Editor's Note:
Temple Beth Shalom is currently in the
process of updating our
e-newsletter format and design.
During the interim, the
Shalom Message 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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THANK YOU to everyone who
worked so diligently
to make the TBS Gala such a
tremendous success!
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.
UPCOMING SERVICES
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 16 in the library located on the 2nd floor
of the Education
Building of the DJCC.
PLAN AHEAD: UPCOMING EREV SHABBAT
SING-ALONGS
Love to sign old favorite Jewish songs and learn new ones?
Join
Cantorial Soloist, Abby Gostein, and the TBS community for
a fun-
Filled Shabbat Sing-Along! Only a Love of Music is
required.
Upcoming dates will be:
November 12, 7:15 - 7:45 p.m.
December 17, 6:00 - 6:30
p.m.
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IMPORTANT FUTURE CONGREGATONAL
EVENTS
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SIMCHAT TORAH
Come and join the fun on Simchat Torah, Wednesday, October 6 at
6:30 pm. The fun begins with marching with the Torah (with
flags!), then we will consecrate our newest religious school
children and we will unroll the Torah from beginning to end, from
Creation to Eretz Yisrael. We will also have an awesome oneg
with tasty treats for all! Our Simchat Torah celebration has
something for everyone, so let's all get together and celebrate
Torah, God's gift of love to the Jewish people.
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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 CHAVURAH for families with children ages
5 and
under)
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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.
All are invited to join us for a Shalomites
planning meeting, Tuesday, October 12 @ 7:30 p.m. at Lisa
Goodman's house. If you have ideas, opinions or just want to
help, please join us on the 12th. Contact Lisa at lisagoodman37@aol.com
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TBS COMMITTEES & GROUPS SEEK INVOLVEMENT AND
VOLUNTEERS
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SISTERHOOD
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NOT JUST FOR SISTERS -- ALL ARE WELCOME!
TEMPLE BETH SHALOM
SISTERHOOD OFFERS TWO PROGRAMS IN OCTOBER
Beer &
Bowling -Meet new friends-Bring a Date or come
alone!
Saturday, October 9th, 7:30PM
AMF Austin
Lanes
I-35 at Rundberg
$15 per Bowler
RSVP to Dale Rubinfeld 1-512-863-8557 or drubinfeld@aol.com no later
than Oct. 6th
Infant and Adult CPR &
First-Aid Class
Sunday, October 17th
1:30 to
4:30 pm
Location:
The Children's School
Lantern Lane
Center
2825 Hancock Drive #104, Austin, Texas
78731
Successful completion results in 2 year
certification
Pre-registration is required. Cost is
$35.00
RSVP to Rachel McNamara 453-4662 or rachelmcnamara@sbcglobal.net
Send checks payable to Temple Beth Shalom Sisterhood
to
Rachel McNamara,7713 Lazy Lane, Austin, Texas 78757.
Credit card
payments also available
http://www.bethshalomaustin.org/programs/sisterhood.asp
Temple Beth Shalom Sisterhood welcomes all women who want to
enrich their life exploring Judaism thru friendship, education, and
community service, while promoting the programs of Temple Beth
Shalom. For more information about involvement and membership,
contact Shannon Sherwood 238-6324
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OTHER
GROUPS AND
COMMITTEES
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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.
Please phone or e-mail Harold
Servetnick at 272 5235 or hservetnick@austin.rr.com.
The Adult Education Committee of Temple Beth
Shalom 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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GENERAL FUND:
On honor of our daughter, Traci Grossfeld's, appointment to the
Board.
With love and pride, "mom & dad"
Speedy Recovery wishes to Sherwin Robin
Barbara & Ron
Klayman
Complete and Speedy Recovery of Sherwin Robin
In memory of
David Baizer's father, Richard Baizer
Lynne & Steve
Gellman
Speedy recovery of Sherwin Robin
In memory of James E Smith,
father of Karen Monnich
Ellen & Ralph Loeb
In memory of Karen Monnich's father, James Smith
Barbara &
Sherwin Robin
In honor of the Gala and Rabbi & Abby's hard work &
beautiful service
for the High Holy Days
Lisa & Gary
Goodman
In honor of William Wandke and Connie Patrick
Robin and Jim
Anne
RABB'S DISCRETIONARY FUND:
Michele Schwartz
In honor of Mike's conversion to Judaism
Mike and Sarah
Heidler
In honor of the baby naming of their son
David and Megan
Laibovitz
In honor of the marriage of Josh & Lori Levy
Irene and
Neil Levy
Speedy Recovery to Sherwin Robin
Roz & Bill Poynter
BUILDING FUND:
In honor of the yarzheit of Bernard Shubert
Dale Rubinfeld
STORYBOOK PROJECT:
Speedy Recovery to Sherwin Robin
In memory of Karen Monnich's
father, James E. Smith
Judy & Jack Fox
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SIMCHAS
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Birthdays
2 Steve Feibus
2 Amy Mitchell
4 Irene
Parker
6 Mitchell Bilbe
7 Roz Poynter
9 Mike
Deitch
11 Karen Goodman
11 Tiffany Goodman
Bilbe
14 Ellen Loeb
15 Michael Gardner
(we are sorry to have omitted the birthday of Harmon Motch,
9/23)
Anniversaries
11 Marsha Creatchman and Sheldon Landsberger
14 Lea
and Chris Burnett
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Yarzheits
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September
25 Kate Kaplan -
Aunt of Sherwin Robin
Louis Laves - Father of Pacey and
Benard Laves
Sonia Gold - Grandmother of Ellie
Blumberg
26 Bernard Shubert - Father of Dale
Rubinfeld
27 William Edelstein - Brother of Joan
Edelstein
29 Elly Esstman - Cousin of Michele
Schwartz
Natalie Kominsky - Mother of Michelle Feibus
October
1 Benjamin Cohen - Grandfather
of Simone Govindasamy
2 Aaron Steinberg - Father of Matt
Steinberg
3 Mitchell Louis Smith - Grandfather of Lisa
Goodman
Fred Carl Goldman - Brother of Abby
Brody
Kurt Pollak - Father of George
Pollak
4 Howard Israel - Brother of Audrey
Maislin
6 Ann Weinbach - Grandmother of Andrew
Weinbach
Edith Jacques - Grandmother of Lis
Chozick
Hanna Weinstock Taus - Mother of Lucy
Katz
8 Harold William Hamm - Grandfather of Lovdy
Hamm
9 Joe Kentridge - ____ of Larraine
Lasdon
Leopold Rosenfeld - Father of Fred
Rodell
10 David Spero - Great Grandfather of Jeff
Barnett
11 Ben Golub - Father of Susie
Krumholz
13 Belle Frost - Grandmother of Sandy
Dochen
David Robin- Father of Sherwin
Robin
14 Louis Stahl - Grandfather of Steve
Gellman
15 Ida Jaspen - Mother of Diane
Librach
Hyman Rothstein - Grandfather of Michelle Rosen
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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/
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)
KOMEN AUSTIN RACE FOR THE CURE
NOVEMBER 7
Join your fellow TBS congregational members in participating in
the seventh annual Komen Austin Race for the Cure! Mark your
calendars for Sunday, November 7, and join us on Auditorium Shores
for the biggest and best Race to date!
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW!
http://www.komenaustin.org/site/R?i=kxgxdHh3Qz6clMxIRKOGVA.
Recruit friends, family and co-workers to walk with you.
To
form a Race Team, download the Team Guide
http://www.komenaustin.org/site/R?i=H6IcTfvDgdaclMxIRKOGVA.
The
Team deadline has been extended to OCTOBER 18, but is
quickly
approaching so recruit, recruit, recruit!
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