Rosh Hodesh: It’s a Girl Thing is being offered as a monthly program for girls in grades 8 and 9. Rosh Hodesh uses Jewish values and engaging activities to empower adolescent girls to build their self-esteem, leadership skills, and Jewish identity. Girls gather monthly in an intimate setting with guidance from a Moving Traditions-trained adult leader to grapple with the issues they care about most, including body image, popularity, fostering friendship, romantic relationships, and decision-making. The curriculum is cutting-edge, innovative, and easy to use. The program has been thoroughly researched and tested and has been used by hundreds of partners for nearly a decade. Rosh Hodesh is a girl-centered program, and because girls choose to participate, they continue to participate. Our introductory meeting was held in November with group leader Lori Schilsson. This program is open to all girls in grades 8 & 9 living in the North Shore. For more information email deb.vozella@tbabeverly.org or call 978-927-3211 ext.14. This program is generously funded by a grant from The Jewish Women’s Endowment Fund.
TBA Religious School parents are invited to join their children for a Tu B’Shevat program this Sunday, January 29, from 11 a.m. to noon.
Learn about Tu B’Shevat and find personal meaning in the holiday. Rabbi Adler will lead the program.
This program is for all grades. Kindergarten students will join older classes at 10:30 a.m. to bridge the gap between their regular dismissal time and the start of the program.
This past Shabbat we recognized the Yahrzeit’s of:
Sanford Berman on Sat Jan 21st(26 Tevet), Nathan Isenberg on Sat Jan 21st(26 Tevet), Fred Berkowitz on Sun Jan 22nd(27 Tevet), Irving Feinzig on Sun Jan 22nd(27 Tevet), Sara Freedland on Sun Jan 22nd(27 Tevet), Harry Jaffe on Sun Jan 22nd(27 Tevet), Alice Migdole on Sun Jan 22nd(27 Tevet), Rose Dollin on Mon Jan 23rd(28 Tevet), Hermann Kirschner on Mon Jan 23rd(28 Tevet), Minnie Axelrod on Tue Jan 24th(29 Tevet), Saradina Goldberg on Tue Jan 24th(29 Tevet), Bella Grad on Tue Jan 24th(29 Tevet), Lillian Kanter on Tue Jan 24th(29 Tevet), Sidney Altshuler on Wed Jan 25th(1 Shevat), Ben Meyer Golden on Wed Jan 25th(1 Shevat), Philip Kransberg on Wed Jan 25th(1 Shevat), Sarah Leibovitz on Wed Jan 25th(1 Shevat), Paul Resnick on Wed Jan 25th(1 Shevat), Louis Kransberg on Thu Jan 26th(2 Shevat), Celia Chansky on Fri Jan 27th(3 Shevat), George Gilmore on Fri Jan 27th(3 Shevat), Harry Sidman on Fri Jan 27th(3 Shevat), Martha Wolper on Fri Jan 27th(3 Shevat)
Don’t miss the Family Shabbat Service this Friday evening, January 20. The evening will begin with snacks at 5:30 p.m., followed by services at 6. An Oneg Shabbat will complete the evening. Services will feature musical accompaniment by Marcy Yellin. Please note there is no 7 p.m. service this evening.
Sisterhood Book Club, in anticipation of the Author Brunch, will next read The Woman Who Named God, by Charlotte Gordon. Ms. Gordon will be the featured speaker at the brunch, which is scheduled for March 25.
We’ll meet to discuss the book at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, February 29, at the home of Deb Greenstein. Please contact Deb to RSVP.
Copies of the book will be on sale at a discounted price through the temple office. Watch your mail and the temple website for more details about the brunch.
The Social Action Committee is pleased to announce that at the request of Linda Helman, TBA’s Stephen Helman Fund (named in honor of Linda’s deceased husband) is being redirected to exclusively support the Monday Night Suppers at the First Baptist Church in Beverly. It will now be named the Stephen Helman Monday Night Supper Fund, and all future contributions to it will help pay for the weekly dinners. Stephen was very committed to the weekly suppers, and Linda thought it fitting that the memorial fund be used to sustain the program.
Please join Rabbi Adler and the congregation for a special Shabbat service and Oneg sponsored by the Social Action Committee on Friday, February 3, at 7 o’clock, to thank and honor the Helman family, who will be attending.
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of former TBA member Albert W. Levine. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, January 18 at Stanetsky-Hymanson Memorial Chapel, 10 Vinnin Street, Salem at 1:00 PM follwed by interment at the Sons of Abraham Cemetery, Cole Street Beverly. Memorial observance at the home of Michael and Jill Levine following the interment until 8:00 PM and on Thursday from 3:00 until 8:00 PM.
The congregation offers its condolences to Evelyn, Jeffrey, Alice, Eric, Susan, Michael, Jill, Sheila and Garrett.
May God God comfort them among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
Join us Monday night, January 23, at 7 pm, for the Women’s Rosh Hodesh Group meeting at TBA. Social Action Committee Minutes, 1/8/12
1. There will be an Oneg sponsored by the Social Action Committee in honor of the Helman family for redirecting their fund to the Monday Night Suppers. It is planned for Fri., Feb. 3.
The committee will support the fund through publicity. The rabbi will write an article in the Feb. bulletin about the fund.
2. The third grade mensch jar, collecting money for fuel assistance, remains in the front hall. It is being advertised via a recurring spotlight blurb on the web site.
