of already been allocated - if you didn't order seats yet, do so now. 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.
   
• Berman's End of Summer Barbeque Bash - "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" 8th September, 18:00-21:00
  We are working hard on preparing a great evening of good friends, good food and doing good (recycling!)
  Please RSVP to avivaspotts@gmail.com and specify how many adults and children will be attending.
  • The BBQ dinner costs 10 NIS/person maximum 40 NIS/family. Please RSVP by Sept 4th or pay at the door 15 NIS/person 60 NIS/family.
  • Recycle old books, toys, clothing in good condition for the Berman Yard Sale. Proceeds go to the shul tzedakah fund. Unsold items will be donated to charitable causes. Items can be dropped off Sun, Sept. 4th from 8-9:30 pm in the shul library or Wed, Sept 7th from 8-10 pm in the library.
  • Recycle electronic equipment (such as old computers, printed circuit boards, controllers, switchboards, communication equipment and so forth). A wonderful organization "EcoCommunity" will be recycling these items while employing individuals with special needs. http://www.ecommunity.org.il/apage/93081.php. Please contact them directly if you'd like to know about donating a specific item.
  •  Special interactive & fun program for children to learn all about recycling!
  • Bring bats, balls, frisbees and other outdoor games for an evening of fun :)
  • Please RSVP to Aviva Spotts avivaspotts@gmail.com 08-945-1363 ASAP
  • WE NEED YOU!! To volunteer, please contact Aviva Spotts avivaspotts@gmail.com 8-945-1363 (volunteer positions include: set up, clean up, supervising (not running!) childrens' event, assisting with yard sale, assisting with electronic donations, registration)
  Looking forward to seeing you there!!

• On Sep 16-17 we will be hosting another group of converts. This time we are concentrating on couples (married & not yet married), and this shabbat will also be a sheva brachot- shabbat chatan for one of the couples. We are looking for families to host a couple for lunch, if you can do this please contact me at: stevenf@netvision.net.il or 057-5706592 ASAP. Thank you! Ilana Friedlander
   
• Sarit often comes to our schul on Shabbat and the holidays.(Speaks English and Hebrew and is an easy guest) She lives at the other end of Rehovot and she alone in her family is observant (which is why she is happy to be hosted by dati families). She is looking for meals and a place to sleep for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. Her number 0527900360 (You can sign up for any of the 6 meals or sleeping!) or Chaya 0526991433

• 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.
   
• Our whole family wishes to express our sincere and heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to the Berman community for the remarkable and extensive support we received in the difficult days prior to, and following Ellen's z"l  פטירה. The acts of חסד far exceeded usual norms.
  Thank you. Charles Hexter

• 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, מועדון חצ"ב, 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.

• Dear Berman members,
  I have finished a technical writing course and am currently looking for a job as a technical writer. As all of you know, the first job is always the trickiest. Therefore, any help would be greatly appreciated. If you know of anyone looking for a technical writer, I would very much appreciate it if you could forward my CV to them. Also, if you happen to work in high-tech (or know of anybody who works in high-tech) in the mercaz area, please do a big mitzva and forward my CV to your company's Human Resources Department (koah adam). I am also ready to consider any other position which requires linguistic skills and/or professional knowledge of Microsoft Office.
  Thank you in advance for all your help.
  Rivka Efremenko 054-454-0934
  http://www.cs.tau.ac.il/~klim/Rivka_Efremenko_technical_writer.doc (technical writer CV)
  http://www.cs.tau.ac.il/~klim/Rivka_CV.doc (general CV)
   
• I am giving away an AT&T SIM card which I acquired in NY,good through Sept. 20th with $4.50 left on it. (It costs 10 cents/min for U.S. calls and 39 cents per minute for calls to Israel.) It cannot be added to. BTW, it was a great & cheap way to communicate while in the States. If anyone would like info/an explanation, I'd be happy to explain it to them.
  Pearl Hershkovitz, hmartin@bezeqint.net  
   
• Hello All List Members
  I would like to introduce you to DeenaZ English Center located on Kibbutz Shiller. At DeenaZ we provide you with a wide array of English language learning programs, from remedial to native speakers, all of which are tailor-made to suit your needs. The latest addition to our selection of programs is a unique and exciting English Language Drama Club for kids.
  For more information about our programs please contact: --Deena Reved, DeenaZ English Center - Kibbutz Shiller Tel: 050-7958505 Email: dreved@gmail.com