Editor's Note:
Temple Beth Shalom is
currently updating our e-newsletter format and design. During the
interim, the Shalom Message e-newsletter will have a temporary
layout. In addition, you will now receive the newsletter on
the 5th and 20th of each month, rather than weekly.
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SHALOM from BETH
SHALOM!
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WE WELCOME THE FOLLOWING NEW MEMBERS!!
Sue & Arnie Schaffer
Laura Eliel, and her son
Daniel
Jennifer Ratsch and her children Jordan and
Sophie
Marina & Joe Herring
Michelle & Patrick
Barrientos
Allison & Brad Kaylor, and their children Marc
& Stephanie
Harmon Motch
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SERVICES
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FRIDAY NIGHT SHABBAT SERVICES
Rabbi Alan Freedman leads Shabbat Services each Friday night in
the
Community Hall of the DJCC. Cantorial Soloist Abby Gostein
leads the
congregation in prayer through music. Each service is
followed by an Oneg.
BABYSITTING AVAILABILITY FOR SERVICES
Babysitting is available for Shabbat evening services every
Friday
night except for Tot Shabbat service times and for early
"family
service" times as noted in the schedule of
services. No reservation
is needed for Shabbat evening
services babysitting. Babysitting
for Shabbat evening
service times is provided FREE of charge.
Babysitting is available for High Holy Day services, but
RESERVATIONS
ARE REQUIRED and there will be a charge for each
services "session."
FOR MORE INFORMATION, please go to the following link:
http://www.bethshalomaustin.org/programs/babysitting.asp
UPCOMING SERVICES
Friday,
September 24
Yom Kippur Kol Nidre
Service 7:30 PM
Saturday,
September 25
Yom Kippur -
Shalomites Services 9:00 AM
Yom
Kippur - Congregation Services 10:00
AM
Yom Kippur Children's Service
10:30 AM
Yom Kippur - Afternoon
Service 3:00 PM
Yom Kippur -
Yiskor Service 4:30 PM
Yom Kippur
- Closing Services 5:30 PM
Yom
Kippur - Break the Fast 6:30 PM
Friday,
October 1
Shalomites - Tot
Shabbat Service 6:30 PM
Shabbat
Service 7:45 PM
FREE Babysitting
Available 7:45 PM
Friday,
October 8
Shabbat Service 7:45
PM
FREE Babysitting
Available 7:45 PM
Friday,
October 15
(Early)
Family Shabbat Service 6:30 PM
No
Babysitting
Friday,
October 22
Shabbat
Sing-Along 7:15 PM
Shabbat Service
7:45 PM
FREE Babysitting Available
7:45 PM
Friday,
October 29
Shabbat Service 7:45
PM
FREE Babysitting Available 7:45
PM
SATURDAY MORNING TORAH STUDY
Join Rabbi Alan Freedman for Saturday morning Torah
Study at 10:00 AM on October 2 and October 16 in the library
located on the 2nd floor of the Education Building of the DJCC.
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IMPORTANT FUTURE CONGREGATONAL
EVENTS
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SUKKAH BUILDING &
DECORATING
Join us this Sunday, September 29 @
7:30 a.m. to build the TBS Sukkah! Decorating will
begin at 10:00 a.m.
TEMPLE BETH SHALOM
GALA
Gala Event Honoring Dee & Don Coplin
October 3,
2004
The Driskill Hotel
Watch the TBS web site for the silent auction
list! We have over 150 items to bid upon, preview the
wonderful array before the event. The list will be posted by
this weekend. For those of you unable to attend, you may enter
a bid in advance - instructions on the web.
Gala Car Raffle: Win a Mini-Cooper!!
As
part of the Gala fund raising effort, TBS is selling tickets for a
raffle for a Mini-Cooper automobile. Only 400 tickets will be
sold. Tickets are $100 each. The drawing will take place at
the Gala on October 3, and the winner does not need to be
present. If 320 tickets or more are sold, the winner can take
the car or a cash payment of $16,000. If less than 320 tickets
are sold, the winner will receive 40% of the money collected.
Tickets are available at the Temple office or you can download a
form from our website here: http://www.bethshalomaustin.org/about/Forms.asp
SIMCHAT TORAH
Celebrate Simchat Torah with TBS on Wednesday, October 6
at 6:30 p.m. - we'll dance with our Torah early in the
celebration so our younger members can share in the festivities.
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URJ SOUTHWEST REGIONAL BIENNIAL
CONVENTION
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TBS BOARD ENCOURAGES CONGREGANTS TO ATTEND CONVENTION IN
SAN ANTONIO
NOVEMBER 5 - 7, 2004
The URJ Southwest Council Regional Biennial Convention is fast
approaching. We want Temple Beth Shalom to have a strong presence
with the convention being "right in our backyard" a short drive down
I-35 in San Antonio. It will be an amazing learning experience with
opportunities to attend seminars on a wide range of topics and to
listen to national figures from the Reform movement. You'll
also celebrate Shabbat with hundreds of other Jews from around our
region. For more information please call
Lynne or Steve Gellman at 345-1566, or call the URJ toll-free at
(888) 234-8242. The cost of registration and meals is
$275, and the hotel is $99/night. There are options of
attending single days and not the entire weekend at a reduced
amount. TBS has funds available to help defray the cost of
attending. The amount available will depend on the number we
have attending. For information on funding, please call Lynne
or Steve.
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SHALOMITES (a chavarah for families
with children ages 5 and
under)
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Sukkah Decorating Picnic! Join us Friday, October 1
at 5:30 to picinic and decorate the TBS sukkah. Then
stay for Tot Shabbat at 6:30 p.m.
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TBS COMMITTEES & GROUPS SEEK INVOLVEMENT AND
VOLUNTEERS
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Sisterhood Welcomes New Members!
If you would
like more information about joining Sisterhood, please contact our
membership chair, Shannon Sherwood at sherwoodsv@yahoo.com or
238-6324.
Shabbat Services Ushers and Greeters
Needed!
Volunteers are needed to serve as
greeters/ushers at the Friday night services. Interested members can
contact BJ Sonstein by e-mail at bjsonstein@sbcglobal.net
or call her at 288-8818.
Ritual Committee Invites Volunteers to Join Its
Committee for the Coming Year. Help in the planning
for Simchat Torah, Sukkot, Chanukah, Purim and Passover.
Help us build the best sukkah in time for the school children to
decorate, and all TBS to share. Please phone or e-mail Harold
Servetnick at 272 5235 or hservetnick@austin.rr.com.
The Adult Education Committee is preparing it's
calendar of program for the upcoming year. If you are
interested in being a part of this dynamic group of individuals
please contact Shelley Fleishman at SWKFLEISH@aol.com.
Volunteer Coordination Committee (a.k.a.
"Volunteer Central") Matches willing volunteers with projects and
committees in need of help to accomplish their goals. If you are
either a volunteer or someone in need of a volunteer, please contact
Joan Edelstein at 340-0330, or at RED42750@aol.com.
Social Action Committee Seeks New Members to Join Our
Team!
Members of this committee plan programs of social
involvement to make a difference in the world. We are
currently making a difference through leadership and participation
in Meals on Wheels, Storybook Project, Food Bank Mitzvah Projects,
Blood Drives and more! Call Beverly Whitley for more
information at 301-1696 or email bwhitley@netspend.com.
Caring Committee Seeks Information and
Volunteers
Merry Balis and Irene Parker would like
congregants to call them if there is a death, illness or birth in
the congregation. They do not always receive the information
through the internet or the "grapevine", so please let them know
directly. They are also seeking volunteers to be on the Caring
Committee. Contact them at: Irene Parker 467-0456
OR Merry Balis 329-8944.
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TRIBUTES
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TO THE GENERAL FUND:
On honor of the observance of the Yarzheits of David Chozick and
Edith Jacques
Fred and Lis Chozick
In memory of Cele Gellman
Beverly Kogut
TO THE BUILDING FUND:
In honor of Dee and Don Coplin
Robin and Bruce Blakely
In honor of Dee & Don's dedicated service to Temple Beth
Shalom
In honor of the Installation of the Board
Abby &
Michael Gostein
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SIMCHAS
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BIRTHDAYS:
September:
16 Ron Cowan
20 Keith
Lewis
20 Gary Sertich
21 Eric
Natinsky
24 Marsha Creatchman
25 Kellie
Bailey
25 Robin Blakely
25 Robyn
Goltzman
27 Sharon Cohan
28 Emily
Shapiro
28 Gerhard Werner
30 Lisa
Apfelberg
30 Mark Rozman
ANNIVERSARIES:
September:
14 Jerold and Susan Pinsker
15 Stuart
and Susan Laves
21 Barbara and Sherwin Robin
28 Lori
and Andrew Weinbach
OTHER SIMCHAS:
MAZEL TOV on a New Birth!
On September 5 Luke MackGilliam
Laibovitz was born to Megan and David Laibovitz.
His
grandparents are Babette and Robert Laibovitz and Lora and
Michael Murphy.
Luke is 20 1/2 inches long, 7
pounds 2 ounces.
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MISHERBERACH
LIST
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Sherwin Robin
Lowell Goldman
Heidi Katz
Mari
Wimborne
Maxine and Sidney Hoffman
Joanne Laves
Fred
Rodell
Debby Drescher
Matthew Corley III
Shirley and Norman
Colbrath
Yoram Shviro
Yaakov Warman
Chaya Sarah Henna bat
Yehudit
Kathryn Harvey
Dave
Meyer
Randy Baer
Sue Winchester
Murray Davidson
David
Rosen
Sara Picow
Ellen Kusin
Kimberly
Langford
Nell Kuhnmuench
Lydia Servetnick
Martin
Burstein
Janet Schlein
Caroline Hall
Michelle
Murphy
Walter Cohen
Ruth Frankel
Charlene Baizer
Edna
King
John Battaglia
Linda Fox Besher
Martin Tenney
Jo
Mac Aleese
Maddie Loveless
Iris Podolsky
Jay
Podolsky
Zelda Fishman
Judy Becker
Karen Monnich
Richard
David
Sandy Kugelman
Natalie Marquis
Gayle Rosenberg
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AROUND THE "J" AND THE
COMMUNITY
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During the transition from the old newsletter format
to the new one, this section will be very limited. For additional
information on activities at the "J" or other activities of interest
to our Jewish Community, please follow one of the following
links:
JCAA Membership Matters newsletter: http://www.jcaaonline.org/membership/membership_matters.html
JCAA: http://www.jcaaonline.org/
Austin Area Interreligious Ministries (AAIM):
http://www.aaimaustin.org/
"FIGHTING FOR YOUR MARRIAGE" SEMINAR TO BE OFFERED BY JEWISH
FAMILY SERVICE
Based on over 20 years of research at the University of Denver,
the PREP (Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program) Approach
is a program designed by experts to help couples build lasting,
loving relationships and prevent divorce. Both spouses should
be available to attend the entire eight-hour course, and it will be
taught in four segments: October 3, 10, 17, 24. For
times and locations, and for questions regarding the PREP course,
contact: Debbie Roberson at Jewish Family Service- 250-1043 or Debbie.Roberson@jcaaonline.org.
To register for the course: a $75 check with names of
participants listed, may be mailed to the JFS office at 11940
Jollyville Road, #110 South, Austin, TX 78759 no later than
September 24.
AUSTIN JEWISH ACADEMY SEEKS ENGLISH TEACHER
The Austin Jewish Academy is seeking an English teacher for
grades 6-8. This position requires a minimum of a bachelor's degree
in education or equivalent, certification and 5 years
of classroom experience. Training in differentiated
instruction including gifted and talented preferred. Part-time or
fulltime available. Competitive salary and benefits. Fax or email
resume to Mrs. Clark at 735-8351 or pam.clark@austinjewishacademy.org
SEMINAR SERIES: JEWISH COMMUNAL OBLIGATIONS IN DYING AND
DEATH
Tuesdays 7:30-9 PM; Sept 21-Dec 14
(4 sessions)
Each evening in this series consists of a 30- to 45-minute
presentation followed by a small group discussion facilitated by
community leaders. TBS's own Rabbi Alan Freedman will be conducting
one of the sessions. For more information, contact Aliza
Orent at 735-8030 or aliza.orent@jcaaonline.org.
Call 735-8054 to register.
Sept 21: Personal Mortality and the Jewish Afterlife (Rabbi
Eliasov & Rabbi Folberg)
Oct 19: Jewish Funerals, Burial
Rituals & Chevrah Kadisha (Rabbi Freedman)
Nov 16: Nichum
Aveilim: Comforting Mourners
Dec 14: Being a Mourner: Responding
to Death of Jewish & Non-Jewish Individuals (Rabbi Barth)
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